Motley screamed dramatically as she scampered behind Grayson, who's eyes were wide. They had made a loud enough entrance, but Eden and Edward made no motion of stopping. They hadn't even acknowledged Motley and himself.
"EDEN!" He screamed at last.
Eden glanced over at him and rolled her eyes. Edward glanced at them, but didn't bother to slow his pace. "What do you want?" Eden asked, ending the sentence in a moan before sitting up and pushing Eddy off of her, wrapping her old lab coat around her.
"Where have you been?" Grayson snarled.
"She's been with me, clearly." Edward answered, one of his arms snaking around her waist as he left a trail of light kisses down her neck, making her giggle.
Grayson's eyes narrowed, "For how long?"
Eden bit her lip and leaned into Edward. "Oh, not nearly long enough."
Motley crossed her arms with a playful smile on her face. "What, is our little riddle incapable of inducing an orgasm?"
Eden looked down and blushed, "Actually I was wondering if he was up to trying for six."
Motley's eyes went wide before she crossed her arms and glared at Grayson, "Why don't you try for six ever?"
"You're joking, right?" He snapped.
"Too much of a challenge, Curly?" Edward asked with a smirk.
"Brainy!" Grayson snarled.
Motley and Eden rolled their eyes. "Again with these weird nicknames." Motley exclaimed. "They don't make any sense! Eddy…well Eddy is pretty brainy, but boss, your hair isn't even Curly! Not even your-"
Eden winced and put her hands up, "Enough about curly hair. I don't want to think about his curly hair."
"Well just be glad that your boyfriend grew out of his wheezing and his low voice isn't so disgusting anymore." Grayson sneered.
Edward rolled his eyes, "We were kind of in the middle of something. Is there a reason for your rude intrusion?"
"As a matter of fact, there is. Our hostages, as well as one of the vans, is missing. What do you have to say for that?" Grayson snapped at Eden.
She raised a brow, "Uh, why would I want anything to do with them? I didn't even know any of them."
Edward sighed internally. Eden was a better actress than he had expected.
Motley, however, wasn't convinced, "Yeah you did. That Keith guy was with 'em." Grayson growled at Motley and she laughed nervously, shrinking away from him.
"Keith." Eden repeated. "What…wait why would you bring Keith into any of this? I haven't seen or heard from him in years. He's probably forgotten all about me by now. Is it his research or something?"
Grayson rolled his eyes, "I took him because he was getting close to finding you, actually. We wouldn't want him getting into trouble."
Eden's face darkened and she buttoned up her lab coat before approaching him. Even without wearing her five inch heels, she was still a head taller than him. For the first time since she'd met him, Grayson looked nervous, almost fearful. "Who else that I know did you kidnap?" She hovered over him, her face inches from his.
Grayson swallowed a lump in his throat, "Just your old pen pal, Arnold Shortman."
Eden's face was furious, "ARNOLD? You brought ARNOLD into this? What the hell did he do? He was my friend and gave me a huge chunk of the extracts I needed for my work!"
"He's still been sending you plant samples." Grayson answered shortly.
"And you haven't given them to me?! Why I outta!" Eden began.
"Now Red," Motley began, doing her best to calm Eden. "I think we should just sit tight for a second and really…examine the situation."
Eden ignored Motley, "I think someone needs a kiss."
"Let's not get irrational!" Grayson exclaimed.
Edward wrapped an arm around Eden's waist and pulled her into him, softly caressing her chest through her coat. "Was that all you needed, Curly?" He asked, gently nipping at Eden's neck.
Grayson scowled at Edward. "Come on, Motley. I'll see you later tonight, Eden."
As Grayson and Motley made their way for the door, Edward bent Eden forward over a table and started thrusting again, paying to mind to the fact that Motley and Grayson were still there. "You'll see her when you see her." He said harshly between thrusts as Grayson and Motley left.
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"Well that was awkward." Eden finally said once she and Edward were sure that Motley and Grayson had gone. She pulled on her discarded jeans and Alice Cooper tee shirt. "The whole 'I love you I've missed you' thing was a good touch."
Edward's face went white. He had actually meant all those things he said. "Yeah, that's what I was going for." He said, doing his best to sound confident.
Eden pulled her hair out of her shirtand over her shoulder, "So where did you hide everyone?"
"Oh, right!" Edward rushed to the other side of the room and yanked up the floor.
"You couldn't have put us where we could see the show?" Sid complained.
"Yeah, was the sex really necessary?" Arnold inquired, climbing out after Sid.
