Family
Chapter 61 A Fearful Fight
By: Major144
Disclaimer: I do not own anything, expect the OC. This is just a story for fun.
Phoebe wasn't the only person in Ooo having a special dream. Miles away at the tree fort Finn was having a special dream.
In the dream Finn found himself in the Fire Kingdom. The place seemed deserted and then Finn heard a strange sound that sounded liking running water. Finn turned to his right and saw a wave of water rushing towards him, then he smell a salty smell and he became terrified. It was salt water from the ocean! Finn tried to run away from the wave, but it easily caught up to him and crashed down on him. The young hero's body spun around as he struggled to reach the surface. After what seemed like forever Finn kicked his way up to the surface and clawed his way onto a rock. The teenager looked around as he saw the streets of the Fire Kingdom get flooded by the sea water. Then the air was filled with an evil laugh and Crimson appeared floating before Finn. The masked villain raised a hand and a monstrous shape rose out of the water towering over Finn. The hero couldn't make out the monster's features because it was hidden by darkness. The monster opened it's mouth a unleashed a blast of sea water at Finn! Finn screamed as he madly leaped to another rock to avoid the attack. Finn's entire body was shacking in fear as he starred up at the monster. Crimson just laughed and taunted Finn.
"The big brave hero of Ooo is afraid of a little water, how pathetic! How do you expect to save, your princess if you can't even overcome your own fear and save yourself!"
Finn looked over at a far off ledge and saw a figure laying on it. It was Phoebe and she was unconscious! Finn felt, his heart beat madly in it's chest as he saw the monster rise out of the water and prepared to blast his princess. Then everything seemed to freeze. Finn looked around in confusion not sure what was going on. Suddenly there was a flash of bright yellow light and a massive golden bird appeared before Finn.
"You must be brave hero, and meet this challenge, otherwise the one you love and this land of fire will be no more." Said the bird.
"What? Who...are you?" Said Finn.
"I am the Cosmic Owl. This is a vision of a challenge you will soon face Finn." Said Cosmic Owl.
"But...what if...I'm not ready. What...if I fail?" Said Finn.
"You won't know until you try. Finn, when a person encounters their fear they can either runaway or face it. Fear is a part of you and you control it not the other way around. There is an emotion more powerful then fear." Said Cosmic Owl.
"What?" Asked Finn.
"That is something you must find for yourself." Said the Cosmic Owl as he disappeared in a flash of light.
The dream ended and Finn woke up in his bed, he looked out his window and saw that the sun was already up. Jake mumbled in his sleep and he rolled around in his dresser draw. Finn got out of bed and got dressed as he woke up his brother.
"Jake wake up. I just had a weird dream and I think something bad is about to go down soon in the Fire Kingdom. Phoebe is going to be in danger." Said Finn as he shook Jake awake.
"What...could possible threaten the Fire Kingdom?" Asked Jake.
"A whole lot of water. We need to see Simon." Said Finn.
"Alright man. Let's get your lady back." Said Jake as he and Finn headed out to the Ice Kingdom.
Miles away at the Fire Kingdom, Phoebe was flying in to see her father. The princess made her way to the palace and met with her father, there were some things she wanted to tell him and things she wanted to ask him about. Flame King greeted his daughter warmly in the throne room.
"Daughter it is good to see you."
"Hey dad. It's good to see you." Said Phoebe.
"What's new with you?" Asked Flame King.
"Well...mom visited me in my dreams." Said Phoebe.
Flame King looked at his daughter confused. Phoebe then began to tell her father about her recent adventures and then she told him about the strange power she had used to first fight Darren and later Pyro and his forces. Flame King starred closely at his daughter.
"You...saw your mother?" Asked Flame King.
"I did, she told me she missed you and that one day soon, you would see her again." Said Phoebe.
Flame King thought about, his wife for a moment and then he recalled the strange power Phoebe had told him about.
