Ch. 16 Limbo's Power

Gumball slowly opened his eyes. The pain he was feeling was immencible. With sheer will power, Gumball pushed himself from the ground. He stopped and noticed something off. There was grass. But it wasn't green. It was gray. Shaking off the dizziness, Gumball observed his surroundings. Steel and Flint were around. He couldn't see much but a creek and trees around him. All gray. There was no wind, but Gumball could feel some sort of cold breeze. Everything was gray. Except the sky. The sky was hard to look at. The sky was TV static. The eerie silence sent chills down Gumball's spine.

"H-hello?" he asked hoping that Flint or Steel would answer back. Gumball took a step forward and fell to a knee. His leg was throbbing. 'Guess the adrenline wore off. Damn, this hurts!' Gumball winced as he limped toward the creek. Looking into the creek, he saw no reflection staring back at him. 'Where am I?' he asked himself. He turned to a moving bush. It rustled. Gumball unsheathed his claws. "W-who's there?" he addressed. To his relife, a beaten duo appeared. Flint helped support Steel, who was limping.

"Hey kid." Flint said. Steel let go of Flint and leaned against a tree.

"Damn, I'm still dizzy from that ability." Steel said remembering being forced out of Gumball's head.

"Can you get back in?" Gumball asked the tuxedo cat. He shook his head.

"He managed to seperate our minds." Steel said.

"He used a forbidden technique." Flint said. "Even we don't know how to do that. Nor do we want to. It's more painful then it looks."

"Oh, big time." Gumball said. "Anyway... where are we?"

"Shall you explain?" Steel asked his brother. Flint sighed.

"Lazy ass." Flint turned to Gumball. "Welcome, Gumball, to the Universe That Never Existed. Or, in short, Limbo." Flint said. Gumball looked around.

"Limbo? This is Limbo?" Gumball asked. "I thought Tyrone said he was the true being of darkness. As if Limbo was an actual person." Flint looked at the beaten cat.

"Well, Limbo is. THIS univerese is his. This is the creatures home world. Limbo rules them." Flint said. Gumball then realized.

"Where is Tyrone?" Gumball asked looking around. Flint helped Steel up.

"Follow us." Steel said. They walked only a few feet away. They stopped near a massive hole. Inside it going all the way down was more TV static.

"He fell down there." Flint said. Gumball peered over.

"H-how far does it go?" Gumball asked. Flint shrugged.

"Don't know, don't want to." Flint said.

"So... is he falling for... eternity?" Gumball again asked.

"Don't be too sure. He is still being possessed by Limbo. I'm sure he is about to make an entrance anytime now." Steel said. As if on que, the ground rumbled. Gumball fell onto the ground. Flint kept his balance. They looked toward the hole. A giant mass was ascending into the sky.

"And there he is. Limbo's true being." Flint siad unsheathing his claws. Steel managed to stand up and follow suite.

"Ready for the final round?" Steel asked Gumball. Gumball looked down.

"I... I don't know if I can... without you in my head... I feel powerless..." Gumball glumly said. The giant mass began to form. Two small pupiless eyes stared down at them. Tyrone's head had adjusted to the body. The form was a gray TV static from head to toe. It stood up. A giant 324 meter giant in the shape of Tyrone's body figure. Gumball and the brothers back up quite some distance.

"That thing is huger than I thought." Flint said. Steel quickly ran to the edge of the hole and placed a hand down on the gray colored grass. He began to chant, holding two fingers in front of him. The hole grew a bit more. The feet of Limbo slipped in. It caught itself with the ground. Now his torso just stuck out of the hole. Steel backed up gasping.

"Man, I used up too much of my energy..." Steel said gasping. Flint pulled his brother away from a smashing giant fist. A low rumble revirberated through their bodies. Limbo was growling. The white glossy eyes stared at them.

"How are we supposed to take on a god!" Gumball cried out. He ducked to avoid a swipe of Limbo's hand. Flint ran up over the arm. He landed next to Gumball.

