Chapter 17: It's an Ed!
Previously on What, She Wanted
"Mr. Vincent has already been signed out for more than 24 hours."
Silence gnawed at her insides. Reticence hung in the air like the suspended moment before a falling glass shatters on the ground. The stillness was like a gaping void; needs had filled with sounds, words, anything. The taciturnity was poisonous in its nothingness, cruelly underscoring how vapid their conversation had become. May knew this situation would be heading south real quick if she doesn't find Double D or knows his whereabouts
"D-Do you know who signed him out!?" May tilted her upper body over the desk counter, horrified at the nurse's response. "Who the heck signed him out!?"
"Let me check." The nurse slides her rolling chair right back to the left side and proceeds to type in the details of everything she needed. Soon after she found her answer, the nurse bluntly told the unexpected.
"The person who checked him out is..." The nurse looks closely at her computer. "-It appears to be blank..."
Unknown place, Time: 12:06 PM~
Entering to their destination, the van stopped in its tracks and pulled over to an empty parking spot. When Brad got out of the car, he immediately went over to the back of the truck. Soon as he opens the two doors, he was greeted with Rolf's stick knocking him straight to the face. His body landed backward, allowing the kids except Jonny to ambush him with attacks after attacks with tree branches they have gotten when at the factory. His unconscious body sat on the dirt with bruises and slashes across his face; the teens stood over his body, acknowledging the fact they are one step away in finding Double D, knowing he's in this building Brad sent them too.
"Go-Go Nazz Girl, stay in watch while we eliminate the Southcoast bamboo!" Rolf told Nazz to follow his orders, which she gladly accepts. "Ed-boy's keeper, elder god, you will come with me! The rest of you keep the man in black supervised!"
Half of Rolf's team Sarah and Maria and his pig Wilfred went offense with Rolf while the others Jimmy, Nazz, and gagged Jonny stood with the bodyguard as a defense watcher in case he wakes up or tried anything. The group split up going their different paths, Rolf and his two sidekicks went inside the tall spooky unknown building without any delay. They made it to the front gate; Sarah steadily opens it with a mere push. By the time they got to the front door strangely, it was cracked open, letting all the cold breeze out from the small cracks.
Stepping inside, it was a complete mess, to put it nicely. From outside the boarded windows, the shabby wood paneling and the pealing door that bolted with iron rods, all looked scary and threatening enough to keep the limited number of villagers away. However, behind the frightening exterior, the innards were equally destroyed, if not worse off. No doors were separating the rooms on the ground floor, yet they could be found a few feet into each room often with large chunks torn out of them, significant scratch marks creating cross-hatched patterns, and occasionally there was still paint left clinging to the worn wood. Surprisingly most of the furniture had survived with minimal damage, only a few scratches and chips to their name. There was only one rickety staircase leading to the first floor; again, the same long scratch marks across the walls. The first floor was in a considerably better state than the ground floor with all doors still in their rightful places; however, the paint clinging to them, once colorful, now many shades of yellow.
"I-I don't know about this...Being here seems like a bad idea." Maria says, unsure if she should go any further.
Rolf, not approving of her cowardliness, slams his wooden stick hard on the cold steel ground with anger. "Peace will not be restored if Sock-Edboy does not return. I can feel his aura around here like a duck on a leash! Rolf smells his fear." Rolf pulls out an old label that said 'Table' that Double D placed on Rolf's broken table that Eddy and Ed broke some time back. He used this evidence and made his pig smell the washed-out print.
"Wilfred, find me the smart labradoodle, Ed boy!" Rolf commanded his animal.
The pig began smelling the rotten label and walked straight down the hall, locating Double D's scent right away. As they got more and more down the halls, Maria and Sarah were extremely spooked out by the building. The thick layer of dust settled on everything in sight, giving the place an atmosphere of being untouched for many years, where the dust hung in the air disturbed at a regular occurrence. The only light source for the dank, dark building were the cracks within the roof and barricades over the windows throwing stripes of light into the nearly destroyed building, that every month housed a beast so ferocious that it rips and tears at its skin. Wilfred finally stops at a steel door with yellow stains and on it and a label number that read 'A107' at the top of the uncleaned door.
"It won't open!" Sarah pushes the door back and forth towards her non-stop. "What the heck this door made of?"
Ed's sister was hardly any match for the door until Rolf pushes her light body to the side. Doing the impossible, the farmer uses his left foot to kick the door open quickly. Sarah and Maria took a peek behind the door but was unavailable to see anything. The two teens proceed to walk inside before Rolf. The room was pitch dark; no light was shed to aid them to see where Double D was. It took Rolf's wild' life sense to find the light switch finally. Upon flicking it on, every mouth was hanging wide open. Their friend, Edd, was covered in pure dirt and scratch marks.
"W-What did they do to him...?" asked Sarah. Disheartening to see her former crush in this condition, she turns away while Maria and Rolf try to untie the poor lad.
"Enough with the questions, egg yolk! We will ask when this mission is c-c-completed!" Rolf responds as he was struggling to pull the tight rope off his Sockhead friend, "Curse this doohicky!"
It was nearly impossible to do so as it was at least five ropes holding his body and neck down tightly onto the dingy bed he was laying in. As time ticks for the team, a clap can be heard outside of the room. The three looked back and seen a shadow coming to a closer view. Two bloody gloved hands come out of the shadows still clapping, when the figure finally came out it was another of Alice's bodyguards. Startled, Rolf and the gang get into a fighting stance.
A good look shows, the guy appeared to be a typical stereotype of a mad scientist, an older adult who looked to be in his late eighties with thin and slightly stooped. He's nearly completely bald, and his scalp has age spots. He is wearing a white lab coat over a brown sweater and a white collared shirt.
"So, you found my lab rat." The elder male smirks with an evil glare. "You three don't belong here. Leave while you still can."
Not backing down, Rolf steps in front of the two girls to confront the elder that was in standing across from him.
"Foolish dead wheat. Your posture and demeanor do not faze the tree of might that's within Rolf's mind socket." Rolf boldly told him, still locking his interest on him. "Release the Sock-Ed boy!"
