Kaiser Aldamon: yay u updated let me guess the "alchemist" is really Double-D right?

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Chapter Eleven: Collect-Ed

Where am I? Eddy thought as he looked off a balcony near the top of a large, spiked tower. The walls, the floor, the balcony, and even the railing of the balcony seemed to be made out of human flesh. What is this place? Eddy suddenly heard an explosion, and looked off the balcony. Eddy gasped. There was smoke rising from over the horizon, and right in front of the tower two giant armies clashed. What's going on? Questions swirled in Eddy's head, but they were interrupted when he heard whispers behind him. Eddy whirled around, and stared into the pitch black darkness of a large opening that led into the tower. Three pairs of red eyes stared back at him. "Wh-who are you?" Eddy asked, backing up against the railing. Suddenly, the railing snapped, and Eddy went cascading off the balcony, and the ground rushed towards him.

"NOOOOOOOO!!" Eddy screamed as he jumped up in his bed. Eddy was panting, panicked from the horrible nightmare he just had. Eddy began to slow his breathing, trying to calm himself down. After a few minutes, he climbed out of bed and began to put his clothes and armor on. He then stepped out of his hut, and into the morning light.

"So when are we going to this stupid alchemist's tower anyway, Jimmy?" Sarah said as she popped a small chunk of bread into her mouth. Jimmy and Sarah sat in Jimmy's house, with two loafs of bread and some glasses of water sitting the table they were situated at.

"Whenever Ed and Eddy decide that they're ready to go." Jimmy answered as he took a sip of water. There was a knock at the door. "Come in", Jimmy yelled as he put down his glass of water. Eddy stepped in, adorned in his battle armor and equipped with his weapons.

"Hey Jimmy... Sarah." Eddy said as he glared at her. When Eddy had come back to the village and saw the color of his room, he instantly flared up. When he tried to fight her, however, he got pounded, so now Eddy was extremely angry at her. Eddy turned to Jimmy. "I'm ready to go. Where's Ed?"

"Rolf said he needed his help at the fields. He should still be there." Jimmy said.

"Thanks.", Eddy said, exiting the hut and walking toward the farm where most of the village's food came from. Ever since Rolf had come, the village has had a surplus of food. Some of the villagers say it's because he's a godsend, and others say he's just good at farming. Eddy made it to the gates of the farm, and entered quietly, trying not to distract anyone from their work. He looked around the fields, and saw villagers harvesting corn, tomatoes, carrots, and all other sorts of vegetables. He didn't, however, see Ed or Rolf. Maybe they're at the animal pens... Eddy thought as he walked toward a large farmhouse with a barn next to it. Eddy walked around back, and spotted Ed and Rolf over by some cows. Rolf was sitting on a stool, trying to teach Ed how to milk cows. Eddy walked over.

"Hey monobrow, what're you and Rolf doin'?", Eddy asked.

"Rolf is teaching me how to tame the milk that comes from cow's belly button." Ed said, touching the stomach of the cow.

"No, Ed-boy, milk comes from the udder of the cow." Rolf said, pointing to the cow's udder.

"From the looks of things, stretch, it ain't goin' too well." Eddy said. "Anyways, Ed, you have to come with me."

"Are we going to Alaska?" Ed said, as he pulled out snow goggles and attached them to his head backwards.

"No, Ed. We're going to the alchemist's tower, remember?" Eddy asked.

"Rolf would like to accompany the half-wit Ed-boys on the journey to the tower of the alchemist." Rolf said, standing up.

"No, Rolf, we want you to stay here and help the villagers. Ever since you came around, they seem to be workin' harder." Eddy said.

"Very well, loud-mouthed Ed-boy, Rolf will stay and help tend to the farm." Rolf said as he turned around to milk the cow that was next to him.

"Alright, Ed, we gotta go. We got a mission to complete." Eddy said as he walked back toward the village.

"YAY! Maybe the alchemist will have gravy!" Ed said as he ran after Eddy.

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Ed, Eddy, Jimmy, and Sarah trudged through the forest with a group of thirty soldiers. They were going to Lemon Brook, and from there they would go west toward where the alchemist's tower supposedly was. "God my feet hurt..." Eddy mumbled, as he walked along the bumpy road.

"There it is!" Jimmy said, as they finally reached the entrance to Lemon Brook. "Now then..." Jimmy said as he pulled a map out of a pouch on his side. "From this point, the tower is North West. I suggest we head toward the center of the town and continue from there.

"Okay captain!" Ed said as he skipped toward the center of the town, the others close behind him. As Eddy walked behind Sarah and Jimmy, he looked around at the town. He noticed that animals had now taken over most of Lemon Brook, as he saw deer peeking out of the shattered windows of a department store, and he saw snakes slithering across the street a couple times. He sighed. So much destruction... Eddy thought as he walked along the road.

