What up, everyone?! I got good news and bad news! Good news is, I got part two done! The bad news is that the story isn't finish yet. Which means the finale has to be expanded into three or four parts. I'll try to see what I'll do. Enjoy the story.
Chapter 25: Shit's About to go Down! (Part Two)
Elmore (2020):
The cabbie drove to Elmore's Cemetery at five minutes before eleven o'clock. When the car stopped, the driver told Gumball to pay $23.47 cents. He took out twenty dollars and give it to the driver before returning 6.53 to the officer.
Gumball get out of the car, and as soon as it drove away, starts walking. His legs regaining momentum and his stomach was feeling fine. Walking to the nearest tombstone, it took him not one minute to get there.
Slumping down to his knees, Gumball greeted "Sorry I'm late. Wound up at the bar too long. Got caught up in an interesting conversation with Jerry. But let's not talking about that. I'm sorry I didn't bring any flowers. The local florist was closed for the night. I did saw Leslie down at the memorial wall. I wanted to go to him and ask if he could bring me some flowers, but all of a sudden, everyone was too busying with praying for their loved ones in heaven or looking at me like I'm sort of hero to them. To tell you the truth, I had been dealing with this weight since four years," He took a deep breath and scoot over to lean his back against the stone. "I'm not a hero, not to them, not to the team, not to my family and not even me. The team had a chance to say otherwise on our last mission, but someone has to stop them, and not let this city died so they can reform in their image. I can still hear it in my head."
Gumball lean his head up to look up at the night sky. He hear the briefly airplane sound roaring its engine, kinda remind him as a very special vehicle he once rode, for one last time on their last mission.
Elmore's Warriors H.Q. (Destroyed):
Finally, it was done. The last piece that needed to complete the suits. Professor Montgomery and Anais spent almost two hours building a reactor, with the help from Gumball. It was fortunate for the two of them notices the missing limb on Gumball's right arm. The Professor proclaim a new robotic arm to replace the limb. While he get on it, Anais work alone on the reactors after being instructed for the first time.
"And done!" He exclaimed. "Try moving it!"
Gumball look at his new arm. An exoskeleton on his missing arm. It looks like the one he had since the beginning. He move his robotic fingers, making it a clicking sound and wiring noises.
"It's perfect." Gumball said in awed. "Thank you."
Professor Montgomery smiled "And it gets even better. Once you're inside the suit after me and your sister will put the reactors in, the arm will connect on the right armor, securing it. Plus, I added a magnet in both the arm and your weapon so you can shoot it instead of throwing it and catching it."
"Sweet."
"Now let's put this on." Anais said, holding one reactor.
The moment of truth is here. The three stood at one of the suits; an Iron Man armor-like version of Warrior Cat's suit. Fully color solid blue with red lines going from the head to the bottom of the achilles heels, completely the boots as black. At the center, or heart, of the suit, is an empty triangular surface.
"Put your hand on the chest, Gumball." Anais ordered him. Gumball places his left hand on the chest, and a thin blue light scan it like an identification. The triangular piece open up, revealing a small circular hole with a cable installer. The reactor that the little pink bunny holds in her hand was the same shape with a large hole in the back. She insert it at the missing piece by connecting the cable. Once in there, the small door close down like a shuttle ship.
All three of them started with hesitation. All of them praying that this time the machine will work and the suit will not died on them. A low humming sound was heard, followed by a rapid bright light on the chest. Then the light stay on, and Gumball said, "Open."
The suit opens up in sideways, revealing the size and height of an anamorphic cat.
"It work!" Gumball shouted before he looked at Anais. "Get the team and bring them here. And hurry!"
Meanwhile, Joseph and Jenny were both in the gadget area, scouting for any survival items that had survived from the attack. So far, they found a couple of smoke bombs, solar powered grappling hooks still in activate, and a few batons. Jenny discover a case of ninja stars, all fifty of them. She put twenty-five while giving the other half to her brother. Now there were the matter of the primary weapons. Even with their years of combat training, and the three months they've been in that island, they were still ready for anything. However, this was about to be something that Gumball calls 'The Final Mission'. While digging around, Jenny found the old baton blade blaster with ten long dart blades. Now it was Joseph turn to find a weapon. He took out a strange case he nor the team didn't notices. He opens it, revealing police riot gears outfits compose of arms and leg pads, bulletproof vests, helmets, and staffs.
"Jenny." He called out his sister. Jenny walk to her brother's side and caught her sight of the gears in the case.
