What happened last:

After another "exciting" moment between Marcy and Finn, it was Finally time to cut the cake. Then, being delayed by a few short faux pas, the cake finally got cut by Finn and the party went on. Jake and Finn finally went back home and Marcy had something planned with the Princess.

M: "Ok PB, let's go see Simon."

PB: "Ok Marcy, I got pretty much everything ready but we should really do it tomorrow. You can stay here again if you want or you can just come over early in the morning.

M: "Ugh! Ok, Fine." Marceline didn't want to have to wait until tomorrow but she didn't argue much because she was actually exhausted from the party.

PB: "Ok then, I'm gonna go to bed now. I'll see you in the morning Marcy." She said in a cheerful voice.

M: "Ok, goodnight PB. And don't sneak in the shower this time!" She said in a loud voice playfully. She was actually very serious.

The princess just giggled as she walked out of the room to go to bed. Marceline went her separate way after that and did her normal routine before bed. She was able to take a shower with no interruptions this time.

Princess bubblegum didn't go straight to bed like Marceline thought. Instead, she went to her lab to finish the preparing before they went to see Simon.

She packed her bag full of equipment and paperwork that she would need to conduct any more experiments with the Ice King if need be. She stopped to analyze her research on the magic that was used on Lady Rainicorn.

The princess was slowly beginning to believe that "magic" was a real thing. The spell that was used on Lady was a very simple spell but there was something odd about it. The spell seemed to create a short-term memory loss type effect. The effect was soo subtle that it couldn't be noticed by someone without the right scientific gear.

PB: "I just… don't understand… of all my research, I've never seen anything like this." She said to herself.

She spent an hour just staring at her research, looking for a flaw. She looked for some sort of error that she must have made but to no avail. The princess almost never made errors in her calculations. Almost.

After the mind numbing review of her work, she decided that she needed to get some sleep. She told herself that she would figure it all out tomorrow. She laid down in her room and attempted to go to sleep.

About 30 minutes later Bubblegum heard her door open slowly. There wasn't enough light to see who it was so she was generally cautious.

M: "Hey PB…"

PB: "Marcy? What's wrong?" She said as she turned on a lamp on her nightstand.

M: "I can't sleep… I won't be able to sleep until I know if all of your research is correct…" Marceline was fully dressed and had a backpack on as if she was ready to leave.

PB: "Ok. What do you want to do?"

M: "I want to leave now, please." Marceline was sounding sad and defeated.

PB: "Ok. Let me get dressed and we'll leave." The princess said as she got out of bed and started putting more suitable clothes on. Her backpack was already packed for the trip to the Ice Kingdom.

Marceline walked over to Bonnibel and hugged her tightly. They both may have many flaws and differences but they were always there for each other when help was needed.

M: "Thanks Bonnie."

Back to Finn and Jake

The two brothers were casually walking back to their tree house so they could talk on their way.

J: "Hey bro, that party was pretty math."

F: "Yeah man, it was tops blooby."

J: "So, how come Marcy isn't comin' to dungeon crawl with us tomorrow?"

F: "Eh… her and PB are doing some lady stuff or something."

J: "Ah cool. So, which dungeon do you wanna-"

F: "Ouch!" Finn yelled. It felt as if someone poked him in the back with a needle.

J: "What man?!" Jake sounded worried.

F: "Is there something on my back?"

Finn turned his back to Jake so he could see if anything was on his back.

J: "Yeah man. What the…?" Jake said in confusion as he pulled something off of Finn's back.

It was Me-Mow and he had his tiny knife lodged in Finn's back; it wasn't large enough to do any real damage to him, it was like a paper cut.

J: "You again?! Get outta here!"

F: "Yeah, get outta here or me and Jake will mess you up!"

Me-Mow: "I'm not afraid of you! And besides, I'm trying to collect the bounty on Finn the Human's head."

J: "WHAT?!"

