The Medicine
A.N. – Welcome to another story from meh lolz. (wtf kind of intro was that?) Anyways, this story is an episode I'd love to see in the real show. I like the episode 'The Painting' so I decided to make my own sequel for it. Changed the title because I said so. So please, RRE :D
Disclaimer – My name is Pedro and I live in a garbage can. Does that give you a clue?
Chapter 1 - Plan B
"So principle Brown, why did you call us all to come here?" asked Nicole Watterson who was joined with her family. Richard was sitting next to her, in his sleep mode, Gumball was at the back with Darwin playing some other stupid game they created called 'don't get hit with the furniture', and Anais was between her parents. The Wattersons were called to come to the school for an important meeting.
"Well, I'm still-" the furry teacher was rudely interrupted when Gumball threw a chair above his head. Gumball, who was at the back playing with his aquatic brother Darwin, gave him a wave. Darwin tossed another chair at Gumball, who got hit by it. Nevertheless, he got back up, with a bruised cheek.
"Sorry Mister Brown!" The principle only shook his head as he cleaned up his glasses.
"-as I was saying, I'm still concerned about all of your behaviors." Anais quickly stood up on her chair, hands on her hips.
"What? Didn't I make things clear when I said that I liked my family just the way they are?" interrupted Anais as she frowned in concern.
"Yes, sweetie, yes, but I'm concerned for the whole of Elmore, not just your family." The statement made Nicole immediately jump out her seat, temporarily waking up her lazy husband, who instantly went back to sleep.
"Anais is right, you really can't change us principle Brown, you can't! I'm a workaholic, my husband's a lazy jobless man, Gumball is crazy and stupid, Darwin is just cheery and dumb as his brother and Anais is smart and more responsible than her own brothers!" Nicole explained as she slammed her hands on the principle's table.
"Look Miss Watterson, Your family, I feel, is just a bad influence! See, younger girls are starting to study too hard, and the government is now starting to get full of girls and they too need male participants, but thanks to the males of your family, more boys are getting influenced by your son and pet fish and your foolish husband to be more fun but less smarter, and of course, you."
"What's my problem?" screamed Nicole as she grinded her teeth.
"Well, it's just that I got a call from the Rainbow factory, claiming that you refuse to take a day off. But because you work too much there, the other workers tend to not work much." Nicole placed her paws on her chin, thinking about the statement. It was true though. She remembered a day or two at work where she worked so hard that everyone else was at break, while she continued to work. "Well, I cannot really explain to you anymore a whole lot today, so why don't you take some of this?" said Mister Brown as he also got up from his seat. He then took out a few bottles and some pills from under his desk. "I have this special diet pill for you Miss Watterson, and-" Nicole quickly stopped the bushy man as she leaned on the desk.
"Pills? What pills?" she screamed furiously. Principle Brown sat back on his chair while he began to explain what the weird medication was for.
"I have consulted a few professional biologists, chemists and some professional doctors to help me create something to 'soothe' your current behaviors. When you drink this-" principle Brown handed a pill to Nicole, who hesitated to grab it. "-your workaholic nature should calm you down a bit, so you don't over work. This other pill will be given to Richard and-" he was interrupted by a sleep murmur by the giant rabbit. Nicole elbowed him hard, waking him up. "Richard, you will have this tablet and it will make you a better man." Richard said some undistinguishable gibberish and went back to his slumber, making the two other adults roll their eyes. "Anyways… this tablet should make your husband work more and be a better father figure." Nicole then looked at the other tablets on the table.
"But my kids can't have pills!" she said with a frown.
"They'll have this special syrup then." toned the man as he pushed three bottles to Nicole, each labeled with the respective names of her children on them. Anais looked at the bottle with scared wide eyes, and hid behind her brothers at the back. Nicole looked back at them, as all the kids stopped to be wide eyed from seeing the weird bottles on the desk.
"Uhh, I don't think this is necessary." she said sharply.
"Yes it is Miss Watterson."
"Look, for the last time, nothing will change us, absolutely nothing will!" yelled Nicole as the patience was killing her.
"Trust me on this one Miss Watterson. Do it for your kids and please, do it for everyone else." Nicole stopped to think for a while till she sighed.
