Well, here is the next chapter. Stuff happens, people get angsty, and some stuff is talked about. Read if you are interested.
Once again, I do not own Ed Edd n Eddy.
"I cannot believe this," Regal announced as he walked back into his white throne room, where young Jimmy hadn't moved since the villain left hours before, "All that I have been doing is going to waste, and you have been no help to me whatsoever!" He shouted, pointing at Jimmy, who curled up into a ball in Regal's throne.
"I'm sorry... I can't betray my own friends!" Jimmy said back.
Regal dashed up to Jimmy and grabbed his neck, holding him above the throne and tightening his grip more and more, "They aren't your friends! They all think of you as an outcast, a loser, a nobody. That's not how they should treat you!"
Jimmy stared down at Regal, "It's better than you treat me." He snarled and kicked Regal in the head, escaping his enemy's grip and running to the door, which was locked.
"You shouldn't have done that!" Regal yelled and attempted to grab Jimmy, only to rip off his blue, long sleeve shirt. As soon as the young one's torso was bare, Regal's dot turned from dark red to blue as he continued to stare at the purple circles and stems that had been etched into Jimmy's skin for multiple days, "So you've been affected by the Dream Rain, eh?"
Jimmy looked at him in confusion, "The what?"
"Cache, the term used for information that is stored deep within a system, whether it's technological or living. It is truly the one thing that keeps most leaders moving. And I finally have access to yours now." He said in a sinister tone. Before Jimmy could react, Regal's right arm automatically turned into a large tentacle, still colored white. With one swift motion, the Psychometric sent the tip of the tentacle into the main circle on Jimmy's chest. Jimmy's eyes turned completely white, and he became zombie-like, not showing any movements and only moaning.
"You..." Jimmy moaned before going limp and silent.
Regal's dot turned white and blended in with the rest of his head, "Excellent. Everything that you have to know is at my disposal!" He said to himself and laughed. Everything went dark to him and suddenly, he saw memories of Jimmy's past play before him.
The streets of Peach Creek City looked the same at night, barely changing it's looks. It was slightly difficult to navigate through the streets without lights from lamps or buildings, but the four teens were able to manage it. Finally arriving at the warehouse's front double doors, Kevin opened them up and walked inside, finding a light switch nearby and turning it on.
Light quickly filled the massive warehouse room. Boxes with various tools inside were stacked on top of each other everywhere with switches, levers, and doors on the walls. A set of steel stairs led up to the upper level, which was only another set of double doors.
"Strange... Why on earth would Dr. Benson be here? This wasn't the office I remember him being in when I came by." Ed said and began inspecting the boxes, which were filled with gunpowder and hammers.
The other three teens shrugged and began looking around. Opening up the boxes, pulling the levers, opening the doors that were merely closets, they began to think that Dr. Benson wasn't there anymore.
"The only place he could be is upstairs." Eddy said and began to ascend the steel steps with the other teens following close behind. When they walked up to the door, it opened without even touching it. They slowly and cautiously stepped inside the dark room.
"Edward. Good to see you once again." A voice said. The lights in the room came on and a tall, bald man in an orange jumpsuit was sitting in a leather chair at the center. Nothing else other than windows were around him.
Ed smiled, "Dr. Benson! God, we're so glad to finally have found you. What's with that Combs guy back at your office building? He's making all those kids-"
Benson nodded and interrupted, "I know, I know. Combs and I have always been rivals, but that's not what is important. I'm sure you know what's been going on..."
All four nodded.
"Ed, I am deeply sorry that I've done this to you. I put you in a mess that you should have never been involved with and it's nearly cost your life. How you've made it this far is beyond my expectations." Benson said and stood up, walking over to a row of windows in his steel toe boots.
"So you've known about Regal this entire time?" Eddy said, walking further into the room with the three others. They stood beside the leather chair and waited for a reply from Ed's doctor.
