Ok, here's the next chapter! Gumball and Aelita are going on a little date, and it's gonna be something. There will also be some foreshadowing here and there for future chapters.
Sorry, but I can't help shipping these two so much. It may look unordinary, but I like it.
UPDATE****: Chapter has been updated with minor changes!
Chapter 11: Date Night
It was now somewhere later in the day, around 4:15 PM after they left the Watterson household. Gumball and Aelita were just roaming the streets to their destination. It was a long walk, but it was very nice though. Peaceful and pretty. The temperature was actually not hot that day, which was a bit odd since it was Summertime. Guess the heat wave finally let up or a cold front must've breezed in. Either way, it was a nice day for the two of them.
Now they were at the Elmore Mall, which was pretty much the big papa for all the stores in town. It had a lot of great places to shop from, such as Joyful Burger, Food N Stuff, Laser Video, Skates R Us, the Cinema, the Pet Store, the Tattoo Store, everything! And the Mall was everyone's playground to explore and buy stuff. The two entered the building, where Aelita was very astonished by the view of the mall. It was pretty big. She had never been inside a mall like this before. In fact, the town she used to be back at Kadic Academy never had anything like this.
"Wow." Aelita said. "This place is pretty big."
"Yeah, it sure is." Gumball said as the two continued to walk down the hall, passing some of the stores the mall housed inside.
"So, where is this place we're going to?" Aelita asked.
"It's a pretty neat restaurant just around the corner." Gumball said. "It's got nice food, all kinds of things, and they got an All You Can Eat Buffet."
"Wow, that's nice." Aelita said. "Back in my old school we usually just ate from the Cafeteria. Usually it's just soup, mashed potatoes and whatever beverage they got."
"Really?" Gumball asked. "That sounds pretty cheap. Well, you won't find anything like that here though. It's like a banquet fit for a king and queen. Enjoy it for today, because this will probably be the only time we eat at some place like this."
"Why's that?" Aelita asked.
"Because, the place here is expensive." Gumball said. "But luckily for us, I heard today is where the buffet is free, so this is a good opportunity to try it out."
"Wow, ok." Aelita said as they approached the building which displayed The Grand Diner, one of the recently new, but quite famous restaurant in the mall, well known for it's luxury design, lovely music, and high quality meals, and it was pretty expensive. Really expensive. As they opened the door, a strange man with an origami head lifted his head up quickly and frantically, showing that he must've been asleep for a little bit. He wore a green shirt, orange tie and a red badge with a diagonal stripe down the middle, and an orange hat with red and white stripe. He lower body was covered with black pants and shoes.
This was Larry Needlemeyer, and he's pretty much a very hard working and serious person, one that cannot be fooled easily, unless you give him some money. He's keeps a lot of jobs around Elmore, such as being a store clerk or cashier, and does a fantastic job at each of them. With that many jobs, he should be rich. But it seems that he gets paid very little.
He was actually the cashier and waiter here at the Grand Diner. He actually booked the position here after his last job went to ruins. That old job, is better left not to be known.
"Welcome to the Grand Diner where we serve food and never sleep because we're not allowed to..." He spoke out positively until worry came on the last words.
"Hey Larry." Gumball spoke out, getting the Origami rock man's attention, seeing the blue cat and the girl in front of his desk before him.
"Oh, it's just you." Larry said, unamused to see the blue cat. He and Gumball have some history, where the latter would unintentionally do something that would get Larry fired from his job, or get Larry robbed easily. It's complicated to explain. While Larry was unamused to see Gumball, he was actually a bit surprised when he turned his attention toward Aelita.
"Oh, who the girl with a soccer ball sized stomach?" Larry asked, making Gumball gasp
"Excuse me Larry, she is an expecting mother, and she happens to be my g...friend! Just a friend..." Gumball said, quickly saying friend before saying girl before hand. The origami rock's eyes widened as he heard that.
"Oh my gosh, I am so sorry, ma'am." Larry said.
"Oh, it's quite alrght." Aelita said.
"Anyway, what can I do for you two?" Larry asked.
"We'd like a table for three, please." Gumball said.
"Three?" Larry questioned. "But there's only two of you."
"No, there's three of us." Gumball said, pointing to himself, to Aelita, and placing his hand on her stomach. "She is eating and seating for two."
"Oh, that makes sense." Larry said. "So, what would you two like? The buffet or just regular."
"The buffet, please." Gumball and Aelita said in unison, making them look at each other and blush.
"Alright, and we have the Eating for Two discount, so that will be $14.99." Larry said. Gumball's eyes opened up in surprise.
"Wait, I thought the All You Can Eat Buffet was free today." Gumball said.
"Well, not for regular people." Larry said. "It's a Couples Eat for Free Special today, and you can only get the buffet if you're a couple. But I won't lie, you two certainly look like a cute couple."
"Oh, actually, we're not... uh..." Gumball said, getting all nervous, that is until he felt two arms around his right. He turned to see Aelita.
"We are." She said. "We are a cute couple."
"Huh?" Gumball asked as he blushed.
"You are?" Larry asked, sounding unconvinced. "I thought you guys said that you were just friends."
"Oh, he's just to shy to admit it." Aelita said, looking at the blue cat and giving him a wink. That moment, he realized what she was doing. If they want to get in for free, they just have to pretend to be a couple. Great idea! That made him like her even more.
"Yes, of course." Gumball said. "We're just waiting until the time is right to let our relationship known to everybody." At first, Larry was a bit skeptical, but he gave a shrug and a smile.
"That's splendid!" Larry said. "Allow me to escort you two to your seats."
"Oh, thanks Larry." Gumball said with a happy wave, as he and the girl followed the origami man to their tables, unaware of Anais, dressed in her black clothes, peeping inside the building.
Sometime had pass, and the two were eating whatever was at the buffet. There was a lot of variety there, such as veggies, fruits, chicken, different meats, cheese, beans, and all kinds of fine dined foods you would find at any other restaurant. Aelita was actually enjoying the selection she picked out. Probably because she hadn't ate anything this good for a long time. She had been on the streets for a while and she almost forgot how good the food tasted. Another reason was because since she was carrying a baby inside her, she was even more hungry. Girls usually consume a lot more food whenever they're pregnant, and that is what is called cravings.
As she continued to eat, Gumball only sat there, staring at her with a smile. She didn't care if she was eating. Just seeing her made him smile. She looked so beautiful, even if she was eating.
"Gumball, are you ok?" Aelita asked. The blue cat was brought back to reality by her question.
"Huh." Gumball said.
"You haven't eaten your meal yet." She said. Gumball then looked down at his plate, realizing that he hasn't ate yet.
"Oh, sorry." Gumball said. "Thanks for letting me know. I love you, Aelita."
"What?" Aelita asked.
"What?" Gumball asked, realizing what he just said, his face starting to turn red in embarrassment. The girl was about to speak, but not wanting to get to that subject, he took the plate and quickly tipped the plate over his mouth, putting everything that was on it into his mouth. He then started chewing and eating with his mouth completely full, almost the same way as he chewed up Anais's lunch when he babysat for her, which ended up getting the house flooded, which she caused. He then noticed that Aelita watching a bit confused. Flustered, Gumball gulped the whole thing down. In about five seconds, the blue cat gave a nervous smile, showing his teeth covered in lettace, meat, and cheese. Seeing this only brought a smile to the girl's face, and a chuckle.
"What?" Gumball asked.
"Nothing." Aelita said with a smile as she finished her plate. The blue cat turned his head with a blush, but then an idea came to his mind.
"Say, do you want dessert?" Gumball asked. "I heard they got something special today."
"Oh, no thank you." Aelita said. "I think I've had enough for one day-" Turning her head, she froze, seeing Larry walking into the room, holding what appeared to be a frosted cake, with strawberrys and cookies on top, and ice cream in the center. The cake caught Gumball's attention too. The blue cat started licking his lips, and the pink haired girl started to drool.
