Simon was alerted by the sounds of the mutants. He covered Marcy's ears hoping that she won't wake up. He was shivering, the sounds of the horde of mutants were approaching, the cracking of the thunder storm made it worse.
Ice King looked out of the window and saw a disgusting parade of mutants. They seem to alerted by something or someone. He remembered that these were the mutants Simon froze awhile ago and now they're seeking vengeance with a bigger and more fierce group. He heard the mutants enter the house, about three were sent to check the house for them.
Simon held Marcy tightly in his arms. Luckily, the door was locked and the mutants checking the house weren't able to enter. "Mother, Mother, Mother…" Simon babbled softly, the mutants will stop at nothing to find their prey.
The mutants abruptly stopped marching, all of them roared loudly in unison. They sensed Simon inside the room, they got his scent. Fortunately, Marcy was blanketed in cloth, hiding her scent.
The mutants roared louder and began charging in the house. The door was banging but it held back since mutants were prone to be weaker than an average human, they depended on their numbers to overwhelm people and as the numbers of the mutants grew behind the door, Simon knew he had little choices. A sacrifice needed to be made.
Simon hugged Marcy one last time, he cried and his tears started to stream down his cheeks. He knew what he needed to do to save her, he had one last choice and this choice was unavoidable, it was either he dies with Marcy in his arms or he will save her at the cost of himself.
"I'm sorry…" He whispered softly, more mutants started to enter through the windows, some were dumb enough to pound the locked front door. Simon quickly let go of Marcy and grabbed the crown resting beside his mattress. He had a final act that he needed to do.
Simon held the crown tightly and he climbed out of the window. He stood on top of the roof canopy facing the crowd of mutants, they haven't noticed him yet. "Hey you freak shows! Is it me you want!?" Simon taunted loudly. The mutants were alarmed by him.
The mutants inside the house ran outside to see what was going on. Fortunately, this saved Marcy from being caught in the confusion. Ice King peeked from the window to see the scene outside, the mutants weren't able to notice him.
Simon raised the crown on top of his head with both of his arms. He glanced at Marcy one last time and more tears dropped from his eye. "Please forgive me for whatever I do… When I don't remember you…." Simon told her as if she could hear him now. He faced the horde again, they started to climb the roof to get him, they were coming from all directions. "I love you, Marcy" Simon whispered as one last tear drop came out of his eye. "Sorry…" His last words were…
He closed his eyes and put on the crown, forever sealing his fate.
His eyes widened, whitened and glowed blue, his hairs started to grow longer, his nose reached the maximum length and his teeth became even sharper. His suit ripped out to a blue robe. His hands glowed and he casted his first beam of ice.
He effectively froze two mutants, causing the horde to became more enraged. Simon flew on top of the center of the crowd and casted avalanches of ice towards them.
Thunder crackled and roared and the rain poured heavily as he annihilated every mutant, making sure they were frozen for an eternity. He laughed manically, he continued to freeze the helpless horde. He started to turn rain into hail, hurting and crippling mutants as the heavy ice skirmished them.
"Pathetic disgusting freaks!" Simon shouted with the voice of a madman. He froze more of them, they started throw rocks at him but they were ineffective and most of them missed. The mutants started to lose morale, some of them started to run, others stayed to fight but were frozen in turn.
Some of the mutants tried to jump toward Simon through the roofs but were quickly subsided by beams of ice or missing and falling into the hard cement or onto their own brethren.
The horde started to become more afraid as he froze most of their numbers making them suffer heavy casualties. After a few more moments, all of the mutants were afraid now, they started to run, they were afraid to be frozen for an eternity.
They were quickly tailed by Simon, freezing every single mutant. He followed the routing mutants to the center of city until he and the mutants were no where in sight.
Ice King still peeked out, he was astonished by Simon's sacrifice. He realized that all Simon wanted was Marcy to be safe,
Even if it costs his sanity.
The rain subsided and the sunlight hiding behind the dark clouds penetrated the windows. Even with sunlight, the frozen mutants were never thawed nor watered.
Ice King stopped peeking and returned to the peep hole. He noticed the blanket rustle a bit, after a few more rustles Marcy came out of the blanket and bolted up.
"Simon!" She shouted with tears welling up her eyes, she looked outside and saw the frozen mutants and worse, Simon was nowhere to be found. She walked back inside and sat on her bedroll, she started to cry harder than she ever did before. The day she dread became true.
Marcy looked like she cried like never before in her life, her heart melted and her mind was extremely hurt. She hugged Hambo hoping that she will feel better just like how she did when she first met Simon. The reminders of the past started to make her sad now.
Ice King thought of something to do, he had to act. He needed to reconcile himself to Marceline, he would not let this go. He wanted to keep his old promise: To make Marcy happy.
He went outside his room and stood in front of Marcy's door, he could hear the crying and sobbing. She would sometimes say "Why?" between her sobs. Ice King sighed and knocked on the door slowly.
Marcy let out a small gasp and she hugged Hambo tightly. "Who's there?" She asked, the inflection of her crying made her sound sad.
"A friend of Simon" Ice King answered through the door. Marcy's eyes widened and she was dumbfounded, how could there be anyone left?
She slowly opened the door and was shocked to see the insane Simon, his eyes, long hair, nose and robe made her tremble at the result of Simon. She started to mouth words, she was unnerved by him.
"Shh shhh, Don't be scared, Marceline…" Ice King soothed, Marcy's eyes widened, she noticed that he called her by her real name. Ice King then leaned down to her level, Marcy was a bit scared of his appearance. "Simon just wanted me to tell you something" Ice King whispered.