Out of nowhere, the older man suppressed a laugh, sputtering like an old water faucet. Rolf's harsh words only made the mad scientist laugh at the three teens like they said a joke to him. While he was laughing his brains out, Sarah and Maria felt highly uncomfortable.
He erupted in more laughter. "Like I would listen to three ignorant children!"
The scientist couldn't help but roar in hysterics. "Tell you what. Why don't you three be my test subjects for tonight's play? It will benefit you guys quite a bit."
His threats sent shivers down Maria's spine. As she looks closer to his facial appearance, she knew who the older man was. Her brain had shut down. She was clammy, and there was the glisten of cold sweat. Her eyes were as wide as if someone was coming to deliver the fatal blow. Yet what she saw, no-one else could see — trapped in her psychosis, a living nightmare for one, tailor-made by her brain to play on her deepest fears. The history between them was something she would never forget. Rolf, breaking the awkward silence, slams his stick on the ground.
"Enough with your annoying dialogue!" Rolf interrupts his speech. "The son of a shepherd offers a duel against you."
Standing there in confusion, the elder male replies, saying-"Very well. Fighting me will lead you to death, boy."
"Then, so be it."
Turning around away from his intense gaze, the foreigner encourages his two sidekicks to finish freeing Double D. With a simple nod from both of them, Rolf shows his main interest back to the scientist. A cold wind emerged from the back of Rolf's neck escaping his notice. He out of the three teens show no fear or tremble in his body whatsoever. Instead, he prepares himself to see if his enemy would make the first move.
"Go, I will keep him busy. You two get the smart Ed boy back to the others." Rolf commanded his team to obey his orders.
Sarah finally snaps the last rope apart from Edd's right leg. She and Maria pulled his lifeless body upward and off the dirty bed. The two girls worked together in dragging him out of the torture chamber with Wilfred following from behind.
Now that they were gone, Rolf had a good chance to fight without being worried about his pet animal and peers. The fight between them was about to begin, and already, the sweat of fear appeared dripping slowly down the scientist's forehead. The blue-haired boy made the first move and dashes his way towards the elder male with his wooden stick.
"FEEL ROLF'S WRATH OF DESTRUCTION!"
Cul-De-Sac, Time: 12:19 PM~
After hours of driving non-stop, May made it back to her childhood area, the cul-de-sac. She made it to the place she wanted to be. May parked her mother's other old jeep. The blonde Kanker hardly ever used in Ed's driveway and took the keys out of the ignition. She got out of the truck and went to the house that was in front of her.
She stopped on the doormat and rang the doorbell six times until eventually, the unexpected came to the door. It was Kevin, his entire clothes were soaking in blood, and his face appeared heavily stressed. The two stared at each other for at least three minutes till Kevin decided to snap the confused Kanker out of her trance.
"Hey Kanker, stop looking at me like that and come in already!" said Kevin, continuing to snap his fingers. "Dork..."
A couple of seconds later, May shakes her head, returning to normal. Seeing blood is something she couldn't handle. The young teen had a lot of traumatizing history before coming to the cul-de-sac with her mother and sister. Nevertheless, she followed Kevin further down inside Ed's empty house to his bedroom.
Loud voices of pain can be heard the more they were getting closer downstairs. Curious, May pushed the jock boy aside and rushed downstairs, knowing the voice sounded exactly like her next older sister.
By the time she made it down, her body had gone completely numb. May breathed in and out, but the air wouldn't enter her lungs fully. In front of her was Marie, her lower body was all bloody, and what's worst, a full head was sticking out of her vagina, almost like it was stuck and slowly dying. Her heart raced at tremendous speeds, and her lungs shallowly rose and fell in time. The blonde female stood there for what felt like an eternity but was only seconds.
Marie shifted her eyes down and noticed her traumatized sister was standing by Ed's bedroom door with Kevin. "M-May...help, me please..."
Soon as she said that, the punk Kanker fainted right on the scene. May ran straightforward and went right to her sister for support. Holding her cold hands, it felt like she was losing a sister and a niece at the same time. The youngest Kanker tried to do everything in her power to wake up Marie. Slapping, yelling, tapping her shoulders, and even crying. Nothing was waking her up.
"Marie, come on, wake up already. I'm here!" May called out for her sister one last time; sadly, she didn't respond.
Absolutely nothing was getting through the tomboy Kanker. Her face was paler than before and soft, with no signs of breathing. Giving up already, May planted her face on top of Marie's chest. In the background, Eddy and Ed can be seen panicking and soon later crying. Kevin, however, went over and tried his best to help his enemy stay alive. He shoved his gloved hand back inside her private parts, grabbing hold of the baby's head once again. Without Marie's force getting her child out, it won't be easy for him.
"Don't just stand there. Help me, you idiotic dorks!" yelled Kevin. He looks back behind him, giving a strong hint that he needs the two Eds to help him push.
Ed went first and grabbed onto Kevin's waistline, holding him tightly down. Next, it was Eddy's turn, he did the same but withholding Ed's back. The three used all their power and abilities to push back. Moments later, May could fully see the child of Marie sliding out of her vagina more forceful than the last procedure.
"-Come on...push!"
The Eds plus Kevin took another huge step back, pulling the child's head further out of Marie without killing it. The last pushed caused the baby to shoot out of her vagina and onto the orange-haired jock. The Eds and even May gathered around in a small circle to see if the infant was okay. Thankfully, upon arriving on this world, the gifted child let out a mighty endless battle cry. Kevin gets up from the ground and wrap the new Kanker with a soft white blanket and carefully went over to Marie with her precious newborn baby.
Surprisingly, Marie's eyes were wide open when hearing her only child screaming for someone's attention. Kevin lowers his arms down, showing his enemy her new creation. Being still weak, the punk Kanker can only stare as her body was so thin to move. Seeing her daughter, the only thing she cared about was her.
"She's...perfect." A light half-smile lingers across Marie's cold, pale face.
Her eyes took note of the baby one last time, before drifting to sleep with a visible grin. Sighing, May could feel her body ease down as her sister was safely asleep. Kevin hands over the child to the youngest Kanker and finally collapses on Ed's purple recliner chair, exhausted.
"Aw, she has my nose," Ed says to himself. The tall young teen was overcome with emotion when seeing the baby sleep peacefully in May's arms.
