The Amazing World of Gumball
Rise of Darkness
Ch. 1 Split Mind
Gumball... Wake up!
Gumball didn't want to. He just wanted to let himself die and not cause anymore trouble for anyone.
Stand aside... I know what can wake him...
Gumball looked around in the darkness. Suddenly, he was struck in the head by something heavy.
"Ow!" Gumball sat up and rubbed his head. He opened one eye and saw his family standing around him with worried looks.
"Dude! Hitting him in the head with a bat could have made it worse!" Darwin said with surprise. Gumball followed Darwin's gaze and saw Tin. He shoulder a wooden bat. Tick stood next to him.
"Hey, at least he is awake." Tin shrugged. Nicole swiped the bat out of his hand ad then looked back at Gumball.
"Honey, are you okay?" she worriedly said. Gumball looked around then down at himself. He was in a hospital bed. He had bandages up and down his arms, one wrapped repeatedly around his abdomen and one wrapped around his head.
"Why am I in a hospital?" Gumball asked.
"You were passed out, kid." a voice said. Gumball recognized that voice and was overcome with joy. A red cat stepped up to the bed, along with a tuxedo and a purple cat.
"Yo." the tuxedo cat said.
"Flint? Steel? Ayann?" Gumball couldn't believe it. But there they were. All three of them smiling at him.
"You need to lay off a few pounds, don't you think kid?" Flint said rubbing his neck.
"What are you guys doing here?" Gumball asked. Steel leaned against the railing at the end of the hospital bed.
"We heard you were in trouble, so we came back here." he said.
"Trouble?" Gumball asked confusedly.
"Maybe you hit him too hard, Tin." Steel said with a frown. Tin just looked away and whistled.
"Anyway, you were getting into a tussle with your dark personality and so we sent him to far away from you to stall time." Flint said.
"Stall time?" Gumball asked. Steel nodded.
"Ayann noticed something off in our era." he said. Ayann walked up.
"Yes. The wind began to blow an vile breeze. Then, the very ground I was standing on broke apart. The sky turned into a darkish purple. The sky shot out lighting and it struck our home's observatory. We managed to refuge the towns people into the castle's shelter." she said. "Then, as the last of them were herded into the shelter, I looked over to the hill and saw a terrible figure standing above it."
"And guess who it was." Flint said with a growl.
"Non other than Tyrone himself." Steel concluded their story. The room went silent.
"Tyrone is... back?" Gumball asked. The three cats nodded in unison. Gumball fell back into the bed. "But... I thought I finished him off for good..." Gumball said.
"We all thought he was dead. But I guess we were wrong." Flint said. Steel tapped the railing.
"But, there is a way we can stop him." Steel said. Everyone listened in intently. Steel pulled out the Relic. Nicole hissed and held Gumball close to her.
"Why did you bring that here! That thing has caused nothing but trouble for him!" she said defensively. Steel held up a hand.
"Easy now. I know this thing has been the whole cause of this, which is why our people kept it hidden from everything." he said.
"And it was mainly my fault. If I hadn't snapped and stole it, non of this would have been happening..." Flint said depressingly. Ayann took hold of his hand.
"There there, love. Not even you would have expected it to be like this." she said soothingly.
"It was all of our faults. And we will do everything we can to fix this." Steel said walking past everyone and up to Gumball. Nicole was hesitant. Gumball smiled and patted his mother's arm.
"It's okay mom. Steel knows exactly what he is doing." he said.
"Actually, no I don't." Steel bluntly said. Gumball now became scared. "However, we can go inside of it."
"And what would be the point of that?" Anais chimed in.
"There is a secret that the Relic is holding. When we were passing through to get here, I did see something off about it. There was a glint of darkness that was far off into the distance. I have never saw a hint of darkness in it before, but I am guessing that the Relic is holding something and not letting go of it." Steel said. "And what I noticed about you, Gumball, is that your state of mind is no longer whole." Gumball placed a hand to his head.
"No longer whole?" he asked. Steel nodded.
