My New Family: Controversial Scare

by 10banjo

The sequel to My New Family written by GalacticDragonfly rated t for adult themes.

2. An Afternoon to Forget

Again This is not mine its GalcticDradonflys

I own nothing

Chapter 2: An Afternoon to Forget

"I'll handle this myself." Denise told Nicole. The mother too was curious as to who was at the car, but she had a hunch based on the information previously collected. Nicole suddenly became scared, and reluctant to let Denise approach the car idling in front of her house alone.

"I don't give a crap who it is!" Nicole said, shoving past the slow walking family. Denise immediately glared at her, trying to figure out her constant pestering. "This isn't your problem, get the fuck back inside!" Denise demanded.

*HONK HONK*

Both Denise's family and Nicole shivered at the sound of the horn. Nicole suddenly felt self-conscious and somewhat embarrassed by the confused glances from Kieara and Princess, the humorous one from Jamie, and the agitated one from Denise.

"Get out the way, he's our problem, not yours." Denise said a little calmly. She knew the Wattersons were watching from the window and she didn't want to be a bad model for her kids. She didn't know why she was being so caring for their family at an awful time.

"Like I said Denise, he's my problem too! He's on my property, I don't give a shit who he is!" Nicole demanded.

"He? How do you know it's a He?" Denise said, a little angrier now. "You have no clue whose inside that car!"

"You said your husband was after you, you drunk!" Nicole scolded, which immediately caused Denise step forwards threateningly. "Get the FUCK OUT!" Denise screamed at her, grabbing Nicole's shoulder and shoving her inside.

Her family was hesitant to follow her as Denise approached the car, aggressively knocking on the window. 'I'll show this fuck!' She thought, but as the window rolled down she ducked under and looked at the man inside. "Uh….what?"

"Hey Denise, I knew I'd find you here." Larry said. Denise blinked before aggressively trying to grab and attack him. "Who the hell are you!" Denise shouted, trying to grab him. Larry stretched back, trying to avoiding her clawing.

"I'm a f-friend of Steve, will you stop it!" Larry cried, leaning back. Denise glared at him before suddenly remembering him at the restaurant. Denise blinked before turning her head to her astonished kids and nodding in the direction of the car.

"C'mon kids, it's a friend." Denise said, but the three children were hesitant. Denise stared at them for a second before sighing, understandably, but still a little agitated. "Kids, here, NOW!" Denise demanded. Larry tried not to be noticed, and glad that the Watterson's nor Denise's family could see him.

"How do you know it's not a trap!" Both Jamie and Nicole shouted at the same time. When they both realized it, they forced themselves not to glare at each other.

"Jamie, I don't have time for this shit, get in the car, ALL OF YOU!" Denise shouted, walking to the side and swinging open the passenger door. "Or I swear I will beat the shit out of you!" That comment made the Wattersons's shiver, particularly Nicole, who hadn't heard her use that kind of language to her kids in a long time.

Despite the long postponed foul language from their mother, upon hearing that statement they were quick to rush into the car. Kieara first, followed by Princess, and finally Jamie who didn't notice her boyfriend cautiously staring from the door.

Denise slammed the door shut and then proceeded to the front passenger door before glaring at Nicole. The cat was emotionally stunned, thus she didn't emit a response. Denise however, hadn't appreciated this at all, and the false scarce enraged her even more, on top of sense of weakness.

"You kidnap me again Nicole, and you w-"

"Don't you start!" Nicole shouted at her, her voice croaking. Denise held herself back from charging.

"You're going to get yourself fucking hurt!" Denise shouted.

"Right, yeah!" Nicole said, forcing a chuckle to look in control. "Says the drunk!"

"Keep talking and I'll show you what a bottle can do!" Denise cried, swinging the door open. "I'll pay a personal visit!" Nicole blinked, but something clicked inside her head. 'Personal Visit.'

"HELL NO! YOU STAY AWAY FROM MY FAMILY!" Nicole shouted.

"Nobody was talking about your family you lousy…." Denise muttered to herself as she closed the door. Nicole however didn't let up presuming the lack of response was due to Denise not hearing her. Nicole walked closer to the car, with Larry ready to storm off.

"You lay a hand on any Watterson, and I'll…"

"Don't fucking hold your breath, Larry, let's go." Denise demanded. Larry didn't waste a second and slammed his foot on the pedal. The black car stormed down the street, desperately trying to get away. Denise stared down the shocked blue mother in the rear-view mirror, grinning in disgust.

"I don't like getting into a stranger's cars." Denise warned.

"It's alright, I can assure you that you won't be hurt." Larry remarked with a goofy grin. The three children in the back were still unsure of what exactly happened. Denise noticed the immediate harsh silence and glanced over at them.

"You guys all right?" Denise asked.

"Y-Yeah, fine." Kieara stuttered, but the two others continued to try and understand what happened. Denise could tell this was on their minds, and she sat back in her seat. "Listen, I know I must've scared you, but you have to understand that…well…I thought Larry here…..was um…"

"We get it Mom, you don't have to explain." Jamie said, not wanting any conversation right now. She was currently more concerned about how this would affect her relationship with Gumball. 'Mom just ruled out any possibility of me going to the Watterson's anytime soon.' Jamie thought, before cringing.

"Why did she have to me so mean?" Jamie whispered to Kieara, almost casually.

"Who? Mom?" Kieara whispered back.

"No, Mrs. Watterson. Like, what was the point of that?" Jamie asked, a bit louder this time. Kieara motioned for her to quiet down in fear of Denise listening, but Denise didn't seem to move her head so they assumed she was out of range.

"What were you saying?" Kieara whispered.

"Gumball's Mom, she was being all paranoid for no reason." Jamie whispered.

"Yeah I noticed too, but I didn't say anything since it was kinda awkward." Kieara shrugged. "Besides, I told you I didn't like her."

"It wasn't awkward for me." Jamie whispered, a little angrily. "It was embarrassing, and I had to sit there while she insulted Mom." Kieara blinked but then rolled her eyes. "Well, that's how Nicole is."

"But that's bullshit though." Jamie explained. "Her attitude was unprovoked!"

"Eh, well we can't don't anything about it." Kieara sighed.

"What are you kids talking about?" Denise asked calmly. Jamie and Kieara didn't want to say what it was, but didn't see it as wrong to ask a simple question.

"Why was Nicole pissed at you?" Jamie asked. Denise grinned, having a sense that was what they were talking about.

"Look, I don't know that's just what sh-"

"You have to know, you must've done something." Kieara accused. Denise was a little taken back by her statement. "Are you seriously accusing me of starting that shit?" Denise asked her. Larry grinned at the easiness of Denise's foul mouth to be used towards her kids.

'Boy, she needs Small and fast.' Larry thought, halting the car at the red light.

"No, I mean that you must've said SOMETHING to have pissed her off." Kieara explained.

"Whether on purpose or not." Jamie quickly added.

"Look, I don't know anything about what happened. One minute she's fine, the next she gets all jumpy with me. Then she threatens me and I'm just trying to go downstairs." Denise whined, carefully watching the naïve Princess in the back who seemed rather quiet.

"Why are you so quiet lately?" Denise asked Princess. The four year old shrugged, "I just don't want to talk." Denise eyed her suspiciously before shrugging and nodding, accepting her answer. "Look, you kids don't need to worry, just give Nicole time to cool off."

-Back at the Watterson's House—

"Richard, where the hell were you!" Nicole shouted.

"Nicole, don't cuss in front of the kids!" Richard whispered back; illogically too as all three of the kids heard her say that regardless. Richard and his three kids sat on the couch why Nicole marched angrily back and forth.

"When some Woman, threatens my children I don't take it lightly!" Nicole said, emphasizing the "Woman" part. Richard shook his head. "You took it too personally, it had nothing to do with that." Nicole angrily glared at him, causing Richard to look away.

"She said would come here and beat us!" Nicole cried.

"You see, you've been freaking out too much!" Anais jumped in. Nicole confusingly glanced at her. "She didn't say she would beat you, she said she would pay you a visit!" Nicole slapped her forehead. "What do you think that means, Anais!"

"It was a hallow threat!" Anais argued.

"Nothing about Denise is hallow, particularly not her fists!" Nicole explained. The family on the couch remained silent after that. "I know Denise, she doesn't take things lightly!" Nicole explained. Gumball felt the worst because this was sure to loosen the relationship between him and Jamie, but he didn't have much of a defense as he couldn't possibly explain Denise's drunk attitude.

"Why was she drunk, anyways?" Darwin innocently asked.

"She wasn't drunk, Mom, I don't see why you were being so harsh, if you didn't say anything nothing would've happened." Gumball said, with the feeling of Anais jabbing him in the side. "What?" He asked his little sister.

"Gumball, don't talk to me right now, please!" Nicole shouted at him.

"I'm just saying, common sense y'know?" Gumball quietly said.

"She was trying to hurt me, to hurt you! She was drunk the night before, you guys don't even know what happened!" Nicole shouted. Richard could hear the sirens going off in his head before trying to explain to Nicole something. "I don't think this would be a good story to tell the kids!"

"Yeah, tell us!" Darwin cheered.

"Agreed!" Gumball added.

"I think you should, for the sake of context." Anais finished.

"Yeah, fine, here's an explanation for you!" Nicole said, putting her hands on her hips. Richard sighed, but sat back and ignored it as he knew he couldn't stop her.

"I went to her house to drop off groceries, you know, Jamie's?" Nicole said, looking over at Gumball for clarification. He nodded since he remember more clearly it was hers. "I come in, and Jamie and Kieara hold a GUN to my HEAD!" The three kid's eyes widen at that remark, unsure if they heard it clearly.

"A what?" Darwin asked.

