One Shot: Elements arc aftermath
With all of Ooo saved from being turned into a madhouse by the powers of slime, candy, fire, and ice, our heroes decided to go and take a rest at the candy kingdom castle. That is were we currently are, inside of the candy kingdom castle, with Finn and Jake explaining to Princess Bubblegum and Marceline what had happened on their journey.
"So we got to the island and we tried to figure out were Susan Strong came from, only to find out that she was an android that was used for some kind of wack seeker program." Said Finn "Oh, it turns out that she was send to retrieve me and bring me back to the island." He said with excitement in his voice.
"But why?" asks Princess Bubblegum
"Because, the island we found, which was called 'hub island', had an evil scientist named Dr Gross who implanted unwilling test subjects with cybernetics and turned them into cyborgs." Jake said with disgust in his voice "They were meant to retrieve people who had gotten of the island."
"Speaking off, Marceline I have to thank you." said Finn with happiness in his voice
"Thanks, but why?" asked Marceline with an awkwardness in her voice.
"Because the last island that we found, 'founders island' was the island that all the humans you saved managed to escape to." said Finn, Marceline not understanding the point gave Finn a confused look. Finn noticed and added "If it weren't for your sacrifice, the humans might not have survived and I would have never been born. So thanks for that."
"Yeah, we even saw a statue of a man by the name of 'Two-Bread Tom' who you told us about after we were done hunting for vampires." said Jake
Marceline let out a small blush and replied with a small "Thanks"
"Anyways, Dr Gross went insane after Finn and Martin got of the island. And after that she nearly killed all the humans when she released a deadly virus she was banished." Jake said, causing Marceline to shake in anger.
"Finn, Jake, what happened to this Dr Gross?" She asked, with venom seeping in her voice.
"Well, after we confronted her she tried to use us for spare parts, after we refused to join her, she fell into a reactor and her entire lab blew up." Said Jake "We're pretty sure that she's gone now."
"Good." said Marceline harshly.
"Finn, did you find what you were looking for?" Said Princess Bubblegum, trying to change the tense atmosphere.
"Yeah, yeah I did." said Finn trying hold back his tears "I managed to find my mother." he said, making Bubblegum put a hand on his shoulder in sympathy.
There was a bit of silence, causing an awkward silence to hang in the air. Making Bubblegum ask "Finn? Did something happen?"
"My mother... my mother, uploaded her mind into the main computer of the island. She did so to save the humans from the virus. She sacrificed herself, she sacrificed her body to save all the other humans." He said, causing a few tears to drop onto his cheek. Bubblegum quickly held him tightly to comfort him. This was exactly what she was trying to prevent from happening, Finn going after his heritage and getting hurt in the process. Again.
"Finn, I'm so sorry." She said while still holding onto Finn. Marceline putting a hand of sympathy onto his shoulder.
After a bit of staying like this Finn spoke up "Don't be, no one could have predicted this. Besides, I'm glad. I'm glad to finally have some closure." He said as he wiped away his tears, got free of Bubblegums grasp and stood up. He walked over to an open window and looked outside, reflecting on what had happened these past couple of weeks.
Finn was thinking for quite some time, first about the island and his mom, and then about Ooo and what had happened with the elements. He was in deep thought when Bubblegum broke him out of his thought "Finn?" she asked.
"Hmm, PB what's up?" He asked as he turned back to Jake, Marceline and Bubblegum.
"You were in thought for a bit, is everything alright?" she asked.
"Yeah, I think I am." said Finn
"So are you going to keep crying, or are you going to tell us more about your journey?" Asked Marceline.
"No, I'm good now. Anyways, after I had met mom we got a chance to connect. I learned about how she is the protector of the island and I told her about my adventures." said Finn with a smile on his face.
"Yeah, and she nearly uploaded his mind into the mainframe as well." interrupted Jake.
"Jake!" Said Finn in annoyance, "What? She nearly did." responded Jake "Can't leave out the important bits."
"She nearly did what!" Yelled Bubblegum out in anger.
"She wanted me to join her in the computer, so she could keep me safe." Said Finn "Which kind of happened after I showed her memories of past adventures."
"Seems like you've got the record for the most parental figures that brought you pain." Joked Marceline, trying to lighten the mood a bit.
"Really Marce, what about the Ice King?" asked Jake, only to receive an angry hiss from Marceline.
"Well she's not wrong. But after I showed her the other side of the memories, the ones were I help and protect, she was more willing to let me return to Ooo." said Finn
"What happened after that?" Asked Princess Bubblegum
"We stayed at the island for a couple of days, helped around and then we left for Ooo on a ship." Said Finn, after which something important popped into his mind and he spoke up again "Which reminds me, your boat got wrecked on the way to the islands. Please don't be too mad."
"It's fine." said Princess Bubblegum, "I know you told us to not damage the boat too much... wait what!" Exclaimed Finn
"Yeah It's fine, I won't miss it. Besides, knowing your track record, I knew the boat was going to get destroyed." Said Bubblegum "By the way, where is Susan Strong?"
"Oh, she and a really close friend of hers took a pod of the island and are now exploring the world. Said something about wanting to reconnect." Said Finn, the comment making Marceline and Bubblegum look at each other and give each other a knowing nod. "After that we returned to Ooo and we saw what had happened as a result of Patience St. Pim."
