Chapter 3 First Action / Undead Grasshopper.
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Chapter 3 First Action / Undead Grasshopper.
(Next day. 07:00am.)
Gumball was on the bus seat watching the moving streets, while thinking about his new job. Picking up his Driver and his Chance card, he looks at them and remembers his conversation with Miss Carol.
(Flashback.)
"So, Gumball. I'm going to teach you how to use the Rider System." Carol speaks on a call through Gumball's PC.
"Right, right. I'm listening." Gumball shrugs as he picks up a carton of grape juice and starts to drink it.
"Gumball, this is an important matter. Your life and the lives of everyone here in Elmore are at risk because of the Undeads!" Carol says, slightly annoyed.
"All right, all right!" Gumball laughs, setting the juice box aside. "So, what do I have to do?"
"Okay, first of all: Do you have any skill or practice with sword fighting?" Carol asks Gumball
"None." Gumball says.
"Ahhh..." Carol sighs at the answer. "Okay... this is going to be a long conversation..." Carol puts her hands to her face as she breathes deeply.
(End of flashback.)
"Okay... I just need to put this letter in the Driver and pull the lever..." Gumball thinks as he looks at his card and his Rider System.
"Hey, Gumball!" A boy with colorful hair and a headband stands above the chair Gumball is in. "What's that?"
"Oh, Tobias. It's nothing, it's just-" Gumball speaks, but is cut off by Darwin.
"That's his work!" Darwin says excitedly.
"WHAT?! GUMBALL HAS A JOB?!" Tobias shouts in surprise, and everyone on the bus listens.
"A job? Watterson has a job?!" The ghost girl says in surprise.
"That's pretty hard to believe." A boy eating a piece of toast speaks up.
"That's great news, Gumball!" The girl with spiky green hair congratulates the cat boy.
"Eh... that..." Gumball thanks her nervously, while trying to divert the subject from his job.
[...]
(10:00am.)
The school bell rings, starting the break and all the students leave their classrooms. Gumball walked with Darwin through the corridors as they chatted.
"And she only calls you when you're needed?" Darwin asks Gumball.
"Yes. Basically, it's... problems they can't solve, so they call me in to solve them." Gumball explains.
"Ohh..." Darwin is impressed.
The two boys continue walking, but feel the ground shake a little until they see a tall girl wearing a dinosaur costume.
"That's it, Gumball." The tall girl speaks in a low tone from her viz.
"Oh, hi Tina!" Gumball greets the girl.
"I heard you got a job, did you?" The girl asks with an arched eyebrow.
"Yeah, but that was yesterday. So I'm just starting out!" Gumball says while scratching the back of his head.
"I know." Tina shakes her head. "Make sure you don't screw it up and get fired in the first month." The girl pats Gumball on the shoulder and walks back down the corridors.
"Did she come here to congratulate you?" Darwin asks as he sees Tina leaving.
"I think so. But let's hurry, I'm getting hungry." Gumball says, leaving with Darwin.
[...]
The two boys carry their trays of food and sit down at their tables, the boys begin to eat their snacks.
"And I'm still not sure..." Gumball mutters as he sips his milk carton.
"Why? You have a job where you do almost nothing and earn a lot." Darwin says in a comical tone.
"Yeah, but..." Gumball thinks about the Undeads.
"Hey, Gumball!" A girl says, catching the boy's eye.
"Hm? Oh, hi Penny!" Gumball turns around with a nervous smile.
"Hi!" Penny smiles back. "I was wondering if you still had that blue Walkman?" Penny asks.
"Oh, that old Walkman?" Gumball thinks. "I think so, but it must be lost among my things." Gumball says.
"If you find it, can I borrow it? I need it for something." Penny says a little nervously.
"Of course! Of course, I can-" Gumball is interrupted when his cell phone rings. Gumball picks up his cell phone and answers it. "Hello?"
"Gumball! An Undead has appeared in the town square!" Carol talks over the call.
"What? Now?" Gumball asks in surprise.
Penny and Darwin look at Gumball in confusion.
"Yes, Gumball! Now!" Carol says nervously. "You need to go there right away! And remember our conversation!"
"Right, right! I'm going now!" Gumball quickly hangs up and gets up from the table.
"Gumball, where are you going?" Penny asks confused.
"Work stuff!" Gumball says nervously. "Darwin, cover for me for now!"
