The Spark

"Ed, could you pass me that piece of plywood, please?" Double D kindly asked.

"No slick, Nick," Ed said as he handed Double D the plywood. Edd just stared at his friend a bit and then shook his head as he hammered the wood into place.

"I'm telling you, this is the best idea I've come up with yet," Eddy smiled widely as he looked at the impressive structure that they had built so far.

"Technically, Eddy, it was Ed's idea first," Edd corrected.

"Just get back to work, Sockhead," Eddy remarked.

"No need for rudeness Eddy," Edd replied. In the junkyard, they were putting the plans Edd made for making an impregnable fortress that Ed suggested.

"Just think of it, now we can finally have nothing to do with the Kankers," Eddy chanted.

"No more running," Edd joined in.

"No more disgusting kisses," Ed added. They all cheered, but then Edd thought of something.

"You know, they're probably the only girls we're ever going to get," Edd mentioned. Ed and Eddy looked at him with scowls.

"Now is not the time for you to be in your philosophical moods, Double D," Eddy said, even though he knew it might be true. Granted that the cul-de-sac had grown over the years, the Ed boys hadn't really made any kind of progress to woo any of the new ladies. "Anyways, let's finish this up quick before they come to find us."

After another two hours, they decided to stop and rest for the day. As they went back to their respective homes, the Kankers were watching. Through a pair of binoculars, Lee scouted out the prey. "Alright, girls. My man's first," She announced. With that, she took the magic cigar and went to Eddy's house. Sneaking in the room undetected, she made sure that he had no way out once he came in. As Eddy entered the house, he noticed all the lights were off.

"Mom, Dad? Are you here?" He asked. No reply. "Why are all the lights off?" He asked as he closed the door. From behind the door, Lee came out and jumped onto Eddy. "AHH! KANKER!"

"Don't worry, lover boy. This will only be a moment," Lee smirked, taking a puff of the cigar.

"Please spare my face!" Eddy squealed. Then he got a whiff of a heart-shaped smoke cloud blown his direction. "UGH! What the heck did... you..." Eddy's head turned hazy.

"Well, how do you feel?" Lee asked, wondering if the cigar worked.

"Oh I feel fine my dear," Eddy said very properly. "Would you kindly get off of me, however?" Lee did so. Then she was attacked by Eddy with a hug. "You're so silky soft my dear," Eddy replied.

"Aw, you're making me blush," Lee smirked. Then she actually did blush when he moved her hair out of the way.

"And your eyes, as beautiful as ever," Eddy said. Lee back away.

"Well, I have to go," Lee remembered, going for the door.

"See you, my love," Eddy sweetly said. Lee blushed again as she headed out the door where May and Marie were waiting.

"Well, did it work?" May asked.

"Yeah it worked, I think. This thing does some weird stuff to guys," Lee said looking at the pipe. She tossed it to May. "Your turn." May rushed over to Ed's house where he was casually watching TV.

"You shall not survive the plagues of GOF mortals," Ed shouted as he roleplayed. May, rather than tackling Ed to the ground, puffed the heart-shaped smoke right next to Ed. Ed turned to May with a blank stare.

"Hey, Ed," She said flirtatiously.

"Hey," Ed replied in a dead manner. "Want to go out?"

"Would I?" May said excitedly. "Oh. Actually maybe later. I have to go home."

"Whatever," Ed grumbled. May ran out to her sisters.

"Here you go, Marie. Good luck," May replied. Before Marie went, Lee halted her to say,

"Be careful, though." Lee started to notice something off about the "love stick". As Marie went off, Lee just muttered under her breath, "I have a bad feeling about this." Marie rushed over to Double D's house where he was experimenting with some ants.

"Fascinating," Double D said, examining the ants. He blindly searched around for his magnifying glass. "Where is that bothersome thing?"

"Here you go," Marie chimed, giving him the magnifier.

"Oh, why thank you, Marie," Double D replied. It was only when Marie puffed the smoke in his face that he realized who it was. "Oh my," He mumbled. He suddenly coughed on the smoke. Marie started to worry after he coughed for a while.

"Oven Mitt, are you okay?" She asked. Finally, Double D came out of his coughing spell. He just stared quietly at the wall for a full minute. Then he turned to Marie, resting his body weight on the table.

"I'm fine," He said coolly. He grabbed Marie's chin gently and look down at her. "And I would say the same thing about you." Marie blushed. "Aw, you're blushing." Marie took his hand off of her face.

"I wasn't blushing," She shouted, trying not to look weak. Edd just smirked. "I'll see you later."

"See you later, hot stuff," Edd said, making Marie pause in her tracks for a moment and then walked on. She regrouped with her sisters.

"Finally, we have our men," May said excitedly.

"Yeah," Marie and Lee mumbled. They didn't know how to handle these new Eds. But this is what they wanted, right? Lee noticed the sunset.

"Come on, girls. It's getting late. We need our beauty sleep for school tomorrow and our boyfriends," Lee smirked, shaking off the incident she had. The girls all laughed. They wouldn't be laughing the next day.

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