Eddnapped! 2
The Stranger's Revenge
by: (Double T and) The Cuties

    ". . . and that’s what had happened while you were away," Edd concluded, looking down from his parents, "I’m really sorry for all the convenience I’ve caused." Edd’s parents thought of his story, then they looked at Edd. Edd made the most saddest and most sorriest face that they have ever seen from him. He even started to cry a little bit. They both sighed at him.

    "Alright Edward," Edd’s father said. Edd started to look up at them. "As long as you’re okay," Edd’s mother said. Edd’s parents were very strict on safety, just as much as Edd, himself. Edd thought they were more than that. "But son," Edd’s father warned, "Be sure you don’t do that again." Edd sighed and said, "Okay. I won’t." "That’s better," Edd’s father said.

    "You better go back outside and play," Edd’s mother said, trying to get out of the whole issue, "Your friends are all waiting for you." Edd knew that he didn’t deserve to go outside and play. "It won’t be fair," Edd thought. He turned around, and said to his parents, "No, I’ll just stay in my room." Edd went to his room, nearly crying. It was very rare that he would get in trouble with his parents.

    Edd then heard a sound, like a small rock tapping his window. He opened and looked out. It was Ed and Eddy. "Hey Sockhead!" Eddy called out, "Why don’t you come outside?" "I don’t know Eddy," Edd answered, not letting Ed and Eddy really know why he didn’t want to go outside, "I just don’t feel like playing right now." "But Double D," Eddy persuaded, "We have 3 new people here in the cul-de-sac." "We do?" Ed asked. "Yeah Ed," Eddy said, "You know, those 2 new girls we met while Double D was inside talking with his folks." Ed thought for a while.

"Oh yeah! I remember it now Eddy."
"Good."
"I remember them."

    "Who are the 3 new girls Eddy?" Edd asked. Eddy knew that Edd wasn’t able to listen what he had told Ed, so he said it again to him.

"There is 3 new girls Double D!"
Edd sighed. "Eddy, that’s ‘There "are" 3 new girls.’"
"Whatever Double D. Come on! I want you to meet them."
"Hold on Eddy."

    Edd ran out his room, no longer being upset, but he was now very excited about new neighbors. "Oh boy!" Edd said, "New neighbors in the cul-de-sac. I love meeting them." Edd told his parents that he was going and left.

    Edd’s parents looked at him as Edd left. "It’s strange," Edd’s father said. "I know," Edd’s mother said, "One minute, he wants to stay, then the next, he’s anxious of playing outside." Then the telephone rang. Edd’s father answered it and then confirmed, "Okay . . . Yes I will . . . We’re on our way." He hung up the telephone and told Edd’s mother what happened. She got a sticky note, and wrote a short note to Edd. After that, they left.

    Meanwhile outside, Edd didn’t know that his parents left. The Eds saw the 3 new girls out in the middle of the cul-de-sac. Edd turned from excitement to shyness. The new girls noticed the Eds, giggled a bit, then they said, "Hi guys!" They soon noticed Edd and asked, "Who’s that shy guy?"

"That’s Edd," Eddy said.
"But we call him ‘Double D,’" Ed continued.
"Oh, okay," the girls said.

    The girls then turned to each other. "Don’t you think that Double D character is cute?" one of them asked. "Yeah," the other answered, "Just look at him."

    Eddy broke their conversation. "So," Eddy said, "What are your names?" "I’m Gloria," one answered, "but almost everyone calls me ‘Double T.’ You guys can call me that if you want." "And who’s her?" Eddy asked, pointing at the other girl. "Eddy!" Edd shouted, nearly forgetting his manners, "It’s ‘Who’s "she?"’" The 3 girls giggled at Edd’s action. "I’m Sarah," one of the other girls said. "Sarah?" Edd asked, "But, there’s another ‘Sarah’ here in the cul-de-sac." "Really?" she asked, curious of the way that there is another Sarah in the cul-de-sac, "Where is she?" "Right here," Sarah said, aside Jimmy, "So, you’re Sarah too?" "You’re looking at her," Sarah said. Johnny and Plank came by. "What’s that Plank?" Johnny asked, listening to Plank, "Plank says, ‘You should have a nickname to separate the 2 Sarahs.’" "Never mind guys," Sarah said, "You can just call me, ‘Double "A."’" "Fine," Sarah said, then she grabbed Jimmy, and said, "Come on Jimmy." Sarah and Jimmy left.

