Ch. 9 The Happy Rainbow Factory

Richard laid Gumball on a bed in the nurses office. Rocky sat in a chair in between the beds of Gumball and Mr. Robinson. The band aid nurse was attending to Robinson's legs.

"Will, he be okay?" Rocky asked her.

"He will be fine. He'll be in a wheel chair, however." the nurse said. Rocky sighed with reliefe. Nicole was petting Gumball's head.

"Oh, Richard. Our little is growing up." Nicole tearfully said. Richard held Nicole in his arms.

"Let's let him rest." he said leading Nicole out of the nurse's office. They were stopped, however, by Bobert.

"Greetings, parents of Gumball, there is something I think you would recognize." Bobert said. "But first, let's find a place more quiet as to not disturbe the injured people." Bobert turned and walked through the doors of the cafeteria. It was partially empty. Penny, Carrie, Tobias, Leslie and Molly were sitting at a table. Carrie played with her food while the others ate. Bobert lead Nicole and Richard to an empty tabel.

"Now, I found something interesting." Bobert said. His eye glowed and projected a hologram of a rainbow in a circle. Nicole stood up abruptly.

"I do indeed recognize that." she said. "It's the Happy Rainbow Factory logo. I work there. What are you trying to get at, Bobert?" Nicole asked.

"It's quite simple really, I have a conclusion that the towns epidemic is traced back to the factory." Bobert said. Nicole stood there in silence.

'It can't be... I know that my company is the worlds leading industry, but why would they do this?' Nicole thought.

"I also have a back up for my logic." Bobert said. He projected a Newspaper article. It read:

Happy Rainbow Factory Boss Is In Charge Of Elmore Town's Aid!

Nicole stared at a picture of mayor Elmore shaking hands with a buff business looking velociraptor. Nicole gasped.

"That's my boss!" Nicole stated. Then her face fell with anger. She got up and headed toward the cafeteria window. She opened it.

"Nicole, where are you going?" Richard asked.

"I'll be back with in an hour. Make sure that Anais and Darwin are in bed by 9 p.m. sharp. Understand?" Nicole said. Richard nodded. "Good, see you later!" she jumped out and began to walk to her car.

She drove to her work.

Nicole parked in the employees only lot and got out. She ran to the building's front door and swiped her work card. She opened the dorr and carefully made her way up the stairs to her work office. Sitting down and turning on the computor, she accessed the factory's webpage. She scrolled the cursur over the link "Unauthorized". She double clicked and a password permission pop up came up. She typed in her computor's user name and password. It rejected the access.

"Damn..." she said under her breath. She looked around. 'If I can just get a hold of...' her thoughts were cut off by noises. They came from her boss's office. She tiptoed over and sidled against the wall. She listened in.

"And what do you propose?" a raspy deep voice said. Nicole peeked in. She saw a red cat facing her boss.

"Revenge is all I ask. I just need the Relic for my revenge!" the red cat said. Nicole's boss slammed his fist on his desk.

"Flint, are you trying my patience?" the velociraptor growled. Flint let out a low growl. "You will not get it back untill you find me that artifact!" Nicole's boss said.

"Tyrone, when I do get it back... you will be the first victim of Limbo." Flint growled. Nicole's boss chuckled.

"Interesting. This is why I have you at work, Flint. Your abilities and personality will aid you in your revenge against your brother. But untill you can stick with the objective and obey orders, you will not have back your precious tool of revenge." Tyrone said. Nicole pulled away and began to think.

'Why is Tyrone ordering a kid around? What is this artifat he is talking about?' she tensed. The door opened and Flint was looking right at her. Their eyes met. Flint had the look of surprise.

"Oh, and Flint..." Tyrone called. Flint looked over his shoulder. "If you lose faith in my trust again, I'll make sure that friend of yours will pay dearly for your actions. Dismissed." Flint growled and slammed the door. He motioned Nicole to follow him. Nicole hesitated, then followed. When they were out of ear shot, Flint tunred to her.

"Why are you here?" Flint asked her. "It wasn't a good idea to come here."

Nicole had a sense of realization. "You... look like my son?" Nicole said surprised. Flint looked her up and down.

"So, you are the mother of that boy." Flint said. Nicole nodded.

"You know my son?" she asked him. Flint looked down and picked up a file on the floor. He examined it.

"As a matter of fact, I do." Flint said opening the file. "Actually, I'm hunting him down. He has someone of mine that I need to take care of."

"What do you want with my son?" Nicole asked defensivly.

"He is hosting my brother." Flint said. Nicole's face fell.

"Wait, someone is inside my child? That can't be right!" Nicole said.

"It's the truth. Noticed that your son has been acting braver then usual?" Flint said tossing the file behind him.

"How?" Nicole asked.

"Well, I'm assuming that Steel felt your son's presence outside of the Relic and escaped into him." Flint said clenching his fists. "And I was about to deliever the final blow too..." Nicole just stared at the boy.

"And what happened with you?" Nicole asked, still in disbelife. Flint's expression darkened.

"It's... a long story..." Flint said. He turned and walked away. Nicole trotted next to him.

"Come on, you cna tell me, I won't hurt you." Nicole said eventually standing in front of Flint. He turned and went the other direction. Nicole was there first. Flint began to grow more angry. He punched the wall leaving a hole in it.

"Why are you following me!" Flint shouted at her. Nicole caught him by surprise with a hug. Flint stood motionless. Nicole hugged tightly. The feeling in Flint's chest weld up.

'What... is this feeling?' he thought. He hesitated. Then his arms soon wrapped around her in a hug. 'Is this... a mother's touch?' FLint forced himself to pull away.

"Please just tell me. I want to protect my son. I know you want to turn on my boss. And I can help you. All you need to do is trust me." Nicole smiled. Flint sighed.

"Alright... but if we are to work on bringing Tyrone down. you must listen as to why your son is vital to his plan." Flint said. "Will you hear me out?" Nicole smiled and nodded.

"Alright, it all began like this." Flint started.

Oooh, Flint seems to have a soft spot for his brother and Nicole. Not to mention that a simple hug made Flint trust her. Now he's about to tell how his life was and how Gumball is vital to Tyrone's plan. Find out in the next chapter tomorrow. ;)