A/N: I hate doing Author's notes thing before the story begins, but I must inform you that this isn't quite the end. There's an epilogue after this :D

Betrayed Lies

~ Chapter 10: Answers: Part 2 ~

She sat there swallowed in her thoughts, unable to grasp reality with each passing moment. She thought it would have been better if she was knocked out again, but that screwed up Prince took it upon himself for her to suffer in her despairing mind. Fionna still sat there on her chair, still tied up. Surprisingly, she hadn't cried, or even teared up. She inhaled and exhaled as gently as she could.

'What am I going to do? I can't kill Marshall...I love him. Even after the lies and the argument that we had not too long ago...I still love him. But I can't let The Land Of Aaa burn either. I don't think Prince Gumball was lying about that..and that's what frightens me the most. If PG needs me that much to complete this task..then I think I know how this is going to end..' Fionna thought repeatably in her mind.

Suddenly she heard someone coming. It was who she thought it was; Prince Gumball.

"Hello dear. How is being eaten alive by your thoughts?" He chuckled to himself as he stood only a few feet away from her. He had on this black tuxedo, with dress shoes, and he wasn't wearing his crown...seemed out of character. But at the rate everything was going, nothing seemed 'in character.'

She hissed, "Horrible..I'm ready.." Fionna knew if she went along with this plan he had, she could get to where he wanted him. And to finish this all..her way.

A little surprised by her statement, he just smiled. "Oh well, if you insist," He replied as he approached her.

"I do, I'm ready to end this.." She put on an act of a depressed voice of defeat.

PG smiled happily as he began to untie the rope she was tied together with. "Don't try anything, it's pretty easy to end you with one push of a button," He warned as he completely freed her from her chair.

Fi stood up and stretched. She had been sitting there for what felt like a life time, but in reality was about two hours. She peered around her room and smiled. Fionna was going to miss her room and Cake's. Then is suddenly dawned on her about the treat they had made earlier.

"Do you really have Cake?" Her voice had shifted into a defeated tone, into a serious one.

The Prince just stared at her.

"Answer me.." She faced the wood flooring as she bit her lip.

"No, that was a lie to get you to corporate," He answered truthfully.

Fionna sighed in a relief, "Okay.."

He nodded as he took her hand to lead her into the bathroom, but she removed her hand from his quickly.

"Wh..where are you taking me?" Her voice was shaky, but clear to PG.

"The bathroom..? You need to get dressed if you're really going to do this. I'm starting to have doubts you're going to go through with it." He stated coldly.

"Let me pick out my clothes then I-" Fionna started to speak, but was interrupted by the pink man.

"I already have, they're in the bathroom. In the restroom, I have removed anything that you can use as a weapon," He explained.

The blonde haired girl started to blush at the thought this perv was going through her drawers for clothes, and then went through the contents of her bathroom. But to save any conflict, she just nodded and took Prince Gumball's hand again. He said something quickly about getting dressed fast as he guards the door.

Fionna locked the door behind her, just in case this sick prince was a Peeping Tom.

The young women didn't expect to see the most ugliest outfit she'd ever had in her closet. It was gray sweat pants and a faded out puke pink color shirt. The shirt was over-sized for Fionna's slim body. She rolled her eyes and took off her black dress and put on the horrid clothing.

'I have no idea why he picked out a disgusting outfit. I'm a tomboy and I don't normally care what I wear, but it would be nice to look at least half decent. This wasn't even 5% nice looking. Oh well, if this is what I have to wear to make my plans go into action, then so be it. I just have to find a way to..' Fionna was thinking again, but suddenly came to an idea, 'This will work!'

She opened up her bathroom cabinet and she realized that he really did take anything she could use against him. But she grabbed one thing that would make this all end..

'Pound Pound!'

"Hurry up Fionna!" Prince Gumball yelled as he hit the door violently.

Fionna took one big swallow with water in her mouth. She inhaled and exhaled deeply, as she then brushed her teeth before unlocking the door and waking out.

"I'm ready sir," Fionna exclaimed with no emotion.

