Chapter 8: Old Faces
Gumball and his friends play Nerf Battle at the castle. His aunt has given him a lot of Nerf guns to play along since these toys aren't dangerous for young ones. Gumball and Cole have decided to team up each other.
"You know what guys? This is certainly the best game you ever found. I feel like I'm winning this all the time!" Sasha laughed as she fired up foam darts at the boys. Behind her was Vel.
Cole was a bit scared of this. "Dude, is it me or has she become crazy?"
"Keep moving, Cole! I'll cover you!" Gumball said, and Cole did what he said. Gumball was next to move on to another safe place.
They heard Sasha screaming as she rushed towards them with a warrior look. Her face was red like hell. "AHHHH! I'M GONNA KILL YOU! I SWEAR OVER MY DEAD BODY!"
"Hey Sasha, don't push forward over the enemy!" Vel tried to remind her friend.
"Don't care! It's war time! We're not playing anymore!"
Cole had fired his last form darts and shouted "I'm out of ammo!"
"Here, take this!" Gumball tosses Cole his ammunition charger before he avoids another rain of foams darting to reach his head. "Can't she relize this is just a fucking game."
"Hey Sasha, slow it down! It's just a game, not a warfare game!" Cole growled at her.
Both Sasha and Vel stopped firing their foam farts as the former said "Actually, this is a real warfare we live in today. The only way to survive is to destroy your enemies. Just face it guys, we're going to win this war."
And the two resume firing at them.
As the boys ran to find another cover, it was up to them to find a new well-worked strategy to defeat the girls.
"What are we gonna do now, dude?" Asked Coldy to Gumber while he was still firing at them.
"I got an idea. Follow me," Said Gumball.
While the girls are still searching for them, Vel can feel something bad will soon happen. But Sasha wasn't really scared. Instead she's just looking forward to putting an end to this game.
"Mmmh, where are they?" Said an impatient Sasha. She switched her weapon to another one that was semi-automatic.
"Look around. We'll be able to find them," Vel split up and look further.
Unknown to them, the two boys were wearing night vision to spot them. Indeed both booths were trained to become ninjas, they have to mained the art of discretion and to kill someone discreetly without being spotted.
"Target acquired," Gumball jumped on to a chandelier along with Cole.
"Come on guys! Come on out, or are you too afraid to defeat us?"
"Guess we're not, my dear foxy girl."
They looked up and saw both boys firing at them. They managed to avoid the darts and fired back.
"Didn't see that one coming," Vel rushes to a safe place as her run was stopped by Gumball who made a somersault and landed to the ground in front of her.
"Going somewhere?" He demanded. Vel fired at him until she found out her gun was out of ammo.
"Let me go and we got on a date," She offered with a cute smile.
"With whom exactly? With another man that I absolutely don't know and admit you cheated on me?"
"Touche."
Gumball took out a scotch tape from his pocket, "For now, my dear, you are my prisoner. I'll let you go once Cole gets Sasha."
Speaking of her, she was still being chased by Cole. The two were close to the main entrance. Sasha throws her empty weapon out; she tries to switch her weapons as fast as she can, but only to remember all of her weapons are out of ammo. She finds herself hopeless and without Vel, the boys won the war.
"Well, this clearly looks like the end of the line for you, Sasha. You won't have it today. We told you that we are well trained by our master and that nothing can stop us, especially when you are a beginner who is just starting to learn to fight and free run tricks."
She growled at it, "No fair, that's cheating. You can't do that."
"Well, guess what?" He's aiming something, but not at Sasha. "Welcome to your doom," He launched the dart, only to ricochet off one armor and another and finally hit Sasha's buttocks.
"Ouch!"
While the kids were playing downstairs, Penelope had finished talking to a lawyer about a will she wants to give to Gumball. Her nephew doesn't know yet, but Penlope thinks it will be the right thing to do if ever something goes wrong. This can not happen, and therefore, she must do it at all costs, no matter what may happen.
