There's a new chapter here again. This chapter will be a little quieter. But I warn you one thing: There will be a few tears around here. For this chapter I thank mermaidf and PrimroseRaspberry who helped me. I had a slight mental block but I was able to overcome it. So, enjoy this chapter and prepare napkins.
Bubble Guppies Fanfic
Bubble Guppies Teen Years: The Last Bubble Guppy
Chapter 7: The Valley of the Fallen
Night came in the old town home to the old Bubble Guppies. It was not a quiet night for our heroes. They had suffered their greatest defeat in their fight against the Cadaverini Empire. The powerful squad of "The Elite", who were our beloved guppies turned into cyborgs loyal to the Supreme Leader, were in charge of giving them that devastating blow. They were able to wipe out more than half of the Resistance members in a surprise attack. In fact, the surviving members were camping in the ruins of the Imperial base where the battle against the Cyborg Guppies was fought. Nobody was calm. They all stood guard to prevent them or more imperial soldiers from attacking again. Molly was one of those people. She could only see the starry sky without being able to admire the beauty of the night. Her mind was overwhelmed by the revelation that her friends were alive and servants of her greatest enemy. She was definitely not okay. Someone approached her carefully.
"Molly….It`s Leader Mia….She wants an urgent meeting...But only the leading members...She wants you to come" It was Avi. Molly did not know the intentions of her younger sister, but she obeyed her partner and followed him. She saw that the founding members of the Resistance were gathered. There was Mr. Grumpfish, Duncan, Miranda, Anderson, Dylan, Daniel, Ichiro, Avi (who arrived with Molly) and in the middle of all, Mia.
"Guys...let's go...We have to visit a place...Just us" Mia ordered. The rest prepared their things like weapons.
"What about the rest?" Molly asked confusedly.
"They will be fine. I assigned someone to be in charge in our absence. Let's go... there is no need to waste time" Mia ordered seriously. Her sister didn't understand her attitude.
"Where do we go?" Molly whispered it to Duncan.
"(sigh) You`ll see it" Duncan answered. The pink-haired girl didn't know why they were acting weird. But she thought that if she obeyed them, she would get the answer. So she took her dagger and a pistol and left with the group of leaders.
Mia made them walk for about two hours through the dark forest at night. They used flashlights to light their way. The journey was long and silent. No one wanted to comment or say anything out loud. Although Molly wanted to ask a lot of questions, she knew this was not the right time.
"We have arrived" Mia said guided them to a desert place. It was a dark, dry valley. Only illuminated by the light of the moon. However, this place had something special. In that place there were many stone pillars with letters inscribed on them. They all began to walk slowly in that place. In the center of the mysterious place, there was a circle to make a fire in the middle.
"What is this place?" Molly asked nervously.
"Guys...you can split up and go wherever you want to be in this valley. But in an hour, we'll all meet downtown. Is it understood?" Mia asked. Everybody nodded. The other members split up and went to visit various stone pillars. In the center only Molly and Mia remained.
"Mia….What are we doing here?" Molly asked worriedly.
"Molly….There is something I want to show you" Mia said seriously. Mia decided to take her to a specific place in the mysterious place. In the short run, she started to answer her question "Sis…... We call this place: "The Valley of the Fallen". This is a graveyard for people who died giving their lives for the cause of the Resistance. And not only that... this place is a place of remembrance for the victims of the High School attack... and the Massacre. All of these stones have the name of the people whose deaths have been confirmed...Actually...I thought I'd show you this" Mia finally took her sister where she wanted. They were two stone pillars together. Those pillars had two names
"Miriam Gentilella"
"Robert Gentilella"
Molly gasped to see it. It was literally the grave of her parents! She knew that they died because of Mia's story, but she never thought that she would go to the place where their bodies were supposed to be buried. Molly just fell to her knees in front of the graves and started crying loudly. Her tears fell heavily like a waterfall and her sobs could be heard. Mia decided to give her sister time. In addition, the leader of the Resistance crossed her arms and turned to look away feigning indifference and coldness... Although in reality, she just... wanted to hide the tears that came out of her eyes.
