What happened last:

With the death of Finn the Human, Marceline went in to a fit of blind rage and began to destroy everything in sight until her body couldn't take the massive amount of evil anymore. Now Marceline is in a coma and things only seem to be getting worse.

PB: "When will this madness end?" She said as she took her jacket off and wrapped it around the unconscious vampire queen. It didn't even seem like PB was even wearing a jacket in the first place because her clothes were form fitting but that didn't matter.

She noticed Ash lying on the ground a few yards away so she pulled out her holo-pendant and called someone to retrieve his unconscious body. She decided to deal with him later.

Bubblegum was able to sufficiently cover Marceline's body so she picked her up and made her way back to the Candy Kingdom. She did all of this without much emotion or talking because she was going through shock just like everyone else. It was overwhelming to take in what just happened and everyone in the Candy Kingdom was terrified.

The Guardian of Ooo and one of the royal elite of the Candy Kingdom has fallen. The queen of vampires has slipped into a coma. The undead army wasn't destroyed, it simply left the battlefield. And Maja, the Sky Witch, has disappeared without a trace once again.

Bubblegum was making her way towards the Candy Kingdom with Marceline in her arms when she was stopped by a bright flash of light followed by a transdimentional rift tearing a hole into the air in front of her. It was surely a portal from the Nightosphere but the question is who could possibly be coming through?

Bubblegum began to think as she looked around at her surroundings to see if anything could be used for cover or even a weapon. She quickly picked up a nearby sword from a fallen enemy and, without dropping the vampire queen, pointed it towards the rapidly forming portal. Marceline was light so it wasn't much of a burden to hold onto her.

PB: "Bring it…" She was prepared to take on Maja. She actually expected only a few weak monsters to come through the portal but if Maja came through it, with the intention to take Marceline in her state of comatose, then she would be ready. Bubblegum knows what Maja's ultimate goal is and she'll never accomplish it without Marceline. She knows that Maja needs Marceline in order to somehow use her body, of which is full of powerful emotions and feelings, to transfer dark magic from Ooo to the Nightosphere. Maja plans to create the dark magic from a ritual and then transfer it to into the Nightosphere, therefore controlling all of the beings condemned to the chaotic dimension. Maja can already make the portal; she just can't complete the ritual. Not without the vampire queen.

When the portal finally opened, there was a second or two before anything else happened. The rain was starting to let up but the thunder and lightning was still occasionally rumbling. Princess Bubblegum was tightly clenching the grip on the poorly crafted sword that she was holding in anticipation for whatever was to come from the portal. Her lips were quivering and she was completely exhausted from the hours of intense combat earlier, but she wasn't going to give anything but 110% if she had to fight once more.

Suddenly someone stepped out of the portal and immediately slipped on the mud and fell on the ground. It was the Lord of Evil, Hunson Abadeer.

HA: "Whoa! Oof!" He said as his right leg flung backward into the air and he hit the ground.

PB: "H-Hunson? Uh… I mean Mister Abadeer. What are you doing here?" She said as she dropped the sword on the ground, realizing that there was no enemy here.

HA: "Y-yeah. It's me. And please, call me Hunson." He said after lying on his back for a second, upset with the fact that he just tripped and messed up his perfectly pressed suit. He picked himself and brushed himself off although it wasn't very effective because he was covered in mud on his back.

HA: "Dangit… I messed up my suit. I came here to…" He stopped brushing himself off and froze in place once he looked up at Princess bubblegum.

HA: "Marceline!" His face instantly showed absolute horror. Nothing in the world could ever even remotely scare the Lord of Evil but this. His daughter was dangling in Bubblegum's arms, seemingly "lifeless" and beat up.

Hunson gently but quickly took Marceline from Princess Bubblegum's arms to get a better look at his injured daughter.

HA: "What happened?! Oh Marcy… what happened to you?" He yelled his question at the princess then brushed the hair out of Marceline's face. He brought her closer in his arms to hug her because he loved her soo much. If anything happened to her... he doesn't even know what he would do. He would probably go on a soul sucking spree like he did years ago and unleash absolute chaos on Ooo. Although this time... nothing would be able to stop him.

