A/N

Heyo!^^

Now, I know what you are probably thinking….

WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN!?

And you'll be totally right to ask this. Things have gotten busier for me and I didn't have much time for writing, but here I am now!

I really took my time with this chapter, after some criticism that I have gotten about my other TAWOG story I decided to do better even if it lasts awhile. Ya know what they say, a delayed game is ultimately good, a rushed game is forever bad. I think that this quote speaks for any kind of product not just games.

Btw, pls read the A/U at the end for updates.

Ok, enough talking! Let's read!

Tawog not mine!

The Prank by LifePaint

Chapter 2: The Body


Gumball and Nicole had laid Miss Simians seemingly lifeless body on the cook table, of the restaurant's kitchen, while trying to figure out what the heck they had done.

"This-This can't be real!" Spoke Gumball while he was pulling his head fur out of frustration and fear.

Nicole meanwhile was having panic attacks and was breathing heavily in a bag. Sure, she was known for her anger issues but anxiety issues can be more affective.

After a few more breaths she laid down the bag on the floor and got near her son.

They both stared at the apes still body, one of her eyes was still a little open and her tongue was sticking out of her white open mouth. It was as if they were staring at a zombie to some extent.

Gumball was in the verge of tears and before he knew it, he was blind, or at least blinded.

Nicole had covered Gumballs eyes so he wouldn't have to look at the horrific sight, she knew very well that it was her fault but she also managed to drag her own son into this mess.

She took one final deep breath before speaking.

"This…...wasn't meant to happen…" Nicole spoke, while Gumball was still paralysed by the whole thing.

"But we gotta get through this together."

Gumballs eyes opened widely; a drip of hatred formed in his pupils as he pushed his mother away from him.

"TOGETHER!?" He shouted loudly, loud enough to make Nicole flinch.

"You made me do all this! I knew that it was a bad idea from the start, and now look what has happened! You deal with it, ITS ALL YOUR FAULT!"

Although Gumball was right in every single sentence he said, Nicole still didn't tolerate his behaviour towards her and she wasn't going to let it slide.

She had to put on a calm expression first, before dealing with him.

"Well, if we get technical, I was the one who had the idea, but you were the one who served it to her." Nicole said with a cocky smile.

Meanwhile Gumball was thinking ?No…...she can't be going that way…...?

Gumball put a small plea on his face so Nicole wouldn't finish her sentence but it was already too late.

"Which makes you, a murderer." There, she had said it.

Gumball had begun to remember what happened earlier today, how his mother had managed to corner him and he had no chance as to obey her, if it wasn't already too much, he was having a similar moment right now with the exact same person.

But this time, he wouldn't let her win.

"IM 13! It's easy for ??responsible?? adults to get kids like me to do what they want, so that makes me a victim and you, an awful parent."

Now it was Nicole's turn to be shocked and cornered by her own son.

There really wasn't a point she could make that would top that, and she knew that further attempts would only waste time.

She had calmed down and took a deep breath before gazing at Gumball with a look of regret.

"Listen Gumball, it doesn't matter whose fault it is, no matter what we will be ruined if someone finds out about this." Nicole spoke sternly but not in a mean way, more like a serious way.

"You and I will be sent to prison. And even when we get out things won't get any better." Gumball was hearing carefully all her words.

"I won't be able to get a job, we won't have any money to buy food and we will be black listed in the entire town."

Gumball was genuinely surprised to see that his mother didn't turn into a monster this time because he had managed to prove her wrong, but instead tried to speak with him…...well…...like a mother.

Gumball sighed one last time before he answered.

"All right, what do we do then?" Asked Gumball, agreeing into working with her so that they can get out of this situation clean.

"Well, I think its most important to bring up the obvious 1st. We have to hide the body somewhere where no one would ever look." Nicole said to her son, she paused a bit and then continued.

"One suggestion I have is to drag her body half across the town and then dump her body into A TRAIN AND MAKE IT SOMEONE ELSES PROBLE-" Nicole abruptly stopped after hearing what she was saying, having a small feeling of déjà vu. The funny thing was that Gumball was also having a small déjà vu about the same thing.