"It's so beautiful..." Gumball spoke with tears. Just seeing the cake made Aelita feel hungry again. Either it was because she was, or maybe the little girl in her tum tum was moving around excitedly as she saw it.
"Ok, I'm hungry again." Aelita said.
"Hey Larry!" Gumball called out, getting his attention. "We'd like that cake, please!"
"But it's not part of the buffet." Larry said. Hearing that made Gumball take quick action, pulling out a twenty dollar bill.
"Make it our's, and I'll tip you twenty bucks." He said. Seeing the twenty dollars in chase made Larry smile. With all the crap he had to put working at some many jobs, he was finally getting something!
"It's all yours!" He said, placing the cake onto their table.
"And we will like some water, please." Gumball said as he gave the twenty dollar bill to the waiter.
"Of course!" Larry said, giving the two some spoons.
"So, you ready to dig in?" Gumball asked.
"Gladly." Aelita said, holding up her own spoon. Then, as the opened their mouths, the two quickly dug in... literally! The two teens were eating and disemboweling that cake like no tomorrow. Larry stood there, as some of the pieces of cake plastered a bit on him.
"I hope they don't ask for another one." Larry said as he left the table to prepare their drinks. As he went into the back, he did not notice the little pink bunny sneaking into the diner, slowly extending her head out to see Gumball and Aelita eating the cake before them. Anais gave a devious scowl.
"Look at them..." Anais said. "That little trollop having cake and ice cream with my brother... I'm gonna make her pay for it!" She then leaned backwards, ready to make her move.
Within the seconds that has passed, the cake was completely gone, with Gumball and Aelita laying back onto their seat next to each other. Aelita's tummy had extended a teeny bit, which makes one wonder how all that cake managed to squeeze in with the baby inside her. And Gumball, he laid there with his mouth open, his gut the same size as Aelita's. Either way, they both enjoyed the cake. So much their filled up stomachs felt pleasuring, like they were in a minor drunken state.
"That... was good..." He said, licking his fingers up, getting the frosting off. "Did you enjoy that?"
"Yep... that was really good..." She said, rubbing the bump on her stomach. "Hic!" She let out a hiccup. Gumball couldn't help but smile.
"Hehehehehe... you hiccupped -Hic-!" The blue cat hiccupped himself. The girl couldn't help but laugh, only to hiccup again. Soon, both of them were hiccupping at the same time, but they didn't care. The girl glanced down at her tummy, and placed her hands on it.
"Huh, I hope the baby's not cramped in here." She said. The blue cat then noticed his own tummy, seeing it has extended to the same size as hers.
"Hey, check it out." Gumball said. "I have a food baby."
"Huh?" Aelita asked.
"Well, you got a baby inside you, I got a baby inside me... a food baby." Gumball said as he patted his gut. Suddenly, he let out a burp from his muzzle. The cat covered his mouth in embarrassment.
"Excuse me..." He said, in which the girl next to him laughed. But then suddenly, there was a sudden growl in the room, and that growl was actually coming from the girl's tummy. Then suddenly, she let out a longer belch of her own.
"Excuse me..." She said.
"Eh, better out than in." Gumball said, resulting a laugh from both of them. Then the blue cat leaned in and placed his hand on the girl's bump, speaking to the unborn baby again.
"Hey little girl." Gumball whispered. "Did you make mommy burp? You must've been real hungry, weren't you..." The way the cat was speaking to her tummy made the girl giggle some more. But soon, the blue cat looked up, and stared at her face. He noticed that there was a bit of frosting on the side of her cheek.
"Oh, you gotta something on your cheek." Gumball said.
"Where?" Aelita asked, touching her face, trying to find it.
"Hold on." Gumball said as he leaned in, and licked the frosting right off her cheek. The girl blushed as she felt his tongue on her cheek, licking her. Usually girls would find this disgusting, but in reality, Aelita was actually liking this. With the frosting off her cheek, the blue cat realized what he just did. He just licked her. He then turned away for a second and face palmed.
"Why did I do that for?" Gumball thought, his face turning red with embarrassment. Suddenly, the girl turned his head to he would face her. Suddenly, she leaned in and licked the side of his cheek. The blue cat blushed and his heart pounded rhythmically with love as he felt her tongue on his cheek and whiskers. As her tongue moved from his face, he looked at her.
"You had some ice cream on your cheek." Aelita said. The two looked at each other and smiled, unaware that they were blushing. In the back, Larry was finishing filling the drinks up and placing them on the tray. He then made his way back toward the table.
-BONK-
"What was that?" Larry asked as he looked away for a second, hearing the sound, while the pink bunny slipped in and pulled out a bottle of Ipecac Syrup, a discontinued medicine that causes vomiting. She opened the cap.
"This should teach her a lesson..." Anais said, silently dripping all of the Ipecac syrup into Aelita's drink and disappeared quickly as Larry finally turned his head, unaware of the evil chuckling bunny behind the counter. He then took the drinks to the couple's table.
"Here are your drinks." Larry said.
"Thanks Larry!" Gumball said, taking his and giving the other one to Aelita, the one that Anais drugged.
"Cheers!" Gumball said.
"Cheers." Aelita said as the two clicked their cups, and Aelita was about to drink hers, as Anais watched with an evil smile.
"WAIT!" The girl halted before her lips touched the cup, as the blue cat lowered her drink and examined it. Inside the liquid was actually brown, not clear as water. that meant on thing. It was milk. Chocolate milk.
"This is chocolate milk!" Gumball said in a disapproving manner. "Larry!"
"What?" Larry asked, holding another tray of drinks.
"This is not water." Gumball said, giving the cup to Larry, who gasped upon seeing it.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I gave you guys the wrong drinks!" He said, looking back at the tray he was carrying, which both had water in them. "Oh, here are your drinks."
"Thank you." Gumball said as Larry took the ones on the table and placed the other cups, both filled with water onto the table. Anais watched with surprise and shock. She drugged the wrong cup!
"Cheers!" Gumball and Aelita both said, clicking both cups and drank them down, while Larry gave the other drinks to two other customers.
"So, now that we've had our meal, where else would you like to go?" Gumball asked.
"That depends. What do you wanna do?" Aelita asked. The blue cat then started thinking, but then an idea came to his head.
"I know where we can go." Gumball said as he helped the girl out of her seat, and the two left the diner, while Anais watched in anger.
"DAGDAMMIT!" The bunny shouted, while one of the customers drank the drink she drugged and started vomitting. The two love birds left the diner, heading back into the hall of the mall.
"So, what else do they got here?" Aelita asked.
"Well, they have a cinema here." Gumball said. "You wanna go see a movie?"
"What movie though?" Aelita asked. Gumball then started to think.
"How about you decide." Gumball said.
"Ok." Aelita said.
"Then let's go." Gumball said, the two holding hands and made their way to the cinema, unaware of a pedestrian sitting on a bench, reading a newspaper. Suddenly, he lowered the newspaper a bit, showing that he was wearing a hood, seeing the two walk by with his green grass eyes. He continued to stare. As they got faraway enough, the hooded figure placed the newspaper down and followed them. Who was he? And... why is he interested in them?
This day was absolutely going so well for both Gumball and Aelita. They actually did a lot here at the mall, and what better way to describe it in the form of a montage. The next place they went to was the cinema, where they were playing a selection of new movies released throughout the month of June. Coincidently, the theater was playing romantic comedies, and the two watched one of the films called Guppy Love, the story of a young human boy named Gil who befriends and falls in love with a mermaid girl named Molly. The two were so immersed into the movie, Aelita almost didn't notice Gumball leaning his head on her shoulder, making her blush and smile. Outside the screening door, Anais watched. Her brother was watching some flick with that knocked up skank.
"Alright, time to ruin the party." The bunny said as she was about to go in to break them apart, until someone held her back.
"Whoa, whoa, missy." The man outside said, preventing her from going in. "How old are you?"
"Six." Anais answered.
"Well, this movie is rated PG." The man said.
"So?" Anais asked.
