WY: Chapter 11
It was now around six o'clock in the evening here in Peach Creek and we soon came upon the Cul-De-Sac. It was here where we could see the second house to the right of the entrance to the neighborhood. Here, we could see Eddy sitting out in his front yard, gazing up at the sky above his head.
It had been about five days since Eddy came back home from the hospital. Everything went back to normal when he came back… except there was something that was obviously different for Eddy. Ever since he came back from the hospital, Double D has been acting a whole lot different since then; and Eddy couldn't figure out why. Whenever Eddy tried to call him, he said he was busy with something… It was almost as if Double D was trying to stay away from him.
'But why? Why's he trying to avoid me?!' he thought as he glanced at Double D's house down and across the street.
Eddy made a small, annoyed growl as he got up from where he sat; he was now determined to find out what was wrong with Double D. It was while he was walking towards Double D's house that he noticed something out of the ordinary; Double D's door was now wide open, and a van was now out in front of Double D's parking space.
"Huh…?!" Eddy muttered a little as he felt himself running towards Double D's house, wondering what the hubbub was about.
"Double D?" Eddy questioned as he came up to the now opened door, only to notice that the door was off its hinges, meaning it was kicked down.
"What…?!" Eddy stated aloud as he widened his eyes when he looked inside Double D's house; the living room was trashed, with everything out of order, things on the floor, and furniture toppled over. It was obvious that there was a struggle here.
"What happened here?" Eddy questioned as he came into the now messy living room.
It was while he was looking around that he did not notice the figure coming up behind him. Eddy then noticed the growing shadow behind him. But, as he was turning around to face the person, he was hit on the side of the head hard with a blunt object, knocking him to the floor. Eddy only lay there, dazed for a moment as he tried to see who had hit him, but his vision was now becoming blurry.
"Dude!" yelled out a familiar voice as someone else came into the picture, "You didn't have to hit him!"
'B-Bro…?' Eddy thought with shock as the pain in his head intensified; he shut his out-of-focused eyes in pain as well.
"Sorry boss; I thought he was intruding!" stated the person who hit Eddy.
The other voice only made an irritated sigh, "Don't worry; just take him with us, along with our target."
"Yes boss," stated the first voice.
'… Wait… what…?' thought Eddy as he finally blacked out from the pain in his head.
The person that hit Eddy soon picked him up and he then took him to the van out in front of Double D's house, throwing him into the back of the van as he did. It was then that the van drove off and out of the Cul-De-Sac…
Darkness. That was all that Eddy could see within his mind as he started to come back to his senses. He could feel himself lying down on an ice-cold floor; his head was still throbbing in pain.
"Oh, my head…" Eddy muttered as he grasped onto his head with his right hand. He slowly started to get up into a sitting position, only to realize that he was in a very dark surrounding, "Where am I…?"
"Heh-heh…" chuckled a familiar voice from out of the blue, "You're back at my second workplace."
"What…?!" Eddy stated as he then got up from where he was.
It was then that the lights were turned on around him; in front of him, the lights revealed a person sitting there in a throne-like chair, smoking a cigarette in his mouth; it was someone familiar to Eddy… his brother.
"Evan?!" Eddy questioned with shock.
Evan soon took the cigarette out of his mouth, setting it aside in his right hand, "Nice to see you're finally awake, Pipsqueak."
It was then that Eddy remembered something; before he was knocked out, he was in Double D's house, "What's going on? Where's Double D?!" he asked.
"Double D? Why, he's lying down for a bit," Evan replied as he held back a chuckle, "And I don't think he'll get up for a long, long time; just turn around and see for yourself."
"Huh…?!" Eddy muttered as he slowly started to turn around.
There, sitting there on the floor, was Double D; his head was hung weakly to his chest, almost in a ragdoll-like way, with his beanie slumped over his face, blocking the view of it. It looked like he went through Hell and back, with loads of cuts on his clothes and bruises and slash marks on his arms and legs.
"Double D?!" Eddy yelped as he ran over to his friend's side.
Double D only made a weak groan of pain as he lifted his head up to Eddy, "E-Eddy…?" he muttered as he showed his face to him; he now had a black eye on his left eye, with a ton of other bruises on his face, "You're… Y-You're here…?"
"Yeah, I'm here…" Eddy stated as he then turned back to his brother behind him, "Tell me what's going on? Why is Double D like this?!"
"Heh, you really wanna know what's going on, huh?" Evan stated as he made a chuckle of amusement, "Fine, I'll tell you."
It was then that Evan got up from where he sat as he came closer to the two Eds; Double D started to back away a little, which caught Eddy's immediate attention.
"You see, around a year ago, I joined up with this organization that gets rid of people like him," Evan explained, "It started out a bit small, but then we grew in size, and all for one purpose… To torture them to be straight; but, if that doesn't work out…" he made a sinister smirk that went across his face, "We just simply get rid of them."
"What…?!" Eddy muttered as his blood ran cold, "What are you talking about? Double D is NOTHING like that!"
Evan only laughed harder at his little brother's statement, "Are you sure you know that's the truth?"
Eddy paused at what his older brother said as he turned to back to Double D, "Double D…" he started to ask as he bent down to Double D's eye level from where he was standing, "… Is it true?"
