Well, chapter sixteen is here!

Okay, so.. Some of you guys responded to my question thing on whether I should include that deleted scene in the story or not.

Yes I know, it kind of sounds weird yet.. I guess kind of sad I dunno. :/

But I've made my decision.

And the answer is... (drumroll please)...

I don't know yet.

Whoops, that's not an answer is it?...

Yeah uh.. I'm still thinking. The scene was pretty weird in general, so... Maybe I'll include it? I have no idea yet. Just.. Look in this chapter.. It might, or might not be written in there.

Quick side note! FINALLY I'll get the police X thing out of the way. Which means yes, it'll be explained in this chapter. (spoiler alert: I didn't write it in yet! :( )

Anyway, with that said, enjoy the chapter!

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Previously on FDAU...

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.

Now onto the chapter!

The forest of doom, known for getting people lost in it, and pretty much being shaped like a skull.

But what it was known for most, was its very, very, wide scale of monsters, who could kill any person if they really wanted to.

Pretty much, the forest could be dangerous at times.

"Well.. This is it.. We're here.."

Anais stood in front of the forest entrance, carrying the backpack on her shoulders, which was pretty heavy.

The woods seemed to loom over the three, its trees brushing against each other from the wind current.

Hesitant, Anais continued forward, with her brothers following close behind.

A twig snapped, and the three instantly stopped, worry on their faces.

Now hearing nothing, they continued on their way, now even more careful.

After a while, they stopped in a small little clearing, since it was going to be night soon.

Anais set the backpack onto the grass, a little relieved that she wasn't carrying it at the moment.

"Okay.. As long as no weird creatures jump out and attack us, we'll be safe here for now.."

She glanced up at the sky, noticing it was beginning to get dark.

Gumball/Darwin sat down onto the grass, the breeze gently brushing against their fur. (or well, Gumball's fur anyway.)

"Do you think those X guys are ever going to stop trying to kill us?.." Gumball asked, still pretty worried about the situation.

"I'm not really sure.. I guess it depends.." Anais replied, as she got out a small blanket from the backpack.

"I hope Mrs. Mom is okay... She looked pretty sad when we left.." Darwin was also worried, yet a little concerned for Nicole.

"Well.. Don't worry.. I'm sure we won't be in here forever.."

It was now night time, the trees casting shadows, and barely noticeable to the eye.

Anais was awake however, still worried about those X group guys.

Those people really did want to kill all of those victims of Gilson's experiments.

Her brothers were slumped over beside her, fast asleep.

Anais let out a small and quiet sigh, as she continued to look ahead at the trees.

What exactly was the plan now? Those X Group guys were eventually going to find them in here, well, if they're smart enough.

But even with that factor, they would be pretty much stuck in the woods until then.

Maybe this can wait until the morning..

Soon, she too, finally went to sleep.

MEANWHILE. (in the subconscious I guess)

Wait.. What... Darwin?.. Are you there?..

...

Gumball felt a singeing pain, as he woke up to find himself surrounded in darkness.

Darwin?.. Where are you?...

He tried to speak in thoughts, but his brother didn't reply at all.

Looking down however, he now knew why.

Gumball was somehow back to his normal self, no signs of Darwin stitched on in sight.

"W-Wait what?!"

He was pretty shocked by this, noticing his voice was okay as well.

"Wait Darwin where are you?.. Are you here?.."

Gumball walked around in the darkness, trying to look for his brother.

Eventually, he saw Elmore Jr. High coming to view, which was confusing, but at least someplace Darwin could be.

He stepped inside the building hesitantly, but stopped to notice something strange.

It seemed that school was in session, and students turned to look at him confused.

"Uh... Hi?..."

Gumball wasn't sure how to respond to this, as he continued walking down the halls.

"What are you doing?"

Gumball quickly turned around, startled by the voice.

"Oh Anais it's just you.." He said, sighing in relief.

"What are you doing?" She repeated.

"Uh.. Well... I was looking for Darwin.. Have you seen him anywhere?..."

Suddenly, Anais had this weird look on her face, looking as if she were either worried, or frightened.

"Anais are... You okay?"

Gumball glanced around, noticing other students had the same look as his sister.

"Don't find him..." Anais's voice was monotoned in a creepy way, yet was full of fear as well.

"Wait what? Why not?"

"Don't find him... Danger..."

Worried, Gumball walked down the hall some more, noticing the looks on the students wouldn't stop.

"Gumball! Over here!"

He looked ahead, seeing Darwin waving frantically, looking relieved to find him.

"Darwin there you are.. Say, do you know why everyone's acting weird? They told me not to find you or something.." Gumball said, as he walked towards him.

"I don't know, they said the same thing to me.." Darwin replied, a bit weirded out by this factor.

The students around them were still shown with that creepy look, as both sides of the hallway kids pointed at the two.

"Danger... Warning..."

"Okay guys, this is getting creepy.. Can you kind of.. You know.. STOP BEING SO WEIRD!" Gumball shouted, clearly weirded out by these people.

"I... Don't think yelling at them is going to make them stop..." Darwin had a look of worry, as he noticed the students weren't moving an inch.

Gumball sighed, and proceeded to leave.

"Come on, let's just get out of here-"

Before he could react, the students on his side of the hall grabbed him, the same being for Darwin's side as well.

"What the what?! What are you people doing?!"

Gumball tried to break free, but the students were gripping on tight, and it seemed as if all his strength was decreasing.

"Danger..." They uttered, as they started pulling him away further down their side of the hall.

"No let me go!"

Darwin was getting the same treatment as well, as the two were trying to escape from these students' grip.

They were soon getting farther and farther away from each other, much to their dismay.

Suddenly, a strange barrier appeared in the center of the hall, separating the two from each other.

