Author Kirby here.
Sorry about the chapter delay... I had to give my desk to my brother so that he could have one at college... so I've been stuck without a desk until now. I'll try and get another chapter up soon after this... now that I can type again :) Let me just get back into my writing mode for now.
Disclaimer: YOU KNOW WHERE TO LOOK!
Chapter 5: EDscape and Rescue Mission.
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-Edd felt horrible. Not only was he completely exhausted, but that plant's mist was messing with him too. He felt like there was something crawling around inside him, and he did not like the feeling. He tried to sit up, only to lie back down from a lack of energy. He only wondered what had happened to the others. He glanced around the room and saw Ed sitting in a bed near him, and Vivi on his other side. Ed's arm was bandaged up, and he was gazing up at the ceiling with a blank look on his eyes. Edd made a 'clearing your throat' noise, and Ed looked over at Edd. Ed smiled and ran over to Edd-
"Double D, you stopped being unconscious!" Ed exclaimed happily, and went to hug Edd, but his arm got hit with a surge of pain and he backed away.
Edd attempted to prop himself up on his pillows to better see Ed. He finally managed to do so, and sighed. "When did you get back Ed?" Asked Edd weakly. He wasn't very surprised that he couldn't speak very loudly.
Ed smiled. "I flew off the ship and hit a bush. But the bush had thorns in it so I made an owchie on my whole arm. I headed for the gray cloudy thingies that were coming from the ship and then Mr. Blank dude gave me a band-aid for my arm, see. Then he came in with you and the guy with the really nifty hat and said he would be back with the medicine," he explained.
Edd looked puzzled. "Medicine? I'm not sick, just tired."
Ed looked in Edd's direction. "You are sick mister, and need to go to bed. Mr. Blank guy should be back any second no..." he couldn't finish his sentence because the door slammed open and Blank came running in.
Blank rushed over to Edd and gave him a bottle filled with a goopy purple liquid. "Drink this, now" he ordered. Edd just shrugged and took a sip of the concoction. It tasted like grass, chalk, and mud mixed together. Edd made a face, jammed his eyes together, and chugged the whole bottle. Instantly, his whole body got extremely warm, and it felt like he was being purged of something. After 3 seconds, the heat went away, and all that was left was a nasty feeling in his gut. The good news was his energy was back.
Edd made the 'I'm going to barf now' face. "Ugh... I've never tasted something so vile, putrid, tasteless, and disgusting in my whole life. And I've been in Ed's room!" he exclaimed. Blank looked up from Vivi, who he had just given a bottle of the same liquid. Vivi was coughing slightly, but recovering at the same speed Edd had.
Blank shrugged. "Sorry, but that's the only known cure to remove the seeds from your body."
Edd looked puzzled. "Seeds?"
"Some of the monsters in this forest regenerate by planting seeds in a person's body. As soon as the seeds begin to grow, you can say good-bye to your body." Blank explained. Edd had a very unpleasant vision right then, but shook it off.
Edd got up and walked over to Ed. "Do you know where Eddy is Ed?"
Ed shook his head. "Nope, haven't seen Eddy at all. Mr. Blank dude may know though." Blank looked shocked at the sound of being called 'mister'.
"He's upstairs with Marcus, go ahead and see if you can find him." Pointed Blank. Edd beckoned for Ed to follow him and they both left the door. Edd looked to his right to see a set of stairs. Both of the Eds began to climb the spiral to the bridge of the wrecked ship. Finally, they got to the top and saw Eddy, staring out of the window.
"It's all my fault. Double D is injured, we're stuck in this crazy world, and I don't know where Ed is. If only I hadn't been so angry about a stupid 20 bucks." Eddy sighed. He turned around to see Ed and Edd smiling at him.
"You don't have to feel bad Eddy, we're right here" Ed exclaimed, and gave Eddy a big hug. Eddy's face began to get beet red again.
"WOULD YOU GE... It's nice to see you too Ed" Sighed Eddy, and let Ed continue on his rampage. Finally Ed let go and the three of them sat down together.
Edd sighed. "It is quite a crazy world out there." He said. "I can't begin to comprehend the fact that they can hover before they can fly"
Eddy shook his head. "Always with the technology, huh sock head?"
Ed smiled. "Eddy's back to normal!" Eddy just laughed.
"Ed is as care-free as always... that's a good sign." Edd said.
