"I've heard a lot about tire swings, but I never actually got to see one." Mike came out to see her friends, the Eds, as they brought her into another scam they were going to let her be apart of due to her friendship with them.
"Well, would you like the first ride?" Eddy smirked to her. "I'll let ya go in it for free."
Mike hummed, she thought it might be just because they were friends. She then jumped into the tire and held on tight, feeling odd, but she was willing to do it. "Okay, someone push me!"
"Pushing Mike!" Ed yelled out, then grabbed a hold of the tire swing to push Mike around with it.
"Oh, dear..." Double D looked rather worried for Mike's safety. "Not too high or strong, Ed!"
Mike was laughing in delight of the swing.
"Thrill of a lifetime!" Eddy yelled to the passing kids to get them to ride on the swing, only they would have to pay their quarter. "25 cents a ride!"
Sarah and Nazz passed them, clearly not interested.
"Only 25 cents, real cheap for a thrill!" Eddy yelled, getting aggravated.
Rolf passed by on a unicycle.
"What's the big deal?" Eddy growled. "It's a lousy quarter!" He grew very angry and threw the sign on the ground and came as Ed kept pushing Mike, making her laugh, while Double D was worried that Ed would go too far and cause some sort of injury towards Mike.
"Donuts are made for dunking!" Ed chuckled as he kept pushing Mike wildly.
"Ed, you be careful with Mike now!" Double D wouldn't settle for this.
"Ah, relax, Double D, this is the most fun I've had in my whole life!" Mike kept laughing.
"Dunk a donut!" Ed pushed harder.
Mike laughed, then gulped briefly, coughing, then smiled again. "I just swallowed a bug, but I don't care!"
"Oh how unsanitary..." Double D trembled.
Ed pushed even harder this time. Double D's nightmares had been realized as the ropes around the swing had broke apart and sent the tire swing down the lane. Unfortunately, little Jimmy was just strolling by then.
He saw the tire with Mike coming and screamed out, then got run over. Eddy screamed as he ran after the tire with Double D and Ed. He was very worried about Mike now more than Double D was. Mike screamed, but she didn't feel any danger, she was having such a good time despite her life being on the line.
"Sarah, move your fat butt!" Mike yelled out as the tire was coming for the bratty girl, Nazz, Kevin, and Jonny.
The four kids looked and screamed as they felt like they were going to be run over themselves. The tire hit a rock though, missing all of them and the tire flew into the air and landed into the water and Mike fell out of the tower, but came up to the surface and pulled herself to sit into the hole of the tire, crossing her legs.
"That was awesome!" Mike sounded very relaxed. "Too bad we can't do it again..."
Rolf chuckled slightly. "Masculine Named Girl flew faster than my father's shoe on bath night!"
Kevin looked too and glared at the three Ed's as they came over to see if Mike was okay. "Are you dorks up to something?"
"What?" Eddy grew nervous as he tried to make up for this incident. "W-We, uhh..." He then got an idea, his evil brain working up instantly. "We were just launching our new luxury cruise line! For a small fee, we'll offer two lucky passengers to a relaxing cruise, look at how relaxed Mike is!"
Double D was panicking over Mike, even though the girl was completely fine.
"Who's in for the thrill of a lifetime?" Eddy asked the cul-de-sac kids.
"I've never been on a cruise before!" Jonny chirped.
"It's so romantic~" Jimmy added.
Eddy grinned. "Only 25 cents."
Suddenly, despite falling for scams before, the kids were willing to participate in the cruise.
"Am I good or what?" Eddy smirked.
Mike smiled with a thumbs up.
"You're number 2, Eddy." Ed stated.
Later, Mike, Ed, Double D, and Eddy all gathered together. They got the tire out of the water and decided to make it more like a cruise in the best way they could. Mike took out one of her large suitcases and threw clothes out of it to find something for them to wear.
"This'll be perfect for you, Eddy!" Mike took out a captain's hat. "It'll be like those old TV shows on a cruise ship!"
"Excellent!" Eddy took it and put it on, looking very professional. "From now on, call me Captain Eddy."