Eddy shoves the blond Kanker out the way quickly, making the nicest female lose her balance. The baby lands successfully into his arms without a single scratch.
A vast money sign was noticeable on Eddy's facial expression "Do you know what this means? I can make this bucket of joy into a cash register! Everyone would pay serious money to see a baby." He then snickers at the thought of his new scam.
His thoughts and ideas were, unfortunately, interrupted by May's fist smashing his chin upwards. Having enough time, the blond Kanker takes the infant out of his arms before Eddy's body would entirely fall backward.
"Are you crazy?! Marie would never approve of that." May angrily stated while frowning. "Speaking about that, what are we going to do with that Alice chick? She already has my Ma and Lee locked up..."
The room automatically went dead silence. Pure crystalline of nothingness was lurking around. Everybody knew that their main priority is getting Nazz family member lock up. Now that Marie finally had her child, they can continue their next search in finding her. Kevin and Eddy glance at each other for a quick second then scroll over the back to May as their focus. Today was the day everything ends. It was time to settle the final score with Alice and her goons.
Eddy grinds his teeth aggressively, holding in his genuine anger. "Of course, I know that Kanker. She made a mockery of my name, and I'll be damn if she continues roaming around the streets freely!"
"Right...but I don't think we have the right power to stop her," May commented in a rather, cold demeanor. "At least, not now."
"What you mean by that?"
A long pause took place yet again, this time waiting in May to return the question. It took her a massive amount of courage to explain her reason as to why she said that. She was so scared. Sure, she would be telling only just Kevin, Eddy, and Ed about this, but the main issue about this situation is telling Marie. The blond Kanker knew it was dumb to be scared, but she couldn't help it. The problem was if Marie did happen to know about this, she can kiss her life goodbye.
"-I think she took Double D out of the hospital." She said to the others in a low tone. "None of us check him out. It was blank when I came." May finally told them.
Unknown place, Time: 12:48 PM~
As Nazz and Jimmy sat there here waiting, it felt like hours are passing by. Nazz glances down at her wristwatch, and it has only been fifteen minutes. She took a deep breath in, trying to comfort herself with happy thoughts. These pleasant thoughts are not enough. Somehow she knows something has gone wrong. Where are her friends? She thought in her mind, worried. Shouldn't Rolf and the others be back by now?
She continued to stare down the door hoping anyone would show. The worse feeling in the world was haunting her insides about her friends' whereabouts. After a long while of taking long breaths in and out, two of her friends finally return.
"Oh, thank goodness you're alright!" Nazz exclaim as Sarah and Maria drags an unconscious Double D towards them.
Nazz and Jimmy went over to help out. The team carefully took Edd's skinny body to the van and placed him by Jonny 2x4, who was still tied up and gagged.
Maria, still in mid shock, shuts the van door once the Sockhead Ed-boy was entirely in."We have only been gone for about half an hour," she told Nazz, looking at her like she was some kind of maniac.
"Why is it taking him so long to come out?" Nazz asked as her patience is wearing thin. "Do you think Rolf is okay?"
Before Sarah or Maria could respond, a grey car arrived on the scene. The girls plus Jimmy and Wilfred quickly hop inside the back of the van. When the car pulled up, it was Alice, and her other bodyguard, Ada. The two females searched the area for a while and went straight to the van, hoping Brad did his job right. While the two teens walk at a slow pace, Rolf's entire team had no plan or solution to come out alive on this one. Afraid and scared, the team tried desperately to keep quiet. Approaching the vehicle, Alice had the facial expression of an angry cat, seeing that her ignorant bodyguard wasn't in the van like he was supposed to.
"I wonder where Brad is. You only gave him one task, right?" Ada pondered.
Alice rolled her eyes in annoyance. "Well, duh. Maybe that peon is inside. Come on, let us go. Our guest is waiting."
Both Ada and Alice took the chance to leave the supposed empty van alone. Once the two were gone out of sight and inside the unknown building, Rolf's team relaxed a bit. Suddenly, Jimmy broke down. Tears raced down his cheeks at a stupendous fast rate.
"Rolf is in danger..if he stays in there for another minute he'll be their personal Piggly wiggly!" Jimmy shouts, grabbing the attention of his comrades.
Pouring down with tears streaming down his eye sockets, the only one who felt slightly different now was Sarah. She hugged her fluffy best friend in a warm embrace, making sure he is okay. Everyone agreed with Jimmy's decision to stay and find their leader, but Maria.
"No! It's not smart for us to go back in. Not if those two are inside." Maria tried to reason with her teammates. "He will find his way out someway. I'm sure of it."
Nazz shook her head disapproving of the new plan to leave Rolf. "Are you blind? Jimmy is right, dude; we can't leave him behind with a bunch of sociopaths."
Instantly the Kanker grabbed Nazz's shirt collar and pulled her closer to her. "Listen to me for once! Three of us have a good chance of coming out alive." Maria's eyes wondered directly over at Jimmy and Jonny. "Those two, however, will not."
She then pushed Nazz away from her and sat back down. In reality, she was exactly right. Jimmy and Jonny would be the first two to go. The team can't afford to fail this mission by being an unrecognizable hero when every team member is dead.
"Okay, okay. What's the plan then?" Nazz asked her, still being skeptical about the whole ordeal in this idea. "Get help?"
Maria nods. "Yeah. I'm sure there has to be a gas station around here somewhere."
Nazz jumps in front of the van and over to the driver's seat. She was placing her seat belt around herself for safety reasons. Confused about this, Sarah was the first to asked Nazz why she was cranking up the van.
"The heck you think you're doing? You can't drive!" Sarah pointed out
"Don't worry, Sarah, last summer while I was away; my father taught me how to. You dudes are safe with me." She assured the angry orange-haired teen.
The van eventually pulled away from the empty parking lot. Not entirely inside the building, Alice and her assistant hear a vehicle pulling out of the area. The two rushed outside as fast as they could. A quick moment later, the girls saw Brad's car leaving. Furry connected with Alice's body when seeing her cousin driving off to get help made her feel betrayed and hurt. In a rage, she off the bat forgets her plans and dashes to her car with or without Ada. Likewise, they both made it just in time before Nazz could speed up further down the empty road. They immediately follow the van at full speed
"If she gets across Fort Valley, it's over for us!" Alice announced loudly inside the car.
