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Chapter 48 Firefight

By: Major144

Disclaimer: I do not own anything, expect the OCs. This is just a story for fun.

Finn struggled between the two guards that held him, but they had a tight grip on him. The guards reached the lake of lava. The guards took flight and carried Finn to the tiny island. Once they landed one of the guards grabbed the chain and shackled it to Finn's right wrist. The guards then quickly flew away. Finn glanced over at the palace and saw Crimson, Pyro, and the other villains watching him. Further back Finn could see Phoebe with a panicked look in her eyes as she struggled to break free from her chains.

Finn glanced around at his surroundings and took everything in. The young hero was unarmed, chained, and stranded on a island surrounded by lava. He had a Flame Shield, but that was only good against fire and heat. Finn had no idea how well the spell would actually hold up against lava. The boy heard a loud sound and turned to see Magwood walking on the lava towards him. Finn clenched his fist in anger, he remembered Pyro bragging on about how he was going to have Magwood and a another monster go attack him. The boy looked around trying to find the other monster Pyro had unleashed, he then heard a loud bubbling sound to his right and turned to see a bunch of bubbles rising up from the lava. Then something started to rise from the lava.

The first thing to rise up were two long grey serpent like heads with long horns and covered in black armor. Finn thought he was going to fight a large two headed serpent, but then the rest of the monster's body rose from the lava. The two heads were attached to the sides of a large grey human like head with scaly spiky armor and red eyes . The monster had two leathery wings, two clawed feet, and a large tail. The monster nearly stood as tall as a Gumball Guardian.

Finn starred at the monster with a mixture of both awe and horror. The creature beat it's massive wings and hovered over the island looking down at the hero. Finn heard a roaring sound and turned to see Magwood getting closer. It looked like Finn was in a really tight spot with no way of getting out.

At the palace Phoebe watched as the monsters closed in on Finn. Pyro glanced at the princess and smiled nastily.

"You like my new pet? I call him Ragnarok. His a very dangerous monster! I wonder how long your boyfriend is going to last? Will he die trying to fight the monster, or will he die by the lava that surrounds him, either way this is going to be entertaining."

Phoebe glared at Pyro with hatred.

"You coward! You disarm Finn and put him against two powerful monster surrounded by lava! You claim to be tough, but instead of proving it yourself you have your pets do the work instead!" Spat Phoebe.

Pyro walked over to Phoebe and viscously backhanded her knocking her down.

"Shut you! I'm in charge around here and I can take on anyone. You and your boyfriend are just insects compared to me!" Snarled Pyro.

Phoebe just glared up at Pyro with defiance. Pyro glared down at her and then glanced over at Flame King, who gave him a nasty idea.

"I have something special for you sister. I'm going to have dad kill you!"

Pyro snapped his fingers and Flame King came over.

"Father I believe it's time to deal with this useless heir. She is weak and in this kingdom only the strong survive. So why don't you kill her and put her out of everybody's misery." Said Pyro.

Flame King nodded and a flame sword appeared in his hands as he advanced upon his daughter. Phoebe just starred up at her father in sadness and horror. Pyro just laughed.

"Well this certainly brings back memories. A member of the royal family on the ground fixing to meet their end. Your going to die just like your mom." Said Crimson.

Just when Flame King was in striking range there was a loud explosion outside the castle that got everyone's attention. The villains looked around in confusion. Crimson quickly took charge of the situation.

"Scorcher, you and Fury go outside and find out what is going on and deal with it. I'm going to get the cannon started up." Said Crimson as he walked towards the balcony with the cannon.

Scorcher and Fury went out of the throne room. Flame King raised his sword to strike Phoebe, but Pyro raised his hand and stopped him. Phoebe looked at her brother in confusion, wondering what he was up to.

"I've decided not to have you killed just yet. We're fixing to see something beautiful." Said Pyro as he grinned at Phoebe with an insane look in his eyes. "Picture the Candy Kingdom right after we shoot it with the cannon. Just picture it. Fire and destroyed buildings. People running, screaming, crying, and looking for loved ones who are probably dead. The Candy People will look at the sky and beg for mercy and help, but they will not find any. After a while the Candy People's hate will build up and they will demand justice on the ones responsible for the attack. They will demand blood. Soon a war will be born and both kingdoms will be at each other's throats, dragging the rest of Ooo down with them."

