Hey everyone! I'm back with a new chapter to this story. I decided for the purpose of not making this chapter extremely long, to make it a three chapter story. The final chapter will be uploaded next week. I want to thank everyone for all the support this story is getting, I didn't expect to have so many reviews for this, so thank you! I wanted to reply to some of them, but they're guest reviews and I don't know how to reply privately, so I'll address them in this AN. If anyone knows how to reply to guest reviews, please tell me.
First of all, I'm glad you told me I got the Eds characters right. Ed, Edd n Eddy is my favorite cartoon from my childhood, so it's good to see I got their personalities right on my first try. From my experience, Double D is the easiest one to write, he's my favorite character after all, but Eddy and specially Ed are harder to get. I've read many fics where Ed acts too smart or Eddy acts just too out of character, being too selfless or not greedy for seemingly no reason; I get it if your fic takes place after BPS but this fic won't take BPS into account (even though I love that movie and is the cannon ending of the show, I need the everyone's personalities to remain what they were before BPS happened). I admit I did use a lot of the series dialogue to get the characters to feel more like themselves, but don't worry this chapter and the next one should have more original dialogue.
For Vilgax not being injured during the spaceship battle, well this fic is actually based on the original series episode 'Gwen 10' (you'll see later why) where Vilgax survives unscratched and as a way to introduce him more quickly.
About if I'm going to use the original aliens or add some from AF, UA, OV or even the dreaded Reboot, well I don't want to list all of the aliens so that you can find them by reading the story, but I'll admit I'm keeping most of the original ten roster, except I'm replacing Stinkfly, Wildmutt and Ripjaws (sorry to everyone who likes them, although does someone actually like Ripjaws?!) for Jetray, Ditto and a mysterious alien that won't appear on this story, thus giving me a free slot if I decide to put a different alien on my future story.
For the Reboot aliens, well not a big fan so I'll most likely won't use them. Overflow is cool, but Water Hazard came first. Slapback is okay but another Ditto/Eco-Eco ripoff. Vilgax being in the Omnitrix… not sure how to feel about that. So if I ever use an alien from the Reboot, it would most likely be Shock Rock, which has a cool look and backstory at least. Don't worry, I'm not saying I'll use it though.
Finally some of you were asking if I was going to use OC villains instead of the original ones, to which I say don't worry. I'm not a fan of OC villains since they are really hard to write and get right, usually they come across as generic or just another villain's ripoff. I may replace or not use some villains I don't like or don't feel like using, but other than that I'm keeping most of the series villains in.
Anyways, this is already too long, so any other point I'll cover in the next chapter. On to the story!
The next day:
As the sun rises over the Cul-Da-sac, we zoom in on a certain house where we see Double D waking up. He got up and changed to his clothes so that he could have breakfast and start doing the chores that his parents had left for him today. Suddenly, while having breakfast, he thought about the events of last day: had really Eddy gotten a watch from outer space that could turn him into different aliens? Or was it some kind of collective imagination like when they had 'went' to the Robot Planet?
He decided to finish his chores quickly and go for Ed to see if Eddy was alright, and so he did. He went to Ed's house and knocked at his door. "Double D!" said Ed happily after opening the door and seeing his friend.
"Good morning Ed. Have you by any chance seen Eddy?" asked Double D.
"Eddy? For what? Is it time to play again?" Ed asked oblivious.
"You know Ed… the watch?" Double D whispered the last part so that if anyone was around they wouldn't hear him. Ed just stared at him with his usually goofy face. "The watch Ed."
"Watched?" Ed misunderstood.
"No Ed, the watch. The watch." Double D said.
"Gravy?" Ed asked out of the blue.
So it all had been a dream? Double D wanted to be sure. "Let's go and see Eddy."
"Yay! Time to play with Eddy!" Ed happily exclaimed and followed him.
They went to Eddy's house and knocked on the outside door of his room, to no response. They tried again. "Hmm. Eddy must be asleep again." Double D muttered. Suddenly he heard a high noise, of something coming their way at an incredible speed, but he didn't see anything but what appeared to be a blue blur? Whatever it was, it stopped in front of them, raising dust from the friction of stopping so suddenly.
After the dust cleared, Double D could see (if his mind wasn't playing games with him again) what appeared to be a raptor-like creature with a long black tail with blue stripes in it, long blue arms that ended in sharp black claws, and long legs that seemed to end with some kind of wheels attached to its feet. It also wore some kind of black helmet with a visor that covered his head. It also has the hourglass symbol on its chest. Suddenly the visor got up letting them see its face; it was blue with big green eyes and black stripes above and on the right side of them.