She speeds more down until coming in close contact with the van. Trying to make herself known, Alice bumps her front end in the back of Brad's stolen vehicle. Nazz glares at the rear-view mirror. A sudden gasp escapes her lungs when seeing her crazy cousin chasing her down. She picked the worse day for a joy ride. Alice and Ada were already on her tail. What was her main concern happened to be the tires that were treading on these worn-down streets, Nazz had only a few more miles to make it down the gas station.
"They're getting closer! Speed it, will you?!" howled Sarah. "Can't you go any faster than this?" Stressed out by this, she honks the steering wheel at least eight times.
Nazz yanks Sarah's hand away from the wheel. "Chill out, man! We're in a cheap, run-down van, not a freaking sports car. Besides, I think I can outrun them."
She quickly set van to go maximum speed. Nazz stared up at the front mirror, seeing no car following them any longer. Preparing herself to be home free then, that's when it hit her, she was screwed. A bunch of homeless hikers was walking down the road with no attention to stopping. Up ahead, there were more homeless pedestrians, waving at Nazz to stop, screaming, running away, and stupidly recording the speed chase. Even if she had stopped, they wouldn't do any kind, except being Alice's next victims. The van was at almost 72 mph down the road; if she didn't stop now, someone was going to turn into a pancake. If that happens, she is screwed for sure, along with her friends.
"Awesome! I found a way out of this mess." Nazz told the others proudly.
Another road appears, Nazz jerks the van into heavy traffic, the track blasting on the car stereo, building in speed and energy. Despite the velocity of the getaway, the popular blond teen was very calm on the wheel, weaving through traffic like she been through this before. The other members of Rolf's team lay low in their seats, shrug out of their business attire.
The car they were trying to escape from comes back to view, this time now right beside the van, continually crashing into it. The two cousins' trade looks before Nazz swerves. A light turns red up ahead. She floors it through the stoplight. Alice, not giving up the chase, breaks hard around her. Nazz, near a hot 75 mph, had one option left to outrun them. Going max power, she cranks up the engine to 80.
Eases off. She makes a hard left at the last second into - A side street. Loses Nazz tears down the narrow road and dodges dumpsters that were coming in her path to escape truly. On the adjacent artery, Alice's car can be seen again in parallel. Almost like she was waiting on her cousin to come this way.
"Crap," grumbled Nazz. "I refuse to give up on our main mission! Her or anyone else can't stop me from finding my freedom."
Unexpectedly, Nazz floors it to the next cross street and swerves a hard right, directly into the path of Alice's grey car. Nazz plows through the intersection, forcing the grey car and all other traffic to brake violently hard. Not wasting more time, the van proceeds driving down the street, leaving them in the dust, finally losing them for good by getting down another road with less traffic.
Cheers and laughter rang through Nazz's earlobes, telling her she did well on the chase. She eases down on the speed, knowing Alice and her sidekick won't be following them anytime soon. Back to Alice, her head was glued onto the steering wheel. Ashamed, she couldn't stop them on time. Next to her, Ada did all she could to make her boss calm.
"It's okay; I heard prison food is pretty good after four years." Ada drawled in her thick southern accent. "Or was it nine?"
Ignoring Ada's stupid remarks, Alice was in her deep thoughts, tried to hold back the seething torrent avalanche of tears overflowing her mental state and emotion. Seeing everything so clear now, the rich girl who spreads pain to others knew her fate was in the hands of a judge that will show her no sympathy.
"I couldn't get my revenge. Damn her." Alice cursed. She slams her head back on the steering wheel, tearing back up.
Nothing she can do, Ada sat next to her boss and best friend waiting on the police to arrest them. It was apparent there revenge plan failed. Soon they will pay the sheer consequences of that.
x
The fight between Rolf and the old scientist was coming to a tragic end. Scratch up a bit; the foreigner had a lot more energy to continue the battle compared to the elder male. Crawling his way towards Rolf, the mad scientists could feel his life slipping away from his body.
"How dare you...make me a lower class!" The older man grunted heavily.
A sudden gush of pain jolted throughout his old worn-out body. His stomach ached, his arms lost tension, and his legs began to weaken and were utterly unable to walk again due to Rolf's banging his stick against it over and over. "My life is flashing right before me," he thought as he dropped to the ground.
His tongue was soaked in the taste of blood. The elder tried his best to fight his opponent, but his mind and power did not allow him. Bruised and winded, the blue-haired male took his time to walk over to the other side while doing so, each step he took felt like his heart had a slow rhythm with his steady movements.
"You make Rolf sick."
"WAIT!"
Without hesitation, Rolf swung his stick across the scientist's face with full force. The attack connected so perfectly the man's jaw was hanging wide open, gushing more blood than before. His body flops onto the cold, dirty floor, bleeding heavily from the strike he just took. The fight was now over, Rolf drops his broken stick and proceeds to walk out of the building alone, and unarmed.
Six minutes later, Rolf was set free back out to the outside world. Seeing the van nor his friends were no longer there waiting for him, his rage spiral out of control consuming his inner soul.
"WILFRED!"
A boiling fury swelled inside of Rolf, rising through his chest, calling for his faithful companion as the foreigner roars his pet pig name over and over like a broken record. Before he knew it rain suddenly struck down onto his damaged bloody body.
Peach Creek Jail, Time: 1:17 PM~
"Mrs. Kanker, your daughter is very young for this type of crime. 18, correct?"
"19," Mrs. Kanker corrected him. "What the hell does this have to do with me?"
"Ah, yes, right. 19. I feel sorry for you, putting your own daughter in this mess. She'd have to spend the rest of her life in jail, maybe get the death penalty."
Detective Conan said, walking around the interrogation table, "If only there were a way to cut her sentence in half." Detective Conan grinned, rested his hands on the table, and nodded. "Confess now or feel the cold metal bars holding you in Mrs. Kanker. All we needed was a confession from Lee. Since she doesn't want to talk, our best interest is her mother."
