Chapter 7
The Warning

Finn burst through the door of Jordan's house shouting "Jordan! You! Trouble! Kingdoms! War! Problems!"
Jordan grabbed Finn's shoulders and shook him gently "Finn, calm down man! You're going to give yourself poo-brain. Just take a deep breath and tell me what's wrong."
Finn tried to stop panting, and drew in one mighty breath shouting out "Princess Bubblegum has gathered the five Kingdoms of Ooo and they're all going to wage war on you!"
Jordan stood silently staring through Finn. Finn was not nearly as composed. "We gotta do something man! They're going to kill you!"
"No…" Jordan replied, "I need to do something."
"But you can't face them alone! And I'm going to stand by you!"
"No Finn, you can't." Jordan said, his demeanor becoming more firm.
"Why not man!" Finn asked with a hint of sadness in his voice.
"Finn, you are the hero of Ooo. You belong beside Princess Bubblegum leading the charge. I am a villain to them. If they see you at my side, they'll think you're under some kind of spell. They'll likely rip you from my side or kill you with me. I can't allow that to happen. I have to face this, alone."
"But…that's not fair! Why won't they just listen?" Finn shouted punching the walls.
"Finn I'll figure something out, you just have to give me some time. I promise you, it'll be ok."
Finn remained silent but kept an angry frown on his face. He was conflicted; he wanted to stand up for Jordan, but he knew Jordan was right. He wanted to trust him, but couldn't shake the feeling that this would only result in him getting killed.
"The Princess wants you to meet her on the Desolate Fields. She wants me to take you there, thinking that we'll engage in combat. When you get there, they're gonna ambush you."
"Thank you Finn, this is very helpful." Jordan said, putting his hand on Finn's shoulder, "well, what are we waiting for?"
Finn felt increasingly nervous. He didn't like not being in control of the situation, but Ninja-Jordan's confidence pushed him onward. He hoped whatever plan the Ninja had, that it was pretty lumpin' amazing.
They left the house and started making their way to the Desolate Fields. Ninja-Jordan spoke to Finn but kept his head forward.
"Remember, we need to sell this Finn, so I'm not going to let up on you like I did before. I'm going to attack you with the fullness of my power. But you can keep up with me, I can feel it. Keep your guard up. Feel my moves in the wind before they are sent. Keep an eye on your surroundings; Ninja must be master of his environment. Look between the spaces…"
Finn looked strangely at Ninja-Jordan, not completely understanding his strange ninja metaphors, but he fully believed his advice would help him in the upcoming battle. Before long they had reached the Desolate Fields. It was a fairly baron wasteland, the ground was brown and scarred with craters. There were signs of what might have been a forest, but it was hard to say. Jordan walked forward a little bit and stopped. He could sense thousands of people in the surrounding distance, but they would only be drawn forth from his battle with Finn. He lifted his hand in front of him as black flames began to surround his body. As the darkness covered his body and formed his armor, his sword appeared in his hand in a burst of black flame.
"Finn the Human! Are you prepared to engage me in combat?" Jordan shouted, nodding at Finn.
Finn caught on to what Jordan was doing and drew his sword from his back-pack. "There's nothing I want more than to destroy you Juno!"
"Then come at me!" Jordan shouted, and with that they charged towards each other.
Jordan slashed at Finn with tremendous fury and speed but Finn was blocking each attack admirably. In the flurry, Jordan was able to parry one of Finn's slashes and sent him flying with a round-house kick. Finn landed on his feet quickly and charged Jordan again slashing with a speed and fury he didn't know he was capable of. Ninja-Jordan blocked each attack and when he attempted to parry again, Finn quickly punched Jordan in the face knocking him back a few steps. Jordan raised his hand to his face and looked at Finn, Jordan was impressed.
"Big mistake…" Jordan said, his smile concealed by his mask. He quickly fired a beam of green energy from his hand. Finn was quick to reflect it, but before he could think more beams came exploding at his feet. Jordan was firing them with speed and flash, spinning his hands around and flipping with an amazing display of acrobatics and power. Finn dodged and deflected each shot, advancing towards Ninja-Jordan. Finn quickly leapt into the air raising his sword above his head shouting "IT'S DEMON SLAYING TIME!" Jordan quickly summoned his sword to block the attack, but the force knocked him to the ground. Finn stood above him, raising his sword in his face.
Suddenly Jake yelled "Finn!" and as Finn looked back, Jordan sank into Finn's shadow, and re-appeared behind Jake, leap-froging over him, pouncing on Finn, tumbling forward and throwing Finn forward. Jordan walked toward Finn slowly, summoning his sword once more. As Finn looked up, he noticed that Jordan had stopped in his tracks, and a loud noise was approaching them. Finn stood up and looked behind him, as thousands of different soldiers were marching forward, Princess Bubblegum and Marceline leading the charge. Without hesitating, Jordan grabbed Finn by his shirt neck and whispered "trust me" before throwing him towards the advancing army. Jake yelled out Finn's name and quickly stretched himself to his aid. Ninja-Jordan stood, poised ready for the worst; ready for his death, ready for redemption.