Okay, here's something I need to talk about.

So, right now in the story might seem confusing.. About how the X Group isn't getting stopped by the police or anything.. But let me explain.

The police can't really do all that much, but ARE trying to stop them.

It's just difficult, because X is a pretty stubborn leader, and will do whatever it takes to get rid of the Gilson victims. (or also known as the experiments.)

That's why it's confusing right now. This explanation is going to be mentioned in this chapter again, or well, in the story anyway.

So be prepared for that.

Anyway, with all that said and out of the way, onto the chapter!

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Previously on FDAU..

X looked past Nicole, noticing some shadows in the kitchen.

"Knew it."

Before he could get closer, Nicole quickly blocked the way.

"Picking a fight eh? This shall be easy."

Suddenly, X took out a device, pointing it directly at Nicole, and pressed the button.

Streams of electricity went through her body, as Nicole fell to the ground paralyzed.

X then turned towards his 'henchmen'.

"Take care of her and that fat one over there, will ya? I'll go check the kitchen."

Hearing this, Anais's eyes widened.

"Come on, we need to get out of here.." She whispered.

Anais quickly grabbed Gumball/Darwin by the hand and ran to the backdoor, X's footsteps coming closer.

"Move it men! We've got ourselves some escapees here!"

Now panicking, the three quickly went out into the backyard, as the X group was coming close behind.

Gumball/Darwin jumped over the fence, however, Anais couldn't easily do that.

She tried to reach the top of the wood, but kept failing, as the X group spotted her.

"Hey!"

Anais kept trying, until eventually Gumball/Darwin swung her over to the other side.

"Thanks.."

Before she could react however, they took her by the arm and continued jumping over the fences, as the X group chased after them.

Soon, the three were now running down the sidewalk, as passers-by watched confused and worried.

Now onto the chapter!

X and his men were pretty close to catching them, as Gumball/Darwin and Anais continued to run away from these guys.

"You can't escape fate!" X Yelled, getting a chorus of 'yeah!' and 'He's right!' from the men.

The three quickly hid behind an array of garbage cans, worried and terrified out of their minds.

Before X could get closer however, a small crowd of 'X followers' were behind him, asking an assortment of questions.

"It's X!"

"Hi X!"

"What are you killing now?"

"Pipe down people!" X scolded. "Can't you see I'm on a hunt here?!"

The followers quickly grew silent, much to his relief.

Gumball/Darwin and Anais tried to stay very quiet, and also tried to stay hidden.

However, it looked like a follower had spotted them.

"Hey!" The person shouted. "Right there! They're right there X!"

Terrified, the three tried to run away again, but they were surrounded by the swarm of followers.

"There's nowhere to run now you three.. You'll have to accept fate.." X said, getting his weapons ready.

Gumball/Darwin backed away slowly, until they were now leaning onto a fence.

Anais stood in front, ready to quickly defend her brothers any minute.

Seeing this, X had a small smile, as a chuckle was heard coming out of him.

"Don't even sweat it little girl, you can't protect them."

"Yes I can! You're not getting a single hand on them just leave my brothers alone!"

Before she could react, X lifted her off the ground, making them face to face with each other.

"Look girl, there's a certain point when it comes to little toys like that thing.."

He dropped her onto the ground, and snapped his fingers, alerting his men.

Obeying orders, the men quickly grabbed Gumball/Darwin by both arms, who were desperately trying to escape.

X soon continued, as he faced Anais with a small sneer.

"New toys will get busted after a while, but there's one thing that we all know when it comes to those."

He snapped his finger's again, and one of the men started pulling onto Gumball/Darwin's right arm, as Anais was watching with worry and panic.

"No don't!" She yelled, but X lifted her back up, making her unable to help her brothers.

"No matter how many times you fix those broken toys, they'll always break again. Again, and again, and again. No matter how many times you try, you can never rightfully fix it. Why? You can't fix everything."

