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Chapter 7
"We're not going to leave Finn and Jake back there all alone!" Bubblegum protested as she ran after the Doctor.
"Of course not!" the Doctor responded incredulously, "I'm just looking- looking for… aha!" he raced over to grab a full length mirror on the wall. With just a buzz from the sonic, the frame came loose. "Help me with this."
Amy hurried over to him to reach for the other end and together, they heaved it under their arms like a barricade.
"Onwards!" With John slipping in to help out with carrying the middle part of the mirror, everyone headed back the way they came at a steady but quick pace.
Well, everyone but Sherlock. With the billow of his coat, he strode through the nearest door and into a bedroom. A guest room by the looks of it, but a bedroom nonetheless, with a grand balcony looking over the Candy Kingdom.
He hurried over to it, gripping the railings as he peered over to see everything there was to see.
What he first saw were the little candy houses and shops. The Candy People were strolling happily down the streets, enjoying the warm afternoon weather as if nothing were wrong with the world. Surrounding the Kingdom was a huge wall on which two gigantic beings that distinctly looked like large gumball machines were perched, blowing a never ending stream of bubbles. Looking beyond the walls, Sherlock saw a forest of what Sherlock supposed were cotton-candy trees. Green rolling hills spread out until they turned to rocky mountainsides. Directly in front of him was a mountain range that was a pure white. Sherlock came to the conclusion that they were made of ice, despite the fact that the weather felt like late spring. Weird.
With one final sweep of the landscape, his icy blue eyes fell upon the Castle Gardens below him. Suddenly, an electric jolt went through his body as his brain registered what he saw. He did a double take, but the gray figure on the ground was gone. Could it be possible? No, his eyes never deceive him. Sherlock filed the thought away for later as he sprinted off to rejoin his colleagues, for the game was now truly on.
"Doctor!" Finn yelled at the top of his lungs. The Angels hadn't advanced yet, but his eyes were threatening to blink any moment now.
He almost collapsed with relief when he heard a voice ringing down the hallways, "I'm coming!" The heavy thumps of feet hitting the floor got louder and louder as Amy, John, and the Doctor charged 'round the corner, followed by Princess Bubblegum.
"Out of the way!" The heroes didn't need to be told twice as Finn and Jake flung themselves to the side. With (almost) perfect coordination, the three who carrying the mirror erected it into an upright position so it could face the Angels.
Finn let out a small startled gasp as he realized that during the commotion, no one was looking at the Angels that had gotten even closer to him. Now, they were frozen in place, caught in the trap of their own reflection.
"That should do it," the Doctor panted, "As long as no one ever moves that mirror, everything will be fine."
"Where did they come from?" Amy said.
"Hmm," the Doctor dug deep around the pocket of his jacket and brought up a pair of 3-D glasses. Not the black, Real-D glasses you'd find at a modern movie theater, but the white papery ones with the colored lenses. He paced them on his face and looked over at the Angels.
"Nope, they haven't crossed the Void with us."
"Sorry, but what's the Void?" John interrupted.
"Oh, it's just the space between parallel universes," the Doctor stated simply, "Y'know, like a void!"
"So what are those supposed to do?" Amy pointed at the lenses in the Time Lord's hand.
"Basically, you can see the Void particles on someone with these bad boys on!" the Doctor strode over and put the glasses on Amy.
She blinked a couple times and adjusted the glasses behind her ears, "Whoa." In front of her, the Doctor was covered from head to toe in little golden specks. He sped his arms out to make is point as the specks moved across his body, "See? Void stuff! You, me, John, and Sherlock are all covered in it because we all have crossed the Void, but they," he gestured towards the frozen statues, "Are not."
"So they are from this universe," John clarified.
"Yes, they've always been here. Except… something is drawing them here to the Candy Kingdom."
"Then what is it?"
"Most likely something to feed on," Amy explained to him.
"Yup," the Doctor said, whipping out hi sonic, "These Angels are hungry. They're not totally weak, but they're running low on time energy- and it's dinner time. The question is: what exactly are they after?"
"Well, the good thing is that they're stuck," Jake gestured, " So I guess that's the end of it!"
"No," Sherlock stepped out from the shadows, "I saw another one."
"What? Where the hell have you been?" John demanded, suddenly realizing that his friend wasn't with them the entire time. Sherlock ignored him.
"I saw another one just outside the palace. They're coming."
The Doctor fell silent. He pondered as Finn asked, "Well? Anyone got any ideas?"
"Oh glob! If they're in the Candy Kingdom then my people aren't safe!"
"So what should we do?'
"We drive them out of the Kingdom," Sherlock declared as if it was the plainest thing ever.
"Excellent suggestion!" the Doctor complimented, "Princess, get the Candy People to safety. This could get messy."
Bubblegum nodded and dashed off.
"Okay team," the Doctor gathered his friends closer together, "We need to find out what's pulling the Angels in. From past experience, it is most likely an energy source, and a powerful one at that. If we find that source before they do, we can lure the Angels out of the Kingdom and take them someplace where nobody'll find them."
Jake shrugged, "Sounds like a plan to me!"
The Doctor grinned, "There's never really a plan when I'm around! I improvise."
"Okay, but how do we find that source?" John put in, "It can be almost anything!"
"It would be something of utmost power," Sherlock stated, "If something that important were here in the Kingdom, it would be regally protected, or at least sheltered-"
"Are you saying that the source is here in the castle?" Amy interrupted.
Sherlock narrowed his eyes in annoyance, "Yes."
