Chapter 10: Violence
His hair stood on end and his tail looked like it belonged to a Persian, not a short haired cat.
Darwin turned to Galaxy and asked, "What's his problem-who are you?"
Darwin stared at a male wolf. He was glaring at Darwin and stood where Galaxy previously stood. He had brown ears and tail, red eyes. Sharp canines were seen poking over his bottom lip, he had black hair, and was wearing black armored pants and a thick shirt. The pants looked like they were made of thick jean and really expensive. He also had the same collar as Galaxy, only it was black and had spikes instead of diamonds.
"Who are you? Where's Galaxy?" Darwin asked.
"I, am Universe! Guard of Hell and Death. What is your name Earthling?" Universe nearly shouted.
Darwin cringed, "Darwin-"
"-Pah! What kind of name is that? For some retard, that's for sure." Universe scanned Darwin. "And orange? What a gross color! I can't stand that, you'll blind me," Universe actually cringed. "Red and black is much better. Let's get that fixed. Your name and colors…" He grinned.
Darwin frowned and pulled Gumball off of him, "What?"
"Hey! Orange is not a ugly color!" Gumball must have snapped out of his trance, cause he was now yelling at Universe.
"Whatever dweeb. And blue? Ha! Purple would look better on you!" The rude wolf shouted and snapped his fingers.
Darwin turned to Gumball and his mouth dropped, "Your hair is…purple."
"And yours is black." Gumball said as he grabbed his tail and saw that his fur and hair was now a shade of dark purple.
"Is my tail still orange?" Darwin said and turned for Gumball.
"No…it's a dark brownish red." Gumball said and glared at the immortal. "Why'd you die our hair?!"
"Well, if I'm gonna hang out with two losers I might as well make them as good looking as they can get! So consider it a favor or I'll make it permanent!" Universe snapped, his ears flattening and a threatening growl rumbled through his throat.
The two boys shared a nervous look and couldn't help but cower beneath Universe's glare. The male grinned and walked over to the two boys. Darwin curled into Gumball's chest as Universe stepped in his face and smirked.
"What a baby," Universe said.
Darwin looked down and Gumball growled, "Leave him alone Universe! What did he ever do to you?"
Universe raised an eyebrow, "Nothing. Now, what are we supposed to be doing?"
"Uh…We're at school." Darwin said.
"Oh yeah, your names…" He scratched his chin. "How about Scar for the boy, and Rose for the girl."
The two shared a look, "I'm a…uh…boy too." Darwin said.
Universe raised a eyebrow, "Really? Oh, then your name will stay Rose okay? Great, let's go."
"What! Gumball who-" Darwin flushed and turned to Gumball.
"-His name, is Scar. Do I need to spell that out for you, Rose?" Universe grinned evilly.
"Uh, but-" Gumball started.
"No buts. Scar is your name around me got it?" Universe growled and his wolf ears twitched.
"Okay, then Unibitch!" Gumball hissed and stepped in front of Darwin.
"What was that Scar?" Universe growled.
"If you get to give us new names, we can give you one Unibitch." Gumball snarled and his ears pinned back as he bared his teeth.
"Unibitch? Now your getting it!" Universe barked and dove towards Gumball.
The two collided and fell to the cold floor. Gumball hissed and raked his claws down Universe's face. Universe growled and grabbed Gumball by the neck and held him up in one swift move. Darwin stood up from the ground and shook his head. All he knew was that Gumball had been slammed into him and knocked him on the ground. His head spun and when he opened his eyes he nearly screamed. Gumball struggled to get Universe to let go of his neck. Gumball kicked at Universe's steel like stomach and yanked at his hands that were tightly rapped around his neck.
"Someone is being a bad pussy cat," Universe snarled.
"Gumball!" Darwin shouted and ran over to the pools side, where the two older boys stood.
Gumball's kicking and struggling began to slow and he closed his eyes shut. Darwin ran over and began to tug on Universe's arm, to no avail.
"Put him down!" Darwin shouted.
"Put him down you say? Will do," Universe smiled and raised Gumball in the air.
"What-" Darwin froze. "No-Wait!"
Universe threw his arm down and Gumball hit the water with a thunderous smack. The school bell rang then, letting everyone know that it was time to get to class. Gumball only had a moments breath before he was underwater, again. He flew through the water so fast that he hit his head on the cement bottom of the pool. He then, blacked out. Darwin snarled and used all his weight to push Universe in the pool. Universe, however, saw this coming and moved out of the way, sending Darwin diving into the pool after Gumball. Darwin swam to the bottom and saw Gumball's unconscious body at the bottom, blood seeped from his head and tainted the water red.
"Ha," Universe smirked. "One more life for the pussy cat to waste-" He groaned as his hour passed.
"Your turn to guard Universe!" Galaxy said as her brother and herself swapped places. "Where did they go?"