"You have to be at least ten years old, or at least be accompanied by a parent to see this movie." The man said. Anais looked at him with confusion.
"WHAT?!" Anais asked. The man pointed her away, with the bunny giving a defeated sigh. Walking away, she was really wishing that she could be older by now. A while later, Gumball and Aelita were laughing as they exited the cinema.
"That was a really good movie." Aelita said. "Molly is so cute when she's a mermaid."
"I know." Gumball said. "And I feel like I totally relate to Gil in some way. Totally liked how he tossed that Mad Scientist down the garbage chute." The two continued laughing until they spotted a photo booth.
"A photo booth!" The blue cat said. "Wanna take some photos?"
"Sure!" Aelita said. Then quickly, the two stepped in and took pictures together. One of them just smiling, one of them making funny faces, one where they made serious but cool faces, and one where Aelita gave Gumball a big hug, making the blue cat blush. As the two exited out to check out the rest of the mall, Anais came along, searching high and low for her big brother. She then noticed the recent photo that was taken, of Gumball being hugged by Aelita. The bunny made a shocked face, seeing the girl hugging her brother.
"That should be me, not that slut!" Anais shouted as she began to tear the photo booth apart with a bat that she stole from one of the kids nearby. Luckily, a woman called security and they chased the little bunny up and down, where Gumball and Aelita were completely oblivious too.
Next up, the two went to the arcade, where they were surrounded by multiple game stations that some of the visitors were trying out. They both saw one game unattended, which was the new Laser Alien game, where you take the electronic blasters and shoot as many aliens on the screen.
"Wanna shoot some aliens?" Gumball asked.
"Ok!" Aelita said as they both picked up the game blasters and began shooting away as the game started. While they were a bit immersed into the game, the two were unaware of Anais looking from behind one of the arcade games. She then spotted a big sledgehammer for the Whack a Mole game, and quickly grabbed it. She began to slowly approach the two, who were wearing headphones the whole time, only hearing the audio from the game. Anais began to get closer to Aelita from behind. She then raised the big hammer to whack her with it... until.
"Hey!" Anais shouted as she was picked up by the desk clerk. "What are you doing?!"
"Sorry young lady, but you're not aloud to use game items on people." He said as he began to take her away out of the arcade.
"OH, COME ON!" Anais shouted as the desk clerk tossed her out the room, while Gumball and Aelita continued to play the game. They had just finished the final boss and won with a new high score.
"Yes!" Gumball called out. "New High Score!" He then started to his victory dance, where he rhythmically moved his arms, legs, and thrusted his pelvis out many times. Aelita couldn't help but giggle at the blue cat's funny dance.
After the arcade was done, the two then noticed something happening on the main floor in the middle of the mall. A group of people were dancing to a remix of Cascada's Everytime We Touch by Cash Cash and rapper MC Oz, while a small crowd watched with amazement.
"Dance Party!" Gumball said. "You wanna join?"
"Well, I would." Aelita said, but looked down at her swollen stomach. "Though I don't know if I'm able to."
"Don't sweat it." Gumball said as he pulled the girl into the dance circle. "We'll take it as easy as you want to." Pretty soon, the blue cat started to dance to the music, and with encouragement, the girl then started to gradually dance along. Pretty soon, the two joined hands and started dancing together, while the crowd of people began to cheer. Some of the audience were some of Gumball's classmates from school, including Masabi, the rich cloud girl, and Leslie, the humanoid plant in a pot.
"Wow, Gumball's dancing with a girl?" Masabi asked.
"Amazing." Leslie said. "Gumball's finally found another girl in his life! I suppose you can fall in love again."
"Yeah." Masabi said, before showing a bored face. "Lame." She then departed, while Leslie continued to cheer with the crowd, while the blue cat and pink haired girl continued to dance away, completely oblivious to a screaming Anais being chased by a mob of shoppers.
Later that day...
It sometime around 8:00 PM, and the mall had probably closed a little bit before hand. In front of the plain of grass and right near a single tree on a hill, Gumball and Aelita were laying down on the ground underneath the tree, a little worn out, but the two were smiling. The girl took a slow deep breath before exhaling.
"What a day." She said.
"Yeah." Gumball said, turning to look at her. "So, what did you think?"
"This is probably the best day of my life." Aelita said. "The mall was so cool, The food was nice, the movie was great, and you sure know how to dance." The blue cat only blushed on the last one, but he gave a smile.
"Thanks, and I'm glad you enjoyed it." Gumball said, before turning his attention toward's Aelita's pregnant belly, placing his hand upon it. "And how did the little passenger like it?"
"She enjoyed it too." Aelita said, rubbing her tummy. She then glanced around at the field of grass before and around her. She realized that this place almost looked like the place she was at in her dream with Gumball. She gave a smile, much to Gumball's notice.
"What's up?" He asked.
"Nothing." She said.
"No, really, what is it?" Gumball asked. The girl only looked at the blue cat, then back at the grass.
"I had a little dream earlier today." Aelita said. "It was of a nice field of grass, and you were there. We were both just laying on the ground, enjoying the view. and..."
"And what?" Gumball asked. The girl looked away, showing a tint of red of her cheeks. She gave a smile, thinking how Gumball took off his shirt and how he nuzzled beside her in her dream.
"Well... I really enjoyed it." Aelita said. "Maybe because you were there." The blue cat began to show tints of red on his cheeks too, and a smile formed on his face.
"You know, I had a dream when I took a nap today too." Gumball said. "I was floating in space, and you were there too." He was about to speak more of it, but then he halted himself. He really didn't want to bring up how she took her dress off and begged him to take her, and he definitely didn't want to tell her that it was a wet dream. But looking back on that dream, he really liked it... no. He enjoyed it.
"And I enjoyed it too." He said. "Because you were there." The girl gave a smile and blush. The two looked away, reminiscing on the whole day, and the day before, in fact, right up to when Gumball met Aelita. Looking back at the time when Gumball and Aelita slow danced to the music back at the Hip Hop Club, how he comforted her when she told him of her tragic and horrible backstory, when they woke up next to each other in bed, and today's events. The two enjoyed every single moment, because they were together. They looked back at each other, then down at their hands, seeing that they were in each other's. Looking back up, the two smiled again. This was love. True Love. And they really wanted to tell each other.
"Gumball, there's something that I need to tell you." Aelita said.
"Wait, can I tell you something first?" Gumball asked, wanting to tell her first.
"Sure." Aelita said, willing to wait so he can talk.
"Well... um..." Gumball said. "There's something that I... I need to tell you... But... I don't know how to say it."
"What is it?" Aelita asked. The blue cat began thinking.
"Uhh... I... Um..." Gumball said, trying to find the words to say. But he couldn't, which resulted in him making strange noises. He tried to say something again, but he couldn't. Because honestly, he didn't want to say the wrong thing or anything that will make her hate him. He gave a sigh. Why did this have to be so damn hard, he thought. But then, he remembered what his mom told him. Just show her how he truly feels. Just show her how much he loves her. That's what he needed to do!
"I know." Gumball said. "Aelita, close your eyes."
"Um... ok." Aelita said. She then closed her eyes.
"Keep them closed." Gumball said.
"Why?" Aelita asked. "For what?"
"For this." Gumball said. He then leaned forward, just like he did before. Seeing her beautiful face made him blush, but he kept his cool as he leaned in, and slightly puckered his lips, ready to kiss her.
-SWOOSH-
Hearing that strange sound, Gumball looked to his right, and saw that his hand... was changing. Changing into the demonic claw, the same one he had from the school and when he attacked those guys who were trying to hurt Aelita!
"AHH!" Gumball spoke as he saw it.
"Gumball?" Aelita asked, opening one eye to see. The blue cat quickly pulled back, turning away to hide his monstrous claw. "What's wrong?"
"It's Nothing!" Gumball said as he looked back at her.
"Well, were you gonna tell me something?" Aelita asked.
