Author's Note: Hi guys! Sorry I've been inactive for the past 12 days! I've been dealing with a lot of irl things and will be for the next 2 weeks, so uploading might go for the worse. I'll try to keep going to try to upload at least one chapter a week, so here's the (likely) long awaited Chapter 14!
The Amazing World of Gumball is owned by Cartoon Network and Ben Bocquelet and Sonic the Hedgehog is owned by SEGA. No copyright infringement intended
"Penny, I need to tell you some things, and it's about everyting that happened since Saturday...I...I thought it would be best to tell you first since you'd probably be the only one to believe me if I said this before all that has happened..."
"Exactly, What was going on over there!? We were on our date, then I end up being choked and bound by metal bands on some levitating platform, controlled by a much larger and scarier killer robot than yesterday!" She took a second to try to calm down a bit, taking a couple deep breths, trying to keep herself from transforming. "Okay...I'm calmed down, but there is definitely some explaining need to be done here Gumball."
"Alright, but no matter how ridiculous this sounds, will you still believe me?"
"Of course Gumball, I'll believe you. And after all of "that", I think not believing you would be insane."
"Thanks Penny, I know I can always rely on you for help...Well, here's the whole thing about this, and I'll go onto furthur details, feel free to ask questions, alright Penny?"
"Got it, so where do we begin with this?"
"Well, let me start with this...I'm technically...two people..."
"Well what do you mean by that?"
"Remember last Saturday?"
"Where you set up that Romantic Quest that you made me do and sent me all over the place? How can I not forget that?"
"Well, remember when we made up and we departed, and you know, I got knocked out cold from something hitting me? Well, the second person inside me was what ended up hitting me."
"Well, who or what is this thing that hit you? And with the dangerous events happening recently out of the blue, is Sonic involved in this? Before I flew off with that abomination of a machine, something referenced Sonic, from a speaker maybe?"
"Well, this second thing...is Sonic. If you put it in sense, the impact made us fuse in some way, but I don't know why."
"Well, where is Sonic from, and what's the situation at hand?"
"Now we found where to begin. To start off, Sonic comes from a different world than ours. He's known in his world as the fastest thing alive, and in his world, he fights an evil genius named Dr. Eggman."
"Well, because you said this Dr. Eggman is an evil genius, how smart is he?"
"Well...If you put in a way, he'd make Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawiking look like idiots."
"What!? You mean that this Eggman person is that smart!? That's unbelievable!" Penny said, with shock in her expression.
"Eggman has been fighting Sonic for quite some time. Sonic said that during one of their showdowns, he was faked out and got forced here in Elmore, and now Eggman is likely here to get some things he sent along with Sonic that he sent here."
"And what are those "things" Eggman is looking for?"
"Well, it's these gems we have with us, such as the one I gave you on the bus on Monday."
Penny pulled out her Chaos Emerald and watched it glimmer. "He wants this gem? I knew these gems were pretty weird and awfully pretty, but what makes them so important that he wants them?"
"They're called Chaos Emeralds. They hold unlimited energy. There are seven in total, and we have two of the seven. When you bring all seven emeralds together, a "miracle" is supposed to happen."
"So you're saying these Chaos Emeralds are the key to some ultimate power?"
"To sum it up, that's basically it."
Penny sat there for a minute, digesting all of the stuff Gumball said, leaving nothing but complete, deafening silence. After she thought about it, she grew a bit of worry in her voice and face. "Gumball, was that Eggman earlier?"
"That was one of Eggman's numerous robots, usually meant to combat me, well, Sonic. He will fight in his mech along with his robot armies for the purpose of world domination. This time he wasnn't here to fight and instead sent that piece of junk to fight instead."
For the next five minutes, there was deafening silence as Penny was starting to digest the current situation, the overwhelming threat of Eggman, and what her seemingly normal boyfriend has now become. She started to look scared, starting to stutter as she spoke "W-Will you think he's going to s-strike at me again?"
Gumball walked up to her, moving her hands into his paws. "I think I gave Eggman the memo to never touch the brightest light in my life. And I'll prevent that will all the power I have. I'll protect you Penny, I promise that with my life" He hugged her, nuzzling into her. "I'll make sure Eggman nor any of his creations touch you ever, in the end he wants me more than anyone else, and I will fight until I can't fight no more."
Penny pulled him into a kiss, the two feeling their warm, intimate embrace for about 10 seconds before parting their bodies from their kiss and hug.
"Just be safe out there for me Gumball, can you promise that as well? I almost lost you once, and I don't want that to happen again."
"I promise that as well, you can always count on me for making it out alive...Aw dang it! You know what sucks, we couldn't finish our ice cream! You wanna head back to get some new cones? I'll pay for all of it!" Gumball said cheerfully after breaking their hug.
"I'd love to. Also you still have some explaining to do as well."
The couple started to walked their way out of the park and towards the closest route to the Mall.
"So, how did you get all those powers and stuff like you were doing earlier and yesterday?"
"It's kind of the result of this fusion thing I guess. Likely I inherited Sonic's speed, flexibility, and abilities."
"Well, what kinds of things can you do?"
"All kinds of things! Rolling into a ball, grinding on rails, drifting, parkour, and all kinds of other little tricks and things I have yet to master."