"Anything for me?" Ed excitedly came over to Mike's bags. "Huh? Huh? Anything for me?"
Mike hummed as she continued to look. "How 'bout this one?" She took out a simple sailor's hat.
"Cool!" Ed took the hat and put it on in happiness.
Mike smiled at him, then looked to the smart Ed. "What about you, Double D? What would you like?"
"I have an instrument to provide music for the 'cruise ship' as it were." Double D insisted he was fine.
"Okay, I'll dress up a little too..." Mike reached deep into her bag and took out cruise ship clothes such as a flowered polo shirt, a grass skirt, white sandals, and her sunglasses. "This should be good... I should've worn this skirt to the island, I'd probably fit in a lot better. Then again, I'd spent a year with a grass rash... No wonder Lu was so grumpy all the time."
Double D and Mike then worked together to get the tire more like a cruise ship. They included many decor that a boat would normally need in order to function as a legitamate boat. There was now a floor, a mast, and a sail.
Mike and Eddy were now inside the 'cruise' and were waiting for their incoming visitors. They happened to be Jonny and Jimmy who were first excited to be able to go onto the cruise. Jimmy, of course, seemed very hesitant to go though.
"Is it safe, Captain Eddy and First Mate Mike?" Jimmy asked as they came to the bridge.
"Of course it's safe!" Mike answered, then looked to Eddy. "It IS safe, right?"
Eddy ignored the question. "Come on, squirts, the cruise awaits!"
Jimmy and Jonny then crossed the bridge to get into the cruise. Jonny felt the bridge was safe, until they both fell into the water due to the bridge collapsing.
"Looks like you got a soaker, boys," Eddy commented as Mike was helping the two boys out of the water. "Welcome aboard Eddy and Mike's Creek Cruise! You look like a drowned rat," he looked to Jimmy who was still soaking. "First Mate Mike, offer him a complementary towel."
Mike did just that. "Here you go, Jimmy."
Jimmy took the towel, keeping himself dry and warm.
"Don't lose it," Eddy told Jimmy. "It's the only one we got."
"Captain Eddy, this boat seems quite sound," Jonny smiled. "How did you manage the inflation of the bow?"
"Jonny, you seem to know a lot about boats." Mike remarked.
"Oh, yeah, Mom took me on a cruise with her once to visit my grandparents in the Bahamas." Jonny smiled.
"Oh, look!" Eddy piped up. "Here comes our enigerical second-class yeoman!"
"Yo, Eddy!" Ed spoke up, then took out a stove to be in the place of an anchor while Double D was raising the sail. "Uh, Eddy? Are you sure my mom can still use this?"
Double D blew into a bottle to make a conch shell effect. "We're set for launch, Mike and Eddy!"
"Please keep your hands and feet inside the boat at all times." Mike advised like a flight attendant.
"Everybody comfy?" Eddy smirked. "LET'S SET SAIL!"
Jimmy and Jonny clapped.
"FULL SPEED THATAWAY!" Eddy yelled out his commands.
Ed put his lower half into the water and kicked his feet to start the 'cruise' and put them into the water to travel.
"Hey, sailors, I'm parched," Jimmy came to Double D and Mike. "What have you got in that treasure chest?"
"Well, Jimmy, the refreshments." Double D informed.
"Lots of citrus fruits, because according to sea life, you can get scurvy without Vitamin C," Mike explained as she took out a cup of fruit juice for Jimmy. "Now drink up before you lose whatever's left of that toothless mouth of yours."
Jimmy took his cup. "This juice full of pulp!"
Double D took the cup and gave it to the other boy. "Jonny?"
"Thanks, guys!" Jonny beamed and turned to his wood buddy. "Fruit pulp, Plank, fruit pulp!"
"Land ho!" Eddy yelled out.
"Where, Eddy, where?" Jonny got excited.
"Land over there and land over there," Eddy chuckled as a lame joke, which actually made Mike laugh. "It's a joke, Jonny, lighten up."
