Gunther, Secret Agent
Part 1
"Okay citizens of Ooo." Said the announcer on the radio. "This is your chance to win that free trip to Vacaytropolis! Call in after this song, and the first five callers will win!" The song began playing.
"This is it, Gunther!" Ice King said to the penguin, giggling eagerly like a small, excited child. The other penguins, all named Gunther, were scrubbing the icy floor. "Ooh; I can hardly contain my excitement! Only three to five minutes!" Gunther quacked with an eye roll. Ice King gasped.
"Gunther!" He scolded. "This isn't a scam, this is real; you'll see!" Gunther quacked again.
Three minutes later, Ice King grabbed the cell phone, plugged into an outlet, ready to dial.
"Any moment now, Gunther!" Gunther shook his head in disbelief and waddled off. The song ended, and Ice King quickly dialed.
"I knew that speed texting contest would pay off someday." He said, and put the phone by his ear. Due to a water puddle where another Gunther was scrubbing, first Gunther accidently tripped over the cord of the cell phone. The other Gunter tried to cry out a warning, but it was too late. The plug to the phone bolted out of the socket, and first Gunther fell face-first to the floor.
Ice King listened, ready to claim his prize. When he didn't hear anything, he was confused.
"Hello?" He asked over the phone. "Hello? Is anybody there? Did I win? Hello!" He then gasped as he saw what first Gunther had gone.
"Gunther!" He scolded. "How could you? I was so close to winning too!" Gunter quacked an apology as Ice King put the plug right in. "Oh, I'm sure you're sorry, but that doesn't undo the damage you just caused. You need to be more careful, Gunther. Well, if you're lucky, maybe I can still win." He put the phone by his ear again. First Gunther quacked again.
"Congratulations!" Someone on the other line of the phone boomed. Ice King could hardly believe it. "You are our fifth winner! You, and a guest of your choosing, will board the Candy Dream in three weeks." Ice King put the phone back in its cradle, and cheered.
"WHOO, I won; oh yeah, baby! Victory dance!" He did a little dance, and grabbed first Gunther's flipper, pulling him towards him. Startled, first Gunter let out a cry. Ice King danced with him. "I won, Gunther! I may not have a first-class room now, but as long as I get in, that's good enough for me!" First Gunther quacked again. Ice King placed his hands on his hips.
"No, you may not go." He continued. "You did not win; I did! Besides, you almost jeopardized my chances of winning!" First Gunther quacked in question. This got Ice King thinking.
"Hmmm, you're right. I may need servants to get me the stuff I need, plus they did say I could take a guest." First Gunther nodded in agreement. "Well, I'll think about it. But, don't get your hopes up." He looked at the other Gunthers. "And all of you, don't you get your hopes up either!" All of the Gunthers agreed at once. "And keep scrubbing!" The penguins all agreed again, and all resumed on scrubbing. "I'm going to mark my calendar." And with that, he left the room.
Three weeks went by. Ice King's alarm woke him up at 7:00 AM. The excited king turned off his alarm clock, jumped out of his bed, humming a joyous tune. He looked at first Gunther who quacked at him. He looked at the penguin.
"This is it, Gunther. Today's the day." He went to his bed, and patted the penguin's head. "Make my bed, okay?" First Gunther quacked in response as Ice King twirled merrily into the kitchen.
In the kitchen, he saw several Gunthers. A Gunther went to a table, and set a plate of pancakes on it. Ice King floated onto his chair, and ate away.
"That was the best pancakes I ever tasted!" Ice King said when he finished. He patted the pancake Gunther on the head. Pancake Gunther quacked. Ice King stood up. "Family meeting in my throne room!" The penguins all quacked, and all stopped what they were doing, and started up the stairs.
The Ice King went all over his fortress, shouting out a family meeting. Each Gunther stopped what they were doing, and headed towards the throne room.
As each and every penguin was in the throne room, the Ice King cleared his throat.
"As you know, today is the day I go on that cruise on the Candy Dream." He started. "And I chose a Gunther to go with me." The Gunthers all held their breaths in anicipcipation, wondering who it might be. "And the lucky penguin is…." He looked at the Gunther who had made him pancakes. "Gunther that made me pancakes this morning!" All of the others cried out in disappointment as the pancake-making Gunther waddled up to the king's side. Ice King looked at him.
"You made me the happiest king alive in all of Ooo when you made those phenomenal pancakes. It will make me even happier that you will accompany me on my cruse." The Gunter gushed. Simon looked at the others.