"Alright then," the Doctor turned to Finn, "You know this castle better than I do. What things are here that contain a lot of power, or at least signify it?"
"Ummm…I don't know."
"Finn, think!" the Time Lord pressured.
"I- I don't know! A lot of things! Maybe we can find out more in PB's library!"
"Okay, everyone," the Doctor waved his arms to address the rest of the group, "Let's go do some research! Now give me a plate of Jammy Dodgers and a fez,, and let's go find that energy source!" He smiled and jogged down the hallway. Exchanging quick glances, his companions shrugged and trailed after his wake.
Meanwhile, the echo of bells could be heard ringing across the Kingdom, Everyone! Come inside the castle! Come inside! Make haste!" the Princess shouted. Confused, the Candy People slowly trickled into the great hall. Once they were all inside, the giant double doors closed with an ominous boom as the unsuspecting Candy People were sealed inside.
The sound of their chatter was able to make its way through the hallways and into the library where the adventurers were situated.
"Doctor," Amy leaned over to whisper to her best friend, "Do you think that this was a good idea to bring the Candy People into the castle? I mean, this is where the Angels are after all."
The Doctor glanced up from the book he was reading to look at his companion in the eyes; his beloved, brilliant Amelia. He understood her concern and knew that he was taking a risk, "As far as we know, Pond, we have either saved them or doomed them."
Across the room, nestling among the many shelves, Sherlock and John were sifting through some documents, "This is quite amazing," John commented, taking advantage of the given peace, Ï can't believe this is actually happening. All these different worlds- a week ago, I didn't even think that time travel was possible! Now look at us!" He chuckled fondly, "God, I'm starting to sound like you."
Suddenly, his deep blue eyes trailed upwards when he realized Sherlock wasn't listening.
"Why aren't you saying anything? What's up with you?"
"This world, John! It's- it's illogical!" Sherlock pouted, throwing the book he was holding the ground. It landed with a flutter of pages as the detective started to pace, furrowing his brows, "I need answers! I need to think, but this is all very distracting! All this magic."
"Oh my God!" John smirked, "For once, the great Sherlock Holmes is clueless!"
"I'm not clueless!"
"Well how do you explain this?"
Sherlock remained silent and finally sighed, "All right, perhaps I'm a little stuck."
"Well you might want to listen to this. It might be helpful." John cleared his throat as he heaved the open book into his arms, "According to this, before the Candy Kingdom was created, there was a war: the Great Mushroom War."
"Yes, yes I know that already!"
"Hey, I'm not done yet! Apparently, the Mushroom War was a nuclear war that was fought amongst the humans. As a result, half the northern part of the planet was blasted right off, which eventually led to the humans all but extinction." He fingered the part of the page that showed a drawing of current Planet Earth. Where Russia should've been was a gigantic crater, like a bite out of an apple.
"After the apocalypse," the blogger continued," Earth had begun to restore and magic came back into the world."
"That was helpful in absolutely no way," Sherlock snapped stubbornly, "There's something else, some other important element I'm missing."
"Then what are you going to do about it?" John asked him.
"I need to read some stuff up." Sherlock huffed and stalked off into the shadows. John called after him, "Y'know, I don't mean to boost your already gigantic ego, but I think you're brilliant enough to solve a case like this, even if there were magical aliens involved." However there was no reply.
Sighing, he massaged his temple with his thumb and index finger before returning to his work.
"This is weird," Finn whispered a few ways away.
"You mean the fact that we're in a library?" Jake muttered, much rathering be someplace else.
"No, it's just that I thought I'd never see another human. Now I'm working with three of them, plus an alien."
"Really? I thought you'd gotten over that," Jake responded. Finn simply rolled his eyes.
"I don't even know what we're supposed to be doing," the dog complained, throwing the book he was holding to the side, "I've been stuck on the same paragraph for the past 30 minutes. And besides- alien or not- that Doctor guy is crazy. They're all crazy. I mean, what sort of power source are we supposed to be looking for?"
"I'm not sure…" Finn furrowed his brow in perplexion.
"Maybe PB knows. It's her castle," Jake murmured thoughtfully.
"Maybe…" Words rolled through Finn's head: Power, Bubblegum, Kingdom, Angels…
There were so many possibilities as to what the source could be.
Maybe I know, but I don't know I know, Finn thought. All he had to do was put the pieces together in one miraculous act of cleverness.
Source, Energy, Alien…
He could hear Amy and the Doctor talking, but as if they were a distant memory, "Hey, Doctor? Isn't this cool? Almost every major royal figure has a 'jewel of power' in their crown! But I guess it's merely symbolic."
Jewel, Crown, Amy, Doctor…In the corner of his eye, Finn could see Sherlock rip a page out of a book, tucking it away safely in his coat. Next to him lay a book titled "History of Ooo and Its Magic.
Magic, Jewel, Crown, Power…"The Angels are looking for something to feed on," the Doctor discussed, "And they really want it. So how powerful do you believe it is?"
"Doctor? You don't think-?"
The creak of a door opening echoed throughout the library. A figure strode in, to be revealed as Princess Bubblegum, "Hey guys! What's going on?"
Magic, Jewel, Crown, Power, Bubblegum…Suddenly it snapped. At exactly the same time, two voices shouted, "I got it!"
This chapter involved a lot of rewriting, but I'm not sure if it's good enough. Leave me any of your thoughts! It's almost summer so hopefully there won't be as much lag between chapters. This story has been becoming hell to write, but you guys keep me going! (: Until next time!