"This is pretty similar to that one time we hosted those 2 goats in our house and we made them faint and after that we didn't get the money, isn't it?" Nicole spilled the already spilled beans.

"Except this time, we killed someone and not just simply made them fade." Said Gumball as he finished the sentence for her.

Nicole gave him an amused expression.

"Anyway, you little smart butt." Nicole wanted to say something else but because she wanted to be a good example for him, and for censoring reasons, she had to use a different word.

"I suggest we try that train plan. They will find her body and assume she was murdered by someone on the train. Just like that, they will never know it was us." Nicole said as she proud fully crossed her arms and nodded to herself.

Although his mom appeared satisfied with her plan, it didn't take long for Gumball to hit her with the hard truth.

"That plan sounds overly complicated, can we try something else?"

"Yeah you are right." Nicole said while dropping her arms down in defeat, knowing herself that it wouldn't work too well."

Gumball kept thinking and in a matter of seconds, something popped into his head.

"Mom, I have an idea!" Gumball shouted.

Nicole was a little hesitant at first, but she thought that it would be worth to hear his little plan, whatever it was.

"What's on your mind?"

"So, I remember that I once saw an episode of a show that Darwin watches mostly. In that episode the main character and a friend accidentally kill a man, so they burry his body in the cemetery."

Nicole stared at Gumball for a while, trying to piece together what her son said.

"What kind of show is that? And why does Darwin of all people in the house watches it the most?"

Gumball frowned a bit after his mother asked him this.

"Err, I don't watch that show a lot, but I think Darwin likes it because it has sea creatures in it."

Nicole nodded reluctantly, and then spoke again.

"So, if I understand you correctly, you suggest we do what those 2 did in that show?" Nicole asked.

"Well, yeah. It's at least better than your idea with the train."

She gave him a quick glare but agreed soon after.

"You're right, I never believed that I would say this Gumball, but…." Nicole paused for a moment before the camera zoomed in close to her.

"Let's go burry her."

Then the camera turned to Gumball who looked a bit confused.

"Umm, mom?"

Nicole turned her head to face his gaze.

"Shouldn't we wait until it gets dark?" Asked the little cat.

Nicole formed a face of realisation.

She then chuckled sheepishly, feeling a little embarrassed that her usually abstract son would be smarter than her in this kind of situation.


"Yuck, gross!" A little voice said at the dark cemetery of Elmore.

Nicole led the way with flashlight while carrying 2 shovels and Gumball was doing the other chore, carrying the presumably lifeless body of Miss Simian.

"Mooooooom, why do I have to carry her?" Whined Gumball.

Nicole stopped in her tracks and then turned to meet his gaze.

"Well, since I'm lighting the way, and carrying the shovels, the least you can do to help your mommy is carry the corpse. And no, we can't switch places, otherwise we will be lost." Nicole finished her sentence with a grin before continuing walking forwards.

Gumball was understandably annoyed by his mom's words and actions, but at this point he couldn't do anything but obey her.

??Yeah, keep acting like you know everything mom. ?? Gumball thought in his little mind, being glad that he could at least say something against her in his little brain.

"I heard that." Nicole said in a strict tone which made Gumball freeze in his tracks.

Nicole swiftly turned around to face him and crossed her arms.

"What? I didn't say anything?" Said the little feline, being completely dumbfounded.

"But you thought of something little man." Nicole said as she stared at his soul, her shadow completely devouring him

??What the what? ?? Had she read his thoughts? That's a question Gumball had been asking himself right now.

"Bu-H-How- "

"Mommy secrets sweetheart." Nicole said softly as she turned around while giving him a small wink to go along with her triumph, and Gumball had no choice but to continue to drag the dead looking body of his teacher.

Gumball and Nicole had eventually reached the top of a sand dune, and found a nice place for the dirty work.

Nicole made sure that the ground was stable enough and after that she handed a shovel to Gumball.

"Come on, help me dig." Gumball didn't have to be told twice, he grabbed the shovel and began to dig in the sand until it was deep enough.

Not long after they began, they found a rock that blocked their way. Nicole motioned to Gumball to help her throw it and he quickly took action. Thus, they had managed to get the rock out of the way.

