Family

Chapter 78 Mirror of Madness

By: Major144

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

Marceline and Lucinda faced Alister and the red haired vampire. Alister raised a hand up to the red haired vampire.

"Stay back Scott, I'll fight these two for a little bit."

"As you command my king." Said Scott as he stepped back.

Marceline and Lucinda let out a battle cry as they flew forward swinging their weapons. Just when their weapons were about to meet the Vampire King's flesh, Alister vanished and the cousins's weapons clashed against one another. Alister reappeared behind Marceline and Lucinda and grabbed them by their necks before he threw them into a nearby wall and crash to the floor. Lucinda got up and sent her hammer spinning at Alister forcing him to dodge to the side and the hammer missed his face by mere inches. This distracted the Vampire King long enough for Marceline to fly forward and punch Alister in the face sending him skidding a few yards across the room before he dug his shoes into the ground and stopped. Alister glared at Marceline with annoyance as he whipped some blood from his lips. Lucinda tossed Marceline her ax and the vampire hero charged at Alister swinging. Alister avoided Marceline's attacks and then he swatted Marceline ax out of her hands sending it crashing into a wall where it became imbedded. Marceline hissed angrily and swung a fist at Alister, but he just calmly leaped back into a hallway.

"It's time you and me settle this one on one. No weapons. No help. Just you and me." Said Alister as he flew down the hallway.

Marceline to full of anger flew after Alister without any hesitation. Lucinda tried to fly after her, but Scott blocked her way. The vampire grinned evilly at the werewolf as he cracked his knuckles. Lucinda just growled as she prepared to fight the vampire.

Down below in the kitchen Jake was backing away from Hagar the fat vampire. Hagar was licking his lips as he stared at Jake hungrily.

"Been a long time since I tasted dog."

"You don't want to drink my blood man, it taste fowl!" Protested Jake as he made his arms long and he tried to push Hagar back.

The fat vampire grabbed Jake's arms and dragged the dog towards him, until he had him in a bone crushing embrace. Jake struggled, but he couldn't escape Hagar's grip. Hagar grinned at Jake nastily as he licked his fangs. Jake knew there was only one thing to do, he opened his mouth wide and breathed into Hagar's face. The vampire sniffed Jake's face and his eyes began to sting before he let out a cry and let Jake go.

"GARLIC!" Screamed Hagar as he staggered back rubbing at his eyes madly.

"Yep I ate a whole lot of garlic before coming here!" Said Jake proudly.

"I'm going to cut you into ribbons!" Snarled Hagar as he blindly searched a drawer and pulled out a large meat cleaver.

Jake gulped nervously as the half blinded vampire rushed towards him slashing the air with the cleaver. The magical dog ran into a large meat locker with icicles hanging from the top of the celling. Hagar followed him in, while he continued to rub his eyes with his free hands. Jake hid behind a giant piece of hanging meat and waited till Hagar got next to it. The dog then grabbed the frozen meat and swung at Hagar taking him by surprise as it hit him. Hagar hit the ground and slid across the floor hitting the wall on the other side hard head first. The crash was so powerful that it shook the entire fridge and made the icicles on the top shake a little. Jake looked up at the icicles and got an idea. Hagar was trying to get to his feet, but he was dizzy so he was having trouble. Jake made his hands giant size and clapped loudly creating a shockwave that hit the icicles and caused them to break off and fall on Hagar. The fat vampire squealed like a pig as one large icicle stabbed him through the chest. Hagar struggled and tried to pull the icicle out, but it was no use. The vampire's eyes went dark and he crumbled into a pile of ash.

"Glad that's over." Said Jake as he wiped his brow and went looking for the others.

On the floor above Tobe and Zhang faced one another. Zhang back flipped through the air and preformed a spinning kick to a large reading chair sending it flying towards Tobe. The ninja sliced the chair in half with his swords, but as the chair halves went by him Zhang flew forward slicing at Tobe with his Sai. Tobe managed to deflect one Sai away, but Zhang managed to slice his other Sai across Tobe's chest ripping through his outfit and scratching his chest a little. Tobe winced in pain as he leaped away from Zhang. The vampire grinned at Tobe and licked the blood off his Sai.

"I must say for a human I'm quit impressed with your skills. I can tell by the taste of your blood your full of fire. I can't wait drain every last bit of your blood from your body!" Laughed Zhang with an insane look in his eyes.

