Painful Words (Fiolee)

8. Experiment 23

The past few days had been very boring for Gumball. It had been an unusually slow month, and not once had Ice Queen tried to kidnap him. At this point the socially awkward prince was ready to drag himself to the Ice Queen. He looked over the ingredients he had collected, he was pretty proud he had gotten so much. This however didn't sooth his frazzled nerves, he knew she was out there. 

Experiment 23, the bane of his existence. Not a lot of people know about this abomination he created, and that was because he had done everything to try to erase her. Some people would beg to ask why would you even mess with life in the first place? Gumball's answer for science. Yes, 23, know as Licorice Lass by few, had just been a "fun" little project for him, until he messed it up big time.....  

~Cue Flash Back... 600 years ago~

Prince Gumball of the Candy Kingdom, was just getting back from a science convention, when he heard a terrible sound. It sounded female, so being the gentleman he was he went to help. When he arrived at the source of the sound, he was horrified to see a battered and bruised human lying on the ground.

 He rushed over to her, and he knew if he didn't do something death would be upon her. He then decided to pick her up, as she was quite light looking, and carry her back to his lab. He knew that if he mixed a little bit of candy DNA into her, she would be able to survive. He also knew if he mixed the right ingredients with it he could get a kick ass warrior. Once he got back to his castle he started to inspect the girl. 

She looked to be around age 18, and she had curly black hair, and stunning green eyes. Her skin was quite pale almost a milky color, and she appeared malnourished. Gumball let out a tsk, and quickly attached the human to life support. He started to busy himself with his notes, when he heard a weak voice. 

"Ple-ase, don't *cough*k-k-i...ll me." the girl whispered. Gumball turned, and looked at the poor girl.

 "I won't kill you, believe me I'm just trying to help you."      

The girl looked at him the her expression was fragile, broken, and emotionless. "H-ow c-c..an I-I-I tr..u-st y..ou." she said breaking out into a coughing fit. 

"I am Prince Gumball of the Candy Kingdom, and I use science to make people better, I promise you will live." 

"We...l-l am Hart Jones." she replied. 

 "That's a beautiful name, Hart." he said. Hart looked at the candy ceiling, and then moved her head to look at him. In that moment for some odd reason, she felt like she could trust him. She didn't know all the way yet, but he said he was going to help her. Plus, he was a prince like from one of those story books her mom read her. If he was a prince then she knew she could trust him. 

She heard rattling, and she saw him put a strange black serum into a needle. She instantly felt queasy, she had always hated needles. 

Gumball sensed her discomfort. "Don't worry it'll be fine, with this you will become party candy person, and you will be quite interesting ." he said slyly. 

"What do you mean?" 

He smiled, and replied "I mean that I will make you immortal like me, you are human, so if I can save you I can preserve your race."

 Her eyes lit up, if she could live she could find her family!"Alright... d-do it!" she cheered. 

He gave her a bright smile, and walked over with the needles. "This might hurt a bit, so please don't look when it is injected." Hart nodded and turned her head.

 Gumball pricked her with the needle, and she let out a soft whimper. Hart's vision instantly was filled with black dots. Pain shot up and down her spine, and she let out a scream. 

"Hey it's gonna be okay, take deep breaths Hart." Gumball said in a soothing tone.

 Tears started to stream down Hart's face, whatever he had injected into her was burning like acid. Soon she felt woozy, and she decided to shut her eyes, maybe if she slept the pain would go away.

Hart woke up a few hours later to PG's voice. 

"Hart, Hart are you okay?" She opened her eyes, and saw a him standing over her. 

She took a deep breath, and slowly started to move her aching limbs. 

"Ya ya I'm fine." she replied shakily. Gumball let out deep breath, and whipped his brow. "I'm so glad you are okay, you almost died!" 

Hart panicked. "What the hell man, you said everything would be fine!"               

"You are fine Hart, your still alive." Gumball replied. 

Hart rolled her eyes, he was right, but still she could have died! However she did feel much healthier, and a tad stronger.

 "So Hart, do you want to see the new you?" Gumball questioned.

 She nodded and slowly slid off the bed she was on. He gave her a motion to follow him, and she slowly started to walk. It was a bit hard for her as her legs were still bot used to moving. She almost slipped, but Gumball raced over and held her. He lead her to a mirror, and she looked at her reflection. 

Her hair had turned to black licorice, and her legs were speckled with black dots. She let out a sigh of relief she seemed to not have been altered to much. 

"Wow.. um thanks for saving me Gumball." she said. He patted her head. "Your welcome I have to go and attend to some meetings, as for you peppermint maid will show you around."

 Hart uttered out a thanks as he left the room. She then turned and placed a hand to her face. Was this really her, she looked like her old self, but somehow faker. While she was very grateful for the prince saving her, she had no idea why he had done it.

 I mean she was just a human, and humans were weak. She sighed, and sat on the floor in front of the mirror. She looked at herself, and slowly trailed a hand down her face, and felt hot tears flow down her cheeks. All of a sudden there was a loud knock on the door. 

She sighed "Umm.. come in." The door opened and enlarged peppermint candy wearing a dress stood in the door frame. 

"Hello Lady Licorice are you ready for a tour of the castle?"                                       

"As ready as I will ever be." she said rigidly. 

Peppermint maid gave her a big smile. "Right, lets go m'lady."

Gumabll sat in the stuffy conference room of Breakfast Prince's Kingdom. He was bored as hell, and he was honestly chomping at the bit to see how Hart was doing. She would be a perfect defense system for the Candy Kingdom.

 He had injected Hart with a serum that not only made her immortal, but resistant to most weapons. If he trained her right his kingdom would prosper, and be one of the most powerful kingdoms. He had tried to do this with some humans prior to Hart, but they all had died from the extreme pain. This time however it looked liked he found a keeper....

                                                                            ~Back to the present~

Gumball grimaced, he had been a really messed up person back then. Hart never deserved what he did to her, no one did. It was all his fault, and the way he dealt with her was very inhumane. He was the one to blame for all of the problems his kingdom faced. If only he hadn't been so power hungry, then there wouldn't be a problem. 

He could have easily made Hart better without junking her up, and then she would still be that happy little girl. Gumball gazed at the picture of her on his wall, and slowly walked away from it. One day he would bring her back to sanity. That was a promise....        

Okay so I just decided to do a flashback with Gumball. I know it's not fiolee fluff, but I needed to put in Experiment 23's backstory. I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and again I'm sorry if there is any errors! Don't forget to vote and comment~ Roslin