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Alright, I've gone on long enough. Without further ado, here is chapter 21 of Wrath of The Lich.

Eat this, bitch! And this! Die in a hole! Princess Bonnibel Bubblegum was not in the best of moods. For one, the assassin in front of her refused to spill the beans about her organization, even at the prospect of losing her hair. To add insult to injury, the assassin was openly mocking her and her assistant, Peppermint Butler. Which was why Peppermint Butler was now outside of the room while the gummy monarch let loose her rage.

With her trusty pink knife gripped in her hand, Bonnibel sliced, cut, and punched her restrained foe until she was incapacitated. When this happened, the princess would grab a small dose of her Cyclops tears and heal her. Even through this long and arduous process, Blue had yet to give away any vital information. And she was almost out of tears.

The assassin came to instantly after the splash of magical tears. Huffing and puffing, Bonnie asked the vital question, "Are you ready, *huff* to tell us *huff* where your *huff, huff* hideout is?" Peppermint Butler reentered the room with his golden knives in hand. He looked tired, as he had been waiting for his mistress to finish for hours.

"If you think you'll be able to get any information out of me, then you are severely underestimating my colleagues and I." Bonnibel let out a frustrated growl. She then proceeded to kick the ever-loving shit out of her. The minty servant at her side let out a surprised gasp as well as a look of shock on his face. Clearly, the princess rarely showed this side of her personality.

Blue's body was numb at this point from the previous beatings as well as the dose of tears that was just washed over her wounds. The punches and kicks being doled out by the pink princess before her simply didn't hurt, but would definitely leave her sore for hours if she ended up surviving her ordeal.

It wasn't too long until Bonnibel tired herself out and stumbled backwards away from Blue's restrained figure. The pink knife in gripped inside of her hand was stained in purple blood, and it had since gotten stuck inside of her sweaty grasp. Upon removing the dagger from her gummy appendage, a small amount of gum was removed with it.

Princess Bubblegum's hand instinctively reached for the large container of tears on the counter beside her, but decided to try a different method. After all, wasn't using the tears sort of defeating the purpose of torturing a captive into talking?

Bonnibel allowed herself to catch her breath this time before interrogating the Sister. "I'm going to ask again: Are you ready to give us the location of your base of operations?"

Silence...

"One more time: Where is the hideout?"

Silence once more…

Losing her patience, Bonnibel used her final ultimatum, "This is your last warning before the violence commences. Where. Is. The. Hideout?!"

For the last time, Blue refused to talk.

"I was hoping that we would avoid this…Peps, hand me the capsule." Being the obedient demonic butler that he was, the minty servant handed his mistress a large and translucent capsule full of a distorted looking pink substance.

In one fluid motion, Bonnibel opened the capsule and flung its contents at her captive. The substance was revealed to be a large wad of gum. The chewable candy expanded and wrapped itself around the assassin's neck, slowly constricting and choking the life out of her.

Bonnibel spoke once more, anger and impatience permeating her proper exterior, "This gum that you have constricting your throat is sentient gum designed by yours truly. It has been designed to respond only to my command strictly for the purposes of interrogating uncooperative prisoners such as yourself. It will continue to squeeze the breath out from your lungs until I tell it to stop.

"As such, I will not tell this candy wad to stop unless you are willing to talk. You will let me know when you are ready to talk by snapping your fingers three times, and I will tell my pet to stop. Those are the rules. If you refuse to talk even after signaling for the release of the gum, I will not tell it to stop the second time. So, this is your final chance of survival. You either live and tell us where your friends are, or you die. Choose carefully."

THE LICH'S POV

Although the demon lord had full intentions to hunt down and kill Finn the human and the rest of his friends, he had another objective that he needed to complete beforehand. When he awoke in his host, he could sense a rift into a separate dimension with one of his assassins in tow. The Lich decided that it was in his best interests to rescue said assassin before resuming his mission, seeing as how he had underestimated the human the last time he attempted domination of Ooo.

Green's body already possessed enhanced senses, but with The Lich inside inhabiting this form, the demon lord could almost literally see the rift through the walls of the Candy Kingdom. As most of the residents were already asleep, The Lich was able to make his way through the candy streets undisturbed. Instead of heading for his objection, however, the possessed assassin took this opportunity to test the limits of his power.

In Ooo, most demons lack the ability to possess mortals. This ability is usually restricted to deities and ghost, but The Lich is one of the only exceptions. Depending on the strength of a demon's host, the more power a demon can release without destroying the body. The Lich's old skeletal body was created by the demon lord himself from the toxic waste left by the Mushroom War. Therefore, the dark ruler could exert almost all of its original strength without burning the host up.