    "Why ‘Double A’ Sarah?" asked Edd. "Well," Sarah said, "I do have 2 "A"s in my name don’t I?" Edd thought about it, and nodded. "Well that seems reasonable," Edd said to himself. Ed looked at Edd, Sarah, and Gloria. "Eddy," Ed asked, "Why do we have 3 ‘doubles‘?" "Because," Eddy said. "Because why?" Ed asked again. "Be cause," Eddy said back, not knowing why.

    "And I’m Clare," the third girl said. "Nice to meet you all," Edd said politely, and he turned to see Ed and Eddy arguing over the "because" statements. Edd sighed and asked the 3 girls, "Do you girls want to join us in jawbreakers?" "Jawbreakers?" the girls said in delight, "We love jawbreakers!" They grabbed Edd and ran to the Peach Creek Candy Store. Ed and Eddy noticed that the 4 left, and ran after them. "Hey!" Eddy called out, "Wait up!" Ed followed yelling, "Spot! Come back!"

    Meanwhile, ahead of Ed and Eddy, the girls and Edd were halfway to the candy shop. "Girls!" Edd said, "We need money to purchase the jawbreakers!" "Don’t worry Double D," Clare said. "Yeah," Sarah said, "We have the money." "We’ll just treat you, okay?" Gloria said. And the 3 girls smiled at Edd. "O-okay girls," Edd agreed. Finally, the girls and the Eds got their jawbreakers, and ate in a nearly park.

    Not far away, was the "PCCC," or the Peach Creek Correctional Center. A dark figure looked out a cell window, and saw the Eds with the 3 girls enjoying their snacks. The figure was more focused on Edd, and growled in a revengeful way. "Ooo," he said, "I’ll get you kid for what you’ve done to me." Just before he can say anything else, a guard came by to check up on him. "What are you thinking about now Robb?" the guard asked. "Nothing that concerns about me," the stranger whose name was Robb, "Why do you want to know?" "It’s my job to check on you," the guard answered, and checked up on Robb’s cell for something lethal. Nothing found. The guard looked at Robb suspiciously. "Don’t do anything you’ll regret," the guard warned, and left. "I doubt that," Robb said, "I’ve never doubted anything in my entire life."

    Out in the park, the 6 friends sat on the benches. "What do you girls call yourselves?" Edd asked. The girls thought about it. "We call ourselves ‘The Cuties,’" they said with delight.

    Eddy had a feeling about them, and said to Ed, "They might be like the Kanker Sisters, Ed." "KANKERS!" Ed yelled frantically, and ran to hide. "Ed!" Eddy called out, running after Ed, "That’s not what I meant! Ed!" The Cuties and Edd laughed at Ed and Eddy’s actions. Pretty soon, Ed calmed down, and the 6 of them went back home, with Robb watching them.

    Robb, who was thinking in his prison cell, tried to think of some way to get Edd back for revenge. For hours, he thought. "I got it!" Robb yelled, and snickered evilly, "This is what I’ll do -" "Do what Rob?" said another prisoner in the cell next to Robb’s.

"I’m going to get revenge to that kid who put me in here. That’s what."
"Oh."
"Just ‘Oh?’"
"Well, what do you expect Robb?"

    Robb grunted. "Peachy!" Robb mumbled to himself. "That’s where we live," the other prisoner said, as if it was a joke, "Don’t wear it out."

"Smarty."
"You don’t need to call me that."
"What do I call you then?"
"Hmm . . . ‘Steel.’"
"Just Steel?"
"No. ‘Steel.’"
"Fine."
"‘Steel.’"

    Robb gave a disgusted sigh, and began telling Steel his plot to get Edd and his friends. "Okay," Robb began, "Here’s what we do. We get ourselves out, and we . . ." Robb continued on through the night, telling his new partner, Steel, his plan.

    When Edd got home, he called out for his mom and dad. "Mother?"  Edd looked around his house, "Father?" But there was no answer, just silence. He looked around, then a small sticky note on a nearby counter. He started to read the sticky note.

