Family
Chapter 127 Drill
By: Major144
Disclaimer: I do not own anything, expect the OCs. This is just a story for fun.
In the Candy Kingdom, dungeon, Martin was being visited by Flame King. The fiery ruler stood before Martin's cell and glared at the human. Martin stared back at Flame King slightly nervous.
"What do you want?" Asked Martin.
"I'm here to talk." Said Flame King.
"Is this about being a bad father, because I already got this talk already." Said Martin.
"Well Martin this is a talk about being a bad father, however mines going to be a little different. You see Martin, I've made some bad calls as a parent with my daughter. My wife was murdered and Phoebe was kidnapped, when she was just a baby. I became grief stricken and I fell into a little depression. It was by luck that my child managed to escape and that Simon came across her and took her to his home. Simon along with Marceline we're going to take Phoebe back to the Fire Kingdom, when they were ambushed by my traitorous brother Flame Duke and his men, who tried to kill Phoebe. The two of them defended my child and the commotion their fight caused got my attention. I went to go investigate what was going on and I'll killed my brother. Simon explained how he found Phoebe and I was overjoyed to see that she was ok, however this made me realize that my daughter's life was in danger if she came back to the Fire Kingdom and I knew that in my current state, I couldn't provide her with the love she needed. I then asked Simon to raise Phoebe and watch over her for me. Simon was someone I deeply trusted and respected and he agreed to watch over Phoebe. Six years later there was an incident at the Candy Kingdom. Phoebe's powers had gone wild and Bubblegum called me demanding that I take my daughter back to the Fire Kingdom. I along with several of my soldiers went to the Candy Kingdom to get Phoebe. Bubblegum constructed a lantern to contain Phoebe's powers and keep her safe. Phoebe was placed in the lantern and taken to the Fire Kingdom, where I had the lantern hung from the celling, where I could keep an eye on her and have her protected. I was doing this to protect her, but at the same time I was robbing my daughter of her childhood and her freedom. My plan was to release Phoebe, when she was much older, or until I found a worthy suitor, one that would protect her. Years later, Jake appeared in my court and used his powers to stretch and make a fake Finn to try and win my favor, so the real Finn would date my daughter. The fake Finn won my approval and I released Phoebe from the lantern. It wasn't until much later that I learned that I had been tricked. I located Finn's home, where Jake explained to me what he did and why. Though I found Jake's tale amusing and I respected the fact, he did what he did to help a loved one, I still wanted to meet Finn to see if he was truly worthy of my daughter. It was then that I met your son for the first time and when I studied him, I saw a great fire in his eyes that told me he would protect Phoebe with ever ounce of his being and I allowed him to date my daughter. Finn has been good to Phoebe and he has helped save the Fire Kingdom from great threats." Said Flame King.
"So what does this have to do with you making bad parenting choices?" Asked Martin.
"I'm getting to that. You see, though I was trying to protect my child from harm, I robbed her of her freedom and made her unhappy. The incident at the Candy Kingdom, wasn't Phoebe fault and I should have let her continued to let her to stay with Simon and Marceline. If I had done that, Phoebe would have had a happier childhood and she would have met Finn at a much younger age. I had good intentions at heart, but...they greatly hurt Phoebe emotionally and I regret that. A parent should always show remorse, when they do a child a great wrong Martin. As parents, it's our duty to protect our children both physically and emotionally. I made a bad parenting choice Martin and I will always regret what I did, while you on the other hand made a terrible choice and greatly harmed your son and yet you show no remorse for your actions. As one father to another Martin, show your child, that you regret what you did." Said Flame King before he walked away.
Martin just starred at the floor in thought.
Miles away at the cloning lab, Subject 118, was still picking the locks on her shackles, when she began to think back on the day she first met Subject 144. It had been several months ago and Sylvester had been running test on several clones. Sylvester had began placing a few clones in a large arena like room and tried to get them to fight to death. At first the clones had openly refused to do this, but Sylvester gave some of them a weird green serum that turned their eyes neon green and seemed to drive them crazy. Subject 118 was forced to take down a couple of these clones already and then one day, Sylvester decided to try something new. Subject 118 was taken to the arena and she was expecting to fight another crazed clone, but what she saw instead was a scared blue skinned girl with white hair and appeared to be no more then five years old. The girl squinted and looked at Subject 118 with fear and she let out a cry as she ran to the far side of the arena. Subject 118 starred at the girl in confusion, this was certainly unexpected. The winged clone walked to the little girl, who was now curled up into a ball and shivering with fright.
