Ed-venture: Evolution
Story 1: Somewhere in Reality
Chapter 6: Kankers, Vinmill, and Soul-less Walls
"Hey Vinmill!" Lee yelled. She and her sisters were soaked to the bone and exhausted from lugging "their men" across the system of pipelines to the rendezvous established by the unorthodox prophet. The rendezvous was a basin like the trap the Eds fell into. However unlike the concrete vat of stagnant sewer water, this basin was made of granite and sandstone with green roots with small tuffs of brush weaving in and out of cracks. Another key difference was a wide rusted column that dug deep into the crystal clear water of the basin. Vinmill was meditating on said column while playing with a small string of beads in his right hand.
"Hello White Noise," Vinmill said nonchalant.
"Call me that again and see what happens," Lee threatened.
"I'm picking up a lot of disturbances, Marie how did the search and rescue go?" Vinmill said completely ignoring the encroaching doom that he sat himself up for. Lee charged at the lake and jumped the distance. She ran up the Vinmill and just before she sent him to the stratosphere he disappeared and reappeared behind her. Vinmill softly grazed his hand-held beads against Lee's nape and she fell to the ground in a deep sleep. The spectacle mesmerized May and Marie. Because not only did Vinmill break Lee's fighting record, he did so without later needing a body cast.
"Do we fight him Marie?" May said confused.
"Shut up May," Marie said trying to control the situation. "Vinmill, what do we do about the Ed's?"
"Marie?" May said worried. Normally if one of their sister's was down and out the other two would jump into the fray.
"If all three of you are decommissioned the Eds would never survive this," Vinmill said sternly.
"What?" May asked worried. "What do you mean they won't survive?"
"Will you tell her or should I?" Vinmill asked Marie.
"If you tell it she won't understand," Marie said.
"Hey," May grunted in anger.
"Go ahead," Vinmill assisted.
"Listen May, that column is more than decoration, long story short there are people that will activate it," Marie explained in lament terms.
"A-and if that happens?" May asked scared.
"No one in Peach Creek will survive," Vinmill responded.
"Can't we do something to stop it?" May said tears appearing in her eyes.
"No," Marie said looking down.
"The best we can do is save the Eds," Vinmill said solemnly. "Correction, that's all we can do."
May tried to remain together, which was not an easy feat. Marie said to Vinmill, "How can we protect them if they're here?"
"This is very important, keep them away from Nazz and Sarah," Vinmill explained.
"What?" Marie asked although not really wanting an answer. "Ed's sister? Why?"
"…lets just say they're keys to the two sided lock," Vinmill said.
Meanwhile deep in the catacombs a lone Nazz continued to tunnel and look for a familiar face.
"This is not cool," Nazz said getting a little paranoid. An orange portal appeared on the ceiling behind her. A figure fell out of the portal, the being grabbed Nazz's mouth from behind muffling her screams. A soft mechanical voice broke the struggle.
Hello liege, my name is Glados II; I'm here to take you back.
(October 10)
(Time: 15min)
(The android made her move, the Zakun and the f-
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