"Alright we're here, now what Jimmy?" Sarah asked as she turned toward him.

"Alright, we go east from here, which will bring us to the stretch of wasteland that the woman was talking about." Jimmy said.

"Well what are we waiting for? Let's go." Sarah said as she led the way.

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"So this is the stretch of wasteland the woman was talking about..." Eddy said as he viewed what appeared to be a gigantic desert of junk, mud, rotting food, and old trees. "This looks more like a city of junk than a "stretch of wasteland" to me.", Eddy said as he stepped foot into the muddy ground.

"Yuck..." Sarah said as she stepped on a rotting banana peel.

"YUM!" Ed said as he grabbed a piece of black, maggot infested, rotting piece of bread off the ground and ate it.

"OH MY GOD, THAT'S GROSS!" Jimmy screamed as he threw up all over the place.

"ED! STOP ACTING LIKE A GROSS IDIOT!" Sarah screamed as she backhanded Ed. A large, red imprint of Sarah's hand was left on Ed's face, but Ed simply laughed and said "Ow."

The soldiers behind them were fairing no better, as they complained and yelled about all the disgusting things they were getting all over them.

Eddy stopped suddenly, and the others followed suit. "I think I see something a few miles ahead... it looks like a tower." Eddy said as Jimmy walked up beside him.

"That must be the alchemist's tower..." Jimmy said. He then turned around and motioned for the others to continue walking.

"I wonder who this alchemist guy is." Eddy said as he walked through yet another heap of trash.

"I don't know..." Jimmy said.

Suddenly, a small object flew from behind a pile of junk, and landed right in the middle of the group of soldiers. One of the soldiers picked it up, and screamed, "GRENADE!" The soldiers scrambled, desperately trying to escape. The grenade went off, and several of the soldiers were caught in the explosion, while others were sent flying. Eddy, Jimmy, Sarah, and Ed whipped around, and witnessed the chaos.

"OH MY GOD!" Jimmy yelled as he ran over to the bodies of several of the soldiers. "Wha-what happened?" Jimmy asked.

"Grenade.", one of the soldiers muttered before dying.

"Grenade? But the only one's who have grenades are..." Jimmy was interrupted by the sound of motorcycles. Jimmy looked up and gasped. Sitting on two Suzuki motorcycles were two people in nogahide jackets, with biker helmets on, and a string of grenades running over both of their chests. Skulls hung off of the handle bars of their motorcycles. "Collectors..." Jimmy hissed. The collectors revved their bikes, and began to speed toward them.

"RUUUUN!" Sarah screamed as they ran full speed toward the alchemist's tower. The bikes were much, much faster than them, however, and the collectors soon caught up with them. Eddy, being the slowest of the group, was soon running side by side with the collectors. Suddenly, one of the collectors swerved their bike right in front of Eddy, causing him to run collide with the bike. Eddy fell on his back.

"Oh, my achin'..." Eddy muttered as the collectors climbed off of their bikes. Sarah, Ed, and Jimmy were hiding behind a pile of junk, watching.

"Well, well, well, look who we have here." one of the collectors said as they looked down on the vulnerable Eddy. Hey that voice sounds familiar... Eddy thought, as one of the collectors pulled a small club out of their back pocket, and bashed Eddy over the head with it. Eddy slipped into unconsciousness.

Eddy's eyes flicked open. The first thing he saw was a small fire, with two figures sitting around it, talking. Eddy tried to move his hands, but they were tightly bound to the rock he was sitting against. Eddy suddenly hissed with pain as his forehead throbbed, still aching from the blow the head from the small club. The figures suddenly whipped around, now aware of Eddy's consciousness. They stood, and began to walk toward him. It was the collectors, still with their helmets on.

"Looks like he's awake..." one of the collectors said to the other.

Eddy gulped. From what Jimmy told him, the collectors loved to remove your skull when you were fully awake. He finally found his voice, and spoke. "Wh-what do you want with me?" Eddy asked weakly.

"You are our prize from the hunt, and you're going to be added to our collection..." one of the collectors said. Hey... I recognize that voice too... Eddy thought.

"I want this one's skull... you can have the next one's." the other collector said.

"Fine. As long as I get to help remove it." the other said, walking back over to the fire.

"Wait." the collector that was still standing by Eddy said. "I want Eddy to see our faces." the collector said. How do they know my name? Eddy thought, growing more nervous by the second.

"Why?" the other one asked, walking back over to Eddy.

"If he sees who's doing this to him, it will make his suffering all that more painful..." the collector next to him said.

"Sounds good..." the other one said. They both reached up to their helmets, and slowly removed them.

Eddy gasped when he saw who they were. "It can't be..."

"Happy to see us, dorky?" Kevin asked, with a huge smile plastered across his face.

DUN, DUN, DUN, DUN!

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