"A gun, they pointed it right at me the minute I opened the door!" Nicole cried. Gumball and Anais exchanged glances, unsure if this was true but feeling like Nicole wouldn't lie. "Go on." Anais said.

"Then I snatch it, because they don't know how to shoot and I try to find Denise, but she's in the back. When I found her, she was storming about, drunk, and whining about her long lost husband!" Nicole exclaimed.

"Lost husband?" Darwin asked.

"Yeah, I don't know either. Anyways, she assumes that her husband sent me here and then I try to explain that I was here to drop off the groceries and then she hits me!" Nicole shouted. The kids didn't seem to react to this one so much, so Nicole stretched out her arms and showed them the purple bruises.

"Oh crap!" Darwin cried.

"Okay, I'm convinced." Gumball said scarcely.

"It was with a poll or something, anyways I managed to take the poll away from her and I knocked her out." Nicole said, but Gumball was suspicious. "I did see Denise with some bruises, did you hit her with the poll?

"No, I did it with my fist." Nicole said. Gumball sighed, glad she didn't resort to that. "Nonetheless, I got an argument from her kids, and then I managed to convince them to take Denise home with me." Nicole explained.

"Explain why…" Richard recommended, he was aware that she could leave out crucial information that would explain why.

"Oh, well…..see….this entire thing is going on because Denise thinks their Dad has come back." Nicole explained. Gumball grinned, he was getting irritated with this 'not knowing what's going on' father business. Anais and Darwin were putting the pieces together too.

"And all of this, is because of their little scarce that he may come back and….I don't know, HAUNT them or something." Nicole said, comically mocking their problem. "Whatever it is, I'm done helping them until they can get a grip, afterwards we'll talk about having them over again."

"Don't you think it's a little odd and all that we're trying to break apart our relations with them? I mean it's just one mistake." Darwin said.

"That one mistake could've blasted my head off. Do you understand that? They were going to shoot me!" Nicole said, which invited Richard to motion for her to tone it down a bit. Although, unknown to their parents, the kids were spooked by the concept of a dead mother. The possibility that if they 'had' shot, Nicole would've been gone.

"Y'know, when you think about it, Mom could've died." Anais whispered to Gumball. The blue cat was trying his hardest to find justification for Jamie's crude actions, but nothing could overcome shooting his mother. Nothing.

"I uh….wait…" Gumball stuttered, unable to find the proper words.

"Mrs. Mom, you're not going back there right?" Darwin asked, sweat appearing on his face. Nicole stared before nodding. "Yeah, that's how it will work. We don't mess with them and they won't mess with us."

"Honey, you're acting way to quickly!" Richard butted in. "It was a MISTAKE!"

"Mistake that could've killed Mom, Dad." Gumball muttered to himself. Richard sighed, 'Am I the only one who doesn't flip out in this family?' He thought before giving a word of advice. "Nicole, she's your friend, give her another chance." Richard said, grabbing the car keys off the table.

"I'll consider it, and where are you going?" Nicole asked.

"I'm going to 'Jack N' the Box', want anything for lunch kids?" Richard asked, trying to lighten the mood.

As the kids ordered their food and Richard went off the fetch it, they decided that they would go ahead and play something outside. The mood in the house had been a damper, and the evidence of the last family's quickly check-in was still here. But the concept of someone getting a gun to kill their Mom haunted them for a while, and forced them to tolerate Nicole's irrational attitude.

Richard finally came home with the food but the three kids were in no mood to stay around the house for the day. Despite events, the sun was bright, the sky was almost entirely clear, the air was around 70 degrees and it seemed perfect to go to the park.

"Leaving so soon?" Nicole questioned, watching her children grab their fast food bags and open the door. "Yeah, we're going to the park down the street." Gumball explained. Nicole raised an eyebrow, "Even you, Anais?" Anais nodded, aware that going to do anything with her brothers was out of character.

"Well…..alright, be back before Five o' clock and not a second later." Nicole said, flopping down on the couch and opening her magazine. The children nodded before rushing out the door, glad to embrace the perfect weather. The kids then proceeded to walk down the street, all three wondering who would break the silence with the first question.

'Eh, I'll do it.' Anais thought.

"So…Denise tried to shoot Mom." Anais said, offering a subject. "Yep." Gumball said, forcefully casually. Darwin shrugged, "Look, I know you guys want to talk about it but I agree with Mr. Dad, we're just overreacting."

"No, correction, THEY were the ones overreacting." Anais said, accompanied with Gumball's nod. "As much as I love Jamie I can't really believe she'd try and shoot our Mom." Darwin still gave their family the benefit of the doubt. "Maybe they thought Mom was someone else, we don't know, it's only Mom's side of the story."

"It's a pretty convincing side." Gumball noted.

"Gumball, you can't seriously have this attitude towards your girlfriend's family? After all the crap you went through-"

"And us too!" Anais butted in. Gumball rolled his eyes at Anais' obvious reference to the events in the past.

"Yeah, and us, you can't seriously now consider your girlfriend and her family as a threat." Darwin exclaimed.

"I didn't say that, I just said that its kinda silly to try and shoot my Mom." Gumball noted, with a hint of sentimentalism in his voice. Darwin didn't bother, once Gumball was on to something he didn't stop, and neither did Darwin for that matter.

"Well, what if this Dad of theirs comes looking for them." Darwin said, walking down the stone designed road to the park.

"I'm not worried for them, I'm worried if he comes looking for us." Anais said, gaining the nods of both boys. "As much as I don't like what they did, I'll still look out for Jamie, no matter what." Gumball said, chewing his claws.

"No matter what?" Anais asked, for clarification.

"Yes, you heard right…..no matter what." Gumball said.

"You shouldn't make promises you can't keep." Darwin quickly added. Anais sighed and Gumball glared at him. 'Darwin, why would you say that?' Anais thought, scratching her head and avoiding the glare of Gumball. "Whatever!" Gumball said to Darwin, but attempting to avoid confrontation.

"Yeah, whatever, apologies…." Darwin muttered to himself.

"Well….what are you going to do now?" Anais asked. Gumball shrugged and began his walk down the street. "I'll talk to Jamie about it." Gumball said, being quickly followed by his siblings. "Well then I guess we'll be tagging along." Anais said.

"Oh no no no, you're going to ruin it so stay away." Gumball said, turning around and pointing back to the house. Darwin rolled his eyes and walked back to the house. Anais held her ground. "This is wreaking of disaster, why don't you listen and just stay?"

"I can handle this myself." Gumball said, before quickly turning the corner. Anais was going to follow him but was halted by Darwin's call.

"ANAIS!" The fish screamed, Anais looked over at him from afar.

The fish was motioning for the rabbit to attend him, and likely just leave Gumball alone. Anais sighed and grumbled before walking towards Darwin in route to the house.

"He's a sentimental idiot!" Anais muttered loudly to Darwin.

"Tell me something I don't know." Darwin chuckled as he followed her.

-Jamie's House—

"I've had enough of this crap, Mom." Jamie said bitterly, stepping out the car with the rest of her family and Larry.

"Watch your tongue!" Denise scolded her, but Jamie didn't budge. "Can you explain why you were so drunk?" Jamie shot at her, in which Denise was a little taken-back by the statement. "Your father was on the phone, I thought he was coming for us!"

"Twenty bucks says it wasn't even him." Kieara muttered to Jamie. She was granted a quick nod, implying that Jamie knew that was it. Denise watched them carefully and then shouted again, "Hold on! That WAS him!"

"He didn't show." Jamie said. "But someone else did, someone who happens to be your friend and my boyfriend's Mom!" Denise looked at her in a dull like manner. Jamie shook her head, presuming her lack of responses was because of her drunken after-state.

"How am I supposed to explain you beating up Nicole with a pipe to Gumball!" Jamie shouted.

"I dunno…..I mean I uh-" Denise stuttered as Kieara leaned in to Jamie and whispered, "I'm sure it can't be any worse than almost shooting her." Jamie then glared at Kieara. "…..Hey, y'know I was just speaking the truth." Kieara said before grinning and walking with Jamie and Denise.

"I wouldn't be surprised if that bitch comes back here with a AK forty seven after what Mom did." Jamie told Kieara. The younger sister cracked up, "You called her a bitch, heh!"

Denise groaned as she unlocked the door and let the kids in but Larry remained outside. Denise attended him and closed the door. "What happened?" Larry asked her. Denise sighed and rubbed her forehead. "Man, I don't know. I got a little tipsy and I attacked my friend and…." Denise said before hearing a disappointed sigh from Larry.

"Well, whatever the case, Steve told me you'd be at that house." Larry said before shrugging and turning to the car. "You can thank him if you want." Denise stared him down oddly before wondering, 'How did Steve know where I was?'

"Did he tell you how he found me?" Denise asked him. Larry turned around and shrugged, "Not a word, he just gave me the location, I thought you had called him or something." Larry said. Denise looked at him before making a clueless expression and stared at the floor before popping her eyes at him.

"Haven't a clue." She announced.

"Oh, well whatever I have to get going." Larry said rushing down the lawn to his car, "Nice to meet you and your…..uh….wonderful kids." Denise grinned at that last part, unsure if he was being sarcastic or ignorantly polite. She watched the car take off before sighing and going back inside, almost craving a beer at the thought of Jamie's continuously irritated attitude.

-Three Blocks away from Jamie's House—

'I hope I'm going the right way.' Gumball thought, waking past the slightly rotting Victorian housing and gritty apartments. Gumball walked down to the quiet intersection before looking up at the street name. "Oh hey, I'm closer than I thought! Only a couple blocks more!" He said as he hurried his pace. The cat's face was moist from the slightly hot sun and the unreasonably long walk he took because he didn't grab any money for the walk.