"Good, now we should be off for you to complete your duty, now shouldn't you?" He smiled evilly.

"Of course sire.." After that responds, they were off.

No one knew that in less than two hours, one person was going to go down...

~;~ Hours Before ~;~

He was glaring at the two figures in front of them, unable to move. He was binned by magical rope, but was hanging upside down off the ceiling. He couldn't understand why the man in front of him could be capable of such a heartless crime. And he really didn't comprehend why Peppermint Butler was part of this either.

Prince Gumball was smiling at him, but it was cold.

"I hope you know you got played. I never loved you, it was all an act," PG spat then smirked.

Marshall Lee started to shake his head and give him the most evil glare he had ever gave to anyone in his whole life, and that's a lot. His brown eyes went completely demon; red and glowing with envy.

"Oh, poor boy, don't worry. Your life will be taken away very soon," He winked at the Vampire King in a cocky tone.

But Marshall just continued to glare, with no sound penetrating through his gray lips.

"Not speaking, uh? Would you if it meant Fionna's life?" Saying this sentence caught the attention of the vampire boy.

"What did you just say, pinky?" His voice was harsh and cold, but filled with concern for the safety of Fionna.

The Prince cackled a little before he continued. "Fionna is going to try and kill you in the next few hours.." He said it so nonchalantly.

A little stunned, but he thought it was another lie. Marshall was sick and tired of all these fibs.

"You're bluffing.." His head faced the away from the the pink blob. But it was hard to do when you're tied up from the feet down. If he was completely human right now, he'd pass out by all the blood rushing to his head.

"Oh, am I? When you rudely intruded into my secret lair, you were hearing a threat to Fionna. She either kills you in the next five hours, or we'll do it for her. Simple, son. It's easy if you look at the whole picture," He exclaimed with a creepy smile smacked on his face.

Marshall was baffled. He couldn't find the words to reply back with. But how do you respond to a statement like that? As much as he wants to think it's one big twisted lie, he has a sick feeling in the pit of his stomach that it's the truth...

"Why..do I have..t-to di-die?" Marshall's voice was unsteady as he quivered.

"Simple, you could stop me easily if I tried taking over the world," Prince Gumball went on to explain how he's immortal and that PG wouldn't stand a chance with him here. "So I have hatched a plan to get rid of you for once and for all. I know all of your weaknesses. One of them was me, but now I know it's Fionna. It's all about survival. Its kill or be killed. You're probably wondering why I chose Fionna as the one to destroy you, right?" But there wasn't any emotion being expressed by the gray being, so PG continued, "Well, I thought it would be entertaining to watch her fail, and watch her die.." He started to laugh harshly.

Peppermint Butler was standing next to him, but wasn't laughing. He just stared at the saddened eyes of the vampire. Marshall Lee appeared as if he was trying to fight back the water works. But the ruler of the once humble Candy Kingdom didn't notice. This peppermint approached him gently and gave him a sympathetic look, but it was short lived as PG noticed this.

"What are you doing?" Prince Gumball sounded irritated.

"Sir, I have to go into detail of his duty that must be taken upon now," He was subtle and profound when speaking.

"Duty? What ever do you mean by that?"

"Sire, I have a plan to end this, but you must go to Fionna and get her boiled up for this to work."

He trusted his partners words, and did what he said with no further questions except one statement. "If anything happens, don't hesitate " With that, he was off to Fionna's house, where she sat all tied up.

"Marshall.." He started, but was cut off by a harsh tone.

"Get the fuck away from me.." His voice was bitter.

"Please, let me explain. You're a good man, and a good man will let a little man explain himself," He smiled, hoping it would win the heart of the Vampire King.

"Urgh..fine, but if I don't like where it's going, I'ma find a way to KNOCK you out."

