The Fifth Element
Chapter 45: Oh Sugar (Dood Dood Dood Dood Doo Doo)


[Author's Note]

Why Frosty Bob? Well only he or Stag were actually expendable. And so far everybody liked Frosty Bob. So...y'know...Emotions!


Huntress Wizard was horrified. This woman had just murdered Frosty Bob, with ease. And Huntress Wizard had seen Frosty Bob fight, in the challenge of the Five Kings. As far as she was aware, Frosty Bob was practically immortal.

And now he was dead.

"BATTLE!" She screamed. She created almost one thousand flaming arrows. She fired them all at once, and they all hit the target, becoming embedded in the pink woman's flesh. The Mother Gum cricked her neck, and her gummy body reformed to push all the arrows out of her flesh, the holes filling up with more gum.

"Die…" Said the Mother Gum.

She lashed out two pink tendrils, and attempted to lash Huntress Wizard. The Archer dodged them expertly. Mother Gum did not change her facial expression, but simply redirected her gummy tentacles back towards Huntress Wizard. Huntress Wizard somersaulted out of the way, but the tip of one of the tentacles caught Huntress Wizard's belly, giving her a small gash.

Huntress Wizard grunted in pain as she lost her balance and fell on her back. The Mother Gum took advantage of this and used her pink tentacle to whip and slam Huntress Wizard into the ground, creating a Huntress Wizard-Shaped imprint in the ground. The pain was so intense for Huntress Wizard that any and all arrows that she had summoned had been snapped in half.

"Johnny..." Huntress Wizard cried, as The Mother Gum slammed her tentacle into Haydubz's belly again.

"Johnny!" She pleaded. The Mother Gum had dug her out of the ground, and was currently using her tentacles to squeeze Huntress Wizard. She felt her ribs and arms about to snap from the crushing restriction.

"FINN!" Huntress Wizard called out.


On the roof tops, Finn and Stag were back to back, effortlessly fighting off soldiers. They locked arms and pressed their backs to eachother. Finn bent forward and lifted Stag off the ground. Stag kicked rapidly and Finn spun around, allowing Stag to violently kick all the surrounding soldiers and force them off of the roof.

Stag used his antlers to bash three soldiers off of the roof. However, an Orange Slice Soldier got the drop on him, and almost plunged his sword into Stag's back. But Finn used his blade to slash the Orange Soldier in half.

"Thanks man." Said Stag. "I owe you one."

Then Finn heard his name. It was a cry of pain, somebody pleading him to help. And Finn had to respond.

"Stag, I need you to cover for me. I'll be right back!" Finn said as he jumped off the roof, leaving the horde to focus all their attention on Stag.

"Wait, no, DON'T LEAVE ME HERE!" Stag protested as Bacon Soldier's began to yank his antlers. "YOU DINGUS!"


Huntress Wizard was blue in the face. She was utterly deprived of oxygen, and her bones were about to break.

"This is the fate off all who defy the Mother Gum." The Mother Gum repeated.

SHINK!

The Mother Gum doubled back in discomfort as Finn appeared in front of her. He had his Icy Sword drawn, and his skin was ruby red, and steaming. He had slashed through the tentacle that was crushing Forest Wizard, allowing her to fall to the ground with a thud. The Mother Gum smiled, as she regenerated her tentacles.

"It appears my gambit to draw you out has paid off." She smiled, looking at Finn. "A worthy specimen indeed. Your DNA will greatly aid me in my work."

"Lady, you are BANAYNAYS!" Finn screamed. "What is you're malfunction?"

"Finn..." Huntress Wizard coughed, as she struggled to get up. She felt weak. "She killed Frosty Bob."

Finn looked at her, and then he noticed the pile of food, and puddle of water on the ground. He didn't change is facial expression. His skin turned red, blood red, to the point he resembled a red silhouette. He then began to release steam, a boiling explosion that sounded like a train whistle.

He lifted his sword, and pointed it at The Mother Gum.

"I WILL DESTROY YOU!"

He ROCKETED towards the Mother Gum, who simply bashed him away with a newly reformed Tentacle.

"You will not defy me human. Submit!" The Mother Gum said. She wrapped her tentacle around Finn and began to squeeze. Huntress Wizard tried to fire arrows into The Mother Gum, but the arrows were of little effect, as The Mother Gum's body simply absorbed them. The Mother Gum made another tentacle, and produced a syringe from underneath her coat. She brought the tentacle holding the syringe to Finn's neck, and plunged the needle into his neck, drawing a sample of blood.

"Thank you, human. This sample shall be most beneficial to my research. But I shall likely require more samples in the future." The Mother Gum said. She began to ensnare Finn within her tentacle, and slowly dragging him closer to her.

SHATTER

The entire ground was ripped apart as a big brown blur collided with the bubblegum woman, sending her flying and ripping off her tentacles. Stag reappeared and ripped the tentacles off of Finn.

"I didn't come to save you because I like you!" Stag insisted. "Now we're even."

The Mother Gum stared at the three combatants. Sure, all but Stag were injured. But she could smell it on Finn and Huntress Wizard. Something...ancient. Something...powerful. Something...horrible.

"It appears a retreat is in order." The Mother Gum said monotonously. "But thankfully I have the sample I need. I shall simply have to find you again, when I require more."

The Mother Gum melted and slipped into a crack of the pavement, and vanished, leaving the three combatants standing in the street.

"This kingdom is of no more use to me. I shall wipe it off the map."

Then everything started to shake.