Dear Edward,
    Your father and I have been called to another important meeting, and we had to leave you again. We’ll be back in about a few days. I hope you will behave. And remember, be sure that you don’t get into trouble like you did the last time we were out.
                            Love,
                                Mom

    "Hmm . . . " Edd said. He looked at the clock, and it said, "10:00 p.m." Edd then felt tired after he read the note. He yawned and got ready for bed. "Sleepy, sleepy, sleepy  . . . " Edd said sleepily, as he laid on his bed, and quickly went to sleep, knowing that once again, he was by himself again.

    The next day, Edd got up, and did his usual things - fix his bed, got dressed, and cleaned himself up. After he ate breakfast, he then heard the doorknob. "I’m coming!" Edd called out, and walked up to the front door.

    Edd was about to place his hand on the doorknob, and suddenly, the door burst open. "Hi Double D!" said 3 voices, who were the Cuties, "We just wanted to see how you were doing." They then noticed that Edd wasn’t in front of them. "Double D?" asked Gloria. "Where did you go Double D?" Sarah asked. "Where are you Double D?" They searched around, then they heard a weak, and muffled voice behind the door. "U-um, h-hi g-girls," the voice said, painfully. The Cuties moved the door out of the way, and saw Edd with a face full of pain. The Cuties gasped and chattered around Edd.

"Are you okay Double D?"
"I’m so sorry!"
"We didn’t mean to."

    Edd then when back to normal. Not knowing what he had heard from the Cuties, he just said to them, "That’s okay girls. I’m fine. Let‘s go see Ed and Eddy." The 4 of them came to go see Ed and Eddy.

    On their way, they came up to meet Rolf and Johnny in the cul-de-sac. "Hello Cutie-girls and Double-Ed-boy," Rolf greeted, "Where are you going to?"

"We’re off to go see Ed and Eddy," Edd answered.
"Why?" Johnny asked.
"We’re going to the candy store today," Double A answered.
"Why?"
"Because we have some money," Clare answered.
"Why?"
"Because we’re on a group date with Double D," Gloria answered.

    Double D blushed by Gloria’s answer, and nearly covered his face with his hat. Johnny still continued, asking his constant question.

"Why?"
"Because we love him," the Cuties answered in unison.

    The 4 of them left, with Johnny asking them, "Why?", along with no responding answers from the 4 friends.

    When they finally came to Eddy’s house, they told Eddy that they had some money, and that they were going to get jawbreakers. Eddy got too excited, and ran ahead. "But Eddy," Edd called out, "We still need to get Ed!" Eddy stopped running. "Then let’s go," Eddy said.

    At Ed’s house, they rang his doorbell. Sarah answered it. "What do you want?" Sarah asked. "We just want to see if Ed was home Sarah," Gloria said. "What am I?" Sarah asked, "His keeper?" "Well Sarah," Edd started to answer, "You are his sister, right?"

"So?"
"Then that means that you do know where he is," Double A said.
"And . . . "
"’And’ where is Ed then?" Clare asked.

    Sarah sighed, then she answered them, "Ed’s inside his room." The 5 of them went down to Ed’s room. Ed was sitting down watching TV. Eddy had a plan. They gathered up together, with Eddy telling them what they will do. Then they all sneaked up behind Ed, and then they all jumped, yelling.

"DOGPILE!"

    Ed got jumped on, and laughed. "Hi guys!" Ed greeted. "Let’s go already!" Eddy said, full of excitement and anxiety for buying jawbreakers, "Come on! Let’s go buy those jawbreakers now!" Ed gasped. "Jawbreakers?" Ed said joyfully, "Let’s go!" The 6 of them started on their way, and went to the candy store.

    At the candy store, they chose their favorite flavors, and ate their jawbreakers in the park, where they usually ate their jawbreakers.

    Meanwhile, at the PCCC, Robb and Steel figured out their way to get out of their cells. They worked on hours for their escape. Robb was working on their escape route, while Steel sat around, being the "watchman." Steel was soon getting impatient. "Are you done yet?" Steel asked. "No," Robb answered, "Not yet. Why don’t you have a turn working on this?"

"Because I’m the watchman. That’s why."
Robb frowned, and continued.
"Now keep working Robb."

