Chapter two! Hopefully, you guys will enjoy it as much or more than the last chapter.
I don't own Adventure Time
Chapter Two: The Basement
Laughter resonated amidst the various rose bushes that formed the backyard of the mansion. From an aerial view, one would notice two golden blotches contrasting against the well-manicured lawn in what appeared to be a game of tag.
The shorter blob, known as Fionna, tried her best to ignore the stinging sensation coming to her lungs as she gasped for breath while running as far as her stubby legs would take her from her pursuer. Making a sharp turn right, Fionna's sapphire eyes came across a dead end as she analyzed the looming rosebush that stretched far above her head. Frantically, she pivoted left and right waiting for an escape route to appear magically before her. Hearing the snap of a twig behind her, Fionna felt utter doom settle into the pit of her stomach. Turning around slowly, Fionna immediately locked eyes with Finn.
"Halt, fiend!" he commanded while brandishing his wooden sword, "Surrender the goods so harmony shall return to the Land of Uuu!" Fionna gave Finn a lopsided smile before she quoted her favorite cliché line.
"You'll never catch me!" she boasted with an unsuccessful evil cackle, "Never!" Before Finn could lunge out and detain "Fionna the Fiend," the thief had leapt into the wall of thorns with a swish of blond hair. Dashing forward, Finn struggled to decipher the darkness before him as he peered into the rose bush.
"Fionna?" Finn called into the foliage, completely dropping their act, "Where are you... exactly?" Pressing against the wall of foliage, Finn struggled to hear the muffled response.
"Uhh... I'm stuck," Fionna replied awkwardly as she felt various thorns snag against her clothes. Hearing snickers, Fionna groaned in humiliation.
"Don't worry," Finn assured as he tried to suppress his laughter, "I'll get you out of this mess!"
After around five minutes of navigating the maze to the outside, Finn jogged around the perimeter until he noticed an appendage sticking out of one of the bushes. Being the ever-heroic character he was determined to become, Finn latched onto Fionna's arm and immediately began yanking her out with all of his strength.
With one final wrench, the thorns released their captive and Fionna tumbled out of the bush and used her momentum to tackle Finn.
"Glob, Finn, took you long enough!" she chastised while examining various holes and her clothes while removing imbedded thorns. Cringing at the sight, Finn tried not to worry over her injuries, knowing she would hate it.
"Sorry, I guess my adventuring skills are too hardcore for you," Finn taunted while holding his wooden sword in a victory pose. Fionna laughed at the scene: Finn in his preppy, royal clothes trying to wield a sword.
"Nah, I'm just allergic to awesomeness on occasions," Fionna informed Finn with a dead-set face. They both burst into a fit of giggles before calming down and spreading out against the cool, lush grass.
"Yo, Fionna..." Finn began as he stared up into the serene shades of turquoise spanning the sky.
"Yeah?" she replied drowsily, inhaling the sweet scent of the rosebushes beside them.
"What's that noise?" Finn finally asked as he strained his ears to pick up on a buzzing sound in the distance. Shooting upwards, Fionna tried to listen for the sound with full attentiveness.
"I dunno..." Fionna began lamely, "...a plane?" As Finn and Fionna listened intently to the crescendo of the buzzing noise, the duo was startled by the slamming of the back door. Turning around, Fionna saw their father hurriedly making his way over to them. Reverting to a respectful manner, Fionna gazed up at the tense man with wide eyes.
"Sir, what's that buzzing noise?" Fionna inquired as her father placed his large, wrinkled hands on the shoulders of Finn and Fionna and began ushering them inside.
"Never mind that, we just need to get to the basement quickly," their father urged as Finn's eyes grew. Every since he was young he had been warned repeatedly never try to explore their heavily locked basement. Now he was uncovering the wonders held beneath those locks and chains.
When Finn and Fionna finally complied to go indoors, their father stared intently up at the sky. Far up on the horizon line, a swarm of tiny black dots was quickly heading in their direction. Pinching the bridge of his nose, he followed Finn and Fionna inside. He could only pray things would work.
Finn watched in amazement as a brass key released the final shackles that restrained the trio from entering the basement. Travelling down the concrete stairs to the cold cellar, various blasts of smells such as mold and mildew hit them along the way. Reaching the bottom, one small light bulb struggled to provide a small glow that illuminated the room. A large metallic ring stood upright in the middle of the room while a series of hydraulic cylinders and various electronic systems lay attached to the center ring. Looking down at his two children he loved, Finn's father released a long sigh.
"Fionna... Finn... I want you to listen to me very carefully," he stated slowly as he began a very long speech that no child would be able to remember, "It's no longer safe here. So... I'm going to send you somewhere where it is safe with this." Finn's father gestured towards the machine.
"This is a portal to the future. Hopefully, it will have the power to send you far past the war arising. However, the future has many possible outcomes, so the likelihood that you will be thrown into a different world than the other is highly likely. Now this goes into a lot of quantum mechanics... the point is... I can probably send only four people without those worlds collapsing on each other due to time paradoxes."
Finn and Fionna merely stared at their father as their brains fizzled out from trying to follow their father's words.
"Sooo... you're coming with us. If there's enough for four people, then surely you are coming with us... Father?" Finn stopped as he looked at his father's drooped, sad eyes.
"I need to stay and atone for the crimes my generation has committed on humanity," their father stated sullenly. Staring at a dark corner in the wall, he continued, "You two can come out, you know." Emerging from the shadows was a pale boy with shaggy black hair, and a girl who also had pale skin and longer black hair. The unique part about the pair was they were floating off the ground. Finn and Fionna thought that this was incredible and wondered how they could obtain such superpowers for future adventures too.
"This is Marceline and Marshall," Finn's father gestured to the inhuman creatures, "They are indebted to me for various... reasons, so they will be looking after you by serving you." The male teenager, Marshall, hissed at this statement with a long forked tongue.
"We didn't agree to this sort of contract!" he sneered while approaching Finn and Fionna, "These two pudge-boxes wouldn't last long anyways."
Finn and Fionna's father merely ignored Marshall and sped up his talking, "So, Marceline will be looking after Finn and Marshall shall look after Fionna." With the finalities determined, Finn and Fionna's father scowled at the two teenagers and made them come forth. Marceline looked at the small boy with intense blue eyes.
Wanting to scare Finn but deciding harassing children isn't popular, she settled with, "Sup, squirt." Finn, gazed up at Marceline with surprise before giving her a small smile. Marshall floated over to Fionna and poked her in the arm. Fionna grinned upwards to Marshall and waited for him to say something similar to Marceline.
Adverting his eyes from Fionna, Marshall groaned, "Let's just get this show on the road before heads start to roll." Finn's father approached the machine and began flipping on various switches and turning various dials to the correct settings. Lastly, he pressed a large red button.
Nothing whirled. Nothing glowed. No sign of electricity.
The machine wasn't working.
Hmmm... that machine isn't working a lot how my computer isn't. What will happen next?! :O
P.S. If no this story isn't popular among readers, I would hate to have inadaquate writing on the fanfiction website, so I would take this story down.