AN: I do not own Gumball or Batman so you can't sue me. There is another Gumball/Batman crossover and this inspired me to write this one. Here Gumball doesn`t have Anais or his mother to help him so he has to rough it up on his own for a while and it will have better results than in 'The Hero' or 'The Forest'. Here he sacrifices himself to save others and is suddenly thrust into another completely unknown place so he will act slightly OOC.

Chapter 1: Reality Leaves.

"WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?!" Gumball Watterson screeched out as the black hole caused suction increased even more causing the present Elmore citizens to cry out in fear as they held on anything to avoid being sucked in.

But out of all of those voices a particular cry of terror made Gumball look towards the hole only for his eyes to widen in horror at what they saw.

Penny, his girlfriend was shape shifting and trying to hold on for dear life but every form she used so far failed to get a strong enough grip. She was currently taking the form of an octopus but her grip slipped and she started plummeting towards the hole shifting in her real self.

"PENNY!" Gumball yelled…..

…. …. …. …. ….

The day had started nice and boring. The Watterson family was all at the school where the students were arranged to meet for their field trip. The school had somehow managed to procure a trip to Elmore Science Research Centre for the students and several teachers and parents who were acting as chaperones.

It was safe to say the kids were not very thrilled they were going to a fancy science lab, even less those whose parents were tagging along.

The present parent chaperones, apart from school faculty ones were Richard and Nicole Watterson, biological parents to Anais and Gumball Watterson and 'foster parents' to Darwin Raglan Caspian Ahab Poseidon Nicodemius Watterson III.

And 'Foster parents' because Darwin used to be a pet fish that grew legs. And yet they loved him as their own son.

The youngest Anais was a genius child who despite being only four years old was already in Junior High and could most likely understand high school of not college level lectures. She took her looks after her father and was an adorable female rabbit with cotton candy pink fur.

Darwin was the second oldest at 10 and was an enthusiastic fellow who almost always saw the bright side of things and was extremely loyal to his best friend and brother Gumball.

And speaking of Gumball he is the eldest child of the three at 12 years of age. He takes after his mother in looks but has a carefree attitude resembling his father.

Jackie Wilson was also one of the chaperones. She is the proud mother of two children a boy and a girl with her husband Harold.

Rachel Wilson is a young girl and older sister and usually hides her insecurities with yelling.

Tobias Wilson on the other hand is a young boy about Gumballs age, he is sometimes very smug and interested in sports with overbearing self confidence.

And the last parent chaperone was Patrick Fitzgerald the father of Penny and her sister. He is the owner of Fitzgerald Co. a construction company and was protective of his daughter until Gumball showed him that he loved Penny despite her being a shape shifter.

The kids and adults were all waiting in front of ESRC front doors for their designated tour guide when a lizard looking man exited the doors and smiled at the crowd before speaking.

"Welcome to ESRC!" He had a bit of southern twang in his accent which made him more likeable to the kids along with his sunny disposition.

"I`m Prof. Gator. Nice ta meet`cha y`all." He even gave a flamboyant bow making the children laugh. The girls giggled while the boys snickered at his attitude, their spirits slightly lifting from the boredom they were in.

"Now if y`all would follow me we will officially begin the tour and hopefully inspire some bright minds to be scientists. Who here wants ta be a scientist?" he asked and the only one to actually raise their hand, quite optimistically was Anais.

That made the reptilian looking professor chuckle.

"Well there`ll be more when we finish this tour. I promise ya that. Now we better get 'a move on." He opened the door and motioned for them to enter. Children were first, then adults and when everyone was inside he closed the door as he entered behind them.

The lobby was impressive to say the least. It was a circle shaped room and in the middle of it was a large model of the Solar system with all its planets and moons, quite detailed.

The floor was a pristine white polished to perfection, making the kids see their reflections in it.

The followed after gator to a substantially long hallway with glass cases lined up on both sides with gadgets mannequins and pictures.

"This here is the Hall of Fame and History. It`s where our most famous inventions through the ages of the ESRC are stored to be shown to all visitors. We have since the first days of the Centre to the latest ones in use." Gator said as he started walking down the hall.

"Now to fully grasp the tour you first have to know the history behind it. It all began in the 1950`s with a young girl named Elizabeth Hart. She was an avid lover of music, but in that time we used record players to listen to music that were incredibly heavy and could weigh up to 10 pounds. She loved music so much she invented a Mini Missy Portable Gramophone with mini records too. That soon became the years top selling item and teens everywhere wanted a portable music player. She started off the beginning of MP players." He said making some of the kids go 'ooh'.

