By the end of the week even Ed was having trouble lifting a sword. The training
had been hard on them and the new diets had been even harder. Eddy had nearly had a
heart attack when Tol told him that jawbreakers were no longer around. But through it
all, the kids were becoming better and better. Unfortunately, the hard times had given
some of them hard attitudes and some even harder attitudes then they'd had before.
Kevin was thought by some to have become the hardest through it all. It seemed
as time went by, he became meaner and meaner.
One afternoon that turned out to be trouble for Eddy. As he sat, recovering from
that day's workout, Kevin walked into the room, in one of his better moods.
"Move it, dork! I want to sit there."
Eddy looked up but made no movement at all. This didn't set well with Kevin
who immediately grabbed him by the collar and prepared to hit him. Luckily for Eddy,
several other kids who were coming in managed to pull Kevin off of him.
"You know what," Kevin snarled. "This whole thing is stupid. We're going
nowhere. I say we go our own way and let the strong survive."
"But Kevin, you don't know what's out there." Edd exclaimed.
"Is the center of the Earth made of gravy?" asked Ed, not hearing the
conversation.
"Forget all of you!" Kevin yelled. "I'm outta here."
He pushed past the group and walked out. They looked at one another, worried.
After a few moments of searching, Kevin managed to find a way out and got his
first look and the new Earth. From what he'd heard Tol say, he wasn't surprised by the
vast plains of nothing in front of him. There was no grass, no sidewalks or streets, no
even the generic tumbleweed.
Finally, he got tired of looking around and began walking. He had no idea where
he would go, but he knew it had to be better then hanging around learning things he'd
never get in time to make any difference.
His thoughts were interrupted by a sound in front of him. He looked up to see a
young boy coming towards him. He was about to wave, hoping the boy had some better
food then he'd gotten from Tol. Before he could do anything, however, something
jumped out from behind a large rock and landed on the boy. Kevin looked on and
realized it was a humanoid shape but that was the only thing human about it. All its
features resembled that of a snake, from the scales covering his body to the two sharp
looking fangs on his mouth.
As Kevin watched on, the snake man bit into the boy's throat and pulled, ripping
it opened. As blood came out of his neck, the boy twitched once before lying still. The
snake man spit the blood and skin from its mouth and turned to Kevin, who was still to
shocked to move. After a moment, the snake man lunged at him and all Kevin could do
was scream.
had been hard on them and the new diets had been even harder. Eddy had nearly had a
heart attack when Tol told him that jawbreakers were no longer around. But through it
all, the kids were becoming better and better. Unfortunately, the hard times had given
some of them hard attitudes and some even harder attitudes then they'd had before.
Kevin was thought by some to have become the hardest through it all. It seemed
as time went by, he became meaner and meaner.
One afternoon that turned out to be trouble for Eddy. As he sat, recovering from
that day's workout, Kevin walked into the room, in one of his better moods.
"Move it, dork! I want to sit there."
Eddy looked up but made no movement at all. This didn't set well with Kevin
who immediately grabbed him by the collar and prepared to hit him. Luckily for Eddy,
several other kids who were coming in managed to pull Kevin off of him.
"You know what," Kevin snarled. "This whole thing is stupid. We're going
nowhere. I say we go our own way and let the strong survive."
"But Kevin, you don't know what's out there." Edd exclaimed.
"Is the center of the Earth made of gravy?" asked Ed, not hearing the
conversation.
"Forget all of you!" Kevin yelled. "I'm outta here."
He pushed past the group and walked out. They looked at one another, worried.
After a few moments of searching, Kevin managed to find a way out and got his
first look and the new Earth. From what he'd heard Tol say, he wasn't surprised by the
vast plains of nothing in front of him. There was no grass, no sidewalks or streets, no
even the generic tumbleweed.
Finally, he got tired of looking around and began walking. He had no idea where
he would go, but he knew it had to be better then hanging around learning things he'd
never get in time to make any difference.
His thoughts were interrupted by a sound in front of him. He looked up to see a
young boy coming towards him. He was about to wave, hoping the boy had some better
food then he'd gotten from Tol. Before he could do anything, however, something
jumped out from behind a large rock and landed on the boy. Kevin looked on and
realized it was a humanoid shape but that was the only thing human about it. All its
features resembled that of a snake, from the scales covering his body to the two sharp
looking fangs on his mouth.
As Kevin watched on, the snake man bit into the boy's throat and pulled, ripping
it opened. As blood came out of his neck, the boy twitched once before lying still. The
snake man spit the blood and skin from its mouth and turned to Kevin, who was still to
shocked to move. After a moment, the snake man lunged at him and all Kevin could do
was scream.