"It's...ok little one, I'm not here to hurt you." Said Subject 118 in a calming voice as she squatted next to the little girl.
"Your...not going to hurt me?" Whispered the girl as she looked up at the other clone.
"I'm not going to hurt you. You can trust me." Said Subject 118 with a smile.
The girl seemed to relax and calm down. It was at that moment that Sylvester decided to release another clone into the arena.
"Release Subject 136 into the arena." Said Sylvester's voice over and intercom.
A door in the arena opened up and out stepped a massive skeleton with a wolf skull and claws. The new entry also had green neon eyes. Subject 136 looked over at the other clones and let out a crazy howl, before charging at them. The little girl screamed in terror as Subject 118 glared at the on rushing monster and flapped her wings forward, launching a dozen ice feathers that were hard and sharp like knives. The feathers struck Subject 136 and a few imbedded themselves into his arms, chest, and skull, but still the mad clone continued to charge forward roaring. Subject 118 looked at the charging monster and then back at the little girl. Without a word, Subject 118 picked the girl up and took flight as Subject 136 leaped at them. Subject 136 tried to swipe a claw at the flying clone, but missed her and ended up flying and crashing into a wall with a tremendous thud. Subject 118 hovered in the air holding the little girl as she watched Subject 136 pull himself from the wall to glare up at the other clones. Subject 136 had a few cracks on his skull and a few of his teeth were missing. The savage clone let out a roar as it raced forward and leaped into the air swinging it's claws at the other clones. The little girl let out a panicked scream as Subject 118 whirled around, so her back was facing the attack instead of her front. Subject 136 struck the winged clone's back and sent, her and the little girl crashing to the ground with a tumble. Subject 118 groaned as she released her grip on the little girl. Subject 136 landed on the ground a few yards away.
"Run...get away!" Cried Subject 118 to the little girl.
The little girl looked at the other clone and took off running. Subject 118 got onto her knees and glared up at Subject 136.
"Ignore Subject 118, she is no longer a threat. Focus on Subject 144, perhaps if her life is in danger, she'll actual use her powers, but if she doesn't you have my full permission to rip her apart." Said Sylvester's voice over the intercom.
Subject 136 turned away from Subject 118 and began to go after Subject 144.
"NOOOO!" Cried Subject 118 as she quickly got to her feet.
Subject 118 shot a bunch of feathers out of her wings and into her hands forming a sword with them. The winged clone let out a battle cry as she flew towards Subject 136. The mad clone just managed to turn around in time to see Subject 118 coming at him. Subject 118 brought her sword down on Subject 136's slicing it in half! The halves of Subject 136's skull clattered to the ground as the light in it's eyes vanished and it's body collapsed to the ground. Subject 118 dropped her sword and fell to her hands and knees breathing hard. Subject 144 ran up to Subject 118 and placed a hand on the spot, where Subject 136 had struck her. At once Subject 118 felt a cold sensation on her back and the pain went down a little. The winged cloned glanced at Subject 144 and realized the coldness was coming from her hands.
"Well I must admit, this was unexpected." Said Sylvester as he entered the room with Blastronaut and Kim right behind him.
Subject 144 let out a cry of fear at the sight of the scientist as she hid behind Subject 118. The winged clone tried to get up to attack Sylvester, but Blastronaut blasted her with a stun blast and knocked her to the floor. Kim walked over to Subject 144 and dragged her out of the arena. Sylvester stood over Subject 118 and looked down at her.
"You really outdid yourself today. I original anticipated that you and Subject 144 would both die, yet you managed to find the strength to beat Subject 136. I underestimated your abilities."
"What's...the deal with Subject...144?" Asked Subject 118.
"Well since I'm in a good mood, I'll tell you. Subject 144 was created from the DNA of two people with ice powers. Their names are Simon and Betty and they are both married. You could say that Subject 144 is their offspring in a way. I created another clone earlier on using their DNA, but he turned out much different. I suppose Subject 144 got her personality traits from her DNA donors, so that would explain her differences from the other clones." Said Sylvester.
"What do you plan to do to her?" Asked Subject 118.