"Since then the ESRC has been growing and growing. Some of our most famous inventions are…." He said before pointing at the cases where said inventions were proudly displayed along with a list of general information and a picture of the invention being used.

"Skate Shoes. Footwear with retractable wheels on them for teens who could not afford or were not comfortable with skates. It was a substantially popular item for about a decade when the much cheaper companies started producing rip off and it soon was taken out of the market."

A mannequin was dressed as a girl in the fifties and was wearing said skates while a couple laughing and skating was shown on a picture nearby.

"Flexy Cloth. Far lesser popularity, probably since there were not much benefits from it except it was elastically and really hard to tear."

The mannequin for this looked as if it belonged in a dress shop….. from the sixties. A girl was laughing as she stretched her sweater in a picture nearby.

"The only reason it was popular was due the hippy subculture in the sixties." Gator said as he approached another glass case.

"The shades. Sunglasses that doubled as binoculars. They had a state of the art during that period technology. Vastly enjoyed in the seventies."

A lady leaning on a surface with one hand a winking at the camera over the shades she wore. Instead of a mannequin there was a small pedestal where a pair of sunglasses sat. So polished, without a speck of dust on them, looking brand new.

"And a favorite for all teen during the eighties. The Game Max slash Dance Master slash walkie talkie in one wrist watch. Easy to dance with and fun to be around. But you had to carry chips which had about a two minute long song on each of them. So you needed a pouch for all those chips."

Like the last one this didn't have a mannequin but the picture showed a girl dancing to music.

"Also the Jelly Spray was quite popular for those who wanted to do their own graffiti coat or Jelly jewelry." There was a spray canister displayed with a few pictures.

One had a boy spraying the back of his denim jacket with a predesigned pattern. The other a girl stretching a strand of Hardened plastic Gelatin and braiding it into a necklace.

"The Gook was popular as well in the nineties. It had a goo like structure which would be easy to glue back together. It was easy to clean it and especially the one that glowed in the dark."

Again a picture of kids playing with a gooey structure of some kind.

"And in the new millennium we invented the Tech Pack. A back pack with a built in computer. Not very popular due to its price but easily one of our best inventions."

The back pack was a dark blue and looked quite normal.

"And the final product to be placed here two years ago. The Watt Gloves. Created for electricians and protected the hands by absorbing it and storing it until it could be transferred to electricity using appliances. My personal favorites." He said as they reached the end of the hallways.

Before they continued forward Gator stopped the children and said.

"Now for this next part y`all need to look like scientist. So if you go down that door o`er there…"he pointed at a door.

"You`ll get lab coats and safety goggles which you can keep once the tour is over."

The kids cheered and charged down the door, eager to get at least some excitement.

The adults stayed outside before Gator spoke.

"Adults too I'm afraid." The adults followed after and only Gumball was left outside.

Gator looked at him, the kid looked fairly bored.

"Ya don`t want a lab coat son?" he asked since the twelve year old still stood there with crossed arms.

"Nah watching is boring for me. I`ll just wait for them to come back here." The blue cat said leaning back against the wall.

Gator chuckled, the kid was stubborn. It reminded him of himself when he was at that age.

"Tell ya what. Since you don`t wanna just watch, how would you like to test out some safe inventions?" he asked chuckling when the boys ears perked up.

"Really?" Gumball asked, getting excited of doing something other than watching.

"Sure. Heck I'll even make ya my assistant for the day." He said then offered his hand to the kid.

"What do ya say..uh what`s your name now?" he asked, feeling awkward he didn't know the name of his temporary assistant.

"I`d love to sir. And it`s Gumball Watterson, sir." The kid said, giving a tiny smile that made his canines show.

"Well come on Gumball. Since you volunteered to test a few gadgets let go through this room where the ones for the presentation were prepared." And he led Gumball to a room.

It was definitely science looking with a metal table and machines and on the metal table a nicely folded bundle of clothes were waiting for him.

There were a pair of dark colored jeans, a black t shirt and a dark blue hoody.

Touching the fabric which was soft and stretchy Gumball asked.

"Hey isn`t this that Flexy Cloth you showed?" he asked making Gator smile.

"Ah so he did listen." He noted making Gumball blush.

"Yes, we scientists tent to try to perfect things even if it has been a while since those thing exist. That's why you see newer and better. It`s natural to want to better and improve. In fact all those inventions have been improved."

Gator motion to the clothes Gumball was now wearing.

"WE have come so far that the clothes can act as natural heather without any short wiring."

He placed a pair of black and blue sneakers.

"There can have wheels, rockets and stick to any and every surface. Perfect for climbers." He said as Gumball laced up the sneakers which reached a few inches above his ankles.

