CaliburVI: Here's the next chapter and everything's rising to a crescendo!
Jack: A crescendo?
CaliburVI: Yeah! So keep the reviews coming if you want us to update sooner! And feel free to post any ideas or things you would like us to include.
Jack: Yeah, 'Beethoven' is right.
Darwin's POV
Bobart sort of levitated in front of us. So in this dimension, Bobart was 'The Oracle'. His levitating was sort of annoying actually. It was sort of smug. But what ever. I can FLY!... He hovered a while longer.
He seemed so... PEACEFUL. A faint halo of light surrounded him. His... Eye was closed.
We waited for a few seconds more in awkward silence, before Bobart eventually spoke.
He sighed, a droning robotic sigh. It made me sad. Then speaking in his droning robotic voice he said "Both of the Gumballs have entered The Great Simian's fortress. At the moment they are undetected, but that will not last long. You will reach them quickly, for you will not encounter any resistance on the rout. However, you are all doomed... To fail. I am the oracle. The all see-er. In your dimension, Darwin, I am called Bobart. I know what has been, what is, and what has yet to pass. If you continue on this course of action, you will fail."
Lexy starred at him with absolute disbelief and desperation. "You can't be serious!" She said. "There has to be a way, there's got to be something that we can do, there must b-" "There is." Bobar-... I mean The Oracle said, cutting her off. "Then WHAT?" She yelled desperately.
He paused for a while... Stretching out the awkward moment. Robots cannot show emotion, but I thought he was enjoying this slightly. "You will need to give the Gumball of this dimension the tinfoil helmet." "Bu-bu-bu-... BUT, it is lost to us!" Lexy said. "Along the road to The Great Simian's fortress," The oracle explained "is another path. Behind a large oak tree, leading through the forest, on your left. Follow that path to a cave. The tinfoil helmet lies within... But beware. The helmet is guarded by a vicious creature." And with that, The Oracle Disappeared.
Lexy put her hand to her cheek as she thought. "Hmm... Okay." She began. "When we reach the other path, we'll split up. All of you will carry on to the fortress and support Gumball... And other Gumball. I'll get the helmet and meet you there. Tell Gumball that he has to hold out until I get there."
We nodded.
Gumball's POV
Alt. Gumball and I were crouched in an air vent. We had a plan and a direction. I was sure we had thought of everything. We got ready to activate Shadow Fang before dropping to the corridor below.
We crept along the pathways, silent and invisible, passing countless guards. Each was about as thick as a brick... Wall. Even when I tripped and landed with a thud, they didn't notice.
Eventually we got sort of cocky and I began front flipping over guards while Alt. Gumball ran along the walls next to them.
It was a good laugh. We got all the way to the top floor that way. It seemed that this was going to be easy. We could sneak in and take out Simian!
But all thoughts of that were erased when we snuck past a particularly grisly guard. He was HUGE! We both turned back to look at the beast after we were past him. THAT was a mistake.
As we turned, he farted. He farted a long slow fart right in our faces... My mouth was... OPEN.
THAT proved to be enough to break our focus. We became visible, coughing and wretching and choking and spluttering.
Of course this alerted him... And quite few other guards that were in the vicinity. We ran. We ran, not stopping through the twisting corridors, until we found 'The Great Hurl'... I mean 'The Great Hall'. Hurling was on my mind.
That HAD to be where Simian was. We pushed open the heavy iron doors and entered...
Lexy's POV
We reached the other path and split up. I hopped off of Teena and went onwards. "Be careful!" Darwin yelled to me. "Always." I said back.
The path wasn't very long and I soon reached the cave. It had a large opening and allowed light to filter in quite well. Little slits on the ceiling also helped illuminate the cave.
It wasn't exactly... Anything special. It was exactly what I would imagine a cave to be. It also wasn't a very big cave and I soon saw the helmit on a pedestal on the back wall. "Oh, well that was easy!" I said moving forward... I paused. Wasn't there meant to be a vicious monster guarding it? Two feet from the helmit something grey, slimy and ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING dripped onto my shoulder.
I looked up. There hanging from the cave ceiling was Kevin, Gumball and Darwin's twisted creation from a year ago. I wondered where it slunk off to. It was a whole lot bigger now.
It turned its head around in that creepy 360 degree way all creepy horror things do.
Another drop of its moldy slimy body dripped in front of me.
I cart wheeled back as the monster crashed to the ground with a screech and shudder.
It threw a fist at me... Literally. The fist came off. It roared again and came forward and opened its mouth to devour me. I drew my pink plasma blade and darted back. It crashed forward and I sliced into its head. It roared in pain, but the wound healed instantly. Damn.
Now he was MAD. When I stood once more I skidded under his legs slicing each as I went. He fell, but healed and stood quickly.
I grabbed the helmet and leapt forward as he smashed the ground where I had been standing. I ducked under his other swing and ran, slashing my blade into the base of the cave wall. I moved the blade along the wall and ceiling as I ran.
When I reached the exit I slashed the sides of the cave opening and as Kevin was upon me, I whipped the blade out causing the cave to... Well... Cave in, burying Kevin alive. Now I had to get to The Great Simian's fortress, and fast!
Gumball's POV
The great hall was dimly lit as we entered. At the far end of the room was a throne. We could make out a figure. Supposedly undetected, we activated Shadow Fang and crept forward, invisible.
Atop the throne sat 'The Great Simian' clad in black. She was talking to The Unknown, who turned around as we neared. It was sorta creepy, but we thought it was just a coincidence.
That was until he lunged at us, pinning us to the ground. "Shadow Fang does not work on those who themselves have mastered it!" The Unknown said.
Jack: Ta and da. Another cliffhanger.
CaliburVI: And sorry for the tremendous wait... You know, a few new people reviewing may speed us up... *hint, hint*