"Since when did we have riot gears?" Jenny wondered. She then notices a piece of paper right next to the pepper spray. It was a receipt, total at over forty grand, sighed by Henry Benson. She gasped, gaining Joseph's attention. He look over at the small receipt and see the name of the customer who brought the gears.
"Henry bought this?" Joseph's eyes look at the date underneath the price total; August 07, 2016. Two weeks before his death.
Jenny remarked, while picking up an arm pads, "Looks like Henry brought this as some sort of last resort."
They got the gears they wanted, but were lacking any of their old suits or weapons. They had left those back at the penitentiary. When the guards moved the twins to Irongates, they didn't bother of moving their inventory to the location.
Joseph lean back up to his feets and walk to the shelf right next to him. He put both of his hands in the surface before sliding to the left. His hand then felt something being moved. It looks like a small board. Joseph took it off and a button in it. He press it.
Joseph jumped in alarm and the wall drops down in a hover, disappearing in a panel. The twins then looked at another wall. Only a wall with silvering linings and lights shine at the two identical jumpsuits that looked like their old kimonos, the ones they had used in the beginning of their crime-fighting careers. Not only that, there was a katana in a case above the suits. Joseph took off from the wall and settling down in the ground. Opening it, he grip on the black handle and held it up, making the light reflects on the shiny surface of the blade. Joseph narrow his eyes and there was something written in the center. He carefully started at it and read the inscription:
"HONOR. JUSTICE. PRIDE. THEY'RE AT WHAT DEFINES A WARRIOR IN THE FINAL HOUR"- H.B.
Jenny eyed on it in awed, "He made a sword?" Joseph, despite seeing the beauty of the craftsmanship and the inspiration quote, wonders why Henry made a katana. Was it for him? His sister? Joseph flip the sword over, and another inscription on it. Instead of another quote, there was a name of it.
GUMBALL WATTERSON.
"Gumball." Joseph spoke at the name of the true owner of the sword. Before either of them could say, they were interrupted by Gamble's voice.
"Hey, you two! We have to go!"
Joseph then look over at his sister, now with determination. "Ready?"
"Yes." Jenny nodded her head before turning at the riot's gear in the chest. "One last mission."
Thirty minutes before Elmore is burned to the ground, sixteen people went down to the bottom of the lair. Among the army, only twelve crime-fighters were wearing a modified Iron-Man suits that are identical with their original outfits. Gumball told them as they arrive at his work shop that everyone was required to wear their new suits. Four people weren't wearing an armored suit; instead, they were geared with arm pads, leg pads, bulletproof vests, wrist pads, combat boots and helmets where they masks are around their heads. Gumball apologizes for not building suits for his cousins and The J Twins, but all of them shrugged.
"So," Gumball stated, in his new Warrior-Cat's suit. "Where do we want to go? By sea?" He pointed at the three boats in the water. "Or by air?" He pointed at the Catship.
"Why not we take both?" A familiar feminine voice call out. When the gang turn around, almost of the males spotted redness in their faces while the females either twitched in annoyance or grew envious.
There, Rally Wilson is wearing a colorful armored suit, same as her appearances. The suit covers her entire torso, except her long and curvy legs. The suit was given to be to tight as her bust is pressed against it. Around her hips was a utility belt and a rocket-gun-like weapon in its holster.
Warrior-Cat was glad the helmet protects his face from the blush. Clearing his throat, he asked "What's with the suit?"
"I took the liberty of building one for myself," Rally stated proudly, earning some shocks from the gang. "Come on. You expect me to be one of those stuck up rich bitches? I happened to be one of the founders of the Robotics Club at my old school, top of the gang!"
Nightmare-Cat then notices the letters 'CC" in silver at her right breast. Only focusing at it, and not her wide bust. "'CC.' What's that stands for?" He asked nervously in his voice.
"Colored-Cluster," She grab her weapon from the belt. "And this is my Cluster Gun."
"Sounds hot," Nightmare-Cat said lowly.
"What you say?"
"Nothing." Nightmare-Cat turns his head around. Dark-Dasher knew what that was and grin in her head with a mild squeal.
Rally, now calling 'Colored-Cluster' "My family aren't the ones looking at each other backs. Figure you guys can use a hand."
Joseph narrow his eyes, stopped blushing "I'm still not on board if we can trust you or you're gonna betray us like your cousin."
"I won't let my family destroy Elmore." She argue back.
"Smart girl." Warrior-Cat commented before looking up at the team. "Alright, half of us will take the Catship while the other half go on the boats. We'll head on over to the chemical plants; we only have less than thirty minutes before all that waste goes to the water supply. In meantime, the boats will head on over to Rico's lair. Professor Montgomery will monitor us"
"Question: how do we find it?" Captain Cruncher asked.