"Your insane. Someone will stop you and there will be no war!" Declared Phoebe.

Pyro leaned close to Phoebe's ear.

"WRONG!"

Phoebe winced from the shout. Pyro just smirked.

"Your not in a fairy tale sister. This is reality, here there are no big brave heroes to save the day. There are only villains and visionaries. There will be no rescue or happily ever after for you or your friends. You will only experience despair and unhappiness."

Phoebe glared at Pyro as Don John walked over to them.

"King Pyro, you promised the Flame Princess to me after I helped you ascend the throne and helped you take over the Fire Kingdom." Said Don John.

"Your right about that. I did promise my sister to you. Very well once we fire the cannon , caused havoc in the Candy Kingdom, and I torture my sister a little bit, then you can have her." Said Pyro.

"Thank you my king." Said Don John with a bow.

Phoebe just looked at the villains with both disgust and anger. Things were just not looking good for her and the rest of Ooo.

Outside the castle front steps the Peace Protecters and Flambo had just arrived, immediately the group was surrounded by a bunch of mind controlled guards. Gearga and the rest of the Peace Protecters sensed that the guards weren't really themselves, so they went easy on them. Gearga was knocking spears away and knocking out guards with the back of her sword, Momo and Slippy were fending off guards with some combat staffs and occasionally throwing flash bang bombs and smoke bombs at the guards causing confusion in the ranks, and Drake stormed through the guards like a juggernaut sending them all flying with his massive strength. The Peace Protecters had just reached the palace steps, when Drake sniffed the air and a serious look appeared on his face.

"That scent I smell before is close and whatever it is, it's dangerous and evil." Said Drake.

"Drake you have my permission to go deal with it. We can manage here." Said Gearga.

"On it." Said Drake as he was enveloped in a steam cloud.

A few seconds later Drake had transformed into his dragon form and was taking flight away from the palace. The rest of the Peace Protecters stormed forward and reached the palace, when they got there they were comforted by Scorcher and Fury.

"Looks like they sent a couple of heavy hitters to welcome us." Said Slippy.

"That only means whatever's going on in there they don't want us to interfere." Said Momo.

Scorcher and Fury fired a blasts of fire at the group forcing them to dodge to the side. Slippy pulled out a smoke bomb and detonated it, covering the front of the palace in a cloud of smoke. Gearga charged through the smoke towards the palace doors. Fury appeared in front of her swinging a sword. Gearga deflected the blow and Fury tried to hit her with his spider wand, the daughter of War quickly moved forward and grabbed Furry by his flame coat. In one fluid motion Gearga flipped Fury over and sent him crashing down the stairs. Scorcher came charging in swinging his flaming hands. Gearga dodged out of the way and grabbed one of Scorcher's arms twisting it around his back. Scorcher turned into a cloud of smoke to escape Gearga's hold. The assassin reappeared behind Geraga and was fixing to stab her with a flaming hand, when Momom suddenly appeared with a fire extinguisher. Momom pointed the hose at Scorcher and fired a stream of white foamy liquid at him. Scorcher staggered back covered with the foam, Gearga moved in and slammed the hilt if her sword into Scorcher's midsection sending him crashing down the stairs.

The Peace Protecters turned to the palace and ran inside.

At the lake of lava, Finn was climbing up the column. The young hero looked at the two monsters that surrounded him. Magwood was at the island now and he looked up at Finn bearing his teeth. From above Ragnarok hovered. Finn was trapped. Ragnarok's two dragon heads mouthes glowed with fire as they prepared to unleash a fiery death. Finn looked around for an escape, but there was none. If he tried to jump off the column, Magwood would get him. There was no where to escape to. Finn gritted his teeth and clenched his fist in anger. This was the end. The hero looked up at Ragnarok prepared to meet his end.

Ragnarok was prepared to fire, when Drake suddenly flew in and tackled him out of the sky sending him crashing into the lava. Drake then slammed a scaly claw into Magwood knocking him away from the island. The dragon then turned to Finn and using one of his claws he cut the chain and freed the young hero.