"Ugh…" Miss Simian groaned after finally waking up.

"Where Am I-BOOK-AGH!" the rock that the two cats had thrown had successfully hit Miss Simian right on the head, causing her to black out again.

"You heard something?" Asked Gumball while briefly stopping digging.

"Yeah, but it's just my imagination. Stop asking questions and keep digging!" Nicole answered sharply, that was enough to make Gumball continue his little work.


"Something isn't right." Remarked Nicole.

After a few minutes of digging they had managed to successfully burry Miss Simians body.

"What do you mean mom?" Said the clueless Gumball.

The camera abruptly zoomed out and showed what the issue was.

"Her head is sticking out!" Nicole half shouted.

"Sorry mom, I just thought that she might need air." Said Gumball as he walked towards Simians head and covered it with dirt.

"She won't need air at where she's going…though to be honest, I don't think she needed air to begin with." Nicole answered with harsh sarcasm as she made her way out of the cemetery.

"Shouldn't we say a few words about her?" Gumball asked as he hurriedly caught up with her.

Nicole stopped and then turned to face him.

"No Gumball, we don't have to. People who knew her should say somethings about her."

"But we are the only ones here? And no one knows what we did!"

"That's my exact point." Nicole said with pure venom in her voice before continuing walking down the path.

Gumball couldn't bare what his mother was saying, the once sweet, caring and amazing person he knew is the same as this?

No.

"I can't believe you!" Shouted Gumball towards his mom.

She turned to face his gaze, she saw how his eyes were filled with anger and she could even see some tears forming in them. It was ugly for her to say the least.

"How could you say something so horrible?" Gumball asked angerly.

Nicole sighed before answering.

"Have you forgotten how she treated you? How she treated me? And how she treated everyone in this town!? SHE WAS A HORRIBLE PERSON! SHE DOESN'T DESERVE ANY SYMPATHY WHAT SO EVER, NOT EVEN IN HER RESTING PLACE!" After Nicole had come fully out about her deep dark thoughts, she glared strictly to him warning him not to continue. But the cat boy wasn't having it.

"YOU ARENT ANY BETTER THAN SHE WAS!" Gumball practically screeched loudly his words out of his guts.

"SHHHHHHH! Keep it down! To you want someone to hear us?" Nicole told him, dismissing what he said only focusing on the volume.

"After what you said, YES! I DO WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW HOW AWful you ar…." Gumball started breathing heavily, some of his breaths coming out as sobs.

Nicole could see, no, she could feel the pain he was having, and she began to rethink all of what she said….

Gumball meanwhile, couldn't hold it any longer and violently broke into an explosion of tears, sobs and coughs.

He fell down to his knees, being unable to accept the fact that his own mother would be so heartless towards the death of person.

Nicole, slowly realizing what she exactly said, quickly fuelled herself with guilt and regret about what she said.

She should have left the cemetery already; she couldn't risk being caught by anyone while carrying a dirty shovel, but her priority now was to make her son feel better in any shape or form.

She dropped the shovel and immediately got near him to give him a warm hug, it was pretty chilly after all so that added one extra point to her attempt even though it wasn't too successful.

Gumball didn't return the hug, there was no way he would after what he heard, and Nicole couldn't blame him.

"I'm sorry sweetheart, I don't know what got in to me. I-I didn't mean all that- "

"Yes, you did." Gumball interrupted her while mumbling in her tear wet shirt.

This was just great, in the span of just 1 day, 1 stupid day, she managed to kill someone while guilt tripping her own child and made him break like that.

??What was I thinking? ?? Nicole asked herself, and most importantly how could she even attempt to tell all that Infront of her son? I'm stupid….

Eventually Gumball stopped sobbing, Nicole took it as a sign to speak.

She gently put her hands in his head and moved it so that he could face her face to face.

….

"I'm not as good a mother as I thought I was, I'm sorry I got you into all this, it's all my fault…..." Nicole finally admitted.

Gumball continued to stare with watery eyes at his mother, or as Gumball would like to think, that person with the face of his mother.

"I can accept the fact that I should be thrown in, but I can't even imagine you behind bars, my heart wouldn't take it..."

