The Red Dawn chapter 2

So it's April and now we have another chapter of the Red Dawn!

Benny: So we left off...where, exactly?

At the end of Chapter 1, where Kevin was just beaten up. So let's continue this!

Police sirens were everywhere. Well, not everywhere but in and as close as they could get to the alley. The main problem was that the police cars arrived not long after Kevin's attack. Thankfully, Cesar had a backup plan. Double D, Eddy and Ed stood around, acting as if they were shocked or confused.

They already fit in with the moderately large crowd that was looking and leaning to see what was going on. Now, they just had to act like everybody else: tired, shocked and stunned. After all, Ed and Double D were mildly surprised when they saw the scene but they knew that they couldn't leave Kevin there without consequences. Eddy was slightly enjoying the sight in front of him, internally. His face and his words were just about shocked as anybody else.

The sirens must have woken up the other kids. The Eds could tell because as soon as the sirens went off and the policemen came out of their cars and the crowd arrived, the kids woke up.

Eddy stared at this. He did feel a little bad, setting Shovelchin up like that but then again, Kevin did do a lot of bad stuff over the years. Plus he didn't apologize for anything he did, even when he needed to apologize so it was sort of like karma. Besides, if Shovelchin was lucky, he'd get off with a fine and a few days of community service and maybe parole. No big deal since most of the Red Dawn's victims usually got worse.

Double D was shaking nervously, like he was afraid that he would get caught. He felt horrible for what Eddy and Cesar did to Kevin but he knew that it had to be done. If Kevin was left alone, he could have identified Cesar and possibly Eddy out of a lineup. That wouldn't mean anything good for them. Good thing they put the drugs on him just in case.

Ed was in a white T-shirt and shorts, not his usual nightwear but it was better than being in his underwear in a crowd of people. Even he knew better than to be wearing the white undershirt and boxers outdoors this time of the year. Ed wasn't as aware of the situation as Double D and Eddy were. All he knew was that Kevin had annoyed somebody in the Red Dawn and he paid for it because of that person.

Nazz came out in her pajamas, rubbing her eyes and yawning. Her eyes widened in concern as she saw the large crowd and the police cars. But her eyes widened like dinner plates and her jaw dropped when Nazz saw who was being shoved into one of the cop cars.

Nazz gasped and went into the large crowd to find out just what was going on. She noticed that Ed, Double D and Eddy were part of the crowd and in front of where Kevin was being shoved into. At the moment, she didn't really care about why the Eds were there. She just wanted to find out two things: 1) what was going on and 2) why was Kevin being taken away by the police.

Nazz ran through the crowd, pushing people around until she got near the front where the Eds were. She was in complete shock at this. Kevin was a lot of things sometimes but a criminal was definitely not one of them.

Nazz asked, shocked " Kevin! What happened?"

Kevin gave no reply as the police car slowly drove away. She then turned to the Eds, shocked and confused. But Nazz also felt several pangs of sadness inside her. Who could blame her? The guy she loved-no, liked was currently sent to jail and she didn't know what the hell was going on.

Nazz turned to the Eds and asked " Guys! What happened to Kevin?"

Eddy thought " Man, I'd hate to see how she'd react if she found out we were involved in this."

Eddy then shrugged and answered " Don't know. We heard sirens and flashing lights so we got up and came out here. There was a huge crowd watching Shovelchin get arrested."

Eddy hesitantly looked around him before he continued " I heard that he got caught with pot on him."

Nazz's eyes widened as she stuttered " P-pot? You mean like marijuana and weed?"

Double D and Eddy nodded while Ed remained emotionless. The setup was the simple part but keeping up the lies and manipulation was the difficult one. They learned that through a long line of experience. Even now, they still had trouble making the lies sound like the truth.

Eddy said " A whole bag full, could you believe it? Think they found crack on him too. But I definitely saw the pot and weed."

Double D replied " He'll probably get only two weeks if he does have marijuana. But he could get 1 to 9 years for possessing cocaine."

Nazz's jaw almost dropped. 1 to 9 years? That's quite a long time since Kevin's a teen. Even if it's the minimum, a lot could happen in a year or two. All Nazz could hope for is that Kevin didn't have any drugs on him. Sure, Kevin had a temper and he got into fights a lot but he was never a drug user or dealer. At least as far as she knew.

The Eds walked away from Nazz, all with smiles and smirks on their faces. Their work wasn't done but for now, they've done a good job. But each of the Eds had their own mixed feelings about the manipulation.

Eddy felt satisfied with the results. Really guilty but still kind of satisfied. But he didn't know that Shovelchin could be doing 1 to 9 for the crack. Anyway, knowing him, he'll probably get off. That meant more territory for Red Dawn, a higher rep for the Eds in the city and more clams in his pocket.

Double D felt extreme guilt rush throughout his body. How could he act so innocent? Especially towards Nazz? What if she found out? What if the Cul-de-Sac kids found out and decided to take revenge-

Double D thought " Calm down. Take deep breaths. Nobody knows it's you yet. You're still in the green." before he took a few deep breaths.

As for Ed, he still didn't know how he felt about it. On one hand, Kevin was gone which meant no more beatings or threats and life could get better. On the other hand, Nazz was sad about Kevin going to jail which made Ed sad. Plus what if Kevin was acquitted or got out early? He might not remember who attacked him but it would still be risky to Red Dawn.

But one thing was for sure: that morning was not going to be forgotten easily.

Now, if you're all wondering why I haven't been on much lately, my birthday was this week.

Benny: So another year goes by, huh? And yet you still didn't get jack.

I got 50 bucks...and that's pretty much it.

So now we see how the Eds feel about all this. But that's only the beginning of this situation.

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