The air was tense as the Baron stepped closer. Chief shot the ground before him, making him stop, but instead of flinching he simply smiled "So that's the Baron Chloro-whatever?" asked Rose "Chloro von Phil, a dangerous plant/human hybrid serving as one of the Blood King's henchmen, stationed here to keep the Candy Kingdom under constant watch" said Rattleballs, tightening the grip on his sword "I personally prefer the term 'Green-blood', if you don't mind" replied the Baron "But enough with the talking; you have a princess to rescue and I have years of accumulated bloodlust to discharge on all of you" he ended that sentence with a horrible tone and charged forward, kicking Rattleballs and sending him flying towards the walls with such incredible strength that he got stuck there "Everyone! Disperse!" screamed Chief as he suddenly unsheathed the huge sword from his back, revealing a big red cleaver, which he dropped down with full strength. The hit broke the Baron's sword, but he jumped out of danger "Hey! That was a gift!" He yelled with very real rage on his voice as he then charged at him with inhuman speed and punched him so hard, that Chief too was sent flying, hitting and breaking Princess Bubblegum's cage.
"This is bad! What can I do..?" asked Rose while looking around and assessing the situation; PB was helping a wounded Chief up, Stacey helped a wrecked Rattleballs out of the hole in the wall he dug with his body and The Baron was laughing and shaking like crazy, as if he was about to burst any second now. 'Rose! Use me. Together, we can bring that dude down' Jack's voice echoed in her mind "Yeah, that guy seems a bit too overpowered, don't you think!?" replied Rose with obvious sarcasm as she barely managed to avoid a deadly kick to the face 'Trust me, I can bring this small fry down, we have to get the others out of here!' he said, somehow giving Rose the feeling that he was pointing towards her injured comrades "Ok… I seriously hope that you're right. Everybody! Get out of here!" Yelled Rose at the others while getting into battle stand.
"Are you crazy!?" said Stacey.
"This isn't time for jokes! We can barely hold him off ourselves!" said Chief "But that's exactly it! You CAN'T hold him yourselves! Go now, take the princess and escape! I've got this" she said to him, giving him a look that made him feel like she'll be just fine. After years of experience, Chief learned when and when not to trust his gut. This time, he knew he had to go with this feeling of confidence, for the sake of the mission "Alright then… Be careful" Rose smiled at his sign of trust "Chief! What are you doing!?" asked a shocked Rattleballs "What I have to! Everybody, retreat! It's an order!" he gestured with his arm to the rest of the group, taking Princess Bubblegum with him. Before getting out of the cave, he nodded to Rose to 'Stay alive' Rose nodded back and charged towards the Baron, clashing swords with him while a white aura emitted from her "This is madness…" said Princess Bubblegum as they ran up the stairs "We have no other choice but to trust the girl, though it doesn't mean we will sit with our arms crossed. Can you restore the guardians?" asked Chief, running besides her "I can do more than that".
Meanwhile, the Baron punched Rose in the gut and sent her flying "Well, aren't you a little hero?" he asked in a mocking tone "How brave and how stupid from you to sacrifice yourself for the sake of your little friends" Rose stood up, the white aura she emitted was getting stronger as the blue gem in her sword shone bright, she charged at him with shocking speed. As their swords clashed, the Baron miscalculated her strength and fell back as she moved forwards to slash his chest "Why, you…!" he said, getting serious. The speed of his attacks increased so drastically, that even with her hyper senses Rose was having a hard time blocking his attacks, getting cut in many places, until the Baron roundhouse-kicked her in the stomach, sending her crashing into the cage and having part of the iron web impaling her leg. Rose groaned as she pulled her leg out and went at him once again, getting quicker by the second "Just what kind of magic are you using!?" he asked, getting desperate as he was now fighting her with his full strength "Nothing you can understand!" she yelled as she punched his chest, pinning him to the wall "It's over" she said, but the baron smiled, as he took a tear gas container out of his pocket and kicked her to the ground while she struggled to see.
"Any last words!?" he asked, almost screaming as he prepared to deal the final blow, only to get hit by a huge, yellow fist "What the!?" he said shocked in the form of a well-known magic dog "Don't you DARE touch my daughter!" he yelled, stretching his huge arm across the cave and grabbing him, pummeling him to near death onto the floor, roof and wall of the cave. "Dad!?" asked Rose, still trying to recover her vision "Rose!" he said as he threw the Baron away and helped her up "Are you okay?" he asked "Yeah, I'm fine… Thanks, dad"
"Don't thank me, it's what I do. Now let's pummel that guy and-" he began to say as he turned over to look at the spot where he threw the Baron, only to discover he ran away "Oh, crap"
"Let's chase him!" said Rose, trying to stand up "No, you're injured! Besides, I haven't been completely honest with you…" he said. Rose's eyes widened up as she realized that he was finally going to tell him about her parents "You're right; I'm not your true father. Your father handed you to me one day before going on a long journey, telling me to keep you safe. But he also made me swear by Glob that in case something happened to him, I should in no way tell you about him or your mother, but I guess it was only a matter of time before you figured it out. I'm sorry, but I have to honor his promise" he said with tears in his eyes, tears that didn't drop from the tear gas. "I… I get it. I won't bother you with that anymore. But I will find out myself one day. Until then, let me tell you that you're my father too" she said while hugging him. Jake was happy that he and his daughter made up, both he was also hurting inside; for he knew that he was only telling her half the truth.
