Here's part 2, so enjoy and review! I hope you like romantic lulz!


Jonny has climbed out of the lakebed and reached the part of the road where the bus flipped off.

"Just as I thought..." Jonny sees that it WAS a spike trap that sent their bus off-road. "Now who set them?"

Following Underwood's footsteps, Jonny backtracks down the desert road towards the gas station they passed earlier.


Back at the lakebed, everyone is taking a breather after Rolf's rampage, who uprooted the "island's" trees during his off-screen assault. Rolf himself is now being restrained by Ed, who has Rolf in a hold. But they're practically equal in terms of strength, so Ed is having a tough time holding down the hunger-insane Rolf.

"I got ya, man!" Paul helps Ed pin Rolf to the ground.

"Here here here!!" Jenna frantically collects some trees and dumps them on Kevin: "Cage that psycho before he kills us, honey!"

".... Did you just call me 'honey?!'" Kevin asks, his 3 long hairs excitedly standing on end.

"JUST CAGE HIM!!" Jenna pushes Kevin into building a cage while Rolf struggles against Ed and Paul.

"TOUGH FOWL, YOU ARE! BUT WAIT UNTIL THIS SON OF A SHEPARD UNLEASHES- GAHHH!!" Rolf is forced to the ground again. Kevin uses the trees Jenna gave him to construct a cage at cartoon-speed, then Ed and Paul toss Rolf inside.

Eddy stumbles around as he hallucinates from the cactus fruit: "Ohhhh, God!..... I'm soooo freakin out, man!.... Hey Sheranne (the black girl), when did your ass get soooo huuuge?"

"Boy, my booty was always huge." Sheranne answers.

"Christine, how's Steve?" Nazz asks Christine, the pink-haired girl.

"He's ok, apart from the injuries Lemon Brook gave him." Christine answers as she drags Steve to safety, away from the caged Rolf. "But I wonder if that cage will hold."

"I'm hope so, but the boys will take care of him should he escape." Nazz reassures, watching the sky get darker and darker as the sun sets. As night falls, everybody starts shivering as the temperature sharply drops. So they huddle together.

"Ed, go get the other trees for firewood." Jenna orders. "AND so we can defend ourselves from Rolf if he escapes."

"Yo Woody, you ok with the whole firewood thing?" Paul asks the absent Jonny. "..... Woody?....."

Paul notices that Jonny is missing: "YO, WOODY!...."

"JONNY, WHERE YOU AT!?" the others start calling out Jonny's name: "JONNY, WHERE ARE YOU!?..."


Jonny continues through the cold of the desert night until he finally reaches the gas station he and his team passed while riding the bus. "There it is, Plank!"

He rushes inside the gas station: "Coach, you here?........What the?..." Jonny sees that the gas station is dilapidated, lit by a single flickering light, and is stocked with numerous boxes. Nobody is there, but Plank seems to "point" at something.

"What'd you find?" Jonny looks, and discovers a pair of shoes near a phone hanging by its cord. He identifies the shoes: "These are Coach's shoes! Somethin fishy is definitely going on here..... And what's that smell?"

Jonny smells out an unpleasant odor coming from inside the boxes, and opens up a few. They contain bags of various drugs including marijuana, cocaine, and even heroin! Jonny is horrified by this discovery, then hears cars stopping by outside. He peeks through the window and sees 3 cars, out of which emerge gangsters wearing dirty-green.

"So, what we movin?" a gangster asks his leader as they enter the gas station, while Jonny hides behind some boxes.

"Our quarry here." the leader answers, showing his boys the drug boxes. He explains their plan: "Sellin all this, plus the extra cash we gettin from our Acid homies, will get us rich quick. And rich equals power!"

Jonny remembers the Acids (the Lemon Brook gang from the previous episode): "Acids..." he says suspiciously, and one of the gangsters hears him.

"Yo I think I heard somethin..." the gangster heads towards Jonny's hiding spot, but the leader calls him back: "Ignore it. Must be a rat or somethin cuz nobody knows bout this place."

