Family
Chapter 70 Returning Heroes
By: Major144
Disclaimer: I do not own anything, expect the OCs. This is just a story for fun.
On the Time Slicer, the heroes had just finished up loading up tying up Blaze and Sylvia. Fionna questioned Sylvia about getting them back to Aaa.
"The ship is fully repaired and it can fly us back to our home universe." Said Sylvia.
"Good." Said Fionna.
Fionna, Cake, and Balder turned to face Finn and the other heroes of Ooo.
"Thank you so much for helping us. It was a pleasure to meet all of you and to know that there are heroes like you in this universe." Said Balder.
Finn, Phoebe, and Jake exchanged a look with each other before turning back to the heroes of Aaa.
"We don't want to say goodbye just yet, were curious about your universe and we want to check it out." Said Finn.
"I don't know about this guys." Said Fionna.
"It'll be fine, besides we got a ship now that can take us to your universe and back to ours." Said Jake.
"I guess you can come." Said Balder.
"Awesome!" Said Finn as he turned to Marceline who stood with the others. "Tell Bubblegum what happened and tell her will be back soon."
"Alright, I will, but just be careful ok." Said Marceline.
"Don't worry sis will be fine." Said Phoebe.
Finn, Jake, Phoebe, Fionna, Cake, and Balder loaded up into the Time Slicer. Sylvia was at the controls, with Fionna keeping a close eye on her. The ship started up and then vanished in a flash of light. Marceline, Lucinda, Lance, Henry, and Susan traveled back to the Candy Kingdom to tell Bubblegum what happened.
The Time Slicer traveled through space and time, but unbeknownst to the heroes, Scarlet and Bow-Wow had snuck aboard and were hiding in a storage room waiting for the perfect opportunity to attack.
Back in Aaa things were getting chaotic. The heroes desperately fought against the undead army of the Lich Queen, but for every skeleton they cut down ten more seemed to pop up and take it's place. Sooner or later the defenders would be taken down and the Candy Kingdom would fall. The heroes had to take the Lich Queen down fast to put an end to her undead army. Several of the heroes made their way to the Lich Queen to deal with her. The necromancer had made her way into the kingdom and was calmly moving forward. Tusido attacked first. The female ninja hurled some ninja stars with papers that had mystic symbols on them at the Lich Queen. The bladed weapons struck the Lich Queen from behind implying themselves into her back. At first the evil being didn't react, but then some blue lightning arched across her back making her spasm in pain.
"You think your puny magic can stop me?" Snarled the Lich Queen as she glared at Tusido.
"No, but it can stall you long enough." Said Tusido.
Before the Lich Queen replied Archer Wizard appeared and fired several exploding arrows hitting the necromancer making her stumble back with a screech. Moko and Flipsy attacked next with some high powered rocket launchers. Their missiles hit dead center with a loud explosion hiding the Lich Queen in a cloud of smoke. It seemed that the dreaded being was down, but the heroes weren't going to take any chances. Janga fired a beam of energy from her guitar, while Diana fired a blast of fire from her mouth into the smoke. There was a flash of light followed by a loud screech of agony and everything went silent. The skeleton army was still moving around, so the Lich Queen was still alive.
"I'll go see how badly she's hurt and finish her off." Said Diana as she cautiously made her way into the smoke cloud.
Diana looked around trying to locate the Lich Queen, when the air was suddenly filled with a cold chuckle. The dragon looked around and saw two glowing neon green eyes looking at her, before she could do anything a skeletal hand shot out and grabbed the front of her face and with incredibly strength yanked the dragon's mouth open. The Lich Queen stood before Diana using one hand to hold her mouth open and another to conjure up some green flames.
"I've tasted your fire now you shall taste mine dragon." Said the Lich Queen as she unleashed the green fire into Diana's mouth and down her throat!
Diana's insides screwed in pain as she felt the evil fire burn her insides! Smoked bellowed from her nostrils as her eyes watered with tears and blood! The dragon wanted to scream, but couldn't. After a few seconds the Lich Queen stopped and released Diana. The dragon fell to the ground with a thud. The necromancer looked down at her defeated foe, who was just barely breathing.
"You are strong, but I am beyond mere strength." Said the Lich Queen as she raised one hand up and levitated Diana's body.
With a mere wave of her hand, the Lich Queen sent Diana flying through the smoke and crashing into a bunch of shops.
"Diana!" Cried Gearden as he ran off to help his friend.
