Chapter 4
"Today was another day of unexpected events, one by one they all reappeared again. Marie and I encountered them one way to another. But there is this feeling that I cannot understand. Was it just the feeling of nostalgia because I meet my former friends again? Or was it something more different."
Their Physical Education class had changed significantly. Edd couldn't remember when did they have a pool, even when in PC Jr. high they didn't have complete facilities. But now everything changes. Everyone needed to have a swimming lesson, he heard from the murmurs of the students that many of their peers had died from drowning in the past years that the mayor and school board had agreed to include this in the curriculum.
This doesn't sit well to Edd, for he had a problem regarding this, Edd inquired to Mr. Burdock, the P.E teacher to leave his t-shirt on while swimming. The Gym teacher just laughed, but stopped in instant and scolded Edd. He will not allow Edd to have his t-shirt on while swimming. Much to his chagrin.
He removed his shirt, he was nervous about the state of his body. Students took a glance at him. He was lean but he was muscular. Ripped to be exact. Few girls were ogling at his body while the boys were amazed, much to Edd's embarrassment. The only thing the students were disturbed were the scars on his body. A large scar on his back and some cut like scars in front of his chest.
"Cursed my enhanced and damaged ectomorph body" Edd mumbled.
His classmates began to whisper, exchanging speculations about what happened to him. He could hear someone commented that it was the blue-haired Kanker's doing.
He could see his teacher made a regretful decision, but he continued to instruct Edd to be ready. With a whistle Edd dived into the pool and made a freestyle stroke, he completed his lap under a minute and a half. He made his way out of the pool and walk towards his teacher.
"Well, a minute and a half, impressive. You can go ahead to the shower room and change clothes."
Edd nodded. And he went to the locker room to change, other students were starting to look into Marie's direction as they suspect she had something to do with Edd's scars.
Marie was exempted from swimming for two weeks, for a good reason. Hormones. She was resting on the nearby bench as she watches her classmates watching Edd closely as he walked into the locker room. She couldn't help but felt proud when other guys were looking at her oven-mitt, but the girls. She fought the urge to gouge their eyes out, she was the only one who could look at her oven-mitt like that. She felt a little relief when Alice was nowhere to be found, considering she belonged to a different section. But the thought of that woman made her scowl. Then, Nazz. What if she suddenly appeared and saw her oven-mitt. She groaned in frustration she needed something to vent her anger and her current situation didn't help either.
After the swimming lessons, they quickly change clothes for another activity, dodgeball. The game was played differently as it required two different sections to battle each other. It was their class and their opponent was a class of delinquents, the game was a 3 vs 3. and Marie was the first one to be called. Marie was still scowling, but deep inside she was very happy, finally something to vent her frustrations.
Marie just stood there unfazed, while her two peers were nervous. Their opponent was a known bully in the school, the blonde girl, known as Julie was the leader, with her two subordinates a Latina with cornrows and a redhead girl. the three girls were eyeing Marie, their intent was clear. She will be the target.
Edd was getting nervous. He hoped Marie will be all right.
The whistle was blown and the girls rushed to grab the ball, Marie's two companions were unlucky as not only they failed to get the ball first, they were also the first to fall. With a hardball hitting them on their bodies, they landed with a thud. Marie was fast enough as she was able to get a ball on her own. She dodged the ball that was thrown at her and she hurled the ball hard and hit the blonde girl on the nose. A crack echoed the gym. The game suddenly stopped as they assisted the injured girl, her two friends just stared at Marie but didn't do anything, they were too terrified to do anything.
Marie was now satisfied, call it quits as he swaps Marie and her teammates with other students. She returned to her seat where Edd was frowning at her.
"You should not have done that Marie." Edd was frowning. Marie just rolled her eyes.
"They had it coming."
"But still, remember to control your temper and emotions." Edd reminded.
Marie made a scowl, she already had vented her irritation and she doesn't have the time for this.
"Eddward you are the one who always told me that there are things that it is not my control, and this is it and you already know it what it is. So shut the fuck up and I can handle things my own." Marie hissed. She was already irritated about everything. She loves her oven-mitt but there are times that he too would suffer her wrath.
Edd was just silent, but he kept holding her hands. The best thing he can do now is to keep Marie from being irritated and do something brash, which is also a very difficult task.
The gym class was over and they have thirty minutes before their next subject, Marie went to the girl's room while Edd was waiting outside. He was checking his phone but something caught his eye, the last thing he saw was the blonde with the two same girls from the dodgeball game. Soon the girl's bathroom was filled with screams. Edd wasn't a religious man, even he married Marie on a church, he didn't pray to God, but today for the first time in his life he made a prayer.
