Author's note: Merry Christmas to everyone! Hope you all have a good time today. Also, this is my favorite chapter so far, hope you all enjoy it. Cheers! :P
Chapter 8: Shot In The Dark
Chris came up with an idea for payback at 2:30 AM, however he fell asleep until 10:00 AM, due to still being sleepy, thanks to the interruption he first received initially from the Eds, and thanks to Ed's little stunt in the middle of the night. When he woke up, he thought about a more complete version of the plan, while the Eds were busy playing the game they played when they came over to the house originally. Double D then went to Chris, as Eddy kept taking all the turns, determined to get 1st place overall, but constantly failing.
"Excuse me Chris, but do you have anything?" asked Double D.
"Hmm... well, you know how they keep bothering you at night? I think we can put a little... 'surprise' for them, seeing as since they won't be home, as they will try to go and bother you three instead." Chris said.
Double D looked at him, concerned, saying, "What do you mean?"
"I mean," Chris said, "Since they won't be home, you and the boys can leave them some, 'gifts', if you get the idea. Basically, leave stuff that they won't exactly like."
"You can't be serious! You want us to trespass into their home and violate-" Double D got interrupted by Chris, who said,
"We did that before dude."
Double D realized that Chris was right, but he realized something, which was that Chris and Ed never returned the anchor they got from there, which makes Double D freakout, as he was told originally that they had it under control. Well, that turned out to be inaccurate, did it?
"Good lord! We forgot about the anchor! We have violated the condominium of the Kankers and didn't even try to bring back their belonging! Oh what have we-"
Double D got cut off by Chris shoving an apple into his mouth, after which the latter says, "Double D! Relax! Jeez, you're a drama queen. When we do the plan, I'll put the thing back where it was, alright? I know I said this last time, but for real, I got this, trust me, alright?"
Double D became slightly relieved that Chris had a plan, but was a bit worried at how things would play out, once they did Chris's idea, similar to last time. It doesn't help either that they all still have some, "heat", from last time, so to say. Regardless, Chris tells Double D, "Plus, remember this, all they can do is shows of intimidation. NEVER fall for those, because every time you do, you let them get the leg up on you. That is not a feeling you want to give these three, believe me on that."
"I suppose your statement holds true, but how do you not take issue with their actions?" asked Double D.
"I do." responds Chris. "I just handle it in a different way. We will talk more about this later alright, right now, let's get the others in on this plan. If this doesn't work, we might be stuck at a roadblock."
Chris then goes over to the other couch and tells the other two Eds, "Yo, get over here, we have some planning to do."
"Always with the planning, alright, fine." responded Eddy. "Good thing we already finished, if only I could get this stupid first place trophy!"
"Anyone get a breathmint?" Ed blurted out.
Chris laughed a bit before inviting them to the kitchen and starting to discuss the plan for payback on the Kankers. Chris re-explained his idea that he told Double D to Ed Eddy, how they were gonna leave some "gifts" for the sisters once they went back to their trailer.
"Anyone got any ideas for what gifts to give? We don't need overly ridiculous items, just stuff that isn't appealing." said Chris.
Ed said, "Oh, I know! Let's give them some goo!"
"Goo?" Chris asked. "Like the green stuff? If you have some to use then sure I suppose. But do you have an idea of how you're gonna implement this into action?"
"Chris, are we sure exacerbating the Kankers is the best way?" said Double D.
Chris slapped himself in the face, before responding with, "Okay, you got any better ideas man?"
"I suggest we respectfully just say no. After all, we will avoid-" Double D was cut off by Eddy, who said, "That's stupid! When has that ever worked for us! Hasn't worked for you either, so in your dreams Double D, ask me, I would bring in one of Ed's stinky socks."
"Already taken Eddy!" yelled Ed.
"Yeah, sorry Double D, but every time you've tried that, it's ended up in either disaster, more issues arising, or something of the sorts, so simply saying no isn't an option anymore." responded Chris toward Double D, ignoring Ed's silly comment.
"Oh I know, let's write them some, 'love' letters!" Eddy said, snickering a bit.
"Huh... what do you mean?" a curious Chris said.
Eddy laughed at his idea, and said, "Let's write them something rhat will make them never love us again! I'll make it so that it appears as though it's a love letter or whatever, and bam! Lee gets suckered into thinking it's love, but oh little does she know! I love my ideas sometimes."