Glob forbid anything more serious than the current situation ever happen to Marceline…

PB: "She uh… nobody actually did this to her… She did this to herself…"

HA: "What are you saying? Wait… was she that absolute evil entity that I was detecting?" He was shocked. He originally thought that The Lich returned or there was another reign of Gunters.

PB: "Y-yes. She transformed into this huge evil...thing and began destroying everything. After that she-"

HA: "Marceline turned into the Harbinger of Evil…" He sounded scared and shocked.

PB: "I uh… I'm sorry…"

HA: "My baby girl turned into the Harbinger of Evil." He smiled and his eyes began tearing up out of happiness.

PB: "Uh… Am I missing something?"

HA: "She turned into a being of absolute evil to defeat that army. I didn't even know that she was capable of that. I'm soo proud. That's why I came up here in the first place."

PB: "Wait. Hold on a sec. Two things…" She felt like she was missing something.

Hunson looked up at Bubblegum, almost confused with why she was confused.

PB: "First off… you knew about the battle? And second, I don't think she did it on purpose…"

HA: "Yes, I knew about the battle and of course Marceline did it on purpose. She's my daughter. She should be able to do it although... it is odd how she was able to turn into that beast soo young. But that doesn't matter. She did it nonetheless."

HA: "Wait... what do you mean she didn't-" What Bubblegum just said didn't really register in Hunson's mind until now.

CB: "Ah ha ha! Yay! I can help too!" Cinnamon Bun came out of nowhere to get Ash and throw him in the dungeon until PB had time to deal with him. He approached Ash and clamped magic inhibiting handcuffs on him.

The Princess originally called General Pretzel to do it but she didn't know that he was too busy with aiding the wounded as well as getting aid for his own wounds. He must have sent Cinnamon Bun to do it thinking that it was an easy enough task.

When Marceline and Hunson turned around to see what Cinnamon Bun was doing, they noticed a demon attempting to escape through the Nightosphere portal. They caught it halfway through the portal and it froze in place.

Demon: "I uh… I'm just an illusion!" He tried to pretend to be a ghost or something. His acting was terrible.

Hunson just stared at it with a blank look on his face. Once the tension increased sufficiently, Hunson's face burst into a disgustingly deformed state and he hissed at the demon. The poorly acting monster then jolted backwards out of shock and fell back into the Nightosphere. Hunson promptly closed the portal to prevent that from happening again.

HA: "Ahem! As I was saying, how do you know that Marceline didn't turn into that beast on purpose?"

PB: "Well… after Finn was killed-"

HA: "My glob! That little boy is dead now?" He was only shocked because he knew about his and Marceline's relationship and how much Finn meant to her.

PB: "Yeah… and Marceline turned into that thing right after she saw what happened." Bonnibel began to tear up because she was mentally reliving Finn's death.

HA: "Wait… Marceline isn't just asleep then is she?" He looked down at Marceline and could easily tell that each of her breaths were very shallow and her skin was colder than usual.

PB: "N-no… I don't think so. I think because the evil took control of her due to the extreme grief and sadness that she's not just asleep. I don't think her body could take it so it resorted to its natural defenses by going into a coma…"

HA: "No…"

PB: "I… I'm sorry. But we can get her treatment. I'll need to figure out exactly what's going on in her brain to help her the best I can but we need to get her to the Candy Kingdom hospital right away."

HA: "O-ok… Please do whatever you can to help my little girl…" He was mostly scared by the fact that when someone is in a coma, they don't always wake up. There is a chance that Marceline will stay like this forever. But he trusts Bubblegum's knowledge on this subject so he's at least a little bit at ease.

Marceline and Hunson then both walked back to the Candy Kingdom with haste. Time wasn't entirely against them but it obviously wasn't on their side. As they walked back they saw Cinnamon Bun recklessly running back to the kingdom with Ash slung over his shoulder.

CB: "Ha! Ah ha ha!" He laughed like a child as he ran awkwardly back to the kingdom. He suddenly tripped over his own feet and dropped Ash on the ground. The "half-baked" pastry picked him back up and continued on his way back to the dungeon.