Eddy nodded. "Agreed. Now I have to ask you something, how did you go all glowy like Zidane did, and how did you shoot that fire from your staff like that?"
Edd thought for a moment. "I'm not exactly sure. I mean, there Vivi was, trapped like Garnet was, and I got really angry at the thing, and it seemed like all of my anger was channeled into my staff, and I just... well... did the first thing that came to me. I roasted the plant. I mean, if you light a plant on fire, its gonna burn right?"
Eddy nodded slowly. "But that still doesn't explain how you shot fire in the first place."
"I think it has to do with something Vivi said. He was surprised that I was a black mage too. I was confused at first, but then I figured it out. Mages are associated with magic, which means that I can do magic. That's why this rod I was given let me learn the fire, blizzard, and thunder abilities." Edd explained.
Ed gasped. "Cool! You can shoot ice and thunder from your hands too?"
Edd scratched his head a bit. "Well, I haven't really tried it yet. I'm still trying to grasp the fact that I can shoot fire from my rod!" He exclaimed.
Eddy sighed. "Amazing sock head. So, can you explain why you nearly collapsed after you went out of your glowy mode?"
Edd thought for a moment. "Yeah... I think I just over-exerted myself. I mean, it took a LOT to just go all glowy like I did, and even more to shoot that much fire, so I probably just wore myself down."
"Good job... now all we have to see is Ed here go all glowy and then I'll be impressed." Eddy said.
Ed chuckled. "All I need to go all glowy is a light bulb and a battery."
"Too bad yours is never on monobrow!" Mocked Eddy.
Edd frowned. "Now Eddy, this is no time to be mean."
"Lighten up Sock head, I'm just trying to brighten up the atmosphere." Eddy chuckled.
"Alright... hey... I wonder where everyone is?" asked Edd. Nobody had come up for them for quite a while, and that was bothering them a bit.
Edd stood up. "I propose we go and look for them. They wouldn't have dared to leave the ship."
"Fine with me, but I hope we get something to eat here soon, I'm starving!" Eddy stated. The three re-united Eds filed down the stairs, and went to check in the room Vivi was in. Steiner and Zidane were already in there, and Vivi was looking a whole lot better. Zidane and Steiner looked up.
"Well, if it isn't our three favorite guests." Said Zidane. "You are right on time. I'm looking for help to go save the princess, and was thinking you three could tag along. I already got rusty here." Steiner frowned.
"We would be glad to come, right fellas?" asked Edd.
"No way!" shouted Eddy. "There is no way I am setting foot out of this ship!"
Edd shook his head and sighed. "Oh Eddy, don't you realize if we go with them we can get out of here faster."
"Ugh... I can't believe I'mgetting dragged into this... fine, I'm coming." Eddy said. Steiner smiled.
"Excellent, with Master Vivi and Master... err, you there, what is your name?" Asked Steiner, pointing at Edd.
Edd looked surprised. "Me... I'm Edd, but I've also been called Duo."
Ed and Eddy looked up. "What's with the name change sock head?" Eddy asked.
"Duo was the codename I used to get into Alexandria. It's been popular with Vivi and Garnet so far, so maybe other people would like it." Edd explained. {Duo may be interchanged with Edd sometimes in the story, just to let you know}
Ed smiled. "Duo is two, and you have two D's in your name, it makes perfect logic."
Eddy sighed. "Actually, I'm with Ed on this one. Duo isn't a bad name sock head."
"Eh, as long as you know when you're being talked to, it's fine with me." Zidane said.
"It is settled then. Master's Vivi and Duo shall be joining us on our journey." Steiner said.
Zidane frowned. "Why are you calling them masters?"
"You fool, they are black mages. Who knows what kind of power they may wield?" said Steiner.
"Yeah, whatever" Said Zidane. "I already checked with the boss, so we have clearance to go and rescue Garnet. Besides, the longer we wait here, the slimmer our chances of rescuing her get"
"We're off to save the princess!" exclaimed Eddy.
"Almost like a fairy tale!" said Ed.
The six rescuers began to leave the room, but Steiner held Vivi and Edd back.
"I wish to try something with your magic, if it is okay with you two." whispered Steiner.
Edd and Vivi looked at each other, and nodded. "Fine by us" Edd said.
