Finn remembered the first time he met Princess Bubblegum, she was a sweet, kind, and loving person. He couldn't believe she was made of candy, he had heard of such things when he was younger, he never believed it though. Her kingdom was wonderful and was full of life. Being only five then, he didn't think much about Princess Bubblegum and what she does when he is not at her kingdom. Now, Princess Bubblegum was more of a secretive, manipulative, and just a unnerving person to be around in general. Even Marceline told Finn at one point she'd have this suspicion for Princess Bubblegum.
Marceline knew she had done some weird things in the past, especially when she goes full 'science mode'. Finn and Marceline had promise to not bother her when she is doing science. They have broken that promise, at least on Finn's side. He had snuck into Princess Bubblegum's lab multiple times, and surprisingly was not caught. He didn't find anything interesting in her lab when he snuck in. He was determined to find something unusual in her lab, but he knew he wasn't gonna find anything.
Finn sat on his bed tossing a yo-yo, while looking at the floor. He found a yo-yo on the ground while he was on one of his adventures. The yo-yo didn't have any importance to it, but Finn found it important for whatever reason. Jake the dog was downstairs making some food for Finn and himself. Jake cared deeply for Finn, but some days he does not care where Finn goes, as long as he comes back home. Jake thought about Lady Rainicorn and his kids while flipping some pancakes. Jake thought about them way too much, sometimes he would get lost in his thoughts and would ruin food that would be cooking on the stove.
"Finn, breakfast is ready!" Jake yelled from downstairs.
"Bout' damn time" Finn mumbled to himself as he climbed down the ladder into the main room of the treehouse.
Finn sat at the table and waited for Jake to bring him his pancakes. Jake walked over to the table and gave Finn his pancakes and sat next to Finn. Jake noticed Finn had slept less and staying up late. He was worried that Finn was becoming an insomniac or something.
"Hey Bud, you doing ok? I've been noticing that you haven't been getting much sleep recently." Jake put his arm on Finn's shoulder.
"I'm fine, Jake. I've been have some thoughts, nothing to worry about." Finn replied with a yawn.
"Alright bud." Jake sat up and walked towards the couch and sat down.
Finn finished his pancakes and went back upstairs. He grabbed his yo-yo and started to play with it. Time seemed to fly. Finn didn't seem to care, all he cared about was his yo-yo. Finn was having thoughts about Princess Bubblegum, he didn't want to tell Jake about it. He was afraid he would tell Princess Bubblegum herself, so he kept it to himself. He had thoughts of her being an some kind of evil tyrant, he knew that she was not a evil tyrant. He never knew why he had these thoughts, but they scared him.
Finn went back downstairs and walked to the fireplace. He picked up a picture of Princess Bubblegum and looked at it in distain. He put it back on the fireplace and sat on the couch, he noticed Jake had left. A note was left on the table reading: "Went to see Lady, be back whenever." Great, Jake had left him once again, he would do this type of thing from time to time where he would just leave Finn for a few days and come back like nothing happened. Finn had gotten used to it, so he didn't care when he saw the note.
Something knocked at the front door of the treehouse. Finn walked up to the door, he hesitated for a moment. He opened the door, in front of him was a letter on the ground. It was a pink envelope with candy stickers. The front read "To Finn" in cursive, he knew that his had to be Princess Bubblegum's handwriting. He opened the letter. It read:
"Hello Finn Mertens,
I, Princess Bubblegum, invite you to come to my castle for a hangout. I've realized we haven't bonded in awhile and now seems to be a good time to do so. For good measure do not bring Jake. Meet me at my laboratory at the approximate time of 4:30 this afternoon.
Yours Truly,
Princess Bonnibel Bubblegum"
Finn checked the time on the clock hanging on the wall, 3:45. Finn rushed and grabbed his shoes, put them on, and ran out the door. While he was running towards the Candy Kingdom, he thought to himself about what Princess Bubblegum wrote in the letter, 'do not bring Jake.' That stuck in his mind while he was sprinting towards the kingdom. He reached the kingdoms front entrance and kept running on the main road, greeting the passing citizens. Finn reached the palace. Finn, out of breath, knocked on the palaces' front doors while wheezing. The doors were opened by Peppermint Butler.
"Oh my, a bit early, master Finn." Peppermint Butler told Finn.
"What does the time read on your watch, Pep Buts?" Finn asked
"Well, it's 4:21, come on in, I'll lead you to the Princess." Peppermint Butler gestured Finn inside the palace, closing the doors behind him.
Finn walked next to Peppermint Butler as they walked through endless hallways with many rooms filled with who knows. Finn thought to himself how Princess Bubblegum made all of her palace and how powerful she really is over the land of Ooo. They walked up many flights of steps until they reached the end of a hallway with a door with icing-like steel. Peppermint Butler cracked the door open.