"Dear God, please spare those girls from Marie."
Inside, Marie was pounding her opponents. A girl was already knocked down sprawling inside the cubicle, one was clutching her crotch and the blonde will surely have very expensive plastic surgery on her nose, as Marie kept punching her to the face. She soon dropped the now unconscious blonde to the floor, she turned to the other one but was surprised when a knife almost hit her on the neck. Her left hand quickly deflected the knife and her right hand countered on her opponent's chin. She was dazed and Marie didn't take any chances. She grabbed her hair and slammed on the sink. Knocking her out cold.
She then stacked the trio in the cubicles and quickly left the scene.
Marie leaned beside Edd. He was surprised to see a disheveled Marie. He brushed her hair with his hand and gave her the look.
"Those bitches think they could scare me." Marie gave a satisfied smirk.
"Marie." Edd sighed.
Marie fixed her disheveled hair and her wrinkled shirt,
"Come on let's go class starts in fifteen minutes."
"Double D? Marie?" A familiar voice had caught the couple's attention.
They turned to see a familiar couple was heading towards their direction. It was Nazz and Kevin. The couple was slightly different from what Edd had remembered, Kevin doesn't wear his red cap but instead, his red hair had a slick back style. He was wearing the school football jacket while Nazz wears a white turtleneck shirt with jeans, her hair grew to a shoulder length and tied to a bun, she had bangs that covered her left side. Edd and Marie finally saw what Johnny was talking about. There was a small white rose pin attached on the left side of their chest.
Kevin approached the two, he was careful as he was afraid to touch them. But Edd took a step closer and made it clear that they are real and harmless.
"Hey." Kevin greeted them
"Greetings Kevin, it is good to see you" Edd was smiling.
"Good to see you too man, I couldn't believe you are alive, with all these years."
"Edd! It's you!"
Nazz finally couldn't control her emotions, she went to Edd and hugged him tightly. Kevin wasn't surprised by Nazz's action, she was a good friend to Edd after all. Marie, on the other hand, tried to keep her cool, she was courteous enough to give Nazz a five-second hug before she yanked Edd away from her and hold him on his arm. Nazz gave Marie a disgusted look. While Kevin took Nazz's hand.
"It's good to see you too Nazz, I apologize for being away for a long time. It is just that Marie and I had both encountered some problems in the past that led us to run away." Edd explained
He wanted to be brief and don't want to spill any details to them. He observed that Kevin wasn't a jerk he supposed to be when they were young, maybe age and maturity had changed him. He too observed Nazz, there was more elegance in her movements than she was from their youth. She was the envy of the girls in their school, and Kevin was the perfect guy that every teen wanted to be. The perfect couple.
"I know there is not much time for now, how about we get together again these days and you can tell us your story, by the way, we heard that you're good at swimming how about would you like to join the football team?"
Edd declined, much to Kevin's dismay. But he patted on Edd's back
"It's nice to see you alive dude. And also to you." he then glanced at Marie. Finally acknowledging her, Marie just made a curt nod.
Nazz glared at Marie. And she returned the favor, the two never had interacted back then. Marie was envious and jealous of Nazz after all, she then gave Edd a kiss on their dance that made Marie's blood boil and Edd had a huge crush on her. And for Nazz she never liked Marie for treating Edd in a bad way and the constant torments from the past.
"Did you abduct him or something?" Nazz cut to the chase.
Edd and Kevin just looked at each other, both are dumbfounded.
"What are you talking about?"
"You both disappeared that same day Marie. And when it involves you with Edd I know you're up to something. Guess my hunch was right." Nazz accused.
Marie gritted her teeth, she couldn't believe that Blondie was accusing her.
"And don't start with those scars Marie. I heard some reports earlier. He had scars. Just what did you do to him?! admit it! You tortured him until he submitted to your twisted will!" Nazz raises her voice.
"Listen, bitch. Whatever happened to me and Edd is none of your fucking business! And I would never be so low to do that thing." Marie countered, she also raised her voice.
Soon students stopped from their activities and started to flock the couples, the others took their smartphones and started to record the scene.
"Low? You are already low Marie, your nothing but trailer trash."
The people around them gasped, they never saw Nazz made an outburst. Marie clenched her fist and was about to punch her but instead, she controlled herself, she didn't want to cause any trouble for her and Edd, she also knew the recordings will be a disadvantage to her. Marie made a menacing glare but Nazz would not back down.
