Finn opened his eyes and yawned, stretching out and sitting up slowly in his bunk bed. He and Jake had claimed the one in the corner, Finn the top and Jake the bottom. He looked around the room and sighed as his eyes adjusted to the light, revealing absolute chaos.
Marshall Lee had his arms around Ice King, his fist clenched around the old man's messy white beard. Flame Prince was on the ground, rubbing a frozen cheek and threatening to burn the man alive. Prince Gumball hung from his top bunk upside down, arms crossed and eyes closed as he complained about how irritating his roommates were and why couldn't he sleep in for one day?
"Figures you'd want somethin' like that, you spoiled little sugar queen." Marshall growled at the pink haired eighteen-year-old. Gumball shook his head and clicked his tongue. "What petty insults."
"LET ME GO, OR I'LL-" the Ice King cried, but Flame Prince cut him off.
"Or you'll what, old man?"
This caused the King to scream in frustration.
Finn swung his legs over the side rail and dropped to the ground, landing with a thud. Gumball opened his eyes and smiled. "Finally, somebody with SOME sort of sanity." He said. Finn yawned once more and slumped over. He dragged his feet across the floor as he made his way to the washroom.
When he opened the door he saw Jake at the sink, washing what looked like bubble gum out of his fur.
"Mornin', bro." He mumbled as he made his way to the sink. Jake looked to him and frowned. "Mornin'." He grumbled. Finn turned on the faucet and splashed water in his face to wake himself up.
"What happened?"
"Marshall Lee head butted me and Gumball together and my gorgeous mane got all donked up." He said, his word slurring together in annoyance. Finn laughed and shook out his shaggy blonde hair, drying his face off with a paper towel.
"Have fun then. I'm gonna go get dressed," he replied, strolling out of the restroom. When he made it to the hallway, he collided with someone head on.
"Agh... watch it, dude..." Fiona said, sitting up slowly and rubbing her head. Her long golden hair was messy, but still looked somewhat tamed. Her big blue eyes squinted, as she seemed almost as exhausted as Finn was not a minute ago.
He stood and held out his hand. She took it and he pulled her up off the ground. "Morning, Fi." He said. She nodded and gave a small half-hearted smile. "Yeah... morning."
"Tired?"
"Ice Queen kept us up all night with her magic hubbub..."
Finn chuckled. "With us it was Marshal Lee. He kept kicking at Gumball's bunk and waking all of us up."
Now it was Fiona's turn to laugh. "That sounds like him."
"Yeah."
She swiped her hair out of her eyes lazily and pushed open the door to the girls bathroom. "Well, I'll see you at breakfast then?" She said with a tired smile over her shoulder. He nodded. "Yup. See ya."
He sighed and glanced towards the open door of the girls dorm, where a similarscene was taking place. Princess Bubblegum was holding back Marceline, who looked like she wanted to rip the Ice Queen's head off and throw it in Flame Princess's hair.
He sighed. Maybe sharing bunks wasn't such a good idea.
After everyone was dressed and wide awake, the two bunks headed for the cafeteria.
Finn sat between Jake and Bubblegum, across from Marshall Lee, Fiona and Cake. Beside Bubblegum was Marceline, then Flame Princess, with Gumball and Fire Prince sitting on the other end.
"So what is this all about, anyway?" Marshall wondered aloud, leaning his chin against his hand. Bubblegum flattened out the skirt of her dress and sighed. "I think I may have an idea. But I was sworn to secrecy."
"By who?" Finn asked.
"By three of the most powerful beings in all of Ooo, and Aaa. Powerful enough to combine the two worlds and bring all of us together." She said in a whisper. This information was obviously not supposed to be shared.
"That's why there's a girl version of me..." Marshall trailed off, attracting the attention of Marceline, who hissed in a playful manner and smirked.
"Heh, I'm pretty hot as a chick..." He said with a smile. Fiona elbowed him in the gut and smiled at Bubblegum, signaling for her to go on.
"Anyway, all I can tell you is that it's bad. And really important." She said. Just as she finished, a female voice rang out over the chattering crowd.
"Ehem. Attention?" It said. Everyone turned toward the small stage in the front, where a girl (no older than 16) stood, holding a splatter-painted megaphone to match her rainbow hair. No, seriously, like her hair was a rainbow. So were her leggings, though she wore a greenish-blue sweatshirt and mismatched socks (one pink, the other green). Her skin was a faint shade of sky blue and she had big pink eyes. Despite her... erm, colorful... Appearance she had a very serious aura about her. Like in a "disobey and you die" kind of way.
"That's one of them now, actually." The princess whispered to Finn, who nodded and stared at the girl. She didn't look that dangerous...
