A/N Sal Here! Feeling pretty good! Found out I'm a good poet… Who would've guessed?!
To Gumeri Lover: I'm not going to try and here's why… I barely know anything about Teri… other than she hates getting sick. Sorry but I don't want to have to invent a personality for her… even if that's what I do that a lot. Also I think I know what I want for the ending… but I might be able to squeeze in a small gag with her…
Also for those who like music I need something… A Song, with a male and female duet, and is K+ appropriate. I'll listen to them all and we'll go from there!
But for now… Time to get Evil! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHA!
Ch. 3 Uh Oh, New Rules…
Saturday Oct. 11th 14 days and counting…
Gumball woke up early by his standards for the weekend. Normally he gets up at around nine. Today he woke up at four in the morning with a massive headache.
"Ugh… what happened… oh yeah…" Looks to his clock. "Strange… why do I feel so awake?" Gumball got out of his bed feeling strangely alert and awake despite the fact that he never got up this early on his own. Gumball went to the bathroom to look at his bruise, still a big purple blob on his head.
"Man… what was that door made of, cement?" He takes a shower and washes his face but when he looked up, the silhouette from his dream appears in the mirror. "WHOA!" He turns around and sees nothing…
"That can't be good…"
After his scare with the mirror, he got dressed and headed for his room… only to be met by a sleepy Darwin.
"Dude why were you yelling?"
"I… Uh… fell?" Darwin wasn't buying it… but thought it best to let it go for now… till it gets disturbingly obvious to more than him. The morning went on with Darwin looking at Gumball out of the corner of his eye, wondering what Gumball is hiding.
Around nine or so, Anais came down to see Gumball and Darwin sitting down on the couch watching TV.
"You two are up early."
"Yeah… strange isn't it…" Darwin said as he looked at Gumball who was staring at the TV. Darwin turned his focus back to Anais. "So what's this plan of yours?"
"First I need you guys to get Penny and Carrie. If we're gonna do anything to Tobias, I'm sure they'd love to help."
"Right I'll call them." Darwin said as he walked by Gumball, zoned out into what he was thinking.
"Gumball I'll need you help to get everything we'll need." Gumball didn't really react much to Anais. He was still focused on that apparition in the mirror this morning. The figure kind of looked familiar…
"Gumball… GUMBALL… GUMBALL!"
"HUH WHAT?!"
"Did you hear anything I said?" Anais was getting annoyed.
"Uhh… No."
"Well at least you're honest… Come help me get what we need."
"Ok…"
*Ring…Ring…Ring…*
"Hello?"
"Carrie?"
"What is it, Darwin?" Carrie's voice showed she was still a little irritated with Darwin
"We need you to come here and bring Penny with you."
"Why?"
"It's time Tobias got his real reward…"
"…We'll be right there."
"See you soon."
*Click*
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*Dingdong*
Darwin went to answer the door and was met by Penny and Carrie. Carrie was wearing a black sweatshirt with black jeans and gray shoes while Penny was wearing a white and orange sweater with blue jeans and tennis shoes.
"Hey girls!"
"Everything ready?"
"More or less. We're just trying to get everything ready."
"How's Gumball doing?" Penny said with worry in her voice.
"You can ask him yourself. But between you and me, I think something's wrong…" Darwin let the girls in as he prepared to explain the morning's events that were strange to him.
"What do you mean?"
"Gumball woke up around one last night screaming and then I hear him from the bathroom and it woke me up. I asked him about it this morning and he's been acting strange since. He got up at four this morning!"
"What do you think's wrong?" Darwin could only shrug before Anais called from the other room.
"Darwin!"
"Come on. We should help Anais." As the walk into the backyard they see a weird assortment of objects. Raw meat, a barrel full of tar, string, a bag full of feathers, paint, and a camcorder.
"So what's the plan?"
"It's pretty simple… today Tobias is going to have a series of events, all connecting to each other… and we're going to film every last second of it and put it on the internet for all to see!"
"Well I don't see any cement blocks in here…"
"Gumball… we're not looking to kill Tobias." Gumball shrugged
"So what is going to happen?"
"We need to get him out of the house for a few hours. Penny that's where you come in."
"What?! No! I will not spend the day with him!"
"Penny… if anyone else goes he'll suspect something's up."
"But if I suddenly want to spend time with him, he'll think I'm leading him to his death!"
"But you're the only one we can count on!"
"Why can't Carrie do it?!"
"Because when people like him go through my locker, I don't exactly sugar coat the beating they receive." That eliminated all the options. Either Penny did it… or their plan is dead before it even got started.
"*sigh* Ok. I'll do my best to keep him away from home."
"Darwin. You keep an eye on Penny." She hands Darwin the camcorder. "If anything happens, record it and bring it back. We can settle for a punishment for authority if we have to."
"Gotcha!"
"Wow… For a six year old… you're an evil little child, aren't you?"
"I try." Anais said with a smile.
"So how are we going to set all this up?"
"First we need Tobias out of the house." The five began to pack up the gear they could carry and headed for Tobias' house. Everyone but Penny hid in the bushes behind the fence where they wouldn't be seen and they could hear everything. They found a hole in the fence to see through.
"You're up, Penny."
"Wish me luck…" Penny couldn't believe she had to basically go on a date with Tobias. Penny walked up to the door and rang the doorbell. Tobias came to the door and looked shocked to see Penny at the door.
"Hey Tobias!" Penny said as she put on the best acting job she could.
"Hey Penny… Why are you here?"
"I just thought that if we're going to be reps together, we might as well get to know each other a bit better." Tobias saw this as a chance to get Penny's affection for himself.
