Chapter 12: PART TWO- Into the Door

The last note on his bass was sour. "Nevermind." Marshall Lee sighed.

"Drama bomb!" Jake wispered to Finn and Princess Bubblegum, trying to imitate Lumpy Space Princess the best he could.

"Look!" Finn shouted, interuppting the silent, still air. He pointed to behind Marshall, where the Door of the Door Lords was now open.

Everyone looked, but soon enough, PB got so excited about the chance to reconstruct her kingdom that she actually dragged Finn to the door. This surprised him, but he was glad too and he couldn't help but smile. The rest followed the pair in.

"So here's the plan." PB said. "We need to capture a Door Lord in order to get its time magic. Then, we can restore the Candy Kingdom to its original state." She put her fist into her other hand.

"Great plan, Preebos." Agreed Finn. "I think that if we split up, we'll find a door lord faster."

"Well, ok..." murmmered Jake. "I know you two are going together..." He was reffering to Finn and the princess.

Finn walked over and said into the dog's ear, "Buddy, I am really sorry, but I need you to go with Marshall and Marceline. You need to make sure it doesn't get ugly... if you know what I mean."

Jake shook his head in understandment.

"I owe you, dude." The boy added and went back to stand beside Bubblegum.

"Let the searching commence!" PB exclaimed.

And so the two groups went down corridors in opposite directions. The vampires were on either side of Jake, occasionally glancing in the other's direction. Jake just tried to look ahead with a strait face. It was bad enough to try to keep them apart, but it's even worse when they are both what you fear the most! The dog let out a long breath and tried to keep calm.

Meanwhile, Finn and Princess Bubblegum walked in an akward silence.

"So..." PB started.

"Yeah?" Asked Finn a little too quickly.

She gulped nervously. "I feel- I feel like somthing isn't right."

"What kind of 'thing'?"

"I don't know; like somthing bad."

They stopped walking. Finn turned towards her and insisted, "Nothing bad is going to happen to you. I swear on Glob's name that I will protect you at all costs."

"That's sweet, Finney. Thank you," and PB hugged him. When they broke apart, she added, "Even though we are alone and it is peaceful, we need to keep moving."

"Uh, right on." He said, so they resumed their walking.

The glances at one another got longer in time. Once, Marceline and Marshall Lee actually made eye contact at some point, but they both narrowed their eyes and then looked the other way.

Jake was getting (surprisingly) very annoyed. "STOP! Just stop it!" He burst out, then realized what he just did when both vampires gave him a dirty look that meant they were not happy with him. Jake was defenseless now, and in trouble, but first both had some unfinished buissness to attend to.

"Sing to me? Seriously? Is that the best lyrics you can come up with?"

"You would of said the same thing to me! We're practicly the same person!"

"Shut up!"

"No, you!"

"ME?"

"YEAH!"

"You're the one singing to me!"

"Well maybe I want to!"

"I guess I want to, too!"

As suddenly as the argument started, it got interupped by a tall flimsly figure crossing in front of them quickly. The three came to a four-way intersection in the corridors.

"What was THAT?" Jake asked loudly. He wasn't afraid, just very surprised by the sudden movement.

"That was probobly a door lord." Suspected Marceline.

Jake started walking towards it. "Let's catch it, then!"

The two vampires followed the golden bull dog. Jake saw somthing in the corner of the dead end hallway before them. It looked like it was eating a sandwich (which, of course, is door lord's favorite food to eat in any situation), so he put a finger to his jowels and made a shush noise. Then he yelled "Ya!" And lunged for the munching figure.

The door lord struggled, but gave up when Jake's arms binded his limbs together like rope.

"FINN! PRINCESS! I GOT ONE!" He alerted the pair on the opposite end of the portal.

I know this is kind of short, and doesn't have much action, but chapter 13 will have A LOT in it. It is a very important part in the story where happy things happen. Not sure when it's gonna be up yet, but I tell you all in the comments soon. Also: check out a VERY short story I wrote one day in class when I was bored. It's about Marshall Lee and his fries being stolen from his perspective. As you guessed, it's called "Mommy Ate My Fries".