Well, here we are, chapter twelve is here.

Also, new characters! (Crap I spoiled the chapter a little!)

Whoops.. Well.. I guess you know that now..

Anyway, before we begin, I just want to make something clear.

The new characters are not actual characters in the Tawog canon. Seriously this story really doesn't take place in the canon at all.

I guess that's why its an AU, amirite?

With all that said, here is chapter twelve, enjoy!

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Previously on FDAU..

Taking a deep breath, Gumball/Darwin opened the door slowly, their other hand up in case this really was a trap.

Suddenly, a sack flung over their head, and they were lifted off the ground.

"Gotcha!"

(Darwin first, then Gumball)

I TOLD YOU IT WAS A BAD IDEA!

OKAY OKAY I GET NOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO YELL AT ME!

Gumball/Darwin were now sealed inside the bag, as they felt the person drop them into some kind of soft material.

The realization struck them, as they heard the sound of an engine.

We're in that guy's car!

I can hear that!

Gumball/Darwin were now freaking out, as the car drove away.

Now onto chapter twelve..

(Gumball is first, than Darwin.)

Okay.. So.. What are we going to do?..

I don't know.. Its getting kind of stuffy in this bag though..

Yeah.. Is there like some kind of hole in the bag?..

Uh.. Nope..

Darn.

Well.. Maybe Mrs. Mom, Mr. Dad, and Anais are looking for us.. I mean, the door's probably still open..

Wait.. Why did we stop?...

Gumball/Darwin felt a sudden jerk, which signaled that the car had stopped.

I guess the guy's just getting gas?..

They heard a car door open, and they were suddenly lifted back up again.

Okay, he's not getting gas..

Where are we even going?!

The sound of a door was heard, and the sound of it slamming.

Gumball/Darwin were still freaking out, as the bag they were in shook back and forth, the person holding the sack walking towards something.

Another door was heard opening, and the bag was tossed onto the ground, which hurt a little for the two. (Technically two!)

"There we go!"

Gumball/Darwin were panicking, as sounds of footsteps were heard again, but it didn't sound like the person was moving.

"Well, enjoy your new 'friend' you freaks!"

The door slammed, implying that the person had left.

Wait.. What did that guy mean by-

Before they could react, the bag was lifted up again.

The knot was untied, and whoever was holding it shook the sack, making Gumball/Darwin fall out of it and onto the ground.

Worried, they looked up, only to freak out again.

Pairs of white eyes were watching them through the darkness, as if studying them.

"Well, looks like Dr. F did bring another."

Gumball/Darwin looked over to the side, noticing a silhouette drop the sack onto the floor.

The figure stepped closer, revealing who was there.

What the..

Gumball.. Are you seeing what I'm seeing?..

Yep..

The figure was an orange colored fox, with what seemed to be fur shaped like hair draped over her eye, along with other fox like features.

However, what was weird, was that she looked stitched up like them too.

She had stitches running down the middle of her head and neck, along with stitches at the tail separating the white tip.

Bandages covered her body, and her eye glowed an unnatural white.

"So, what's your story?" She questioned, studying them closely.

"Uh.. What?..." Gumball was a little confused, still trying to comprehend what the heck was going on.

The fox sighed, fixing the drape of hair over her right eye.

"I said, what's your story? Like, what happened to you?"

"Well.. We were kidnapped by this Gilson guy, he sort of killed us, sort of didn't, and basically he made us stitched up together.." Darwin explained, still uncertain whether to trust this person.

"Us? You mean there's two of you?" The fox asked.

Gumball/Darwin nodded, receiving a weird look from her.

"Huh. Gilson's never tried to do two before, those stupid experiments usually fail. I guess you're the lucky ones."

"So.. What is this place?.. And who even are you?.." Gumball asked, looking at the other creatures near the three.

"Welcome to Dr. F's place, aka Gilson's brother's 'humble abode'. Where we are, is our prison."

"Wait that guy has a brother?.." Gumball was slightly weirded out, but a little worried as well.