PB nodded and went onto explain:

"Okay, so look. I'm not the bad guy here, I look like it, and I know everything looks bad, but I'm only a victim like Fionna and you. I'm being threatened by him. I'm not lying, I hate lying. So I can't quite comprehend of why or how Prince Gumball can be so distrusting. It's not in anyone's nature here in the Candy Kingdom. So don't ask why he's doing this, I'm not even sure. I just caught him one day creating a device which I now know is this weapon for Fionna to use against you. After that, I became his partner in crime. I don't want to hurt anyone, but if I fail to complete all the tasks he gives me, then I'll be died. And I just recently deactivated me voice module, so now he can no longer hear me. In case you're unaware of what it is, it's the thing that he's been using to speak to Fionna, and we were doing it when you came in behind the painting. So, I couldn't tell anyone about my endangerment because of the voice thing I was just talking about, but I'm telling you now, so listen to me.

"I'm here now, to help you put an end to him. To save The Land Of Aaa from destruction He and him only, has the power to control the most powerful people in the Fire Kingdom. Including Flame Prince. And if anyone knows him, he is unable to control his flames. So he could actually burn this place like the depths of Hell, and no one could stop him."

"So, here's the plan. I'm going to pretend like I inserted a device on you to take complete control over you. When really you're going to act like it, then we'll go from there. But I will have to insert a voice module onto you, just so you can hear me, and what's going on. We already have a tracking device, but I will deactivate it so Prince Gumball will be incapable of tracking you," He finished explaining, but Marshall was lost for words.

Silence carried out the castle until Marshall Lee finally found the right way to speak. "So, what you're saying, is that Fionna is really after me? What is this weapon? And if I don't do this plan with you, the world around me will look like the NightO'Sphere, but worse? Like the Great Mushroom War all over again?" The thought of his last phrase made him wince in pain as he thought of the bad memories.

"She's not wanting to, trust me. The only reason she didn't tell you, was because she was threatened if she did you and her would parish. And the reason she pushed you away. She loves you man, and she's already brought up that she'd rather die than you. It doesn't matter, after her duty was suppose to carry out, the bomb that's been put near her heart will begin to count down. Prince Gumball wants both of you out of the way. So there wasn't a chance either of you would have survived. But PG now trusts me, so he left me alone with you. It was perfect. Now you both can live! But I can't deactivate the bomb, so you have to stay alive or all of Aaa will be destroyed. So try and be strong for her. Oh and that weapon...it's a silver a knife...and yes..the world will really end.." Peppermint Butler faced the floor in despair.

"Fionna..." He missed her..and then wondered where she was, but realized that wasn't that important as the plan that needed to be accomplished "Silver? Uh?" He quickly shifted his focus on this weapon he spoke of.

"Silver can penetrate your heart and end your life. We know Fionna won't actually try and assassinate you, but PG will give her the weapon and take control of her body. I have no say in it, he has the controls for her, I don't. So when she has no control over her body, it will no longer be her, it will be a robot-like-person with Fionna as the outer shell. So we must act fast."

Marshall Lee realized the seriousness of the situation, and nodded in agreement.

From there, Peppermint Butler untied him from the ceiling, and "tied," him up in one of the royal chairs. He started to take out the the tracking device, and implanted the voice thing. It made the vampire squirm, but not tear up. It took just enough time until the Prince came back from Fionna's tree house.

"Why is he untied from the ceiling?" He sounded angry, but PB smiled at him.

"I said I had a plan. I knocked him out before I did and inserted a bomb and such. So having control of him will prove brilliant, just leave me be until I have completed it, " Peppermint Butler hated lying, but it was for his own good, and to save the lives of many creatures of Aaa.

They talked a little bit more until Prince Gumball walked away.

The plan was set in motion.

~ Present Time ~

An hour had gone by, the world was getting dizzy for Fionna, but she had to keep walking with this sicko. She wasn't worried about herself anymore, her main focus was on Marshall Lee. She wanted him to be okay more than herself, she knew she wouldn't be okay, and that was alright to her.

"We're here, right where we're suppose to be..now where are they?" He was talking to himself, well at least that's how it appeared to Fionna.

She gave him a confused expression at the word 'they.' That's when Fionna realized that Prince Gumball and her were at the edge of Aaa.

