Chapter Nine
Tord stretched from his spot on the couch. A sudden smell met his nose as he awoke. He shot up from the couch. He looked at the kitchen area and saw Edd preparing something on the stove.
"Is that bacon?" Tord asked, slowly getting off the couch. "Yeah, it is." Edd responded over the crackling of grease. He turned around and met Tords eyes."Do you want som-AH!" Edd screamed.
Tord blinked."What's the matter?" Tord asked."Your arm!" Edd said, pointed at Tords' robot hand. Tord looked down at it. Did Edd just now realize he had a robot hand?
Tord looked back at Edd."Yeah, it's kinda freaky." Tord said, moving his robot hand up and down. Edd looked at the hand in shock, which slowly turned to curiosity. "Does it feel weird...You know, having that hand?"
Tord smiled."I'll answer you question after you cooked that bacon." he said, which was accompanied by a crackling of grease. Edd jumped by the sound of the crackling. He must've forgotten he was cooking.
He quickly turned around and tossed some bacon onto a nearby plate. Tord walked over to the plate and examined the amount of bacon on it. It looked like a mountain of bacon and yet, Edd thought it wasn't enough.
He glanced over at the bacon Edd was cooking. It wasn't much, only two more left to cook it seems. Tord smiled devilishly as he took a piece of bacon and shoved it in his mouth.
Edd looked over at him. He frowned."Tord! Wait till I'm done!" Edd asked. Tord rolled his eye."Okay..." he said as he grabbed another piece of bacon. He walked back to the couch before Edd could scold him again.
Tord grabbed his hoodie off the floor. Just as he was about to put it on, the items in the pocket fell out. Tord looked at the items. The gun and the note from Paul and Patryck.
Tord picked up the pistol and quickly shoved it back in his pocket. He wasn't too sure how Edd will react if he saw Tord with an weapon. Maybe surprise or shock that he brought one with him.
Tord picked up the note and examined it. It was a piece of paper folded up into a tiny square. Tord began to unfold it when Edds voice made him stop."Bacon's done Tord!"
Tord refolded the paper, shoved it in the hoodie pocket , dropped the hoodie, and ran to get some bacon. Edd was grabbing handfuls at a time and Tord knew if he didn't get any now, he wasn't going to get some later.
He was about to grab a handful of bacon when Edd shoved a plate in his face."Here you go." he said. Tord looked at Edd, then smiled. He took the plate and then began to shove handfuls of bacon onto the plate.
When Tord felt like he was finally satisfied with the amount of bacon, he realized that there was no bacon left. He walked back to the couch with Edd by his side. He stepped over his hoodie that was still on the ground.
Edd did the same. They sat together on the couch in utter silence. Tord kept on shoving mountains of bacon into his mouth like it was his first meal in eons. "This bacon is great Edd!" Tord commented as he shoved more bacon into his mouth.
Edd smiled as he too shoved some bacon into his mouth."Thank you Tord." Edd said."You know," Edd paused to shove some bacon into his mouth."nom nom nom nom."
Tod paused what he was doing and looked at Edd."Say what?" he asked."I said, you know, you haven't answered my question about your arm." Edd said.
Tord paused from eating. Right, the question. If the robot hand was weird to have. To be honest, Tord felt that it was weird moving it around because he couldn't feel it like a normal hand.
"Yeah, it's weird having a robot arm." Tord said. Edd looked at the arm and then at Tord."I'm sorry that you lost your arm." Edd said. Tord waved his hand in the air."Don't apologise. I deserve not having a arm for the awful things I've done to you three."
Edd blinked. He didn't object to what Tord had said. Tord continued on eating his bacon. Edd began to eat what was left of his plate. After he was done he sighed."I really do need a table here." he announced.
Tord smiled."Yeah, I think a table would be better than a couch to eat on." he said, moving around on the soft couch to show what he meant. Edd chuckled. Silence rained over the two once again.
Tord continued eating what was left of his bacon, which wasn't much, till he felt a pair of eyes watching him. He turned towards Edd."What?" he asked the peering Edd.
Edd pointed at his face."What's with the bandages?" he asked. Tord shrugged."I don't know." he responded."Oh, right. You lost your memories." "Yeah."
"Don't you wanna know what's under them?" Edd asked. Tord frowned."No, not really." Edd moved closer."What are you doing?" Tord asked, backing away as the best he could.
"I just wanna take a look." Edd said. Tord, unable to escape by jumping off the couch due to whatever left he had of his bacon, leaned away from Edds hands.
"Edd, no! Stop!" Tord growled at his friend as he began to take off he bandages. "I will stop once I see what's under these bandages!" Edd replied.
Suddenly, Edd gasped. Tord frowned. He could feel cold, fresh air his uncovered side of his face, but he couldn't open his eye. Maybe it was from the pain that forced his eye to stay shut.
"What? What's the matter?" Tord asked. Edd got up slowly, not minding that his plate hit the floor, and looked at the bandages in his hands. Tord looked at them as well. Fear began to naw on him.
The bandages were bloody. Tord began to fear the worst. What had happened to the side of his face. Edd looked up at Tord, half smiling."Tord, don't freak out." Edd said, but it was already too late.
Tord leapt off the couch and rushed to the bathroom. There, he saw his reflection. He gasped at the sight of his now unbandaged face. It was terrible. His face was red and cuts littered it. Deep cuts.
But what scared Tord the most was his eye. It was closed. He couldn't open it due to the amount of pain it would cause him. He wanted to know desperately what had happened to his eye if this is what happened to his face.
Tord felt Edd touch his shoulder. He turned towards him, worry filling his one good eye. Edd frowned."Hey don't worry over that small cut. Come on, let's go get something to cover it up." Edd said, trying to calm down his friend.
Tord looked at Edd, then back at the mirror. He didn't want to see this side of his face again. He turned to Edd and nodded."While we're out I think I need some pain pills." Tord added in, remembering the sudden pain from yesterday afternoon which was returning again.
Edd nodded in agreement. Together, they walked out of the bathroom. They picked up the bits of bacon, and the plates, off the floor. While picking up bacon, Tord put on his red hoodie.
After they were done, Edd grabbed his car keys and together they went out of the apartment.
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