"That won't happen." Said Tobe with a glare in his eyes.

Zhang just looked at Tobe and grinned wickedly.

"Oh just look out those fierce eyes! You know I used to have eyes like that when I was human, I wanted to be the greatest warrior ever, but I realized that with a mortal body and limitations that was impossible. Then I met the King of the Vampires and he offered me the opportunity of a lifetime. I let him turn me into a vampire so I would no longer be chained down by worthless mortality and now I'm one of the strongest warriors in the world!"

Tobe just looked at Zhang and chuckled. Zhang frowned a little and looked confused.

"Has the direness of the situation sunk in and driven you mad?" Asked Zhang.

"No it hasn't. I used to have the same desire as you to become the strongest warrior, but then the man who trained me told me that was not the true path of warrior and he defeated me. I continued to try to become stronger, but I was defeated yet again by a group of heroes. It was then I began to realize that there was more to power then just simply being strong. I changed my ways and now me and my sword serve as tools of justice. You on the other hand sacrificed what made you human for selfish reasons and instead of making yourself stronger, you've just made yourself weaker." Said Tobe.

Zhang gritted his fangs in rage as he glared at Tobe.

"The only one weak here is you!" He screamed as he charged at Tobe.

Tobe simply held his right sword up, while he held his left sword to the side forming a cross. Zhang halted in his tracks a slight look of panic in his eyes.

"It seems you have plenty of weakness to me." Said Tobe.

Zhang hissed and hurled his left Sai at Tobe, forcing him to deflect it with his left sword and break the cross. The vampire lunged at Tobe swinging his remaining Sai at him, but Tobe dodged it and sliced Zhang across the belly and knocked the vampire to the ground. Zhang quickly rolled to his feet grasping his wounded belly as he glared at Tobe with rage. The vampire leaped into the air roaring as he planned to drive his remaining Sai through Tobe's head. Tobe firmly grasped his swords and then he hurled his right sword into the air and stabbed Zhang through the chest. Zhang's mouth opened in surprise as he fell to the ground with a thud before Tobe. The vampire looked up at Tobe.

"Please...tell...what is more...then power...then just simply...being strong?"

"A strong man fights for himself. A stronger man fights for others." Said Tobe.

"Ha...I...get it. I...was...a fool, but...at least I died at the...hands of a worthy opponent." Said Zhang as his eyes went dark and he turned into a pile of ash.

Tobe bowed to his defeated enemy before picking up his sword and left the room.

Elsewhere Marceline was chasing Alister down a long hallway until they came to a strange room with one wall covered in curtains. Alister stood next to the curtains and grinned at Marceline as he removed the curtains. Behind Alister was a large mirror decorated in a large black frame that had a demonic looking head a the top and a bunch of black thorns twisted around it.

"What's that supposed to be?" Asked Marceline as she eyed the mirror.

"This is a magical mirror I got from a powerful demon named Ogdoad and with it I will absolutely crush your spirit." Said Alister as he turned his back to the mirror and faced Marceline with an evil smile.

The King of the Vampires then leaped backwards and into the mirror. Marceline watched in shock as the mirror's surface rippled like water and Alister vanished. The vampire hero gritted her teeth and flew into the mirror after Alister. There was a flash and Marceline found herself in a large valley with mirrors decorating the walls. It was some kind of other dimension. Alister's laugh could be heard in the distance and Marceline began to head towards it. From somewhere deep within the realm Alister watched Marceline travel using the mirrors to spy on her. Next to the Vampire King, stood a shadowy figure, who seemed to be made out of living shadows. The figure was tall with pointy bat ears ears, two short curved horns, two clawed hands, a oval shaped head with red and black eyes as well as very sharp teeth and a bat-like nose. The creature was dressed in a long black robe. Alister turned to address the figure.

"Thank you, so much for giving me control of this magic mirror and control of this dimension Ogdoad. With it I will destroy that girl."

"No problem anything to help a fellow creature of darkness. I want the girl dead to, so her father will suffer. But now I must leave and attend to some other business. Good luck with your revenge." Said Ogdoad before he vanished into a bunch of shadows.

Alister turned his attention back to the mirrors and laughed evilly.

Back at the manor Finn faced off against Even. The massive vampire whipped his whip at Finn forcing the young hero to dodge about. Finn managed to glimpse all the prisoners flench and cringe as Even whipped the whip. It was clear that the vampire must have tortured all the prisoners a lot. Finn stopped retreating and faced Even.

