I apologize for the late update, I had a few mental blocks on how to continue the story so it would flow properly and not get redundant. Although PLEASE do leave a review if I failed or if I lived up to expectations. Reviews, they help me to improve.

"We here? We are Beau-Beautopia!" Susan Strong said in excitement as they neared their destination holding Finn and Jake aloft so they can see past the debris in front of them. "Whoa ominous." Finn remarked as he saw the city tower. "We be alls good once we bring red flower to city heart!" the large woman explained seating both of her passengers down on what remained of their boat. "What's makin all that swishing?" Jake asked, fairly scared of what the answer might be. "LUB GLUBS. THEY COMING!" yelled the giant women cowering behind Finn.

Looking over to where the sound was coming from they saw a bunch of bright colored items floating towards them. " HAHAHAHAAHAHAA it's just more pool floaties." Jake laughed as what he saw made him a great deal more relieved. " SHHHH to many Lub Glub to fight!" the truly terrified woman said backing as far away as she could hyperventilating. "Susan. Susan! Lub Glubs are just pool toys." Jake walked over to the indicated thing, "Here watch, I'm putting an end to all this craziness with my PICKAXE HAND!." Changing his hand into a pickaxe he stretched himself over to the nearest floaty. "Nonononono." Susan chanted, while Finn watched with determination to see his bro chill out the situation. "No more craziness." the yellow dog said spearing the toy only to have a hideous and shadowy creature oozing out of the body of the pink duck.

UH uh.. OOOOH! JAKEY BEEFED IT!" the dog yelled as he realized he didn't put enough faith into the warnings. All around them more of the pool toys started changing it the the horrifying creatures, one of them even started gnawing on a skull that was nearby. As the menace advanced, the adventurers leapt into action fighting their way over the nearest Lub Glub to land on the center platform of the city. Smashing the nearest of the enemies as they came, "Bad news dude, there's only two of us and more than," warned as he held up his fingers to count, " THIS many of them!" As the next set of enemies got closer Finn questioned his brother in an 'I told you' manner, "We are gonna have to use the fire like Susan said. You ok with that?"

" Yes I'm OK with that I'll do whatever Susan says! AHHH!" Jake yelled as he was attacked by an enemy he wasn't watching. " Susan we need you!" Finn called out for the woman to help right before doing a pile driver on the nearest Lub Glub. "Susan scared, but Susan brave too." the barbarian like woman said to herself in resolve. Turning to the lamp still resting on the raft she picked it up before going shouting her own name for inspiration and charging towards the city heart. Only to be tackled to the ground by a swarm of the shadowy creatures, unable to get up she tossed the lamp towards her companions. "Finn! Jake!"

"I got it!" called Jake jumping into the path of their flaming hope. "Red flower, to city heart!" Susan called from underneath the Lub Glubs holding her down. "Finn, win aide to fair Susan. Jake brings the fire!" Jake said as he ran towards the imposing tower in the middle of the complex. "You got it bro." Finn replied launching himself as one of the enemies atop the prone woman. "Humans and Hyoomans gotta stick together!" the young man stated fist bumping his fighting partner, who then promptly grabbed his wrists and flinging him at a Lub Glub like a nunchaku.

Meanwhile Jake is racing to the top versus an exceptionally large Lub Glub. upon reaching the top he noticed the directions below the kindling, "Light fire here. Seems pretty straightforward. Ok here goes, one, two, three,four." Comically and not unpredictably the creature grabs the Flubber like dog to stop him from lighting the burn pile. Grunting with effort Jake finally manages to toss the lantern into the kindling and the room explodes with light. The first thing the three companions notice is all of the shadowy creatures seemed to evaporate around them. " It's Working Susan!" Finn exclaimed as Jake return and they all looked at their handy work. "Whoa, it IS beautiful." Jake commented in awe.

After returning with the Hyoomans, the brothers stayed to help move packages, personal belongs, ect. The Hyoomans finding places to live with ease now that there was nothing to be afraid of. "You were right Susan. This place is great!" the bear capped boy said to his cat capped companion. "Well we better get home."

