Finn and Jake are in the kitchen chasing after BMO. They are playing run or be tickled. BMO is it, and is running for its life – or running for its pride, it's just a game! Then BMO makes a wrong turn, and finds itself with its back to the wall. Finn and Jake are slowly walking, wiggling their fingers in a tickle manner! Suddenly they hear a THUMP on the roof! Finn grabs his sword, and Jake grabs Finn and stretches him out the window. He puts him on the roof.
Finn sees Marceline floating just above the roof pouting. He walks over to her and says, "Hey Marceline." She looks up and says, "Hey dweeb. Sorry I woke you, I'm just in a funk and I like hanging on the tree house roof when I'm like that." Finn smirks, he likes it when Marcy comes over! "You should come in and hang out more often. Right now we are playing run or get tickled, and it's no fun because BMO isn't ticklish." She looks up, but only has a frown to show. "Yeah, it sounds like fun, but I have a problem." Finn gets a serious look. "You know Jake and I will always help you out if you need it." She looks down at the roof, and can't get rid of the frown. Finn says, "C'mon Marcy, what's wrong?" She looks at him, and Finn sees a really uncharacteristic tear forming in her eye!
She says with a frown, "I don't have any henchmen." Finn looks at her and remembers when she tricked him into being her henchman a few years before. "So? What's the big deal? You have friends that will help you do stuff." She floats up a bit and says, "That's not it Finn. My old underworld gang is having a reunion tomorrow night, and I don't have any henchmen. I'll be the only non-ghost there without any! Me, Marceline the Vampire Queen! Even though I'm vampire royalty, I don't have any servants or any slaves. I'll be the laughing stock of the group!" Finn doesn't really understand why it's important, but puts his arm around a friend in need and squeezes her gently.
About this time Jake stretches onto the roof and sees Marceline. He stretches over and greets her. She puts a passable smile on her face and says, "Hey Jake. I was just complaining to Finn that I don't have any henchmen to take to a party I'm going to tomorrow night." Jake replies, "Is there any mumbo-jumbo voodoo junk that a henchman has to do to be a henchman?" She looks down and says, "No, my henchmen just need to swear an oath of unyielding loyalty to me no matter what I tell them to do." Jake grins and says, "Then Finn and I can be your henchmen! Just release us from our oath after the party." All of a sudden, Marceline smiles really big! "What about you Finn?" He smiles and says, "Heck yeah! I had a great time as your henchman last time." She floats over and hugs them both then says, "OK, so you swear an oath of unyielding loyalty to me, and by your word as heroes, you agree to do anything I say?" They both nod vigorously. Finn says, "I do!" Jake says with a bad Elvis impression, "Bring it on baby!"
Marceline spends the next few minutes having them do tricks, flop like a fish, sing weird songs badly, and other stuff like that. They all laugh and have a good time! "Thanks guys, you don't know what this means to me!" She kisses them both on the cheek and then starts flying off. "Meet me at my house about 6 o'clock tomorrow night!" She waves and flies off.
Finn says, "It looks like it's going to be a really fun night tomorrow! We need to stay up and practice our henchmen junk and sleep all day before we go over there." Finn and Jake spend the evening ordering each other to do silly things. Jake has Finn lick the floor, and Finn has Jake squeeze himself into a matchbox. They have a great time at it! BMO gives them strange looks, but hey, it's Finn and Jake… They finally get sleepy and go to bed about 3am. They sleep in until about 2pm and Jake makes some bacon pancakes. They both enjoy their meal and can't wait to get over to Marceline's house! Finally about 4:30pm they start walking.
They arrive about 5:40 and see Marceline float-pacing over her porch. She looks really nervous! She sees them approaching, and quickly flies down to them. "Guys! I'm not sure what to do! Wendy, BooBoo and Georgey are going to be there!" Finn and Jake both gasp! Those were the ghosts that tried to suck their guts out through their brains! "Do they still want to kill us?" Marceline says, "Since you are my henchmen, they won't touch you, but be ready for anything!" Finn says, "So where is the party?" Marceline replies, "This time it's in the NightoSphere." Jake gets a little skittish, but Finn is looking forward to it! Marceline's dad may be the Lord of Evil, but ever since Finn freed Marceline from the Amulet, he and Hunson Abadeer have gotten along really well.
