A/N: Alright two thirds of the crew are together let's check in on the final part. I'm glad you're all excited for the next chapter.
Edd, also known as Double D, but he hadn't been called that since he came to the big city two years ago. He looked over the books in front of him as he took several notes. The books varied from engineering, to mathematics, and science. Edd couldn't be happier surrounded by the aroma of ink, and paper the smell of knowledge in his opinion. He smiled as he stuck out his tongue in concentration as he absorbed the knowledge in front of him. Double was dressed in a light brown long sleeve shirt with his blond hair sticking out the back of his beanie. Even though his hair was long enough to hide his injury it had become a habit to wear a beanie at all times.
The sound of an electronic chime pulled Edd from his academic trance. "Oh dear, is it closing time already?" He asked looking at the digital clock on the wall before checking his own. "Tsk, tsk two minutes fast, but oh well." He said as he stood up closing the books and placing them on the cart he'd used to bring the books to his table. Edd began to shelve the books exactly where he'd gotten them from down to the centimeter.
Afterward, he promptly exited the library and headed home. Since he'd gotten a scholarship to college he'd been able to use the college fund his parents had saved for him to get a small apartment in the city. Living alone had been quite refreshing for the few months he'd been able to enjoy it before Marie came to live with him. Now saying that Edd didn't want her around would be a slight overstatement, but not entirely incorrect. Marie was not a great roommate and she hardly contributed to their household.
At first, she'd at least cleaned, but Double D had to clean behind her according to his standards, so she'd stopped cleaning. Then there was her habit of using Marijuana and drinking. Despite the fact that both of them were underage and the smell of Marijuana was horrible. Still, he supposed he could live with that much. After all, he'd been friends with Ed who was a total slob, and Eddy who was constantly shouting and quite bossy.
Edd walked across the campus to the parking lot and stopped next to his moped. He smiled at the mismatched machination. Edd had found this little beauty in the city junkyard and brought it home to fix it up turning it into his mode of transportation. He'd even gotten rid of its need for fossil fuels and instead had it run off of solar energy. Marie found it ugly and refused to ride it, but to Double D it was like his child. "Hello, Speedball." Double D said as he climbed onto the seat and started the machine with the fingerprint scanner. Several rivets retracted through the wheels having locked Speedball into the parking spot.
Edd gave the engine rev and pulled out of the parking spot before driving home using perfect driving etiquette. Double D went straight home parking in his assigned spot and turned off Speedball once more Rivets shot through the wheels locking it in place as Double D adjusted his backpack as he got off the small machine and headed to his apartment. It wasn't all that much a single bedroom on the ground floor at the far end of the complex but it was home. Edd walked down the path to his apartment. He could hear loud music blaring from inside and sighed. "Marie." He groaned as he produced his key and stuck it into the lock noticing the lack of resistance meaning the doorknob was unlocked.
Edd groaned once again. "How many times have I told her to lock the door when I leave?" He said as he walked into the apartment. He looked around seeing the place was even more of a mess than usual. Several beer cans adorned the countertop at least two six-packs worth than the fact that there was a sprawl of weed on the coffee table in preparation for blunts or was it Joints. Double D wasn't well versed in Marijuana jargon. He wouldn't consider Marie a slob so this was a lot for even her. "Marie, Marie!" He shouted, though for Double D his "shouts" were barely above an indoor voice.
Double D made his way to the bedroom expecting to find Marie passed out from drinking. He opened the door and everything stopped for him. There was Marie naked facing him as she rode a dick in the reverse cowgirl position her breasts were covered in sweat as they jiggled each time she impacted with the guy's pelvis sweat dripping off her hard pink nipples. Her eyes were closed as she moaned. Double D watched and listened to the sound of bedsprings, and the clapping of flesh.
A particularly hard thrust caused Marie to speak. "Oh fuck!" She shouted as her eyes popped open and locked with Double D's. "Oh SHIT!" She shouted rolling off her paramour who did not take kindly to this interruption.