HA: "Ummm… Is he gonna be-"

PB: "Yes… he's just fine. He's not the sharpest tool in the shed but he's loyal. *sigh*" She liked having Cinnamon Bun around for comedic relief when the times got hard but he was also very useful to have around.

PB: "Let's just get Marcy to the hospital."

They both walked to the hospital only to find that every stretcher and makeshift bed was already occupied by much more damaged candy people.

HA: "I guess we can try to make a bed out of some tables or something?" He said as he looked around, noticing that literally everything possible was being used already.

PB: "N-no. Let's take her to my quarters. Nobody should be there."

Hunson looked down at Marceline and noticed that she was beat up, cut up and dirty from the fighting. His eyes conveyed the message that he was unsure if the princess would mind getting her personal things dirty for this. He would hold Marceline or even take her to the Nightosphere for more space if he had to. The only problem with the Nightosphere is that it doesn't exactly have proper medical facilities. They hardly even have band aids.

The princess didn't respond to Hunson's gesture. She just rushed him to her room and had him lay Marceline down on the princess's large and luxurious bed.

Bubblegum then took a medical bag that she had under her bed and started rummaging through it, taking out objects here and there. The Candy Kingdom had a virtually endless supply of medical equipment so the princess was able to keep a personal stash without depriving her citizens from much needed medicine and bandages.

Bonnibel looked over Marceline briefly and thought of what she needed to do in order to help her and first, she needed to get her cleaned up. If the vampire queen had any cuts or visual wounds then they would surely be covered up by mud. She made an assessment and came to the conclusion that Marcy had no injuries of the spine or neck making it possible and safe to move her around.

PB: "Ok Marcy… let's get you cleaned up." She said as she gently picked Marceline up and started to carry her to the bathroom adjacent to her bedroom.

HA: "So… is there anything I can do-?"

P. Butler: "Princess! The gum-" He froze in place.

P. Butler: "My lord Abadeer. Excuse me if I interrupted you and the princess but I-"

HA: "Oh that's alright Peppermint Butler. We're all friends here."

PB: "What is it?" She said, standing in the doorway to her bathroom.

P. Butler: "M'lady the Gumball Guardians have returned from the Forest of Trees with a large supply of Cyclopes tears. And-"

PB: "I hope that the beast accepted our offering and the Gumball Guardians didn't have to resort to violence."

P. Butler: "Yes. He apparently accepted them without question."

PB: "Hah! I told you. Cyclopes' can't resist cheesy romantic novels because of their emotional problems." She said smugly. She actually only knew because Finn told her that one day after reading it in the Enchiridion. It was long before his own trip to the forest.

P. Butler: "Yes, your knowledge precedes you as always."

PB: "Thank you. Now go tell the medical staff about the tears and they'll take it from there."

P. Butler: "At once." He bowed his head down as he walked backwards.

PB: "Uh, hey?!"

P. Butler: "Yes?"

PB: "What happened with… Finn?"

P. Butler: "I uh… I did what I could but his body is essentially frozen in time so we can figure out if there's anything that can be done about his… situation." His situation with being dead of course.

Bubblegum usually cringed when she heard about some of the dark magic that Peppermint Butler was capable of but her emotions were exhausted and her heart was feeling about as desperate as everyone else. They all wanted the fear of an impending attack to go away.

HA: "Hmmm… Maybe I can help with that?" The all-powerful demon lord had a few ideas but even he was bound by the cosmic laws of existence. He knew that he needed to let the princess do what she needed to in order to help Marceline so he decided that delving into some very dark magic would help keep his mind busy.

PB: "Good idea, actually. I need some time to help Marceline so you two can… go do whatever you can." She was trying to keep her composure and stay optimistic. She knew what was real and what "magic" was able to accomplish. She wanted Finn alive but not as a brainless zombie.

She wants the real Finn

P. Butler: "Y-yes. Princess… Right this way, your lordship." Peppermint Butler said and he led Hunson out of the room and they went to where Finn was being kept.