"Basically, your state of mind has been split into two." Steel held up two fingers to show him. "And when someone doesn't have a mind that is whole, they could lose more then their sanity." Steel leaned in and whispered, "You could lose your life." Gumball made a small sound in fright and threw the covers over his head. Ayann punched Steel's shoulder.
"Be nice, Steel." she said sternly. Steel shrugged.
"What am I gonna do?" Gumball said panicking. He was slowly on the verge of hyperventilating.
"Alright, alright, calm down Gumball. We can bring your mind back together." Steel said. "And I think I know exactly where it is."
"I'm not getting this at all." Richard said with a confused look. Nicole just petted his head.
"Just sit down and try not to think hard on it, okay?" she said sweetly. Gumball shook his head.
"How? You three aren't skilled enough yet." Gumball said.
"Doesn't mean we can't try." Steel said. Gumball gave a discontent look.
"You are more of a risk taker then a life saver..." Gumball said.
"Look, all we need to do is go into the Relic, find that darkness spot, which is where your other half may be, go in and back out." Steel said. "And you are coming with us." Steel pointed at Gumball.
"Uh, hello? Look at me! I'm not fit to go anywhere!" Gumball said. Steel sighed.
"I think what my brother is trying to say, your state of mind that you have left is coming with us." Flint said.
"How is that possible?" Gumball asked.
"We separate the rest of your mind from your body and, as protectors and guides, take your mind to the other half. We put your mind together and bring it right back to you." Flint said.
"There is a catch though." Steel said. "If we do that, you will die. Meaning your body will be vanruable to decomposition." Gumball really did not want to go along with this plan.
"So we need a way to preserve your body long enough for us to recover your mind and bring it back to you." Flint said.
"I think we know someone who can." Tin said with a wink. "I already talked to him about the whole ordeal. He is on his way right now." Everyone was dumbfounded.
"How?" Tick asked. Tin pocketed his cell phone away.
"You know my dad's place. He has a few tricks that can help us." Tin said.
"So who did you call?" Anais asked. There was a sound coming from out of the room. It grew louder. Multiple foot steps running. Then the door was kicked down. SWAT me came in and surrounded the room. One pointed his gun around and motioned for the all clear. Tin face palmed. In walked the Sargent himself.
"Sargent Blitz, at your service!" Blitz saluted. The room fell silent.
"Was all that necessary?" Tin growled. Blitz looked around.
"You may not know this, but Gumball has made enemies. And they could attack him without warning." Blitz said.
"I doubt an army of SWAT men could take out a resurrected velociraptor..." Flint mumbled.
"All right boys, let's take him back to the facility." Blitz commanded. Five SWAT men surrounded Gumball's bed and lifted him and the bed up off of the floor.
"H-hey! Wh-what do you think you are doing? Put me down!" Gumball said.
"Relax Gumball, this is for safety measures." Blitz said watching the men take him out of the room.
"Again... was that all necessary?" Tin asked rubbing his head.
"What's going to happen to our little boy?" Richard asked worriedly. The Watterson family gathered together and walked out of the room with Blitz.
"He is gonna be taken back to a secret government facility we have reserved for this plan. Don't worry Mrs. and Mr. Watterson. Your son will be taken care of. You are welcome to visit him at any time by following these directions." Blitz handed them a sheet of paper showing the route to where the facility will be. "Don't let anyone see this. Keep it safe." Blitz continued on, leaving a confused Watterson family to gawk at the piece of paper.
Flint, Ayann and Steel rode along in the truck that housed Gumball.
"Really guys, I'm not up for this." Gumball said, sweat dripping from his head as the facility grew closer and closer.
"It's the only way man." Flint said. "From what I seen, they are gonna stick you into a container that will preserve your body while we find your mind." The van came to a stop. The four felines jumped out and were guided over to Blitz.
"This is the place where we shall preserve your body." Blitz said walking with them and pointing at a small building. Gumball's dread began to grow heavier.
