Disclaimer: Ed, Edd N Eddy and all its characters are copyright AKA Cartoon. I am not using them for profit; I am simply using them to practice my own writing skills….
Author: And now we are going to see what Double D's going through! Then we'll go to Ed, and go back to where we left Eddy off. On to the fic!
Chapter Three: Double D, the world-changing Inventor
Double D's eyes snapped open. All he could see was darkness. Oh bad, bad, bad, bad, Double D thought. Eddy, why did you send me off to a parallel universe? So impulsive!
He looked around. As his eyes adjusted to the dark, he realized he was in a bedroom of some sort. A small bed, which Double D could tell was hardly used, rested in the corner or the empty room. Nothing else was in the room but a desk filled with papers and a chair, the one he sat in. The only light came from a window. It was small, but the stars shined brightly through, as if though all the pollution on Earth had disappeared.
A door suddenly opened and a bright light filled the room. As Double D's eyes adjusted, he saw that a young lady had opened the door. She was wearing a white lab coat and short blue jeans. Her blond hair was held up in a bun, a few curls dangling here-and-there. Narrow glasses covered her eyes, and Double D realized that she was holding a clipboard.
It can't be, Double D thought. But despite the fact that she was twenty years old, Double D knew that she was…
Nazz.
"Eddward, Sir, the new scientists need your assistance," she said. The calm, but familiar, voice confirmed her identity.
Double D knew he had to play along. "Coming," he said cheerfully.
Double D noted the confused look on Nazz's face. However, Nazz didn't say anything. She just walked with him, silently.
Double D used this quiet time to look around and think. Obviously, he was in a lab or hospital of some kind. As he looked around at the people running about- all wearing lab coats- he realized something about his body.
Double D was no longer twelve. He was at least twenty-one.
He would have yelled out, but he didn't know what kind of world he was in. No one would believe his story if this was his idea of a picture-perfect world. Great, just great, Double D thought.
Soon, the two came to a door. The door was all white- including the door knob- and the only decoration was a label that said, "Room 28- Scientist-Training Lab". Nazz grabbed an I.D. card off of her clipboard and swiped it in front of the door knob. The door opened with two beeps.
The inside of the room was completely starch-white, just as the halls and door had been. The floors, walls, ceiling and counters were all a blinding white color that matched the lab coats everyone- including Double D- wore. It didn't help that the light bulbs were all brighter than most people could handle.
A group of scientists stood around a counter, heads leaned above something. Hushed mumblings and a couple of not-so-hushed agitated growls filled the room. One of the scientists noticed Double D and Nazz.
"Sir, Eddward, Sir! Mrs. Nazz!" the young adult said, his words all rushed, politely bowing. He was Asian and had a slight Japanese accent.
The other scientists looked up. Various hellos filled the room.
"What would be the problem?" Double D asked.
"Well, you know that invention you were working on…" the Asian scientist said, slowly this time.
"Yes," Double D lied.
"We kinda… sorta… blew it up," he said. He looked down to the floor, bracing himself for the scolding he…
…didn't receive. After a second of silence, he looked up to see a sight he thought he would never see- Sir Eddward, the famous, brilliant, UNCONFUSABLE scientist who had changed the world, looking… confused. Why, Sir Eddward was downright befuddled, by the looks of it!
Double D looked around. I can't do this, he thought. I have no clue what these guys are talking about. Perhaps I can get Nazz to believe me…. It's worth a shot….
"Nazz, we need to talk," he said, looking at Nazz. He saw Nazz nod to the scientists, and the young scientists quickly left the room.
Closing the door, she asked, "What did you want to talk about, Eddward, Sir?"
Why did they keep calling him Eddward Sir or Sir Eddward, Double D thought, annoyed. He took a deep breath, ready to tell Nazz the truth.
A large lie flew from his mouth. "I'm not sure, Nazz, but I think I've got amnesia."
"Amnesia?" Nazz asked in surprise.
"Yes!" Double D said, letting the lie take over his mouth. "I can't remember anything except for my childhood nickname and you! I don't remember this place at all- I don't remember these scientists, or these inventions, or these experiments! None of it!"
Nazz looked at Double D for a second, and he feared she didn't believe him. "Okay, Eddward, sir, ummm…" She looked around. "How about this? You go to your bedroom- that's the dark room I found you in, remember?"
After Double D nodded, Nazz continued. "Well, you go in there; I'll tell everyone you have a headache and then I'll meet you there. We'll decide what to do then, okay?"
Double D nodded. Nazz opened the door, warning, "Don't talk to anyone on the way! Just tell them you're busy and continue!"
Again, Double D nodded. As he walked away, she ducked back in the room. Pulling out an extremely tiny walky-talky from the collar of her lab coat, she whispered, "Second in command reporting…"
"Abort mission, ma'am?" A voice whispered from the walky-talky.
"No. Continue without head of command," Nazz said after a second of communication. Not even their leader having amnesia would convince her to stop her mission….
"Command received. Number 22 signing off," the voice said.
With a sigh, Nazz said, "You don't need to tell me when you're 'logging' off."
"Yes, ma'am"; than he truly logged off.
With a sigh, she pulled her plan into action, telling everybody who passed her way not to bug Sir Eddward- he had a TERRIBLE headache!
After she was sure she told everyone, she turned to walk to Sir Eddward's room, a slight smile crossing her face….