"I have the coordinates," Colored-Cluster said, raising her finger up before jumping on a boat. "I can lean them."
Joseph took over, "I'll go as well," Jenny chime in by grabbing her brother's hand. Peacekeeper and The Surgeon went on the boat. The twins went on the second boat. Gamble follow through as well.
Nightmare-Cat said "Guess I'm going," He jumps in the boat that Rally was on. Rally spotted a small blush in her face.
Then Dark-Dasher chime in between with a cried "Me too! Someone has to protect you two!"
"Then it settle," Warrior-Cat spoke like a leader. "After we destroyed Rico's plan, we'll head on over to the lair. Elmore's Warriors, roll out!"
All the heroes went to both airship and boats and rode out to the night for their last mission.
Elmore:
Right as the heroes flew up in the night, terror and panic reaches the city. Just two hours after Rico Wilson made his first appearances on public television, announcing the destruction of Elmore, the city begin to go on a full scale riot. The Elmore Police Department were notified of the riot and sent every blue boys to deal with this. When they got, this riot wasn't like any other riots. Every citizens- I mean, every- were screaming their heads off and looting and kicking and punching whatever they've find.
The police were wearing riot gears, arming themselves with giant shields and batons or firing rubber bullets. A group of seventeen were at a straight line as they face the rioter's.
One of them holding a bullhorn shouted "SEIZE THIS RIOT AND GO BACK TO YOUR HOMES!"
A response was made by a bottle being thrown at him, if not he was wearing his helmet to protect his face.
"Let us out!"
"You can't keep us in here! This city will burned!"
"You bastards are gonna killed us all!"
"Stay back!" One the officer was waving a baton in one hand while carrying the shield in the other. However, the hand was slowly losing its weight. One of the citizens grab it; this made the officer to go down on the ground and a couple more started beating him.
The police officers, instead of helping one of their own, fired rubber bullets in the crowd. It went to the chest, the arms, the legs and the head. For those who got hit in the head will suffer some mild concussion by the time the riot is over, or when will it be over.
Then a flash of bright intense light shine in on the two crowds. Everyone look up, and saw a strange contraction with the head of a giant cat. A voice call out from the strange craft,
"DISPERSE! I SAY DISPERSE! GO HIDE TO THE CIVIC CENTER AND STAY THERE TILL IT'S ALL SAFE!"
"And why the hell should we listen to you?!" Cried a pissed off orange woman. She was eventually sprey by the water hose.
"ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SAY SOMETHING NEXT? GOOD. NOW HIDE TO THE CENTER RIGHT NOW!"
The lights were gone. The hovercraft turn around and flew away like an airplane.
"Okay, we got the crowd under control for now." Science-Girl said. "Thanks for the headsup, Professor."
"My pleasure, Miss Watterson."
Warrior-Cat, acting as the pilot again, asked "What's the first location, Professor?"
"First one is right at Sunset Hill. Fourteen miles, West." The Catship travel to the first location of one of the chemical power plants.
Two guards, both of them members of The Toxic Death Team, were outside of the factory as told by their boss. The workers inside were also on Rico's payroll and are told to dump the chemical wastes into the sewers. The workers dealing with the other power plants used to work in the companies that Rico had made a deal. It was eleven minutes before Elmore is finally in ruins.
One of the guards hear a jet engine roaring. Looking up, he pat on his friend's shoulder, "Check that out."
He looked up, amused "It's just a plane." But he didn't went back from sighting. "Wait, it's coming in."
The guards holster their machine guns to the oncoming plane. However, what they didn't expect was to be blast away by missiles, and breaking the gate down. The Catship zoom above the factory. Warrior-Cat call out from the back, "Fly-Man, you're up."
Fly-Man adjusted his goggles and jump in an open padel, sending him diving down. Fly-Man was close to one of the towers chimney and spoke on his little microphone to his lower lips. "Deploy manual wings!"
In the back, two pair of golden wings open up like an eagle expressing its first wings the day it was pushed off by its mother from on top of a very high tree. Fly-Man was finally soaring to the left, missing his entrance in the chimney.
"Woo-hoo!" He screamed in high ecstasy.
"He's doing it!" Night-Ninja shouted with glee.
"My man!" Dr. X-Ray replied in the same expression and giving Gamble a high-five.
"Son of a bitch, he's doing it." Captain Cruncher said in wide eye, now feeling stupid for doubling those wings can make him fly.