"Hey guys!" It saluted them with its black lips. Double D then noticed that, for some reason, in one of its claws there was what seemed to be a jar with money inside it. That could only mean…
"Eddy?! So it wasn't all a dream?!" Double D exclaimed in shock.
"Nah, just a dream come true for me Sockhead!" 'Eddy' responded. "Check what this bad boy can do!" After he said that, his visor went down covering his face again and 'Eddy' started running at an incredible speed, even more fast then what he usually ran, around the Cul-Da-sac. He ran so fast that all Double D and Ed could see was a blue bur and the trail that left.
'Eddy' stopped in front of them once again. "Not bad, huh?" Just then the hourglass symbol started beeping and the red light flashed, turning Eddy back to normal.
"Eddy, if you don't mind answering but where did you exactly got that money from?" Double D asked dubious.
"Well, I got up early, for like the first time, so I could check what other aliens the watch could turn me into. I only counted ten different shadows, so I guess that's all the aliens I can become, and some of them are really cool…" Eddy said as he started explaining to Ed and Double D what he had done with the 'watch' since he had gotten up.
Flashback:
First we see Eddy turning into Ghostfreak. He became invisible and went through the fence behind Ed's backyard, where Ed's sister Sarah and her friend Jimmy were playing at a tea party. Ghostfreak flew over there, took a tea cup and threw it at Sarah. Sarah looked confused at the tea cup. Then Ghostfreak lifted Jimmy's rainbow underwear onto his head and gave him a wedgie. After that he dropped Jimmy on the ground and flew into Sarah to possess her. Eddy/Sarah then jumped into the backyard pond. Ghostfreak flew out before Sarah even touched the water. When Sarah regained her body, she swam back up to the edge of the pond gasping for breath. Ghostfreak then flew away laughing maniacally.
Then we see Eddy transforming into Four Arms to play bowling, using his… well four arms to throw a bowling ball with each one, making a strike with each throw.
Later we see Eddy turning into Upgrade and fusing with Rolf's tractor, wreaking havoc and causing mayhem on his farm while chasing Rolf and his animals away.
Then we get to see Eddy turning into Ditto and making multiple copies of himself to play football and baseball. Later we see more Dittos throwing toilet paper around Kevin's house. Finally even more Dittos create a giant scam to scam Jonny 2x4 out of his money.
Then Eddy turned into Jet Ray and started flying over the Cul-Da-sac while shooting laser beams from his eyes. One of those beams was shot towards the outside of Kevin's house (which was still covered in toilet paper by the way) where Kevin was repairing his bike, destroying the bike once again and making Kevin go even angrier.
Finally we see Eddy turn into XLR8 and start running at incredible speed, grabbing Sarah and Jimmy and leaving them hanging from their pants on a tree. He also caught Kevin, who was still trying to repair his bike, and left him hanging on the tree but from his underwear and also taking money from his pocket.
"What is happening?!" Kevin exclaimed confused from all the weird events that have been happening to him today. Then we see XLR8 running at full speed and stopping in front of Ed and Double D outside Eddy's house.
End of Flashback.
"And that's what happened." Eddy finished telling his story.
"How dare you do that to my baby sister Sarah?" Ed angrily asked.
"Eddy! You've been using the watch for your own fun and to scam people! That's not right!" Double D exclaimed disappointed.
"You guys are just jealous that you don't have a watch like this." Eddy said while showing his wrist with the 'watch' to show emphasis.
"You don't even know if it's yours! What if the watch was sent to someone else with a different purpose?" Double D asked.
"Tell you what Sockhead, if this watch is someone else's, who is gonna come and tell me?" Eddy asked. Just then a giant shadow covered them and the entire Cul-Da-sac. They look up to see a giant space ship covering the sky over them. A platform starts lowering from under the ship and into the ground, revealing a big squid-headed alien with two drones by his side.
"Inhabitants of this planet, I AM VILGAX!" announced the squid-headed alien. "I have come to retrieve the-"
"Wait a minute, did you say Vilgax?" Eddy asked interrupting him.
"Yes I did, I have come to-" Vilgax responded before he was interrupted again.
"That's a stupid name!" Eddy exclaimed much to Vilgax's angry.
"Yeah Eddy, an elephant never forgets, but I forget what an elephant remembered." Ed randomly said. Eddy and Double D looked at him weirdly.