"W-what is it?" Marcy said softly yet nervously, she was still afraid of him but not that much anymore.
"He wanted you to know, that he loved you so much and he only put on the crown just to save you" Ice King whispered back with a happy tone. Marcy's started cry more, she was cheered by his words, and she quickly accepted this man. "He told me...that even when he was gone, you will always be in his heart and you will never forget him" Ice King continued.
Marcy nodded, wiped her nose and smiled to Ice King, he smiled back at the girl. "What's your name mister?" Marcy asked.
"I'm Ice King, I came here a thousand years from the future to see how you turned out" He explained, he was embarrassed to say what he really came for. Marcy was astonished, she became curious by this time traveler.
"What's it like out there? How did I turn out, Ice King?" Marcy asked curiously.
"All I can say is, you were a good woman and everyone liked you in the end, just remember what Simon did for you. He was with you, so that you will always be happy, even when he was gone…" Ice King continued to explain. Marcy took these words by heart.
"Now Marcy, I want you to do something. Pretend that I never talked to you but you will always understand what I said, Ok?" Ice King asked, he feared that he might break the future somehow and that interaction with present Marceline would be different.
Marcy nodded and Ice King stood up. "Well, it's time for me to go" Ice King said as he took the gem from his pocket and was about to pound it to the wall.
"Mister Ice King, can I ask you one last question?" Marcy asked before he left. Ice King faced her, he allowed just one more question.
"Will Simon be there?" Marcy continued. Ice King simply smiled,
"You'll see" Ice King answered softly. Marcy smiled and nodded.
Ice King pounded the gem to the wall. He felt dizzy and he closed his eyes. He started to hear wind howling loudly and he started lose control over himself. His body became numb and he fell to the ground.
Ice King soon woke up, time started to run again. He was still in Marceline's house and she was still sleeping. Ice King was relived that everything still turned out to be the same.
The gem was still at her forehead and she was hugging something, Ice King looked closer to see. It was actually her old friend, Hambo. It was always with her now, making her ex-boyfriend unable to sell it
Ice King took the gem from her forehead and smiled at her. He stood up and he noticed one different detail in Marceline's house.
There was a portrait on the night desk. Ice King looked closer and lit it up with his ice magic.
It was the picture Simon took a long time ago, him and Marcy, together. There were words scribbled on the bottom and it was written in Marceline's calligraphy:
"With me, to make me happy, even when he's gone"
Ice King smiled at the portrait and sat down as he held it. He contemplated as he looked into the picture, so many moments and memories were kept in just one picture. He suddenly remembered something, he remembered taking the picture and writing on the back. It made him tear, he did not know how he was affected, but yet, he sobbed at the thought.
The lights suddenly opened and an awake Marceline was floating at the edge of the room where the switch was. "Ah hah!" She shouted. Ice King was shocked and he quickly placed the portrait back on the nightstand.
"Ice King! What are you doing here!?" Marceline demanded, Ice King was relieved that Marcy followed his instructions to pretend that nothing happened.
"I see that it worked…" Ice King remarked.
"What worked!?" Marceline asked, demanding answers. Ice King raised his gem to show it to Marceline. She was dumbfounded, she realized that this was the exact time was the time he travelled back in time. "No way… You actually just did that?" Marceline gasped, he remembered that Ice King held this gem to return back in time.
"Yup…" Ice King answered, he felt this sense of triumph. Marceline floated towards him and sat beside him. She was a bit embarrassed that Ice King would do such act like he was Simon.
"Thanks... Without your advice I wouldn't have avoided a lot of breakdowns" Marceline said with the tone of thankfulness.
"Nah, don't mention it, it's the job of your old buddy Simon to keep you happy, right?" Ice King said jokingly yet he meant it.
"Yeah… Did Simon say anything before he left?" Marceline curiously asked.
"Please forgive me for whatever I do, when I don't remember you" Ice King answered saying it how Simon said it. Marceline was affected by his words.
"Did he say anything more?" Marceline continued to ask.
"Well… If I can remember… I love you, Marcy" Ice King answered embarrassingly, it sounded as if he was telling it to her directly. Marceline smiled to the ground, not minding the last part.
"He said one more thing" Ice King continued Marceline looked at him and raised and eyebrow.
"Sorry… he said, before putting it on" Ice King explained. Marceline sighed and she frowned a bit.
"Well, it's sad that Simon will never come back" Marceline remarked. This reminded Ice King how Simon never returned when he chased down the routing mutant horde.
"Marceline, remember what you said? A long time ago?" Ice King reminded her. Marceline looked at him again, wondering what he meant.
"At least you got me" Ice King continued. Marceline realized that he wasn't simply reminding her, she realized that the words came from him. Marceline started to tear and she quickly embraced Ice King.
"Thanks…" She said once more. She let go and wiped the tears off her eyes.
Ice King smiled and he stood up. "Well, it's time for me to go home, all that time traveling business is tiring, you know?" Ice King said, the day was over and he seemed to be a bit exhausted.
Ice King started to go down the ladder, Marceline followed him. He walked out of the front door and Marceline waved goodbye.
"Goodbye, Simon!" Marceline joked.
"Bye, Marcy!" Ice King answered back jokingly as he flied outside back to his kingdom.
Marceline shut the door and quickly went back to her room. She smiled at the portrait and picked it up and held it.
"Thanks, Simon" She said to the portrait happily, giving the portrait a kiss and going back to sleep, hugging Hambo.
Author's Note: Disregard what was past written in this note.