Here is Chapter Ten, part two of three for Act II's planet bundle, and another short chapter. I think that when I'm doing planets, I should do short ones. Really, this doesn't have a lot of action in the beginning, but towards the end is where I pick up with the challenges and other events. Enjoy all the work I put into this chapter.
Really, enjoy it. This was a pain for me to write.
Legal Stuff: I DO NOT own Ed, Edd n Eddy or Ratchet & Clank. Ed, Edd n Eddy is copyrighted by Danny Antonucci and Ratchet & Clank is copyrighted by Insomniac Games. I do, however, own any original content mention in this story.
Chapter Ten – Hellinova
"Ed, your face is so ugly that it can be modeled for death threats."
The fiery planet of Hellinova is a scorching hot planet, with molten hot lava oozing out of every crack it can come out. Lined the planet is rock platforms formed by the cooling lava, and small rocky islands float in the immense molten ocean. Hardly any residents occupy this planet, due to its ever-changing and dangerous environment, so the people of Dreadzone use this as a perfect place to set up a challenge course.
The Eds beam down from the Planetary Transport, and Eddy lands in a pool of lava. The small Ed shoots high into the air and lands right into Ed's hands. Double D couldn't help but laugh by the sight of Eddy getting burn by the lava.
"Let go of me!" Eddy commanded.
Ed did what the small Ed said, and drop him down on the hot ground. Eddy got back up and looks around to see lava columns erupting from the lava oceans.
"Sure is hot here," Eddy said.
"It's a relief that we have air conditioners," Double D said, relaxed by the cold air.
"You think we'll see some molten lava creatures?" Ed asked.
"We just might Ed," Double D replied.
"Well, I don't want to end up being fried Eddy when I see one of those things," Eddy said, swinging his wrench around.
"I do," Marsha said, watching from the skies with her college York.
"You always want cooked human ever since they step on the battlefield," York said.
"At least on this planet they are a high risk of being burn," the little girl said.
"I bet you that the Eds will end the challenge without getting fried," York said.
"You're on!" Marsha said, putting a bag of bolts on the desk.
The Eds walk ahead up to a narrow rock bridge. The bridge is so thin, that having a combination of either Eddy or Double D with Ed will cause the bridge to crumble and the Eds will be bathing in boiling lava. Of course, Ed himself will make the bridge break if he went first. Double D offer himself to go first, since he is lighter than the others, but Ed pushes him aside.
"Allow me Double D," Ed said, taking a step on the bridge.
"Ed, you be careful now," the smart Ed said, being worry for his friend.
"Yeah, I don't want to fall into the lava," Eddy added.
The tall Ed put his right foot forward onto the bridge. He waited for any signs that the bridge is going to give, and then puts his left foot forward. Again, he waited, and nothing happens, so he repeats with his right foot and begins walking like normal. Ed takes a step off the bridge and he waves at his friends, telling them that he made it safely across.
"I don't believe it," Double D said, flabbergasted.
"My turn!" Eddy said, running across the bridge.
Eddy made it across the bridge without much trouble, catching up with Ed. Double D saw the two across the gap, and took a deep breath to get himself ready to cross the bride.
"You can do this Eddward," the smart Ed said to himself, taking a step onto the bridge.
As he steps on, he could feel himself losing his balance. He wobbles back and forth until he regains his balance, and that was his first step. He takes another step, trying to maintain his balance, and with another step forward, he is over the lava.
That is when the bridge gave in.
"Double D!" Eddy shouted.
He rips out a Dual Cyclo and tosses it out to Double D. The yo-yo wraps around the smart Ed's small body, and snags him tight to the string for Eddy and Ed to reel Double D in. Thanks to Ed's strength, Double D was pulled out of the lava in time and is now sent flying over the two's head and out into the horizon.
"Nice going Ed," Eddy said. "You toss Sock-head from our sights."
"No thanks are necessary," Ed replied.
Their collars start to beep, and Eddy push on the Regroup button. Double D materialize in front of the boys, shaking from head and toe in fright. Now Eddy couldn't help himself from laughing.
