Paul's p.o.v

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Me and Patryk reached and grabbed Tord's shirt, even though I felt a twinge of guilt of 'killing' him, but Tord wanted it, so I decided to follow orders. I looked over to Patryk and nodded at him as if to give off a signal that now was the time, so we forcefully jerked away from Tord's body and felt a swath of relief that filled my chest like I did something good with my life (unlike me 🤣.)

"Ah!" I heard Patryk yelp and I opened my eyes to see that Tord is now, officially dead.

Tord hovers around and turns to his corpse with a slightly amused look on his face.

"Well. That was... Interesting?" Tord said to himself as he gazed around the bland, gray hospital room and then he looks out the window with a concerned look on his face.

"What's wrong, sir?" I asked as I floated over to Tord and placed my hand softly on his shoulder and squeezed it; hoping to gain a response. Tord jolts up at my contact as if I startled him from his dark fortress of solitude.

"O-Oh! N-Nothing that you should be worried about, Paul. It's just that," he sighs and continues, "what if Edd, Matt, and Tom don't forgive me. What if they leave me. I've changed a great deal after our last adventure together, and I want to tell them that i'm sorry!" Tord's voice begins to shake whenever he said Tom's name; as if Tom was here and about to punch him.

I sighed and hugged Tord and Patryk quickly joined because he, also, cared deeply for his boss being mentally stable. Tord soon hugged us back, then me and Pat let go after a couple seconds of recuperating.

"So.... What do we do now?" Tord asked as he slightly fiddled with his bent-over horns to straighten them out.

"D'know. Maybe go back to heaven and visit Ed-," Patryk suggested, but was thrown off track as Tord intervenes with his train of thought.

"N-No!! Are you crazy?! He'll hate me, and what if Tom and Matt have possibly died at the same time that you guys took me, then i'm really screwed!!" Tord hollers, but just as he finished, the doors to his room opened and the previous doctor and nurse that had entered came back to check on Tord.

"He looks peaceful," says the doctor as he places his hand on Tord's chest to feel his heartbeat and his face forms a sorrowful frown as he removes his hand, places the bed sheets over Tord's head, and walks away without saying a word with the nurse slowly following... She soon closes the door, and everyone began to talk like nothing happened.

"What if I get beaten senseless! That sounds like what Tom and even what EDD might do!" Tord continued, but was stopped shorthand by Patryk who puts his hand over Tord's mouth, and lets out a heavy sigh.

"I know it might be difficult, but you're the Red Leader, so either you waste away in here to haunt the people in this hospital for all eternity or you could grow a pair and talk to them. What happened to the Tord that we knew??" Patryk exclaimed until he felt Tord's face tighten under his grip and before Patryk knew it, he was then flung aside which made a chair and some medical tools fall over onto the ground, leaving Patryk groaning in confusion on the ground along with the tools. I held Tord down and turned him around until he faced me and we stayed there for a couple seconds until Tord's conscience was clear.

"I-I'm sorry, Patryk. I don't know what got into me." Tord said as I remove my hands from his shoulders and Tord lifts his comrade up from the ground. Patryk backs away from Tord and stood where I was and held me close. "Please.. I really am sorry, Patryk. I didn't mean to lash out at you, but I promise that I will never do it again." He apologized further more and Patryk just laughed and floated over to Tord, hugging him tightly.