"I think you should take care of your nephew and his friend. They're getting out of control," The man said.
"Mr. Bottero, kids will be kids. It's important they have fun while we talk of the issue regarding my nephew," Penelope waved her hand with a smile.
"You may be right, after all they are still young. They have to learn by themselves," Mr. Bottero said. The two headed for the front door, and the lawyer left the castle.
"Thank you for coming. It does me great good, despite these recent events regarding the motorcycle thug's accident," Said Penelope weakly with a sigh of relief.
"It was a pleasure to see you again, mademoiselle Senicort. And if ever something bothers you or anything you want to add in the will, just let me know," He smiled at her.
"Thank you."
"You made the right choice, Penelope. I can assure you. Your will is well protected from everyone, even your relatives and family including."
"That's what scares me," Replied Penelope worriedly. "Allowing a will to be drawn up was the only way to ensure that our descendants were secured for centuries to come. Who knows, those will want to take over the castle and claim ownership."
"Be sure that the photocopies you asked me for are here in my case and in your castle, exactly what you want in case Gumball is playing Archaeologist," Said the lawyer, paying his case as if it were a question of a drum.
She chuckled "It will be, if I give Gumball any instructions regarding the will. He'll be very happy."
"Very well, mademoiselle," Said the lawyer. "I wish you a very good sunny day."
"You too."
And the lawyer left the estate in his car. He passed a yellow bus and didn't look at it was about to enter the castle. The bus was stopped by the droids guarding the gates.
"Halt, State your business."
The driver's head came out of the window. It was Rocky, the driver and one of the school staff of Elmore Junior High.
"I want to enter," Rocky replied nervously.
"Sorry, we cannot let anyone into this castle without us having information whether it is personal or by invitation to a private meeting," The droid answers.
We are just here to get Gumball Watterson back to Elmore. He is here, right?"
"Once again, sorry. Only our master will be able to authorize you to come in," The droid answered again, breaking Rockey's hopes.
"Aw man, how are we supposed to come in if we can't?"
"Are you in relation with our master?" Asked the suspicious droid.
"Yes I am!" Answered a furious voice. It belonged to Nicole Watterson as she got out of the bus with rage spelled in her face. She went to the droid and said "I'm Nicole Watterson, and I'm related to the woman who is holding my son in that house that should've been mine. Let us in or I'm gonna turn you into scrap metal!"
"You clearly look like you are out of control, madam," Pointed out the droid to the enraged woman who feels insulted by this remark. "Do you want a painkiller?" As expected, a doctor droid arrives with said pills in its robotic hand. He handed it over to her through the gate. But Nicole violently slapped the pills out of the droid's hand.
"Who do you think you are? Some wise mouthed robots who think I have a problem," Her growling anger is not enough to intimidate the droids.
Now alarmed at her anger, the droids raised their blasters and pointed at the uncontrollable women. "You have two options. Cool off and leave without trouble. Or make another mistake and we'll arrest you for attempting to trespass."
"None of you will not stop me from getting my son back home where he belongs!" She screamed out loudly.
"Last warning."
Anais gets off the bus to confront her mother. "Mom, let me handle this. I'm pretty sure there is a control system somewhere in the castle," She pulled out her phone to hack the server and access the droid's control system. "With that we will be able to go in and get Gumball," She tapped on her phone's keypad, looking for what she wanted. She finally found it. "A-ha!" Anais pressed the button.
BOOM!
Everyone gets together to see where the explosion came from their windows. When the smoke cloud cleared, they couldn't help but laugh at both mother and daughter in an awful state.
"Hey baby, did your mother never tell you to not to play with electrical stuff?" Tobias mocked, seeing her plan went backfired.
"You should better change your diaper; it smells poop as you," Jamie chuckled.
As everyone continues laughing, Anais tries to figure out what just happened. Her mother hugs her in case she felt hurt from both her plan in getting in and her mockery.
"Don't worry sweetie. You did your best," Nicole reassured her daughter.