As they got out, Rose and Jake saw how the blood army was fleeting from the huge fists and beams that emitted from the resurrected Gumball Guardians "Woah!" Said Rose in awe of the huge candy robots. The citizens and resistance members worked together in order to vanquish the soldiers away. As the last soldier stepped away from the kingdom, Princess Bubblegum, who watched them from her re-conquered castle yelled "Now!" as she pressed a button on a remote control. From six different corners of the kingdom, six beams of light were shot to the sky and pierced the heavens. As they returned as one beam, that beam split back into six parts and covered the kingdom like an umbrella as an energy force with a hexagon patter shielded it. "The Candy Kingdom is free!" yelled Chief from the balcony of the castle and got followed by many fists lifted high and cries of victory. Chief looked towards Rose and smiled. Princess Bubblegum, on the other hand, looked worried.
"And then I said to the mermaid: Well, aren't you the salty one?" Said a drunk Chief as he and everyone else were celebrating the liberation of the Candy Kingdom "Now that the Candy Kingdom is liberated, we can move on to liberate the other kingdoms and then strike the three kings with all our might" said an unusually happy voice "Not so fast, candy boy. We must also help the other kingdoms that are still fighting off the enemy, like the Fire Kingdom and the Death Realm" said Stacey "And we will, all thanks to the girl from the prophecy! Three cheers for the one and only: Rose" as everyone lifted their glasses and cheered for Rose, who kept saying that her father also helped, nobody knew that a gun was being pointed at Rose. As Bubblegum prepared to pull the trigger, a big hand slapped the gun from her hands. She turned over to look at a not-so-friendly Jake "What are you doing?" asked Jake "What I have to" she simply said, trying to reach the gun before it got stomped under a huge foot "This is for the sake of everyone, Jake! That girl is too dangerous!"
"That girl is my daughter, and she saved your sorry butt!" exclaimed a now furious Jake, before coughing up blood "She's not your daughter, but his, you should know that better than anyone else"
"So what?" asked Jake, who was having trouble breathing "So what?! She can end up like her father! She's a huge threat to Ooo!" she said "You don't know that! I'll make sure that doesn't happen!"
"And if it does?" asked a skeptic Bubblegum "I… I will… Take her out"
"You will?" asked a now surprised Bubblegum "Yeah… I'm not going to repeat the same mistake. If she becomes evil… I swear the sacred universal promise I'll kill her" He said clenching his fists, on which a strange mark appeared. Bubblegum knew what that mark was; it was the mark of someone who swore a universal promise, a promise which is impossible to break. She was impressed by Jake's resolve, but got worried when he coughed up more blood "You're not going to live long, but I have to make sure you live long enough to keep your promise" she said as she took a syringe with purple liquid in it and injected it to Jake's neck. Jake screamed and held his neck. In a matter of seconds, Jake began to recover his youth; his beard fell off, his wrinkles disappeared and he fell much stronger than he ever felt "What did you inject to me?" he said "It's a secret formula I made in order to keep my youth as the princess of the Candy Kingdom. It expands the life span of every living being. That way you should be able to live long enough so when she becomes evil, you'll kill her before it's too late"
"IF she becomes evil" pointed Jake.
"We'll see about that" Said Princess Bubblegum coldly.
Meanwhile, the injured Baron made his way on horse towards a huge four-legged creature made earth and rocks that carried a green castle on top of it. As he made it to the throne room, he bowed in the presence of a figure with a red cape and long blond hair standing on the balcony and watching at his massive army of beasts and Green-blooded soldiers marching on their way to a fiery horizon "My king" said the Baron, disturbing his train of thoughts. The figure turned to him, sending chills down his spine with his ominous gaze. Finn the Blood King was wearing a crimson red armor that only left his hands and head exposed made of wood. His skin was pale pink and his blond hair was long and messy. His eyes were bloodshot and radiating with rage, while his pupils were blue and cold as ice "How did this happen?" asked Finn, he could tell what happened in the Candy Kingdom just by looking at his beat up body "It was the resistance, sir! They freed the princess and restored the defenses of the kingdom. My soldiers had no chance against their multi front surprise attack. My army was split and I barely escaped alive from there"
"And you want to tell me that Chief and his clowns did this to you?" he asked with an irritated tone "No, sir! They had this girl with them, as well as Jake the Dog" Finn's dead eyes emitted a spark of shock. Sure, Jake's reappearance surprised him, but what intrigued him more was… "How did the girl look like?"
"-She had dark red hair and pale blue skin. She also carried a strange white sword that emitted a powerful aura" Finn clenched his fists with anger, which made the Baron sweat like a pig. He stood up and began to get closer to him "But..! But, don't worry sir! I promise I'll annihilate them both, I will stop at nothing and will be stopped by one until I take the life of that girl!"
"I see, so you're useless to me" replied Finn.
"What?" was all the Baron could say before finding himself staring at his headless body from the ground. The Baron's corpse fell to the ground as The Blood King proceeded to clean his blade after it morphed back into his right hand. "So you've finally come out of your little tree house, huh Jake? And you brought my daughter with you. I wish we could all have a nice family meeting, but I guess that will have to wait" said Finn smiling as he looked at the blazing chain of mountains which marked the borderlands of the Fire Kingdom "There is an old friend I must talk to first"