CHAPTER 5

Jake watches on to see what happens next. It looks like time has jumped forward again. He sees Finn and Marceline preparing a nursery for their soon to be born child. Finn keeps a brave face, but secretly, he's worried that another attack on his wife is eminent. He's certain another attack will happen when she's on route to the hospital to give birth or when she's leaving the hospital after she's given birth.

Finn feels helpless. He fears he failed her and their child by not being more aggressive in finding out who was doing this. The would be killer left no clues, so it would be impossible to know where to look first. Finn considers moving them all to the Nightosphere. Only someone with a death wish would dare follow them there, and if he or she tried anything on Marceline, Hunson would make him or her regret it.

But he knew Marceline would never agree to it. She enjoys living in the Candy Kingdom as much as he does. As he mulls over what to do, Princess Bubblegum comes over to pay a visit.

"Hello, Finn. How are things going?"

"Hi, Princess. Everything's going good."

Princess Bubblegum walks over to check out the nursery.

"Oh, this looks so beautiful! Do you two know if you're having a boy or a girl?"

"No. Marcie wants to be surprised, so we're waiting till the birth to find out."

"That's wonderful! Any ideas for names yet?"

Finn remembers his promise to Marceline. "Not yet, we're still trying to decide."

"Okay! I hope you can come up with one soon!"

She notices Finn being worried. "Are you still worried about what happened?"

"Yes. I will continue to be worried until that madman who tried to kill Marcie is caught."

"Don't worry about it too much. I've got my best people on it, and when they find something, they'll let me know. When they do, I'll tell you so you can apprehend him or her."

Thanks, Princess."

Marceline enters and her and Princess Bubblegum go to the kitchen for some tea.

A few days pass, and Princess Bubblegum comes over again.

"I have some great news, Finn!" Princess Bubblegum says.

"What is it?"

"My best people got information on the person responsible for trying to kill Marcie!"

Finn felt relief. "That's great news! Who was it?"

"Her ex-boyfriend, Ash."

"Ash?"

"Yes. It seems he was still bitter about their breakup. When word got to him about you two, he snapped. He felt it was heresy for a human and a vampire to fall in love and get married. So he began to quietly stalk the both of you and to get the drop on you two once your guard was down."

"Well, now is the time for some payback. Do you know where he is?"

"Yes. He plays lead guitar for a death metal singer who calls himself Lord Of Grief. They're doing a show in a bar the next town over."

"That's great! I'll go get Jake and we'll catch this monster and bring him to justice!"

Marceline enters and Finn tells her the news. Marceline is relieved as well.

"I'm so glad this nightmare is about to be over. Be careful, Finn." Marceline says.

"I will, Marcie."

They kiss and Finn heads off.

Jake gets up from the viewscreen and asks Prismo where the bathroom is. Prismo points the way and Jake walks to it. While walking, Jake finally feels better about how everything is turning out. It looked like it was going to turn tragic, but now it doesn't seem that way. After using the bathroom, he quickly heads back to the viewscreen to see what happens next.