"What the fuck Marie!?" He shouted sitting up and looking at Double D. "Ah fuck. Well damn." He said getting off the bed as Marie tried to get dressed all while trying to explain. The unknown male was taller than Edd with a pretty good build to Edd's mind he would guess he was in track or maybe basketball. He had black hair cut short with one red streak through it.
"Umm hey Edd uh well you see." Edd turned around and pulled out his phone. "Wait Edd what are you doing?!" She shouted as Edd ignored her and proceeded to dial only to have someone slam him into the wall as he rounded the corner.
"Who the hell are you?" Another guy asked. He was even taller than the first guy with a similar build. He was dark of skin with black dreadlocks and standing next to him was a man of similar height with blond hair kept in a single braid down the middle of his head.
"Hey, I asked you a question chump." The guy with dreadlocks asked giving Edd a kick. Marie stood there in the hallway in one of Edd's shirts and white panties. She was holding one of her arms as she looked at Edd before the guy she'd been fucking came from behind her in blue basketball shorts. He picked up the phone and looked at who Double D had dialed.
"The fuck you were calling the cops!?" He shouted throwing Double D's phone against the wall breaking it. "Alright bro I thought we could be a little civil about this, but that shits out the window. So here's the situation. "I'm fucking your girl, and I'm going to keep fucking her, so whenever I'm here you can't be got me?" He asked kneeling crouching next to double D as he grabbed him by his shirt. "But don't worry I'll leave you my sloppy seconds. If you understand say something or else I'll widen that gap in your teeth." He said slapping Double D who glared at him.
"N-no!" He growled as the guy sighed.
"Alright kick his ass." He said as the two guys moved in on Double D who looked at Marie for help. She just shook her head as the guy in basketball shorts slung his arm around her shoulder. Double D's head was rocked to the side from a kick to the head before feeling more blows rain down on him as he curled into the fetal position.
"OH HELL NO!" Double D heard someone shout before the blows stopped. He looked up through his arms which he'd been using to protect his face and saw the two people he never expected to see again. Ed had the guy with dreadlocks lifted off his feet by the neck with only one hand. He looked furious before raising his arm higher and then slamming the guy to the ground. Eddy had kicked the braided guy in the nuts dropping him to the ground before dropping into a ground and pound position.
Ed grabbed the guy by his dreadlocks knotting his fingers into his hair as he began to punch him in the face repeatedly before looking at the guy Marie had been sleeping with who stood there stunned before locking eyes with Ed. "Look man it-it's all good I'll leave no pussy is worth this. We good?" He asked as Ed stood up and Eddy got off his downed opponent.
"What do you think Double D?" Eddy asked. "Should we let this piece of shit leave?" He asked jarring Double D from his shock as he stood up holding his ribs.
"Get out of my house the both of you." Double D said looking between the two of them.
Eddy and Ed looked at the guy and shrugged. "Whatever you say Double D," Eddy said before digging through his buddies' pockets snatching the cash from their wallets, and taking their phones before finding another bag of weed. "Score!" He said with a smirk as the guy looked at Eddy rob his friends before Ed picked each one up and tossed them out onto the sidewalk before looking at him.
"Uh right let me just get my stuff and I'll-."
"Fuck no Double D said to get the fuck out so you go as you are unless you want to fight for your shit," Eddy said as Ed crossed his arms staring down at the shorter man. He swallowed before walking out the front door. "And take your friends with you," Eddy said before looking at Marie.
"You heard Double D bitch hit the bricks! Go back to your skank-ass sister she's got plenty of room for your worthless ass." Eddy said as Marie's face turned red.
"You can't talk to me like that. I live here! Edd you can't kick me out!" She shrieked as Double D coughed.
"I can Marie. I am well within my rights to kick you out. You don't pay bills, and you're not on my lease. Get out or I'll call the cops." He said looking at her completely void of emotion. "You have five minutes to get what you can before I call the cops." He said holding up his watch and pressing a button that started a timer. "Starting now." He said simply. Marie stood there dumbstruck before realizing the situation she was in and ran to the bedroom getting fully dressed and snatching whatever clothes she could fit in her bag.
