TAWOG: Instinct

The Gun

The Gun

The first thing Penny and Gumball did upon returning to Elmore was head to the warehouse where the pest controller conducts business. Penny had managed to infiltrate the place, having shifted to her mouse form (somehow managing to pull the transformation off, despite her usual lack of control over her abilities) and was currently at work plundering boxes containing tranquilizer darts. She had remembered that, during the incident she was coming to terms with the real her, Gumball's mom had intercepted a dart meant for her and had been deeply affected by the contents, despite only getting hit with what consisted of slightly more than a glancing blow. It was Penny's hope that the darts would be equally effective on Gumball when he transforms, especially if she managed to hit a more vital spot than the palm of his hand.

Sure, stealing is wrong, but desperate times call for desperate measures.

After collecting as many small boxes of darts as she could Penny next set about finding the tranq gun, which, miraculously enough, Gumball had managed to spot through a window whilst he patrolled the perimeter on the lookout for any bystanders that might inadvertently witness their actions. Retrieving it proved to be tricky however, for the pest controller was currently occupying the room housing the tranq gun, which also seemed to double as his living space. There was a TV, a couch, and a small area that seemed to function as an improvised kitchen. The tranq gun currently sat on a table opposite the room, Mouse-Penny casually tiptoeing towards it.

It was a mere stroke of luck that the pest controller (several of his arms in slings, no doubt from the helicopter crash) currently had his back to her as he sat on his couch, focused solely on his TV. It was a little tricky with her diminutive size, but Penny managed to get to the tranq gun by stampering on top of a chair near the table and gradually lifting it onto her small shoulders. She staggered slightly but managed to stabilize her stance, grinning victoriously as she looked out a nearby window, where Gumball had been watching her progress, congratulating her with a thumbs up.

“Heeheehee!”

The light chuckling brought Penny's attention to the pest controller, Gumball following her gaze from outside, curious about what she was looking at,  both seeing what the pest controller was currently watching. On the TV screen a cockroach was caught in a spider's web and was being wrapped up in webbing by said spider; a black widow, to be precise.

“Heeheehee!” the pest controller chuckled lightly again, obviously taking great delight in the foreboding scene.

Penny and Gumball exchanged looks of unease before directing the same look at the disturbing scenario, then Penny decided to hightail it out of there with their prize.

Their next stop was the Elmore Wrecking Yard. 

They had the tranq gun, which hopefully could subdue the abyssalis cat, but Penny had concluded that it would be a bad idea for Gumball to just up announce his return, for afterwards there would be a lot to deal with, like police reports and hospital visits, and if Gumball were to change during any of that it could be disastrous, especially after that first incident at Elmore Mall. If anyone were to learn Gumball was the thing that had caused such destruction it could really get him in trouble, so they'd both decided Gumball should lay low for the time being, and since Tina and her father weren't currently occupying the wrecking yard; for obvious reasons, they'd deduced it was the perfect spot for Gumball to take refuge until the matter is resolved.

Though how it could be resolved they didn't know.

“So, Penny, I've been meaning to ask,” said Gumball, him and Penny walking side by side as they made their way to the wrecking yard, Penny holding onto the tranq gun, the darts in a backpack on her back. “How did you find out I didn't do it?”