"Alright fools, listen up. I bet you're all wondering why you're here," she said into the megaphone. More than a few heads bobbed up and down as a wave of mumbles echoed through the crowd.
"For now, that information is classified. But what I can tell you is that it ain't pretty. I've been made aware of some peeps' sitchiations, so I'll keep this simple. If any of y'all think you can fight, then stay here. Anybody else can return to their dorms. And I don't mean throwing a couple punches, I mean anybody who's experienced with combat." The room emptied out excepting the table Finn and the others were sitting at, plus the Ice King and Queen, who had been sitting at a table by themselves.
The girl waved all of them over, sitting them at the table closest to the front. She sat down on the edge of the stage and set the megaphone down next to her.
"If I call your name, stand up." She said. She pulled out a small white piece of paper.
"The Queen of Frost, Princess of Flame, and Miss Vampire Queen along with their male counterparts." The six of them stood, wondering what it was they were to do.
"If you want, you may leave."
The mood suddenly dropped to a dark, eerie tone.
"Why? Did we do something wrong?" Ice King asked, afraid he's have to leave his beloved Fiona. The girl shook her head.
"Nope. But as of now, you're all with the good guys." She began. No one said anything.
"The Lich has returned. All the citizens of Ooo and Aaa have been gathered here because we need to form some sort of plan to counter his attacks. Meaning, we're going against the bad guys. I understand that you six consider yourselves to be evil?"
"I don't! My dad keeps trying to make me be evil, but I swear I'm not! I'm staying." Flame Princess exclaimed stubbornly, crossing her arms and sitting back down. Fire Prince nodded in agreement and plopped down beside her. "Same," he said.
The girl nodded. "Good. We'll need you two." She turned toward the other four expectantly.
Marshall and Marceline exchanged glances, then nodded as if some sort of secret exchange had been made.
"I'm with you guys. I couldn't just leave Bonnie here by herself," Marceline said, shooting a smirk at Bubblegum. The two of them sat down.
"We're not goin' anywhere either!" Ice King said, hands on hips. The Queen smiled. "Yeah, I couldn't possibly leave my Finn..." She looked longingly towards Finn, who shivered and looked the other direction.
"Alrighty then. That settles that. My name's Cam. I'll be in charge of y'all from now on. You got questions, you ask me." Cam said, jabbing her own thumb towards her chest with a smile.
"Now I need the following to stand up as well..." She pulled another list out of her pocket.
"Bubblegum, Gumball, and both of you fire peeps again." She said. The four stood. She then pointed to the corner.
"You're all useless. Go sit in the Corner of Shame." She said harshly. The four all exclaimed at once, "Whaaaa?"
"The Lich has all of the Fire Kingdom on his side. You two will be useless against your own kind. Flame cannot beat flame, only water can do that. Is that how that saying goes...?" She mumbled, finger to her chin.
"Well what about us?!" Gumball exclaimed.
"You two would be useless either way. We can't rely on your fighting skills..."
"I can fight! I don't know about him, but I've been through plenty!" The princess defended herself.
Cam frowned. "... But we can rely on your intellect. Jeez, can't even finish a sentence around here." She said.
"You four need to team up. You are now officially this team's weapons managers. Your job will be to create advanced weaponry that will give us the upper hand." They fell silent.
"We're outnumbered. Extremely. And if the Lich can convince the Nightosphere to side with him too, then our chances of winning will grow even slimmer than they already are. We have no idea what sort of moves he'll make, or when. But we need to be prepared 24/7." She turned to Finn and Fiona. "You two humans will be team captains. If I'm not around, y'all are in charge. Got it?" They nodded.
"The cat and dog will be co-captains, since they're obviously the most responsible. The rest will be regular team members, unless your captains decide otherwise. Got it?" No one said anything, but the tension in the air spoke for them.
"Alright, then from now on you peeps'll be known as..." She paused for effect, glancing at each and every one of them with a smirk.
"Team Lifeforce."
AN: I apologize for the lack of an authors note at the beginning there. I know what you're thinking. "Ginger, but don't you have that other AT fanfic you should be updating?" Well guess what?
I DON'T CAAAAAAAARE (Pewdie reference, anyone?)
Anyhoo, I started thinking: if AT was an anime, what types would the characters be? I kinda figured it out... like Fiona is a Moe and Peebles is Tsundere. But that's as far as I've gotten. Heh.
But I started doodling in class and I came up with these AWESOME OCs and I HAD to write about them. Then the next day I got the idea for an Adventure Time BOOTCAMP! :D YAY! And there you have it, the birthing of this wonderful story. Even though it sucks so far. Heh.
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Anyhoo, drop a review on your way out! It motivates me! The more reviews I get the more likely I am to continue the story. Heh.
Later, losers!
-TRG