-2:30 p.m.-

-Peach Creek Limits-

Eddy kept his fists clenched in the pockets of his burgundy leather jacket as he walked his depressingly long path. His dad let him off work early, so he and Ed made plans to once again go searching for their missing friend.

Ed and May's apartment lie outside of their childhood town, Eddy could've easily taken a bus but he chose to walk the 10 mile path. His feet were aching, his stomach growling, his energy draining, but from the look on his face one would assume Eddy was seconds from taking off in a sprint. Over the years, he had learned a very valuable skill: how to bottle and reuse his anger. The sheer amount of anger and frustration he had built up while at work was enough to completely ignore his hunger and fatigue, just long enough to make it to Ed's.

Antonucci Apartments

Eddy nodded at Mr.Antonucci from his office window on his way past, after he and Ed's last manhunt they became familiar with him and recognized the landlord as their friend, and them his.

Walking up the stairs, Eddy now stood at the door of room 140. The teenager raised his fist to knock as all of the walking he'd been doing had taken its toll. Eddy's stamina gave out as he passed out with a thud against the door.

"...Ed?" the blonde haired Kanker sister asked.

"Yes?" the aubrun hair Ed responded, lowering the comic he was reading.

"Did you hear that?"

"Hear what?"

May decided to investigate the cause of the noise herself as she entered the still box filled living room. May couldn't find any evidence of person in the apartment so she decided to check the room floor. Turning the doorknob, May was met with the door pushing itself open, and an unconscious Eddy falling towards her.

"E...ED!" she screamed, catching Eddy in her arms.

Ed didn't hesitate to respond to her call, rushing to the door."What the.." he stopped and qiestioned for a second before running and taking Eddy from him.

"Take him to the couch."

Ed followed orders as he lay he friend across their couch. May checked Eddy's forehead to find that he had a fever.

"Go get the ice pack from the box beside the bathroom, Ed."

As Ed went to retrieve the ice pack, May took notice that the tips of Eddy's white sneakers had red stains in them.

'No fuckin way..." she thought to herself, untying his shoes and taking them off.

Ed came back just in time for the both of them to see that her suspicion was true. Eddys white socks were stained with blood, not enough for the hospital to get involved, but enough for him to need to stay off his feet for a few days.

"He walked here..." Ed said coldly, handing May the icepack.

May placed it calmly on Eddy's forehead before responding.

"You said that like he's done this before."

"He has, or at least he tried. Last time he met me here he had just gotten off work and texted me that he was on his way. He showed up a few minutes later as I was taking the trash out. Rolf had given him a ride, but at that time of day Rolf should've been working on his hay farm a few miles from the Cul De Sac."

"Ohhh, he must've seen Eddy walking."

"Mhm."

"Never knew the little guy was so self destructive."

"Call me 'little guy' again and I'll show you some destruction."

Ed and May were taken back by Eddy's words as he pushed her hand aside and held the ice pack himself before sitting up.

"Eddy!" Ed shouted with a goofy grin.

"Dumbass!" Eddy shouted back, mimicking his grin.

"Did you really wall here?"

"You bet."

"That's like, at least 10 miles."

"I'm aware, Kanker."

Eddy tried to get up to stretch but the surge of pain he felt from his toes to his hips when his feet hit the ground sent him right back down.

"Fuck, guess passing out ate up the rest of my rage." he said, slightly tearing up from the pain.

"Maybe shouldn't have walked 10 miles." May added, walking back to their room.

"Maybe kiss my ass." Eddy replied.

Eddy looked at Ed to find the teen staring bullets at his blood soaked socks. Eddy wiggled his toes only to be met with more pain, as he grindes his teeth. Seeing this caused Ed to make a look of worry, Eddy noticed. He looked around the room and found that he and May had already set up their living room TV and game station.

"Say uh, if we're gonna go looking for sockhead anytime soon, I gotta get my rage back up. Wanna kick my ass in Street Fighter?" Eddy asked, motioning towards the TV.

Ed knew full well this was just an attempt to calm his nerves, but he could never resist the chance to dominate in a fighting game. A smile found it's way onto Ed's face as he started setting up the game.