"Babe, just stop. Your embarrassing yourself." Kevin pleaded as he holds Nazz by the shoulders.
"Marie, please." Edd also pleaded
"SHUT UP!" Both Marie and Nazz shouted in unison at their respective partners.
Both men recoiled as Marie and Nazz both walked each other that they are an inch at each other's faces.
"You want a fight Blondie? I can give you a good one. No one is going to accuse me of something that I didn't do. And for your info, Edd is the one who proposed to me. Edd and I had endured too many troubles and that's what made us closer."
"I don't believe you. You tormented Edd, you chased him like an animal and you even humiliate him many times before. I see him suffer under your hands. You're just using him. Hell, you'll just be bored and leave him if there is a better dick around." Nazz taunted Marie.
"No way, Edd had a much better dick than Kevin's" Marie replied smugly.
Nazz was visibly surprised by Marie's statement, the students around them made a gasping sound while Edd and Kevin were both embarrassed. before Marie and Nazz could charge at each other, their respective partners had finally stepped in.
"Okay, that is too much." Kevin had enough as he finally took Nazz by the shoulder and ushered her away from Marie.
"Marie... Nazz, please. Cease this unwanted argument. You are making a scene." Edd said as he pointed at the gathering group of students, with a bonus of few teachers who decided not to intervene.
Nazz just stared at Marie with pure contempt, while Marie made a middle finger, with her wedding ring on it. This just amplified Nazz's hatred of the blue-haired girl. Edd ushered Marie as he wrapped his arms on her shoulder as he leads her away from the crowd. While Nazz was led by Kevin by the shoulders. Edd bid his farewell to them and Kevin gave an apologetic smile. They both left like nothing had happened as the onlookers were still processing the scene that had just happened.
"Just leave them, babe, they seemed to be a happy one," Kevin whispered Nazz as he gives a kiss on her neck.
"I hope you are right Kevin, I just don't trust Marie." Nazz was worried.
Kevin and Nazz went to their room while Edd and Marie to their respective classes. the event had caused a ruckus from both the students and teachers alike, the video of Marie and Nazz's confrontation went viral. Marie was given constant stares from the students, while the others were avoiding her, no doubt about the discovery of Edd's scars that raised red flags if Marie had done it. Edd did his best to defend Marie as he always held her, and defended her in front of people when a concerned teacher raised this topic on their class. Edd assured everyone that his scars were not Marie's doing.
Despite this Marie felt secure as her oven-mitt did his best for her well being, the hand that always held her tightly was more than enough to make her shrug-off any nasty comments and judgment from the people around her.
The class was finally over and the couple was on their locker when two people approached them, at first they don't recognize the two until Edd made a closer look and was speechless.
"Jimmy? Sarah?" Edd said in surprise.
Jimmy didn't have the braces he once wore, his facial feature had changed dramatically. He became a handsome young man with a perfect smile, his blonde hair neatly combed sideways. He wore a black vest over his white long sleeve shirt. He was now as tall as Edd, while Sarah wore a pink shirt and a short knee-length white skirt, her body also grew as she almost reached Jimmy by an inch.
"Edd, it's nice to see you again." Jimmy was the first one to greet Edd.
Despite his growth, his squeaky sweet voice hasn't changed that much.
"You're alive. Double D." Sarah added.
"Jimmy, Sarah… it is pleasant to meet you again." Edd greeted the two. Jimmy gave him a handshake while Sarah came forward and hugged Edd. Marie didn't do anything, she was leaning on the locker, watching the scene. She had enough confrontation for one day.
"We thought you died Double D," Sarah said as she released Edd.
"Yes, we all have. We were saddened when the news of you just vanished and the place was never the same. But the good news is that we now see you again." Jimmy said as he was now smiling. His positivity never changes.
"By the way, I worked as the school paper editorial here and Sarah is on the cheer squad, she is Nazz's protegee would you believe it? Every boy in the school is head over heels on her but not that I would allow it, a simple stroke of the pen and their lives are destroyed. I could snoop on their darkest secrets and exposed it for everyone to see. So if you need some juicy bits I could provide you some." Jimmy smiled showing his perfect set of teeth. While Sarah just blushed at Jimmy's words for her.
Edd smiled back and he looked at Sarah, suddenly something came into his mind.
"How is Ed," Edd asked. Sarah suddenly frowned as she told Edd about her brother.
