Wooh! Chapter 2. I'm freaking out! I don't know if what I'm doing is good enough. Well, I guess this chapter's all about Marceline's accident you know, flashbacks. As for Bonnibel, don't worry guys, Bonnibel will absolutely be in our presence in the later chapters. So, this is chapter two...
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters of Adventure Time. They all belong to the works and ideas of Pendleton Ward.
Chapter 2
Marceline was getting ready in her black slick car. Yep, she had a car even though she preferred her motorcycle.
I miss my motor.
Marceline thought about her black motor. She liked dark colors, especially black.
Well, I like the color red more but after drinking the red out of my motor that one time when I'm really, really hungry...
Marceline let her thoughts go unfinished. She was really hungry that day and had no 'reds' to feed at. The first thing she saw was her red motor and you know what would happen... Well, it became colorless after sipping the red out of it.
And after taking great care of that it crashed... together with me.
The vampire queen went back getting ready. She put her axe bass at the back passenger seat and her backpack at the side seat and settled down in the driver's seat
I'm ready. Marceline confirmed to herself.
Well, what are you waiting for? She asked herself.
She gripped the steering wheel tighter, knuckles getting paler than ever it was.
She sighed. Ever since that accident two months ago, I'm feeling not myself anymore. What's this I'm feeling? I feel like there's a really big hole deep in my chest like a big blank space. A big space I need to fill but there's nothing to be filling with.
Well, I'm undead. For glob's sake! I'm a vampire; what's more, I'm the vampire queen!
She pinched the bridge of her nose, feeling a throbbing head ache coming.
And now the head ache comes!
Marceline was now confused. Some part of her was happy that she would be on another adventure again but a big part of her was ... afraid? Afraid of what she will be seeing at the other side? Or maybe it was uncertainty.
Keila and the others said that I always told them that there's nothing good happens in that city. Then, is this the right decision?
She remembered the accident. Marceline had crashed in her motorcycle. She was sorry for herself that she couldn't remember anything about the accident. She just couldn't tell why she crashed and how she crashed. She didn't even remember that she crashed. Hahaha. Stupid me! If not for her doctor, she would not know that she herself crashed. That was the start of it. Yes, that's it.
Flashback (Two months ago)
Marceline woke up feeling all sore and hurt. She cradled her own head and thought where she was. Checking the place out, she realized that the whole place was freaking white and she was on a bed. She tried to float but she couldn't. She was tired. Very tired.
What happened? Where am I? Is this the hospital? Did I get caught in a fight or in an accident?
Marceline groaned feeling her head throb from the exertion she had made. At this point, Hunson Abadeer, Marceline's father heard her groan. Marceline didn't realize that her father was with her in the room sitting there comfortably. He yawned as if he just stirred from his sleep.
"Hey there my little monster", Hunson said to his daughter, taking gentle steps to her.
Marceline now realized that his father was there with her. She gasped. "Dad! Why are you here?" Then thought of a better question. "Err. Why am I in here?"
At this instant, a doctor walked in. Marceline knew immediately that he was a vampire. He was a tall man with pale skin, very pale. Like me and like all the other vampires, she thought. He also had blonde hair and a gentle smile. His hands were also in the pockets of his long white labgown with a name tag above his breast pocket. Sebastian Cullen, M.D. it inscribed.
"Ah. This is good. You're now awake Queen Abadeer. We were kind of disturbed that you were asleep for four hours. Normally, regular vampires recover for at least one and a half hour." His smile reached his eyes.
"Don't call me Queen." Marceline uttered at an abrupt tone. "Anyway, why am I in here? Am I in a fight or an accident?" At this, both of them stared with hard and confused eyes. "Why?"
"You don't remember?" her father said.
Marceline didn't want to acknowledge his question. My father and I don't have the best relationship in the world for all I know.
"Well Miss Abadeer, you were in an accident. Earlier this evening, you crashed on your motorcycle. And now, you're in a hospital at the Nightosphere" Doctor Sebastian said.
"Just Marceline", still noticing the way the doctor said her name. At the very least he never said 'Queen' anymore. I don't like people calling me that. She then realized something. "Wait! What happened to my motor? It crashed?"
At this, her father laughed mockingly. "You value your motorcycle than your own life?" Hunson was still laughing.
