Thanks to everybody who has reviewed and followed so far. And by everybody, I mean Ender McAuthor and The-regular-adventureofgumball. Seriously, thank you guys. Also, I am starting to wonder if the ending I have would work out. Had a bit of writers block and that stuff, but I will continue to do my best to get this story done with lots of scariness and mystery. Anyway back to the story.
Government: HA HA, we have finally caught you, stealing rights to a Cartoon Network show. What do you have to say for yourself?
Me: Um, I don't own The Amazing World of Gumball, and never stated such.
Government: DARN. Almost nabbed him.
"What happened?"
Darwin awoke in what seemed to be a Dining room. He looked around and noticed the table, chandelier, and the nice painting. He also noticed Bobert lying on the table, seeing that he was (ugh sorry for doing this so much(unconscious?, Powered down?)). Darwin was about to go check on him when he noticed he was tied up on a chair. The rope was very thick and tight, chaffing his (skin? Scales?). He looked around to notice that Tobias was also tied up next to him in a chair, though he was unconscious, and no matter how many times Darwin called to him, Tobias laid there, unmoving. He then proceeded to check the door when he noticed that somebody was watching him from the opened crack of the door. As he called for that person, the door closed and he was left inside alone.
"He's awake." Penny said to the group as she closed the door.
"Do you think he's possessed?" Gumball asked.
"If he is right now, I think the ghost would be searching for a new host instead of being stuck there." Carrie stated.
"So should we let him go then?" Penny asked.
"I say we talk to him first." Gumball stated.
"OK, I'll go with you, just in case anything happens. Carrie, keep an eye on Carmen please." Penny said.
The two went into the room as Carrie went to Carmen, who was still sobbing next to Alan's (body?).
Darwin saw Gumball and Penny enter the room and walk to him.
"Hey Darwin, are you feeling ok?" Gumball asked.
"How can I be ok when I'm tied up!" Darwin stated matter of factly.
"Look, it was for the best. Now we need to know if you remember anything that has happened recently." Penny said.
"Of course I remember, I was… um.." he began as he realized he didn't remember a thing.
"Darwin?" Gumball said.
"I don't remember anything happen after I went into the bedroom with Gumball." Darwin said.
"Maybe you were possessed when you entered the room." Gumball said.
"Well if he doesn't remember that, you think he might be himself again?" Penny asked.
"I believe so, I guess it's safe to untie him." Gumball said.
Gumball and Penny proceeded to untie Darwin. Darwin stretched his legs as he walked around the Dining room, exploring the little area. He then came to Bobert.
"Is he ok?" Darwin asked.
"No, he needs to charge, which reminds me, do you have a phone charger?" Penny asked.
He answered with a nod as he pulled one out. Penny took it and plugged it into a wall outlet and connected it to Bobert, who seemed to jolt when he received the charge.
"I guess we are going to have to wait a while before he gets up." Gumball said.
Back in the Lobby, the lantern shined bright as Carrie attempted to comfort Carmen, not working very well.
"Carmen, as much as I wouldn't like one of my friends to die, I think you should be worrying about yourself before you can mourn." Carrie said.
"That's easy for you to say, your not even alive!" Carmen stated as she turned away from her.
Carrie sighed as she felt defeated. She wondered however. If she was born a ghost, does that mean she could be killed? Would she be able to survive this. Then again, she remembered what happened with jealousy, knowing that she could become possessed at any moment. Still though, she was baffled at the thought of her being able to die if possible.
Carmen could not believe that Alan was dead. No, she refused to believe that Alan was dead, that this was some kind of sick prank by Gumball or somebody. For all she knew, Alan could be in a closet somewhere hiding so he could pop out and scare them. She wondered what she would say to him when this happened. "Oh how could you. You had me scared. I can never stay mad at you though." She wondered what she would do if Alan really was dead.
After a couple of uneventful minutes, Bobert came to, glancing at the trio.
"What happened?" he asked.
"You ran out of charge. Luckily, Darwin had a charger. You seem to be fine now. Though I thought it would take longer." Penny said.
"I seem to charge faster when I have a dead battery, contrary to other evidence relating to cellular devices." Bobert stated as he stood up on the floor.
"Well now that we have one more person alive, I say we stay in a group. Things usually happen the most when we split up, like Tobias said." Darwin said.