The Lich Queen stepped out of the smoke shocking the other heroes. The defenders quickly recovered and began to attack the nightmarish being. Moko and Flipsy fired their rockets at the Lich Queen, but she just simply raised her hand out in front of her and the missiles just froze in midair. The Lich Queen then sent one missile flying back at Moko and Flipsy, while she sent the other flying towards the rooftop Archer Wizard was on. Moko and Flipsy just barely avoided the missile, but the force of the explosion sent them flying a few yards before they crashed into the ground hard knocking them both out. Archer Wizard managed to leap from the roof just in time to avoid the missile, but he twisted his ankle when he landed on the ground below. The Lich Queen began to make her way towards Archer Wizard, before the ground suddenly opened up and out flew Janga swinging a scythe. The undead hero sliced her weapon into the Lich Queen's left shoulder. The necromancer let out a roar of pain as green flames leaped from her wound. Janga quickly yanked her scythe out of the Lich Queen's shoulder and sliced her across the chest chopping off a couple of her ribs in the process. The Lich Queen screeched in pain as she staggered back clasping a hand to the wound.
"It's people like you that give me and the Boneyard Kingdom a bad name and your showing great disrespect to both the living and the dead!" Declared Janga.
The Lich Queen just removed her hand from her wound and chuckled.
"I must admit that actually hurt. Your power is impressive, but I expect nothing less from the daughter of Death. It's quit a shame that you waste your powers defending these fools." Said the Lich Queen.
"Those fools happen to be my friends creep and I'll defend them! The universe will find some peace when your gone." Said Janga as she briefly glanced behind the necromancer and saw Tusido sneaking up from behind.
"Friends are a weakness. The universe is mine to command and to be shaped how I see fit. None shall stand in my way not even you." Said the Lich Queen as she raised her arms for an attack.
Tusido jumped onto the Lich Queen driving both her swords into the monster's back! The Lich Queen screamed in surprise as she staggered around trying to shake the ninja off, but Tusido hung on. Janga took this opportunity to stab the Lich Queen in the chest with her scythe! The Lich Queen stopped struggling and her mouth fell open as her green glowing lights went out. It seemed like the Lich Queen was dead.
"Is she dead?" Asked Tusido.
Before Janga could answer the light in the Lich Queen's eyes suddenly reappeared! The necromancer laughed as her hands shot out and grabbed Janga's arms enveloping them in a black mist. At first nothing happened, then Janga felt a horrible pain go through her arms! Janga screamed in pain and she quickly kicked herself away from the Lich Queen with all her might landing a few yards away. The undead hero looked at her arms and saw that there were cracks all over them. While that was happening the Lich Queen managed to reach behind her and pull Tusido off of her back, before she threw the ninja a few yards away. The Lich Queen then went about pulling the scythe out of her chest and the two swords out of her back tossing them onto the ground. Janga watched as the Lich Queen's wounds started to close up with great speed.
"What did you do to my arms?" Demanded Janga.
"Oh I simply aged them to make them more brittle. I have a special death planned out for you." Said the Lich Queen as she began to advance.
Before she could get far an arrow flew through the air and stabbed the Lich Queen in the forehead and exploded! The Lich Queen was momentarily lost from sight from the explosion by a cloud of smoke, but a few seconds later she walked from the cloud unharmed. Janga looked to where the arrow had come from and she saw Archer Wizard leaning against a mailbox notching another arrow to his bow. The Lich Queen pointed a finger at the wizard and a tiny beam of green energy shot out. Archer Wizard fired his arrow at the attack, but the beam just shattered the arrow to piece and shot a hole through Archer Wizard's right shoulder!
"Aaaaa!" Gasped Archer Wizard as he fell onto his back with a thud.
Janga quickly took the time to run over and grabbed her scythe. The Lich Queen turned to the undead hero, but before she could do anything a blast of water and electricity slammed into her and smashed her through the front window of a shop. Janga turned to see Linsey and Helen appear on the scene followed by Steven, Tusido, Gearden, Marshal, and Lucas. The heroes stood before the shop as the Lich Queen strolled out. The heroes tensed up as the necromancer studied them all as if she was deciding which order to kill them by.
"Attack!" Roared Gearden as the group charged forward.
The Lich Queen calmly raised her hand and a sword as white as bone appeared in her hand decorated with a skull pattern. The undead evil charged the group deflecting blows from Gearden, Tusido, and Janga. Steven charged forward swinging a stop sign at the Lich Queen, but she easily caught it with her free hand and used her aging powers to rust the sign to dust. She then used her psychic powers to lift the big human off the ground and send him crashing into a nearby bakery. Steven crashed through the window and onto a table in an unconscious heap. Linsey fired a blast of lightning at the Lich Queen, but she just raised her sword and it absorbed the powerful attack. The Lich Queen then pointed her sword at Helen and fired the lightning at her hitting the mutant and nocking her down in a smoking heap.
"Helen!" Screamed Linsey in fear for her friend.
