Underground
By: Meghan Callaghan-Nau
Finn and Bubblegum go on an adventure together and stumble on something that could change Finn's life forever.
"Seems dirtier than I remember." Finn says as they wander through the former dwelling of the hyoomans. Piles of broken furniture, garbage and other random items surrounded them. The concrete ground was cracked and grimy. A man-made, yet ancient, stream of water surrounded the ground like a moat. Finn could hear water droplets hitting the ground. The air was hot and humid. "I wonder how the hyoomans stayed here so long. This place is gross."
"Stay focused Finn, we need to find spare parts to rebuild my rocket ship. That stupid Orgalorg donked it up real bad, as in, so bad there's nothing left." Princess Bubblegum responded. She started sifting through the piles of junk. "I thought you said there was valuable stuff down here. All of this stuff just looks like garbage."
"I said there might be some stuff down here. Don't worry Princess we'll find something." Finn jumped into a pile of junk and found a big metal scrap. "See, this could be used for a side thingy or whatever…" They continued to go through all of the piles, collecting anything that could be useful for Bubblegum's ship.
A few hours later Bubblegum stopped sifting. "Okay Finn, that should be enough for at least the outer frame, and maybe even an engine. We should get going before it gets too late. We can come back some other time." Bubblegum said as she gathered all of the scraps into a bag. She and Finn started heading for the hatch that leads to the upper world.
Bubblegum's grip on the bag slipped. Scrap metal spilled everywhere. Bubblegum frowned and said, "Aw geez, now we gotta clean all this up." Finn gathered pieces of metal with PB. They were almost done when Finn stopped. He looked down at a scrap of paper near his feet. hE picked it up and examined it closer. It was a photo. Is this a picture of me? Finn thought. The paper showed a little baby boy with golden blonde hair. Who could've left this here? Joshua or Mom, maybe even Martin. Don't get ahead of yourself Finn, it's probably not even you. "PB, look at this."
"Huh, well it certainly has a resemblance to you. I'll need to study it in my lab to confirm it." They finished cleaning up the mess of metal and headed back to Candy Kingdom. Finn hadn't said a word the entire walk there. His mind was festering on the possibilities of how the picture could've gotten down there if it was him. Maybe Joshua and Margaret worked a case down there, or Martin hid out there for a while running from the police because he was a crazy criminal. He couldn't help but feel like it was him. He studied the picture closely, he thought he saw an ocean in the background. It was taken on a dock or a boat maybe? Then he remembered what Martin had said to him that time he crashed a spaceship into a little village. "You were born on a boat... maybe..."
They went to Bubblegum's lab and she scanned the picture onto her computer. "Okay Finn step in front of my computer." She then scanned Finn's face to see if they were a match. "Hmm, the data shows you have the same eyes, nose mouth, etc. I guess the baby in the picture really is you."