Fell For Her Song

Chapter 9: Preparing For the End

"Oh, no. This is very, very bad!" Marceline lifted Gumball from the forest and went straight into the castle.

"What is it, Marceline?" Gumball asked as he landed on the floor.

"That creature was no scarecrow, alright!? That was a minion of my father!" Marceline yelled, frantic. She ran her fingers through her hair and began pacing.

"What's so bad about that?" Gumball asked, clueless.

"That creature saw us together, Gumball!"

"Again, what's so bad about that?"

"OH MY GLOB!" Marceline shrieked in irritation, "Gumball! You are good! My father believes that I'm evil! And now, since that creature is going back to tell my father, he's probably going to raise a whole army to obliterate you! Don't you see? Your life is in danger!" Marceline screamed hysterically.

"Oh..." Gumball muttered.

"Hey what's going on down there? I'm trying to sleep!" Bubblegum yelled from the top of the staircase. Suddenly, an idea formed in Gumball's mind. "Bonnibel! You wanted to see my laboratory, right?"

"Well, yeah, but it's kinda late..."

"This is important Bonnibel! Marceline! Bonnibel and I will whip up two more Gumball Guardians to help fight your father! When do you predict that he will come?"

"Uh... 'bout 24 hours. He's busy this time of the year," Marceline replied. Gumball nodded and motioned with his hand for Bubblegum to follow him and the two disappeared beyond the corridor. Marceline took in a reassuring breath before going to Marshall Lee's house.

"Marshall! Yo, little bro, you in here!?" Marceline called out into the dark house. She heard a voice curse at her from upstairs and she knew he was home. "Marshall, wake up!" Marceline yelled as she floated over to Marshall who had drifted away from his bed.

"What do you want?"

"You're meeting your father..." Marceline blurted out, waking Marshall up.

"What?" Marshall whispered.

"Marshall, this isn't going to a formal gathering. You need to help me fight him."

"I thought he was immortal, like us. We can't hurt him."

"Ya, but if we at least take his evil amulet, we can keep him tiny long enough to kick his butt into listening to me."

"Sounds like a plan. Uh, I'll get Fionna and Cake, and maybe Flame Prince, and we'll meet up at the Candy Kingdom." Marceline nodded and headed to the Candy Kingdom while Marshall Lee went over to his dresser and put on some pants. He looked over to the clock, 2:58.

Marceline went to wake up Finn and Jake, and when she asked she got an immediate yes. Lady Rainicorn agreed to help, too. Marshall Lee came back with Fionna, Cake, and Flame Prince. Marceline took a dry erase board and headed outside. She set the board down on an easel and began to explain to both of her friends of Ooo and new friends in Aaa about her dad's amulet. "And all of my dad's minions are pretty much doofuses so it should be pretty easy to get passed them, but I guess it's good to come prepared for something stronger." Marceline pointed to the board and described the battle plan. There was going to be a diversion. After they all understoond the plan Bubblegum went to work on the Gumball Guardians. Finn, Fionna, and Cake checked and rechecked the battle strategy. Lady, Jake, and Lord M went to the roof so they wouldn't be in the way of their friends' training. Marceline approached Flame Prince who sat on a tin foil-covered tree stump, and Gumball approached Marceline.

"So how did Marshall persuade you into helping? You barely even know me," Marceline said. Flame Prince shrugged. "Well he already had Fionna going and I couldn't let her go unprotected. Also I don't trust that Finn guy..." Flame Prince said, observing the two fighting each other.

"Oh..." Marceline replied. She spun around and nearly ran into Gumball. "Oh! Hi! I thought you were with Bonni," Marceline said hurriedly.

"Oh, ya. I told her to keep working, I'd be with her soon. Also Marshall Lee is with her, I don't exactly enjoy his company," Gumball replied with a smirk but it quickly went away. Marceline nodded silently. They stood in an awkward silence for a moment before Gumball spoke up again.

"Hey, I came over here to tell you that you were great with the battle strategy, it's brilliant. You're brilliant." Gumball leaned in to kiss her, but Marceline took a step back. "What's wrong? I thought we were together now," Gumball said, confused.

"We would have if that scarecrow didn't see us together. This is why I didn't want a relationship with you," Marceline put a hand on her hip, and a hand on her forehead.

"Wait, you knew this was would happen?"

"No! It's just every time I date someone, something always goes horribly wrong and I end up hurt..." Marceline yelled, getting quieter. Her voice cracked and she felt tears forming in her eyes. On the sight of this, Gumball pulled Marceline close and tightly embraced her. He kissed her forehead.

"Marceline, I would never hurt you. That's the whole reason I'm making two more Gumball Guardians. To protect you." Gumball smiled gently and wiped away her tears, making her cry harder. Gumball hugged Marceline again, and let her cry into his shirt. "Marceline. I care about you too much. I'd fight your dad, for you." At this Marceline chuckled and wiped her tears from her face. She floated up to Gumball's height, and a little taller, and grabbed his face to kiss him. She embraced the feeling of his sweet lips on her's and she went ahead and licked them a little. She felt Gumball's tongue join her in a dance. Half way into their kiss, Marceline smiled, causing Gumball to smile and they had to stop. She floated onto his shoulders and he carried inside, away from the rising sun.

"We must finish those Guardians," Gumball said.

Marceline put her hair in a long braid so it would be out of her face and helped Bubblegum with her Guardians while Marshall helped Gumball. "Hand me the Flapil-wrench," Bubblegum commanded. Marceline dashed to the tool box between the two geniuses and came back with a tool labeled 'Flapil-Wrench'.

"Get me a Hammer Kam," Gumball commanded Marshall.

"What do you need that for!?" Bubblegum yelled across the lab to Gumball.

"Well, if I use a Hammer Kam, I can make the Guardians' built in Burflabur twice the more powerful!" Gumball yelled back.

"Uh, or you'll turn the whole Burflabur to dust! Hammer Kams are too strong for something that fragile!" Bubblegum said.

"Or if I use the right amount of pressure the Burflabur could only adapt to the intense pressure and become stronger!" Gumball said back. Bubblegum continued fighting with Gumball while Marceline grabbed the instructions. "Go get the other set!" Marceline told Marshall Lee. He nodded and silently flew over, snatched it, and flew back to where Marceline hovered. The instructions were exactly the same. "Let's finish this," Marshall said. They flew off to the tool box that stood on a small table in between the two gargantuan Guardians. They grabbed the two different tools they needed and started to work without the geniuses.

After the Candy Kingdom rulers stopped fighting, they returned to their assigned Guardians. They were both astonished to see that they were both finished. Fully functioning and playing with giant yo-yo's

"Look, there's a note on that one!" Bubblegum said, pointing to one of the Guardians.

Me and Marcy are off to raise the dead. We'll be back later. Tell the Gumball Guardians what to do now.

-Marshall

"Oh..." Was all Bubblegum could say. She turned towards the two clueless Gumball Guardians, handed the letter to Gumball and began to instruct while the dark siblings went to raise the dead.

Goddamn this was a bad chapter but I have the worst writer's block for this story! HALP