It seemed only seconds later Double D's watch went off. "Time's up Marie I'm calling the cops." He said before Marie ran past him.
"Fuck you Edd maybe if you could actually fu-!" Eddy slammed the door in Marie's face.
"And if you could keep your cocksucking mouth shut maybe you'd still be living with him." He said with a laugh as Ed came over and gave Double D a bone-crushing hug.
"Hey Double D it's good to see you!" Ed shouted as Double D groaned in pain.
"Ed you idiot Double D just got his shit kicked in maybe not try to finish the job," Eddy said as Ed immediately dropped Double D looking contrite.
"Sorry Double D," Ed said as Double D coughed.
"Don't worry Ed I can tell there's no broken bones or anything. Probably some bruising, but that's it." Double D said as Eddy laughed clapping him on the back.
"Hell yeah, Sockhead is made of some tough shit!" Eddy said before dropping onto Double D's couch. "So Marie was cheating on you huh fucking bitch." He said putting his feet on Double D's table. "Don't worry me and Ed are here and we got your back Sockhead," Eddy said with a smirk. Double D cocked an eyebrow as Ed moved to Double D's kitchen to look through his fridge.
"Not that I'm not happy to see you two, but why are you here?" Double D said as he moved to the other couch to sit down subconsciously starting to clean everything within his reach. Eddy leaned his head back before sitting up to face Double D.
"Well since you asked. I and Ed are sick of Peach Creek Ed needs money and I'm sick of being a dork. It's time the three of us get we deserve Double D. The three of us can take this city for ourselves. With my plans, your smarts, and Ed's strength we can do it. I've got a plan to put us on top, but it only works with all three of us. We need you Edd." He said as Ed looked up from the kitchen at Double D. Double D sighed and leaned back. Of course, he should have known that was why Eddy was here. Edd counted both Ed and Eddy as his best friends and was genuinely happy to see them, but that didn't mean he was unaware of their bad sides Eddy in particular.
Eddy almost never went out of his for anyone, not even him or Ed without something in it for himself. Eddy wouldn't have come all the way out here without a selfish reason as to why. "Eddy we're not kids anymore it's time to stop acting like we are, running scams isn't going to get any of us anywhere. What you should do both of you is go back to school get your GED and find legitimate employment. No more get rich quick schemes a proper education will get you where you want to be." Double D said shaking his head. "I'm not going to hel-."
"Wait Double D before you say anything let me just throw this at you. Look, just give me and Ed a week here with you. I'll get the lay of the land and come up with a plan. Just let me pitch it to you and if you still aren't interested I and Ed will let you tutor us so we can get our GED. "How's that Double D?" Eddy asked clasping his head as if in prayer. Double D pinched the bridge of his nose before looking at Eddy and then at Ed who was chewing his sandwich as slowly as possible.
This was always how things went. Eddy said he had a plan, Double D would say no and then Eddy would keep talking, and somehow no matter what Double D's logic said Eddy would still make sense and convince him to go along with it. Double D knew he was going to hate himself later, but… "Alright Eddy one week that's it that's all." Double D said as Eddy gripped his hand and shook it.
"DEAL!" He shouted as he leaned back and smiled. "Now that that's out of the way we should party we haven't been in the same room in a long time!" Eddy shouted as Double D smiled and nodded.
"I suppose we should celebrate if I could borrow one of your phones." Double D said as Eddy tossed him his phone and Double D proceeded to order several pizzas.
"Alright Double D!" Ed shouted dropping down next to Double D as he chugged a soda laughing loudly soon joined by Eddy and even a chuckling Double D. The three Eds spent most of the night eating and reminiscing Double D even allowed Ed and Eddy to smoke weed in his home.
"Say Ed remember when Double totally struck out with Nazz?" Eddy asked as Ed's red-rimmed eyes looked at Eddy slowly putting the past together before laughing.
