Finn ran through the hallway and stopped at the elevator. He pressed a button and the elevator doors opened right away. He stepped inside the elevator and pressed the button that leads down to the main lobby. The doors closed shut and the elevator began to make its way down. Finn stood in the elevator, waiting for it to hurry up as he tapped his foot impatiently. The old humming of the elevator filled the silence within. Suddenly the elevator stopped and a loud ding rang throughout the elevator. The doors then opened. Finn then stepped out of the hotel elevator and made his way through the main lobby. He walked out of the building and looked at the scenery around him. He quickly spotted a building with pink and purple neon lights and walked up to it. As he approached it he saw a Fire Elemental standing outside of it in a tight black leather outfit. She looked at him and smiled. Finn smiled back nervously as he walked by.

"Talk about déjà vu." Finn said to himself

Finn began searching for the casino as he walked down the street. He saw a group of people yelling and partying in the street. One of the people hunched over and vomited. Finn looked away and kept walking. He then saw a two-story green building that had a sign that read Payday.

"There it is." Finn said to himself as he went towards the building

When he walked inside he was greeted by Isabel almost immediately.

"Hey, Finn!"

"Hi."

Finn looked around and saw all sorts of people gambling with their gold. Cursing and shouts could be heard throughout the building.

"So why are we here?" Finn asked her

"To have some fun! C'mon let's go try some of the slot machines!"

"The what machines?"

"Slot machines. They're these little machines that give you a chance to win money!"

They ran up to a slot machine that was brightly lit and had many cracks across it.

"Are you sure it's not broken?" Finn asked as he inspected the machine carefully

"Don't be silly. All you gotta do is put in a gold coin and pull on the lever."

Isabel quickly pulled out a coin from her pocket and placed it into the slot machine and pulled the lever.

Night time had fully settled in and Marceline had found no sign of Finn. It was like he vanished completely from the land of Ooo. A howling filled the chilly night as Marceline floated around a forest. She was completely clueless as to where Finn was. Suddenly a female's voice began to echo through the forest.

"NO! STOP IT PLEASE! DON'T HURT HIM!"

Marceline's ears perked up as she tried to find the source of the screaming.

"PLEASE STOP!"

Marceline instantly knew where the screams were coming from and bolted in the direction of them.

A pink humanoid was tied up on her knees in a clearing of the woods. She was crying her eyes out as a bandit was holding a blue humanoid man with a knife against his neck.

"Carley, look at me baby!" The blue humanoid said to the pink humanoid now known as Carley

Carley picked her head up and looked at him.

"Everything's gonna be fine! I promise."

The bandit holding him simply stared at them as a malicious smile grew on his face. The bandit then stabbed the blue humanoid's chest multiple times and kicked him to the ground towards Carley. Carley began screaming her lungs out as the blue humanoid's blood started flowing out of his body and on to the grass in front of her. Suddenly a person emerged from the woods and into the clearing. The person then tackled the bandit and grabbed his knife. Carley didn't pay any attention to the fight. She just continued to stare at the lifeless body of her husband and the crimson blood pooling out of him.

"Matthew.." She stammered as tears began to flow from her eyes

No response.

"Matthew, answer me!"

The bandit was laying on the ground as the other person had him pinned.

"What do you want, vampire?!"

"What the hell is wrong with you?!" Marceline shouted at him

"Nothing." The bandit replied

"Nothing my ass! You just killed someone!"

"I know." He said in a smug voice

Marceline then punched him square in the face, knocking him unconscious. Marceline sat on top of him, panting as she held his knife. She then got off of the bandit and walked towards Carley. She kneeled down next to her and cut her bindings off. Carley then collapsed right next to Matthew and continued sobbing. Marceline released the bloodied knife from her hand and sat right next to her and the body.

"I'm so sorry." Marceline told her

Carley just ignored her and kept on crying. Marceline sat there in silence as Carley cried. Marceline closed her eyes and shook her head. Carley then quickly grabbed the knife from off the ground. Marceline opened her eyes and saw Carley holding the knife. Carley got off the ground and ran to the bandit's unconscious body across the clearing. Marceline quickly sprang into action and leapt after her. Marceline barely caught the girl but she managed to slip away from Marceline's grasp and continued running. Marceline hit the ground with a thunk and could only watch as Carley screamed and plunged the knife deep into the bandit's heart.

Everything seemed to be moving in slow motion as Marceline watched Carley ruthlessly stab the bandit over and over again. Blood began to splatter on to her face as she screamed. Time resumed its natural flow as Marceline regained her senses. She got off the ground and made her way over to a now bloodied Carley. Carley raised the knife in the air again only to be caught by Marceline. Carley looked at Marceline with a sorrowful expression on her face.

