Awesomewriter123: Wow, sucks to be the other kids

Awesomewriter123: Wow, sucks to be the other kids. I hope Eddy can pull it off. Please update!

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Chapter Four: Attack-Ed

Eddy stood outside of Jimmy's command hut, and thought. Jimmy really looked serious about this leader thing, but Eddy wasn't sure he was up to the job. Sure, he would love to be a leader, but being the leader of the defense troops was an entirely different concept. Eddy would admit he was probably a better fighter than Jimmy, but a better strategist? He doubted it. Eddy decided it was time to go inside and make his decision. He walked up the steps to the door of the command hut, and entered. Jimmy sat a round table, with a few other people, two men and two women, and in the middle was a layout of the camp. Jimmy looked up at Eddy, and pointed to a seat across from him. Eddy sat down, and was silent.

"Eddy..." Jimmy began, "Have you made your decision?"

Eddy looked around at the other people; their thoughts unreadable, for their faces were all emotionless. "First, I want to know what exactly you mean by "barbarians? What kind of weapons?"

"The barbarians have forgone ranged weapon for more brutal close combat... of course the only "ranged" weapon we have is a bow, because the guns were looted from most of the stores after the incident two years ago..." Jimmy sat there, waiting for a response.

Eddy sat for a minute thinking. They only have close combat weapons... In that case maybe I could fight... as long as I get a bow.

"Jimmy, if I agree to lead your men, what kind of weapons do I get?" Eddy asked.

"We will be able to give you a bow and fifteen arrows, along with some knifes. That's all we have right now." Jimmy said, hoping that those weapons would be enough to appease him.

"Okay, I'll do It.", Eddy said. Jimmy tensed down a little, and looked relieved. Everyone else at the table seemed to do the same, and they all started looking more cheerful.

"Good, then I will go tell the guard at the armory to prepare your weaponry." Jimmy said, giving Eddy a slight nod as everyone stood up.

"Oh, by the way, Jimmy, how many "barbarians" will we be fighting against?" Eddy asked as he followed Jimmy out.

"Five thousand." Jimmy said.

Eddy stopped in his tracks. Did Jimmy just say we'll fight FIVE THOUSAND of these guys? "He-hey, Jimmy, I think I misheard you, didn't say five thousand did you?"

"Yes, I did. Is something the matter." said Jimmy as he reached the armory. He quickly told the guard the equipment he needed, and turned toward Eddy.

"Ummm... no. Nothing at all. How many guys do we have?" Eddy asked nervously.

"Five Hundred." Jimmy said as the guard arrived with the equipment and handed it to Jimmy. "Why do you ask?"

Eddy stood there frozen with fear. Now he wasn't a mathematic genius, but he knew that five hundred against five thousand wasn't very good odds. "I don't know about this, Jimmy..."

Jimmy sighed and put the equipment on the ground. "I didn't want to have to do this, but..." Jimmy said as he reached into his cloak.

"Hey, Jimmy, are you trying to threaten me with a hidden weapon or something? Because, my brother knew kung-fu, and he taught me a little..." Eddy stopped talking as Jimmy pulled out a jawbreaker, and held it in front of Eddy. "This is what I picked up at the candy store earlier. The last jawbreaker in the store. I thought it might come in handy to convince you."

"Well I'm convinced! Now hand it over, I haven't had a jawbreaker in a while!" Eddy said as he reached toward the jawbreaker. Jimmy pulled it away. "Hey, what gives?" Eddy whined.

"I'm no idiot; you get it after you fight." Jimmy said with a smug look on his face. Eddy grumbled something under his breath and reluctantly nodded.

"Okay then, here's you're equipment, along with some wooden armor." Jimmy said, as he handed Eddy his battle gear. "Now, let's get to the front lines, shall we?" Jimmy said, as he walked toward where the barbarians were likely to attack from. Eddy gulped hard, and slowly followed Jimmy.

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Eddy stood in front of the five hundred men he was to lead in battle. He looked at all the nervous and scared faces, and realized that these were no soldiers. These were just innocent people, forced to fight to protect themselves. Eddy knew that he had made the right choice, though he hadn't made too many good choices in the past. Eddy turned to face the direction where the barbarian army was preparing to attack. Smoke from fires gave away were the barbarians had been camping, so setting up to defend the village was easy. Eddy pulled his bow out and got an arrow ready. He was scared.

The men and women behind him did the same, and Eddy felt butterflies in his stomach. I hope to God I can do this... Eddy thought. Eddy saw a long line of figures in the distance. It was the barbarians.

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The two barbarians leading the army rode out in front on two horses. One of them turned around to face the barbarian army, while the other one pulled out a banana and shoved it up his nose.

"TODAY, WE WILL CRUSH THE PUNY DEFENDERS OF THIS PITIFUL VILLAGE! WE WILL WIN! WE WILL BE VICTORIOUS! WE WILL TRIUMPH!!" the barbarian screamed. The army cheered in response, raising their crude axes and clubs in the air.

