The next day in the Candy Kingdom in the afternoon, Princess Bubblegum, Marceline and Simon, wearing casual clothing, are gathered outside the walls of the city accompanied by two Banana Guards. "It's nice of Finn's mom to invite us to Hub City. It's been a while since we visited the Humans." Princess Bubblegum commented. "It's a get-together-slash-movie-night with them and the Autobots, right? What do you think they're showing?" Marceline wondered. "Maybe it's some cool alien robot movie the alien robots made." a Banana Guards suggested. "Simon, did you know about the Autobots before the Great Mushroom War?" Princess Bubblegum asked Simon.

"Yeah, I was seven years old when they first showed up when I was visiting some family in a place called Mission City, California. As my parents drove through the streets there were suddenly military with fancy sports cars in the streets. The Autobots weren't the only ones who came to Earth, there were these evil Transformers called the Decepticons that attacked the city. As we ran to safety through the streets, a piece of debris almost fell on us, if not for the intervention of an Autobot who blasted it away with his hand cannons. It was pretty awesome to my kid-brain." he explained. "When was that?" Princess Bubblegum asked. "Two-thousand-seven; one-thousand-and-thirty-nine years ago." Simon answered. In the skies, a green twin-rotor helicopter blows away dust and leaves from the path as lands in front of them backwards. A hatch at the back opens, revealing a human man with brown combed-back hair, wearing a green jumpsuit.

"Hi there, I'm Springer; your transportation to Hub City." Springer introduced himself as he walked towards the five. "It's nice to meet you, Springer." Princess Bubblegum said as she extended her hand to Springer. As they shake hands, Princess Bubblegum feels uneasy. "Is… is your hand supposed to be cold?" Princess Bubblegum questioned Springer as she let go. "This is just a holomatter avatar to properly greet you. I'm the helicopter in front of you." Springer answered.

"Solid light holograms, I presume?" Princess Bubblegum assumed. "Yep, cost a bit of Shanix for a solid light version." Springer commented. He gestures them to the back off the helicopter and they enter. One of the Banana Guards turns to Springer's hologram. "Could you fly, like, real steady? I get airsick easily." the Banana Guard suggested.

As the loading ramp closed and everyone sat down the rotors begin to spin before Springer takes off. "Believe it or not, I've been in helicopters like these in expeditions, although I was surrounded by a military or para-military escort. They're like big burly men in green." Simon commented. "I've been surrounded by big burly men in green before." Marceline responded. "Since when?" Princess Bubblegum questioned in doubt. Marceline just smiles smugly.

"I don't feel so good…" one of the Banana Guards said as his face turned green. "Hey, watch this." Springer's voice emanated from a speaker. The floor of the loading area flickers into a view of the green grass below. "Oh no…" a Banana Guard said before he threw up candy matter all over the floor as the other patted his back. "Dude, what the flip! I had this cabin scrubbed this morning!" Springer scolded the Banana Guard.

"This is pretty cool!" Simon commented. "We're close to Hub City, so I had this up to view it from above." Springer announced. From the floor, they view a futuristic skyline of the human settlement; Hub City. "Oh boy here comes another one…" the green Banana Guard said in unease. "I was told to circle around the city but I think I'll just land." Springer said.

They fly close to the centre of the city: the dome where Finn, Jake, and BMO reside. On an upper part of the dome, bay doors open up, revealing a loading area within as a platform extends outwards. Springer flies towards the platform and slowly lands on it. His loading ramp opens and the sick Banana Guard runs outside and barfs on the platform as two human staff look in disgust and confusion. He raises his head and sees the two men staring at him.

"Yeah… sorry about that." the Banana Guard apologized. The other Banana Guard helped the other up and walked away. "You did see a talking banana, right?" the bespectacled Caucasian man with a strawberry blonde buzz cut wearing a white jumpsuit asked his black partner, sporting a hat with an antenna on top. "Yep." he replied. Finn and Jake walked towards Springer as Princess Bubblegum, Marceline, and Simon exited.

"Hey, guys! Welcome to Hub City." Finn welcomed them. "Finn, where did you get that arm?" Marceline wondered as she pointed at Finn's prosthetic right arm. "Mom gave it to me. You should've seen Jake's face, it was hilarious. BMO almost killed me when he thought I was an impostor." Finn replied. "I've seen a lot of prosthetics like that in my time. They were obviously cased in skin-coloured plastic but you'd swear they were real from a distance." Simon commented. "Where is your mother, anyway?" Princess Bubblegum wondered.

"She said she was gonna be up in a few. She needs to do some lady stuff to make herself presentable. You know how it is." Jake answered. From an elevator at the side of the hangar, a Minervabot walks into the hangar towards the group. "Welcome to Hub City. I'm Minerva Campbell, Finn's mother." the Minervabot said as it extended her hand towards Princess Bubblegum. Princess Bubblegum shakes the Minervabot's hand as she examined its body.

"You… are a robot, am I correct?" Princess Bubblegum stated as she released her hand. "Yes. Finn told me about your robotic replica. Close, but you could see the joints. It took me years to develop a human-like appearance for my Minervabots. I just finished some new models yesterday; this unit is one of them. " Minerva explained. "Shall we proceed to the movie venue?" she said as she gestured to the elevator.

To be continued…