"Okay principle Brown. But if this doesn't work, just let bygones be bygones!" The family left the teacher alone, well with Richard. The principle just stared at the sleeping beast, sorting out his papers and aligning them. He turned off his small desk lamp, which for some reason made the rabbit wake up and scream. Richard looked around to see his family was gone. He grabbed the smaller being by his shoulders and shook him violently.
"WHERE'S MY FAMILY? WHAT DID YOU DO?" he screamed dramatically. Principle Brown cleaned his glasses up as he managed to get out of the rabbit's grip.
"They went back to your house Mister Watterson."
"Oh, okay!" With that the rabbit immediately left the room, finally allowing the bushy teacher to relax for a bit. He sipped on the last drops of his coffee, looking back at a closet and opening it up. When he opened it, out came a slimy blobby figure. His remains glooped to the floor, but then transformed to his true state.
"So are you sure this will work Mister Globule?" The blob, now shaped like a malformed human, responded with a weird accent.
"Oh yes, of course it will!" Principle Brown noticed the slime of green that travelled across his office floors. He opened the door to get out, but leaving the blob with a small favor.
"Oh, it's my coffee break, please clean up the floor, this is my office, I'll have you know." He left his office while the blob did nothing but stare around and play with the papers, which unfortunately dissolved from the acid in his body. Back in the Watterson's house, Nicole first targeted her husband to take the pill, but of course, he refused to.
"C'mon Richard, just take it please! It's for the kids!" she tried hard as she pulled on her obese husband.
"Nope. Not having it." he sternly replied.
"C'mon Richard, I'm not in the mood!" Nicole was loosing hope, until Gumball came up to her, making a gesture to come closer to him. She knelt down, and immediately, her son grabbed her cheeks and whispered something in her ear. Nicole quickly springed up as she was shocked by what Gumball wanted her to say in order for Richard to take the pill. "What? I'm not saying-" she darted her eyes back to Gumball, who was wearing puppy eyes and nodding in a cute manner. She looked back at her husband, whose back was towards her, with arms folded. "Ugh, Fine. Richard, this is…"
"IT'S POISON!" he shouted angrily. Nicole sighed as she tried again, this time, placing her paw on the rabbit's shoulder.
"No Richard, it's uh…" she tried hard to memorize what Gumball had said. "…It's the all new Super-Cotton's exclusive once-in-a-lifetime super-power-mega…pill! It will turn you into a super-super-hero!"
"I already am."
"Uh, it will turn you into a…uh…giant! You can then shoot…uhh…lasers out your nose twice as fast as you…uhh…do the laundries! Then you don't have to wait for pizza anymore! And you don't have to go anywhere for the rest of your life!" The rabbit immediately faced his wife, with an extremely pleased face.
"Well why didn't you say so?" The behemoth rabbit snatched the tiny pill and ate it like a child munching on some candy the got from Halloween. He wore his cape that he hid in his pants and pointed his fingers in the air, letting out a cry of triumph.
"THE COTTON TAIL…tail…I feel…uaaghhhghghgh…" the rabbit fainted exactly on the couch, as the cape covered his eyes. Nicole bit her lips and looked around to see her son was out of sight. She looked at the last pill with concern.
"Well…I guess it's my turn…" she mumbled as she swallowed it with some water. "Wow, this thing actually tastes…tastes…" She began to feel light heaviness as she slammed on the floor with a thud. Gumball and Darwin were just at the top of the stairs, watching the whole thing with their own eyes. Gumball was afraid of the medicine, but his brother tugged him to their room with excitement.
"Are you sure this is good for us?" asked Gumball as he stared at a bottle given by his brother.
"Of course it is! What we gotta do is defiantly what we gotta do!"
"What the-I don't even…"
"It means we gotta give some to Anais!" He then kneeled down, and waved to Anais, who was hiding under the bunk beds.
"I'm not taking that!" She was then dragged out by Darwin. "C'mon Gumball, we gotta give this to Anais!" Gumball grabbed his sister's arms, who wiggled violently to get free.
"No! I don't wanna!" screamed Anais as she was restrained by her brothers, who attempted to give her the syrup.
"C'mon Anais, do it for the greater good! Do it for mankind! Do this for Earth!" shouted Darwin with excessive drama. Anais sighed in annoyance. Gumball dragged the girl on the bed and put her in a lock that she couldn't break free off. The two managed to get her to stay still as Darwin finally poured the contents of the bottle inside her mouth.
