Maja the Sky Witch is Marceline's Mother? What? It seems like its checkmate for Marceline. She's handcuffed and Maja's about to start her ritual. Also, Jake is unconscious due to some magical spell and Finn was rendered incapacitated by a devastating attack by Maja.

M: "LIAR! My father told me that my mother was in the sky! She's dead." Marceline said, sounding furious and offended.

Maja: "In the Sky? I'm the SKY witch remember?" She said while emphasizing the word "sky", in attempt to make Marceline feel dumb.

Marceline's mind went completely blank; it completely shut down for as moment. Her world grew cold and dark for a few split seconds. The sudden realization that her mother was alive all this time caught her off guard. She was neglected by, not only her father, but her mother as well. This was yet another factor to add inside of Marceline's head. This was another reason for her to be as depressed as she's been all these years; knowing that she wasn't loved for most of her life.

Why did her mother leave her? Why is she doing this now?

Maja: Well, my daughter, now you know. I'm glad we had this talk, but I need to sacrifice you now." Maja said, without remorse or a hint of regret.

M: "Stay away from me, you monster! You're just using me! That's all you've ever done anyway!"

Maja: "Yeah, pretty much." Maja said with a monotonous tone.

Maja: I remember loving you once, when it was just you, me and Hunson. We were soo happy together. Then that dang mushroom war happened and it all went downhill from there."

Marceline was listening to Maja's story. The witch seemed to be forgetting who she was talking to.

Maja: "It was always, "work this" and "work that". There were soo many lost souls going to the Nightosphere, it was chaos! There were literally millions of new souls every day."

M: "So… dad left you because of his work?"

Maja: "Yes! That… monster… left me for his work. He never wanted me to help. He loved his job more than he loved me and you, Marcy." Maja was starting to sound sad the more she spoke.

Maja: "Eventually, after a few years of taking care of you, with absolutely NO help from "Mr. Busy Bee" I couldn't take it anymore. I had to leave. I left you with him, so he would be forced to understand that there are RESPONSIBILITIES when you have a family!" She was beginning to sound angry as her eyes started to tear up.

M: Then dad just… brought me up to Ooo and left me…"

Maja: "Yes, he thought that he would teach ME a lesson. But I didn't know that he did that until it was too late. Then that Petrikov fellow took care of you. And I just went my own way to become a powerful witch. And look, I'm the last sky witch ever."

Maja: "It broke my heart, but I realized that he was better for you than a bunch of demons and vampires."

M: "Yeah… even though I'm kind of a vampire now…"

Maja: "Yeah..." Maja didn't know how to respond.

They were both quiet for about five seconds then Maja returned to the original topic.

Maja: "So, now I just need to sacrifice you so I can take back the Nightosphere from your father and everything will be ok again." Maja said as she walked up to Marcy so that she could push her over to the face symbol on the floor

Marceline always had the "you'll never take me alive" type of mentality. So she did something to show Maja that she won't just go down quietly.

As soon as Maja was within range, Marceline reared her head back and used all of her strength and momentum to drive her head into Maja's face and head-butt her. The hit made Maja stumble backwards and she put her hands over her possibly broken nose.

Maja: "Ah! What was that for?!"

M: "Seriously?" Marceline thought that Maja was dumb for asking.

Maja: "Oooh! You're gonna pay for that."

Marceline knows that what she just did could quite possibly been her death sentence, but it wasn't to save herself. It was to send a message to Maja that she will never go down without a fight. Even if she was an inch away from death, she would fight until the end.

Marceline looked around at the scene where she will finally meet her end. She could see Jake passed out on the floor, looking like a train wreck. He's been through soo much. He must be such an amazing warrior and adventurer to make it through the legendary Kompy's Kastle in real life.

And Finn, the sight of him made her eyes begin to overflow with tears. Finn the Human looked beaten and battered from the single hit he took from Maja throwing a table at him. He was cut up all over his body and his clothes were torn. It looked like some of his bones were broken and his head was bleeding from hitting the wall. Maja will pay for this.

Maja: "Ok, let's try this again." Maja said as she picked up a long stick.

Maja used the stick to poke at Marceline and to get her to move. She was acting like she was an animal.

M: "Are you kidding me?" Marceline said, sounding irritated.

Maja: "Ugh! Just move you little-" Maja was cut off but a subtle rumbling.

The earth was shaking. The rumbling was getting more and more powerful. It felt like footsteps from a massive beast.

Maja: "What the hey?" Maja said sounding mad.

