You guys remember the part about Gumball having the trashcan lid as a shield? Well, in this chapter he's going to get a new one, but this time he going to make a few changes on it. Read it and comment it.

Chapter 9: A New Shield

Gumball's P.O.V

During the past weeks, I have started training with the famous J Twins, and I got to tell you that this was definitely a edge I was hoping for. I punch more people than Tobias and his gang and all the other people had beaten me often. I stop using that crappy trashcan lid and baseball bat. Maybe I should have stay with the bat. It was much fun of creaking people in the head.

Gumball went to lunch and sat between Darwin and his girlfriend. He greeted "Hey guys, what's up?"

Darwin and Rachel didn't greeted him back; they were to busy noticing the bruises on Gumball's face. He had a bandage on his nose. There were bruises on his cheek, eye, and on the forehead. Gumball was eating when they didn't heard the couple greet back. He looked up and stared at them. "What?"

Darwin asked "Dude, what happened to your face?"

Gumball answered "Oh, this? This is nothing. I was-."

Rachel interrupted "Did my brother hit you again?"

"No."

"Then what happened to you?"

Darwin pointed "Yeah, it's been like this everyday. After class is over, you always leave, then you come back at lunch with new bruises. Where do you go after class, man?"

Gumball then thought back of him walking out after class then...

Flashback.

...He notice that three thugs are attempting to break in Principle Brown's car. He thinks he will just leave it to the police, since Brown doesn't like him. But he never turn back on a crime, especially when they're attempting to steal the Principle's car. Gumball then goes to the bathroom for a few moments and out pops in his Warrior-Cat suit. He goes over to the parking lot and said "You know, I read that somewhere that people will do anything to get their hands on a car that can't afford. Anything." One thug looked at another and nodded his head. He goes over there with a crowbar and swing it. Gumball dodge it and did a leg kick in the head. The rest of them fight him. One got up and join with his group.

Warrior-Cat smiled "Three against one. I like those odds."

The gang attacked him; Warrior-Cat did a back flip, landed right behind one and punch him in the face. The two of them goes over there. One charges at him with a switchblade, Warrior-Cat grab it, knock it right out of his hands and leg kick him in the face. He then punch one in the face from behind his back like he know that was coming. But he didn't saw that coming when one of them got up and hit Warrior-Cat in the face with a crowbar.

Flashback ended.

Gumball ended his flashback and just lied "Oh, you know. Walking the hall and minding my business."

Darwin asked "You're not just saying that so you can pick fights with Tobias, are you?"

"What? Of course not."

Rachel replied "Don't even think about picking fights with my brother. I swear my punk ass brother can be such give me hard time."

Gumball asked "You guys see Warrior-Cat on the news?"

Darwin smiled excitedly "Yeah! I seen him last night! He somehow gotten stronger since we first saw him."

Rachel commented "You think that's something? I just caught sightings of The J Twins busting up a gang fight. Now those are the kind of heroes. They kick ass."

Gumball asked curiously "What about Warrior-Cat? Does he kick ass? I'm sure he do, that's what everyone is saying."

"Yeah, but I kinda like the twins better. They have better moves, carries weapons, and have better outfits. Warrior-Cat's okay, but his moves are a bit slow and gets his ass kick. Plus what kind of idiot carries a bat and a trash can lid? He looks ridiculous, but that outfit of his is already making him ridiculous in the first place."

Gumball closes his eyes, pretending to be not enrage about her comment's about Warrior-Cat. "Well, Darwin agree of Warrior-Cat being a bad ass hero, right dude?"

Darwin revealed "Actually, I'm kinda agree on what Rachel is saying about the twins being kick asses."

Gumball exclaimed "What?! You too?!"

"Yeah, sorry."

All in my mind is shouting "I kick ass, too! I'm stronger and faster! Plus I don't carry them anymore!" I didn't want to argue them about who's the better hero.

Gumball was seeing Penny eating with her friends and chatting with them. It only took him a few seconds until both Darwin and Rachel looked at him in a smug look.

Darwin answered "Dude, quite staring at her. You look like a rapist from Dateline. Just talk to her."

Gumball stuttered "It's not that easy, dude."

Rachel asked "What's easy? You walk up to her and tell her that you love her. That, or, she'll reject your love and kick you in the ball in front of your friends."

Gumball glared at her "Do you have to go down there?"

"Yeah." Said Rachel. "Anyway, you should talk to her and tell her how you feel."

He nodded "You're right, Rachel. I'am going to tell Penny how I feel."

Darwin smiled "Attaboy. Go get her, bro."

Gumball drink his carton of milk, got up from his seat, and walked toward Penny and her friends. He was getting nervous about it, but with the power of the milk was giving him the strength to hold it in. Darwin and Rachel were the only ones looking at the sixteen year old blue cat. Finally he met it and said the only words he could find. "Hey, Penny."