She was being honest and Gumball could actually believe her this time. He himself couldn't imagine himself behind bars, and he couldn't bare to lose all the great stuff that he had at this point, most notably his girlfriend Penny and the rest of his family. And even though he hated to admit it, deep down he didn't want his mother going in either.

He gave in and returned the hug.

"Are you telling the truth? Are you really sorry?" Gumball asked as if he was about to cry again.

"Yes Gummypuss, I'm very ashamed of what I said and I'm even more ashamed that I said such things in front of you." Nicole said as she gently wrapped her arms around his back.

"I don't want to lose you mom, a-and I don't want us to be criminals…" Spoke the sad kitty.

"Shhh, listen, you must never tell anyone about this, if you do that well be fine, ok?" Nicole spoke softly.

Gumball was about to answer but before he could, a strong illumination appeared out of nowhere and almost blinded him and his mom

"YOU ARE UNDER ARREST!" Someone called in a siren sounding voice.

The moment he heard those words Gumballs eyes widened with terror and so did Nicole's.

"MOMIDONTWANTTOGOTOJAIL!" Gumball sharply spoke whilst tiddly wrapping his arms around Nicole's waist.

"We didn't do anything! Leave us alone!" Nicole shouted defensively towards the voice.

"…Mom? Gumball?" a softer voice spoke.

The light was toned down a bit, giving Nicole and Gumball a better look at their interrogators.

To their surprise it wasn't the police, but their so beloved family standing on the road. Aka, Darwin holding a flashlight, Richard holding a mega phone and Anais who wasn't doing anything but watch the show unfold.

The two sides stared at each other dumbfounded and confused at the others present.

"What are you doing here?" Asked Nicole at the rest of her family.

"Well, it was getting late and we hadn't seen you or Gumball since noon. We got worried and decided to come looking for you."

"And why out of all the places in Elmore did you decide to check here?"

Darwin took the advantage and answered the question.

"We met Penny on the way and she said that she saw both of you rushing to get in the car while carrying a huge bag of some sorts. What was in the bag anyway?"

??WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS TO ME PENNY!???

"Umm…..." Nicole had to think of something and fast. Eventually, something clicked.

"SHOVELS! Yes! It was just the shovels we are carrying right now."

"Wait…. What are you doing in a cemetery with shovels in the 1st place?" Anais asked with pure curiosity towards her mother and brother.

Fortunately, Nicole had thought up an excuse for Anais?s question, before Anais had even asked.

"Its tradition sweety." She answered calmly.

"Whenever someone from my family reaches the age of 13, he or she has to plant a small seed to honour our ancestors!" Nicole put on a fake and nervous grin just as she put the cherry on top of the cake.

Gumball put up a fake smile like his mom in order to prove their innocents. But Anais wasn't fully convinced yet.

"Plant a seed." Anais simply said.

"Yes!" Nicole answered in enthusiasm.

"Plant a seed. In the late night, without telling us and on a cemetery?" Anais?s points were like bombs damaging a city, or rather a city and a town.

"Exactly, that's how we honour our ancestors on my family."

"How come you haven't mentioned this before?"

Now they were starting to get annoyed by Anais?s constant questions.

"There's no point bringing up something that you don't have to worry until you are older." Nicole said that last sentence rather mockingly. She was practically saying that this conversation is over and if her words weren't enough, her glare towards Anais definitely was.

??Finally. ?? She thought to herself.

"Well, whatever the reason may be one thing is clear. WE TOTTALY GOT YOU!" Darwin said while bursting out in laughter, soon Richard joined in as well and even Anais let out a snicker. Nicole started laughing along to keep her guard on and after seeing that Gumball was just looking at them nervously, she made eye contact with him and her gaze pretty much said: Laugh. Which he totally obeyed.

While the Watterson's were laughing their butts out, a sudden rain happened. That wouldn't be much of an issue if Miss Simians body hadn't sledded down from her spot in to the Wattersons direction.

"Anyway, can we go home now? Its boardgame Friday!" Richard spoke excitedly.

Gumball continued to laugh hysterically until Nicole gave him a soft push at the shoulder to make him stop.