Me-Mow: "Yeah. Someone put an anonymous bounty on that idiot's head and I want the money! And he must have made someone pretty mad because it's a pretty big bounty…" His voice trailed off implying that the bounty is quite large.

J: "Well… how much could we pay you to lie and say that Finn is already dead?"

Me-Mow: "There is no price great enough to bribe a member of the Guild of Assassins! And I'm… kinda doing this to get in the guild still…" Me-Mow sounded upset.

F: "Well too bad Me-Mow! I'm not going down without a fight!"

Me-Mow: "Well… I give up." He said, sounding honest.

F+J: "What?" They said in unison.

Me-Mow: "Yeah, I can't beat one of you let alone both at the same time. I'm too small and assassins are only good for their sneak attacks, of which mine failed."

F:" Oh uh… ok then." Finn sounded confused.

The two adventurers slowly and cautiously turned around to continue on their journey back home. As soon as they were fully turned around, they heard Me-Mow snap his tiny fingers.

Suddenly, a few assassins jumped from the shadows. They came from what seemed like nowhere. One of them was able to catch Finn off guard and cut him on his arm. Another one quickly hit him on the back with a club. They walked right into an ambush and fell for Me-Mow's tricks and lies.

F: "Ah! What the hey?!" Finn yelled in anger as he drew his sword.

The assassins were obviously focusing on Finn but they didn't completely ignore Jake. A few of them attacked Jake as well, trying their best to overpower him. Jake didn't quite know where all of his enemies were because it was dark outside so he just attacked them as they showed up. This made it hard for him to defend himself from their attacks. He got cut up and beat up a lot while trying to fight these assassins.

The two brothers were in battle mode, they were back to back fending off the swarm of what seemed like 50 enemies. The number was more than likely about five because some of the assassins were well trained and very fast. Their hearts were racing and they were ready for whatever their foes could throw at them. They were seasoned adventurers and they have dealt with more dangerous things in the past.

They were fighting for their lives. They knew that these assassins were only going to leave once they accomplished their task, or die trying. It was obvious because their enemies were attacking viciously and their attack seemed like it was coordinated. One of the attackers punched Finn right in the face and this enraged him.

F: "I will destroy you!" Finn screamed as he swung his sword at his enemy's head.

The sword passed straight through his enemy's throat and it instantly turned into a cloud of black smoke and dissipated.

F: "Wha…?" He was dumbfounded.

Then another enemy came by and hit him with its club and knocked the human boy over. He was getting more and more angry.

F: "RAAAA!" Finn roared as he did the same thing with this enemy, and it disappeared like the last one.

Jake was fighting this whole time; landing more hits than Finn but his attacks were less lethal so it took longer. Finn saw the opportunity to help Jake and quickly ran over to slash the remaining assassins and finish them off. The battle seemed to be over and didn't even take that long. Me-Mow had already fled by this point.

J: "Dang man… that was crazy!" Jake said, almost laughing at the situation; he was completely out of breath.

F: "…"

J: "What's wrong bro?"

Finn didn't say a word. He just stood there for a second; his mouth and eyes wide open as if he had just seen a ghost.

J: "Finn! Why aren't you talking?" Jake was beginning to sound concerned.

Then, a small stream of blood came running out of the corner of Finn's mouth and he groaned as he fell to his knees.

F: "Uhhh..." Finn could hardly speak. He fell forward on his stomach to reveal an arrow sticking out of his back. There was a note attached to it.

F: "Oh my Grod!" Jake yelled in horror as he ran over to Finn.

He knew that he didn't have much time so he had to be quick. He looked at the note on the end of the arrow being careful not to move it knowing that removing the arrow could injure Finn worse that his current state.

The message on the arrow was a morbid twist on a commonly known rhyme. It was a terrifying omen to read and could only mean that more attacks were to come.

"The night is black and our arrows fly true. There's a bounty on your head and We Will Find You."

~The Guild of Assassins