Mystery on Ed Street

Chapter 5: The last to go

The Eds went into a room on the second floor. It was a small bedroom, with a few windows and old curtains. Double D heard someone breathing behind a curtain. He opened it to see none other than Kevin.

"Kevin, you're okay!" Double D said in relief.

"Yeah, I was just kidding around" Kevin explained. "I hid and waited for you guys to find me. Where's everyone else?"

"That's the problem, Kevin" Double D told him. "Everyone besides us has mysteriously vanished." Kevin stared at him in disbelief.

"If you give us the key, we can find help and rescue our friends" Double D told him. Kevin understood that they weren't kidding.

"I don't have the key" Kevin told him. He began to think about what Double D mentioned about a key. "Wait, we're locked in?" Kevin asked him.

"It would seem so" Double D said with a sad voice. Kevin couldn't believe what he was hearing.

"But, who could have done this?" Kevin asked Double D.

"I don't know, Kevin" Double D said to him. "Eddy, Ed and I are just as confused as you are" Double D said. Kevin began to think of a way out of the mess they were in. He didn't understand how anyone could have disappeared. His aunt's house isn't a fun house or anything.

"Okay, let's discuss this in the parlor" he said to the Eds. After they arrived in the parlor, Kevin looked at them. They clearly saw that he was wondering what happened to the kids.

"Well, what happened when I was gone?" Kevin asked the Eds. Double D was prepared to tell him the story. However, Eddy started to tell it before him.

"Well, Kevin, we went to the bathroom to see why you were screaming like a wimp" Eddy said to him.

"Hold up, I was faking that scream!" Kevin said angrily. Double D continued the story.

"Anyway, we saw the initials of Nazz, Sarah and Jimmy engraved on the kitchen sink, just like your story. First Jimmy vanished, then Nazz disappeared and then Sarah was suddenly gone. We met up with the remaining Urban Rangers, but then Johnny and Plank disappeared. We talked in private because Eddy thought that Rolf was the victim. When we finished our conversation, Rolf was gone! We then found out that the house was locked, and when I tried to climb out the 3rd floor window, I lost my pajamas."

"That's embarrassing…" Kevin muttered to himself.

"Then we found you" Eddy said. The Eds looked at Kevin.

"What did I do?" Kevin asked them.

"Kevin, are you the culprit?" Double D asked him.

"Dude, I swear, I never made anyone disappear!" Eddy wasn't buying it.

"This whole party is a setup I bet!" Eddy said.

"You guys have to believe me" Kevin pleaded. "I never planned on anybody getting hurt at this party!" The Eds thought about his argument, and Double D said "Okay Kevin, we believe you." The other Eds nodded in agreement.

"So, do you have any evidence of where some of the kids vanished?" Kevin asked them.

"Actually, we found Rolf's nightcap and Nazz's panties" Double D replied. Kevin trembled at his words.

"That's not a good sign" Kevin said in a worried voice. "Okay how about we go upstairs to look for Nazz?" Kevin asked them.

"Why, because she's your girlfriend?" Eddy asked. Kevin's face flushed red.

"She's not my girlfriend!" Kevin yelled in frustration. Eddy giggled as they walked up the stairs. They walked into the room with the mirrors, and Kevin saw the pink panties on the floorboard. He pushed them aside, and pressed on the floor to see if it would open. It didn't budge, so he tried punching it. He just hurt his hand, so they continued to search the room. Kevin leaned on a mirror, and flipped himself onto the other side of the wall. The Eds saw this, and rushed over trying to open the mirror. Unfortunately, it wouldn't budge.

"Don't worry Kevin, we'll find you!" Double D assured him. Eddy tried to open the mirror again, but it still wouldn't work.

"Double D, the mirror won't open. There's no way we can get inside" he told him. Double D held his chin with his hand.

"Well, there could be a secret passageway the culprit is using to trap all of the kids" Double D said as a theory. The other Eds nodded.

"How would we find this passageway?" Eddy asked him. The Eds paced around, trying to figure out how to find it.

"In my Evil Tim Episode 347 comic book, the villain used a passageway hidden in the basement" Ed said. The other two looked at Ed, and then exchanged glances.

"Sure, we could try that" Double D said. Eddy nodded in agreement. The trio rushed into the kitchen. They saw the door to the basement, and slowly opened it. Double D turned on the lights and went downstairs with Ed and Eddy. Ed saw a cowboy hat in the corner and put it on.

"Yeehaw, I'm a horse!" Ed said happily. Ed jumped around in a circle, until Eddy tripped him, and sent him into a wall. Eddy laughed.

"Ed, you look like one of the guys on those western films!" he said with a grin. Ed looked in a mirror, and laughed with his usual goofy grin. Eddy turned to see Double D staring at a wall.

"Double D, did you find something?" Eddy asked him. Double D gave no response. Eddy tapped him on the head.

"Hello, anybody home?" he asked him. Double D pointed a finger at the wall. Eddy looked and stared in horror. On the wall, written in red, were the words Come to me, Ed, Edd and Eddy.

Ed walked over and also stared at the wall. His goofy grin changed to a confused frown when he saw it.

"What's that?" he asked curiously. He finally read it, and realized what it said.

"I've got to get out of here!" Eddy screamed in horror. He ran to the stairs, but out of nowhere, they became a steep, slick ramp. He fell down to the floor.

"We must escape quickly!" Double D said. "If Kevin's story is true, then we're the next to disappear!" he said in fear. Eddy looked around the room.

"Are there any windows or doors?" he asked Double D. Double D saw a small window near Eddy.

"Well, there's one, but it's to small to fit through" Double D said as the pointed to the window. Eddy turned around, and jumped into it. Double D shook his head.

"Eddy, you won't fit. You might get stuck!" Double D warned him. Eddy ignored him, and tried to crawl out.

"I can see the outside! We're home free!" Eddy said happily. He tried to move, but couldn't go any farther. He tried to crawl back inside, but was stuck.

"Guys, help me get out!" he said angrily. Ed walked over, and pulled Eddy out of the window. He shut it, and smiled at Eddy.

"Alright, maybe there's another exit" Eddy said.

"The only other exit, Eddy, is the door at the top of the steep ramp, but we can't climb up it. Eddy tried to climb, but fell down again. He looked at the wall and noticed the rail.

"Guys, let's hold on to the stair's rail and climb up" he suggested. The other two Eds nodded, and began to climb up beside him. Suddenly, the saw the floor panel beneath the stairs open up.

"What's going on?" Double D asked.

"Ignore it, and keep climbing" Eddy ordered. He noticed that the rail was start to move into the wall. He climbed as fast as he could, but in a mere second, the rail was inside the wall. A wall panel closed over where the rail was. The Eds fell down the ramp, and into the dark room below them.