.-Ch. 7:To Conquer-.

"Cozy yet, creature?" mocked Zai'el.

"Look who's talking. Or maybe I can't even call you that, considering your weak-ass couldn't even handle a young girl." fired back Marceline with waning strength. Her arm's dismemberment now engulfed her mind. The maniac had just butchered Marceline, detaching a whole limb.

"Yes, keep hurling insults, grasping at straws; it's all you have left now. A vile creature like you can only await the sweet bliss of death- or, maybe you don't deserve such an honor. Yes, maybe I'll just sentence you to my fate, being tied to a tree for a 1000+ years, hoping, begging for release. On second thought-"

"You just wait, they'll find me and- and-" Marceline felt all her consciousness slipping away from her as the pain in her mangled appendage consumed her mind.

"Yes, slip deep into slumber. Let this be your final vestige, vampire."


"Marceline!"

"Princess? Princess! You came!"

"Of course I came! You really think I'd leave you behind, silly?"

"Yeah, I- uh never doubted you for a second..."

"Right, right. Now, open your eyes, Marcy. Open your eyes. Open your eyes. Open your eyes-

"Hey, lady! Open your eyes! Wake up! You alive?" screamed a perturbed stranger, whose concern seemed to slip away once his eye caught something else.

"Huh? What?" Marceline struggled to open her eyelids, only to have them jut open once she saw the state of her arm.

"Aaah! Oh, my fucking Grod! My arm!"

"Yeah, yeah, lady, could you keep it down? My kids are tryna some sleep. We finally get some peace and quiet in this place and now you come with your racket. Jeez, have some common courtesy-" the man stopped, finding Marceline's tight fist wrapped around his throat.

"Where. Am. I?" said Marceline with halted breath.

"Your- in- the- N-Nightosphere..." sputtered the seized man.


"Rainicorn, land!" commanded Princess Bubblegum.

"Ye!" responded the elongated creature, taking the utmost care not to upset the distraught ruler.

The band of rescuers scouted out the area where Zai'el had supposedly taken their bruised and battered friend. They searched for any sign of struggle, any indicator as to the whereabouts of Marceline, any vestige of hope of her being alive, all to no avail.

"Why?! Why?! I balanced my entire world on my head, on my own, and ask for next to nothing in return! So, why, Grod, why take my only solace, the only thing I truly look forward to, away from me? I-"

"Bubblegum, no. Don't give-"

"No, Finn. That's it. I'm calling it off."

"No! Bub-"

"Finn! I'm done with these wild goose chases, I'm tired of clinging on to false hope. If the universe sees fit to keep me and Marceline apart then so be-"

"Princess, you shut your mouth! Why would you ever give up on her like that?! Do you know how many times Jake and me had to rescue you, let alone your subjects or- or anyone who asked without any concern for our safety?!"

"There might have been a little concern." interjected Jake.

"Finn, as heroic and hearty as you might be, you're just a little boy, you'd follow anyone who seems to guide you in the right direction. You'd cling to any strand of resistance you could because it's in you're nature. You'd even probably take a bullet for me. It's not your fault, Finn-"

*Smack*

"You shut the fuck up! I don't need this "nature/nurture bullshit! You think I want ot find her because it's in my nature? Well, yeah it is! But if being the type of person to never give up on my friends is stupid, then nature is stupid! If you don't want to find her, then I will! Come on, Jake!" screeched Finn after slapping Bubblegum square in the face.

"Your funeral, kid." warned the ruler with the coldest tone she could as she boarded Rainicorn, who found her self in tears after the heart-wrenching speech. The group split in two directions, with Finn and Jake ardently continuing to search for clues and Bubblegum retreating to her kingdom on the back of Rainicorn, defeated.


"Congratulations, Zai'el" rasped a distasteful voice as "you've managed to do exactly as I've asked whilst still achieving your long awaited revenge."

"Why thank you, sir" responded Zai'el, dignified as he lifted his face from a scrying spying orb that watched the chaos he had cultivated "it's been a pleasure to work with someone as brilliant at schemes as thyself, Lich."

"Yeah, yeah, man, but how's all of this gonna help me get Marceline back to cock, specifically, my cock?" said Ash, breaking their compliments.

"Zai'el, dispatch this creature. I no longer have use for his existence."

"Aw, fucknuts" griped Ash as Zai'el changed to his bestial form, looking to end his life "I figured you'd do this." Ashe pull out a smokescreen vial and clouded the room, escaping in the fog from certain death only to peer and and say:

"I'll get Marcy back all on my own, without the help of you fuckwits. Ash out. Ouch!" Ashe tripped on a rock as he proceeded to exit.

"I apologize, I could not destroy the foul-mouthed creature, my liege." said Zai'el as he excused his mistake.

"No matter. Soon, he and everyone in existence shall be extinguished." said the misanthrope.

"I look forward to seeing the destruction in your wake, sir."

"Yes, starting with Finn the human. Run, speak, eat, play, boy. Enjoy your abilities while they last. I will destroy you and anyone who you hold dear and eradicate life on high. This, I solemnly vow, Creature."


A/N: Happy New Years, guys! It's been forever and a day since I've written and it makes me sick. So, here's the spooky little remedy. Enjoy!

Namaste