"Not bad, twinkle toes." Carlson said as Keith pulled her up out of a dip.

He smirked and playfully spun her outbefore pulling her back into him, "How exactly is this going to help?"

Carlson dropped onto the floor and began undoing the small buckle on her shoe, "You'll see. Just don't worry about it." She yanked off her shoe before patting the ground next to her, motioning for him to sit down. Keith anxiously looked at the exit before exhaling a sigh and sitting beside her.

For a few moments they said nothing and he awkwardly watched as she took off her ballroom shoes and exchanged them for the sneakers she had been wearing for sparring before.

Finally, Carlson glibly said, "I know what you wanted to talk to Eddy about last night."

Keith rubbed the back of his neck and tried to feign incomprehension. "I don't know what you're talking about."

Carlson cocked her head onto her shoulder and stared him down, a knowing smirk upon her face, "You're a terrible liar."

He swallowed a lump in his throat, "Eavesdropping?"

She shrugged, "It's the best way to gather info."

Keith sighed, "Alright so you know. So what?"

Carlson's playful smirk turned into a serious scowl, "You don't know what happened when Eddy got his immunity, do you?"

"I have a feeling that I will soon." Keith sighed, crossing his arms and keeping his eyes on the door.

Carlson smacked him upside the head, pulling him out of his pouting. "What what that for?" Keith snarled, rubbing the back of his head.

Her brows shot up, "Keith, I was a shrink. I can read your body language like a book. You're going to fucking listen to this and you're gunna like it, you got it?"

He threw his hands up defensively, "Okay okay! What happened?"

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Eden sighed as she stared at the beakers and viles filled with plant extracts, powders, and whatever else could be found. Her fingers drummed against the counter. She could hear Thaddeus and Carlson going at it in the room above. She rolled her eyes when she heard Carlson scream dramatically before moaning loudly, followed by a loud thud. Probably Carlson getting slammed against a wall or something like that. Eden had had the awkward experience of walking in on them a few time, that and stories Carlson felt the need to share about how she 'liked it rough'.

She looked up lazily as the door to her lab entered and Eddy entered. She smiled at him weakly. He returned the gesture and sat on the stool next to her. "You're having the time of your life I see."

Eden scowled at the ceiling, "I can't get anything done with them making a racket like that."

Eddy shrugged casually and leaned against the counter, "What's so great about this stupid project anyway?"

In an instant, mossy green eyes became afire and bore down upon him ferociously. Eddy would have been more comfortable being circled by one of Carlson's hyenas, and most of them were still young and untrained. "What's so great about it is that I had a life before this mess fucked it up. I was happy. I had grants coming out of my ass! I was getting married! Maybe it's stupid but a part of me wants to believe that if I can fix this." She motioned at her green figure, "Then maybe I can get it back!"

"I'm sorry I didn't reali-" Eddy stopped speaking abruptly and cocked his head to the side curiously. "You were engaged?"

Eden picked up an empty beaker and threw it on the floor with unnecessary force, the glass shattering, "I don't want to talk about it, brain boy!"

Eddy backed away and put his hands up defensively, "Alright alright, I get it. I'm sorry."

Eden's scowl lingered on his face before she turned to aimlessly fiddle with a set of empty vials. "I think you should go."

"Fine, I'll go." Eddy snarled back. On his way for the door he picked up a glass of what looked like water. He raised it over his head, mocking a toasting position. "To the happy couple."

Eden turned to glare at him just in time to watch him raise the glass of what she knew was not water, "NO!" she screamed, but it was too late.

He smashed the glass onto the ground once he finished it, "Your water here tastes funny." He moved to take one step and his footing was lost.

She glared at him and rushed to his side, "That's not fucking water, you imbecilic man-twat!" Vines and branches started to snake around Eden, bringing her vials of this and that. "That was what I was developing for my universal fucking poison!"

Eddy then realized what she was saying and horror found his face, "Shouldn't you label that shit or something?"

Without thinking, Eden slapped him across the face, "Shouldn't you not drink any liquid hanging around a lab the studies poisons! Aren't you supposed to be a super genius or some kind of shit because that was just fucking stupid!"

He scowled, "Point taken."

She ignored his last comment and proceeded to examine what the plants brought to her. She'd occasionally glance up to find him staring at her hard at work. His breathing was beginning to slow. Eddy drove her nuts and half the time she wanted to punch him in the face (she had a feeling that some other people often got that urge around him quite often). Still, while he was annoying, he was still a friend.

She mixed frantically and the longer she took the more he fades. Finally, she decided that she'd concocted something that would at least slow the poisoning, if not prove to it its antidote. He stared at her with glossy eyes, breathing heavily and she fought the urge to cover his mouth and force him to breathe through his nose. She carefully wedged the vile into his mouth and made him swallow it.

Everything stopped. Seconds turned into hours and minutes into days. He released one last shaky breath.

Eden took a deep breath and fought the tears back. She never imagined she'd actually care about him enough. Angry, mostly at her self, she ungloved one of her hands and slapped him hard across the face right before screaming, "You cunt wagon!"

Eddy yelped and put a hand on his cheek. Eden, in return, screamed loudly and scrambled away from him, "What the fuck!"

"You hit me!" Eddy snapped, pointing a long and skinny finger in her direction.

"You-" Eden stopped before she could get much of a retort out. "Oh god, I killed you!"

Eddy's eyes narrowed in question, "I feel just fine."

Eden looked more confused, if it was possible, "You don't feel light headed? Nasueus? Dizzy?"

Eddy had answered no to each question. Eden started at him, then to the clock in disbelief. He was still alive. But how? They'd had skin on skin contact! She came forward quickly and despite his efforts to keep her bare skin away, she managed to get a bare palm on his forehead.

Once again, he didn't die.

Eden pulled away from him and to his surprise, she found a place under her tables where she curled up on her side and fought the tears away. Eddy followed cautiously before placing a cautious hand on her bare shoulder, "Are you ok?" He asked at last.

She shook her head. "This wasn't the way it was supposed to happen." Despite how little he knew about her, he knew that asking further questions would just upset her more. He rubbed her back and stood by as she cried.

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"Hey Eden." Brainy said enthusiastically once he saw Eden approaching him. "Look at what I found! If you just-"

Brainy didn't' had the chance to ready himself when Eden's fist reeled back and she clocked him straight on the jaw, sending him onto the ground. Helga and Arnold looked at them in disbelief. Gerald had been asleep on the couch through the whole thing and even Phoebe stared by, her irate wedding planner still screaming from the other end of the line.

"Eden! What the hell was that for?" He exclaimed, dabbing his lip to see how much blood she'd ushered through his skin. It was more than he had expected.

He she scowled at him and walked into her room, sealing the exit with a thick varity of vines and branches. He stared after her dumbfounded, before staring back at Helga. Arnold, and Phoebe, his eyes pleading desperately, "What the hell did you do that for?"

Helga shook her head, "You seriously need to stop pissing off the girls who can kick your ass."

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