"Yeah, I was jus-!" Gumball said, but he turned away and saw his other hand transforming into another claw. His eyes widened up. What was going on?! He was losing control of his transformations again? No! Not again! He then let out a scream of pain, much to Aelita's notice.
"Gumball, are you ok?" Aelita asked. The blue cat only looked back at her for a second, but then he grunted in pain. He pulled his hood over his head, while his eyes began to change. His sclera turning black and his irises changing glowing yellow. Suddenly, his cat fangs and his teeth began to sharpen up too. He looked down at the ground, seeing his reflection the small puddle in front of him. He nearly gasped at his monstrous face. Not wanting her to see him, he started running, running away from Aelita.
"Gumball, Wait!" She called out as he continued to run, going into the forest and disappearing within the trees. Aelita only stood there, confused at what was going on. Gumball sounded like he was hurt. Like he was in pain. She didn't want him to suffer. She went after him, going into the woods to find him, not knowing that she went through the entrance to the Forest of Doom.
For those who did not know, the Forest of Doom is a place where no one should be in at all, either in the day or night. It's filled with lots of doom, lots of doom. So much doom that the entire forest if actually the shape of a skull when looked from above. The forest is very big, and easy to get lost in. It is very known to be very dark, even if it's sunny out. The trees are so talk and thick, barely any sunlight can peep in. The forest is the home of creepy plants and animals, such as trees with snarling faces, monstrous squirrels, chicken-deer hybrids, and possibly a lot more.
Two years ago, Gumball and Darwin nearly got lost in the Forest of Doom while on a class fieldtrip. They were left behind by the class, which was led by Miss Simian, who didn't care about anyone's wellbeing or safety. The boys also didn't heed the warning of not going through the forest of doom, and eventually got lost, with both of them starving, Darwin eating Gumball's clothes and leaving the poor blue cat naked and his ankle broken. And when they managed to get out, the class left without them again! Miss Simian probably left them behind on purpose.
And unfortunately, since the sun was setting on the horizon and the moon was over head, Aelita really picked the wrong place to go in here, even if she was looking for Gumball. But she was so worried about the poor cat and his sudden action of running away from her. She didn't want to leave him alone. She wanted to help him!
"Gumball!" Aelita called out. "Gumball, where are you!? Gumball!" As she wondered deeper into the forest, she didn't notice Anais right behind one of the trees far away. The little bunny gave a sinister smile. The little slut finally got lost in the Forest of Doom, she thought. Now she was gonna make sure she stays there and die. Anais pulled out a small horn-like device. It was an animal caller, used to call or attract animals. And the text on the horn said Wolf Call.
"She said she doesn't like wolves." Anais began. "Well, let's see if this Wolf Caller really works...!" Then the bunny took in a deep breath and blew, letting out a wolf's howl.
HOOOOOOOOOOWWWWLLL!
Aelita froze stiff, hearing the call of the wolf. It was almost as if she was paralyzed. She knew that animal call from anywhere. Wolves. She looked around, feeling sweat roll down her face, trying to see if there was any wolves in sight. But she didn't see any. The girl tried to keep up a smile.
"It's... it's probably nothing." Aelita said as she tried to keep it together.
HOOOOOOOOOOWWWWLLL!
The girl yelped as she turned around, hearing another wolf howl. She was starting to panic now. She took a couple of steps back, but yet she didn't see a wolf or anything. There's no way anyone else was out here. Was there? Anais only looked from her hiding tree, and smiled. The girl was scared.
"Keep it together, Aelita." The girl said, trying to breathe in and out. But the call of the wolves made her hyperventilate. Seeing the girl breathe at a faster pace made Anais smile.
"One more should do the trick." Anais said as she took another deep breath to blow.
HOOOOOOOWWWWWWLLLLLL!
That howl however, didn't come from the caller. Anais froze as she heard that wolf howl. She popped out from her hiding spot and gasped as she what she saw. And that smile showed something she liked. Aelita turned once more, hearing that howl. But then suddenly her eyes shrank with horror, seeing the creature that was slowly approaching her. It was a real wolf! A real grey colored coywolf to be precise, which was a hybrid of a coyote, eastern wolves and grey wolves. It was staring right at the girl, who started to shake a bit.
"Uh oh..." Aelita said as she started to take a couple of steps back, as the wolf approached her, looking pretty hungry. Soon it was joined by a couple more of it's pack, all of them looking hungry at the girl.
"Um... good doggies?" She said, as the wolves started to growl and bark. Oh, screw it, she thought. She let out a scream and started running for her life, and the wolves started to chase after her, while Anais watched, who started to laugh. This just got even better!
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Anais giggled with glee. "Now that knocked up slut's out of the picture for good! I can't believe this wolf horn really worked!"
"Oh it worked alright."
Anais froze stiff, and her eyes widened open with concern and fear, hearing the monstrous voice behind her. The little bunny slowly turned around and gasped silently, seeing right before her a massive griffon like creature looking down upon her. It looked like it was staring right at her.
"Oh my..." Anais said, her eyes examining the creature. "What big eyes you have... what big beak you have... and what big claws you have..." The griffon slowly stood itself on two feet, with multiple tentacles appearing behind it, and two big horns as well.
"What... the... AAAAAAHHHH-" Anais screamed as the creature lunged at her.
"Gumball, Where Are You?!" Aelita screamed as she kept running from the wolf pack, who were still chasing her. The sun was already reaching the horizon and the night sky was about to show. So it was hard to see without much light. Actually, it's hard to see a bit in the Forest of Doom even if there is sunlight out. So yes, there isn't technically a win-win scenario here.
The girl then saw a huge rock wall up ahead, seeing that it was a dead end. The girl stopped, trying to see if she can climb it. But she couldn't jump high enough. She then turned around, seeing the wolves slowly approaching and cornering her. They continued to growl and drool, showing that they were hungry. The girl only cringed away, her arms were over her pregnant belly to shield the unborn child that was inside her. Though that probably won't be much since they'll both be eaten alive. The wolves were ready to pounce... but then...
"Kanojo o hitori ni shite / 彼女を一人にして!" a voice shouted into the sky. The monsters looked up, to see a mysterious humanoid creature up upon the hill behind Aelita. Spreading his strange wings, he took the skies and flew downward. He made a landing, and though the shadows hid his face, his yellow eyes light up in the dark. And his hands showed sharp nails, indicating that they were claws. Aelita was almost ready to yelp again, but she noticed something about the creature. A familiar blue tail was dangling above his rear. Was that... Gumball?
"Bakku! Nigeru! Kanojo wa watashi no nakamadesu /バック! 逃げる! 彼女は私の仲間です!" The mysterious cat spoke, extending his demonic claws. The wolves looked at each other, but they all gave a growl in response. The leader of the pack jumped in to attack, only for the creature to swing his arm, whacking the wolf right into it's stomach, hurling it about 20 feet across the floor and into the tree, making the bark break to pieces. The wolf slowly got up and began to whimper, not because it was injured, thankfully. Because it was now scared for its life. It started to run away, while the other wolves looked right back at the creature, who let out a loud screech, showing it's demonic yellow eyes. The wolves then whimpered as well and ran away to follow their leader, no longer threatening Aelita again.
Speaking of which, while the creature gave a huff, then lowered itself to the ground, letting out slow pants, Aelita slowly lifted herself from the ground and slowly made her way to the creature. She now had a better view of the tail the creature had. It was a blue tail, a blue cat tail, though it had some black spikes on it. But she knew that tail. It was Gumball's tail!
"Gumball?" She asked, getting his attention. Turning his head, she saw his blue cheeks, and his black teal hoodie, but his eye pupils were giving a strange glowing yellow, his five whiskers were a bit of a mess and his hood was over his head, shrouding most of his face. But it was him. It was definitely him.
"Aelita..." He spoke.
"Gumball, you saved me-" Aelita said as she stepped forward, but the cat took a step back.
"No... please don't come near me." Gumball said.
"Why not?" Aelita asked. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah, I... I just want to be alone..." He said as he turned away to go.
"Wait!" Aelita said as she ran toward him and grabbed his arm, making him stop.
