WY: Chapter 9

His heart was pounding rapidly in his chest as he rushed towards Double D's house; his mind filled with thoughts and images of his friend, hoping he was still alright.

Eddy noticed he was coming closer to Double D's door, which was now wide open from being kicked in from the outside. Eddy then came into his friend's house he turned towards the living room, only to see something that made his blood run cold.

There, standing in the middle of the living room, was Double D; the barrel of a gun rested on his right temple. The gun was being held by none other than Janet, while her left hand was holding onto Double D's left wrist.

"Double D!" Eddy yelped aloud at the site of his friend.

"E-Eddy…?" questioned Double D as he finally noticed Eddy standing there.

"Oh, so your name is Eddy, eh?" Janet stated as she made a wicked chuckle, "It's nice to know your name before I kill you and puddin' hat here."

"Eddy, please; get away from here!" Double D started to plea to Eddy, "I-I don't want you to-?!"

"Shut your trap, puddin' hat!" Janet growled a little as she tightened her grip on his left wrist, pressing the barrel of the gun even more to his head, "Unless you want a slug in your head now."

Eddy only gritted his teeth at her, "Janet, let Double D go; right now!"

Janet only chuckled at him, "Not a chance in hell," she replied.

It was then that Janet did something that surprised both Double D and Eddy; she took the gun away from Double D's head and pointed it towards Eddy, "But, you know what? I think I'll get rid of you first!"

Double D widened his eyes in horror at that statement, 'S-She can't do that! I… I won't let her!' he then narrowed his eyes in determination; now it was time to take some action.

"Say adios to this world," Janet smirked as she cocked the gun and placed her finger on the trigger. Eddy only stood there, deciding that there was no other way out of this.

Everything after that seemed to happen in slow motion.

Bang!

Double D stomped hard on Janet's foot with all of his might as she fired the bullet. Janet yelped aloud from the pain in her foot as she dropped the gun in surprise. It was when Janet finally let go of Double D's left hand that he saw his chance. Double D bent down towards the gun and grabbed it before Janet could.

It was then that Double D heard Eddy moaning in agony behind him as Double D turned to him, only to see what he had feared; Eddy was lying on the ground in pain. He had been shot.

"Eddy!" Double D cried out a little as he tried to come over to his fallen friend. Before he could get over to Eddy though…

"Give me back that gun, puddin' hat!" shrilled out Janet's voice as Double D could feel himself being tackled from behind.

For the next five seconds, Double D and Janet fought with each other to get control of the gun; that is until…

Bang!

Another shot was fired by accident from their struggle. Double D widened his eyes a little as he saw Janet slump onto him in pain; she had been shot in her side. Double D pushed Janet's now unconscious body off of him before remembering something important.

"Eddy…?!" Double D muttered as he turned back to his friend.

Eddy was still there on the floor, still bleeding from the bullet wound in his left shoulder.

"Eddy!" Double D cried aloud as he was finally by his friend's side. Luckily, Eddy still looked to be conscious but was breathing in and out at a rapid pace in pain.

"Double… D…?" Eddy questioned as he opened his eyes to see his friend above him, "Y-You… alright…?"

"Y-Yes, I'm alright now…" Double D replied to him, "But don't talk now; save your strength…"

Eddy only made a small, hoarse laugh at Double D, "D-Don't worry, Double D… I-I'm not going - anywhere… s-soon…"

It was then that Double D saw Eddy's eyelids getting heavy as Eddy's eyes rolled to the back of his head. He had fallen into unconsciousness.

"Eddy…" Double D muttered as he could feel himself grabbing onto Eddy's right hand with his shaky hands, "Please don't go…" he continued to say as a few tears now fell from his eyes, '… I never did tell you how much I care about you.'

Suddenly, Double D could hear something in the distance; it was police and ambulance sirens. He made a relieved sigh at the sounds as he wiped away a few tears from his eyes, 'Eddy must have called them for me…' Double D thought.

Meanwhile, in the middle of the Cul-De-Sac, we could see the rest of the Cul-De-Sac kids coming out of their houses and going toward the middle of the Cul-De-Sac's parking center.

"Dude, I knew I wasn't imagining those sounds," Nazz started to say as everyone gathered, "What were they anyway?"

"They sounded a lot like gunshots to me," Kevin stated, "And they sounded close by, too."

It was then that Ed noticed two familiar faces missing from the crowd; his heart sunk a little in his chest, "W-Where's Eddy and Double D?"

"Huh?!" muttered the whole group as they realized that Ed was right; Eddy and Double D were missing from the group.

Soon the group saw the police and ambulance come into the Cul-De-Sac, stopping in front of Double D's house as they came into the neighborhood. That's when everyone's stomach dropped a little.

"Oh no…" Ed muttered as he dashed off towards Double D's house, along with everyone else; he hoped they were okay…

Meanwhile, back at Double D's house, the police and paramedics came into the house, only to see Janet and Eddy on the floor, with Double D beside Eddy.

After seeing this, the paramedics rushed over to both Eddy and Janet, examining them before realizing, "The boy is still alive," stated the paramedic beside Eddy as he turned to the paramedic near Janet, "How's the girl?"

"… She's alive too; but just barely," the paramedic replied.

Soon the other paramedics brought in the stretchers from their ambulance cars they put Eddy and Janet on them, carrying them out as they did. Double D was beside Eddy the whole time.

It was when the two were outside that Double D heard a few familiar gasps; he turned to see the whole Cul-De-Sac standing there; watching them.

"Double D?!" questioned Ed as he came up to Double D, while the others decided to stay their distance, "W-What happened?!"

"Yes, you need to tell us as well, kid," stated a police officer who was coming up to him, "You can talk about it while we ride with your friend to the hospital."

"Y-Yes, of course…" Double D replied as he turned back to see Eddy being put into the ambulance. It was then that Double D, Ed, and the police officer got inside Eddy's ambulance they then drove away to the hospital, with Janet's ambulance right behind them…