"You should see the look on your face," Eddy said in between laughs.
"And will you let your friend die in boiling lava?" Double D burst out.
Eddy stops his laughing cold, remembering that if they lose Double D, then they wouldn't have anyone for them to heal them if they get seriously hurt.
"Gee, I've never thought of that," Eddy said.
"Good Eddy," Double D said. "Now, where are we supposed to go now?"
"I thought that you knew," Eddy answered.
"Well, we were going to be told on what our campaign is," the smart Ed said, "but Ed here got us thrown out of our rooms due to his foul body odor."
"Do you have a pickaxe?" Ed asked.
"Why do you need a pickaxe?" Eddy asked.
"The sign said so," the tall Ed said, dragging Eddy's head to the sign.
"In Case of Emergency, Break Glass?" Double D said, reading the sign.
"Are you blind?" Eddy asked Ed.
"I swear Eddy, I read that there is a pickaxe," Ed said, defending himself.
"I don't see anything that reads pickaxe," Eddy said, looking at the sign.
"Uh Eddy, I think Ed maybe onto something," Double D said, putting his hand on the sign.
"What are you...?"
"I'm detecting faint signs of ink on the sign," the smart Ed said, interrupting Eddy. "Though we can't read it thoroughly, Ed picks up most of what the original text."
"Then how come he can read it, and we can't?" Eddy asked.
"It must be his visor," Double D said, tapping the tall Ed's visor. "He could see invisible things."
"Then where does that leave you?" Eddy asked with a smirk.
"I can still locate incoming enemies," the smart Ed answered, "but not ones that are invisible."
"So you're not as reliable as you think you are," Eddy said.
"Of course I am!" Double D said in his defense. "I can still determine what an enemy is and where its weak spot is."
"Care to test that theory?" Eddy asked, pointing behind Double D.
The smart Ed turns around to see two lava columns rising up from the lava ocean and flow out onto the rock walkway. The lava cools off and two fiery creatures emerge from the lava puddles. They are made of cooled lava and molten rocks; they stand on their puddles on all fours, peering deep into the Eds' eyes with their blank yellow eyes. Lava drips down from what appears to be the mouths, which is connecting to a rocky head connected by a lava neck.
"Eddy, these Firemouths look hungry," Double D said.
"These things?" Eddy asked. "They'll cook us alive!"
"But I don't taste that good," Ed said.
"Neither do we," Eddy said.
Double D uses the Hunter Mine Launcher on the Firemouths, sending out a single mine to knock out chunks of the lava creatures' body. The molten creatures fell down into puddles of lava, dripping back down into the lava ocean. Parts of the platform where the Firemouths were are eaten through, due to the lava being on the rock.
"This is some hot lava," Double D said.
"Well, we need to get moving," Eddy said, pushing Ed and Double D.
Two more lava columns shot out of the lava ocean and the boys ran straight ahead to dodge the incoming Firemouths. They approach a fork in the path, two paths going in different directions. In the middle is a sign pointing the directions of the split paths.
"So where do we go now?" Eddy asked.
"I say we take the path on the right," Double D said.
"It's the path on the left," Ed said.
"Eddy, you break this tie," Double D said.
Eddy thought for a moment, and came to a decision. He holds out a fist and a palm, and the others follow the same motion. They beat their fist in their palms and after three hits, Eddy made his fist into a pair of scissors, Double D turns his fist into a palm, and Ed left his fist like normal.
"Again!" Eddy said.
They try again, and this time, Eddy and Double D form scissors and Ed left his fist alone.
"Ed wins, so we're going to the left," Eddy said.
Just as the Eds head down the left path, a Firemouth crept down the right path and spits out a fireball at the Eds. Ed use his B-6 Obliterator on the lone lava creature, destroying the Firemouth to lava. After the lava drips back into the ocean, the Eds took off running down the path.