A bit of whispering went on between the three of them, and bits of dialogue like 'Magic Sword' and 'Power up' came into play. Finally, the three of them caught up with the others. The six of them took what they could from the extra supplies and headed to the entrance of the forest. Before they could leave, Blank stopped them.
"Forgetting something?" he asked.
Zidane scratched his head. "Not that I can think of... why, you have something for me?" Blank dug around in his pockets and brought out a bottle filled with the same liquid that Edd had to drink.
Blank tossed the liquid to Zidane. "Give this to the princess when you find her."
Zidane pocketed the liquid. "Will do." he said and left for the forest. The five others followed, leaving Blank behind.
"Good luck you guys" Whispered Blank, and he turned to go back to the ship.
-----------------A bit later down the path in the forest. --------------------
The six of them had reached a small spring after battling it out with waves upon waves of enemies. The whole party felt completely exhausted, and their supplies had suffered a serious dent.
Edd got down on his knees and crawled over to the spring. "Oh... need... H20... now..." he moaned, and began to drink from the spring. Instantly, his body began to regain its energy, and he stood up, completely refreshed and rejuvenated.
"Hey guys, come drink from the spring. The water is great!" Edd called. The five other heroes came over and refreshed themselves as well. The whole team, now completely refreshed, continued down the forest path. Oddly enough, they didn't meet any more enemies along the way. Zidane got a bad feeling about that.
"Stay sharp guys... I think the head plant may be near." He said. A little while later, the group began to hear crawling, like bugs. They traveled a bit farther, turned a corner in the trees, and came face to face with the biggest and ugliest flower they had ever seen. Eight monstrous tentacles waved around it, and a giant red flower in the middle.
Edd stepped back a bit and pointed behind it. "Guys, I think we found our princess."
Eddy sighed. "Great, more plants."
"I hope you guys brought some weed killer," joked Ed. Everyone sighed, pulled out their weapons, and prepared for battle.
Ed took his sword in his good arm and began slicing at the plant. It wasn't doing much good though, as the vines on the monster were tougher than logs, and Ed was no lumberjack. Ed was smacked aside by another vine, and was sent flying into a tree. He landed and slumped down.
"Well, that wasn't good. Eddy, would you please go and look after Ed?" Edd asked. Eddy grumbled and went over to where Ed was. Edd concentrated for a moment on the monster and analyzed a possible strategy. Steiner and Zidane were hacking away at a tentacle and dodging blows from the plant, not trying to repeat Ed's mistake. Finally, one of the tentacles came off. Unlike the monsters before them, this plant couldn't regenerate. That gave Edd an idea. He focused his energy for a second, and blasted a tentacle with fire magic. The tentacle went limp, and Zidane and Steiner went to chop it off. Edd ran over to Vivi.
"I think I found a way to beat this thing!" Edd said excitedly. He whispered a plan to Vivi, and they nodded at each other. From afar, they cast fire spells at some of the remaining tentacles, singeing them, and allowing for Zidane and Steiner to do the dirty work. Finally, there were four tentacles, and that's when they ran into a problem. The plant monster forgot all about Zidane and Steiner, and began to focus its attacks at Edd and Vivi. This unfortunately forced Edd and Vivi to abandon their magic-casting tactics and run for their lives.
Edd stared wide-eyed at the oncoming assault. "SPLIT VIVI!" he shouted and ran left as Vivi ran right. The two of them ran around the whole clearing as two tentacles each chased after them. Zidane and Steiner tried to disable one or two of them, but couldn't keep the vines at bay long enough to do any damage. Finally, Edd had an idea.
"STEINER, REMEMBER OUr TALK, STICK OUT YOUR SWORD NOW!" Edd shouted, nearly out of breath. He cast a rather quick fire spell into Steiner's sword, and the sword began to get super heated. Steiner went after the limbs chasing Edd and cut them clean in two. Edd stopped running, seeing that he was no longer being chased, and clutched his chest, finally catching his breath. Steiner went and chopped the other two limbs off. Finally, there were no more tentacles to bother them. Edd smirked, calmly walked over to Vivi, who was still catching his breath, and whispered something to him. Vivi nodded and thy both got ready for one more spell. The two of them concentrated, and unleashed two simultaneous fire spells.
"DOUBLE FIRE!" Shouted Vivi and Edd. The two fire spells began to swirl around each other, and shot right through the plant monster, burning it to a crisp. The monster drooped, and began to fade away out of existence.
