Chapter 4: The Hero Touches Familiar Soil
Hey everybody, I know I know. "Where the F*** have I been!" Well short answer trying to get a new life I guess is the best way to put it. But it has been a while since I've wrote and even was motivated since every time, I get to it, I'm scared of messing it up by making something sound like no sense at all.
Yet, you guys still follow and favorite my stuff so I feel like I should at least put something out even if it's short than waiting around 6 months to update. Thank you everyone for still reading and giving feedback when you have time. If you're like it just leave a comment and tell me if I made something make no sense or at least like I'm messing up the things I've previously wrote.
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Within a pitch blacked forest between Ice and Candy Kingdom is where snarls could be heard from mutated wolf like mutants. Whimpering sounds could be heard as arrows flew through the trees entering their flesh. The sound of cutting could be heard coming from an ice blade as torch lights are illuminating the area around Finn, Simon, and Gunther.
"Well, I'm not very thrilled that you came, but I am thankful for the help." Finn says as Gunter behind him creating the small flames lighting the enemy's path to give light and draw them into a funnel.
"They have natural night vision, so even though we're practically a beacon. We can still see them." Gunter said as he kept the flames following the enemies around.
"At least, we have someone who can see in the dark as well." Finn said looking to the shadow jumping around the illuminated area sending her arrows all around helping in stopping any mutant from reaching them. If the mutants got to close Simon would freeze the ground to throw them off balance.
As they held off the ambush keeping them within the forest, over at the Candy Kingdom's tower an old man is looking through a scope pointed in the direction of the forest. "Hmmm…" He murmurs to himself as it gains the attention of a nearby Banana Guard.
"Do you see something interesting Captain." Banana Guard 42 says that gains another murmur from him. "Sir?" He calls out again as the old man takes a deep breath as he wakes up.
"Oh right, sorry… Banana Guard, why does the forest look so tiny?" He asks which gained a confused look from the Banana Guard.
"I don't know, maybe it's a curse dark magic coming over the forest." He says as he pulls out a device that is made up of a can and wires stuffed within it. He hovers it over the window and makes a scanning sound. From behind Peppermint Butler walks in to give Colonel Candy Corn his tea for his daily report of watching over the area. "Peppermint Butler! The forest seems to be getting tinier!"
This gains a sigh from Peppermint Butler as he smacks the device out of the Banana Guards hand. "We go over this every week Colonel." He grabs the telescope and flips it around. "There, is that better?" He asks as Colonel Candy Corn looks through the scope and Banana Guard agrees and gives a thumbs up.
"Okay… Yup, much better. I can see the fire a lot more clearly now." Colonel says as he gets up grabbing the tea from Peppermint butler's hand and has a seat at the table next to him. Pep But stood there comprehending what he just heard. He investigates the lens and immediately goes to the console next to him. The console was there to be used as a communications device to make sure that any immediate change could be reported.
The other end was connected, and Princess Bubblegum is seen in her lab attire. "Yes Colonel… Oh, Peppermint Butler. Is everything okay?" She asked as he reported a fire being seen in the distance from within the forest. "It could be Huntress Wizard? We need to send out a small force to retrieve her." Pep but agreed with her decision and informed her that he will pick a team of three. He ended the call to contact the others as she went back to work.
Princess Bubblegum wondered if this was the reason Huntress couldn't make it to the meeting the other day. She tried not to worry too much since something else was worrying her. Marceline's condition was still weighing on her and the medicine she is making is starting to become useless. 'I need to find a way to gain older medical knowledge for Marcy and others suffering from conditions within the bunker due to the over radiation.'
"You will be going to the forest for reinforcement and extraction of Huntress Wizard. She seems to be in a pinch, but on the possibility, it isn't Huntress Wizard. Observe and report back on the situation, understood." Peppermint Butler says as he briefs three people sitting in front of him right before a door leading to the outside.
The door opens as they all rave in agreement to understanding the briefing and begin walking up the stairs through the doorway. Spotlights shine down revealing Rattleballs, Cinnamon Bun, and a crazy awesome Banana Guard. Princess Bubblegum has made new equipment and a new batch of Guards with more of a special force's kind of vibe. They are skinnier and have more of a muscular human body shape.
"Let's head out." Cinnamon Bun says as the Banana Guard nods in agreement.