"Whatevs, Dad... So when can I go home?"
Suddenly, the door opened. A ghost, a vampire and a human came in. Marceline was not sure if the last person to enter was really a human.
Maybe a shapeshifter, Marceline thought. There are no humans in the Nightosphere just souls and other devious creatures of the dark.
"MARCYYYY!"
"...Uhm... who are you people?" Marceline tried to sit back but cannot since her body was in a cast.
Silence surrounded them for a second until-
"What?" The vampire girl asked, directing the question to the vampire queen.
"You're kidding right?" the shapeshifter asked.
"Uhm. Is this perfectly normal, Sebastian? What happened to my little monster? Why couldn't she remember them?" Hunson said to the doctor, dropping the honorific from his name. Marceline noticed the way her father spoke to the doctor. He's saying his name so casually. Maybe they're colleagues.
"Marceline, you couldn't remember them?" Sebastian asked. The vampire queen shook her head. "Well, you remember your father which means it's not totally a severe condition." The doctor faced Hunson. "Unfortunately, she couldn't remember them. That means only a portion of her mind is affected in the accident. You see, her head dealt a large blow due to a great impact in the accident." Sebastian explained.
Hunson slowly nodded "Uh. That means?"
"That means Marceline might have a partial memory loss but as I can observed now, she really has it. Except for the fact that she has broken bones which will be okay tomorrow since the healing capacities of a vampire are fast acting, she has-" he thinks for a while and continued, "amnesia.
"Though I'm still unsure of what has been affected and what will be affected in your memories, this is quite serious even though only a fraction was affected and forgotten", the Doctor finished.
Marceline was quiet the whole time the doctor was giving an explanation to her condition. She was taking all the happenings slowly. Still, she couldn't help but feel uncomfortable because she couldn't remember some of her memories.
"Marceline doesn't remember us? Aww" the ghost whined.
"Marceline, of course, will remember you although 'when' is the question. She will remember things at the right time", he smiled a creepy smile like he knows what Marceline will be facing in the near future. "Just don't push yourself. Everything will be alright"
"Is it okay to let her remember us? I mean, we'll tell her stories of us and such." the vampire girl said.
"You mean our misadventures and such" the ghost said smiling while nudging his elbow to the vampire girl's arm.
"Yes, that is better." Sebastian answered. "Vampires do heal physically but it is rather a difficult thing to mend a mental ... complication. We, vampires never have so many emotional and mental problems. Normally, we suffer physically. And so, I never have to face vampire patients due to all the healing capacities we all had."
What the doctor said was true. Vampires really don't need to go to the hospital especially the vampire monarchies that had better healing powers than the common ones.
"So don't try to push yourself too hard, Marceline", the doctor continued. He looks at Marceline and then looks at his watch. "I think it's my time to go now." He looks at the three strangers. "Though you three should introduce yourselves at Marceline; she still doesn't remember the three of you." He smiled and bowed down before leaving the room.
The moment Sebastian stepped outside and was not in sight, the vampire spoke.
"Uhmm. Okay. Hey Marceline", she raised her right hand and nod at Marceline acknowledging herself to the vampire queen. "I'm Keila and I'm a vampire. This is Bongo" She points at the ghost beside her. "And that's Guy" the shapeshifter raises his hand and said 'Hi'.
"And we're all in a band called Marceline and The Scream Queens-"
At hearing the name of the band, Marceline scrunched up her face. What? Marceline and The Scream Queens? Is that my name there? Wait, I have a band? Wowza. That's so cool!
Before Keila continues, Hunson Abadeer jutted in. "Okay, I think I still have a few meetings to attend to. You know, the business" He winked at Marceline and went to the door.
"At the very least, you never forgot me", and then he smiled before stepping outside and closing the door.
Marceline frowned at what his father said. "Damn globbit! Why didn't I forget my father? I should have forgotten him not you guys. You're all amazing... I think. I mean why name a band with my name in it. Yeah, right? haha", Marceline laughed awkwardly but still happy that she had this guys.
For Marceline, she knew deep inside herself that she could and should trust them.
Come on, I'm in a band? That's awesome. At long last, I'm in a band!