"It's not really that surprising, but basically yeah."

"And what do you mean by prison?.. What does that Dr. F guy do?.." Darwin asked.

The fox gestured to all of the creatures around them, as she continued.

"All of us here were kidnapped and made into these monsters by Gilson, who wants to somehow create a way to have immortality, hence all the experimentations. However, we all ran away from that kook, before he could get his dirty paws all over us."

A look of sorrow appeared on her face.

"However.. Society didn't really seem to understand what happened.. All they know is that Gilson made us this, and naturally assumes us as freaks, monsters, even zombies."

She pointed towards the door, which showed no entry of really exiting on the inside.

"Dr. F eventually discovered Gilson's plans, and wanted to keep us from running off. So after that, he started kidnapping, tearing us away from our families and letting us rot in here.. But it's not like we can really escape either.. There's no way out."

Gumball/Darwin were a bit disappointed by this news.

Great! Now we're probably stuck here forever!

Gumball calm down, maybe we might escape?

Like that's gonna happen..

"By the way, I'm Vanessa. I usually keep things from getting chaotic in here." The fox now revealed as Vanessa said.

She looked at the two (technically two), waiting for an answer.

"And you are?"

"Oh uh.. I'm Gumball, and this is my brother Darwin.."

"Hello.."

"Well, nice to meet you."

Vanessa glanced at the door, before looking back at them.

"Let me guess, Gilson tried to come back for you guys, right?"

"Well yeah.. But... We... Kind of... Killed him..." Gumball answerered, hoping this wouldn't tick the fox off.

Vanessa's eye widened a little, the others doing the same.

"Wait you killed Gilson? Like, for real? He's dead?"

Gumball/Darwin nodded hesitantly, hoping that something bad wouldn't happen to them.

Vanessa had a slight smile, since to the others, this was good news.

"Huh, I'd never thought Gilson would get his bucket kicked by the very thing he was trying to accomplish. Good job."

"Uh... Thanks?.." Gumball was now very confused by this.

Noticing their confusion, Vanessa began to explain once again.

"To get the point across, Gilson's been doing this experimentation for years, like, longer than all of us living. Nobody's really tried to stand up to him really, so this is a first."

"But why didn't you guys try standing up to him before?" Darwin asked.

"Well, we don't exactly have much motive to do anything anymore. A lot of us here are falling apart, but it's not like we can do much about it. Besides, none of us have anything we can really fight Gilson with. He took out most of our normal characteristics."

Vanessa flexed her hand, trying to get her claws out, but had no result.

"Really?.. Well... We have claws..."

Hearing that sentence, the fox shot her head back up quickly.

"Wait what did you say?"

"Uh.. We... Have claws..." Gumball repeated, which caught some other creatures' attention.

"Show me."

Vanessa came closer, a bit more curious now.

Reluctantly, Gumball/Darwin let the metal slide out of their hand, gleaming and clearly shown for all in the room to see.

"What else do you have?" Vanessa questioned, as she studied the claws closely.

The two (technically two) shrugged, having no idea.

Suddenly, the door to the room opened, alerting everyone's attention.

Vanessa scowled, sounding as if she knew what was going to happen.

"Okay, who is next today.." Dr. F quietly said to himself, as he glanced around the room.

Spotting a creature, he smiled, motioning the person to come, which was looking very forced.

Once finished, Dr. F looked over at Vanessa.

"Hello Vanessa. It's good to see you again."

She said nothing, only giving a glare at the doctor.

Dr. F left the room, and Vanessa sighed.

"Um... What just happened?..." Gumball asked, worried about what was to become of that person taken away.

"Dr. F likes to do little experiments on us like his brother. We lose a person almost everyday from this, since they never return back here." Vanessa explained, as she sat herself down onto the ground, tired of standing.

"So... There really is no way out?.." Darwin asked.

She nodded, which disappointed the two greatly.

There really was no way out. Or.. Was there?..