"Finn you stay." Susan strong suggested with emphasis. "No. I can't I'm not like you. And we still gotta be ready if PB calls us." Grabbing Finn's hand the large lady directed it under her cap that he might feel what was, or was not under it. "Susan." the young man said with a bit of awe and trepidation. "C'mon Finn let's go. I grabbed like one hundred soft pretzels." the yellow dog shouted from the raft. Looking back over his shoulder as they left he saw Susan wave goodbye. Which he responded to with his own wave.

-Candy Kingdom Hospital

Within the vast room filled with many beds, covered in blue sheets and accompanied by machines, there were but three occupants. Nurse Poundcake was once again checking for changes to the status of the human in her charge, nothing has changed since the Hero of Ooo, his brother, the Vampire Queen, and the Candy Princess brought him in. While his condition has improved, his heart rate has strengthened and breathing is now steady, but he still showed no signs of waking. Still praying for some signs of change she was going about the routine with fervor, but unbeknownst to her the third occupant of the room was watching over her shoulder invisible.

Marceline watched the nurse go about her business, careful not to bump into her while she was among the unseen. She watched the comatose man sleep, observing everything about him and trying to come up with answers to the many questions plowing their way through her head. She could not help but notice that he had more than just the scar upon his face as well. Since part of Poundcake's routine was to bathe the patient she needed to strip him, revealing the toned muscles hidden underneath the unbecoming hospital smock. The fact that he was stark naked in front of her caused the vampire queen to feel quite awkward. At least until something caught her attention.

On his front there were a few light scars across his upper chest and a few circular ones as well upon is abdomen. His back however seemed to have the worst of it however, four large ragged lines went down from his left shoulder to his right hip, as well as other various circles. he also had a few other markings as well along his arms, but they were most definitively not scars. They seemed to be more like artwork, the images included a bird in flight on the upper left shoulder, a triangle made of three smaller triangles on the back of his right hand, and the top of his right shoulder held the image of a reptile breathing fire. Confused as to if these pictures on his skin meant anything the floating girl continued her own inspection of his face. He had earrings in both ears, four black studs in the right and three red studs and a black in the left. Along with the strong features the human's face gave off a sense of ruggedness due to the stubble now showing up after returning to the time flow. But the crudeness was countered by the sense of peace in his slumber.

As Nurse Poundcake finished with the sponge bath she redressed him and gathered her things as she turned to leave. This left the lone vampire alone with the human, "Geez I come out here just to see if I could find more answers, and all I get are more questions. I mean c'mon random human shows up out of the blue, and isn't even conscious. Just trying to junk with my head are you?" As the Marceline ranted her frustrations to the slumbering being, she went past rational thought. She needed a way to dump her frustration and calling the human out on being the cause without him responding was not working. So she did the next best thing, she slapped him.

"Oh Glob. Um. Crap." The not so young woman groaned as she realized what she did. She didn't mean to, it just kinda happened, she could have just made it worse. She felt terrible now, but thats when she heard it. HE groaned too. "DR. ICE CREAM GET IN HERE!" Marceline shouted as she realized the human might be waking up. This was important, she could have answers if he woke up, and that made her all the more excited. Rushing in with the nurse in tow the living dessert came and checked on the human. "He's waking up, nurse help me with prep. Marceline get the princess and let her know." Ice Cream commanded as she continued making preparations for the man to wake up fully. Black haired lass rushed off to find either Peppermint Butler or Bubblegum, since Pep-but would know where Bonnie was if she wasn't in her lab.

-Candy Kingdom Castle two hours prior

"No conclusive results...again." Princess Bonnibel Bubblegum sighed into the recorder after her latest test. Finding the cause of the temperature rejecting qualities of her samples was proving to be fruitless. The frustration of getting no new information as well as her massive deprivation of sleep was taking it's toll on the scientist ruler. The only success she had recorded so far, if she could call it that, was that the hair still dissolved in acids and could break like normal.