Mrs. Kanker looked uncomfortable. "Confession of what? My daughter and I didn't do anything wrong," she said in a quiet voice. "My other daughter, Marie, is having a child with another female. I don't know how but I guess it's possible. Does that count for anything?"
Detective Conan arched his eyebrow. "No. Enough with the games, do you agree to the terms of telling the truth and nothing but that?" He asked with a stern look.
Mrs. Kanker nodded.
"And wouldn't you agree that if her father were here, he'd want his daughter to tell the truth? Or lie her way out of this mess with a terrible excuse just like her mother."
Mrs. Kanker jumped out of her chair, her face tense, her lips pursed…. "Don't bring my old lover into this, you fool," she said with an intense fierceness in her voice.
Detective Conan knew he had hit a nerve, so he continued down the path. "Very well, then. You should be careful. If the judge finds you and her guilty, well... she'd probably get beaten up in the very first week. All because of your lies-"
"Enough!" Mrs. Kanker shouted. "You bastard—"
Detective Conan held out his hand for her to hold her tongue. "Listen," he said in a calm, soothing voice, "All I ask is the truth, we found key evidence that you were helping a girl that goes by Alice and her accomplice Ada. But I can't help if you are not willing to help me."
Mrs. Kanker sat back down in her chair. "What can I do to get my daughter out of here, at least?" she asked. She realized the stupidity of this all. It was about time she listened to the detective.
"Well…" Detective Conan thought for a moment. "It's obvious you know something as you and your daughter were trying to escape the day of the crime. Tell me a little more as to why you did that?"
— a grin surfaced on Detective Conan's face— "In the case of this background check, you nor your daughter couldn't get caught up unless you knew about this plan."
His words were getting through her skin, Mrs. Kanker could feel her insides eating her up. Anger flooded her veins; the more he asked questions. She felt a flash of pure irritation burning with fire, but like all things she deals with, the mother of four won't let anyone get the best of her. Not even a lousy detective.
Mrs. Kanker fidgeted in her chair to buy herself some time. She brushed her hair back, revealing a red forehead and then released a big breath. "Fine," she finally said, "I'm not going to give you all the details, but I'll give you what you need."
She glanced at the officer standing in the corner. "One simple request, though." She pointed at the officer. "He has to go."
With a swift motion, Detective Conan order for the room to be cleared. Once the place was empty, the detective had his number one main suspect in his clutches.
"What do you know?"
"Before I speak," Mrs. Kanker spoke up again, "I want to have your word that my daughter doesn't get life in prison or any hidden bull shit for me either."
"I-I can't promise that, Mrs. Kanker."
"Then, you won't get anything valuable out of me." Mrs. Kanker replies with a bit of sass as she crossed her arms.
His anger spiked, getting his answers won't be easy. He tried countless hours and methods to get Mrs. Kanker to talk. Unfortunately, she meant business. Detective Conan left the room for five minutes, then returned. "Your request has been granted. I give you my word."
Mrs. Kanker paused, nodded, and then started to speak, "That day at the hospital, All I wanted to do was smoke. But I found something better. I have seen two girls talking about my daughter's girlfriend 'Double D' and how they plan on taking her or whatever. I didn't think much of it until now. They probably had already fled the state, who knows for sure where she at."
"Where is she?" The detective questions her. "Are you sure this is a valid proof?"
"I'm getting to that, slow your row. Now, as I was saying, I knew before getting lock up that female who frame me had a connection with that Alice girl you're talking about." Mrs. Kanker responds back
"So you're saying you knew the girl, Double D was gone from the hospital, is that correct?" Detective Conan asked.
Mrs. Kanker nodded. "Either way, my daughter and I don't deserve this."
"I see." He walks around in circles at a fast pace, thinking for a solution. Then it hit him faster than a lighting bolt on what he truly needed to do. "Call me crazy, but we should set a decoy. Get your daughter, Lee, as bait so we can capture them once and for all." Conan suggested.
"WHAT!" Mrs. Kanker wasn't having any of it as anger rushed through her "HAVE YOU GONE MAD!? WE CAN'T DO THAT IDIOT!"
"Sorry, sorry, Mrs. Kanker," Detective Conan apologizes non-stop. "Please, by all means, continue with your story."
Lake Garcia State Park, Time: 8:29 PM~
The sun has withdrawn its last warm rays, leaving the earth to cool itself in the dark. May, Ed, and Eddy explore the outside world together in search of finding the others. The rain finally stops not too long ago as the ground relinquishes the warmth of the hot days, as the air chills in the indigo dark. A breath of wind ruffles through May's hair, driving down the road freely.
While the team travels a long distance far away from home, the darkening sky turns into more tranquil and soft. In the car beside May was her love interest, Ed, who was already asleep many hours ago. Behind her, was Eddy. The loud-mouth scam artist couldn't help but lecture May about her slow driving skills throughout the entire ride.
Feeling slightly impatient, Eddy yells at the top of his lungs, saying- "We are never going to find them at this rate. Speed it!"
"Don't you think I'm trying?!" May shouted back more angrily. "It's not like you have any ideas to find them quicker."
"Whatever. I can't believe you left Shovel chin and your stupid sister back at Ed's place." Eddy says, changing the subject.
An exaggerated sigh escaped May's lungs. "Somebody had to watch her and her kid. If it were you, they'd be dead."
A faint blush rushes through his entire cheekbones of embarrassment. The conversation between them ended awkwardly. The smooth movement of the car Is repetitive and adds to drowsiness as they travel more down on the road at slow speed. Another hour has gone by, and Eddy was finally asleep as well.
The only person who was still awake at the time was May, and even she felt the need for a good nap. It occurs to her that she must have been half sleeping, yet she cannot recall when or how. The blond Kanker turns her head to Ed; he too seems very tired. She taps his shoulder countless of times, and he was now fully aware of his surroundings after a few seconds. Taking the time to look back, she can see Eddy sleeping also, his soft, translucent eyelids and long, light lashes flickering gently as he murmurs. They continued along the deserted country road, all silently. Ahead of them, May sees the light in the distance. Instantly she assumes she found the others, roaming the streets. Until she realizes a car is approaching.
