Ch. 17 The New Hero
Gumball slowly opened his eyes. Flint and Steel stood over him.
"You okay?" Steel asked. Gumball got up groggily and looked around. They were back inside the hole. The sky was back to its' original hue and the grass back to green.
"What happened to Limbo?" Gumball asked getting up and brushing himself off. Flint shrugged.
"All we know was being engulfed in a bright light and suddenly back here." he said. Then he realized. "Crap! Ayann!" Flint ran over, but stopped. He saw the smiling face of Ayann being carried by Blitz. Ayann pulled Flint in for a hug.
"You are okay!" she joyfully said. Flint blushed.
"It's not like I haven't been there and back..." Flint mumbled. Steel smiled softly at the two. Gumball walked over to him.
"Well?" Gumball asked.
"Well what?" Steel asked.
"Don't you like Ayann?" Gumball asked. He shook his head.
"She's not really my type. But I'm glad to see those two back together again after so long..." Steel said. "I remember when I sealed me and my brother inside the Relic, she kept it in her room. I could hear from her heart that she longed for Flint to return safely to her. She loved him. But she never thought someone of royalty would take interest for her." Steel chuckled. "Little did she know, Flint also longed for her more then getting out of there and getting revenge on me."
"Your people must have good senses." Gumball said. Steel nodded.
"Atteeeention!" Blitz shouted. Gumball and Steel both stood stiff as a broom. Blitz walked to them. "At ease soldiers." he said. Gumball realized what had just happened.
"What was that for?" Gumball asked.
"Kid, after the death of my men, I had lost all hope for my well being. But when you showed up, you made me think differently. I would have been proud to have you on my squad." Blitz said. Gumball smiled.
"Thanks, Sargent, but I'm not really into military." Gumball said. Blitz nodded.
"The rest of my team have your friends and family and are taking them to safety." Blitz said. His walkie talkie garbled.
"Sir, you won't believe what we are seeing!" a voice sounded through.
"What is it, soldier?" Blitz replied back.
"T-those things... they are vanishing. Vanishing into thin air!" the soldier turned up the volume.
"I'm sorry, repeat?" Blitz asked again. The voice was loud enough that everyone had to cover their ears a bit.
"I repeat, those things are vanishing!" the soldier answered back.
"Well I'll be dammed. Kid, you did it! You just saved the entire town!" Blitz said. Gumball scratched his head in embarrassment.
"Err... thanks?" Gumball wasn't really sure how to answer back to this.
"I'll tell the mayor when we reunite you with your family. He will have to hear about this." Blitz said. "Come on!" Blitz walked to his armored vehicle and got in. Steel picked up the Relic and walked with the others into the vehicle.
Richard stood with his kids, holding the groggy Nicole. She opened her eyes.
"R...Richard?" she ased. Richard smiled back to her.
"Thank goodness you're okay." Richard said.
"Where are the kids?" Nicole asked trying to look around. She winced. "Ow... my head..."
"Don't try to move much." Richard said kissing her forehead.
"Mom, you're okay!" Darwin and Anais cheered in unison. Richard kneeled and held his wife level with them. They hugged her tightly. Nicole smiled.
"Of course I am. Your mother is not so delicate then you think." Nicole said with a wink. Then she noticed Gumball missing. "Where is Gumball?" she asked.
"Mom..." Anais spoke. "Gumball decided to stay behind and deal with Tyrone." she said. Nicole looked worried.
"Is he okay?" she asked them.
"Of course I am mom." a voice said. The Wattersons turned and saw a happy looking Gumball waving to them. "Hi." he greeted. The all tackled him into a hug.
"Oh, my darling little angel. You are alright!" Nicole said.
"What happened to you?" Darwin asked.
"long story." Gumball said.
"Hey, you aren't all battered anymore!" Anais said.
"That's my boy!" Richard said. The Wattersons have reunited. Soon, the Wattersons were crowded by Gumball's class mates.
Steel, Flint and Ayann looked on at the crowd.
"Heh, Gumball is lucky to have people who are there for him." Steel said.
"Maybe it's because he's always there for them." Ayann said. Flint chuckled.
"Yeah..." then Flint turned away from them. "I have to apologize... to both of you..." he said. Steel looked on in confusion.
"Why are you sorry?" his brother asked him.
"I lost site of what you two really are to me... all because of my plot of revenge on you." Flint said. Ayann smiled.
"You shouldn't be sorry. It wasn't you who released Limbo's Servants onto this town." she said. Flint looked up to the sky.
"It must have been him..." Flint thought. Steel nodded.
"Xmortis." Steel said. Ayann shook her head.
"Why did he release them?" she asked.
"I think I know the answer." Flint said. He turned to them. "He may be after The Soul." he concluded.
"What purpose does he have for that? Isn't he just a possessed boy in armor?" Steel asked. "There must be something else."
"Then maybe we should do a bit of research in our era." Ayann spoke up. The two brothers nodded in agreement. Steel pulled out the Relic.
"If we are to get back to our era, we are gonna have to use this." he said holding it up. "And from where it was found from."
"I think we should hang around for one more day. We could help the town rebuild." Flint said. Steel smiled.
"Since when were you the charitable type?" Steel asked him.
"You questioning my judgment?" Flint said.