After a few more loud thuds, the rumbling stopped. It was quiet for about ten seconds then a section of the roof from the room where everyone was located was removed from the building. Some of the walls were removed straight from the foundation as well. One of the gumball guardians let out a roar as it struggled to destroy parts of the castle.

It was the reinforcements. Lady Rainicorn pulled through and alerted the Candy Kingdom. Lady Rainicorn wasn't there at the time; she was in the hospital in the Candy Kingdom, getting tests done. Bubblegum wanted to figure out the kind of "magic" that was used on Lady.

Princess Bubblegum was riding one of the gumball guardians on its shoulder. She was wearing her form-fitting battle attire. It was pink of course and offered her body much protection from the elements. As soon as she was able, she threw an Electromagnetic Magic Prohibitor grenade (EMP). Maja's magic was instantly disabled, as well as Marceline's magic handcuffs.

Jake instantly sprung up from his magic induced coma. Finn, wasn't soo lucky. He sustained physical damage and did not wake up.

PB: "Maja the Sky Witch! You are sentenced to life in the dungeon for the crimes of assault, treason, neglect, kidnapping, theft, and…some other stuff!" Bubblegum yelled.

Maja: "Wha-? How did you find me? Grod! This is annoying…" Maja said to herself.

Maja was still somehow able to stay calm although she had no way to escape. She was smarter that most people gave her credit for. She slowly turned and looked around the room. There was something she was looking for, but she didn't make it obvious.

Maja: "Ok! You got me Bonnibel, you win." Maja said. She was stalling because she found what she was looking for.

Maja: "I guess you'll just have to arrest me and-"

Maja quickly picked up a small mirror and used it to reflect some of the sunlight coming from the hole in the roof to burn Marceline. Bubblegum ordered the gumball guardian to fire at Maja but missed. Maja was fast and it was difficult to hit her.

The vampire queen immediately fell to the ground in pain. That's when Maja took the opportunity to make her escape. She ran towards the only door out, which was still closed. She saw Jake standing in front of the door and made a disturbing and terrifying demon face to scare him.

J: "C-C'mon you evil witch. I'm not s-scared of you!" Jake said, still cowering from the witch and still weak from the past week of torture.

Jake swung to punch Maja but she easily back handed him and knocked him over. She then punched a seemingly random rock on the wall and the door opened and shut right behind her after she ran out.

PB: "No! Get the device!"

Princess Bubblegum was a strategic and tactical genius. She already knew that Maja would be able to escape, especially because her escape was coordinated like it was. She needed no magic to flee.

Bubblegum took out the device which functioned as a sort of tracking device, it was the same thing that Marceline used earlier but it was more capable.

Bubblegum then instructed her gumball guardian to leave right away without her and to return the device to her lab to begin processing the data. She said that she would return soon. Bubblegum then jumped from the towering guardian's shoulder and landed in the room where the three heroes were. Dust kicked up all around her as she landed on the ground. It was an impressive height for her to jump from and not sustain any damage.

PB: "Ok Marcy, what's the status?"

M: "Maja obviously got away, Jake seems to be fine now and Finn…" She stopped, realizing that Finn was seriously injured.

M: "FINN!" Marceline screamed as she ran over to Finn's side.

She could see the hero boy's beaten body. He looked terrible and was still out cold.

PB: "Let me see." Bubblegum said as she pushed Marcy aside so she could get a better look.

PB: "Hmmm… looks like major and minor lacerations all over his body, multiple abrasions, a heck of a lot of contusions, a few fractures and he probably has a mild traumatic brain injury."

M: "Huh?"

J: "It means that he has… a lot of cuts, scrapes, bruises, broken bones, and probably a concussion, Marcy…" Jake said, still sounding weak.

M: "So let's get him to the infirmary then!" Marcy yelled, sounding upset and worried.

PB: "Way ahead of you. MORROW!"

The massive bird screeched and landed in the room, just below the opening. Marceline suddenly remembered that her and Finn's stuff was in the room. Before leaving, Marceline ran over to get everything. She put on her sombrero and sleeves then put on Finn's backpack and placed the sword in the holster on the backpack.

After that the two girls didn't need to speak; they just picked up the two brothers and got on the morrow. Marceline picked up Finn as carefully as possible, trying not to hurt him more. The morrow quickly took off once everyone was on.

Well, here's chapter 15 and I'm finally back from my vacation as you could guess if you read the last chapter. I hope you enjoyed it! :p