Henchmen
Finn and Roxy were laughing as they sat on top of a large animal skeleton. Jake was in a large hole filled with more smaller bones.
"Hahahaha! Here we go!" Finn said
Roxy sat right behind Finn as they sat on the bones. The two laughed as they slid down one of the bones landing in the hole with Jake and the force propels all three of them into the air. The three laughed together as they flew out of the hole.
A bush a few feet away rustles and a familiar pale face appears. The person gazes at the trio keeping his focus on a particular girl.
"Awesome!" Finn said as they landed on the ground. Roxy and Jake continue to laugh, and Jake had a large bone in his mouth. Suddenly the three hear loud sobbing making them instantly stop laughing.
"Someone needs our help!" Finn said
Finn immediately takes off running with Roxy. Jake spits out the bone and follows the two. As they arrive at the source of the crying they spot Marshall Lee with an Old man.
"What is it about "henchman for life" that you don't understand?" Marshall Lee said
"Oh, come on!" The Old Man lamented.
"Dude! It's Marshall Lee the Vampire King!" Finn said
Jake lets out a minute scream and cowers back in fear.
"Can't you find the compassion to release this poor old body?" Old Man asked
"'Henchman for life' means, 'henchman for life!'" Marshall Lee said
"You still petrified of vampires?" Finn asked Jake.
Jake's head has sunk into his body, "No...I'm not…"
"You acting like a turtle says otherwise," Roxy said
"Fall on the ground for me!" Marshall Lee said
"Yes, Master," The Old Man said, he fell forward right on his face.
"Now cry for me!" Marshall Lee said
"Okay. I don't want to cry, but I shall cry for you," The Old Man said, before he started weeping.
"Hey! Cut that out!" Finn said running out of the bushes. Roxy and Jake follow after Finn as the three step in front of the Old Man.
"Oh! If it isn't my favorite little goodie-two-shoes Roxy and Finn!" Marshall Lee said
"Stop making this poor old man cry!" Roxy said
"I can make him do whatever I want. Watch. Henchman, amuse me," Marshall Lee said
The old man stands up and then balances himself in a handstand on his cane.
"Stop it!" Finn yelled
"Now hop around in a circle," Marshall Lee commanded.
The old man hops around on his cane but then the end of the cane snaps and he falls down.
"Oh, no. Don't worry, sir. I'll see to it you get set free," Finn said
"Oh, and how're ya gonna pull that off, hero?" Marshall Lee asked
"I'll do what I need to. I'll even take his place!" Finn said
"Dude, what?!" Jake yelled
"Hmmmm….my henchman might be old but he's strong. One young boy might not be enough for me. I guess I'll just have to keep my old henchman," Marshall Lee said turning around while crossing his arms.
"Then I'll do it too," Roxy said
"No don't!" Jake yelled
With his back turned Marshall Lee smiled. He changed his smile into a smirk and turned back around.
"Do you mean it?" Marshall Lee asked
Finn and Roxy look down at the Old Man who was groaning on the ground.
"Heck yeah!" Finn said
"Absolutely!" Roxy said
"Deal! Old henchman, you're free," Marshall Lee said
The Old Man Henchman stands up with a happy smile, "Whoo-hoo!" and then leaps off.
"What're two doing?" Jake asked
Marshall Lee came up behind Jake, "Hey, Jake...BLEH!" Marshall Lee yelled making a scary face.
"EEH!" Jake screamed and grabbed onto Finn.
"I couldn't watch that old man suffer, Jake. My code of honor wouldn't allow it," Finn said
"Ditto for me," Roxy said
"Hahaha! 'Oh, my code of honor wouldn't allow it.' Haha!" Marshall Lee laughed
"Rrrr...HEY!" Jake said
"Yes, Jake?" Marshall Lee asked as he morphed his face into a werewolf like creature, "What would you like to talk about?!"
"AAAH!" Jake yelled running away hiding behind Roxy and Finn, "I wanna help you outta this, guys but...he scares the filling out of my doughnut. Let's just leave."