Eden's face turned red. She hadn't realized that they would be able to hear everything.
Edward shrugged, "It was the fastest and most believable cover story I could think of. Why're you complaining? It obviously worked."
Helga jumped out and pushed herself in between Arnold and Edward. "Alright mister, you've got a lot of explaining to do."
Edward smirked, "You really are kind of stupid, aren't you?"
"Grayson is Thaddeus Gammelthorpe. He went by Curly until he graduated high school, at least as far as I know. And he called you by a very familiar name." She rambled.
The rest of the boys looked confused. Aside from the constant moaning and screaming, they hadn't heard much of the conversation. Edward narrowed his eyes at her. "Do I know you?"
"Ya did." She replied shortly.
Gerald raised an eyebrow, "Do you seriously know this dude?"
"We all do." she answered. "Bitches, it's Brainy."
The boys gasped and Eden looked confused. "Does everyone know everyone except for me?"
"Wait a second!" Harold exclaimed. "What about your breathing problem? Brainy always had a breathing problem!"
Edward didn't look amused. "I grew out of it, you imbecile."
"But I was sure I heard them call you Edward." Stinky began. "Did ya change your name or somethin'?"
He rolled his eyes as he removed his mask. "My name is Edward Bryant. There was another Edward Bryant in my preschool class so I got the nickname Brainy. It just stuck. As for you." He grabbed Helga's arm and pulled her close, examining what he could see of her face.
"Eddy!" Eden said with a warning tone in her voice. "She and I are allies. You aren't gunna pull any mind tricks on her. I swear to god I'll kill you."
"He does anything to her and I'll kill him." Arnold growled, taking a step forward.
Brainy smirked as he released her. "I don't need to do any of my tricks. You're Arnold Shortman, Gerald Johansson, Eugene Horowitz." He paused on Troy. "I have no idea who you are. Sid, Harold, Stinky, and you." He smirked and crossed his arms. "Helga Geraldine Pataki."
Helga couldn't hide the surprised look on her face. "Well that escalated quickly."
Eden shrugged, "It normally does. But what do we do now?"
"I say we go to my place." Brainy said with a smirk. "But I'm not sure if you'll all fit in the van. I have the tumbler in the back."
Suddenly, Eden looked excited. "I'll take it!" She exclaimed.
"I had a feeling you would." He pinched her cheek and Eden slapped him hard across the face.
"I reckon this is the strangest night I've ever lived." Stinky said.
Eden smirked, watching as Brainy rubbed his face where she's slapped him, "Oh it's about to get a lot stranger."
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"I don't like this." Gerald muttered to Arnold. Brainy had just locked them all in a large white room with no doorknob. It didn't look like there was any way for them to get out.
Arnold looked over his shoulder, a sense of relief and dread upon him when he realized that Helga wasn't with them. "I do too."
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"What the hell are you doing?" Helga snarled, following closely behind Brainy.
Eden knew what was going on so she didn't bother asking.
"You know how they can talk." Brainy answered, handing her and Eden and pair of sunglasses.
Helga gave the glasses a cautious look before glancing at Eden, who nodded. Helga put the glasses on and followed looked into the window that led down to the boys. Well, they were men now, but she'd always think of them as the boys she grew up with. She didn't believe that Brainy had a mansion, but he did. She also didn't believe all that she was seeing inside of it. Contraptions and devices she would never even know the use of. It was all like something out of a movie or a comic book.
Brainy pulled a microphone towards him, "If I could have your attention." Just as Sid, Stinky, Harold, Eugene, Troy, Gerald, and Arnold looked up, a blinding white light flashed. Brainy removed his glasses and Eden and Helga followed in suit. Everyone who had been exposed to the light stared blankly ahead, occasionally blinking. "Very good. Now, you all went to Gerald's bachlor party. You all enjoyed yourselves. None of tonight never happened. You were never kidnapped. You never met Eden or found out that Cat Scratch is Helga. You did meet me though. Not as Enigma, but as Brainy. And Gerald?"
Gerald looked up blankly, "Yes?"
"You invited me to your wedding. I'm thrilled to come."
Helga arched a brow at him. She didn't expect that Brainy would care about something like that.
"You got it, man." Gerald answered in a monotone voice. What the hell had that light done to them?
"Excellent. And Arnold?" Arnold looked up. "Be good to Helga."
"I wouldn't think of being anything else to her." Arnold answered.
Helga's heart began fluttering and Eden released a long "Awwwwwwwww!"