Darwin confusedly agrees and Gumball starts running out of the school.
He manages to dodge the janitor and finally leaves the school and runs into the town square. Seeing the people running in the opposite direction, he sees that he is getting close.
"Let's go!" Gumball keeps running until he reaches the square.
Gumball looks around and notices someone jumping between the benches and destroying them as he goes. Stopping in front of the water fountain, the figure stops and picks up the fountain, lifting it and throwing it away.
"A... grasshopper?" Gumball asks, looking at the figure, which looks like a monstrous grasshopper that could give children nightmares.
The grasshopper looks at Gumball and gives a ferocious growl.
"Okay..." Gumball moves, relaxing his body. "The time is now!" Gumball picks up his Driver and the Change card.
Gumball puts the card in the Driver and drops it. The Driver begins to fly around Gumball as it makes a path of red cards, fitting around Gumball's waist the Driver plays a waiting song.
"Beauty..." Gumball takes a deep breath and strikes a pose. (The Kamen Rider Blade pose. He struck the pose because it looked cool.) Gumball wiggles his hand and mouths, "HENSHIN!"
Gumball pulls the Driver's lever, causing the card to spin and a sword symbol to appear, while the Driver speaks. "Turn-Up." A huge blue card with a beetle symbol appears in front of Gumball.
The Undead is confused by the huge blue card. Gumball takes a deep breath and runs towards the card, crossing it and putting on his Rider armor.
"Now go!" Blade shouts as he runs towards the Undead and prepares a punch.
Blade runs up to the Undead and punches him in the face, the Undead shudders at the attack, but returns the punch to Blade. Blade takes the punch and breathes deeply.
"Man... I need to train more!" Blade laments that he doesn't do much physical exercise.
Blade dodges the attack and manages to return the punch to the Undead.
"Ahh... what's going on?" A random boy wonders before seeing the current situation. "Holy shit! What's that?!" The boy says excitedly and takes out his cell phone to start recording the fight.
Blade ducks and punches the Undead in the chest, causing him to gather energy in his legs and jump away from Blade.
"Right..." Gumball picks up his Blay Rouzer and opens it, showing his cards. "I only have two cards..."
Blade looks at his cards, seeing only the SLASH and BEAT cards. Blade sees the Undead coming towards him, quickly picking up a card, he passes it through the scanner. "SLASH!" The card turns blue and goes into Blade's chest, the blade of his sword lights up and he quickly slashes the Undead's belly before it hits him.
The Undead shudders as it clutches its belly. Blade wastes no time and continues to use his sword to slash the Undead, cutting it from the sides, from above, wherever he could cut it.
The Undead gets a little tired and moves away from Blade, gathering his strength and jumping up. Blade sees the Undead going up and coming towards him. Blade quickly picks up a card and runs it through the scanner. "BEAT!" The card turns blue and lands on Blade's chest. With his fist turning blue, he manages to dodge the Undead's kick and punches him in the chest.
A small explosion erupts from the Undead and it falls to the ground exhausted. With his senses opening up, Blade realizes what he has to do.
"This is it!" Blade quickly opens his Blay Rouzer and picks up a blank card, throwing it at the Undead.
The card touches the Undead and it begins to be sucked into the card. The Undead disappears and the card returns to Blade's hand.
"Wow! That was really, really cool!" Blade cheers up when he sees the card in his hand.
"Hey, you!" A male voice speaks, causing Blade to turn around. "Who are you? And what did you do to that creature?" The boy asks as he continues to record Blade.
"Ahj... well..." Blade gets a little nervous, as Miss Carol has told him to be discreet. "That's it now, Miss Carol." Blade thinks.
"Say it! Who are you?" The boy asks excitedly as he continues to record him.
"Well..." Blade looks at his sword and thinks for a moment. "Blade. You can call me Blade." Blade says as he starts to run away from the boy.
"Hey! Thank you very much... Mr. Blade!" The boy shouts as he sees Blade walking away.
[...]
(10:28am.)
Darwin was at the front of the classroom, waiting for Gumball as the bell was about to ring.
"Will he be long?" Darwin mutters as he looks around.
Darwin looks to his side and sees Gumball running towards him. He looks very tired and exhausted.
"There?... took me long?..." Gumball asks as he catches his breath.
