They had been walking for a while and they felt like they had barely made any progress. "Uh... Guys. I forgot to say that..." Bonnibel stopped,
"Tell us," Finn turned around.
"It's just that- Heh..."
"Bonnie. Tell us now," Marceline walked up to Finn,
"Spit it out, soldier!" Greg chimed in,
"It may or may not take twenty days to get to the top from here," Bonnibel nervously smiled,
"WHAT?!" SP yelled, the shout echoed through out the mountain,
"Calm down, Stacy," Simon cautiously walked over to her,
"I. AM. NOT. WALKING. FOR. TWENTY DAYS!"
"We don't blame you, SP," Phoebe placed a hand on her shoulder,
"Maybe it would take less time if we find a skii mobile around," Finn smiled hopefully,
"That'll take a while, son," Greg shot Finn a look,
"We just need to go faster and try and find something to help us," Marceline leant her elbow on Finn's shoulder,
"WHERE ARE WE GOING TO FIND A SKII MOBILE ON MOUNT EVEREST?!" SP cried,
"Calm down!" Marcy walked over to her,
"I WILL NOT CALM DOWN! THIS IS REDICULOUS!" she yelled in Marceline's face,
"CALM YOUR FACE!" Marceline slapped her, causing her to fall to the snow covered ground,
"Are you finished?" Finn asked SP, not taking to mind that Marceline caused SP a lot of pain. They only got a moan in response. Bonnibel walked over to SP and helped her up. "Don't ever yell in my face again," Marceline pointed a finger in SP's face,
"Whatever," SP muttered, not making eye contact,
"As we were," Bonnibel pointed to the top of the mountain, standing beside SP.
It had been a while since they fought. Finn looked down to his frost covered phone. He wiped away the snow flakes and turned it on. It was 2:00pm. Finn sighed and caught up with the rest of the group. Phoebe looked at how tired and freezing everyone was. She looked up, they had a long way to go. She frowned. She pulled out her fire Orb and rested it in her hands. "Guys," Phoebe got their attention, they all walked over to her, warming themselves up. Greg was getting used to the existence of the Orb, it was no longer weirding him out. After a few minutes, Phoebe put it back in her bag. They all started walking again.
Marceline looked around and stopped in her tracks. "What is it, Marcy?" Finn noticed her stop, she didn't answer. She placed her hand above her eyes, some how making it her see better. There was a lot of wind mixing with the snow. Which made it look like thick fog. She saw a figure in the distance. But it wasn't a human figure, it was a large house-like figure. She pulled her hand away, knowing what it was. She bolted toward it. "MARCELINE!" Finn ran after her,
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Simon yelled,
"MARCELINE, COME BACK!" Bonnibel called after her. She wouldn't stop,
"MARCY, WHAT'S WRONG?!" Finn continued running after her, she was really fast but he didn't want to leave her alone. He suddenly came to a hault. Marceline had stopped infront of a small run down shed. "Marceline! Are you okay?" Finn jogged up to her, breathing heavily. She wouldn't answer. "What is this place?" Finn asked, looking it up and down. She muttered something, "huh?" Finn looked at her. Her eyes had widened, she was getting teary. She fell to the ground on her knees. "Hey hey! Marcy, what happened?" Finn asked, kneeling next to her,
"This place..."
"What about it?"
"I remember it..."
"How?"
"Simon..."
"Mr Petrikov?" Finn asked wide eyed,
"What are you two doing?!" Simon ran over to them,
"Sorry Simon," Finn places his arm around Marceline,
"What happened?"
"Nothing. It's okay... We'll get up now," Finn stood up,
"No," Marceline remained seated,
"What?" Finn looked down at her,
"I know this place," Marceline stood up and fiddled on the frozen door knob, it opened. The inside was cold and dark. The place was messy and there were blankets and books scattered everywhere. "What is this place, Marceline?" Finn asked,
"This is where me and Simon stayed once,"
"What?! How?" Finn looked at Simon who was playing with the snow, they walked inside,
"I'm going to go back to the group! Catch up as soon as you can!" Simon called to them, running back to the group,
"He doesn't remember... I do,"
"When did you guys stay here?"
"When I was little. My dad wasn't around so Simon helped me,"
"Why doesn't Simon remember?" They both walked up to a blanket,
"He went crazy," she picked up the blanket and wrapped it around herself,
"I'm sorry Marce-"
"I miss the old him," she teared up again,
"Why didn't you tell us before?"
"I didn't want to bring it up randomly,"
"Of course,"
"Wait a sec..."
