5. Ways To Say I Don't

It was 4 days before the big day. Marshall wasn't excited but Marceline and his mother was.

"Oh dear we still have so much to do." His mother said as she clapped her hands signaling a butler to come in and help Marshall dress.

"I don't need help to dress myself mom." Marshall said as everyone around him ignored his words.

'What did I get myself into? Someone save me...' He thought as he was pushed into a suit and tie.

"You look stunning dear!" His mother said as she smiled at her son.

"Yeah...whatever. Can we get this stupid thing over." Marshall mumbled as he walked past his mom and to Marceline.

They all went to this big space and sat at a table to began discussing everything.

"So the colors are a baby blue and white. Yes?"

"Sure.." Marshall said as he leaned back in his chair.

"All four please." Marceline sweetly asked.

"When did you become my boss?"

"Well we are getting married..."

"We're not married yet. So buzz off.."Marshall said as he shooed her away like a fly.

"I am your bride to be so show respect." She replied.

"Yeah..to be. Not yet." Marshall said.

"Are you gonna act like this?" She asked as she stood up and pounded her hands on the table.

"Like what?"

"Like a jerk!" Marceline shouted.

"I'd rather be a jerk, then be stuck up my mom's..."

'BOOM' Then the doors busted open and there was Fionna. She was quite angry yet excited to see Marshall.

"Fionna?" Marshall asked as the girl ran up to him and punched him in the cheek.

"Man...missed you too." He said as he rubbed his cheek meat.

Fionna laughed and gave him a hug, Marshall wrapped his arms around her tight.

"You know I missed you, and made a mistake." Marshall whispered to her.

"We both did. But...I kind of missed you too." Fionna replied as she broke the hug.

"You again? I'm so sorry dear but quite frankly you can't mess this up for me." Marshall's mother said as she snapped her fingers.

"Mess what up?"

"This marriage."

"Between?" Fionna asked.

"Marshall and I." Marceline said as she wrapped her arms around his.

Then a guard came in and hand cuffed Fionna. Marshall pushed Marceline away from him.

"Your getting married!?" Fionna yelled.

"I don't want to...trust me I'm being forced. I'll make it all better I promise." Marshall screamed as the guard took Fionna away. "Where is he taking her to?"

"The dungeon. Where that ruched creature belongs. Now..come on." She said as she shifted on her heel and waited for her son to follow her.

"I'm not going with you, and I'm not getting married." Marshall growled as he turned away and went back to his room.

He closed the door, locked it. He loosened his tie and threw his jacket across the room, then fell onto his bed.

'Glob...how am I gonna make this right?' He thought as he stared up at the ceiling. A single tear started to drop from his eye.

"AAAAAHHHHH!" He screamed as he stood up and threw his night stand across the room. It hit against the wall and shattered.

Marshall just grabbed his hair, he was so frustrated...he did the only thing he knew how to do when he was angry, he sang. He grabbed his axe bass and floated around his room singing.

"You think you rule me,

You think you owe me...but YOUR WRONG!

Yeah, your wrong.

I'm gonna prove, I'm gonna show you who's the boss,

The boss!

I make my rules,

You and all your servants look like fools.

While I do my thing,

There's no way that this finger is gonna get a ring..."

As he stopped he just sighed. This was going to be a lot harder than he thought. How exactly was he going to do this by himself.

"CAKE!" He screamed as he jumped up and went to the phone.

'Ring...Ring...Ring...'

"Hello?"

"CAKE!"

"Who is this?"

"Marshall Lee! Listen I need your help..."

"You need my help? Please why would I help you!"

"Cause right now Fionna is in trouble. Most likely my bitchy mom will kill her. I'm about to get married and I don't want to. Oh...and you love me." Marshall said as he waited for Cake to respond.

"Fine. I'm on my way..."

"Wait Cake. Bring the Ice Queen."

"Ice Queen! Are you crazy!?"

"No. Tell her I'm in trouble she'll understand. Besides she's not much of a threat...she's only a threat to herself."

"Okay. Bye."

"Bye."

Marshall hung up and erased his call log. He knew either Fucking Marceline or him mother would look through the phone. He decided to visit Fionna...he floated down and saw her behind the cell bars crying.

