CHAPTER 10
Jake turns away from the viewscreen for a second. He doesn't quite know how to feel about what he had just seen. He quietly admits to himself that Finn would indeed offer his blood to Marceline to save her life if such an incident were to happen. He would have expected no less from Finn. He feels worried again about how everything is going to turn out. But he has faith in Finn. He turns back to the viewscreen. He watches as Finn and Marceline arrive at the Marshmallow Provence.
The townspeople are scared at the sight of them, fearing they were with the others that attacked. It takes Princess Bubblegum to convince and reassure them that they are there to help. Princess Bubblegum tells Finn and Marceline more about the situation.
"It all happened all of a sudden out of nowhere. They came from there in the north. They flew in, grabbed a bunch of the townspeople, and flew back. I fear the worst for them, and believe they might try again later tonight to kidnap more."
"Well, then. I think it's time for me and Marcie to go pay them a visit. Princess, you and the others go hide somewhere and board up all the windows. We'll be back as soon as we can." Finn said.
Finn and Marceline turn into bats and fly off into the night sky towards where Princess Bubblegum said. About several miles forward, they come across an illuminated cave in a mountain.
"This must be the place. Are you ready, Marcie?" Finn asked.
"Yes. Let's put an end to this."
They land at the entrance of the cave and turn back to normal. They quietly sneak in.
They creep up and see something they weren't expecting. They were expecting between 15-30 vampires to be in here. There is more than 1,000.
"Damn. There's no way we can take them all on by ourselves." Finn whispers to Marcie.
"I know. Let's stay for a little while. Hopefully, we can learn where they plan to strike next."
Soon, Ash walks out and addresses the horde of vampires.
"My fellow brethren! The time has come for us to claim this very land for our own. We will stake the heart of this place like they staked the heart of so many of our kind. Tomorrow night, we attack the castle of Princess Bubblegum. Once that goody-two shoes is out of the way, we will march forward and conquer every other kingdom in existence. Not only that, we shall make that traitorous bitch Marceline pay for killing our beloved Vampire King by tying her down and letting the sun burn her back to hell where she belongs."
All the vampires cheer.
"Let's get out of here, Marcie. We need to warn Bubblegum." Finn whispers.
They begin to creep back outside.
"LEAVING SO SOON, FINN? YOU DON'T WANT TO STAY AND FIGHT?" Ash yells.
Finn and Marceline stop when they see themselves suddenly surrounded on all sides. Ash walks up to them.
"Well, well, well. Isn't this a nice surprise. Come to join us and our crusade?" Ash says.
"There's no way in hell we're going to do that." Finn replied.
"Thought as much. Grab them."
Finn and Marceline have their arms held behind them as they are marched outside. They are walked to a tree and are tied to it.
"This makes everything much easier on us. Thank you ever so much for making your death a slow and painful one. Makes me wish I can see the sunrise to see it happen."
Ash looks at his watch.
"Well, time to pay a visit to another village. We would attack the same one as yesterday, but where's the fun in that? Besides, we want your beloved Princess to go through the pain and suffering of seeing more of her pathetic subjects meeting their end."
With that, Ash and his legion of followers laugh as they fly out into the night sky. Finn and Marceline struggle trying to get themselves untied.
But, it is of no use.
"We can stop, Finn. These bonds are held with magic. It'll take someone with magical powers to break them."
Finn sighs.
Suddenly, the bonds unexpectedly break. Finn and Marceline are surprised.
"How did this happen?" Marceline asks.
"I don't know. But we need to get out of here fast."
"Where should we go? There's so many villages around here, so it'll be hard to find which one Ash went to. Then there's the one Bubblegum is at. We need to warn her about Ash's plan."
Finn thinks about it for a second.
"We'll go warn Bubblegum. I feel sorry for the villagers that are being attacked, but more lives will be in danger if we don't, and we'll need an army to fight them."
Marceline nods in agreement.
"Let's go." She says.
As they fly off, Marceline looks behind her. She thought she saw a shadow.
They get back to the village Bubblegum is at and tell her of Ash's plan.
"My Glob. This doesn't leave us much time. We need to get back quickly as possible." Princess Bubblegum said.
Princess Bubblegum whistles, and Lady Rainicorn appears. Princess Bubblegum climbs on her back.
"Lady Rainicorn, get me back home quickly as possible!"
Lady Rainicorn takes off, and Finn and Marceline turn into bats and follow her.