Gumball then heard a motor from behind him which he ignored at first, assuming a car was passing by. But seconds later he heard the tires squeak as it sharply pulled in on the curb next to him. The cat reacted in an overdramatic jumpy motion. "WOAH!" he cried, even though it was still in the street.

"Hey loser!" Gumball heard the familiar scold of his sister.

"Anais?" He questioned, seeing the car now that the dust and dirt had cleared. Gumball frowned upon seeing that it was his father's yellow Pontiac station-wagon. Surprisingly, Richard was in the driver's seat which was odd whenever Nicole accompanied him. And speaking of which, Nicole with her trademark pissed off look in the passenger's seat. Darwin looked at him from the window with Anais, the fish was a little excited and Anais just being goofy and laughing at his reaction.

"A little less sharp with the breaks there, Honey." Nicole advised.

"Sorry, I learned from you." Richard sighed. Nicole then unbuckled the seatbelt and crawled over Richard, poking her head out his window. "Where the HELL do you think you're going!" Nicole shouted at the now recovered and slightly surprised Gumball.

"I uh….was going to J-Jamie's?" He said, still a little shocked that they were here.

"Let's get one thing straight, you don't go ANYWHERE WITHOUT TELLING ME!" Nicole screamed at him. Gumball sighed and rolled his eyes, "Yeah okay, whatever I asked Dad." Gumball said. Nicole blinked before looking at Richard.

"Did he?" Nicole asked Richard.

"Did you?" Richard asked Gumball, shocked.

"Uh…yeah?" Gumball said.

"I guess he did." Richard said, casually. Nicole blinked, "You guess?" Richard shrugged, "I dunno." Nicole rolled her eyes before pushing her head back out the window. "Where'd you say you were going?" Nicole asked Gumball. "Jamie's house." He said. Nicole blinked before frowning again, "And why exactly are you going?"

"To talk with Jamie." Gumball said, trying not to reveal any specifics but really it wasn't needed anyways. Nicole sighed before rubbing her face in disbelief. "You see, I told you he was an idiot." Anais whispered to Nicole from the back seat. Nicole ignored her and Darwin softly slapped her beside the head. "Don't jump to conclusions." Darwin said, "You remember what happened last time." Nicole looked back at Gumball, who knew he was in the wrong here.

"So I tell you, 'They're crazy', and your response is to see them….alone…..without telling anyone?" Nicole asked, skeptically. Gumball shrugged, "Hey, I told Anais and Darwin." Darwin rolled his eyes and popped his head out the window, "Don't get us in trouble, Mr. Vague."

"You're out of your mind!" Nicole shouted at him. Gumball sighed and began to walk towards the house, Richard had the car follow while Nicole scolded him. "You need to start thinking, I can't hold your hand forever!" Gumball ignored her and continued to walk.

"This isn't funny Gumball, you're really starting to piss me off!" Nicole shouted, her face reddening. "I don't know who told you, you can just ignore me, but I'm really getting to my boiling point!" Nicole threatened. Anais and Darwin exchanged glances before putting their heads out the window, "Hey Gumball, you better listen!" Darwin taunted, hoping he'd heed his advice.

"Actually….wouldn't Gumball be able to communicate better with the family seeing as how he'd kinda bridged our relationship and all?" Anais softly questioned. Nicole and Darwin turned around and glared at her.

"Be quiet, Anais." Nicole said.

"Yeah, you wouldn't want to encourage him." Darwin said, a little casually before turning around and watching Gumball walk in sync with the car. Gumball felt his heart drop and butterflies arise in his belly as he continuously ignored Nicole, still hearing every word from her. He started to recall just a few months ago when they had that massive fight, and him ignoring Nicole when she shouted at him in Granny Jojo's house.

"Let me try Mom!" Gumball pleaded, finally giving himself up but still keeping his pace. "Yelling at her wouldn't solve anything!" Nicole felt a little more leverage now that Gumball was replying to her. "Those people have GUNS!" Nicole warned. Gumball looked over at her, "C'mon Mom, they're not going to shoot me! This is a city not suburbia, they're not that paranoid."

"This is getting weird, Mom just let him." Anais sighed.

"What is with you Anais, what happened last time I let him?" Nicole asked her, but the rabbit remained quiet knowing she was walking into a trap. "All I'm saying is that soft-talk works better than harsh talking."

"Try 'No Talking'…" Darwin muttered to himself. Anais heard this and glanced at him, angrily. "What the heck, nobody was talking to you!" Darwin sighed harshly before turning away from Anais. "Anais I already tried that, Gumball won't listen," Nicole reminded her.

"How many times have we done this?" Richard asked, "It feels like we've argued about this before."

"Why do we even bother?" Darwin asked, "He's not going to listen." Nicole knew what Darwin said was true but she didn't agree with his dismissive attitude. "Of course he was wrong in just going off like that but really? I mean what he's doing isn't a bad idea," Anais said.

"But Gumball has this mind-set that he can do whatever he wants without consequence, like where did he get this from?" Nicole asked, trying to calm herself down. "I don't want to scream but he asks for it all the time!"

"Agreed, but I mean 'now' forgetting everything else; let's see what he's going to do." Anais compromised. "I still think he's an idiot but what he's trying to do now isn't such a bad idea." Nicole sighed, "But he's not going to talk to Denise, he's talking to Jamie."

"For unrelated reasons, most likely? Yeah I know, but there's a chance, isn't there?" Anais questioned. Nicole shrugged her shoulders, "I don't know, how am I supposed to he doesn't communicate with us! It needs to be established that he can't just do what he wants!"

"Maybe he gets that idea because you don't do anything." Darwin muttered bitterly. Both Anais and Nicole in disbelief looked over at the fish who seemed more interested in the window.

"Darwin." Nicole said sternly. The fish looked over, unsurely. "Don't smack talk me, understand!" Darwin was a little taken back by Nicole's sternness but he muttered 'Yeah' and then looked back out.

"What is wrong with you?" Anais asked.

"Oh sorry, forgive me for not agreeing with you or Mom!" Darwin said rhetorically. Anais had oddly gotten enraged at Darwin, most-likely because his sudden attitude was unpredicted. "Okay then Darwin, go help Gumball then, Jerk!" Anais screamed at him. "I thought you were on Gumball's side!" Darwin shouted back.

"Keep your voice down!" Nicole shouted at Darwin, "What has gotten into you!"

"I'm not entirely on Gumball's side, moron!" Anais scowled at him. Darwin rolled his eyes, suddenly feeling cramped in this car where to his left his sister was shouting at him and forwards his Mother was looking back from her seat angrily at him.

"Screw this, I'm just going to fix this myself!" Darwin said, reaching for the door handle and ejecting himself from the slowly moving car.

"HEY!" Anais cried, "Where are you going?"

"This is ridiculous…..and Richard, Denise's house is dead ahead so stop the car." Nicole said to the rather bored rabbit as he pressed his foot on the break and maneuvered the stick-shift. Gumball had been trying his best to ignore the following car which suddenly stopped as he approached the sidewalk of the white one-story house owned by Jamie's Mom.

"I'm surprised; they didn't do a thing to stop me." Gumball said in disbelief but refusing to look at the car in fear of a nasty glare.

"You talk to yourself way too much." Said a familiar funky-hip like voice.

Gumball blinked before sighing and turning around, "You're the one to talk, Darwin." Gumball said, staring down the orange fish who had stood next to him. Gumball cocked an eyebrow at Darwin who had a stern neutral look on his face, almost like he was hiding or planning something.

"Alright dude, what's u-"

"You know what?!" Darwin said loudly at Gumball. The blue cat blinked and sighed before staring down with a smirk and twisting back to the house. "Go ahead, I'm listening." He announced before making a walk over the lawn slowly. Darwin, who was a little temper-headed followed Gumball stubbornly whom which the cat was obviously ignoring him on top of his satirical comment.

"You think you can run around and do whatever you want!" Darwin shouted at Gumball, in which the cat let out a careless "Mmm Hmm." Darwin clinched his teeth at his dismissal, not aware of Gumball approaching the front door.

"Let's just get one thing straight here, just because of what ha-" Gumball then quickly turned around to Darwin, and placed a finger on his big lips, forcing him to shut up.

"Darwin, dude, honestly I'm not listening, just go home." Gumball smiled before giving a disapproving frown and turned around, knocking on the door. Darwin blinked before grumbling something underneath his breath, watching Gumball approach the door and knock.

Nicole had finished arguing before realizing the car had rolled up to the front of the house. Richard seemed totally disconnected with everything before hearing Nicole tell him to stop. He looked at the white house; closing his foot on the breaks.

"Gumball's at the door." He said, blankly. Nicole and Anais stared out the window before the mother rushed out. She yanked the door open and slammed it before walking quickly down the lawn after the two sons of hers.

"Gumball, get the heck away from that door!" Nicole demanded, gaining a glance from Darwin before the fish turned back around.

Gumball could hear the footsteps inside as the front door opened to reveal Denise, who oddly enough bothered to open it and not have Jamie do it. She looked forwards and then downwards before grinning, "Oh, it's you."

Gumball smirked and did a little salute, "That's right, I wanted to talk to Jamie."

Nicole whom had previously been marching down the lawn had frozen in place, and Darwin had been standing in the same position for the past minute or so. Anais watched in awe from the car, and Richard was a little drowsy and tired.

Denise noticed all of them; staring at her with their different emotional expressions before looking back down at Gumball. She frowned upon realization that Nicole was on her front lawn.

"Kid, why'd you bring your folks, obviously I didn't want to talk to them." Denise asked.

"Who said I wanted to talk to them?" Gumball said, twisting his head back and glancing at the astonished family. " They followed me here, I didn't expect them to come along." Denise cocked a brow, "You couldn't lose them?" Gumball frowned, "Uh, I have some paws, and they got a car."

