Ch. 14 Dark... Gumball's Double
Dark walked down the street. He was seeing people being terrorized and getting into fights. He just tched and kept walking. Then, a group of bandanaed men stood in his way. They held pipes and chains.
"Well, aren't you the cool type. Too bad you just walked down the path to your death." one said. Dark just looked at him cooly.
"You really think you can take me on?" Dark challenged. "Then put your money where mouth is." The man growled and charged.
"You are asking for it!" the man shouted. Dark smirked and was suddenly gone. The man stopped and looked around. The others were just as confused as he was.
"Where did he go?" one of the men asked. The man who charged felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned and to his surprise, saw the gray dark cat floating above him. He was standing normarly in the air.
"Still want to go at me?" Dark smirked evily. The man was frightened that he swung the pipe at Dark. Dark caught it and countered by kicking the man in the face. The man fell onto the floor bloodied. Dark was no longer floating and landed gracefully on flat ground. Dark then turned to the others. They hesitated. Then all at once, they charged. Dark closed his eyes, looked down and held out his hand to them.
"Dark Chaos." he said. Suddenly, the men were surrounded in purple falmes.
"W-what the hell?" one said out loud. They all turned to the figure of Dark walking slowly through the flames. Not a single burn. He stopped and stared at them.
"This is where you will die." He swiped his hand across in the air. "Dark Spear." The men were heard screaming. Dark looking arrows pierced through them in a barrage from all sides. Some exploded into blood and giblets while others lost body parts. Dark doused the flames by spinning with his hand out to his side. The people around him all had stopped to see what was going on. Dark stood in the middle of the blood bath. Dark looked up and was suddenly gone.
"W-where did he go?" one citizen asked.
"Look! Up there!" one shouted pointing up. Dark was floating high above.
"Listen well you pathetic wastes of flesh... I will kill all who will stand in my way... Do not interfere with my mission!" Dark had purple bolts surrounding him. Then, with a blinding flash, he was gone.
Gumball watched the annoucment Dark had made. He had projected his voice through out the town to where everyone could hear. He and his family were in their front yard.
"Who was that?" Richard asked.
"He sounded like you Gumball... only more calm and cool." Nicole said. Gumball tched.
"He calls himself Dark. Not only that, he is my doppleganger. You know, the bad version of me." Gumball said. "I'm sure what ever he is looking for is nowhere in the town. Let's call it a night."
Tin looked down at the keys Specter had given him. He followed the directions and stood outside a big two story green house. Tick patted his back.
"At least we would have a bed and new clothes." Tick said. Tin shook his head.
"I wasn't really planning on staying. After I have found my father, I was planning on going back to the orphanage where we can go with the Street Rats again." Tin said.
"Well, the new recruite we hired before coming here had good leadership skills. I'm sure he is taking good care of our brothers and sisters." Tick said.
"Yeah... you are right." Tin said with a smile.
"And besides... I've been hearing the voices a lot less then I did in Britian. It's as if this place is curing me of my problems." Tick said joyfully.
"So, they arn't as bad?" Tin asked trying to make sure. Tick nodded. Tin smiled and used the key to unlock the door. When they entered, they were greeted by a bird dressed as a butler.
"Ah, you must be the new owners of this house. Please, allow me to introduce myself, I am Soloven. I will be your butler. Your father has left some money for you." The bird said. Tin and Tick exchanged glances. "Right this way, young masters." Soloven led them down into the basement which was surprisingly clean and organized. A huge vault waited for them. Soloven entered in the combination and the vault opened. Tin and Tick were speechless. The vault was filled with at least a million dollars, if not, a billion! Whatever the case was, the vault was full of it.
"My father is wealthy?" Tin asked weakly, still surprised by the amount of money.
"He managed his own accounts and bills accordingly and it rewarded him greatly. He was very intellegent when it came to money. He even planned his visit for you. And it seemed to have work. Now then, allow me to show you the rest of the house." Soloven said. The two boys saw all the wealthy stuff Specter had kept in the house. He even had a top notch security system to keep burglers out. They were introduced to their room. On one corner was a full size bed and a big wardrobe against the wall. To the side of the bed just a few inches away was a desk that had alot of arts and crafts with it. Across the side of the room was a big plasma screen TV that had bean bag chairs in front of it with a game consoule plugged into it. Posters of bands and game title outlined the wall.
"Whoa..." Tin and Tick said in unison.
"There are alot more then this, I assure you. But it is best for you young masters to get some rest. Good night to you both. Breakfast will be ready in the morning." Soloven said. He closed the door leaving the still jaw wide opened duo to observe their surrounding.
Clin walked down the street with Nary. He had pulled out his big headphones and had them around his neck. Nary could hear a catchy beat coming out of it. However, Clin didn't look all to interested in the music.
"What's wrong?" Nary asked tilting her head in a worried look. Clin shook his head.