"Anything?"

Nicole looked over at Anais, who shook her head no.

She looked over at Richard, who was busy eating leftover French fries from the front seat.

"Richard!"

He flinched, and quickly stuffed the fries back in the cushion, as he looked out the window as well.

Suddenly, Nicole stepped on the brakes, stopping the car immediately.

Anais and Richard were a bit confused, yet worried as well.

"Wait a second.. Do you see that?"

Nicole leaned in a little, focusing on what was in front of her.

She noticed a strange looking figure walking in what appeared to be a hidden building.

But what made her suspicious and angry, was that the figure appeared to look a lot like Gilson, with only small details separating the figure from the man.

Nicole stepped out of the car sneakily, motioning Anais and Richard to stay in the car.

However, Anais disobeyed, and followed her, much to Nicole's dismay, but she ignored this factor.

Now closer to the building, the two looked around for an entrance.

"Over there.." Anais whispered, pointing to a secret door.

Quietly, they snuck inside, not noticed by the man.

Once the close was clear, they began to make a plan.

"Okay Anais, you go look for them, and I'll stay here in case that man starts getting suspicious." Nicole whispered, as she urged her daughter to go.

Anais listened, and walked down the hallway quietly, looking for any signs or clues.

She stopped, hearing sounds coming from a room across from her.

Relieved, Anais went closer to it, hearing her brothers inside the room.

However, she raised her eyebrow confused, since it sounded like they were talking to someone.

Opening the door quietly, the voices stopped, which was worrying to her.

Now getting a glimpse of what was inside, all she saw was darkness, looking as if there wasn't anything in there.

"Gumball, Darwin?... Are you in here?..." She whispered, peering into the room.

A pair of white eyes appeared, relieving her greatly.

"Wait.. You know her?.."

Anais had a look of confusion, hearing a whole different voice speak.

She noticed a white eye looking at her, which confused her greatly.

Finding a switch, *disclaimer it's not the console* and turned on the lights, before a look of confusion, and shock appeared on her face.

"What the.."

An assortment of creatures could be seen around the room, a little blinded by the light since it hadn't been on in a long time.

There in the middle of the room was Gumball/Darwin, along with Vanessa sitting next to them.

With joy and relief on their face, Gumball/Darwin ran up to her, embracing her into a tight hug.

Anais hugged back, relief on her face as well.

"Thank goodness you guys are okay..."

She looked down, noticing some of their stitches were coming loose, which worried her greatly.

"Come on, Mom's waiting for us.."

Anais took their hand and led them out, but they didn't budge.

"But... We can't just leave these people here.." Darwin said, a look of worry and sorrow now on their face.

Anais looked around at the others, before sighing.

"I guess you're right-"

She was cut off, as a scream was heard, sounding like Nicole's.

"Okay we really need to hurry, come on!"

The three ran down the hall, trying to hurry as fast as they could.

Suddenly, the stitches from that time at the theater gave way, and Gumball/Darwin fell onto the ground.

Noticing this, Anais quickly ran back, unsure of what to do.

"Oh crud oh crud..."

Not having much option left, she grabbed a pair of sissors that was on a shelf, and cut off a little bit of her dress sleeve.

She then put the severed limb in place, wrapping the fabric around Gumball/Darwin's leg to keep it together.

Now finished with that, she quickly took them by the hand and sped down the hallway, careful not to make any other stitches come loose.

The screaming ahead continued, which worried the three (technically three) greatly.

Upon arriving, they had a look of panic and horror on their faces.

Dr. F was pinning Nicole to the ground, and was holding what appeared to be a scalpel in his hand.

"This'll teach you for sneaking around my building!"

Soon, a horrible sight occurred.

Dr. F stabbed Nicole in the arm, who let out a scream of terror.

"Mom!"

Anais tried to pull the man off her mother, but had no avail.

"Gumball Darwin help-"

She was cut off, as Dr. F threw her off, making her fall to the ground with a loud thud.