The grass was no longer apparent, there only laid snow; Fionna was freezing. She didn't realize that they had been walking through such harsh weather this whole time. And almost forgot about the knife that was clenched in on of her hands. One the walk here, Prince Gumball had explained to her about the knife, and what she must do with it. But Fionna had her own plans in mind.

Fionna was weak, and could barely stand in her state. Her knees trembled as she collapsed to the white covered land. Prince Gumball was unaware of what happened to her, but she figured he wouldn't care anyways.

Fionna began to take in her surroundings. The trees were an ebony color; they were dead. Beyond the bounties of Aaa was a graveyard. Nothing could grow over there, it was the worse part of the land after the war. It had the stench of death and helplessness, no one ever dared to go there.

Suddenly, a similar voice pierced her ears.

"Sire, I'm sorry we're late," Peppermint Butler apologized.

Fionna remained in her position, but she could feel the stare of someone. Fionna jabbed the sharp part of the knife into the ground, she wasn't going to use it. But again, the pink teenager didn't notice this action. but it was obvious that Prince Gumball was ticked now.

"How can you just casually walk in!? Do you know what this could do!?" He was about to boil over.

"I believe I do know what I'm doing. Marshall Lee, attack!" Peppermint Butler commanded.

That's when Fionna turned around to see an emotionless vampire. It took all the strength she had to stand up, but she manged to paste a smile on her face. Tears almost overwhelmed her eyes, she didn't think she'd see him before she..left..

"Marshall..Lee," Her voice was weak and hoarse. But she still managed to smile all the pain away.

Be he didn't reply, he started floating toward Prince Gumball and kicked him in the face so hard that he fell onto the snow. The Prince was shocked, but soon realized that he had been lied to.

"DON'T THINK I WON'T PRESS THE BUTTON AND MAKE YOU ALL GO TO HELL!" This once relaxed Prince, was now overreacting as he got back to his feet.

"You can't until Fionna kills Marshall. And you can't control her without this," Peppermint Butler was holding a remote in his hands. Earlier before, the peppermint had sneaked in and had snatched the device from the prince unnoticed until now.

"Why you son-of-a-bitch! You'll be burned alive then!" Prince Gumball had pressed the button on the remote...PB had forgotten about that. And now, there was no choice in the manor, The Land Of Aaa would burn.

"Marshall, prepare to fight, and you have no choice in this. It's life or death for all of the creatures of Aaa," Peppermint Butler started sincerely.

The Vampire King just nodded in agreement.

Fionna spoke up.

"No."

The two good guys shifted their attention onto Fionna, but it was short lived as PG came in by punching Marshall in his left eye.

Marshall Lee tried to kick him in the face again, but he blocked it with his hand. PG took his foot and twisted it and shoved him in a nearby tree. The world was dizzy for a few minutes, but this over 1,000 year old half vampire wasn't about to go down that easy.

"Hey shit face, check this out!" Marshall then tripped him and kicked him hard in the face to where the Prince fell unconscious.

"Awhh, I thought you'd put up more of a fight to save your precious plan? Guess not, how weak." Marshall was mocking him from all the torment he has encountered by that pathetic excuse for a man.

But it wasn't over, the Fire Kingdom people were still coming. He could see the bright light coming towards them, it would only take five minutes until total destruction. But a sweet sound broke his thoughts.

"Marshall.." Fionna could barely stand anymore; she started to collapse, but Marshall caught her in time.

"Fionna..what's happened to you?" His voice was gentle and soft. He gazed at her with wide concern, but she simply smiled again.

"I had a dream about you once...and it was wonderful," She completely disregarded his question.

"Oh really? And what happened in this dream?" Marshall tried smiling like her, but it was too hard. Too difficult to see her in this bad of condition.

"You sang me a beautiful song and held me tight..and.." Fionna started blushing at the thought of her dream. She peered off, realizing they were far off the ground, but she just smiled from ear to ear with a pink rosiness painted on her cheeks.