Tusido leaped at the Lich Queen, but she blocked her attacks with her sword before sending the ninja flying with a green energy wave that smashed the ninja into a parked car. Linsey fired another lightning attack at the Lich Queen who battered it aside and pointed her hand at a park fountain. The water rose up into the air and formed a sphere. A tendril of water shot out and grabbed Linsey dragging her into the sphere. The mutant kicked and punched as she struggled within the sphere. The Lich Queen then began to clench her hand into a fist to crush the mutant, but before she could something slammed into her from behind and knocked her to the ground. The sphere fell apart and Linsey dropped to the ground unconscious. The necromancer turned her head and saw Marshal and Lance behind her looking furious. Marshal had his ax ready to attack, while Lance had his wings and hammer out to join in.
"We're going to put a stop to if its the last thing we ever do! You've hurt to many people close to me and I'm going to make you pay!" Declared Marshal as Janga and Gearden got behind the cousins to fight alongside them.
"Ah the children of Good, Evil, War, and Death. You four are the strongest of these so called defenders. But like them you shall fall and then I will take what is rightful mine and conquer this universe." Said the Lich Queen.
"Big talk for a bag of rot and bones." Said Lucas.
"You have no idea what your dealing with. I wasn't always like this. This isn't my true form. In my true form I was beyond both good and evil and I was feared by all and once I deal with all of you I shall become whole once more and take my rightful place in the universe!" Declared the Lich Queen.
"Will just see about that!" Shouted Marshal as he flew forward swinging his ax.
The Lich Queen blocked the ax with her sword. Marshal pushed against the sword with all his might, but it wouldn't budge. Lucas tried to attack from the side, but the Lich Queen grabbed Marshal with her free hand and smashed him into Lucas knocking them both down. Gearden charged in slashing at the Lich Queen with his sword forcing the evil being back. The Lich Queen swung her sword down at Gearden, but he dodged to the side and thrusted his sword through the necromancer's chest! The Lich Queen looked down at the blade in her chest with annoyance, before reaching down and yanked it out. With a twist of her hand the Lich Queen snapped the blade in two! Gearden was shocked by the destruction of his blade, but he quickly recovered and threw a punch at the Lich Queen's face. The necromancer deflected the punch with a swat, before she held her hand up to Gearden's face.
"I'll admit your bravery and strength are admirable, but in the end it wasn't enough." Said the Lich Queen as she flickered her finger and sent Gearden flying several yards before he crashed into the ground hard.
Janga, who had changed her scythe back into a guitar was gathering up energy for a massive laser blast. As soon as the Lich Queen had tossed Gearden away, Janga fired! The energy blast raced towards the necromancer, who calmly raised her hand and let the blast hit it. Instead of exploded the blast hit the Lich Queen's palm and changed into a red glowing sphere of energy. Janga's mouth dropped open in shock as the Lich Queen fired the sphere with incredible speed at the undead hero. Janga only had time to raise her guitar up to block the attack. The sphere hit the guitar and exploded taking out the guitar and Janga's wounded arms. The musician fell onto her back with no arms. The Lich Queen laughed in triumph as she glanced over at Linsey and began to head towards.
"Don't you dare touch her you piece of CRAP!" Roared Marshal as he suddenly came shooting downwards and slammed his ax deep into the Lich Queen's right shoulder!
The Lich Queen dropped her sword as she gasped in pain. Marshal's eyes were flaming red with fury as he reared his left hand back and slammed it as hard as he could into the Lich Queen's face. There was a loud cracking sound and then everything went silent. After a few seconds the Lich Queen let out a cruel evil chuckle. Marshal eyes returned to their normal color as he starred at the Lich Queen in shock.
"I see you've grown up quit a bit. Last time I saw you, you were shaking in fear at the sight of me, but now your showing courage and are trying protect someone you care about. How very predictable. Your emotions have betrayed you boy and now your right where I want you." Said the Lich Queen as she put a hand right on Marshal's stomach hand fired a green beam of energy right through it!
Marshal felt a sheering pain go through his body as he staggered back starring down at the huge hole through his gut in shock as he tasted blood in his mouth. The vampire stumbled a few steps back before he fell onto his back. Lucas starred down at his cousin in horror, before he turned to face the Lich Queen. Tears of anger trickled down the werewolf's face as he let out a roar and flew at the necromancer swinging his hammer.
"You BITCH! I swear to Glob I'll kill you for that!" Roared Lucas as he smashed his hammer into the Lich Queen's chest sending her smashing through a building.
Lucas chased after the Lich Queen slamming his hammer repeatedly into her and smashing her through a few more buildings. After a few hits the Lich Queen was laying in the street on her back. Lucas raised his hammer up to finish her, but as he was slamming his hammer down at the necromancer, she turned into black smoke and reappeared behind Lucas. The Lich Queen then grabbed Lucas by his angle wings and crushed them with her hands. Lucas gasped in shock as he dropped his hammer, but the Lich Queen wasn't done with him yet. The vile creature put a hand on Lucas's back and blasted a hole right through his abdomen! The werewolf screamed in pain as blood dripped from his mouth. The Lich Queen dragged Lucas back over to Marshal and tossed him to the ground next to the vampire. Both Marshal and Lucas were in a great amount of pain, but thanks to their healing factors they were both just alive, but just barely.