As the Eds run down the path, lava columns shoot out of the ocean and flow on the pathway behind the Eds. Ten Firemouths form out of those columns, and they slowly chase the Eds down the path, until Double shot a Holoshield to stop the Firemouths in their tracks. The lava creatures stop in front of the shield, looking through it to see the Eds running away from them. One Firemouth spits out a fireball at the Holoshield, and the fireball slide on right down the hologram shield. The boys turn around and fire the Dual Vipers, the Fusion Rifle, and the Magma Cannon to seek out the Firemouths and explode them into lava puddles.
The Holoshield disappears and the Eds walk for a few minutes until they reach a circular ring with a lava pool in the middle. Bubbles rise up from the lava and pops in the air, dropping small lava drops back into the molten rock. Ed sticks a finger into the pool and pulls up a drool of hot lava.
"Cool," the tall Ed said.
"Ed, you be careful now," Double D said.
Ed removes his helmet and sticks the drool into his mouth, swashing around to gather the taste.
"I detect a small hint of a burning sensation with a hard, but yet warm, center of delight," Ed said, swallowing the drool. He burps. "With a hint of a smoky after taste."
"Ed, what do you say?" Double D asked.
"Buttered toast?" the tall Ed replied.
"No," Double D said.
"Gravy?"
"No."
"Mustard?"
"Oh will cut it out already?" Eddy shouted. "Sheesh, you two are worse than babies."
"That tall Ed isn't normal, is he?" York asked.
Marsha only shrugs. "Beats me."
Suddenly a small head emerge from the lava pool. It looks around the lava to see any activity going on and then looks up to see the Eds arguing. It slowly moves towards the rock platform, trying to go unnoticed from the Eds. The head sticks out a metal claw from underneath the lava and grabs onto the rock to climb up. The boys turn to focus on the head, which is a small robot.
"Aw, he's so cute," Ed said, sticking a finger towards the robot.
"Ed, you be careful now," Double D said, repeating himself.
"Man, you're a lot worse than one of my records," Eddy said.
The robot is about the same as a Blade Ball, but it walks on four metallic claws instead of floating. The eyes poke out of an opening on top of a round body, and in the middle of the sphere is a hollow core full of lava. Going around the sphere is a red stripe with four black spots, which haves some metallic claws in them.
The robot looks at the boys and shoots a small lava stream out of its core. The stream hits Double D in the groin area, and the smart Ed jumps into the air from the pain of the fire.
"Whoa, didn't see that coming," Eddy said.
Double D arches and came down hard, leaving a trail of smoke behind when he went up. The smart Ed crashes on top of the small robot, with its molten core dripping down into the lava pool.
"Whoo, toasted weenie," Marsha said.
"You're sick," York said.
"Well, it appears that I won't be going to the bathroom for a long time," Double D said, holding onto what he haves left in between his legs.
Ed offers his hand to pick up Double D and the smart Ed accepts it, so the tall Ed pulls Double D back up. After getting back up, the Eds could hear a strange buzzing noise from all around. Bubbles beginning forming in the lava pool and ten small robots float out of the lava, buzzing with saws spinning around them.
"They don't seem so cute now," Ed said.
"Ed, don't make any sudden moves," Double D said, with Ed posing in a random pose. "If one Molten Core detects us moving, then we'll be rip to shreds."
"Molten Core?" Eddy echoed.
"Those floating balls thing with the lava in the center," Double D pointed out.
The small robots pick up on the Eds and begin charging at them. The boys run out of the way in time for the Molten Cores to come up where the Eds were previously. They run around the lava pool and went up the path to get out of range of the Molten Cores, but the balls came charging at them.
"What is with these things?" Eddy asked.
"I think this is a defensive formation," Double D said. "When I landed on that one Molten Core, it must have sent out a distress signal saying it's been destroyed."
"Well, I guess this is the end," the small Ed said.
Ed uses the Magma Cannon, shooting out a frozen energy blast at the incoming Molten Cores. The energy blast hit every last ball, destroying them into small nuts and bolts, and the lava core drops down to the platform and eat away through to get back to the lava ocean.