"Please, let go of me..." He whispered, his voice sounding more begging than usual.
"Why?" Aelita asked, but then she felt something. Something different about his paw. Glancing downward across Gumball's arm as the moonlight shined upon them. She looked at his hand, but her eyes widened. In her hand was not Gumball's hand, but a strange white claw, a monster claw of some sorts. She gasped as she let go, and the blue cat pulled away.
"Gumball?" Aelita asked. "What happened to y-"
"Aelita, please don't freak out." He said. "I can explain... well... I can't... I mean..."
"Gumball." The girl said, stepping foward. "Please... take your hood off, please." The blue cat only stared at the girl for just a few seconds, and sighed reluctantly. Taking his hood by his hands, he slowly removed it, showing a surprising new look. While his lower face and tuft of hair on top of his head was still blue, the upper part was black, with three yellow orbs on top of his head, with a strange glowing sigil above them. He opened his eyes, showing the yellow pupils and both of his sclera were black, like a set of demon eyes glowing in the darkness. There were two black antennas on top of his head, and on his back, there were black and red wings. Aelita was surprised at the least as she saw him. But she wasn't scared one bit. The cat before her, tried giving a nervous smile, and his monstrous sharp teeth.
"Gumball... is it really you?" Aelita asked.
"Yes..." He spoke, his head lowered in shame.
"What are you?" She asked. "Are you a... monster?"
"Well, in terms of speaking... yes." He said as he slumped. "I'm... a monster." The girl only stood there, examining the blue cat once more.
"That's so cool!" She said with a smile. Gumball lifted his head up in surprise.
"R...Really?" Gumball asked. "You think it's cool?" To be honest, the blue cat was expecting the girl's response a whole lot differently.
"In a way, yes." She said as she moved closer to him. "And... you still look so cute." She slightly gave him a loving pinch on the cheek. The cat began to form a smile on his face. She's not scared of him at all. She thinks he's cute.
"Thanks... at least you think it's cool." He said, a frown coming to his face. The girl moved closer to him.
"When did you discover them?" She asked.
"It was almost a year ago." Gumball said. "I got into a bad fight at school, and Jamie was plowing me to the floor. Darwin tried to help, but then Jamie began to try and fry him."
"That's horrible." She said.
"Yeah..." He said. "At that moment, seeing my brother get tortured like that... I just lost it. Just seeing her hurt one of my family members... makes me... makes me so MAD!" The blue cat began to display anger, where his teeth began to sharpen and his eyes began to glow. The girl was a bit surprised at first, but at that moment, Gumball quickly tried to calm himself. Taking a couple deep breaths, he finally sighed, his eyes stopped glowing and his fangs retracted a bit.
"And that's when you..." Aelita was about to ask.
"Yeah." Gumball said. "I just went berserk and I went to town with her. Literally, I threw her half-way across the town. She was in a body cast for a whole two months."
"Oh my." Aelita said. "I hope you didn't get into too much trouble."
"Eh, the school pretty much hates me, but I didn't get it too bad." Gumball said. "The cops got involved but they ruled that I was acting in self-defense, especially when they found out about the bullying. My mom threatened to sue the school for placing me in danger, and Jamie got suspended for... a month and a half. Course, whenever she sees me, she runs away from me in fear. In fact, when I got back the next day, everybody was praising me, saying how awesome I was for beating up Jamie. Even Tina began to show me some respect. But... it didn't change the fact that I'm... well... a mutant."
"Does your family know about this?" Aelita asked.
"My mom does." Gumball replied. "And Darwin. He keeps me in check if I ever get into another manic-episode, and mom told me to try and keep it under control. I've been improving... in a way. But sometimes... the transformations happen by force, and it's hard to keep it back."
"So those guys who tried to assault me, you did that to them, did you?" Aelita asked. The blue cat only squinted his eyes a bit in guilt, and lowered his head.
"Yeah. That was me." He spoke, and glanced at his hands, seeing the mutant demonic skin in it's place, and the sharp claws that were too sharp to be a cat's. "I don't know why I have these powers... I just do. And to be honest, I don't even know how I can use them for good..." The girl approached him and knelt down to his level.
"I don't think you're a monster." Aelita said.
"Y... You don't?" Gumball asked, his antennaes and his ears perked up in surprise. "How so?"
"Well, you did use them to save me." Aelita said. "And you used them to save Darwin when he was in trouble." Gumball began to think on it. It was true. He did save her, just like he saved Darwin. So if he saved people, It seems that it doesn't make him a monster.
"Huh... I guess I did." Gumball said.
"And if you used them to save me, then that doesn't make you a monster." She said. "It makes you... a hero."
"A hero?" Gumball asked.
"Yes, a hero." Aelita said. The blue cat began thinking. She had a good point. Despite his struggle to control these powers, he used them to save her and Darwin. Guess that does make him a hero.
"Yeah, I guess so." Gumball said, glancing up at the sky. "But... I don't feel like one though."
"Well, you are one. To me at least." Aelita said with a warm smile. The blue cat lifted his head up, and stared at her with a bit of surprise. She said that he was a hero to her. Nobody has ever said that to him before. That felt really good to hear that. In the heat of the moment, he pulled her into a hug.
"Thank you." Gumball said. The girl returned the favor, wrapping her arms around him too. Feeling her arms around him made him smile, and his wings started to flap slowly. Then an idea popped into his head as he looked up at the starry sky, seeing the clear night shining down upon them.
"Hey, I just had a cool idea." Gumball said.
"What is it?" Aelita asked. The blue cat glanced back at his wings, and they continued to flap. As they did, he slowly rose up from the ground. He then held his hand out.
"Come with me if you want to live." He said. The girl looked at him with a bit of confusion. But she gave a nod and took his hand. Suddenly, he flew behind her and wrapped her arms around her.
"Gumball, what are you-" Aelita said before she yelped, the blue cat flying quickly up in the air by the might of his wings, taking her with him. She almost screamed as he flew around as he kept going up high into the sky. The girl had her eyes closed the whole time as he flew up with her in his arms. Luckily, her arms were free to allow her hands to have them over her eyes.
"Hey Aelita, check it out." Gumball said.
"Huh?" The girl asked as she removed one hand to allow one of her eyes to see. Suddenly, her other hand left so both eyes can see. The girl wasn't falling at all. She was high up in the air, flying over the forest. looking down, she saw the blue cat had his arms over her chest, and his legs wrapped around her pelvis, not a single limb on her belly, and her arms and legs were free. She looked up to see Gumball, laying on her back, and his arms and legs preventing her from falling and allowing him to keep her up and not drop her, as his wings continued to flap, allowing them both to fly into the air. She then looked down below her, seeing the entire landscape across and outside of Elmore. It was the most beautiful thing that she had ever seen.
"Wow..." She said, a smile forming on her face. "We're flying."
"Flying... with style." Gumball said as he gave a wink, making the girl giggle.
"You know, I flew a few times while back." Aelita said.
"You have?" Gumball asked, a bit surprised.
"Well, not in the real world." Aelita said. "Back on Lyoko. Jeremy upgraded our outfits in the digital world and gave me a bracelet to allow me to fly."
"Really?" Gumball asked. "That's so cool!"
"It was." Aelita said. "Unfortunately it was only a few times, since we spent most of our time investigating the digital sea."
"You mean the internet?" Gumball asked.
"Something like that." Aelita said.
"Ahhh." Gumball said. "Well, at least this gives you a feel of flying in real life."
"Definitely." Aelita said. "Do you sometimes fly often yourself?"
"Sometimes, when I turn into this." Gumball said. "The landscape kinda clears my mind up a bit."
"Alone?" Aelita asked.
"Yeah, there's pretty much no one else to fly with... except..." Gumball said, before looking away for a second, his mind began to dwell on someone else. Penny.
"What's wrong?" Aelita asked.
"Nothing." Gumball said. "I just remembered someone I knew who could fly as well... and shapeshift... a long time ago."