"I'm just tired. After all that has happened, it is all too convient. We still need to meet up with father and tell them that the leader is dead." Clin said.
"Dude, I'm sure he is fine. Gumball is alot stronger then he looks." Nary said resting her arms behind her head. Clin was silent. He placed his skull designed headphones on and stayed silent. Nary sighed.
"Becareful out here... I'll go tell master Eroku the news." Nary jumped up and vanished. Clin just kept walking.
'I let my new friends get hurt... some of them almost got killed... and I couldn't do much of anything... it was almost like losing half of my family all over again...' he stopped and sensed someone's strong presence. He spun on his heels and saw Dark staring at him. Clin pulled off his headphones and laid them around his neck.
"Yo. What do you want?" Clin asked.
"You are my first lead on to where I can find my objective." Dark said.
"I don't know your objective, nor do I care right now. Go bug someone else." Clin said turning around. He ducked to avoid a roundhouse kick from Dark. He had teleported in front of Clin. Clin backflipped on his hands to gain some distance between him and Dark.
"Hey man, I didn't attack you, so why are you attacking me?" Clin asked.
"Now that I got your attention, I need to ask you... do you know where a certian artifact is?" Dark asked. Clin narrowed his eyes at him.
"Artifact?" Clin had to think on this. Dark looked down and shook his head.
"Judging by your expression, you have no idea what it even is. That's half of my time wasted." Dark spun on his heels and began to walk down the street. Clin watched him go. It is hard to believe that that is Gumball's double. The attitude was just plain rude. But Clin didn't want to get into a fight. He put back on his headphones and walked down the street.
CArrie floated in front of the hospital gates. She wanted to pay Penny a late night visit. She hovered all the way up to her hospital room. Penny was awake in her hospital bed. She seemed to just stare off into space.
"Sup, girl?" Carrie greeted. Penny looked over.
"Carrie!" she winced when she tried to get up. Carrie laid her back down.
"You shouldn't push yourself like that in the state you are in. You know how much Gumball will freak out about that." Carrie said. Penny smiled weakly.
"What brings you by so late?" she asked.
"Just wanted to drop in and say hi." Carrie said. Penny giggled.
"Thanks Carrie... I really appreciate it." Penny said weakly. Carrie then found it hard to confront her.
"Penny... about Gumball..." Carrie began.
"What about him?" Penny asked.
"Well, you see... after you were taken to the hospital... something bad had happened to him." Carrie said.
"Really, cus' he was just fine when he visited me." Penny said. Carrie shook her head.
"He has alot more problems to face now... you see... Xmortis's sword went haywire and shot Gumball with a bolt of lighting." Carrie explained.
"Oh dear..." Penny said sadly.
"And not only that, it seem the shock had manifested Gumball's inner dark self."Carrie said.
"Gumball has been... corrupted?" Penny asked in a sickly worried voice.
"Nonono, he hasn't turned bad. He just now has a double who is running around town trying to looking for something." Carrie said.
"Oh... that is bad... poor Gumball... I didn't want to be a burden to him and now... theses past couple of months are starting to stress him out..." Penny said. Carrie nodded. There was a long moment of silence between them.
"Hey Carrie?" Penny spoke up. "Let's make a pact... We shall not be a burden to ourselves let alone Gumball. i vow to protect Gumball at any cost." Penny said. Carrie looked at her and smiled.
"Same here girlfriend." Carrie said. Penny smiled and yawned.
"Now I better get back to bed... I am very tired and weak. Good night Carrie." Penny said.
"Night Penny." Carrie floated through the wall and took off toward her house's direction. Penny laid down and went to sleep.
Dark ran through alot of questions and answers through his mind. He then looked down at his clothing.
"The faker needs a better fashion design." Dark said. He went up to a clothing store and climbed through the rubble and into the building. There were a couple of people hiding in the place. They took notice of Dark, giving him suspicious looks. Dark ignored them and looked through the clothing to see what he saw fit. He found what he wanted. He threw off the sweater and replaced it a black zip up jacket with red stripes trailing from the shoulders down to the hands. He found some fingerless gloves with a black rose etched into the fabric. He examined his style in the mirror. Approving it he walked out the store but stopped and looked at the people looking at him.
"Like to speak up?" Dark asked. They stood silent. When no one stepped forward, Dark began to walk down the street. He ran the one objective into his mind.
'I must look for that artifact... so I can summon the all mighty being and show the world who has the ultimate power.' Dark thought. 'And if that faker gets in my way, I will kill him...'
Another chapter! You could say it's a bit of an R&R for the characters. However, the conclusion will be the next chapter. SPOILER! It's a fight of the opposites. Exams are tomorrow though, so I may have little time to work on it. Oh well, we will have to see next time!
Character Bio:
Dark: Gumball's dark look a like who's main purpose is to find the ultimate being and challenge it to take over as the next ultimate being. The rivalry to see who is the real Gumball could be shown anytime Gumball and Dark meet.