"Is triumph a chicken?" the other barbarian asked as he turned around, the banana now in his ear.

"A chicken?" the smaller barbarian said puzzled. Then she smiled. "Yes, Ed, triumph is a chicken."

The dopey barbarian smiled. "FOR TRIUMPH!!" he screamed.

The smaller barbarian giggled evilly. "Yes, for triumph."

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Eddy saw two figures on horses raise their swords, and begin the charge toward the small group of defenders. Eddy sighed, and yelled," CHARGE!!" Eddy ran forward, the group of defenders running bravely behind him. Eddy saw the enemy army getting closer, and two vaguely familiar people charging toward him on horses. "Wait that kind of looks like..." Eddy said, before he was cut off by a barbarian kicking a rock in his face. The two armies clashed, and the battle had begun.

Eddy quickly jumped up, and viewed his surroundings. Arrows whizzed by his head, and barbarians and defenders clashed their axes and daggers together. Eddy suddenly was hit on the back of his head. He quickly recovered and rolled out of the way of a second attack. Eddy looked up to see his attacker. Eddy gasped.

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Jimmy watched fearfully from a tower at one of the walls of the village. Once he actually saw the army, he understood just how outnumbered they were. Jimmy was still only ten, and wasn't too great at math, so he relies on visual math to help him. He couldn't believe that he had sent all those men and women to their graves. Hopefully Eddy will pull through, or it will all be lost... Jimmy thought as he turned away from the window of the tower. If Eddy can't win this fight then... better not to worry about it... Jimmy thought as he left the tower.

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Eddy stared a barbarian with foam pouring out of her mouth. She had fiery red hair, and stared at Eddy with a look of pure hatred. It was Sarah.

"Well, look what we have here, an idiot leading a group of idiots." Sarah said, as Eddy grinded his teeth in anger.

"But I don't understand..." Eddy said, walking in a circle, staring Sarah down as she too walked in a circle. "Why are you leading an attack on this village? Don't you know Jimmy's in there? You could kill him!"

"Ha! Like I care. That brat was just my loyal little servant, just like Ed.", Sarah said, as she looked past Eddy at Ed, who was engaged in combat with twelve defenders at once. "Jimmy was only there to help me get what I wanted. I can discard him at any time I please..."

Eddy couldn't believe what he was hearing. Sure, Sarah is cold-hearted and is a huge brat, but Jimmy and her were inseparable... what had happened to her in the past two years? Eddy's thoughts were quickly interrupted when Sarah let out a battle scream, and leapt at Eddy, axe swinging. Eddy quickly lifted his bow to block, only for it to be chopped clean in half. Eddy leapt backwards, and pulled out his daggers, blocking a second attack. Sarah pressed the attack barely giving Eddy a chance to recover.

Sarah knocked one of Eddy's daggers out of his hand, and slashed him across his chest, severing his armor in half. Eddy fell down, dropping his other dagger. "Look's like this is where this ends..." Sarah said as she smiled wickedly. She raised her axe, and then heard a whine from a horse. She turned toward the sound and saw that a defender had taken over her horse, and was stampeding toward her. "HOLY..." was all that Sarah could manage to say before the horse knocked her flat on her face, her axe sliding three feet away from her. Eddy took this opportunity to grab his daggers and run at Sarah, getting ready to strike. Sarah suddenly grabbed some dirt and threw it in Eddy's face.

"OHHHHH MY EYES!! THEY BURN!!" Eddy screamed as Sarah grabbed her axe and swung around to face Eddy as he finally got the dirt out of his eyes.

"YOU LITTLE BRAT! YOU'RE GONNA PAY!" Eddy screamed in anger.

"Will that be cash or credit?" Sarah said with a smile plastered on her face.

"YOU'RE GOING DOWN!" Eddy yelled as he charged at Sarah. Sarah snapped her fingers, and a club swung into Eddy's view, colliding with his face.

"Owww..." Eddy said, looking up to see Ed holding a big club. "Ed?" Eddy said, not believing what he saw.

"Thank you for saving me, big brother." Sarah said as she stood beside Ed.

"NEVER FEAR, AS LOTHAR IS HERE!" Ed chanted as he raised his club in the air.

"Now go get him." Sarah said, as she stepped backwards, to let Ed finish him off.

"Wait, Ed, don't! It's me! Eddy!" Eddy said quickly and fearfully as he crawled backwards away from Ed.

"Baby sister says you're bad now, Eddy, so Lothar must vanquish evil!" Ed said.

"But Ed, I'm not evil! She is!" Eddy said, pointing toward Sarah.

"No, Eddy, you are! Baby sister says so, so Lothar must do so!" Ed said, as he raised his club, and bashed Eddy over the head.

"N-No, wa-wait, E-Ed..." Eddy said, a throbbing in his head. Ed raised his club again, but Eddy snapped back to reality and kicked Ed in his kneecap. Ed fell over, and Eddy ran over toward his daggers. Ed quickly recovered, feeling no pain, and ran toward Eddy. Eddy stood up, tensed and ready for Ed's attack.

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