"Who?" Aelita asked. Gumball felt hesitant to speak about it. He wanted to, but he couldn't. It was too painful.
"I don't wanna talk about it." He said. Aelita began to wonder, was this someone the girl that Nicole referred to her about, the girl that he lost a while back? Though it seemed that he didn't want to talk about it, so might as well not ask anymore.
"Ok." Aelita said, understanding why. "But just remember, if you want to talk about it, I'm willing to listen." The blue cat glanced at her, and he gave a smile and nod. He did want to tell her at some point, but not now. He didn't want to ruin the moment. As they continued to fly with the wind, the blue cat went upward, passing the clouds above them, allowing them to see more of the landscape. While everything looked smaller, the moon's light made the ground look much more mystic and mysterious, while magnificent at the same time. The girl then spread out her arms, feeling more like she was flying. She was enjoying it. Glancing upwards at the sky, she saw the stars twinkling, sparkling so peacefully.
"It's so beautiful.." She said.
"Yeah... but not as beautiful as you." Gumball said. He then blushed at what he just said. Unaware, the girl gave a warm smile, and tints of pink covered her cheeks. She lifted her arms up, feeling the blue cat's paw on her. The blue cat felt her warm hand and blushed again. He also then realized that his hands were over her chest, which was were her breasts were.
"Uhhhh, I'm not being frisky." Gumball said.
"I know..." Aelita said, looking back at him. "But I like feeling your touch..." The blue cat blushed even more, but a smile formed on his face. She liked feeling his body against her's. That made him feel... good. Very good. He then lowered his head on the back of her head, slowly nuzzling a bit. The girl felt him gently nudging his head on her. But she didn't care. She actually liked that too. Just feeling him near her, or feeling his entire embrace made her feel safe and happy. Despite that, his wings continued to flap gently as they continued to fly, enjoying this peaceful moment.
Just on the edge of the Forest of Doom, right near the park, Anais, now rustled, dizzy, and dirty, emerged from the trees, coughing a bit, wheezing, and spitting out everything she could out of her mouth. Luckily, the griffon monster with the tentacles didn't do anything horrible to her. The monster only grabbed her and nuzzled against her, while her tentacles were choking her, preventing her from breathing a bit. She was able to get away from it after biting the limb, allowing it to release her. Her escape however, was followed by tumbling in a ball all the way down the hill and cliff, which is surprising because the cliff couldn't be seen anywhere, which resorted to her being covered in honey, then chased by wild bears, then she ended up getting muddy from tripping into mud puddles, and she jumped into a pond, where there were a couple of leeches that attached to her, sucking the blood from her veins, which was why she was so dizzy.
She probably passed out from all that when she came to and found herself near the pond. She was glad that leeches were gone, probably because they thought she was dead and they went back into the water. She managed to get herself away from the area and back near the park. It seems that karma was really getting to her now. She sat down near the tree and gave a defeated sigh.
"Why does this always happen to me?" Anais asked, trying to get the dizziness out of her head. She then looked around. No sign of her big brother, nor that little knocked up whore. The little bunny was praying the slut was disposed of by the wolves.
Suddenly, she heard voices. It was Aelita's voice. The bunny froze up as she continued to hear it. Did the girl become a ghost and was now haunting her soul? But then she heard Gumball's voice, who was cheering along with Aelita's voice. She looked up in the sky, seeing none other than Gumball, with wings, holding Aelita, and the two were flying together.
"WHAT?!" Anais shouted, seeing them both in the air, both in anger, because Aelita was alive, and shocked, because Gumball now had wings?! She hid behind the tree she was resting on and witnessed the two land in the now empty park. The blue cat gently lowered himself, allowing the girl to land safely on her feet, and the blue cat floated down until his feet touched the ground.
"Wow, that was incredible!" Aelita said.
"I know!" Gumball said. "So extraordinary!"
"You were terrific!" Aelita said.
"You were amazing!" Gumball said. The two then stopped their positive comments and smiled at each other, giving tints of blushes, but not caring so. They really had a fun time tonight, probably the best time they have ever had.
"Well, we should probably get home." Gumball said, seeing that it was almost nine on his watch.
"Ok, but what about you, though?" Aelita asked, referring to Gumball's transformation. The blue cat looked down at himself and saw that he still had his claws, antennas, wings, and yellow eyes.
"Oh yeah." Gumball said. "I'm sure they'll revert back tomorrow, since I'm always back to normal then."
"Ok." Aelita said. "And... Gumball?"
"Yes, Aelita?" He asked. Suddenly, he felt her rush over and hug him tightly, making him blush.
"Thank you." She said. The blue cat then smiled, and he wrapped his arms around her, completing the hug. As they held onto each other, Gumball's claws began to retract and shift back into his normal blue paws. His antennas and wings began to seep back into his back. The blackness in his fur began to recolor back to blue, and as he opened his eyes, his sclera turned back to white, and his eyes reverted back to blue! As the two departed the hug, Gumball glanced at his arm, seeing his paw back to normal.
"Hey, I'm me again!" Gumball said.
"You're back to normal!" Aelita said.
"I'm Me!" Gumball said as he jumped and cheered. He then pulled Aelita and twirled himself and her around before pulling her into another hug.
"Thank you." He told her as he nuzzled her.
"It was nothing." Aelita said as the two smiled at each other. The blue cat only stood there, looking straight at her. His heart was pounding so much, in such a rhythmical pattern. He truly didn't deny it. He loved her. He loved Aelita with all his heart, and he really wanted to tell her.
"Oh, Aelita." Gumball said. "There was something that I wanted to tell you, before all this."
"What is it?" She asked. He was about to speak, but then, as he stared at the girl's eyes, Gumball was lost in thought, thinking of the times his mom and dad were together, nuzzling each other and giving each other kisses. And the time when Darwin and Carrie finally confessed their feelings. There were no words needed, because they showed how much they cared for each other. Gumball stood there, and confidence was building inside him, as the girl tilted her head.
"Gumball, are you ok-?" Before she could finish, the blue cat moved his head closer to her's... and planted his lips upon her's, and sealed it.
The girl realized what was happening before her, what he was doing. He was kissing her on the lips. This was quite shocking... at first it was. But her heart, beating to the boy's heart rate, was telling her something else. This moment, this wonderful romantic moment. She didn't want it to end. Her eyes then showed tenderness, filled with deep affection and lust. She liked it... no... she loved it. She then slowly wrapped her arms around his waist, pulling him closer to her, and continued this passionate kiss.
As their lips continued to be sealed, far from them, Anais was standing there, seeing her big brother kissing that girl, right in front of her. Pure shock and rage filled her face, but then, her face began to seep into sadness, as a couple tears began to form in her eyes. She loved her brother so much, but he was instead giving his love to that... that... that french harlot! The little pink bunny squeezed her eyes, allowing the tears to fall down on her cheek. She then ran off, not even caring where she was going, either out of the woods or deeper. She didn't care. She lost her big brother.
Soon, Gumball and Aelita broke the kiss, and stared at each other's eyes. The blue cat then froze instantly, realizing what he had just done! He just kissed Aelita.
"Oh My God, Oh My God, Oh My God, Oh My God!" Gumball spoke in embarrassment. "I'm so sorry, I didn't know what came over me! I swear, I had no idea what I was-" Before he could finish though, the girl before him leaned in, and locked her lips with his once more, sealing another kiss. His eyes widened, but then they were closed, as he placed his hands on her arms. Within seconds, the kiss departed, and the two stared at each other.
"Wh...what was that for?" Gumball asked.
"Just letting my heart speak." Aelita said.
"Y...you mean... you like-like me?" Gumball asked. The girl gave a giggle.
"Of course silly." The girl said. "Why else would I kiss you?" The blue cat's eyes widened, and a tear dropped down from his eye. A warm smile emerged on his face, and within seconds, he pulled the girl into a hug.
"Thank you..." He said. The girl gave a smile and wrapped her arms around him too, and she nuzzled against his forehead. She accepted his feelings.