"Ooh yeah, it was at his graduation party right?" Ed asked as Eddy nodded chuckling softly. Double D looked at his two friends confused.
"What do you mean struck out? Nazz was Kevin's girl I would never do something as immoral as flirt with her." Edd said blushing at the mere implication. Eddy shook his head as he handed Ed his blunt.
"No, no Nazz totally wanted your dick. She and Kevin were off at the time and he didn't come to your graduation party, but Nazz did. Remember she asked for a little help on her homework just you and her in the middle of a party." Double D's eyes lit up at that.
"What no she just needed help with her fractions. Nazz is really smart just kind of short-sighted is all, so I taught her a few tricks to help her." Ed laughed loudly at this soon joined by Eddy.
"The only tricks she wanted to learn were how to take your dick in her throat. The look on her face when she left though was priceless." Eddy said shaking his head as Ed shrugged.
"Don't worry Double D at least it was Nazz trying to fuck you. Before I and Eddy left Jimmy was trying to get me to fuck him." Double D's mouth fell wide open.
"NO!" He shouted as Eddy nodded.
"Hell yeah, that little thot was thirsty for a Big Ed if you know what I mean," Eddy said as Ed shook his head.
"I don't even know why," Ed said rolling his eyes as he took a puff on the blunt.
"Cause he's a little freak, 'nuff said," Eddy said. Double D looked at his two friends and smiled. He hadn't had this much fun since moving to the city. He really did need Eddy and Ed in order to be himself. The night wore on eventually with Ed then Eddy, and finally Double D falling asleep.
Eddy groaned as he rolled over on Double D's couch and opened his eyes. He sat up slowly and looked around. Double D was passed out atop Ed who took up the entire couch and then some. He smiled as he stretched. He missed hanging out with these two jokers. It hadn't been easy getting Ed to come to the city. His old man was a stubborn fuck not wanting his son out of his sight with his car, but surprisingly Ed was able to convince him on his own with no help from Eddy.
It made Eddy realize that both Ed and Double D only needed him for one thing, and he better be the fucking best at it. He slipped on his shirt and shoes before heading to the bathroom to swish around some mouthwash before heading out making sure he grabbed the cash and phones he'd taken from those losers. He only had a week to come up with a scam that'll get their foot in the door so for the next few days at least he'd be waking up early as fuck even though he hated waking up early, but this was necessary evil. Eddy walked out into the early morning and began walking along the streets. Double D of course lived in a pretty good neighborhood so he'd have to walk for a while before he came across the kinds of people he was looking for.
Eddy sighed as he continued to walk the sun was starting to peak over the cityscape illuminating the smog in the sky. Having been born and raised in the suburbs Eddy always identified more with the city. The hustle and bustle of people always rushing from one thing to another, how no matter how late or early the city was always alive whereas the cul-de-sac and surrounding town shut down at nine. This was more his speed.
As Eddy thought on his predicament he grew steadily closer to his destination, going from clean plate glass windows and shops to more and more gas stations and mom and pop stores with bars across the windows. The cars grew less clean and the streets more cracked with bigger potholes, the sights, and sounds of urban decay. Eddy pulled himself from the depths of his mind. He needed all his senses to be alert and ready to take in everything.
Eddy looked around as he walked and spotted a few straggling dealers probably waiting until the last moment for that one tweaker to come through with their last little bit of money or have grown just desperate enough to fuck for what they wanted. Eddy slipped down an alley and waited to watch the last few dealers either give up or accept that last customer. Once that was done he would follow them back to where they laid their heads.
For the majority, it seemed they were living with other people which Eddy had no interest in. They were either too broke or cheap to get their own places either way too much hassle for too little reward, but there was one who seemed to have his own spot. Eddy smiled as his mark ventured into an apartment complex. Eddy watched him go to his apartment for the day. Eddy took out a pen and scrawled down the apartment number and address before leaving.
