Love and Madness
Chapter 13 Heart of the Matter
By: Major144
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. This is just a story for fun.
The next day Finn and Jake got an urgent call from Bubblegum, telling them to come to her house. The heroes arrived and saw that Magic Man, Marceline and Betty were already at the house. Bubblegum stood by the couch, while Peppermint Butler was laying on it with some bandages on his head. Finn noticed that Bubblegum looked a little nervous and that concerned him.
"What happened?"
"Last night...someone attacked Peppermint Butler and broke into my house. The attacker left a note for me." Said Bubblegum.
"So some creepy stalker left a note for you. Do we know who it is?" Said Finn.
"I know who it is. Guys...the person who attacked was Ricardio!" Said Bubblegum.
"Oh man that psycho is back!" Said Jake.
"Who's Ricardio?" Asked Marceline as she, Betty, and Magic Man studied the others with confusions.
"Um...Ricardio is...Simon's heart that got brought to life by magic." Said Finn as he awkwardly rubbed the back of his head.
"Simon's heart!" Exclaimed Betty.
"Whoa sounds freaky." Said Magic Man.
"Why didn't any of you ever tell me about this?" Said Marceline with a glare.
"Mary...things were crazy and I ended up giving Simon a new heart. I had no idea about the history you shared with Simon, so the thought of telling you what happened at the time didn't occur to me." Said Bubblegum as she looked a little guilty.
Bubblegum, Finn, and Jake then told everybody about their encounters with Ricardio. Peppermint Butler then gave a description of what Ricardio looked like and that got Magic Man's attention.
"That's sounds like the guy, who broke into my house and stole my dead bro's helmet." Said Magic Man.
"What helmet?" Asked Bubblegum.
Finn explained about the death of Glob and how his helmet ended up on Earth. A panicked look appeared in Bubblegum's eyes.
"This is really bad guys! The most dangerous psycho now has a item of immense power that would make him the equivalent of a god! A powerful intellect that has no morals what so ever is going to acquire God like powers. Ricardio will not only be a threat to our world, but the universe to."
This made the others tremble in dread at the thought of that much power in the hands of a psycho. Before anyone could say or do anything a jar of pickles appeared on the coffee table with a note on top of it. Jake recognized the pickles as Prismo's food. The dog went over to the pickles, read the note and his eyes went wide.
"Prismo summoned...Death to his place to argue Simon's case and...Death what's to speak with Marceline and Betty." Said Jake before he handed the letter over to Marceline.
"So we're supposed to go to wherever this Prismo guy lives and and convince Death himself to allow Simon to live after we return his mind to normal." Said Marceline as she looked at the note.
"But how do we get there?" Asked Betty.
The letter began to glow and Marceline and Betty were soon enveloped in a light. There was a flash and the two of them were gone from Bubblegum's house. Marceline and Betty found themselves in the Time Room with Prismo and Death.
"So these are the two, who wish to bargain for the life of Simon. I recognize the women as the one who made Simon return to being the Ice King and I see that the other is a vampire. Now tell me what you would sacrifice to allow Simon to live." Said Death as he eyed the two women before him.
"I...would exchange several years of my own life to save Simon. You can turn me old and grey for all I care as long as it would save Simon and allow him to live." Said Betty with determination in her eyes.
"As...for me, you can take my vampire powers and my immortality. I don't want to live another day seeing the guy who raised and protected me, stuck being nuts." Said Marceline as she starred at Death with determination.
Death starred at both women very closely, before he let out a little chuckle and nodded his head with approval.
"Congratulations you passed my test." Said Death as he reached into one of his pockets and pulled out a tiny glass vial topped with a cork with some sparkling water in it.
"What test?" Asked Marceline.
"Prismo came to me with Simon's case and I told him if the two people who wanted Simon to live the most were willing to sacrifice a part of their lives and show true compassion for the person they wanted to save, I would give them a small vial containing water from the Fountain of Youth. It will restore Simon to his original age, when he first put the crown on allowing him to live a long healthy life." Said Death as he handed the vial to Betty.
"Thank you." Said Betty and Marceline.
"Your welcome, however there are two conditions that must be filled for the water to have full affect on Simon. Simon must have both his mind and body fully restored." Said Death.
"Simon...needs his heart back doesn't he?" Asked Betty.
Death nodded. Prismo then waved his hand and Betty and Marceline both vanished from the Time Room and returned to Bubblegum's house.
To be continued.