    Steel thought of a question that he wanted to find out. He decided to ask Robb the question. "Why do you want to get this kid Robb?" Steel asked. Robb stopped for a while, and started the story of what happened. "Well," Robb started, "It all happened when I was . . . " It took Robb nearly 1 or 2 hours to finish "his" point-of-view on the story. His story made Steel upset, and he then wanted to get Edd for what he did to Robb (which didn’t really happen).

"Come on Robb!"
"Now that’s the spirit."

    Steel helped Robb on the escape route. This time, it went 3 times faster than Robb by himself. By the next few hours, they were out of the PCCC, and were set to get revenge on Edd. "Let’s go." they said.

    The Eds sighed with delight, as they finished their jawbreakers. The Cuties were also almost done with their jawbreakers. "That was good," Eddy said, full of satisfaction. "Jawbreaker good for Ed," Ed said. "That was very satisfying," Edd said, "Wasn’t it girls?" "You got that right Double D," the Cuties all said. "Should we go now?" Edd asked. "Okay," the Cuties answered.

    The 6 of them were on their way back to their houses, when unsuspectingly, two people were watching them from a distance. They were Robb and Steel. "There he is!" Robb yelled quietly, pointing at Edd. "That kid?" Steel asked, wondering why they were getting someone like Edd, "But why Robb? He seems harmless."

"Yeah right! Don’t you remember what I told you before?"
"Well, yeah. But - "
"Good. Then it’s settled. We get that kid tonight."

    Ed and Eddy went to their houses, and Edd went in his own house. Nearby, a bush rattled. "Come on," said a voice. A group came up to Edd’s door, and Edd was just about to lock the door, when suddenly . . .

BANG!!!

    The door opened up, with the group coming in. "Hi Double D!" the voices said. They stepped in. It was the Cuties. Edd got up, and greeted the Cuties. "Hello girls," Edd greeted, "Why are you girls here anyway?" The Cuties gave a sad look on their faces. "It because we’re lonely at home," they answered, "And I guess you were pretty lonely too, since your parents are out." Edd smiled, and allowed them to stay in his house for a while. "Okay," Edd said, "You girls can stay." The Cuties smiled, and gave Edd a big hug.

    "You girls want something to eat," Edd asked, "It’s dinner time now." "Sure," the Cuties agreed, "What are we having?" Edd thought of it, and went in his kitchen. He looked at some food, and thought of something to make. "Do you want to make some pizza?" Edd asked.

"PIZZA!" the Cuties said joyfully, and ran to the kitchen to help Edd make it.

    Meanwhile, outside Edd’s house were two more figures. They walked up to Edd’s front door, and found out that the door was not locked, so they walked right on, inside Edd’s house. At that time, the Cuties were setting the table, and Edd was in the kitchen, by himself, putting the pizza in the oven. The two figures were right behind Edd. They both started to jump on him, and they did.

"DOGPILE!" the two figures yelled.

    "Hello Double D," said a familiar voice. It was Ed and Eddy, who wanted to stay for a while. "So Double D," Eddy said, "What were you putting in the oven?" "Oh, just a pizza," Edd answered, "I was going to share it with - " "Double D!" the Cuties called out from the other room, "What was that sound we heard?" The Cuties then noticed that Ed and Eddy were there too. "Hi guys," the Cuties greeted, and went back to work on setting the table.

    About an hour later, after the 6 friends ate the pizza, they decided to take a short break. "Let’s watch some TV," Ed suggested. "I have an idea on what we can see on the TV," Edd said, and turned it on to the most educational program he could find. He surfed around, until it reached the Discovery Channel. Edd was delighted by what was on. "Ooo," Edd said happily, "Here’s a documentary on mollusks." Eddy thought that the documentary was boring, and soon fell asleep. It took a while for the Cuties and Ed to fall  asleep. It was 9:00 p.m., and Edd was now watching another documentary. After a while, he soon fell asleep, since it was nearly 10:00 p.m. He turned off the TV, and just decided to stay with his friends, instead of going to bed. Anyway, he was too tired to. The remote fell to the floor. "Sleepy, sleepy, sleepy . . . " Edd sleepily said, and went to sleep.

    At that moment, a bush rattled outside of Edd’s house. This time, it was someone who were not familiar to Edd. There were two of them. "Okay," one of them said, "Here’s what we’ll do." He grabbed out his plans, and pointed to his partner on what to do. "First we’ll go through here," he said, "And then we’ll - " "But Robb," his partner, Steel, interrupted, "What if we get caught or something?" Robb thought of it, and said, "So, anyway, as I was saying, we go past here, and then we . . . " Robb continued on to Steel with his plans.

