"I wouldn't have expected you to come out of the Evil Forest alive," Ricardio said with an evil smirk.

"Are you one of the colleagues Me-Mow was talking about?" Finn asked dangerously. "Oh yes. We both want something from Marceline that will just work out once you two are out of the picture." Ricardio replied.

"What do you mean?" asked Jake. "When I had failed to have Princess Bubblegum twice, I decided to move on. I realized that her heart wouldn't had been a good bride for me. I need a heart that would…fit my personality."

"Marceline isn't evil!" Finn shouted at the heart.

"True. But she still has an evil side. And her heart does as well. I'll just use the evil side of the heart and find some sort of substance that will complete and beautify my new evil heart bride! That way Marceline will be dead, and Me-Mow will just tell his master he was the one who killed the vampire and bring the good side of the heart as proof while our client will have…other uses for Marceline." Ricardio explained.

"YOU'RE NOT TOUCHING HER YOU HOLE!" Finn screamed. "Oh. It appears that you must love the queen, don't you?"

"Man, my theory is on fire today!" Jake said happily. Finn glared at him. "Marauders! Attack them!" Ricardio ordered and the hypnotized Marauders obeyed.

"Don't hurt them, Jake!" Finn told his brother. "They're innocent, they're just under Ricardio's trance!" "Then how do we break it?" questioned Jake as he struggled hold off the Marauders.

Finn looked at Ricardio who was on top of the Ruby Brain Beast's head. There was a red tube coming out from Ricardio's head into the Brain Beast's.

Ricardio's evil mind must be taking over the Snake Arm's, Finn thought. He knew the only way to stop this was for Ricardio to get off the creature. "Jake! Cover me!" Finn commanded.

Jake nodded as Finn lunged at Ricardio and the Snake Armed Ruby Brain Beast. A snake shot at Finn, but Finn then chanted,

"Snow Blind!" The human disappeared into a puff of snow before the snake could touch him.

"Where did that pathetic human go?" Ricardio asked irritated.

"Caltrump Hail Storm!"

A swarm of ice shuriken were shot at Ricardio and the Brain Beast. They pierced Ricardio, and one hit his eye. The tube broke as Ricardio shrieked in agony and fell to the ground.

The Brain Beast screamed in pain as the shuriken came in contact with it, and the spell broke. All the Marauder's eyes changed back to normal and they came to their senses before falling to the ground unconscious as the Snake Armed Ruby Brain Beast retreated back into the Evil Forest.

As Ricardio winced in pain as he got up, Finn grabbed him. "Who the Glob are you working for?!" he demanded.

"I'm not telling anything!" Ricardio yelled back. Finn growled and punted Ricardio. But before the heart could touch the ground, a Gladiator Ghost emerged from the ground and caught Ricardio.

Finn and Jake gasped, "A Gladiator Ghost?!"

Ricardio spit out blood. "You'll find out soon enough, heroes. Very soon." Ricardio laughed evilly as the Gladiator Ghost flew away with Ricardio into the sky.

"AUGH!" Finn shouted in anger as he pounded the ground with his fist creating small hole.

"FIGHT KING! How could I had not seen it before?! This was the work of Fight King all along!"

"Calm down, bro." Jake reassured. "How can I calm down? The Fight King has Marceline! Who knows what they could be doing to her?!"

"Dude! You saw how Ricardio gave away the answer to us! Fight King's obliviously leading us into a trap!" "I don't care! I'm doing whatever it takes to save Marceline!"

"Finn! You can let your love for Marceline blind you!"

"I DON'T LOVE HER! How many times do I have to say it?"

Jake stared at Finn seriously. Finn gave in at the stare down and sighed. There was no use denying it anymore.

"I…I guess I could have a…crush on her…"

"See? You finally admitted it! Now what that so hard?" Jake asked smiling. Finn crossed his arms and pouted. "Whatever," he muttered.

"Don't you feel better now?' Jake asked as he put his arm around Finn. Finn grinned and nodded.

"Awesome," Jake said. "Now we're gonna have to think of a plan to not fall into Fight King's trap."

"Dude. I just realized something. Since Marcy's in Fight King's arena, she probably stumbled into bloodlust fighting the Gladiator Ghosts!" Finn exclaimed.

"Oh man! Fight King's probably gonna have control over her and order her to kill us!" Jake added. "That must be the trap he wants us to fall into!"

"Okay then," Finn instructed. "To avoid the attack, we're gonna have to find another way in the arena." "We could climb," Jake suggested.

"Perfect," Finn said. "Now we just need a way to figure out how we're gonna put Marceline out of the hypnotism and defeat Ricardio and Fight King."

"Leave that to me," Jake winked. "I have a bad feeling about what you mean, but it's all we've got. Lets use the map to find the arena." Finn stated and took out the map.

"Wait. How is Fight King even doing any of this when you destroyed his sword and he's literally useless without it? Someone must've revived him!" Jake said.

"Who cares? We'll beat the sacks out of them too. C'mon!"

And with that, Finn and Jake left the Marauder Village to seek and defeat Fight King, the one who planned all of this in the first place.

Or was he?