"Also, what is this "ultimate power" these Emeralds can grant?"
"Well, the Chaos Emeralds can do multiple things, like manipulate time and space, and with thieir unlimited energy they can transform thoughts into power, and can fuel pretty much anything."
"Wait? Did you say that they can transform thoughts into power?"
"To put it in a way, it's like for example where you end up getting a paper cut, and you use the emerald's power to make the paper cut heal again. And also to put an example of using the Emeralds to manipulate time, you can use things like Chaos Powers."
"Chaos Powers?"
"There are Chaos Powers that take advantage of the Emerald's power, for an example Chaos Control manipulates time and space and Chaos Blast creates an energy blast. It's better explain it. So grab my hand and I can demonstrate."
Gumball held his paw out to her. Penny seemed a bit hesitant at first, but held onto his paw.
Gumball tossed his Emerald into the air and held the Emerald up. "Chaos Control!"
Within a bright flash of light, the 2 were now in the ice cream shop they were at earlier, with Larry staring at them with his jaw dropped.
Penny looked about. "We're...at the ice cream place again..."
"I used Chaos Control to manipulate time and space to teleport us here instantly."
Penny looked at him speechless. Gumball looked at her a bit nervously, wondering what her reponse would be, and if it would be good or not.
"That was...unbelievable...that was absolutely amazing!"
"Heh, that's the power of the Chaos Emeralds for a taste." Gumball walked over to the counter.
"2 Vanilla cones please." Gumball said as he placed a 5 dollar bill on the counter. Larry, still with shock, grabbed the bill, stuttered as he spoke "T-That would be 3-3 dollars and 18 cents like b-before..." Larry pulled out the change and handed it to Gumball.
"Are you alright Larry?" Gumball asked.
"O-Of course I'm alright, it's just that...with the whole situation with you and Penny there...that was out of this world."
Larry went to get the ice cream cones, coming back to hand the cones to the two. "Have a nice day you two, try to stay out of trouble whenever it comes your way."
"Have a nice day too Larry." Penny responded as the two walked out.
About 30 minutes later, they were finished with their cones and walking through the suburbs of Elmore.
"I think the best thing to do right now is get you home Pen, your parents are probably worried sick."
Penny glanced over to a street sign and looked back at Gumball. "I know my parents probably want me home quickly, but we're on the other side of town, it's going to take at least half an hour to get to my house."
"I can always run us home."
"What? You mean like-"
"Carry you home, just not as intense or fast as earlier with the robot."
"As long as it's safe, I'm fine with it..."
"Just remember to hold on tight..."
"Got it...but are you really sure this going to be safe at all?" Penny responded as she was lifted bridal style by Gumball, who was now starting to do a couple light hops.
"I'm sure of it. I carried you across Elmore at 500 miles per hour, this is going to be much slower and not so intense. Alright, here we go!" Gumball rushed off, but not nearly as fast as his usual runs or even going to boost. Gumball was keeping a good 30 miles per hour, slow enough to make some good time, but to also keep Penny comfortable.
Penny felt a lot more comfortable than earlier. There was a moderate breeze, warmed up by the sun and bright cirrus clouds in the sky danced and moved as unnoticed by Penny, Gumball was slowly moving faster.
"This is beautiful Gumball. it's like a joyride in a car except you're not in a car."
"You bet, a benefit to all this running is that you see the world in a whole new picture." Gumball glanced about and looked forward, slowly speeding up to about double their initial speed. Gumball slowed down, making a sharp turn as he rushed down the street her house was.
Gumball made a complete halt in front of Fitzgerald residence, setting Penny down onto her feet.
"Cover your eyes quick before the wind gets to us!" Gumball said as he moved his paws to cover his face. Penny quickly covered her face as a strong, cold gust of wind blew past.
"Was that..."
"From running...I found that out the hard way." Gumball said, moving his paws from his face and them stretching his legs.
Penny stopped covering her face. "Thanks Gumball for bringing me home. I'll see you tomorrow."
"No problem, I'll see you tomorrow Penny." Penny gave him a light kiss on the cheek as the door of the Fitzgerald residence opened and Penny's parents rushed out.
"Penny!" the two said as they huggged her.
"Anything broken? Is anything sore at all?" her mother asked.
"I'm fine mom, just a little sore on the neck..." Penny responded.
Patrick broke from the hug and approached Gumball. "Watterson, I'd like to thank you for saving our daughter once again."
"Heh...No problem Patrick, and I bet the news caught it all...I wonder how my parents are going to react. I'm sorry for the abrupt leaving, gotta check on my family, but Penny will tell you the story! Gotta juice!" Gumball moved forward and blasted off into the distance and towards the neighborhood his house was.
"Wait a minute...Penny's parents are peanuts, while their daughter is a fairy?" Sonic asked.
"The peanut shells are actually disguises in a way from showing their true forms, in which Penny is in."
"Hmmm...that's interesting, might ask more about that when I have the chance, but the better thing to think about is explaining this to your parents."
"Yeah, Dunno how they'll react. It could go smoothly, or completely eradic..."
Gumball halted in front of his house and walked forward, a gust of wind blowing behind him.
"Well, here goes nothing..."