After the introductions, they told her stories of how they all hanged out together, jamming and going to cities and then perform whenever someone would call them.
When they were gone, she couldn't help but think why she forgot them.
I mean, they're pretty amazing. We clicked very nicely. I just hope that I haven't forgotten something or someone else important. At any rate, I never forgot being the vampire queen and I still remember daddy and the fries incident. Errr. Now, I remember that!
She tried to remember anything else because she doesn't want to remember her father anymore.
Well, I remember my ex-boyfriend Ash, how he sold my... Hambo! Hambo! Where are you? I hate that psycho so much. He sold my Hambo for a stupid stick or wand. I don't know. Okay! Marceline, remember anything but that weenie. Ah! I remember Simon, how he was... consumed by the power of his crown... Glob! Bad memory! Bad memory! Remember anything else other than that memory. Sigh. I miss Simon. So much.
And then Marceline remembered something; something flashing pink.
Huh? Pink? But I don't even like the color pink, she thought, confusion was etched in her face. Yikes. But still, she tried clinging to that memory. Until-
"Ahhnn", she groaned. Her head throbbed painfully. So painful. "Nnnn. Danglobbit."
At the back of her mind, she remembered Sebastian's voice saying, 'Just don't push yourself. Everything will be alright.'
Marceline tried to calm herself. She sighed a calming sigh and breathed in and breathed out. This act makes her more at ease and more... relax. This was what Simon made her do when she was still but a child hundreds of years ago. She tried to sleep, thinking that this was what she needed right now. She never bothered floating because she was still tired. She never realized that she immediately fell asleep due to exhaustion.
The next day, at night. Marceline felt better. Without further excitement, she tore down the cast and wore new clothes she found at her room. She unwrapped the bandage covering her head but still felt a prickly sensation there but ignored it as she was now excited to go outside.
Well now, I'm feeling much better although I still couldn't remember my bandmates. Sigh.
Suddenly, she remembered something. Actually, she remembered that she forgot something and that was when the door flew past her. Yep, the door. Keila, as Marceline remembered, kicked the said door.
"Ooops", Keila said. She didn't realize her strength in kicking the door. Because of this, a chorus of laughter and teases erupted in the room.
Suddenly Guy noticed that Marceline was not on the bed anymore and that she was not covered in her cast and bandages. "Hey, you're not in a cast anymore." He was so happy that he shifted something not humanoid. Until he shaped back again as a human. Guy usually shapeshifts whenever he felt his emotions were at its peak and now he was happy that Marceline was fine.
"Hmm. Yeah. Sebastian said that I can take it off once I'm completely recovered." Marceline said, smirking at them. "And I'm completely recovered..." showing them her body with wide arms outstretched "Physically", she added before dropping down her arms.
"Oh. Since you're recovered... physically", Bongo said, copying the same tone Marceline used. "Wanna come with us? Let's go jam together!"
"M'kay" she agreed. But I still haven't said my problem to them. "Er. guys.."
"You should bring your bass, Marce. It's just in your house right?"
And the problem came, Marceline thought.
"Actually, I uhmm", Marceline was having seconds thoughts if she really wanted to say her problem to them. Well, they are the only ones who can help me. And I really think that I could trust this people.
"The thing is I forgot where my house is. Though I know what it looks like, I don't know where it is and how can I go there." Marceline told them.
"You don't know where your house is?!" Bongo and Guy screamed in unison.
Following the action, Keila and Marceline covered their ears.
"Don't you guys know where my house is?"
Both Bongo and Guy shook their heads. Oh glob! I can never get back home at this rate. Well, I can search for it...
"Well, I know where it is. I think so." Keila said with uncertainty. "That's like 75 years ago but yes, I know the way."
"At least, you know. Well, come on let's search for my house."
That time, I couldn't help but feel sorry for myself. I mean, whoever forgets her own house, right?
It was three weeks after the accident that I remember everything about my bandmates but I don't want to tell them yet. Hahaha. I wanted to fool them. At first, I didn't realize that my memories came back. I don't know. It feels like I just woke up and then I suddenly knew them.
Small things would trigger something to me. Like how my guitar pick had so many memories in it; it was given to me by Bongo; used a lot by Keila and Guy; Guy almost lost that precious pick but later on we found it. And then there are my bandshirts. Yeah, my bandshirts that I usually get whenever I went to concerts and big events. I remembered the feelings in them.