"Mom, whose at the door?" Jamie asked, approaching it beside her and spotting Gumball. A grin of arousal and odd puberty-enhanced satisfaction appeared on his lips upon seeing her, unfortunately the feelings were not mutual. Jamie grinned before glancing up at her Mom who quickly looked down at her before back at Gumball, not trying to make anything too obvious.

'Why is he here?' Jamie thought, looking past the cat to witness his family still standing on the lawn and in their yellow automobile. 'With his family too? Is he stupid?'

Nicole felt a dribble of sweat drip from her temple, before realizing she couldn't just stand there and do nothing the entire time. "Okay!" She shouted before approaching the doorway, to the surprise of everyone else as Denise quickly pushed Jamie away from the doorframe. As Nicole got closer, Gumball stared her down. "Mom, what are you doing?" he asked, a little angrily.

"I'm going to deal with this." Nicole muttered to him, standing beside him as she looked at the slightly angered and hurt Denise. Nicole sighed before tossing her hands to her sides, "Obviously I was overacting just a bit." She admitted.

"A bit? You kidnapped me and don't even bother to check up on me and suddenly I'm in some Mystery house!" She said with a chug of snark in her voice. Nicole nodded while twirling her hand around, obviously implying she knew already.

"Yeah, yeah, look I know this; I'm concerned for your well-being after that night." Nicole explained, trying to get a sympathy vouch from her. Denise sighed before nodding her head, "And what's this supposed to be about, I didn't need a family-wide reception." She explained, giving a quick glance at the somewhat neutral Gumball. Nicole rolled her eyes, sighing as she pointed at Gumball. "As you may expect, not all of us are on the same page here."

Gumball grinned at her crude pointing before Nicole withdrew her finger, but kept her eyes on Denise. This wasn't satisfactory for Denise as she backed slightly in the house. "What's my business, is my business." Denise said, "I don't need you to police me, like some annoying rodent." She said, breaking the stare.

"I don't know what one has to with the other." Nicole said, a little sternly. "When my son is constantly visiting you, as a mother, I fear for him being exposed to your antics." Gumball let out a sharp sigh, turning slowly around and slapping his hand on his forehead. Nicole and Denise flinched; the phrase came out a little odder than usual.

"What do you mean; 'Antics'?" Denise said, placing her hands on her hips and eyeing her. Jamie grinned, listening from the inside knowing that while Nicole was right she was also a little harsh and undeniably bad at communication. Nicole nodded her head, "That didn't come out right, but it remains to be true. You were drunk and stumbling around."

"I GAVE UP DRINKING!" She shouted at her.

"For a fucking month, apparently!" Nicole said, forgetting Gumball was there. Denise made an agitated expression, clinching her eyes in confusion with her arms raised and her mouth agape. "You came here to tell me THIS?" She asked, then looked over at Gumball who had turned around,

"Does your Family somehow improve the situation!"

"What part of 'we're not all on the same page' do you not understand?" Nicole asked, sternly and in an authoritarian attitude. Denise let out a forced chuckle before stepping up to Nicole, "I bet you think this is so funny, Nikki!" Nicole shook her head, "No laughter here, aside from your chuckle!" Gumball sighed and began to walk around the house, surprisingly not to the attention of the mothers.

"Let's talk about what I came here to talk about!" Nicole shouted, "You're delusional self, drunk over some invisible guy w-" Denise stopped her foot down. "That man is NOT invisible! He's in ELMORE RIGHT NOW!" Nicole shook her head. "Did you find out about this before, or after you got drunk?"

"You're so fucking funny!" Denise shouted back.

"Serious question! It tells me how I should react to this!" Nicole said, trying to act smarter and civilized.

"FINE! BEFORE!" She screamed at the blue cat. Nicole shrugged and sighed, 'She's right, I still think she's crazy regardless.'

"And he called me, harassing me and threatening to take my house away!" Denise said, almost angrily pleading. Nicole wasn't buying it and continued to stare off to the side.

"So, this gave you an excuse to be drunk and go around trying to kill me?" Nicole shouted at her, keeping her arms folded.

"I don't remember, I was DRUNK , like you said!" Denise screamed.

"OH YEAH?" Nicole shouted, pulling her thigh up to her stomach and putting her shin in full view. "SEE THOSE BRUSIES!" Denise looked down at her damaged leg before making a disgusted frown and backing away. "Ew, I don't wanna see that!"

"You DID IT!" Nicole shot at her.

"I guess so, I don't remember!" Denise whined, trying not to look at her damaged leg. Nicole groaned, placing her leg down. "You just don't remember…."

"No, and while this has been cute and all I've had enough!" Denise said, walking back into the house. "Don't you walk away from me, I've had just about enough of you and your crazy delusions!" Denise glared at her. "You're shitting me, he's REAL!"

Nicole sighed and looked around, "Where is he? Give me a location!" Denise crept over to Nicole and whispered to her.

"Don't underestimate him, I know its him! He could be anywhere, even here!" Denise said, in a revealing manner.

"…..Delusional, utterly delusional." Nicole groaned.

"You don't know a THING about him!" Denise shouted.

"Look, we've been arguing forever and I have to cook dinner soon. Your daughter once mentioned this guy so I'm not walking in thick fog, regardless I have seen NO evidence of this guy. You can't tell me if he was here or not, you're going off a phone call which sounds stupid to begin with." Nicole said, hearing a car pass by.

Denise quickly glanced up at a black car which seemed to pull in next to the Watterson car with Richard and Anais. Nicole snapped her fingers which drew Denise's attention back to her. "Don't you dare snap your stupid fingers at me!"

"I was tempted to fucking let you stare off regardless, you make more sense when you're not talking." Nicole mumbled, only to piss off Denise even further.

-Backyard of Jamie's House—

"The sun is starting to set." Jamie announced, sitting down on an old wooden bench next to Gumball. Although he was sitting on the top of the back rest, putting his feet on the seat. Jamie looked up at Gumball, sitting above her.

"Why'd your mother have to come and harass us?" Jamie asked, softly.

"I didn't invite her, duh!" Gumball said, immaturely. "She followed me like a weirdo, arguing with the rest the entire time." The cat looked oddly at Jamie, who had been staring at the ground for some time now.

"Either…..I've pissed you off…..or you're really bored." Gumball said, reaching out and touching Jamie on the shoulder, then he placed his other hand on her side. The girl made a little groan and shook his hands off, in which Gumball frowned, scared he had physically crossed the line.

"Watch your hands, dude."

"Sorry, I didn't mean to touch you like that." Gumball said, quietly.

"What?" Jamie asked, turning around. "Of course you meant to, you totally did I mean that's why you did it, right?" Gumball blinked, suddenly his stomach started to lighten and he was unable to bare Jamie's stare.

"Y-Yeah, apologies." He stuttered, looking up in the sky embarrassedly while stretching out his collar for more breathing room. Jamie sighed and turned back around, staring at some ants crawling about.

Gumball watched her and took a deep sigh, unable to figure out what's going on. He had tried to appeal to the family but of all of them, Jamie was the most anti. 'Why is she treating me like this, I didn't say I supported my Mom?' Gumball thought, looking at her before holding his head in her right hand, resting on his thigh.

"No offense, but I liked it better when a minute long kiss was our way of saying hello. And when I could touch you almost anywhere without you being mad at me." Gumball muttered to her. Jamie grinned, although Gumball couldn't see her do it.

"What does you not being able to control yourself have to do with your Mom lecturing mines constantly?" Jamie asked Gumball, yet refusing to look at him. "I'm not my Mom, and since when was my Mom the bad–guy for telling the truth?" Gumball asked her, knowing it was a little risky.

"I'm just ignore your stupid comments and dipshit statements." Jamie groaned. Gumball was offended by that; considering it was Jamie who aimed a gun at her mother and it was her mother who was basically put in a position where she had to take care of them. It all seemed to be her fault, over some non-existent father.

"You say that was stupid? Aren't you the ones who tried to kill my Mom?" Gumball asked, a little agitated. 'I came here defending them, but now I see the truth behind this.' Jamie blinked in confusion before looking back at him, with yet another attitude he'd prefer not to see: skeptical.

"What in the world are you talking ab-"

"I'm talking about when you pulled out a gun and pointed it at my Mom, that's what." Gumball said, a little sternly. Jamie's expression when from confused to 'whatever' as she turned back around. "So that's how she said it?" She asked.

"Yeah, that's how she said it because that's the truth." Gumball said, knowing he was totally overstepping his boundaries. "Don't even try and lecture us on truth, I heard your Mom, you don't even believe us."

"Believe you? Believe you about what?" Gumball asked.

"….My Dad." She whispered.

"Oh cut me a break," Gumball said, getting up from the bench and walking down. "Didn't you earlier say it was a hoax or something! You don't even know!" Jamie looked up in shock. "Shit, you don't even know what's it's like to be related to that guy, and YOU just go around rolling your eyes!" Jamie snarled.

"Oh I get it, so shoot my Mom because your Dad was a dick!" Gumball said, raising his hands angrily.

"I was a MISTAKE!" Jamie shouted back.

"Well that's a GREAT apology! Rather than being thankful that we bothered to take care of you, you run out and then treat me like crap! I was here, supporting you because I thought my Mom was too harsh! But I can't even get a kiss, or a 'hello', your Mom just comes out and starts cracking jokes and you get all snarky with me!"

"Get a kiss? What the hell! We're not going to kiss all the time, it's not how we say hello you weirdo!" Jamie shouted at him, standing up. Gumball groaned, "The Kiss? That's all you heard me say! That's not important, it's how your family treats us!"

"Gumball, just stop it." Jamie sighed, sitting back down on the bench. "Obviously we're not getting along today."

"Or ever." Gumball muttered.