Ed, Double D, Jimmy and Mike laughed. That was actually pretty funny. Although, Jonny didn't seem to get it. The cruise went farther and seemed to be passing Park n Flush trailer park. Mike cringed. She knew the Kanker Sisters lived there. A while later, Eddy decided to provide entertainment for his guests with music from Double D.
"I'd like you to sit back, relax, and enjoy the soothing sounds of 88 Fingers Eddward." Eddy announced.
Double D sighed as he had his instrument in his lap. "This instrument is so annoying..." he mumbled, then he played very quickly and amazingly.
The others watched Double D, their jaws dropped.
Later, Jonny dipped his hand in water and splashed it around, a little dully. "There's something about the high seas and pedal steel guitar that makes me yearn for adventure, Plank."
"Eddy, Mike, we've run out of refreshments and this rubber tube's giving me a rash." Jimmy nearly whined.
"Hey, kid, we're on break," Eddy was relaxing next to Mike as they rode across the water. "Do ya mind?"
"Captain Eddy, First Mate Mike, look!" Jonny yelled out.
"What is it, Ed?" Mike looked up, since Ed was in charge of location.
"I can't see it, Mike, it's too far away." Ed said as he held the telescope the wrong way.
"That's the wrong way, toss it here!" Mike called to him.
Ed threw down the telescope and it hit Eddy. Mike took it off Eddy, then turned it the right way and took a look.
"Looks like a pirate ship," Mike sounded very familiar. "Only... This is more dangerous than those pirates on The Barnacle... It's... It's..." Her eyes widened in slight fear.
"Hiya, boys!" three familiar voices greeted as they came close.
"PIRATES!" all the boys yelled.
"Worse than pirates, Kankers!" Mike informed them. "Ed, fire up the engine!"
"Roger walnut, Mike!" Ed saluted, then took a jump into the water to speed up their travel.
"Faster, Ed!" Eddy yelled.
"We're being chased by pirates, Plank!" Jonny wasn't bored anymore and sounded delighted. "Oh, boy!"
"Someone get me off this merry-go-round called life!" Jimmy cried.
Mike kept trying to get away with the boys as the Kanker sisters came closer and closer. Marie took out a weedwhacker and put into the water as Lee and May were dismayed about the Eds getting away from them. Suddenly, the weedwhacker caught up and hit the 'cruise'. May had a slingshot and she shot the tire with a bobby pin, which put everyone, but Eddy, in a frenzy.
"I'm the captain here, I'll handle it," Eddy walked to the end and found the hair decoration piece lodged into their tire. "Oh, look, a bobby pin... So scary..."
"EDDY, DON'T!" Mike yelled at him.
"What? It's just stuck," Eddy looked back to her, then pulled the bobby pin to get it out. "See?"
All of the air rushed out of the tire as soon as Eddy plucked out the bobby pin. The kids all screamed as their tire boat was swaying all around through the water while the Kanker pirates waited for them. It merely became a tiny piece of rubber and everyone ended up in the water.
"Nice going, Eddy!" Mike scoffed to the boy.
The Kanker sisters looked at them and then caught them into their ship. They were going to get rid of Mike, Jonny, and Jimmy so they could have the Eds all to themselves. They had turned Plank into his former state, a normal plank of wood.
"Walk the plank, you sniveling squirts!" Lee demanded, poking them all with a stick.
"Oh, yeah, do it!" May cheered.
"Let's get it over with, guys." Jimmy whispered to Jonny and Mike.
The Kanker Sisters chanted for them to continue their walk into the water. This made the victims nearly wobble.
"I think I liked the pirates that wanted to eat Lancelot better than this..." Mike murmured as she almost fell in with the other boys.
"Forgive me, Plank!" Jonny yelled out.
"Aaah, my hair!" Jimmy cried as they both started to fall in.
Mike yelped as she fell in with the other boys. She looked over to Ed, Double D, and Eddy. "Don't worry, I'll come back for you guys!" But she didn't, she kept floating until she ended up home and her parents had to clean her from the creek water, giving her four baths before she went to bed that night.