Those small things would trigger a lot of memories until I remember what happened that time. I remembered the first time I met each of my bandmates. I remembered some of my childhood memories. I remembered my adventures across the world. I remembered that I had and still have many places and properties with a big 'M' on it as my own mark. I remembered all... Or so I thought.
Anyway, I wanted to fool my bandmates. So I acted like I still didn't know them until Keila noticed something that I should have forgotten because I still have 'amnesia'.
Before that, they had been telling me about our 'misadventures' together as what Bongo liked to call it. So I said I had heard it while they were telling stories of our adventures. And yeah, I lied. They immediately knew. And boom. My cover blew off. They didn't get mad at me. They just laugh it off and that was it. We completely believe that I'm fine and that everything was back to where it belongs. I also believe them but I knew myself. Something was still bothering me.
I talked to Keila about this; I asked her if there were things that she still hadn't told me.
You see, Keila is my 'closer' friend in the gang. So, I talked to her a lot. I also talked with Guy and Bongo but Keila and I are way closer.
"Huh? I thought everything is back in that head", Keila said one time when Marceline was telling her how bothered she was with the entire "amnesia" thing, as she was pointing out the vampire queen's head.
"Well, I don't know. Yeah, I remember everything about Nightosphere. Myself. Both of my parents. How I became a vampire and how I got my awesome abilities. Simon. Grod! Even Ash! Not just pieces and bits and flashes of my memories anymore but the whole happenings. It's just that... there's this something that has been pulling in my gut that... that makes me... makes me... sigh. I don't know."
I guess I'm making a confused and pity face at that time because Keila made this face that only surfaces when we help others.
"Everything will be alright. Don't push yourself anymore", she said, patting Marceline's shoulder.
I never reacted back because I didn't know what I would answer back. So that was the end of it. I never bother it and I never get bothered by it until the time that Bongo said a thing about a certain person.
I never listened to him that time. All I know was he was talking about a certain person that I don't really know but I think that person was always related to pink. I don't know. She, a princess actually as what Bongo said, always wears pink. I think so. Or maybe she has pink stuff. Well, I don't really know. Because duh? Pink? What's with that, right? Pink is not even in my color wheel at all.
That time, Marceline remembered something pink. The same shade of pink that she remembered when she was still at the hospital. Feeling a head ache coming, she touched her temples to ease the pain.
She sighed. I don't want to be bothered by my worries anymore. Don't be bothered by that Marceline. Come on!
Out of the blue she thought that she wanted to leave Nigthosphere. Whenever Marceline was on the verge of falling and confusion, she would throw herself at adventures; at exploring to keep her mind busy.
I mean, once upon a time I journeyed around the world. I found a school of goldfish beasts, played around the court of the Fire Estate, brought cute nut creatures in my house and etcetera. So what's the harm?
Even though, I said to myself to never worry I still get worried, maybe it is better if I just go outside. Take a vacation, relax, adventure. Something like that just to forget my problems and worries, the accident. Really, I'm still not sure if I really did recover all of my memories.
A week later, Marceline packed her things ready to leave that afternoon. The only thing left off was to go to their jamming session and tell to her bandmates where she would go and be staying for a while.
That afternoon, Marceline had been certain that her memories were still not in its rightful places and that she still has partial amnesia. She realized this when she didn't recall the times when she was telling to her bandmates how Ooo was a completely terrible place.
Marceline was also thankful that her bandmates are fine with her decision especially Keila. The vampire queen also consulted her doctor because...
Okay I know. The vampire queen consulting a doctor? Is she losing her mind? I thought she's pretty independent and wild? Marceline's thoughts were running rampantly when she consulted her doctor but truthfully, ever since that accident, she was pretty much not herself anymore.
I want to find myself again to get back to my normal everyday life. That's my life. She also found herself sighing more than usual.
That was the reason why Marceline was still sitting on her black slick car and not bothering to move, just gripping the steering wheel so hard.
"Nothing's going to happen if I keep staring at the road in front me", Marceline said loudly just to encourage herself.
At that, she revved up the engine of the car and sped off down the lane.
12/20/2015