"No, not 'or ever'; just give us some space, we're dealing with a monster here." Jamie groaned, wiping her face from the sweat. "It's getting dark, and obviously we're not going to have a lot of fun today." Gumball angrily turned to her, "Yeah, I fucking know, thank you."

Jamie made a frown, hearing Gumball cuss obviously meant he was really angry.

"You don't need to cuss at me Gumball, just calm down." Jamie warned. "The last thing I need to hear is…."

"Here what!" Gumball shouted, in disbelief, "You don't want to hear me? All because of phone call!"

"I didn't even say that; would you like a stupid hug to calm yourself?" Jamie snarled at him.

"Everything has got to be a stupid fucking joke to you!" Gumball snarled back.

"If I give you some cat nip will you SHUT UP!" Jamie screamed.

"No, forget it, I'll go!" Gumball said, angrily marching for the backyard gate. "Have fun shooting people over some fucking guy that's nowhere to be seen!" A loud noise screeched from the slammed wooden gate. Jamie didn't bother to get up, but in the back of her mind she started to worry if she took it too far.

'Ugh, what a whiner, I can't stand that.' Jamie thought, before something clicked in the back of her mind. Her cruelty.

'Why didn't I just fucking kiss him, that's what he wanted!' She thought, getting up and wiping the sweat from her forehead. 'I should've just talked, rather than fucking going all emo on him! He's sensitive, God-fucking-dammit!' Jamie rose up and planned to follow him but a sudden gust of pressure in her chest convinced her otherwise. 'This father of mines better give me a big apology for what he's doing.'

'This is ALL over a fucking phone call!' Gumball thought.

As the cat walked by he accidentally aligned himself with the fuming mother of his, whom had a barrage of insults shouted at her. Nicole swore something at her and then twisted around, ignoring Denise who was screaming something. Darwin had been sitting on the lawn, near asleep as he suddenly awoke and spotted his Mom and Brother going to the car.

"Richard, start the car!" Nicole screamed before flashing around, towards Gumball. The little cat stopped in his tracks, "Gumball, you're not EVER coming back here! UNDERSTAND?" The boy folded his arms and glanced to his side, "No need to tell me twice."

"WHAT!" Nicole screamed.

"I said 'Yes', Mom." Gumball muttered.

The mother blew steam out her nostrils before walking back to the car; a rather irritated pair of sons followed her. Nicole jumped in the front seat and Gumball jumped in the back with Darwin following. They shut the doors and quickly checked to see if Denise was still shouting, which she wasn't merely closing the door.

"This is some utter shit, Richard!" Nicole cussed.

"Honey, the kids…" Richard groaned, yawning from his sleep before squeezing down on the handle. Nicole's breathing could be heard by Darwin and Gumball in the backseat as they suddenly found a need to keep quiet. "You know what she said to me?" Nicole asked Richard, intending to say the answer anyways.

"Well uh-"

"She told me that I need to control my kids, ME!" Nicole whined, rolling down the window. "She told me that, knowing full well her kids nearly shot me!" Richard nodded before turning the key in the ignition, warming up the old car.

"As for YOU TWO!" Nicole shouted, looking back at them. Gumball jittered and quickly looked at the floor, and Darwin let out a throat-clearing cough and wiped his head; both avoiding eye-contact. "You're GROUNDED! NO GAMES, OR TV!" Gumball let out a sharp, loud, arrogant sigh as he stared at something out the window. Nicole immediately heard this and reminded her of something.

"As for Jamie, you can forget her!" Nicole said, turning back around and talking more to herself than anything. "Ain't no fucking son of mine going around dating some criminal…." She muttered before turning to Richard. "AND I KNEW SHE WAS BAD NEWS, I TOLD YOU!" Nicole screamed at Richard, who was trying to get the car to move. "Mmm Hmm, yeah you did."

"Gumball is too young, I should've waited till Sixteen!" Nicole critiqued, much to the already built up agony of Gumball, who didn't even fully understand what was going on.

'All of this, is none of my fault Mom! You're the one barging around, and Jamie with the stupid attitude, Mom, you stupid fu-' Gumball blinked, immediately wiping out what he was about to think. 'Shit, I can't believe I nearly called my Mom a fuck.' Gumball sighed and looked over at Darwin who seemed to be preoccupied with staring at the floor. 'Maybe I have gotten worse.'

"As for talking to Jamie? You're out of your mind, Gumball!" Nicole shouted at him, yet still looking forwards in the front seat. Gumball frowned in confusion, sure he hadn't said anything.

"The first thing I'll do is have their number blocked!" Nicole said, before butting Richard on the arm who was more concerned with the poor state of the unresponsive car. Then Nicole thought for a second before remembering something else.

"AND, both yours and Darwin's Elmorebook will be shut off!" She screamed.

"Wait, what!" Darwin cried.

"Don't even start with me, Darwin!" Nicole screamed, glaring at him through the mirror. "You're the one who left the car and probably encouraged Gumball to continue!"

'You have got to be kidding me! GUMBALL!' Darwin rubbed his head in confusion before sending an angry glance at Gumball, who responded by rolling his eyes. Darwin was already at his breaking point with Gumball's eye rolling.

"Anais, the minute we get home I want to see you shut their accounts down!" Nicole demanded.

"I tried to get Gumball for you, Mrs. Mom!" Darwin argued, despite being warned otherwise. Nicole glared at him before giving out a skeptical chuckle. "GOOD JOB, DARWIN!" She screamed, rhetorically.

"Hey, I'M NOT THE ONE WHO RAN ALL THE WAY OVER HERE!" He shouted, almost unrecognizably as Darwin typically wouldn't argue against his mother or scream in this cruelty. "Don't you get it Darwin?" Gumball said angrily at the fish.

"NOBODY ASKED YOU TO GET OUT THE CAR!" Both Gumball and Nicole screamed in unison, Nicole however didn't seem to notice Gumball at all and burned her eyes into Darwin's. The fish scarcely glanced back and forth between his glaring mother and glaring brother before closing his eyes and staring back at the ground, letting out a angered sigh. 'Gang up on me? And the same Gumball who whined about it when the roles were reversed back in the kitchen that one time, I can't believe it!'

"Anais isn't here." Gumball said.

"This is some utter crap!" Darwin muttered.

"Hey I got it working now!" Richard cheered, hearing the motor roar and the car shake. The radio automatically turned on and some NFL talk-show was on. Nicole sighed and wiped her forehead before pulling down the buckle of her seat, until something hit her.

"Wait, Gumball what did you say?" Nicole asked.

"Hmmm? Oh, Anais is gone or something." Gumball said casually, quickly looking around the car. Nicole sat there, blinking before looking around instinctively. "Is she outside?" Nicole asked, surprisingly calm but with obvious concern.

"She didn't come outside, did she Darwin?" Gumball asked.

"How should I know!" Darwin shouted at him.

"Oh go cry somewhere else!" Gumball said, irritated.

"No boys, this is serious." Nicole said before turning to her husband. "Honey, did Anais leave the car?" Richard shrugged. "I was asleep, I don't remember her going anywhere." Nicole sighed before unbuckling her seat belt and getting out the car, looking around the broad neighborhood. As her eyes searched around, her heart started to pump faster and her stomach fill lighter.

Nicole quickly shoved her head back in the car and looked around, thinking she might have missed her.

"She's gone!" Nicole said, a little loudly.

Gumball got out the car along with Richard, and looking quickly around the neighborhood as well.

"No way, she was with Dad the entire time!" Gumball said, confused.

"I thought that too!" Richard said, walking a distance away from the car and carefully looking. Nicole was seriously scared at this point, one of her worst fears becoming a reality. A lost kid.

"Oh my God…where could she be!" Nicole screamed, slamming her door shut and running down the street, before coming to a halt. The family's hearts were beating, now accompanied with a worried Darwin; Nicole felt the size of the street stretch itself away from her. Its vastness was unsearchable, and her daughter slipped right away from her.

"She must be in the house!" Richard said, running towards Denise's front door and knocking wildly. Nicole chased after him and pulled him away from the door, only to violently bang on it herself. "OPEN UP!" Nicole screamed, "I WANT MY DAUGHTER!"

The wooden door flung open and Denise unconvincingly glared at Nicole and Richard. "I can't believe you'd have the nerve to come back here." Denise said, to which Nicole rudely stepped inside. "Where's my kid?" Nicole shouted, but was stopped by Denise.

"You don't fucking walk into my house like that!" Denise threatened, forcing her out. Nicole held her ground in the doorway, before giving a pleading look. "Okay I'm sorry for whatever I did, but I need my daughter!"

Denise blinked before cocking a brow, "…What?"

"Anais, my daughter, she's missing." Nicole sighed, her voice getting tighter, "Is she inside?" Denise suddenly felt abnormally concerned as she instinctively looked inside the foyer before twisting back to Nicole. "Uh, n-no, she wouldn't be here!" Nicole sighed and scarcely glanced up at Richard, who was shivering a bit.

"Did you see her, anything?" Nicole asked.

"No, she was with Gumball wasn't she?" Denise questioned.

"N-No, she was in the car with Richard the entire time!" Nicole freaked.

"And, your husband…" Denise said glancing up at the curious fat rabbit, "..He didn't see where she went." Richard gulped the saliva in his mouth and looked away as Nicole subconsciously defended him, "It's not his fault; he was asleep and we shouldn't have been out here in the first place."

'Irresponsible.' Denise thought, before remembering something. '….The black car.'

"Hey, do you guys remember that Black car?" Denise asked, feeling like she was on to something. Richard shook his head, not remembering at all. Nicole blinked before rubbing her chin; the images of a black car returning to her.

"Yeah, I d-…You don't think that had something to do with it!" Nicole questioned, feeling like she too was onto something.