"My stupid brother was crying for you over the years, he was hurt Double D, he even made a shrine for you. He never came out from his room in for two years. We didn't know what to do, mom and dad fought because they don't know what to do. Mom considered sending Ed away but dad threatened a divorce, it was hell. I want to blame Ed but he was sad. Sad Double D. It was until our uncle came and finally helped him. That took off a thorn on our side but mom and dad never really spoke since. He now works at his comic shop. He still cries when he was reminded about you." Sarah said sadly, for the first time Edd saw genuine care of Ed from Sarah.
Edd felt his heart was stabbed, he didn't know what effects he had done when he ran away. The poor Ed. But he felt a relief when he was doing fine after these years. Jimmy's phone suddenly ringed as he frowned. He glanced at Sarah who nodded at Jimmy. They bid Edd goodbye as they head to their destination. But before they leave, Edd asked a final question.
"By the way, how about Eddy?" Edd asked.
Both Jimmy and Sarah just looked at each other before they looked at Edd with a frown from Jimmy and disgust from Sarah.
"Eddy is a lost cause Double D," Sarah said.
"You should be careful about him, we cannot stay any longer we bid you adieu," Jimmy said as he and Sarah went towards the exit. They gave Edd much attention that they didn't notice Marie, or they tried their best to ignore her. It didn't matter to Marie, she ushered Edd to the exit.
"You okay?" Marie asked
"Yes turtle-dove, I'm fine. I felt a deep sadness for Ed but also jubilant that he was recovering."
Marie smiled at Edd, she knew how he cared for his friends like how she cared for her sisters.
"You rarely called me that name." Marie suddenly said, changing the topic which Edd didn't realize.
"What?" Edd asked, Marie just rolled her eyes.
"Turtle-dove, called me once since we were kids and that reverse psychology shit, and second on our wedding day."
Edd didn't say anything, he just gave a small laugh but Marie punched his shoulder as they headed to the parking lot.
"By the way, did you see those pins? Sarah, Jimmy, Kevin and… NAZZ…." Marie said as she mentioned Nazz's name with a hissing sound.
"Yes, I do… the pattern is the same. Societies, after all, need a subtle way to know each other."
"We should be careful around them, I had a bad feeling about them," Marie warned.
Edd didn't say anything. But Marie was right. He knew they were his friends but five years of being gone he knew he didn't recognize them from what they were before. He knew they had changed, and their meeting was some kind of a facade.
After school the couple had decided to take a tour on Peach Creek, it was only three-thirty in the afternoon, they told Noel and Teresa they will be home at six, so they have time to explore around.
During their drive Edd noticed that something was off, there was a red car following them for a good ten minutes. He instructed Marie to drive on an isolated area to see if it would follow them, unfortunately, the red car was still following. They were now on a dirt road with nothing but tall grass around, Edd and Marie quickly came up with a plan, as Edd gazed on the mirror to see two occupants. They both wore the Red Skull jacket but the difference is that the driver was wearing a skull bandanna on his face.
On his signal they decreased their speed, at that moment the red car quickly increased its speed and went to their side, Edd could now see their faces.
"You're dead!" the driver screamed.
The red car tried to ram their vehicle, fortunately, Marie was the one who is driving today. She quickly slammed the breaks as the red car had missed its target.
"Now Marie!" Edd commanded as he placed his feet on the car dashboard. As he braced for impact Marie revved the engine and rammed their pursuers from behind. The red car falls to a small ditch beside the road, as its occupants panicked as they went off from their vehicle. Before they could recover, a swift kick from Marie had landed on the red skulls member's face. But he was tough as he quickly recovered as he countered with a fist only for Edd to catch it and swiftly punched him. The first red skull fell, the second one took a pocket knife. He was visibly shaking, but he wanted to prove he was not a coward as he blindly swings his knife at the couple.
Edd quickly avoided the incoming slashes while Marie quickly took some dirt and threw at the red skull's face. In an instant, he was blinded as the painful sands scratching his eyes. Edd quickly took the red skull's armed arm and twisted it to his back, and kicked the back of his knees making the red skull member be on his knees. While Marie took the knife and quickly stabbed him on the left knee.
"Who the hell sent you and why are you trying to kill us?" Marie asked
Despite the painful twist and the knife on his knee, he tried to be tough.
"Fuck you bitch!" he said as he spits on Marie's face.