"What?" Finn looked at her, Marceline looked at him dead in the eye,
"There's something behind the shed... I forgot what it was though,"
"Let's go," Finn stood up and helped her up, they walked outside and around the shed. They were shocked. It was a skii mobile, but bigger than the last ones. "Marceline!" Finn looked at her excitedly,
"I can't believe we found one... All because of my and my emotions," Marceline chuckled,
"You're the best, Marcy!" Finn gave her a big bear hug,
"Alright alright! Calm it, big bear," Marceline let go and smiled up at him,
"Let's get this thing revved up!" Finn ran over to it, Marceline followed after him. They both hopped in, Finn stared at the controls. "Uhh..." Finn went blank,
"Such a man," Marceline scoffed,
"Yeah..."
"Move over and let the REAL man do it," Marceline swapped seats with Finn, she pulled a lever and it rumbled alive,
"Wow, you really are the best," Finn laughed,
"I try," Marceline shrugged, getting hold of the wheel. "Let's drive this monster!" Marceline pushed down on the pedal. It swiveled past the shed, scraping the side of it. She sped toward the group, rising their attention as she got closer and closer. She pushed down on the brake pedal, causing Finn to fall forward. "Wow," Finn laughed, hopping out of the skii mobile. Marceline hopped out and leant on the front of it, everyone's mouths were agape. "I named him Hot Daniel," Marceline patted it,
"Marcy! That's amazing!" Simon ran over to it,
"That's so cool!" Phoebe jogged over to it and checked it out,
"Pretty cool," SP smiled,
"Let's ride this baby," Finn smiled excitedly at the rest of the group. It was 3:00pm.
Marceline started up the skii mobile, getting ready to move. "Okay Bonnie, how long will it take to reach the top?!" Marceline grinned, yelling over the roar of the engine. Bonnibel scribbled down in her note book,
"Okay, I've made some calculations! Mount Everest is eight thousand and eight hundred and forty eight metres in height! We're half way up which would instead be four thousand and four hundred and twenty four metres instead! If you speed it at two point seven five miles, we'll make it there with in an hour because two point seven five miles-!"
"Yeah yeah, I get it! Wait... That's nothing!" Marceline pouted,
"Yes, I know!" Bonnibel shouted,
"Can I go faster so it's quarter the time?!" Marceline yelled,
"Fine!"
"Alright! eleven miles in fifteen minutes! Still nothing but... Oh well!" Marceline shrugged,
"Let's go, Marcy!" Finn squeezed her shoulder,
"Woo!" Marceline pulled the lever with full force, causing it make everyone in the skii mobile fly back but slowed down straight after. Finn looked down at the mile metre, it read that they were going at just eleven miles an hour. They were going at an average slow speed but that was good for trekking Mount Everest. They didn't want to go too fast.
Twelve minutes later, Finn looked up ahead, they were very close. "We're almost there, guys! Keep it in for a little longer!" he looked back at Simon, SP, Phoebe and Bonnibel. SP sniffled and layed on Bonnibel's shoulder. "I think I'm getting a cold," she whimpered,
"Hang in there," Bonnibel hugged her. Marceline went faster, losing patience of how slow it was. They were now at twenty miles an hour. They did this for a couple of minutes until the skii mobile came to a hault. "Wait... What happened?" Finn looked around, wondering what had stopped the skii mobile,
"Oh no..." Marceline sighed,
"What?"
"We're out of fuel. I'm actually surprised we made it this far, it was behind that shed for a LONG time,"
"Awe man! Now what?" Finn flopped back onto his seat,
"It's alright, we'll just walk. Come on, guys!" Marceline opened up her door and jumped out with out any trouble. SP lazily opened her door and fell out, face first into the snow. Bonnibel gasped and ran to her side, helping her up from the freezing snow. Marceline cackled, looking up to the top of the mountain. They were really close. Simon walked up to Marceline, placing his hand above his eyes so he could see better. He saw a light emmiting object at the top. "There it is! I can see it!" Simon cheered,
"Really?!" Bonnibel quickly stood up, letting go of SP, accidently letting her fall back into the snow. "Woops! Sorry SP!" she helped her back up,
"Ahhh... Never gets old," Marceline grinned,
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Finn walked ahead of Marceline and Simon,
"Let's go, Cadets!" Greg walked beside Finn,
"We're waiting for SP apparently," Marceline snickered,
"Ha ha! Very funny!" SP said sarcastically, stumbling around on her feet. Finn looked down at his phone as they made their way closer to the top. It was 3:15pm.
They all made their way to the top, Finn and Simon walked right up to the icy Orb. Simon reached out to it and grabbed it. The ice sizzled in his hands and slowly settled. He pulled it to his chest. Simon grabbed his backpack and placed the Orb into it. They all sighed in relief. Bonnibel pulled out her phone and rung a number. They noticed this. "Who are you calling?" Finn walked up to her,
"A helicopter,"
"You have a helicopter's phone number in your contacts?"
