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In the Watterson household, Gumball had informed everyone of his encounter with Zach. The family, along with Penny and Carrie, all gathered to the living room to decide what to do now.

"So, I think we should scatter across Elmore, getting everyone's help on this." said Darwin.

Everyone agreed. "I'll enlist everyone in the Rainbow Factory." Nicole said.

"I'll get help from our school." said Carrie.

"Penny, Mr. Dad, and I will go through our neighborhood and city." said Darwin.

"And I'll…" Gumball trailed off as he ran out of places he could get people from.

Darwin crossed his fins. "You seriously can't think of somewhere, or, rather, someone you could get help from?"

Gumball shook his head. "Sorry, dude, I've got nothing."

The legged fish marched over and slapped Gumball on the cheek. "I'll give you a hint. We were talking about him last night."

Rubbing his sore spot, the answer came to Gumball. "What?! Why me?"

"You know Rob the most, Gumball. While he's my nemesis as well, for whatever reason, right now it seems he's targeting only you. So, I think you're the best person for the job."

"But when you said that you and Penny and Dad were going to go through almost all of Elmore, I thought-"

"Just do it!"

Gumball looked at his family and friends, all with pleading looks in their eyes. He remembered Anais saying that they were going to need all of Elmore to fight against the darkness, no matter who they were. He sighed in defeat.

"Okay, okay, I'll do it. I'll even go right now if you want."

Darwin smiled smugly. "I knew you would."

"Just shut up, man." Gumball went out the front door. If he knew his enemy, he'd be in the mall, collecting items to destroy him with.

A little while later, Gumball found himself in front of Elmore Mall. He took a deep breath, then went in.

Gumball searched around until he found who he was looking for. On a bench next to a fountain, sat a glitchy cyclops on a phone, probably cooking up a new evil scheme.

Gumball walked over. "Hey, Rob."

Rob looked up in surprise, then scowled at the sight of his nemesis. "What do you want?"

"Look, I know you hate me, but please, just listen to what I have to say. It's really important."

Rob rolled his eye. "Fine. Just make it quick."

Gumball braced himself, then everything went tumbling out of his mouth. "Before I start, I just want you to know that you may have trouble believing this. And I don't blame you. I wouldn't believe it if someone else told me this. So, here it is: An evil version of me named Zach and some other doppelgangers of everyone are going to wage war here in Elmore. Right now, me and my family and friends are enlisting the help of everybody. By everybody, I mean everybody. That includes you, Rob."

Rob almost said, "Why would you want help from me?", but caught himself and instead asked, "Why would I want to help you?"

"I'll admit it, this wasn't my choice. Darwin pressured me into doing this. Trust me, you'd be nonexistent on the list of people I'd want to get help from."

Rob sighed. Of course, this wasn't the hero's decision to talk to the villain. The hero also usually wasn't crazy. If Gumball was the comic relief character on the show they were living in, Rob would have trouble believing him, since it was always hard for people to take the funny character seriously. Even though Gumball was his enemy, he couldn't shake the feeling that what he said was the honest truth. But he couldn't help him. It simply doesn't work when the protagonist and the antagonist work together. Rob knew he couldn't tell Gumball all that. Gumball would get confused, and he would have to explain their TV existence.

But, wasn't this the same cat who risked his own existence just to save him? And helped him become more evil? Rob had repaid him by reverting things back to normal, but at the cost of their newly-found friendship. Maybe, just maybe, he could get that back. But the world, or rather, writers of the show wouldn't let that happen. His purpose in life was to be the villain. As much as he wanted to, he couldn't change that. And he would do anything just to stay out of the Void.

Rob was conflicted on what to do. Then, he realized, if someone else got to Gumball first, that someone would've fulfilled his purpose. And, since he would no longer have a purpose to live, he would end up in limbo again.

Finally making up his mind, Rob said, "Fine, I'll help you. But, after this, things are back to normal. Got it?"

"Got it." Gumball replied, holding his hand out to shake. Rob hesitated, wondering if he should take it. After going back and forth in his mind, he did.

At the convenience store, a black-masked thumbprint named Sal Left Thumb was taking money from a tip jar while a tied-up origami rock humanoid, Larry Needlemyer, watched in horror, when Darwin burst through the doors.

"Hey, thumbprint guy! Larry! There's going to be a war! We need your help!" he shouted.

At school the principal, a furry brown slug with glasses, was doing some paperwork when Carrie appeared.

"Principal Brown, mind if I borrow this?" she said as she flew into his mouth and possessed him.

With Carrie controlling him, Principal Brown got hold of the speakers that were used for announcements. He cranked the volume up so high that it could be heard halfway across Elmore. Carrie hoped it would be loud enough for all the kids and teachers to hear.

"Attention all students and staff, I inform you that there will be a war happening in a while. This is not fake, I assure you. So go prepare yourselves." Principal Brown boomed into the speakers. Carrie then floated out of him.

At an old camper, Richard pounded on the door. "Hey, Dad, open up!"

An old obese gray rat with a black eye came out. "Richard, what's going on?"

"There's going to be a big war!"

At the Rainbow Factory, Nicole rounded up all the employees that worked there with the help of her cloud-humanoid friend Yuki Yoshida, who was the wife of the owner. Penny managed to get all of her neighbors in, even the grumpy Robinsons.

The group met at the park, each reporting in about their success. They were very impressed the Gumball managed to get Rob to help. When asked how, he said, "I actually don't know. I think Rob decided on his own. I didn't even try to convince him."

Sorry if you feel that I made Rob give in too easily. But if you think about it, Rob isn't really a full-fledged villain. I mean, yes he has done questionable actions, but he doesn't have plans for world dominance or something like that. In case you don't know, Rob is indeed a self-aware character.

Rob is someone some people can relate with. He's stuck in a role he doesn't want to play, and is questioning his identity. His actions are justifiable, seeing as he only wants revenge for being forgotten and abandoned in the Void. This is why he's one of my favorite characters.

The Void has a key point later on in this story.

Be prepared for more fourth-wall breaking!

In unrelated news, I got a new poster for Valentine's Day. It's a picture of WALL-E, EVE, and M-O from WALL-E. Speaking of, if you haven't read my other story, Is This What is Called Happiness?, check it out.

Whew! This beats my record. I'm going to close this chapter now. Adios!