"I'm giving you one chance to surrender and release these prisoners creep."

"You think you can beat me boy? I am a vampire and these so called prisoners are my property. I can do whatever I want with them until they die. Then I'll go fetch some new ones." Said Even with an evil grin before he whipped his whip at Finn.

Finn didn't bother running, instead he slashed his at the whip and cut it to pieces. Even looked at his destroyed whip with annoyance, before he glanced up at Finn only to find the young hero rushing at him. The vampire tried to pull his saber out, but the boy reached him and slammed his fist into Even's face knocking him back. Even spat some blood out and glared at the human, who had a look of absolute determination on his face that actually unnerved Even.

"I'll make you suffer for that brat!" Snarled Even as he pulled his sword out and slashed it at Finn.

Finn blocked the attack with his sword and the two fighters pressed against one another. Even pressed with all his might trying to push the human to his knees, but Finn's will proved to be incredibly strong. The human then fell to his back and used Even's own strength and momentum to toss him over and onto the ground. Finn then reached into his backpack and pulled out a tiny container of holly water, which he splashed into Even's face as he got up. Even screamed in pain as he dropped his sword and clawed at his face. Finn stabbed his sword through Even's chest and the vampire let out a screech before turning into a pile of ash. All the prisoners started at the remains of their torturer in shock before they all cheered. Finn smiled as he went about freeing the prisoners.

On the top floor Lucinda was facing off against Scott. The werewolf charged at Scott, who swung a punch as her, but she dodged it and delivered several jabs to the vampire's chest that only seemed to make him grunt. Scott slammed one fist down on Lucinda's head, before following through with a punch to the gut that broke several ribs and knocked the werewolf to the ground. The vampire grinned down at Lucinda.

"Had enough lass?" Asked Scott.

"Not even close!" Said Lucinda as she kicked up between Scott's legs and hit his groin.

Scott gasped in pain as he doubled over. Lucinda then took this opportunity to grab her hammer and Marceline's ax, before charging back at Scott. The vampire saw Lucinda coming and tried to raise his arms up to protect himself, but Lucinda swung the ax and chopped off Scott's arms. Scott starred at his dismembered limbs, before he received a hammer blow to the back of the head that knocked him to the ground dazed. Lucinda looked down at the wounded vampire and then she coughed up a tiny bit of blood. The werewolf dropped the weapons and then leaned her back against one of the walls to rest and heal. Lucinda felt that several of her ribs were broken and they were going to take a little time to heal.

"Hope your doing ok cousin." Said Lucinda as she felt her ribs begin to crack into place and heal.

In the other dimension Marceline was making her way through the valley, when she came across a wall with a large mirror in the center. Marceline starred at her reflection.

"You know Marceline you should be thanking me for turning you into a vampire. Those pretty bite marks in your neck are the best things to ever happen to you. I think I'll take my gift back." Said Alister's voice from the shadows.

Marceline watched in shock as the bite marks on her neck vanished and her hovering feet touched the ground. Alister laughed and Marceline clenched her fist in rage.

"I don't need to be a vampire to beat you!" She shouted.

The wall with the mirror vanished and Marceline walked on until she came across another wall with a mirror at it's center. Marceline starred at her reflection.

"You see Marceline without my gift you wouldn't be the teenager girl you are today. It's true with your demon heritage you would have lived a long life, but you would show signs of aging. A thousand years is a heavy age to carry." Said Alister's voice.

Marceline watched as her reflection began to age, her skin became wrinkly and saggy, her body became hunched over and her hair became grey. Marceline looked down at her body and was shocked to see that she had aged and that every part of her body hurt. Alister laughed and the wall vanished. Marceline scowled at the darkness, she would not stop until she found the Vampire King. The old lady who had once been Marceline shuffled forward, until she came across another wall and mirror.

"Without my gift Marceline, you would have no confidence or courage. You would just be a scared little girl." Said Alister's voice.

Marceline looked at her reflection and watched as it became younger, until it resembled the teenage Marceline and then continued to become younger, until it resembled Marceline when she was eight years old, when she was with Simon and Betty after the war. The young Marceline was even wearing the red and blue dress clothes she wore back then. Marceline looked away from the reflection and then down at herself, she was a little kid again! Alister suddenly merged out of the ground before Marceline and grinned down at her evilly. Marceline took a frightful step back.