"You...became a fiery giant and fought the Sleeper?" Said Flame King.
"I did." Said Phoebe, "I was hopping you could tell me about this power that I have."
"Daughter...you have been blessed with an incredible gift...from the very first fire elemental, the great Cosmic Flame Solaro. Legend has it that every million years Solaro would give her blessing to a fire elemental with a pure heart. The fire elemental who received this blessing would be a force of nature." Said Flame King.
"Your...saying that I have powers granted to me by a goddess." Said Phoebe.
"Indeed you do. You are destined for greatness my daughter." Said Flame King as he smiled at his daughter.
Phoebe was trying to think of something to say, when all of a sudden alarms started going off and a guard came running in.
"Your highness a monster and a small army are approaching the kingdom!" Shouted the guard as he saluted his king.
"Alert the army and have all the citizens evacuated to safer areas." Ordered Flame King.
The guard nodded and ran off to do his king's orders. Flame King and Phoebe ran off to a nearby balcony, so they could look outside at the attacking monster. Off in the distance they could see the water dragon making it's way towards the Fire Kingdom. For some strange reason walls of earth sprouted up alongside the water dragon creating a canal. Flame King gritted his teeth and clenched his fist.
"That monster shall not harm my kingdom." Vowed Flame King as his flames blazed up.
Miles outside the Fire Kingdom, the water dragon, which was now calling itself Fear moved closer and closer to the kingdom. Around the dragon marched a small army of Crystal Ants and Iron Owls. Crimson stood on one of the earth walls he had raised with Jinn and Slash next to him. Th masked villain had decided to summon a small army to add to the carnage he was fixing to unleash upon the kingdom. Jinn was one of the few clone warriors who was fully healed from the battle with the heroes, so Crimson decided to take him along and Slash, who was fully repaired and ready for combat. The trio of villains watched as the Crystal Ants and Iron Owls raced ahead of Fear and into the Fire Kingdom, where they began to do battle with the Fire Soldiers as Fire People began to evacuate. Fear was making slow progress towards the kingdom as he began to build up water for a big attack. Crimson turned to Jinn and Slash.
"Go and attack the Fire Kingdom, but prepare to move to higher ground, when Fear attacks."
The two villains nodded as they ran along the rock wall towards the Fire Kingdom to cause havoc. Crimson grinned underneath, his mask.
Miles away at the Ice Kingdom, Finn and Jake had just arrived. They met up with Simon, Betty Marceline, and Lucinda at the castle.
"Where's Phoebe?" Asked Finn franticly.
"At the Fire Kingdom seeing her dad." Said Marceline.
"Oh no we have to head there NOW!" Said Finn his eyes wide.
"Slowdown Finn. Tell us what is going on." Said Lucinda.
Finn quickly told everybody about the dream, he had. Simon's eyes widen at the mention of the Cosmic Owl, he knew if the ancient deity appeared in a dream it was important.
"We must go at once." Said Simon as he cast a Flame Shield on the group.
The group of heroes glee off towards the Fire Kingdom. After several minutes they arrived and saw the massive earth canal that Crimson had created. Further down they saw the water dragon getting close to the Fire Kingdom, where Fire Soldiers were fighting Crystal Ants and Iron Owls. The heroes were fixing to head forward and aid the Fire Kingdom, when Crimson suddenly appeared on the earth wall looking down at them.
"Well. Well. Look who finally showed up. The brave hero and his friends here to save the day, but this time it's different. This time the hero will be shaking in fear and unable to save anyone!" Said Crimson with a laugh.
Finn clenched his fist as he pulled his sword out ready yo fight the masked villain, but Simon stopped him with a raised hand.
"No Finn, you and the others go on ahead and help the Fire Kingdom. I'll deal with Crimson." Said Simon.
"But...Simon." Said Finn.
"No buts. I can handle this. There are people who need help and this creep is trying to stall us. Besides its the hero's duty to save the princess." Said Simon.