"Welp, here we are. Have fun, Master Finn." Peppermint Butler walked down the hallway and eventually disappeared.
Finn looked into Princess Bubblegum's lab. The lab had papers filled with notes all over the floor, beakers filled with chemicals, and a weird chocolate smell to the lab. Finn took a step into the lab, trying not to step on the papers that were all over the floor. Finn had been in Princess Bubblegum's lab before, he had never seen the lab this dirty in his entire life. It looked like as if rats took over the lab and destroyed it.
"Hey PB, I'm here, where are you?" Finn called out.
Princess Bubblegum suddenly appeared in front of Finn, which made Finn jump. She was wearing the science suit she wore the time she made Goliad. She had the same tired expression.
"Sorry Finn, I was looking for something in the lab, I guess I didn't notice you walk in." Princess Bubblegum apologized.
"It's fine, PB." Finn replied.
"So, what are you doing?" Finn asked.
Princess Bubblegum looked at the counter behind her with the many beakers filled with different colored liquid and papers scrambled with notes behind her "Oh, I'm just making some new chocolate serum that could extend the lifespan of candy people who are made out of chocolate." Princess Bubblegum scratched her back walked towards the counter.
"Cool" Finn put his hands in pockets.
He didn't know what to do, he was standing there doing absolutely nothing. It was totally awkward, but Princess Bubblegum didn't seem to really notice. He thought about the time Princess Bubblegum "accidentally" created zombies, twice. He was almost killed the second time when he sacrificed himself when he poured the serum on himself. He didn't deserve any recognition for it because he thought Princess Bubblegum didn't seem him as 'her hero'. Which made Finn sorta pissed off.
He wanted to say how much he loved her but he couldn't, Princess Bubblegum viewed him only as a friend. Whenever he and Flame Princess broke up, he knew Princess Bubblegum wouldn't take him back, especially all the harsh things he said to her when she thought the world would end due to FP being unstable. He didn't like thinking about it.
Princess Bubblegum looked at Finn and pointed to a metal chair in the middle of the room, it was some kind of cushion-like padding on it. He never noticed it when he entered the lab but suddenly it's in the middle of the room, it didn't make much sense to him but he didn't care.
"Take a seat, Finn."
Finn sat on the chair, it felt really comfortable. To be honest, it was the most comfortable chair he had ever sat in. The cushioning was amazing and the texture felt pleasurable to his hands. He did not know what the cushioning was made of but he thought it was some kind of silk, he thought he was wrong.
Princess Bubblegum sighed and put her hands on the sleek counter, she was tired from working on science most of the day. Princess Bubblegum hung her head and asked Finn "Hey, have you ever thought what life would be like if, let's just say you were a pre-war human and changed into another life form, you were changed into another life form. How would you feel about that?
Finn thought about the weird question, changed into another life form, he did not know why but that part of the question stuck out to him the most. "It would be pretty weird to be changed into a life form, I really never thought about my original ancestors and how their life really was."
"Right" Princess Bubblegum replied. She looked up at Finn and told him "I will be right back." Princess Bubblegum walked out of the lab and closed the door. Finn got out of the chair and looked at some of the notes, they did not make any sense to him at all. They were a series of numbers, words, and shapes with numbers on them. Finn hated how he could not understand it, Princess Bubblegum was far more intelligent and superior than Finn. He assumed that she had an IQ of at least 300 or more. It was an estimate but he was pretty sure of it. He looked at the beakers filled with unknown foul smelling liquids, he knew science can be a dangerous thing at times.
Finn stacked some of the notes into a neat pile. He heard some footsteps outside of the lab and rushed to the chair and sat down quickly almost falling over while in the process. Princess Bubblegum entered the lab with some papers in her hand and a small box. Princess Bubblegum noticed the neatly stacked pile of notes on the counter, "Finn, did you stack my notes?" Finn's head lowed as he answered "Yes, I did." Princess Bubblegum looked surprised, "Thanks Finn." Princess Bubblegum walked to the counter and put the notes and the small box on an empty part of the counter.
Princess Bubblegum sat on a stool near the counter and started writing on the paper she had on the box, she wrote for at least five minutes. Finn didn't know what she was writing, he bet it was some sciencey stuff. He didn't think much about it.
Princess Bubblegum kept moving her pencil on the piece of paper. She didn't think what she was really writing but she knew she was writing something.
"Hey PB, are we going to anything." Finn asked Princess Bubblegum curiously. Princess Bubblegum stopped her writing.
"Yes, we are going to have some fun."
Finn realized Princess Bubblegum had said the last word with some kind of nervousness excitement. It was weird to him.
