Chapter Eight
Tord stretched out on Edds' couch. He and Edd were watching 'Insane Zombie Pirates From Hell 6'.
Matt had left soon after Edd explained that Tord had amnesia.
"Sorry I have to go Edd." Matt said as he had walked towards the door."I have to make sure that I don't have any scars from the explosion. You can't be too sure." Matt then waved goodbye to Edd and shut his door.
Tord had turned towards Edd in confusion."Matt has been very self conscious about his face after you punched him in the face." Edd explained."It seems now that he always carries a mirror with him to check his face."
Tord frowned."I really must've scared him if he's that self conscious about his looks." he said. Edd nodded. He then walked over to a shelf and pulled out a movie."So....Wanna watch Insane Zombie Pirates From Hell six?" Edd asked, holding up the cover for Tord to see.
So that brings Tord up to date. He was watching the main characters fight off the insane zombie pirates from hell with Edd on the couch. As he was sitting there, he and Edd made some little small talk.
Tord did most of the talking however. He wanted to know how long he's been gone. What happened to the house. Now from what Tord had gathered from Edd was that Tord had gotten a giant robot that looked just like him.
He used a rocket launcher from his arm to shoot the house into nothing. He also killed one of their neighbors named Jon, which Tord didn't care about.
Edd also told him that he moved out of the house and later came back. He didn't specify on how long he's been gone. Tord thought he must've forgot, which only worries him of how long he's been gone.
After a while, Tord began to stop talking. He didn't know whether it was because he didn't want to talk anymore or he didn't know how to take in all this new information.
He was a monster and yet, Edd forgave him. He forgave him for all the bad things he's done. Tord smiled. Edd was truly a great friend. He was glad his past self was too distracted by Tom to kill Edd and Matt.
If he'd done that then Tord wouldn't know what to do now. Tord was shot out of his thoughts as Edd yawned loudly. Tord turned to Edd with a smile."Sleepy?" Tord asked.
Edd nodded, slowly getting up from his spot on the couch."So...Are you going to sleep on the couch?" he asked. Tord looked in surprise at Edd."Wait....Your letting me sleep here again?" he asked.
Edd blinked."Well, you said that you didn't have anywhere to go." he said."Yeah." Tord responded."Then you can stay with me till you can get enough money to buy your own place."
Tord blinked, then began to smile."Thank you Edd." Edd smiled."Don't mention it." he said as he began to walk towards a door which Tord can only presume to be his room.
Tord watched him close the door. Afterwards he turned off the TV and laid down on the couch. Ringo hopped on the arm of the chair and watched him.
Tord smiled, leaned towards the cat, and petted it's tuff. Ringo purred happily which made Tord chuckle a bit. He laid back down and closed his eyes.
In his dream, Tord was back at the military camp. He was training with the others. Then, after they finished they went home. Tord looked out his window in the back to see a perfectly beautiful house.
With pale coating and a red roof Tord knew so well. Tord jumped out of the car and headed towards the door. Before he could open it however, the house exploded.
He fell to the ground, balling himself up to avoid injuries. Air swept through Tords' hair as dust and small debris scratched his hands and legs.
When Tord thought everything was fine, he pulled his face from his legs. He stared in horror at a giant crater. He slowly got up and swayed towards the mess.
"No! The house!" Tord turned around to see Matt and the others rushing out of the red car. Tom looked at the mess and stomped towards Tord."You did this didn't you!?" he yelled.
Tord put his hands up in defense."I didn't do anything!" he yelled back, pushing Tom back. Edd and Matt rushed over to the stumbling Tom. "Tom, stop being so rude!" Edd said."You know as well as me that Tord didn't blow up the house!"
Tom growled at Edd."He's a monster! Leaving us in the dark then coming back to kill us all!" Matt looked at Edd with a sad expression."He does have a point Edd..." Matt added in.
Tord looked at Matt in shock. How could he say such a thing? That's when Tord realized how uncomfortable Matt looked near Tord. He was still afraid of him.
Edd looked around at his friends. He then sighed and looked at Tord with a sorrowful look."Sorry Tord but we're going to have to get rid of the monster..." Edd said.
At first Tord was unsure what he meant. Then, if hit him. They were going to kill him. Tord backed away. He blinked once and the three suddenly had weapons. Edd was holding a gun, Matt a golf club, and Tom a harpoon.
They came closer to Tord. Tord backed away. He lost his footing and stumbled down into the crater. Glass and debris stung at Tords face and right arm as he stumbled down.
Then, everything went dark.
Tord woke up with a start. He was breathing heavily and sweat beaded down his face. Ringo, who was startled by Tord, stared at the Norwegian in surprise.
Tord closed his eye. He touched the right part of his face just to make sure it was just a dream. He lifted his right robotic hand and slightly grazed his face. Just as he did, pain started to come from his face.
Tord took a shaky breath in, then out. It was a dream. He wasn't coming home from the military. He wasn't unharmed. The house wasn't standing. It was all fake.
Tord tried to get his breathing back to normal. He doesn't know why that dream shook him this badly. Maybe it was due to Tom, Matt, and Edd representing what he's been thinking all night.
Tord stared down at his red hoodie. It was suddenly extremely hot for him to be in this. He began to take off his hoodie. He laid it down next to the couch and looked at his shirt.
It was a simple white shirt with a red marking on it. He wondered why his past or future self, he wasn't too sure on what to call his forgotten self, would do this to a perfectly good shirt.
Tord shrugged. Whatever the case it didn't matter anymore. Tord was about to go back to sleep when a thought came into his mind. He got off the couch and crept to the bathroom, which was the only other room in this apartment other than Edds room.
He closed the door slowly. He then flickered the lights on and took off his shirt. Tord stared at himself in the mirror. He wasn't expecting what he saw.
His right side was patched up and he saw that the robot arm went all the way to the shoulder. He also had half of his face bandaged up, ruining one of his hair 'horn'.
He continued to stare at himself. Taking in all that he saw. He was in rough shape. He's surprised that he even lived. He moved his left hand and placed it on his robotic one.
Tom really did do a number on him, if he believed what Paul and Patryck say, which he does. Tord just stared at the hand, then his face, then the patch ups on his side.
He deserved it for doing all that bad stuff. Tord sighed. He wondered how bad his face was. If it covered half of his face then it must be bad. He thought of taking off the bandages, but reconsidered thinking it might be bad if it was a fresh wound, which it still might be.
Tord grabbed his strange shirt, put back on, turned the lights off, and headed towards the couch. He hopped over the side of the couch Ringo wasn't on and plopped on it.
He closed his eye and went fast asleep, hoping that these wounds will heal soon so he doesn't have to wear them all the time.
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