The Ed-Cident
Chapter 1: The Day Time Stopped
Oh how the dog days of summer brought out the worst in the Ed boys. Mostly it was in Eddy, their greedy leader whose dreams consisted of jawbreakers and money, but the other two weren't any better by association. Edd was a genius who could have probably better used his summers studying up, but perhaps his brain needed a break after nine months of school. Who knows? Ed, well, Ed really didn't have much better to do. If he was left to be he'd be reading bizarre comic books in a bathtub full of gravy, so maybe being outside was good for him was what his parents had always told him. Regardless the three Ed boys had become best friends over the years, even if everything they did fell completely on their faces and they never got those jawbreakers. But everyone had fun and no one was hurt. For the longest while, no one was hurt.
It was a hot summer day and the Ed boys were preparing to do what they usually did: scheme to make money. It didn't matter how many times they failed, Eddy still brought another scheme to the table each day. Today, meeting in Eddy's garage, he laid out some blueprints on the working table his Dad normally used for carpeting business. Today's plan was especially ridiculous.
"Alright boys," Eddy began. "Today we're going to cool off the kids of the Cul-De-Sac AND get their money all in one fell swoop!" Eddy almost practically sounded like a madman as he said this. "We're going to create…. A FLYING FREEZER!"
Edd was not convinced.
"Eddy, of all the ridiculous things you've come up with, this definitely ranks up with the craziest ones like the cardboard bus and your Squirrel scam." He said. "I mean, how are we going to create a flying freezer?"
Eddy just smiled right back.
"Oh Double D!" He said. "You can be as unconvinced as you want, but that means we'll just split the earnings between me and Ed. All you gotta do is tie the Freezer to my brother's car and woolah! A flying freezer."
Double D almost wanted to laugh. "Are you kidding me?" He said. "Freezers are way too heavy to just up and fly when you accelerate the car back!"
"You're right Double D," Eddy began. "We need to create a holding device for the freezer so it'll stay still as it flies!"
Double D just sighed. "Well let's just give it a try then, now huh?"
About two hours passed, and the boys were almost ready. But first Eddy decided to inspect the Cul-De-Sac to inform his "customers" of the new product. They were all around Kevin's house playing Spin the Bottle. Eddy didn't say anything for a moment as he listened in.
"Alright Sarah." Kevin said. "Your turn to spin the bottle."
She spinned it and it rattled on and on until it pointed directly at Naz.
"Alright Naz, truth or dare." Sarah asked.
"Dare!" Naz said, feeling adventurous today.
Sarah gave it a brief thought. "I dare you…. To kiss Kevin!"
Just then a look of horror enveloped her face as she heard this. But before she could give any sort of verbal response, Eddy jumped in the middle.
"Hey there suckers!" He said.
"What do you want, Ed boy? "Kevin said back, his tone evidently irritant.
Eddy chuckled. He had a good feeling about this one.
"If you'll all come to the center of the Cul-De-Sac, you'll get notably refreshed!" Eddy said with much enthusiasm.
Although most of kids knew what was coming, they decided it would be fun to watch another Edsaster. They went in an unorganized bunch.
Eddy then went to the car, where he saw Edd and Ed milling about carelessly it seemed.
"Ed, you big dofus!" Eddy said. "Go and bring up the rear!"
"Ok Eddy!" Ed said.
Ed then went up behind the back of the car and picked it up. Eddy, having gotten into the car, screamed in a girly fit of fear.
"ED!" Eddy yelled. "Put me down!"
Ed did as he was told and proceeded to do nothing behind the car. Meanwhile in the car, Eddy was attempting to figure out how to actually work a car. He put the keys in, but didn't realize he had to turn the keys and push the breaks.
"Work you stupid thing, work!" Eddy yelled at the car, as if thinking it would magically fix the situation.
The Cul-De-Sac kids just watched in amusement. Kevin, irritated at Naz for earlier, decided to take his frustration on the Eds.
"Dorks!" Kevin heckled at Eddy.
Eddy stood up on the edge of the car seat. "Shut up Kevin!" Eddy yelled. He then stepped back and slipped onto the brakes. As he did this, the edge of his shirt caught onto the motor stick, sending the car into reverse at 15 mph. And then suddenly, a yell could be heard from Eddy's garage.
"Ed look out!" Double D could be heard.
But it was too late. The car was stopped only by Ed's muscular frame. The Cul-De-Sac kids cringed in horror. Eddy was able to pull the emergency brake and finally stop the car. Eddy got out looking nervous, but quickly put back on his nonchalant, cool and collected façade back on. He was clearly the only one not recognizing the severity of the situation.
"Ed, you big lump, get out from under there!" Eddy said. Upon pulling Ed out from under, it was evident Ed's left arm was broken, his lung was possibly punctured. His face was a pale white and his dilated as though he was a statue.
After a few seconds of discomforting silence, Ed's brother Sarah couldn't hold back tears any long.
"B-Big-g-gg-g-g- Brot-t-t-ther-r-r-r-r-r-r" she began to wail. She and Jimmy then got Ed's mom and everything was a blank for the kids from there. No one had ever been really hurt before, even with all the recklessness of the scams and the games. But everyone knew, as the sirens went off endlessly in all of their heads that nothing would be the same ever again.