"We can't Jake," Roxy said
"As heroes, were bound by our," Marshall Lee grabs Finn and Roxy flying off, "WOOOOORD!"
"Finn! Roxy!" Jake yelled as Marshall Lee flew off with the two, "Don't worry, dudes! I'll figure something out!"
Marshall Lee flew in the air Roxy under his left arm and Finn under his right.
"You guys are lucky. Your first job as henchmen is to help me feed," Marshall Lee said
Finn gasps and looks at Roxy and starts to harshly whisper, "Feed?! What does he mean? L-Like, like, oats? Like, sentient beings, or oats?!"
"Finn! Whatever it is we can handle it," Roxy said
"Yeah," Finn said with a determined look.
Marshall Lee flies down and the three land in front of a small house. The sound of a piano playing and singing could be heard coming from inside the house.
"Sounds like dinner. Finn, open the door," Marshall Lee said
Finn approaches the door and reaches for the knob. He hesitates hovering his hand over the door.
"OPEN IT ALREADY!" Marshall Lee yelled
"No way, Marshall Lee! I'm not gonna open this door if innocent people will be hurt!" Finn yelled
"This wrong man!" Roxy yelled
"I'm getting hungry one of you open the door!" Marshall Lee said
"No!" Finn yelled
"Never!" Roxy yelled
"Aren't you two bound by your word. Don't you have to do what I say," Marshall Lee said
"He's….right Finn," Roxy said
Finn sighs and grievously opens the door. The breeze from the door opening blows out the candles in the house making it dark within the home filling it with a sinister vibe.
The man in the house stops playing his piano and gasps as he looks up at the intruders.
"Sorry about this," Finn said
"Haah!" Eberhardt screamed
"Hold him down!" Marshall Lee said
Finn lets out a groan as the three enter the house. Jake appears in the window of the house peeking through observing what was happening inside.
Finn and Roxy hold the man down each grabbing an arm, as Marshall Lee hovered over him.
"Are you enjoying this, you two?" Marshall Lee asked
"No!" Finn yelled
Roxy grunts frowning at Marshall Lee as the vampire king sent her a smirk.
"Rrr...Don't you worry, guys. I'll get you outta there. I've got a perfect plan!" Jake said outside the window. Marshall Lee laughs as he notices Jake through the window and hisses at him, turning into a lizard creature.
Jake screams and runs away from the house, "AAH! I'm not running away! This is just part of my plan!"
"Please, humans! Let me go!" Eberhardt said with a few tears.
"I'm sorry, sir," Finn said
"We have to do what he says," Roxy said
"I understand. I was married myself once," Eberhardt said looking at Roxy, then he looked at Finn, "You're a very good boy listening to your sister."
Roxy flushes looking at Marshall Lee whose smirk was even wider, "Married?! Wait, wait! I'm not married to-!"
"Ugh! Enough talking! Dinner is served!" Marshall Lee said
He dives his head forward fangs out.
"No!" Finn yelled pulling Eberhardt out of the way. Marshall Lee goes for another bite but this time Roxy pulls Eberhardt out of the way. This goes back and forth until Marshall Lee got frustrated.
"How dare you, henchmen?! I order you to let me feed!" Marshall Lee yelled
Marshall Lee blasts Finn's arms with a red beam, making them curl up and become immobile, then he grabs Roxy pushing her into the ground and sits on top of her back. Marshall Lee laughs and hisses diving his head down biting Eberhardt.
"NOOOOO!"
Roxy covers her eyes in fear afraid to look but when she doesn't hear screams of terror she peeks through her fingers to see Marshall Lee is only sucking the red out Eberhardt's bow tie.
"Mmm. That red bow tie was delicious!" Marshall Lee said wiping his mouth.
"Huh?" Finn said as his arms uncurled.
"What's wrong, Finn?" Marshall Lee asked
"I...I thought you were…." Finn said
"Oh, my! A white tie! Thank you so much! This is so beautiful!" Eberhardt said, he lets out a happy sigh then passes out.