"Not so fast little girl, let me have my little 'fun' first.." The man said, as Anais tried again to pull him off.

Gumball/Darwin ran towards Dr. F, and forcefully pushed him off, the man nearly thrown to the other side of the room.

"Get your hands off her you weirdo!" Gumball yelled.

Dr. F smiled, as he slowly got up off the floor.

"Oh, you think you can defeat me that easily, eh? Well two can play it that game!"

The man ran towards them with another scalpel, only to get metal claws piercing through his chest.

"Crap..." The man sputtered, as he fell to the ground lifelessly.

Anais quickly helped Nicole up, who was still wounded in the arm.

"Don't worry Mom, everything's going to be okay.."

The three were just about ready to leave.

Nicole was safely placed in the car, with a wrapped make-do bandage on her arm, made by the others in the building.

"So... Are we ever going to see you guys again?" Gumball asked.

Vanessa shrugged, a smile on her face.

"Maybe, but it's not like we're gonna start walking around again. At least not yet anyway." She said.

Vanessa then embraced Gumball/Darwin in a little goodbye hug, as the others were behind her in the doorway.

"It's been nice knowing you guys, thanks for everything."

"No problem Vanessa, it's been nice knowing you too." Darwin replied, as he and Gumball returned the favor.

The station wagon's horn was heard, being sounded by Anais.

"Come on guys!" She called. "This bandage isn't going to hold for long!"

"You should probably get going." Vanessa said, as she broke away from the hug.

The others said their goodbyes, as Gumball/Darwin went into the car.

"Is everyone ready?" Richard asked.

The four in the car nodded, signaling him to drive.

He started the engine, driving the family back to the house.

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And that was chapter twelve! Let me know what you think! Was it good?"

Real quick, I wanna give a shout out to PuzzleMaster1998 and Spineshocker62645 for their positive feedback on this story! I cannot thank em' enough!

With that said, see you in the next chapter!

INFO

-Gregory Gilson has a brother, Dr. F, who normally kidnaps any experiment escapees. However, he is now dead.

-The others now own the building, or well, live in it, since Dr. F is now dead.

-Normally, Dr. F will also expieriment on a stitched up creature as well like his brother, often studying the mechanics. However, keeping the creature alive is highly unlikely, they usually die.

-As of now, Gumball/Darwin have metal claws in their hand (Gumball's hand), placed in by Gilson. They normally use them for defense.

-Vanessa the Fox and all the other stitched creatures are owned by me. Any use of them will have to regard my permission.

END OF INFO.

And now, a little special feature I like to call... FUN FACTS OF THE CHAPTER!

-This AU was based on a Halloween drawing I did in October, 2018. It mostly resembled the model design, but with a dark twist, you know, blood and stuff.

-At first, I had trouble coming up with a name for this. Originally, it was called 'All Stitched Up AU', based on the same name of the Halloween drawing, aka, 'All Stitched Up..'.

-The design was a little different from the one we're all familiar with today. Originally in older concept design sketches, Gumball/Darwin had sharp fangs sticking out. I cut this out of the model, because I didn't like it. Also, it was a little difficult to keep remembering that detail.

-Keeping on topic with original designs, Gumball/Darwin also had two tails, one being Darwin's but ripped a little, and of course Gumball's with the orange part stitched to it. I cut that out due to again, the details. Also, another reason was because it's kind of difficult to draw two tails on something for me, (No offense to you Tails fans out there) so I cut it out.

-If you looked at the old cover for this fanfic, Gumball/Darwin originally had just orange ears. I changed that. Why? Because it looked weird, and I wanted more stitches.

-Last fact! Gilson also had major design changes like Gumball/Darwin. Originally for him, he wore a lab coat AND HAD AN ACTUAL FACE! Yep that's right folks, he had eyeballs and a nose before. I changed that design though, since it looked weird, and it literally didn't make him look creepy, only weird.

END OF FUN FACTS.

Chapter 13: COMING SOON.