"Hmm ok that's one, but I'm going to need a lot more than that." He said walking off as he continued to think. It was probably best if he did this during the day. He knew nowadays most people made housecalls to their dealers so either this guy was a newb or he was a flunkie for someone else. Well, the only place he was going to get some real info would be from the junkies, but then he remembered the phones in his pocket. "Let's see how useful you idiots are," Eddy said.
Double D opened his eyes and looked around before realizing where he was and what that god-awful noise was. He had seemingly passed out atop Ed who was snoring away. Double D sat up slowly not wanting to wake Ed up though he doubted anything short of a nuclear detonation would budge Ed from his sleep. Double D got up and headed for his bathroom seeing the splatters of water on the sink and the lack of Eddy he could only assume Eddy was off trying to come up with a scam that would intrigue Double D into joining him again.
Double D began his morning routine by brushing his teeth as he waited for the shower to warm up. Last night started to trickle back into his mind and with it a sense of failure. Was he that bad of a boyfriend that Marie would not only cheat on him but stand by as he was beaten? He provided for her and sure he was a bit of a neat freak and perfectionist, but was that really grounds for what she'd done? He shook his head as he stripped out of his clothes and saw the dark bruises that had formed along his back and sides.
They were sore, but not really all that painful. The hot water would help. Double D hopped into the shower and began to scrub himself thoroughly. Even though he'd rather not he couldn't help but wonder what Eddy had planned. His curiosity was one of the reasons he couldn't help, but go along with Eddy's plans when they were kids, and well his pride. Double D knew it was a weakness he wished he didn't have, but Double D was a proud person. He wasn't strong like Ed or confident like Eddy, but e knew he could build almost anything with nothing more than garbage, and Eddy's plans allowed him to prove that.
Eddy's mind went places Double D's didn't and it pushed his inventive prowess to the limit and beyond forcing him to adapt and think in new ways. That was something Double D had loved growing up and was sorely lacking now. His classes were boring and trivial he aced them with hardly any effort and that left Edd wanting. He came to college thinking he would be challenged as he had been through his childhood, but he was disappointed. He craved a true challenge something Eddy had been known to give him on a daily basis.
Double D shook his head. "No, no, no I can't think like that." He said shaking the thoughts from his mind as he hopped out of the shower. "I must stay on my chosen path." He stated as he got dressed in a burnt orange shirt and deep purple slacks. He picked up his backpack headed to the front door and looked back to the still sleeping Ed. Double D sighed before leaving making a note to grab a GED test book on his way home from school in preparation for when he told Eddy no and began instructing them to get their GEDs.
Double D looked towards his Moped and sighed in relief. Now that he was thinking about it he was glad that Marie hadn't destroyed his single mode of transport. He hopped onto the moped and turned it on. He checked the solar cells finding that it was fully charged. "Alright let's go." He said as he drove off to his university.
Eddy looked at the phone of one of the losers from Double D's. He scrolled through the text messages before finding one that might be a winner. From the texts, he was reading apparently this guy was the jock's dealer, and he was in for more than just weed seems the idiot was on pills too. "Score, thanks numbnuts," Eddy said as he continued to scroll and smiled as an address appeared in the texts. Eddy smiled as he plugged the address into the map app and began following it.
Eddy arrived at a small dingy looking house. The yard was uncut with leaves piled up against the chain-link fence. The paint was flaking off in large strips and the windows were dusty. Eddy could see where a car had been parked but now was gone. He looked up and down the street before he crossed to the house looking around making sure no one saw him as he hopped the fence into the backyard.
The back mirrored the front, but thankfully this guy didn't own a dog. Eddy sidled up to the side of the house listening at the windows and not hearing anything. "Alright, Eddy let's put our skills to work." He told himself as he pulled out a pick for the lock. His brother was an asshole, but Eddy couldn't deny that he was thankful for the skills he'd taught him.
"That's the least the sorry fuck could do after all the shit he put me through," Eddy whispered as he heard the lock click open. "That's one." He said before moving to the deadbolt which fell to his skills just easily. Eddy smiled as he opened the back door and entered the home.
