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Beep
‘Beep’
‘Beep’
“Beep…Be–”
A blurry redheaded figure then received a sharp slap on the back of his head from a blur with two very dark eyes.
Tord groaned in a bit of pain, the light was bright, his brain and arm hurt, and a faint pulse could be heard in the back of his head. With a dazed expression he saw one of the figures shift.
“I told you Edd. We should’ve left him back there. Looks like he’s already braindead as is.”
That voice made Tord snap himself back into the world of the living.
“Where the f–”
Edd cut over him.
“He’s talking, there. Its just until he can get outta here. I’m not about to have murder on my hands because of you”
Edd’s words were almost muddled, swimming around his brain.
Why was he here? Last thing he remembered…
“I only did the final hit. You and Matt were going ham on the control buttons”
The two bickered a moment, but Tord ignored them, striding up carefully. His head swam dizzily, every breath felt like he was suffocating in his own skin. Burning. It all stung and burned. But he pushed, shoving himself upright even more as his vision faltered towards a door.
“Uhm…guys..?” Matt called almost nervously
He kept pushing.
“I’m not the one who insisted on keeping him!”
He had to move.
“Hello? Murder on our hands? Murder charges?”
Get out of here.
“It was self-defense Edd! Self-de–”
“GUYS!”
As if on queue with Matt’s shout, a wave of dizziness took over, and suddenly it was face to carpet. A pulsing ache in his head brought him further down than he felt. A few shouts echoed far away as beautiful sleep took over his body once more.
Edd basically jolted out of his skin when he watched Tord suddenly collapse on the ground.
The three friends stared almost dumbfounded for a moment, but all (with varying degrees of urgency) rushed to the Red Leader’s side.
“See. thats definitely braindead right there.” Tom basically insisted. Which immediately in turn annoyed Edd a bit. They all hauled Tord back onto the sofa, having to place his bandaged arm carefully as well.
“This is only temporary Tom. We agreed to at least nurse him back to health. I don’t like him either but i’m not heartless. He used to be our friend”
“Emphasis on used to be.”
“He wasn’t too bad until he ruined my glorious face” Matt said this and immediately received stares from the other two.
“...And also when he almost killed Tom and ruined all our possessions as well, I guess.”
Edd then let out a sigh, sauntering to his fridge and grabbing a cola.
“Look. it’s not like he’s as your place anyway Tom. He’s crashed on my couch. So you’re at least not obligated to see him”
Edd said this tiredly, as he took a sip of the sweet carbonated liquid he considered to be practically his own ambrosia.
“Still pretty annoyed that he's near my apartment.”
A lightbulb then visibly went off in Matt's head.
“I know! Meanwhile we should crash on Tom’s couch and watch The Return of The Zombie Pirates 5.”
Everyone shared a collective glance, before then making a beeline to Tom’s apartment room.