"Alright will let you handle this, just be careful." Said Finn.
"Oh don't you worry about me, you just focus on saving the kingdom." Said Simon.
Finn nodded as he and the others headed towards the Fire Kingdom. Crimson watched them go and turned to face Simon.
"You foolishly believe that your friends and loved ones can stop what I have unleashed upon the Fire Kingdom? Your faith in those you care about is your greatest weakness." Said Crimson.
"Your wrong Crimson, my faith in my loved ones is my greatest strength, they will prevail." Said Simon.
"A few of them might present a problem, but Finn will not. That dragon is possessed by his Fear Fester and it is a water elemental that controls sea water, one of Finn's greatest fears, he will tremble in fear before he painfully dies!" Said Crimson.
"Finn is stronger then, you think. True he is afraid of the ocean, but when the people he cares about are in danger, he will overcome his fear." Said Simon.
"The boy shall fail, as will you all! I shall strike you down and then I will strike the others down one by one!" Declared Crimson as he summoned his glaive and prepared for battle.
Simon raised his hand telling Crimson to wait.
"Before we start fighting, I would you allow to tell you a couple of interesting theories I have about you."
"Very well you may tell me your theories. I'm interested in what you have yo say." Said Crimson.
"My first theory is about, your fear of me." Said Simon.
"You believe that I'm afraid of you? Don't make me laugh!" Said Crimson.
"Oh I believe you are. In all your attacks, you have never directly fought against me, until this point. You had an actual spy in my kingdom to spy on me. In all the assassination attempts on my life, you used stealth and careful planing. You first tried to kill me using a Fruit Witch disguised as my wife, followed up with your spy armed with a Demonic Wishing eye. After that incident Maja used the Secret Society to awaken Bella Noche. I was one of the first wizard to have my magic drained by Bella Noche and it almost killed me. The way I figure it, you fear me, otherwise you wouldn't have gone through all these extreme lengths to try and assassinate me." Said Simon.
"An interesting theory. What is this second theory you have?" Said Crimson.
"Your identity." Said Simon.
"Alright, wizard, tell me who you think I am." Said Crimson.
"Well I don't know exactly who you are, but I have it narrowed down. I've looked through all your past actions and I've slowly began to connect the dots. The first was the time you attacked Phoebe at the Candy Kingdom Festival, you knew how Bubblegum would react if her people and kingdom were threaten. Only a person close to Bubblegum would know how she would react. Years later the Lich was broken free if his prison. The only people who knew about where the Lich was being kept, we're myself, Bubblegum, and some of Bubblegum's personal servants and some elite guards. Your one of Bubblegum's servants Crimson and I'm going to find out who you are." Said Simon as he pointed a finger up at Crimson.
Crimson was startled by Simon's detectives skills and he slightly flenched as Simon said personal servants. The old wizard smirked a little as he saw the masked villain flench ever so slightly. Simon had just guessed, but it was Crimson's reaction that confirmed his suspicion. Simon fired a blast of mystical lighting at Crimson forcing him to leap from the wall and land in front of Simon.
"I must admit your smarter then I thought." Said Crimson as he raised his weapon.
"Thank you. Now I shall unmask you and put a stop to your evil. To many people have suffered at your hands and I'm putting a stop to it." Said Simon as he formed a blade of ice in his hands and faced Crimson.
The two stared hard at one another, before charging forward with a war cry. The blades slammed against each releasing a serious of sparks. Simon starred at Crimson's masked face with determination as they pushed against one another with their blades.
At the Fire Kingdom the heroes had arrived. Finn, Jake, Marceline, and Lucinda were helping the Fire Soldiers fight the Crystal Ants and Iron Owls. Betty had gone off to go deal with the water dragon.
Jake was swatting some Crystal Ants with some giant fist, when all of a sudden a giant fist came in from the side and slammed into Jake sending him crashing into a nearby house. Jake laid on the ground moaning.