-Meanwhile-

"Hey there, kids! Game's simple, get one dart through one ring and win any of these prizes!" the carnie yelled as carnival goers walked by.

Despite the yelling, no one seemed to take the bait. As not even one person stopped at the dart booth.

"Shame, seems they've figured out I out positive magnets in the needle of the darts and negative ones in the rings"

"Looks like you're gonna have to come up with a new trick, dude."

"Hey newbies! If the booths going slow you're free to clock off!" one of the Mondo'aGoGo mascots yelled while holding up his costume head.

The smartest of the Eds, Eddward, gave a disappointed sigh as he put up the closed sign on his booth.

Nazz, the beauty of Peach Creak, gave him a pat on the back.

"No worries Double D, you'll think of some other wacky thing to do." she said as the two teens walked off.

After Double D stormed off into the woods after the events of Kevin's party, he found himself running nonstop for a solid 2 hours. Of all the Eds, Doube D had shown the utmost in stamina. Throughout highschool he didn't feel any innate desire for muscle or strength, all he wanted to improve on was his stamina, and that's exactly what he had done. He charged through the woods as the trees became fewer and fewer, not caring whether or not he hit one, only wanting to get as far away from the situation he had walked in on as possible. He had been running full speed, eyes closed, and by the time he stopped he found himself no longer in Peach Creak.

He decided he had run far enough when he no longer felt leaves and dirt beneath his feet, instead being replaced by hard asphalt. Double D was slightly blinded be the big neon lights above him. The lights read "Pendelton Inn", a hotel that he knew resided in Lemon Brook, the rival town on Peach Creek.

Double D sighed, in the heat of the moment he had run clear out of town, something he wasn't unfamiliar with. Luckily he had his wallet on him, he decided it wouldn't hurt to stay here for the night. He walked into the lobby and approached the counter, were a large man with a big red beard watched his approach.

"Hello there, sir. My name is Edward and I'd like a room please."

"Sure kid, name's Ward. How long you plan on staying?" the large man replied.

Double D pondered a minute. 'Good question." he thought. "At least until morning I suppose, but I can't stay too long or else mother and father will be upset, and Marie would be worried if..." Double D's train of thought lead him directly where her didn't want to be, as he froze.

"Kid? Kid you alright?"

Double D snapped out of trance, he blink several times to find his vision had blurred. Upon his deeo thought, the teenager had unconsciously started crying.

"Oh! I'm sorry. I didn't mean to-"

"Look, you'll be in room 401, we can just discus everything else in the morning." Ward saying, looking rightfully concerned as he dangled the keys in front of Edd.

"...thank you." Double D replied, more embarrassed than he'd been in a long time.

Taking the elevator, Double D's stamina finally began to take its toll as he desired a shower and a rest. He unlocked the door to his room just as the door to room #402 began to open. Double D stared blankly as his childhood friend, Nazz walked out the door. Her mascara smeared across her face, holding a bike helmet and an empty McDonald's bag, Nazz noticed Edd looking at him and shot him a dirty look. This look was enough to make Double D dart his gaze towards his door and push it open, he entered his room and got exactly 4 paces in before hearing his name.

"Wait... Double D?" Nazz called out, now standing just outside his door.

Double D flicked the light to his room the light to his room on and turned around, still slightly disturbed by Nazz.

"Hello, Nazz. I'm sorry if I overstepped just now, its just that I didn't expect to see-"

"No no its cool dude, I just didn't recognize you without your hat."

Double D's hands shot towards his head, and was shocked to only feel his hair.

"Oh my..." he said, now embarrassed.

"Its chill, sorry about the mean look, girl's gotta be tough, y'know?"

"Yes thats quite alright."

The two of them avoided the questions that they already knew the answer to, they were here for the exact same reason.

"So uh, you wanna come with?"

"With where?"

"Gonna go grab some comfort food, I could use some company.

Edd looked down once again at the empty bag of McDonald's she was holding, then back at her.

"Don't judge me, I eat when I'm sad"

"Fair enough." he said on his way out the door.

End.

Author's notes: Man, this is slowly turning into a Double D story instead of EddyLee huh? But unraveling one story may lead into another, y'know?

Stay weird, guys.