Edd raised an eyebrow as the plant monster finally disappeared. (Well that was interesting. I wonder where it went?) Steiner went over to pick up Garnet, while Zidane congratulated Edd and Vivi. Ed was finally up and walking, and Eddy came with him over to Edd. Everyone congratulated the two black mages and finally regrouped. A few seconds later, Blank appeared from the path that the group had taken to get here. He had a look of disappointment on his face.
"Awww, did I miss all of the action?" Blank asked. Everyone turned around to look at him.
Zidane shook his head. "Too bad for you Blank. If you wanted to have some fun, you should have come earlier"
Blank sighed. "Yeah, well... let's get out of here bef..." Before he could finish his sentence, a hole opened up in the ground, and a few plant bugs jumped out. Everyone stared for a second, before Zidane shouted something VERY important.
"LETS GET OUT OF HERE!" Zidane shouted, and ran down a nearby path. Everyone followed as the bugs trampled after them. They were chased through the trees, and across a stream. Zidane got ahead for a moment and stopped to look around.
Zidane scratched his head. "It like the whole forest is after us." he said. "This is not good."
-The group kept running as disaster unfolded behind them. Zidane dropped behind to make sure that everyone else got out safely. That was a bad choice. A few of the bugs got up close nearly grabbed him, but Zidane was pushed out of the way at the last second by Blank. He struggled to get free, but with no luck. Finally, he threw something far ahead of Zidane and he kept running. Zidane was wide eyed as he saw the whole forest becoming completely petrified behind him. He grabbed Blank's item and kept running. He wasn't out of the woods yet though [literally], as huge, spikey vines flew in front of him, trying to block his path. He jumped, dodged, ducked, and flew through the vines. Finally, the light at the end of the tunnel was in sight. He was so close... closer... even closer... with one last leap, he flew out of the forest as vines slammed across the exit. Zidane panted as he saw the whole forest become as gray as stone. Ed Edd and Eddy came up behind him and were completely shocked at what they saw. -
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Yay for escaping! We have some talented people here, don't we?
Next chapter: The gang recuperates, and finds a way up and out of the mist, but it may be harder than it looks to succeed.
Be sure to read the next chapter, "Chilled to the ED"
Read and Review, I don't have to keep telling you guys that, do I?
This is AK, over and out.
Sorry about the chapter delay... I had to give my desk to my brother so that he could have one at college... so I've been stuck without a desk until now. I'll try and get another chapter up soon after this... now that I can type again :) Let me just get back into my writing mode for now.
Disclaimer: YOU KNOW WHERE TO LOOK!
Chapter 5: EDscape and Rescue Mission.
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-Edd felt horrible. Not only was he completely exhausted, but that plant's mist was messing with him too. He felt like there was something crawling around inside him, and he did not like the feeling. He tried to sit up, only to lie back down from a lack of energy. He only wondered what had happened to the others. He glanced around the room and saw Ed sitting in a bed near him, and Vivi on his other side. Ed's arm was bandaged up, and he was gazing up at the ceiling with a blank look on his eyes. Edd made a 'clearing your throat' noise, and Ed looked over at Edd. Ed smiled and ran over to Edd-
"Double D, you stopped being unconscious!" Ed exclaimed happily, and went to hug Edd, but his arm got hit with a surge of pain and he backed away.
Edd attempted to prop himself up on his pillows to better see Ed. He finally managed to do so, and sighed. "When did you get back Ed?" Asked Edd weakly. He wasn't very surprised that he couldn't speak very loudly.
Ed smiled. "I flew off the ship and hit a bush. But the bush had thorns in it so I made an owchie on my whole arm. I headed for the gray cloudy thingies that were coming from the ship and then Mr. Blank dude gave me a band-aid for my arm, see. Then he came in with you and the guy with the really nifty hat and said he would be back with the medicine," he explained.
Edd looked puzzled. "Medicine? I'm not sick, just tired."
Ed looked in Edd's direction. "You are sick mister, and need to go to bed. Mr. Blank guy should be back any second no..." he couldn't finish his sentence because the door slammed open and Blank came running in.
Blank rushed over to Edd and gave him a bottle filled with a goopy purple liquid. "Drink this, now" he ordered. Edd just shrugged and took a sip of the concoction. It tasted like grass, chalk, and mud mixed together. Edd made a face, jammed his eyes together, and chugged the whole bottle. Instantly, his whole body got extremely warm, and it felt like he was being purged of something. After 3 seconds, the heat went away, and all that was left was a nasty feeling in his gut. The good news was his energy was back.
