Marceline was starting to become nervous. Finn was changing, she knew that, so did Jake. He was getting too worked up, she needed to do something, she just wasn't sure what. She couldn't just try to use the purgatory spell, Finn would probably kill her. Finn began to clutch at his head, as if he felt Azreth trying to escape. Suddenly, Marceline made her move, "Jake hold him down!" Jake immediately wrapped his arms around Finn and anchored himself to the ground. Finn thrashed violently, like a child tangled in a blanket. Marceline moved up to Finn and placed her hands on his head, beginning the spell. She concentrated on finding Azreth's energy, which, to her surprise, wasn't hard. She was shocked when she realized Azreth was everywhere throughout Finn's mind. He had rooted himself so deeply into Finn's consciousness, it was as if Finn let him. There was no other answer except that Finn had let this happen, it was the only way Azreth could be molded with Finn this way. The worst part was, they weren't separate entities. There was no Azreth and Finn, it was the same life energy. If one died, the other would soon follow.
How could Finn let this happen? How could he have let the power get to him, where it got to a point he was risking his very being? This would make it more difficult to rid Finn's mind of Azreth. She would first need to separate them, and she couldn't do it unless Finn helped. "Okay, Finn I need you listen to me. Azreth is-", She was cut short but a sudden force. She felt pain, and fell backward. It took her a moment to realize what had just happen, but then she knew. Finn had hit her. He had gotten his hand free, and managed to punch Marceline. Finn. Had. Hit. Her. For some reason that really got to Marceline. She knew he wasn't himself...but he had hit her. She couldn't waste time thinking about it. "Jake, I said hold him down!", she scolded.
"This isn't exactly easy!", he replied. Marceline got close again and placed her hands on Finn's head. She located his/Azreth's life force and restarted the process. "Alright Finn, I need you to listen. Azreth has combined himself with you, so I need your help. I need you to try and distance yourself from Azreth. Okay?" No response. "Finn, please, I-"
"Okay.", he interrupted. Marceline felt the two forces push away, but at the same time, they both tried to reconnect. The farther away the two forces got, the stronger the pull got between them. Marceline decided to act on this now, before they grew back together. There was a moment of hesitation. What if she failed? Finn would be killed, and Azreth would go free. She shook this doubt away, hoping for the best. She placed the energy with Azreth, waiting for it to combine with him and send him to purgatory. But then, the unthinkable happened. Finn's energy threw itself at Azreth's, wanting to merge, and just as that happened, the purgatory's energy combined with Azreth. Marceline released her grip on Finn, but it was too late.