"Thanks Drake am I glad to see you. This place has been taken over by Crimson and a bunch of other nut jobs and they're trying to fire a big cannon at the Candy Kingdom and start a war between them and the Fire Kingdom." Said Finn.

"This is worse then I thought! I'll take off this island and then will deal with the cannon." Said Drake as he scooped Finn up and placed him on his back.

Drake flew Finn towards the castle, but as they got closer they saw several Flame soldiers and Crystal Ants armed with crystal crossbows on the castle walls. Crimson stood above them.

"Fire!" Ordered Crimson.

Fireballs and crystal arrows were fired at Drake and Finn. Drake took evasive action and carried Finn over to one of the less guarded walls. The dragon took Finn off his back and placed him on the wall.

"Now let's go deal with that cannon." Said Drake.

Drake was fixing to transform into his more humanoid form, when Ragnarok suddenly appeared from behind him and drove one of his serpent heads into the side of Drake's neck! Drake roared in pain as the serpent head bit into his neck making him bleed.

"Drake!" Cried Finn in a panicked voice.

"Don't...worry about me...Finn. I'll deal with this guy, you just stop...the cannon." Said Drake through gritted teeth as he grabbed the serpent head that was biting his throat and yanked it off.

Drake let out a battle roar and pushed Ragnarok away from the castle to fight over the lake of lava. Finn watched the battle for a few seconds in awe, before he heard the sound of armored feet, he turned to see a group of guards coming his way. Finn charged at them kicking the lead guard into his companions and grabbed his sword. The young hero raced off towards the throne room to stop the cannon.

Elsewhere Gearga, Flambo, and the rest of the Peace Protecters were fighting their way to the throne room. They were passing a window, when Momo heard a noise outside and glanced out to see Drake fighting Ragnarok. Momom alerted the rest of her teammates about what was happening and they glanced outside to look at the fight. At first glance Drake and Ragnarok seemed to be evenly matched, but as the fight went on the Peace Protecters realized that Ragnarok was winning. Things got worst as Magwood joined in on the fight. The lava dog leaped into the air and grabbed Drake's tail between his teeth dragging him down with his weight. Drake roared in pain as he was dragged down. Ragnarok took this opportunity to claw and bite at Drake, leaving scars all over his body.

"We have to help him!" Cried Momo.

"Slippy I'm putting you in charge of helping Drake out. Momo you and I shall continue on with Flambo to the throne room." Said Gearga.

Everybody nodded and went their separate ways.

Slippy found his way to the castle walls and pulled a large bazooka like gun out of his pack. Slippy loaded the gun with a metal sphere, aimed it at Magwood, and fired! The sphere flew through the air and slammed into the side of Magwood's head and exploded in a bright light! Magwood released Drake's tail and fell on his side dazed. Drake flew up to continue his battle with Ragnarok. Slippy let out a sigh as he put the bazooka away and went off to find the throne room.

Inside the throne room, Crimson was out on the balcony prepping the cannon to fire as Pyro, Don John, and Laser Wizard stood to the side. Ever now and then they would look at the battle between Drake and Ragnarok going on outside the castle. Phoebe was feeling a little more confident knowing that Finn was off the island and now in the castle on his way to save the day. The princess glanced at her brother and decided to insult him a little.

"It looks like your big plan is coming a part almighty king."

Pyro turned to glare at Phoebe.

"My plan is far from being ruined my poor ignorant sister. Soon the cannon will fire and the carnage will begin." Said Pyro.

"Not on my watch!" Shouted a voice from above.

Everybody turned to see Finn jumping through a window. The young hero landed on the ground sword in hand ready to fight.

A few seconds later the main hall doors burst open and in stormed Gearga, Momo, and Flambo. Phoebe smiled with joy as she saw her boyfriend. It looked like things were looking up. Pyro glared at the intruders with anger.

"Destroy them all!" He shouted.

The guards, Crystal Ants, Laser Wizard, Don John, and Flame King charged forward to attack the heroes. The heroes charged forward to meet the attack. Fin slashed a few Crystal Ants to pieces as he made his way to Phoebe, he brought his sword down and destroyed the chains that held the young princess. The two smiled at each other and they went to join the battle.

