CHAPTER 6

Jake watches as he sees himself and Finn enter the bar where Ash is playing. The place is dark and reeks of warm beer and cigarettes. They see Ash on the stage playing the guitar.

"Let's make our way backstage and wait for him." Finn says.

Finn and Jake sneak backstage and hide behind some boxes. After the concert, Finn and Jake watch as Ash signs some autographs as the other band members go to the dressing room. They sneak behind Ash as he signs the last autograph.

Ash turns around and is confronted by Finn and Jake.

Finn punches Ash in the face hard enough to knock him to the ground.

"Hello, Ash. Long time, no see." Finn says.

Ash rubs his aching jaw, startled. "Who the-" Ash starts to say until he recognizes his attacker.

"Oh, took you long enough. Must have upset you plenty at what I tried to do to that bitch Marceline."

This makes Finn more angry than he was before. Finn unleashes a fury of kicks to Ash's stomach. Ash curls up in a fetal position to lessen the onslaught.

Finn keeps kicking.

"DON'T-" Finn says as he unleashes a kick.

"YOU-"

Another kick.

"EVER-"

Another kick.

"CALL-"

Another kick.

"MY-"

Another kick.

"WIFE-"

Another kick.

"THAT!"

A final kick. It did not have the effect Finn was hoping for. Ash stands up, laughing.

"I'll call her whatever I want. Stupid, brave Finn. Always trying to be the knight in shining armor."

"Shove it, Ash. I'm taking you in. You're going to jail for trying to kill the woman I love."

"No I'm not. Marceline wouldn't be in this situation if she only been the demure, submissive girl I wanted her to be: barefoot, pregnant, and in the kitchen, like all good women. The fact that she chose YOU, a pathetic human, to spend the rest of your soon to be short life with, makes this a complete insult to me!"

"It's your fault. If you treated her with love and respect to begin with, you wouldn't be in this situation."

"Doesn't matter now." Ash says as his eyes turn red and his fangs grow. "It's time for me to kill you now."

"Yeah? You and what army?"

"Funny you should say that." Ash says as he snaps his fingers.

The rest of his bandmates rush out, bearing fangs and claws, staring at Finn with their glowing, red eyes.

"Oh, crap." Jake says.

Ash's band lunges at Finn and Jake.

Finn and Jake dodge the attack and run, trying to find a weapon to use. They come across a couple of wooden chairs, and smash them to use as stakes.

The band members attack from all sides, with Finn and Jake dodging each attack and striking each one with a stake.

Soon, the band members lie dead at their feet. They turn their attention to Ash, only to see that he fled the scene.

"Damn! He got away!" Finn says.

"Don't worry, Finn. I don't think he'll try anything again for a long time."

"I hope so, Jake. I hope so."

Afterwards, they head home to decide what to do next.

Jake turns from the viewscreen and yawns.

"Getting tired?" Prismo asks.

"A little."

"Why don't we stop for the night and pick things up in the morning? We're almost at the end."

"Okay."

Prismo takes Jake to the guest bedroom.

"Alright, Jake. You have a good night's rest. See you in the morning." Prismo says.

"Goodnight, Prismo. Thanks."

Jake closes the door, climbs into bed, and quickly falls asleep.