The men started twisting the two's arm, which now actually hurt, as they let out a cry of pain.

"No stop it!"

Anais desperately tried to escape, but X held her tightly, his grip starting to hurt.

She was soon forced to watch in horror, as red blood leaked out of the bandage, once the men had finally cut into the arm with a small knife, tears now streaming down Gumball/Darwin's face.

Soon, the men were starting to try and tear the two apart, cutting into the bandages deep, blood now dripping onto the ground.

"This is what happens little girl, this is life! You can't fix everything!"

Finally, this was it, the last straw, the breaking point.

"STOP IT!"

Anais kicked X hard in the stomach, and he quickly dropped her in surprise.

She ran towards her brothers, nearly punching most of the men coming towards them.

Now determined, she took Gumball/Darwin by the hand, and quickly dashed down the street, the yells of the X Group starting to fade out.

After a while, the three finally lost the men, as they were resting near an alleyway.

Remembering what happened earlier, Anais examined the cuts, worry now on her face.

Blood now soaked through the bandages greatly, still dripping onto the ground, along with some of it coming out of the two's mouth, looking as if someone had punched them in the face.

"Don't worry, I'm sure we can go back to the house and fix this up.."

Anais stood up, and helped her limping brothers get down the sidewalk, also watching for any sign of X and his group.

Before the three could react though, the X followers were in front of them, holding what appeared to be torches and pitchforks.

"You're not going anywhere!"

One of the followers pointed at Anais.

"Give us the monster kid, we don't want to have to use force on you."

Anais began to back away, Gumball/Darwin doing the same.

"So that's how it is eh? Alright then. GET THEM!"

The followers started getting closer, as the three took off down the street.

Noticing a convience store up ahead, Anais quickly went inside, taking her brothers inside as well.

Larry was standing at the counter confused, as she quickly placed a box of bandages in front of him from off the shelf.

"Watterson what is going-"

He had a look of confusion and fright, once noticing Gumball/Darwin behind her.

"No time to explain Larry, just ring it up!"

Hesitant, he did as said, and gave the box back to Anais.

"That'll be-"

"There you go thank you!"

She threw the money towards him and quickly exited the store with her brothers, leaving a confused Larry to ponder what just happened.

Anais went inside another alleyway, as she watched the angry mob of followers pass, not noticing them there.

Now that they were safe, she helped Gumball/Darwin onto an upside down garbage can.

She then took off the old, bloody bandages, and tossed them aside, as she carefully wrapped the new ones on.

Finally, she used some of the new bandages and wiped the blood off Gumball/Darwin's mouth.

"There.. Now come on, we need to get out of here.. Before that mob comes back.."

"But Anais, where are we going to go?.. It's not like there's much places to hide anymore.." Gumball said, worry, fear, and panic in his voice.

"I know.. But we might as well go back to the house.. I'm sure they won't go there.."

The three made their way back to the house, being super cautious on not being seen.

As soon as they opened the door, Nicole quickly took them inside, worry on her face.

"Oh my gosh kids are you okay?! Did those men hurt you?!"

"Uh... Yeah..." Gumball answered, still remembering the terrible scene.

"We're okay though Mrs. Mom, nothing too bad.." Darwin added, hoping to at least calm her down.

Nicole sighed, looking as if she were making a decision.

Soon, with a tearful look, she gave the three a backpack, which was full of useful supplies.

She then bent down to face Anais, who looked pretty confused.

"Anais, take them to the forest.. They'll be safe there.."

"Wait what? Mom what are you talking about?.. You don't mean..."

"Yes, I'm sorry. Don't worry, I packed some things in the bag, it'll be good for a while.."

"Wait Mom hold on, you want us to go to the Forest Of Doom?.. Aren't they're like, you know, monsters in there?.." Gumball questioned, still confused by this as well as Anais.

"Look it's just.. You aren't safe here anymore.. Those men are going to come back.. I know it.."