Edd made the 'I'm going to barf now' face. "Ugh... I've never tasted something so vile, putrid, tasteless, and disgusting in my whole life. And I've been in Ed's room!" he exclaimed. Blank looked up from Vivi, who he had just given a bottle of the same liquid. Vivi was coughing slightly, but recovering at the same speed Edd had.
Blank shrugged. "Sorry, but that's the only known cure to remove the seeds from your body."
Edd looked puzzled. "Seeds?"
"Some of the monsters in this forest regenerate by planting seeds in a person's body. As soon as the seeds begin to grow, you can say good-bye to your body." Blank explained. Edd had a very unpleasant vision right then, but shook it off.
Edd got up and walked over to Ed. "Do you know where Eddy is Ed?"
Ed shook his head. "Nope, haven't seen Eddy at all. Mr. Blank dude may know though." Blank looked shocked at the sound of being called 'mister'.
"He's upstairs with Marcus, go ahead and see if you can find him." Pointed Blank. Edd beckoned for Ed to follow him and they both left the door. Edd looked to his right to see a set of stairs. Both of the Eds began to climb the spiral to the bridge of the wrecked ship. Finally, they got to the top and saw Eddy, staring out of the window.
"It's all my fault. Double D is injured, we're stuck in this crazy world, and I don't know where Ed is. If only I hadn't been so angry about a stupid 20 bucks." Eddy sighed. He turned around to see Ed and Edd smiling at him.
"You don't have to feel bad Eddy, we're right here" Ed exclaimed, and gave Eddy a big hug. Eddy's face began to get beet red again.
"WOULD YOU GE... It's nice to see you too Ed" Sighed Eddy, and let Ed continue on his rampage. Finally Ed let go and the three of them sat down together.
Edd sighed. "It is quite a crazy world out there." He said. "I can't begin to comprehend the fact that they can hover before they can fly"
Eddy shook his head. "Always with the technology, huh sock head?"
Ed smiled. "Eddy's back to normal!" Eddy just laughed.
"Ed is as care-free as always... that's a good sign." Edd said.
Eddy nodded. "Agreed. Now I have to ask you something, how did you go all glowy like Zidane did, and how did you shoot that fire from your staff like that?"
Edd thought for a moment. "I'm not exactly sure. I mean, there Vivi was, trapped like Garnet was, and I got really angry at the thing, and it seemed like all of my anger was channeled into my staff, and I just... well... did the first thing that came to me. I roasted the plant. I mean, if you light a plant on fire, its gonna burn right?"
Eddy nodded slowly. "But that still doesn't explain how you shot fire in the first place."
"I think it has to do with something Vivi said. He was surprised that I was a black mage too. I was confused at first, but then I figured it out. Mages are associated with magic, which means that I can do magic. That's why this rod I was given let me learn the fire, blizzard, and thunder abilities." Edd explained.
Ed gasped. "Cool! You can shoot ice and thunder from your hands too?"
Edd scratched his head a bit. "Well, I haven't really tried it yet. I'm still trying to grasp the fact that I can shoot fire from my rod!" He exclaimed.
Eddy sighed. "Amazing sock head. So, can you explain why you nearly collapsed after you went out of your glowy mode?"
Edd thought for a moment. "Yeah... I think I just over-exerted myself. I mean, it took a LOT to just go all glowy like I did, and even more to shoot that much fire, so I probably just wore myself down."
"Good job... now all we have to see is Ed here go all glowy and then I'll be impressed." Eddy said.
Ed chuckled. "All I need to go all glowy is a light bulb and a battery."
"Too bad yours is never on monobrow!" Mocked Eddy.
Edd frowned. "Now Eddy, this is no time to be mean."
"Lighten up Sock head, I'm just trying to brighten up the atmosphere." Eddy chuckled.
"Alright... hey... I wonder where everyone is?" asked Edd. Nobody had come up for them for quite a while, and that was bothering them a bit.
Edd stood up. "I propose we go and look for them. They wouldn't have dared to leave the ship."
"Fine with me, but I hope we get something to eat here soon, I'm starving!" Eddy stated. The three re-united Eds filed down the stairs, and went to check in the room Vivi was in. Steiner and Zidane were already in there, and Vivi was looking a whole lot better. Zidane and Steiner looked up.