"The car sat there, idling for a minute I didn't know what it was doing but it was really close to your Pontiac." Denise said, leaving the doorway to grab the portable phone. Nicole looked inside the house to see where she was going, which was to grab the the phone. Denise quickly hopped back and dialed harshly before giving Nicole the phone. It was all a little fast upon realizing that Denise had dialed 911, which Nicole quickly placed up to her ear.

"911, Emergency Services Hotline, what's your emergency." A sweet lady said on the other side of the phone. Nicole began to report what happened, stuttering in her sentences. The 911 lady was being calm, although Nicole sounded like she was on the brink of tears as she answered the questions.

"Okay ma'am, don't you know you must wait at least Twenty-four hours to report someone as lost?"

"I know, b-but I believe she was kidnapped not lost!" Nicole stuttered, suddenly thinking of all the bad things that could've happened. "Do you have reasonable suspicion of this?" The lady asked. Nicole let out an angry sigh, "I saw a suspicious vehicle take something from my car, which was my daughter!" Nicole somewhat lied, "Are you going to help me or not?"

"I'm sorry ma'am, please give your location and we'll be there as soon as possible."

-Around 7:00pm—

"Look we've got squads all around this town." The Pink Blue-eyed Doughnut Sheriff explained. "A mouse with sneakers couldn't get out!"

"That isn't very reassuring." Nicole grumbled.

"I'm sorry, but we're doing the best we can an-"

"Well it's not good enough, and its futile!" Denise snarled. Nicole looked up at her and marched right to her face. "Will you cut out your sour mood!"

"No!" Denise shouted, erecting the eyes of a few police officer doughnuts. "You shouldn't have been here in the first place!"

"You're not helping!" Nicole grumbled in defeat, her eyes monitored the officers and neighbors idling around the area. "I can't believe some..common….South-Thug, stole my Anais!" Nicole shouted to no one in particular. Denise grinned at that, "A South Thug, you say? Oh we're not civilized enough for you, North-Girl?"

"I didn't mean it like that, but now that you bring it up!" Nicole said, to her perplexed rival. "Your kind of p-"

"As much as I'd love to listen to this, we've just received a report that your daughter….uh….An-nai-is?" The Doughnut sheriff sounded out.

"An-nai-ese!" Nicole corrected, eagerly.

"Yeah, that girl has been located." The doughnut said receiving more information simultaneously, before making a frown. Nicole didn't seem to notice and was happily smiling to herself. Denise however noticed the officer's appalled expression as he listened in on his communicator.

"I uh….can you confirm that?" He stuttered, breathing harshly as he glanced over at Nicole and quickly the other Watterson's who too had grown curious. "And you're s-sure now, c-correct?" The officer said, swinging around to his fellow Officers who also glanced at each other before making little gestures. Suddenly the officers looked downwards upon realization of what the gestures meant.

"Okay, over and out." He said, a little lost with his breath. Nicole, who hadn't noticed, quickly approached the officer and dangled her keys. "I can follow you to the station to pick my little girl up, I'm very thankful for your work!" Denise walked up to the two, a little wary of the obvious discomfort the officer was showing.

"What's wrong, Cop?" Denise questioned, aggressively. The doughnut scratched his head before letting out a self-comforting sigh.

"Why do you always have to be so rude?" Nicole asked, her joyful attitude still intact.

"You're blind; he's clearly got something to tell you." Denise said, folding her arms.

"Well, I in fact to have something to report to you." The doughnut said, taking a step forwards and putting themselves inches between each other. Nicole looked up at him, and her smile sunk, suddenly preparing for the worst. She clinched her arms together, as if shielding herself from a breeze and her mind began to rumble, "Wait, what happened?"

"Well, I'm sorry to inform you, I truly am and this hasn't happened in Elmore for ten years but….."

-At the Police Station—

"Can I get a status report?" The Cinnamon roll officer said, trying to ignore the loud yet muffled whimpering behind him. The Doughnut Sheriff wiped his eyes before handing over the paper. "Thanks, Shirley wants these copied for the archives."

"Yeah, yeah, how are the Wattersons holding up?" The Sheriff asked, tossing his hat to the hanger. The Cinnamon Roll officer glanced at him before shaking his head, the Sheriff sighed and then shooed him away. The officer left quickly before the Sheriff went back to examining the Medical reports.

"Anais had been transferred here from the Hospital at around Eight o' Six," the Sheriff read out loud before typing it down in a Digital report.

"I wonder if Anais has been released yet from the Evaluation Center." The Sheriff questioned, arising from his seat and walking out to the Express-door to the Evaluation Center. He strolled inside the center, immediately hearing the loud buzzing from the Air conditioner and a simmer from some unidentifiable machine. Five quick-minute doctors were writing down things on clipboards, grabbing cups of Water, and grabbing a couple wipes and medicals.

"Where is she?" The Doughnut Sheriff asked.

"Over there, in the chair." The long band-aid doctor said, almost in a not concerning way. The Sheriff walked through the slightly busy room, the white paint on the wall hurting his eyes, as he stood in front of the pink girl wearing a long white thin robe.

She was looking down and shivering, her pink color seemed to have paled, and there was a noticeable tension between the Sheriff and the girl. She seemed reluctant to even sit in the white colored medical chair, and noticeably, her legs were closed it tight. The Sheriff wasn't even sure if she knew he was standing there, despite casting a shadow over her, or if she was ignoring him, possibly in fear.

"Anais…that is your name right, Anais?" The Sheriff said softly, already knowing the answer.

Predictably, the girl remained silent, and hadn't yet looked up at him.

"Look, my friends and this city call me the Sheriff…..you remember me right?" The Doughnut asked, trying to bend down to see her face, but she was too small.

"I apologize personally for not saving you sooner, but your Mother is here, and so is your Daddy, and siblings." He explained.

Yet again; she was completely still and mute. The Sheriff couldn't help but glance constantly at her bruised legs and how clinched they were, her knees protecting her face while her arms sealed them.

"I've never seen you like this before Anais." He whispered.

The rabbit noticeably squeezed herself tighter, and let out a quick whimper. The Sheriff realized his suddenly poor choice of words, and it's obvious crude double context it referenced. He stood up and backed away, trying to give her some room.

"It's time for you to see your family, Anais, and I know you don't want to get up but I can guarantee you not a hand will touch you." The Sheriff said, yet not getting a response from Anais. He waited, carefully, hoping that she would get up. A little cough emerged from Anais, before she reluctantly stretched her legs aside and arose from the chair.

The Sheriff watched uncomfortably as Anais, still holding her head down, stumbled like a zombie towards the Sheriff who had cleared the path for the girl to follow. She was in obvious pain, despite any treatment on her wounds. The Sheriff felt personally responsible, trying not to squeeze his eyes as she stumbled with each step, obvious pains in her nether regions.

Nicole was sobbing loudly as Richard covered his wet face with his arm, not wanting to hear any more of the bad news. The Children were standing outside, still unaware of the news but knowledgeable of the obscurity. Denise hadn't come along either, upon Nicole's request. She was rather angry to find out Nicole wasn't willing to bring her along. One of the custered filled doughnuts continuously explained the situation, aware it only increased the volume of the crying.

"Don't tell me anymore!" Nicole cried, clinging on to Richard. "Just t-tell me where she is!"

"Nicole!" The Sheriff shouted, grabbing the weeping mother's attention. Right beside him was Anais, still in an obvious state of shock and her eyes glued to the floor. Nicole instinctively made a rush towards her, but Richard quickly held her back.

"Don't, you'll scare her!" Richard warned.

"ANAIS!" Nicole cried, feeling a sudden heaviness in her knees. Richard turned around and quickly blew his nose with his shirt, aware his face was red and self-conscious about his open crying. The Sheriff gave a quick nudge to Anais, but the girl almost painfully, jerked away.

The Sheriff questioned to himself if he should proceed or simply go back into the office. Suddenly, the large amount of officers and medics whom were huddled in the lobby because inconsiderate, and the Doughnut Sheriff waved his hands for them to disperse.

"Get out of here, go!" The Sheriff cried, motioning for people to leave. "Give the Wattersons some space folks, keep your muttering to a minimum!" The doughnuts and medics began to walk into different doors, simply trying to get away and entering doors they weren't even designated to enter. The small County Officer's Lobby emptied quickly, followed by a series of shutting doors and desperate to busy themselves, type chatter.

As it grew quiet, with the sounds of the room being only that of Nicole's sobering and Richard's ever quieter sobering, the Sheriff felt obliged to get these people home as his training instructed. The Sheriff wasn't willing to go near Anais, who was about maybe four feet away and shivering with her eyes continuously gazing at the floor.

"Anais, I don't want to rush you, and w-we're all here for you, but you must go back to your parents." The Sheriff Doughnut explained, trying to hold back his own subjective emotions which were certainly frowned upon in Police psychological rules.

"I'm sorry for what happened and that….unspeakable horror o-"

Anais noticeably flinched.

"-Uh, the u-unspeakable hor-horror, of um…..y'know, but I uh…..um…." The Sheriff quickly wiped his face and clasped his hands together. "You have to go home…y'know what number to call, but your parents are….r-right there!"

Anais lifted her head slightly, and robotically advanced towards her sobbing mother on her knees. She noticeably quenched her shadow hidden face upon each step; the Sheriff looked away and distracted himself by staring at Gumball and Darwin who were on the otherside of the glass front door, their backs to the office.

'This poor family, those boys….that girl….. I couldn't imagine…..' The Sheriff thought, seeing Darwin turn around. He hadn't realized it, but Darwin was obviously peeping inside the office, staring at his crying mother and the slowly walking Anais.