The group turned to the unconscious Tobias, tied up to the chair. Gumball knew that Darwin must have been possessed, but then why would Tobias be unconscious too?
Darwin walked up to him, checking his pulse.
"He's still alive, though he has a faint heartbeat. What happened to him?" Darwin asked.
" We don't know, he's been unconscious for…, Bobert what time is it?" Penny asked.
"11:45" Bobert said.
"He's been unconscious for 30 minutes." Penny said.
Everyone looked worried at the rainbow humanoid. At this rate, everybody was afraid of everybody else. They tried to trust each other, but knew that one of them was not who they were.
Carrie came inside with Carmen, still teary eyed about the recent death.
"So what have I missed?" Carrie asked.
The whole group explained everything as they started debating about their next move. Everybody seemed to agree on sticking together, even though no one could be trusted.
"Well where should we go now?" Darwin asked.
"I say we go and check the other rooms for anything." Gumball suggested.
"Like what, we really don't need anything right now." Penny said.
"We could look for pepper, which we could then use to get rid of the ghost,, once we find out who it is." Carrie said.
"Alright then, so we look for a kitchen." Bobert stated.
As the group was about to leave, Darwin stopped them, asking about what to do with Tobias.
"We can't just leave him there, he could be killed!" Darwin said.
"Well if we bring him with us, he'll just be weight on our shoulders. I don't think he will come to for a while." Penny said.
Gumball realized that, yet again, they are going to have to split up.
"Unfortunately, it looks like we are splitting up again. I volunteer to go look for the kitchen." Gumball stated.
"Me and Carmen will go with you then." Penny said while Carmen nodded in agreement.
So the three left the dining room, while Darwin, Bobert, and Carrie stayed in the room, waiting for Tobias to awake.
"So how long you think it will be before he wakes?" Darwin asked Bobert.
"Well, because of there not being a identified cause for this unconscious setback, I approximate it to be around 3 hours." Bobert stated.
"Well can't we do something to speed it up!" Darwin said.
"I think I got something." Carrie said.
Gumball, Penny, and Carmen entered the 2nd room on the right wall. To their luck, they found the kitchen. It looked much like a chef's kitchen than an ordinary kitchen. Two stoves lined up against the back wall. A refrigerator was on the left wall next to a freezer. On the right wall were cabinets full of a lot of non-spoilable food. The walls were a bright green as all the rest of the cooking equipment glittered silver.
"That's strange, the library seemed old and dusty, yet here looks nice and clean." Carmen noted.
The other two also noticed this, also baffled by the realization.
"We can worry about everything else later. Right now look, for pepper." Gumball said.
Everyone went to work, searching for the pepper. However, after a couple of minutes, they found nothing.
"Can't there be some in some sort of cellar?" Penny suggested.
The other two couldn't deny this, so they left the room to search for the cellar.
Carrie told Bobert and Darwin her plan. The other two agreed, hoping that their friend would be ok.
Carrie gave Tobias a quick look as she entered his body through his mouth.
Darwin and Bobert stared, waiting for something to happen, but nothing did for a second.
Carrie attempted to wake up Tobias's body, but it wouldn't budge. Carrie summoned all of her willpower, but nothing happened. She then left his body, Darwin and Bobert staring at her.
"What happened?" Darwin asked.
"For some reason, he can't move at all. His body seems to be frozen or something, I'm not sure. Maybe he has been cursed?" Carrie said.
"Really, cursed?" Darwin said, not entirely believing her.
"Look, for all I know, he might be sub consciously dead right now and his body might still be giving a heartbeat for some odd reason!" Carrie said.
"Geez calm down, right now, I'm willing to believe in anything if it means to stay alive." Darwin said.
The trio the proceeded to wait for the others to return.
However, this wasn't going to happen for a while.
Gumball, Penny, and Carmen went towards the door that was located on the wall of the staircase. They opened it to find another dark staircase, leading downwards. With Gumball first, holding the lantern, the three went downwards into the stairwell, hoping they would return.
Unfortunately, the door shut with such a force, that Carmen tumbled downward from the intense vibration of the slam. She knocked over the other two, making them all fall down to the bottom of what appeared to be, to their luck, a cellar.
"Well aren't we lucky!" Carmen said as she got up and dusted off her dress.
"Is everybody ok?" Gumball asked.
Carmen nodded as the two looked at Penny.
She looked up to them with blood red eyes as she immediately jumped at them.