"That's the Red Leader I know!!!" Patryk cheered and then let Tord go, but only to grip onto his wrist to pull him out of the window, until he felt hesitation from Tord.. "Tord," he asked, "What's wrong?" Tord looked at the clouds outside, took a deep breath, and laughed. "Sorry! I just wasn't ready yet!" Tord replied as he rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment, and then Patryk continued to pull him, and the trio were on there way to heaven at last...

~~~Time Skip~~~

Edd's p.o.v

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As I stroked my beloved cat, Ringo, I realized that I saw three hazy figures coming up to the clouds below me. "Is it Paul and Patryk?"  I thought to myself. "No... Why would they have another person?"

I continued to think to myself as I stopped petting Ringo to go find out who was coming this way to find out that it WAS Paul and Patryk, but it was also a traitor from the past... Tord... I stomped over to the trio and just as they set Tord down; I gripped his shoulders tight enough to where my knuckles were turning white and that he winced in pain along with a light hiss of displeasure.

"Why did you bring HIM. HERE?!?" I growled as I looked over to Paul and Patryk, but they only shrank in slight fear and worry about the anger that I wielded like a sharp blade.

"Edd... Listen to me.. I can expla-," Tord started, but was shortly ended as I unleash all of my fury upon him.

"EXPLAIN?!?!? HOW CAN YOU, OF ALL PEOPLE, EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT YOU DID?!?! YOU BLEW UP OUR DAMN HOUSE, YOU KILLED JON, AND YOU DIDN'T CARE IF WE DIED OR NOT!!! I MIGHT AS WELL ASK GOD TO SEND YOU TO HELL!!! I HAVE TRIED SO HARD TO FIX THE MESS THAT YOU MADE, BUT BECAUSE OF YOU, I HADE TO GATHER EVERY INCH OF MY SANITY TO NOT GO WHEREVER THE HELL YOU WHERE AND KILL YOU ON THE SPOT!!! SO TELL ME THIS TORD!!! DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO HEAL A BROKEN FRIENDSHIP WHEN EVERYONE THINKS THAT YOU'RE CRAZY BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT YOU CAN'T DO IT, BUT YOU STILL TRY EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE DYING AT THE SAME TIME, AND YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING TO STOP IT?!?" I shout as I become, almost, on the verge of crying.

"Yes, Edd... I understa-." Tord began, but he was interrupted once more.

"NO YOU DON'T, TORD!!!" I roared, and the tears finally exploded from my eyes and my voice becomes as shaky as an earthquake, "YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING!!!" I finished as I continued to choke on my own sobs and as tears continued to pour from my eyes. I fall onto my knees and cup my hands over my face, and kept sobbing. "Y-You *sniff* don't k-know *hic* a-anything..." I whimpered softly as I removed my hands from my puffy eyes and onto my arms as I hugged myself tightly. I hear Tord sigh and slowly walk over to me. He is quickly pushed away by Tom, who was also crying, and he tries to land a punch on Tord, but due to his hazed vision from his tears, he misses by an inch or 2, and Tord pushes him down; leaving Tom with Patryk and Paul holding him down.

"DON'T YOU DARE HURT HIM YOU BASTARD!!!" Tom shouts as Matt stands there in pure horror of what might happen. Tord largely ignores the warning, and crouches next to me, and I back away from Tord in fear of what he, also, might do to me. I cover my face, ready for the worst, until I was greeted by a warm and soft embrace. Tord was hugging me. This time, Tord was the one who was crying and was beginning to gain a shaky voice...

"I'm sorry, Edd. I know that I have done terrible things in the past, and I know that you will never truly forgive me for what I have done. I forgive you though, because after all that I have done, if I were you, I wouldn't have forgiven myself either." Tord continues, even though he was talking through his tears and sobs, "I understand if you hate me, and you can hate me for all eternity, but know hat I am truly sorry for what I did. *sniff* I-I hope that you can forgive me someday... I have done a lot of thinking, and I promise you that I will flip a new page *sniff* and create a n-new story. One that won't involve betrayal.. Alright, o-old friend..?" Tord finished, and he looks down at me to find that I was looking at him the entire time with a face of true belief.

"Y-You.. *sniff* promise..?" I ask quietly as I wipe off my eyes with my sleeve.

"I promise, Edd, and I will make sure that I will never break that promise." Tord replies as he gives me another hug and I hug him back. "Paul, Pat. Let Tom go, please." Tord asks, and they let him go, only to make Tom run straight towards us and Tom picks Tord up and throws him to a nearby pillar.