"Well, if it isn't our three favorite guests." Said Zidane. "You are right on time. I'm looking for help to go save the princess, and was thinking you three could tag along. I already got rusty here." Steiner frowned.
"We would be glad to come, right fellas?" asked Edd.
"No way!" shouted Eddy. "There is no way I am setting foot out of this ship!"
Edd shook his head and sighed. "Oh Eddy, don't you realize if we go with them we can get out of here faster."
"Ugh... I can't believe I'mgetting dragged into this... fine, I'm coming." Eddy said. Steiner smiled.
"Excellent, with Master Vivi and Master... err, you there, what is your name?" Asked Steiner, pointing at Edd.
Edd looked surprised. "Me... I'm Edd, but I've also been called Duo."
Ed and Eddy looked up. "What's with the name change sock head?" Eddy asked.
"Duo was the codename I used to get into Alexandria. It's been popular with Vivi and Garnet so far, so maybe other people would like it." Edd explained. {Duo may be interchanged with Edd sometimes in the story, just to let you know}
Ed smiled. "Duo is two, and you have two D's in your name, it makes perfect logic."
Eddy sighed. "Actually, I'm with Ed on this one. Duo isn't a bad name sock head."
"Eh, as long as you know when you're being talked to, it's fine with me." Zidane said.
"It is settled then. Master's Vivi and Duo shall be joining us on our journey." Steiner said.
Zidane frowned. "Why are you calling them masters?"
"You fool, they are black mages. Who knows what kind of power they may wield?" said Steiner.
"Yeah, whatever" Said Zidane. "I already checked with the boss, so we have clearance to go and rescue Garnet. Besides, the longer we wait here, the slimmer our chances of rescuing her get"
"We're off to save the princess!" exclaimed Eddy.
"Almost like a fairy tale!" said Ed.
The six rescuers began to leave the room, but Steiner held Vivi and Edd back.
"I wish to try something with your magic, if it is okay with you two." whispered Steiner.
Edd and Vivi looked at each other, and nodded. "Fine by us" Edd said.
A bit of whispering went on between the three of them, and bits of dialogue like 'Magic Sword' and 'Power up' came into play. Finally, the three of them caught up with the others. The six of them took what they could from the extra supplies and headed to the entrance of the forest. Before they could leave, Blank stopped them.
"Forgetting something?" he asked.
Zidane scratched his head. "Not that I can think of... why, you have something for me?" Blank dug around in his pockets and brought out a bottle filled with the same liquid that Edd had to drink.
Blank tossed the liquid to Zidane. "Give this to the princess when you find her."
Zidane pocketed the liquid. "Will do." he said and left for the forest. The five others followed, leaving Blank behind.
"Good luck you guys" Whispered Blank, and he turned to go back to the ship.
-----------------A bit later down the path in the forest. --------------------
The six of them had reached a small spring after battling it out with waves upon waves of enemies. The whole party felt completely exhausted, and their supplies had suffered a serious dent.
Edd got down on his knees and crawled over to the spring. "Oh... need... H20... now..." he moaned, and began to drink from the spring. Instantly, his body began to regain its energy, and he stood up, completely refreshed and rejuvenated.
"Hey guys, come drink from the spring. The water is great!" Edd called. The five other heroes came over and refreshed themselves as well. The whole team, now completely refreshed, continued down the forest path. Oddly enough, they didn't meet any more enemies along the way. Zidane got a bad feeling about that.
"Stay sharp guys... I think the head plant may be near." He said. A little while later, the group began to hear crawling, like bugs. They traveled a bit farther, turned a corner in the trees, and came face to face with the biggest and ugliest flower they had ever seen. Eight monstrous tentacles waved around it, and a giant red flower in the middle.
Edd stepped back a bit and pointed behind it. "Guys, I think we found our princess."
Eddy sighed. "Great, more plants."
"I hope you guys brought some weed killer," joked Ed. Everyone sighed, pulled out their weapons, and prepared for battle.
Ed took his sword in his good arm and began slicing at the plant. It wasn't doing much good though, as the vines on the monster were tougher than logs, and Ed was no lumberjack. Ed was smacked aside by another vine, and was sent flying into a tree. He landed and slumped down.
