Hey guys. I have to say, last chapter went pretty well. Now it's time to move on to the next chapter. It's time to enter chapter 5 of: The Survivor.

It was the dawn of the next day. Cathy had woken up early and sitting at the dinning room table, thinking about last night's ordeal. It was the only thing she could think about at the moment.

"Eyes. Teeth. Claws. That's three of the phases that he's already gone through" Cathy thought to herself as she got up and walk towards the couch. She then sat down next to Gumball, who was lying asleep on his side with a navy blue blanket covering his sleeping body. "Sooner or later I'm going to have to tell him about what's going on with him…"

She saw the sight of Gumball smiling in his sleep. This in turn made Cathy smile as well.

"But not at this moment. Later, when he's awake" she said quietly. The reason Gumball was asleep on the couch was because his aunt had set him there.

After their little tussle the other night, Cathy had knocked Gumball out and set him on the couch. He had since then reverted back to his normal self. Not only that, but after she had cut the palm of his hand, Cathy had cleaned his wound and wrapped it in a bandage.

"Morning, Cathy" she heard a voice coming from behind her. She turned to see her sister walking into the living room.

"Nicole. Good morning" she replied with a light smile.

"Why's Gumball asleep on the couch?" Nicole asked.

"Oh, uh, he was sleepwalking and when I stopped him, I placed him on the couch so he could rest" Cathy lied with a fake story to her older sister.

"Ok. If you say so…" Nicole accepted, although having a bit of denial. Unlike most people in their family, Cathy was actually a pretty decent liar… She was good enough to fool her sister at least. "Want me to make you some coffee?" Nicole asked her.

"Yeah, I could use something to keep me up" Cathy said, walking into the kitchen with Nicole.

[20 minutes later]

"Mmm. This is some good coffee" Cathy said, licking her lips after taking a sip of the dark caffeinated beverage.

"Yes. One of the few things that wakes me up in the morning" Nicole commented. "So, little sister, have any plans while you're visiting here in Elmore?" Nicole asked her younger sibling.

"Nah, not really" She replied. "Not unless you count me trying to explain to Gumball about the situation he's currently in…" Cathy thought to herself as she took another sip of coffee.

No sooner than she thought of her young nephew, Cathy and Nicole heard a groaning sound coming from the living room. They turned to see Gumball sit up and stretch out his limbs as he woke up.

"Oh, it's around the time for the kids to wake up" Nicole said. "I'll go wake up Darwin and Anias" she added, walking past her sister and up the stairs.

"Perfect" Cathy thought to herself with a smirk. Gumball yawned and got off the couch.

"Morning, Aunt Cathy" Gumball greeted his aunt as he walked into the kitchen, sitting next to her in the same seat that his mother was sitting in not too long ago.

"Morning, kiddo. Want some breakfast?" Cathy asked her nephew.

"I'm not supposed to do things myself, remember?" Gumball replied, reminding his aunt of the challenge he had with his mother.

"No, you're mom and the others aren't supposed to do things for you. They didn't say anything about me" she said, countering his point.

"That's true. In that case, I guess I'll have some bacon, eggs and a side of buttered toast" He said.

"Ok. But before I do that, I wanted to ask you something…" she began. Gumball gave her his full attention. "Do you have any recollection of last night?"

"I remember eating a giant meat lovers pizza and drinking a huge soda" he told her. "And I don't know why, but for some reason my mouth tastes a little like blood. It's tasted like that a lot lately" he added.

"Well, there's a perfectly good reason for that. You see, Gumball, you-"

"Morning, you guys" Cathy was interrupted by Darwin and the rest of the family coming into the dinning room.

"Uh, I think I'll go make you your breakfast now" Cathy said, walking into the kitchen to make her and Gumball some breakfast.

"Can you make us some, too?" Richard asked.

"No" she shot back quickly and firmly.

"Cathy, we aren't supposed to do anything for Gumball" Nicole told her sister with a finger raised.

"No, you guys aren't supposed to do anything for Gumball. You didn't say anything about me" Cathy replied.

Nicole sighed. "Fair enough" she said with a roll of her eyes.

Cathy soon fired up the stove and started cooking breakfast for both her and Gumball. Knowing her nephew could eat a good portion of food, she made sure to make enough for both him and her.

It didn't take long for her to finish cooking. Bacon and eggs were pretty simple to make if one knew what they were doing. Once they food was done, she set a plate down in front of Gumball and sat down next to him with her own plate.