"Oh nothing yet, but I can see that you've taken a fondness of her. You acted like her guardian angel, in the arena. I must say that was quit interesting and I wish to study how you two react and bond with one another. I'll let the two of you spend some time together later, after you are healed up." Said Sylvester.
Days later Sylvester let Subject 118 and Subject 144 spend time together in a much larger cell to spend some time together. Subject 118 learned that her new companion had trouble seeing things and that there was another clone named Frost that seemed to greatly dislike the little clone. One day for no particular reason, Sylvester showed Subject 118 a picture of Simon and Betty.
"These are the people I got DNA from to create Subject 144. A couple of the world's strongest protectors and they have a past of taking in children." Said Sylvester.
"Why are you showing me this?" Asked Subject 118.
"Just to torture you. You see in a matter of speaking Subject 144 is the offspring of Simon and Betty and I'm sure if they knew about her, they would give her a loving and caring family and a home, but I'm not going to let that happen. Subject 144 is my creation as are you and I will do whatever I please with both of you. I made you and I can easily unmake you." Said Sylvester with a cruel grin.
It was then that Subject 118 vowed to free herself and Subject 144. Subject 118 planned to take Subject 144 to Simon and Betty, so she could have a happy life and family.
In the present Subject 118 finally unlocked the lock and the shackles fell off. The winged clone then shot some of her ice feathers at the door making a loud noise. The door swung open and in stormed Blastronaut with his blaster armed raised. Subject 118 fired a feather at the robot's blaster, hitting it, and making it explode! Blastronaut went flying back and crashed into a wall as Subject 118 ran out of the cell and down the hallway. After a few minutes of searching, Subject 118 located Subject 144's cell and opened it. Subject 144 looked up at Subject 118 as she ran into the cell and picked her up.
"What's...going on?" Asked Subject 144.
"We're getting out of here and I'm taking you to a better place." Said Subject 118 as they left the cell.
The two flew into a hallway, where they were confronted by a couple of iron owls. Subject 118 took them out with a few feathers and they flew down the hallway, until they reached a large open hanger. The doors started to close and Subject 118 flew towards them. The winged clone was getting closer to the doors, when she felt a sudden spike of pain in her left shoulder that made her cry out. Subject 118 glanced behind her and saw a ice spike stabbed into her shoulder and Frost flying after her and Subject 144.
"You two defects aren't breaking out of here!" Declared Frost as he got closer.
Subject 144 cried in fear as Subject 118 gritted her teeth flapped her wings faster. The two escaped clones barely made through the closing doors and out of the lab. The doors closed and Frost couldn't continue the chase. The evil clone let out a curse as he slammed his hand into the door in anger. Outside the lab Subject 118 and Subject 144 were flying into the sky and taking in the wonder of the outside world for the first time. The two clones looked at the vast lands before them and they spotted a large group of icy mountains off in the distance.
"That must be where Simon and Betty live." Thought Subject 118 as she began flying towards the mountains.
Back at the Candy Kingdom, Bubblegum was in her lab with, Phoebe, Patience, and Slime Princess. The four Elementals had wires and sensors hooked up to their faces to study their energy and brain patterns. Bubblegum was looking at a computer and of a scan of a jellybean that had come from her hand, when Patience had gotten her to use her powers. The jellybean was pure candy and it perplexed Bubblegum, on how it came from her hand. The Candy Queen looked at her palm then pointed it forward trying to make it shoot candy, but nothing happened. This frustrated Bubblegum, because it was something she couldn't explain or understand. Bubblegum was a women of science, yet despite all her knowledge, she couldn't figure out to get her new found abilities to work.
"What's the deal with this?!" Yelled Bubblegum in frustration as she yanked the sensors from her face.
"Hey chill out Bubblegum, it takes time." Said Patience as she walked over to Bubblegum.
"Patience, I've been alive for hundreds of years and I've created my own kingdom and several lifeforms in my time, yet I can't understand my own abilities and how to get them to work. Your 28 yet you managed to make your powers to work, Phoebe is a teenager and she seems to have a mastery of her powers, and Slime Princess just learned about her powers and she can use them at will. I can't make a single piece of candy fly from my hands." Said Bubblegum as she looked at her hands.