"Right, sorry about that." said Princess Bubblegum "What exactly happened when you tried to turn Ooo back to normal? Both of our memories are a bit fuzzy from the events."
"We nearly lost." said Finn in a deadpan voice
"Excuse me." said Princess Bubblegum
"Could you repeat that?" asked Marceline
"We nearly lost, Patience St. Pim almost won, me and Jake were almost corrupted by the elements. You know, that kind of stuff." Said Finn
"But... but... but how?" Asked Princess Bubblegum "What happened?"
"Well, after you nearly corrupted us and we escaped into the clouds thanks to the ice king. We made it to the ice kingdom part of Ooo, and there we freed Betty. Only for us to be nearly turned into Ice elementals." Said Jake "Then we went to the Slime kingdom and had to take part in some wacky roller skate competition. One in which the winners would get absorbed into Slime Princess, and so would the losers, but only from the back door."
"And the thing is, her jewel was inside of Slime Princes. So we had to get inside of her. Only problem was, Jake eventually got absorbed into Slime Princess just as we were about to escape her." Said Finn, taking a long silence. Being confronted with the memory of having to see his adoptive brother disintegrate in front of him.
"Finn, are you alright. What happened after that?" Asked Princess Bubblegum
"I felt like giving up, so I just stayed there. Had it not been for LSP saving me and getting me out of Slime Princess, I would have been absorbed and we would have lost for real." Said Finn "After that we made it to the fire kingdom."
"I sort of vaguely remember that, the fire kingdom nearly invaded us and you were made of fire as well." said Marceline
"Really? I don't remember that. What caused that to happen, Finn?" Asked Princess Bubblegum
"Me, LSP, and Cinnamon bun were ambushed by Flame elementals, including flame Princess, who was turned into a dragon." Said Finn, recounting the battle that took place in the Fire kingdom "We were able to fight them off somewhat, but then I felt something burn inside of me. It felt like rage, and then I let myself succumb to that rage. Turning into the fire elemental that you saw."
"How were you able to succumb to your rage? I thought that you had it under control, you're not the brash child that I met all those many years ago. So what happened?" Asked Princess Bubblegum
"I don't know, what do you want me to say? I was just tired of everything, angry at the fact that we were going to lose. And I guess that was why I let myself succumb to the anger and rage."
"How were you able to turn back to normal?" asked Marceline
"I was about to strike down Princess Bubblegum, I'm very sorry about that princess, when LSP came in and gave me a whiff of some gum." Said Finn "The familiar smell of the gum allowed me to reminisce about all the good times we had. That snapped me out of my anger induced state."
"Ok, I understand that. But how did everything get turned back to normal?" asked Princess Bubblegum.
"After we took your and Flame Princess's gem we brought them to Betty, only for her to take the gems and fly off." Said Finn, the comment making Marceline seethe in anger "But for some strange reason, Simon came back minutes later with the gems and Betty nowhere in sight. And the rest is self explanatory, the crown and the gems were given to LSP and she turned Ooo back to normal." The later comment calming Marceline down
"I'm glad that you and the others were able to turn Ooo back to the way it should be. But I have one question, what caused Jake to turn blue?" asked Princess Bubblegum
"I dunno, it was like this when I woke up again." said Jake, letting out a small yawn "Well I'm beat, thanks for taking the time to listen to our story. Call us when there is an emergency." said Jake, as he stepped out of the window and stretched his legs to the size of a giant "You comin' Finn?"
"Yeah, I'll be with you in a sec." Finn said as he turned to Princess Bubblegum and Marceline "Thanks for listening, if there is anything that needs to be done give us a call." Finn said, as he walked over to the window. But before getting onto Jake he quickly remarked "Just don't call us too soon, it has been an exhausting couple of weeks for both of us. And I feel like sleeping for a looooooooong time." He said as he stepped out of the window onto Jake, the only sounds that were heard a couple of seconds later were Jake's footsteps into the night.
After Bubblegum had closed the window and made sure that both Finn and Jake were gone she turned to Marceline and said "Marce, I'm really sorry about what happened."
"What are you apologizing for Bonnie?" asked Marceline
"I was a real controlling butt towards you and everyone else." said Princess Bubblegum as a small tear dropped from her eye.
Marceline noticed this, floated towards her and hugged Bubblegum as tight as she could. "Don't apologize, you weren't in control of your actions."
"But it's what drove us apart all those years ago, me being too controlling. I don't... I can't lose you again Marcie. Not after that, and especially not after our vampire hunting adventure." Said Princess Bubblegum as began to sob silently
"Bonnie, I promise you. I won't ever leave you again. In the years that we were apart I realized that despite what we went through together, I don't ever want to leave you again." Said Marceline
"Do you promise that?" asked Bubblegum
"PB, were both immortal. What kind of question is that?" asked Marceline, receiving a small in her ribs from Bubblegum
"Marcie, please be serious." pleaded Bubblegum
"Alright, I promise." Said Marceline
"Forever?"
"Forever, as long as the moon still shines. And Ooo still exists, I will be by your side forever. And that is a promise."
