Family
Chapter 67 Bonding and Alliances
By: Major144
Disclaimer: I do not own anything, expect the OCs. This is just a story for fun.
In Aaa, Marshal and Lucas arrived at the Candy Kingdom and they immediately went to Gumball to tell him what happen. The candy prince was startled by the news.
"When did this all happen?" He asked.
"A couple of hours ago." Said Lucas.
"Can you figure out a way to get them back?" Asked Marshal with a concerned look on his face.
"I'll try, but this is big. Fionna and the others could be anywhere in time, but if this ship has the power to travel through time, they could also be anywhere in space." Said Gumball.
"What do you mean?" Asked Marshal.
"Our universe is one of many. They're multiply universes that have different realities. A shorter term for this would be multiverse. It's possible that Scarlet's ship could have traveled to another universe or it could have traveled back through time. I'll admit I have no idea where or when Fionna and the others are." Said Gumball.
Marshal and Lucas looked saddened by the news. Gumball quickly took charge.
"But I promise you I will do everything in my power to find them and bring them back. I'll use every ounce of my intellect to solve this problem. Science took them away and science can bring them back."
The cousins brightened up a little bit with the news as he lead them to his lab. As they passed a nearby window the group glanced out and noticed a large group of storm clouds making their way west towards the Candy Kingdom.
"That's odd. My weather instruments didn't pick up any storms coming from that direction." Said Gumball.
"Yeah weird." Agreed Marshal as the group continued on.
The vampire then noticed that one of Gumball's servants was missing.
"Hey wheres Peppermint Maid?"
"Oh she said she needed to take a personal day, so I let her take the day off." Replied Gumball as they reached the lab.
Marshal then noticed a concerned look on Lucas's face.
"What's up cuz?"
"I...don't know Marshal. That storm sent me a bad vibe." Said Lucas.
"Yeah...I felt something bad from that storm to." Admitted Marshal.
"I feel like it's a bad omen. I'm just going to call some of the others to come here. It might be nothing, but I'm not taking any chances." Said Lance as he pulled out his cellphone and started to make some calls.
Miles away from the Candy Kingdom, the storm grew closer, every now and then there was a flash of neon green lightning. Floating in the center of the storm was the Lich Queen. Below her was a small army of Crystal Ants and Hair Apes. The undead being pointed a hand at the ground and then moved her hand upwards. The ground exploded into green flames as skeletal hands shot out of the ground followed by the rest of the skeletal bodies. Soon there were thousands of skeletons standing before the Lich Queen with glowing green eyes. The necromancer looked at her army pleased. She pointed at the Candy Kingdom.
"Go forth my army and annihilate the living!"
The army marched towards the kingdom ready to destroy it and all who lived whin it's walls. The Lich Queen let out a cold chuckle.
In Ooo, Finn, Jake, and Phoebe had just arrived at the Candy Kingdom with their guest from Aaa. The group went to see Bubblegum and they explained the situation. The candy princess was immediately fascinated by the people of Aaa and took a liking to them.
"This is incredible! Beings from an actual different universe! I knew the multiverse was real and that one day I would meet people from an alternative universe." Said Bubblegum with excitement. "You must tell what your universe is like. Is my counterpart like me?"
"Well as far...as we can tell your universe is mostly like ours except everyone whoever is a guy in this universe is a girl back in our universe same goes for girls. As for the you in our universe, his a guy named Gumball and he is a prince and a scientist." Said Fionna.
"Fascinating! I do so wish to meet my counterpart and discuss my theories with him, but first things first. I suppose we need to locate these villains from your universe and capture their ship before they leave this universe." Said Bubblegum.
"Yeah we don't want to be stuck here while the villains wreck our home and timeline." Said Balder.
"I hear you there man." Said Finn understanding the heroes's predicament.
"I'll scan for abnormalities. Just make yourselves at home and I'll alert you of anything." Said Bubblegum before she walked off to her lab.
The heroes of Aaa and Ooo went out into the courtyard to hangout, where they ended up running into Marceline, Lucinda, Lance, Henry, and Susan. Introductions were made and an explanation was given about the other dimensional travelers. Susan seemed very confused about the heroes of Aaa. She kept looking at Finn and Fionna in confusion.
"Dose...Finn have a sister?" Asked the big human.
"No...they aren't related like that. I mean...I guess they're the same person...just from different universes. It's kind of confusing." Said Jake.
"Tell me about it sugar." Said Cake.
"Well this is something new. Seeing different versions of ourselves and the people we care about. Talk about a crazy adventure." Said Fionna.
"So...you have versions of our friends in your universe, but they're just different genders from the ones here?" Asked Finn.
"Pretty much." Said Balder.
The heroes of Aaa went to hangout with their Ooo counterparts. Finn and Fionna were exchanging tales about their adventures and talking about sword techniques. Jake and Cake were swapping family stories and recipes. Phoebe and Blaze were talking.
"I'm so sorry for attacking you earlier." Said Phoebe.
"Hey don't sweat it. It was an accident." Said Balder.
The two fire elementals talked about their lives and their relationships with Finn and Fionna. Balder told Phoebe that he was never imprisoned in a lantern, though his mother did keep a good eye on him. One day Cake showed up in the Fire Kingdom asking the young prince if would care to meet Fionna, who was in a bit of a depression after Gumball said he simply just wanted to be friends with her. After convincing his mother to let him travel outside the kingdom, Balder met Fionna and the two of them fell in love. Phoebe liked the story and explained how she first met Finn. Balder was happy that his universal counterpart was in love and decided to let her in on a little secret. The prince reached into his pocket, pulled out the two gold rings, and showed them to Phoebe.
