no way out {eddsworld survival au}

nine

—edd's pov—

when edd woke up, he wasn't expecting a lack of warmth beside him. his brown eyes opened after he'd called tom's name a few times but got no response.

"where are you?" edd mumbled tiredly as he crawled out from the sleeping hut and rubbed his eyes with the heels of his hands. he looked around and frowned when tom or his spear weren't in sight. maybe he's hunting? his spear isn't where it usually is. edd padded over to the fire pit and sat down next to it, deciding to just wait for tom. he noticed how the sky was grayer than usual, clouds bunched together.

a few minutes passed until rain began to sprinkle down, becoming slightly harder as time went by. edd held his chin in his palm after he pulled his hood over his head, raindrops dripping off his nose and dampening his clothes.

"tom, where are you?" he sighed irritably.

defeatedly, edd stood up and made his way to the forest. he hugged his arms around himself and shivered as a cold wind swept over him. reaching a spot where the leaves above could somewhat shield him from the rain, he sat down under a tree and rested his head on his knees.

all of a sudden, it hit him: tom had wanted to kill tord, edd had denied him, and...

edd's heart dropped to his stomach as a sick feeling developed in him. "he would've told me if he'd gone hunting that early in the morning." he whispered.

he instantly stood up and paced back and forth nervously, the rain coming down harder. tom, tom, tom... fuck! do i go find you? edd gazed off in the direction of the creek, knowing for a fact that tord had done something.

thunder rumbled off in the distance; edd knew he had to talk to tord. despite not having a weapon, he sprinted to the creek, tripping on roots and slipping on mud. when he got to the creek, he clumsily crossed it, even falling in the freezing cold water at one point. edd desperately dragged himself out and climbed to shore, spitting out water as his anxiety became worse. tom! i have to find you! please!! shivering harder now, he ran in the direction of tord's camp, suddenly tripping over a large figure and landing face-first on wet leaves and mud. disgusted, edd sat up and wiped his hands off on his jeans, turning to look at what tripped him.

the 'figure' had been covered in leaves, almost as if someone wanted to hide it.

edd got a bad feeling as he approached it. he gulped hard before brushing the leaves off gently at the top. a scream got caught in his throat when tom's lifeless face stared back at him, dead face pale and cold.

the sick feeling was back- and worse. edd unsteadily got to his feet and leaned on a tree for support. the world seemed to spin.

matt, now tom... no... dead? why? it can't..

before he could stop it, bile rose in his throat. edd turned and puked on the side, tears poking the corner of his eyes. when it stopped, he gasped for breath and wiped his mouth with his soaked hoodie sleeve. lightning flashed somewhere far off.

edd stood there coughing violently, tears streaking down his cheeks and mixing with the rain which had already wet his face. he turned around, not thinking the situation could get any worse, until he saw tord standing there smugly.

"edd! it's been a while since i've seen you!" tord grinned. "how are tom and matt?" he said in a joking tone before breaking off into a fit of laughter. "oh, wait, they're dead!"

"you're a fucking cunt!" edd yelled to be heard over the rain, fists clenched.

"ooh, cussing? that's new." tord raised an eyebrow.

anger surging through him, edd leapt at tord and tackled him to the ground, blindly throwing punches and shouting out all the profanities he could think of. tord's arms flew up to shield his face, kneeing edd in the stomach and throwing him next to tom's body.

edd yelled out in pain, standing up shakily and meeting tord's stone cold gaze.

"that wasn't very smart of you, edward." tord spat out a wad of blood.

i fucked up was edd's first thought as tord lunged at him. luckily, edd dodged and began to sprint away as fast as his body would let him, eyes wide with fear. he could hear the squelch of tord's feet on mud behind him.

fuck! fuck! fuck! without realizing, edd was leading himself to his own death; he was running towards the cliff of the overhanging rock. as the ground got steeper, he grabbed onto whatever he could to reach higher. he could still hear tord behind him.

"nowhere to go, edd!" tord yelled over the pouring rain.

edd finally reached the top, gasping for breath and looking over his shoulder at tord.

he could stay and fight, or jump to his potential death.

SO WHAT SHOULD EDD DO? i'll let you guys vote! (if ya'll dont vote which one, i wont ever write the next chapter and it'll be yOUR FAULT-)

either way, something bad will happen, but to who?

vote below!

stay and fight

or

jump