"How bout that coach guy who tried makin a call here?" another gangster asks. "Speakin of that guy, why didn't you let us waste him?"

"Cuz yo stupid asses forgot where ya set that spike trap to strand them Peach-Creekas." the leader answers. "Thus we don't know where they at, and that's why I had ya'll take the coach hostage: to make him squeal."

Jonny can't believe what he's hearing, then he listens as the gang leader gets a cell-phone call:

"Whattup?.............. Ya got him to squeal? Good! Where they at?................... Uh huh!............... Aight, good job! Peace!" the leader ends his call, then tells his gang "Listen up, boys. The Peach-Creekas are in some lakebed 9 miles north of here. Four of ya'll go down there and get their football trophy; the rest of us will grab the drugs here and head back to Prickly Pear to meet up with the Acids. Once ya'll get the trophy, call me."

As told, four gangsters hop into one of the cars and drive off towards the lakebed. While the remaining gangsters collect the drug boxes, Jonny sneaks outside and hides under one of the 2 remaining cars. The gangsters fill up the other car with drug boxes and drive it away, then they hop into the car Jonny's hiding under and drive away to follow the drug-filled car. But unknown to the gangsters, Jonny is on the underside of the car.

They ride past a sign that says "PRICKLY PEAR SPRINGS," which comes into view as they ride down a hill. Prickly Pear Springs is the EEnE equivalent of Las Vegas with its colorful lights, famous casinos, numerous nightclubs, and luxurious restaurants & hotels! But as with all big cities, it has crime-riddled ghettos, and that's where the gangsters are going.


Back at the lakebed, everyone is sitting around a bonfire made from the trees not used to cage Rolf, who is hungrily attempting to break out. As everyone starts falling asleep one-by-one, Nazz gets a call from Double-D:

"Nazz, I managed to contact a Search-&-Rescue squad, and they're coming by helicopter!"

"Really! YES!!" Nazz is overjoyed.

"Now, are there any landmarks near your location to aid the rescue squad in their search?" Double-D asks.

"Um... We're in a dry lakebed with an 'island' sticking up from it. We made a fire, so they should be able to find us by that! Oh, and Jonny went missing. I think he went to find Coach, so we gotta find both of em and pray they're ok."

"We're coming with first aid just in case." Double-D says.

"And one last thing." Nazz says: "Bring some meat, because Rolf's goin looney over here."

"Got it, I'll bring some. Bye." Double-D says before ending the call.

"Guys, choppers are coming to rescue us!" Nazz announces, but everyone is asleep except for Ed, Eddy, Kevin, Paul and Jenna.

"Awwwwwwesoooooooome, I can't waaaaaait to tell em how collllllllllorfuuuul the skyyy is right noooooooooooooowww!!!" Eddy says, still under the influence of the cactus as he looks at the night sky: "Hehehe, now the stars are rapin each other!"

Nazz giggles at Eddy's hallucinations, then cuddles into sleep with her friends. Meanwhile, Ed, Kevin and Paul are watching Rolf. Jenna, fearing Rolf will break loose, holds onto Kevin for protection.

"I think she digs you, man!" Paul whispers in Kevin's ear.

"No need to be scared, Jenn!" Kevin says with a grin.

"I ain't scared." Jenna denies, breaking away from Kevin. "And if I was, I wouldn't rely on an immature Neanderthal like you."

Then a coyote howls from far away, prompting Jenna to go "EEEK!!" and she grabs onto Kevin again! Ed and Paul smirk and give Kevin thumb-ups!

Later on, the bonfire has dimmed and everyone except Rolf is asleep. It's around this time that the four gangsters arrive and climb down into the lakebed to take the football trophy, which is atop the pile of sleeping Cobblers.

"Aight, let's get it." the gangsters quietly sneak in and grab the trophy. But as they turn to leave, Rolf sees them as sausages!