"I know you are disappointed that I didn't pick you. I'm sorry, but you all didn't make me the best pancakes in the world. Let this be a lesson for you all. Next time when you want to go somewhere exciting with me, do better. That is all. Now, go resume whatever you were doing." The penguins all headed out of the room. The Ice King and the chosen Gunter went to pack for the trip.
The first Gunther was about to head out of the room when his wristwatch beeped. He looked at it on his flipper, and headed out.
When he was in the chamber with the 'Gunther Pool', an ice-cold pool just for the Gunthers to enjoy in their spare time, he went to it, and dived in.
He went down to a wall, and tapped on it three times. A hole opened up, and he swam into it. The hole closed back up after him.
He went to the surface, and jumped out of the water. He was now in a room that looked like a big freezer. Icicles hung from the ceiling. He went to a TV screen in the middle of the room, and turned it on. A big polar bear, Snowy, his boss, appeared on screen.
"I'll make this brief, Agent Gunther." Snowy said to him, "The Candy Kingdom zoo is going to open soon, so I need to get going. Frankie the fox planted a bomb on the cruise ship, the Candy Dream." Agent Gunther's eyes widened as he heard the name of the Ice King's ship. "Snowy, out!" Agent Gunther turned off the TV, and waddled to the pool. He dived back in, and swam as fast as he could. He had to convince the Ice King to take him with him before it was too late!
Simon was just about to go with pancake Gunther, when agent Gunther ran to him. He panted in exhaustion.
"Gunther!" Simon greeted. "We're about to go on our trip now. So, bye! See you in a week!" He was about to go when agent Gunther quacked in protest. Simon was confused.
"Huh?" He then got mad. "No, Gunther; you can't go! You made me almost lose this trip three weeks ago. You got to stay here as punishment. Gunther and I will be back. You and the others protect the fortress while I'm gone. Goodbye!" He then went further. Agent Gunther, once again tried to stop him. "Gunther, No! I mean it." He tried again. Agent Gunther kept standing in his way, angering the king.
"Gunther!" He scolded. "This is getting out of hand. I know you're mad, but when I say, you can't go, you can't go." When he tried to leave again, the agent Gunther clung to his feet. Simon shook him off, making him fly backwards.
"Quick, Gunther; before he comes back." He and the pancake Gunther left. Gunther stood up, looking disappointed. But that didn't stop him. He went after them.
The Ice King looked behind him. Agent Gunther quickly hid behind a nearby tree. Ice King scratched his head in confusion. He looked at pancake Gunther.
"It feels like someone is following us, Gunthy. Do you get that feeling?" Pancake Gunther quacked a response. "Hmmm, nothing, huh?" Pancake Gunther shook his head. The Ice King shrugged. "Oh well, onwards!" They went onwards.
Agent Gunther followed Ice King and the pancake Gunther for miles, and hid behind trees, or garbage cans, or buildings, so he wouldn't get caught. He was surprised that nobody pointed him out. He thought the candy people would find it strange that a penguin is out and about, with ice nowhere in sight. But he just shrugged it off, and continued walking.
The Ice King turned around again. Agent Gunther, once again, hid behind a tree. He, again, shrugged, and continued on.
They got to the Candy Kingdom harbor forty-five minutes later. Several ships were parked on docks on either side. Some of them were sailing away.
"There it is, Gunts." Ice King said, pointing to a ship painted with mouth-watering candy all over it. "The Candy Dream!" He sighed heavenly, mouth-watering. "Man, all of those candy pictures all over it looks sooooo tasty, don't they Gunther?" Pancake Gunther agreed, mouth-watering as well. Ice King shook his head to get back into reality.
"But, those are just pictures." He said. "And you can't eat pictures. Oh well, let's get signed in." Pancake Gunther quacked in agreement, and went into a nearby building.
Meanwhile, the agent Gunter jumped into the water by the ship, and waited.
A half hour went by until agent Gunther saw the Ice King and the pancake Gunther on walking up the gangplank with the other passengers into the ship. He jumped to the dock, shook the water off his tail feathers, and went up the gangplank. He was going to wait until everyone was on board, and sneak on, but he didn't want to take any chances with the bomb. He had to find it ASAP.
Ice King and Gunter walked on the ship, so he and the penguin could find the perfect spot to be when the ship sailed off. Simon then tripped over something, and fell onto his back.
"OW!" He cried out. "What was that?!" He found the thing that tripped him, and examined it. It was a shuffleboard puck.
"We're so sorry, dude." A familiar voice said. "We didn't see you." Ice King turned around and gasped. Standing before him was Finn and Jake. Finn's eyes widened.
