Last chapter was quite sad. But.. This chapter is more worrying now.

Yeah, expect a lot of sadness and worry for a few chapters. :/

Anyway, enjoy! :)

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Previously On FDAU..

"GET AWAY FROM THEM!" The dragon shouted, to which the three easily recognized who it was.

X, his men, and followers, quickly darted back into the woods, terrified out of their lives.

The dragon shifted and formed, revealing to be Penny, as she gracefully landed on the cliff.

"Oh my gosh what did those guys do?!"

She quickly went over beside the three, a look of worry on her face.

"X managed to pierce a pitchfork into them.." Anais replied, worried as well.

"Guys!"

The four noticed Vanessa running towards them, who was carrying the bag just in case.

"I saw what happened.. I think I know what we can do."

"Well, what?" Penny questioned.

"From my experience when Gilson turned me into this, I saw he was writing something in a notebook. So maybe the book might actually be notes on how he does his work."

"Wait I see what you mean." Anais said, thinking for a moment. "There might be some information we can use, that can help us fix this!"

"Exactly! It means we need to get to the lab!" Vanessa concluded.

"I can fly us over there!" Penny said, as she shapeshifted back into her dragon form.

Anais and Vanessa carefully carried Gumball/Darwin onto Penny's back, making sure nothing else was wrong.

"We're all set!" Anais called, signaling Penny to fly.

Penny soon flew up into the air, and the five began heading into the town, towards Gilson's lab.

Now onto chapter eighteen!

Penny was trying her best to stay out of sight once they reached town, but that was a little difficult, considering at the moment she was a fairly large glowing dragon.

"How's everything back there?" She questioned, as she flew behind some trees.

"Okay so far.. But there's a lot of blood.." Anais replied, trying to cover Gumball/Darwin's injury with whatever was left of the bandages. Again, this was difficult, because of the pitchfork still stabbed into them.

She honestly wanted to take it out right then, but that would result in more blood leaking out, so she left that part alone.

Anais looked down at the streets, in case they missed Gilson's lab.

Suddenly, something whizzed right past them.

"Wait what was that?" Anais questioned, confused, yet concerned.

Gumball/Darwin glanced down below, a look of worry and fear appearing on their face.

"Uh.. Guys.. Would it be bad if there was an angry crowd of those follower guys trying to shoot arrows at us?.." Gumball asked.

"Yes, yes it would." Anais replied, with a bit of an annoyed expression.

A stream of arrows fired towards them, as Penny tried to dodge all of the ammo.

"Is that building up ahead?! I can't dodge the arrows much longer they're shooting too fast!"

Anais looked down, and quickly pointed out where Gilson's lab was.

"It's right there! Fly down!"

Penny flew down quickly, yet gracefully, as the followers soon lost sight of them.

"Are they gone?.." Anais asked hesitantly.

Vanessa nodded.

"Yeah. I'm pretty sure we lost them for now. But we better hurry in case they come back."

Anais helped her brothers get inside the building, with Vanessa close behind.

Penny reverted back to her fairy form and followed as well.

"It should be around here somewhere.."

Anais glanced around the hallway, looking for the main lab room.

Finding it, she quickly went inside, Vanessa and Penny behind her.

Anais then carefully helped Gumball/Darwin onto one of the expieriment 'beds', as she quickly examined the wound.

Upon further inspection, she had a very serious look of worry.

"What? What's wrong?" Vanessa questioned, getting concerned.

"The pitchfork was pierced right through their heart.. I don't think we have much time before.."

Anais cut off, not wanting to finish the sentence.

Sure enough, the pitchfork really was right where Gumball/Darwin's heart would be.

"I'll go look for those notes of Gilson's. Just try and get it out." Vanessa said, as she began back down the hall, no longer in sight.

Examining the wound again, Anais thought to herself for a moment, hesitant on the idea made.

"Okay, it's not the smartest idea.. But it'll have to do."

She then sighed.

"Gumball, Darwin, brace yourselves, it's most likely going to hurt a whole heck of a lot worse than it is right now."

Gumball/Darwin obeyed, ready for what was about to come.