"Did...anybody get the...license plate...number of that tank?" Groaned Jake.
"Ha! I got you good!" Laughed Jinn as he appeared before Jake.
"Aw...nuts! It's you!" Said Jake as he staggered to his feet prepared to face the clone.
Before they could start fighting, Finn came in swinging his sword forcing Jinn back. The clone glared at Finn as he pulled out his own sword and they began to exchange blows. At one point Jinn leaped into the air and tried to crush Finn, with a giant foot. Finn dodged out of the way and stabbed Jinn in the foot! Jinn shouted in pain as his foot reverted back to it's normal size, so he could rub it. The evil clone glared at Finn, before charging forward to trade more blows with each other's swords.
Elsewhere Marceline and Lucinda were smashing some Iron Owls, when Slash appeared before them. Marceline saw the android and recognized him as the guy who fought Lance, Henry, and Susan during the battle with the clones. The vampire shouted as she flew forward swinging her ax. Slash saw the attack coming and blocked it with his sword. Both vampire and android pushed against each other, but they seemed evenly matched. Lucinda came charging in swinging her hammer from the side and knocked Slash away from Marceline. Slash crashed into a building, but quickly pulled himself back up. The cousins charged forward and Slash unleashed an energy wave from his sword and sent Marceline and Lucinda crashing into a house across the street. Both cousins groaned as they pulled themselves to their feet and faced Slash.
"Why do you two wish to continue to fight? You surly must realize that you cannot win and that this kingdom will be destroyed." Said Slash.
"Will never stop fighting creep!" Declared Marceline.
"We're going to stop you and save this kingdom!" Declared Lucinda.
The two cousins charged forward.
"This is highly illogical. What is that makes you continue on with these doomed actions?" Said Slash as he unleashed another energy wave from his sword.
"We have something, you can't learn from a computer!" Shouted Marceline as she got in front of Lucinda blocking the energy wave with her ax.
"It's called heart!" Shouted Lucinda as she swung her hammer and struck the back of Marceline's feet sending her flying towards Slash.
Marceline swung her ax and knocked Slash's sword from his hands. The sword spun through the air and embed itself in the roof of a nearby house. Slash quickly retaliated with a punch to Marceline's face knocking her to the ground. The android prepared for another attack, but Lucinda came in and hit Slash with her hammer knocking him into the air and sending him crashing to the ground hundreds of yards away. Lucinda helped Marceline up and they fist bumped, before going back to smashing Crystal Ants.
At the entrance of the Fire Kingdom, Betty was creating a wall of ice to prevent Fear from entering the kingdom. The dragon roared angrily as it fired a blast of water to melt the wall away. Betty quickly repaired the wall as fast as she could, but the dragon continued to blast at the wall. Betty was slowly growing tired. It looked like Fear was fixing to fire another water blast, when suddenly a fireball struck the beast making it scream in pain. Betty turned to see Phoebe and Flame King flying onto the scene. The fiery monarch and his daughter fired several more fiery blast at Fear knocking the beast back.
"You shall not harm my kingdom beast!" Roared Flame King.
"Foolish fire elemental, I am an ancient beast of water! Your powers are nothing to me! I shall extinguish you!" Roared Fear as tendrils of water rose from it's pores and began to swat at the fire elementals and Betty.
Betty froze a few tendrils in ice causing them to shatter, while Flame King and Phoebe blasted at the tendrils with their flames. At first they had Fear on the ropes, then the massive dragon shot one of it's clawed hands up and impaled Flame King's right shoulder! The fiery ruler roared in pain as Fear let out a nasty laugh.
"Have a nice flight your highness!" Laughed Fear as he hurled Flame King away over the ice wall.
"Dad!" Cried Phoebe as she watched her father sail through the air and crash on top of a house with a thunderous crash.