    Minutes later, the two of them went in Edd’s house, as quietly as they can. "Now remember," Robb whispered, "don’t make no noise at all." Steel nodded. "Good," Robb whispered. They snuck around, looking for Edd. "There he is, Robb," Steel whispered, pointing at Edd’s direction. Then, the two of them went up to Edd. When they were nearer to Edd, Robb asked for the rope and a bandana. Steel handed the items to Robb, and they continued on for a bit.

    Steel wasn’t looking where he was going, and his foot accidentally stepped on the TV remote on the floor. The TV went right on, waking Edd up. Edd saw the two strangers in his house, and was about to yell out, but before he could even finish taking a deep breath, he was gagged up by Robb’s bandana, so he tried to struggle out as he can, but his luck ran out. Steel grabbed Robb rope, and tied Edd up, making him unable to move freely. Meanwhile, Robb turned off the TV before the others could wake up, but they were wrong. The Cuties woke up and saw the strangers with Edd all tied up. They had a plan, and they tried to pretend to be asleep. "Good," Robb said, not realizing that the Cuties were awake, "Come on Steel, and bring that kid with you." Robb left with Steel following behind, grabbing a hold on Edd. "I’m coming Robb," Steel said, "I’m coming." The Cuties kept remembering their names, in case they needed it for future evidence.

    When the two strangers left with Edd, the Cuties then got up. Ed and Eddy were still asleep, not realizing a thing. "We’re coming Double D," the Cuties said, and were very determined to get Edd back.

    The Cuties went outside, and got their bikes. "Let’s go!" they said in unison, and started on their way to rescue Edd.

    The rest of the kids in the cul-de-sac, heard the Cuties, and rushed themselves outside to see what was going on. "Plank wants to know where you girls are going?" Johnny said.

"We’re on our way to rescue Double D!" the Cuties answered.
"Why?" Johnny asked.
"Because he’s in trouble!" Clare answered.
"Why?"
"Because he’s been kidnapped by two strangers!" Double A answered.
"Why?"
"We don’t know why," Gloria answered, "But we do need to rescue him!"
"Why?"
The Cuties just sighed.

    "Come everybody!" Rolf said, "We must save Double-Ed-boy, or else he shall be banished to the cupboard!" They agreed, and went on their bikes to follow the Cuties. Meanwhile, back at Edd’s house, were Ed and Eddy still asleep.

    Bikes rushed across the road, with the riders panting. "Where to now?" Kevin asked. They all looked around to find where Edd could possibly be.

    At the same time, Edd was tied up and in the back of a truck. He tried his best trying to remove the bandana in his mouth, but it seemed harder than he thought. He then tried to remove it by hooking the back end onto a coat hook, and pulling the bandana over his head. With that one try, it worked and the bandana got pulled off. Edd gasped for air, and yelled for help as loud as he can.

"ASSISTANCE PLEASE! ANYONE! HELP!"

    The Cuties and the other kids heard the cry for help, and knew that it was Edd who was calling. "Come on!" Sarah said, "It’s Double D!" They all rode to the noise, and soon saw the truck, not far away from them, and they followed the truck, as fast as they could.

    "Hey!" Steel surprisingly said, wondering how Edd got freed from the bandana. He looked around, and saw the bandana hanging from the coat hook where Edd got it off. "So," Steel said, making a mean face to Edd, "Robb was right about you!" Steel grabbed the bandana, and tied it back on Edd, but Edd got up, and ran across the truck. Edd panted as he ran, and when he looked behind if Steel was following him or not, he didn’t look what was in front of him, and got bumped into the truck’s wall, knocking him down. Steel then had his chance, and placed the bandana tightly back on Edd.

    Steel went back to the front of the truck, sitting in the passenger’s seat. Robb was driving. "What happened?" Robb asked. "That kid got the bandana loose, and it got off him," Steel explained, "so I put it back on him again." "Then what took you too long?" Robb asked. "That kid ran from me," Steel answered.

