Ch. 11 Confrontation
Nicole fell silent as she took in the mood of the story. Flint got up from sitting on a chair and walked over to the exit.
"I've said too much. Get out of here before dino breath figures out you were snooping around." Flint said. Nicole got up and placed a hand on his shoulder. Flint flinched.
"Why don't come with me? I'm sure you'll get along fine with my son." Nicole said. Flint shrugged the hand off his shoulder. Nicole surprised Flint. She hugged him. Flint was stunned. He didn't know what to do. He hasn't felt a mother's touch in so long. And this mother of that boy... looks almost like his mother.
"Mother..." Flint pushed her away and hurriedly ran through the shadows and vanished. Nicole shook her head.
"That young boy isn't as bad as Gumball thinks. When he wakes up, I'm gonna have a talk with him." Nicole jogged out to her car, got in and started the car, and drove back to the school.
Gumball woke up to whiteness. He felt his body had become light. He laid on his back onto nothing but pure whiteness. Gumball got up and looked around.
"Where... am I?" his voice echoed as he talked. "Am I... dead?"
"Nope, you are just dreaming." a voice said. Gumball quickly turned around and gasped. He was looking at another cat, but his fur was black and his hands and feet were white. He wore a white jacket and black jeans. "Yo, what up?" he calmly greeted.
"Who are you?" Gumball asked, backing away a bit.
"Your inner desire. Duh, it's me..." the cat said. Gumball thought of a name. The cat sighed. "Let's do this again. Hi, my name is Steel." the cat introduced.
"Steel?" Gumball had a sense of realization. The cat nodded.
"Your... you look a bit... err..." Gumball was embarassed to say.
"Different? Well, being inside the Relic has changed my fur color. But the pro was it gave me alot of time to brush up on skills and meditation." Steel said walking by him.
"Umm... where did you get those clothes?" Gumball asked. Steel held out an arm and looked at his jacket sleeve.
"Umm... internet?" Steel said. Gumball's expression fell to major disbelife. "I'm only kidding. You don't take jokes in do you? If you must know, I can change my clothing however I want." Steel said.
"How?" Gumball asked. Steel snapped his finger and suddenly his clothes warpped into a long black trench coat and he was wearing black long sleeves and black pants. His shadded sunglasses stared at GUmball.
"There is no spoon." Steel laughed and snapped his fingers. His clothing went back to what he was wearing before.
"How did you do that?" Gumball was in utter shock. Steel sighed.
"Look, we don't have all day to talk about me. So I'll get to the point. I need you to deliever a message to my brother." Steel said walking in a circle around Gumball.
"What do you want me to say?" Gumball asked rather awed at the site of the tuxedo cat.
"Tell him... you know what, never mind." Steel sighed and snapped his fingers. A table came up along with food. He picked up a roll and chomped on it.
"Steel, are you okay?" Gumball asked. Steel nodded.
"Look Gumball, you need to wake up." Steel said. Gumball gave him a confused look.
"But, I can't. I tired myself up." Gumball said. Steel examined Gumball.
"Geez, you ask too much. Look, I'll teach you a move that my people have passed down from generations, if you promise to wake up." Steel said stuffing his hands in the jacket pocket.
"Really?" Gumball became big eyed. Steel sighed.
"I'm glad I'm 13 years old. So you better listen to your elders. And grow up a bit why don't ya'?" Steel scoffed walking over and getting into position. "Now watch carefully." Steel drew out his claws and concentrated on his hands. Gumball watched intently. Steel's claws then glowed yellow. Then it vanished. Steel looked over to Gumball. "Now you try. And the trick is to clear your mind and conectrate on the most happiest memories you have. The more you think about, the better it becomes." Gumball nodded and cleared his mind. He concentrated on his unsheathed claws. He felt a course of energy flow through him. He felt it go from his chest and traveled up to his hands.
He watched as his claws glowed a transparent yellow. Then it vanished. Gumball waited for something to happen.
"Err... what do I do now?" Gumball asked.
"Gumball, you know what a cat's best weapon is?" Steel asked.
"Umm... senses? Intelligence?" Gumball guessed. Steel chopped him on the head.