"Oh my glob, Ice King! What are you doing here?"
"Oh no!" Ice King responded. "What are you two doing here?!"
"I asked you, first." Ice King sighed.
"Can't an ice wizard take a nice, relaxing cruise? There's no crime to that, is there?"
"He's right, Finn." Jake told him. "It's not illegal." Finn sighed.
"I guess you're right, Jake. Now, come on Ice King, fork over the puck." Ice King gave him the puck. "Now, come on Jake, let's finish this game before the sail off party." Jake and Finn were about to go, when Ice King spoke up.
"Do you two want to know how Gunther and I got on this cruise?" Finn and Jake looked back at him.
"No, thanks." Finn replied.
"Yeah, man." Jake added. "No offence, but just seeing you guys here is punishment enough." The dog and boy were about to go, when Ice King spoke again.
"I won the trip in a contest." This made Finn and Jake stop dead in their tracks. They both went back to him.
"No shiz, man." Finn said. "So did we. Well, I did anyway. Jake is my guest accompanying me."
"Gunther is my guest accompanying me." Finn saw the penguin, and nodded.
"Okay, cool." He then got serious, and pointed a mean finger at him. "But don't try anything funny, or you'll be sorry, capisce?!" Simon held his hands in defense.
"Okay, okay," He agreed. "I capisce! I'm just here for a relaxing, smooth-sailing cruise like you, Jake, and everybody else on this trip. But, I can't say the same for Gunther." He looked at pancake Gunther. "Gunther? Are you going to behave?" Pancake Gunther quacked a response. Ice King looked back at Finn and Jake. "Yeah, he'll behave."
"He better, I'm watching you two just to be safe." He gestured with his fingers that he was watching them. He turned to his dog. "Come on, Jake. It's almost time for the sail-away party."
"Right!" The dog agreed, nodding. And with that, the two ran back to resume their game.
"Ice King?" Ice King turned around to see Princess Bubblegum. Peppermint Butler was behind her.
"Oh, hi, princess." He greeted her with a wave. "Don't worry; I won't kidnap you on this whole cruise…unless you want me to."
"No; that's okay. I'm just surprise to see you here is all. It seems like everyone from my kingdom is here. Goodbye." She then left. Ice King then found him face to face with Peppermint Butler.
"If you do anything to the princess," He began. Ice King groaned.
"Yeah, yeah!" He said. "I'll be sorry. Please, I already got this little spiel from Finn. I don't need it from you, too."
"Yeah, well, just so you remember it."
"I'll remember it; sheech! I'm not all bad; I'm capable of doing good. Just because you see me, you think the worse of me. I hate that." Peppermint Butler frowned. He then got serious again.
"Well, I'm sorry. Just remember!"
"Peppermint Butler!" Princess Bubblegum called.
"Coming, princess!" He ran off. Ice King looked at his guest.
"The nerve of some people, hey, Gunts?" Pancake Gunther agreed with a nod. He and Ice King went off.
Ice King sat on a lawn chair, facing the ocean. He looked around. He saw Tree Trunks sitting at an outside table with food on it. Mr. Pig came to her, giving her a straw. He saw Marceline playing a song to Lumpy Space Princess on her guitar. She saw Cinnamon Bun chasing after a laughing Bun Bun. He saw Banana Guards all over, the King of Ooo, and more. Princess Bubblegum was right. It seemed everyone from the Candy Kingdom was here. He then shrugged, and lay down to sunbathe.
"Hey, look, Gunther!" Simon said later as he was eating cake while on the lawn chair. "I'm having cake by the ocean!" Pancake Gunther gave him a flippers up, his version of a thumbs up.
The ship's PA system came on, announcing that the ship was about to take off, and to mention the sail-away party by the pool.
A minute later, the ship took off. Everyone oohed, and ahhed at the sights as they left the dock. Ice King turned to Pancake Gunther.
"Come on, Gunther." He said as loud music started playing. "Let's go down, and get our grooves on!" Gunther agreed, and left for the stairs with his master.
Meanwhile, the agent Gunther explored all over the outside of the ship, looking everywhere for the bomb. How can he find one single bomb? Did he miss it because he couldn't hear it with the music, and the party going on below? He just didn't know.
He was about to look indoors, when he heard a faint ticking. It got louder and louder as he approached a nearby trash can. He jumped up beside it, bumping into it. It tipped over, trash falling everywhere.
His eyes widened, not because of the foul, smelling trash, but what was among the trash. It was the bomb!