Chapter 3 - The Abstergo Facility

As the helicopter roared its way towards the unknown Abstergo facility, the group decided to enjoy the views that the flight offered.

"Look at the ocean, Finn!" exclaimed Jake. "It's so vast and so… so beautiful…"

"What? The ocean is this gigantic?" asked Finn, staring at the behemoth ocean in astonishment. "Wow… I never knew that the world is bigger than I thought."

"Of course it is, silly!" said Princess Bubblegum. "The surface of Earth is 316,944,046.766 mi. sq, and the majority of it is water."

"Wow, Bonnie, you sure don't stop talking geek, do you?" said Marceline.

"Hey, Finn just was curious about the size of the world, and I wanted to inform him." responded Princess Bubblegum.

"By what, blowing his mind with your smart-speak?" said Marceline.

"You know what, forget it." said Princess Bubblegum. "Let's just focus on the trip."

"Wow. I never knew the world was so big." said Finn. "It's so awesome!"

"Yeah, I guess this is amazing." said Marceline, being impressed at the view of the ocean.

"Uh-huh." nodded Jake in agreement.

"Hey. Since we're all here traveling to some place that may or may not exist, let's enjoy this moment together and tell our stories, as friends." said Princess Bubblegum.

"Okay!" replied Finn happily.

"Sure, why not?" said Jake.

"Alright." said Marceline.

"Good. We should begin with the day I met Finn and Jake." said Princess Bubblegum. "It all began when I was captured by the Ice King…"

As time flew by, the group told stories about their lives and things that happened to them. At 5:35 PM, they begin seeing land out to the direction they are headed.

"Hey guys!" shouted Finn, pointing to the speck of land. "I see land!"

"Whoa! There's land there?" said Jake in a shocked tone.

"Yes, but were not at the destination yet." said Princess Bubblegum. "Look at the GPS."

"In 50 miles, you will arrive at the destination." said the female GPS voice.

"Well, we've got about 30 minutes until we get to the place." said Marceline. "Until then, we can see this unknown land."

As the helicopter flew towards the undiscovered land, a ruined city is seen, with buildings crumbling, animals running, and hardly any sight of plant life. As they flew over a plaza, many skeletal remains of bodies are seen, indicating that the people here were undoubtedly killed by the nuclear weapons set off by the Great Mushroom War.

"Man, so many people died here." said Finn. "I really wonder if I am the last human."

"Don't worry, Finn." said Princess Bubblegum softly, as she hugged Finn and stroked his face to comfort him. "I'm sure that somewhere, out in this world, there is another human survivor."

"Thanks, Princess." said Finn, as he blushed.

"Hey guys." said Jake. "Sorry for interrupting, but… what will we find at the destination? What is Abstergo?"

"I have no idea." said Marceline.

"I think I know." said Princess Bubblegum, as she stopped hugging Finn.

"You do?" said Jake.

"Well, not really." continued Princess Bubblegum. "I've only heard that before the war, they were a great industry helping humans in technological and medical advances. So this visit may prove interesting to me."

"Alright." said Jake. "At least I now know what we may be dealing with."

At 6:05 PM, the helicopter arrived at an inland city where many old-fashioned, ornamented buildings were damaged, but not completely demolished to rubble. The helicopter then proceeded to land near a large building with a large logo at the front, bearing the name "Abstergo Industries". The logo looks exactly the same as the one on the helicopter.

The entire group gasped in unison.

"You have arrived." said the female voice.

"Whoa, check out the building!" said Jake. "It's all big and glassy!"

"We're here!" exclaimed Princess Bubblegum. "Now, we should go in there and start finding any piece of technology that still works. I want to see if any of it is still functional."

"Alright, Princess." said Finn. "We'll all go inside and do what you said."

Everyone got off of the helicopter and went inside the Abstergo facility. As they went inside, they saw an unscathed lobby room, still brightly white on the inside. A door is seen behind the lobby desk.

"Welcome to the Abstergo Facility in Florence, Italy." said a female voice, sounding exactly the same as the GPS voice. "Employees, please check in with your identification pens at the door scanner."

"Uh, guys…" said Jake. "We don't have any identification pens."

"Oh wait!" said Finn, as he reached into his backpack and took out a metal pen, bearing the Abstergo logo. "I think this pen might work. I found it on the front of the cockpit."

"Cool, now just scan it on the door." said Princess Bubblegum.

Finn went towards the door and placed the pen in front of the scanner. A red light scanned the pen, and a beeping sound was heard.

"Welcome, Warren Vidic." said the female voice.

"Well, we're in." said Finn.

The door began to unlock and opened by itself. A hissing sound is heard. As the door opened, everyone was amazed at what they saw. All kinds of devices and technology were all around, surrounding the place. At the end of the room, there was another door.

"My goodness!" gasped Princess Bubblegum. "I cannot believe it! So many devices and all of them are working in excellent condition!"

"Hey Bonnie, if you think this is enough, wait till you see what's behind door number 2." said Marceline.

"Yeah, let's look at the next door!" said Jake.

"Hold on, let me do something…" said Princess Bubblegum, as she took a laptop PC from a table.

"Alright, let's go to the next room." she said.

As everyone headed towards the door, it opened and revealed a long hallway.

"Whoa, that is a long hallway." said Finn.

"Don't be a weenie, Finn." teased Marceline. "Lead the way."

As the group walked into the long hallway, they found themselves walking up stairs, going up several stories. As soon as they reached the end of the stairs, they were at the front of a room called "Animus Room".

"Hey, let's check this room out." said Jake.

"Alright." said Finn.

Finn grabbed the doorknob and opened the door, finding themselves in a very large room, with a metallic bedlike device at the center of the room.

"Alright, a bed!" said Finn. "I'm getting tired of walking these stairs."

He walked towards the device and laid upon it.

"I'm going to stay here for a few minutes." said Finn. "Wake me up when we're going to leave."

As soon as he closed his eyes, a glass face cover popped out of the device.

"What the…" said Princess Bubblegum.

"What is that?" said Marceline.

"Huh? Finn?" said Jake.

Finn opened his eyes and said, "S'up, Jaaaaaaa…"

As soon as Finn saw the glass cover, it flashed brightly and rendered him unconscious.

"Finn!" everyone said.

They all ran towards Finn and the device.

"What happened, Bubblegum?" said Jake, in a concerned tone.

"I don't know!" said Princess Bubblegum.

"Is he dead?" asked Marceline.

Princess Bubblegum walk towards Finn's unconscious body and checked his pulse.

"He's alive, but out cold." said Princess Bubblegum.

"Hey, I can see Finn on this little screen!" said Marceline.

"What?" said Jake.

"Let me see!" said Princess Bubblegum.

As they looked at the small screen on the device, they saw Finn inside of the device.