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Ch.5

Capture the Flag Pt.2

Here's the next part of the fic! Nobody reviewed last time, so I'm not sure if I did something wrong or not. Your reviews really matter to me so please R&R!

Double D, Eddy, Rolf, Kevin, Nazz, and Sarah stepped through the entrance to the castle, the heavy door shutting loudly behind them. Since the exterior was so large, they expected the interior to be quite immense and complex. However, it only contained a plain white hallway leading to another door.

"I guess we don't have a choice," said Nazz as she grabbed the door handle. "We gotta play their game." The kids walked inside, only to find a room as white and empty as the hallway.

Eddy growled in frustration. "What are we supposed to do in here?"

"Perhaps there's a hidden switch in the hallway to reveal another door," suggested Double D. "Let's head back out." The kids turned to the door, only to see it disintegrate, a white wall in its place.

"I guess we aren't going anywhere," grumbled Sarah as she gritted her teeth. "What now?"

Rolf scanned the entire room, smiling as he pointed upwards. "Look!" The kids looked up to see a small hole in the wall. However, the hole was at least three stories high.

"We can't reach that!" spat Eddy. "What does that Zeke think we are? Birds? I hate birds!"

"You don't need wings to reach it," replied Zeke's voice from above. "Just be patient."

Nazz thought for a moment until an idea came to her head. "Maybe we're supposed to climb on each others shoulders, but even if Jonny, Ed, and Jimmy were here, we still wouldn't be able to reach…" She paused for a moment, noticing a largesquare-shaped shadow around her.

"Look out!" shouted Kevin as he tackled Nazz, both nearly dodging the giant block as it landed on the floor. Another block would have squished Eddy if he didn't dive out of the way in time.

"We'll be crushed!" shouted Rolf, his voice full of panic. He swiftly ran out of the way as a block nearly smashed him into a pancake.

"That may be," replied Double D as he side stepped out of the way of another falling block. "But this is our only way out! If these blocks keep falling, they'll eventually stack up until we can reach the hole in the wall up above!"

Sarah opened her mouth to speak, but stopped to dodge yet another falling block. "At least one of the Eds is useful!" For the next ten minutes, the kids spent their time diving, running, and jumping out of the way of falling blocks as well as climbing up them. As time went by, more blocks began to fall at once and at a faster pace. Rolf bent over, allowing Sarah to climb on his shoulders and onto the block next to the hole in the wall while Kevin gave Nazz a boost to where Sarah was.

"Hurry up dorks!" shouted Kevin as he watched Eddy and Double climb onto the blocks below him.

"What's it look like I'm trying to do bazooka chin?" snapped Eddy as he heaved himself onto the block where Double D was struggling to climb.

"Oh dear, I'm not use to performing so much physical activity," panted Double D, doing his best to get over the block.

Kevin rolled his eyes, grabbing Double D by his arms before hauling him up. "Get going Double Dork! We need your brain!" The sock hat wearing Ed nodded in understanding as he climbed over the final block before crawling into the hole.

Rolf, noticing Eddy was having trouble, rushed to his aid. "Hot-headed Ed boy, you must hurry!" Grabbing Eddy in one arm like a football, he tossed Eddy up to the block next to the hole. However, Rolf was not expecting to all off balance when throwing Eddy. Before he could do anything, the foreign kid tumbled down the tight hole, landing a few feet below in a cramped heap.

"What did you do dork?" Kevin snarled at Eddy before climbing down a level of blocks.

"Forget Rolf Kevin!" shouted Rolf from the hole. "It's too late for Rolf." A block came hurtling downward toward the hole Rolf was in. "Avenge Rolf!" Kevin looked away as the block fell into the whole, an electronic hum ringing out as Rolf dematerialized.

Eddy batted Kevin across the head with the back of his palm. "You heard the guy, move it!" During normal circumstances, Kevin would have beaten the living crude out of Eddy, but Kevin knew he had to hurry. Eddy dove into the hole, swiftly followed by Kevin. A block covered the hole in the wall a moment later.

When the kids jumped through the hole, all they could see was pitch black darkness. What they didn't know was that there was nothing but a long drop to the ground below. Eddy landed face first on the cold flooring, laying motionless for a moment before attempting to pick himself off of it. "I hate this place so…" His words were quickly cut off as Kevin fell on top of him.

The red hat wearing kid Put Eddy in a headlock, blocking off his oxygen. "That's what you get for getting Rolf killed!"

"It's not the end of the world," said Zeke from above. "I'm surprised more of you haven't been eliminated so far. I guess I'll have to tweak this program a little when you're done." A pedestal rose from the ground, five bottles of liquid in each of them. "He's your next challenge. Take one of the bottles and drink its contents. Each of them affects you in different ways, so positively, some negatively. Choose wisely!"

"Well, I guess we don't have a choice in the matter," replied Double D as he took the red bottle, Eddy took the yellow one, Kevin took the green one, Nazz took the purple on, and Sarah took the orange bottle. Each kid gulped down the bottles' contents in a quick sip, standing silently for a moment.

"So…," replied Sarah. "Does anyone feel different?" Kevin and Nazz shook their heads.

Double D shrugged. "I feel fine. What about you Eddy? Eddy?" Eddy looked as if in some sort of trance, his eyes swirling in a cartoon-like manner, his mouth hung open, and drool trickling out of it. Kevin reached to punch him in an attempt to break him from his trance, but Eddy floated upwards before landing on the balcony of the room. A satanic-looking circle surrounded him as be began to chant in an unrecognizable language. A dark flame surrounded the balcony, followed by a demonic shriek as a large, shadow-like horned toad appeared. It gave another hellish croak as Eddy dropped to the ground below.

Eddy rubbed his head, scanning the room in confusion. "What the heck just happened?" He looked upwards to see the toad, his eyes going wide. "Oh…snap." He hurried out of the way as the toad hopped to the main level.

Kevin clenched his fists in frustration. "Of course Eddy would be the one to cause all this!"

I hope this one was better than the last chapter. The final part of 'Capture the Flag' will be up next week. Please R&R!