E verses K

As Told by the Veterans

Chapter Three

"Night and Day"

We sat there for three minutes making no movements. It was quiet except for some birdies. I felt a leg in my gut, it wasn't mine.

"Get off me," Eddy moaned. Edd got off Veronica, she got off me, and I got off Eddy. We sat up in the bush. It had red berries and pretty green leaves. We pulled branches out of our faces so we could see each other. I could hear May calling out for us.

"Great plan Eddy, 'let's fight the Kanker sisters'. They are bound to find us," Double D complained taking his elbow off of Veronica's shoulder. Eddy found his legs and straightened them.

"Oh shut up, if you had helped sooner, we would've won."

"Really," Double D mocked him.

"Let's go to my house!"

"Shush Ed," Eddy frowned, he was mad.

"Yeah, let's go to his house," Veronica stuck her head out of the bush and looked around carefully, "The coast is clear boys. Let's run. Be quiet thought." We climbed out of the beaten bush we had sat on and lowered our bodies close to the ground.

"Sorry bush," I apologized. Then we sprinted for my house. Luckily we didn't get caught. The sun went down behind us, putting shadows on everything. It reminded me of 'Shadowed Death: The aches in my platypus'. I opened my back door and we rushed in. Double D fell on the floor and just lay there funny. Eddy fell into a chair and Veronica sat next to Double D. I locked every door and window in my house and then sat down on my couch. Veornica pet Double D's head.

"Are you alright Double D?" she asked.

"I'm so tired," he answered lifting his head slowly to look at her. My stomach made a huge, loud, noisy noise. Eddy looked at me weird.

"Who else is hungry?" I asked.

"Me," Veronica sighed checking out a cut on Double D's neck.

"I am also," he moaned.

"Got any sandwiches Ed?" Eddy got up and followed me to my kitchen.

"I've got lima beans Eddy, oh, and buttered toast!"

Veronica came downstairs with that dreaded bottle of alcohol, bandages, and a roll of toilet paper she was hesitant to touch. I tried to retreat.

"No Double D, those tools were rusty. I'm cleaning you up." I sat down on the floor and she got down right next to me. She began her cleaning with the gash on my neck. Her hands trembled as she applied the cool alcohol to my neck.

"OW!" I had tried to hold it in. Ed came back into the den with a plate of toast.

"Bone apetite!" he said taking one and consuming it in a single bite. Eddy sat on the chair with a bowl of lima beans.

"Ed, I hate beans."

"No Eddy, they are lima beans." He rolled his eyes. I picked up a peice of toast and nibbled into it.

"Tomorrow we'll get back out there and beat those Kankers. This time... no mercy!" Eddy said between spoonfulls of beans. I stared at him in surprise.

"We will just loose again. We were fortunate to escape this time. We should just avoid them until they forget the whole thing."

"They won't forget. They started this by fighting Veronica. The game has changed, those jerks are more violent now. We can't allow this, we nedd to stop them!" Eddy argued. He had this morale in his voice that I could not understand.

"I will not fight again! I only fought because you and Veronica were in danger. I will not fight again!' Eddy was crazy. He stood and set the bowl down then went to the garage. "Where are you going?"

"We are going to need new weapons."

That night I lay awake in a sleeping bag next the couch. Veronica looked down at me from the couch I had insisted she sleep on. Eddy was in the chair; Ed in the other. It was so dark and quiet, I could hear her whisper.

"Double D, Eddy's fighting for the change you've always hoped would come."

"I did not want to go to the extremes of violence," I satup and looked into her eyes. "I always wished they would grow out of their behavior."

"I know, but what if this is the only way? You said it yourself, you've tried everything else."

It was cloudy when I woke up. Double D, Veronica, and Ed were eating chunky puffs in the kitchen. I picked up the box and got out a bowl. I tipped the box over but no cereal came out.

"What? You guys ate it all?" I became mad and dropped the box.

"Sorry Eddy."

"There are still some lima beans," Ed offered.

"No thanks Ed." Sarah came into the room. She glared at me.

"What are you still doing here?"

"Ever hear of a sleepover brat?"

She growled, "Get some clothes on jerk!" I looked down at my boxers and undershirt then left the room. Surprisingly, Double D didn't give me any more lip as we set out for the trailer park with snow shovels, metal shovels. We snuck over to the trailer. Ed looked through the screen door.

"Waldo isn't here Eddy."

"Not Waldo you idiot. Are the KANKERS there?" I asked eagerly. Ed shook his head.

"They are probably still asleep," Veronica said. She tried to jump to see in the bedroom window.

"Give me a boost," I said getting near the wall. She picked me up. "Ed, I still can't see nothing."

"Double negatives Eddy..." Double D mumbled.

"Yeah whatever," I replied as Ed picked Veronica up onto his shoulders. Now I could see in the window. Three bodies lay in one big bed. While I was wondering why three teenagers would ever sleep in the same bed, Ed lost his balance and we fell to the ground.

"What's that noise?" I heard Marie ask crankily.

"Oh great," I got up.

"Oh my," Double D gasped.

"Oh crap," Veronica sighed picking up her shovel.

"Oh me!" Ed yelled laughing.

"Be quiet Ed!" I demanded poking him in the gut with my shovel handle. The trailer door burst open from the right of the trailer. It banged against the trailer wall hard. "Get them to chase you. We need them separated."

THE END

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