"You've done enough." Marceline told her

Carley relaxed herself and sat down on the grass. Marceline stared at the body of the bandit and watched as he bled.

"I.. I thought that.. I thought that.. maybe if I killed him that it would've made me feel better." Carley spoke up

Marceline focused her attention over to her and readjusted her hair.

"But it didn't.. My husband is still dead and I'm all alone. He promised me he'd never leave me, that everything would be fine.. but he lied.." Carley said solemnly

Marceline was about to speak up but she quickly stopped her.

"Please don't say anything. Nothing you can say will make me feel better."

Marceline closed her mouth and looked down at the ground. Carley raised the knife to her own neck and slit it open. She fell down to the ground with a slump. Marceline quickly looked at her and rushed over to her.

"No no no no no! Why did you do this to yourself?!" Marceline shouted

Blood quickly spurted out of Carley's neck and on to the grass. Marceline covered the wound with her hands but with not much effect. Carley's blood was still pouring from her neck and covering Marceline's hands. As Marceline tried to save her, Carley's eyes rolled to the back of her head and closed.

Finn and Isabel emerged out from the casino and into the sidewalk. Isabel was laughing and Finn had a grin on his face.

"Who would've known that you were such a good gambler? I mean like you got twice the amount of gold you had earlier!"

"I am glad that I have more gold now." Finn chuckled

"I almost wasted all my gold. Stupid blackjack table.." Isabel muttered to herself

"Don't be such a downer! Look how about we go to one of the buffets and eat?" Finn suggested

A smile immediately came on to Isabel's face.

"Hell yeah, let's go!" Isabel shouted as she took off

"Hey, wait up!" Finn cried out as he tried catching up with her

Finn ran and ran until he saw Isabel go into one of the buffets. He looked at the sign above the building and ran inside. The place was named the Fat Cat's Buffet and had a picture of a fat black and white cat with a chef's hat on it. When Finn got inside he saw that Isabel was already eating a whole bunch of food at one of the tables. Finn looked at the price to eat there and simply pulled out his small sack of gold and placed it in one of the workers hands. He then ran to the food with a devilish grin on his face.

Isabel was digging into some sushi and suddenly felt her bladder fill up. She then bolted off to the bathroom.

"Gotta pee gotta pee gotta pee gotta pee!" She kept repeating as she dashed for the bathroom

She opened the door to the women's room and slammed it shut behind her.

Finn was sitting down and eating some pizza when he noticed that Isabel wasn't at the table with him.

"She's probably in the restroom or something." Finn said as he shrugged his shoulders

Finn continued to eat his food and drink his can of soda that he had grabbed.

Isabel came out of the restroom and started making her way back to Finn but was grabbed by somebody. Isabel was about to scream but a hand covered her mouth.

"Sh sh sh. It's just me, Isabel." A voice said

"Mmf mmff mmmmff!" Isabel said as the person had his hand over her mouth

The person removed his hand.

"What was that?" He asked

"Let me go, Travis."

The man let her go. She turned around and looked at him angrily. Travis was a green humanoid that had short brown hair and was wearing a black shirt with a pair of red jeans.

"Why the mean look?" He asked her

"What do you want?" She spat at him

"I have another job for you. Another person of interest has come up and I need your help."

Several minutes later Isabel got back to her table and sat down next to Finn. Several plates had stacked up on Finn's end of the table and he was now eating a burrito.

"Where were you?" Finn asked her with his mouth full

Isabel seemed to be staring out into space because she completely ignored him as she just looked at her sushi.

"Isabel?"

"Huh? What."

"You alright?"

"Yeah, yeah I'm ok. I'm just tired. What time is it?" She asked as she yawned

"Adventure time."

"Uh.. what."

"Oh nothing. I don't know what the time is though cause I don't have a watch but I'm pretty sure it's late."

"Is it ok if we leave?" She asked him

"You haven't even eaten that much."

"I'm not that hungry anymore. And I'm like really tired." She said as she stood up from her chair

"Sure, I guess we could go." Finn said as he stood up as well

They both walked out of the restaurant and back into the street. Isabel stretched her arms out as they walked down the sidewalk.

"Finn?"

"What's up?"

"I know it might seem pretty weird and I barely know you but I was wondering if you could walk me home?"

"Sure. This city does seem like it could be pretty sketchy at night." Finn said as he smiled at her

All of a sudden it began thundering. Finn and Isabel looked up and saw the collection of storm clouds forming above them. Then a single raindrop fell on to Finn's face.

"It's gonna rain."

"Yeah, it is." Isabel replied

"We should hurry. Where exactly is your place at?"

"It's a couple of blocks over." She said as she started walking

Finn quickly started walking as well and caught up with her.

