Chapter One - Agents In Training

Tobias threw a skull shaped rock at the east wall of his prison cell. He had been there for about three weeks now and was about seconds away from going insane. Because of his attempts to murder a twelve year old boy, he was in the basement of the prison which contained only one cell, the one he was in. He groaned in frustration. Nothing was working. He had tried so many things to escape, but they seemed to backfire. Now he had been reduced to throwing rocks at the wall as if the rocks would break a hole through the wall. A metal door slammed, sending an echoing bang throughout the basement. Two young girls approached the cell. They looked to be about Tobias's age, and they were each wearing black leather pants and dark blue shirts. One girl was a tiger with a red headband between her ears. The other girl was a white tiger with a purple headband between her own ears. Tobias looked up and grinned.

''Meygan. Miley.'' He stood up from the hard bed he'd been sitting on and made his way to the bars. The two girls looked at him with pleasure. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a paper with an address on it. He slid it through the bars. The paper landed next to Meygan's foot. The young tiger picked it up and read the address. She looked at Tobias and pointed to the paper. Tobias nodded.

''Yes.''

She folded it up and placed it into her clenched his fists.

''You know your mission and you have the address now. Don't fail me, girls. This mission is what I've been needing done ever since I got to this dump. Now go, and don't come back without him!'' Tobias ordered. The girls bowed their heads in respect and set off. Tobias settled back onto the cold bed and continued to fling rocks at the wall.

''So therefore, your heart beats about 2,000,000 times during your lifetime. It dosen't seem like a whole lot, but if you think about it...'' Miss Simian's voice droned on for what seemed like forever. Gumball sighed and rested his chin in his hand. Penny stared at her teacher, then at the clock. Bobert was calculating the square root of pi for his math homework they were assigned before lunch. Even Darwin, who would normally be taking notes about the lecture, was doodling in his notebook. When the bell rang, it was almost a stampede trying to get out the door of Miss Simian's classroom.

Gumball opened his locker and threw his science textbook and math textbook into it and pulled out his history textbook. He sat down and pulled up the pant leg of his trousers. The scars from Tobias's pocket knife were noticeable now. There were tiny stitches in one of the cuts and one scar traveled down his entire leg. Thinking about the abduction he was put through sent chills up Gumball's spine. It was so unexpected. He was talking to Tobias in the parking lot of their junior high school and suddenly Tobias threw a dirty bag over the cat's head, kidnapping him. Even though he was in prison, Gumball still worried that Tobias was going to get revenge on him any second.

''Those scars look painful.'' Gumball jumped and turned around to see Darwin bending down over him.

''Oh. Yeah, they still hurt pretty bad.'' Gumball replied as he slid his pant leg down and stood up.

''Hey, who are those girls?'' Darwin asked.

''What girls?'' Gumball questioned.

''Over there.'' Gumball looked over to the far west side of the school. Three girls with shiny fur coats strolled down the hallway. The girl in the front was a cheetah with a light purple dress. She had purple earrings dangling from her ears and a white satin shawl over her shoulders. The girl in the middle of the group was a wolf with light gray fur wearing a cherry red dress. She had a red necklace made of stone beads and a matching bracelet with the letter ' S ' in the middle of the beads surrounding it. The girl behind the wolf was a fox with redish gold fur with a white dress similar to the other's. She wore a cream colored hair clip on her left ear and a silver ring on her right paw. Darwin grabbed Gumball's paw and pulled him over to the new girls to introduce themselves.

''Hi.'' Darwin said kindly. Gumball smiled and waved. The cheetah returned the gesture with a smile. ''Hi.'' She replied.

''I'm Darwin Watterson.'' Darwin introduced himself. Gumball got the idea and stepped forward.

''I'm Gumball Watterson. I'm Darwin's brother.'' He said. The cheetah bowed before speaking.

''It's nice to meet you, Gumball and Darwin. I'm Jackie. These are my sisters.'' Jackie pointed at the wolf and the fox. The wolf stepped forward and smiled. '' Hi. I'm Stormy.'' Stormy greeted the two boys by shaking their hands. Stormy turned around and motioned for the fox to come over. The fox shook her head. Stormy walked over to her sister. '' It's okay. They won't hurt us. Come on.'' The fox walked forward a few steps then stopped. Her head pointed towards the floor. ''I'm Rochelle.'' She shook Gumball and Darwin's hands and headed back over to her sisters. As the five talked, they saw students running to the east side of the school in a panic.

''What's going on? Gumball?'' Darwin asked nervously, hiding behind his brother.

''I don't know, buddy.'' A huge explosion erupted, sending the five kids to the floor. Two shadowy figures stood in place of the fire.

''Who are you?'' Gumball hissed. Meygan and Miley emerged from the smoke and turned their attention to Gumball. Meygan took out a pistol loaded with bullets. Miley pulled out a ragged sack. Meygan's eyes met with Gumball's.

''Gumball Watterson, your time has come. We are going to take you to Tobias to get his revenge. And nothing will stand in his way this time.'' Meygan said. Darwin was angry.

''I won't let him hurt my brother! I'll beat him up again if I have to!'' Darwin threatened. Miley laughed.

''We've already thought about that.'' Miley said. She snapped her fingers. 10 other agents came running out. Two of them grabbed Darwin, the rest of them grabbed Jackie, Stormy and Rochelle. Meygan and Miley walked up to the terrified Gumball. Meygan grabbed Gumball's forearm, pulling him up. She forced his hands behind his back. Miley took a piece of rope and tied it around Gumball's wrists. Gumball struggled to get free from Meygan's grip, but couldn't. Meygan threw him into the truck and locked the door. Miley turned to the guards.

''Take them to the place.'' The guards nodded and pulled Gumball's brother and newfound friends away.

''GUMBALL!'' Darwin screamed.