"What was that all about?" Eddy asked.
"ENOUGH!" Vilgax yelled, growing tired of being disrespected and ignored by these earthling brats. "I have come to retrieve the Omnitrix, surrender it to me or else…"
"The Omniwhat?" Eddy asked before looking at his wrist and realizing he meant the watch. "Tell you what Double D, I'm taking my words back, but you ain't taking this thing from me, especially because it's attached to me, but more importantly because it's free!"
"Then you leave me no choice. I'll have to take it." Vilgax said with a deadly glare pointed at the three Eds.
"Yeah? You and what army?" Eddy asked defiantly.
Just then Vilgax pressed a button on his hand and a pod was fired from his ship, it landed in the middle of the Cul-Da-sac and it soon transformed into a giant robot.
"You had to ask, didn't you Eddy?" Double D said.
"Shut up Sockhead, and RUN AWAY!" Eddy yelled as the three of them started running.
"Get them!" Vilgax yelled as he ordered his drones to go after them.
Luckily the Eds had experience in running away from their problems so they were able to get away from the drones and ran to the lane, where Ed jumped a fence to hide while Eddy and Double D hide behind a mail box.
"What do we do now Double D?" Eddy asked desperately.
"I think it's time to use the Omnitrix, Eddy." Double D responded.
"The what?" Eddy asked.
"You know, the thing that this Vilgax guy is looking for?" Double D said. Eddy simply stared at him confused. "The watch Eddy! The watch!"
Eddy looked at his wrist to see what he was talking about. "Oh yeah, I forgot I had it with me…" Eddy paused when he saw Double D was staring at him. "Hey! Don't judge me, I only had it for like a day…"
Suddenly one of the drones found them and shot the mail box off with a laser beam, making it explode. "Eddy! I think now would be a good time to transform!" Double D said scared as the drone pointed at them ready to shoot them too.
"I know but this stupid thing won't work!" Eddy said desperately as he tried to activate the Omnitrix by pressing on its hourglass symbol.
As the drone was about to shot them, Eddy realized that it only was after him and decided to gain its attention to protect Double D. "Hey you scrap! You want this?" Eddy said showing his wrist with the Omnitrix to gain its attention.
The drone scanned the Omnitrix on Eddy's wrist and detected that it was what it was looking for. "Then come and get it!" Eddy screamed as he started running into the lane. The drone stopped pointing at Double D and went straight after him.
"Eddy!" Double D yelled worriedly.
Eddy was running through the lane once again, dodging the blast from the drone as he tried to activate the Omnitrix. "Why you stupid thing! Why won't you work this time?!" Eddy yelled angrily. Suddenly he tripped over with a rock and fell to the ground, barely avoiding a laser blast that was coming straight at him. The drone positioned in front of him.
"Wait…" Eddy said trying to stop the drone from shooting him. Suddenly the Omnitrix did a beep sound as its green color returned and its core popped up. Eddy slammed the core down without time to decide what alien turn into, he just hopped that it would be something good.
After the green light subdued, Eddy had transformed into a big made of green diamonds alien with yellow eyes that wore a black and yellow outfit that had the hourglass symbol on the right side of his chest.
"Let's see what this guy can do!" 'Eddy' said as he threw a punch at the drone, however before making contact his fist and his entire hand turned into a crystal blade that pierced through the drone. "Sweet!" 'Eddy', now in this form known as Diamondhead, said as he ripped the droid apart.
Back to the Cul-Da-sac, the Giant robot was destroying everything, blasting lasers at the trees and houses. As the robot was destroying a particular house, Kevin's house that is still covered in toilet paper, it heard someone scream, "Hey you! Why don't you pick on someone your own size?"
The Giant robot turned back to see Eddy transformed in Diamondhead. The robot scanned Diamondhead and detected the Omnitrix in him, then got into battle mode and shot a laser at Diamondhead, sending him flying to the ground.
"The Omnitrix, NOW!" Vilgax yelled.
"NEVER!" Diamondhead said as he got up and turned his hands into blades and went at the Giant robot. The robot simply jumped, using his four crab-like legs to jump higher into the air spinning them around, and fell into Diamondhead crushing him. It then grabbed Diamondhead and tried to rip his right arm apart.
"Eddy!" Double D screamed from where he was hiding.
Diamondhead thought quickly and turned his right hand into a blade, ripping the robot's hand off and making it explode. The robot angrily tossed Diamondhead at a nearby tree.
