Ch. 2 Firein
Gumball was awaken by the wails of sirens. "Bwuh?" he said groggingly. He jumped out of bed and ran to the window. He caught an ambulance and a fire truck zooming by. Gumball rushed over to Darwin's stingy fish bowl. "Darwin, wake up!" he whispered.
"It's okay, Mr. Squirrle. You can fly now..." Darwin said in his sleep. Gumball sighed and tapped the fish bowl. Darwin stared up at him groggingly. "It's 2 A.M., Gumball. What is it?" Darwin said wiping his eyes.
"Listen." Gumball said. They fell quiet as they heard car sirens and emergency sirens going off.
"It's the rescue people, Gumball. Some one is being saved. No big deal." Darwin said.
"No no, there seems to be more then one." Gumball said. He walked to the window and peered out. The night sky was orange. "Weird." Gumball said turning to his friend. They jumped when their mother barged into the room.
"Kids, thank god you are alright!" Nicole said worriedly. Her expression showed fright.
"What is it, Mom?" Gumball asked. "nicole rushed over to their wardrobe and pulled down suitcases.
"Come on kids, pack your things and lets go!" Nicole said and ran out to check up on Anais. Gumball and Darwin exchanged glances. Nicole came back into the room. "Come on! Hurry!" she frantically said.
"Mom, is everything okay?" Gumball asked.
"PACK YOUR THINGS AND LETS MOVE!" Nicole shouted. Gumball and Darwin frantically pulled out clothes and hurriedly placed them in their suit cases.
"What's wrong with Mrs. Mom?" Darwin asked Gumball.
Gumball shrugged. "I don't know, but I rather pack then be punished." he said.
The Wattersons were packed into the car. Nicole looked out of the rear view mirror and started the car.
"Kids, when I tell you to close your eyes, close them." Nicole said and her expression softend. " I love you all so much."
"we love you too, honey, but we need to go now!" Richard said. They have never seen him this serious before. Something definatly was going down.
Something jumped on their car's hood.
"Kids, close them NOW!" Nicole said as she put the car in reverse and whatever was on the hood rolled off. Nicole watched to see if it was dead. Gumball opened his eyes and peeked out. He gasped. Something tall and shadowy slithered up from the fall. Nicole growled and threw the car to drive. She sped over it. The car jumped and Nicole took off down the street. Gumball hit his head against the window.
"Ow." he said stiffling the yell. He looked out the window and gasped. All the houses were in flames. Firefighters tried to douse it but a swarm of shadows advanced toward them. Gumball saw a firefighter get jumped on untill a house blocked the veiw. He didn't want to even think about the firfighter being attacked. 'What are those things?' he thought. He glanced over to Darwin and Anais who were cowering and had their eyes shut tight. Gumball was glad that they didn't have their eyes open. The horror that Elmore is suffering.
"Just hang on, kids, we are almost there." Nicole said nervously. They drove up to a military suited man. He walked up to the window and peered in.
"The outer roads arn't safe. Turn around and follow the coned road to Elmore Junior High. There is a safe house underneath the school." the man said. Nicole sighed.
"Almost there kids." she said. Nicole turned the car around and drove down the road with the orange colored cones. Gumball gulped.
'Military, shadows, sirens... what is going on to this city?' he thought.
The Wattersons arrived and made their way through the crowd. People were being pushed and shoved. They made it to the front.
"Come on! No shoving! Single file people!" a military man with an assult rifle shouted out. Gumball looked up and saw two snipers on the school's roof. He saw the shadows advance behind them.
"Hey! Watch out!" Gumball shouted to them. They couldn't hear them but people looked up and saw the snipers get devoured by the shadows. Their yells silenced. People screamed and rushed to the door.
"Gumball, look out!" Anais shouted. Gumball dodged a punch some one did to get through. Nicole pulled him out of the crowd and made it into the school's basement. Gumball looked back and saw an army of shadow creatures advance on the people. The school's security doors closed and the people that made it heard the screams of the people outside.
Richard opened the basement door and his family and the survivors behind them walked into the basemnet. Surprisingly it was roomier then the museum. They walked in and tried to find a spot. They opened a red door that lead to a monitor room. The doughnut officer was sitting in the seat reading a doughnut magazine. He looked up and quickly hid it.
