“Hello, my name is Celia Ballington… and I am a gum ball. But I am not any gum ball; I was 2 when I fell out of the gumball dispenser onto the floor. However, I was caught in a bucket of toxic left under the dispenser because they hired people to clean the mall; there was a strange toxic disease in the pipes, but it made me immortal.”
CELIA
Hello, my name is Celia Ballington… and I am a gum ball. But I am not any gum ball; I was 2 when I fell out of the gumball dispenser onto the floor. However, I was caught in a bucket of toxic left under the dispenser because they hired people to clean the mall; there was a strange toxic disease in the pipes, but it made me immortal.
Scene 1
Present Day, 10 years Later in the Dispenser
CAMERON
Come on, help me push Connor to the door!
CELIA
Wait, what? He’s going to be stepped on out there!
CONNOR
(waking up)
What’s going on?
CAMERON
(pushing Connor out the door)
Uhh… nothing… have a good trip!
CONNOR
(falling)
I thought I was awake!
CELIA
Why did you do that, aren’t you my best friend?
CAMERON
Ooh, good idea! Wanna be my partner in crime?
CELIA
No way—
CAMERON
Oh well, down you go then.
CELIA starts also falling. She blows frantically, stretching to make a bubblegum parachute, and catches CONNER. As they float down, a baby nearby stares at them and grabs them.
They are squished between its grasp and they head to the baby’s house.
Scene 2
An Hour Later, at the House, During Lunchtime
CONNER and CELIA roll toward the bed to hide from the mom when she picks the baby, DARWIN, up for lunch. They then decide to explore the baby’s room.
CELIA rolls up the crib, and CONNER sneakily pushes her down to land on a xylophone and rolls under the next door, leaving CELIA to be seen as MOM rushes in.
MOM
I bet it’s that rat!
The baby grabs CELIA and drools over her.
CELIA
Gross!
CELIA rolls away before DARWIN can wipe her on the wall.
CONNER
Help, I’m stuck!
There was a puddle of water on the bathroom floor and CONNER got sticky and stuck to the floor. CELIA now leaves CONNER behind as she rolls out the door, around the block to be stepped on by TEENAGER.
TEENAGER
Ew dude, I got some gum on my cool new sneakers.
TEENAGER throws CELIA into the trash, along with the shoe. She slowly crawls into the shoe and fall asleep.
Scene 3
The Next Morning, Before Sunrise
CELIA is woken up by a chitter.
CELIA
Ugh, I bet it’s just Cameron teasing me for being a scaredy-ball for being scared of Conner falling out.
Instead, she wakes up to see the face of a rat. CELIA attempts to roll out of a rusty hole in the trash, but she isn’t dry, and instead patches it up. After a while, the trash and the bin are lifted up into a dump truck.
CELIA
Conner, I’m flying! Oh, yeah he’s not here.
The rat responds, chittering happily to CELIA’s surprise.
CELIA
I must be hallucinating.
CONNER
(the rat)
You know, I am not just a rat. I was crawling through the sewers when I found some green goo. I was incredibly thirsty, so I drank it. Now I can talk!
They become friends, and sneak into restaurants, schools, and factories, picking up knowledge and resources.
Scene 4
Two Years Later
Ring! Ring!
Celia
(in the tissue hut)
Who could it be?
(she forgets she has her Chew5 Phone)
The contacts said it was Cameron?!
CONNER THE RAT
Answer it.
CAMERON
(over the phone)
Hey… Celia?
CELIA
(berry annoyed)
Yeah, I’m still alive, in a home, with a best friend, doing better than I had been with you.
CAMERON
Look, I’m in chew-vie, and I got to phone someone. I’m sorry I didn’t listen to you.
CELIA
(hanging up)
Nice try, but I don’t want to see your round face again.
CONNER THE RAT
Don’t you have a round face, too?
CELIA
I said it from the top of my head, okay?
Scene 5
Two Years Later
CONNER THE RAT
Hello, my name is Conner and I am a rat.
MAN 1
(chuckling)
Is this some kind of joke?
CELIA
No. My name is Celia and I am a gumball.
MAN 2
So, you scheduled a meeting.
CELIA
Yes, we are the owners of Big Toxi Curing Co.
MAN 1
Oh, I’m so sorry. Hey, do you need us?
CONNER THE RAT
We were looking for testers for our medicine, but you seem to be a good one.
MAN 1
(drinking green liquid)
No, no, I only have the symptoms.
Everyone stares at him as MAN 1 then throws up black vomit under the table in a casual way, and then comes back to the meeting like nothing happened.
Scene 6
At the Lab
CONNER THE RAT:
Darwin, this is Steve.
(points to MAN 1)
Steve, this is Darwin, one of our best scientists.
DARWIN
Pleasure to meet you, come hop into this tub.
Steve
(walking in)
Ooh, a hot tub?
DARWIN closes the clear curtains, and they observe as a pink fluid sprays him.
STEVE
Cherry flavor!
STEVE’S skin turns vibrant again and he unswells.
STEVE
I feel like a new man. So am I famous now for being the first person cured? Am I super strong, or super fast?
DARWIN/CELIA/CONNER THE RAT
That will be two hundred fifty bucks.
The world is saved and our main character, CELIA, lives happily ever after forever because she is immortal… and what is a story without a happy ending?
The End.
About Conner the gum ball, he was Darwin’s pet until Darwin started working for Celia and Conner the rat, he decided to bring Conner the gum ball to the company as a tester, and Celia still had no mercy on him.
Cameron stayed in chew-vie and then in gum ball adults’ jail for the rest of her sticky life, contemplating how her phone call trick with Celia didn’t work, and just being evil.
Wait, But Before You Go, Read the Bubblegum Glossary:
Scaredy-ball: Basically scaredy-cat but when talking about gumballs
Bubblegum Parachute: Just bubbles you blow with bubblegum, but what bubblegum uses them for
Chew5: iPhone type, like iPhone 12, but when talking about gumball products
Berry: Very
Chew-vie: Juvie
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