"B-but…" Finn said
"What? You know I eat the color red sometimes," Marshall Lee said
"I didn't know that," a dumbfounded Roxy said still under Marshall Lee. Marshall Lee laughs as he lets Roxy up.
Marshall Lee flies out the house holding onto Roxy and Finn's hands.
"We've got plenty more evil to do!" Marshall Lee said with a laugh.
Roxy narrows her eyes looking up at Marshall Lee with a thoughtful look.
"Something about the way this guy is acting is…..familiar. It's like he's evil but not," Roxy thought.
Finn had a scrunched up look on his face as he thought about Marshall Lee's actions.
"Hey, Finn. You thinkin' about how that guy's bow tie sorta looked like a bra?" Marshall Lee asked
"Huh? No!" Finn yelled
This actually made Roxy laugh and Marshall Lee smiled down hearing the girl's giggles.
Marshall Lee descended down to the ground and lands in a graveyard.
"I know this place seems a little dead, but don't worry. It'll soon be undead," Marshall Lee said
Finn shutters holding onto Roxy's arm.
"Corpses buried in mud that's black, from death I command you to come back!" Marshall Lee chanted as bodies started to rise out of the ground.
Finn shakes and clings onto Roxy, who had a wide-eyed dazed look on her face.
Memory
A young Roxy was sitting by herself on a log swinging her legs back and forth. Roxy smiles when she feels a hand on her shoulder.
"You're finally here I was ge-ahhhhh!"
Little Roxy screamed and fell off the log once she spotted the hand on her shoulder was a skeleton hand.
"Hahaha!"
"Hahaha!"
Roxy was taken out of her flashback by Marshall Lee's laugh,
"Are you ready to lead an evil army of the undead?!" Marshall Lee asked
"Uhh, NEVER!" Finn yelled, then a skeleton grabbed his butt, "Okay! I'll do it!" Finn said eyes wide.
"How about you Roxy?" Marshall Lee asked
"I don't think-ahhhh!" Roxy screamed when a skeleton put a hand on her shoulder and she fell forward right into Marshall Lee's arms. Marshall Lee started to laugh loudly as Roxy's head landed on his chest. He wrapped his arms around he as she looked up at him and his laughs got softer.
In the background, Jake appeared out of a bush.
"Don't worry, dudes," Jake said pulling out a stake, "I'm comin' to help. YAAAAH!" Jake battle cries as he ran at Marshall Lee, stake above his head.
"Huh? What's that noise?" Marshall Lee questioned turning his head around. As he does so, Jake shrinks down and retreats.
"Sorry, guys," Jake said
Finn, Roxy, and Marshall Lee are now walking towards the Duke of Nuts' castle with the undead army following behind them.
"Excited to hear the wild screams of an entire castle?" Marshall Lee asked with a smile.
Finn let out a nervous chuckle, "Haha, aw, yeah, that sounds bombastic, dude! Hey, I'm gonna run up ahead and scout it out for you, bro!" Finn said before he runs ahead.
Marshall Lee laughs as he turns his attention to Roxy who was staring at him.
Marshall Lee smirks and raises an eyebrow, "You've been staring at me a lot tonight. Don't tell me you've fallen for me. I couldn't blame ya though," Marshall Lee said flipping his hair.
Roxy scoffs and crosses her arms looking away from Marshall Lee, "As if!"
Marshall Lee chuckled as he saw the pinkish tint on Roxy's cheeks.
As they arrived at the castle they could hear Finn yell "EVERYBODY! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!"
"Hahaha!" Marshall Lee flies into the castle holding up his ax base, "I wrote this next song about a fisherman."
"~You look so good sittin' in your boat. I wanna suck out your eyeballs and rip out your throat. I wanna suck out your eyeballs and rip out your throat.~"
Roxy raised and eyebrow as she listened to Marshall Lee sing.
"This guy….he just like to mess with people," Roxy thought
"Don't do this, Marshall Lee! I beg you!" Finn yelled
"Don't do what?" Marshall Lee asked landing on the ground.
The Duke of Nuts runs over holding his infant son and put an arm around Marshall Lee, "You're late, Marshall Lee! My son has been dying to hear your undead music!"