Finn says, "We'll be OK, the NightoSphere may be a land of chaos, but your dad won't let the party get TOO out of hand." Marcy smirks, Finn may just be right! She throws some bug's milk on the happy face she drew on the cave wall earlier, and speaks the words, "Maloso vobiscum et cum spiritum!" A portal opens and they all see the fire and brimstone of the NightoSphere. Marceline beckons and her henchmen follow her through.
They get there and see an amazing group! Skeleton Princess is there, and so is Ghost Princess. 'Good news' thinks Finn, at least Marceline's 3 ghost friends will have to listen to her! Then they see Scorcher the Hitman [from the episode 'Hitman'], and The Dark Magician [from the episode 'The Enchiridian']. Finn and Jake remember the run-ins they had with both of them, and are both surprised to learn that they are undead. And then they are both very surprised to see that one of Marceline's gang is… J.T. Dawgzone? Marceline notes their look and giggles. "Yeah, J.T. is a ghost writer. He asked me for advice on getting chicks…" then she smirks, "And everything I told him ended up in his book." Finn and Jake can barely hold in their laughter! So that's why all the advice in that book is bad; Marceline was pranking the writer!
And then they see Wendy, Booboo and Georgey. They look at the pair of mortals, and then lick their lips! "Not so fast there gang. Those are my henchmen." All three of them are let down. But then Wendy floats over to Marceline. "You didn't turn them; instead you made them your henchmen?" Marcy smiles and nods. Wendy looks at her and smirks. "You know that this year they reinstated 'The Henchmen Games' right?" Marceline is aghast! "What? I didn't bring them here to die, they are my slaves!" Wendy grins and says, "You know the rules. You better tell them what's up."
Marceline floats over to Finn and Jake, who are hanging out with the other henchmen there. "Hey guys, I need to talk to you." She beckons for them to join her, and they immediately do. "Whattup Marcy?" Marcy looks at them and says, "They are having the Henchmen Games again this year. That means you two need to compete against these others." Finn and Jake look at their competition and flip their wrists down. "No prob, bob, we can take these guys." Marceline says quietly, "Guys, this is to the death." Finn and Jake look at each other in horror, and then after a minute Finn says, "Well, these guys are already dead, zombies and such. We won't be messing them up if we end their existence." A tear forms in her eyes that she won't let roll out and says, "Only one gets out alive…" Finn and Jake look at each other and are stunned! "Can't we get out of this Marcy?" She replies, "No, Finn, if you try and leave then my dad will have to suck your soul out and sent your body back to Ooo as a lesson to all henchmen everywhere."
Finn and Jake walk around a bit disoriented, but then focus. They need to size up the competition. They look and see that Ghost Princess and the other three ghosts don't have any henchmen. Scorcher has a Fire Wolf zombie, The Dark Magician has a Grim Reaper in training, Skeleton Princess has a skeleton slave, and J.T. Dawgzone has a zombie chick. Finn pulls out his demon blood sword and checks the edge. This heirloom weapon that has been in Jake's family for generations is what will make the difference for them.
He looks at the sword and cannot fathom the idea of killing Jake with it. There has to be another way! Finn turns to Jake and whispers in his ear… Jake gets a big smile and giggles! He yells, "It's Jakesuit time!" Then he forms armor all around Finn's body, and they pick up the demon blood sword. Finn walks over to Marceline and says, "So can we win together like this?" Marceline snickers, then starts laughing! Then she floats over to her dad, and says something that no one can hear. He says something back, and then Marceline says, "Finn wearing the Jakesuit counts as a single entity in the Henchmen games!"
All of the henchmen are led over to a large arena. The gang members and a large number of NightoSphere demons are watching. Hunson Abadeer, in his most powerful form, floats in the middle of the arena sitting on his sentient blood mist cloud.