Finn knocked out some guards, before he found himself facing Laser Wizard. The evil wizard laughed as he fired several lasers at Finn, forcing the young hero to dodge around. Finn looked around at his environment for something to use against Laser Wizard and spotted a chandelier hanging from the celling above. Laser Wizard fired another laser and Finn deflected it up to the chandelier cutting the chain and sending it crash down on top of Laser Wizard defeating him.

Phoebe had her sword out and was trying to get at Pyro, but Flame King got in her way. The big fire elemental had a huge sword out and was advancing on the princess. Phoebe backed away from her father with a look of fear in her eyes.

"Daddy...please! I don't want fight you!" Cried Phoebe.

Pyro just laughed with a smug look on his face.

"It's no use! Daddy ain't going listen, so just shut up and die!"

Tears fell from Phoebe eyes as she looked at her father's face. Flame King raised his sword up to attack, but then he looked into his daughter's face. The look on Flame King's face changed and his body shook. Then Flame King dropped his sword on the ground and lowered his arms to his side. Pyro stared at Flame King in confusion.

"Hey old man get with the killing! Chop! Chop!" Said Pyro in annoyance.

Flame King abruptly turned around to face Pyro and slammed a powerful uunch into his face! Pyro flew through the air and smashed into the throne, his crow falling off his head.

"You insolent whelp! How dare you try to make me kill my daughter, you will pay!" Roared Flame King.

"Dad your no longer under, his control!" Cheered Phoebe.

"Indeed I am. That fiend may had had control of my mind, but he could never control my heart. He tried to make me kill you and, when I saw the look in your eyes I came back to my senses. Now it's time to take our kingdom back." Said Flame King.

Pyro pushed himself off the throne and spat out a glob of blood as he glared at Flame King.

"Asshole...that was a lucky shot! When...I'm done with you, your going to be begging for Death to come take you." Hissed Pyro.

"Will just see about that, but first I have to deal with your wizard." Said Flame King as he turned away from Pyro and charged at Don John.

Don John saw Flame King charging at him and charged back. The two of them locked hands with one another and began to grapple. Don John managed to get one hand free and deliver several punches to Flame King's gut. Flame King grunted in pain, but still managed to continue the grapple. The fiery monarch then used his powers to shoot up into the air carrying Don John with him. Flame King flew towards the celling and managed to lift Don John over his head, with a roar Flame King hurled Don John at the ground! Don John let out a shout of dismay as he crashed into the ground with a tremendous thud. The wizard laid there in an unconscious heap.

As soon as Don John was unconscious the mind control spell was broken and all the soldiers came to their senses looking around in confusion. A furious look appeared on Pyro's face and a triumph look appeared on Phoebe's face.

"Looks like your rule has ended." Said Phoebe.

"You may have won the kingdom back, but I'm afraid you've still lost." Said Crimson from the balcony.

Everybody turned to see Crimson standing next to the canon, his finger hovering over a red crystal button.

"Noooo!" Cried Finn as he hurled his sword at Crimson.

Crimson deflected the sword with, his glaive and pressed the button. The canon made a loud booming sound a large Crystal spire missile flew out of the canon towards the direction of the Candy Kingdom.

"We have to stop it!" Shouted Phoebe.

Flame King and his guards were fixing to fly after the missile, but Pyro stepped in the way, with his hands glowing with green neon flames. Finn starred at the green neon flames in shock, he had only seen one other person use flames like that and seeing someone else use similar flames like that sent a shiver of fear down the hero's spine.

"Your not going anywhere!" Shouted Pyro as he fired the flames.

Finn ran over and tackled Phoebe to the ground to avoid the attack. Everybody else was hit by the evil flames and knocked to the ground. Finn and Phoebe got to their feet and looked at the destruction and harm caused by Pyro. The couple exchanged a look.

"I'll go after the missile, you deal with Crimson." Said Phoebe.

"Sounds good to me." Said Finn.

"One more thing." Said Phoebe as she quickly leaned in and kissed Finn on the lips. "That's for good luck."

"Thanks." Said Finn with a smile.

Phoebe smiled back before she took flight and flew out of the castle.

"Oh no you don't!" Shouted Pyro as he took off after Phoebe.