"Wha?!" Finn yelled
"Oh, I forgot! Marshall Lee is playing tonight!" Lisby said
The party officially got started as Marshall Lee played his bass filling the castle with music. Everyone danced and enjoyed the party.
"Okay...So, he makes things seem bad, a-and then...or-or his personality makes them seem bad, or...I'm over-reacting,' Finn said to himself.
"Hey!" Lisby said
"Huh?" Finn questioned
"Why are you thinking so hard?! Just party hard! Whoo!" Lisby said dancing.
"Alright! Whoo-hoo! Hahahaha!" Finn said joining in on the dancing.
Roxy smirks and crosses her arms leaning against a wall as she watches the party. She's got this guy all figured out, he was just a cold hard prankster. She notices Marshall Lee walk over to Finn and hand him a cute plant. Finn gets a worried look as Marshall Lee hands him his ax. Once Marshall sent Finn outside he made his way over to Roxy.
"Hey, sweets," Marshall Lee said sliding up next to Roxy.
Roxy smirks and looks up at Marshall Lee, "I'm onto you vamp dude."
Marshall Lee smirks, "Me? Now, what could you mean?" Marshall Lee said overdramatically placing a hand on his chest.
Roxy smiles and elbows him lightly in the stomach, "You just like messin' with us don't cha. Your nothing but a nice guy with
a wicked sense of humor."
"What are you-?", Marshall Lee laughs and puts his hands up, "Ahhh you got me."
The two laugh together. Marshall Lee calms down his laughing and grabs Roxy's hand making her abruptly stop laughing.
"Cool bracelet where'd you get it?" Marshall Lee asked gesturing to Roxy's leather bracelet.
"Oh...uh I found it. I uh can't remember my past," Marshall Lee gets a small frown on his face but Roxy doesn't see, "but someone obviously made this for me so they must know where I came from. I must have been meant something to them if they made me this."
"Yeah…." Marshall Lee said a small yet doleful smile.
A loud crash from outside catches their attention.
"Better go check on Finn," Marshall Lee said
The two run outside to see the cute plant from before was now a giant monstrous creature.
"You should've hacked it to pieces when it was still adorable…" Marshall Lee said shaking his head.
"I-I thought-!" Finn dives out of the way as the monster attacks. He jumps towards the dimple plant monster and cuts one of its limbs. The detached limb sprays juice into Finn's mouth causing dozens of dimples appear on his face as he spits the juice out.
"Sick!" Finn yelled
The monster then grabs Finn and eats him.
"Finn!" Roxy yelled summoning her hammer, "Attack!" she yelled jumping into the fray.
Marshall Lee chuckles, "Oh, boy…"
Roxy holds her hammer tightly and then starts to spin around like a top. She spins at the dimple plant and cuts off all of its limbs making it fall to the ground. The monster lets out a screech as Finn breaks free from the plant's stomach covered in juice and holding Marshall Lee's ax high in the air.
"Not bad...for henchmen," Marshall Lee said
The sun started to come up as the group made their way to a strawberry field.
"Hey. Can't the sun, like, destroy you?" Finn asked
Marshall Lee pulled out a maroon umbrella, "Yeah, it hurts, but I kinda like it. Reminds me of when I'd scrape my knees up as a kid, and my mom would patch me up...you know what I'm sayin'?"
"Uh...Jake told me I came out of a cabbage," Finn said
All three of them laugh.
"Hey, you guys, I need you to strangle some pixies," Marshall Lee said
"Yeah, sure. That sounds good," Finn said
"Fine with me," Roxy said with a knowing smirk.
"Whoa, why are you being so casual about that? Strangling pixies is some hardcore evil," Marshall Lee said looking at Finn.
"I'm not fallin' for your junk anymore, man! You just like sayin' poop that jacks with my brain!" Finn said
"Haha! He got you, dude!" Roxy laughed putting an arm over Finn's shoulder.
"Dang, man, I didn't think you'd ever catch on!" Marshall Lee laughed
"Hahah! I knew it! Hey...what about your old henchman? Who was that guy?" Finn asked
"Oh, just an old diving buddy," Marshall Lee said sucking the red out of strawberry.