"Well maybe your overthinking this whole thing. These powers simply can't just be forced, you have to clear your mind and relax. You have visualize your element and focus on what you want it to do. Your past life was a really smart guy, but he had trouble with his powers. He only got them to work after he calmed down and relaxed. These powers are a part of our very souls and they simply can't just be forced in order to make them work. They're magic." Said Patience.
"Magic is something I...have trouble believing. I'm a scientist and everything I know has a rational and logical explanation. I believe that magic is another form of science." Said Bubblegum.
"I get your a scientist in all, but by now you've must have began remembering your past lives and how the four of us came to be. We are the offspring of gods and we all have powers. It's something that goes beyond science and its a lot to take in." Said Patience.
"I have been having visions of a different life...and maybe this goes deeper then I originally thought." Said Bubblegum.
"Maybe you should try calming down and relaxing to try and use your powers. That's what Patience said your last life did." Said Phoebe.
"Alright I'll give it a shot." Said Bubblegum as she closed her eyes and relaxed.
The candy ruler raised her hand as she thought about the sweetness of candy. A blast of jellybeans shot from Bubblegum's hand and over the room. Bubblegum opened her eyes and starred at her hands, then she pointed them at a wall and a blast of pink gummy goo fired from, her hands and stuck to the wall.
"You did!" Cheered Slime Princess.
"I...did." Said Bubblegum slightly stunned.
Bubblegum pointed her hands in the air as she fired another spurt of jellybeans. The candy baffled, the queen, because she had no idea where it was coming from. It wasn't coming from her own body, because it wasn't losing any mass or draining her of energy. The power was something Bubblegum, couldn't wrap her mind around. Bubblegum decided to try and test the vision powers with the other Elementals.
"Come with me, I need to show you something and see if it triggers any visions." Said Bubblegum as she had the others remove the sensors and then she lead them out of the lab.
The four Elementals went to the room where the Lich had been originally kept. The large cracked sphere stood where it was and Bubblegum went over to it and pressed a hand on it. Bubblegum looked at the others and beckoned them over to the sphere. The other Elementals looked at one another and then they walked over and pressed a hand to the sphere. At first nothing seemed to happen and then an image of the Lich's face flashed through all of the minds of the Elementals. Bubblegum, Phoebe, and Slime Princess were startled by the image and they stumbled back. Patience on the other hand let out a scream and stumbled back put a hand on, her chest, and breathing hard.
"It's...that thing we...saw in our vision all those years ago! The...being who brought...ruin to the world!" Gasped Patience.
"That thing you saw was the Lich. It was once held in this very room, until it escaped. Finn, Simon, Marceline, and Jake fought it and seemly destroyed it, however it turned out the Lich tricked us and at this very moment it's...out there somewhere planning something big. I thought with our vision abilities we could locate the Lich or figure, what he was planning. I'm sorry about not telling you what I had in mind." Said Bubblegum.
"That's...ok. Just seeing that thing again really, brought up some...old bad memories before the war. It was a real nasty time." Said Patience with a slight shiver.
"Well at least I know what the thing were fighting looks like." Said Phoebe.
"I heard about how terrifying the Lich was, but seeing that vision really scared me." Said Slime Princess.
"Well I have some other business to attend to. It was great to see you all and I thank you for your cooperation and help." Said Bubblegum as she headed off to her lab.
Phoebe decided to head to the village to meet up with Finn, leaving Patience and Slime Princess alone. The two Elementals decided to hangout and explore the palace a little. Patience and Slime Princess were walking down a hallway with fancy pictures, when they encountered Neddy and Night. Ever since Night had recovered from her ordeal, she had been spending time with her sisters and with Neddy. Night wanted to help the heroes of Ooo out, by trying to figure out, who Crimson really was. The princess recalled that Crimson brought her to the Candy Kingdom to do something, but she couldn't remember what it was. This lead Night to believe that Crimson was a candy person, who worked inside the palace and she decided to ask Neddy for help. Neddy was thrilled by the mystery, especially since he was working along with someone with psychic powers. The two of them were currently looking at some pictures, when they noticed Patience and Slime Princess.
"What you up to?" Asked Slime Princess.
"We're trying to solve a mystery." Said Neddy.
Night filled the others in on their investigation. Patience's eyes lite up with excitement.
"Don't you worry Patience St. Pim Private Eye is on the case! I've watched a few murder mystery shows and I've read a few mystery novels. I can totally help figure out, who this Crimson guy is."