"So what made you come here in the first place?" She asked him curiously

"I.. uh.. really wasn't expecting to come here. I sort of just ended up here."

"That's cool. So do you have any family?"

The raindrops began falling harder.

"Yeah, I have a brother back home." Finn answered

"What's his name?"

"Jake. He's a pretty cool guy."

"Yeah, I bet."

The raindrops were falling more heavily and numerously

"Do you have any family?" Finn asked her

"Just my sister. My parents died when we were really young."

"I'm so sorry."

"No, it's ok. Anyways, I've been looking for my sister. She went missing about two years ago."

They crossed the street as they talked. Isabel began to shiver as the rain fell. She looked down at her white shirt and saw that it was getting wet. Finn saw this as well.

"Worst day to wear a white shirt ever." She chuckled

Finn looked around the brightly lit city and caught sight of an old clothing store down the road.

"There's a clothing store over there. C'mon!" Finn said as he grabbed her hand and ran to the clothing store.

Isabel gave out a yelp as they dashed down the street. As they ran Isabel could feel something stirring around in her stomach. It felt like butterflies. She looked over at Finn and saw the small grin on his face and could feel a smile forming on her face. They then both approached the store laughing and smiling. Finn then opened the door and Isabel walked in.

When they walked in they saw tons of clothes hanging all around the store. Finn then spotted a white umbrella and went up to it. He picked it up and walked over to where Isabel was at. She was holding a baby blue shirt.

"You're not gonna get a jacket?" Finn asked her

"Nah. Besides this is all I have enough for."

Finn looked around the store and caught sight of a violet hoodie. He walked over to it and picked it up. He then grabbed the baby blue shirt that Isabel was holding and brought them over to the yellow humanoid working at the register.

"What are you doing, Finn?" Isabel whispered to him

"Shh!"

"Don't you hush me!"

"That'll be 75 gold." The cashier said

Finn poured out some of his gold from his small pouch of gold. Finn then grabbed the white umbrella, the baby blue shirt and the violet hoodie and handed it to Isabel.

"Now you won't be cold." Finn told her

Isabel grabbed the hoodie and stared at Finn.

"I.. I.."

"You don't need to say anything. I won't want to be cold and wet either."

"Uh.. thank you.." Isabel said shyly

"No problem."

She then walked into one of the changing rooms with the shirt and hoodie. Finn sighed and ran a hand through his hair.

"You two seem like a nice couple." The cashier said

Finn scoffed and laughed a little.

"No, we're just acquaintances. Chances are that I'll never see her again."

"What do you mean?"

"I was just passing through and met her today."

"Seems like you two have known each other for a while though." He told Finn

"Yeah, I know. Besides, I'm really not looking forward to being in a relationship for a while."

"Girl problems?"

"Something like that."

Isabel then came out from the dressing room with the hoodie on.

"Well I gotta go." Finn said

"Goodbye." The yellow humanoid told them

Finn and Isabel then departed from the shop. Finn opened up the white umbrella and held it over him and Isabel.

"So how much further 'til we get to your place."

"It's across the street in the alley.." She said in a lower tone of voice

"Oh ok."

Finn and Isabel crossed the street and walked into the alleyway. They kept walking deeper and deeper into the alley as the rain poured down.

"So where's your place?" He asked her

Finn looked ahead and saw some people approaching them. He turned around and saw more people coming from the back.

"Stay behind me, Isabel. I don't like where this is going." Finn told her

He could hear Isabel sobbing.

"I'm sorry, Finn. I'm so sorry." She said

"Huh?"

Finn turned around and felt a blade sink into his stomach. He looked at Isabel and saw tears running down her eyes. She pulled the blade out and dropped it on to the ground. Finn placed his hand over his wound.

"I'm sorry." She repeated

The people were closing in on them. Finn reached over and pulled out his katana. He let go of his wound and held the katana with both of his hands. One of the people approaching pulled out a sword and swung at him. Finn evaded the swing and stabbed the person in his back. He pulled the blade out and held it tightly. Finn then attacked another person and pierced his stomach. He then let go of the katana and punched another figure in the face. Suddenly a kick in Finn's leg brought him down to his knees. Then a fist hit him directly in the face. Finn then fell to the ground and curled into a ball.

Everything was hazy for the human as he felt a barrage of kicks and punches land on him. Then somebody pulled him up by his hair. Finn looked at him with his bloody face. It was a green looking humanoid.

"Goodnight." The humanoid told him

The person then slammed Finn's face into the brick wall.

Murmurs and images swirled around. He could feel a coldness washing over him. He felt betrayed. Used. He was always the good guy but that got him nowhere. Every girl that he ever loved left him. Pessimistic thoughts began to fill his very being. But what if things were different? What if he didn't necessarily have to be the good or evil guy. What if he was neutral? Doing things to benefit himself sounded really good to him now. So maybe he could try doing that. Do things for himself for a little while. It couldn't hurt for just a little while.

