The Ivory Pillar
Part 6
Lumpy Space Princess looked somewhat ragged, like she hadn't been making attempt to take care of herself at all. "LSP?" Jake wasn't really expecting her to be able to respond to him but didn't want to just immediately attack her.
She simply stared at him maintaining a completely neutral expression. Jake and Ice King shared a glance as they considered what they should do with her. After a long awkward few moments LSP slowly backed away from the door.
They realized why she had moved when the door was flung open from the inside by Finn. He didn't hesitate to draw his red sword and start slashing at Jake, whom immediately dodged backwards. The Ice King simply flung an ice bolt out again, freezing Finn in place.
"Where'd LSP go?" Jake had noticed that she disappeared during the struggle. The Ice King walked up next to the now closed wooden door. "I guess she went in." He pushed and pulled at the door but was unable to open it. Jake grew one of his fists to a larger size and smashed through the door.
The cavern beyond the door was very dark, it seemed like a very faint light was deeper within it. They both carefully explored the tunnel, alert for an ambush or similar attack. The tunnel came out into a large room, dimly lit with various cheap candles and lanterns. A white pillar stood in the center of the room.
A very large group of various Ooo residents were waiting for them just inside the room. They didn't make any attempt to attack but all were armed with makeshift weapons. "Just go away." The familiar white masked creature stood far back in front of the pillar.
Jake and Finn didn't hesitate to immediately strike and freeze their way through the crowd of Ooo residents. Most of them were completely unable to put up a meaningful fight against them as they approached the pillar. The only thing preventing them from just wrecking a path through them was the fact that they had to be careful not to hurt any of them too badly.
Despite their required caution things went smoothly until several residents jumped onto Jake, he simply began to grow larger before one of them pulled his ring from his finger. The Ice King rapidly froze the remaining Ooh residents that had been focused on Jake.
A snicker came from the white masked creature. "I don't normally like dogs that much but... I'll let this one stick around I think." Jake rose to his feet and grew as large as he could within the cavern room. The Ice King cleared his throat for a moment before zapping Jake with an ice bolt that froze him even in his giant form.
"Well, now that that's over." The Ice King walked over to the pillar in the center of the room. He could feel how angry the creature was. Despite the situation it didn't say anything. The Ice King examined the pillar for a moment.
Various cleaning supplies surrounded it, he assumed that the creature controlled everyone to help maintain it. He unleashed a bolt of ice at the ceiling directly above the pillar, forming a large icy spike hanging above it. He flew to the spikes base and chiseled away at it with a weapon he formed until it broke away and crushed the pillar below.
The pillar completely shattered from the impact, releasing a blinding wave of light. The Ice King needed a moment before he could see again. The creature had vanished and presumably the Ooo residents were safe again, albeit frozen.
I'm gonna be honest, I was so tired of this story I blew through this in about 30 minutes. I was tempted to not even bother finishing it but I figured that wouldn't do. I should probably throw a Snicket warning label up there telling people not to bother reading it... Whatever, you read 5 other chapters, what's one more?
Great Calamity Kittens... It's finally over.