"Your going to propose to Fionna?" Asked Phoebe with her eyes wide.
"I am, once we settle this crazy dimensional business." Said Balder with a smile as he put the rings back in his pocket.
"Whoa...that's really something." Said Phoebe.
"It is. I love her and I want to spend the rest of my life with her. I think you and Finn feel the same way about each other and when the time comes I think he'll propose to you." Said Balder with a smile.
"It's to...early to think about that!" Said Phoebe as her cheeks flushed with embarrassment.
"Yeah I guess so. You two should just live life in the moment and take your time. When the moment comes, you'll be ready." Said Balder with a smile.
"Your like a brother. Not like my other brother, whose a jerk, but a good brother who cares for others." Said Phoebe.
"And your like a sister, but not like my other sister, shes also a jerk." Said Balder.
The two fire elementals starred at one another and shared a good laugh with each other.
Miles away the Time Slicer had just landed in the secret lair's hanger. The villains of Aaa stood before Crimson, Sylvester, and Me-Mow. Both groups of villains eyed each other. Crimson and Scarlet stepped forward and faced each other.
"May I ask who you are?" Asked Crimson.
"I am Scarlet and these are my comrades Sylvia, Bow-Wow, and Blaze. We came from another universe in our ship. Our original goal was to go back in time in our universe, but the heroes of our universe got on and messed up the controls and we ended up traveling through space instead of time. We ended up in this universe and we sought you out to help repair our ship, so we can return to our universe and move forward with our plan." Explained Scarlet.
"I see, you traveled though the multiverse and ended up here. Who do you serve?" Said Crimson.
"We serve the mighty Lich Queen." Said Scarlet.
"We serve a being known as the Lich." Said Crimson.
"It appears we are on the same side then." Said Scarlet.
"Indeed we are. My scientist Sylvester shall help you scientist repair your ship. I'll shall show you around and introduce to my master." Said Crimson.
The villains left leaving Sylvia and Sylvester alone to fix the ship.
Crimson was leading the new villains down a hallway, where they encountered Pyro, Frost, Jinn, and Maleficent. The evil prince was almost fully recovered from his last battle, his left arm was in a sling and he had some bruises on his face. Introductions were made between the groups. Pyro and Blaze stared at one another intensely.
"So, your my counterpart of this universe. You must be pretty weak judging by your condition. The counterpart of my goody good brother must be strong." Said Blaze with a smirk.
"She only got lucky. Next time we meet I will be victorious. Besides your one to talk, from the way I heard it, your brother and his friends escaped your clutches with ease." Said Pyro as he smirked back at Blaze.
Blaze's flames stood up with anger as she advanced towards the prince. Pyro grinned in anticipation as his flames rose up.
"Oh you want to fight princess? Fine! I can use a little practice and I'm going to wipe the floor with your loser hide!"
"I'll snap you in two matchstick!" Snarled Blaze.
Before the two fire elementals could start fighting Crimson and Scarlet stepped in to calm things down.
"That's enough Blaze! We are a guest here and we shall show our host and his allies the proper respect they deserve." Said Scarlet.
"Pyro you will behave yourself. You are not yet ready to fight in your condition. You will show our guest respect." Said Crimson.
Both fire elements grunted as their flames died down. The two glared one last time at each other, before Pyro and the other clones walked off. Crimson then lead the guest towards the Lich's throne room to meet the dark master.
Back in the hanger Sylvester and Sylvia were working on repairing the Time Slicer's travel computer, when Sylvester noticed a hidden door and opened it. Inside he saw a medium size room with a large round pod with a window.
"What's this?" He asked Sylvester.
"That's my emergency return pod. I built just incase the ship got destroyed. It can travel back to our universe and it can travel back to any universe the ship has visited. The only problem is it only has room for one person." Said Sylvia.
"I like the way you think. It's always good to have a contingency plan." Said Sylvester as he closed the secret door.
"Thank you. I like being prepared." Said Sylvia as they went back to work.
In the throne room the villains kneeled before the Lich.
"Crimson tell me who these beings are." Said the Lich.
Scarlet stepped forward to address the Lich.
"I am Scarlet and my comrades and I come from another universe. We were trying to travel back in time to defeat the heroes of our universe, but they interfered and we ended up traveling through space. Now we are here along with some of the heroes of our universe." Said Scarlet.
"I see. You have traveled through the multiverse a great feat indeed. Are you loyal to my counterpart?" Said the Lich.
"We are absolutely loyal to your counterpart the Lich Queen and we would gladly serve you as well if you wish." Said Scarlet.
"Your are a loyal servant and I respect that. Perhaps we shall join forces to destroy the heroes that traveled with you to our universe. We shall destroy both your enemies and mine. With that done you may return to your own universe and move forward with your master's agenda. Do you agree with this plan?" Said the Lich.
"I agree with your plan your greatness. We will gladly join forces with you and help destroy all our enemies." Said Scarlet.
"An excellent choice." Said the Lich with a chuckle.
The Lich dismissed the villains and they left the throne room. Crimson lead the group back to the hanger where the Time Slicer was fully repaired. The masked villain explained the orders they had received from the Lich. Sylvester was thrilled by the news saying it would be the perfect opportunity to test out his new upgraded henchman. He pressed a button on his watch and three large hover crates appeared in the hanger along with Slash and several Iron Owls. The crates were loaded onto the ship as the villains bordered. Soon the ship took off from the hanger and headed in the direction of the Candy Kingdom.
To be continued.
