Chapter 12: A Failed Plan
Finn was sitting in the eternal darkness, still alone and not feeling any better until he saw Pagos appear from the shadows immediately getting his attention. "What are you doing here?" Finn asked wondering what happened. "I just came to give you your body back," Pagos answered with a laugh. Finn suddenly snapped back into reality. He was panting while looking at his body. His hair turned blonde and his eyes went back to normal along with his skin. He coughed and groaned while looking around. He was now in a dark dungeon. He groaned as he recognized it as the Candy Kingdom's dungeon.
"What the… what did Pagos do?!" Finn asked while thinking this as the worst situation he could possibly get into. He could now follow through with his suicide plan now that he was in control, but he was trapped in a prison cell in a dungeon. "Hey…" Finn suddenly heard a faint greeting. He looked over and saw Fionna standing there. He was relieved to see his girlfriend. "Fionna! Oh, thank glob! I need you to do me a big favour," he exclaimed. She stepped back from the bars of the cell. She recognized him as Finn, but she was still terrified if he was going to turn back into Pagos in a second. The only reason she was talking to him was because of his hair and skin going back to their normal human colors.
"I can't let you out, if that's what you were going to ask," Fionna responded, but Finn shook his head. "No, no! I want you to stab me! I want you to kill me!" he explained.
Suddenly Finn received a punch through the cell bars by his girlfriend. He held his cheek in disbelief at this. "What the math, Fionna?!" he shouted while standing up. "I'm not going to fall for your trick, ice prince! You won't trick me into killing my boyfriend! You cut off my friends hand stole everyone's jewels! I'm not going to let you get away with anything more!" Fionna responded. Hearing him beg for his death made her think that Pagos was just trying to get her to end his life and Finn's at the same time. With that, she walked away, leaving Finn alone in the dungeon.
For the next couple of hours, Finn sat on his jail cell alone. "It's hard, isn't it? To have your reputation as a hero ruined? And you will be tortured in my place," Pagos said through the back of Finn's mind. He was still in his body, and he could take it back whenever he wanted. "Why, Pagos? Why did you have to do all that stuff? They would have let you have their jewels if you just asked and explained what you needed them for," Finn responded thought it felt more like talking to himself, judging by how long he spent in the darkness of his mind.
"Because I want them to revive me, and you know what. Fine then, I'll allow you to use my ice powers against me. Go ahead. Do it," Pagos responded. Finns hand turned blue as he was now given ice powers. Finn just made a sharp icicle out of it looking at it. Hesitantly, he stabbed himself in the stomach and reopened his wounds. "I won't let you live, Pagos! Even if I die!" he screamed while stabbing himself repeatedly. After a few seconds of doing so, he fell on his back to the cold ground.
Finn was leaning against the wall, panting while beginning to bleed from his severe wounds. He suddenly started hearing Pagos laughing. "You're an idiot! Before I even attempted to attack Flame Prince, I had begun reconstructing my body. Even if you die, I will survive! I may be weaker without Bubblegum and Gumball's jewels, but oh well. I'll be back to life in a few hours," Pagos claimed. Finn was panting, having no idea on what to say at this point and all the while feeling like a fool. He began to fall unconscious from blood loss and his internal injuries.
End of Chapter 12