Gumball the innocent the last breath
I noticed people aren't really reading or reviewing this story. So I'm ending it. This will be the last chapter. As such it will also be much longer than any other. I will do my best to dig deep into the characters and let them act on their own.
Soundtrack: Demons by imagine dragons and mad world by Gary Jules I own nothing but the plot.
My name is Marshall lee Abadeer and I'm the vampire king. I'm also in prison. I haven't had any red in days, or maybe it's been weeks. Who knows? The only constant are my mothers letters and cake the cat. Cakes been telling me about how the search for Fiona has been going. Fiona the human, Fiona my almost wife. Gumball's probably taken her and made her his sugar coated princess.
I almost wish I could feel my heart twist in my chest from this imagined scenario. Man it hurts. A shadow rolls across the floor of my cell, up on the wall and across my body. I don't even bother turning my head. "Times up marshy." Sounds like… Ashe. I turn my head. She flinches at the loud crack my neck makes. I guess a few… how long I've been here in this position will do that.
"Get your lazy ass up. You wanna go rescue Phoebe, or whatever." I look at her. The vampires white hair is tied in a long side braid, like a character in one of the old pre mushroom war movies. Elsie or Elsa, whatever. "Stand back, or roll over. I doupt you could even if you wanted." Ashe planted her hands on two bars And pulled, hard. The bars gave a screech of protest and snapped.
Is this what blood does? I'd forgotten. The color red it a poor substitute. I'll need to start drinking again if – NO! Fiona won't want me if I hurt someone who hasn't done anything wrong. But she's more important than anyone else.
I roll into a sitting position and crack my bones back in their sockets. Ashe reaches in and yanks me out of the shallow hole. The vampire reaches into her bag. We freeze at the sound of pitter patting feet. A long shadow reaches out.
Ashe flits around the corner and confronts the shadow. "Oh! I know you ain't about to get up in mah grill, Gurl!" Ashe dragged Cake the cat behind her. Popping the calico feline at her kings feet she said," Drink up." Marshall stared at the long time friend of his almost wife. Cake blinked up at him.
"I'd understand if you killed me, but would fi?"
Marshall reached down, Cake closed her eyes, and he put her on his head. "I'm guessing she might forgive me if I let you tag along, kitty?" The cat purred. "You bet your stubby fangs she would!"
Ashe hissed at the cat. "You're bringing a snack?" The cat swished her tail dismissively at the vampires. Marshall turned his head to look at the girl. "Cats are friends, not food." The girl rolled her eyes. "We'll see how long you last without red." Marshall glanced at her. "All I need to do is hold out until we reach the candy kingdom. Then, ill gorge till I can't drink another drop. After I've killed all the candies, ill drain blowpop."
Ashe widens her eyes. "I knew my Marshall was in there somewhere." The vampire king noted how silent his fur hat was. "I didn't hear and outcries from the voice of reason…. Cake?" The cat stirred. "He has it coming to him, fangs. Its only fitting that you be the one to do it. It'd be even better if my baby did it, but shoulda coulda woulda."
The vampire nodded. The threesome rounded the corner, snuffing lights out as they went. Ashe Shuster the pair as she came spoon a group of guards in an alcove, playing Sabbacc. She grinned at Marshall lee. He shrugged as if to say he didn't care.
The girl entered the alcove and walked out seconds later leaving a dim room and bloody boot prints in her wake. Marshall passed the room, flinching as cake clenched her claws into his scalp.
You can't unsee some things. Marshall let the cat rest on his head, shaking the blood out of his eyes, but otherwise making no complaint. The next few times this happened Ashe wasn't so kind as to spare the king or his cat the sights.
Cake clamored down from Marshalls head and into the bag on his back. "We should be near ground level. We can- Ashe….. Why haven't you done the ritual to get us into Aaa?
The girl turned around. Marshall took a defensive stance. Ashe tumbled inside her bag, sloshing the bug milk onto the ground at her kings feet. "If you go to that human, you won't see her alive. Bubba-pop sends his regards."
