Adventure Time with Fionna, Cake, and Marshall Lee!
Chapter Thirteen: Spider Fighting Good Time
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Honestly, did they really expect her to play fair? She was the evil one, hello, playing fair wasn't exactly in the whole 'living in the Night O'sphere and being feared' gimmick. Except, Evangeline the Spider Queen knew that by cheating she lowers herself, and she had too much pride that piled up over the last few centuries to lower herself. She cast the love spell on Prince Gumball, which in some respect was playing dirty, but technically she didn't break the blood swear.
The bet was she could make Fionna fall in love with Prince Gumball. Marshall Lee specified their bet ended at 2:00 A.M. and she specified that they were to tell no one of the bet. She never told Gumball why he needed to fall in love with Fionna, even though he's not really in love with Fionna. The point was, she was on the thin lines of playing dirty, but that's because she's... well... evil.
Marshall Lee isn't much better.
That was precisely the reason Evangeline was suspicious. What has Marshall done to play dirty? Who did he cast a spell on? Or could it be that Fionna is just too smart to fall for Gumball's fake (but otherwise convincing) love scheme?
"Just how smart can a simple human be?" Evangeline huffed. She was over at the punch bowl at the party, blending in with the many party guests. She walked out of the ballroom, down the Candy Kingdom's long hallway, and finally outside into the fresh air of the night. "Come to me, my beautiful," Evangeline whispered.
There was a silence. Then after a long moment there was a continuous clicking sound, which turned into a snapping noise. And then a giant, eight-legged, hairy, mutant spider crawled to Evangeline's side. She smiled and kissed the hideous monster on the forehead. "Oh Gregory, did you miss me?" Evangeline cooed (and that would be a yes, the mutant spider's name was Gregory, and he was a dedicated soldier to his queen who enjoyed hot chocolate on a cold winter's night).
"My queen," Gregory hissed in spider tongue, "we're starving. When are we to eat? We haven't had one soul, and we're desperate my queen."
"I know," Evangeline cooed. "You have to understand, I'm trying to get our one-thousand souls my dear. The Vampire King, his rebellious son stands in our way. He has not figured out the power he can obtain if he drinks the human girl's blood."
Gregory gasped in a very Gregory-like manner. "A human girl? What is wrong with that prince? If he drinks her blood he'll be the most powerful creature of the night!"
"He is a fool. He has an attachment to her."
"An attachment to food?"
"She's not food to him, silly Gregory. He looks to her as a mate, the fool. However, I can use his feelings to my advantage. As long as he loves her he will never think to drink from her and absorb her power. When I win our bet, you and your fellow soldiers will not only have the thousand souls to enjoy, but I'll have the human to drink from. And when I drink the girl's blood I will have the power to throw over the Vampire King, the real king of the Night O'sphere." Evangeline gave her spider soldier one more kiss. "Tell the others to be patient."
"Yes, my queen."
"And for stuff's sake, polish your thorax. You look absolutely primal."
"Yes, my queen." Gregory crawled back into the night and disappeared just as soon as he appeared.
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"There Fi. You can relax a little more now, can't you?"
Fionna nodded at her older sister kitty. "We got the seal drawn out and the trap for Evangeline set. Yeah, I'm a little more at ease. According to Gumball's lunar chart the eclipse is going to start setting at 1:54 at night. And, I figured that it will probably take five or six minutes for the eclipse to go halfway so we probably have to have Evangeline on the seal and trapped at... exactly 2:00 in the morning."
"Wow Fionna," Cake awed. "Did you figure that out all on your own? You're smart!"
"Well... no... I sort of had Gumball's candy corn rat Science figure it all out for me. But I fed him some cheese as a thank you." Fionna put her hands on her hips. "What do you think Marshall?"
The vampire nodded. "Something is wrong."
"What? Science doesn't like cheese?"
"No. I'm sensing something."
Cake flicked her tail a few times. "I sense something too," she agreed. "And it's coming our way. Whatever it is it's huge."
"Glob, I'm the only one with no supernatural senses," Fionna huffed. "Well, whatever is coming our way, we can kick its—"
Suddenly Fionna was cut off by flower petals being thrown on her head. She turned around and saw LSP throwing the flowers while Gumball stood there holding two plates of pie slices. "Hello Fionna," Gumball smiled. "Why, you look so pretty with the petals of pink roses covering you." LSP stopped throwing the petals and then whispered something in Gumball's ear. "Uh, I mean beautiful, you look so beautiful."
"Thanks," she smiled. "Now actually isn't a good time, we're preparing to fight something."