'Oh great, the fish is looking inside now, they don't even know...his eyes got bigger, he can see his Mom I bet…..DAMMIT, what's he looking at me for?' The Sheriff quickly locked eyes with the fish, who then turned back around quickly and leaned on the glass door with his brother who hadn't bothered to turn around.

"Y-Yes, Sheriff."

The Sheriff quickly looked up, along with Richard, both hadn't heard her voice; it sounded almost unrecognizable as she whispered it with an obvious sharp pain in it throat. The Officer wanted to smile, but the recent events wasn't enough, it quickly appeared, then faded, to an almost tearful frown. His lips jiggled, trying to hold back his tears, having known the Wattersons for quite a while. The Sheriff then quickly glanced at the front glass door, the two boys still not looking inside.

Nicole slowly looked at her daughter's face, Anais now standing right in front of the crying mother. The Sheriff knew Nicole had an exclusive view of her face, which he could barely see. Nicole stared at her daughter, her face darkened by an ever persistent shadow, but her eyebrows sadly pushing down her eyes and straight neutral shape for her lips. She looked almost shellshocked, like she was focusing, or totally blanked out.

The feline instinctively brought a hand upwards, to cup her obviously bruised cheek, in which Anais responded by slapping it away.

*WHACK*

Nicole's eyes grew large, and Anais' frown ever more glaring as her head shook slightly, and she took a step back. The men in the room could hear the noise, staring at Anais as well. Nicole's eyes watered even harder, 'They hit you…'

Anais sunk into Nicole's scared and frustrated eyes, her emotions fluttering as she recognized her mother finally, her tears pouring over her dry cheeks. Nicole instinctively looked at her white medical dress, and reached out and clasped Anais' hand.

"M-Mom…..Mommy…..I-"

Nicole then jumped at her and locked herself with her in a hug, squeezing tight and rocking the little girl. "Dammit, my child! My little girl….I'm so s-sorry, my little girl! I'm sooo sorry!" She wept, suddenly finding comfort for once. "I'm sorry Anais, I'm so sorry, I can't believe it!"

-Outside, 8:45pm-

"What's going on?"

"I don't know, but Mrs. Mom is crying and that's all I could make out."

The Brothers had been standing outside for about an half hour, growing ever tired of Nicole's stupid request to stay outside. They were speculating on what happened to Anais, after of course, a series of insults earlier about whoever's fault it was.

"Can you give more specifics?" Gumball asked, observing the glowing fog on the horizon of the hill, illuminated by the moonlight. From the Police Station, they had a nice view of the valley and the hills in the far background of Elmore. The Police Station was on an odd hill, similar to Elmore Jr. High, easy to locate and easy to see the city.

"Anais is out there, I think." Darwin added.

"She is? What's she look like?" Gumball questioned quickly.

"I dunno, she was wearing some white dress I think, the ones girls in the Hospital wear." Darwin explained, personally wishing Gumball would take a quick glance himself.

"Look again." Gumball demanded.

"No way, the Sheriff keeps staring back at me!" Darwin whined, looking up at the tiny useless roof over the doorway with a built in light, attracting all types of flies that circled it, giving Darwin the creeps.

"I just want to get out of here man, its dark and its cold!" Darwin complained, hearing a door close as three chattering doughnuts walked to their cars in the dark, only visible by the occasional street light in the parking lot.

"Yeah man, that girl was torn up!"

"Sho was! Hey, the boss still in there?"

"Yeah I gu-…guys wait a minute, that's the Watterson's kids!"

Gumball and Darwin looked up at the officers, suddenly curious but remaining quite. The three policemen stood there before somewhat motioning a 'goodbye' to each other as car locks beeped and they scattered away.

"They were talking 'bout us." Darwin pouted, "What a bunch of weirdos."

"Dude, did they say that girl was warmed up?" Gumball questioned, "By that girl, I think they mean Anais, Is Anais warm?" Darwin nodded irritably.

"For cat ears, you sure hear like crap." Darwin explained.

"What!?"

"Look, he said, 'the girl was four or up', which is correct as Anais is four." Darwin explained.

"…..You idiot, that's not even remotely what he said!" Gumball whined, slapping him beside the head. Darwin stumbled back and stuck out his tongue. "Did too, he clearly said she was 'four or up', paraphrasing a bit though."

"He said she was 'warmed up', saying you're four or up doesn't make any sense." Gumball scolded, heating up the argument. "Yes it does because Anais is four, and if they didn't know she could be above four, dummy!"

"That's wrong!" Gumball cried in frustration. "He said warm, look for yourself!"

Darwin quickly turned his face to the glass and then swung right back, getting a quick glance. "Okay I did it." Gumball waited for an answer, before sighing, "Well? Warm or not!"

"Well I um…..wait, what's warm look like?" Darwin questioned.

"Oh my God, dude…." Gumball held his head in his palm.

"You're hell-a whack!" Darwin said, shooing him away.

Suddenly, Darwin was carefully pushed aside by the glass door. He quickly adjusted and stepped away, along with Gumball who looked at the Sheriff stepped outside and carefully close the door. Gumball and Darwin glanced at each other before looking up at the obviously disturbed Sheriff.

"Well Officer, what's up?" Darwin asked.

"Yeah, how bad are we talking?" Gumball question, bring up his fingers and counting down his list, "Was it a forced robbery? No. Shootout? No, no, I would've heard it. How about a smuggling of illegal arms an-"

"Actually Gumball, it's a little harsher than that." The Sheriff said, scratching his frosting covered temple.

"Oh, worse than illegal arms smuggling?" Darwin asked, before looking over at Gumball, "I mean I guess that's not as bad as illegal ear smuggling."

"Dummy, that's not what I meant by 'arms'!" Gumball spat, "I'm talking guns and bombs an-" The Sheriff raised his hand, immediately silencing the easily distracted duo. He took a deep breath in and slowly exhaled, squeezing his fist together.

"I'm not going to say,' there is no easy way to say this', because there is, and it only takes a word to say." The Sheriff began, quickly gathering the attention of the Watterson boys. He made an audible gulp before trying to simply spit it out.

"L-Look, Anais was captured, an-and….we uh….were c-called an-"

"Dude, just say it, you're spitting all over us." Gumball said, wiping a wad from his cheek.

"Well….Gumball…"

The cat nodded, motioning with his hand to continue.

"…And Darwin…"

The fish merely blinked, innocently anticipating.

"…Anais, has been raped."

-Back at Jamie's House—

"What happened to Anais?" Kieara asked Princess who shrugged and jumped in her bed, pulling up her covers and grabbing a comic book.

"Going to bed hella early, jeez." Kieara whined, going to the mirror to comb her hair.

"I wanted to go to on vacation, so I've been thinking about locations." Princess explained, reading off different locations she had highlighted in her book. Kieara sighed and sat on her bed, still combing her bright red hair. "Momma isn't taking us anywhere, not with Daddy around."

"Dad is not around." Jamie groaned, walking inside. "Hey Kieara, the next time some shit goes down with the Cops and Anais can you please TELL ME!" Kieara rolled her eyes and combed the knots in the hair, out.

"I didn't know either, I was busy comforting you, and I got there late. You disappeared." Kieara explained. "I was in the backyard, duh!" Jamie scolded, leaning on the door frame. "So, what's new with Mom?"

"Nothin', hasn't bucked yet." Kieara said, looking over at Princess.

"Dammit, her mouth is glued." Jamie whined. "She won't tell us what happened to Anais for nothing."

"Princess, you over hear anything?" Kieara asked.

"Nope, nothin' you don't know already." Princess yanwed, tucking herself slightly below the sheets. "Tomorrow, will you help me write a card?" Kieara and Jamie exchanged glances before frowning,

"Wait, ME?" They said in unison.

"One of you, probably Jamie, she's the oldest." Princess said cutely, letting her eyelids flow down and cover her sight. "You heard the girl, it's your problem." Kieara teased, hopping of Princess' bed and walking to her own. "It's alright, unlike you I can actually read and write." Jamie teased, shutting the door.

Kieara got on her bed, conveniently next to the only window in the room. The lights shut off, presumably by Jamie, and the room glowed blue again. The glass rumbled, catching Kieara's attention as a silhouette jet slowly passed by the view from the window, making a semi-loud muffled noise. This window often made her feel safe, oddly enough with the sight of clouds and the backyard tree and the moon, made the girls relax. Too bad tonight wasn't the night to relax, and one of them knew it.

Kieara stripped under her covers, preferring to sleep naked during this heatwave and clothes in general often became an annoyance when tossing and turning. Jamie jumped into her usual nightly attire of a t-shirt and short-shorts.

"Don't have any wet-dreams about Gumball," Kieara teased, closing her eyes and resting against her pillow.

"The last thing I want to dream about is Gumball." Jamie groaned, glancing over at the clock and watching the red neon numbers of 8:59pm switching to 9:00pm. "Going to sleep early, huh?"

"Oh yeah, I heard about that, what happened with you and Gumball?" Kieara asked, suddenly opening her eyes. Jamie rolled her eyes and jumped in her bed, unfortunately not made up with the bedsheet crinkled up. 'Ugh, I hate making up this bed.'

"I uh, got into a fight with him." Jamie said, jumping back out and pulling the heavy covers off. Kieara grinned, knowing it would be hard to get a word out of her. "A fight? Like an argument, about what?"

"None of your bussi-"

"Gumball touched Jamie, she got mad," Princess softly explained.

"You can never keep your mouth shut, can you?" Jamie asked, slightly irritated.

"Whatever," Princess smiled.

"He touched you, like he wanted to 'ugh' you?" Kieara asked. Jamie blushed as she bent over and pulled the bedsheet on the mattress. "What does 'ugh', mean?" Jamie asked, just trying to distract the topic. Kieara frowned and Princess perked up, "A fight, maybe?"

