So we have now hit the first double-digit chapter of the story, it seems. Our hero is enthusiastically awaiting new revelations about the rogue. Let's see what happens.

Finn's POV, Tree Fort

At about 8:00, I woke up in a puddle of drool. Actually, more of a river of drool. "Ugh, what happened last night?" "You were having a dream about apples, I think", Jake said. He was peeking his head from out of his usual drawer/bed. "You were so into your dream that you actually started eating the bed." "I what?!" Sure enough, looking at my bed, about half of the pillow that I was laying on was ripped off with the other half wet and lying on the floor. In addition, the covers on the bed weren't in good shape either. "Oh... wow", I said. "Now that I think about it, I didn't eat much of anything while I was being held captive." Jake suddenly hopped up when I said that. "You haven't eaten anything in that time?!" "Well no, but don't worry, i'm- Aah!" As soon as I say that, I'm yanked out of bed and into the kitchen. "Wait right there, Buddy. Grub's on the way!" With that, Jake started stretching his limbs in each direction, grabbing pans, milk, juice, bacon, etc. "Whoa whoa whoa, Jake! Five minutes of clanking and sizzling later led to BMO entering the kitchen as well. "Finn, what is with all the noise this morning", BMO asked. "It's just Jake. He's worried sick because I didn't ea- ack!" Once again, I'm cut off from finishing my sentence as a large spoon of scrambled eggs and Applewood bacon enters my mouth. "Less talking, more munching!" As I'm chewing, Jake starts pouring pancake batter onto a skillet. He was in such a hurried panic that he started hyperventilating at one point. "Dude... (gulp) Calm down, I'm fine", I say to him. "UNACCEPTABLE!" The way Jake yelled that out was practically spot on with Lemongrab's version. "You can't be Fine, you need to be GREATER than fine. You need to be STUFFED!" As much as I knew he was only trying to be helpful, he was going just a tad bit cray-cray. "Jake, take it easy. It's not like i'm gonna starve or some... holy..." In that instant, a stack of flapjacks reaching halfway up the house vertically was placed right in front of me. "You might say that Finn, but I'm your best friend and I know what's good for you! That said, you're not going anywhere until I'm convinced you can't handle anymore", Jake declared, leaving me wide-mouthed. Did he really think I could handle this type of "Breakfast Special"? BMO, who was astonished by Jake's reaction, slowly backed out of the kitchen. "Bon Appetit!" That's Jake for you.

An hour passed and I was dressed and ready to roll. "Whew, that was something else..." I said. Letting out a belch, I decided to train a little with my new arsenal. After getting through most of that perilous meal, I made it a priority to at least work off that food. "Uh oh", I said while staring at my new hook swords. Although I was familiar with the weapon, I had never actually used the weapons outside of display. "Dang, I really should've asked Alex how to use these things correctly." "Hey Finn!" Jake suddenly called out to me. "You're feeling pretty active today. What's on your mind", Jake asked. I looked up at the clear sky and sighed. "Well, what would you do if you met someone like you but that someone is a bit... evasive?" Jake walked up and stopped beside me. "If I were you, I'd keep pressing until you get what you need. I can't help wondering, is this about PB, Finn?" I looked at him with a disgruntled expression. "What, no! I- It's actually... About Alex." Jake was a little worried. "He didn't do anything to you, did he?" "Of course not dude. The thing is, I figured he would be the type that would want to talk about his memories with someone like me. But, what if you were... I don't know..." Jake put his arm on my back. "You're worried he's not what he seems?" "Yeah. What if I really am getting my hopes up for nothing?" Jake laid down on the ground and stared into the blue sky. "I guess we won't know for certain unless we meet him again." Which was just what I new he was going to say. He didn't know about the message from Alex last night, given I was going there without letting him know. I sighed. "Jake, there's something I meant to tell you last night." I filled him in on what happened just after Alex left.