"Why...haven't...you killed use?" Asked Marshal.
"Oh I still have a use for the two of you. Your going to be the bait that lures my real targets here and then I will be restored. Until then you should savory every last breath, because it will eventually be your last." Said the Lich Queen as she turned to watch her skeleton army, who were now at the castle gates.
Banana Guards desperately stabbed their spears out from behind closed doors and bordered windows at the undead horde trying to keep them away. A few cannons were fired and destroyed a large number of the skeletons, but more kept shuffling forward. It seemed like it would only be a matter of time for the undead to break in and feast on the Candy People. It was then that a miracle happened. It began to snow and an icy wind came in and began freezing the skeletons. As soon as the undead were frozen they shattered to pieces. Hundreds of the undead were destroyed in seconds. The remaining horde retreated from the castle as the Lich Queen starred up at the sky with annoyance. Marshal and Lucas looked up at the sky and a smile appeared on both their faces.
"She's here." Said Marshal.
A women dressed in brown suit pants, shirt, jacket, a gold tiara, and glasses descended from the sky. The women had light blue skin and flowing white hair. The newcomers name was Simone and she was Simon's counterpart. Simone landed on the ground near Marshal and Lucas. A look of great concern appeared on Simone's face as she starred at the cousins's wounds before turning to the Lich Queen with a venomous glare.
"I was wondering when you were going to show up. Of all the protectors of this miserable planet, you are by far the one I hate most. You've been nothing but a thorn to my side, since the day I first encountered you. Now I shall kill you slowly and then I'm going to kill everyone you love starting with your so-" Said the Lich Queen, before a ice blast froze her face.
Simone put her hand down and glared at the Lich Queen.
"Now you listen to me monster. You will not harm anyone I care about this day or after. You've hurt to many people I care about and I'm going to put a stop to it."
The ice on the Lich Queen's face melted and she faced Simone with burning eyes, but before she could do anything an ice javelin erupted out from the Lich Queen's forehead. The necromancer screamed in pain as she staggered back. From behind the Lich Queen stood a blue skinned man with white hair wearing, jeans, a blue hoodie jacket, a gold crown, and glasses. The man's name was Bart and he was Betty's counterpart.
"That felt good." Said Bart as he watched the Lich Queen stagger around a little.
"You...little annoying insect! I'll make sure you stay dead this time around!" Snarled the Lich Queen as the ice javelin melted and the hole in her forehead closed up.
Simone fired a blast of mystical lighting and sent the Lich Queen flying several hundred yards before she crashed into one of the Candy Kingdom's walls. The icy women turned to face Bart, Marshal, and Lucas.
"Bart protect the boys, I'll deal with the Lich Queen." Said Simone as she prepared to go after the Lich Queen.
"Simone...don't, he'll kill you!" Cried Marshal as he reached a hand out towards his mother figure.
Simone smiled at Marshal and went over and kissed him on the forehead.
"Don't worry about me Marshal. It's a parents duty to protect their children and I promise you I'll come back."
Simone took flight heading towards the Lich Queen, as Bart started to gather the other wounded heroes in one area and put a protective ice dome around them. Simone reached the wall and landed a few yards away from the Lich Queen. The necromancer was getting back to her feet with a look of absolute hate in her eyes.
"Let's finish this!" Declared Simone as her hands glowed with mystical icy energy.
The Lich Queen's hands glowed with green flames as she faced Simone. The two fighters launched their attacks and a battle of wills began.
Elsewhere the Time Slicer was still traveling through limbo. The heroes looked out the window at the white and blue spinning vortex that connected the multiverse. It was both beautiful and breathtaking. Unfortunately the moment was soon to be interrupted. Bow-Wow was stealthily sneaking towards the ship's controls, when he reached the controls and pressed a button that opened a side door on the cockpit.
"How did that open?" Shouted Fionna in confusion.
"Oh that was my doing." Said Bow-Wow with a grin as Scarlet appeared next to the tiny dog in a flash of light.
"You lot may have ruined my plans, but I'll be the one who has the last laugh, when I knock you into limbo." Laughed Scarlet as she pulled out her spear.
"You can't get us all." Said Finn as he and the others prepared to fight.
"That may be true, but I can still get some of you!" Shouted Scarlet as she unleashed a couple of powerful energy waves at both groups of heroes.
