Love and Madness
Chapter 26 Raging Battle
By: Major144
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. This is just a story for fun.
While Magic Man was luring Ricardio back to Earth. Finn and his little group had arrived at the Candy Kingdom, where Ricardio's minions had arrived and were meeting with the King of Ooo out in the castle courtyard to declare there was a new ruler of the world. A huge crowd of Candy People were gathered in the courtyard to hear the news. Me-Mow stood on one of the minions shoulders as she addressed the crowd.
"Listen up good because I'm only going to tell you this once. There's a new deity on the block and his name is Ricardio and from this day forth, his the boss of all of you and the rest of the world. All of you who are dumb enough to oppose him will be struck down and completely obliterated." Said Me-Mow.
There was some muttering from the crowd. The King of Ooo nodded his head in understanding.
"I see. Bow and tremble before the big boss man, build a few temples and statues for him and basically do whatever he says. Got you. You won't get any problems from me or my subjects." Said the King of Ooo.
"Stop!" Shouted Bubblegum as she and the rest of her group approached the crowd.
"Oh if it isn't the former ruler trying to cause trouble. I bet your here to try and convince everyone to stand against this Ricardio guy. Well sorry sister, but that isn't going to happen. A deity will most likely torture us by burning our crops, poisoning our water supplies, and deliver a plague upon our house or simply outright kill us all. No thanks I prefer living." Said the King of Ooo.
There was some muttering of agreement from the crowd. Bubblegum looked at her former subjects.
"Please listen to me. I know your fears and I understand your reason for them. Ricardio is insane and his powers are strong. If he has his way darkness and chaos will consume all of Ooo. Ricardio must be stopped for the sake of all of Ooo! I ask you not to fight alongside as your former ruler, but as a fellow citizen. If you chose to not fight and stay home with your loved ones I understand and will not judge you. I just want you all to know that I'm sorry. I was your ruler and I neglected all of you and put your lives in danger with several of science experiments. A true ruler should have put their subjects first and I failed in that duty. You deserve a better leader then me. I failed you and for that I'm truly sorry. To help make up for what I have done in the past I shall fight this threat." Said Bubblegum before she turned to walk away.
"Ha! A fool to the bitter end! Another horrible idea from a horrible ruler, who has made one mistake after another. Lucky for all of you I know what to do. I'm fixing all of your past rulers mistakes and I'm going to appease are new god tyrant." Said The King of Ooo.
Finn looked at the castle and noticed a large crane with large boulder hanging from it above the heads of Goliad and Stormo's heads. The young hero gasped at the sight. Apparently the King of Ooo wanted to kill both candy Sphinxes. It was then that Me-Mow and the rest of the minions decided to act. The group of villains spread out and surrounded the heroes. Finn gritted his teeth and pulled out his sword as Jake made his fist big, Lemongrab pulled out his sound sword, and Peppermint Butler pulled out a knife. Bubblegum snatched a spear out of a nearby Banana Guard's hand and she to faced the villains.
"Kill them all except the girl!" Ordered Me-Mow.
The minions charged and the battle began. Finn leaped into the air and punched one of the minions in the face as he clubbed another minion in the head with his sword handle. Lemongrab fired a blast of sound from his and knocked a couple minions down. Peppermint Butler stabbed one minion in the foot causing to shout in pain and leap around on one foot. Jake slammed his giant fist into a big horde of minions and scattered them. Bubblegum slammed the shaft of her spear into the gut of one of the minions and knocked the breath out of him, but a minion then appeared behind the candy women and knocked her down with a blow to the head. The crowd of candy people gasped at this. Then they watched as Bubblegum staggered to her feet gritting her teeth.
"I...will not fall! I'm fighting for my people and for all of Ooo!" Shouted Bubblegum as she walked the minion in the side of the head with her spear.
The candy people starred at Bubblegum with awe, then with a mighty shout they charged in and began to attack the minions wrestling them to the ground. Soon it was just Scorcher and Me-Mow left. Scorcher went about hurling fireballs at the candy people forcing them to scatter. Jake quickly took action by going over to a fountain and sucking a large amount of water into his cheeks. The magical dog then faced Scorcher, who fired a fireball at Finn. The young hero dodged out of the way and the fireball hit the King of Ooo and melted the waxy king's body, until he was nothing, but a head causing his crown to fall off. Scorcher then noticed Jake and fired a fireball at him. Jake slapped his hands to his cheeks and a blast of water shot out of his mouth, extinguishing the fireball and slamming into Scorcher. The assassin was slammed into a wall and knocked unconscious. Now it was just Me-Mow left. The tiny cat held a knife and was making hissing noises, when suddenly Peppermint Butler appeared behind her and slammed a bucket down on her. The candy man then put a rock on the bucket trapping the tiny cat. The crowd cheered in victory.