Sadness was actually in the air. Miranda, Anderson were visiting the gravestones of their police comrades who had decided to oppose the Bossi regime...and died in battle. They also visited their relatives. Especially Miranda, who visited the graves of her husband and son. Not far from them were three other people. They were Dylan, Daniel and Ichiro. They went to pay homage to their dead parents. Especially Ichiro who nailed his katana to the loose and bowed and made prayers in Japanese. When the boy finished, the twins waited for him.
"That was a very noble tribute, friend" Dylan commented.
"Arigato" Ichiro said bowing.
"This place...doesn't make me feel good...it reminds me...of the time we were with mom and dad...and it reminds me of her" Daniel said very sadly. All of them knew that he was talking about…..Deema.
"I know brother. I miss them too...You know? I still can't forget the day we ruined dessert at a dinner party. Deema brought Goby over to the house for dinner with us and we screwed it up...Hahaha" Dylan said with a tiny smile. He tried to be optimistic like his older sister.
"Hey! Remember our first Kwanzaa with Goby`s family? Goby's nephews were fierce opponents, huh?" Daniel started to laugh a little.
"Of course! I liked teasing Deema. It was fun...(sigh) I didn't think the last time we saw her was...when she went with Goby to her prom" Dylan was sad to mention it.
"Technically...that wasn't the last time...But...that was the last time we saw Deema as Deema...Now...he's just a homicidal machine" Daniel added.
"Noroi! Oona...I still remember the day she was born. I promised my little sister... that I would protect her from anyone who wanted to harm her. And... I failed! I remember when she messed up my homework and mom told her not to get mad because "She was just a baby." I remember when she started training to learn how to fight. I will never forget our training sessions...I remember when she beat me for the first time. That day she made me feel so proud. I remember the day Oona introduced me to Nonny... I hated that boy until both of them made me reconsider. I remember when...Oona and Nonny prepared me a surprise for my birthday...I will never forget that birthday...I...I curse the day I went to college...There I neglected her! And because of that...she died...The Oona that I loved and cared for died in the explosion...Now, the girl who looks like Oona, it's not her...it's just a controlled assassin...Oona...Oona...little sister" Ichiro decided to unload his fury on a dry tree and began to hit it hard until it completely destroyed it...leaving his hands bloody and with some splinters. Dylan and Daniel could only comfort him in silence.
At that moment we can see three more people in another place in that type of cemetery. They were Mr. Grumpfish, Duncan and Avi. They were gathered in front of one of the tombstones. None of the three said a single word. They were simply showing respect to the grave. Molly saw them and decided to approach her three quiet companions.
"Guys….Who does that tomb belong to?" Molly asked nervously. The three saw each other at the same time. No one wanted to open their mouths. Duncan decided to give Molly room so she could read the inscription on the stone pillar herself. The pink haired girl walked over, and when she read the tombstone... her heart broke once more.
"Tino Grouper"
The girl was static for a few minutes. The three of them decided to leave Molly alone. They thought she needed time alone. When they left, the girl couldn't help but remember all the happy times she had with Mr. Grouper. When she met him the day he introduced himself as her kindergarten teacher. All their adventures together with the Bubble Guppies. Their reunion in adolescence. All the times he gave her advice... Unfortunately... she remembered Grouper's last advice referring to her revenge against Jane. Molly didn't have the right attitude that day... And now she felt bad. The girl just lowered her face and her tears came out of her eyes once more. She cried and cried nonstop for a long time.