"LADIES AND GENT…" He looks around at the crowd, and says, "Never mind… SENTIENT BEINGS! Be prepared to be thrilled and amazed, or at least not bored, by the HENCHMAN GAMES!"
"You all know the rules, "THERE ARE NO RULES! EXCEPT THAT THE LAST ONE LEFT EXISTING WINS!" As the Lord of Evil finishes speaking, some weapons drop on the floor of the arena; a two handed battleaxe that looks worn out and beat up; a crossbow; a bone club; an intricately designed spear; and a scimitar. All of the henchmen rush to the center and try to grab their favorite. Jakesuited Finn gets there first and grabs the crossbow; the skeleton gets the scimitar; the fire wolf zombie grabs the bone club in its teeth; the zombie chick grabs the spear; and the reaper gets the axe. As he holds the axe, it reforms into a masterful looking reaper scythe. The crowd is stunned! Then all of the participants rush to find cover amongst the boulders in the arena.
Jake says, "So what's the plan?" Finn replies "Kick some undead butt!" Finn rushes out and sees the skeleton. He swings his demon blood sword at the skeleton, and the skeleton turns his scimitar to block the blow. But Finns sword goes right thru it and slashes the skeleton in half! The skeleton says, "I must be a level one minion or something…" and disappears in vapor. The crowd cheers!
Jakesuited Finn looks around and doesn't see any fighting going on. "Jake, I think they are all just waiting for us." Jake looks around and yawns. "Maybe they are all just napping. I could use one right now." Finn thinks about it and realizes, these undead have nothing to gain from beating each other, they just ascend. But beating a mortal… "Jake, I think we've been set up. I think these guys are only going to fight us. There must have been a deal set up." Jake gets a terse look on his face. "I thought we could trust Marceline. I'm going to bark at her when I see her, bark real loud!" Finn replies, "No, Marceline is our friend. We've saved her life a couple of times. I think she was duped too."
Finn moves carefully around a boulder, with Jake watching their backs. Then Jake says with a plaintive voice, "Fiiiinnnn…" He turns to see the fire wolf zombie, holding the club in its teeth, stalking them. He gets into a defensive stance, and the wolf circles him. Suddenly it leaps! Finn uses his blade to deflect the strike and smashes the flat of the blade into the wolf's back. It screams from the hit! It turns its head quickly and then throws the club. Finn ducks and uses his sword to deflect the club far away. But while he is twisted, the wolf leaps and bites his side! Jake howls in pain! Finn can feel the heat searing his side, and can only imagine the pain Jake is feeling! He breaks loose of the bite and cuts the fire wolf zombie in half! It howls like it is looking at the moon, and then disappears in vapor. The crowd cheers! But Marceline is horrified…
Finn feels Jake sliding off of his body; he must have been hurt bad! Jake forms into a blob with his head sticking out of the top. Finn can see that Jake is burned too badly to continue fighting. "Hey bro, just shrink down and hide in a crevice of this boulder. I'll be back in a few to get you." Finn does his best to hold in his emotions, because he isn't sure Jake is going to make it much longer! He needs to wrap up the fight so he can get Jake fixed up! Jake replies, "O-OK bro, I-I'll just wait h-h-here for y-you… is-s it OK if-f I t-take a n-n-nap?" Finn holds back the tear in his eye and nods. Jake shrinks down and snakes into a small crack at the bottom of the boulder.
Finn decides the only weapon he needs is his sword. It seems to be capable of banishing undead on a critical strike, and he knows he can deflect magic attacks with it. He carefully moves into the arena. He sees the zombie chick holding her spear. Finn rushes to the attack! He swings and cleaves, and attempts a number of fighting moves, but the zombie continuously deflects all of them! After a minute or so, Finn steps back to catch his breath. Breathing heavily, he says, "How are you able to stop all of my moves?" The zombie smiles and says, "After deflecting all of J.T.'s amorous moves over the centuries, blocking you is child's play!" Finn smiles, and says, "So, you are saying that all of J.T.'s advice is bunk?" The zombie says, "Pretty much. He thinks it's pretty good though." Finn smirks and then walks up to her. He looks at her with a look of desire, and straightens his clothing. She holds up her spear, but he walks right by it. He gets next to her, and makes a smoochy face, which causes Marceline to show a tinge of jealousy!. She leans in, and Finn brings his sword up and slices her! "AHA! You weren't ready for a good pick-up move!" She smiles and says, "It was nice for a second…" then she disappears in a vapor. The crowd goes wild, except for J.T.! All these centuries he thought his moves and advice were the best there is!