"Yep. You know, just in case," the number kept ringing until it stopped on the third ring. "Hello?... Yeah hi... We would like a helicopter... From Mount Everest to the Nepal Airport... The Tribhuvan International Airport... Yes... Okay great... Thanks," Bonnibel hung up and faced everyone. "He's coming," she smiled,
"When?" Phoebe asked,
"In two hours,"
"Well, let's wait here then," Finn sat down on a rock,
"Umm... Okay," Marceline sat down next to him. Everyone sat down and got something out that would take away the boredom.
Two hours later, Finn looked down at his phone after watching Simon and Bonnibel play cards. It was 5:20pm. He looked back at Bonnibel and Simon, she was winning. He looked over at SP, Marceline and Phoebe, they were all playing Truth or Dare. Finn smiled and went on his phone. "Okay SP, Truth or Dare?" Phoebe asked,
"Uhh... Dare,"
"I dare you to kiss Finn,"
"Be happy to,"
"Don't," Marceline chimed in,
"Why?" SP asked,
"You've already done it, I'm pretty sure he's learnt his lesson,"
"Too bad," SP stood up and walked over to Finn, grabbing his face and pushing her's against his. Finn struggled from her grip and she eventually let go. Finn spat on the ground on all fours, SP slapped his butt and turned back to the group. "Done," she smiled triumphantly,
"Your turn," Marceline rolled her eyes,
"Okay, Marceline. Truth or Dare?" SP asked,
"Dare,"
"I dare YOU to kiss Finn,"
"WHAT? No!"
"You have to, it was a dare,"
"She doesn't HAVE to," Phoebe piped up,
"Oh yeah, she does. Go on," SP pointed to Finn,
"No way," Marceline blushed, looking over at Finn who was just getting over his last kiss,
"Come on!"
"No! I choose Truth,"
"You're not allo-!"
"Just let her do it, SP,"
"Fine. Truth or Dare, Marceline?"
"Truth,"
"Do you have a crush on Finn?" as SP asked this, Simon stood up all of a sudden and pointed toward the distance, it was the helicopter. Marceline walked over to Finn to join in on the cheering. "Over here!" Finn yelled, waving his arms,
"This way!" Simon joined in,
"Yo!" Greg yelled,
"Yay!" Phoebe walked over to them,
"Woo!" Bonnibel stood up and waved her arms,
"Over here, ya donk!" Marceline waved her arms in every direction, SP walked over to them but didn't join in. The helicopter came closer and closer.
The helicopter landed right in front of them, causing their hair to whip almost everywhere, especially the girls. As the helicopter's propellors settled, a man walked out. He was an old man, who seemed like a nice guy, he had old pilot clothes on and goggles, even though he was flying a helicopter. "Hello Lady's and Gents," he greeted, he had an English accent,
"Hello," Bonnibel walked up to him,
"Was it you who called?"
"Yes,"
"May I ask why on earth a group of good looking people like you are doing on Mount Everest?" he asked,
"It's a long story,"
"I love long stories,"
"We kinda don't have time. Can you fly us to the airport now please?"
"Can I make you a deal?"
"Uh sure,"
"If I come along with you on this adventure, can you tell me the full story? I won't charge you a thing and we can use my helicopter,"
"That would be great actually,"
"Seriously? You would do that?" Simon walked over to him,
"Of course, I'll do anything to help out a group just like yourselves,"
"Deal!" Simon shook his hand,
"What's your name?" Finn asked,
"You can call me Bill," he smiled,
"Heh. You sound familiar... Oh crap," Marceline face palmed,
"What's wrong?" Bonnibel asked,
"WE LEFT BILL BEHIND IN HAWAII!" she exclaimed,
"OH YEAH!" Phoebe sighed,
"It's okay, guys! He would of figured out by now that he was supposed to go home," Finn laughed, everyone settled down.
Finn, Simon, Marceline, Bonnibel, Phoebe, SP and Greg all climbed into the helicopter. Everyone squished in and put on headphones while Bill put all their luggage into the back of the helicopter. Finn, Marceline and Bonnibel sat in the row facing the front while Simon, Phoebe, SP and Greg sat in the row that faced them while also facing the back, sitting in that order. They all put on headphones so they could talk to each other. "How long will it take to get to Melanesia?" Phoebe asked Bill,
"First, we need to get to the Airport Lodge in Papua New Guinnea which isn't far away from Melanesia. To get from the Tribhuvan International Airport to the Airport Lodge will take a whole twenty four hours and then from the Airport Lodge to Melanesia will only take a couple of hours," he clarified,
"Oh okay,"
"How long will it take to get from here to the Tribhuvan Airport?" SP asked,
"An hour,"
"Okay, so all up it will take... Twenty seven hours," Simon concluded,
"Yep,"
"May as well get comfortable," Marceline yawned and stretched,
"Yeah, I'm bushed," Finn yawned,
"Someone has to tell me the story," Bill piped up,
"Oh right," Finn sat up, getting ready to tell Bill what had happened so far. The helicopter started up, ready to make it's way to Melanesia.