A Banana Guard picked up the crown, away from the King of Ooo's head, who demanded the crown back, but the guard ignored him, and offered it to Bubblegum, but the former princess refused to take it.
"I am thankful for your help, but I will not take up my former position as princess at this time. There are more pressing matters to attend to right now. Once this is over and if you still want me to be your ruler, then I will accept the position." Said Bubblegum.
The crowd nodded their heads. Bubblegum and the other heroes smiled, but then they noticed a large ball of fire racing falling from the sky and racing to something off in the distance. The fireball slammed into the ground and a large mushroom cloud rose into the sky. Finn and Bubblegum exchanged a worried look. The fireball had struck the area where Magic Man's house was, that could only mean Ricardio had returned to Earth. Bubblegum raced into her castle and went into her lab grabbing a high tech looking ray gun. Then she and the other heroes raced off towards where the fireball hit followed by a large crowd of heavily armed candy people.
A few minutes before the heroes raced off towards Magic Man's house. Simon was sitting in a chair resting with Marceline and Betty by his side, when Magic Man appeared on the transporter looking up nervously.
"Well I got good new and bad news. The good news is that I got Ricardio to come back to Earth. The bad news is I really ticked him off, so you might want to put up a little ice shield real fast." Said Magic Man.
Simon got to his feet and used the crown to quickly surround himself and the others in a dome of ice. Outside the house, Ricardio was racing down through the sky on his thrones covered flames. As Ricardio neared the house, he got out of his chair, picked it up and swung it down at the house. The chair hit the house and it exploded into pieces creating a large mushroom cloud. When the smoke cleared all that was left of the house was a large crater with a dome of cracked ice in the center. Ricardio lowered his throne and sat in it, then with a wave of his hand the dome cracked open to reveal Simon, Betty, and Magic Man. Ricardio smiled down at them as he made a large dark cloud appear in the sky above.
"Well. Well. It appears I have some of my least favorite people gathered in one place. I shall take immense satisfaction in destroying all of you." Said Ricardio as he raised his right hand and a red energy ball began to form on it.
Ricardio was fixing to fire, when something invisible slammed into his forehead making him lose his concentration. Marceline then became visible and she had both her hands wrapped around the Sorcerer's Stone imbedded in Ricardio's forehead. The stone sparked and Ricardio snarled angrily as he grabbed Marceline and hurled her to the ground near the others.
"I'll admit that took me by surprise, but this is where it ends!" Declared Ricardio as he floated out of his throne.
At that moment a blue laser beam slammed into the back of Ricardio's head making him shout in surprise. The villain turned to see Bubblegum and her group arriving on the scene. The deity grinned at the sight.
"Well this is certainly a turnout! I do so enjoy a large audience and my dear sweet Bubblegum has come to me." Said Ricardio.
"We're putting a stop to you Ricardio!" Declared Bubblegum as she pointed her laser gun at Ricardio.
Ricardio just laughed as he waved a hand at Bubblegum and the gun flew out of her hands and floated in midair. The deity then clenched his fist and the gun disintegrated. The crowd gasped in horror as Ricardio then landed on the ground and slammed a palm to it releasing a shock wave that knocked everyone onto their back.
"Face it! None of you stand a chance against me!" Laughed Ricardio as he reached his hands up to his chest and he opened it up to reveal the Ricardio heart grinning evilly.
The crowd starred at the exposed heart, greatly disturbed. One candy person threw up. Simon took the opportunity to fire a freeze blast at Ricardio and freeze him in a block of ice. The villain was only frozen for about a second, before he simply broke out by flexing. Ricardio turned to face Simon, who was looking a lot weaker.
"And so ends the tragic sad end of Simon." Said Ricardio as a flaming blue sword appeared in his hands and he prepared to strike the human down.
A red ball of fire slammed into Ricardio's side and knocked him back. Everybody turned to see Flame Princess floating in the air above.
"Your not hurting anyone!" Declared Phoebe.
"Bold words from a child." Said Ricardio as he flew up and swung his sword at Phoebe.
The young ruler conjured up a flame sword of her own and blocked Ricardio's attack. Ricardio shoved Phoebe back and tried to take her head off with a sword swing, but Phoebe ducked underneath the blow and blasted Ricardio's chest with a blast of fire knocking him back. Phoebe then gathered her energy and fired a enormous blast of fire at Ricardio that seemed to consume him, but when the flames stopped Ricardio was floating in the air surrounded by a round energy shield, completely unharmed. Ricardio grinned at the shocked expression on Phoebe's face before he flew forward, grabbed the young ruler by the throat, and began to strangle her.
"Did you honestly think you could beat me?" Asked Ricardio.
"Ug! No...I was...simply stalling...you." Gasped Phoebe.