"But can't we just stop those guys like we usually do?.."

Nicole sighed, and began to speak again.

"Nothing's like it used to be Anais... I'm sorry... But.. I'm only trying to protect them.."

"I am too, but how long are they going to stay in there?..."

Nicole didn't reply, not sure on the answer.

A bit hurt, Anais then continued.

"I.. I'm going with them then."

Surprised, Nicole looked at Anais with a questioning look.

"What? But Anais-"

"I can't just leave them in the forest by themselves.. Especially with those monsters.. I'm going with them."

"Okay then.. If you want.. You can take something before you leave.."

Nicole watched, as the three quickly went up the stairs, a look of sorrow on her face.

"Well... I did it Richard... I said it.."

Her husband hugged her in a calming, yet comforting manner, a look of sorrow on his face as well.

Soon, the three had come back downstairs, meaning it was time to leave.

Nicole and Richard said their goodbyes, while also giving them a tight hug.

Before Anais could leave, Nicole quickly stopped her.

"Anais, keep them safe for me.. Okay?"

Anais gave a nod to her mother, signifying that she understood.

"Don't worry mom, we'll be fine."

She soon left, leaving a teary eyed Nicole at the doorway.

The three then went on their way, making sure to stay hidden from the angry X followers.

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Well, here we go. There is chapter fifteen.

Let me know what you think! Was it good?

Oh whoops. I didn't mention the police in here.. Well.. Don't worry, they'll be in chapter sixteen.

So what will happen next? Will everything somehow turn out okay?

Stay tuned, and I'll see you in the next chapter!

INFO

-The X Group has a wide following, more or less X does anyway. The 'X followers' right now are chasing after Gumball/Darwin and Anais. Even better, they're chasing them with good ol' torches and pitchforks!

-Gumball/Darwin and Anais are now heading off to the forest, where it is somewhat safe from the X Group and its angry mob of followers trying to kill them. Or well, kill Gumball/Darwin anyway.

-FUN FACT! Remember when I said in chapter nine, that I would use the 'Frankensteins being afraid of fire' joke? Well, its here now. X uses FIRE to kill the experiments, which is what Gumball/Darwin are trying to avoid getting killed by. SEE WHAT I DID THERE? There's the joke!

-ANOTHER FUN FACT! I was originally going to have a scene where the followers went inside a 'torches and pitchforks' store in town, which basically explained where those came from. I thought it was weird, so I didn't write it. But it was supposed to be a reference to a SpongeBob episode I don't remember the title of.

-For your information, YES, Gumball/Darwin can bleed. It's been proven here in this chapter, and technically in chapters 3 and four, since you know, at that time they had cuts all over their body. But like usual, they can't feel pain when something's torn off. Only when something gets twisted or cut I guess. (or punched, kicked, etc.)

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A design change I forgot to mention!- In the original sketches for this AU, Gumball/Darwin were supposed to cry blood instead of normal tears. It was mostly a very huge nod to the original drawing that the AU's based off of, which had them crying blood. It sounded like a weird concept, so I just scraped that idea.

Another scrapped idea! (or scene to be exact!)- For chapter fourteen, I had a sketch that was never used in this. In the sketch, (or scene) Anais had a large clawmark across her face, and was feeling the injury with tears in her eyes. If you couldn't tell, there was going to be a scene after Gumball's sudden outburst, where on accident the two hit Anais in the face with the metal claws. Then like the typical cliché, they pretty much get upset by this. I scrapped this scene and sketch, because it felt kind of weird in the chapter, so yeah. However, I MIGHT use this scene in a future chapter. MAYBE! I'm not honestly quite sure yet, I'm still thinking about it. Quick question. Would YOU want that scene in this? Just let me know in a review or something, I'm just curious on what I get for feedback on it. :/

Anyway, there's the explanation! Again, see you in the next chapter!

Chapter sixteen: COMING SOON.