"Simple. We take out the heart!" Flint pointed to the beast's chest. There was an unconsious body of Tyrone sleeping in an glassy orb. "All we have to do is remove him from the heart." Flint said. "See? Simple." Steel got up and limped over to them, readying himself.

"You can do it, Gumball. Hell, you did most of the fighting for the past week by yourself. I just knew Tyrone would be tougher for you, so I took over then. But since I'm not in your mind, you are gonna have to trust us." he said not taking his eyes off of the giant staticed mass beast.

"But... I..." Gumball was losing hope. Limbo laughed.

"Fools... you shall all parish by my reigne!"

Limbo's voice was distorted. It hurt just to even listen to the sentence. Gumball was scared now. He felt his hand being taken. Steel was holding it with a smile.

"Have trust and faith. You'll see that you can do better than any of us." Steel said. He jumped high up with Gumball dangling below him. Flint was following them.

"We'll keep him distracted! You go inside and remove the heart!" Flint said taking hold of Gumball's other hand. "We know you can do it." Together, the brothers threw Gumball toward Limbo. Gumball yelled as Limbo opened his mouth. Gumball fell into darkness. He landed on something soft.

"Huh?" Gumball realized he was on a black tounge. "Eww..." Gumball got up and noticed stained glass stairs leading up to a circular opening. Gumball began his ascent.

Steel avoided another swipe of the god's hand. Flint kicked off the swinging arm avoiding it. They were free falling from the hieght. They flipped and spun to avoid swipes and flicks. Flint glided over to him.

"Let's hope the kid doesn't have to face anything and can do this with ease!" he shouted over the air rushing past them.

"I hope so! Thankfully this guy is slow!" Steel shouted back. The flipped over and landed on their feet on the ground. The ground beneath them was left with small holes. The impact didn't even shake them a bit.

"Uh oh..." Flint positioned himself. Limbo's Srevants were beginning to crow around the brothers. Back to back the brothers stood, surrounded by an army of Limbo's Servants.

"I don't think we can take them all on." Steel said.

"Well, I say we are dealing with 50 waves? So... you up to the challenge?" Flint smirked. Steel smiled.

"You had to ask?" The brothers broke the formation and began to spin and swing their claws around, cutting down any creature that stood in their way.

Gumball felt his strength return. The pain didn't even bother him anymore. His cuts and bruises began to heal instantly as he entered the opening. His fur no longer matted or caked with blood. The tears in his clothes sewed themselves back together. Gumball watched this in wonder.

"Wow!" Gumball then shook his head. "Gotta focus now Gumball... for everyone's sake." he said to himself. He spotted a weird looking door in the middle of the area. Gumball walked to it and opened the door. He found himself engulfed in white light. Opening his eyes, he gasped. The room pulsated with veins. A 9 meter mass of flesh was formed agains the back wall. The veins travled to a body. Tyrone's body. The veins had grown out of him. Trailing into the walls and floors.

"Blech." Gumball stuck out his tounge. He walked over to the giant mass and climbed it. The squishy feel made chills go down Gumball's spine. "Aww man this is so gross..." Ignoring the sound and feel, he climbed his way up and finally reached the body of Tyrone. Tyrone's body moved. He was still breathing. "You see, this is what happens when you fuse with a god." Gumball said to the breathing body, unsheathing his claws. He swung to cut the veins. His claws bounced off. Gumball lost his balance and fell to the bottom of the room. He heard laughter as he hit the squishy floor. It was soft enough that Gumball bounced off it a few times. He then heard the clanking of armor. Turning around he saw a tall armored man standing by the wall.

"You..." his voice boomed. Gumball got up.

"Who are you?" he asked the man in armor. Silence. The man held out his hand slowly. Then a yellow transparent light formed. Gumball adverted his eyes. The light dimmed and in the man's hand was a spiked sword with a spiked hand guard.

"Xmortis..." the armored man said.

"Xmortis?" Gumball wondered if he was talking to him, the sword or to himself. The man crouched low and sprinted toward Gumball. Gumball reacted with a spin dodge. The armored man swung vertically at Gumball. Gumball ducked and kicked at the chest plate. A hollow sound came through. Gumball backed up.