"Took you long enough. It's almost class time." Darwin says and the bell rings. "Let's go!"
[...]
Gumball watches Miss Simian lecture on advanced mathematics. He looks out of the window and observes the city with a calm.
"I just hope those creatures don't cause any trouble..." Gumball mutters as he becomes pensive.
[...]
(4:15pm.)
Everyone is at the bus stop, waiting for the bus of course. Gumball sighs at what happened earlier.
"People! People!" Tobias runs up to the people shouting.
"What now, Tobias!" Carrie says, sounding out of patience.
"Have you seen the videos that are going viral on TikTok?" Tobias says as he shows his cell phone and plays the video of the fight between Blade and the Undead Grasshopper.
"What's that?" Carrie asks, looking interested.
"Is this cosplay or something?" The girl with the spiky green hair asks curiously.
"It doesn't look like it, look!" The boy in the yellow T-shirt with the banana print says, pointing to the video of Blade slashing the Undead.
"Is he some kind of superhero?!" Darwin asks as stars appear in his eyes.
"Maybe it is. Look!" Penny says, pointing to the video of Blade sealing the Undead.
"That creature's gone!" The Japanese girl says in surprise.
"Surely he's some kind of hero who came here to rid us of these monsters!" Darwin says excitedly as he strikes a pose (Kamen Rider Ichigo's pose).
"So those rumors about these strange creatures were real?" Penny asks in surprise.
"And look at this!" Tobias points to the end of the video.
"Blade. You can call me Blade." Blade speaks in the video on Tobias' cell phone.
"He's even got a cool name!" Darwin shouts even more excitedly.
"Now we have a hero in Elmore!" A girl celebrates and everyone else celebrates except Gumball who is still deep in thought.
"Gumball?" Tobias catches the boy's eye. "Aren't you excited about this new hero?"
"Ah... ah yes, yes!" Gumball says nervously. "Yes, of course! He's very cool!" Gumball says, trying to avoid the conversation.
"Right." Tobias takes his focus away from Gumball and back to the others. "But there? Do you think he'll do it now?"
"Will he give me his autograph?" Darwin asks, still excited.
"Calm down, Darwin. We hardly know this hero." Carrie says, calming the boy down.
"Would he agree to go out with me?" A random girl says.
Gumball listens to everyone's conversation while he ponders his new identity with Blade.
[...]
"We're here!" Darwin shouts excitedly as he enters the house.
"Welcome!" Anais says as she sits down on the sofa.
"So, what's on TV?" Gumball asks as he leans on the head of the sofa next to Anais.
"Nothing much. There's even some mail for you." Anais says, pointing to a table with a letter on it.
"A letter?" Gumball walks over to the table and picks up the letter.
"Hello Mr. Gumball Watterson. We can see that your first job was well done. So we decided to advance your salary as compensation! So please accept our thanks."
Gumball opens the letter and sees his $250 paycheck.
"I'm home, kids!" Nicole says, entering her house a little tired.
"Hi, Mom! Welcome home!" Darwin says as he walks up to Nicole and gives her a hug.
"Hi, darling. How was school today?" Nicole asks with a smile as she strokes Darwin's head.
Nicole sees Gumball approaching her as he lets out a tired yawn.
"Oh, hi Gumball! How's school?" Nicole asks, but Gumball hands her the letter and turns away.
"I'm going to my room to lie down for a while." Gumball says in a tired tone of voice.
"Uh?" Nicole is confused, but opens the letter and reads the contents. "Don't you want to use your salary?" Nicole asks confused.
"No. Use it to pay a bill or something." Gumball says as he climbs the stairs.
"What's wrong with him?" Nicole asks, still confused.
"I don't know." Darwin says, also confused about Gumball's attitude.
"He's probably just sleepy." Anais shrugged.
Gumball enters his room and throws himself on his bed. Her body feels heavy and she can't and won't get up.
"My body..." Gumball mutters as his face is plastered to the pillow. "It's like I'm carrying 50 fire trucks..." Gumball moves his head, raising his arm he looks at the Rider System. "I guess that wears me out a lot..." Gumball slowly closes his eyes and falls asleep in his bed.
End of chapter.
Note: Here is Gumball's first battle against an Undead. And as you can see, he has a relatively "weak" body. So the Rider System takes a lot out of his body when he fights.
That's all for today, see you in the next chapter!