Slowly she closed her eyes peacefully as the car approaches faster. She calmly hears the car horn beeping, its driver and occupants screeching and cursing. May, wide awake see the headlights shine directly into her eyes. The screaming Is deafening and more intense. They are approaching them head-on. Closer and closer they become.
"WATCH OUT!" May scream hysterically.
He shakes out of his quick snooze and Mrs. Kanker car twists and turns and writhes across the narrow road, before exploding into the car of screaming and beeping. Inside the vehicle, May awoke by the sound of sirens. It is light and misty as she lay beneath a massive heap of scrap metal. Unable to see anything but black leather-clad feet and blue- slacked ankles. The grass underneath her is wet with dew, and her clothing is soaked… with blood. In the far cracks voices of Eddy Is suddenly whimpering painfully. She twisted her bloody, gashed, bruised torso and tried to help him.
He was covered In blood. His beautiful blue eyes are bruised purple, and his arm turns inwards at a strange angle, as does his right leg. The young teen begins to cry again, louder when trying desperately to twist his arm back normal. Ignoring his cries, May turns to Ed. A thick, red liquid oozes from his mouth like a waterfall. At first, it didn't seem like much, but she soon realizes it is blood. He is motionless and silent, appearing to be entirely out cold. Moments of being stuck, she hears the shriek of a chainsaw above her. During this chaos, she reached for Ed's hand and held it softly. It would be the last time she could ever feel her lover alive.
"Ed...I'm...sorry."
May's final words fainted in the fire as her inner soul slipping through her like a soul has been emptied from her head. Deathly cold, a sudden grasp into her memories of her sisters and mother cheering her on as she and Ed happily get married. But the memories all seem like dreams. Her life experiences that include them flashes before her eyes, a dark, scary tunnel overshadows her dreams of happiness.
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May's POV
One day later
I woke up with a massive headache. My blood pressure was sky high, the pungent smell of the hospital disinfect, invading my nostrils. Everything around me felt..so empty. I looked around and saw the room was silent apart from my heavy breathing and the beep beep sounds you often hear in hospitals that indicates you're alive. That blackout did hit me, I slowly opened my eyes, squinting in an attempt to sharpen the blurred images before me.
"W-Where am I?"
I glanced around and took in the deserted, blue, and white color schemed hospital bedroom. "How long have I been here?" I shut my eyes tightly, hoping this is all just a dream. I tried so hard to remember what had exactly happened. Then it hit me like a truck. The last thing I saw was my lover bleeding out because of me. I heard one of Eddy's screams. Crashed. The pain jolted throughout my entire body as the flames consume me even more.
I felt so lost inside; I knew nothing after the blackout. Abruptly, a male doctor arrived on the scene with a clipboard. While I was staring at him, wondering why the heck am I in a hospital bedroom, there was a long pause of just staring at each other, which was creepy and weird to me.
A few minutes passed in awkward silence. Eventually, he finally spoke. "Forgive me if I startled you," he said, "My name is Chris. But please, call me Dr. Miller. You have been out for a long time."
I remained silent. No, not because I was shy. As a matter of fact, I was too mesmerized by his charming smile. Finally, snapping myself out after a while of staring at his beautiful teeth, "Hey. Where are my boyfriend and Eddy? are they doing okay, doctor?" I squeaked out.
"They're fine, May. It's a pleasure to meet you" He flashed the white pearls he has as teeth again, looking ever so dashing.
I glowered at him. My gut feeling was telling me this throwback doctor was lying, straight to my face. Before I had a chance to say anything, he interrupted by apologizing and asking what's wrong. I took a long hard stare at his concerned face, and I burst into laughter. His expression then changed to confusion, which made me laugh even harder. Being available to survive a car crash made me sprinkle of more laughter. When I have finally got a grip on myself, he told me he didn't understand what I found so hysterical about this issue I'm dealing with.
"Ahem. Anyways, everything is fine; you should be available to come home today". He smiled a sly smile, probably not knowing what to say at my pathetic self.
I look around. Judging by the IV, I'm hooked up to; I'm really am in a hospital. That would explain all the white. Am I wearing clothes? I lift the sheet - I'm in one of those flimsy hospital gowns that makes you feel like you might as well be naked. Immediately, I heard the door open. Standing by the door was a typical guy who appeared to be a cop, who was quite attractive, I thought to myself.
"You must be May. Been waiting for you to wake up forever now." He's looking at me sternly like I'm in trouble or something. I wish he'd stop calling my name sp much; it's so creepy. "It's not a request; you need to tell me."
"Who wants to know?" I asked him politely. My voice is scratchy like a pinecone, and quiet like the sky before a storm. I'm already annoyed.
My throat tickles. The light is too bright. And my head is pounding with frustration, "Who the heck you suppose to be?"
The officer clears his throat, and it makes me even more conscious of how dry my own is. "Conan, Detective Conan. I talked to your mother awhile back. Alice and that Ada girl are no longer roaming the streets."
"Really?!" I hear myself say. My voice crackles like an old radio. "Where are the others? I need to see them."
"In the waiting room. There is no need for you to feel unease," the officer says darkly. I don't think he likes me, either. At least we're on the same page.
I flex my toes, then work my way up the rest of my body. Everything seems to be working. I squint up at the light and wince as bad memories swirl itself inside my head. I got pretty annoyed by the lights shining down onto my pale skin.
"Turn off the lights."
"You're just like your mother. I'm the one giving the orders here - you're in no position to negotiate." He takes a couple of steps closer to the bed I'm lying on. He's a large man, long and solid as a city block.
"Please turn off the lights," I asked again, his silly threats didn't faze me at all.
He approaches the side of the bed and leans over in what I assume is an attempt at intimidating me. He scowls like a dog showing its teeth. "Both your mother and sister are still locked up. You're the only key witness left. Start talking. Now."
I asked again nicely; he must dislike me. What a loser if he thinks I'm supposed to be scared of him, just because he's wearing a fancy business suit. I put the heal of my hand to my temple as the pain increases. I don't know how I made it.
"Good. Girly," he says, reaching for my arm, that's when I couldn't take his creepiness any longer.
"I'm not your girl."
The light flickers twice. The officer freezes, though he doesn't know it. A cold wave anointed him as the hairs rose on the back of his neck, and his mouth ran dry. He knew not to mess with a Kanker.