Benson turned around and stared at the four, "I have, and my past is something that I can't tell you guys. For it would put you in much more danger."
"You must tell us! We cannot defeat Regal without full knowledge of who he is." Kevin said.
"Please, tell us." Ed said calmly.
Benson sighed and nodded, sitting back down in his chair, "It all started back in my childhood... I had a friend who was very close to me..."
After nearly an hour of viewing Jimmy's memories that had been cached, Regal finally withdrew his tentacle and turned it back to his arm. Jimmy's eyes returned to normal and he returned to the way he was before, "Ah, yes. I see what you have gone through, young brat."
Jimmy stood up, his purple stems gone, "What did you just do!"
"I only accessed your cache."
"My what?" Jimmy said.
"Your cache. The memories that you cannot remember for there are more important things to remember, like your birth. I can access your entire past with only your cache. And that is exactly what I did." Regal said and left the room, locking it and leaving Jimmy alone.
"My... Memories?..." Jimmy said to himself before standing up in shock, "Oh god, he knows everything about Ed now! I have to get out of here somehow!"
Regal traveled down to the Twilight Court's lobby via elevator and walked up to the receptionist, who was a human looking female with green skin, blond hair, and a black dress, "Fern, I need to speak with Billion as soon as I can. Where is he?"
"Oh, he said that he was going to do something to fix all his wrongs." The receptionist replied and went back to working on her computer.
Regal turned to the glass double doors, "Damn it, not suicide again." He said to himself and ran out the doors and headed straight for a large stone building called the Quarry Manor, which housed most of the citizens of the Silver Nova. Walking up to the walls outside, he sprinted up the wall and stopped at around the seventh floor, breaking through a window and entering a white room similar to his own. Opening a nearby door, he saw Billion sitting on the floor, a gun in his mouth.
"Put it down." Regal shouted. Billion obeyed and put the gun down.
"I'm... Sorry, sir. I just never get anything right anymore."
"Well, you have your chance to redeem yourself now. I need you to siege Peach Creek City and capture Edward Irons after you destroy those who are around him." Regal said, his dot turning yellow.
Billion looked ahead, out a window, and sighed, "I'm probably gonna screw this one up as well, sir..."
"We don't know that. All it is is taking care of that boy in an abandoned city where it's easy to kidnap. We're all relying on you, Billion, so you cannot deny or fail." Regal said and left.
Billion nodded and walked to his bedroom and lay down on his bed, looking up at his white ceiling, "Should I still kill myself?"
Night was when the kids at Combs' office were the quietest. Preparing to go to sleep on the floor, the teens left and walked into the main room, where the operation on Rolf's cousin Ramona was complete. She was still unconscious and that is why Combs was beside her, reading a magazine. He looked up when the teens closed the door and tried to exit the office, "Where do ya think you're going? Nowhere, that's where."
"You can't tell us what to do!" Sarah said.
"I'm trying to protect you, something your stupid leader wouldn't bother doing." Combs said, throwing the magazine aside and standing up.
The teens stared at the doctor with anger, "Don't call my brother stupid!" Sarah screamed.
"I just did, and there's nothing you can do to change my opinion on him." Combs said and slapped Sarah across the face, sending her to the ground in tears.
Double D stepped in front of the group, "What the hell was that for? You're supposed to be a doctor and protector of those kids in there, instead you're treating us like crap!"
Combs leaned into Double D's face, "Shut it, sockhead. You don't look serious at all when you're legs and arms are skinny like sticks."
In a fit of rage, Double D lifted his foot, sending it into Combs' crotch, leading him to let out a groan of pain. With the doctor already hurt, Double D sent the bottom of his shoe into Combs' face, sending him backwards and onto the unconscious Ramona.
"No one insults me and my friends," Double D muttered and turned to the doors, "Let's go before he wakes up."
The teens agreed and left, all amazed by Double D's bravery against an adult like Combs.
However, that wouldn't be the strongest adult that they'd have to face.
To be continued...