"Princess you should sleep. It's been three days already." Her concerned butler suggested. Peppermint knew that she has gone longer without sleep, but he got the feeling she was wearing herself out more so then usual. "I know Pep-But, but I need answers and I won't get those if I am asleep," the gummy princess responded with a yawn. "Your highness you are falling asleep right now, you should go lay down before you cause an accident." The white and red steward pushed. "Ugh, fine just let me get all this organized and put away." Bubblegum relented, not wanting to but trusting her companions judgement.

Leading the half asleep ruler back to her chambers Peppermint Butler had a few questions of his own. But these would not be voiced, since their implications might not be for the best. At least not yet. The princess didn't even bother changing clothes, she saw her bed and was face first into the pillow, and cared about the world and her worries no more. "Sleep well Princess." Leaving and locking the door behind him the small statured being sighed to himself before going about his other duties around the castle.

"Hopefully she will wake up for dinner. Oh well, we shall cross that bridge when we get to it." Even with the the helpfulness of the candy people, the staff of the castle were few. Peppermint liked it that way, it gave him more to occupy his time when he wasn't doing 'other hobbies'. Starting with the laundry, then going to the kitchen he pondered what to make for dinner. His thoughts were interrupted by another train of thought however, he got a feeling he should check and see how the young man in the box was doing. No matter what 'might ' be, he should still make sure that the guest was still comfortable and doing well.

Setting something on the oven to simmer for dinner, he left the kitchen in Cinnamon bun's hands and prayed the castle would still be standing after he returned. Being in no particular hurry the minty man strolled through the gardens before turning towards the hospital. Upon reaching the large set of double doors he was blow back by a large burst of air. This force was caused by the hasty exit of one Vampire Queen who looked in quite the hurry. "Marceline! What's your hurry?" Peppermint Butler asked standing himself up and dusting off his suit.

"The human, he's waking up! I need to tell Bonnie so she can call Finn and Jake." the vampire blurted, eager to go find the candy woman. "She sleeping right now, and I don't think she will wake up anytime soon." before he even finished Marcy was flying off towards Bubblegum's room. Sighing the small man turned back towards the doors again and went inside to check on the human himself.

-Bubblegum's Room

Zzzzz...zZZZzzzzz...BANG BANG BANG "Bonnie open the door, the human is waking up!" Marceline called from the other side of the door. The sudden banging and shout startled the sleeping ruler, causing her to fall out of her bed. "Urgh. Coming.." Wobbling herself over to the door Princess Bubblegum struggled to find her balance as she woke up. Stretching out a hand to steady herself on the door she turned the deadbolt, only to have the door not be there as the Vampire Queen yanked it open to come inside. This caused Bubblegum to fall forward on top of her visiter. With no warning Marcy couldn't brace to catch the princess, or herself, and fell straight backwards. "C'mon Bonnibel wake up! The human is waking up!"

"Who?" The implications of that sentence flying over the sleep deprived mind.

"The human? From the box? In the hospital? Don't you remember?" the exasperated vampire questioned repeatedly.

"Oh him...HE'S AWAKE? Oh Grob I gotta let Finn and Jake know. Now where's my pendant?" The now suddenly awake monarch began rooting though her things to find the object she desired.

"It's still on your neck. Geez c'mon already you can call them on the way." Marcy said grabbing the princess' hand and dragging her towards the door. "Hey!" Turning to see that PB had pulled out of her grasp and was headed to her wardrobe. "What are you doing? We need to go..."

"It can wait for me to put something that isn't three days old on. Just go without me for now, I'll be right behind you." Came the reply without turning around instead reaching in to pull out something. "Fine. But if you make Finn and Jake miss the dude waking up they won't be happy. I'm pretty sure they have questions just like the rest of us." With a roll of her eyes Marcy left Bubblegum to get changed while she headed back to the hospital.

"I should probably shower too... ugh if only I could get that bath formula to work." Holding the pendant out in front of her she called Finn and Jake so they could at least start heading over while she showered. Hoping that they wouldn't mind her bedraggled appearance.