The energy wave raced towards the two hero groups. Fionna tried to block the energy wave, but it passed through her harmlessly. Part of the energy wave was an illusion! The energy wave that went towards the heroes of Ooo exploded and sent Finn and his friends flying towards the open door. As they fell out Jake quickly took charge, using his stretching powers he grabbed Finn and Phoebe with his left hand as he grabbed part of the doorway with his right hand. But before the magical dog could pull them back up, Bow-Wow threw a bunch of needles at Jake's hand making him lose his grip! The heroes screamed as they fell into limo.
"See you guys never!" Laughed Bow-Wow.
"Finn!" Cried Fionna as she turned away from Scarlet and went to the door to try and locate her friends, but there was no sign of them.
The human cried in dismay at the loss of her friends. Scarlet tried to strike at Fionna from behind, but Balder got in his way and started to attack the masked villain with a fire sword forcing her back. Cake swung a fist at Bow-Bow and forced the tiny dog to retreat. The magical cat then turned to Sylvia.
"Turn this ship around! We need to go back and save them!"
"I'm sorry, but this ship can only move forward through time and space, turning around would be incredibly challenging and if we did turn back, your friends would be long gone. This is limbo nothing stays in the same place long." Said Sylvia with a slight smirk.
Cake cursed and punched a wall. There was a bright light up ahead that lead back to Aaa. The Time Slicer went through it and vanished.
Back in limbo, Finn, Jake, and Phoebe were falling through time and space freaked out and not sure what to do. Finn held Phoebe close to him as Jake held the young couple with one massive as he looked desperately for something to grab onto and stop their plunge, but there was nothing. It seemed like the heroes would fall for an eternity.
"Hang on!" Called a voice.
Everybody looked down to see a portal open up and a massive platform that resembled a hand came out. The heroes landed on the hand and it pulled them through the portal. Finn, Phoebe, and Jake were blinded by a bright flash of light, before they found themselves in a large yellow room.
"You guys were lucky I flipped over to limbo and saw what was happening. Trust me you do not want to be stuck there." Said a voice.
The group turned to see a large two dimensional being smiling at them from a wall. The heroes blinked at the stranger not sure what to make of him.
"Who are you?" Asked Finn.
"I am Prismo deity of time and space and the monitor of the multiverse."
"So where are we?" Asked Jake.
"Your in my home the Time Room." Said Prismo.
"Um...mister Prismo can you send us to Aaa? We need to help our friends." Said Phoebe.
"Look I'd like to, but...that's kind of against the universal rules. I'm kind of bending them right now by having you here." Said Prismo.
"Man...that stinks." Muttered Finn.
"I know and you have a right to be bummed, however I can do the next best thing." Said Prismo as one of the walls changed into a giant TV screen. "With this I can watch any universe. There's no rule against me watching a universe with guest in my home."
The screen turned on showing the world of Aaa and the Time Slicer arriving on the scene. Finn, Phoebe, and Jake moved in closer so they could get a better look. Prismo conjured up some sandwiches and some pickles for his guest to munch on as they watched the screen.
Aboard the Time Slicer, Balder was still fighting Scarlet. The prince was filled with rage as he battled the masked villain. Balder swung his blade again and again at Scarlet, who could only block the fierce attacks. Finally the prince swung his sword down hard and cut Scarlet's spear in half! Scarlet staggered back holding the two halves of her weapon. Balder closed in for the finisher, but Scarlet slammed the blunt in of her spear half into the prince's chest forcing him to double over in pain.
"Time for you to join your father in the afterlife!" Declared Scarlet as she leaped forward to stab the prince in the neck.
But before the vile deed could be done, Fionna stepped in and deflected the spear blade with her sword. As Scarlet stumbled back Fionna punched her in the face sending the villain tumbling towards the open door. Scarlet dropped her spear halves and grabbed the doorframe to keep herself from falling.
"Hey ugly don't forget your traveling buddy!" Called Cake as she hurled Bow-Wow at Scarlet.
The tiny dog struck Scarlet's face making her let go of the doorframe. The two villains scream as they fell towards the ground below. Cake closed the door and Fionna looked out the window and saw the strange storm clouds over the Candy Kingdom.
"Something's up with the Candy Kingdom." Said Fionna.
The others nodded and they forced Sylvia to fly them towards the Candy Kingdom to see what was going on.
Things were really heating up between Simone and the Lich Queen. Both fighters were blasting at one another with everything they had. The two of them flew about the city dodging and launching magical attack at one another. Some nearby buildings became incased in ice, while others burst into green flames. Finally Simon and the Lich Queen stopped flying about and they each threw a powerful attack at one another. Simone fired a blast of freezing energy and the Lich Queen threw a fireball. The two attacks collided and exploded in a bright light. Simon was hurled back by the force of the explosion and her tiara fell off. Before the icy women could recover and grab her crown the Lich Queen appeared, grabbed her by the throat, and lifted her up to her face.
"I must admit you proved the most challenging person I fought so far today and a part of me is going to enjoy killing you after all these years." Said the Lich Queen before she tossed Simon to the ground away from her tiara.