"Who knew that the Freeze Mod could have any effects on a fire monster?" Double D said.
"Well, will it work on a Firemouth?" Eddy asked, pointing behind Double D.
From the lava pool, a Firemouth climbs onto the platform and roars at the Eds. Double D panic by the sight of the fiery monster, and Ed fires his Magma Cannon. The icy blast hit the Firemouth, but the creature didn't do as much as flinch from the impact of the Magma Cannon. The Eds look on to see that the shot had no effect on the Firemouth.
"Again!" Eddy shouted.
Ed tries again, firing his Magma Cannon at the Firemouth. The blast hit again, but as like before, the Firemouth remains standing, unscathed by even the normal energy blast of the Magma Cannon.
"Eddy, this isn't working," Double D pointed out.
"There's got to be a quicker way to defeat this guy," Eddy said.
"Do you need to ask?" Double D said.
"Oh," Eddy said, smacking his helmet.
Double D pulls out his Fusion Rifle and takes a shot, sending the concentrated energy beam straight through the Firemouth. The creature's body drop to the floor, with lava covering part of the pathway. With the defeat of the Firemouth, ten more Molten Cores shoot out of the lava and begin locking on the Eds with their crosshairs.
"These guys again?" Eddy asked.
"Come on!" Double D said, motioning for the others to go.
The Eds begin to move, dodging once again the incoming wave of the charging fire balls. The Molten Cores notice the Eds heading down the path and begin to chase them, with them screeching out an eerie noise. Along the small pathway, tall lava columns gush out of the lava ocean and pour on the pathway, with six Firemouths forming and slowly chasing the Eds.
"Eddy, I'm picking up a lot of activity up ahead," Double D said.
"Are you sure that you're not getting the stuff behind us?" Eddy asked.
"I'm positive," the smart Ed replied.
Double D turns around and uses the Hunter Mine Launcher on the incoming enemies, knocking all of them into the lava ocean. A couple of splashes of lava onto the platform to cut the Eds off from the path they were previously on, they find themselves among piles of rocks.
"Is this what you're talking about?" Eddy asked.
"Positive," Double D said, scanning the whole area. "I'm getting readings of a Landstalker in the area."
He takes a step towards one of the piles, puts his hand towards his headpiece and scans the rocks. After a few seconds
"But strangely, it seems that every last one of these rock piles have a Landstalker bury underneath," the smart Ed said.
"This is going to take forever!" Eddy shouted.
"Oh, this is going to go well," Marsha said, chuckling. "One of those piles does contain the Landstalker, but others have something special in store for the Eds."
"Say Marsha, why don't I make things interesting?" York said. "You see, some of the robots got a treat from the planet, and I was thinking that one of us should eat it."
A robot hands York a small, white container, which is glowing red on the bottom of the box.
"What's the occasion?" the little girl asked.
"It's saying that if you win the bet," the muscle man said, "I'll eat whatever is in this box. But if I win, you get to eat this."
"Oh, I can handle anything," Marsha said. "You, on the other hand, are too much of a wuss to even try a Sarathos green pepper. And that's the mildest pepper in the galaxy!"
"Hey, I prefer non-spicy stuff," York replied. "Besides, you handle hot stuff better than I can." He pats the box. "But not as hot as what's in this box."
The Eds look at one of the rock piles, studying it to see how to get inside. Ed immediately uses his Neo-Crushers to pound away at the rocks, but for every punch that he throws, a bullet-sized hole is left.
"Something's wrong with this image," Double D said.
"You're telling me," Eddy said. "At the rate Ed's going, we're never getting off this planet."
"Well, there have to be a faster method to move these rocks," Double D said. "By the looks of it, there isn't anything for me to work with that can move these rocks."
Eddy looks at Ed for a moment, and then a light bulb went off in his head. He picks Ed off his feet and starts shoving the tall Ed's head into the cracks of the rocks. After squeezing Ed's head completely in the crack, Eddy push on the tall Ed's body to swift the rock and loosen the pile.