"Did someone take the plates of the truck?" Diamondhead said groggily as he got up. Then the other drone came flying towards him, shooting him with laser beams. Diamondhead managed to quickly roll out of the way of the incoming beam and started running towards the Giant robot while dodging the drone's attacks. However, one of the attacks hit him on the back, making him fall.
The drone came flying towards him and Diamondhead raised his hand to stop him, accidentally shooting a small crystal projectile that pierced through the drone. "Hey, this guy can shoot missiles too?" Diamondhead asked looking at his hand, then he shot more crystal at the drone, making it explode.
However, the Giant robot shot a larger laser beam at Diamondhead with its remaining hand. Diamondhead quickly turned around and turned his hands into blades to try and protect himself. The blades reflected the laser away into different parts. Double D noticed this and had an idea. "Eddy! Use the power of refraction!"
Diamondhead looked at his blades and turned them back into his hands as he realized what Double D meant. "What are you waiting for? Give me your best shot!" Diamondhead taunted the Giant robot.
As the robot got ready to fire another laser beam, Diamondhead put his hands together and formed a crystal shield with them. The laser beam then started to get reflected away by the shield.
"Let's see if you like your own medicine!" Diamondhead said as he turned the crystals of his shield in a different direction, pointing them at the Giant robot and redirecting the laser towards it, ripping the robot in two and making it explode in the air.
"Oh yeah! Who's next?" Diamondhead cheered in victory. However, Vilgax jumped at him and hit him with his fist, sending him to the ground once again.
"I tried to be patient, now I'm taking the Omnitrix myself!" Vilgax announced.
"Take this!" Diamondhead said as with his hand on the ground started making giant crystals grow out of it, they were coming towards Vilgax but he managed to roll away. Diamondhead got up and formed blades in his hands, however before he could charge at Vilgax the hourglass symbol started beeping and the red light turned him back to Eddy. "Not now you!" Eddy yelled at the Omnitrix.
Vilgax grabbed Eddy by his wrist and started dragging him away. "HELP!" screamed Eddy in horror
"Ed! Help Eddy!" Double D yelled desperately. Ed came through the fence he was hiding behind, making a body sized hole in it, and ran straight at Vilgax, however the alien simply smacked him with his arm and sent Ed crashing through the fence, making a hole next to the one he had made before, and continued to drag Eddy away.
"Double D! Help me!" Eddy yelled as Vilgax drag him into the platform that lifted them into his ship. The ship then started flying past the Cul-Da-sac.
"Eddy!" Double D screamed again. He ran to the fence Ed had crashed into. "Ed? Ed? Are you okay?"
"I was a moose once." Ed said raising his hand as he saw flying stars around him.
"Quick Ed! That alien took Eddy!" Double D said desperately.
Ed immediately recovered and started screaming, "Oh no! They took Eddy! They're going to split him into pieces, stuff him in cube trays and…"
"ED! We don't have time for this!" Double D interrupted his ranting. "I have something I been working on that can help us save Eddy. Follow me and I'll show you!" Double D said as he started running towards his house with Ed following him.
They arrived at the front of his house and Double D instructed Ed to lift his garage door. He did and found what Double D was talking about inside. "Hey, that's the Retro Van!" Ed said remembering the Retro Van he and his friends had found in the junkyard last summer.
"That's right Ed. Remember when the Retro Van disappeared months ago? I took it and started repairing it and making some modifications. I didn't told you two because I didn't want it destroyed in a reckless scam… but this is more important now!" Double D said.
"Get in! I'll show you what modifications I'm talking about." Double D said as he entered the Retro Van. Ed entered it too and Double D pressed a button on the steering wheel. Suddenly the Van's dashboard was replaced by one with higher technology, with many buttons, a keyboard and radar.
"Sweet!" Ed exclaimed.
"Now let's see if I can track Eddy's signal." Double D said as he typed something on the keyboard, then the radar started beeping and a green point appeared on the screen, near the middle but slowly moving to the left.
"There they are! But the ship is going out of Peach Creek! We are going to have to hurry up! Ed, I'm going to ask you to put your seat belt on please…" Double D said as he put his own seat belt. After Ed did the same, Double D pressed a red button and a pair of rockets appeared on the Retro Van's back and also a pair of ailerons appeared next to its doors. Double D pressed another button and the rockets got fired up and the Retro Van shot from Double D's garage at maximum speed, with a terrified Double D and a laughing Ed.
And with this cliffhanger, I'll see you at the next chapter (which probably will be shorter) for the conclusion of this story! See ya!