The students finally let go of them, and they were dropped onto the ground.

Gumball ran up to the barrier, terror and panic on his face, as Darwin was doing the same.

"Don't worry! I'll try and get us out of this! I just need to-"

"Save it, child. There's not much solutions here."

Hearing the voice, Gumball scowled, knowing who this person was.

"I thought you were dead. Like, really dead this time.."

Gilson was standing in the center, a small smirk on his face.

"Child, you can't perfectly get rid of me you know. I'm immortal now, remember?"

"No you aren't. We literally took out your heart."

"Oh really now?"

Gilson stepped forward, looking into Gumball's side of the barrier.

"I'm afraid you and your brother there aren't going to be able to meet entirely. Unfortunate for you isn't it? But.. There is.. One way..."

Gumball's eyes widened, as Gilson pulled out a scapel.

"Then, you'll be together.. Right?.."

He watched, as the crazy man began walking over to Darwin's side of the barrier.

Fear was pretty much only on his mind, as Gumball was banging onto the barrier with his fists.

"No! Don't you even dare you psycho!"

Gilson was smiling, as the Darwin's side of the barrier began disappearing, leaving the mad scientist to get to him easily.

However, Gumball's side of the barrier wouldn't do the same, as he was desperately banging on it and shouting.

Much to his horror, the sharp object was stabbed into Darwin's arm, who let out a cry of pain.

Gumball winced, gripping onto his arm in pain, somehow feeling like the scalpel stabbed into him instead.

"Ow... What the?..."

He looked up, watching in horror as Gilson kept stabbing his brother, while also getting inflicted as well.

Noticing this, Gilson smiled, as he finally let go of Darwin.

"Oh, seems to look like it hurts you too, am I correct?"

Darkness started covering the halls, as students disappeared.

Wait a second.. This is probably just a dream! Maybe that's why things are weird...

Hm.. Yeah.. That sounds legit..

Wait hold on, Darwin is that you?! Does this mean..

Yep..

Darn it..

Gumball and Darwin were now back to being stitched together again, their unnatural white glowing eyes being the only light source in all of this darkness.

A look of worry, fear, and panic, were on their face, as they saw Gilson appear again.

The crazy man was getting closer, as an ominous tone seemed to be rising.

"Nowhere to run now children..."

Gumball/Darwin tried to back away, but a force was holding them down, making it nearly impossible to move.

Gilson was now at least ten feet away, a smile on his face.

"What's the point to anyway?.."

The man lifted up the scalpel in his hand, a crazed look on his face now.

"YOU'RE ALREADY DEAD!"

The two screamed, as the scalpel was getting closer.

Gumball/Darwin quickly woke up, nearly terrified out of their mind.

Glancing at the surroundings, they sighed in relief.

Only a nightmare.

However, peace was cut short, as a faint howl was heard in the distance.

Hearing this, Gumball/Darwin had a look of worry, as the howls continued.

Soon, they saw a pair of glowing yellow eyes watching them in the darkness, the howls not stopping.

Gumball/Darwin quietly went over to Anais, who was still peacefully sleeping, as they tried to make little movements.

"Anais wake up.." Gumball whispered, as the two were carefully nudging her awake.

Anais woke up sleepily, confused of what was going on.

"...What is it?..."

"There's something watching us.." Darwin replied quietly, as Anais noticed the creature in the darkness.

Another howl was heard, but was closer to the three.

"Okay.. On the count of three.. We grab the bag.. And run for it.." Anais whispered.

The three watched, as patterns of eyes appeared in the trees, all of them directly placed at them.

"One..."

A creature's tongue could be seen, with green drool dripping out of its mouth.

"Two..."

Anais slowly reached for the bag, as she quietly began getting up.

"Three!"

She quickly grabbed her brothers and took off running with the backpack on her shoulders, the creatures now on pursuit.

The three were quickly stopped by more monsters in front of them, and all the creatures began circling them.

"Anais... What do we do now?..." Gumball questioned, as the creatures were starting to close in.

"I don't know.. We're way outnumbered..." She replied, worry on her face.

Creatures continued to drool, as they were getting even closer.

Wait a second! Gumball our strength!

Oh yeah.. I forgot about that one..

Right when a creature was about to kill them, it was received a punch to the face, which sent the beast flying back into the deeper, deeper part of the forest.

All the other monsters looked at each other, then back at the three.

Gumball/Darwin were looking straight at the creatures, a look of anger and annoyance, as they let their claws unsheathe themselves.

Letting out whimpers, all the monsters retreated back to their parts of the woods, not wanting to end up like the other beast that got punched.

The two fist pumped in victory, quite proud that they actually withstood a large pack of monsters.

"IN YOUR FACE YOU COWARDS!" Gumball yelled, pointing towards where the creatures left.

"Guys look out!"

Turning around, a look of shock and horror appeared on Gumball/Darwin's face.

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Oh no a cliffhanger! Yeah.. I didn't get to the whole police thing yet.. Don't worry, I will though! It's next chapter I swear!

Telling by this, the deleted scene didn't make it here. I'm still deciding, so all those people who want the scene, you'll have to wait and see. Others who don't, uh.. Sorry.. I'm still not sure yet.. :/

Who is behind Gumball/Darwin? Is it someone obviously bad? Stay tuned, and I'll see you in the next chapter!

INFO

-For now, Gumball/Darwin and Anais are staying in the Forest of Doom, in order not to get killed from the X Group. Or well, mostly Gumball/Darwin trying not to get killed.

-Because I'm a stinker, the nightmare is foreshadowing a future chapter a little.. No it's not saying Gilson's coming back. It's something else, but I can't say yet. You'll have to wait! :)

END OF INFO!

Chapter 17: COMING SOON.