"Oh, the Wattersons. I uh... was just doing my uh... job..." he said nervously.
"Darwin, I have to talk to you." Gumball whispered to Darwin. They walked out of the room. Gumball made sure they were out of ear shot. "Okay, when we were leaving, I opened my eyes and trust me, you don't want to know what happened to the city. But I can tell you this. You know that bump we hit?" Gumball explained.
"Yeah, it was a rough one too." Darwin said. "Speedbump?" Gumball shook his head.
"No, it wasn't. I don't know what it was, but it was tall and shadowy." Gumball said. "Mom ran it over."
"Really?" Darwin asked surprised. Gumball nodded and scanned the room. He sighed with reliefe. His friends were safe and okay. His heart rose when he saw Penny sitting next to Molly, Cartmen and Carrie. Rachel walked up to them looking all shaken. Penny comforted her. She spotted Gumball and waved. Gumball waved back.
"Whew." Gumball sighed.
"At least they are safe." Darwin said. Gumball nodded.
"Yeah, that's true." Gumball scanned the room again.
"Alright everyone! Calm down!" A raspy voice screamed through the room. The room was silenced and people stared at an old looking baboon. Ms. Semian, Gumball's annoying and evil 300 year old teacher, stood on a work bench. "We have just recieved word that rescue will come in exactly a week!" she said. The room was filled with murmurs. "Now, I don't want to be in here with all of you anyways, but it is my duty as a volunteer to aid the help of those injured!" she shouted.
"Did you say rescue will come in a week!" a citizen shouted. The room was filled with shouts now.
"I SAID QUIEEEEEEET!" Ms. Semian shouted. The room grew silent again. If anyone had a voice louder then Ms. Semian, they would have competition. "Now then, Nigel will take the stage for directions, so listen up!" Ms. Semian moved away and Principle Brown brushed up to the workbench.
"We will all need rations and a pair of blankets. We will need people with technical and medical knowledge to volunteer to aid those in need." he said.
It was 12 A.M. now and everyone has picked a spot to claim and sleep. Gumball and Darwin laied next to eachother. Darwin was fast asleep and Gumball was wide awake. He stared at the ceiling.
'What if those shadows have something to do with that Realic? Yeah, it makes perfect sense. And too much of a coincedense.' Gumball pondered this. He looked toward his sleeping parents and Anais sleeping in the middle of both of them. His gaze looked to Darwin. He watched as the sleeping fish mumble in his sleep. Gumball smiled and got up. He made up his mind. He was going to find that Relic and put an end to this nightmare. For his sake. For Penny's sake. For his family's sake. Gumball spotted a vent. He made his over and stopped. He picked up a baseball bat from a locker and made his way over. He opened the vent and peeked inside. He jumped and hit his head on the roof of the vent when something tapped on his shoulder.
"Owowowowow!" he said under his breath. He looked up and jumped even more at the sight of Penny standing in front of him. Another hit on the head and Gumball would pass out. Shaking off the pain he corrected his pose and faced Penny.
"You are going out there, arn't you?" Penny said gloomly. Gumball slumped.
"Y-yeah. I've made up my mind." Gumball said. "I'm going to find that Relic and see if it is connected to this event that is happening to the town."
"Why? Why are you planning on being a hero? You could get hurt, or even worse!" Penny said raising her voice. Gumball put a hand over her mouth.
"Shh, please lower your voice Penny, I don't want to alert anyone." Gumball whispered to her glancing to his sleeping family. Penny moved his hand away.
"I just... I just don't want to lose you..." Penny said now on the verge of tears. Gumball's ears drooped.
"Aww, Penny... please cheer up? I'll come back to you safe and sound. Pinky promise." Gumball said holding up a pinky. Penny moved it away and locked lips with him. Gumball was frozen. He finally got to actually kiss Penny! She pulled away and looked him straight in the eyes. Gumball was speechless and bright red.
"Please be safe." Penny said. Gumball nodded and fell into the vent.
"Dammit!" he said toward the vent. He made his way to the outside vent. He looked back. "I promise you I will be back." He said. Penny nodded and closed the vent door behind him. Gumball jumped down the vent and took off down the street.
Gumball is more braver than he thought. Yet he is still to come to an unexpected life in a quarentined town. Find out more tomorrow in the next chapter. :)
