Jake sputtered, his hands shaking as he looked out the window at the Daeries. That was what they had decided to call them, since they were infected with the Daerus...

"But...but... I thought... aww man... did I... you know, kill anyone?" He asked, still shivering. I hugged my brother, a little too hard, and shook my head.

"Not that I know of, bro. But you're gonna have to keep an eye on the people that we cure. Oh, and help construct fences." I said, stepping away from my brother to give him a serious look. He sighed, groaning, his usual lazy self shining through as always.

"Fiiiiiine... I'll do it." He said, sauntering away grumpily to Dr. Peppermint, asking for a job. I ran my hands through my hair, sighing slowly and lengthily.

My heart skipped a beat as I looked out the window, and I stepped back, shivering. I could have sworn that I had saw Princess Bubblegum. Another shiver went up my neck, but this one was much more familiar. I turned around, smiling, and grabbed Marceline by the waist, giving the invisible vampire queen that devilish look of mine, enhanced by the lighting. She reappeared, and hissed, her eyes demonic. I noticed a bite on her arm, and I jabbed a needle into her skin, frowning. I guess not everyone can avoid being bit by flying... I thought.

She shook her head, and I watched as her complexion returned to the normal pale. She looked at me with big, brown-red eyes, and smiled. The smile stayed there for a moment, with the two staring into each other's eyes, until Marceline decided to speak.

"Jeez, Finn, I don't know what I would have done without you." She said sarcastically, breaking the moment. I let go of her, smiling, and as I got ready to walk away, I felt a sharp pain in my chest, causing me to start to cough, hacking. She caught me as I fell, and lowered me onto the table. She looked at me anxiously, and I finally recovered, wiping blood from the side of my mouth. Damn, it got worse... I thought, looking at the blood on the side of my hand as I pulled myself into a sitting position. She raised an eyebrow suspiciously, and grabbed one of the needles sitting on the table next to me. She tried to inject me, but I pushed her hand away, shaking my head weakly.

"The serum doesn't comply to the human genome. It'll destroy my DNA, killing me from the inside out. There's no cure for me." I smiled thinly, a tear falling down my cheek. She brushed it away, lip quivering.

"There has to be some way, something that can help." I was just about to shake my head when it hit me. The ogre tears! My eyes lit up, and she noticed the change automatically.

"What? What is it?" She said, grasping my hand lightly. I opened my mouth slightly, and smiled.

"The ogre tears at the tree-house. They could probably help. But I doubt they would cure me.." I said, fiddling with my fingers. She picked me up, and put me in a standing position.

"Who's the person who cured the candy people so far?" She said, putting her hands on her hips to look at me.

"Me..." I said, looking away. But she could tell that it was working.

"And who's the person who just cured a vampire without making them human?"

"Me."

"And who... who's the person who... captured my heart..." She murmured, her face turning a peach color. I guessed that was her definition of blushing. I blushed, my face turning a deep red, and I scuffed the floor with my foot. Me and Marcy had started going steady before all this had happened, but it never got really serious. Not until now.

"Me, and you know I love you." I said, smiling at her with my patent smile. She scoffed, ruffling my hat.

"Then it should be no trouble for you to get those ogre tears from your tree-house, with my help, of course. Come on, Bear-Hat."

I smiled, my heart melting at the sight of those brown and red eyes look at me with the kindness she reserved for those she loved. I grabbed her weakly, a little bit stronger than I had been before, and she opened the window, picking me up lightly and without much effort. Jake tried to grab us, but I glared at him and he just decided to let me and her be. Who knows what went through his mind... eww. I pushed the though out of my head, and looked down. She flew through the sky, the wind whipping her black hair like leaves in a windstorm, and she dodged flying Infected, weaving and dropping. I spotted the Treehouse, and hissed, looking at the number of Infected clustered around the door. There were obviously people holed up in there.

She let me down softly on the balcony, one of the overhanging tree branches that I had put a telescope on, and I wobbled, steadying myself.

"Whooh. That was intense." I said, chuckling. She set herself down on the branch, walking like she was on a cloud. There was a bump from inside, and a groan, and I ran in, breathing in sharply as I saw the human laying on the floor, with a vase on the floor next to him. I poked him with my sword, which I had not neglected to forget, and he mumbled, cursing very articulately. I watched as he opened his eyes, and stepped back as he shot up, grabbing his head and trying to reach for his bow at the same time. It was very funny, and so I forgot to put the filter on, ending up laughing. I don't think he took it well... I thought, as he growled at my laugh. He pulled his brown bear hat off of his head, and I gasped, looking at him. Besides his black hair, he looked like... me! At almost the same time, though, we both said, with astonished expressions,

"Who the Hel are you?! " I pointed my sword weakly at him, and his gaze turned to my arm.

"So... you're one of them." He said, his eyes narrowing. Marceline shoved him into a wall, eyes red and demonic, and she spoke very slowly as she said, in a dark voice,

"I swear to God, if you do anything to hurt my man, you will feel the 9 levels of the Underworld on your ass. Do. You. Get. Me." He nodded shakily, eyes widening with fear. Her eyes returned to normal, and she sighed, grabbing me by the waist. As soon as she did, she turned my upside-down, chuckling.

"Now, Upside-Down boy, tell me where those tears are, so we can get you fixed up."

I'm sorry for all the fluff, I jut couldn't resist. If you guys want to, ask questions about me or about the story in general, and I'll answer them in this part of the story. Please, though, as not to clog up my Inbox, do it in a review.

~Ciaou!