Hunson Abadeer followed Peppermint Butler to where he was keeping Finn's body. They were going to Peppermint Butler's secret place that he used to experiment with dark magic which was high up into the Candy Kingdom castle. On the way there, Hunson decided to break the silence with some casual conversation.

HA: "So, how's it been? I haven't seen you in a few weeks." He asked, honestly wondering how the candy butler had been.

P. Butler: "Who… Me? I uh… I-I've been good. Nothing new really…" He sounded extremely nervous.

HA: "Is something wrong? You sound like you're nervous or something."

P. Butler: "Nope. I'm just fine. Let's hurry up and get to Finn's lifeless corpse." He began to walk a bit faster.

HA: "O-ok?" He sounded confused but he just accepted it because Peppermint Butler was always a bit weird to begin with.

A few moments passed in silence as they both continued on their way to the secret lair in the candy tower. Before beginning the ascent up the tower with the use of bubbles, Hunson said something as if he needed to get it off his chest.

HA: "Hey Peppermint Butler…"

P. Butler: "Yes, your darkness?"

HA: "Is there any reason that I wasn't even at least told about this war? Why didn't anyone ask for my help? I mean… hello? I'm a demon lord." He was feeling a bit guilty for Marceline's current condition. He feels as if he could have easily prevented it. He knew about the war a little bit before it happened but he mainly wondered why he wasn't told well in advance rather than just finding out about it by himself.

P. Butler: "Well, it's not normal for an all-powerful and deathless being to help out in mere mortal matters. That's been the norm for many millennia I do believe."

HA: "Well… Of course I wouldn't help fight some petty war between two people with opposing opinions but my daughter was involved. And once that happens, it becomes a problem for me as well as anyone that's against her."

P. Butler: "I understand." He stopped talking and it seemed as if he stopped in mid-sentence but that was all he was planning on saying.

HA: "Ugh… I know you're hiding something. Just tell me why I was never summoned. I know you're one of the only beings on Ooo capable of calling me."

P. Butler: "I'm not hiding anyt-"

HA: "Peppermint Butler, I'm not going to ask nicely again. Just tell me the truth." He said very sternly.

P. Butler: "I uh… I didn't call you 'cause I still owe you for that one poker game that I lost and I didn't have the money yet…" He sounded as if he was admitting something to his mother or something. He slowly backed away from Hunson thinking that he would become angry.

HA: "Oh, that's it? Don't worry about it."

P. Butler: "What? But you sounded soo serious when you told me to pay you back…"

HA: "No no, I was just messin' with you. You need to pay attention to how serious that I wasn't acting… dude." He added some common slang in an attempt to sound "cool" when he's around Marceline although it would only result in a very… very embarrassed vampire queen.

P. Butler: "Ah! That's such a relief. I've literally been dying inside, thinking that you were gonna to show up at any time and suck my soul." He wiped a few beads of sweat from his forehead.

HA: "Ha ha! Sometimes you make me laugh Peppermint Butler. Now let's go see what you've done with Finn."

Peppermint Butler was about to use the bubbles to float up the tower but Hunson just grabbed him by the arm and flew up the tower. The dark lord already knew where the secret lair was because there was a very potent evil presence there. As they approached the dark magic entity, Hunson couldn't help but begin to feel concerned.

HA: "No mortal being should be capable of this caliber of dark magic…" He thought to himself. He knew of Peppermint Butler's capabilities but he didn't know that he possessed the ability to cast anything this powerful. They got closer and closer and the feeling of the dark magic intensified. It felt a lot like the hot sun beating down on you on a hot day in summer.

Of course the "heat" wasn't capable of hurting the demon lord; it was just a very obvious feeling.

They finally approached the entrance to Peppermint Butler's secret hideout and it was pitch black inside. It was odd because the light from the outside should have illuminated the small room but for some reason, the light wasn't able to penetrate the dark magic. Instead, the only light that was in the room was produced by the many candles that were burning brightly, leaving an ominously dark glow.

Hunson stepped into the room after putting Peppermint Butler down and he was a bit more surprised by what he was seeing than he thought he would have been.

HA: "Whoa."