As the three converse, Jake appears out of a strawberry bush dressed like a giant strawberry.
"So, you ready to go strangle some pixies?" Marshall Lee asked
"Yeah, man!" Finn said
"Can't wait," Roxy said putting her hands behind her head.
"Oh, no! My buddies are totally under his vampire spell!" Jake jumps out of the bush with garlic and stakes, "Die, unholy thing!" Jake yelled throwing garlic.
"Jake?" Finn and Roxy said
Marshall Lee turns around as the garlic pelts him surprising him and making him drop his umbrella. He lets out a hiss as the sun's rays hit him and he starts to burn up.
"Marshall!" Roxy said kneeling next to him.
"I'm stakin' that vampire and settin' you two free, no matter how terrified I am!" Jake yelled
"He's alright, man!" Finn yelled
"Calm down man!" Roxy yelled putting herself over Marshall Lee.
"He's still controlling your mind with evil! Now, back off and let me vanquish him from existence!" Jake said
"I can't let you do that, Jake!" Finn yelled
"I love you, brother. YAAAH!" Jake yelled before jumping onto Finn.
"Marshall…." Roxy said leaning close to Marshall Lee.
"Jake, listen! Marshall Lee is not how he seems! He's a bomb-bastic dude who likes to play games!" Finn
"What are you even talkin' about, dude?!" Jake yelled throwing Finn off him and into a bush.
Roxy runs over and grabs Marshall Lee's umbrellas putting it over him and covering him.
Jake runs over with a stake held high.
"Wait, Jake!" Roxy yelled putting her hands up.
"Oh sweet sweet mind controlled Roxy," Jake said, he made his hand large and swatted her away.
"Marshall Lee!' Jake yelled as he staked the umbrella. He lifts
the umbrella to reveal smoke along with a yell, "Where is he?!"
"I-I'm free! Jake!" Finn said
"You faced your fear and saved us!" Roxy said
"I did?! I did! Yeah!" Jake cheered, he ran of chanting to himself, "I saved my sibs from a scum-sucking vampire!"
Finn picks up the umbrella holding it over himself and Roxy.
"Is it cool?" A voice whispered
"Yup!" Finn said
A bat flies out of Roxy's sweater, revealing its Marshall Lee.
"You guys, I owe you big-time! Changing into a bat and hiding in your sweater Roxy, was genius!" Marshall Lee said
"That's what henchmen are for," Finn said
"Ya know letting me get so close to you, I'd say you're falling for me," Marshall Lee said to Roxy.
Roxy smiles, "As if."
"Oh, uh, that reminds me. You two are fired from your henchmen-ships. It's no fun when I can't trick you guys," Marshall Lee said
"We're still on for pixie-strangling tomorrow, though, right?" Finn asked
Marshall Lee takes his umbrella, "Definitely."
Marshall Lee flies off as Roxy and Finn smile waving goodbye.
"Hey wanna help me pick strawberries for some pies?" Roxy asked Finn.
"Sounds fun!" Finn said
"A pie for our hero," Roxy said putting a pie in front of Jake.
Jake smiles and picks up the pie shoving his face in it eating it happily.
"One for my little bro," Roxy said setting a second pie in front of Finn.
"Whooo pie!" Finn cheered fork in hand. He digs into his pie too.
Roxy smiles looking at her two brothers. Finn and her decided to tell Jake the truth about Marshall Lee after they ate.
A knock on the front door catches Roxy's attention and she walks over. She opens the door, "Hello…?" Roxy said confused seeing no one at the door. She looks around seeing no one. She closes the door and turns around. Before she could step away from the door another knock sounds and she quickly turns back around throwing the door open, but no one was there.
"What….huh?"
Roxy looks down to see a present. It was a small box with red wrapping paper and a white bow on top. She looks confused as she picks it up. There's a label on the package, she turns it over and reads it.
"To Roxy….don't open for 3 months and 6 days?" Roxy said
She shrugs her shoulders and goes inside.