Hi guys! Been awhile huh? I know and i'm sorry, But here is Chapter 12. Emotionally packed, almost made me cry, chapter 12 of Hacked Heart.

I'm not kidding this tugged at the some heart strings, but I got through it and presenting it to you guys. I hope you all enjoy!

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Chapter 12: Pictures hold the past missed by the Present

"Johnny?" He questioned slowly walking towards him. Johnny didn't reply to Edd's voice, as he stared at the fence. His face was blank and lost in thought, but the image worried Edd. He spoke again, "Johnny," now standing next to the taller male. His body stiffened at the sound of his name. Johnny turned with lightning speed, his eyes wide. "Pla_" He stopped seeing Edd and his panicked expression eased somehow immediately.

"Oh," he cleared his throat and gave a wary smile, "Heh... Hey Double D! Wha... What're you doing here?" Eddward gave an unsure glance at Johnny's behaviorally. "I'm on my lunch break, "He explained. Johnny smiled with a bit more confidence, "Ah well that would totally explain the suit. Which looks really nice... By the way." He chuckled weakly as a hint of pink painted his brown cheeks. Double D's eyes widened a bit as he unintentionally straightened his tie, "Thank you." "No problem... So uh I_" Johnny was interrupted by Double D, "Johnny what's wrong." His voice was serious and left little room for joking, as he made clear eye contact.

Johnny's voice began to vaguely tremble in nervousness, "What, uh... Whatda ya mean? I'm fine! D... Do I look not ok" he gave his biggest fake smile. However, Edd was quite blunt, "Yes, actually you do. Your trembling, your pupils are dilated, and" He took Johnny's hand into his own. "Your palms are sweating," He noted. Johnny shook the analysis off poorly and glanced away. Looking back he gave weary laugh, "I'm fine Double D I'm just_."

He was silenced by the grip around his hand and look in Edd's eyes. "Johnny. I'm no fool and clearly see you aren't alright. I am merely concerned of your wellbeing and wish to assist you, if you'll allow me that is." He gave the taller teen a reassuring smile. Johnny was silent still weary of being upfront about his behavior. He looked at Double D's hand that still held his, the genius noticed this and quickly let go. "My apologies, I've invaded your personal space. I must apologize for my words as well. They were out of line, and quite frankly rude if I do say so myself," Edd rambled. He began to pull away only to have his hand grabbed by Johnny.

Edd's body went stiff at the unexpected contact, he looked at his wrist then up at Johnny. Both teens appeared very surprised at the action; while Edd's senses were on high alert, Johnny felt his heart pounding in his chest. He knew his face was red and that this embarrassing moment only made his palms sweat more. Johnny loosened his grip and slowly let go of the older teen, "I'm sorry... I mean it's not your fault_ I mean what you said wasn't mean. It's just, well no one's really showed too much concern for my... Ya know... Uh problem... I guess." He said softly looking everywhere but at Edd.

Double D smiled knowing many of his agents needed some soothing conversation after a tough mission and he was usually the one to confront and comfort them. Eddward was so use to his upfront way of approaching emotional problems he'd forgotten something very important.

This wasn't work and these weren't his agents; these were his friends.

Walking into the café, they found a seat by a window and ordered. Once the waitress was gone they sat in silence, Edd could see how awkward the moment was and was quick to ease the mood. He took a sip of his tea and spoke, "Were you out taking photos?" Johnny snapped out of his trans of uneasiness and noticed the large camera hanging around his neck. "Oh, uh… well yeah. At first. I was working on a class project, for photography class." He explained feeling himself calm down. Edd smiled and nodded, "I see. What was the project about?" Johnny took the camera into his hands and turned it on. "I had to take pictures of things that resembled my past, present and future. I…stared with my past and took photos of the Cal- da-sac, my house, Peach Creek Middle School, the Junkyard, and ended up in the city…" He went silent and winced looking into the camera.

The pain in his eyes was very clear to Double D, who knew that look of emotional struggle all too well. "And?" He asked not wanting to push the matter too quickly. He needed Johnny to open up on his own, being too assertive would only push him away more. "I… That fence you saw me standing in front of… well I was," He shrugged. "I was taking a picture of it because… it… reminded me of Plank…even though I know he's, not real anymore… he was still a part of my past… he was still a part of me." He sighed defeated and somewhat relieved to get those words off his chest. However, he was ready for persecution of his actions, they always came whenever he talked about Plank. His parents would cast sad, disappointed and pitiful looks whenever he tried to defend the creation of his friend. Other kids that weren't from the Cal-da-sac would tease and judge him for being a freak.

Edd looked at the black teenager create his own response to his explanation. "I don't see what's so bad about that," he stated calmly. "I know it's weird and I'm a total freak for trying to stick with the stupid memory of him, but it's not like can just erase a piece of me away. Plank is_" He stopped his ramble registering Double D's words. "Wait what?" He asked blinking. "I simply said I don't see what's wrong with that," Edd shrugged and continued. "You were told to take photos of your past, present and future. Plank was an important part of your past. He was an important part our past and we accepted him just as you did. But if your parents feel that he was hindrance to your well being I can see why they want you to abandon the thought of his possible realistic existence." Edd kept a calm expression, displaying not pity or disgust, but acceptance.

Johnny never received a response like that to his relationship with Plank. The teen was so awe struck that he simple sat there in silence, even when his food was sat down in front of him. "Johnny? Are you ok?" Edd's voice quickly brought him out of his daze. He shook his head looking down to see food. "I… sorry. No one's ever agreed with me about Plank… Thank you." He said softly.