Simone looked up at the necromancer, but there was no fear in her eyes, there was some sadness about not be able to keep her promise to Marshal, but she was not going to give the Lich Queen the satisfaction of crying or begging for her life. Simone knew it would do her no good. The icy hero glanced up at the sky and noticed something strange flying towards the Candy Kingdom.
The Time Slicer flew closer to the Candy Kingdom and as it got closer they saw the destruction of what was happening. Fionna then saw the Lich Queen preparing to kill Simone and her heroic nature took control. Without a word, Fionna knocked Sylvia out of the control chair and took over. The human angled the ship down and towards the Lich Queen.
"What are you doing?!" Cried Sylvia in a panicked voice.
"Being reckless and saving a friend!" Declared Fionna as the ship flew towards the Lich Queen.
Down below as the Lich Queen was preparing to blast Simone with her green flames, when suddenly the air was filled with a loud noise that made the evil being turn. The Lich Queen saw the Time Slicer flying right towards her! Before she could do anything the ship slammed into her and crashed through a few houses before hitting the ground and screeched to a stop. Simone staggered to her feet and approached the ship not sure what to make of it. The a door on the side opened and out came Fionna, Cake, and Balder.
"Fionna. Cake. Balder. Your ok! What happened to all of you?" Said Simone.
"It's a long story." Said Cake.
But before anything else could be said, the Lich Queen burst from a pile of building rubble and faced the returned heroes.
"Lich Queen!" Hissed Fionna as she pulled out her sword and faced the vile being.
The Lich Queen took in her new challengers.
"Well if it isn't Fionna, her little cat, and the boyfriend. I see you took my minions ship for a little ride through space and time. You might have ruined that plan, but I'm afraid your victory will be short lived. I have defeated all your greatest allies and I'm on the verge of conquering this puny kingdom. Once that is done I shall conquer this world and shape it into my image."
"You seem pretty confident." Said Balder.
"Oh I am. Your world's greatest champions have all fallen at my hands and soon I will be more once I get what is rightfully mine and restore myself to my former glory. Then this universal shall be mine." Said the Lich Queen.
"Not if we have anything to say about!" Shouted Fionna as she leaped forward swinging her sword.
The Lich Queen summoned up her own sword and blocked Fionna's attack. The necromancer just chuckled as she leaned her face close to Fionna's face. The human just gritted her teeth and head butted the Lich Queen causing her to stumble back. Fionna then followed through with a kick to the Lich Queen's face causing her jaw to become dislocated. Before the villain could recover Cake punched the Lich Queen with a giant fist and sent her flying a few yards, before she crashed into the ground. The undead monster didn't stay down long, she quickly got to her feet and hurled several green fireballs at the two heroes, but Balder stepped in and deflected them with his flame sword. The Lich Queen just glared at the heroes with annoyance as she rest her jaw.
"You three honestly think you can beat me? I am a being as old as time itself! I have defeated all, who have opposed me! I am this world's destiny! I am inevitable!" Declared the Lich Queen.
"Will beat you or die trying!" Said Fionna.
"Our destiny is our own, not yours!" Shouted Balder.
"Brave words from a mere human and a young prince. The human is brave, but foolish and the prince, has a gift from the Goddess of Flames yet he has no idea how to use it. The powers of courage and fire are wasted on you weaklings!" Declared the Lich Queen as she unleashed a wave of energy from her sword at the heroes.
The heroes managed to dodge out of the way, but the shockwave released from the attack knocked Fionna and Cake to the ground. The Lich Queen pointed a hand at them and fired a blast of green fire at them, but Balder jumped in front of the girls and launched a blast of fire back at the on rushing attack. The two fires met head on and they pushed against one another. Balder gritted his teeth and pushed with all his might, but the Lich Queen just laughed and pushed her flames through Balder's flames and knocked him to the ground. The Lich Queen walked over to Fionna, who was getting back up to fight. The human swung her sword at the Lich Queen, but she just blocked it with her free hand and snapped the blade to pieces! With a cruel chuckle the the Lich Queen grabbed the back of Fionna's head and slammed her face first into the ground hard!
"Aaaaaa!" Screamed Fionna in pain.
The Lich Queen dropped her sword and picked Fionna up. The human's face was badly bruised and her lib was bleeding. The Lich Queen removed Fionna's bunny hat with her other hand and began to stoke her face as if she was some kind of doll.
"Your such a lovely little creature. I will enjoy breaking your spirit and once that is done I will kill you and raise you back up as one of my minions." Said the Lich Queen.
Fionna spat a glob of blood into the Lich Queen's face. The necromancer wiped it off with mild annoyance. Fionna glared defiantly at the Lich Queen. The undead evil dropped Fionna to the ground, before she picked up her sword preparing to inflect some serious harm to the human. Balder was coming to, when he saw what was happening. A rage like no other filled Balder's being and his flames changed from red to white. The prince flew to the aid of the women, he loved with new energy coursing through his body.