"Oh dear! Fionna my love, where is the danger? I cannot have my love in danger!" Gumball exclaimed. LSP whispered something else in his ear. "Are you sure I have to say that?" Gumball whispered. LSP whispered something back. "Fine. Because Fionna, you're hotter than the sun."
Lumpy Space Prince grinned. "Oh snap, that's what a dedicated man would say."
As you can imagine, LSP and Gumball just made the situation a lot more awkward and much more distracting. Fionna and Cake were in so much shock that Gumball actually called Fionna 'my love', while Marshall Lee was so pissed that Gumball put 'my' and then referred Fionna as his 'love'. The two adventurers were so shocked, the vampire was so pissed, and the three were so distracted, they did not notice the oncoming presence leap upon the balcony of the kingdom.
The presence was a fierce warrior, a threatening adversary, and an avid reader. The enemy on the balcony was... Gregory. He only had one objective: serve his queen. If he brings Evangeline the human girl, she can get her power and then the rest of the army would get the souls. He might get a promotion.
So, with the idea of being promoted to general of his queen's army, Gregory aimed and fired!
"Look out!" Cake yelled. The cat stretched out and pushed Gumball and LSP out of the way, right as a white web came hurling towards them! Fionna jumped out of the way herself and took out her hidden kunai blade and throwing it at the spider! The kunai hit Gregory, but it was so small and his skin was so tough it was like a poke of a needle. Gregory hissed and shot off more web, the heroes maneuvering left and right to dodge.
Marshall Lee hissed and flew in for a punch, swinging at the spider's left side. He hit hard but only hit one of his legs, Gregory easily using his other seven to evade his attack.
While distracted with Marshall Lee, Fionna then jumped out and grabbed her kunai blade, pulling it out quickly and avoiding a spurt of purple blood. "Cake! Get Gumball and LSP safe and make sure the spider doesn't get into the ballroom! Protect the guests and leave the spider to Marshall and I!"
Cake knew not to argue, the safety of hundreds of party guests was important. The adventuring cat threw the two princes back inside the ballroom and slammed the door shut, quickly locking it. "Lord M, make sure to lock and shut the entrance to the ballroom!" Cake cried.
Lord Monochromicorn nodded. "On it."
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Fionna and Marshall fought alongside each other beforehand. They were a tough tag-team, a dynamic duo, just as efficient as Cake and Fionna. The human and the vampire stood back to back watching with wary eyes as more spiders started crawling and stood next to Gregory. There was seven spiders with no doubt there was more on the way.
At this point, Marshall Lee figured to heck with the bet. Evangeline may not know her army is acting out, but that does not excuse her for not keeping control under her army. He was prepared to slay all these mutant spiders and not lose a moment's conscious about it. This was war.
"We want the girl," one of the spiders mewled. "Give us the human."
"Yes," another arachnid hissed, "the girl shall be for our queen."
That was the last straw. Fionna bravely stepped forward towards the spiders. "I'm tired of being treated like a dish on a menu," she snarled. Angrily she threw out her kunai blade, with speeds so fast and aim so precise it hit one of the spiders square in the eyeball! The mutant beast howled in pain as purple blood spluttered out. "Now listen to me," Fionna ordered. "If Evangeline wants me she can come get me. But when she does come, she will see her dead army strewn across the Candy Kingdom and she'll realize just what exactly she's dealing with! So come on! Fight me!"
It was this side of Fionna the human girl that the Vampire King respected the most. Fionna was not a magical stretching cat, a powerful blood sucking creature of the night, she was just a plain flesh and blood human. Her courage and her strength to keep fighting was what made her different. It was what made her just as dangerous, just as much as a threat as a creature.
The Vampire King was honored to fight beside the human girl.
He lunged forward as soon as he saw her do so, and they split directions and individually attacked each spider. Marshall was careful not to get too close to the spilled spider blood, even more cautious not to breathe in the scent of it. He wasn't sure what would happen, he had never smelled spider blood before, but he wasn't about to take that chance. He had his fold out sword in the pocket of his tux, and he swung and swiped vehemently while his battle partner did the same.
Of course, the mutant beasts had more than their web as defense mechanisms. They began to spew venom, a sickly green color that burned through the ground with acid. Fionna nearly got hit with the vile poison several times but was too focused to worry about almost dying. She leaped onto one of the spider's back, the force of her jump sending the two off the edge of the balcony!
Marshall immediately ceased his fight and flew down after her, the other three spiders diving after him! Before Marshall could reach Fionna she and the arachnid had already hit the ground, however Fionna stayed atop the spider and avoided the blow of pounding into the Candy Kingdom streets. Marshall flew down and picked up Fionna, flying her higher into the air. "Ready?" he hissed.
