Chapter 29: Malevolent Forces Collide

"Whoa! Where on Ooo are we at?" Jake asked them while helping the other's up. Finn looked around and noticed the human population there. "I don't think we're on Ooo anymore... This is another place..." Shoko clarified.

"I think we're on some other dimension or world where the humans are alive and live in... farms and markets?" Marceline said to Finn. Finn deduced that the Lich travelled here through a dimensional portal made by siphoning cosmic energy from the Citadel Guardian, which helped in cosmic travels. "Forget this, guys. The Lich left tracks of his movement..." Finn pointed at the trail of death and they all followed it to it's source. They all went through a forest and a burning market. Everything that was in the Lich's way was found dead in his trail. Finn and his lawmen gang kept following however, even when they had no idea of what the Lich's plan could be.

Suddenly, Finn's careless running came to a halt as he ran into another human boy on a mule. This one was quite peculiar, though. He looked a lot like Finn, but his nose was slightly pointy. His arm which was handicapped as well, was replaced by a metal arm which seemed rustier than Shoko's. His clothing's were also quite dirty and torn, including the identical bear hat he wore. He rode the brown mule with a white-skinned old lady behind him and a familiar barking orange dog. Marceline noticed that boy also had some sort of crown which was identical to Ice King's. Finn was too busy to notice this and simply said, "Damn! Sorry for rushing into ya'. I'm trying to catch someone!". "It's fine. I gotta get home now! My family could be trouble with the Destiny Gang!" the other boy replied before they all rushed off to opposite directions.

When Finn and the gang saw the end of the Lich's trail near a tree, an earthquake shook the whole land. Finn nearly fell down but regained his composure as he searched for the source of such a great earthquake. He noticed that Ice Lightning itself was beginning to strike and snow was pouring down on the land. Other than feeling extreme coldness, the constant earthquakes due to downpours of solid ice blocks from the sky was making Finn worried. "What the hell?! Who caused all this?" Finn spoke while being shaken by another massive earthquake. Suddenly, an explosion set off at where the tree was and the explosion formed a green mushroom cloud. They all fell to the ground was beginning to know the cause of all these. "Stern child! You dare to even follow me till here?" The Lich asked threateningly as it stepped out of the crater of radioactive substance. "Huh? I knew it! That great source of power you said you wanted so much. It was there wasn't it?" Finn asked back. The Lich smirked as it materialized a large fireball out of thin air and said, "Indeed, detective... You figured it out! I was born from this energy, and I need more of it for more power! And the only location in the whole Multiverse is within an alternate universe, where humans still exist due to my non-existence...". Finn didn't respond and took the moment to take in what the Lich just said. "I see... So in this alternate universe as you said, you never existed because the Mushroom Bomb never blew up. So it's radioactive energy was still in there... And you wanted to detonate it, so you can take ALL of those powers!" Finn said to the unholy necromancer which caused him to laugh evilly. They all knew this was it. They had to destroy the Lich before it destroys this universe and the others.

Suddenly, Finn began to chuckle. And his chuckles became a slow laugh. "Enjoying your last laugh, human?" The Lich asked, not showing the sheer confusion it had within him at the moment. "I don't think so, Lich. You got us but you still forgot a single factor in your plans that is tipping to our favor..." Finn said after he stopped laughing. Finn glared at the necromancer that was in front of him before saying, "...that dying dog!". The Lich looked at where Finn pointed at and saw an orange dog identical to Jake trying to bark while half of it's body was in the radioactive pool of waste. The Lich laughed at Finn's seemingly foolish mark before saying, "That puny and weak dog? It's just a normal dog! It won't be able to do anything to me and I can simply kill it then and there...". Finn's smirk stayed on his face as a voice was suddenly heard. "Jake!", the other human called. He flew over towards the dog, picked it up and landed a few feet the Lich. The dying dog who was actually Jake from this universe, got half of it's body left to bones as effect of radiation exposure. The boy cried as hard as it can as his pet died right before his very eyes.

And that simply set him off. The strange human boy who was actually Finn from this universe, floated as he said, "You have killed Jake! Now I will make you pay! Feel the cold wrath of ICE!". Icy beams were coming out of his hands as he attacked the Lich. A portal suddenly opened which transported Finn and his lawmen gang somewhere else before a great battle happened between the Lich and the 'other' Finn.