The princess let out an angry shout as she charged at Fear, her flames blazing. The monster just laughed as tendrils of water shot out of his body and grabbed Phoebe's arms and legs! The princess screamed as her limbs smoked and burned from the water. Phoebe desperately struggled and tried to tap into her power, but the pain was to much! Fear opened, his mouth up and prepared to launch a water blast, when a giant ball of ice flew through the air and smashed into Fear's jaw stopping his attack. Fear turned his head and glared at Betty, who was flying nearby.
"Let her go!" Said Betty with fury.
Fear replied by firing a water blast at Betty, who quickly dodged it. While the monster was distracted, Phoebe began to try a new plan to escape. Concentrating with all her might, she sent waves of heat through her arms and legs causing the water tendrils that held her to boil, after several seconds the tendrils exploded and Phoebe began to drop to the ground. The princess quickly summoned her energy and pulled herself out of the fall and towards the sky. Fear saw the freed fire elemental and let out a snarl, before firing a blast of water at her. Betty tried to intercept the watery attack, with an ice blast, but Fear swatted her out of the air with a clawed hand knocking her onto the ice wall stunning her. The water blast hit Phoebe in the back making her scream and sending her flying through the air and towards the palace. Phoebe crashed onto one of the palace walls with a thud. The princess was barely conscious and her flames only gave off a faint glow. Fear then turned his attention back to the ice wall and began to attack it.
On the other side of the ice wall, the battle was dying down a bit. Most of the Iron Owls and Crystal Ants were destroyed. Jake was crushing a group of Crystal Ants and was fixing to go help Finn fight Jinn, when he saw something big fall from the sky and crash into a nearby building. The magic dog went over to see what it was and was shocked to see Flame King! The fiery monarch was unconscious and bleeding badly from a wound in his right shoulder. Jake enlarged his hands to pick up Flame King and carry him to safety.
Back at the wall Fear was making headway, soon the structure would crumple and then the monster would have some real fun! The ice wall began to crack and Betty came to. She saw what was about to happen and quickly took flight from the ice wall. The wall crumbled and Fear began creating waves of water to race into the Fire Kingdom to flood it.
Outside the Fire Kingdom, Simon and Crimson were still fighting. The two of them continued to exchange blows with their blades. Crimson twirled his glaive at Simon from the side. Simon dived backwards as the blade of sliced close to his chest ripping his jacket. Crimson followed through with a kick to Simon's chest knocking him onto his back. The masked villain closed in for the kill and Simon hurled his ice blade at him, forcing Crimson to dodge out of the way as the blade stabbed into the wall. Simon stood up as Crimson charged at him, but the wizard calmly moved his hand back. The ice blade in the wall shot out of the wall and became larger as it's hilt slammed into Crimson's back knocking the masked villain face first towards Simon. The wizard's hand crackled with lighting as he unleashed a blast of energy into Crimson's chest sending the villain smashing into the earth wall with a thud.
"That was for Flame Queen." Said Simon.
Crimson staggered to his feet, his cloak torn and tattered.
"This is far from over!" Snarled Crimson as he raised his glaive to continue fighting.
Simon created another ice blade and the two of them continued on with their fight.
In the Fire Kingdom, Finn was still fighting Jinn, when they heard a rumbling noise. The two fighters turned to see a wave of water racing towards them. All the Fire Soldiers quickly flew away. Marceline and Lucinda took to the air. Jinn quickly used his stretching powers to get to the roof of a nearby building as Finn madly scaled a wall to escape the water. Jinn watched Finn, who had a panicked look in his eyes. The clone just laughed.
"The big hero afraid of a little water?"
At that moment the water hit the building and a few drops hit Jinn on the face. As soon as the water touched Jinn's face and he smelled the salt, panic over took the clone! A look of absolute horror appeared on Jinn's face and he let out a scream! Somehow the clone had inherited Finn's fear of the ocean, when he was created. Finn starred at the freaked out Jinn, slightly amused and somewhat shocked.