"Wrong Answer," Marie said coldly
She twisted the knife making a big hole on his knee, the red skull gang member screamed in pain but his agony wasn't over. While the knife was twisted Marie slowly push the blade upwards, slowly making a deep cut. Edd tried his best not to throw up, this wasn't his first time to see torture but this never excite him nor made him pleasant about it. But this was a life and death scenario he had to be strong.
"The boss!" he screamed before passing out from the pain.
"Fuck" Marie muttered. She was carried away by the torture, she was enjoying it but they missed the crucial detail.
Edd sighed but he quickly turned his attention to the other red skull gang. His bandanna was now gone and he could see his mouth wide open in shock. His face was pale and much to Marie's amusement is that a stream of liquid coming out from his pants. The red skull gang thought he had seen everything, the way he thinks himself as the toughest in the red skull, the way Marie stares him with cold dead eyes and Edd's skills made him reconsider what he thought about himself.
"Better tell me who the fuck sent you to kill us and you would be spared," Marie said while playing with the knife.
"Better tell her. She is not as forgiving as I am." Edd only muttered.
"The boss! he told us to scare you but we don't want to kill you!" The red skull member pleaded.
"Name?" Marie said coldly
"Eddy! Eddy McGee he "the accountant" he pays us! we take orders from him! please don't kill me!" he was now crying.
Marie rolled her eyes and Edd felt his heart sink.
"Thank you and goodbye," Marie said as she kicked the guy out cold.
Marie went to Edd as he was visibly disheartened. He was covering the wounded red skull with the bandanna the other wore, his mind was racing with too many thoughts. Marie put a hand on his shoulder.
"Hey, we'll look at the bottom of this," Marie said assuring Edd.
Edd just smiled at Marie as he finished his bandaging on the wounded red skull gang. Before they could head back another car was seen visibly coming towards their direction. Edd and Marie quickly hide under the field of grass. Another batch of red skulls, this time they were five of them. Their car made a stop beside the couple's car and survey at the scene. They were in their early to mid-twenties. not the teens that the two encountered. They are armed with spiked baseball bats, and the driver which seems to be the leader had a pistol placed on his side. The couple knew they were the real deal and confronting them head-on will be dangerous.
They saw the two bloodied bodies of the young Red Skull members
"Fuck these kids. They thought they're tough." the leader said in disdain.
"They're just talking. Same to that accountant." the other one spat on the ground.
"If the boss sees this he will be disappointed with these kids." one member lamented.
Edd and Marie looked at each other, this was the leader's henchmen. Not the high schoolers under Eddie's payroll. These men worked for loyalty and brotherhood, not the face of Benjamin.
Edd and Marie slowly retreated, but Edd's phone suddenly ringed that made the men be alert. They drew their weapons and looked at the couple's direction. But before they could do anything, another noise had taken their attention. A tractor had come out of nowhere and rammed the gang's car. The impact had hit the leader before the four could react, a tall figure leaps out of the tractor armed with a 2x2 wood. In a blink of an eye, he struck one down on the jaw, the other who was the closest received a swift kick on his groin before the wood smashed on the temple that made him out cold. The other two rushed at the figure, but Rolf quickly took the baseball bat on the ground and clashed with the others. With sheer force, the gang member recoiled at the impact. This gave Rolf enough time to hit him on the head, despite its spike wrought on the head of the bat, Rolf didn't use the deadly weapon instead he used the unarmed part of the bat. The fourth one lounged at Rolf trying to wrestle with him. But Rolf quickly overpowered him as he broke his arms and gave him a headbutt that made him unconscious.
The leader was crawling as he tried to get his gun. But a foot had landed on his head.
"You defiled Rolf's sacred ground for the crops. Days of your constant harassing of Rolf's livestock that gave sleepless nights to Wilfred, Rolf had enough of your tomfoolery. For I am the Reaper, the Shredder and Tearer of the family's crops and the protector of the family's Animals!"
"What?!" the gang leader didn't understand what Rolf had just said.
"I am the son of a Shepherd! and you will suffer from Rolf's… SHOE!"
"You think a shoe could…" before the gang leader could finish his sentence his face was smashed by a hard shoe of Rolf. A few good strikes he was bloodied and unconscious.
Edd and Marie finally came out from their hiding spot, they made their presence known to Rolf. He turned and smiled at the couple as he quickly recognized them. Edd was impressed by Rolf's physique he was shirtless, his chest hair was thick but true to his Scandinavian blood, he had a buff body and stood 6'5 tall. His hair was shaven to the sides with the neck long hair on the back was braided, Edd reminded him that of a Viking clan he met years ago. He also sported a beard.
