Ch 9!

"I'm making him come in here!" Sarah said with a scowl.

"He's been through too much already. Go ahead Sarah, get him in the house." Nazz told her.

"I can't stand to see Double D so sad guys!" Ed says with a lower lip.

"Yea... me either." Eddy says softly with a frown.

Sarah glances at her friends before going back out into the rain with a light purple raincoat on. She has an extra yellow jacket in one hand and a big black open umbrella in her other. She cautiously walks up to Double D who purposely has his back to her. Besides that, he is in the same spot, completely soaked with heavy rain.

"Double D?" She quietly asks the silent figure.

"Leave me alone." He mumbles.

"No way! I'm taking you with me. Here, take this!" She shoves the jacket into his hands. He unwillingly puts it on and trudges after her to her house in the slushy mud. She puts her umbrella over him alongside her, but he takes a step away from it.

She shrugs and calls out, "I got him!" She comes in grinning at her accomplishment.

"You go Sarah! That a girl!" Jimmy shouts out enthusiastically.

"Yea, yea she got me," he grumbles lowly.

"What's wrong with you? You could have frozen to death out there ya know?" Eddy exclaims. Unconsciously he gingerly takes off Double D's jacket and hangs it on a coat rack.

"Thanks." Double D says, surprised. Despite how's his changed he still has some habits stuck in him.

"Happy Double D? I just saved your life!" Sarah yelled at him. Her face was up to his. He backed down in fear from her.

"Leave him alone Sarah. He can end his life if he wants too." Eddy remarks. The other kids look up at him in shock. "... Not that I WANT him to do that. But it's his right after all ya know."

"The dork's right." Kevin agrees.

"He really could have died from that fast, hard rain, Kevin." Rolf tells him.

"Yea. Man, doesn't anyone watch the weather anymore?" Kevin asks them. All, including Edd shake their head.

"You Double D? How'd ya know it was gonna rain then?" Jonny asks.

"Hey, I'm a genius. I know all about weather," he answers, shrugging gloomily.

"AHH!" Jimmy cowers under Sarah when another loud BOOM is heard from the storm.

"Wow. It's really raining hard." Kevin says while peering out a window. He can just barely see the rain droplets hit the cement ground with a loud splatter, the rain bouncing when it hits.

"What do we do now?" Marie asks the crowd.

"Let's go watch TV! Or rent monster videos and watch them all night long until we turn into zombies!" Ed exclaims grinning.

"That's so stupid Ed. The TV is messed up from the storm I'm sure. And you messed up the VCR with your peanut butter and erasers fiasco remember?" Sarah says crossly.

"Oh yea." Ed says with a dumb look.

"How about we go into my room and hear the rest of Double D's story... err past?" Sarah suggests. They all agree and walk up the stairs. Edd is the last in line.

Next scene: In Sarah's room.

All kids are on the floor except for Jimmy and Sarah who are on her bed. She won't let anyone else on. Edd is facing them all. His back is to the door.

"So... where was I?" Edd asks them desolately.

"Uh, how you were forced to confess?" Ed asks out of the blue.

All kids stare at Ed.

"I didn't expect YOU to remember lumpy." Eddy says.

"Remember what Eddy?" Ed asks.

"Never mind," he answers with a satisfied smirk.

"How was I coerced? Psychologically coerced? You know... Interrogations are deliberately designed to be intimidating. It was sheer torment what they did to me," he gets an irate depleted look on his deadpan face. He pulls his hat down over his head.

"Double D?" Jonny speaks softly.

"I told you..." he says with cracking voice, "I have no name..."

He pulls his hat back out slowly. He stands up shakily.

"Excuse me," he opens the door and walks out headed to the upstairs bathroom. He goes in there.

The rest get up and go out to look in the hallway. They see Edd walk in the bathroom.

"I'll go see what's up." Nazz volunteers. She walks up to the bathroom and is about to knock when she hears...

From this chapter: Irate depleted look on his deadpan face... meaning he has a mad look yet is very tired on his frowning face... right?

Maybe that doesn't make sense, just trying to be creative.