"Lewis, release the bombs in the chimney!" Science-Girl call out from the aviator fanatic. Her small computer produce the blueprints of the factory they were targeting. "It'll go right to the chemicals and cause a chain reaction!"
Understanding the info, Fly-Man's hand travel to ten rounds of cylinder-like grenades that are hosted in his belt. Flying around one tower at a time, he releases two grenades into the deep smokey holds before flying back to a safe location.
Like Anais's guess, the bombs went into the vats and the factory exploded in a fiery blast.
The heroes cheered, with Warrior-Cat saying "One down, six more!" Fly-Man's voice call from the radio. Picking up the handheld device, "What's up?"
"Professor Montgomery had sent me the next location of the power plants! But we're running out of time!"
Danger-Mom said "We need to get a move on!"
"Right!" Battle-Fish agree.
Lewis got a quick call from Science-Girl. "Fly-Man, I've ask the Professor to sent in the rest of the coordinates. You'll take down three while we take out the rest!"
"Understood!" Fly-Man flew over to the next location while The Catship hover to the other factory.
The Toxic Death Team's Lair:
A celebration was held in the grand hall of the mansion/lair. A bottle of champagne was open with a loud pop and empty the drink to several glasses. Laughs were fill around and drinks being cling to each other.
The king was in his forty-five thousand leather couch and look at the television of the riot that was going down in Elmore.
Rico laugh, along with his son, nephew, brother and sister-in law "Brilliant! Simply brilliant! Wish other shows were like this! You can't even pay basic cable to see this!"
Horned snorted with a smirk, her arms crossing, "I gotta hand it to you, old man. This plan is really gotta set this right."
Harold chuckled while drinking his beer and his wife resting in his lap in a provocative pose, "It's too bad Ronald isn't here to see this."
"Maybe Uncle Rico is picking up Sulter." Tobias replied.
Titan asked "How you know that?"
"He sent me a text."
Jackie sneered "He better not rat us out after what Ronald had done with him of being Senator."
"Jackie, the man is a Senator, not for long once this city is done for," Rico reminded. "Why, when we're building our new empire, I'll make him my number one man."
"I thought I was your number one man," Titan said, looking at his father. Rico slightly tap him in the arm with his rod.
"Ahh, relax. When he gets here, he'll be my drugs commander."
"Isn't that Ronald's department?" Bite-Killer said.
"Oh, hell, then I'll make Ronnie to be my chauffeur." Rico cackled. The whole group laugh as well.
Suddenly, the news of the riot cuts to a static title 'Breaking News.'
"What the hell?" Tobias mumbled.
Deathly-Toast in his now sadistic personality roared "Turn back the scenery!"
"We have got this sudden footage from one of the chopters!"
The scene has cut the celebration down completely when they all saw the burning of a factory. Not just any factory. One of them belong to Rico. And just when the news doesn't make him more madder, he saw something above in the skies.
"Our chopper has gotten the shot of what appears to be a man...flying in some sort of suit."
The villains were eyeing on the individual flying around the burning factory. Horned-Fury narrow his eyes at the person responsible, and cried "I know him! He's that insane aviator! The one with the wings!"
"And from another location, not too long from the nearest point, a strange hovercraft is seen at another chemical plant."
Another scene shown of The Catship, blasting a flamethrower from the bottom of the ship and into the factory.
"We had gotten the identity on the pilot. And the pilot has been identified as Warrior-Cat. My guess here is that the rest of Elmore's Warriors are in that ship, trying to vaporized the factory, one of them will be reaching into Elmore's sewer lines by its chemical waste, leaving to the city's destruction. No doubt the heros are saving the city lives, given the fact of the controversy that has surface through the months this city has deal with the notorious terrorist group…"
Rico roar, slapping the drink right out of his brother's hand. "No! No, no, no, no, no, no!" He rose up and swing his rod around, making most of the gang take a few steps back of being not hit. "Those fools!"
Killa expresses not too deep concern of the situation, "Looks like they have a few gears in their hands."
Rico hear the phone ring beside to the left side, making his anger more vicious. He grabs it and shouted "WHAT?!"
"Sir, we have intruders coming!"
Rico press a button, shutting down the news and into the security cameras. It shows the hallways. He press it again, the camera switches to the kitchin. Again, outside of the mansion, showing guards at each point. With the button press for the fourth time, Rico furrow his brow and saw three unidentified boats. But he knows who they were on the board.
"So," Rico's anger die down a little. "The cat sent in his little friends to stop us!"
"What me to kill them?" Killa asked.
"No. Let them come." Rico sat back down to his seat and started at the boats with a deep dark sneer in his lips. "Let them come."