    Half an hour later, the truck stopped at Robb’s old hideout. The Cuties and the group of kids waited nearby the hideout. The two strangers went in the hideout, with Edd all tied up and gagged, and was still a bit unconscious. The strangers put Edd on a seat, which was near a window. In that window, the kids looked inside, and they saw Edd. "Poor Double D," the Cuties said. "Now what are we going to do?" Nazz asked. They all thought of what they could do to save Edd.

    "We know!" the Cuties all said. The group huddled up, and the Cuties told their plan. "Here’s what we can do to save Double D," they began, "First we . . . " The Cuties continued on with their plan, while Robb and Steel thought of their own to get rid of Edd - for good.

    Half an hour has past. "Okay," Gloria said. "You know what to do right?" Double A asked to the rest of the kids. They all nodded. "Good," Clare confirmed, "Now remember, we go when those two guys aren’t there anymore." Everyone agreed, and waited near the window.

    It was about 5:00 a.m. when they carried out their plan. They looked inside to see if the two were asleep. They were. "Good," the Cuties whispered, and tried to find a way to get in. They found a dog door, and tried to get in as quietly as they can. It was very dark inside the hideout. All three of them got in very quietly. They tried to get to Edd, who was on the other side of the hideout.

    As they tried to go to Edd, the kids outside were setting up the assigned trap. "We have to put it near a door," Nazz said. They looked around and saw the front door of the hideout. The door with the dog door the Cuties went in by.

    Jimmy tapped the window, getting the Cuties’ attention. When they looked at Jimmy, he pointed to the direction of the door where the kids were placing the trap. The Cuties gave an "OK" signal, and continued on their way.

    They finally reached Edd. "Double D is all tied up," Clare said. They all looked around to find a way to get Edd out. Double A found something. "Here’s a pair of scissors," Double A said, holding it up, "We can use these." "I’ll untie his bandana," Clare said, and started to untie it. "I’ll go check if everything is all set," Gloria said. She tried to look outside to the door. "The net trap is ready," Gloria said, "Is Double D okay?" "I think so," Double A said. "Yeah," Clare agreed, "He must be tired though."

    The Cuties now had to try to get themselves and Edd out cautiously and quietly. They had no difficulty for half-way, then it became much harder for them to go through to the hideout, since it had to stay dark. Suddenly, as they were near the door, something happened.

CRASH!

    Something fell to the floor, and broke. Robb and Steel woke from their sleep, and saw the Cuties with Edd. The Cuties rushed themselves and Edd through the dog door, one by one. Robb and Steel chased after them. By the time they reached the door, the Cuties and Edd has moved out of the way from the trap. Then, moments later, Robb and Steel opened the door, and released the set trap.

    But the trap didn’t last as long as the group had planned it would. Robb and Steel ended up breaking the net. Everyone got on their bikes, with Edd in a basket behind Rolf’s bike. They rode off, while Robb and Steel got in their truck. They started it, and went after them.

    They went on for nearly an hour. It was nearly day. When they finally reached Peach Creek, they got an idea. "Follow us," the Cuties commanded, and went on ahead. "Rolf!" Gloria called out. "Yes?" Rolf said, "What do you want Rolf to do?" "Come up here," Gloria said. Rolf came up ahead just behind the Cuties. The reason why the Cuties wanted Rolf to be behind them was because they wanted to make sure that Edd was safe and near them.

    The kids followed the Cuties. "We’re almost there," Clare said to the others. "Just a little more," Double A assured. Everyone kept following, with Robb and Steel catching up to them.

    "Ha, ha, ha," Robb laughed, "Just look at them go Steel. They think that they can be smarter than us." Steel snickered. "Yeah," Steel said, "They don’t realize how much better we are." Robb sped up a bit, and so did everyone else. Now, they were at their fastest speed. Robb and Steel kept their eyes on the group, not looking at where they were really heading for.

"P.C.P.D."

    The letters on the building that everyone was hoping to find. "Here we are you guys," the Cuties said to the others. They had reached the "P.C.P.D. (Peach Creek Police Department) They all turned their bikes and rode through the entrance of the building. They slowed to a stop inside, with Robb and Steel heading inside, uncontrollably.

BANG!