"Wait... you're just... walking armor? With no one inside?" Gumball asked the armored man. It was silent. He raised his sword and it glowed. He swung it and a yellow slash wave came out. Gumball avoided it. 'Who is this guy?' Gumball wondered. Gumball pivoted his feet and he kicked off the ground. He swung his claws down on the helm. He felt them go right through. He watched as the helm split into two and fell to the floor. Gumball looked on in horror. This was no man, but a mere child! A head of a yellow cat with pupiless eyes stared at him. The armor broke off. Gumball was knocked back into the wall. A young child cat stood there, holding the spiked sword. His fur gave off a yellow transparent aura.

"Parish..." the boy said. His soft voice was echoed by a deeper voice. He raised the sword and it glowed. Gumball shook off his wonder and avoided a series of slash waves. The boy was faster now.

'This can't be! He is younger then me! He must be possessed by something else. This doesn't feel like Limbo's aura.' Gumball slipped on the floor. He rolled to avoid the boy coming down on him. 'I have to remove the heart whether he is attacking me or not. I got to remove it!' Gumball ran to the pulsating wall and climbed it. The boy looked on as the blue cat climbed. He tilted his head. Gumball almost lost his grip. Where his left hand had grabbed on, a bellow of air pushed it off the wall. Gumball regained his grip and kept climbing. 'Gogogogogogo!' Gumball pushed himself as he kept repeating this. The yellow cat tilted his head the other way and another bellow of air threw his feet off. Gumball dug his claws into the flesh and regained his grip. He made it to the top.

"Yes!" he cried in victory. But one problem... how is he going to cut it if the veins are as hard as steel? Something dug into the wall beneath him. The boy stared at him. Gumball looked down and saw the spiked sword. He gripped it and pulled it up. He felt a strond prescence from the sword. Gumball then turned and faced the breathing body of Tyrone. Gumball gripped the sword and raised it.

"You picked the wrong family to mess with, Tyrone." Gumball said. He brought down the sword onto the veins. The sword cut them apart. Gumball swung and swung untill there was not a singal one left around Tyrone. Gumball then finished the blow by stabbing the sword into the body of Tyrone. A painful yell from him made Gumball sure he hit the mark.

Flint and Steel were back to back again, gasping for air.

"There are too many of them!" Flint said.

"Just a little longer!" Steel said. Then he stopped. The creatures were withering. The brothers looked up to the torso of Limbo. It was ripping out some of his chest. It roared in pain.

"Haha! The kid did it!" Flint cheered. Steel smiled.

"See Gumball? Just a little faith." Steel said.

Gumball backed up. He was standing in front of the door on the circular opening. He did it. He saved everyone. He dropped the spiked sword. It vanished. Gumball turned and saw the armored boy staring at him.

"Untill we meet again..." the voice boomed out of it. He wisped away into yellow transparent smoke. Gumball laughed lightly and slumped against the door.

"Aww... I'm all tired." Gumball said. He closed his eyes. He hadn't realized that whiteness began to slither toward him. Soon, Gumball felt himself floating on his back. "I hope... I did the right thing..." Gumball uttered. His body suspeneded in the pure blankness.

You did it!...

Gumball heard the voice in the back of his mind. It wasn't Steel's. It sounded soft and angelic. And feminin.

"Who... are you?" Gumball asked through his mind.

It's time to wake up... young hero...

A flashing white light engulfed Gumball's body.

Hmm... So who is this mysterious Xmortis? If he attacked the brothers back in their era... why has he helped Gumball take down the all mighty being of darkness Limbo? All these will be answered in my soon to be second fan fiction. I plan to make this a saga. And it seems that some new things will happen to Gumball in the future. For now, thanks for reading this chapter. It's not over yet. One more chapter to go. :) tune in next time to catch the conclusion of this story.

Music:

Any thing you find epic to go with the fight and some sad theme song at the end. Enjoy!