Alex's POV, Marauder Village

It was about 10:30 in the morning when I reached the village. After getting a well deserved rest in who knows how long, I was feeling unusually jubilant today. "Man, I haven't felt this good in a while." I was lying against a large tree with my hood on in the center of the village. The marauders themselves were up to their usual daily roughhousing. "You ready for some pain, pal?" One of them said while wielding a mace. "You're on, wimp" said his opponent, who had on a pair of spiked gauntlets. Wow, these guys are certainly active today, I thought to myself. The villagers, aside from the marauders, were just being themselves. Looking around, I could see that a couple of the marauders were approaching me. "Hey hey hey! It's the man himself!" One of them said. A bunch of them turned their attention to me. "Alex, my man!" "What's up, people", I said to them. The marauders know me pretty well, given that I helped defend the village after an Outlander raid that happened a while ago. That, and whenever I'm looking for a good fight, this is usually my go-to place. "Alex, We've got a bare knuckle challenge going on at noon. Feel like throwing down with the big boys", said the marauder holding the mace. "Gonna have to take a rain check on that offer. I've got more pressing matters at hand." He looked at me with a smirk. "Ahhhhh, you don't know what you're missing, kid!" I could only chuckle at his response. "Don't think that this is a "White towel" situation gentlemen. I intend to school you all real soon. I promise that!" "And we'll be waiting. Right, men?" All of them let out a battle grunt in agreement and proceeded to beat the living tar out of each other. Mindless violence just for the heck of it. Ahh... I love being a rogue.

As I was waiting, I decided to rest for a minute until Finn arrived. I was about to doze off until- "Hey Alex!" A familiar voice called out to me from a distance. Looking straight ahead, Finn was coming up to me. "Glad you could make it, Kid", I said while walking up to him. "So, you made sure nobody followed you here" I asked Finn. "Not a soul knows otherwise", Finn replied. As we were about to head off, something about Finn threw me off a little and I looked at him. "What's wrong, dude?" He asked me. "That hat of yours, Finn", I said to him. "What about it?" "I- I not sure, but I can almost swear that I've seen that particular hat before..." I was trying to think back on why it looked so familar, however nothing was coming to mind. "You have? Seriously?!" Finn's eyes widened when I said that. "Where? How? Why! Tell me, bro!" He was overjoyed by my statement, but I didn't want to get his hopes up for nothing. "I don't really know, to be honest. If something comes to mind, I'll let you know." Finn calmed down a little. "Oh, OK." Nodding, We started to make our way to the northern edge of the village. "You're gonna be dumbfounded when you see this", I said.

For about ten minutes, we walked through the mountains. Soon, we hit a very thin path within the mountains which we continued down until we hit a dead end. There was nothing but mountains in front and beside us. "This is the rendezvous point, Finn." When I said that, Finn looked at me as if I was crazy. "Bro, there's nothing here" Finn said to me. "It looks like that, but just watch" I replied. As the clouds moved, the sun started to shine straight into the area we were in. As soon as it did, there was what appeared to be a ripple-like effect on the area of mountain in front of us. "Correction", I said, making my way to the ripple. "THIS is the rendezvous point." With that, I walked into the ripple, straight into the mountain. "What the..." Finn said. He walked into the secret threshold and his jaw dropped. "Welcome to the Epsilon Village, Finn." Hidden inside of the mountains was an entire network of houses, stores and even a few castles around the area. It was your Ooo equivalent of a gated community. "I don't believe what I'm seeing here. All of this was hidden around Marauder Village this whole time", Finn said. "That's right. Unknown to the rest of the world, the Epsilon Village takes pride in it's private and undisturbed location. Only a select few people, including the three of us know of it's whereabouts" I said. Good god, how many places have I not known about around Ooo...? Finn thought of that, until he remembered something that threw him off. "Hold on, what do you mean "Three of us"", He asked me, and I looked at him with a clever smirk. "Seriously, dude? You think I don't know that's Jake doubling as your backpack? You can drop the act, dude." We looked at each other for a good few seconds until Jake reformed himself on the ground. "How did you...", Jake started to say, before I answered him. "I can sense any/all heat energies around me within a 100 yard radius. Even then I would have found you guys out eventually, even if I couldn't sense him." Finn and Jake looked at me with sheepish expressions. "Okay, you got me", Jake said. "But understand this, Finn is my best bud and I will not let anything happen to him. You got that?" Jake had the most serious glare imaginable. "Relax, bro. I'll let it slide this time. But no one else can know about this area, OK?" They both responded in unison with a definitive "Got it" and a thumbs up. "Good. So then, follow me and we'll get right down to business."