"Quit with your ego dude, but that IS a good idea either way. Make sure you got whatever you wanna say noted down quick though. Anything else? We need two more things at least!" Chris said.
"Oh I know!" Ed says, while running to get something to demonstrate what he has in mind. After a minute, he returns with a soda can, and offers to Chris.
"Soda?" said Ed.
"Um, sure." Chris responded.
Chris opened the soda, and Ed did the classic trick where, you shake the can excessively, and when you open it, the can explodes the soda fizz out. Ain't that a classic! All boys, even Chris, took that stunt as a funny idea, and one that works!
"Well thanks for that. I think that's actually a good idea for a gift, perfect!" said Chris, approving of the idea.
"Your wish is my middle toe!" said Ed, with a smile.
Eddy came in and said, "We need a third idea guys!"
Chris then thought about an extra thing they could do, which he got from Eddy's original idea. "Guys, I think I got something extra we could do."
He runs to his room and gets a specific CD to show the Eds what he has in mind.
"And what would CDs do exactly?" asked Double D.
Chris played one of them, and quite quickly they realized what Chris had in mind, as the song was heavy and somewhat fast, plus it was sort of explicit. The song that was playing, more specifically was "I Hate" from Overkill. The Eds had different reactions to the song, but the main thing was that they all understood what the point was.
"Whoa! This is crazy!" said Eddy. "This works perfectly! Especially from what I have in mind!"
"Eddy, you can't seriously be thinking about doing something of very high superciliousness to them?" responded Double D.
Chris rolled his eyes, and said, "Would you prefer I drop you back at your house when Marie is there? I'm sure she would love that."
Ed and Eddy laughed at what Chris said, but Double D simply said, in a panicked state, "YOU WOULDN'T DARE!"
Chris chuckled before saying, "Then relax. We got this covered. I already told you, our options are limited right now, and saying no politely or whatever is just not an option right now."
"How are we going to play that song into the plan is better to think about than Double D's girlfriend!" stated Eddy. "
"Don't worry, I have a perfect solution for that. All I have to do is download the song onto a blank CD, and then leave it in a player in the trailer, and ta-da! It works out!" explained Chris.
"Oh yeah, why don't we leave their trailer a bigger mess than Eds room!" Eddy suggested.
Chris thought about it before he said, "Nah, not the best idea. Remember, we want them to find gifts, not a mess. Besides, let's not add more gasoline to the fire already, alright? We are already doing a lot with just what we planned out here, and that is taking it one step too far in my opinion."
Eddy groaned a but, but then he realized that Chris had a good point. "Well, alright. But we need Double D to chip in!"
Double D only had one idea to help out, which he said was, "Well, we can leave boxes filled disgusting containments, but I'll need an hour."
Chris was surprised at how Double D stopped poking holes, but regardless all four boys decided to begin the last stages of planning.
"Alright, let's strike at around 11:30 PM, and leave before 1 AM."
Later at 7:30 PM
The boys are currently finishing up their plans before they meet up at Chris's house, to finalize their plan. However, Double D decided to go to Chris in order to try and convince him to not do this plan, as he think it's not "the right thing", and will only make the situation more difficult and complicated, to say the least.
"Chris, please consider what we are doing! This is absurd, as we are going into the lion's den, and with no backup plan!" said Double D.
Chris laughed at Double D, the latter of which was confused now, and after which the former says, "Dude, you said that the Kankers strike mostly at night these days, right? We can use this against them, as they will never be expecting anyone at their trailer."
Double D realized that this was true, seeing as they have only been striking at nighttime, so this left the trailer open to anything. That is, if the trailer is left open again, similar to last time.
"But what about what happens afterwards?" asked Double D.
Chris sighed, and said, "Look, let's wait it out at my place alright? You're gonna be fine, relax already, geez. Constantly poking holes in every nook and cranny isn't going to help, like... at all. So calm down."
Double D, while still doubtful deep down, decided to agree, and discussed a couple more things about the plan in order to be, "up-to-speed", so to say, about the plan.
A couple minutes later, Ed and Eddy came by to show what they had prepared. The latter made some papers that had lyrics that... needless to say, weren't very lovely. As for the former, he had simply gotten a big bottle of soda to give as his own gift. With everything completely organized, they all agreed to strike at around 11 PM, as by that time, the Kankers have already left their trailer to do... certain stuff.
This could go anywhere...