"(snif) I….I….I failed you, Mr. Grouper! I have failed the Bubble Guppies! I have failed my parents! I'VE FAILED EVERYONE IN BUBBLETUCKY! (sobbing) You expected great things from me. I was able to prevent all this from happening! I was able to finish off Jane before she created this hell! (sobbing) I was a fool! (sob) I thought that... Jane... she might have something good... It was all a fucking lie! (sob) I...I let everyone down! The Leader of the Bubble Guppies FAILED! And she NOW... EVERYONE I LOVE IS EITHER DEAD OR SUFFERING IN LIFE. AND ALL BECAUSE OF MY WEAKNESS!" Molly finally unloaded all her pain at that moment. She fell to her knees and covered her face while crying. She felt guilty for everything. Blame for Grouper's death, hers, her parents, her friends and family, her friends and hers. Guilt for destroying Mia's innocence. Guilt that the inhabitants are slaves of a dictatorship. Guilt that Gil is forced to marry. Guilt that her friends are killing machines at the service of her greatest enemy. A long time of suffering without consolation, she felt that someone was patting her back in consolation.
"This is not your fault, Molly. It never was"
"Huh?!" Molly wiped her tears and she saw something unusual…"N…No!...M…MR. GROUPER?!" It was not possible! He was there. Molly, without analyzing anything, hugged him tightly. The big orange fish accepted the tight hug.
"My dear guppy...I haven't seen you for a long time" Mr. Grouper said.
"How can you be alive?! I saw when Bossi..." Molly tried to finish her sentence.
"That doesn't matter now, my girl. The important thing is that you are here. Molly...nothing that's happening is your fault. You shouldn't blame yourself for things you can't control. Nobody knew that Bossi and Jane would take their hatred to an extreme level. There are things we can't avoid" Mr. Grouper told her.
"But that could have been avoided! If I had killed her...This wouldn't have happened!" Molly shouted bothered with tears in her eyes.
"You don't know that for sure. If you had done that...wouldn't you have been just like her? You would have become what you hated. You would have made your friends and family suffer much worse than what Jane is doing. Molly...dear...you must fight. You must fight for what you love. You couldn't do anything to prevent the disaster, but now... you can end this conflict together with the Resistance. You couldn't save many people...among them...your parents...But now you can save your friends and Gil...You still have a long way to go, dear...No It's easy... It never has been... But you have to be strong and keep going. That's what I expect from the Leader of the Bubble Guppies. You have leadership, courage and determination. Possibly this is your final fight, but you must give it your all. Remember...revenge should not be your primary motive...Your true motivation is the salvation of those you love. They can be saved...You can do it. Never forget it, Molly. You are the Born Leader of the Bubble Guppies. They trust you and I trust you. I will always be with you...in your heart..." Mr. Grouper decided to give her a big hug. Molly just sobbed into his shoulder. She wanted that moment to last forever. However, in a few minutes, someone was waiting for her in the back.
"Molly….Molly….Are you….okay?" It was Ichiro. He was confused. Molly turned to see him. She decided to turn around and noticed that Mr. Grouper was gone. Was it a dream? A vision? Hallucination? Visit from beyond? No one knows, least of all Molly.
"Oh…..Yeah….I'm okay….." Molly answered.
"Well….It's time to get together….all of us" Ichiro commented about Mia´s orders. Both of them went together. All the founding members were gathered in the center of the funeral place. There was a campfire in their midst. Mia was in the middle to give a few words
"I hope everyone was able to ... unload your emotions. I know that we have painful things stored in our hearts. We come here to let off steam. The members of the Resistance cannot see us as weak. Because if they don't see it that way, they will lose hope in our movement. I want us all to leave here with new strength to be able to continue fighting" Mia tried to motivate her team.
"Sister…..why do we come here?" Molly asked a little sad.
"(sigh) Sometimes...when we suffer defeat...we come to this place. Here we come to remember all those who are no longer with us. Many of those who are in this cemetery were victims of the Day of the Massacre. Others were victims of the bomb. And others died in the fight against the Cadaverini Empire. We come here to remember them...And to remember the real reason for the Resistance: Fight for those who are no longer here and Fight for those who are still with us…..Let's go back to camp" Mia explained the motivation of the trip. All the others obeyed the orders. They took their things and went back to the Resistance camp.