"I'm guessing this is where the pickaxe comes in," Double D said.
A few pushes and Ed came sliding out. Eddy picks up the fallen Ed and starts shoveling his way through using Ed's helmet like a shovel head.
"Dig a hole, dig a hole, dig a hole," Ed repeated.
A couple of rocks later, Eddy hit something hard and metallic, thinking that he hit gold.
"Hey Double D, I think I found it," Eddy shouted.
"Uh Eddy, I don't think that's a Landstalker," Double D pointed out.
The boys begin to feel the ground rumble, and the rocks fall from their resting place. The rock slide uncovers a D-Z Tank Turret, prime and ready to fire at the Eds. The people inside pick up on the Eds' presence and slowly turn the turret, firing heavy rounds of concentrated energy blasts powerful enough to destroy a heavy armored Landstalker. The Eds high-tail it, dodging the energy blasts as fast as they could.
"Nice going Ed," Eddy shouted.
"Oh, blame it on Ed," Double D snapped. "It was you that dug in that spot."
"Hey, I was trying to help!" the small Ed snapped back.
The trio hid behind one rock pile and the tank turret keeps firing away at the rock pile non-stop, blasting away at the rocks. The rock pile crumbles down, revealing a tall, blue tank with four legs. The Eds recognize it very quickly, and the tank stops firing at the sight of the machine.
"Look, it's a..." Eddy said, before the tank starts to move on its own.
One leg steps out of the rock pile, following by another leg. The Landstalker makes it way out of the rock pile, completely undamaged by either the shots of the tank turret and the rocks. The Eds look into the cockpit of the Landstalker and found three unknown drivers, looking angrily at the boys.
"I'm guessing that the tank is currently occupied," Double D said.
The mortar cannons fire up, charging them up to fire. The Eds move out of the way, and the cannons fire the mortars, raining down an onslaught of the flaming rockets. Eddy turns around and notices that all of the mortars miss the Eds completely.
"Man, these guys have some bad aim," the small Ed pointed out.
As it turns out, the Landstalker did miss the Eds on purpose, only to hit the remaining rock piles to uncover what is underneath. Under each rock piles are nine other Landstalkers, four other turrets and two mini volcanoes, pouring enough lava to make a small army of Firemouths. All of the mortars hit the rock piles, except for one behind the Eds, and Double D points out that this is the Landstalker they are looking for.
"Quick, we need to get that thing unbury and fast!" the smart Ed commanded.
Eddy and Ed ran up to the pile and starts shoveling away very fast so that they can get quickly have access to the Landstalker. Double D slowly steps back every time one enemy moves closer to the Eds, while he is fumbling through his stuff for the EMP gun. He found the gun and aims it so that one shot will knock out all of the machines.
He fires the gun and the EMP ball hit one of the tank turrets and cause an explosion to disrupt all of the machines, giving the Eds enough time to get the Landstalker free. By the time the smart Ed got to the others, they have free the Landstalker and all three quickly got inside into their places and turn on the tank.
The other machines reboot themselves and begin their hunt once again. Eddy begins to freak behind Double D, and starts shaking him back and forth violently to wake up the smart Ed from a spell.
"Don't just sit there, move this thing!" the small Ed shouted with fear.
"We can't Eddy," Double D proclaimed.
"Why not?" Eddy responded.
"I'm waiting for the right moment so that we can easily get our counterattack on these people," the smart Ed said.
A Firemouth spits out a fireball, and Double D swats it away towards one Landstalker. That Landstalker swings at it, knocking it to a tank turret and that turret fires rounds to knock the fireball back. The fireball juggles in the air, bouncing from different targets to the next, and each one doing something different to keep the fireball from burning them up.
"We're playing hot potato?" Eddy asked.
"Exactly," Double D replied. "Now, Ed!"
Ed fires off the mortar cannons, shooting the flaming rockets at the fireball. The mortar hits, causing the fireball to explode and destroying the nearby Landstalkers, tank turrets and Firemouths. After the smoke clear, Double D pushes on the controls to begin walking the Landstalker off the healing pad and onto the ground.