"You still resist me human, surely now you must realize it's hopeless." Said the Lich Queen as she prepared to stab her sword down.
Before the deed could be done, Balder slammed right into the Lich Queen and smashed her into one of the Candy Kingdom's walls. The Lich Queen dropped her sword and she starred at Balder's new form in shock.
"The Flame Goddess's holly...flames!" Gasped the Lich Queen.
"That women you were fighting won't quit as long as there's still a breath in her body! None of my friends will, but me I have a different problem." Said Balder as he punched the Lich Queen several times in the face and chest.
The Lich Queen felt several of her bones crack as Balder punched her and smashed her right through the wall and out of the Candy Kingdom. The Lich Queen stumbled to her feet and faced Balder, who walked towards her.
"I feel like I live in a world made out of paper. Taking constant care not to burn or break anything or anyone. Not even allowing myself to lose focus for a second, because someone could die." Said Balder as he reached the Lich Queen.
The Lich Queen threw a flaming claw at Balder, but he just deflected it and gave the necromancer an uppercut that flipped her through the air and caused her to crash to the ground. The Lich Queen staggered to her feet, with a bunch of cracks on her skull and a few teeth missing.
"But you can take it can't you queen bee. What we have here is a rare opportunity for me to cut back and show you just how powerful I really am." Said Balder.
The prince flew forward and slammed a powerful fist into the Lich Queen's face creating a powerful shockwave and sending the necromancer flying into the sky and away from the Candy Kingdom. Inside the Candy Kingdom Fionna and Cake watched in amazement as the Lich Queen flew away from the Candy Kingdom and towards a bunch of nearby mountains. They then saw Balder chase after her.
"Come on Cake." Said Fionna before she hopped onto Cake's back and they went chasing after Balder.
The Lich Queen tumbled through the air for a few miles, before Balder appeared in front of her and slammed his fist down on the necromancer. The Lich Queen fell towards the ground with a tremendous crash that created a crater in the ground below. Baler landed on the edge of the crater and looked down at the crumbled groaning form of the Lich Queen.
"Had enough?" Asked Balder.
"Not quit...yet." Said the Lich Queen.
Balder flew forward to continue the fight, but the Lich Queen shot her left hand out, grabbed Balder by the throat and started to unleash a bunch of green electrical energy into his body. Balder screamed in pain as he fell to his knees.
"Behold my Nega Energy. It shall reck havoc on your very essence, until you lose your will, once that is done I shall rip your elemental matrix and devour it." Said the Lich Queen.
Balder screamed in more pain as the Lich Queen laughed. However the moment wasn't going to last long, because Fionna and Cake arrived onto the scene.
"Lich!" Roared Fionna as she pulled out a new sword and leaped forward swinging at the Lich Queen.
The blow sliced right through the Lich Queen's arm causing it to fall off. The Lich Queen staggered back screaming in pain as she clutched her destroyed limb. Fionna helped Balder up from the ground.
"Thanks for the save." Said Balder.
"Anytime." Said Fionna.
The Lich Queen glared at the couple, before she flew into the air.
"It will not end like this! I will destroy the things you hold dear!"
With her remaining hand the Lich Queen created a massive ball of green flames that was the size of a mountain resembled her head. The necromancer then pointed her attack at the Candy Kingdom and fired! The attack moved slowly, but it would only take it a few minutes to reach the Candy Kingdom.
"This attack will wipe you out of existence!" Declared the Lich Queen with a laugh.
Balder grabbed Fionna in one hand and Cake in the other before he flew off towards the Candy Kingdom with incredible speed. A few seconds later they were on the Candy Kingdom wall. The prince turned to Fionna.
"I want you to get as faraway as possible."
"I'm not leaving you. I'll stick by your side no matter what." Said Fionna with a determined look in her eyes.
"That's the kind of answer I should have expected from someone like you." Said Balder with a smile.
The two shared a kiss and then Balder turned back to face the approaching attack. The prince fire a blast of white flames at the Lich Queen's attack, but seemed to do very little. Balder cursed as he put more energy into his attack, but it still didn't seem to be enough. Just when things seemed hopeless, Simone, Bart, and Linsey appeared on the wall and started to fire their mystical lighting at the Lich Queen's fireball. Everybody pushed forward with all their combined might. The sphere began to crack and then it shattered to pieces revealing the Lich Queen floating behind the sphere, with her mouth falling open in shock. The heroes all fired their attacks at the Lich Queen, who raised her remaining arm up trying to defend herself. The attacks hit and exploded into a bright light flash followed by a cloud of black smoke. When the smoke cleared their was no sign of the Lich Queen. All the skeletons clattered to the ground and turned to ash. The battle was over!