"Oh how long have I waited for this moment! You are utterly gripped by terror and powerless to do anything to stop me! I'm going to torture you and make you scream and beg for mercy, until you give up and just beg for Death to end your suffering!" Laughed Alister as he reached down and picked Marceline up by the front of her shirt and held her up.

All Marceline could do was cry loudly.

In the manor Lucinda was just about done healing, when she glanced over at Scott, who was sitting up on his knees and his arms had just grown back. The vampire grinned at Lucinda as he began to stand up.

"No matter what you do to me girl, I'll just simply get back up. You can cut me, you can smash me, and you can burn me, but there's no sto-" Began Scott, when all of a sudden a large icicle of ice shot out from his chest and hung there.

Scott starred at the icicle in shock before the red in his eyes vanished and he disintegrated into a pile of ash. Lucinda saw Betty standing a few yards behind the destroyed vampire.

"Thanks for that." Said Lucinda.

Betty smiled and then a concerned look appeared on her face.

"Marceline's in trouble!" Said Betty as she flew off down the hallway.

Lucinda was confused, but she quickly took off after Betty, but the ice women was flying at incredible speeds and Lucinda soon lost her. Betty soon arrived in the room with the mirror and without hesitation she flew into and entered the other dimension. Betty didn't know how, but she sensed Marceline was in great danger. The icy hero flew through the valley and passed a mirror that reverted her back to her looks before she came in contact with her tiara. Betty didn't notice, she was focused on moving forward. Off in the distance she could hear Marceline crying and evil laughter. Betty flew faster, until she found a little Marceline being held up by Alister. Betty felt her rage boil up as her right arm became incased in ice. The women flew up to Alister and spun him around to face her.

"Let my daughter go, you ugly fanged peace of CRAP!" Roared Betty as she slammed her ice covered fist right into Alister's face!

There have been many recorded incidents in history, where a mother would gain super human strength to save their child. Betty was greatly fueled by this same super human strength, which was also boosted by her magic. When Alister was hit by Betty's punch his lower jaw was shattered, his nose was broken, his fangs flew out of his mouth, and his skull was fractured. Alister let go of Marceline and flew several yards before he crashed into a wall and fell to the ground with a thud. Betty caught Marceline with her other arm and comfortably held her.

"Betty?" Asked Marceline as she looked up at Betty.

"I'm here Marceline, don't you worry, I'm not going to let that monster hurt you." Said Betty as she kissed Marceline's forehead and gently put her down.

Betty turned to face Alister, who was stumbling to his feet and snapping his nose back into place as the rest of his face began to heal. The King of Vampires starred at Betty in confusion and then he began to slowly recognize the women.

"Your...one of those spirits that were following Marceline the day I first met her. How is it that your alive and why are you interfering with my business?" Said Alister as he glared at Betty.

"I'm the women who raised Marceline and I'm here to make sure you never harm her ever again." Said Betty.

"I'll admit your first punch caught me off guard, but what harm can you possible do to me?" Said Alister with a smirk.

"Your about to experience a force of nature very few people get to witness. A mother's wraith!" Said Betty as she raised both her hands and unleashed a huge surge of mystical lighting at Alister.

Alister's eyes widen in shock and his mouth opened up to scream, but the lighting slammed into with a tremendous force and sent him flying through the air and away from Betty and Marceline. Betty turned to Marceline and offered the girl her hand.

"Let's get out of here." Said Betty.

"Ok." Said Marceline as she took Betty's hand and they began walking the way they came.

Outside the mansion all the vampire recruits were just about destroyed. Drake was still exchanging punches with Brutus, until the two of them locked hands together and grappled with one another. Brutus slammed a knee into Drake's gut and made him double over. The vampire then tried to bite Drake's neck, but the dragon opened his mouth and blasted flames into Brutus's chest knocking him back and making him bat the flames and scream in pain. Drake charged forward and stabbed Brutus through the chest with his horns. Brutus screamed in agony before he disintegrated into a pile of ash.

Gearga was still facing off against Elizabeth. The vampire grinned and thrusted her rapier at Gearga's face for a kill, but Gearga dodged the attack by mere inches and the blade only sliced a little bit of her hair off. The daughter of War then head butted a startled Elizabeth in the face knocking her back, before Gearga stabbed her sword through her chest. Elizabeth gasped as she dropped her sword to the ground and disintegrated into a pile of ash.

