Chapter 11 The Date part 2
"Ok, you ready Carrie?" Gumball asked.
"Ready," she said, floating through the wall and got into position.
Gumball went out of the ally and started looking for the perfect people to scare. He wanted this to be bigger than their normal scares. It couldn't just be young people who think highly of themselves but were secretly cowards, like they normally do. It had to be someone more challenging. The two of them decided to have a little challenge. Each of them had to think of a plan of how to scare people. Whoever's plan got the biggest reaction for their scare will win. There was nothing on the line. This was just a bit of fun. First, they were going to do Gumball's plan. He may not know what Carrie is planning but Gumball was sure he had this in the bag.
Just as he was walking around he noticed a couple of guys with tattoos on their arms. They didn't look that old but they looked like they had a bit more guts then the usual people they scared. It looked like he had found his target.
He walked over and tapped one of them on the back to get their attention.
"What do you want?" One of them said. Gumball could tell from his voice that these guys were definitely tougher then their usual targets. Once he got them scared he would win this contest for sure.
"I lost something down that ally over there. There's something creepy down there that keeps stopping me from going all the way in. Could you give me a hand?"
The guys snorted, "Get lost kid," one of them said. "We are waiting for someone. Find someone else, scaredy-cat." they turned their back to him.
Not about to be dissuaded, Gumball thought of the perfect thing to say in order to change their mind. "It was my wallet. If you go down with me I will give you guys a third each of what I have left in it. I have a lot of money in there. I was going to use it to show my girlfriend a good time but it looks like I don't really have much of a choice."
The two guys looked at each other obviously thinking about it. In the end they looked at Gumball and said, "Sure, lead the way."
Gumball mentally gave himself a high five and lead the way. Once he was in there he went to the furthest part of the ally and pretended to look for something. Now all he had to do was wait for Carrie to make her move.
Right on que the fire escape that was on the building to the left started rattling. Gumball pretended to jump in fear.
"What is that?!" he yelled.
"Don't worry about it." one of the guys said. "It's probably just an animal or maybe the wind. Did you find your wallet?"
"Not yet." Gumball said. It was good that they weren't scared yet. If they left now then the whole plan would have gone to waste.
Carrie rattling the fire escape and the ladder dropped down.
"Alright, who is there." one of the guys said, as they stepped forward into the ally.
"Come up and all shall be reviled." Carrie echoed through the ally. "If you are brave enough that is."
'Nice one Carrie.' Gumball thought. He hadn't told her to say that but it was perfect. There was no way that these two guys were going to ignore this now that she had called them out like that.
"Stupid kids. I will teach you a lesson about playing pranks on people." he said as he went over to climb up the ladder.
"Are you crazy?!" Gumball yelled, playing his part. "You have no idea what's up there."
"Relax," the other one said. "We will be down in a second. You just be ready to give us the money when you find your wallet." They then started climbing up the ladder.
"This is crazy," Gumball said. "If you're going up then I am coming with you." Gumball quickly followed up the ladder.
"Wow." One of them said. "Maybe you are braver then you give yourself credit for kid."
Things were going according to plan. Now all that had to happen was Carrie giving them the scare of their life.
When they got on to the roof the two boys looked around to find the one who was making that noise. Gumball tapped his foot on the ground a couple of times to give Carrie the signal. Carrie floated out of the ground slowly in between the three of them.
"What the heck is that?" one of the boys yelled.
"I think it is a ghost!" Gumball said. Their reaction was just what he was hoping for.
"Impossible, ghost aren't real."
It was now time for the final part of the plan. The next thing they knew, Carrie flew right into Gumball's mouth and took possession of his body. Gumball's body collapsed on the ground in a heap.
"Hey kid, are you ok?"
Gumball's head popped up and yelled, "It's time for you to pay for your sins. This boy's soul is gone and now so will yours!" Carrie flew out of Gumball's mouth and started spinning around them. Just for dramatic effect, she let out a couple of typical ghost noises you heard them do in kids movies. They started freaking out and ran to the ladder as fast as they could to get down. Once they were sure that they were out of ear shot, Gumball got up and the two of them began laughing.
"That was a great plan." Carrie said through her laugh. "And well done on getting some more difficult targets. That wouldn't have felt as satisfying if it had just been some regular old guys."
"Thanks Carrie and good on you for saying that 'if you are brave enough' line." he said giving her a thumbs up. "That was totally the thing that got them to go up there. If it wasn't for that they might have just brushed you off or left before we could really get them."
"Thanks," Carrie said, calming herself down.