The world engulfed itself in flames before Marshall heard Ashe whisper, "If you'd loved me more!"
Marshall landed with a thump. He dusted himself off and looked around for Cake. A sharp pain hit his leg. The teen looked down and found Cake clinging again. She looked like she had vertigo. "Stand back, boy. I'm going –" She promptly vomited all over his leg. The vampire shook the fluid and chunks of spaghetti and cat off his leg.
Spaghetti is her favorite. Cake looked up at him with wide eyes. Marshall scooped the cat up.
"Do do da do. Making your way in the world today takes everything you've got…." Cake took up the tune as the pair made their way towards the growing pink bumps on the horizon, and the dark clouds that covered them.
Just outside the creamy butterscotch gate of the candy kingdom there lay a figure. Its body was long and black, crumpled into an odd shape. A small chunk of bone was broken off. Marshall lee flitted, leaving cake behind.
He couldn't let her see this. Monochromocorn. The beast opened his eyes and snorted. "…."
Marshall Shushed the giant monochromocorn. "He usually listens to you." "….." Followed by hard quick taps. "I can't leave you here! Cake will see you!" Lord monochromocorn felt tears slip down his snout.
Even though the giant black beast had been with Gumball to the very end, and had only just realized that his friend wasn't coming back, he still stood by him. Marshall clutched Mono's head, stroking it. "…" Marshall clenched his teeth. "He doesn't know! Fiona's body has been altered by the radioactive state of Aaa because of the mushroom wars." If he tried to alter her state incorrectly she could die.
Oh glob he could really go through with it. He'd joked about it in the past; using the same components he'd found or cultivated himself to transform someone who wasn't a candy person into one. They'd agreed never to bring it up around Fiona. For the obvious reason.
Would she agree to it now, away from me? The vampire wondered. That seemed even worse than her being dead. He shook the image from his head. "…." Tap tap tap. Marshall looked down. "I can't just take Cake back home! She loves Fiona! I can't take what might be her last chance to see her sister away from her…."
Lord Monochromeicorn snorted. "I could give you my blood." "…" Tap Tap. "….." The boy rolled his eyes. "What would you do if it was cake offering?" "…" Mono taps hard. "…."
"So okay then!" Marshall brought his wrist his mouth and bit, blood dribbling out, then to the monochromicorns snout. The beast suckled for a few minutes to get the teens blood flowing and gagged. "Keep drinking."
Cake stumbled up the small hill and dropped beside Marshall. "Mono!" The cat darted a glance between the boys and gasped. She'd seen mono… "Oh Glob! Mono, your horn!" Cakes fur fizzed out and she squawked. "Where's your horn? Did That sorry excuse for a piece of chewing-"
She was cut off by a very excited but exhausted Lord Monochromicorn smashing his snout against her muzzle passionately. Marshall leaned back, scared to get in between the excited lovers.
"Ewe. Can't you two save it for the honeymoon?" cake looked at the teen. "We'd better hurry if you want one!" Marshall looked at the monochromicorn. "Someone needs to stay with him. He's weak. Newborns are vicious. We can't take him with us, he'll go into a frenzy."
Cake offered to stay with her long time boyfriend. The vampire groaned. This wasn't good. He couldn't really come up with a better option, he was having trouble thinking. It'd been about half a week since he'd had red.
He wasn't moving, he wasn't even blinking. His eyes flickered to life. The vampire got up and walked through the candy gates, sniffing for candy people. He smelt a large biomass of candy flesh in the palace. He moaned at the thought of all that blood.
Shoving aside the doors the teen looked around, eyes glazed over. The throne room was a mess, bits of candy and frosting littered everywhere. Marshall lee got down and sniffed a yellow bit of peeled banana.
Nothing. He started to crawl, sniffing at the things that got in his way, growling when he couldn't gain anything from it. The vampire shoved the doors open and made his way to his ex's room.
Bits of candy littered the stairway. Handprints in different shades of candy and pastel littered the walls and floors at different heights. A dark brown splatter marred the door to the prince's room. Marshall opened the door.