"Really? Ok! I know just the place!" Tobias grabbed Penny by the hand and led her to where he wanted to go. Darwin took off to follow as Gumball, Carrie and Anais got out of the bushes.
"So what's the plan?"
"First we need to be careful of Tobias' dog." The black dog was asleep on the porch.
"Don't worry. He's going to be the most important part. Here's the plan… We set up a string for Tobias to trip on; he'll fall on the steps and then we cover him in tar, feathers and raw meat."
"Then the dog chases after him down the street and we film him getting attacked by his dog."
"Yep! Now help me set up…"
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The date went about as well as planned. Tobias and Penny went to the park for a little while… all the while being followed by Darwin. They got some ice-cream, and overall it was just a standard day. Penny was doing a pretty good job selling that she was enjoying herself that Darwin probably would've gotten the wrong idea if he didn't know what was going on. Eventually Penny got the text to say everything was ready to go. She waited about an hour before she decided it was time to wrap the day up.
"Hey Tobias. I think I'm good for today. Want to head back?"
"Sure… I think we're out of things to do today anyway."
As Penny and Tobias were walking back to Tobias' house, Tobias realized now was his chance.
"So Penny… Did you enjoy yourself?"
"I did actually. I'm actually surprised how good today went."
"Good enough that I might have earned something…?"
"Hmm… I don't think it was that great." Penny said trying to toy with Tobias… but what happened next… shocked Darwin who was on a nearby roof…
"Too bad." Tobias said coolly as he pulled out a strange laser gun. She shot Penny with it! Darwin was so shocked that he almost forgot he had a camera. As he was filming what was happening before him… he couldn't speak. Penny had stopped dead in her tracks and turned around.
"Now you will obey me completely. Understand?"
"…Yes…" Penny was like a zombie.
"Give me a kiss." Penny leans in and they kiss. "Hmm. Not bad. Now when from this point on, you no longer love Gumball. You love me."
"…Yes…" Darwin had half a mind to stop this… but before he could do anything…
*Ding*
A strange man in a black clock had suddenly appeared behind Darwin and proceeded to knock him out with a frying pan.
"Now tell me…. What are our "friends" doing right now?"
"…they set a trap for you at your house…"
"Huh. Looks like your info was correct."
"Of course it was correct" The strange man jumped from the rooftop and landed with Darwin in hand... dressed as Tobias himself. "And I know what we must do now…"
"While I deal with them, take Penny home."
"Right. Remember that if we wait too long to destroy Gumball that he'll be the reason we fail…"
"Penny: Sleep." Penny fell to the ground instantly as Tobias turned to the man. "You don't think I know that!"
"Just don't screw it up. If Gumball fulfills his part of the prophecy along with the others… then we have lost."
"I've got it from here, Textegear." Textegear picks up Penny and disappears as quickly as he arrived… leaving a defenseless Tobias-dressed Darwin with the real Tobias… but not before a few words.
"By the way… Nice acting job you pulled of there."
"I know right? She never suspected a thing." Textegear disappeared through his portal. Tobias looks to the unconscious Darwin.
"First. Forget everything that has happened" Tobias said as he shot Darwin. "Let's see what your brother is up to, no."
"…Yes…
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Gumball, Carrie, and Anais were waiting patiently for Tobias and Penny to return. Gumball was ready with the tar that they've painted to match the house… although it was nighttime now so it didn't really matter. Carrie was ready with the feathers and Anais had the raw meat.
"Where are they? Mom by now has to be flipping out that we aren't home…"
"Shh… I think I see him…" Carrie whispered to Gumball. Indeed it was Tobias… sort of.
As "Tobias" walked up to the steps, he tripped on the rope and they let him have it.
Tar, feathers, raw meat, it all fell right on top of "Tobias."
"Darwin, now! Darwin…" but Darwin wasn't where he thought he was.
All of a sudden, Darwin woke up from the trance that he was in and looked around… to see a very hungry dog… and he was dressed as a chicken with raw meat attached to it.
*Growl* *Lunge*
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"Wait… is that Darwin…?"
"No… we've been had…" they look to their left to see the video camera with a note saying: "Watch me"
They pressed play on the only footage on the whole camera… of Tobias rubbing their face in their failure… while Darwin in the background is trying to get away from the dog.
"Ah Gumball my friend. How's your head doing? Fine I'm sure but by now you're wondering how I made your brilliant and oh so original plan to a crashing failure. Well that's for me to know and for you to wonder for the rest of your meaningless existence. That's twice I've outsmarted you… I've have a date with Penny at the Homecoming and now I've stopped you cold. Gumball my friend… why don't you just give up." Carrie helped Darwin up to the roof. "Get ready Gumball… because your life you've enjoyed for too long… is about to change before your eyes…"
All of Gumball's hate was now directly focused on Tobias.
"Gumball…" Darwin stopped panting to speak to his friend. "What happened…?"
Everyone was silent as they went their separate ways towards their homes… but one thing they forgot about…
Where did Penny go…? and for Gumball... What's going on with his life?
A/N … Cliffhangers. You like 'em?
Ok show of hands: How many of you are lost?
Gumball Prophecy?
Textegear?
All the other things?
All these questions you have and yet… they will be answered… just not now. Looks like the deck is stacked in Tobias' favor… but can our heroes change that?
I don't tell the audience what's going on till really late in the story and sometimes that can be beneficial as it makes you wonder what's next.
Till next time: review, fav, follow, VOTE for the poll on my profile, and all that good stuff and I'll see you guys next time in Poetry Land! Sal out!