"See, that wasn't so bad!" said Darwin with a grin. Using all her remaining, energy, Anais pushed Gumball away, who instantly flew back into a wall.
"That was disgusting!" she screamed as she spat out some of the medicine.
"So, how do you feel?" asked Darwin as he leaned over Anais. The little girl then got off the bed and was about to walk out the door, when all of a sudden, the rabbit started to weave back and forth.
"I feel weird…like I suddenly forgot…what…one…plus one…issshhh…" she then collapsed to the floor as Gumball placed her in her bed. Now the only two still awake, Darwin reached out for the remaining bottles and tossed one to Gumball.
"Ready to do this for the world Gumball?" chirped Darwin with glee.
"I don't know, just look at what happened to mom and dad and now Anais, I don't think we should be drinking-"
"All done!" chirped Darwin as he threw the plastic bottle on the ground, licking his lips. His feline brother stared at him with shock.
"WHAT? You drank it?" he yelled loud enough to not wake up everyone else. "Dude, we don't know what this stuff does to you!" Darwin ignored him as he gave him a kick, knocking him down on the ground. He then placed his foot on him.
"Here, let me help you!" Darwin then forced the bottle in Gumball's mouth, who struggled to get it off.
"GGGGMMPHH MMPPHH MMMHHHHPP!" His muffled cries only reached inside the brown bottle.
"See? That wasn't so…so…baaaahhh…life…is pointless…" Darwin then fainted on the floor as he finally got off of Gumball, who gasped for air. After a dramatic scene of Gumball breathing for his life, he quickly got up.
"Yeah, you're right Darwin, I feel fine." Gumball then headed for his bed, leaving his adopted brother to sleep on the ground rather than in his fish bowl. He then started to feel funny. He started to see flash images of complicated diagrams. He shook his head wildly to ignore the flashes, as he slowly drifted to sleep…
The next morning, Gumball woke up, with a sharp pain stabbing him in the head. He looked around to see something too weird to see first thing in the morning. The first person he saw was Darwin, who had his back faced to him, facing the window, with sounds of sobs. Gumball stretched his back as he got out the bed to greet him.
"Greetings my adopted aquatic fish brother!" he said with a weird tone. He then noticed this sudden slam of weird words that he had used but shrugged it off. "How are you?" His brother didn't bother to look at him.
"I feel dead." toned the fish monotonically.
"Dead? You mean dead as in not-feeling-well-enough-to-start-the-day-rather-than-wrongly-stating-that-you-are-dead-meaning-that-your-life-ceases-to-exist?" scrambled Gumball as he quickly slammed his mouth. [What did I Just Say?] thought Gumball. Darwin gave a sigh and a tear as he finally turned to look at Gumball, who immediately jumped back at his new morning looks.
"I am dead…" pouted the fish that looked like he was wearing dark makeup and eyeliner, as he took a plastic knife and attempted to cut himself repeatedly, having no luck. He did it again and again and again but still no use, before Gumball decided to leave him alone. [I don't know what happened to him last night, but I'll leave him.] thought Gumball. He felt hungry so his immediate stop was to go and talk to Anais, who usually cooked for Gumball. He knocked on Anais' door and he immediately heard a giggle followed by a crash. The door finally opened, revealing an Anais smothered in pen marks. Of course, the feline brother was kind of surprised.
"What are you doing Anais?" he said awkwardly. The rabbit gave a chuckle.
"Hahaha, Anais? That's a funny name, ahaha!" giggled the rabbit gracelessly.
"That's you name!"
"UGHAUGAHGUAHA!" Gumball was now loosing his patience as he wants to get down to the point. He pointed at his stomach as he tried to look at Anais in the eyes, but Anais couldn't stop fidgeting her head around.
"Anais, I'm hungry, can you cook something for me at least?"
"Oh sure!" The little girl then sped back inside her room, slamming the door shut. Gumball immediately gave a smile as he leaned on a wall. [Huh, that was easy…] The door opened up again, who revealed an Anais covered in pillow feathers. She handed out a plate with a steaming stuffed toy's head, immediately making Gumball jump back.
"Argh! Anais, that's not what I meant!"