A pair of sunglasses were next.

"Not only zooming in and out. They have heat, night and x-ray vision with them and can be combined."

Gumball placed the shades in his pocket.

A wrist watch with a sci-fi look.

"Now a communication devise along with a scan and analyzer. Removed the music and games."

Gumball strapped the watch to his wrist.

A canister of green looking goo.

"A good batch of glow on the dark Gook, for a light show."Gator said smirking.

Gumball mirrored that smirk as he pit the container in his pocket as well.

And finally a backpack was placed on the table. Gumball knew what it was, he was just so surprised it was so small and normal looking

"is that really a computer?" he asked.

"It`s an AI. Artificial intelligence. It has a tiny antenna which doubles as a projector and it`s voice commanded."

Finally he too something that looked like a metal collar.

"That's the Cloak Master 5000. I will give it to you to put it on in front of the crows so ya really knock their socks off." Gator said making Gumball nod.

The two of them exited where the class and chaperones were already waiting for them.

"And now ladies and gentlemen a volunteer has agreed to assist me, can you applaud for Gumball Watterson." He said as Gumball joined him.

"Don`t worry all the inventions we are going to show you are one hundred percent safe!" Gator guaranteed seeing the worry on the faces of adults.

"Now let's begin." Gator said pressing a button and they entered a room with many scientists in white lab coats working on various projects.

There Gumball demonstrated the shoes by walking up the wall and on the ceiling, the shades by zooming on a picture, using night, heat and x-ray vision. He finally got to the part Prof. Gator would show the Cloak Master 5000."

"This is our latest invention. The Cloak Master 5000." The Professor said showing the metal collar to the audience. Turning to gumball he asked.

"Gumball if you please." He said handing him the chocker which Gumball strapped to his neck and waited. Finally Gator spoke.

"Pallet change Black." He spoke and suddenly the blue in Gumballs fur turned pitch black.

At the gasp of the crowd Gator explained.

"The collar scans it`s wearer and then places a holographic shield over them changing the desired element. It can even do this." He turned towards the twelve year old and said.

"Hide ears." And then Gumball`s ears just disappeared.

"It can also hide any feature. Now kids you can go around the room and look around as long as you don`t touch anything and don`t bother the people who are working."

The kids cheered before they scattered.

Tobias had wandered over to a table where two pole looking objects were on opposite sides of the table. They were connected by a stream of dark energy and in the middle of it was a noticeable black dot.

"He mister, what is that?" he asked the man who was scribbling something on a clip board and carefully pressing buttons on a control panel.

"We are trying to create a way to control a black hole and so far it`s working." He said but for Tobias that was as if someone was talking in Greek to him.

"Uh huh." He said pretending to look interested before leaving.

But what neither Tobias nor the scientist noticed was another man in white lab coat with his nose in data files who tripped over Tobias and into the man working at the table stabilizing the black hole causing a few buttons to be pressed randomly.

That in turn caused to stabilizing process to short circuit and the hole to start to rapidly grow.

"EVERYONE GRAB ONTO SOMETHING!" the scientist said as the hole grew and grew.

The kids shriek and grabbed at what they could reach.

…. …. …. …. ….

And that's where we are now.

"PENNY!" gumball cried out. The girl in question managed to grab on to another table but you could see her grip was weak.

"What should we do?!" he asked the man working on the black hole.

"You need to throw a solid object with a big enough electrical charge to cancel it since it`s made of antimatter!" the man said.

"The Watt Gloves! Gumball use the Watt Gloves!"Anais shouted.

"Got it." Gumball said as he activated the rockets on his shoes and zoomed to get the Watt Gloves who were already charged with powers.

As soon as the gloves were on his hands he flew towards the hole. The plan was simple. Activate the gloves and shove them in the hole while flying away but that all changed when he heard Penny shriek in fear as she kept slipping again.

Not thinking he shot towards her and pulled her away from the hole and towards her father.

Patrick looked at the kid who he used to think was a trouble maker.

"Thank you. "He said.

Gumball nodded before flying back towards the hole to throw the gloves.

But just when he came within reach the shoes started to splutter.

"What is going on?!"He asked looking at Professor Gator whose eyes had widened in fear.

"They are losing fuel! You have to shut the off or you won`t have enough to get out!" he said which made the rest of the Watterson Family cry out in fear and outrage.

"What?!" that was Nicole who was not believing her ears.

"No! Gumball!" Anais said eyes tearing up for her oldest brother.

"Gumball stop it!"Darwin yelled, hoping his brother would listen.

"Soooon!"Richard cried out with tears in his eyes as well.

