Chapter 14: Next Move

Lucia had created a new hideout for herself, if she went back to her old one, the one Finn knew back then, no doubt that Finn would go there with many allies as he could gather and kill her for good this time. She moved a piece of her hair away from her eye as she marveled at how well she was able to set up a hideout so easily. Like the old one, it was a cave and it ran deeper. Bats were swarming out of the darkness and went outside. Lucia did not flinch for a second, instead she remained standing, refusing to move a single muscle until all the pesky bats were out of her new home. She decided that if it was her home from now on, she would have to clean this place up a bit. She used her magic to remove all non essential things out of her cave. All the corpses that were reduced to skeletons were thrown out, even their weapons and shields.

She flinched a bit and fell to her knees, every cell in her body started to act up. She was experiencing fatigue, not from the battle, but from being resurrected from the dead. She then felt something on her right arm. It was like a dissolving, stinging and burning sensation, like corrosive acid on skin. That blade must've left behind something in case.

'That blade the boy carried, it's powerful, even enough to cause me pain. Whatever it is, I don't like it. I'll need to do something about it.' Her hand turned purple and she touched her arm where it hurt the most. It was slow but she was healing.

During the healing process she couldn't help but think about past events. In particular, the human boy that came into her life and also ended it. From the moment she confessed her vendetta to Finn about the Abadeer family and how it all started, Finn held her for comfort, for sympathy, the warmth of his hug and his heart, it was like a dream, but it was all real.

When she and Finn came out of the training room one day, she asked if she was evil, all he did was say that she was misunderstood. A family killed before her, Finn just couldn't blame her for acting like what she was then.

She also thought about the time when they went to the party at the Candy Kingdom. At first Finn refused, but when Lucia pleaded for him to go, he did. He put his anger and frustration aside and took her there. Even if Marceline interfered that time, he revealed that he really did love her. The little 'fun' that they had in the shower before the party wasn't just for lust when it came down to Finn. At that party she could still remember what he said to her that day.

"Lucia I'm really happen you came into my life, I never thought I'd smile like this again but you helped me through it, I love you so much Lucia." As time went by she could still remember.

"Finn do you really mean all that?"

"I meant every word of it Lucia, I can't imagine life without you." Those words that he said to her began to haunt her now, it was eating at her very psyche. The very genuine love that he gave her, the very same love that she remembered 16 years ago was cast aside by her like trash. The response that she gave Finn one day the breaking point, and finally, the end of their relationship.

"You actually think I LOVED you?! Finn after I heard you could stand up to one of many powerful creatures in this land. I thought to myself 'How could I get this pathetic human to kill someone I hate?' The answer was quite simple, find him and make him mine, make him feel good around me, I even fucked you a couple of times to make sure you wouldn't leave. After I suggested that you date me and that vampire, I thought 'kill two birds with one stone.' I bring her here and she dies with her miserable father. You were nothing but a pawn to my plan, the perfect plaything."

Hatred and resentment was now in the place of love and compassion. Now both of them were consumed by revenge, possessed by its grasp on the mind. Only one of them had their revenge and actually succeeded, at least for awhile. Her throat felt hot, her mind was cluttered with guilt. But, the boy and Finn? Vampires? She looked at her stomach and patted and rubbed it, and she said softly.

"You should've been my baby. My son." But she let revenge take her. Chose retribution over forgiveness. The road that she took was now decided. She needed to wait, her little game that she claimed to start will become reality, but for now she needed to recover.

Meanwhile:

Jay had woken up with bandages wrapped around his head and abdomen. He was waking up to see the fluorescent lighting above, blinding him temporarily. During the time, he sees five people but it all blurry. When he woke up, all five began to hug him, relieved that he was alive.

"You scared us half to death." Marcy commented.

"Oh thank Glob you're alive I don't know what I would do without you." Gummy said. She was relieved, her boyfriend was alive and breathing.

"Hi everyone." He groaned a bit in pain trying to move. His body was screaming in agony like a banshee howling in the wind. At first the pain was serious but over time, it started to subside he was feeling better every passing minute.

"What happened to me?" Jay asked. He was still stunned and disoriented by the fight the Lucia was a really formidable opponent. From the looks of it, this wasn't good.

"You fought Lucia, that's what happened, you gonna be ok?" His father asked staring into his eyes hoping that his son would be fine. After that fight it was quite an unbearable sight to see his son was all battered and bruised. His were in tatters so he was given a different set.

After a few hours of talking everything through everyone left except for Gummy she wanted to stick by her lovers your side no matter what.

"Gummy, everything's gonna be fine I'll see you in the morning." Jay held her hand and looked deeply into her eyes making sure that everything will be okay.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes I want you to relax, I've already put you through enough. I'll see you in the morning." With that action, she took it as her signal to leave him everything will make more sense when it came to the morning.

Jay was still thinking about that fight. From the moment he severed Lucia's arm off that was what he was concerned about. It proves his theory that there are secrets to the Chameleon Blades and he found one of them. He drifted off into slumber still thinking about that secret in particular. What he will do will be determined in the morning. But the question was, what?