Darwin threw Gumball onto the pools edge and pulled himself onto it, crawling over to the feline. Galaxy gasped and ran over to the cat boy, his new purple hair was red in places where he was bleeding.
"Darwin, what happened!?" Galaxy exclaimed, though she knew it was her brother.
"Some male wolf, named Universe. Help him please!" Darwin begged.
Galaxy nodded and kneeled next to the cat, and set her hand on Gumball's head, then she healed him. "There, he's healed, I'd take him home if I were you," Then she set her other hand on Darwin's knee and returned them to their normal colors, cyan blue, and orange.
"Thank you Galaxy, I couldn't lose him again." Darwin said, wiping his oncoming tears away.
"You are welcome, I'll excuse you guys, so just take this," She snapped her fingers and the two boys backpacks fell out of thin air and hit the ground near them. "and head home."
"How will you excuse us?" Darwin asked, hoisting Gumball into his arms.
"Well, I have my magic, so…don't worry about it. Now, be careful, I'm gonna head back to guard duty when I'm done okay?" Galaxy said, a small frown replacing her smile.
"Okay, can you help me?" Darwin asked, nodding at the backpacks on the ground, he was already struggling on holding his taller boyfriends unconscious body.
"Oh, right. Here you go," She used her magic to fit the two backpacks onto Darwin comfortably.
"Alright, bye." Darwin said then started heading out but stopped to ask Galaxy one thing. He turned around, "Hey Galaxy?" He was faced with an empty room.
Darwin finally got to the Watterson's house, after almost two hours. His arms ached but that didn't matter, Gumball was still knocked out by the time he came inside, and set Gumball down on the couch. Anais was still at school, Nicole was probably at work, and Richard…he was probably cleaning or shopping, because his wife made him do so.
"Okay, Gumball, you are heavier than you look." Darwin sighed and sat at the edge of the couch, which Gumball was laid on.
Darwin shook his head and ran his hand trough his bright orange hair, he wasn't sure what to do now. But he didn't have to wait long, because Gumball yawned and stretched out on the sofa.
"Darwin, ow, what happened?" He mumbled and sat up, rubbing the back of his head.
"Baby!" Darwin didn't care if he embarrassed himself by calling Gumball that, he was just happy that he was okay. "You're okay!" the fish boy shouted and pounced on Gumball, covering him in kisses.
"Whoa, Darwin I didn't just die! Haha, stop it!" Gumball giggled and pushed away the other.
"No! I had to carry you all the way from school! And you are not light," Darwin said and kissed Gumball on the lips softly.
"Okay, one question; did you call me 'baby'?" Gumball grinned.
Darwin flushed, "No."
"Yes you did! That's so cute!" Gumball cooed reaching to pinch Darwin's flushed cheek.
"Stop it," Darwin muttered as he smacked his lovers hand away
"Fine, only because you carried me home-" He paused, confusion written across his features and his ears swiveled. "-Wait, why did you carry me home?"
"Well, you kinda almost, died, by Universe, and Galaxy saved your life, you nearly drowned or…died of blood loss." Darwin looked away and rubbed the back of his neck.
"Oh, I, officially HATE water, hate it!" Gumball growled and punched the couch.
"Gumball, don't be scared of water, you used to swim all the time when you were younger." Darwin said.
"Yeah, but that was then, this is now. I nearly died Darwin, twice!" Gumball flailed his arms over his head.
"Okay, you've got a point there." Darwin said, grimacing.
"Yeah, I do huh?" Gumball said calmly, then pumped his fists in the air. "Yeah! I finally have a point!"
Darwin laughed, "Just this once."
Gumball rolled his blue eyes, "Whatever Darwin, I'll have a point another time."
"Maybe," Darwin said and leaned over to kiss Gumball's cheek.
The feline boy let out a happy mew at the contact and his cyan tail whipped side to side like a wild snake. Darwin raised an eyebrow at his lovers odd behavior but kept his mouth shut. The orange haired boy stood, and pulled Gumball up with him, earning Gumball to yelp and stumble. He balanced his boyfriend, before heading for the stairs, leading to their room.
Gumball was tired by the time he laid down on his bed, but Darwin forced him to stay awake for a minute more. The feline yawned while stretching his arms above his head and arched his back into the soft mattress underneath his back.
"Are you even listening to me?" Darwin asked, a small pout covering his face.
"Yeah…" Gumball's cat ears drooped to the sides of his head in guilt, "No."
Darwin rolled his eyes, "Go to bed sleepy. Although it's only eight thirty."
"Okay," Gumball murmured before pulling the fish boy to his chest and curled around him, like a child with their stuffed animal.
Darwin blushed and leaned into Gumball's warm embrace, "Night, and sweet dreams Gumball."
"Night," Gumball whispered then tightened his hold on the smaller male, "my fish, mine."
Then the soft purring of Gumball lured Darwin to sleep, only, it wasn't peaceful.