Chapter 10: It's All Thanks To You!

The moths were crawling all over the bright billboards and florescent lights of the buildings of Gotham while their leader was sitting on the edge of a building working on some of his gadgets. He was humming to himself in a sinister way after his pets devoured one of the city's crime bosses and his men. He also was glad to know with these things, he'll get the city in the palm of his hand in no time and everyone whoever doubted him as far as becoming a big-time criminal will learn the hard way that they were wrong. Unbeknownst to him and his pets, Batman, Robin, Finn, Jake, and Marceline were approaching their location silently across the rooftops. Once they got their enemies in their fields of vision, the three visitors were shocked to see the familiar monsters that were buzzing around the lights. "What the bleep blop?! Finn, aren't those the same giant moths we were fighting before?", Jake said. "Yeah, they are. But how in the Cosmic Owl's name did those things get here from our land?", Finn said. Batman and Robin heard what they were talking about and Robin asked, "Wait? Those things are from your land?". Finn responded by saying in an unsure tone, "Well...yeah. But I swear I have no idea how they got here. Maybe there was a dimensional rift or something.". "No matter how they got here. We gotta take these things out. How about me, Finn, and Jake sneak up behind them on the other side while you two start talking to this guy whose leading them. That way, we'll give the bugs a surprise attack.", Marceline said. "That sounds good. Let's do it.", Robin said. Marceline carried Finn and Jake over to the other side of the street where the enemies were while remaining undetected. Batman and Robin got Moth's attention by calling out to him. "Moth! Don't move and don't tell your pets to do a thing!", Batman ordered. Moth looked up from working on his gun and saw the Dark Knight and the Boy Wonder. "Batman! Good to see you again so soon. Say, where's that tank of yours? From what I remember, my swarm damaged it pretty bad so now you can't use that against them.", the villain said as he used his flight harness to start to fly. "What happened with Rupert Thorne?", Batman asked. "News sure does travel fast. Thorne and his merry band of losers are now digesting in the stomachs of my moths. If anything, you of all people should be thanking me. That's one less crime lord for you to have to deal with.", Moth said. "I really think the sense of power these things have given you is getting to your head. Normally, you wouldn't have been part of something as sick as seeing monsters eat somebody. I'm starting to think after we're done with you, you'll be sent to the asylum instead of Blackgate because you really seem to have gotten a taste of insanity.", Robin said. "I'm never going back to any prison! Whether it be Blackgate or that nuthouse, nobody is locking me up or making me look foolish again!", Moth said. "Your desire for attention, power, and notoriety will ultimately be your downfall.", Batman warned him. "As if! That's all I ever wanted and now I have what it takes to get it! Gotham is mine now and not you or anyone else will stop me!", Moth shouted. Just then, Finn, Jake, and Marcy pounced out of the shadows and began attacking the insects on the rooftops. Finn was using his sword, Jake his giant hands, and Marcy with her axe bass. The creatures' cries got the attention of Moth and he looked up to see the one who helped get him back home attacking his moths. "No! You again!", Moth said as he began firing his cocoon gun. "Finn, look out!", Marcy said. Finn saw the blasts coming and dodged them quickly. "Sick! That stuff looks nasty!", Finn said as he saw the remnants of the blasts on the billboards. The three heroes from Ooo turned their attention back towards the giant monsters and kept killing as many as they could. "Stop! Don't hurt them!", Moth yelled at them. "No way, man! You and these flying pests are going down!", Finn said. "I honestly thought I had seen the last of you, but I guess I was wrong.", Moth said to Finn. This caught Finn off guard after it seemed like the two had history. "Seen the last of me? I'm sorry, do we know each other?", Finn asked sounding confused. Moth took off his helmet and showed his face to clear up the confusion. Finn was shocked to see that it was the same guy who he helped out before. "You?!", Finn said. "That's right, hero boy! Me and my friends wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you.", Walker said in a smug and evil tone. This dialogue confused Batman and Robin which made Batman ask, "Finn, you know him? What is this all about?!". "I'll do the talking, Batman. You see after Robin stopped me at the museum, I escaped into an alley where I found a magic crystal that took me to his world. There, I saw him and his friends fight these moths and I followed them back to their cave. When I got there, they immediately welcomed me as one of their own most likely because of my attire. I promised to bring them here where there is light everywhere as long as they do what I say, but I still had to figure out how to get back to Gotham. Then this little prick showed me how to get back by showing me how to use those crystals where I led the creatures here to make a name for myself.", Walker explained. "If you really want someone to blame for Gotham being in peril right now, Batman, then you should really blame him because he helped me learn how to use the crystals. It's all thanks to him.", Moth said in an evil tone to plant guilt in Finn and it worked. Finn only wanted to do nothing but good ever since he sat on a leaf that he shit on as a baby and the fact that he was indirectly responsible for this city being in danger really made him feel impure. He only wanted to help people and he didn't know at the time he was helping a bad guy who planned to create chaos. Finn stood frozen for ages it seemed as guilt washed over him instantly. Jake and Marceline saw the guilt on his face and knew he was blaming himself. This angered both of them, especially Marceline for making her pure of heart love feel guilty. Marceline's eyes turned red with anger and hissed as she began flying towards Moth. Moth didn't see the charging vampire coming at him and was knocked into the side of a building when she struck him. "Why don't you pick on someone else, Bugboy! You know it's your fault this is happening, not his! Nobody makes my Finn feel insecure!", Marcy shouted with anger. Moth put his helmet back on and said to the moths, "Get her!". The creatures obeyed and almost all of them began attacking Marceline. Marceline was fending off and slicing as many as she could with her axe, but they quickly started to overwhelm her. "Marcy!", Finn snapped out of his guilt funk once he saw them attacking her. Finn and Jake started to work their way down to help her, but Moth fired his gun that made them get stuck in a cocoon. "Shit! I'm stuck! I can't change shape!", Jake said while struggling. "And I can't move my arm to cut us free with my sword.", Finn said. After she was wearing down, one of the moths use its huge body to knock Marceline against a building which left her unconscious. She fell all the way to the street below, but was cushioned by an awning. "MARCY!", Finn screamed as he saw her lying motionless. Moth looked back up at Batman and said, "What are you going to do, Batman? Are you going to go after me or are you going to rescue your little helpers who are stuck in my cocoons?", Moth taunted. Batman knew he and Robin had to set Finn and Jake free before anything else could be done and they went over to do just that. "Bring her with us.", he ordered one of the insects. The moth picked up Marceline and carried her off with the rest of the swarm. "You son of a bitch! You won't get away with this!", Finn said angrily at Moth. Moth looked at Finn and replied, "I already have. Thanks to you.", Moth said smugly and then flew off with the entire swarm who now had Marceline as their hostage.