Meanwhile, the three boats of Elmore's Warriors continue their goal of reaching the lair of The Toxic Death Team.
Dark-Dasher turn to Colored-Cluster, who was driving the boat and leading the chase, "How far is it to reach their lair?"
"Not long. A little further." She replied back.
Nightmare-Cat was silence through the trip before opening his mouth, "Hey, maybe you should stay here. This could get violent."
"No way, jose." She argued, not looking at him. "You save me life, and I save your cousin. You owe me a debt, it's the rules. Beside,..." Rally's face turn a slight shade. "I really want to see you fight and protect you."
Now it was Nightmare-Cat turn to blush, but shake his head to knock it off. "That's why I have my sis," He pointed at Lexy. "We always have each others back."
Dark-Dasher roll her eyes, and muttered "Clueless." Then she immediately want to put the word back to her mouth when she saw Dante walking over to Rally's side and put his arm around her waist.
Colored-Cluster felt the grasp with a gasp, almost sounds more ecstasy. "Dante?" She said in surprise.
"Sorry, don't wanna let you fall." He replied back awkwardly and the blush never leave his face. Dark-Dasher mentally squeal in her mind and remind herself to tease him when the mission is over.
Gamble growled as he saw the move Dante had made with Rally. Jenny swooned at the implications.
"How happy they are!" She cried before sighing. "I wish someone can hold me!" Gamble then move slowly to her side and secretly put his arm around her wrist.
"Arm off!" Joseph shouted, his hand on the wheel. Gamble nearly fliche and almost saw Joseph reaching his blade from his left.
To his brother's unnoticeable glaze, Jenny made scowl for trying to cut off his friend's arm. The twins have been out of incarnation and reunited with friends and now her overprotective brother wants to kill Gamble for trying to be romantic as Dante. She's old enough for romance. She's old enough to have someone liked her, loved her. She's old enough to date, or at least a boyfriend. She's even old enough to-
Jenny stopped at the sentence, a mild blush filled in her face. She almost gasped as she saw Gamble touching her hand and giving her a small smile. Jenny return the gesture and lean her head at his shoulder
The third boat was led by Peacemaker and The Surgeon. The Surgeon was driving while Peacemaker held a small spyglass in his hand and look through it. He notices something from the horizon.
He pat his comrade with a slight slap, "Look." The Surgeon started at what Peacemaker was looking at before reaching the small radio.
"Guys, we're here."
This alerted the two boats, and all of them were starting at the huge mansion that the gang were hiding. The mansion felt like it was a castle because it is a castle. A castle this big, in the middle of the ocean, with no island or environmental area to withstand the huge weight will result of sinking. From each point of the castle stood flags with the symbol of The Toxic Death Team.
Joseph remarked "Looks like Wilsonmania is at the point of its breeding."
"Except no guards." That was Peacemaker's voice in the radio. "Something's up."
Colored-Cluster was confused of why her former father wouldn't have guards outside of the lair. Despite this, she ordered the boats, "Follow me to a safe spot."
The three boats follow to a side of the mansion before killing the engine. All eight of them stand up and four each took out their solar power graphic hooks.
Nightmare-Cat pull Colored-Cluster to his side, and wrapping his arm around her, making her blush. Gamble try to do the same with Jenny, offering his hand to her. Jenny almost giggle, but Joseph grab her hand and glared at the blackjack dealer, making him nearly piss himself. Rolling her eyes in amusement, Dark-Dasher grabs his hand. Peacemaker was suddenly had his entire body wrapped around by The Surgeon's arm.
"Not another word." Peacemaker grumbled, ignoring the smirks from the others.
The four hooks fire at an edge, about almost halfway up to the roof. The four crime-fighters all grip the gun, while holding their partners before being lifted upward.
The heroes all landed safely at the edge. Before they can continue, they interrupted by a gruff voice.
"You're all here." All of them turned to see Killa. Both Nightmare-Cat and Dark-Dasher were ready to kill him, but Deadly-Toast come out from behind the last assassin, holding a grenade and cry out "Surprise!"
The grenade was thrown at their level, but instead of an explosion to sent them in body parts, a deep green smoke came out. The team was feeling dizzy and slowly losing their legs. Peacemaker was the first to go down. Then Dark-Dasher. Nightmare-Cat. Colored-Cluster. Surgeon. Jenny. Joseph was kneeling down, trying to summon his sword to cut or even stab one of them, but before he could, he felt someone gripping his neck tightly and slam his face to the ground, going to sleep with the rest.
Sorry for keeping you all still in suspense; hopefully the next chapter is the last one, or not.