Penny looked and was surprise to see Gumball. "Hey, Gumball." Penny's friends were looking at them, but mostly at the blue cat. She notice his bruises, but didn't say anything to it. Gumball started "Uh, Penny. There's something I been meaning to say to you for a long time."

Penny's eye glistered at him and said "What is it, Gumball?"

Gumball was trying to find the words to say it. Penny's friends were glaring at him. Gumball couldn't focus because of those glares. There were like sniper rifles pointing at him. The milk wasn't working for Gumball. He then said the only words he could find "The thing is Penny, is I..."

Right before he said it, Gumball was push on the ground. He saw Tobias laughing at him.

Tobias laughed "Nice fall, Watterson!"

Penny was got up from her seat and went to conform Gumball on the floor. She asked "Gumball, are you all right?"

Tobias replied "Aw. Quit your whining Penny. The baby is all right."

Penny was disgusted by his actions. She demanded "Get lost, Tobias!"

"All right I'll go..." Tobias leaned in on Penny and said in a seductive voice. "If you give me a kiss."

Penny was even more disgusted by that. She replied "I wouldn't kiss you if you have a million dollars!"

Tobias sighed "All right, Penny. You win. I'll leave." He was about to take one step away from them, but stopped. "Wait a minute! I have a million dollars! What luck! That means you have to kiss me! Come here."

He grabs Penny's arm and force himself to kiss Penny. Penny grab his face so it doesn't contact with his lips on hers. She demanded "Get off!" Gumball had enough of that guy. He got up from the floor, grab a tray filled with food, and hit Tobias' stupid face with it. The entire school stopped and looked of what just happened. Tobias's face was filled with tomato sauce, sloppy joe meat, and carrots up his nose. Gumball didn't know what just happened. All he had to do was run before things get ugly. Gumball walked away from the scene while everybody was looking at him leave the cafeteria.

Tobias's gang goes to their leader. Joe asked "Yo, Tobias, you all right?"

Tobias was starting to build up rage like a bull. The food had melted all over his face and demanded "WHERE'S...WATTERSON?"

Gumball quickly run as he could. He muttered to himself "Man, that was so stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Why did I do that?!" Gumball saw the front door and go for it. He was almost to the gates of freedom, but then Tina Rex got in the way, blocking his way out. Gumball goes back but a great push knock him on the ground. Gumball saw that it was Tobias. He rises his foot and stomp him on it, but Gumball dodge it and got back up.

Tobias was bursting in rage. He screamed "You think you're pretty funny don't you, freak?!"

Penny cried "Tobias, stop this! It was just an accident!" She was walking to them as the entire student was walking behind her.

Tobias said "No, my fist in his face is going to be an accident!"

Gumball claimed "I don't want to fight you, Tobias."

"Well, too bad, Watterson! You going to get it!"

Rachel and Darwin came in from the crowd. Darwin said "Come on, Tobias. Let it go."

Tobias turned to him and shouted "This doesn't have to involved you, fishboy! Including when you're dating my sister!"

Gumball shouted "Hey! You leave him out of this! This is between you and me!"

Tobias declared "Well..." He rises his fists, preparing to fight him. "Bring it on, pussy cat!"

Soon the entire school chanted "Fight! Fight! Fight!". It was just like back at the cafeteria, only this time there are no teachers here and the fight is in the hallway. Tobias moved in as Gumball take one step back. In fact, this was the only step he had taken since the crowd had formed a circle around Gumball and Tobias. Tobias throw the first punch, Gumball duck it. He throw another punch, but Gumball knock it out. He did the third and fourth time, but no luck. Tobias had enough; he throw a massive punch on Gumball. Gumball dodge it and punch him in the face. The crowd gasped in response. Tobias charges at him, but Gumball punches him again, making the crowd gasped more. Tobias check his upper lip; it had blood on it.

Penny begged Darwin "Darwin, help him!"

Tobias looked at Jamie and nodded. Jamie enters the fight without detecting Gumball. She charges at him, and Gumball did a back flip right before she misses her target. Gumball landed on his feet. The crowd were surprise by that action. Even Tobias's gang was even more surprised. Darwin confusingly said "Which one?"

Jamie said to Tobias "He's all yours, Tobias."

Tobias pushes her in the crowd and charges at Gumball. He throw many punches as he can, but Gumball kept dodging it. Then he grab Tobias's fist. Tobias's eyes widen by that. Gumball, without warning, punches Tobias with great force, sending him across the other side of the hallway. The crowd didn't know what they saw. So they just cheered. Gumball was surprised; he turn to Tobias' shocking gang. Gumball said with his fists up "Who's next?"

"Hey! What's going on here?!"

Everyone looked to see Principal Brown standing on the hallway. His hands were on his hips and blooming with anger.

Soon the gang ran away from him, but not before Jamie smiled evilly "You're dead, Watterson!"

Gumball, not wanting to see what will happened next, break away from the crowd and ran away.