They all didn't want to talk. They were strong emotions. They were able to let go of their true emotions in the graveyard...but now they had to gather new strength for the fight against the Supreme Leader. Luckily the camp did not have anything out of the ordinary. Almost everyone remained on guard until the founding members returned. Everyone was about to sleep until, for the first time, Molly decided to call an unofficial meeting with all the surviving members. Without many options, everyone came to the call.
"I want everyone to pay attention to me. I know today was a horrible day for us. We suffered the worst defeat of all. Many of our people died today at the hands of the infamous "Elite". And I know that we all have our spirits down ... But do you know something? That is what Bossi and Jane want...They have the ideology that fear subjugates the weak...And they are right, the weak are subdued by fear...So... SHOW THEM THAT WE ARE NOT THE WEAK! We are brave men and women! Fear cannot weaken us. These tragedies make us stronger. We must draw strength from where we do not have it. Let's fight for those who are not with us, because they died for our cause. Let's also fight for those who want freedom but fear defeats them. But if they begin to see a glimmer of hope, our movement will be strong. Let's be the hope for BubbleTucky and Big BubbleCity! We must hit Bossi where it hurts him the most. No more games! No more tolerance for injustice! No more tolerance towards tyranny! I want us all to wake up tomorrow with new strength and march to our next objective and start making the Supreme Leader suffer. WHO'S WITH ME?!"Molly decided to give her motivational speech. And although it doesn't look like it, it worked. The Resistance members shouted with joy and their spirits returned. Even the founding members were inspired. Mia smiled proudly at her sister. She recognized her leadership ability.
"You heard my sister! Tomorrow we are going to have a big battle. Actually... Molly gave me an idea for tomorrow's attack. It's time to send a message to Bossi Cadaverini" Mia smirked. They all decided to listen carefully to the leader's plan. The rebels were excited by the Gentilella sisters' proposal. The new plan of attack sounded very promising. something big was coming.
While this is happening, we will be looking at an important scene in the Great Palace of Cadaverini. Residence of the Cadaverini Family. We will focus on a deluxe room. There were several people in that room. We can identify two of them.
"Look Gil! The best suits in the entire empire. You don't know how hard Scarlet worked on them. And all this job for you two. You must choose one for your wedding...Hmmmm...What about this great blue suit...It matches your hair and eyes" It was James. He was showing many suits to the "fiance" of the "Wedding of the Century". The boy just looked bored at the suits. Not a single word came out of his mouth.
"..."
"I know. I know...very blue...Hmmmm and how about this black suit. A classic" James showed him another typical suit.
"..."
"I understand. It's an important wedding and the classics can be boring... What a difficult groom... Oh! How about this golden suit...No...Very extravagant. It's a wedding, not a circus" James tried to select a suit for the fiance. But Gil isn't interested.
"..."
"Ugh! My job would be easier if you just showed a modicum of interest in this. It's your wedding for God, man! You will be the most powerful man in the Empire soon! You don't know how many have wanted to be in the place where you are?! I for example! For me I marry Jane just to have the power that you will have!" James commented very bothered. He was jealous.
"If you want this power so much... Well, marry her and leave me alone! It's not that I want to marry Jane either" Gil rolled his eyes.
"ITrust me, friend. If I could, I would gladly do it. But Jane and Bossi only want you as Jane's husband. They make the rules here" The red haired guppy answered.
"If I were you I would take care of that tongue you have. You don't want Jane or Bossi to find out about your OBVIOUS intention to usurp the throne" Gil commented quietly.
"Grrrr silence!" James said, bothered. At that moment, someone entered the room. Both boys turned to see if it was the Supreme Leader "OH MY….Lord Cadaverini!" James bowed. Luckily for him, Bossi did not hear anything about the hidden intentions of the imperial advisor.
"Well, James? Has Gil made a decision for his wedding suit?" Bossi asked seriously.
"It would be easier with a more cooperative fiancé!" James crossed his arms.