"No. One, our senses are a form of self defense. Two, you don't have any intelligence. And three, it's our claws." Steel said.
"Then... what was the point of the move?" Gumball questioned the cat's motives.
"Take a swipe at this stainless steel pole." Steel said snapping his fingers. A tall thick stainless steel pole appeared.
"Are you sure?" Gumball asked again questioning the cat's motives.
"Trust me." Steel had summoned himself a beach chair and was drinking a soda. He leaned back on it. Gumball nodded. "And swing hard. If you don't, you will break your claws." Steel finished.
Gumball redied himself. With all his might, he swung his claws at the pole. It went through like butter. The pole fell to the floor in half. Gumball was surprised.
"I did it!" Gumball cheered.
"Good job." Steel unenthusiasticaly said.
"You don't sound happy." Gumball said. Steel stared at him.
"Gumball, I learned that when I was 4. It's a basic move we use to sharpen and toughen our claws for battle. It's pretty pointless for me." Steel walked over to him. "However, I have to say congratz. It only took you 2 minutes to get it right. Now it's time to wake up." Steel said with a smile. Gumball looked at him.
"How?" Gumball asked. Steel held his finger.
"Follow my finger." Steel said. He swayed it slowly in random directions. Gumball followed the finger. Steel grinned at the oblivious cat. "Can you feel it?" Steel asked him.
"I'm not feeling anything." Gumball said still following the finger.
"How about now!" Steel quickly poked Gumball in the head and sent him flying. Gumball yelled as Steel became smaller and smaller.
Gumball yelped and fell off the nurse's office bed. He got up and looked around. Mr. Robinson was still in pain. His legs hoisted up on a support sling. Gumball rubbed his forehead.
"Ow, that felt like it hurt." Gumball said to himself. He then looked at his hand. Unsheating his claws, he concentrated on them and thought about him and his adventures with Darwin. The shared moments between Penny. He felt a surge of energy flow through him. He wathced as the transparent yellow aura appeared and vanished. 'So... it wasn't a dream.' Gumball sheathed his claws and jogged to the cafeteria. Everyone didn't see him walk in, as they were busy with their own things. Gumball spotted Darwin and Anais with Richard. They were coloring on a piece of paper.
"Hey guys." Gumball said walking up to them. Darwin immediatly tackled hugged him.
"Gumball! You're okay!" Darwin said happily. Gumball laughed at the excited gold fish.
"Of course I'm okay." Gumball winked.
"Big brother!" Anais shouted. She ran over and hugged him. Gumball hugged all three of them. Richard came in for the hug too. Gumball looked around.
"Where's mom?" he asked.
"She hasn't came back yet." Darwin said. "I'm very worried."
"Oh, dear, you don't have to worry so much on me." a voice said. They turned to see Nicole behind them.
"MOM!" The kids shouted. They ran over and hugged her.
"Honey, you're back!" Richard said hugging her. Nicole kissed him on the cheek.
"Of course. Have you watched them?" Nicole said. Richard saluted.
"Yes, dear, I've kept a close eye on them." he said proudly.
"Good. Now, I didn't find much about those creatures and how my boss is connected to all this." Nicole said. "But I did make a new friend." she giggled.
"Listen up everyone!" The doughnut officer said. Everyone gathered around to listen in. "I have just recieved word that the government has sent in a squad of military personal to find any survivors." he said. "They should be here any minute now." And as if on cue, they heard the sound of tires screech. Everyone looke out the window and saw an armored truck speeding through a group of the shadow creatures. Everyone cheered.
Sorry if I was late for the update. Since school is back, I'm gonna have to do school work and may not write during the weekdays. But I promise to upload more chapters over the weekend. By the way, this isn't the last chapter. I just had to shorten this to manage my time. I also picked out a few theme songs for Steel, Flint and Ayann. You could check them out on youtube if you want. :)
Theme songs:
Ys 7 music - Vacant Interference= Steel's Theme
Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim OST "Armored Bane" = Flint's Theme
Ys Seven #29 To Reveal The Way to Go = Ayann's theme
Enjoy!