Darwin called "Gumball? Gumball, wait! Where you going?"

Gumball ran away from the school and keep running as far as he can. He came across an alley and stopped. He breaths as he can't stop thinking about what just happened at the school. He didn't know weather he was proud for the way he fought Tobias or being embarrass by the surprise look at the crowd. He think about this until a low voice was spoken.

"All right, kid. Hand over what you got."

Gumball was now facing a mugger with a knife. The mugger said "Don't make asked you twice, kid."

The knife was pointing to where Gumball was first stabbed. The thought of that made Gumball's ambition grow more since this was the scar that made him Warrior-Cat in the first place. He couldn't change with him around. So, without warning, Gumball swing his backpack on him, dropping his knife. Gumball did a punch, another punch and did a leg kick on him. The criminal got his feet back up and picks up the knife. He charges at him; Gumball grab it and brake his hand with one turn. The criminal cried out for his broken hand. He was still standing. Gumball looked and saw something he found. A circular mirror was in the trashcan. Gumball picks it up and throw it at him with a mighty throw, hitting him across the chin and on the ground. Gumball then picks up his backpack and walked away, but stopped. He looked at the object he had used to save himself. He picks it up and inspects it. He remember the words that Colonel War had said to him.

"And you need to have a more stronger weapons other than a trash can lid and a baseball bat."

Gumball looked at it until a voice called out.

"Hey!"

Gumball saw a policeman was walking alone when he happened to see him and the knock out mugger. The officer asked "Hey, kid, you all right?"

Gumball lied "Uh, yeah. Just picking up my thing."

He grabbed his backpack and his object and walked away, right before the officer said "Hey, what happened to this guy?"

Gumball answered "Oh, he was like that when I got here. You know. Drinking up and going to sleep drunk." He then runs away from the officer. Gumball stopped and looked at the object. It was kinda new with a hint of old on it. Gumball thought that this shield will be a good use to him. Kinda like Captain America's shield. He remembered reading about it and recalled of how he uses it to fight off his enemies. With this, he could be just like Captain America. But he wants to modify it.

He wants to turn it into a weapon other than throwing and blocking attacks with it. Then he thought an idea. Gumball goes to the public library and check out a book called "Inventions for Dummies." Since he didn't know a thing about inventions and not being super smart like his sister, maybe with this book, it could help him with his idea. He went home. He saw that the car was still not parked.

Just as I thought. Gumball thought. Mom's not home yet.

He went inside and discover that nobody was home, except for dad. He was sleeping like always. He goes to the garage, flick the light on, and grab the tool box. He place the box, the book, and the object on the table. He flips the pages to see what he can find. Then he found it. The pages on that book was exactly he needed to make his idea comes to life. Now he didn't tools they were and what they were use for.

Gumball thought Why didn't I listen to Miss Simian's boring lectures on these tools?

So he did the best he could. With the tools he's using and the book on his side, Gumball worked on the object. He spent countless hours on making that. He didn't once burn down the house or the garage, or anything. The concentration and focus was making him sweat from his head. The details on it were almost finish. With one last touch, Gumball had finally made his weapon. He had turn the circular mirror into a solar shield weapon. He wipe the mirror to add that shine on it. He looked at it. He was pretty good on himself, but mostly the work he had done.

Gumball replied "Now to test this baby out."

Gumball goes outside in the backyard. He had made test dummies out of trash. Most of them were thugs and crooks. Some of them looked like Tobias and his gang. Gumball faces the test dummies, and, with a mighty throw, he took one out. The shield came back to him like a boomerang. He throw it again and took down two. Gumball leaps onto Tobias' gang and hit them with his weapon. Now it was Tobias turn. Gumball had a surprise for him. He turn on flip on the back of the shield. The reflection was glowing bright like the sun. Gumball then released an amount of sun energy from it and destroyed the Tobias dummy. It was completely oblivion; there was nothing but the remains of dirt. Gumball said in amazed "Whoa, that was awesome." He heard the car coming up from the driveway. Gumball went back to the house, got up from his room, and changes to his pajamas. He hides the costume underneath his bed. Gumball clicked a small button on the back of the shield, turning it into not a shield anymore. It was kinda like a pen, but it had no tip. The detail of it was gold. He placed it on his backpack. Gumball went to bed and sleep right before Nicole comes to the door.

Nicole said "Gumball, we need to have a talk-"

Before finishing his sentence, she saw that Gumball was already asleep. She sighed at the sight of that. She closes the door right before she cooed "Good night, my little Gummypuss."

What Nicole doesn't know what that Gumball was pretending to sleep. After that long day of fighting and spending time on the weapon, he was now asleep. Until he heard his mom's voice downstairs yelling "Richard, why is the backyard a mess?!"

So what you guys think, huh? A solar shield weapon. I got the idea of reading "Before Watchmen" and "Captain American". Now Gumball has a new weapon. I going to write the next chapter and posted it for you guys to see. See you soon!