Brainy smirked, "Good. She'll be waiting for you at home."
"Wait a second wait a second!" Helga began.
Brainy glared at her and shut off the microphone, "What?"
"There's still a lot I want to get to the bottom of and I can't do any digging at the boarding house with Arnold." she snapped.
Brainy got up and hovered over her, "There is always tomorrow for answers. You could have lost him tonight. Just be with him. You don't know what tomorrow is going to bring."
Helga scowled, but was silenced a looked down at her feet. It always seemed like Brainy knew everything about Helga's relationship with Arnold. It wasn't too surprising. He had invaded her privacy a plethora of times while she was rambling on poetically about Arnold. "Fine. I guess I better get walking then."
"Well….I do still have the keys to the tumbler. I can give you a ride." Eden offered with a smile.
Brainy smirked, "That sounds like a great idea."
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Helga screamed, her arms coiled tightly around a laughing Eden's waist. Eden let out a victorious whoop as the landed on the ground and continued down the road, buildings flying past them in a blur.
"This is it!" Helga bellowed, doing her best to hold tightly to Eden. She'd been on the back of motorcycles before, but none of them could ever compare to the tumbler. The thing was massive and went faster than anything Helga had ever ridden.
"This is what?" Eden yelled back, sliding the vehicle to the side, the wheels spinning sideways before righting themselves and propelling them forward.
"This is how I'm gunna die!" Helga shouted.
Eden laughed and pulled them to a stop in the alley behind Sunset Arms boarding house. Eden had to pry Helga's arms off of her. "Man, you'd think I'd scared a few of your lives out of you."
Helga climbed off of the tumbler. "I think you might have."
Eden chuckled and went to start the motorcycle, but Helga stopped her. Eden looked confused, but she stayed silent and waited for Helga to speak. "What is Brainy going to do to them?" She asked at last.
"I'll never get used to this 'Brainy' thing." Eden said with a sigh. "Ok, so here's the condensed version of the story. Eddy went to school to be a brain surgeon. He was going through really fast too, kind of like me in college. Anyway, he had…let's call it a fortunate accident. It was like he became a genius over night or something."
Helga scowled and crossed her arms, "What does this have to do with the weird light room?"
"Oh! That. Well as an aspiring neurosurgeon, Eddy knows a lot about the brain. What goes on in there, what area does what, and things like that. Things I wouldn't even be able to begin to explain. He did a lot of research and that white flash is…well…it's complicated. I know what it does, but not how it does it."
Helga sighed. "Just knowing what it does is fine, Eden."
"Oh. Sorry. I tend to overexplain things. It happens when you do what I do. The light is sort of like hynotism, only it's permanent. You get a full blast and everything Eddy says becomes your reality." Eden explained.
Helga looked horrified, "So Brainy has completely control over their minds forever?"
Eden laughed, "No no not forever. He only has sway over their memories and thoughts for about three minutes at most."
"Thank god." Helga sighed.
"Yeah, I've had a dose of the flash so you can say that again." Eden replied. "Besides, even if he could do that Eddy never would."
"You seem pretty sure of that." Helga challenged.
"Well we did work closely together for almost two years." Eden answered. "I should hope I know him pretty well."
"What do you mean by 'worked closely'?" Helga asked.
Eden shrugged, "You heard Eddy. You can get more answers tomorrow. I gotta go before someone sees me. The tumbler isn't exactly a vehicle you want to be caught on while it's parked."
Helga nodded, "Alright. I'll see you later then."
Helga leaped up onto the fire escape as the tumbler roared to life. In a flash, Eden was gone.
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Helga was almost asleep in Arnold's bed when he finally opened the door and came into his room. In a flash she was out of his bed and in his arms.
Arnold laughed lightly and held her tightly, his lips pressing against her forehead. "You've missed me I see."
"I was just worried about you." She muttered into his shirt.
Arnold laughed lightly, "Why? You didn't think I'd fall in love with someone else, did you?"
He kissed her lips gently and she stared at him in disbelief. Did he really not remember anything that had happened?
Arnold noticed her expression and his face sobered. "What's wrong?"
She sighed and led him to the bed. She sat him down, keeping his hands in hers. "I'm Cat Scratch, and whatever you think happened tonight, didn't."
I am the updating queen! Bow down…no? Ok. : ( Next chapter is gunna be all Motley, Grayson/Curly, and Helga and Arnold. I think they need some more chapter time so look forward to that. And don't forget to review! But especially don't' forget that I love you. But mostly don't forget to review.