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Chapter 16: Heroic Sacrifice

Waves of metal spread over the Earth, turning it to metal.

"What is it?" asked Chester.

"I don't know," replied Norm. "But, I'm sure it's dangerous."

GONG!

Calais, Norm, and Chester appeared in his lamp. They eventually heard the sound of millions of robots turning on.

Norm GONGed them out, since he guessed that the metal wave was done.

Luckily for them, it was. Norm sighed in relief.

"I still don't trust you," said Chester.

Norm groaned. Why did Chester have to mention it?

He didn't want to save Turner, yet everyone else insisted that he should do so.

He supposed that was because Turner was the Chosen One. Norm wondered why Turner was the Chosen One. He would have chose someone different, like say, himself, or Chester. Not Turner.

However, Turner was great at kicking butt, including his. Chester was too, but Turner's ability at it was unsurpassed.

However, even with that knowledge, Norm didn't want Turner back. Even if Turner was the only one left who could save the world.

Which he was.

However, Norm reminded himself, if he ever wanted to be trusted by his godkid again, he had to rescue Turner from the Darkness.

Norm didn't know how though, which he supposed meant that he could stall the rescue till he got a way to do it.

He sensed something. Eliminators.

One was approaching the mobile home.

"Chester, there are Eliminators nearby," whispered Norm in the kid's ear.

"I don't trust you," replied Chester, sitting down on his previously green, now metal bed.

"Do think I'd lie about that?" replied Norm, sounding irritated. "What gain do you possibly think I'd get from lying about Eliminators? How would it benefit me?"

He paused for a few minutes.

"There's your answer," he continued. "It wouldn't."

Norm floated to Chester's window, and opened the curtains, which were now metal. Yes, an Eliminator was approaching.

Norm muttered a swear word under his breath.

He supposed that he had no excuse now. He had to save Turner from the Eliminators.

The Eliminator opened the door, which like the rest of the world, was metal.

It approached Chester, and Calais.

Norm groaned. He only had genie magic now, and blowing up an Eliminator might count as big magic. Genies needed permission from their masters to do big magic. Chester didn't seem to be inclined to give him permission for anything right now.

"I can't believe I'm doing this," he muttered to himself.

"Chester! Calais! Step away from the Eliminator!"

"I don't trust you," replied Chester stubbornly.

"Well," replied Norm. "I'm a lot more trustworthy than the Eliminator is."

"True," replied Chester, hiding under the metal bed.

"Calais, why aren't going someplace safe?" asked Norm, worried. "Do you want the Eliminator to suck you up?"

The Eliminator's mouth changed into a black hole. Norm gulped. He wondered if he was insane, since he didn't believe that anyone would let himself or herself get sucked into a black hole. Yet, there he was, letting exactly that happen.

Calais floated beside him, as though she wanted to sacrifice herself to Eliminator too.

"No!" hollered Norm. "Someone needs to take care of Chester, and since I got to save Turner from the Darkness, it can't be me. But, a kiss wouldn't go amiss, would it?"

"Sure, Gumball," replied Calais. "A big trilogy kiss for a great trilogy hero."

She floated beside him, and leaned in for a kiss. Norm gave her the kiss that she was leaning in for, and Norm wondered why life didn't have music playing in the background, because he thought that this kiss deserved to be set to one of Beethoven's greatest symphonies.

"Thanks for the kiss," said Norm. "Now, it's time for me to save the Chosen One!"

Calais GONGed away from the Eliminator, and watched helplessly as it sucked Norm up. She wanted to save him from it, but he was going to save Timmy.

She knew that if Timmy wasn't safe, the universe wouldn't be. Ever.

So, she stopped herself from saving Norm, despite the fact that she extremely wanted to.

"He's really going to save Timmy?" asked Chester.

"Yeah," replied Calais.

"Yay!"

The Eliminator attempted to shoot at Chester, but Calais GONGed the kid into Norm's lamp.

She GONGed into his lamp too, since if Norm, and Timmy were in the Eliminator, and she fought it, and won, the universe would be in big trouble.