Finn moves to the center of the arena. He knows there is only one foe left; then he can get help for his buddy. "REAPER! Show yourself!" The reaper in training comes out and faces the hero of Ooo. "Your death will make my future as a grim reaper secure for eternity." He holds up the scythe, and energy forms around the blade. Then he throws it at Finn! Finn calmly raises his sword, and deflects the energy. The reaper holds the axe in the air and forms a cloud over his head. The cloud releases lightning that strikes at Finn! He dodges one, and then parries another! But then a bolt strikes him in the hip, and he falls to the ground stunned. The reaper walks over to him, and touches his arm. Finn is shrieking with pain! Marceline starts to get up, but Ghost Princess grabs her arm, and in a echoing voice she says, "You know the rules Marceline. He is my friend too, but neither of us can help him." She sits down and watches the scene in horror. Finn is screaming, and then everything goes black…
He is floating in an area with nothing. No relief, no view, no objects, nothing. As he is trying to resolve this, a blob of energy forms in front of him. A flash of light and smoke changes into Hunson Abadeer! "Finn, things are not going well for you at all." He giggles a bit and then says, "I see why Marceline wanted to have the reunion in the NightoSphere, with me overseeing it. She knew those ghosts were up to something, and now it's pretty plain that they wanted to kill and consume whatever henchmen she brought with her." He floats over to Finn. "This is a sub-arena that I had built millennium ago. Time does not pass on the normal realm. We can't stay here long, but I do want to help you get out of this situation." Finn says, "I thought you were the Lord of Evil." He gets a sly grin on his face. "Of course I am! But keep in mind that good and evil are in the eye of the beholder. If I help you, then evil is going to happen to the reaper trainee and the ghosts. See? The dilemma is solved! You always have to look at these things from all perspectives. Of course I have to put on a show. I usually try to do evil to whomever I am dealing with; I have to keep up my reputation! But Finn, I like you. Marceline likes you, way more than you know." He gets a vile look on his face and says, "JUST DON'T EVER TELL HER I TOLD YOU!" Finn nods vigorously! Hunson takes Finn's sword and holds it up. "You don't know one tenth of what this sword is capable of. I think I'll show you!" Hunson changes to his monster form and grabs Finn! He begins to suck out his soul, but only takes part. He does something to what he took, and then returns it to Finn. "Have fun! And don't ever tell anyone I helped you!"
Finn's eyes open, and he grips his sword tightly. Suddenly, Finn is surrounded in blood red energy. The reaper is thrown back. Finn stands up, but he is not the same person! The reaper drew some of his life force, and when the sword took it back, Finn was changed. He looks 21, and is very muscular! Even though he is covered in red energy, it is obvious that he is far more powerful than he was!
Finn allows the red energy to fade, and then leaps at the reaper! His sword slices through the scythe, and a demon breaks out laughing! Then Finn slices the reaper in half, and it disappears as a vapor. Finn stands up and holds his sword over his head! The crowd cheers! Hunson Abadeer descends to meet Finn, and gives him a lift up to the sentient blood mist cloud. The demon that was freed from the axe floats over to Finn and thanks him. "I've been trapped in that axe for centuries, put there by the dark magician." It turns to Hunson Abadeer and says, "My Lord, with your permission, may I get satisfaction?" Hunson smiles and nods. The demon flies off and grabs the dark magician by the throat, and they both disappear. Hunson turns to Finn and says, "My citizen just took him to the time arena. He plans to make the magician pay for the full hour he can stay there, and then bring him back."