Both Gumball and Nicole had forgotten that today was boardgame Friday, after what they had been through, they thought that they could get their minds off with some nice family time.

Richard had brought the car and the Watterson's were ready to leave the cemetery.

"Put the shovels on the trunk guys!" Richard told them.

The 2 cats went behind the car, opened the trunk and put their shovels in. Before they would meet up with the others Nicole had to calm Gumball down one last time.

"Ok, listen. We are going back home, everything is gonna be all right. But you have to keep it cool while we drive there, ok?" Nicole talked softly but with a straight face, a pretty bizarre combination if you ask me.

After Nicole finished talking, Gumball briefly looked down at his left because he had felt something touch him.

Once again, his eyes filled up with horror at what he saw.

"Can I lose my cool now?"

"What? Why?"

Gumball pointed at the road.

Stupid luck. It really wasn't their day was it? Miss Simians body was laying right in front of them.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

The 2 cats shouted at the same time, panic taking over the 2 quickly.

They had to act fast, if any of the others see what they had it would be game over.

"Quick! Leave the body at the trunk of the car, I'll keep them busy!" Nicole sharply said before picking up the body and tossing it to Gumball so that he would deal with it.

As Darwin asked why they were shouting and as Nicole was making a half-baked excuse, Gumball dealt with a pure nightmare.

His face was mere inches away from Simians. Her smell was awful, like she had ate pounds of dirt for breakfast without washing her teeth and as if she hadn't bathed in a millennia. Poor Gumball couldn't take it of course.

"Ewwww, no! Get away!"

He abruptly tossed the body in to the trunk and then he sprayed himself with a flower smelling aroma can that he conveniently had with him. Meanwhile Miss Simian had regained her consciousness but instantly lost it again after Gumball had closed the trunk with a lot of force just as she was getting up.

"All set up! There's totally nothing weird going on with the dirty shovels!" Gumball said with a nervous chuckle at the end.

Nicole sat on the driver's side while starting the engine, Richard sat next to her and the Watterson kids sat on the bag.

"Are you all ready?" Nicole asked the kids. Everyone answered with a yes except for Gumball who looked as if he saw a ghost.

"Hey Gumball? Are you ok?" Anais asked.

Fearing that Anais would get suspicious again, Nicole spoke for Gumball.

"He's just a little dizzy, that's all!"

"Don't worry sweetheart, Ill drive slowly."

She then started the car and drove off to their home's direction.

all though Nicole looked calmer than her son, she was just about as worried and horrified as he was. They were carrying their victims' body on the family car!

The last thing Nicole (And Gumball) wanted was to get the rest of the Watterson's associated with the murder they had committed.


A/N

Ooooooooooooohhhhhhhhh…...

I'm most likely making this up, but this chapter was (If I'm not mistaking) the longest piece of literature I have written so far. After a lot of careful thinking and writing I can say that this is probably my limit as a writer so far, IDK if this chapter will be long for people or not but for me, it was already long enough.

I'm not sure if the next chapter will be the last, there's a good chance that it will be a 4-part story but only time will tell.

I'm mostly happy with the fic so far, I'm already happier with it then what I am with my other stories so far.

I had to rewrite some stuff again, like including a small reference to the SpongeBob episode "Krab Borg" I wasn't originally gonna put it in but after realising how similar the plot of both the episodes were, I thought it be funny to add it in. XD

Now…about chap 3…. (Also update.)

I'm afraid that chap 3 will be delayed for a while. It doesn't have to do with personal issues or anything like that, it's something else.

There's a story that I wanted to write for a while now, a story that will probably mean a lot to me once it realises. Because I want to write the 1st 3 chaps together and then publish them at the same day, I'm afraid that I will have to put this fic on hold. And it doesn't help that each chapter of that story will be about as long as this was.

Sorry if it disappoints you but I have some good news, that news being that that story is a tawog fic! YAY!

It will be my 1st attempt at a big story, not another 3 or 5 chap story, we are going BIG!

I will be very thankful to all of you if you give it a read once it realises. :D

Ok, time to go now, I wish you all to stay safe and to have a beautiful day!

Seeya! ^^