"Stay Sharp and call out any enemies." Rattleballs replies as he runs towards the forest. Cinnamon Bun kicks his heel into his fire wolf as it begins flying overhead along with Banana Guard using his jetpack to fly along side him. They both give Rattleballs eyes in the sky as his own vantage points.
As they reach the forest, they zero in on the source of flames. Banana Guard has night vision and notices mutants all running in a certain direction. He flies down to Rattleballs to warn him of the incoming threat as Cinnamon Bun joins them. They plan on charging the one direction and grabbing Huntress Wizard as they retreat to the Candy Kingdom.
"They just won't stop coming." Finn yells out. "Slashing won't do much since I'm single handed. Simon are you good?" He shouts out.
"Don't worry about me, I feel like I did when I wore the crown. Just my body is still adjusting, so my output isn't the same as when I wore it though." Simon replies.
"Just keep handling the ones that get to close. Simon and I can handle slowing them down till they reach us. Just be happy that Shrub is making sure we're not overwhelmed…" Before Gunther could finish speaking Huntress Wizard jumps over to them. They were going to ask why she pulled back, but they noticed that most of the mutants coming their ways were turning around and running to one direction.
Finn saw some of them burst almost immediately and some were being set on fire by a beam of light coming from the direction they were heading. During the commotion a fire wolf is heard howling above them. They look up to notice it land in front of them carrying Cinnamon Bun on its back.
"Cinnamon Bun, why is it every time I see you, you get more badass?" Finn says as Cinnamon Bun is frozen looking at him. "CB…?"
He is just in shock to see his old friend standing before him. Rattleballs cleans a path threw to them and appears next to Cinnamon Bun. "We should be mov…" He trails off the same way as he notices Finn standing in front of him.
"Yeah, HW… I'm going to need to know how long I was asleep." Finn says. Behind Rattleballs and CB, Banana Guard is clearing up the remaining mutants with his shoulder mounted laser gun. He walks up to the group and stands beside Rattleballs.
"Mutants are incoming, we should retreat immediately." Banana Guard said as CB and Rattleballs snapped out of it.
"Right! Now isn't the time for this." CB says. "We'll talk when we get back, get on so hop on." CB scoots up to let HW and Finn get on the Fire wolf as Simon grabs a hold onto Banana Guard. Gunther waves them off as he uses a bracelet he is wearing to begin flying.
They all stay together as they return to the Candy Kingdom. Huntress Wizard looked back to Finn as they were in the air. "It's been 3 years…" She trailed off when she noticed his face. "I'm sorry, I should have told you sooner."
"No, it's okay. It would be hard to tell anyone that…" He said as he reassured her by placing his hand on her shoulder. '3 Years though… I just wonder if everyone is okay…' He thought to himself. Finn worried on how it effected his friends, but knowing them he knew they were strong enough, so he didn't dwell on it to much. Instead he looked at Candy Castle and thought only one thing, 'I'm coming guys.'
They reached the Candy Castle as the spotlights turned on due to motion sensors picking up their movement. They walked to an almost invisible field that scan them on entry. The scan informed the guards and other consoles of anyone or thing that has entered the castle grounds be it friendly or hostile. Any mutated flesh would either be incinerated or due to power consumption Princess Bubblegum added turrets to take out any mutants who didn't completely dissolve.
Those who were scanned and had no corrupted mutation would have to wait for any personnel to heed any request or information they may have. Some are random scavengers and come to sale their wares or scavenged goods to the Kingdoms directly. Sometimes the Princesses would give them personal request, but due to the request they may refuse.
A ping alert was heard by Peppermint butler who awaited their return. Another alert was seen on Princess Bubblegum's console as she noticed and walked to it. She opened the alert to see the return of Huntress Wizard, Cinnamon Bun, Rattle Balls and one of her new Banana Guard. She was still in her lab and was holding a cup of coffee as she turned over to her work, she figured Huntress will head straight to her with Peppermint Butler for a report.
Before she closed the window, she noticed a small alert she hasn't seen for a long time. A symbol that only came up when someone new entered the scan and was previously recorded as one of her previous accepted lists from when she created the system. "Did Huntress find one of my candy citiz…" She stopped in shock as her coffee mug hit the ground shattering on impact. She ran towards the door as it slid open to let her through. As she runs down a hallway with tears forming in her eyes. She says to herself as she isn't trying to stifle her tears. "Simon… Finn."