-The Plains

Relaxing out on the grass the two brothers were munching at the soft pretzels Jake had acquired earlier on their quest. And while Jake was enjoying his immensely, Finn however was just nibbling, looking quite deep in thought. "Ok Bro, spill what's got you in a funk? It's not about that human again is it? I told you PB got a handle on that." the flexible canine inquired as he stretched his upper body around to in front of the young human. Finn was in fact brooding on it again, "You know me too well man."

Ring Ring, Ring Ring.

Reaching into his pack, the young man pulled out the purple gem to answer it revealing the image of quite the disheveled Princess. "He's waking up guys. Get here as soon as you can, and go straight to the hospital." With only that the princess hung up, leaving the pair staring at where her picture had just been.

"Well did I tell you or did I tell you?" Jake asked rhetorically with a smile on his face. "Hop on man let's go get your answers." As finn climbed into the large hand, the extremities' owner began jogging towards the Candy Castle. Being where they had been from helping Susan, it wasn't a long trip. Getting to the hospital they arrived at the same time the princess did, so they headed to the room together.

As they turn down the hall they hear screaming. Rushing the last of the distance to the door they are greeted with a semi familiar sight. The human is now sitting on the edge of the bed with Peppermint Butler in his mouth with a look of contentment. Everyone in the room had a good laugh at the little mans expense before removing him from his tormentor.

"Well then.. that is the first time I can recall a dream being so real, I mean I can actually taste the peppermint there." the man said thoughtfully to himself as he got ready to stand up. "Although I remember they did tell me it should be dreamless, eh tests never go as planned anyway do they."

"Whoa there! Slow down, don't stand up just yet." Dr. Ice Cream said pushing the gentleman back down onto the edge of the bed. "Oh look the cone talks too, maybe I shouldn't be surprised. Like c'mon that lady over there is FLOATING. The dog walking in two legs isn't to far fetched though, seen that before." the man rambled some more as he again tried to stand up.

Heading over to the bedside to help the doctor Bubblegum helped to sit him down again. Placing a hand on his forehead, and another on his wrist she checked his temperature and his pulse. "Well he has no fever, and his pulse is still strong. No side effects for right now. Sit down sir, we are not done." She reprimanded him yet again as he tried pushing through the two ladies.

"Geez for a dream you sure are pushy. Are you made of...gum? Well ok then I really gotta be dreaming." he commented after sniffing a moment, then reaching for her hair trying to grab a piece. Slapping his hand away she let out a frustrated sigh, "Oh für Glob willen. Sie sind wach!"(Oh for Glob's sake. You are awake!)

Quickly rolling backwards over the bed putting it between himself and the other occupants of the room he landing in a fighting stance and slowly began shuffling towards the doors on the opposite side of the room. "Ok then, who are you and what do you want. I know the Germans had no part in this experiment, and that I was to be met with the rest of my team on wake up. This also must be some elaborate charade to make me think I was dreaming, although I do admit those cosmetics are quite believable."

Startled by the reaction everyone in the room was stunned, Finn however was the first to recover. "Who are the 'Germans'? Are they like 'Humans' too? What experiment are you talking about? Why would you think you are dreaming?" And the rapid fire questions continued until Jake stretched himself around the curious young mans head, muffling any more questions. " Chill bro now's not the time man." Jake said casting worried sideways glances at the other human.

Bubblegum tried to answer his questions, no matter how her own were burning to get out. "My name is Princess Bubblegum and these are my medical staff, Dr. Ice Cream and Nurse Poundcake. The black haired girl floating over there is Marceline." "The Vampire Queen" the mention interjected. " Yes... then this is the hero of Ooo Finn the human and his brother Jake the Dog. And the one you were gnawing on earlier was my steward, Peppermint Butler." Gesturing to each in turn the monarch had turned her back to the man as she finished.

Quick as lighting, he saw an opportunity and went for it. Joshua Patterson lunged for the exposed back of the 'Princess' as she labeled herself, taking one of his own arms he placed it under hers, across her chest, then over the opposite shoulder where the hand met with the bicep of its' partner (Rear Naked Choke for those who don't know). Whispering into her ear he made his threat quite clear, "No more lies. What. Do. You. Want. Tell me straight or you will be sleeping instead of me, and no movements from the rest of you either. I see the blue dressed one has a sword, put it on that bed there. Yeah that one, good now back over there. "

Finn was at a loss, he didn't know what he should do the guy had PB and he didn't know what he would do to her. "But we, we don't want anything, but we all got questions ourselves. We found your box thing in the ice and when we got it open there was you all passed out and stuff. Like where did you come from? Why were you in the box in the first place? Are there more? What's your favorite food?"