All the vampires outside were defeated and Phoebe decided to fly into the manor to see how the others were doing.

Inside the manor Finn was leading the freed prisoners out of the cellar and towards the front door, when four of the elite vampires jumped before the group and surround them. One elite vampire leaped forward and kicked Finn to the ground and hissed at all the prisoners making them cower back in fear.

"Your not leaving here!" Said the vampire.

Finn was fixing to get back up, when Phoebe arrived on the scene. The vampires turned to face her.

"Ah another young person to drain of blood. Sit back girlie will deal with you in a minute after we deal with this boy here. He killed one of our own and he must suffer." Said one vampire as he advanced towards Finn.

Phoebe became filled with rage and the desire to protect the person, she loved. The flaming girl's flames turned from red to white as she advanced towards the vampires and fired blast of white flames at them. As soon as the flames touched the vampires they screamed in agony before their bodies turned to ash. Finn and the freed prisoners starred at Phoebe in awe as her flames returned to normal. The young princess stumbled, but caught herself.

"Well...that happened and that...took a lot out of me." Said Phoebe.

"Your were amazing Phoebe!" Said Finn as he stood up and walked over to Phoebe.

The two embraced and then they went about leading the prisoners out of the manor.

On the floor above Lucinda had managed to locate the room with the magic mirror. At that moment the mirror rippled and out flew a beat up Alister, who landed on the floor with a loud thud. The King of the Vampires was a sorry sight to see. His hair was mostly gone, various parts of his skin were badly burned, and his clothes were just basically rags now. Alister stumbled to his feet, but Lucinda flew in and hit the vampire with her hammer sending him crashing into a wall. The mirror rippled again and out stepped Marceline and Betty now returned to their regular looks. Lucinda handed Marceline her ax, as Betty turned to face the mirror. The ice women blasted the mirror with a freeze blast cover the mirror in ice. Lucinda looked at the mirror for a second and swung her hammer at it shattering the mirror to pieces.

"What...have you done?" Growled Alister as he starred at the wrecked remains of his mirror.

"We beat you that's what happened." Said Marceline as she pointed her ax at Alister.

The King of the Vampires glared at Marceline and then a tiny smirk appeared on his face. Before Marceline or any of the other could do anything, the two remaining elite vampires suddenly appeared and kicked Marceline and Lucinda away from Alister. Betty tried to attack them, but one of the vampires got behind her and delivered a chop to her neck and knocked her out. The elite vampire grabbed Betty, while the other elite vampire helped Alister up.

"This...isn't over Abadeer. I have a master plan that will destroy you and your friends. I'm taking this ice women to bare witness to my plan and then I'm...going to drain her of her blood." Said Alister.

"I won't let you!" Snarled Marceline as she lunged at the vampire holding Betty.

One of the elite vampires threw a black ball to the ground and everything was covered in black smoke. Marceline and Lucinda stumbled through the smoke trying to find the vampires, but when the smoke did clear they were gone. Marceline cursed and slammed her fist into a wall.

"Don't worry will find them and rescue Betty." Assured Lucinda as she put a comforting hand on Marceline's shoulder.

"Your right. We will save Betty and will end this nightmare once and for all." Said Marceline with determination in her eyes.

A few miles away the two elite vampires were flying towards a large volcano carrying Alister and Betty. The King of the Vampires groaned in pain, his wounds were taking much longer to heal and he needed to replenish his strength. Alister motioned for the two elites to land on the ground below. The henchmen complied and they landed. The King of the Vampires pushed himself away from the elite, who carried him and took a look at him. The elite smiled at Alister.

"I'm sorry for what's about to happen, but sacrifices must be made." Said Alister.

The elite looked at Alister in confusion, before the Vampire King sprang forward and sank, his fangs into the elite's neck. The elite gasped as Alister began to suck all the blood out of him. The other elite starred in horror not sure what to do. After a few seconds Alister drained all the blood from the elite and he was completely healed. The unfortunate elite was nothing, but an empty husk. Alister dropped the husk to the ground and it crumbled to ashes.

"Let's continue onwards." Said Alister, before he took flight.

The other elite glanced at the remains of his friend and gulped nervously. The vampire held Betty and took flight after his master. Alister's master plan was on the way and it spelled trouble for Ooo.

To be continued.