"T-Tom!! Stop!" I hollered, but Tom ran back to Tord and punches his face a couple times until I ran up to Tom, and punched him in the jaw; knocking him flat on his back with a unsatisfied growl of pain as he slowly picks himself back up on his feet. "Tom!! You have to stop!!" I yelped and Tom's black eyes shot at me and then at Tord. He sighed and rubbed his sore chin with a slightly surprised look on his face.

"So," Tom said as he checked his hand for blood, and looks back at Tord, "You PROMISE that you will never betray us?" He finished as he continued to stare at Tord with his dark, black, and intensing brooding eyes.

"I PROMISE." Tord states clearly as he tries to pat Tom's shoulder, but instead, Tom smacks it aside.

"Don't do that." Tom replies as he takes a swig of his Smirnoff from his flask that was previously in his hoodie pocket.

"Alright, But will I be able to if we become friends?" Tord asks Tom will a cheeky grin.

Tom thinks for a minute before responding, "Fine." He growls in annoyance, and Tord cheers in accomplishment as Matt begins to join in on the fun along with Paul and Patryk.

"C'mon, guys! We're almost there!" a voice says as a very odd and unknown figure appears from  behind a white, fluffy cloud; leaving a very distorted silhouette on the clouds puffy exterior.

"Who's there!" Tom demanded as he places his vodka back in his hoodie and stands stiffly.

"Tom? Is that you?" the voice asked as it stood still, along with the other 2 silhouettes.

"Yeah. Who are you. Show yourself!" Tom growled in his low tone of voice, and the silhouettes slowly moved apart.

"T-Tom.. There's no need to fight." the voice said, but was confronted by another voice. "Shut up, Jon." a harsh voice said, and I knew exactly who is was..

"Eduardo.." I stated, and Jon, Eduardo, and Mark appear from the clouds with their wings and robe that Eduardo insisted on tucking under his pants. Jon jumped into the air with exhilaration and flies over to us, and gives me a big bear hug.

"I'm so glad to see you again!" Jon cries out as he releases me from his hug and as I gasp for breath.

"Jon... We've seen each other for a while. You should be saying that to them." I wheezed as I pointed to my group. Jon looks at me perplexingly, but then shortly realizing that I was right, and then begins to laugh at himself for his little mishap.

"I'm sorry! I shouldn't have ran into that decision without thinking it through first." Jon apologized as he rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment, but was then smacked in the head by Eduardo. "Ow! Treason!" Jon yelped, but Eduardo huffed in annoyance.

"Shut up,  nimrod." Eduardo replied with a snarky attitude before heading off to do something better with his time. Mark looks at Eduardo and then back to Jon and me. Mark then sighs and jogs over to Eduardo, who was joking around with a couple guys along with Todd, who was slightly in the mix.

"Umm.... Jon, I think Eduardo needs you." I said, but Jon shook it off.

"Why would he need me. All he does is hit me and call me names.." he replies, but I could tell that he wanted to go back; I could see it in his eyes.

"Jon.. I can tell that you care about him like I care for my friends. It's time to show him that you care about how he feels, and that his feelings are important to you." I said, and I could tell that Jon was fighting with himself to find the right cause of action, but he soon understood, and hugged me.

"Thank you, Edd" Jon replies as he lets go of me and was greeted by Ringo in his lap, purring for pets and attention. Jon laughs, but gives Ringo a couple scratches under her neck and a few more pets on her back before he stopped, stood up, and ran back to Eduardo. I watched as Jon tapped Eduardo on the shoulder and was talking to him, and by the end of it, Eduardo had a unbelievable slight smile on his face and lifted his hand, but froze when Jon covered his face. Eduardo's face softened, and patted Jon's back. They both walked together without fighting and Mark beside Eduardo, and I felt like at that moment the trio finally got together as friends. I looked back at Tom, Matt, Tord, Paul, and Patryk. Matt motioned me to him and I got up as I also picked up my cat. I began to walk over there and we all came together for one big group hug, and for all eternity, we will always keep our world spinning. Even if we die, we will still hope for the best of both our world, and your world.

In honor of: Edd Gould, Thomas Ridgewell, Matt Hargreaves, Tord Larsson, Paul ter Voorde, and Patryk Dulduewicz.

Please keep Eddsworld Spinning. For Edd, and for Matt.