"Whoa! Did I really look like that, when I first came in contact with the ocean? I must have really looked like a dork!" Thought Finn as some of his fear lifted.
"What is this?! Is this ocean water?! Why am...I afraid?!" Screamed Jinn.
The clone quickly used, his stretching powers to leap from roof to roof as he fled the scene. Finn watched him go. At that moment Fear rose out of the water and towered over the building and grinned down at Finn.
"Hello Finn. Did you miss me?" Said Fear.
Finn starred up at the monster in shock and for a brief glimpse, he saw the shadowy smokey form of the Fear Fester reflected in the monster's eyes.
"Fear Fester." Said Finn.
"That's right I'm back. I now control the very elemental your afraid of and I will use this power to destroy you and all those you hold dear, starting with your princess." Said Fear as it titled it's head towards the palace.
Finn turned and saw Phoebe laying weakly on the castle wall. The young hero felt his heart beat wildly in his chest. Fear just laughed as he lowered his head down towards Finn, with salt water dripping from his mouth.
"You'll never be a true hero boy! You are paralyzed by your fear! Just like before, when you were unable to dive down into the water and save your brother. This time you can't knock yourself out! You have failed!" Laughed Fear Fester.
Finn just starred at the beast in horror. Never before had, he felt such terror, then Finn recalled the first time he faced the Lich and the terror he felt, when the evil being had invaded his mind. It seemed like the Lich, would have won, but then Finn remembered the sweater Bubblegum had made him and the love she had put into it. That love had saved Finn from the Lich. The young hero then recalled what the Cosmic Owl had said about there being a emotion stronger then fear. It was love!
Finn glanced over at the weaken form of Phoebe, he loved the princess and the fear of losing her was greater then the fear he had of the ocean. Finn would save the person, he loved most in this world. The hero turned to face Fear, no longer trembling in terror. The monster just grinned at Finn.
"Do you submit to your fear?" Asked Fear.
"NEVER!" Roared Finn as he suddenly sprang forward and stabbed his sword into Fear's right eye!
Fear roared in pain as he shook his head side from side, with Finn and his sword dangling from his face. Blue inky blood leaked from Fear's eye as he tried to claw the hero off. Finally after a few seconds Finn fell onto the roof of the building as Fear glared down at him with hatred.
"Where did you find this burst of courage?" Demanded Fear.
"I figured out the one emotion stronger then fear. It's love and that girl you threatened is the one I love and I'm not just going to stand by and let you hurt her!" Declared Finn as he hefted his sword ready to fight.
"So you overcame your fear of the ocean. Big deal! I'm still have the power to destroy you!" Snarled Fear as he slammed a clawed hand down at Finn.
The young hero dodged out of the way and stabbed, his sword into Fear's hand. The monster roared as Finn began to run up it's arm towards the head. A water tendril shot out and yanked Finn off the arm. Finn struggled as the tendril wrapped around him and submerged Finn's head into it's water body. The boy struggled as Fear attempted to drown him with the water tendril. Fear laughed as he saw Finn's struggles begin to die down, soon the boy would be dead. A blast of lighting then slammed into Fear making him roar in pain and release Finn, dropping him into the water below. Fear turned to see Betty hovering nearby. The icy women fired a large ball of ice at Fear's face smashing into it and knocking out several of his teeth. Fear roared in anger as he fired a blast of water at Betty, forcing her to dodge. The two of them began to battle.
In the water, Finn swam on the surface, as he watched Betty battle Fear. The young hero was impressed with Betty's courage and then he realized he was swimming in ocean water and he didn't feel the slightest bit afraid. Finn had managed to conquer his fear! The hero looked up at Fear and realized he was going to need to come with a plan to beat the monster. The boy's eyes searched the area for something to use and his eyes landed on Slash's sword still stuck in the roof of a nearby house. The sword gave Finn a crazy idea. He began to swim towards the house and he climbed on top of the roof. As he made his way to the sword Slash, suddenly came down from the sky and landed near Finn.