Afterwords
And so the town gradually began to rebuild itself. With the help of the mayor, the military and the citizens, the town was back to the way it was. Somewhere outside the town, in a small blue house, lived a family. I wouldn't call them your everyday type of family. This is a more peculiar type of family. The Watterson resident stood tall, yet so small. Inside, the Wattersons ate lunch at the dinning table. Richard Watterson, eatingtwo servings of hot dogs. Anais Watterson, reading deep within her book. Nicole Watterson, reading the paper. The title read:
The Mysterious Disappearance of a Corrupt Businessman
Know one knows what has happened to Tyrone, friend to the mayor, enemy to the rainbow factory. Workers have decided to action and voted to see who will take over the business. To everyone's surprise, retired businessman, Mushi Masomi, father of 12 year old Masami, decided to step up and take over the business.
A picture of Masami with her father smiled at Nicole. She sighed with reliefe.
"I'm glad he's back. It was getting so boring not having him around." Nicole said.
"Why is that?" Richard asked.
"He is great to pull pranks on." Nicole said taking a sip of her coffee. They stared at her. They have never imagined her to be a prankster. Darwin Watterson sat next to his best friend. They were reading the funnies. Then Gumball stood up.
"Oh man! I almost forgot!" He took off to the door.
"Honey, don't forget the gift." Nicole reminded. Gumball grabbed the wrapped present, ran out the door and took off down to the dig site.
In the middle of the hole, Steel, Flint and Ayann sat in a circle around the Relic. They held two fingers in front of them and were chanting. Gumball slid down the hill and walked over to them. The Relic hovered a bit then fell to the ground. Steel frowned.
"Well damn." he said. Steel stood up and stretched. Flint fell onto his back. Ayann studied the Relic.
"No good?" Gumball asked.
"What do you think?" Flint said with his arms behind his head.
"Flint." Ayann said. Flint caught the tone in her voice and sighed.
"It's been a couple of days and we still haven't even gotten close to opening the portal." Flint said.
"Not even a single spark." Steel said finishing his stretching.
"Well, maybe your doing something wrong." Gumball suggested.
"In what way?" Flint asked. He was really frustrated and wanted to crack this thing so they could go home.
"You know, like maybe it's in a strange position." Gumball said reaching for the Relic.
"I doubt it really matters." Flint said sighing. Gumball touched the Relic and jumped back. The Relic had sparked and began to glow. Flint jolted up. The Relic hovered and soon a yellow aura formed into an oval. Gumball saw through the portal a giant castle on a hill. The place was beautiful. The trees greener then green and the sky more fresh then polluted.
"How did you do that?" Flint asked. Gumball shook his head.
"I-I don't know..." Gumball took another look at Gumball then gasped.
"Holy crap! I think I know why know!" Steel said in excitement.
"What?" Ayann asked.
"Don't you two see? Look closely at Gumball." Steel said. Flint and Ayann looked at Gumball. Gumball backed up a bit.
"W-what? Is there something on my face?" Gumball said patting his face. Ayann gasped and Flint's eyes widened.
"You're right!" Flint said. Gumball was still patting his face.
"I don't feel anything." Gumball said.
"Not that, Gumball! Have you looked in a mirror?" Steel said. Gumball raised an eyebrow. "Your resemblance to him is exact." Steel said. Images of a small blue cat flashed through his mind.
The blue cat was about there age and looked exactly like Gumball. He wore a cloak over his light but durable armor. On both his hands were red claw gauntlets with a black shine on them. He kneeled before a surprised Steel. This boy had did the castle a great favor. The images vanished when the boy looked up and smiled.
Gumball stared at the three.
"Okay, you three are completely nuts." Gumball said. Steel then shook his head.
"Don't worry, it's nothing really. It was just an event that happened to us before." he said. The portal glowed brighter.
"We better hurry!" Ayann said. Gumball looked down.
"Will I see you again?" he asked. Steel hugged him.
"One day. But remember Gumball. Never lose site of what truly matters." Steel pulled away and walked through the portal. He vanished. Flint stood next to Ayann. Flint smiled at Gumball.
"Stay cool, kid." Flint said.
"We will never forget you." Ayann said. Hand in hand, the two walked through the portal. The portal closed. There silence now. The Relic's glow dimmed and it floated gently back to earth. Gumball realized he hadn't given them the present. He held it in both of his hands and sighed.
"I thought I would find you here." a voice said. Gumball turned and saw Penny.
"Oh, hey Penny..." Gumball greeted glumly. Penny walked over to him.
"You know, it's never good bye forever. We will see them again." Penny said. Gumball looked at her and smiled.
"Yeah, your right." he said. Penny held out her hand.
"Come on, I'll walk you home." Penny said. Gumball picked up the Relic and with his free hand, he grabbed Penny's hand. Together, the two walked down the sidewalk. The sun had begun to set. Gumball glanced over to Penny. The red sun shined Penny's cute features. Gumball blushed and looked away. Penny turned to him.
"Something wrong?" she asked. Gumball turned to her and smiled.
"Yeah, everything is fine." Gumball said. The two decided to stop and stare at the sunset.
"It's beautiful." Penny said.
"Why thank you." the sun said with a wink. The two stared at it with blank faces.
"Well... that killed the moment." Gumball said. Penny giggled. Gumball smiled then looked up to the sky. "Never lose site of what truly matters..." Gumball said under his breath. 'Penny is what matters to me. From this day forward, I'll do my best to protect her from anything.' Gumball thought proudly.
Sorry about that readers. Turns out I didn't save the ending properly and had to re type the whole thing over. Sorry for the inconvenience. I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it. Be sure to look for the next part of the saga:
The Amazing World of Gumball: Xmortis's Aura