Edd smiled weakly and nodded, "Your welcome." Johnny kept his gaze down at his food and began to pull out his silverware to eat. Edd did the same and cut some of his grilled salmon. Johnny was inches from eating his own slice of steak when he stopped. "My… parents didn't think Plank was a problem with my mental state…" His words seemed force, but his eyes were honest.

Eddward arched an eyebrow at Johnny, who sighed "I… thought he was bad for me." Double D stopped eating "I see," he put the fork down. "It started out as simple things… I mean, when I was kid. Plank would always tell jokes and make me laugh. He always had nice things to say about people, about me. He'd tell me that I was his best friend, only I could understand him and he needed me to help him. He said he'd never leave me that I was too important to abandon." A sad smile formed on his lips. "Can you imagine how good that felt, to be told that I was important, that I was needed? I mean of course I had friends, I had the Cal-de-sac, but I always had Plank… and he always had me."

His smile faded. "But after you left and… middle school started… we all started to drift apart. Eddy and Ed were still thick as thieves, Kevin, Nazz and Rolf became cool kids in a matter of weeks. Jimmy and Sarah were a year below me and trying to find themselves. And it was just me… and Plank. Not that I wasn't use to it… it's just… I wanted to find myself too. I didn't want to just be the lonely kid with one friend. I wanted meet new people and learn new things, not just the things that he could teach me. So I put plank down. I went out for clubs and sports team, but nothing worked out. I tried making new friends, but I was still known as the kid that talk to wood… I didn't have anybody and… nobody wanted me. So I picked Plank back up, but he wasn't my buddy anymore…I'd spend hours in my room apologizing to him, asking for him to forgive me and be my friend again. I was only given silence in return. He wouldn't speak to me for months and I started to think that maybe all the time we spent together wasn't real, just a lonely boy with a wild imagination. Without Plank I was nothing. My grades started to slip, I always stayed in my room. My parents didn't care, they were hardly ever took the time to notice me let alone Plank. Growing up just gave them another reason to ignore me." He picked at his food, Edd remanded silent to let him continue.

Johnny gave forced laugh, "When Plank stopped talking I thought that was it, I was really alone. But then 7th grade came along and he started talking again," he frowned. "But it wasn't the same. He was angry at me, at the others, at everyone. He'd tell me people can't be trusted, that they all leave me in the end, just like how I left him. He'd call me names and tell me to hurt people. People I cared about, but never cared about me in return. Plank and I didn't talk after that, we argued. He'd say the most_ awful things about everyone, but me. After so many no's to his commands, I got tired and… almost_" He took a shaky breath and tried regain his composure. "I tried to tell my parents, but they wouldn't listen, they only heard what they wanted to hear. I put Plank down again… or at least tried too. He didn't have to be my hands to speak, we didn't have to be in the same room. He voice just resounded in my head and made it hurt. Day in and Day out, Plank said this and that and I couldn't get him out." He ruffled his hair roughly filled with frustration and agony.

His hand sat on the table trembling and found some comfort when Double D placed his hand on top of it. The shaking teen chuckled, "I can't remember when it happened, I just broke… I was so close to ending it all… It took a week to tell everyone in the Cal- de-sac that they were the best friends I'd ever had, that I was happy they'd all found their place in the world and that it was ok, they left me behind." Double D squeezed Johnny's hand in comfort. "Nazz stopped me. She noticed I was acting weird and came to my house the night I tried to_" He stopped.

"Johnny, you don't have to say it," Double D stated. "No… I know. But I want too… I've wanted to tell someone for so long and not be judged or told that something was wrong with me," His voice trembled. "If she hadn't come in when she did… I wouldn't be here. I forced my parents to listen and told them that I wasn't happy, that I wasn't healthy and needed help. My dad being an archaeologist sent Plank away to some other country and my mom got me in therapy. My doctor put me on meds; I've been recovering ever since." He finally went silent letting it all sink in. Double D took note of every action, every words and all abnormal information, something didn't fit right with him about Plank.

The symptoms Johnny explained were very familiar, but he couldn't tell how. "I… regret one thing though…. I would've died with one regret. I told everyone thank you, even Eddy and Ed. But I didn't get the chance to tell you." Johnny looked up at Double D, who stared with wide, surprised eyes. He smiled, "Tha_". Edd stopped him by shaking his head. "You don't have to thank me Johnny. You're not going anywhere, and neither am I. But I feel I must apologize. Although we were not close, you are still my friend and I left you in such a stated. I'm honored that you would tell me your story and I'll treasure it from now on. Thank you for seeing me as someone you can trust, to tell me such things." The two shared eye contact for what felt like forever. Johnny felt his heart skip a beat looking into those cyan blue eyes, Eddward felt this new found trust as something he had to protect.

He came back to Peach Creek to for safety, but found a reminder. Protecting Peach Creek was the reason he took the job his parents gave him, along with protecting the world. But his friends and family in Peach Creek helped become the person he now was, he only felt it honorable to do the same in return. After they finished lunch, numbers were exchanged. Edd said his goodbye and began to take his leave. As he did the sound of a camera snapping went unheard by the genius.

SO! Tell me what you guys think. I enjoyed writing this and I do hope you guys did too.

Did you like my twist on Johnny? I was contemplating his story of SOooooo long and wanted to play with his character development as a teen from his childhood in the show. I always wondered how everyone could just be cool with this kid talking to a piece of wood. I mean I could understand the acceptance with him as a kid, but what kind of struggles did he go through as a kid? Did his parents give a damn or what?

SO yeah that's where this all came from and there's more to come with it. But for now I do hope you guys like it and I wanna hear where you think this story is going. And what do you want to see.

Review and Read on.

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