"Oh!" Aelita spoke.
"What?" Gumball asked as they quickly broke the hug. "What is it?" The girl glanced down at her belly, her hands right on her baby bump.
"I... I felt her kick..." Aelita said. Gumball's eyes widened. The baby kicked?
"You did?" Gumball asked.
"Yes, I did." Aelita said, and she took his paw. "Here, feel it." She then placed his hand on the surface of her belly. It took about three seconds, but then, the blue cat's eyes widened. He felt it too. He felt something slightly press against his paw from the inside of her womb.
"I feel it too." Gumball said, his hand gently moving across the surface of her stomach. He then felt a small mass, probably another kick at where his hand moved. He couldn't help but smile.
"I think she likes you." Aelita said.
"Yeah..." Gumball said. For some reason, he felt so happy. Why is that? He's not the father, let alone if he was he was too young. But he felt happy. Maybe because he had imprinted upon Aelita's unborn child. He could not tell. But he was happy. He leaned in, nuzzling his face into the girl's tummy.
"Hey little gal..." Gumball said to the bump. "You happy that me and your mommy kissed? Well, how about I give you a kiss too. A lot of kisses." Then, the cat began to kiss the surface of Aelita's belly multiple times, making the girl giggle as he held on to her.
"That tickles." She said.
"Sorry, I'm being a little weird again, aren't I?" Gumball asked.
"That's alright, Gumball." Aelita said. "That's why I like you. Thank you, Gumball."
"And thank you..." He said.
"For what?" she asked.
"For giving me the strength to find love again." Gumball spoke with a smile. The two continued to smile at each other. They leaned in once more and kissed again, this time much more passionately than before. Not caring who would ever seem them under the peaceful starry night.
A couple hours later...
It felt like a lot of time has passed since they were in the woods, under the night of stars. They were walking back to Gumball's house. Both of them were holding each other's hands, and both were smiling. They just flew a little bit more in the sky before making their way back to the house, and they enjoyed it very much.
"Wow." Gumball said. "This is without a doubt the best day of my life."
"Me too." Aelita said. "I have to say, you really know how to please a girl."
"Well, like mom always said, the girl always matters the most." Gumball said. "I think that's what she said... or was it dad who said it? I can't remember." The girl couldn't help but giggle at Gumball's struggle to remember. But he didn't mind. She was happy, and that's all that mattered. Pretty soon, they finally made it to the Watterson household. As Aelita was ready to head inside, Gumball had his gaze directed at the sky, with the many stars twinkling and shining their light down upon them.
"You know, it feels strange." he said.
"Strange?" Aelita asked. "What's so strange."
"I dunno." Gumball said. "It's strange that things get bad at first, but in the end, it ends up getting better." The girl realized what he was talking about. They both have been through some bad stuff, but things have gotten better for them, which was a bit strange.
"I know what you mean." Aelita said. "But with how things have gotten better, that's a good thing right?"
"Yeah." Gumball said. "Definitely. And no matter what life throws at us, we'll deal with it together. You, me, and even my family too." The girl smiled, seeing his smile.
"Thank you for welcoming me into your family, Gumball." Aelita said. "I'm really glad that I met you."
"And I'm glad that I met you too." Gumball replied. Then suddenly, he leaned up and then started licking her cheek, making her giggle.
"What are you doing?" She asked with a smile.
"Sorry, can't help it." Gumball said. "You're just so amazing."
"No. You're amazing." Aelita said as she leaned in and kissed his nose, making him chuckle.
"HEEY!"
The shout took them by surprise. Turning their heads, they saw the door open, revealing a massive masked figure with a gardening pitch fork.
"What is going on here?!" The figure shouted. The two lovers screamed and clung onto each other tightly, afraid of what he was gonna do next. But then suddenly, the figure took his mask off, and revealed himself to be Richard.
"BAHAHAHAHAHA!" Richard laughed. "You guys should've seen your faces! Oh, that was so good!" As the rabbit continued laughing, the two stood there in confusion.
"Wha... Dad!" Gumball shouted. "What the hell was that?!"
"Haha, sorry son." Richard said. "I couldn't resist. It was just so hilarious to see your faces." Gumball was about to speak, but then he noticed his dad was... not wearing pants... again.
"Dad?" Gumball asked. "Why are you not wearing any pants?" Then suddenly, Richard glanced down at himself, seeing that he was only wearing his underwear.
"Oh, I couldn't find any overalls to go with it." Richard said. The blue cat and girl looked at him, then at each other. The two then found the sudden urge to laugh at Richard's joke, and the rabbit joined.
"Oh, you guys are back." Nicole said as she leaned from behind Richard. "My, you guys have been gone for a while." The blue cat boy looked up at the sky, seeing the stars out.
"Oh, yeah, we must've been out too long." Gumball said. "Sorry about that."
"Aw, don't worry honey." Nicole said. "It's not a school night so it's no biggie. So, how was your date?"
"Um..." Gumball spoke, but stopped as he felt Aelita's hand on his shoulder. Turning his head, he saw her looking at him, smiling sincerely.
"It was amazing." She said. Hearing that brought a smile to the blue cat's face.
"Awwww..." Richard said. "You two finally made out! Wish I had my camera."
"Wh...Dad!" Gumball said, his face blushing up. But then, he felt a pair of arms hugging him. Turning again, he saw the girl embracing him with a loving affectionate hug, nuzzling his cheek into his head. A smile came upon his face as he hugged her in return. Once again, the two leaned in with a smooch, not even caring that anyone was watching. There was no more turmoil anymore, and they were finally at peace. Nicole and Richard watched happily.
"Our little boy's found love again." Nicole said.
"Yep." Richard said, and then he hugged his wife affectionately. "And you my lady deserve a kiss as well."
"Oh, meow." Nicole said as Richard began to nuzzle her, and soon the two were kissing each other as well, unaware that Darwin was watching from behind with a happy smile, happy to see his brother with the girl he loved, and happy how Nicole and Richard were being lovey dovey too.
"Another happy ending." Darwin said. Unbeknownst to them, there were actually a couple of other people watching this scene. One was behind the light post far down the street. The mysterious stranger with the hood and green eyes. He was watching with great surprise, and a smile on his face.
"It's her." He said. "It's really her."
However, not everyone was happy of the two's new relationship. Upstairs from her window, was Anais watching with lots of pain, and disgust. She had managed to find her way home after seeing her brother make out with that girl. She then turned away from the sight and pulled her ears in anger, letting a loud scream and slamming her hands into the ground. She then turned to her secret closet, where she kept her hidden Gumball plushy. She rushed over toward it and opened the door. Seeing it for just a few seconds, her face shifted to an angry one, and she was ready to rip it up. She grabbed the arm, and was ready to pull it.
She froze. She just stood there with the arm in her hands. Seeing the Gumball plushy all lifeless and still, only brought more tears to her eyes. She couldn't rip it up. She just couldn't. She still loved her big brother so much. She letted go of the plushy's arm and turned away, jumping into her bed, and covered her face into her pillow, and began crying softly. She couldn't get that image out of her head. Seeing her brother kissing that little slut. It made her sick to her stomach, and made her heart crack. She continued crying, but her eyes opened a bit, showing anger within them. Lots and lots of anger.
Meanwhile... Somewhere in Pork Belly
"You know that this is just the beginning of your torture."
A certain blonde boy with flame hair and a blue jacket we completely tied up to a chair. Chains wrapped his entire body, and duck tape glued directly on his mouth. There was blood on his face, but it wasn't his own. He was inside his house, all covered in gore and blood. His father, who was blonde and wearing a green vest, was dead with his entire head blown off. His mom, the brown-haired business woman was nailed to the wall, her organs ripped from her whole body. His sisters, both red haired and glasses, their bodies were torn up from the inside out. The boy was crying, and screaming. But nobody could hear him, and in front of him was a man in a grey trench coat, his face shrouded in shadows.