    Robb and Steel’s truck rammed in the door, making it stuck, with no escape for Robb and Steel to go free. "Looks like we’re in trouble now Robb," Steel said. "Not only that," said a nearby police officer, "According to these kids, you two are accused of kidnapping, abuse, stalking, and are now convicted of governmental property damage!" "You two are under arrest!" said another police officer. "Oh, we’re way beyond trouble Steel," Robb said.

    It was 6:30 a.m. when when Robb and Steel were sent back to PCCC. "We’ll get you all!" Robb shouted. "Yeah!" Steel agreed, "You’ll see. Your luck will change!" "‘Your’ luck is changing right now," said a police officer, and the two were sent to PCCC.

    Some of the police officers went up to the group of kids. "It appears that your friend here has saved the city again," one of them said, regarding Edd. Edd was still a bit unconscious, but soon started to wake up a moment later. "W-where am I?" Edd asked, rubbing his painful head. "You at the P.C.P.D.," said one of the other police officers.

    "Double D," the Cuties asked, "Was it really true that you were the hero before?" "Yes he was," said a police officer, "And eventually, he still is." The Cuties all smiled at Edd, and hugged him.

    At around 7:00 a.m., the Peach Creek Press has shown up at the P.C.P.D. They went over to Edd, interviewing him. "Um," Edd began, "First, I-I would like to start off by saying that my friends here with me are the real heroes." Everyone was stunned by Edd’s words. "But we couldn’t have done it without Edd," the Cuties explained, "So, I guess that Double D has to have some credit too."

    An hour later, Ed and Eddy arrived to the P.C.P.D. "Hey Double D," Eddy said. "Cool!" Ed said, and ran in the building. He gave everyone a big hug, and asked, "What are you guys doing here?" "Double D saved Peach Creek," the Cuties explained. "But Double D," Eddy started, "Didn’t you do that already?" "Well," Edd explained, "I couldn’t help it Eddy. It just happens."

    After a while, after the Peach Creek’s council saw the interview of how Edd and his friends, they arrived to the P.C.P.D., and awarded Edd with a medal saying:

TO OUR CITY’S HERO, EDWARD, WHO HAS SAVED THIS CITY BY ALL MEANS

    Edd started to tear up a bit when he read what it had said. He wiped off a tear on his face, and held the medal.

    Eddy also wanted some of the credit too. He went and held the medal for himself. "Thank you! Thank you!" Eddy egotistically said, "I accept this award on behalf of myself." "Eddy," the Cuties said, "That’s Double D’s award." Eddy then gave the medal back to Edd.

    The press wanted to take everyone’s picture for the Peach Creek Press Newspaper. The press said the paper will be on tomorrow’s newspaper. After that, everyone went back to the cul-de-sac.

    The next day, the Eds and the Cuties went out to eat jawbreakers in the park. When they went home, Edd had a big surprise waiting for him. When he went in his house, Edd noticed that his parents were back home.

    "Mother! Father!" Edd said happily, and he ran to hug his parents, "It’s so exulting to see you both!" "Hello Edward," Edd’s mother greeted. "Were you well behaved when we were gone?" Edd’s father asked, curious of Edd’s behavior when they were gone. "Everything went really well while you were gone," Edd said and smiled. He hoped that his parents wouldn’t find out what had happened in the last few days.

    Edd’s luck soon ran out, when the ribbon of his medal around his neck went loose. The weight of the medal, made it slip out, and fall on the floor.

CLANG!

    Edd’s parents looked down to see what had made the sound. "W-what’s this," Edd’s mother asked, picking the medal up. She and Edd’s father read what the medal said, and showed Edd the medal. "Edward?" Edd’s father started, "Didn’t your mother say not to go into trouble?"

    "Well yes," Edd started to explain, "But I wasn’t in trouble. I saved the city." "Okay Edward," Edd’s mother said, "What’s your story this time?" Edd sighed and started by saying his story. "Well," Edd started, "It started all after I finished my last story, and . . . "

    Ed, Eddy, and the Cuties were outside in Edd’s window, seeing that Edd is once again telling his parents what had happened. "Well," Eddy said, "Here we go again." "Oh well," the Cuties said. "At least he’ll know what to say now to his parents while they were away again," Double A explained. "Yeah," Clare agreed, "It would be a bit boring if he didn’t tell his story of what happened." "Let’s listen to his story," Gloria suggested. "Gravy!" Ed said.

To Be Continued . . .