The only ones left in the throne room who weren't dazed or destroyed were Finn and Crimson. Finn saw his sword and backpack laying nearby and grabbed it. The young hero then went outside to face Crimson.

"I'm going to put a stop to you Crimson! I'm going to make you pay for what you did to Phoebe!" Declared Finn.

"So you blame me for what was going to eventually happen to the princess anyway. Face it boy, Bubblegum is a control freak and she believes her authority to be absolute, she would have locked up Flame Princess one way or another. That's way it will be so easy to start a war with the Candy Kingdom. Princess Bubblegum may be smart, but she is also blind and arrogant at times and that makes her an easy target. War is going to happen one way or another." Said Crimson.

"I'll stop you!" Shouted Finn as he charged forward swinging his sword.

Crimson blocked it with his glaive and the countered with a sweep at Finn's legs. The young hero jumped over the low swing and tried to slice down at Crimson. The masked villain dodged out of the way. Finn charged forward with a sideways swing, but Crimson just back flipped away and landed a few yards away. Crimson then raised his left hand and fired a blast of red energy at Finn. The young hero quickly brought his sword up to block the attack, he managed to block it, but the attack was still able to send Finn crashing to the ground on his back. Crimson laughed as he closed in on Finn with his weapon raised high to deliver a killing blow.

"I must admit for a mere human, you fight very well, but alas this is where our time together comes to a close. Farewell Finn the Human!"

However before Crimson could deliver the blow something large and green crashed into the balcony. It was Drake! The dragon wasn't looking to good, his body was covered in scars and he was bleeding from multiply wounds. Ragnarok was racing towards the wounded dragon ready to finish him off. Drake saw the canon nearby and picked it up. With a roar he charged forward using the canon as a battering ram to send Ragnarok crashing into the lava lake. Ragnarok didn't stay down long and soon he came flying out if the lake to attack Drake. The dragon roared as he flew back at Ragnarok to reengage him.

On what was left of the balcony the structure was tilting and becoming unstable. Crimson was struggling to keep his balance. Finn quickly took this opportunity to attack, by kicking Crimson in the chest knocking him back. Finn quickly got to his feet and delivered a powerful punch to Crimson's masked face, making cracks appear on it and knocking Crimson over the edge of the balcony, with a shout. Finn ran to the edge and looked over all he saw was some lava down below and no sign of Crimson. Could it be possible that Finn had knocked the mysterious villain into the lava and killed him?

Finn became distracted from his thoughts by a loud bubbling nose, he looked over the edge and saw something round and glowing rising to the surface. It was Crimson surrounded by an energy shield! Crimson rose up from the lava and hovered before Finn.

"I must admit that actually caught me by surprise and you almost succeed in killing me, but you still utterly failed." Said Crimson.

"Let's see how you handle it when I slice you to pieces and then throw you into the lava!" Declared Finn as he pointed his sword at Crimson.

"Sounds delightful, but I'm afraid I have some other business to attend to. Farewell for now hero." Said Crimson as he teleported away.

All the others villains in the Fire Kingdom soon vanished to. Finn let out a sigh of relief as he wondered how Phoebe was doing.

Elsewhere at Castle Lemongrab, King was playing putt putt golf with Lemongrab, Cookie, Penny, and Tiffany. Sir Slicer appeared on the scene and was fixing to update King on the progress of a secret project. A few months after King had hired, Slicer, he had given the knight a task to create a secret backup army to help reinforce the current army in case of an emergency. Slicer had recruited many monsters and thieves all from around Ooo and he was fixing to tell King about his progress, when the air was filled by a loud noise. Everybody looked up to see a massive missile made out of crystal fly over the kingdom, followed by two fiery figures. As the people of Castle Lemongrab looked up they could see that the one of the fiery figures was shooting fireballs at the other as they flew after the missile. King turned to Slicer.

"Have the secret army on standby. Whatever that was it can't be good." Said King.

Slicer nodded and walked off.

At the Ice Kingdom, Simon was setting up a telescope outside to look at some stars for the night, when he saw something out in the distance. Simon looked through the telescopes and saw the missile racing through the air. The old wizard let out a gasp.