"Fionna?" Marshall asked as he held his hand to the bars.

"Marshall!" She screamed as she ran up and put her hand over his.

"Listen. I can't be down here long, but Cake and Ice Queen are on their way to safe you. I promise." Marshall said as he pressed his head against the cold bars.

"Marshall?!" His mother called to him.

"I have to go. I...I love you Fionna." With those words he ran up the stairs and left Fionna.

"What were you doing down there?" His mother asked as she raised a brow.

"None of your damn business..." Marshall said as he brushed passed bumping his shoulder into hers.

"You really want to test me.." Mrs. Abadeer hissed as she grabbed Marshall's arm and pulled him back.

"Ewe. Get off me!" Marshall tugged his arm away and pushed his mom away.

She was angry she turned into a huge blue demon, tentacles hung from her chin, small white horns, long arms and yellow sharp teeth. "I AM YOUR MOTHER!"

"And your point being! I should of never came home! You don't listen to me! You mean nothing to me! Dad was my everything...your just nothing!" Marshall screamed as he ran past his demon of a mother and into his room.

"Hey. What's going on?" Marceline asked as she layed on the bed.

"Not you." Marshall whispered as he sat on the edge of the bed and rested his head in his hands.

Marceline came behind him and started to massage his shoulders. It felt so good, Marshall got lost in it.

"What's wrong baby?" She asked as she pushed her frail fingers into his tense shoulders.

"You wouldn't understand..." Marshall said as he trailed off.

"I'm sure I would. Being told what to do, constantly having mother dearest over your shoulder, people never giving you space."

"...yeah..." Marshall said as he rubbed the back of his neck.

Marceline stopped and walked to the front of him and sat on his lap as she blew in his ear. Marshall let it go for awhile then realized what she was doing.

"STOP!" He screamed as he stood up which sent Marceline flying onto the floor. "I don't want you! I want Fionna...Fionna." Marshall calmly whispered as he sat back down.

"Well in four days Fionna will no longer be in existence and you will be married." Marceline threw an attitude at her future groom.

"In your dreams.." Marshall mumbled as he rolled his eyes.

'Ring...Ring...' Marshall and Marceline both looked at the phone. Marshall tripped Marceline and grabbed the phone.

"HELLO!" He screamed into the speaker.

"That was my ear." Cake hissed. "We won't make it until tomorrow. So here's what your gonna do, your gonna make amends with your bitch to be. You and Fionna aren't dating right?"

"We never were. I just kissed her. Never really asked her." Marshall admitted.

"You what!?" Cake screeched.

"We don't have time for this!" Ice Queen said as she grabbed the phone from Cake. "Marshall Lee treat her like you would Fionna. What time is the wedding?"

"Uhh..." Marshall pulled the phone away and asked Marceline. "What time is the wedding?"

"Six. Why?" Marceline asked.

"Just...asking." He turned back to the phone. "Six, four days from today."

"Six? Four days? We got it. On our way." And with those words Ice Queen hung up.

Marshall sighed and put the phone down on the hook. He looked at Marceline and how angry she was.

'If this was Fionna what would I do? Uhh...hmmm...I guess I'd use my charm.' Marshall thought as he held his hand to his chin.

He walked over to her and put his hands on her upper arms and began to rub up and down. Then he kissed her neck.

"I'm sorry babe." He whispered in her ear.

Marceline calmed down and let out a sigh. Marshall smiled...he was making progress. 'What else can I do? Lay her down? Ugh! This is gonna be so gross! I better get something for this shit!" Marshall thought as he took Marceline to the bed and layed her down. Marshall climbed on top of her and kissed her. 'Oh...I think I'm gonna puke!' Marshall thought as she slipped her tongue in his mouth. 'Oh gross!' Marshall quickly pulled away.

"Are you okay?" Marceline asked.

"Just catching my breath." Marshall said pretending to be out of breath.

Marceline laughed and kissed him again. 'Glob! Why is this so difficult?' So many bad thoughts were swarming through his head. 'Please don't let this lead to what I think it is..'

The next morning Marshall woke up to see not only hiself but Marceline nude too.

"WHAT THE HELL!" Marshall screamed as he grabbed a blanket and jumped up.