One tank turret turns to point the barrels at the incoming Landstalker, and start firing away. Double D flicks on the shield and repels the onslaught of the heavy rounds of armor-piercing energy blasts. Eddy takes fire at the Landstalker's gun turrets and shot back at the firing tank turret, but the shield that covers the turret blocks all of the Landstalker's shots. An enemy Landstalker fires off its mortars and the Eds dodge by jumping back.
"Any bright ideas?" Eddy asked.
"I got one," a voice said on the radio in the Eds' cockpit.
"What in the world?" Double D said.
A sudden laughter came on, startling Eddy and Double D by the sound of a woman laughing. She stops laughing and the two Eds settle down before she begins speaking again.
"Hello Team Cul-de-Sac," Marsha happily said. "It's great that you're in this situation."
"What's so great about this?" Eddy asked.
"Oh, what I'm about to tell you is going to get you all work up," the little girl said. "You see, we have set up a situation that requires the Landstalker."
"For what?" Double D asked.
"If you notice outside that there are four balloons," Marsha instructed.
The two look outside and they indeed notice the balloons Marsha is talking about. Holding the four balloons are giant balls made out of an orange metal and cover in clipped spikes. And in the very middle are baskets full of screaming fans, except they are screaming in fear instead of cheering.
And the balloons are sinking into the lava.
"Your mission is to rescue those innocent bystanders from the lava below," Marsha said, with the two Eds freaking by the sights. "If you don't move fast... well, that's their fates."
She leaves with a laugh and cuts transmission from the Landstalker. The two Eds begin to ponder over the situation that they are in. They have to save the people, but they also have to deal with the enemies that stand in the way.
"I say that we hit these guys with everything we got," Eddy answered.
"I say that we free the people from their dreaded fate," Double D answered.
"No way!" the small Ed replied. "If we defeat these guys, we won't have to deal with them later."
"Yeah, but a hundred of people will die if we don't save them," the smart Ed replied.
Eddy lets out a sigh. "OK, we'll save the people," the small Ed said. "But we need to find a way to get rid of these guys."
"I got an idea," Double D said.
He rotates the head to the Landstalker and Ed fires off mortars, locking on to one of the balloon's weights. The mortars made the weight explode and the people lift up into the air, safe from the boiling lava below.
"One down, three to go," the smart Ed said.
"Don't count your chickens before they hatch," Eddy said, pointing to his right.
"Chickens!" Ed shouted.
A Landstalker came charging towards the Eds, with a Firemouth hitching a ride. It leaps off of the moving tank and onto the Eds' tank. Eddy opens the hatch to the cockpit and jumps out to swing the Firemouth back at the Landstalker. The lava creature hits the shield, dripping down to damage it enough to leave the tank expose, so Eddy jumps back into the cockpit and fires the main guns, destroying the tank.
Double D turns the Landstalker so that the tank focuses on two balloons, and also a tank turret. Five Firemouths slowly approach the Eds' Landstalker, but Eddy pushes Double D so that the tank's legs will crush the Firemouths. Double D pushes back on Eddy and flicks on the shield so that the incoming bullets from the tank turret. Ed fires off the mortars and blast away the two weights for the two balloons to float up safely.
The last balloon is more challenging than the other three. Standing in the way is a tank turret and two missile turrets, also with two Landstalkers. The Eds back up to look for a way to break through the barricade, but the missile turrets fire off rockets at the Eds. Ed fires mortar to counter the rockets, and the Landstalkers and the tank turrets fire away at the Eds' shield-protected Landstalker.
"We can't keep this up for much longer," Double D said.
"Why can't you use your EMP thing?" Eddy asked.
The smart Ed took the moment to think and then pops open the hatch to get out. He stands right above where the window is for the cockpit and pulls out the EMP gun. Double D focuses the gun so that when the EMP ball leaves the gun, the energy pulse hits everything. A missile turret fires a rocket and it hit the Eds' Landstalker, which upsets Double D and pre-fires the EMP gun. The smart Ed falls into the cockpit and gets up to see that the machines are down from the EMP blast.
