Adventure to Save the Light
Chapter 20 Fire Despair
By: Major144
Disclaimer I do not own Adventure Time. This is just a story for fun.
The heroes walked up a long curving flight of stairs. Finn was walking next to Jake and Flame Princess. Finn was curious about Jake's sudden burst of energy that allowed him to easily defeat Kee-Oth.
"Hey man, what was that burst of energy and new look?" Asked Finn.
"I don't know man. One second Kee-Oth was pounding me, the next thing I know I felt a great surge of power go trough my body like I got blasted by Party God or something. I do know before that I was worried about Lady Rainicorn and the pups. Kee-Oth was going to use all their blood to make a wardrobe for himself. I felt...the need to protect them with everything I had." Said Jake.
"I felt the same way, when Finn was in danger." Said Flame Princess.
"Interesting." Said Simon as he scratched his chin in thought.
"How do you think these powers work?" Asked Marceline.
"We'll from what you've told me both of your new powers kicked in, when someone you deeply loved was in danger. I believe that love is, what activates these power. These powers might hold the key to our victory against Hexo." Said Simon.
All the other heroes took this in.
"In guess that makes sense. I wonder, when our powers will activate." Said Finn.
"Hopefully soon. I have a feeling that the next few battles are going to be tough." Said Marceline as the walked into a large room that had four pathways before them.
"Welcome to you doom heroes. From here on out you will face some real horrors! Called Iceen's voice.
"Come out and fight!" Called Finn as he pulled out his sword.
"Oh don't worry there will be plenty of fighting." Said Iceen.
A bunch of chains and mangles made out of ice shot out of the four doorways, grabbed each of the heroes by their legs, and place each of the heroes in front of a doorway. Finn was placed in front of one doorway, Jake was placed in front of another doorway, Flame Princess in front of another, and Simon and Marceline were placed together in front of the last doorway. The ground started shaking as walls of ice dropped from the celling cutting the heroes off from one another. The chain and mangles released the heroes.
"What's the meaning of this?" Demanded Finn.
"It's going to be a fair one on one fight from here on out. You'll each enter the doorways and fight someone." Called Heinous's voice.
The heroes looked at their doorways and slowly they each entered one.
"Good luck everyone. Lets go win this and get Betty and Bubblegum back!" Declared Finn as he entered his doorway.
"Alright." Called Flame Princess as she entered her doorway.
The other heroes looked at their doorways and slowly they each entered one. Flame Princess found herself in a large room with some pillars. Painted all over the room were a bunch of frowning faces. On one of the pillars sat a man dressed in a black and white jester outfit wearing a black Greek mask of tragedy on his face and holding a little staff with a round frowning face on top wearing a jester hat.
"Who are you?" Asked Flame Princess.
"I am Despairo the jester of tragedy and despair!" Laughed the jester as he leaped from the pillar and landed in front of Flame Princess. "I will be your opponent and executioner !" He declared.
Flame Princess got into a fighting stance.
"Bring it on!" She shouted as she launched a fireball at the jester.
Despairo leaped out of the way and fired some lightning from his staff. Flame Princess dodged out of the and fired some more fireballs at Despario. The jester ducked behind a pillar.
"Your a feisty one! It's time for a little despair!" Said Despario as he waved his staff and summoned a thick black fog.
Flame Princess breathed in some of the fog and went into a coughing fit. She cleared her lungs and saw a shape coming towards her. She quickly fired a blast at it and knocked it to the ground. She heard a noise and saw two more shapes coming in from above. She quickly blasted them out of the air and they landed on the ground with a thud. She heard somebody screaming a war cry and turned to see another figure welding some kind of object rushing towards her. She quickly blasted the figure through the chest and it went down.
"That all you got Despairo?" Called Flame Princess.
"It's all I needed. Good job by the way. Now lets see, who you blasted." Called Despairo as the fog disappeared.
Flame Princess let out a gasp. The figures she had blasted in the fog, were Finn, Jake, Marceline, and Simon! All the heroes laid on the ground unmoving covered in burn marks. Finn had a hole through his chest.
"What have I...done?" Gasped Flame Princess.
"Looks to me you killed your boyfriend and all your other friends." Said Despairo as he sat on one of the pillars.
Flame Princess turned to look at Finn. His chest was moving up slowly. He was still alive! Flame Princess ran over to him.
"Finn your alive! I'm so sorry! I thought you and the others were enemies!" Cried Flame Princess as cradled Finn's head.
"Flame...Princess...I forgive you. I...love...you!" Gasped Finn as his eyes closed and he stopped breathing.
"FINN NO!" Cried Flame as she hugged Finn's lifeless body to her.
"Oh isn't that tragic! The poor princess killed the one she loved and all of her friends!" Said Despairo as he jumped up and down laughing insanely.
Flame Princess gently put Finn down and stormed towards the jester. Her eyes burping with hatred and furry.
"YOU DID THIS!" She roared indicating the bodies.
"Now lets not play the blame game princess. I may have brought them in, but your the one, who blasted and killed them. Their deaths are on your hands not mine. Why don't you ask your friends yourself." Said Despairo as he pointed at all the heroes.
Flame Princess turned to be greeted by a terrible sight. All the dead heroes had their heads turned towards her. They each had a glares on their faces.
"Your fault! Your fault! Your fault!" They whispered over and over.
"No...I didn't mean to! I'm...sorry!" Cried Flame Princess as she fell to her knees her flames dying down as she curled into a ball and started crying.
"That's right princess give into despair!" Laughed Despairo as he waved his staff around.
Four walls with despair faces on them sprung up and surrounded Flame Princess.
"Soon you will drown in a sea of tears!" Laughed the insane jester.
In another part of the castle Iceen and Heinous watched Despairo torture Flame Princess, with an illusion on a viewing portal. There were a couple of others that showed the other heroes making their way down the other doorway halls. The two villains glared at an image of Simon and Marceline walking down a hallway.
"Those are going to meet their end today." Said Iceen as he pulled out a small golden tiara with red gems.
"Yes they will suffer our vengeance." Said Heinous as he pulled out a purple rhombus-shaped gem hanging by a gold chain.
The two villains turned to another part of the room, where Betty was tied to a chair.
"If those two want Betty, then they will have Betty. Lets reunite them." Said Iceen.
"Yes let's, but lets give her a few accessories. These will give her a new look and make her feel like one of the family." Said Heinous.
The two villains headed towards Betty laughing as they held their objects out.
To be continued.