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Also, sorry for the shortness of the next few chapters; I promise, the drama (hopefully) makes up for it!
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Chapter 37: Words Of War
They were about eight months into Marceline's pregnancy, and Finn was barely surviving. The first trimester had been horrible...morning sickness, violent mood swings, more morning sickness and mood swings...and now she was still occasionally getting those, but she was also complaining like nobody's business. She didn't do much except lie around in bed all day and moan about how she was going to seriously maim her husband when she had the energy at this point. Eventually, the human needed a break. After calling Rainicorn to keep an eye on Marceline, he and Jake went off in search of adventure.
"So how's Lady, dude?"
"Man, I'm glad you called! I need a break!"
"I hear ya. I baby-proofed the house yesterday; solo. Marcie was feeling too sick to get up."
"That's why me and m'lady did it so soon after we found out she was pregnant."
"Well, we had the Holy Ones."
"Oh yeah..."
"Yeah."
"That was super jacked up," Jake stated.
"I agree," Finn nodded.
"So…how goes it?"
"Fine. I don't have to worry about Marceline anymore, thank glob. Bubblegum promised she'd stop meddling, and she's kept that oath."
"Well that's good."
"Yeah man…ah, this is weird, but…how high are the bets?"
"You don't want to know," Jake shook his head. "But somebody's going to get very, very rich in about a month."
"Yeah, I guess they are," Finn laughed.
"A-a-achoo!" sneezed someone. Finn looked around, then up, then down.
"Me-Mow!" he exclaimed.
"Yeah, it's me, oaf!" she retorted.
"What are you doing here?"
"Just a warning from me and my people; as soon as you have your twins," Finn remembered that Me-Mow and her guild were indeed betting on twins, "our truce is up and we'll be taking LSP's money. Whoops, was that out loud?" she smirked. "I know it wasn't, because I'm not allowed to reveal who tries to hire us, on pain of death."
"LSP? Is she seriously still out to get Marceline?" Finn asked incredulously. Me-Mow nodded. "I didn't want to have to do this but…" he pulled his phone and dialed.
"Hello?"
"Hey QB! I need you to arrest LSP next time she's in the Candy Kingdom; she's trying to hire assassins to kill Marcie. Still."
"Of course."
"Thanks!" he hung up. "There's one thing I don't need to worry about for a good twenty years or so," the human said cheerfully. "Thanks for the tip, Me-Mow!"
"No problem!" she waved and walked away.
"We ain't gonna find adventure. Come on; let's go home," Jake said.
They burst in upon Rainicorn and Marceline complaining about practically every part of their bodies.
"This is weird."
"Jake, sugar plum!"
"Oh hey Finn."
"What, no terms of endearment?" he teased. She just made a face.
"So pretending we didn't just hear what we just heard; Finn, can you believe that there's no adventure out?"
"I know, man. Unbelievable."
"And the whole LSP thing?"
"What LSP thing?" Marceline asked.
"Heheh, nothing!"
"Finn..." she said sternly.
"Gah fine! I didn't want you to worry and stress out the baby and yourself, but LSP's trying to hire assassins. Me-Mow says that the guild's holding her off until after the baby's born."
"Oh. Okay then."
"So...anyone actually seen LSP lately?" Jake asked.
"No."
"Nope."
"Not a sign."
Rainicorn, Marceline, and Finn answered all at once.
"Well let's hope she hurries and gets herself arrested," Jake huffed. "Nobody messes with my bro after promising not to and walks away unscathed."
"Thanks, bro."
There was a sudden pattering of feet, and someone burst into the room, panting and out of breath.
"Finn!" it was Flambo. "There's an army of ghost skeletons attacking the Fire Kingdom! We need your help!"
"The Prince of Games," Finn snarled. "We'll destroy it. Come on, Jake!"
"What about me?" Marceline asked.
"Stay here; I'm not letting you or our baby get hurt because I didn't have enough strength to kill my own father," Finn said firmly, spitting out the word father as it left a bitter tang in his mouth. Marceline opened her mouth to protest, and he cut her off with a tender kiss. "I know you can take care of yourself," the hero whispered as he pulled away, "but I'll never forgive myself if our baby gets hurt because I let you follow me into battle against an army of skeleton ghosts...which you can't really beat up anyhow, remember? Stay here. Be safe," he kissed her forehead. Marceline sighed.
"You know, I hate these rare occasions when you're right," she said, hugging Finn tightly. "Come home safe. Please."
"I promise," he said firmly, gently touching her round stomach and feeling a powerful kick, as though his baby was trying to tell him to come home safely, too. Then he climbed on top of Jake, and they bounded away.