"That belongs to me." Said the android as he raced towards Finn.
Slash swung a fist at Finn, but he dodged it and swung his sword at Slash. The android blocked it with a raised hand. The sword made a thunking sound as it clanged against Slash's metal body. The android kicked Finn in the chest knocking him to the ground.
"Game over." Said Slash as he prepared to deliver a finishing blow to Finn.
Before Slash could attack, Marceline flew in and delivered a powerful kick to Slash's chest sending him flying off the roof and into the water below. The vampire turned to Finn.
"You ok?"
"I am." Said Finn as he got up.
Lucinda landed on the roof with her angle wings.
"So what's the plan?" She asked.
"Well I need that big sword and I need one of you to drop me onto the volcanic mountain over there." Said Finn.
"Are you about to do something crazy and reckless?" Asked Marceline.
"You could say that." Said Finn as he managed to pull Slash's sword out of the roof.
"Alright let's get moving." Said Lucinda as she grabbed Finn and they took flight.
Fear was still battling Betty, when he saw Finn, Marceline, and Lucinda heading to a nearby volcanic mountain. The monster snarled and turned to go after them, with Betty right behind him.
Outside the Fire Kingdom, Simon and Crimson were still battling. The two of them were engaged in a battle of magical lighting and they seemed evenly matched. Crimson then reached into his cloak, pulled out a dagger, and hurled it at Simon. The dagger flew through the air and struck Simon in the shoulder making him shout in pain and lose focus. Crimson then pointed one of his hands at the ground and shot some mystical energy into it. Two giant hands of earth popped up on either side of Simon and slammed together! Crimson laughed in victory, but then he saw that instead of blood squiring out of the giant hands, he saw snowflakes.
"It'll take more then that to get rid of me." Said Simon's voice from above.
Crimson looked up to see Simon floating in the air, with the dagger pulled out of his shoulder. The wizard dropped the dagger and started to gather energy for a giant attack. A massive ball of ice formed in the sky and shaped itself into a giant fist. Simon then shot the fist downwards towards Crimson! The masked villain let out a scream as he quickly constructed a energy shield to defend himself. The massive fist hit the shield and it began to spark and crack. After a few seconds the shield shattered like glass and the fist hit the ground and exploded creating a enormous crater!
Simon descended from the air and landed next to the crater. In the center of the crater laid Crimson. The masked villain was greatly injured and his mask was covered in cracks. Simon approached him breathing hard.
"It's time to end this."
Crimson struggled onto his knees and with a great deal of effort, he stumbled to his feet.
"I...agree, but not today. I...must admit, your are far stronger then I gave you credit. Next...time we meet I won't underestimate you." Groaned Crimson.
"I'm going to figure out, who you are Crimson and then, I'm going after your master the Lich." Said Simon.
"Ha! Easier...said then done. You have no idea how big my...master plan is. You think, his after this tiny world, but...no he is after something much bigger. Until we meet again." Said Crimson as he vanished in a red flash of light.
"I will put an end to this evil. For the sake of the world and for everybody on it I will stop the Lich and all his servants." Vowed Simon.
At the Fire Kingdom, Finn was on the side of the volcanic mountain hacking away at the rocky surface, with Slash's sword. Fear was at the bottom of the mountain climbing, his way up towards Finn.
"I'm going to destroy you boy!" Snarled Fear as he got closer and closer to Finn.
Finn ignored him and continued to strike away at the rocky surface, until he heard something crack and he began to see something glowing underneath the rocky surface. The hero smirked as he stabbed the sword into the surface hard and quickly jumped to the side. Lava erupted from the hole and speed down the mountain towards Fear. The monster only had enough time to scream as the lava crashed into him and knocked him down to the ground covering him and evaporating all the water in the Fire Kingdom.