"Ah.. sock of the head Ed boy, you've finally returned, yes? Even without a sock on the head Rolf still recognizes you." Rolf beamed as he waved at the couple.
"It's nice to see you too Rolf." Edd greeted.
"by the way you're speaking to us seems like you're not surprised to see us," Marie said as she looked on the carnage.
Rolf studied Marie and he went closer to the couple. Without a word he sniffed the air and took a step back afterward. His smile widened.
"Oho, so this is your bride sock to the head Ed boy, Rolf could smell the musk of the union to the blue-haired Kanker and you Ed boy. And yes Rolf is not surprised because Rolf knew you are not dead since Nana's prediction was never wrong." Rolf said as Edd and Marie both blushed at his pronouncements.
"Why are you here Rolf?" Edd asked.
"Ah.. this is the plot of land that we purchased sock to the head Ed boy," Rolf said as he gestured on their surroundings.
Marie and Edd observed their surroundings, they finally realized that it was full of corn. This was what Johnny said that the farm Rolf had purchased.
"You mean this whole place is your farm?" Marie was amazed.
"Yes indeed, welcome to the 100 acres of Rolf's plantation."
"Quite impressive Rolf…." Edd was amazed but Rolf cut him off.
"Oho, speak with you I must but this son of a shepherd has so many things to do, on the first day of the weekend yes, I can accommodate you here on my farm. Just head forward on this road and you will see a bullhorn then you will see a road. Go there and you will see Rolf's new home."
Without any word, Rolf quickly took all of the beaten bodies of the Red skull gangs, including the two that Edd and Marie had beaten and placed them on the back of his tractor. Rolf quickly sped off to the cornfields as he would dump the bodies on the side road of the peach creek. This left Edd and Marie as they went to their vehicle.
"By the way who the fuck made that call on your phone anyway?" Marie suddenly remembered as she took Edd's phone from his pocket. Sh opened Edd's phone and started to investigate.
"I do not know Marie maybe…" before he could finish his sentence a hard object hit his head.
He saw his phone on the ground, Edd took the phone. There were two missed calls, one from Alice and the other one was a number but there was a corresponding text from the said number. Much to his horror, it was from Nazz she said she acquired his number from a friend and was just saying hello, but the worst part is the kiss emoji on the end. Edd was starting to sweat heavily he didn't know where did Nazz get his number.
"Marie... I swear I don't even know about this.." he tried to explain.
"Can it Eddward!" Marie stormed off to their vehicle.
Marie was pissed, they almost died because Blondie made a call for no reason and that kiss emoji?! And that fucking Alice, she swears she's going to rip them limb from limb. She entered their car and lit a cigarette as Edd was still doing his best to explain.
Their ride back home was exhausting, Marie wasn't speaking to Edd but he tried to explain that he didn't know anything and promised to keep the phone to vibrate, and less interaction with the opposite sex. But Marie was still pissed off, they arrived at their home and was surprised. May, Lee and Mrs. Kanker was there. They had just arrived ten minutes earlier and went to check on the couple. May apologized that they didn't see often on school because she was busy on their cheer-leading practice, while Lee was her day off today. This was the only day they are free and they decided to visit.
"I came to see and hold my sweet angel." Mrs. Kanker said excitedly.
"Come on Ma, let's see our angel upstairs," Marie said as she led her sisters and mother upstairs.
"I wanna hold the angel too," May said excitedly as she was about to run upstairs but grabbed by the hair by their mother.
"Not till your 25 and have a job May " Mrs. Kanker reminded May.
"But the angel will be grown up already," May said as she nursed her hair.
"Ma's right May." Lee agreed.
"Hey!" May protested but Marie, Lee and their mother just laughed.
Edd let out a sigh, this day was exhausting. He and Marie had just entered the school for two days and so many things had happened, his mind was racing as he remembered what the red skull gang had said. Eddy had ordered his men to hurt him and Marie, Eddy was his best friend and he was hurt by his actions, but he changed. He knew greed had changed Eddy. His peers now looked at Eddy with either disgust or disdain.
"I don't know what you are planning Eddy but I won't let you hurt my family," Edd muttered.
He went to the kitchen where Noel and Teresa were making dinner for the family. Whatever happens, Edd must be ready. He knew trouble would come these days and he will be two steps ahead.
A/N: The characters and the show are owned by Cartoon Network and created by Danny Antonucci except for the cover art, I drew it. Feel free to like and review. Thanks for reading :-)