Marceline just moaned and shifted on her side. Marshall was so freaked out, then the door began to open. What peaked in gave Marshall a sigh of relief. It was Ice Queen and Cake.

"What are you doing?" Cake whispered.

"I did what you told me to do. Make the thing happy! I didn't think she was gonna push it this far!" Marshall screamed back in a hushed tone.

"Whatever! Where is Fionna?" Ice Queen asked as she fixed her hair.

"The dungeon's. Their located through the ball room and down the stairs. Not very

far."

"Okay. After we get Fionna, what's the plan?" Cake asked.

"The plan? But me the hell out of here! That's the..." But before Marshall could finish Marceline woke up.

Marshall threw his pillow at Cake and Ice Queen. They both fell to the floor and crawled out the door.

Cake and Ice Queen made if half way through the ballroom until Rebecca Abadeer stood in front of them. Good thing her back was turned to them.

"Where are the cupcakes! My baby boy needs to have his cupcakes here...now!" She screamed as her voice went from a lady to a man.

"Dang girl! You need to get that under control." Cake whispered.

Rebecca heard this and turned, but when she did Cake and Ice Queen pulled back and sat under a table.

Cake sighed, she was lucky. As soon as the Queen left Cake and Ice Queen continued their journey. They ran down the dark cold stairs to find Fionna in ripped, dirty old clothing.

"My baby!" Cake cried as she ran to the holding cell.

"Cake!" Fionna yelled as she ran up to the bars. "….Ice Queen...?"

"It's a long story. Get her out!" Cake hissed. "Stand back."

Fionna backed up and Ice Queen shot an ice beam and broke the bars off. Fionna ran out and hugged Cake.

"You came for me." Fionna whispered as she hugged her cat.

"I would of never known if Marshall hadn't called and told me."

"So he does care about me." Fionna said with a tear in her eye.

"More than you think. Now let's go! We have to hide out until Marshall signals us. Well, actually call him to know we got you." Cake said as she handed the cell phone to Fionna.

Fionna flipped it open and listened to the ringing as she waited for him to pick up.

"Hello?" Marshall asked.

"Marshall..?" Fionna whispered making sure Marceline couldn't hear her.

"Fionna? They got you?" Marshall asked as he sighed from relief.

"Yes. So when should we come in and grab you for a clean sweep back home?" Fionna asked.

"In about...an hour. We should be saying our vowels...please don't make me say I do...cause I don't." Marshall joked.

Fionna laughed and said, "I promise. Gotta go."

Marshall put on some boxers and pink t-shirt and some black basketball shorts with pink stripes down the side. He out on some white high socks and black Nike sandals. He looked in the mirror, ran his fingers through his hair, flipped it and was done.

"I look good in anything." Marshall said as he smiled a himself in the mirror.

He left Marceline in the room and went to go grab some breakfast. He piked up and apple and walked around as everyone was preparing for the wedding.

"Woah!" Marshall said as he dodged someone carrying a pan of noodles.

He saw his mom and went up and kissed her on the cheek. She stood there in shock. She knew something was up with Marshall...she just didn't know what. He sucked the red out of it, threw it up and rolled it from his back down his arm and into the garbage.

"Well your quite happy for someone who doesn't want to be married." His mother said as she signed off on this paper and turned to him.

"What can I say? I'm content with life right about now." He said as he thought about Fionna.

"Good." His mother smiled. "You better change before the wedding."

"Naw I think I'm just gonna wear this." Marshall said as he winked at his mom.

"I'm not going to argue with you. Whatever suits you." She said as she walked past and grabbed a tray from one of her henchman. "Take this back."

"Mom, cool down. You got four more days..."

"And a lot of work Marshall!" she replied.

Marshall rolled his eyes and walked off. He didn't are about anything just as long as Fionna came to get him out this mess he was cool. He just hoped no one would find them.

"Fionna..." He whispered to himself as he kicked up the rock under his feet.

With Fionna, Ice Queen, and Cake

"Marshall..." Fionna whispered to herself.

She couldn't wait to be back in Aaa with him and Cake. The fresh air against her face and so many great adventures! Everything would be back the way it should've been.