Finn's POV, Epsilon Village

The three of us proceeded to walk through the secret village, filled with people from just about every kingdom. "As you can see, this village is a symbol of mutual respect and independence. Despite a lack of government, we don't allow anyone to attempt to take over the city with evil intentions." "So there is no prince or princess here", Jake asked. "Nope. The people govern themselves and as such we maintain balance accordingly." "So, is this your home, Alex?" He shook his head. "No, i'm afraid not. I might just show you where I live one day, but in the meantime I can at least make good on my current promise", he said and he motioned us to follow. In the center of the village, there was a large building with a bit of a yellow luminescence. The building's name was Minerva's Tavern. "Allow me to personally introduce you to my favorite hangout spot." Alex walked into the tavern and we followed behind him. "Whoa..." Jake and I said in unison. Inside, there was a bar in one area, an arcade in another and even a combat room in another. There were a lot of chairs and holo-projectors around the middle of the tavern, and all of the occupants looked like they were between 15 and 30 in human years at best. "This is basically Vista Pointe, but in a modernized sense. Pretty nice, right?" Jake and I both stood in awe of the place. "It's... awesome", I replied. We were about to walk through the tavern, until Alex stopped us. "Hey Finn, you know you can take your hat off in here", he said. "Oh, um... I would, but i'd rather keep it on." "Come on, bro!" Jake said to me. "Live a little." I thought about it for a second, then decided to just stuff the hat into my bag. As I did, my golden hair, partially covered my eyes and fell halfway down to my neck. Both Alex and Jake looked at me in surprise. "Whoa... I didn't think you actually had hair... Anyway, let's chill out", Alex said. We sat down at a table just outside of the entrance to the Arcade area. "Seriously, you guys hepled me out a lot this week, especially you, Finn. For that, you've earned your wish. Ask me anything", Alex said while sporting a smile, and Jake started patting my back. I was sweating a little and my heart was racing quickly at that point. Oh man... I didn't think I was going to get this opportunity. I took a deep breath and let the words escape my mouth. "I have to know, are there any more humans besides the two of us, Alex?" Alex looked down at the table and his smile fell. "I... I really wish I knew, Finn. Unfortunately, I always believed that I was the only one of my kind up to now." Alex turned his head towards the large window beside the exit. "If there indeed are others besides us... We haven't yet found them." It must have been hard for him to have to say that.

"Alex, it's okay", Jake said, reassuringly. "At least now we both know that there are definitely more than just yourselves here, right?" The statement didn't come out as well as he would've liked, but I guess Alex understood what he was going for, as he smiled a little. "I wish I had a dog as a best friend", Alex said. "Trust me, this guy is a bit of a hassle", I said and Jake looked at me. "Say what? You think it's easy to have to babysit an accident-prone teenager all the time?" "A- Accident-Prone?! Well excuse me for saving your butt on several occasions, jerk!" As the two of us were quarreling, Alex couldn't help but laugh a little at the sight. "Hehe. You guys are just like the rest of my team. They can never agree on anything." Jake raised an eyebrow at Alex. "Come on, we're not that argumentative all the time. When it comes down to a serious situation, we're practically in sync with each other", Jake said. "I couldn't have said it better myself", I said. Alex smirked and then reached behind him. "I understand exactly what you mean. It's kind of like the connection between myself and my sword." As he pulled out sword, it started to glow like usual, drawing the attention of a few of the people around us. "Holy crud, that's a beast sword", Jake said. "Oh, that reminds me? You never mentioned how the sword works, Alex. How can someone ride a freaking sword like a skateboard?" Alex looked at the blade. "Only those without pure evil can even touch this weapon. In base form, the sword itself is virtually indestructible. However, one of it's most important attributes is that it can merge with any element it comes into contact with." Alex then turned his attention to a candle that was on the table we were sitting at. "For example, see the flame on the wick of this candle?" Alex held the blade over the flame. "W- Wait, Alex! Be careful-" As I was trying to stop him, the flame contacted with the sword, and the sword immediately turned a bright reddish-orange with a fire emblem replacing the normal green jewel in the sword. "Behold, Finn and Jake. The Pyro Sword!" The two of us were awestruck by the sword. Jeez, and I thought the Demon and Grass Swords were too powerful... "Hold on, If the sword is made of fire now, will your sword be stuck like that?" I asked. "Nope. You see, If the sword is left idle for ten seconds, it reverts back to the Enigma Sword." Sure enough, the sword returned to it's platinum shade. "Wow..." I said. "It's funny. Besides a select few people, this sword is the only real friend I have." The three of us chuckled at his response. "And what am I? Chopped Liver?"