She nodded. "Drop the Fi bomb!"
He threw her down into the pit of spiders and quicker than any of the beast's were prepared for Fionna landed in the middle of them all and attacked them with a shower of sharp shurikens! The sharp ninja stars flew everywhere, and Fionna ran safely out of the crossfires and outside the circle of the spiders. She was finally able to take a moment to catch her breath. Not a second passed before Marshall was beside her again. "Evangeline should've realized her army has attacked us. She should be here any moment," he informed.
She tipped her head to the skies. "It's only midnight. We've got two hours. We have no choice but to fight them off that long."
Marshall nodded. "We can't stay here, the rest of her army will come and she will attack the kingdom."
"That means we have to take her and her army away from here," Fionna realized. "But whatever happens we have to make sure she ends up on that balcony at midnight."
"Sounds like we need to play cat and mouse," Marshall stated. Fionna gave him a look and he popped his fangs out, "No way!"
"Marshall," Fionna said firmly. "She's not going to chase you or Cake. She wants me. The army wants me."
"You're not gifted with super speed, dummy! They'll catch you within five minutes!"
"What am I supposed to do? I don't have any spells or potions!"
The spiders were coming out of their frenzy, any minute now they'd be ready to fight again.
Marshall roared ferociously and bit his wrist, red blood spilling out from him. "Drink my blood," he commanded.
Fionna jumped back. "No!"
"Fi, if you drink my blood it will put you on a high. You'll be faster, stronger, and stand a better chance. Drink it!"
There was suddenly a burst of light, and the vampire and the human was slammed against one of the Candy Kingdom buildings. Evangeline emerged from the smoke. "What are you doing?" she snarled to her army.
"My queen, we were trying to bring you the human!" Gregory exclaimed.
Fionna stood back up and whistled to attract Evangeline's attention. "Hey spider butt! You want me? Come get me!"
Evangeline hissed, and suddenly her body morphed back into its original form. She was once again in her true form of the Spider Queen, with the eight legs, huge thorax, and blood red eyes focused on her kill. The human. "It takes a lot of magic and power to break a blood swear," Evangeline smirked. "But that doesn't mean it can't be done." She snapped her fingers and the ground began to shift like an earthquake!
Marshall flew out and picked up Fionna so the shaking wouldn't affect her. "Fi, drink," he said desperately. She gave him one more desperate look before taking his bloody wrist and bringing it to her mouth. Marshall Lee's blood was salty. Then sweet. Then sour. Then it tasted... metallic. She kept drinking until he pushed her mouth off his wrist, her mouth making a pop! noise as it did so. "That's enough," Marshall said, "You're fine now."
She could feel her body shake around her. "What will happen to me?" she croaked. "Will I be the same after?"
"Yes."
The ground finally stopped shaking and the two turned their heads to see Evangeline's entire army had been summoned. "I'll go after the human, you lovelies can go in the ballroom and have a long-awaited dinner," the evil queen smiled.
Fionna gave Marshall one last look. "Help Cake fight. I'll distract Evangeline."
The Vampire King leaned forward and gave her a kiss on her blood smeared pink lips. He tasted his own blood on her mouth for one second before breaking off. "Go."
Fionna dropped back down to the ground and took out her sword. "You want to play chase, Evangeline? Come on then, let's see how well you can keep up, you wench!"
The adventuress then shot off into the night, with new speed from his blood. Evangeline crawled off after her, and her army headed back towards the castle. Marshall Lee stayed still for one moment, one moment long enough for him to swear under his breath. "If she dies, I'll kill you all."
Author's Note:
Muahahaha! Didn't I promise action? Yes I did! And you got some, whoo hoo! I wasn't planning on the kiss scene, but something tells me the Fiolee fan girl in all of us didn't mind. I know my inner Fiolee fan girl didn't mind. Tee hee hee hee ;D
Anyway, a big thank you to the reviewers and the kind birthday wishes I received! I had an awesome birthday, some mathematical brownies, and birthday cash (ye-yah!). Ha, sorry I don't mean to brag. What I really want to say is I'm so thankful for all who have read, reviewed, and liked this story. It means a lot to me and I'm so honored to have great fans like all of you!
As you may or may not have seen coming, this story is close to an end. I'm not sure how many chapters, perhaps 2-3 , 3-4, it really all depends. I'm just giving y'all a heads up. I don't want it to end either, I know T^T But I'm writing another multi-chapter Adventure Time story (but it's FinnxMarceline, not FionnaxMarshall). Anyway, just to let y'all know :3
Thank you for reading and please review.
~Luna