"E-Eddy…" Double D muttered with sadness, a few tears started to form on the brim of his eyes, "T-The truth is… is that…" the tears now started to fall from his eyes as he closed them, "I-I'm bisexual!"
This came as a shock to both Eddy and Evan. Evan was surprised that he was bi. As for Eddy? Well, he was just shocked overall.
"I-I'm so sorry, Eddy," Double D started to apologize to Eddy. Tears continued to go down his face, "I should've told you sooner or later, but… B-But I was just too afraid to tell you. I was afraid it… t-that it would ruin our friendship between us…"
"…" Eddy was silent at Double D's statement before replying, "… I don't think that changes anything, Sockhead."
Double D looked at his friend in shock, "Eddy…"
Meanwhile, Evan only stood there, a bit surprised by what Eddy said, 'I don't believe it; I thought he would snub him…'
Evan then thought of something else, 'No… he can't be like that bi either…' he made a glare at both of them, 'I won't let that happen!'
Evan soon signaled to someone from behind him with a hand signal, "Peter, James; come here for a second," It was then that two guys came up from behind him; one with black hair, and the other one blond, "Yes boss?" they both questioned.
"I want you two to get rid of the one in the hat," Evan stated with a smirk on his face, "I'll deal with the other one back at my house."
The two men only looked at each other before one of them replied, "… Yes boss," stated the black-haired guy.
The two guys started to walk over to where Eddy and Double D were still, "Alright, get out of the way. We both have a job to do," the blond stated to Eddy.
"What?!" Eddy questioned as he turned to face his bother and the two other guys, "I'm not letting you near Double D again!" he declared as he stood up from where he was, standing in front of Double D in an attacking/defensive position.
"You don't have a choice, kid," stated the black-haired man as he came up to Eddy, grabbing him by his right wrist and lifting him up in the air. He then tossed him aside like a rag doll.
"Eddy!" cried Double D as he tried to get up to where Eddy was tossed aside, but soon felt someone grab him by his left wrist; it was the blond-haired man, "Come now, we're gonna take you somewhere now."
"No! I can't!" Double D started to say as he started to struggle to get out of the man's grip, "I-I can't leave him! I know his brother will-"
The blond interrupted Double D when he put his right hand over his mouth, but then whispered into Double D's left ear, "I'm going to pretend to hit you; so, I want you to pretend that you're knocked out after that, okay?"
Double D immediately got the blond's drift as he then into acting out the plan, "Please, let me go! Eddy needs me!" he pleaded.
"Shut up!" the blond snapped as he punched Double D in the back of the head with his right fist… Of course, it was a fake punch, but Double D fell down anyway, pretending to be hit.
Eddy, who did not know they were acting, only widened his eyes, "Double D!" he yelped as he started to get up from where he was tossed aside. But as he got up, he did not notice his brother was already near him.
"Where do you think you're going, Pipsqueak?" questioned Evan as he grabbed Eddy by the back of his shirt, and then grabbed him by the back of his neck, "We got somewhere to be."
"Let go of me, you jerk!" Eddy shouted as he tried to struggle his way out of his brother's grip, but was not successful, "Double D needs-"
"He doesn't need anything; except a cardboard box as a casket," Evan stated as he looked at the two other guys there, "I expect you two to do that, right?"
"Yes, boss," stated the two men as they soon walked off, carrying Double D, who was still acting, as they did.
"No, Double D!" Eddy cried as he still tried to get out of Evan's grip on his neck, but Evan only squeezed his hand harder into his neck as he did, "Quiet, Pipsqueak; he's as good as dead now," he stated with a smirk on his face, "Now, let's get going back to my house. We need to talk; man-to-man, of course…"
It was after they stepped out of the room that the blond-haired man soon put Double D back on his feet, which Double D quickly did, "Are you alright?" questioned the black-haired man.
"Y-Yes, I'm fine now…" Double D replied back, looking at the men now with a questionable look, "Why are you two helping me? Aren't you guys a part of what Evan is…?"
The two men looked at each other before replying, "Actually, we're undercover police officers," stated the blond-haired man.
This came as a surprise to Double D, "Really?" he then thought about something, "T-Then why are you not helping out Eddy now?!" Double D nearly shouted, "H-He could be-"
"Shh!" shushed the two men as Double D clasped his hands to his mouth, "We can help him in a minute; for now, we have to follow him until he gets home," stated the blond-haired man.
"Yeah, there will be an ambush there by the police; they're waiting for him there," stated the black-haired man.
"Oh, I-I see…" Double D muttered as he placed his right hand over his chest, lowering his head a little; even with this information now known to him, he still couldn't help but worry about Eddy's condition now…
The two men noticed Double D's worried look, "… I think it would be fine if you came with us to get Evan," stated the black-haired man, much to Double D and the other man's surprise, "I think you can help out, in the sense of getting your friend back."
"Hmm… that maybe so," replied the blond-haired man as they both turned to Double D, "Is that alright with you?"
"… Y-Yes, that's fine with me," Double D replied back with a nervous nod of his head.
"Good," stated the blond-haired man as he turned to the other man, "We better leave now if we want to catch up with Evan."
"Right," replied the black-haired man as he and the blond-haired man soon rushed back out of the room, with Double D behind them.
'Eddy… I hope you're alright,' Double D thought with a sad look on his face as he ran…