Crash Ch. 10

Gumball, Fionna and Cake had returned to the Kingdom, with Ishatian following behind them on a Skeleton horse. The Demon King had managed to drink down a remedy that would give him extra strength for a while. They landed, and The Demon King came to a skidding stop on his Skeleton horse, which neighed in protest. "Ja'cval Kokb'ael." He muttered to the horse before dismounting, stumbling slightly but he caught himself, sighing briefly. "So tell me, what exactly do you plan on doing to handle the people from the Negaverse."

Gumball shifted, handing out his cane to Ishatian, "Here, you can lean on this." Ishatian shook his hand, "I cannot." It must have been his pride, but Fionna broke in. "Take it Isha!" Fionna was staring at him angrily. "Don't be so proud! You're in need!" The Demon sighed softly, snatching the cane out from Gumball's hands. "Whatever." Gumball shifted, motioning for them to come along. "I have no idea what we shall do about them, but in my dreams, I heard the Nega-me, talking about coming to the Candy Kingdom in this dimension."

Ishatian narrowed his bloodshot orange eyes, "So they're coming here next?" Fionna leaned against a wall, "But how are they going to get here? If they're from another dimension...?" Ishatian shook his head, rubbing his chin as if thinking about something. "They came here through a portal... If they were able to open it in my homeland, then they have a chance they could open it again, but here in the Candy Kingdom." Gumball nodded, "Yes, it is so—" He broke off as Ishatian ran past him, even Fionna gasped. What was he doing? Gumball turned around.

Ishatian was holding a Candy person, except the Candy person looked way different then whom she looked like. It looked like Mrs. Candy Cane, except she wasn't red and white. She was black and grey with red eyes... "S'jait! Laso ven!" Gumball made out the demonic words to say, "Spy! Incompetent hatchling!" Ishatian threw the Negative towards their feet. He placed a foot on the negative, snarling at the Negative Candy person, his lips had faded back to show sharp, pointed teeth. It made Gumball shiver...

The Nega-Mrs. Candy Cane struggled under his foot, hissing at him. "Let me go!" Gumball bent down, staring the Negative in the face. "How did you get here?" He demanded. The Negative went quiet only looking a bit shifty eyed at him. Fionna bent down, "We aren't going to hurt you..." The Negative looked at her, muttering, "You're so different from them." The Demon King removed his foot from the Negative, "Tell us how you got here."

"I got here through the portal in the Peninsula of Fire, I-I-I followed after the demons..." Gumball narrowed his eyes to slits before standing, "Are you able to open the portal in the Candy Kingdom?" He asked, extending a hand to the Negative, but she did not take it, brushing herself off. "I don't think so, because the P-Prince was angry about Marshall lee destroying the control panel..." Marshall? So maybe in the Negative world... Marshall was well, a better person.

Fionna looked at Gumball, "What are you going to do with her?" Gumball went quiet, thinking. The Demon King was muttering in Gehennian that came around the lines of, "Death by Lynching". He wasn't going to be that way... He could understand Ishatian's anger, but he had another idea. "Let her go back to her 'friends'. Tell them we'll be ready for them." He muttered. Two Candy Guards came forward before escorting the Negative out of the palace and away.

Isha leaned on Gumball's cane, groaning slightly. "How are we going to fight them...?" He questioned in a cracked voice, as if reliving what had happened at his Kingdom. Gumball hit him lightly on the back of his head "Don't worry. Everyone's coming to help us out..." The Demon stared at him for a moment before nodding, "Whatever you say." They walked on again. Everything grew quiet. There was nothing else to tell him. Ishatian had been threw what he was dreading. They came back to the front of the Palace, Gumball turning to The Demon King. "Would you like to stay in the Spare room?"

Isha looked at him before shaking his head, "I have to refuse Prince." He held out the cane to Gumball, which he took. "I must stay with my people, they'll be looking to me anyways." He muttered, making off towards his Skeleton horse. Fionna and Gumball watched him go. They then made their way inside, "Do you think he'll be alright?" Fionna asked, looking behind them as the door closed.

"Yeah, I'm sure he'll be fine." She nodded. He felt sleepy. It wasn't all a bad day. They had managed to get help from the Demon Kingdom, they knew that the Negaverse couldn't open their portal in the middle of the Candy Kingdom and... He was with her. Shifting, they walked down the hallway. Everything seemed at ease again. Like it had been the other night.

"Gumball?" He looked at her as they stopped in front of his room. She seemed confused. "What's wrong?" She didn't reply only kissing him lightly on the cheek, "I'm going to be sleeping in the spare with Cake tonight, alright." Gumball nodded slowly, "Yeah. See you in the morning lovely." He mused and watched her go.

A night alone, he didn't know if he would be able to stand it...