"So, you ready to call a quits?" Gumball said with a cocky expression on his face. "There's no way you will be able to think of a better scare then what I thought of."
"No way, now it is my turn. And now, you going to see how a true mastermind scares someone." a smirk appeared on her face. "You ready?"
"Yeah I am. Bring it on."
"I don't know about this plan." Gumball said. He expected her to think of something creative but not something like this.
"Come on," Carrie said annoyed. She has been spending over twenty minutes trying to convince Gumball to do her idea. "We did your thing. Now it is my turn."
"My thing wouldn't have gotten me killed."
"Come on Gumball. Please." she has had the plan for this idea in her head for a long time but she had never asked anyone if they had wanted to do it with her. Mainly due to the fact that she thought they would react like this. Now was the perfect opportunity to do it and she wasn't going to let it slip through her fingers. "I promise I will be careful. Plus this will make it easier for us to get back to Elmore to go to dinner."
Gumball let out a sigh and said, "Ok but we are never doing something this risky again."
"Deal," Carrie said with a smile. "Now, a Taxi is coming so get ready." Carrie floated into the ground out of sight.
Gumball let out a breath to mentally prepare himself before he started waving his hand. "Taxi!" he called.
The taxi stopped in front of him and he got inside.
"Where are you going kid?" said the big guy in the driver's seat. This guy might be hard to scare but Gumball had a sneaking suspicion that he will still lose. Even Gumball was scared of doing this.
"Elmore city centre." he said.
"That's a long way," he said, turning round to face him. "I hope you've money." Gumball pulled out his wallet to show him. "Alright, Elmore city centre it is."
The car started driving and Gumball did up his seat belt. He was going to need it.
"So where are you off to." the driver asked.
Gumball was a bit surprised that he was talking to him. Most of the taxi drivers that he knew didn't want to talk to him. Still, this would make it easier to play his part. "I'm just off to a date." It was not completely a lie. This was part of his date.
"Really?" the taxi driver whistled. "What's she like?"
Gumball smiled. "She is one of the most amazing girls I have ever meet. She's funny, interesting, smart and we are already really close. She's someone that I feel I can say anything to, you know?"
"Sounds like quite a catch. Have you two been going out long?"
"This is actually our first date." Gumball admitted. "But as I said, we have been close for years."
"Well you make sure that you show this girl a good time." said the taxi driver as he took a turn.
"I will. Thanks." Gumball said. He just realised while he was saying this that he better start playing his part. "I just hope nothing bad happens."
"Don't cause yourself bad luck by thinking negatively."
"Thanks but that's not what I meant. Lately it feels like stuff has been going wrong around me. It is almost as if I am hunted."
The taxi driver let out a laugh. "Don't tell me you believe that sort of stuff. Ghosts aren't real."
He indicated to take another turn but the car kept going forward.
"Damn it." The taxi driver said.
"What's wrong," Gumball said trying to sound oblivious.
"The steering wheels jammed. Hold on, I am going to pull over." he put his foot on the break but the car didn't slow down. The car started going faster. Looks like Carrie had started to get to work.
"What's going on!" the taxi driver yelled.
"It's the ghost!" Gumball yelled. Right on cue, Carrie started driving the car wildly. It kept zigzagging between lanes. The horn honked, the air conditioner turn on and off and the indicators kept alternating between blinking and turning off. He tried to get out of the door but it wouldn't open.
Suddenly they heard sirens. Gumball turned around to see that it was the police. Realising that she had probably taken it too far, Carrie pulled the car over to the side.
The taxi driver let out a sigh of relief. Suddenly, Carrie popped out of the steering wheel and roared at the taxi driver.
"All who help the blue one must die." Carrie yelled. The taxi driver screamed and ran out of the Taxi. Carrie then floated next to Gumball.
"Are you alright." Said the police office through the window.
"Yeah, we're fine." Carrie said. "The guy seemed to be pretty spooked for some reason."
The police officer nodded and started chasing after the driver. Gumball and Carrie started laughing again.
"O… ok, you win. You are the expert when it comes to scaring people. I will never challenge you again." Gumball said.
"Told you." Carrie replied. "Don't mess with the master."
"I bow to your greatness." Gumball said, doing a few mock bows. "Now come on, let's go to dinner. Good thing that you stopped here. It's not far away." Gumball looked at the clock at the front of the taxi. "And if we go now then we might make it in time for our reservation." they got out of the taxi and Gumball lead the way to the restaurant.
Author's Note: There's one more part of the date to go. The fanfiction will continue after that but admittedly it won't be that much longer. I hope enjoyed this.
