The Entity

Transition

"Ms. Jötunheim and Hector? Great idea, Dad! They should surely be able to help us. I'll immediately get there.", Carrie replied before teleporting away.

...

In the past:

It has been 4 months since Gumball and Rob arrived in the Void and the former started to get trained by Zach.

It was still tough for Gumball to get used to the new situation without any of his original family, girlfriend and most of his friends around but he mostly got used to it.

The thought that it was only a temporary setback and he had the time of returning to Elmore in his own hand through his training progress definitely gave him a small feeling of control he needed right now to not go absolutely crazy.

Right now there was another day where the two of them were sparring in the backyard.

Zach jumped at Gumball from a height with a flying kick that he rolled under. The moment he turned around though, Zach was immediately on him again with a flurry of punches and kicks.

Thanks to his heightened reflexes after months of training, Gumball was able to react and block every attack though. Something he couldn't have done before.

Eventually, Gumball struck back with a kick of his own, but Zach caught it in his paw and used it to lift Gumball up and throw him down, face first.

Before impact though, Gumball was able to land on his hands and put enough weight on them to stop his face from hitting the ground. While spinning around on them, he used his other leg to kick himself free from Zach's grip before getting up and throwing some dirt in his face that he grabbed as one of his hands was on the ground.

Zach got momentarily stunned by this and couldn't react in time as Gumball executed a sweep kick that tripped Zach's legs and sent him to the ground.

After removing the last bit of dirt from his face, Zach's eyes were able to see enough again to look up at Gumball grinning down on him smugly.

"Oh yeah. Looks like I just beat you. Guess I'm on a pretty good way to fulfill my potential and return to Elmore soon."

Zach shot him an unamused look while getting back up on his feet.

"You improved quite a bit, Zach can't deny that. But you're far from ready to make your way back to Elmore and fight the Void."

"Dude, I just won against you. What else do I have to do to prove that I'm ready?", Gumball groaned.

"Hmm, maybe it's time we get to the main training then now that you're somewhat competent at the basics.", Zach smirked.

"The main training?", Gumball wondered, thinking that's what they've been doing all this time.

"What happened until now was simply a warm-up. Sharpening your endurance and reflexes so you can handle the tough part. Being skilled enough to handle yourself in a fight is cool, but that can only make up for so much. Even the best martial artist in the world is hopeless if the opponent is simply too strong and fast for them.", said Zach before suddenly disappearing from sight.

"What the wh-", Gumball reacted before suddenly getting hit on the head from behind.

"Ow! Hey!", he said while turning around to see Zach grinning at him.

"What's wrong? Want some payback? Then come at Zach, bro.", he taunted.

Gumball did as he was told and moved forward to punch Zach but at the last moment, he disappeared again only for Gumball to get hit from behind once more.