I press my fingers to my thumping head and massage my temples for at least ten seconds. His voice was annoying me badly. I slip out of bed and stand up, only wobbling slightly. Detective Conan is still in mid-reach, eyes fixed angrily on the white pillow. I guess I ruin his pride.
"I'm Leaving."
Detective Conan seemed somewhat taken aback by my directness. I walk over to an empty chair and retrieve my damaged clothes. It might be cold out. It might not. I don't know, and I don't care.
Dr. Miller ran up to me, doing his best to persuade me to stay. "Y-You can't leave; the test score for your injuries isn't back yet!"
I ignored his plea as I open the cold icy door, shutting it roughly behind me. Nine minutes later, from walking the hallways, I found a pair of fresh new clothes in one of the lockers by the front desk of the building. I trade the hospital gown for a simple black shirt and a pair of dark blue jeans, then slip on a random doctor's jacket. Now my last task is finding my family and friends.
Peach Creek Hospital, Time: 4:20 PM
Over at room B126, Marie and the others were finally getting the treatment they needed. Rolf's gang eventually got Alice and Ada in jail before the night was entirely over. Reunited, everyone seems to be in good spirits. Double D, feeling better from the treatment the doctors gave him. Eddy, now in a wheelchair, thanks to May's horrible driving still his angry self. And finally, Ed, the loveable dummy, only had a few scars that would heal in a couple of months. After a minute or two, the nurse looks over at the baby, and carries her to the table and performs the Apgar test. Once they were done, they clean the baby up. After the baby is cleaned, they stitch up Marie while Edd holds his unnamed baby girl.
Next, Marie attempt the first breastfeed. Exhausted, she proceeds to do whatever it takes to make her daughter stop crying. Afterward, the nurse comes in and bears the baby's footprints and a picture for the hospital to have on record. Finally, Marie, along with Double D, is moved to the recovery room with the baby and others.
Immediately after that, the nurse places the crying baby girl on Marie's chest. Double D stood close, smiling.
"I love you," Marie said, looking deep into the baby's eyes. And with that, the baby went silent. No more crying, just calm.
A minute went by, and the nurse took the baby to clean her up and do a few more tests. She did, after all, got delivered at Ed's house with no type of professional medical assistance. Meanwhile, Marie and Edd rekindled their relationship as a lovely couple. Unfortunately, alone time wasn't available as everyone was in the room, giving them no privacy whatsoever.
"Wow, she has a strong resemblance to my mother..." Edd chuckles while scratching the side of his face. "Amazing."
Looking over, Marie flushes upon seeing Edd's adorable gap. "She also has her father's wonderful skin." She added.
The two teen couple unnoticeably traded compliments after another at each other. In the far back, the others were amazed to see how healthy the baby turned out, especially Nazz and Jimmy.
"Who would've thought Kevin would be the one to deliver that cutie," Nazz says out loud, giggling up a storm.
Jimmy nodded, "You got that right sister! She can be Sarah and I new playmate!"
Tapping his foot repeatedly, it was evident that Kevin was annoyed at this point. "Yeah, yeah. I ain't doing that again."
Rolling up on the scene in a wheelchair is Eddy, growling like a vicious, angry werewolf. "Forget that! Your stupid sister almost killed me! I should sue all of you,"
Marie Laughed hysterically, with tears running down her face. "You're so full of yourself. I hope you stay on that thing."
Off the bat, the hospital bedroom door swung wide open. Everyone, even the doctor and nurse, looked baffled to see her. It was May, dressed in a completely different outfit. The room remains cold and silent until Ed rushed over and tightly hugged May with every ounce of strength he had.
"Yellow corn seed! How I miss you!" Ed said, swinging May's body around in circles. "Ed was so worried about you."
He drops the blonde Kanker teen back down to her feet carefully. Ed would have embraced her, but, blushing, she stepped aside, fearing to be rumpled, saying those kind words triggered May to feel flattered. Did the car crash change his mindset about her?
"Jeez big Ed, I'm burning like tomato over here," said May, nervously pulling a single string of hair behind her ear.
In a flash, Ed's lips alight on her cheek like a freckled dew petal caught in a breeze, so soft and with the smallest hint of coolness. Her face became as white as chalk with her lips were trembling at a fast rate. Unable to speak, her heart was having a massive party on the inside. From around, pretty much jaws were hanging down from losing the ability to speak. The kiss wasn't nearly as long people thought it was as he was already back to standing normal, smiling goofily.
"WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT?!"
The crowd turns to Eddy, who was fuming like he usually does. He rolls up to Ed more intense and angry at what he just saw. "She's a Kanker! We. Don't. Do. Trailer. Park. Trash!" He screams.
"And we don't take crap from midgets like you!" May insults back with rage.
"Huh?"
May instantly kicks Eddy's wheelchair with her left leg, which caused him to roll down backward to a nearby garbage can, thus knocking him over inside. Laughter sprung out yet again. By the time Marie and Edd's child came back, she tried breastfeeding the baby.
Hours later, another shocker came to notice that Double D had proposed to Marie. He had no ring, but he had his word, This was the next part of the prophecy of the next new generation. Marie and her daughter were like one. They had a perfect bond, something that is rare on this planet. Already emotional, it has been one hell of a ride to get to this point.
The baby resembled every aspect of her and Edd, and many more family members she couldn't think of at the time. Pale colored skin, large teal eyes, golden hair with black streaks, literally.
"Marie," The doctor called out, coming in with a huge grin. "What have you decided to name this bundle of joy?"
The punk Kanker sat up in her bed and nodded, saying, "To be honest with ya doc, I have no clue." She then looks back down at her child. "I Never thought of it."
Swiftly, big Ed came running towards the doctor, shaking the poor lady back and forth. "I have a name; I have a name!"
"Y-Yes?"
"Marina!" Ed answers proudly. "Like the ocean in the sea where fishes swim."
In the back, we see Eddy nudging Kevin. "More like her daughter was swimming in her vagina that smells like fish." He whispers his joke in a low tone.
"Woah Ed, that's a good name. Sounds like Marie's name as well." Edd laughs lightly, "I think I'll go with that."