"Well, that wasn't good. Eddy, would you please go and look after Ed?" Edd asked. Eddy grumbled and went over to where Ed was. Edd concentrated for a moment on the monster and analyzed a possible strategy. Steiner and Zidane were hacking away at a tentacle and dodging blows from the plant, not trying to repeat Ed's mistake. Finally, one of the tentacles came off. Unlike the monsters before them, this plant couldn't regenerate. That gave Edd an idea. He focused his energy for a second, and blasted a tentacle with fire magic. The tentacle went limp, and Zidane and Steiner went to chop it off. Edd ran over to Vivi.
"I think I found a way to beat this thing!" Edd said excitedly. He whispered a plan to Vivi, and they nodded at each other. From afar, they cast fire spells at some of the remaining tentacles, singeing them, and allowing for Zidane and Steiner to do the dirty work. Finally, there were four tentacles, and that's when they ran into a problem. The plant monster forgot all about Zidane and Steiner, and began to focus its attacks at Edd and Vivi. This unfortunately forced Edd and Vivi to abandon their magic-casting tactics and run for their lives.
Edd stared wide-eyed at the oncoming assault. "SPLIT VIVI!" he shouted and ran left as Vivi ran right. The two of them ran around the whole clearing as two tentacles each chased after them. Zidane and Steiner tried to disable one or two of them, but couldn't keep the vines at bay long enough to do any damage. Finally, Edd had an idea.
"STEINER, REMEMBER OUr TALK, STICK OUT YOUR SWORD NOW!" Edd shouted, nearly out of breath. He cast a rather quick fire spell into Steiner's sword, and the sword began to get super heated. Steiner went after the limbs chasing Edd and cut them clean in two. Edd stopped running, seeing that he was no longer being chased, and clutched his chest, finally catching his breath. Steiner went and chopped the other two limbs off. Finally, there were no more tentacles to bother them. Edd smirked, calmly walked over to Vivi, who was still catching his breath, and whispered something to him. Vivi nodded and thy both got ready for one more spell. The two of them concentrated, and unleashed two simultaneous fire spells.
"DOUBLE FIRE!" Shouted Vivi and Edd. The two fire spells began to swirl around each other, and shot right through the plant monster, burning it to a crisp. The monster drooped, and began to fade away out of existence.
Edd raised an eyebrow as the plant monster finally disappeared. (Well that was interesting. I wonder where it went?) Steiner went over to pick up Garnet, while Zidane congratulated Edd and Vivi. Ed was finally up and walking, and Eddy came with him over to Edd. Everyone congratulated the two black mages and finally regrouped. A few seconds later, Blank appeared from the path that the group had taken to get here. He had a look of disappointment on his face.
"Awww, did I miss all of the action?" Blank asked. Everyone turned around to look at him.
Zidane shook his head. "Too bad for you Blank. If you wanted to have some fun, you should have come earlier"
Blank sighed. "Yeah, well... let's get out of here bef..." Before he could finish his sentence, a hole opened up in the ground, and a few plant bugs jumped out. Everyone stared for a second, before Zidane shouted something VERY important.
"LETS GET OUT OF HERE!" Zidane shouted, and ran down a nearby path. Everyone followed as the bugs trampled after them. They were chased through the trees, and across a stream. Zidane got ahead for a moment and stopped to look around.
Zidane scratched his head. "It like the whole forest is after us." he said. "This is not good."
-The group kept running as disaster unfolded behind them. Zidane dropped behind to make sure that everyone else got out safely. That was a bad choice. A few of the bugs got up close nearly grabbed him, but Zidane was pushed out of the way at the last second by Blank. He struggled to get free, but with no luck. Finally, he threw something far ahead of Zidane and he kept running. Zidane was wide eyed as he saw the whole forest becoming completely petrified behind him. He grabbed Blank's item and kept running. He wasn't out of the woods yet though [literally], as huge, spikey vines flew in front of him, trying to block his path. He jumped, dodged, ducked, and flew through the vines. Finally, the light at the end of the tunnel was in sight. He was so close... closer... even closer... with one last leap, he flew out of the forest as vines slammed across the exit. Zidane panted as he saw the whole forest become as gray as stone. Ed Edd and Eddy came up behind him and were completely shocked at what they saw. -
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Yay for escaping! We have some talented people here, don't we?
Next chapter: The gang recuperates, and finds a way up and out of the mist, but it may be harder than it looks to succeed.
Be sure to read the next chapter, "Chilled to the ED"
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