"No," Kieara groaned, looking over at Princess before shaking her head back and forth. "Didn't want to say it in front of the brat, but whatever, was he trying to fuck you?" Princess immediately giggled and Jamie shot her head up, embarrassed whenever such a topic aroused.

"W-What! No!" Jamie cried, "Why's everything got to be sex with you?"

"Hey, you're the one's groping each other from time to time, just tryin' to get a foot in the door here." Kieara defended, sinking her head back into the pillows. "Well no, you're wrong. He touched me…and I don't think he was trying to fuck me or anything bu-"

"But what, so you don't know?" Kieara asked.

"Well, I mean he touched me oddly and-"

"So why else would somebody touch you like that?" Kieara asked, rolling her eyes at the stupid subject. "He wants you in his bed, J."

"Well duh, I mean what boy doesn't want that!" Jamie shot, "But that's not the point!"

"What is?"

"The point is, he kept saying we're all paranoid about this and the whole 'gun' thing ticked him off." Jamie explained, irritated by the thought of it. "And he doubted my Dad's involvement."

"Wait, so now you think Dad did it?" Kieara asked, "Earlier you said we were the ones being paranoid!"

"Well yeah I know, but I'm not throwing away the possibly, y'know?" Jamie embarrassingly said, suddenly finding a flaw in her argument, and Kieara nailed it. "But you didn't say that, you said Dad wasn't even remotely involved, then when arguing with Gumball you say he is?"

"I didn't say he was, I just said don't rule him out." Jamie said in self-defense, something that Kieara completely ignored.

"Yeah right, you just like to disagree with people, you don't know what to believe!" Kieara humorously stated. Jamie's expression turned into a sour frown at this statement, not growing accustom to playing the fool.

"Let's end the conversation here." Jamie groaned, jumping into her now fixed bed. "Before a certain someone gets a black eye tonight."

"It's okay Jamie, y'know the only way to make it up to him is to do it." Kieara teased, anticipating Jamie's response.

"…"

"HAH! You're even willing to do it!" Kieara laughed, noting that Jamie hadn't said anything.

"You're unbelievable." Jamie groaned, dropping her head into the soft pillows. 'As for Gumball, I don't even know where to begin, and whatever happened to Anais won't help…..wait a minute.'

"Guys, do you think Dad might have had something to do with Anais' kidnapping thing?" Jamie asked.

"Eh, no…..Dad's too smart to get caught an hour or two after Anais goes missing." Kieara said, shooting down that idea. Jamie grinned before thinking back to Denise's attitude, "So why was Mom so secretive about what happened to Anais?"

"…..I don't know." Kieara said before considering the options, suddenly scared by the Father possibility. "Oh no no no, Mom surely wouldn't tell us!"

"Why not?" Princess asked.

"She wouldn't want us scared, that's why!" Kieara said, popping her upper body out the bed. Jamie looked over at her, even more scared now. "You're thinking its Dad, aren't you?" Jamie asked.

"Aren't you?" Kieara asked, suddenly looking around and feeling uncomfortable.

"Possibly." Jamie whispered.

Upon hearing this, Kieara quickly stood up on her bed and locked the previously unlocked but closed window. Jamie and Princess watched her as she then untied the bow holding the thick orange curtains to the side, letting them fall and cover the window.

Immediately, the moonlight was blocked, and the room went to pitch black. Kieara sighed as she fell back into the bed, feeling the bed to pull the covers back and crawl inside them. She then heard a pair of feet walk over to the only light visible from the room, the hallway light seeping below the closed door.

"Jamie?" Kieara asked.

"It's me, I think Mom is going to bed early too, so I'm shutting off the lights and locking the door." Jamie explained, opening the bedroom door and blasting a focused rectangular light onto the floor of the room. Princess frowned, trying to close her eyes from the bright light in the hallway, "We're way too jumpy, I always feel safe."

"That's you, you're too stupid to get what's going on." Kieara said, coldly.

"You're stupid! We live in California, and it's a small city! We're totally fine!" Princess's small voice bolstered, angry that Kieara dismissed her so harshly. "Living in California doesn't change much Princess, Dad has no boundaries and it's not our fault you were too young to remember him!"

Suddenly the Hallway lights shut off and the room turned pitch black again, followed by the sound of the door shutting and a locking noise. Jamie personally felt significantly safer, oddly enough, being so isolated was comfortable to the girls.

"Dad has no boundaries Princess, didn't he run off to Mexico anyways?" Jamie asked, a question centered to Kieara.

"No, it's um…..that other country, uh starts with a C? I forgot." Kieara said, tiredly. Jamie blinked, not knowing the answer, "How'd you know?" Kieara shrugged, "Mom told me once, but I remember it's like a C or something…..Columbia? No."

"China?" Jamie asked.

"No, I would've remembered China." Kieara said.

"Chile! I always wanted to go to Chile!" Princess laughed.

"No that's not it." Kieara said before letting out a sigh, "Oh whatever, no matter what it is, maybe the Congo or Czech, he could come back." Jamie sighed before flopping down on a pillow, trying to think of the possibilities with him back. "I think we know he's back, there's no white washing it."

"Yeah…." Kieara groaned, "I can't wait to see his slimy face."

The girls drifted to sleep, with Princess resting soundly. Ready for dreamland, she was a lot more relaxed than her counterparts. Jamie was busy worrying if Gumball would break up with her, actually considering sex as an apology. Then her mind switched to what her father could've done to Anais, if it actually was her father. Kieara was concerned solely with how to counter her father, and if he returned, how to react. She kept flashing back to her mother talking on the phone, and…..

"Canada!" Kieara cheered.

"Hmm…what?" Jamie groaned, getting Princess' attention as well. "The nation was Canada, I remember it now!" Princess frowned and Jamie grinned, "Canada, why'd he go there?" Kieara sighed before telling Jamie she obviously wouldn't know.

"Where's Canada?" Princess asked. "I've never heard of it."

"It's um….I don't know, up there somewhere." Kieara groaned.

"It's up North, it's um….a little boring country, not very exciting." Jamie explained, using her limited knowledge on the subject. "Oh….is it like California?" Princess asked.

"No, I just said it was boring, jeez," Jamie groaned. "Boring and cold, if we went you'd miss Cali cities in a day, as usual."

"We should go!" Princess announced, already singing the country's name in her head, 'Ca-na-da! Ca-na-da!'

"Every single time you learn about a new place you want to go there." Kieara said.

"What can I say, I want to be a traveler when I grow up!"

-Outside the Police Station, 9:33pm-

"…..She's been raped?"

"Yes Gumball, you know what that means….right?"

"Y-Yes Sheriff, I do."

"Do you know what raped means, Darwin?"

"No…..like what, mugged?"

"Um, buddy, lean in for a second."

Gumball wrapped his arm around Darwin's body and whispered what the word meant, and it didn't take long as Darwin's pupils shrunk upon realization. The fish then looked up at the Sheriff before quickly back at the rather stunned cat.

"W-Who would do that!" Darwin questioned, feeling incredibly cold. Gumball looked at the fish before back at the Sheriff, "…W-Well, who did it!" The Sheriff was reluctant to give them the answer, but the last thing they needed was a lie.

"We're looking all over Elmore and surrounding cities, but we haven't found him."

"WHAT!" Darwin screamed.

"Seriously, what the hell!" Gumball screamed, angry at the Sheriff. The Doughnut expected this, but remained quiet, knowing it was an adolescent reaction.

"Call the FBI!" Gumball demanded.

"Get the CIA, get a Drone!" Darwin added.

"Contact President Obama, DO SOMETHING!" They said in unison, taking their anger out on the Sheriff. The officer sighed, feeling as if he need a quick drink, "If I could call the White House, I would, but this is a police matter and-"

"ANAIS WAS RAPED!" Gumball reminded him, loudly. 'Somebody…..put their thing in my sister!' Darwin shifted his eyes beyond the glass door and looked at his mother, hugging what he presumed was Anais.

"What did they do to her, besides the obvious?" Darwin asked, feeling somewhat unstable. Gumball clinched when he said that, he wasn't sure if he was ready for the details. The Sheriff shook his body, implying that was a 'no-no.'

"That's not happening, you kids are too young for the details." The Sheriff explained, turning around and putting his hand on the door handle. Darwin wasn't having any of it.

"DON'T TURN YOUR BACK TO ME!"

The Sheriff shook, hearing the unfamiliar voice of an agitated Darwin Watterson. Gumball was angry too, but was in too deep of thought to be totally concerned with Darwin. He didn't turn around, and wasn't willing to give information either.

"I know you're mad, both of you." He said, face till turned away. "But I won't tell you the details, and that's it."

Darwin and Gumball were in utter shock, being denied what they both believed was rightfully their duty to know was almost insulting. More importantly, it had Gumball questioning the officer and the other policemen.

"Why did she even get raped, was it Sal again?" Gumball asked, thinking of the Fingerprint. "No, we don't think so. This normally isn't his kind of business."

"There are no other profiled criminals in Elmore in the streets!" Darwin shouted at the Sheriff.

"Which means, besides the couple of child molesters, you don't have a clue!" Gumball added, anger levels rising upon realization that the criminal had slipped away. The Sheriff was surprised, if not impressed by their deduction skills, but it was the result of their sister losing her innocence.

"This doesn't feel right, not at all." Gumball told Darwin, who seemed to have been shivering from either the cold or the sheer amount awful news he just received. "What do we do now?" Darwin asked.

"It's late, I'll have your family come out here." The Sheriff said, swinging the door open and walking inside.

"I can't believe this….that some man would…..do that to our Anais!" Darwin cried, covering his face.

'Could Jamie be right…..was it really…' Gumball thought, watching the Sheriff through the glass doors.

See you in Chapter 3.

Not my story