As soon as we heard that voice Alex turned around. "Abel?!" He said, in disbelief. " In the flesh. Or bone, rather", Abel Replied. Alex slowly rose up and stood face to face with his partner. I was expecting them to shake hands or even hug. Both thoughts were disproved as Alex thrust kicks Abel straight into the Arcade room. "Hey! What was that for?" Abel slowly got back up. "WHERE IN SAM HILL WERE YOU?!" Alex yelled out. "I kinda spawned back at my grave in the grassland caves. Given the circumstances, I figured i'd just kick back here before I headed back to the Sky Dimension." Alex's eye was twitching from his response. "So you're telling me... While you were living it up in solitude, It never occurred to you that we were still being attacked by Maja, you skinless donkey?! The two of us could have died in there, dickweed!" The guys in the Arcade simply looked on as the situation unfolded. "Hey, easy! I knew you wouldn't be had so easily, bro. Everyone was awaiting your great escape from the prison. Right, Gang?" "As he said that, the people in the Arcade started to clap and cheer. "Dude, the notoriety is too much", I said. "Jake, what do you..." As i went to say that, I found myself alone. Jake decided to try his luck against a random opponent with a game of Card Wars. "Prepare yourself, dwarven warrior. For you are about to get rocked", declared Jake. "Really...?" I said. "Abel, i barely know half these guys in here. Furthermore, I can tell that these guys aren't even the slightest bit concerned with my well being", said Alex. Abel returned a troll face. "Are you sure about that? Because I think a certain elite archer would beg to differ on that statement, good sir." Alex was quiet for a few seconds before he let out a tiny, yet surprised gasp. "Wait, she's here?" Alex asked Abel. "You'd be correct, Alex. Oh, and P.S: She doesn't know you're here." Abel was pointing to the room adjacent to the arcade where the giant bar was located. "Hang on a minute, Finn. I'll be back", Alex said, and he started to make his way to the Bar room along with Abel. "Well, Jake's busy... so I may as well go with Alex."

Entering the room they went into, there were many people sitting down and lying against the walls of the room. The scent of hot wings and french fries filled the room, and it almost made my mouth water. "Dude, this puts the candy tavern to shame so badly..." Abel turned his head back to talk to me. "This lovely place has all of the necessary amenities of an average youth. Not to mention the chicks here are top notch." As he finished, he tried to throw a cool pose at a couple of girls that were standing close to us, and they simply rolled their eyes. However, as I passed by the same couple of girls, one of them actually winked at me, making me blush a little. Dang, the girls here are really... Ahem... well-developed, I thought. I did my best to not look at them too much, though. We were approaching the other end of the Bar room. There was a window and three people standing there. There was an emo-looking goblin with a crossbow, and a cloaked, hooded figure with a dark red aura. In addition, I noticed another person facing them. There was what appeared to be leaves on that person's head as opposed to hair, reaching down to their shoulders. Also, that person had green skin and had on a purple shirt and tan pants with long dark purple boots. By her figure, I could tell she was a girl. I watched as Alex slowly approached the girl from behind, while Abel walked straight in front of them. "So, what's new with the group?" he said, trying to be cool. "Nothing interesting", said the goblin in a nonchalant tone. "Besides, you're not exactly the type of person to even be remotely interested in such conversations", the cloaked figure said to Abel. "Aw, come on guys. I'm totally interested." "Oh, is that so? Given your track record, I would strongly disagree on that sentiment, Abel", said the girl I was looking at. "Jeez, you're cruel. What's eating you, toots?" He tried to put his arm around her, only to be kicked halfway across the bar. "I told you, Abel. I'm not interested", she said. Abel let out a groan as he tried to get up, sparking a few laughs from the other patrons. "Well, you still never cease to amaze me, Huntress", the cloaked figure said to her. "I swear, boys are all the same. Trying to pick up a girl only for their looks. Men are jerks." She hadn't yet noticed that Alex was right behind her, but the other two did. "(Snicker) Well, what about us?", said the goblin. "Yeah, we care about you, as does your trainee", said the cloaked figure, who was holding back a few chuckles. "We- Well you guys are different. At least you guys have sense. Alex, even though he cares immensely about us, is a bit too blank-minded to understand much of anything along the line of mutual feelings", she said. The two guys were snickering even harder. "And what's so funny?" She was about to find out why. "Well jeez, Kari. That's rude."