Marshall held her even tighter than before, as he tried holding back his tears. He bit his lip trying to control himself; he was trying to stay strong for her, but it wasn't working.

"Marshy..it'll be okay," Her words were soft. She put her hand over his left cheek and gave him a reassuring stare. But this didn't comfort him.

"What about you? You're lying in my arms on the brink..of..of.." Marshall started to choke on his emotions; he was unable to continue his statement.

"I'm fine, I'm just glad I had this chance to see you one last time," She continued to smile has her bright blue eyes were locked onto his brown ones. Her thumb began rubbing his cheek.

"..Don't say that Fi, everything will be okay, we can fix you up and-" Fionna placed her index finger over his mouth while hushing him to be quiet.

"I'm ready to go Marshy..I really am. And I'm not going to leave because I wanted to end my own life, because that's what a hero does..they protect the ones they love even if it means the hero can no longer survive. I did this to myself because I knew it had to be done. I thought long and hard about making this decision, and here it goes, me. Once I'm gone, the Fire Kingdom people will lose all control over PG, Prince Gumball told me that while on our walk here..."

She was a brave women. She gazed into his eyes, as they began to fill with wet, salty tears. But she prepared herself for this, so she continued to smile and rubbed his cheek. Suddenly, Marshall grabbed her hand over his cheek, and just held it there.

"Y-ou...can-n't..leave us. N-not-..Ca-ake and m-me," His was now overpowered with water works.

Fionna's smile disappeared, but her hand remained just where it was. She looked off into the the distance, knowing she didn't have long before this would all end.

"Cake is a tough girl, she'll make it through. You'll be there for her, right? No matter what happens now, you have to promise me you'll keep your head up. And that you won't ever think of lumping it down and thinking life sucks, no. You have to promise me that you'll does this for me. Promise?" Even when she was on the brink to leaving, she still thought of others before herself.

He breathed in and out before speaking weakly. "I promise Fionna..I promise on my own life," He took his hand away from hers and held her as right as he could. His arms were around her waist with his hands on her lower back. Fionna had wide eyes, but gently placed her arms around his neck and smiled once more.

"Do you want to know how my dream ended?" After the dream ate her alive for so long, she could finally tell him what they had did.

He sniffled, but quivered out a 'yes.'

"It was so beautiful..we kissed so passionately. But you know? Even after the lies and the betrayal, I still think the world is a beautiful place, filled with wondrous things that still need to be discovered. Even no I only get to see the harsh winter coming in, I'm glad I get to watch over you and everyone that I've ever cared about." She whispered to where only he could hear her. She saw the emit light coming closer in range.

His entire face was red by her first statement. Marshall got Fionna in the position of where she was before; in his arms, carrying her as if she was just a baby. Their faces were only inches apart.

"Fionna...I'm sorry. I know it can't fix anything, but I just want you to know something. Fionna..I love you. And I never want to let you go, but I have to...and it's that hardest thing I've ever had to do.." His eyes began to fill up with tears again, as did hers.

"Don't be sorry, I-" She was now cut off by him, but not with a finger, but with a kiss.

Both of their faces burned of a blush as they he pulled back first. He had taken her first kiss, and Fionna was glad he did. I guess some dreams do come true, just not in a way we all expect.

"I love you too...I al-..ways will. I...wil..l ... w-watch .. over.. y-yo..ou Marshy, a-a..lways..rem-..emb-er.. me," And with her final words, she was gone. Her body went limp, but Marshall just held her close to his chest as he sobbed.

...

Flame Prince, Flambo, and other Fire Kingdom people were lucky to have landed in the trees. It would have been a death sentence if they had landed into the snow.

Peppermint Butler went on to explain to them what had happened. And how this crazy guy wanted to take over the world.

Meanwhile, Prince Gumball's body still laid there, knocked out on the snow. Some hot headed people made of fire wanted to burn his ass, but Peppermint Butler insisted that they didn't

And there was Marshall, who was still in the air, clenching onto her.

A/N: Please Review this before you proceed to the last ever 'chapter' of Betrayed Lies! I want to know what you all thought about this one(: