The Peach Creek War

Episode 6: The Final Battle

Eddy and Double D gave each other cold looks. Double D gripped his rod tightly, and put it in a defensive stance. Eddy charged and swung vertically for his head. Double D blocked it, and swung back with a horizontal strike to his knee. He hit, and Eddy fell down. While trying to ignore the pain, he quickly got up and swung vertically twice, and Double D side-stepped his attack. Then, Double D attacked horizontally once, but Eddy blocked it with a diagonal block. Eddy swung diagonally twice for both ways, but Double D blocked the attacks. Then, Eddy lunged at Double D while holding his pole straight out. Double D tried to block it, but missed, and Eddy knocked him against a cannon. Double D noticed that the cannon was firing at the jeeps, so he grabbed one of the spare rods.

"What are you doing?" Eddy muttered. After the cannon fired once again, Double D stuck the rod into it. It fired again, but imploded, and created a huge crack in the VMD. Double D and Eddy were thrown to opposite sides of the crack because of the implosion. Suddenly, the crack began to grown in size, and the hull began to split in half.

"You fool, look what you've done!" Eddy screamed. The two divisions of the VMD began to fall down, leaving its inner part exposed. Double D and Eddy quickly jumped inside.

Marie threw a punch towards Lee's chest, but she was able to avoid it. Lee countered with a kick to Marie's side, but Marie blocked it. Marie drop-kicked Lee and she fell to the floor. Lee got up, and threw Marie against the wall. Marie hooked Lee in the face, and Lee hit Marie in the gut. Marie picked up Lee, and threw her against the wall. Lee got back up, and got Marie in a headlock. Marie elbowed Lee in the face, and broke out of her grip. Marie and Lee grabbed hands, trying to push each other over. Suddenly, a huge vibration hit the VMD, and the both fell on the floor. They looked out the window to see Eddy's new VMD in pieces, and saw the jeeps evading the robots' missiles. The jeeps drove near the VMD, and the missiles all hit the gigantic vehicle. The walls came down, and Marie and Lee were thrown to the ground.

Rolf saw the second VMD start to fall apart. He looked in front of him and saw the last wall segment. Behind it, he saw Eddy's other VMDs.

"Urban Ranger Jimmy, contact Kevin, and quickly!" he barked at the top of his lungs. Jimmy took out the walkie-talkie, and Kevin's face came up on its video screen.

"Kevin, Rolf has to talk to you" he explained. He gave the walkie-talkie to Rolf.

"Kevin, the other VMDs are behind the last wall segment" he told him. Rolf heard a screech from behind him, and turned to see missiles flying towards him. He maneuvered the jeep well enough to avoid them, and the last missile flew right over his head. "If we can get over there, then maybe we can blow up the rest of the VMDs" he explained. Kevin drifted to the right to avoid a barrage of missiles.

"Dude, we have to take out those things first!" he screamed. Rolf looked back, and noticed that the robots stopped firing.

"Kevin, I think they ran out of ammo" he said happily. Suddenly, he saw the other VMDs engines explode, and one of the pieces from them crashed into Rolf's jeep, flipping it over. It crashed into Kevin's jeep, and the jeeps toppled over with the kids inside.

Double D looked saw Eddy across the pile of metal between them. Double D looked at the VMD on the other side. It was in pieces of burning metal. Eddy and Double D were horrified to see it.

"Eddy, Marie and Lee were in there!" he said in a worried voice. Eddy stared with fear at it. He turned to Double D.

"Double D, I finally see the error of my ways" he told him. Double D smiled, and was glad to have his friend back. Eddy saw Ed approach in his VMD.

"Ed, we're all on the same side, so destroy the robots" he ordered. Ed nodded, and fired the cannons at the robots. In retaliation, they fired back, and blew up the VMDs' cannons and engines. Ed rushed out next to Eddy and Double D before the remaining 10 robots finished it off. Eddy saw that they were aiming at the Eds.

"Ed, start firing" Eddy ordered. Ed aimed his light machine gun, and fired at the robots, while Eddy and Double D took refuge behind the rubble. Ed finished the robots off, and Double D and Eddy ran over to the burning VMD. Don't worry girls, we're coming. Double D thought to himself.

Marie and Lee were on the floor, with every part of their body aching. The ceiling had come down to rest 20 inches above them. Most of the metal around them was on fire. Lee looked at Marie with regret.

"Marie, I'm sorry I hurt you" she told her. Marie looked at her, and gathered the strength to talk

"I'm sorry too, Lee" she said. They looked at each other.

"Look what we've turned into, Lee" Marie said crying. Marie gulped, and tried to ignore her pain. "We used to be great sisters, but look at us now" she said. Lee nodded, and saw May crawl up next to them. She burst into tears.

"I'm sorry also, girls" she said. The Kankers held hands. May passed out, and Marie noticed that Lee was gasping for air.

"Marie, the heat's getting to me" she said before fainting. Marie was starting to pass out, but kept fighting it. She saw Double D coming towards her, and let herself pass out, knowing that she was in good hands.

Rolf crawled out from underneath the upside-down jeep. He was shell-shocked, and only heard faint echoes. He looked to his right, and saw a robot crawling near him. It lunged at him, but suddenly, someone shot it to pieces. He saw Kevin under his jeep, holding a shotgun towards the dead robot, and realized it destroyed it. Rolf saw his rocket launcher in the passenger's seat. He crawled over, and grabbed it. He looked at the final wall segment, aimed the gun, and fired. The rocket made the entire wall collapse on top of the VMDs, and a huge dust cloud began to form. He crawled under the jeep, and it shielded him from the dust. When the dust was gone, he looked at Kevin, and gave him a faint smile. His shell shock was gone, and he saw Double D, Eddy, and Ed emerge from the VMD carrying the Kankers. They laid down the Kankers, and Ed flipped over Rolf's jeep while Eddy and Double D flipped the other one. They put the Kankers in the back of Double D's jeep, and Double D hopped in the driver's seat. Edd went in the passenger seat, and Ed manned the turret. Meanwhile, Rolf put the other kids, all who were unconscious except for Kevin, into the other jeep, and went into the jeep's driving seat. Rolf, the Eds, and Kevin dropped off the kids at their respective houses. Eddy took out a remote, and released the prisoners. He pressed another button, and all of the towers self-destructed. They then went to their houses, and slept late into the morning.

The next day, the Eds were once again hanging out. They were glad to be a trio once again, and were happy that things returned to normal.

"I'm glad we were able to convince the citizens that all of us were against the robots the whole time" Eddy said. Double D nodded.

"If they knew the truth, they would have thrown you and your allies in jail. Eddy was relieved that nothing like that happened. Suddenly, Eddy had another one of his ideas.

"Double D, I just thought of the best scam ever!" he said in delight. Double D smacked his hand against his own forehead.

"Eddy, don't you think we should wait until things have settled down a bit more?" he asked with a chuckle. Eddy shook his head, and rushed off to his house for his next hair-brain scheme. Suddenly, the Eds saw the Kankers.

Johnny was walking around the creek. He couldn't get Plank off his mind, so he hoped he might find a trace of him. Without warning, he tripped over a piece of wood in the ground. He turned around, and saw none other than his buddy Plank.

"Plank!" he screamed happily. He picked up his buddy and gave him a long hug. After he was content, he stopped hugging Plank.

"Let's go play" he said with a smile. They jumped into the creek. Suddenly, Johnny asked "What do you mean you can't swim?" he asked laughing. "I thought wood could float!" he said to Plank.

Rolf walked into his underground quarters. He placed the borrowed rocket launcher back onto its place on the wall. Thanks for serving for the czar, grandpa he thought happily. He put his other weapons on the wall. And thank you, dad, for keeping your weapons from the USSR he thought to himself. He took another look at the wall. I'll use your weapons when I need them next time he promised. He locked the door, and walked outside. He saw Kevin playing basketball, so he ran over to play with him. While they played, they started talking.

"Well, Rolf, we finished the war" he said gladly. Rolf dunked the ball and held it at his side.

"Yes, Rolf is glad that this war is over" he said smiling.

"We won't have to worry about a war anymore since everyone's on the same side again" Kevin said happily.

"Well, Rolf isn't sure about that" he said in a worried voice. Kevin stopped playing and looked at him.

"What do you mean you're not sure?" he asked Rolf.

"Well, Kevin, we did win this war" he told him.

"Exactly, and the problems were solved" he told him. Rolf shook his head.

"No, the problems were entirely solved" Rolf said. He noticed that Kevin didn't understand. He sat down on the curb, and Kevin then sat next to him. Rolf tried to think of a way to explain it, and finally knew how.

"Kevin, why did this war begin?" he asked him. Kevin thought about it, and developed an answer.

"Because Eddy was angry towards the kids and wanted power" he said. Rolf nodded.

"Kevin, anger is an emotion that many people in this cul-de-sac feel at times" he began to explain. Rolf sighed, and said "Because of the technology we possess, our anger and hunger for power will lead to many conflicts, and these conflicts may turn into wars." Kevin understood, and looked back at the ground. Rolf looked at him.

"The only thing we can do to stop that is to try to solve any conflicts that arise" he said. Kevin agreed with him, and looked at the sunset.

"So, it's not over?" he asked Rolf.

"No, this was only the beginning" Rolf replied. "If we don't take action against the coming conflict, then consider it to be the beginning of the end." Rolf finished. Kevin kept looking out into the distance until he saw Nazz running towards them.

"Hey guys, you wanna play basketball?" she asked. Kevin and Rolf nodded in reply, but Kevin remembered what Rolf said.

The Kankers were relaxing at the beach.

"Well girls, what should we do today?" May thought about it, and said "Why don't we see what the Eds are doing?" she asked.

"Yeah, and since we're nicer to them now, they won't run off!" Marie added. The other sisters nodded, and the trio ran off to meet up with the Eds.

Jimmy and Sarah were gleefully playing with their dolls in Sarah's room. Jimmy tried to get what Eddy said to him off his mind, but couldn't. He turned to his friend for consoling.

"Sarah?" Jimmy asked her sadly. Sarah looked at him, and asked "What is it, Jimmy?"

"Do you think that I'm like Eddy when I act crafty and mean?" he asked innocently. Sarah thought about it, and said "Not really, because Eddy's ideas never turn out well!" she said. The two began laughing, but Jimmy still thought about what he asked Sarah.

The Eds stood at their fast food stand, waiting for a customer. Eddy saw the Kankers running up.

"Hey girls, want to buy something?" he asked with a smile. Lee walked up, and said "Eddy, we don't exactly fall for your scams" she said. The other Kankers laughed, as well as the other two Eds.

"Oh, come on!" Eddy said. "I need a jawbreaker." The Kankers looked at each other, and shook their heads.

"So, you boys want to come to the beach with us?" Marie asked. Eddy was about to say no, when Double D said "Actually, I'll go change right now" he said. Ed gave a nod, and ran to his house. Eddy looked at them run off.

"Guys, wait, we have to – oh, I give up!" he said. The Kankers giggled as he went to his house to change for the beach.

"At least he's persistent" May said.

The End