"Finn! Stop please. It's too much. And I don't think he believes that we are friendly either." Marcy said moving over to him. "All we wanted was to talk. It's been about a thousand years since anyone has seen another human besides Finn here. The questions we have are probably just as many as yours."

Relaxing his hold on PB ever so slightly, he suggested something odd "Let's play a game then."

"A game?" They all asked at once.

"Yes a game. I ask a question and you answer it. Then I answer one of your questions. Agreed?" Finding nothing wrong with it they all agreed to 'play' the game. " I'll start then. Why am I here and not at the lab I went under in?"

Pondering the question for a short while, thinking more on how to word it than anything else Peebles replied," You are here because those two over there found the capsule you were within embedded in ice. As for why you are not in the lab you spoke of I cannot say."

"Cannot? Or Will not?" He asked tightening his hold on her again, causing her to gasp a little and her friends to jump. "Can't we don't know" Jake cried out.

"Ok then. Your turn." Patterson said pondering the ramifications of him not being awakened when he was supposed to be, let alone be stored properly.

"What year are you from?" Marceline asked bluntly.

The question struck him as odd since he was only planned for a two year test sleep. He shouldn't be that far in the future. "2020"

"Welcome to 3048 then." This floored the man, he released Bubblegum completely.

"Say that again please." "You are in the year 3048."

"How...what happened? Why didn't they finish the experiment as planned?"

"I would guess it had something to do with the Mushroom War."

" A war happened? I guess that makes sense, any side experimentation would have funding pulled for the war effort." He sat down taking in the new information, if this was true then all of his friends, his family, anyone he knew was long gone. Absently he took a hand to run it over the stubs in his left ear. Bubblegum on the other hand moved over to her friends rubbing her neck and putting her back to the wall.

This time Finn asked his question, "Are there any more of those pod things?"

"Yes, or rather there were three others. I don't know what happened to them if they were not near mine. They are probably long gone." This response disappointed the young man a bit, but he still held hope they might find more humans. After all this one kinda just jumped out of the ground.

"Also you have my sincerest apologies Your Highness. Hearing you speak German when I shouldn't have, set off a few alarms. Not to mention seeing things I currently cannot understand, like someone who can float around with apparently not wires or other supports is a bit far fetched, as well talking candy people. I mean a dream I can understand that, but this is real. And the talking dog that stretches like Mr. Fantastic is throwing me for a loop as well. Please forgive my reaction, unfortunate reaction humans have to the unknown. Normally I find myself a bit more composed then that." the soldier said with a bit of disgust at himself. Self hate was never good but this was deserved. "Also a side note can I get actual clothes? Never really been fond of hospital gowns..."(I think we can all agree that they can turn someone with the most confidant into the most self conscious person alive.)

"Apology accepted, and Nurse if you would get his clothes." After leaving and returning shortly after the Poundcake excused herself and Ice Cream from the room. "Many thanks." The man said gratefully as they left. After setting his clothes next to him he began pulling the gown off, thinking nothing of the others in the room. "WHOA! Wait a sec!" Jake shouted. "You can't just change like that in front of ladies. It's not decent." the dog said in a slightly condescending tone.

"Oh? They are welcome to turn around if they so please. It matters not to me if they watch or not. They both seem to be of age anyway. And you are male right?" His response prompted a deep laugh from Marceline and giggle from Bubblegum, taking all the bluster out of Jake's rebuttal. Turning around they waited for him to change. "Alright, well is there someplace more comfortable to talk? I'm sure there is a library or something of that sort where I can learn what I need about this place. But I will answer your questions as best I can. Also what happened to the gear that was with me? I would like to check and make sure it all works while we talk."