"Mmm. Good eggs, and this bacon is really crispy" Gumball said, tasting the deliciousness of the breakfast that his aunt made for him. "So what did you want to tell me, Aunt Cathy?" Gumball asked, bringing up what they were talking about before they were interrupted.

"We'll talk about it later, after breakfast" she told him.

"Talk about what?" Anias asked with curiousness.

"Something that only an aunt and her eldest nephew can share" Cathy said to her niece in a mocking remark. Anias gave her aunt a narrow eyed glance. "So Gumball, any plans for today?"

"Well, today's Saturday, so I might go to the skate park" He said to her.

"Sounds interesting. I'll drop you off as soon as we're done with breakfast" Cathy said, taking a bite of her eggs.

-In Cathy's car-

After they had finished their breakfast, Cathy and Gumball were driving to the skate park in her car, which was an all black Nissan with images of golden lightning bolts on the sides.

"Huh. You know, sometimes I forget how cool your car is. It's even cooler than mom's" Gumball, who was riding in shotgun, said.

"Yeah, it's definitely been a while" Cathy said, although not in joyous, reminisce-like tone. "Would you like the seat to warm you up or massage you?" she asked.

"Warm me up, please" he gave his answer. Cathy pressed the seat warmer for Gumball's seat. Gumball then felt his butt warm up from the warmth of the seat.

Gumball sighed in ecstasy. It was then that Cathy pulled over and stopped the car near the side walk.

"Wait a second, this isn't the skate park" Gumball said, noticing they were no where near the skate park.

"I know" Cathy said while looking off to the side and her ears lowered. "I stopped here so we could continue the conversation we had earlier"

"Um… ok" Gumball said with a look of slight confusion, yet also acceptance.

"Now then, remember earlier when I asked if you remembered anything from last night?" Cathy asked.

"Yeah, and I said I remembered eating pizza and drinking soda" he replied, telling her what he said earlier.

"You also said you tasted blood in your mouth lately, correct?" Cathy asked, making sure she heard correctly. Gumball replied with a nod. "Ok. That was the easy part… now for the hard part…" Cathy thought to herself. "Gumball, there's something you must know"

"About what?" Gumball asked.

Cathy sighed. "Gumball, look at your hand. Your right one" she told him.

"It's wrapped in a bandage. So?" Gumball didn't think it was that big of a deal.

"Do you remember how you got that?" Cathy asked, pointing at his bandaged wound.

"No, but it does sting a bit" he said.

Cathy held her nephew's hand in hers. She then lightly squeezed his palm which made him slightly cringe in pain. Gumball then lightly gasped as something came to him…

[Flashback]

Gumball had finished devouring the wild rabbit before him. He then licked his mouth of the blood when he looked up to see his aunt in front of him.

His claws unsheathed and pounced at her. She was able to dodge his attack and slash the palm of his right paw.

[End of Flashback]

Gumball shook his head and his eyes opened.

"Whoa… That was one weird dream" Gumball said.

"That was no dream… it was a memory. As with all your other dreams" Cathy told him

"Wait, so that actually happened?!" he asked with shock.

"It did. So did all of your other memories" she told him.

"Everything? The eyes? The teeth? The claws?" Gumball asked, firing off question after question. His aunt could only nod slowly in confirmation. "What's happening to me, Aunt Cathy?" Gumball worriedly asked, his hands clenched to his chest.

"You, my dear nephew, have a spirit inside of you. A tiger spirit to be exact" she told him.

"You've gotta be joking. You're joking, right?" Gumball asked, hoping that this was a cruel joke his aunt was playing on him. Cathy, however, had a look that was dead serious. "You're serious…"

"Very" Cathy glanced at him.

"How did this happen? When did this happen?" he asked.

"I'll explain that part later. The good thing is that I told you about this before it was too late" She said.

"Is this thing dangerous?" he asked, concerned.

"It could be, if you don't learn to control it" she explained. Gumball looked off worriedly to the side. Seeing her nephew's concerned expression, Cathy decided to change the subject. "So, still want to go to the skate park?"

Gumball replied with a slow shake of his head.

"Yeah, I figured when I told that it'd make you change your mind" she said. Cathy started up the car once more and drove back to the house, Gumball still having a look of shock upon his face.

"It's best that I told him now rather than when it might get worse" she said to herself in her head. Now that Gumball knew the truth, all he had to do now was learn to control these abilities… however long it took.

Chapter 5. What do you guys think will happen next? Stick around to find out.

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