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Ch.4
Catch the Kids
Ugh, the past few days have been more hectic for me than usual. At least summer's almost here, then I can spend more time writing…while juggling it between a job, camp, a family vacation, hanging out with friends, preparing for junior year, etc. I'll stop rambling now. Just to be safe, I don't own EEND, Scarface, or The Matrix. Please R&R!
The kids now see five police cars catching up to their getaway van as Double D continued a steady, yet not fast enough pace.
Eddy growled impatiently at his friend. "Come on Sockhead, can't this thing go faster?"
"I can," replied Double D. "But I have to obey the speed limit."
"We just robbed a bank and you're concerned about the traffic laws?" shouted Kevin. He pulled Double D out of the driver's seat. "I'll take it from here, just buckle up!"
"What seatbelts?" asked Jimmy as he looked about frantically for something to hold on to. However, he never got his answer as Kevin stamped his foot down on the pedal, causing the kids to fall over. Jimmy continued to tumble until he his the van's back doors, causing them to burst open.
If Jimmy wasn't lucky enough to grab onto one of the handles from the open door, he would have flown right into one of the cop cars or under one of them, but his life was spared for now. However, he knew he couldn't hold onto the door handle forever. "Sarah, help me!"
"I'll save you!" shouted Sarah, nearly falling over as Kevin took a sharp turn. Stepping gingerly to the door, she reached for her friend's hand. "Hurry, grab my…" The van ran over a pot hole, causing everyone in the car to bounce, resulting in Sarah losing her balance. She toppled out of the car, holding her hands in front of her face as well as shutting her eyes tightly. Several seconds past and she still didn't hit the pavement.
"I've got you baby sister!" Sarah opened one of her eyes apprehensively, seeing the ground whiz by. Upon looking upward, she could see Ed holding her by her shirt. Lifting her upward, she grabbed onto Jimmy, allowing her brother to bring the two kids to safety.
With Sarah and Jimmy sitting far away from the door, Ed stared back at the police cars, livid with anger. "You dare attack my baby sister?" He ripped the waterbed from its hinges, holding it above his head. "Away with you, satanic servants of the Netherworld!" He heaved the bed at the car closest to the van, causing the police car to veer off the road in a display of flames. The anger exited Ed's body, leaving him with his usual idiotic grin. "Cool!"
Kevin took yet another sharp turn, nearly causing the van to roll over. The cop cars continued their pursuit, with the exception of one of the car who turned too quickly, causing the car to roll off the street.
"Okay, that's two down," stated Nazz as she held onto the back of Kevin's seat. "But what about the other three cars?"
"Allow Rolf to provide the answer," replied Rolf as he dug through his pocket, producing a tenderizer mallet.
"Why do you have a hammer in your pocket?" asked Jonny.
Rolf walked to the opened back door of the van. "One never knows when meat needs to be tenderized, Jonny the wood boy." He chucked the hammer at one of the cars, causing the window to shatter. The shattered glass, combined with the pain of the mallet smashing the driver's hand, caused the cop car to veer off the road.
"Nice job Rolf!" said Eddy. "Anyone got anything else to throw?"
"I have this!" exclaimed Ed as he produced a handgun from his pocket. Everyone in the van huddled as far as they could from Ed, knowing guns and the lack of intelligence were never a good combination.
Double D was the first to speak up. "Ed, where did you get that?"
"A police officer dropped it at the bank!" Ed exclaimed proudly.
Eddy grabbed the gun from Ed's grasp, hurrying over to the passenger side window. "I've got an idea!" He climbed out of the van and climbed onto the roof, taking a few seconds to gain his balance. "You better warn me when you're gonna take a turn!" He pointed his gun at one of the two remaining cars. "Say hello to my lil' friend!" He shot three bullets at the windshield of the car, causing the driver to veer off the road and crash into a wall.
"Ha! Did you see that?" Eddy called down to his friends. "Pretty realistic imitation of Scarface too, if I do say so myself."
"Eddy duck!" shouted Double D. Eddy did as he was told in the nick of time, barely missing the large, overhanging sign.
"Aw, you're suppose to lean back in slow motion like in the Matrix!" whined Ed.
"Ed, Eddy already ripped off of one movie," explained Double D. "Two would be a bit much."
Eddy lined himself up once more, targeting the remaining cop car. He squeezed the trigger down, a bullet passing the car. Eddy fired twice more, both of which did nothing to stop the pursuing car. He pulled the trigger yet again, only for nothing to happen. "Dang it, I'm outta bullets!" he shouted, chucking the empty gun at the car. Unlike Rolf, Eddy's toss only caused the gun to bounce off the hood of the police vehicle.
"Great, what now?" growled Sarah as Eddy climbed back into the van from the window. The kids turned their attention forward as the howl of an oncoming train reached their ears.
"We take a gamble!" answered Kevin as he continued his course coming close to the tracks, as well as the train.
"Are you crazy?" spat Eddy. "This is something I'd expect Ed to do!"
The tall Ed frowned glumly. "It's really something I wanted to do."
Kevin gripped the steering wheel tighter, gritting his teeth. "Okay, here we go!" The car launched over the tracks, missing the train by a couple of feet. The police had no choice but to screech to a halt, the driver swearing angrily. The kids cheered aloud, Kevin wiping sweat from his brow as he slowed down slightly.
"We're alive!" exclaimed Jimmy. "I thought we were done for!" He looked down at his pants to see a large wet spot by his crotch. "Um…this is just sweat."
"I'll make fun of you for that later," said Eddy. "But let's find somewhere to lay low for a while."
I hope everyone enjoyed the chase scene! I was tempted to make Double D exclaimed "This is madness!" when they were gonna go over the train tracks, thus prompting Ed to exclaim the famous 300 quote, but as Double D said earlier, two movie references would be a bit much, so I went with a quote from a running gag from an episode for EENE. Please R&R!