Finn carefully made his way down and landed next to the large lumpy thing that had once been Fear. Betty, Marceline, and Lucinda landed next to Finn to stare at the dead monster. A ghostly being exited the rock and turned into the Fear Fester. The being of fear glared at Finn.
"So have you come to gloat over overcoming your fear?" Grumbled the Fear Fester.
"No, I've come to ask you back." Said Finn.
"What?" Asked Fear Fester confused.
"You came from me and that makes you a part of me." Said Finn.
"But...I'm your Fear Fester, why would you want me back inside? I insult you and tell you can't overcome your fear." Said Fear Fester.
"Yeah, but everybody has fear and they have that voice in their heads that tells them they can't beat fear. In a way, you actual made me want to overcome my fear and beat you." Said Finn.
"I tried to destroy, you and the girl you loved!" Snarled the Fear Fester.
"Yeah you did and that's why I want you back inside me, where I can keep an eye on you. I'm the one that controls my fear not the other way around. So get back inside me." Said Finn as he pointed to himself.
"Fine...but I'm not going to make your life easy." Grumbled the Fear Fester as he flew underneath Finn's shirt and into Finn.
"That takes care of that." Said Finn.
The young hero then remembered Phoebe.
"Phoebe needs help!" Exclaimed Finn as he ran off towards the palace with the others behind him.
Inside Finn's mind the Fear Fester was getting settled in, when he was approached by Shoko.
"I see your back." Said Shoko.
"Yeah I'm back and I see your still around for some reason, even though it doesn't really make sense, since you and the boy are the same person just reincarnated." Said Fear Fester.
"I'm just as clueless as you about that." Admitted Shoko.
"Whatever. I'm back and I know the Lich is the one responsible for all these attacks. I'll tell Finn what I know soon." Said Fear Fester.
"Yeah I figured it was somebody incredible bad. So, Finn found out his reason why he was afraid of the ocean." Said Shoko as she showed the Fear Fester the memory.
"Interesting. Now that gives me something new to taunt Finn with." Said Fear Fester with a chuckle.
"Your...really something." Muttered Shoko as she walked off.
In the real world, Finn was in the throne room, sitting on the ground, and cradling a weak Phoebe in, his arms.
"I'm here for you now my princess." Said Finn as he bent down and kissed Phoebe passionately on the lips. A little color returned to Phoebe as she opened her eyes up and looked at Finn.
"Finn..." Said Phoebe.
"Hey Phoebe I'm here for you." Said Finn with a smile.
"Finn...I'm sorry about...what I said to you. I was just mad...and it was wrong of me to lash out at you like that."
"It's ok Phoebe, I know you were just upset about Crimson and all. I forgive you." Said Finn with a smile.
"Thank you Finn, your...the nicest guy I know and I love you." Said Phoebe.
"I love you to. Dose this mean were back together?" Said Finn.
Phoebe leaned forward and kissed Finn on the lips.
"Now we are." Said Phoebe with a big smile.
Finn returned the smile as he and Phoebe stood up.
At that moment Jake walked into the room with a bandaged up Simon and Flame King.
"Well the bad guys got away again, but we saved the Fire Kingdom!" Said Jake.
Flame King approached Finn and Phoebe.
"Finn the Human, twice you have helped my kingdom in some of its darkest hours and again you have protected my daughter from certain death. I am truly indebted t you and you have my thanks, as both a king and a father." Said Flame King as he looked to Finn, before turing to his daughter. "Phoebe you showed true courage out there and defended our kingdom. The Cosmic Flame choose wisely when she gave you her blessing. I know you will make a fine ruler one day and you will make a fine wife to." Said the monarch as he gave Finn a wink.
Both Finn and Phoebe blushed a little and the others let out a laugh. That night a big party was held for the heroes of the Fire Kingdom. It was a great party which would be remembered for several generations. Though the villains had escaped the heroes were in high spirit and ready to take on whatever challenges laid ahead of them.
To be continued.