"Aww man. I thought I was gonna die old and happy with Penny. It's too soon!" Gumball pouted. "I'll never get married, nor have a family, nor a job or a kid I can take care of... and... and..." Flint slapped Gumball's face. Gumball teared up an rubbed his stung face. "Ow... what was that for?"
"You wouldn't shut up." Flint said trying hard not to let his anger get a hold of him. They walked for what seemed like hours to Gumball. They eventually arrived at a metal door.
"Well, this it." Blitz said.
"The place where I am being preserved?" Gumball asked dreadfully.
"Nope, this is where we kill you." Steel said holding up two fingers together.
"Wait, wha-?" Gumball couldn't finish. Steel quickly tapped Gumball's forehead and Gumball felt everything stop. There was only darkness now.
Flint carried Gumball's body into the room. SWAT men stood guard around the wall and scientists were plugging in the tank's supply units. Flint laid Gumball's body into the tank. Scientists immediately began hooking up Gumball to the life supports.
"Well, shall we?" Steel asked, turning to his brother. Flint pulled out the Relic and laid it down in front of them. Steel held up his two fingers. He was holding a small blue ball with a tail at his finger tips. He gently placed his finger over the Relic and the ball vanished into the Relic.
"Ayann, please watch over him while we are gone." Flint said to her. She nodded.
"Be safe, my love." she said. Flint and Steel stood on both sides of the Relic and held up two fingers together. The Relic began to glow and hum. Soon, the room began to vanish around them and was replaced with white. They were floating. Flint pointed behind Steel and they both flew over to a small blue ball. Steel placed his two fingers over the ball and it began to twist and shift. The ball changed into a figure. The figure spun and spun until it came to a stop.
"You with us Gumball?" Steel asked. Gumball was naked and transparent.
"I- I think so?" Gumball said. He looked around. "Where are we?" he then looked down and panicked. "And why am I naked!"
"Would you relax. Follow us and we will show you were your other half may be." Flint pushed Gumball forward and they were soon flying through the white empty space. For what seemed like ages, they flew and flew. Gumball felt strange having to be transparent.
'I wonder if this is what Carrie feels like most of the time.' Gumball thought to himself.
"There it is!" Steel said. Their flying pace began to move faster. A small speck of darkness lingered in the distance. It began to grow taller as they approached it.
"You think my other half is in there?" Gumball asked.
"Positive." Flint said. He pushed Gumball forward and he fell into the darkness. He yelled as he fell and fell. He looked down and saw Flint and Steel close behind him. Looking up, he saw purple mixed in with yellow, and a small hint of black shade. A light flashed at the end, forcing Gumball to cover his eyes. He waited. He felt someone slap his head.
"You can look." Steel said. Gumball rubbed his head and looked around him. He gasped. He saw the most beautiful setting.
They were above the edge of a tall tree forest and a lush green plain. Colorful flowers bloomed all over the plain and there was a dirt road that trailed off over a hill. At the end of the trail was a village and at the end of the village was a colossal castle. The sky was blue and the breeze felt nice. Gumball really thought he was in paradise.
"Hunh, we are in the Coral Kingdom." Steel said looking around.
"Didn't father's brother live here?" Flint asked.
"Yeah... this place was supposed to be destroyed by an unknown force... I wonder why it is standing." Steel asked.
"Maybe the Relic took us back in time?" Gumball suggested.
"Or your mind may be being held in a memory of the Relic. But no matter now, we are here to find Gumball's mind. And if it is being held here, then we should start in the forest." Steel said. The three flew toward the forest. Gumball wasn't sure what his true fate may be. He had a terrible feeling that they were about to uncover something more dark and sinister.
Hey readers! I like to say first that I have finally managed to complete the rough draft of this story and is now able to final draft it through here. Second, this story is gonna be a bit longer then my other two (meaning more chapters.) And third, I recommend that you read my first two stories to understand where the characters come from and understand the story more. I'm also gonna be pretty busy during next week so expect late uploads. I hope you will enjoy this as much as I enjoyed writing this. :)