2

A sheet covered gurney crashed through the metal door. Under the covers of the sheet, was a screaming wreck of an individual. To be precise, it was the wreck of Finn, Oom's greatest champion. Besides the gurney were Princess Bubblegum, Marceline, and Dr Princess. They were like Valkyrie's, carrying a fallen hero to a safe paradise. But this was only an analogy, as the three ladies knew. When they entered the handpicked hospital room, it was no paradise, not even for the sick. Paradise or not, however a room was a room, and a hospital was a hospital.

They set the gurney besides Finns hospital bed. The three carefully lifted Finns unconscious body and gently sat it upon the bed. Jake then entered the room. The look of his face was like everyone else's, worriment.

"What's the news on Finn"? Asked Jake

His pulse seems normal" stated Dr. Princess, "but we just need to know if his insides are ok". Nurses and assistant entered the room; most of them were Gumdrop people. The Doctor lifted the sheets revealing the bandaged Finn. Finns screams slowly started to fade away. "He stopped screaming, does that mean he's ok" Asked Jake. "Only one way to find out, nurse I need you to get the patient to the X ray machine" ordered Dr. Princess to a random purple Gumdrop nurse. The nurse lifted the bed to the x ray machine which was hidden by a blue curtain. Dr Princess and along with 6 of her assistants soon went behind the curtain. Her head popped out of the curtain. "When we have results, I will show you 3 what I and my assistants discovered" she said. "Ok Doctor" answered Bubblegum. The Doctor's head descended behind the curtain.

Marceline turned to Bubblegum. "PB, what was in that veil to put Finn in a lot of pain?"

"For two days straight I was working on a formula to aid the neighboring Kitsune kingdom" said Bubblegum, "They were having a population crisis".

"Population crisis" Marceline questioned, "Like what kind PB?" Bubblegum then explained, "Well you see, the Kitsune live in a matriarchal society, so it is the females who are the warriors".

"And?" commented Marceline. "In recent times, The Kitsune we're in this war against their neighbors, the Lillipadens * and hundreds of their warriors lost their lives" Bubblegum finished explaining.

Marceline then figured out what Bubblegum was trying to say. "So because of this war, there are more guys then girls" She said.

"Correct" said Bubblegum.

"And what was that veil going to do?"

"It is designed to switch whoever consumes it gender, so far I don't know if it works on other life forms or not."

"So is that why…this happened to Finn?" asked Jake.

"I am not entirely sure, that potion I created was the only one I made and I haven't had time to buy any more lab mice to test it with."

Dr. Princess then stepped out of the curtain with a face of relief. "I have good news". As the group heard this, there faces shifted also to relief.

"Is he going to be Ok?" asked Jake

"His vital organs seemed to have healed up perfectly and are fully functional" the Doctor Monarch answered.

"So is that an ok?" asked Jake again.

"Yes it is, but he can't leave the hospital just yet, my assistants and I have also taken the liberty to examine his skin which was severely scarred, so I am afraid we'll have to give him surgery"

*Lillipadens are a race that I created. There name is a portmanteau of lilipad and the liliputens from Johnathon Swifts Gulliver's Travels. As the name implies they are basically small humanoids lillipads who live in ponds.

And the organ music plays…..

So what did you think of this second installment? Comments and or criticisms, about grammar, characterization, story structure, plot, and or themes are very much welcome.

I may or may not be on a hopefully not long hiatus depending on college.

I am also in need of a beta reader, so message me if you would like to volunteer.

Bye!