"You can`t do that Gumball! You might die!" Penny said as she held on to her father.

Gumball looked at the people begging him not to. If he didn`t do this, all of them might die. Even though he was usually cowardly he knew it would be better one life instead of who knows how many if the hole kept spreading.

"I`m sorry!" He cried out making his family's hearts sink at those words.

"You need to be safe first. I love you take care." He said just at the last splutter came from the boots and he flew towards the hole.

The Watt gloves glowing with electricity as he slammed his arms in the hole causing a blinding glow to surround the room.

When the glow faded the suction stopped and all the people plummeted to the ground.

Nicole was the first one up.

"Gumball?! Gumball! GUMBALL!" She said looking around, but there was no sign of her blue furred son.

The only thing there was a glove, tattered and charred.

Nicole gingerly picked the glove up as her breathing chocked and she started to sob as she pressed her face into the glove.

Feeling a hand on her shoulder she turned to see her husband Richard who was silently crying as well. Unlike all the time he was known for crying out loud, this time he didn't say a word. He only hugged his wife in a tight grip as tears trailed down his cheeks.

An already sobbing Darwin and Anais joined them soon after and the family grieved together for the loss of their family member.

Penny buried her head in her father's chest currently in the shape of a rabbit.

Any other who watched this display cast their eyes down form a moment of silence as respect to the young man who had saved them all.

A hero to whom they would always be thank full.

…. …. …. …. ….

Meanwhile in a dark alleyway in a huge city a small figure which was until now unmoving groaned and stood up.

"What hit me?" a kid who had light blue hair and whisker marks on his cheeks.

But that`s not what was peculiar about this boy. No, what was strange about him was that he had distinctive feline look to himself.

He had a pair of blue cat ears atop his head which blended in with his hair.

And a slim blue tail that protruded from between his pants and shirt.

"Ugh I feel like I`ve been sucked in through a vacuum cleaner and then spit out." He said before his memories of what happened returned and he jerked up.

"Sucked in?! The hole!" he shouted as he looked around.

"Wh…where am I?" he looked around and nothing seemed familiar and then looked at his hands only to freeze as he took in the five fingers on each hand.

"Why do I have five fingers?!" he asked in panic before remembering the Cloak Master 5000.

"Cloak Master…..turn off." He uncertainly spoke and waited the device to turn off but was met with nothing.

"Cloak turn off!" He said a bit louder, hoping that his voice wasn`t loud enough to be heard. But yet again he was met with nothing.

"CLOAK TURN OFF!"He shouted at the top of his lungs in hysterical desperation and he got no reaction what so ever.

He started to rock himself.

"Maybe…maybe it`s busted. Jammed or something. Yea that's it. "He muttered before stopping completely and approaching a nearby puddle to peek in.

Looking at this reflection, he saw a scrawny human kid with blue hair and cat ears while no human ears in sight. His eyes were also noticeably green instead of black like usual.

He looked at his tail and it was quite longer than he remembered.

Looking at his reflection hoping it would blink at him to pro that is not him he sees.

He reaches for his head and the kid in the pond does as well. He touches the tips of his ears and the kid is imitating it. Finally he decided to test if the collar is broken. So quietly he can barely hear the words he whispers.

"Palette change hair black." And right before him the boy in the ponds hair bleeds black.

Letting out a screech of rage he swipes at his now confirmed reflection angrily, only succeeding at agitating the water surface. Nothing more.

"Okay so I turned half human. Mom is going to …." And he freezes once again. Suddenly swiveling around him looks around the dark alleyway.

"Mom? Dad?! Anybody!" he shouts but the only things he hears back are his echoes through the deserted streets.

"Somebody! Anais? Darwin?!" Now he`s starting to panic and then reality crashes down on him.

He. Is. Alone. He is alone somewhere, he doesn't know where without anyone he knows and not even looking like himself anymore.

The first tear falls. Then the second one. And pretty soon twin streams of tears start leaking from his eyes down his face and dripping into the puddle he swiped at.

No one is there with him. No one helps him. He is left alone. A single skinny black haired kid crying in an alleyway.

Reality leaves him alone, in a strange of which he is sure is not home, or anywhere near home at least. It leaves him crying his heart out to the world and no one is bothering to watch.

I leaves him feeling cold.

AN: So what did you think? Don't worry he won`t die! He is just currently being hit by the reality of the situation. I did this on a whim for kicks since I read the other Gumball/Batman crossover and it left me wanting something since the idea was already growing like a weed in my brain.

So if you like it read and review. If you don't &%$# you!

Just kidding! ;P

Just review, even if you don`t like it.

And do visit my other stories and give your opinion. I would much appreciate that.

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