"Oh, come on, it's delicious!"
"No, I-" he immediately stopped right there as a weird smell came out the room. "What's that smell?"
"Oh, just my cookies being baked!" Gumball looked in closer, spotting a large fire on a plastic toy that was plugged to a wall socket. He looked back at Anais who was doing a really weird and stupid face. Gumball grabbed a fire extinguisher and put out the fire, as Anais was holding a bucket of water. He looked at the girl in concern.
"Are you sure you're alright? And why are you carrying a bucket of water? You do know that water-is-not-suitable-for-putting-out-electrical-fires-because-the-current-in-the-electric-outlet-can-flow-through-the-water-due-to-the-free-moving-electrons, and shock you?" he said with rapidity. Gumball slapped his mouth again, knowing what he just said wasn't something normal for him to say. "What did I just say?" he inquired. Anais then wore her bored eyes as she raised an eyebrow.
"You sound boooooring…" she noted. Gumball shook his head as he left the girl on her own in the bedroom.
"Forget, I'll ask mom to cook up breakfast." He went down the stairs and immediately saw the TV on. He imagined seeing his big pale-pink bunny father to be slouching on the couch, but instead, he saw a blue figure. As he got closer to the green furniture, he noticed it was his mom, with a dumb look on her face. He poked her on her foot, gaining him her attention.
"Hey Gumball, isn't this show fantastic?" she told her son with a dumb smile while she pointed at the TV screen, showing an episode of an ambiguous action-hero show. Gumball ignored this as he went down to the point.
"Mom, can you cook breakfast?" he inquired to his mom. He got no response. He tugged on her shirt as he leaned closer. "Mom, I'm kinda hungry, and as an organism, I need to eat to take in energy in order for my body to function propeeerrr… I'm hungry."
"Sorry Gumball, I'm too lazy to do that for you now. Besides, this show is soooo amazing!" she added. Gumball was stumped. [How come mom is like this? I don't know what dad did, but this is getting weirder. I need to find-] his thoughts were interrupted when his father shouted from the kitchen.
"Guys, time for breakfast!" shouted the rabbit as he poked his head out the kitchen. Gumball was the first one to arrive and was shocked to see his dad washing the dishes properly and he was more so shocked when he saw a large bowl of pasta dish that you'd only see in a 5-star Italian restaurant. He sat down in awe, looking back at his father, who was now scrubbing the floors until they were sparkly clean.
"Oh no, I gotta go to work!" cried his dad while he stared down on his watch. Gumball spat out some of the food when he heard this from him.
"Wait, what work? You don't have work!" stopped Gumball with confusion.
"Well, I have to replace your mom because she doesn't feel like working at the Rainbow factory, so I gotta go, see ya!" he explained as quickly as he can, grabbing a suitcase and exiting the house. However for a moment, he poked his head back in to inform his kids.
"Oh by the way, bus will be here in five minutes!" Gumball was left with so many questions, and he wasn't sure whether he should go to school, having a weird change in him as well as his siblings could really mess things up. He continued eating, staring at Anais who slammed her head on the plate, giving her a mask of tomato sauce and pasta. Gumball rolled his eyes and looked at Darwin, who only stared at his plate, and still attempting to cut himself with the plastic knife.
"Why aren't you eating Darwin?"
"Why should I? I want to die…" Gumball ignored this and washed up all the plates neatly. He was stunned at what he did, but his thoughts were interrupted when the sound of a horn echoed out the house. He picked up Anais, who was busy being silly on her own, and tugged on Darwin's arm, but he refused to let him. Gumball looked at the suddenly-emo fish in the eyes, shaking him by his head.
"Darwin, c'mon, we gotta go to school!" Darwin began to tear up.
"Why? What's the point! IS THERE MISERY THERE? I WANT PAIN! I WANT SUFFERING!" screamed Darwin while his tears caused some of his make up to come off. Gumball grabbed one of his flippers, and left the house. Anais saw the bus and left her brother's grip. She slammed on the bus' side. Gumball looked up in the sky, wondering how the heck this all happened.
A.N. – Oh noes, what will the students and teachers think of the Watterson's changes? And what the hell is Richard gonna go to work? Maybe Mr. Brown's plan went haywire…or maybe was this the plan all along? You'll never know, until the next chapter!