She let out a shocked gasp and quickly turned around. "I'll admit, i'm a bit oblivious to things, but blank-minded is just disrespectful", Alex said to her. "A- Alex..." The two looked into each other's eyes for a few seconds and I was expecting a hug or handshake again, only to be disproven yet again... well partially disproven. In that instant, a loud smack was emitted from her hand which went straight across his cheek. The people in the bar let out a loud "Ooh!" as a result. "Uh, ow", Alex said. He probably would have said more, provided the girl hadn't embraced him in such a tight grip. "You IDIOT! We were worried sick about you, you numskull!" The other two walked over to Alex and patted his back. "Not gonna lie, we got a little discouraged there, commander", the cloaked figure said to Alex. "Bah! I wasn't worried" said the goblin. "Well, for someone who thinks men are jerks, you're not exactly proving your point right now", Said Abel from across the room. Her face turned bright red and she pushed Alex away. "I didn't mean to worry you guys, I swear. I would've gotten here sooner had a certain someone had been a bit more supportive!" Everyone turned and faced Abel. "Sure. Blame it all on me" Abel said. "So then", the figure started, "I take it you had a flawless escape plan?" "Eh, I kinda had to improvise a few times. In fact, I got some help from an unlikely source as well." The three of them once again turned their attention to Abel. "Wait... did he actually..." they all said unison. "Somewhat, but the greatest bit of credit goes to this guy over here", he said while pointing to me. "Hey! That's Finn, the legendary human!", Said the goblin. "Well, that's my name", I replied. "Finn, let me introduce you to my team. This is bolt, the goblin renegade." The two of us shook hands. "It's a pleasure, kid. One thing you should know about me, I'm an expert melee welder. If you ever need weapons or armor, just come to me!" "Likewise! I'm in dire need of a new sword, too!" Next, the Cloaked Figure approached me. "Greetings, Finn. I am Acellus the Phoenix, or Ace for short." "Finn, Ace is our tactician in the Underground", Alex said. "Being the only one of his kind left in existence, we made sure to make him feel like one of us." Ace nodded at Alex. Finallly, the girl that Alex surprised approached me. "So this is the Champion of Ooo, eh?", she said. "This is our communications officer, Huntress Wizard" Alex said. "We try not to call her by her actual name, though", Ace said. That might explain why he got slapped earlier. "Hm. You don't look like much of a fighter, though", she said while eyeing me. "Trust me, this kid is trained pretty well in both melee and hand-to-hand combat", Alex said. Huntress Wizard gave me a smirk afterward. "OK, but how good is he with a bow? Is he as good as you, Leader?" When she said that, the rest of the group started laughing. "Hey, Let's not go there! That was just a misfire and you know it!", Alex yelled out with a red face. "Please, Al. No offense, but you have the accuracy of a mole rat." "Ouch...", I said. "Now hold on! I may be inaccurate, but I'm sure as heck not blind!" They were arguing in such a childish manner, but it was still friendly nonetheless.

As they were talking, I decided to check on Jake. As someone who witnessed firsthand how overly competitive he can be, It was probably a good idea to make sure nothing bad was happening. Just as I reached the Arcade entrance... "NOOOOOOO!" Standing outside of the room, I could see Jake, who I could just guess, lost the game. "That ending was so much bull!" "Not my problem, bro. You lost, So pay up", said the kid he was playing against. "Ugh!" With that defeated groan, Jake gave up two of his cards to the kid he was playing against. As that was happening, I could hear the entrance of the tavern open up, but I didn't look over to see who it was. "Can you believe what just happened to me", Jake said as he approached me. "Yeah, I kinda can believe it dude." "Arrgh! Two of my most potent cards, lost to a noob! I can't take this, I need a minute." That said, Jake made his way to the far end of the Arcade to where the Restrooms were. Poor guy. But what can you do. As I was starting to enter the arcade, I could sense that someone was behind me. "Hey dude, you still wanna talk", I said, thinking that was Alex. "Well, well. You're senses are certainly getting stronger, aren't they", said a feminine voice from behind me. I recognized that sultry voice immediately, but I didn't want to believe it was actually who I thought it was. A pair of pale gray arms reached over my shoulders and locked me in close embrace, and I was floating off the ground a little. "So, what's new with you, hero?"

