I don't really have much to say right now, so just enjoy the chapter!
The kids (minus Rolf and Jonny) were searching the park. The Ed's were by the swings, Ed was eager to start digging, Eddy had a greedy look on his face, and Double D was looking around with his metal detector. Eddy was beginning to get a bit impatient.
"C'mon Sockhead! What's takin' so long!"
"Please do not rush me Eddy, um sure we will find something eventually." Double D answered.
At another end of the park, Kevin and Nazz were digging by the see-saw. The two decided they would split the treasure. They pondered about what they would do with all the money they would have if they found it.
'College, designer clothes, mansions, fame! EEEEEEEK!' Nazz thought to herself.
'If I find that treasure, I can finally get my bike looking as awesome as ever!' Kevin thought.
Sarah and Jimmy were over by the sandbox, Sarah was using one of her Dad's shovels, Jimmy was using a toy shovel. Sarah was (obviously) putting in more work than Jimmy, due to her greater physical strength and since she had a real shovel.
"Come on Jimmy! You gotta go faster!" Sarah stated.
"You got it girlfriend!" Jimmy responded, giving Sarah a friendly salute, he began to dig a bit faster.
About an hour later, the Eds had dug various holes around the swings, though they didn't find anything. Eddy watched the other kids as they searched, he had an irritated look on his face, though he looked a bit worried as well. What if someone else found the treasure? Then he had an idea, if he didn't want anyone else to find it, he would have to try to stall or deceive them in some way. Eddy was snapped back to reality when he heard some kind of ringing.
"Lunch break!" Ed exclaimed, he took out a blanket and a picnic basket out of his jacket pocket via hammerspace (surprisingly, neither of these items or the food inside the basket smelled bad from being in Ed's jacket). The other kids stopped to have lunch as well, as they ate, Kevin started to begin having doubts about Nazz.
'What if she takes the treasure for herself? Can I trust her? ... What am I saying?! Nazz wouldn't do anything like that! ... Would she?'
Nazz was also having second thoughts of working with Kevin as well.
'If Kevin does find the treasure, he'd probably use all of it on fixing his bike! Maybe I should keep a closer eye on him.'
From the woods, Jonny and Plank were watching the kids. Plank said something to Jonny.
"What do you mean 'tension is beginning to rise'?" Jonny asked. Plank seemed to say something else. Whatever Plank said seemed to make Jonny even more worried.
"Should we get Rolf?"
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"Well what if they all start fighting?"
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"Ok Plank, I hope you're right..."
An hour had passed, everyone resumed their search. Eddy was going to begin his plan by targeting who he thought was the weakest link: Sarah and Kevin would fight back if he tried anything, and Jimmy was much smarter than he looked. This left only one person: Nazz. Eddy snuck away from his fellow Eds and went over to Nazz.
"Hey Nazz!" He greeted, blushing a bit.
"Oh, hey Eddy." Nazz replied, she knew Eddy was a tricky guy, so she had a right to be suspicious.
"Listen, do you really think you can trust Kevin?" Eddy asked, this made Nazz think back to earlier. "He's always working on his bike and riding it every day! Plus, I don't think I've ever seen him give money away!"
Kevin saw Eddy talking to Nazz. 'Why is Dorky talking to Nazz? He's probably trying to make her think I can't be trusted. That Dork!'
Eddy finished talking to Nazz and went back to Ed and Double D, he chuckled to himself. 'The seed of doubt has been planted!'
Time continued to pass, Eddy was successful in making Nazz more doubtful of Kevin than she had been before, he was also successful in doing the same thing to Sarah and Jimmy, despite the former being a bit harder to work with! Double D caught on to Eddy's plot and began to talk to him about it.
"Eddy if I may have a word with you, is there a reason why you are trying to turn everyone against each other?" Double D questioned
"It's simple Double D! If they turn on each other they'll forget about the treasure and it'll be easier for us to get it!" Eddy answered
"Eddy how could you?! This could have lasting effects on everyone, they might end up hating each other for years!"
"We'll worry about that when it comes! Shouldn't you worry about how bugged your detector is?! We haven't hound anything good, only junk!"
"Don't change the subject Eddy!" Double D noted, Ed looked uneasy at his friends argument.
"Guys stop, we're supposed to be hunting for treasure like pirates!" Ed exclaimed. This argument continued until Eddy decided to end it.
"You know what? Why don't you just go! Your machine is junk, you couldn't build a good metal detector to save your life!" He said.
"I will GLADLY leave!" Double D shouted, the other kids watched the fight, they all looked a bit surprised at Double D's statement as he left the park.
As he left, Jonny decided to approach Double D.
"Hey Double D, can I talk to you for a second?" Jonny asked. Double D smiled at Jonny, he was annoyed, but he didn't need to take his frustration out on Jonny for something he didn't do.
"Of course Jonny, what is it?" Double D answered.
"Plank's been telling me that this whole treasure thing is going to break everyone apart. I don't want our friends to fight! Can you help me stop all this?"
Double D looked shocked at Jonny's words, Jonny was right.
"Of course, this nonsense needs to end!" Double D responded.
"Great! But what should we do?" Jonny asked.
"That's a good question, how about this..." Double D began.
Looks like things are getting intense! I know this chapter is almost three times as long as the others, but this story isn't really meant to be too long, the next chapter might even be the last one.