Princess Bubblegum looked down at the box in-front of her. She had some hesitation to open the box. She knew what was in the box, it was something she had been on for a bit.
Princess Bubblegum looked at Finn
"Hey Finn, I want you to look at this clock."
Finn looked at Princess Bubblegum with a confused look.
"Why, PB?"
"Just do it, Finn."
Finn looked at the walls looking for the clock Princess Bubblegum had previously mentioned. He found it over the cabinets, which where over Princess Bubblegum's box and her scribbled notes. He stared at the clock, there was nothing to it. It was a regular clock. He kept staring at the clock, watching it tick. He noticed something about the clock, it changed, he didn't know how but he was sure it was the rhythm of the ticking. The ticking got louder and louder. He couldn't explain why he noticed it but it's like he was hypnotized on the ticking.
It was like the one time Jake came home from Lady Rainicorn's house and was extremely tired. He fell on the couch and started telling Finn how long of a day he had. The treehouse had a clock near the couch Jake got from a friend of his. Jake was so out of it he heard the ticking of the clock. He yelled at the clock multiple times to stop ticking until he jumped off the couch and threw the clock on the ground and smashed it into multiple pieces.
Jake looked at the smashed clock and started crying, it was his favorite clock and he had smashed it out of unnecessary anger. Finn had to comfort him and they later got a new clock from an old abandoned house. The new clock didn't have the ticking sound of the previous clock. Princess Bubblegum's clock had a similar ticking to the clock Jake had smashed.
Finn noticed that the time changed, 15 minutes flew. His memory must have killed some time.
Finn tried to move his arm and noticed it was restrained. He looked down at the chair he sat on, his body was strapped in pure red licorice. His legs were also tied together. His neck was also strapped to the chair, almost making him choke. Finn was shocked and in pure fear, what the hell happened. Did some gangsters break in, tie him up in the chair, and rob the place.
Finn could spit out "What the-?" in hopes someone could answer why he was strapped to the chair. His question was answered by a familiar voice.
"Well well well, look at what we have here. A tied up little human boy."
It was the voice of non other than Princess Bubblegum.
Finn's eyes widened as Princess Bubblegum walked from the darkened part of the lab and into the lightness. Princess Bubblegum had an evil grin on her face and was chuckling.
Thoughts began to run through Finn's head. Why did Princess Bubblegum tied him up? What is she going to do with me? Why did she do this? Finn's legs started shaking under the licorice as he tried to find a reasonable answer on why Princess Bubblegum did this to him. He was right, she was evil. He was right all along.
"What the hell, PB?" Finn yelled at Princess Bubblegum.
"Oh Finn, you should've known from the start I would've done something like this, that's right because you doubt yourself about me."
Princess Bubblegum started to walk around the room while holding something behind her back.
"Oh man" Princess Bubblegum chuckled. "I am going to have so much fun with you."
"This is going to be so much fun, Finn." Princess Bubblegum walked behind the chair.
"So sit back and relax." Princess Bubblegum tied licorice around Finn's mouth.
Finn could only mumble random words, he tried to yell but it was muffled. He wanted to cry, there was no way out. Princess Bubblegum was going to do something bad to him and he couldn't do anything about it. He didn't cry, he didn't see any reason to cry. He was an adventurer being held hostage at the hands of Princess Bubblegum.
Princess Bubblegum stepped in front of the chair, revealing what was being her hand, a syringe filled with glowing green liquid.
Finn knew this was the end of the road for him. He tried to break free form the licorice but it was too strong. Princess Bubblegum drew closer and closer holding the syringe high in the air, chuckling.
"Mmmph!" Finn tried to yell.
It was too late, Princess Bubblegum lowered her arm with the syringe onto Finn's right arm. Finn tried to move his right arm so she couldn't inject it into him. Princess Bubblegum grabbed Finn's arm.
"Don't worry, it will only be a pinch."
Like a flash of lightning, she injected the unknown green liquid into Finn's right arm. Finn screamed under the licorice. He started freaking out, not knowing what Princess Bubblegum injected into him. He thought it was poison and she was destined to kill him.
Finn looked at the ground, he felt unusually tired. He kept looking on the ground. His head felt loopy and began to feel dizzy. He felt his own heartbeat throughout his body. His eyelids felt heavy, like 100 pound weights and started to close. Suddenly, the chair turned into a metal table and faced the ceiling. The lab was getting darker as if the lights were being turned off. He didn't know where Princess Bubblegum went. He heard more footsteps and was met with the face of Princess Bubblegum. By this point, Finn's eyelids were halfway down, he was extremely tired.
"Goodnight, sweet prince."
Finn's eyes closed, sealing his fate.