"I don't understand why it didn't work. I checked out everything, but it exploded when I pressed the button," Anais said in confusion. She felt her father's hand touching on top of her large bunny ears.
"On the bright side, you do smell like roasted chicken. No wait. It's coming from inside the castle," Richard smelled and drooled.
"This is not the time for that, Richard," Nicole scolded her husband.
"Now how are we gonna enter?" Asked Darwin. Then he heard the sound of an intercom coming from a cabin where the droid entered to answer. He activated a video via the castle to see a worried Penelope. The droid put itself on guard at the sight of the lady of the castle.
"Mistress Penelope."
"What happened? I heard an explosion. Is there someone at the gate?" Penelope frantically questioned.
"Mistress, there are some people who absolutely want to enter the castle and a mad woman enraged trying to break inside. She claims she's a relative to you."
The word relative made Penelope frown; she knew who this enraged woman the droid was talking about, and she was not at all happy to see her again after so many years of suffering her older sister had given her. Sometimes her parents believed her when Nicole wanted to blackmail anyone to blame their sister and get rid of her for her foolish pride. But her parents weren't completely fooled.
She made a deep breath before replying "Let them in. I'll handle it."
The droid opens the gate. Nicole and the others went back inside the bus with the droid adding "You are lucky that I didn't end your life," The blue cat growled back at the droid.
The bus passes smoothly through the large park. Everyone can admit the sublime beauty that the Chateau can offer.
"Wow, look at this place. Have you ever seen a giant park like this before?" Penny asked in awed.
"Absolutely not, to be honest," Teri answered.
"Look at the size of that castle. Must be the kind of place rich people lived inside," Tobias commented at the structure of the castle.
"I know, right?" Carrie replies.
The bus topped outside of the castle. Everyone quickly got off. The teacher looks with grace at the splendid castle with its annex buildings which seems to be an archaeological collection reserve.
"Did this castle once belong to a king? If so, I would ask my dad to buy it." Tobias smugly declared.
"Don't push your luck, Tobias. The owner wouldn't be happy to surrender the place that easily. Even if you could ask the owner, he won't accept it," Carrie answered Tobias' dreams of owning the castle.
Nicole ran straight to the door and rang the bell. She wasn't surprised to see the disgusted expression of her younger sister after opening the door.
"Nicole," Penelope addresses coldly.
"Hey sis," Nicole commended awkwardly. "It's so nice to meet you again."
"As I am, Nicole."
"Look, we don't have any time. Give me back my son right now," Nicole demanded off the bat.
"Let him know that we are sorry for everything and tell him to come back to town with us," Anais added.
"He's still my brother and I do miss him. Please let us talk to him," Darwin begged.
"Gumball may still be a troublemaker, but he is still my son. If you could bring him to us, we'll be pleased to see him again," Richard said.
"And why would I?" Penelope crosses her arms, scowling.
"Because you have to. He's my son!" Nicole screamed, keeping her temper.
"And my son as well."
"And my best friend and brother."
"And my big brother."
Signing in annoyance, Penelope let them in, "Come in. He's in the Egyptian section. He's already starting to have an interest in Egypt and its history."
"Hold up, since when has he been interested in Archaeology?" Asked Anais suspiciously.
Penelope doesn't face the little girl as she answers "Ever since he asked me what what those creatures were beside the gods,"
"Creature. Do you have a creature in your house?" Richard asked stupidly.
Anais sighed in annoyance, "She means Gumball is interested in Mythological creatures."
And so Penelope learns everyone enters the interior of the castle and all are directed to the Egyptian room. Where it all stored a whole state of Egyptian collection. Passing through the columns, temples, frescoes and Egyptian statues, they finally reach where Gumball gaze at one of the frescoes representing the judgment of the soul of the deceased. But what interested him the most is the creature called "Dead Eaters." Looking at it, think of all the people back home who abused him and made him want them to be judged and eaten, starting with his former mother. Everyone knows that starting from the beyond we do not necessarily escape our destiny and judgment as if it were the case.