Wendy flies up to Lord Abadeer and says, "What about the dog? He is still alive." Hunson waves a tentacle and Jake appears at his feet. Finn goes to him and holds his buddy. "Jake, I love you bro. Everything will be just fine." Suddenly Marceline flies up to the cloud and looks at Jake and tears flow from her eyes. "Jake! I am so sorry I got you into this." Jake looks at her, barely able to keep his eyes open, and says, "You heard Finn. He said everything will be fine. Just believe him, like I am…" And then Jake's eyes close and he stops breathing. Hunson holds up Finn's hand and says, "Announcing the winner of the Henchmen games, Finn the Human!" The crowd rises and gives him a standing ovation! Then Hunson puts a medal around his neck.
As soon as he owns the victory medal, Finn points his sword at Jake, and surrounds him in blood red energy. Jake floats in the air and everyone can see his body being put together. The burn heals, and then Jakes eyes open! Marceline looks at Jake, and then her dad, and then Finn! Even after a thousand years of existence, and being the vampire queen, and seeing the horrors of the mushroom war, she has never seen anything like this! She says to Finn, "How... how…" Finn interrupts, "…how did I do that? When I was about to die, the sword told me everything it could do, including raising a dead person if they are only dead a few minutes."
While Marceline is coming to grips with what just happened, she looks at Finn and cannot believe how he has changed. She finds herself attracted to him like never before! She floats over to him and says, "You ready to go home?" Finn nods and looks at Jake who nods vigorously! She grabs them by the hands and flies them to the central castle. As they fly off, the crowd gives them another standing ovation, except for Wendy, Booboo and Georgey. They are none too pleased! They get evil grins on their faces as Marceline leads the two mortals to the portal to Ooo and takes them through.
When they get to the land of Ooo, Marceline hugs Finn and kisses his cheek. Jake senses what is happening, and says, "I think I will go visit with Lady Rainicorn. See you later!" With that he changes to his big travelling form and bounds off.
Marceline says, "Hey Finn, want to come over and play some music?" Finn grins and says, "Sure! I could use some relaxing after everything that just happened!" Marcy grabs Finn around the waist and they fly to her house. They go inside, and Finn takes his flute out and puts his backpack down. He takes off his hat and straightens his hair. Marceline gets stars in her eyes looking at his beautiful long flowing hair!
All of a sudden, Georgey the ghost drops through the ceiling and blocks the door. Then Booboo blocks the ladder, and Wendy comes up through the floor! "Nice tricks you pulled at the Henchmen Games Finny. But we are not about to let you get away with that!" She starts floating towards him, and Marceline steps in the way. "You will hurt him over my undead body!" Wendy smirks and says, "What are you going to do, vampires can't hurt ghosts."
Then Finn's now deepened voice rises behind Marceline. "Maybe not, but demons can." He raises his sword and blood red energy surrounds him! Ethereal demon wings sprout out of his back and he lunges at Wendy! He strikes her with the demon blood sword, and she disappears in a vapor screaming as her essence is dissolved! Then he turns and does a criss-cross strike at BooBoo and both essences disappear. Georgey says, "Uh, I can leave if that works better for you…" Finn looks at him with a sly grin and fires a beam of blood red energy at him that turns him into vapor.
Marceline turns to Finn and sees the demon aura around him fade, and he falls back into her love seat, depleted of energy. She floats over to him and sits next to him. "Wow Finn, I don't know what to say. That was pretty impressive!" Finn says, "Yeah, a lot changed today. So what do you think of the new me?" She grabs him and kisses him passionately! After the kiss, Finn is sitting dazed with starry eyes. He manages to get enough energy together to turn to her. "Are you trying to tell me you like me 'that way' now?" She smiles really big and says, "Oh yes. I think I like-like you a whole lot. I always have liked you a whole lot, but I really wanted you to be a little older before I admitted it. But…" She looks at his mature strong body and says, "…it looks like the condition is fulfilled!" Finn and her fall into each other's arms and hold each other close. Finn says, "So did you have fun on our first date?" She laughs and then kisses him passionately…
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