"Now, whatever should I do to you?" The mysterious man spoke as he approached the boy, who was whimpering and muffling through his closed mouth. "Should I blow your brains out? No, I've already done that to your father. Stupid fool would not stop shouting. Perhaps I could rip your organs out? Maybe not, for I already did that to your mom. Oh, maybe I could... Tear you apart from the inside out. Wait, I already did that to your twin sisters. Perhaps drowning you could do it, but it's not satifying." The boy couldn't say anything, only muffles.
"I know what I can do." The man said. "I'll fry you up with electricity." The man lifted his right arm, revealing a metallic robotic arm. It then shifted into an electric arc cannon. The boy screamed through his glued mouth.
-RING RING RING RING-
The sound of the ringtone quickly caught attention, making the man lower his cannon and lifted his left hand, showing a watch communicator.
"What is it?" He asked.
"We need you to get back here." A voice spoke from the communicator.
"I'm busy right now." The man said.
"With what?"
"Torturing my next victim." The man said.
"You're still doing that? We already stole their equipment from the lab, which some of it has proven to be completely useless, except for the weapons of course."
"But I have nothing better to do." The man continued.
"Well now you do. Now get your ass back here." The man looked back at the boy, who was still struggling to move.
"Can I kill the boy then?" The man asked.
"He's not worth it. Let him drown in his misery."
The man disappointedly hung up, and looked back at the boy.
"You should feel lucky boy." The man said. "You just been spared." The man swayed his white hair out of his dark eyes and left, closing the door behind him. The boy only gave a sigh of relief, but he still whimpered by the blood and the death of his loved ones.
"Hey Johnny, Can I Come Out Now?!" A Dog spoke moving from the hole in the wall. "I've been cramped all day in that- WHOA!" The canine jumped seeing the blood and gore all over the place. He then looked back at his owner, who was crying and whimpering.
"Wow... dude, you sisters really messed this place up." The dog said. "At least you're not getting blamed for it!" The dog gave a smile, and the boy lowered his head with a groan.
Meanwhile... in an unknown place.
A large massive tower stood in the Southern outskirts, surrounded by platforms and such. With the atmosphere being all dark, it was hard to tell what was around it. A Black Doom Buggie approached the area, heading straight for the tower. It passed through the front gates, with a huge energy shield surrounding the area, along with the tower. The vehicle parked with several trucks. Stepping out was the man, and he closed the door with his mechanical metal arm. He marched toward the tall tower, passing several militia men, all of them bearing a symbol of a phoenix's beak on their shoulders and backs. The Dark Phoenix, the massive terrorist organization who want nothing more but world domination, and this man was a part of it. Drex Archo, the mysterious man who was once a war veteran, but was opted out when he lost his arm in battle. It drove him completely violent and emotionless, feeling nothing but anger and hatred. While not the leader, he served and commanded it's army. And nothing was going to stop him from achieving his purpose. Except for the man who summoned him, the high leader of the organization. He moved forward pass the front door of the tower, where inside, there were some interesting creatures trapped in cages. They were all kaijin monsters, with different looks and features. All of them were dark and evil. But Drex Archo was not afraid. As one of the beasts growled at him, his hand transformed into a gun and shot at the monster's foot, scaring it. These monsters were suppose to be the feared ones, but Drex was not a man of fear. He didn't feel fear, only nothing. Passing the monsters, he made his way to the elevator. Stepping inside, the doors closed behind him and the elevator went up to the top floor. The doors opened, revealing an office, with a seat turned away from the desk, showing that somebody was in it. Drex approached the table.
"You should know not to interrupt me while I'm working." He said.
"And I made it clear that you should always inform me when you're doing your little games." A voice said from behind the chair.
"If you called me here, then it better be good." Drex said.
"It is." The other man said, with the chair turning around, revealing a much older man, somewhere between fifty to seventy due to his white hair. A short beard was on his chin, and he wore a brownish green dress suit, with a darker colored sweater underneath, his eyes of dark slate grey were showing traits of wickedness and evil.
"We have just recently received a call that requires your... expertise." The man, Wallace Breen, continued.
"And what is this task you ask of me to do?" Drex asked.
"You remember Professor Waldo Schaeffer... do you?" Wallace asked.
"Yes." Drex said. "Professor Waldo Schaeffer. The man who worked on Project Carthage, and discovered our use for it. He went rogue and took the research of Carthage with him after the Plumbers raided our old base years ago. What about him?"
"You do recall your little blood-shedding back at Kadic Academy, do you?" Wallace asked. "Where you were tasked to collect the files of Professor Waldo Schaeffer?"
"The mission was a success." Drex said.
"And that you were also to leave no witnesses." Wallace asked.
"Yes." Drex said.
"And you collected his daughter, Aelita Schaeffer." Wallace continued.
"You mean Subject A?" Drex asked.
"Yes, Subject A where we did experiments on her to create an offspring made from Kaijin DNA." Wallace said. "But Subject A, as you should already know about, escaped from our grasps months ago."
"So?" Drex asked. "That was not my fault."
"The monster that you captured the night she escaped wrecked havoc in our old facility." Wallace said. "And because of that, she escaped. She escaped on your watch."
"Keeping the girl locked up was not my responsibility." Drex said. "Why are you even interested in her?"
"I told you, our experiments was to create an offspring from human and Kaijin DNA, and it was successful." Wallace said. "In a couple weeks time or so, she will give birth to the first human kaijin species, and we need that for further study."
"And using a teenager to be the subject?" Drex asked.
"That has nothing to do with it." Wallace said as he walked toward the man. "The point is that she is carrying inside her what is humanity's hope of longevity. Plus, she may get the attention of our enemies, and that's why we need her back."
"Well, we don't know where she is." Drex said.
"We may have found her." Wallace said. The man with the metal arm turned his head back at the older man.
"What?" Drex asked.
"We received a message from an anomynous caller about the girl." Wallace said. "And this caller gave very detailed information about the girl's whereabouts. I want you to listen." He then pressed the recorder on, revealing a message.
"This is to the Hydra Force. I have vital information regarding a fugitive that you are searching for. The girl's location is in a blue house owned by the Watterson family, right next to a big purple in the town of Elmore. The address is 1026 York Street."
As the message ended, Drex raises an eyebrow, surprised how whoever sent them the message got all this juicy info. Neverless, he made his way to the window, taking a gaze at the moonlight sky.
"So... what to do?" Drex said.
"You know what." Wallace said. "I want her alive..."
"And you're asking me to collect her?" Drex asked.
"Yes." Wallace said. Drex then gave a nod.
"I will prepare Hydra Force to do so." Drex said. Hydra Force, one of the top ranked members and elite soldiers of the Green Phoenix. They are very very excellent at their job, and they do not fail by any means, and succeed by all means necessary. As he made his way to the elevator, Drex slight turned his head to Wallace's direction.
"And the ones who are hiding her?" He spoke. "What of them?"
"Bring them in." Wallace said. "So no one knows of what we're doing."
"And if there is some retaliation?" Drex asked. Wallace then turned his head before he left the room.
"Kill them."
6!
Welp, that's that for this chapter! I had loads of fun writing this chapter, especially the kissing scene.
I just love pairing Gumball and Aelita together. I know it sounds strange, but I just find them together pretty cute. I've drawn a lot of fan art of the two together recently and I'm dying to post it!
The Guppy Love movie is a reference to Bubble Guppies, as they have been revived and recently premiered their fifth season a couple weeks ago, and it looks like the season will have not only a new character, but a couple of new twists.
Also, it sounds like the Dark Phoenix are going to make their move. But we'll step away from the Wattersons for a while, and move back to Sonic and CJ next chapter as the latter and the SPD attempt to recruit Sonic to their cause. So anyway, after the next chapter, we'll be getting the team together!
Japanese Translations:
Leave Her Alone! - Kanojo o hitori ni shite! / 彼女を一人にして!
Back! Get away! She's My Mate! - Bakku! Nigeru! Kanojo wa watashi no nakamadesu /バック! 逃げる! 彼女は私の仲間です!