"M- Marceline?!" I was shocked beyond belief. "What's the matter, miss me?" She playfully hugged me even tighter, and I was blushing even harder. "I must say, puberty has been kind to you, hasn't it?", she said while running her hand through my hair. "Uh... Well, gee. I didn't think I was getting that old", I replied. Even after four years, Marceline could still embarrass me without even trying. Getting a good look at her, her hair was as long as it usually was, with her left eye hidden. She had on a dark blue "off the shoulder" shirt, blue jeans, and solid black boots. It was only till now that I actually paid much attention to Marcy's figure... not including the incident at her house that night... The guys in the arcade were just watching the whole thing unfold, and they couldn't take their eyes off her. "Hey! Quit staring!" Marceline let out with a menacing hiss. With that, they all went back to what they were doing. "How did you know about Minerva's Tavern?", I asked her. She looked at me with a smile. "Actually, I had only found out about this village a week ago. 2 days ago, I tried to visit you so I could show you my find, but you were gone." She stopped, and looked down. "Come to think of it, Bonnibel and Jake were nowhere to be found as well." She looked at me with a mischievous smile. "Were you adventuring behind my back and didn't tell me, Finn?" "N- No! Of course not!", I said. I took a couple of steps back out into the main room of the tavern as she got closer. "Are you sure? Because if you're lying to me, I won't be pleased", she said with her tongue lightly touching my cheek. Yep, even as friends, she still can strike fear into my soul. "Hey!" Jake suddenly appeared behind her. "Don't even think about touching him!" She simply chuckled and looked at him. "Oh yeah? Whatcha gonna do, big guy?" Jake hesitantly took a step back as soon as she faced him. "Uh- um, I'll bite you! Don't think I won't!" Marceline simply laughed at his suppressed fear. "Is that right? (Chuckle)" In that one instant, Marcy's Fangs grew twice as large as they usually were and she let out a heart-stopping hiss. "BITE ME, JAKE!" Jake's eyes shrunk out of pure fear, and right after... "AAAAAHHHHH!" ...he let out a girlish shriek and darted back into the arcade with the Vampire Queen pursuing him. "NO, NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO! I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY!" I couldn't help but laugh at the whole thing.

"Hey, Finn!" Alex came out of the bar room along with his team and with a big cup of soda. "You need anything? I'll treat ya", He said. "In just a second. I want you to meet somebody. Wait here." I ran into the arcade after Marcy and Jake. "Hey, Marceline!" She stopped for a second, giving Jake enough time to run inside the men's restroom and lock it. "Dang it, Finn! Why'd you stop me?", she asked. "Sorry, but I wanted you to meet somebody." We were making our way back to the main area. "Is this guy some mutant or demon, or a wimpy lump of flesh like some of your other friends?" I rolled my eyes at her. "Trust me, you'll like Alex. I guarantee it." I had just stepped outside of the room, but Marcy had stopped just before she got outside. "Alex? I haven't heard that name since...", she started to say. "What was that", I asked her. "Uh, nothing. I was just thinking about someone. I doubt you know who." I raised an eyebrow at her. "Hm. Well anyway, this is him. Looking left, she took one a good look at him and gasped. Alex turned to his right and dropped his soda on the floor. "Alex, what's wrong?", Ace said to him. He couldn't say anything, as he was choked up. I looked at Marceline, who reacted almost identically. "A- Alex...? Is that really you?" She slowly floated over to him. She looked as if she'd seen a ghost. Alex was clutching his forehead and his pupils shrunk. He looked as if his life had just flashed before him. "Marceline... Abadeer?" As soon as he let out that shaky question, he was locked in a hug that was practically like a vice grip. "Alex! It's really you!" Her voice was breaking somewhat as she said that. "Marceline... I- I remember you... but you look so different..." Marceline immediately let go of him, but she was a little shaky. "But... how? You shouldn't be here, Alex", she said to him in a shaky voice. Alex looked confused as ever. "What? Of course I'm here! I'm standing right front of you!", he replied. "N- No! I mean you shouldn't be Here, period!" Alex was about as lost as could possibly be. "Alex, what's going on", I asked him, but he didn't register my question. "Thi- This doesn't make any sense... Why wouldn't I be here?" Marceline looked like she was going to have a heart attack. "You... You really don't remember...?" Everyone looked at Marceline. "Alex... Y- You DIED almost a millennium ago!" The entire tavern went dead silent from her scream. Alex's team was stunned, Alex's face went pale and he was trembling. "What'd I miss?", Jake slowly came out of the arcade. Alex could only muster a few words out...

"I... I died?! When did I... Die?"

And I think i'll cut it there for now. So with-

Finn: Nooo! Why would you stop now?!

Abel: It was just getting good, bro!

Relax. It's not the end of the story. So with this shell-shocking statement, the entire Tavern has been rendered speechless from shock. Just what does Marceline know about Alex, and vice versa? Find out in chapter 11!