For the few demons who are able to possess hosts, the occupying entity cannot reach its full strength while inside said mortal. Demons are at full power in the Nightosphere or in their respective realms, but are unable to interact with the mortal realm without possessing a host. As such, The Lich uses his Well of Power (which acts as his own realm, as he was created in it) to temporarily increase his powers beyond that of what his host can provide.

(If you're wondering, I have a point to this). The Lich was essentially going to torch the Candy Kingdom in order to test the limits of Green's body. The residents of the Candy Kingdom, known for being some of the biggest cowards in Ooo, were all hiding in their homes in fear from the assassin attack during the auction. Standing near the center of the street he was currently standing on, The Lich bent his knees and cross his arms. Eyes closed, the demon possessed by another demon (demon-ception) started shaking back-and-forth.

It was at this point that the ground beneath the assassin began to react to the immensely powerful demon above it. The candy sidewalks cracked around his feet, revealing the chocolate dirt beneath them. The ground quaked and shook, as if terrified by The Lich. A sickly green aura surrounded the demon lord and shot straight into the sky. The clouds turned a disgusting blend of unholy green and a silvery gray color. In general, it looked like the apocalypse.

The Lich's eyes reopened as his arms shot outwards, releasing all of the energy built up by the dark ruler. The nearby buildings were vaporized immediately as the rest of the Candy Kingdom burned. Green flames smothered the entirety of the kingdom with toxic smoke and unholy fire. The citizens of the Candy Kingdom who did were not killed immediately after the blast either burned to death shortly after, were poisoned by the radiation and smoke, or weren't in the Candy Kingdom at the time. The Candy Palace alone stood unharmed amongst the rubble of the most prosperous kingdom in Ooo. Not even the Gumball Guardians survived.

The Lich smiled to himself at his excellent work. Not only did his body show no signs of fatigue after releasing half of his full strength, but Green's body was able to direct the explosion away from the large castle in front of him. It would be much more fun to slowly torture the human and his friends than to kill them instantaneously.

His body sped forward and immediately toppled over, indicating that releasing such a powerful burst of energy had more of an effect on this host than previously estimated. Maybe I shouldn't do that again. The Lich resorted to walking to the dimensional rift which wasn't too far away at this point. As he did this, he rummaged through the pockets in the assassin's clothes that he was wearing for any Leech Wine Green may have had on him on the event of his death.

Not having any luck searching the exposed pockets, (If Green kept any Leech Wine in his exposed pockets, it would've been confiscated when he was put in the morgue) the demon lord checked the button pouch on the back of the hood. Sure enough, there was a small vial of green liquid swishing around located in the secret compartment. He opened the lid and drained the toxic waste into his system. The Lich's strength regenerated almost instantly afterwards.

He dropped his head back down to face what was right in front of him. He had reached the wall of the palace. The rift was right in front of him, so The Lich casually walked through the brittle candy walls and found himself in Peppermint Butler's quarters. A red portal still resided on the wall, the screams of pain could be heard even through the rift. Smiling, the dark lord stepped through the swirling doorway and entered the torture chamber.

The entirety of the separate realm was really two rooms: the torture room, and the hallway leading up to it. The portal opened into the latter, the entrance to the torture room was visible at the end of the narrow passageway. The Lich began walking forward along the red and golden carpet beneath him. To both of his sides were windows with the curtains pulled over the view, showing no sight of the outside world.

Marble columns supported the domed arched roof above him. On the ceiling were chandeliers leading all the way to the door. As he walked, the light fixtures above him pulsated and shattered. If viewed from in front of The Lich, it would've looked as if he had a trail of darkness following him.

The dark ruler finally reached the door after the hallway was bathed in blackness. Opening the door revealed not only his captive assassin and Peppermint Butler, but also the Candy Princess, who was oblivious to the destruction of her kingdom merely outside of the rift. It took a second before either of the two candy beings noticed The Lich's presence, but he was upon them before they could react.

*AN* I realized before writing this chapter that Peebles was one of them main four that I have displayed on the story information, but I had hardly used her other than to provide a different perspective on a situation that another character was dealing with. I never really delved into her character, I really just put her in chapters to do just that. But that's gonna change. I have big plans for her later on…*Evil laugh echoes*…I realized that that may have sounded perverted, but that is not my intention in any way. She will just do a lot of important stuff coming up.

Speaking of, what did you think about this chapter? Did you like it? Hate it? Why? What do you think will happen next? Comment to give me your thoughts, I'd really appreciate the extra effort. But honestly, you guys are the best and I probably wouldn't have gotten this far without the nice and thoughtful reviews, as well as the favorites/follows.

I've rambled on for too long. Next update will be me rewriting chapter 3, and chapter 22 after that. If you're looking forward to these updates, keep an eye out, as it's hard for me to keep a schedule and stick to it. Especially since I'm currently working on catching up with Supernatural. Anyways, have a great day!

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