"Gumball!"
His thoughts are interrupted as he turns to see the people from his old life in front of him. And his mother rushes over to hug him.
"Gumball, thank god you're fine!" The rest of the people move to hug the boy.
But Gumball wasn't happy to see them again. He broke away from their hugs and sneer "Oh no, you don't!"
"But Gumball-" Nicole went over to hug him, then Gumball jumped to slam both his feets at the top of Nicole's head and caused her to fall to the floor. Everyone's mouth dropped open in shock.
"Dude, what's that for?" Darwin asked, shocked.
"What's that for? What's that for? I can't believe you guys!" Gumball mockingly scolded.
"Gumball, are you ok?" Anais asked.
"Do any of you morons have already forgotten what you did to me and why am I being through?" Asked a livid Gumball.
Mr. Small came raising both his hands in a calm gesture, "Take it easy, Gumball. We know what you went through," He politely said.
"Really?" Gumball raises an eyebrow. "If you do, how many times it took you all to relaize your fucking mistakes?"
"Seize that attitude, young men, or I will be forced to give you more hours of detention!" Principle Brown growled.
"You are truly a moron to think I'm gonna go back to school where I can recall you expelled! Or did you just forget?!"
Sensing Gumball's anger is growing fast, Penelope steps in to prevent any mess. "Okay folks, why don't you just come into the dining room so we can talk quietly?"
"Sounds good to me, Aunt Penelope," Anais said.
As they exited out of the room, Richard carried her unconscious wife in his arms. He could still hear her wife moaning of her defeat over giving Gumball a hug. Penny looked at Gumball with a remorseful look. Since she came in, Gumball never bothered to look at her. And why would he since those two aren't in love anymore?
"Say Aunt Penelope, who was in that car that was leaving your castle earlier?" Anais asked of the car they passed through a while ago.
"I'm sorry, honey, but that's none of your business," She answered by a soft, yet stern voice.
Anais was suspicious of her answer. She looked at Darwin who just shrugged. She turned back to her aunt. "Was it a lawyer? Are you going to give your castle and everything to someone?" She unknowingly got what Penelope is assuming.
"What does it matter to you?" Penelope gives her an angry look.
Feeling that wasn't the right time to ask this, she replied "Nevermind."
Somewhere, far from Bretagnes, Anubis was in Paris. He spotted a large group of thugs throwing rocks at a bus full of innocent souls. He could then scream out of fear. The thugs didn't seem to be concerned about what they're actions were leading them to.
"Enjoy the fall that will lead you both in Duat," He laughs.
He teleported himself in place where the castle is, without knowing there were already people inside. And the first person who spotted him outside was Vel.
Anubis smiles briefly at the frightened girl, "Hello little one. I haven't expected for someone to see me, especially from a cutie like you. And one who failed so many times at love."
"Who are you? What do you want?" Vel said, shaken.
Anubis smiled before replying "Making sure that the sickness you got in the swamp put you between life and death," He opened his mouth and let out an unbearable and contagious breath that Vel inadvertently breathed in, which she fell unconscious to the floor. "Perfect. One more soul for this poor heartbroken child. She will find her place among us."
"Hand her to me, Anubis. You will not kill her," Anubis turned around to see Sobek, The Crocodile God.
"Why does this young girl interest you so much?"
"She has a perfect body for me I could enjoy for all eternity. I will adorned her body with the finest jewelry," Sobek smiled, eyeing Vel. "She is mine; no other god can not have her. My love for her will never be shared, not even that pathetic blue cat."
"That's where you're wrong. Hand her to me," Bastete ordered.
"Hold up. If neither god won't kill her. I shall do it!" Sekhmet exclaimed.
"Well now that everybody agrees," Anubis looked at the window above the castle, and spotted one who interested him. "Let's waste no time to bring that little troublemaker in our kingdom before the day of judgment."