Hi! Here's chapter 8!
CHAPTER 8
The Wattersons' old car sped towards Chanax's headquarters while the townspeople looked in terror at the portals and paper-airplane salesmen. Mr. Wilson gathered most of the citizens and marched on the Chanax building. The two security guards at the front door were met with a yelling Mr. Wilson, "What is the meaning of this?" To answer that, a TV on the wall of the Chanax building turned on with Mr. Chanax answering, "I'm just expanding my sales, of course! And to celebrate my increasing sales, I'll put one on! Half off everything Chanax sells!"
Suddenly, the townspeople gave in to their consumeristic instincts and ran for the nearest store they could find.
As they made for the shops, the Wattersons parked near the back door of Chanax HQ. "Alright," said Mrs. Mom, pointing to Gumball, "You and Darwin go inside, get to whatever took your powers, get his powers back, close the portals, and kick Chanax's butt."
"Right!" Gumball agreed, and he and his brother jumped out of the car, and approached the back door. A lone guard stood in the rain, an easy target. Except... he had a laser pointer.
"Let me handle this." said Darwin, taking his bulk pill.
He walked towards the security guard, looking intimidating. However, the guard shone the light on the Orange Shark, and a crowd of cats, including Gumball, pounced on him!
After they got away from the guard, the two brothers tried again. This time, they walked to the guard, who spotted them and asked, "Hey! Whadayawant?"
"We're playing in the concert." answered Gumball.
"And we have VIP tickets!" Darwin put in.
"Oh! I had no idea! Please, go in!" the guard said apologetically.
As the two boys quickly entered through the back door, the guard suddenly realized something, he said casually, "There's no concert, is there?"
He turned and opened the door, and was met with a sweep at the feet! He was tripped, and went unconscious from a konk on his head. Now inside the building, the Watterson boys ran for the top floor.
Soon, they reached the top, all out of breath. Zach and Mr. Chanax, who had been watching the salesmen fly to other worlds, turned around and were confused by the tired brothers' appearance. Zach questioned, "Why didn't you take an elevator?"
"'Cause..." panted Gumball, "You could turn off the... the *huff* elevator controls, and trap us! *huff*"
"Really? Because I honestly had no idea you came in here."
"Oh?" Darwin taunted, "Mr. Perfect didn't see something coming, for once?"
"I won't make another mistake!" shouted Zach. He squinted, "You, me. Let's end this."
Gumball ran towards his other self, and they broke out into a brawl. They fought for what seemed like forever, though it was only about five minutes. Though he didn't have his superpowers, Gumball was still capable of beating Zach. The two cats battled, until finally, Zach had his opponent pinned down.
Zach raised his claw, ready to strike at the terrified kitten, "Bye, loser."
But before he could swipe at Gumball, a puff of sparks and smoke puffed in the room, it was the Awesome Store Guy! Time froze, with only Darwin, Gumball and Zach unaffected. "Awesome Store Guy!" Gumball exclaimed, "What're you doing here?"
I've come, to finish what I started," he said mysteriously, "I must reveal myself..."
He let the smoke fade, and it turned out that the mysterious Awesome Store Guy was... a black ball with eyes, a little weird.
"Why're you here?" asked Darwin.
"Because," the ball replied, "I need to set things right." The Awesome Store Guy explained, the Void, you," he pointed at Darwin, "Are my fault."
"What do you mean?"
"I was a magic ball from Connecticut, and moved out to Elmore... I wanted to strike it rich by making a magical set of pets, starting with you, Darwin."
"So... You made, me?" He asked.
"No, I got you from a pet store and fed you magic rocks to make a magic pet. Turns out, all that did was make you spin in circles if you were fed past midnight." He grunted, "Anyway! It turns out some people" the ball pointed to Gumball, "Are already animals, and fish usually just float around in their aquariums. So Darwin was the only magic pet I made."
"Ah..." the two boys said.
"As for the Void, it was another failed project of mine. I made it as a new way of transportation, but all there was through the portals were TV shows and movies. I couldn't get rid of it, didn't have a self-destruct button. But when you, Gumball, got zapped by lightning with that ninja costume, and later destroyed the Void, I thought that was that. However, you were enveloped by energy from the Void, and the energy on your costume is the last remnant of the Void, and no one can get it or use it, so the Void shouldn't be a problem, as long as you keep the last of it safe."
"How convenient." said Gumball.
"So what now?" Darwin questioned.
"I'll help you with Zach, get you your powers back, and then we'll be fine."
"Even more convenient." Gumball said again.
Zach, who had been silent up until now, asked, "So what'll you do with me?"
Awesome Store Guy said, "I'll give you a loser's treatment. You're going to play a video game."
"Oh! Doesn't sound so bad."
"A video game with a bunch of terrible players."
"Nooooo!" Zach shouted in defeat.
After sending him to play the game with a bunch of other players who were terrible at the game, Darwin and Awesome Store Guy hooked Gumball to the giant machine again. With a whiz, the energy powering up the Void again powered down, and the portals closed before the salesmen could get another bunch of stuff to sell. The Void was gone at last!
For no reason at all, it wasn't the evening anymore, and the clouds blew away to let the sun shine! All was well in Elmore again!
With his power back, the Ninja and the Orange Shark jumped out of the building, out of sight, back to the car, where the rest of the Wattersons were. They shared a hug in celebration.
Meanwhile, The townspeople cheered, forgetting about the Chanax sale for no other reason than convenience. Mr. Chanax watched his company become exposed, and fall apart, with Penny taking pictures of the suspicious giant machine. "I'd better hurry if I want the company to keep selling stuff..." Mr. Chanax said. But before he could reach the elevator, he was stopped by Officer Donut and the rest of the Elmore police, "Shtop right there, Mishter!"
The Wattersons drove back home after finally beating Chanax. He agreed to karate lessons with his mom again, and made up with the rest of his family. Gumball had willed his mask off, when he spotted Penny. He knew she had wanted to interview the Ninja, and they were friends anyway, so he quickly decided it was time for one last reveal. He asked Mrs. Mom to pull over near Penny. The fairy noticed this, and walked up to the car. She was met by the hooded feline face of the Ninja. "Uh... What're you doing in there?" she questioned. Gumball willed the mask off again, and showed Penny her friend and her hometown hero were the same. "It's me!" Gumball said, with a small grin on his face. The two made plans for an 'interview' later some other time, and the two departed. Elmore was safe once again!
Hi! The story's nearly over! I'll make an epilogue, and the story will be done! Stay tuned for that in the near future!
-G.W.