A look of confusion appeared on Ricardio's face a few seconds before something as big as him came flying in and a large fist slammed into the villain's face making him let go of Phoebe and sending the deity crashing into the ground. The thing that had hit Ricardio was revealed to be a Sleeping Fire Giant. Phoebe plummeted to the ground and Finn ran under her with his arms stretched out. The boy caught the young ruler and winced a little as his skin came in contact with the heat of the fire elemental's skin. Phoebe's eyes widened as she looked at Finn, who gave her a little smile, before he set her down on the ground.
"Finn you...can't touch my skin without hurting yourself. You shouldn't have caught me!" Said Phoebe.
"I couldn't just let you fall and get hurt FP. I care about you and I don't want to see you get hurt." Said Finn.
The two starred at one another, then there heard a crash and turned to see the Fire Giant get knocked back by a punch from Ricardio.
"Let's take this fool down together." Said Finn as he picked up his sword.
"I'm with you." Said Phoebe as she conjured up a flame sword.
The two rushed in to join the fight. Ricardio punched the Fire Giant again and knocked it back. The villain tried to advance on the giant, but Finn charged in and sliced him across the leg causing him to stumble back and shout in pain. Phoebe followed through with a fireball to the head that blinded Ricardio and burned his face a little. Jake stood by the recovering Fire Giant and noticed Ricardio's throne nearby.
"Yo big guy, give that jerk the chair!" Shouted Jake.
The Fire Giant grabbed the chair and charged at the blinded Ricardio. The chair was raised up high and then it was smashed onto Ricardio's head knocking him to his knees. Simon came in and began to freeze Ricardio's back covering it in ice. The deity let out a savage roar and shot to his feet.
"Enough! I shall crush you all!" Bellowed Ricardio as he waved his hands in the air.
Several chunks of earth and everyone in the area began to be float up into the air. Ricardio was manipulating gravity! Magic Man teleported in front of Ricardio and tried to him with the Wand of Dispersement, but the villain just waved him away with his hand and sent the martian crashing into a floating rock next to Finn.
"You ok man?" Asked Finn.
"I've...been better." Groaned Magic Man.
"What were you trying to do with that wand?" Asked Finn.
"Well that guy is powered by a magical item, so I figured we need a magical item to destroy his source of power, but hitting the stone with the wand is a lot harder then it sounds." Said Magic Man.
"Well I'm going to give it a shot." Said Finn.
"It's all your kid." Said Magic Man as he handed the wand to Finn.
Finn pushed, his legs off of the Rock and flew at Ricardio, who was laughing insanely. The villain saw Finn and was fixing to blast him, but a ice blast froze his hand and then a fireball exploded in his face blinding him again. Finn saw Simon and Phoebe floating nearby and gave them a thumbs up as he continued to towards Ricardio. The hero reached the deity and swung the wand at the stone. The wand struck the stone with a tiny thunk sound. At first nothing happened, then cracks appeared on the stone and light began to shoot out. Ricardio's eyes bulged in horror!
"NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Screamed Ricardio as the stone and the wand both exploded in a flash of light that blinded everyone.
Everything that had been floating crashed to the ground with a thud. Betty groaned as she blinked her eyes and saw Ricardio laying on the ground nearby. The former deity was a sorry sight, his body had returned to it's normal size, but now the muscular limbs were shriveled up. Ricardio the heart crawled out of the body and began to crawl away, but Betty easily caught up to him and picked him up.
"Your going back to where you belong." Said Betty as she carried the heart to Simon.
Simon was on the ground looking incredibly weak, his eyes closed and his breath coming out in short gasp. Marceline sat by him looking worried.
"We don't have much time." Said Marceline.
Betty nodded and placed Ricardio over Simon's chest. The evil organ shouted and tried to squirm away, but whatever connection, he had with Simon, seemed to suck him into Simon's chest and he vanished. Betty then pulled out the vial of magic water and poured it into Simon's mouth. The water immediately took affect and Simon began to look healthier.
Deep within Simon's mind, Ricardio stood in an empty white room facing Simon. Ricardio glared at Simon and shook, his little limbs in anger.
"You and everyone else ruined everything! I was a god and the universe was in my grasp! I'll make you wish that you never came back!" Screamed Ricardio.
"That's not going to happen. You see I'm back and I'm putting a stop to you permanently." Said Simon as he pointed a finger at Ricardio.
A look of confusion appeared on Ricardio's face and then he noticed his entire being becoming transparent. A panicked look appeared on the organ's face.
"Wait! Stop! I...can help you! We can work together!" Cried Ricardio.
"Sorry, but no deal. It's over." Said Simon with a stern look.
Ricardio tilted his head back and screamed in anguish, before he vanished completely.
In the real world Simon opened his eyes and sat up. The human blinked his eyes and saw Betty, who embraced him and kissed him on the lips. All the others saw this and cheered for the couple. The battle was won and a couple was reunited.
To be continued.