Finn then opened his eyes and groaned. He looked at himself and noticed that he was tied to a chair and covered in his own blood. He felt weak and tired. There was a single light bulb hanging from the ceiling that was flickering off and on. He looked up and saw someone wearing a pig mask standing right in front of him. He was holding a baton in his left hand.

"Good, you're awake. Now I have a couple of questions to ask you and you're going to answer them, ok buddy."

Finn spat some blood on the floor and looked back at the masked man.

"Why?" Finn asked

The man swung his baton and hit Finn directly in the face.

"I'm asking questions here, understand?" The man said calmly

Blood began dripping down Finn's face rapidly. The blow of the hit disoriented the human. He couldn't focus on anything and began coughing.

"..Ok."

"Now, are you human?"

"Yes.."

"Where are you from?"

"The grasslands."

"And what's your name?"

"Finn the human."

"So you are Finn the human. You know, I always thought you were a myth. One measly human boy couldn't have defeated all those creatures and do all those heroic deeds, could he?"

Finn looked up at him and smiled a bit. The man saw this and began to chuckle. He set down the baton and pulled out a kitchen knife and stabbed him in the stomach. Finn yelled out in pain.

"What happened? You were just smiling a second ago."

Finn could feel the blood leaving his body rapidly from his stomach. The masked man grabbed Finn by the face and placed the knife against his cheek.

"C'mon, give me a smile." He said lowly

The man slashed Finn's cheekbone and kicked his chair back to the ground. Finn kept on coughing and bled.

"You really are gullible. I can't believe all it took was a girl to take you down."

Finn began to writhe around in the chair and gasp for air.

"Now I won't kill you. You can thank your lucky stars for that. No, we're gonna sell you. In the Market you could fetch an incredible price and make me rich. And it's all thanks to that little girly, Isabel."

Finn's blood was pouring on the floor and spreading across it.

"That's enough!" A voice called out

The masked man looked back and saw an older looking man with grey hair standing in the doorway to the room holding a doctor's bag.

"If you keep beating him like this you'll kill him." The older man told him

"Whatever you say, Doc." The masked man said as he backed away from a bloody Finn.

The masked man walked out of the room and closed the door behind him. The older looking man quickly rushed to Finn and pulled his chair back up. Finn groaned and slowly began to drift in and out of consciousness.

"C'mon stay with me." The doctor said to him

The doctor opened his bag and started pulling out medical supplies. Finn could barely keep his eyes open and his body was getting colder and colder. That's when he closed his eyes and passed out.

Finn opened his eyes and found that he was standing on the edge of a snowy cliff. The skies were grey, the wind was howling and snow was falling all around him and into the frozen abyss below him. He was wearing a grey zip-up hoodie and black jeans. His breaths were coming out in puffs of icy mist and the cold didn't seem to be bothering him at all. The crunching of snow could be heard from behind him.

"Finn." A familiar voice called out to him

Finn turned around and saw Marceline walking up to him. She was wearing a black and red striped hoodie and a pair of skinny jeans. Finn turned back around and gazed off into the distance.

"Don't be like that, Finn." Marceline said as she walked up to him and stood beside him.

"Why did you say no?" He asked her

Marceline just looked at him with a sad look on her face.

"I can't answer you that, Finn. That's for you to ask the real Marceline."

Finn looked back at her as the snow continued to fall.

"But that doesn't change the fact that you're my best friend and that I still like you." She told him as she looked into his blue eyes with her crimson ones

She reached her hand out and wrapped it around his.

"Finn, why did you run from her?"

"Why does it matter? If I stayed would she have noticed any more or less of my existence?" He asked her

"The real question is, would you have made yourself worth noticing?"

The world around him started breaking and falling apart. Marceline kept a steady grip on his hand and kissed him on the cheek. She let go of his hand and stood at the edge.

"Marceline, what're you doing?"

"Wake up, Finn. You both need each other."

"She doesn't need me. She's been alone for centuries."

"But that doesn't mean she's never been lonely. You're her best friend, Finn, whether you like it or not. She needs you."

The skies began thundering and the winds picked up speed.

"So wake up." Marceline said as she leapt off the edge

Then Finn finally opened his eyes.

So things happened and it kind of caused Finn to become more.. selfish. Things with Marceline also aren't going very well either. If you have things to say whether they are nice or not, please just say them.

I do have an honest question though. I know that this story just started out, but what do you readers think of the story? I'm genuinely curious. I'd really appreciate it if y'all could tell me what y'all think. Anyways, thank you all for reading!

-Micheal The Raconteur