Anais then began to pull on the weapon, trying carefully, yet quickly, to get it out.

Noticing her struggling, Penny helped as well.

The two continued to tug on the object, as Gumball/Darwin were trying to keep from screaming in pain.

"It's halfway out!" Anais said, noticing the pitchfork finally coming out.

Soon, the weapon was finally pulled out, dripping heavily with blood.

Before Anais could speak, Penny quickly cut her off.

"Wait what was that?"

They listened closely, as they started to hear sounds coming from down the hall.

"I think that's just Vanessa looking for those notes." Anais said, as she picked up the backpack and dug through it for some bandages.

As Anais fixed up Gumball/Darwin's injury, she had her back turned.

Before Penny could react though, a hand covered her mouth, and forcefully pulled her into the darkness.

"Penny?"

Anais turned around, seeing the fairy nowhere in sight.

"Vanessa?" She then called.

No response.

She was now growing worried.

"Come on, something's definitely wrong." Anais said, as she helped her brothers up.

Before she could react, something grabbed her from behind, pulling her into the darkness as she let out a scream.

"Anais!"

Gumball/Darwin continuously glanced everywhere around them, fear and panic on their face.

What the heck was going on?

Suddenly, the two felt a heavy object strike them in the head, as they fell to the ground, lying unconscious.

(Gumball first, then Darwin)

..Darwin are you there?...

..Yeah...

Wait what happened?..

I think somebody knocked us out..

Gumball/Darwin finally woke up, a little dazed and confused.

Remembering what happened, they quickly tried to get up, but something was holding them down.

The two looked at what was somewhat restraining them, which was metal link kind of chains on their hands and feet.

"Oh, you're awake."

Recognizing the voice, Gumball/Darwin quickly looked back up in alarm, trying to stand up, this time actually succeeding.

X didn't have a smirk on his face like last time, instead, a serious look of hatred replaced that look.

"Wait where's..-"

"Your friends? They're in a different cell a few sections away."

X's words sounded like dripping venom when he replied, which wasn't good.

The man soon was looming over the two, very intensely.

"And don't worry, this will all be over soon.. Right after you freaks are dead."

Gumball/Darwin backed away, a bit frightened by these words.

"In the meantime, enjoy rotting in this cell."

X stepped out, locking the door behind him quickly.

It was now silent in the worn cell, with nothing but the occasional rattle of the chains.

Tears nearly streaming down their face, Gumball/Darwin hugged their knees tightly, nearly ready to break down crying.

This was it. All the running and hiding pretty much didn't matter anymore. Every time they tried that, the evil guys would always come back and find them. There wasn't anything they could do now, except wait for some miracle to rain down from above.

Honestly, the two were hoping greatly that Nicole would somehow come and rescue them, kicking those X Group guys' butts. But that was very unlikely, since they had no idea if she knew where they were or not.

Their tears were now making puddles on the cell floor, as they continued to cry.

Why did everyone hate them so much? Why do the bad guys always come back whenever it seems normal again?

Sure, they did sort of kill Gilson in public, that was probably reason number one, but they aren't really a monster. They never wanted to be the monster at all in the first place.

Can't they get the happy ending like all the other mishaps had?

It wasn't their fault.

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Oh geez did the ending get emotional! Hopefully nothing will happen! *wink*

Anyway, let me know what you think! Was this chapter good? Sad?

With that said, see you in the next chapter!

INFO

-At the moment, Gumball/Darwin's heart is still. Injured. It's just not entirely mentioned yet. :/

-Gilson keeps track of what he does to experiments through a small journal. It also shows his somewhat tragic backstory. (hooray we'll get into that soon!)

-Gumball/Darwin, Anais, Vanessa, and Penny were kidnapped and locked in prison cells, as of this chapter.

-As hinted, there's an explanation to why X hates the experiments, but we won't get into that just yet.

-The ending is a somewhat reference to Frankenstein again. In the book, the Frankenstein monster gets a wee bit upset because society hates him. Oh don't worry, I'll reference the book even more soon! :)

END OF INFO.

Chapter 19: COMING SOON.