Balder's flames returned to their normal color as Fionna ran over to him and kissed him on the lips telling Balder how awesome and amazing he was. Balder blushed as he kissed Fionna back.
In the Time Room, Prismo turned off the TV screen and faced his guest from Ooo.
"Ok I've think you've seen enough. It's time to go back to your universe." Said Prismo.
"But shouldn't we let Fionna know we're ok?" Asked Phoebe.
"Don't worry I'll tell them." Said Prismo.
"Thanks man, your a pretty cool guy." Said Jake.
"Thanks." Said Prismo before he teleported the group back to their home dimension.
Back in Aaa, the Candy Kingdom was getting repaired. All those who had been wounded in the fight were either fully healed or still recovering. Marshal and Lucas were fully healed and were helping repair the kingdom. Janga's arms were slowly regenerating. Balder and Phoebe were at a makeshift medical tent getting patched up. Balder checked his pocket for the rings and was happy to feel that they were still there. The prince turned to Fionna prepared to ask her the big question.
"Fionna?"
"Yeah Balder?" Asked Fionna.
"Will you marry me?" Asked Balder as he pulled out one of the rings and offered it to Fionna.
Fionna was completely speechless for a few seconds, but she quickly recovered.
"Of course I'll marry you Balder. Your the sweetest guy I know and I can't imagine life without you."
"Thank you." Said Balder as he slipped the ring on Fionna's ring finger.
All the nearby candy people clapped and cheered.
"Oh isn't that sweet! The two young love birds finally proposed." Sneered a voice.
Everybody turned shocked to see Scarlet limp into the medical tent with Bow-Wow on her shoulder. The masked villain was in bad shape, her right leg was in a splint, her left arm hung loosely by her side, red cloak was in tatters, and her mask had several cracks on it.
"You killed my master, but I shall avenge her by killing the two of you!" Snarled Scarlet before she launched a blast of lighting at Balder.
Balder blocked the lighting with a flame shield, as Fionna picked up a crutch and swung it at Scarlet. The crutch hit Scarlet in the face causing her to shout in pain as she fell onto her back pinning Bow-Bow to the ground. More cracks appeared on Scarlet's mask before it shattered to pieces revealing her face. Balder, Fionna, and the candy people moved in to get a better look at Scarlet's face and gasped.
"Peppermint Maid!" Said Fionna in surprise.
"Yes...it was me this whole time! I was hiding right under your noses. I had you all fooled." Snickered Scarlet with an evil grin on her face.
Fionna and Balder exchanged a look with one another, before turning back to Scarlet. The two of them then punched Scarlet in the face hard knocking her out cold. Balder and Fionna smiled at one another and shared a kiss. The Banana Guards were called in to take Scarlet and Bow-Wow to the dungeon along with Sylvia, who had been hiding in the Time Slicer the whole time. Blaze was taken to a prison in the Fire Kingdom. Everything was at peace in Aaa and it looked like nothing bad was ever going to happen with the Lich Queen and her organization defeated.
However the Lich Queen wasn't quit dead, she had come close to death and had lost her connection with the skeleton causing them to crumble to dust, but she was still alive, but only barely. The attack had done a huge number in her body. The right side of the Lich Queen's face had been blown off, along with most of her ribs, a few fingers on her right hand, and her left foot. The necromancer vowed revenge as she stealthy limped into the Candy Kingdom at night and made her way towards the Time Slicer hoping she could use something in there to help her get revenge. By chance she stumbled upon the escape pod. The Lich Queen went inside the escape pod and located the start button. She pressed it and the pod vanished in a flash of light and appeared in Ooo.
The Lich Queen's presence was sensed by the Lich and he went out to locate his counterpart. The Lich Queen stumbled out if the pod and fell to her knees. The necromancer felt her energy growing weaker and weaker by the hour and soon the Lich Queen would be no more, but she needed to get revenge. It was then the Lich showed up on the scene. The two undead beings looked at one another taking each other in.
"Your my counterpart from Aaa." Said the Lich.
"I am." Said the Lich Queen.
"I sense your energy is fading." Said the Lich.
"It is thanks to those miserable heroes." Hissed the Lich Queen.
"At this rate you'll fade away, but I think I can help you." Said the Lich.
"How?" Asked the Lich Queen.
"By turning yourself into energy and become a part of me." Said the Lich.
The Lich Queen thought this over and after a few seconds she nodded her head in agreement. The necromancer's body was enveloped by green flames and her body burned away into the flames becoming one with them. The flames then went over to the Lich and he absorbed them into, his body. The Lich chuckled as he felt his power grow. The day had been odd, but the Lich had gotten something good out if it that would help with his own plans. The Lich chuckled as he headed back to the secret lair.
To be continued.