"It wasn't in the plan, but it worked in the end," Double D said, getting himself straighten out in the driver's seat.
Ed fires off mortars and Eddy fires the gun, sending everything that the Eds can throw at the machines to destroy them. The machines crumble to scrap metal and the weight gave way for the balloon to drift up into space. After defeating the challenge, the Eds jump out and begin celebrating next to their Landstalker.
"Well, I guess this is the end," York said.
"Who said that this is the end?" Marsha said, getting out of her seat.
"Where are you going?" York asked.
"I'm going to make things interesting," the little girl said, carrying a bomb.
The bomb is a round, steel ball with a string sticking out. It is roughly half the size of Marsha, and she could be able to lift up the three hundred pound bomb. And on the side of the bomb is a decal of a flame and a nuclear symbol.
"You're not going to lose that Flare Bomb, are you?" the muscle man asked.
"Oh yeah," Marsha responded, kicking the ball bomb into a tube.
The little girl sits in a chair and begins setting up the bomb to fire. The computer that she is using is for a cannon that is use to protect the Dreadzone X Blimp from any attacks to the blimp. She puts in coordinates for a certain spot where the Eds are, and flips open a glass case that holds a red button.
"You're not thinking of shooting that Flare Bomb into Mount Puponana, are you?" York asked.
Marsha looks at her fellow commentator with a sparkle in her eye. "Oh, yeah!" she shouted, pushing down on the red button.
The ignition system heats up; sparking up the propellant in the tube and the gas shoots the Flare Bomb out into the air. The bomb sails down at a fat rate, dropping so fast that the whistling can be heard inside of the blimp. The Eds stop their celebrating and turn to see the bomb enter the towering volcano that is Mount Puponana. Suddenly, static emerge from the cockpit of the Landstalker, and Marsha's voice can be heard once again.
"Attention Ed boys," Marsha said. "What I just did is shot a three hundred pound bomb into the volcano and it's going to explode in thirty seconds. Dropping down now is the Puma that you're going to use to escape the lava."
A giant wooden crate lands behind the Landstalker and the Eds look to see the Puma is safe from the drop. They got into the tank and begin to speed off a path that leads down to open waters of the lava ocean.
"You're not going to let them escape, right?" York asked.
"You're reading my mind," Marsha said.
She pushes on another button, sending out a radio signal from the blimp to the bomb. The bomb picks up on the signal and detonates inside of the belly of the volcano, blasting up large amount of magma high into the air and rushing down the side of the volcano. The Eds, far away from the explosion, speed along the path until Double D picks up the fast approaching lava.
"God, I love the Flare Bombs," Marsha said, watching the monitor.
"Eddy, we got a big epidemic on our hands!" the smart Ed screamed.
The small Ed turns his head to spot out Firemouths surfing on the lava and Molten Cores floating next to the lava creatures. The lava is coming at them like the rushing water from Söjavick's sewers, flowing in large quantities and catching up very fast.
"We need to lose this and fast!" Eddy shouted.
"Look, up ahead!" Double D said.
Coming up ahead of the Eds is a giant canyon with two rock piles on each side of the canyon. Ed begins to take control of the turret, positioning it so that he can have a straight shot at the rocks for them to crumble down, and waits for the Eds to pass through. One Firemouth leans in to take a bite out of the Puma, but the smart Ed revs the engine in time for the Firemouth to chomp the air.
The Eds pass through the opening of the canyon and Ed fires the turrent, shooting two beams at the rock piles. The rocks begin to wobble and then fell right on down at the entrance of the canyon, plugging the entrance from the flow of lava and crushing the Firemouths and the Molten Cores. The Eds celebrate in the Puma as they speed on through the canyon.
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"Oh why am I cursed with this string of bad luck?" Marsha said, holding her head.
"Now cheer up," York said, putting a hand on the girl's back, "you got to cause some destruction."