"Mmmmmm...." Rolf drools with hunger. The gangsters hear a SMASH sound, and look in the direction it came from. They see Rolf's busted cage, then Rolf himself appears right behind them! "RRRAAAAAAAHHH!!!"

The gangsters try shooting Rolf, but Rolf knocks their guns away before they can fire. Rolf bites onto a gangster, who screams in pain. The others try jumping Rolf, but Rolf beats them all down! Their screaming awakens Ed, Kevin and Paul.

"Oh shit! ROLF!!" Kevin and Ed rush over, Kevin shaping Ed into a mallet to WHAM Rolf into the ground from behind, knocking Rolf unconscious. Paul checks out the beaten gangsters.

"Yo, I know who these niggas are." Paul identifies the gangsters: "They're Chollas. My cousin fought em when he was a Drupe."

"What are you guys doin here?" Kevin asks the Chollas as Ed holds them in place.

"I think I found why!" Paul picks up the football trophy, which was dropped by the Chollas. "But why would ya'll want our trophy?"

"We ain't tellin." a Cholla answers.

"No matter, we'll turn you all in after we get rescued." Kevin says.


In a Prickly Pear Springs ghetto, the Chollas stop at a parking lot and step out to meet up with some Acids. Jonny watches from behind the Chollas' cars as the Chollas and Acids greet each other with secret handshakes. Upon closer inspection, Jonny recognizes some of the Acids as...

"Lumpers..." Jonny whispers in shock and anger as the Acids and Chollas chat about various stuff. Then they get down to trophy business:

"So, where our trophy at?" asks an Acid (this is the Lumper who called the Chollas last chapter).

"Chill, man. My boys are gettin it, but we'd like our payment for that now!" the Cholla leader says. Jonny hears all of this, and upon seeing a phone booth several blocks down, he sneaks away from the gangsters. He goes inside the phone booth and uses some change from his pocket to call the police:

"Hello.............. I found 2 gangs doing dirty business........... Uh..." Jonny looks at the street signs near the gangsters... "At the intersection of Madison and Henry Streets.............. I'm a Peach Creek High football player. Several members of Lemon Brook High's team are gangsters called Acids and................ Really?! Thank God you know about them and the Chollas!..... Ok, so the Acids made a deal with the Chollas to strand my team in the desert and sent some to steal our trophy. They kidnapped our Coach and they're holding him hostage.......... I don't know where, but please just get down here as fast as possible!....... Thanks!"

Jonny hangs up the phone, only to discover the Acids and Chollas surrounding the booth he's in. An Acid (also a Lumper) pulls Jonny out.

"Hey, I know you! You that Cobbla who joined them Drupes back in Septemba." the Acid says. "We soooooo pumpin yo ass full of lead."

"Yeh, let's cap his ass!" a Cholla says with sadistic glee as he, his fellow Chollas, and their Acid allies pull out their guns to kill Jonny. But at that moment, they're blinded by the headlights of a dozen arriving police cars! An all-out battle ensues between the police and the gangs, and Jonny leaps away from the gunfire and brawling. The police chief collects Jonny and takes him to the safety of his car.

"That was quick, cartoon-quick!" Jonny notes the cops' fast arrival. "Plank is amazed!"

"My men got the gangsters here and I got others lookin for your coach!" the chief says as he drives out into the desert, followed by 2 more police cars. "Just lead us to where your team's stranded."


The sun rises over the desert horizon. While the Cobblers snooze, we see the captured Chollas buried up to their necks nearby. The sun's rays reach the lakebed, and everyone starts waking up one-by-one.

"Ohhh, why do I feel so shitty?" Eddy asks, the influence of the cactus fruit having worn off.

"Hehe, check this out!" one of the boys points at the still-sleeping Kevin and Jenna, with Jenna cuddling on top of Kevin! They wake up...

"Good morning!" Kevin greets Jenna, surprising her!

