Chapter 9 - Defense

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Friday 3.00PM - Elmore Jr High

[Dark clouds did not help with improving the day's mood, despite there not being any rain. However, Gumball and Darwin were very excited for summer holiday and the usually occurring sunny weather. But now there's nothing that can snap them out of their nervousness, even though there's only one week of school left for them...]

Gumball: Y-you decided to come along?

[Gumball tries his best to keep the volume of his voice as low as possible, due to him not wanting anyone to possibly eavesdrop. The blue kitten and legged goldfish timidly follow their (adoptive) mother through the hallways. As students start leaving their classrooms, more individuals get surprised by the sudden appearance of the feline mother in the school again, despite still remembering the stories. Nicole doesn't even look behind or around her as she keeps taking stern steps, while the approaching students avoid her with big arcs.]

Nicole: I told you I was gonna have a talk with Principal Brown. There's no problem with me doing that once I pick you up from school, right?

Gumball: N-no, but w-what about the other kids?

Nicole: What about them?

[The three then walk past the silhouette of a tyrannosaurus and a small minotaur creature. They both give the Watterson boys sinister glares, but before either of them can take a step forward, Nicole stops dead in her tracks.]

Tina: Hey fluff face, asked your mom to help defending you?!

[Jamie bursts into laughter, but doesn't notice the tall blue feline suddenly standing in front of them as Tina's grin disappears.]

Jamie: [Chuckles] Yeah! What are you gonna do, send her aft-

Nicole: Finish that sentence, I dare you.

[Jamie drops silent as she opens her eyes again and sees a furious feline giving her a death glare. The minotaur, immediately getting desperate to defend herself, tenses her shoulders and quickly holds up a clenched fist in front of Nicole's face.]

Jamie: W-whatever you do, this fist isn't making a j-joke!

[Nicole's expression doesn't change any bit as she appears deadly frozen in her pose and slowly wraps her paw around the minotaur's wrist. She gently pulls the fist down and her narrowing eyes are the only parts of her visibly moving.]

Nicole: My sons constantly getting beaten up by you makes that clear, yeah.

Jamie: B-but-

Nicole: [With gritted teeth] Pick a fight with someone else, kiddo.

[Before Jamie can even violently release her arm or make any other possible moves, Nicole heavily tightens her paw's grip on the little culprit's wrist; very quick and harshly, until a brief crack can be heard. Jamie screams it out and feels tears flowing down her cheeks for the first time in a long while. Both Gumball and Darwin gasp in shock, Tina flees in fear, leaving her friend behind who now is stuck with a sprained wrist.]

Jamie: [While sobbing and panting] H-how could y-you do this?! Y-you're gonna g-get in so m-much trouble for t-this!

[The blue kitten and legged goldfish take a big step backwards, away from the scene as they can almost feel Nicole's raged energy radiating around her, despite her pose still seeming very passive. The tall blue feline passive-aggressively smirks and exposes her teeth while leaning a bit forward to look the minotaur in the eye.]

Nicole: Oh honey, I've already gotten into enough trouble. Now, it's your turn to run to your mommy.

[Jamie wants to frown, but cold fear runs through her veins when Nicole intimidatingly snaps her jaws closed inches away from her, biting in thin air and resulting in the minotaur to flee as well. The feline mother knocks imaginary dust off her shoulders while turning around and facing her sons with a sudden, warm smile. The two did not expect this and doubt whether they should trust it. But as soon as she gently takes them by the paw and fin while continuing their pace, they firstly feel nothing but awe.]

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