"But no deaths..."
"Look, a deal's a deal," the muscle man said, holding the box. "What I have in here is this."
He pops open the lid to the box and pull out a scorching lava rock, fresh from the planet and dripping with hot lava.
"This here is a Lava Suckle," York said. "They're a treat only for the brave, and it's said that only seventeen percent of people get to feel its terrible side-effects."
"Give me that," Marsha said, snatching the rock from York's hand.
She tosses the rock in the air and catches it in her mouth. She takes a few bites before swallowing the rest down. York looks at her a bit surprise by the results.
"Well, anything?" he asked.
"Nothing really," Marsha replied. "In fact, I'm pretty certain that there's no heat to..."
Suddenly, the Lava Suckle's effects kick in Marsha's stomach, causing her to stop talking. She grabs onto her stomach in pain, and she burps out fire. Her face glows bright red, her ears shoot out smoke, her eyes water up completely, and she sweat from head to toe, causing her to fall to the floor from the immense pain.
"Medic! Give me a medic!" the little girl shouted.
A team of robots dress in medical clothes came in and pulls out a stretcher. They put the struggling Marsha on the stretcher and carry her out of the room, with her shooting flames from her mouth.
"Well there you have it folks," York said, looking into the camera without caring about his fallen commentator, "the Eds escape from a fiery death from Mount Puponana and they are now heading off somewhere cooler. But what will happen to the Eds now that they experience first hand a real eruption? And what will happen to Marsha after she gets her stomach pump?"
"Damn you York!" Marsha shouted, exiting the room. "Damn you!"
"And until then, I'm York the Impaler, now turning it to Noweg back at the Dreadzone X studio."
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"Hey, if you're just tuning in, you just miss out on Team Cul-de-Sac's run on Hellinova," the robot Noweg said, now the one on camera. "What you miss... nothing really special. Just a couple of burns and a few scares here and there."
Some of the robots off-camera began to laugh.
"Anyway, in local news," Noweg said, looking at his report, "Exterminator Lightning Grease has made himself a hero among the poll in this week's Daily Dreadzone newsletter."
He holds up a single sheet of red paper with the similar look of a newspaper.
"According to this, he beat Professor Treacherous by a mere margin of two votes," the robot said. "Also it said that there's a fight that features Lightning Grease against the 'fastest hedgehog in the universe.'"
Noweg blows a raspberry and tosses the newsletter aside. He gathers up his report and begins scanning through it while the editing crew fixes the green for the next story.
"And speaking of Professor Treacherous, I got the list of his latest victims," the robot said, laughing at some of the names on the list. "For everyone that knows these people, listen up...
"Purple Rag-doll,
Sweet Marmalade,
Turbo Jet,
Point Dexter,
Splinter,
Kanye West,
Folly Mogging,
Sephy,
Beanjuice,
and Bloo Cheese...
"Some of these people I don't even heard of," Noweg said. "Especially this Kanye West dude. Has anyone heard of this dude?"
All of the robots begin chatting among each other, shaking their heads in disagreement with knowing this unknown gladiator.
"Well, too bad for him," Noweg said, tossing his report. "That does it for today. Tune in tomorrow for more gore and mayhem right here on Dreadzone X."
Sometimes, I am cruel to my characters. But also... I got my revenge! Muhahaha! Kanye, Bloo and Cheese are gone, and there's no one that can stop me! As for the other people mention in the list... they're some names that I randomly pick, some are play-on's, and one that I really want dead. You'll see more of these lists later on in this series, so try to figure out who I am parodying in these lists.
OK, this took me a while to write, since I keep blanking out on what to write. I think it haves to do with no actual beginning. Meh, at least I got this done.
Also, please notice that when I write for Noweg, he goes through an attitude change, especially when he's on camera and towards Gandolfini. It seems like I made him have two personalities, like the two sides to a coin. Meh, he's not a schizo or bi-polar, that's for sure.
Once again, I like you all to review. Don't stop now, you go one more chapter to do.