Marie shrugs her shoulders. "Eh. What the heck, fine by me. Good job, big man."
The doctor writes down the name for the baby on her clipboard. Once done, she said her final goodbyes. The group has been in the hospital room for what seems like days until one by one, leaving the hospital to go home. Kevin and Nazz were preparing to leave.
"Well, Kev and I are going to head out." Nazz said to the others, "Congratulations on everything, you guys. See you."
The blond teen, along with her boyfriend, waves goodbye and left the room. The last quest around was May and the three Ed boys. The five enjoyed spending time together, almost like they were all a family and nor enemies running or chasing at each other like the old days. Everything would be perfect if Lee and Mrs. Kanker to see this. But since they both broke the law of stealing a car, they are in jail for at least three months. At least then, they can beat Alice and Ada non-stop without any consequences.
Cul-De-Sac, Time: 5:54 PM~
Around the time of Marie's big celebration, a lonely young boy crying his life away while on the swings sinks in a deep depression. Jonny 2x4, ever since he lost the only friend that cared for him, he remains alone and confused about the world. Plank was his coach, his friend, his best friend. Hated by many, loved by less yet Jonny didn't mind. But now, his world was falling apart piece by piece.
"Maybe he's better without me..." His eyes welled with tears, "-I'm so worthless..."
"Hey, kid! Don't say that."
Jonny twists his head back to see a female standing behind him. It was Maria, the same girl who threw his wood pal far away. He turned back to his usual posture and continued swinging slowly. Maria took the opportunity to sit next to him on a nearby swing. It was awkward between them, she didn't like him, and he felt the same. But somehow the fourth Kanker knew it was her fault that caused his pain
Seeing him cry all because of her made things rather harder on her. Tears burned his eyes as his lower lip trembled. Never in a million years has she seen someone cry over a piece of wood. But what she about to do next will most certainly lighten up the badly's day.
"Look. I know we not on good terms...but." Maria pulls a yellow board out of her backpack. "I left Rolf's team to search for your friend." She fully shows him Plank.
"PLANK!"
The bald kid snatches the wood out of her clutches, hugging him dearly. At first, Maria was weirded out by this. She soon realized that it was adorable that he still has such a wild imagination for his age.
The young boy did the unexpected. He rushed over towards Maria and hugged her also. When they finally clasped each other in a warm, slow, and luxurious hug, they felt all oppositions to their hatred to one another that it had melted. Their chests are rising and falling together, their breaths in unison, after twenty seconds of this, The Kanker girl pulled away embarrassed, and ashamed.
"Alright, kid, that's enough." Maria's cheeks were forming a darker red color. "Anyways, I should be leaving now before the rest of your friends come back."
She rose from the swing set and was about to leave when Jonny 2x4 pulled her back. Maria looked back and noticed a substantial innocent smile placed on his face.
"Thank you."
Maria rolled her eyes, flushing harder than before. "Tsk. Whatever kid. If you want to pay me back, promise me you won't tell any Kanker that you know I was here. Neither your friends. Got it?!"
Jonny shakes his head up and down, agreeing with her deal. The black-haired girl couldn't help but smile. He was that much of a cutie-pie. Wait. What? Man, I seriously got to get away from this town. She thought inside her head.
"Good. M-Maybe when I-I come back someday we can hang out...and be, I don't know...in a good weird relationship." Maria stutters badly, still blushing.
Not wanting to hear his answer, she proceeds walking away from his wide-eyed gaze. It wasn't long before she disappeared in the woods alone. Watching her every move before entirely leaving, the wood boy wouldn't dare look away. The annoying pest had heart shapes in each pupil; her shadow was eventually long gone into the deep forest within.
"What a girl, huh, Plank?" Jonny bends his neck down to hear his buddy speak.
"Jonny, the wood-boy!"
Lifting his huge head upwards, Rolf was staring at him unwaveringly, as he said nothing else when he approached. Dark circles were framing his eyes, the ridges in his forehead, and the crinkles in his cheeks, not only that but his full-grown beard. The farmer's appearance looked like he has been stranded for a year. He hugged Jonny's body tightly. He was wearing an old pair of tan khakis, a battle armor vest with wolf fur and a light multi-colored jacket, it's sleeved ending above his tan wrists, that was just slightly too small and clung to his body.
"Oh hiya Rolf, didn't see you, whatcha doin' over here?" Jonny 2x4 questions him.
Rolf growls at his response, "You arrogant fool! Rolf sees through you...where are the rest of the traders?!"
"I don't know where the others are. But Plank told me he thinks I'm in love" The bald kid swings back and forth happily.
Confused, Rolf scrunched his face. He pulls out two lemons from his coat pocket and tosses it over at Jonny.
"Love is rotten! The mind of humans are echoes of agony." Rolf warns him, leaving the wood boy alone on the playground. He resumes back to calling out for his lost pig in a strange squeaky noise.
"You said it, buddy, Rolf should go to a mental hospital with Sarah." Jonny jokes along with his best friend, swinging like a weird kid he was. That's all he needed to be happy again, his buddy Plank.
The next few weeks have been pretty much perfect. Marie and Edd was the main topic around town welcoming a newborn baby girl to the next generation while being responsible teen parents, Eddy visiting Lee and her mother in jail every twice a week. Kevin and his girlfriend, Nazz, left the cul-de-sac for a while with his family, Sarah, and Jimmy role-playing like the best friends they are every day. Rolf was happily reunited with Wilfred, the pig, once the kids came back to the cul-de-sac the following day. He still works at the farm to please his Papa and Nana, along with his great ancestors. The farmer hasn't planned an act of revenge out for his team for leaving him stranded alone.
Ed and May, now the first new couple to finally live together at such a young age. Thankfully, his mother approved of her. And finally, Jonny. He's living a good happy life as he found his very first love interest. He was sending letters to Maria every day, which she despises much. Everything happens for a reason, and Marie wouldn't change any event that took place, because, at the end of all the pain and suffering, she knew What She Wanted...her dreamboat.
END
Want more What She Wanted series? Well, stay tuned, a brand new story will be following up this saga 'What He Wanted' Exploring more in-depth into the lives of the cul-de-sac kids years later. See you there!