"GAH!" Jenna jumps off Kevin and wipes herself with her hands! "Ewww, you were cuddlin me!"

"Nah, I believe YOU were the one cuddlin on ME!" Kevin replies with a smug face! "I'd know cuz you were the one on top, and I couldn't move you on top of me cuz that would wake you up!"

"Ugh, now I smell like you." Jenna scoffs.

"Oh stop, I know you like my body odor!" Kevin says. "You even made out with me at Double-D's party!"

"I WAS DRUNK, ASSHOLE! THAT DOESN'T COUNT!" Jenna walks off in disgust. Hiding behind the "island," she blushes and dreamily looks at Kevin!

"Yo, who are these guys?" Sheranne sees the captured Chollas buried neck-high.

"Chollas. They tried stealin our trophy." Paul explains as they hear approaching helicopters. Everyone looks up, and see the rescue helicopters landing to pick them up! Double-D is inside one of them.

"SALVATION HAS COME, FELLOWS!!" Double-D says over a megaphone as the helicopters land.

"WHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" everyone starts hopping aboard the helicopters. Then Jonny and the police arrive, their cars left back at the road.

"JONNY!!" the Cobblers shout in relief. Jonny points out the Chollas, then the cops arrest them.

"Take em away, boys." the chief tells his men.


Later, Underwood is rescued (off-screen) and rejoins the Cobblers (also off-screen) as the helicopters fly them home. The Eds, Nazz, Jenna, Kevin, Rolf, Jonny and Paul all ride in the same helicopter with several others, with Double-D feeding meat to the starving Rolf.

"Sweet, tender, juicy meat!" Rolf exclaims as he stuffs his face with meat. "Many thanks, life-saving Ed boy!"

"So THAT'S what happened!" Eddy says angrily after Jonny explained everything.

"Yup! Lumpers are dirty devils." Jonny answers, holding their trophy.

"That is sooooo low, dude." Nazz says angrily. "They got some real nerve to do that."

"So that settles it. Next year, we kick their asses TWICE as hard!" Kevin says.

"YEAH!" Ed shouts.

"Guys, I think I found our bus driver." Jenna says, spotting their bus driver in the desert dunes down below. The bus driver is happily relaxing in an oasis pool with numerous bikini babes and huts! He sips a slurpee, and looks up at the helicopters.

"WASSUP, GUYS?!" he shouts out. "COME DOWN HERE! THE WATER'S FINE, THE CHICKS ARE HOT, AND THE CUISINE IS EXCELLENT!!"

"...... What the hell is that douche talkin about?" Kevin asks as the others laugh, then it's revealed that the oasis is in fact a mirage! The bus driver is actually wallowing in a sand dune, and his "slurpee" is a rock!!

The End!!!


Trivia: Sheranne is named after another of the show's storyboard artists, Sheranne Johnson. And Christine is named after the show's ink artist, Christine Li.

Prickly pear cacti bear edible fruit, and it is this fruit that Prickly Pear Springs is named after. I learned via research that prickly pear fruit goes well with lemon juice, and the Acid/Cholla alliance alludes to this. Speaking of which, the Chollas are named after the cholla cacti found in the deserts of southwestern USA and Mexico. And don't worry about me having gangs appear 2 episodes in a row. They won't appear again for quite a while, if at all.

Character Inspiration: Jenna is based on my sister, whose best friend is blond like Nazz so I made Nazz and Jenna best friends. My sister isn't an Honors student like Jenna is, but she's bossy and likes to take charge of everything when Mom isn't around, despite the fact she's the baby of the bunch (I'm the middle child). She complains A LOT, hates waiting for even the shortest amounts of time, always loses her temper (usually over trivial matters), and has a habit of flipping people off when angered. She dismisses boys as "immature Neanderthals," but despite this, she's crushing on a guy at her school (I know this because I overheard her phone conversations). This inspired my pairing her with Kevin in a love/hate relationship, though it also kinda reminds me of Duncan/Courtney from the "Total Drama" series.