Jack struggled, "what am i doing here? what are you doing to me?"

Hunson cackled, "oh please, don't be so melodramatic, I'm healing you, my Daughter took you here, you are dead, true, but so am i."

he let Jack go, Jack fell to the cold stone floor, he got up and looked at himself in the large mirror next to his bed, he had grey skin and pointy ears, his teeth were sharp and pointy, "no...NO!"

"oh yes, my little nephew, you are now one of us."

he fell to his knees, "this can't be..."

"i felt your father die only minutes before you arrived, is the great lich finally dead?"

"my father died when he became the lich, all that was left was a lust for destruction, YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO SOIL HIS NAME!"

with that, Jack turned and struck at Abadeer, raking claws up the old demon's face, he staggered back with a roar of pain, "GAARRRGGHHH!"

Jack stood there and looked at his claw, the large sickle shaped blades protruding from his hand, he snarled, "i'm going to kill you for taking away my chance of being with my wife again."

with that his body generated armor, his other hand grew a claw as well, Abadeed straightened up, "i can see you've already gotten the hang of your powers."

"DIE!" Jack charged at Abadeer, slashing with his claws, hunson dodged the first five strikes but then on the sixth pass he was hit in the eye, the rest was bloody and ugly, till Abadeer lay splaid on the floor, bleeding from everywhere, but still laughing, "you can't kill me, I sired you."

"but that doesn't mean i can't make it hurt like hell."

he raised his claw, but then heard a shout, "NO!"

he looked up to see Marceline running to him, she flung her arms around him and hugged him tightly, "please...no more...just stop...change back...please jack, im begging you."

taken aback, his armor receded, the claws shrunk and he hugged the crying marceline, "I thought he wouldnt be able to save you."

Abadeer sat up, already healing, "always the best for you, sweetheart."

Jack roared at the sight, "IM NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO WALK IN THE SUN BECAUSE OF YOU!"

struggling against a still tearful marceline, he eventually grew tired.

"please Jack, just wait...I'm sorry for this but...i couldnt loose you..."

Jack stopped and looked down at marcy, who had buried her face in his chest, "please...just stop..."

he sat down and hugged her back earnestly this time as abadeer melded through the wall.

"I'm sorry Marcy, I don't know what came over me."

she sobbed, "you...you were dead..."

"i know."

"but now you'll be with me forever, I...i love you Jack...I'm so sorry for everything...please...forgive me..."

he stroked her raven hair, smilng a bit in spite of himself, "no, I'm sorry marceline, I over reacted, I'm very glad you helped me, now i can watch my son and daughter grow up."

she cuddled him and he held her close, "I never want to loose you ever again..."

these words triggered a memory, one that he barely remembered, and one he was sure marcy had long forgotten, it was two years before the war, he was sitting in the lab with his father when he heard some girl crying in the hall, he walked out to see a little girl with pale skin and black hair sitting in the hallway cryin her eyes out, he walked up and poked her, "what's wrong?"

"i-i-i-i can't find my daddy!"

Jack stopped to think for a moment, "is his name hunson?"

she looked up, "yea, why?"

"because my dad works with him, follow me."

with that they walked down the hallway to Hunson's lab, he was poking something that looked like a demonic slug with a probe, he looked up and smiled, "oh!"

he ran to them and picked up little marcy, "oh Marcy, did you get lost again?"

"mmhmm."

"well, i'm glad jack helped you get back."

"can we get icecream soon?"

"as soon as i'm done studying."

with that, Marceline sat down and watched him dissect whatever it was, Jack piped up as they were about to leave, "uncle hunson, where's simon? did he get fired?"

"oh, no Jack, he was sent on an archeological expidition to the antarctic, some powerful elemental magic up there, he'll be back in a week or so."

and with that, his memory fades into his others, he had only just realized that they had met that long ago.

"Jack?"

he looked down at Marcy, "yes?"

"are you ok?"

"im fine."

"good, because we've got to get you back to ooo before my dad gets any ideas."

Jack got up, "my coat? sword? hat?"

"all in here."

she opened a chest and pulled them out, Jack put them on.

"alright then, let's get the fuck out of the nightoshere."