The usually tidy room was a mess. Bits of ice were stuck to the ceiling and the floor. The ice queen had been here recently. The vampire walked over to the bedcovers and yanked them away. The sheets were ripped and cotton candy stuffing was leaking out of the bed.
Marshall knelt on the floor and lifted the fuchsia blanket. No Fiona. The teen left the room and paused on the stairs. The one place Gumball spent most of his time besides his room and the throne room was his lab. "Hold on Fiona, I'm coming!"
The vampire raced down the candy colored hallways, not letting the dead bodies give him pause. Fiona. Fiona. Fiona, he repeated in his mind, a silent mantra, begging him to go faster. Every second he wasted she was closer to any number of dark scenarios his mind could concoct.
The lab door was in front of Marshall.
He braced a hand on its metal frame, then removed it.
The teen took a step back and ran at the door, kicking the flimsy metal out of his way.
"Fiona!" Marshall screamed. He looked around. The shriek of electricity gave the princes location away. Marshal stood a few feet away from the pink coated slime ball. "Peppermint, we have a most unwelcome guest. Show him the waiting area." Marshall hissed.
The tiny maid stood behind the vampire. "This way, sir," she prompted. The boy glared down at her. He threw a hard punch at the white and red maid. "You really shouldn't have left my mother. You had it good, peps!"
The candy girl shattered as Marshalls fist went through her center. The vampire shook his hand off of debris. Turning around to face his ex, the vampire king said, "Blow pop, I know it's been hard-" The prince turned on his heel. "Hard! Hard? You don't know what that even means! Fiona was the best thing in my life, until she met you!"
Marshall rolled his eyes. "Bubba, she was in the friendzone. Til' I came along. If I hadn't saved her she'd be drinking tea and having a stick bigger than yours rammed up her ass! Do you even know the meaning of the word fun!?" By the end of his rant marshal was red and panting.
The prince scoffed. "I invented fun! Ask Fiona!" He wheeled a table over to Marshall lee. The vampires fiancé was strapped naked and unconscious to the examination table. " I'm almost done with a serum that will turn her into a candy person! Then she'll have to marry me!" The prince smiled, clearly pleased with himself.
The vampire took a step back, disgusted with Gumball. "So you're robbing her of her free will?" Not If I have anything to say about it. Marshall leapt at the candy prince, his eyes glowing. "Do you even know what that might do to her?! Her internal organs have been altered by Aaa's radiation! If you do this she could die!"
The prince sidestepped a kick. "Silly vampire! A wolf in sheep clothing is more than a warning. There are things I haven't even told you." The vampire growled, forming his hand into a claw, the nails turning black.
Gumball smiled. The prince had waited for this moment. Maybe with enough convincing Marshall would return to him. The young man picked up a blunt object. Ah a baking pan. Marshall licked his lips. "Listen, blow pop, it doesn't have to be this way! I'm sure with therapy and a few scars we can resolve this. You just need some sense beaten into you."
The vampire charged. The pincer followed suit screaming, "I rebuke the, Marshall Lee!"
The prince lurched forward. He coughed up pink liquid. Gumball looked up at his ex. "I…." He grabbed the sword hanging from his waist and rammed it into the vampire king, dragging himself further up the other boy's arm.
Marshall gagged. His own blood didn't taste so good.
They collapsed into a rugged heap onto the lab floor, leaking red and pastel.
Fiona gasped, shooting up and banging her head on the pods door. Marshall and Gumball followed soon after. Their simulation pods opened simultaneously. The adventuress' hoped out and stretched her blue clad limbs. Fiona waved at her best friend. The vampire gave her a thumbs up.
"That was mathematical!" The adventuress' shouted. Gumball nodded. "Fiona, would you like to make cookies with me?" she smiled. "Sure."
The pair headed off to bake. Marshall, meanwhile, had climbed back into the simulation pod and set it to coordinates unknown.
That was for all the people who cared enough to read. Reviews are always welcome. The vest story I'm working on will be Katara the fire nation princess and a gravity falls fic.
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