"What's wrong Simon?" Asked Betty as she walked onto the scene.

"Something...bad is going to happen." Said Simon with a grim expression.

The missile raced through the sky heading towards the Candy Kingdom. Phoebe was right behind the missile trying to get a good shot at it, so she could blast it and destroy the death machine. Suddenly Pyro caught up to Phoebe and wrapped his hands around her throat. Phoebe gasped in pain as Pyro squeezed her throat. The two of them continued to fly forward still behind the missile.

"There will be no rescue today sister! That missile is going to blow and it's going to kill a lot of people!" Laughed Pyro as he turned Phoebe around to face him.

Phoebe glared at her brother and using all her energy, she slammed her head into Pyro's face! Pyro shouted in pain as he released Phoebe. The princess fired a blast of fire that sent Pyro flying away from her. Phoebe took a breath of air as she turned back to the missile. The Candy Kingdom was within sight! Phoebe quickly fired a burst of fire and managed to hit the missiles rear end causing it to shift slightly.

The missile flew though the air, crashed outside the city wall and detonated! There was a huge explosion and the wall and a few buildings and homes near it were destroyed. Phoebe was knocked to the ground by the shockwave and she looked on at the scene with horror. The princess could hear nothing but a ringing in her ears, but she could see Candy People running about screaming. Pyro hovered above looking down at Phoebe.

"Well you managed to mess the plan up a little. The missile was supposed to go over the wall and detonate, but I suppose there was plenty of damage done and a bunch of people still got killed. This sound really cause some tension." Said Pyro.

"You sick monster!" Snarled Phoebe.

"I like to stay and maybe kill you, but I have some other matters to deal with, until we meet again." Said Pyro as he vanished in a flash of light.

Phoebe just starred at the ground sadly as she flew to the Candy Kingdom to see if she could help out. After a little bit of helping Phoebe found Bubblegum and asked how much damage was caused. Bubblegum told Phoebe that there were at least forty dead Candy People and nearly a hundred were in the hospital. Phoebe then told Bubblegum what happened in the Fire Kingdom and explained that it was Crimson and Pyro working together who launched the attack. Bubblegum thanked Phoebe for the information.

Phoebe flew back to the Candy Kingdom with a sad look on her face, she found Finn and explained what happened.

"I...failed Finn. A bunch of...innocent people were hurt and killed and it was my fault." Said Phoebe.

"It wasn't your fault Phoebe, you managed to prevent a lot more people from being killed. If it's anyone's fault it's Crimson and Pyro's fault. They're the ones responsible for this and will put a stop to them." Said Finn as he wrapped his arms around Phoebe and hugged her.

Phoebe then made a vow to herself that she would hunt down and kill both Pyro and Crimson, if it was the last thing she did.

It was nighttime at the Candy Kingdom. Relief workers were still tending to the damaged buildings and helping the injured. Bubblegum had gone into her castle to rest for a little bit and get away from the mess. The princess was resting in the dinning room, when Peppermint Butler appeared carrying a file.

"Princess, we just discovered something interesting about the Fire Kingdom and they've been hiding something." Said Peppermint Butler as he handed Bubblegum the file.

Bubblegum opened the file and stared at a picture of the Sleeping Fire Giants. The candy princess didn't know exactly what these things were, but she could tell they were powerful and dangerous. Bubblegum would have to look into this later. Peppermint Butler then gave Bubblegum some tea. The tea had a nightmare potion in it. Bubblegum drank the tea and Peppermint Butler exited the room with a wicked grin on his face.

That night Bubblegum had a horrible dream where the Fire Giants were awake and they were destroying everything! Above the Fire Giants was a larger female figure made out of flames who seemed to be giving the destructive creatures orders. Bubblegum tossed and turned in her bed screaming. Outside her room Peppermint Butler listened and grinned, before walking away.

At the secret lair, Maja stood before a large mapping grinning. Crabbit sat on Maja's shoulders looking at the map with his master.

"I finally did it Crabbit. I have located Darren the Sleeper. I now have the magical power to awaken him and I know where he is. Soon all of Ooo will tremble before Maja the Sky Witch!" Laughed Maja.

It seemed Ooo was going to be hit by one crisis after another.

To be continued.