"How many times do I have to tell you that I do NOT want to marry Jane?!" Gil crossed his arms bothered too.
"(sigh) Here we go again…..Hmmmm….Guards….James….Leave us alone. Looks like Gil needs to talk to his father-in-law right now" Bossi ordered. James simply bowed and withdrew with the guard Sentinels. Bossi began to talk with his son-in-law "Very good boy. I see you like to complicate things. Listen, very soon you will be an important man. You will be a Cadaverini. People will respect you and fear you. But most importantly, you will be a great Supreme Leader...or at least...in a certain point of view, since Jane will actually be the Supreme Leader. Still, you will have power. You can have everything you want...if you only accept my daughter as a wife" Bossi explained to him the best way he can.
"You only think about money, material and superficial things. I see why Jane is like this. Nope! I'm not interested in marrying Jane. I'm only here because you force me to be here. I'm sorry, Bossi...but I don't want" Gil decided to turn his back to him.
"It's a shame, you know? I tried the easy way...now...I'll try the hard way" Bossi commented.
"And what are you going to do to me? Huh? Kill me? You know what... Do it! I DON'T WANT TO LIVE LIKE THIS ANYMORE! So you leave Jane without a husband! You can't take anything from me. I no longer have anything to lose! My friends? DEAD! My parents? DEAD! My family? DEAD The love of my life, Molly? DEAD! You see it? I have nothing left! You have nothing to blackmail me with. And now? Killing me will be better than living like this!" Gil faced him angrily. However, Bossi was very calm. He had something up his sleeve…metaphorically.
"You know? There you are wrong, my dear guppy. I still have something to negotiate. Accept to be my daughter's husband or else... your special woman will pay the consequences" Bossi threatened him.
"Hahaha! My special woman? HA! Molly is dead, you know?" Gil said, rolling his eyes.
"I didn't mean your beloved dead girlfriend. No no no. I mean the special woman of a child ... That's right ... It's your mother" Bossi smiled.
"She died….you know" Gil raised his eyebrow.
"And that's where you're wrong... I'm going to confess a secret. Perhaps...by pure chance...I left your mother alive for...possible extortion. She is working...in the mines" Bossi decided to show him the truth. Bossi took out an electronic device where it revealed cameras from the mines. In one of them it was seen how Mrs. Gordon worked hard in the mines and the guards were cruel to her (it should be noted that they are different mines than the ones Molly worked, that's why Bossi does not know that she is still alive). Gil was in shock. First, her mom was alive... And second, she was suffering because of Bossi. He was filled with fury.
"FREE MY MOTHER OR ELSE...!" Gil wanted to punch him in the face.
"Or else what, Gil? If you attack me...I'll send the dogs to eat your mother! Do you want to save your only family? you know what you should do '' Bossi threatened him. This time, He smirked evilly. Gil clenched his fist and he lowered his head.
"So...if I marry Jane...will you set my mom free?" Gil asked submissely.
"And not only that, Gil. I'll let her live here with you. She will finally live well and with you. Only there is one condition. Not only will you marry her... you must also... give me an heir with her. That's right...you have to give me a child of yours with Jane. If you try to trick me...My dogs will have fresh meat...Do we have a deal?" Bossi explained his conditions. Gil was in shock. The idea of marrying the psycho girl was horrible enough. And now he had to have a child with her?! It means that that special moment with the girl he loves… would be ruined just because of a whim. But...it was his mom that was at risk. It was the last thing she had. Her life depended on him now.
"(sigh) I will do it. I will marry Jane...And we will have a child...But...don't expect me to love Jane. I will never love her. I already loved someone" Gil agreed with the proposal. However, not totally.
"I respect that. In time... you might love her" Bossi added.
"So...I have your word?" Gil asked doubtfully.
"I may be a dictator and criminal... but I am not a liar. You have my word. NOW...do you want to choose the suit for your wedding...Gil Cadaverini?" The Supreme Leader smirked evilly. Everything indicates that things were getting worse.
