I meant in the last notes that I'm a little preoccupied for the auditions. It usually takes me 2-3 days to write up a new chapter, minus the days I just don't write. So what I mean of "swing of things" is just how I can update more frequently that normal. Well, time to stop talking, Exposition Dump away!

Gumball, Darwin, and L all walked home, rather Gumball's home. L opened the door and saw Richard sleeping on the couch, and James putting groceries away. "Hey, why you here?" L asked as James put in the last bag. "A favor I can cash in later" James simply replied as L rolled his eyes, James plugged himself to the wall using a charger. L fell on the couch and looked at the TV, which was just static. He then looked at the cube, as it expanded and retracted rapidly, each cube was connected by a slim, blue line, and they attached the cubes to expand to be almost galaxy large. It worked like a rubix cube, to change the settings, you need to turn each dial. Each side of each cube had a strange symbol, and each cube can turn itself to a new side, with more symbols. To L, he didn't know how to use it, because the symbols we're unfamiliar to him and he can't talk to E about it because of the fact that it was in the void of the world- no her mistakes.

Meanwhile, L was looking at it with a blank expression, Richard woke up and slowly tried to poke him. L and him jumped and L pointed the cube on him. "Ahh! I'm sorry! I just wanted to ask who you are!" L lowered the cube, he sighed. He thought of his last resort of figuring how to use the thing, the Kronorium. He shook his head, That isn't even in this universe! Plus it's been lost for centuries! "Hello? Earth to whoever you are!" Richard said, L shifted his eyes to the pink bunny. "I am Mr. L, but you can call me L because, I'm not a teacher anymore." "Fired? I know that feeling, the only source of income is my wife!"

"Why not get a job?" L asked, as Richard channel surfed. "I'm too incompetent and I heard from my kids that I might destroy the fabric of space and time itself, how crazy is that?" Richard drank soda as L pondered what E told him before he went in the world. "Be very careful using your powers here, oddities and weirdness levels are actually slowly destroying the world. Also , Don't Let The Pink Bunny Get A Job, good luck!" Now he realized what she meant. "Gumball and Darwin are your children? I thought you were like the uncle of them." L asked. "Yeah, also Anais, but she's upstairs and unlike the two, have-" Richard was cut off as the door creaked open. The two men looked back and saw the bringer of doom itself, Nicole.

"Richard, what did I tell you about the hobos" Nicole said, L vaulted over the couch and took his hand out to Nicole. "Hello Mrs. Watterson, I am your son's ex-substitute. Listen, I need a place to stay, Is there a suitable area in your homestead?". "There is the basement we don't use" Nicole replied, L opened his suitcase and dug around till he found a wad of cash. "400" "Deal" Nicole swiped the money and L shook the deactivated robot. "James, we have a base now! It's small but we can make do" James reactivated and unplugged himself from the socket. "Ok, where?" L looked at Nicole, since he had no idea either, she led them to a door under the staircase. "Sweet, we can be Harry, to the L cave!" L said as he literally through himself down to the basement. James followed, "Not the L cave".

"How will they live down there?" Darwin asked, Gumball shrugged and went down to talk to L. He looked at the basement, seeing major differences. Like the server box for one thing, a mattress with a simple pillow and blanket and some clothes on the floor. L was reaching into his infini-case (I don't even know) and pulled things out, like a warm bowl of soup. "Out of everything that you spilled exposition at, you haven't explained the suitcase". L looked up and glanced at the suitcase, "You really need an exposition dump in a filler chapter?". James looked at L and rolled his eyes, James opened a laptop and started typing. "These are just the bare essentials, but we'll probably fill the room anyway."

"Anyway, can we take a walk?" Gumball asked, L stood up and stretched. "Sure, I was done unpacking, this doofus will just set up the modem or whatever." L took a trench coat off the floor and put it on. The two walked outside and both strolled down the street. "So, what's up kiddo?" L said looking around, "I wanna ask you a favor." "You know that making a deal with the devil is a bad idea" L chuckled, Gumball looked down, "Can you teach me to fight?" Gumball kept staring at the floor while walking, "Like sword fighting, or gunslinging, teach me, please." L's cheerful expression flushed, "Jee kid, way to catch me off guard. Sure, I can teach ya, but first, you gotta tell me your motivations." Gumball finally looked up and replied, "I don't know." L wiped his snout and smiled, "Kid, you don't learn how to potentially end another's life because you don't know. Believe it or not, everyone has motivation, I had my... well, wife and you had Fitzgerald. You wanna see them live life with you, and you'll tear anybody up if they hurt them. I had no choice, I'm a engine of the apocalypse, these things are basically integrated into my being. But for you, you can either take justice into your own hands or rely on complete strangers to do it for you. So what will it be?"

Gumball looked on and saw Penny's little sister, who reminded him of the day he first met her. She was so innocent, so sweet, and in some elements, she still had those elements to her. Then Mrs. Fitzgerald picked her up, he saw a future Penny, a more mature and 'developed' woman. As she left, he thought, how am I a part of that future? While he was deep into that thought, he felt a tap on his shoulder, he jumped and spun around. A glowing fairy floated near the ground, "Gumball, do you have some hots for my mom?" Penny joked, Gumball stood flustered. "Aw, you look so cute when your embarrassed" Penny and L chucked and Gumball clasped his paws tightly. Penny looked on, then held his chin "What's wrong, your usually not that quiet around me, do you have anything on your mind?" She said in a soft, tender voice. Her form also shifted into a bright pink, her wings curled a bit and her eyes started to glisten. Naturally, L panicked, because he heard from Gumball of the emotional form changes she can do. The wrong person he is, decides to act fast and snaps, the two gazed at each other's eyes until the two stared at the new object in Gumball's hands.

A doll was in his hands, it looked extremely similar to Gumball. Penny shifted back, gleeful, "Is that for me?" Penny asked, "Uhh.. Yeah?" Gumball offered it to her, she cusped it in her hands and hugged it. "Thank you! Your such a sweetheart!" Penny kissed his on the cheek and flew off, waving goodbye. "Where did you get that doll?" "I copied it from another universe of yours, really interesting that one." "Also, Yes" Gumball answered, "You realize I have the ability to see into your mind, right? Developed, you really do have hots for her." "Shut up." The two talked as they walked back home, where the training starts.

Maybe I should explain what L can or can't do, but that is for another time. I don't want to overwhelm you with information, makes it complex, so information will be more less detailed and I will make some unanswered questions. So, this was, I believe, the first filler chapter, or more like set up to the bigger heist. So I'll keep it at this, next will be some training montages! Also, apologies if some were uncomfortable with the pink Penny, just a joke that will be now rare. Bye

CK, and no affiliation with the other Ck, OUT.