Neddy and Night filled Patience on everything they knew, including all the suspects they had. Patience nodded her head and paced back and forth in thought.
"Ok, the way I figure they're are two suspects, who could be the culprit. One would be Starchie, because his a groundskeeper and he knows his way around the kingdom. The second would be Peppermint Butler." Said Patience.
"Why Peppermint Butler?" Asked Night.
"Well from the shows I've seen and the novels I've read a butler was the person, who committed the crime. A butler is a greatly trusted person, so no one would ever suspect them, but behind some butlers's polite exterior is a great unsettling evil, that despises their master and they want to commit great evil against their master." Said Patience.
"I can safely assure you all, that I greatly care for my masters and that I have no ill will towards them." Said Peppermint Butler as he appeared behind Patience.
"Aaaaaa! Ninja assassin Butler come to snuff us out!" Cried Patience as she leaped away from the candy servant.
"I'm terribly sorry for startling, you, but I couldn't help coming forward to defend myself, from your accusation. I am a loyal servant of the rulers of the Candy Kingdom and if you suspect me of being that Crimson fellow, then you have my permission to use your psychic powers to search my mind and find the truth. I'm innocent and I have nothing to hide." Said Peppermint Butler.
"Alright then, I'll search your mind." Said Night as she closed her eyes and pointed her hand at Peppermint Butler.
Nobody noticed, but a tiny wicked smirk briefly appeared on the butler's face. Crimson had several years of hard mental practice to defend, his mind from attacks and probes, he also knew how to give mind readers false memories and only certain little bits of information. Night searched the servant's mind, but all she got were happy memories of service to Bubblegum and thoughts about how to please the king and queen. The princess stopped her search and opened her eyes.
"His clean. Peppermint Butler isn't Crimson." Said Night.
"Thanks for letting Night read your mind mister Butler." Said Neddy as he faced Peppermint Butler.
"Your welcome Prince Neddy and I wish you and your friends good luck with their search." Said Peppermint Butler as he turned to leave.
"Guess it wasn't the butler this time." Said Patience.
A cruel sinister smile appeared on Peppermint Butler's face as he walked away. The villain had everyone fooled.
Miles away from the Candy Kingdom a enormous drilling machine was making it's way down the road, when it suddenly stopped. The machine was grey with tank treads with a window and drill at the front. Inside the machine was Knightbrace. The headgear wearing villain looked at a computer that showed a map of the planet's inner crust and according to the map Knightbrace was in a good place to start drilling. King's Business Men had given Knightbrace a great plan to utterly destroy the Candy Kingdom. The plan involved using the drilling machine and some explosives. Knightbrace was going to drill underneath the Candy Kingdom, until he got near the mantle, once he was there he would plant some explosives, drill up to the Candy Kingdom, and detonate the explosives, which would unleash a great wave of lava, which would shoot up from the hole Knightbrace made and pour right onto the Candy Kingdom. It would be like filling in a cavity. Knightbrace activated the drill and started drilling into the Earth.
Back at the Candy Kingdom, Phoebe was hanging with Finn and telling him about what happen in the castle. Phoebe then began to talk about her ability to summon the holy white flames and how it wore her out. The princess believed that she could summon different kinds of flames that would increase her power without wearing her out. It was at that moment that the ground began to tremble and then it stopped.
"Ok...that's weird." Said Finn.
Finn's cellphone rang and he answered it. Bubblegum's voice came in.
"Finn I just picked up some weird seismic activity and I don't think it's natural."
"What makes you think that?" Asked Finn.
"Well one of my scout birds just took a picture of a very large hole a few miles away from the Candy Kingdom. I'm sending you one of my robot swans to give you a lift there so you can investigate it." Said Bubblegum.
A robot swan landed near Finn and he hopped onto it. The Sean took off into the air with Phoebe flying after it. Soon they reached the hole and the swan landed. Finn got off the swan and looked down the hole, before looking at Phoebe. The fiery princess grabbed a hold of Finn and the two of them leaped down the hole. Phoebe used her abilities to slow their decent, until they reached the bottom and lightly landed on the floor of a large chamber. Phoebe lite the chamber up with her flames and the heroes saw a stack of explosives nearby along with a large drilling machine, which Knightbrace was fixing to get into.
"Hey it's that jerk with the headgear, who hates candy!" Shouted Finn as he pointed a finger at Knightbrace.
Knightbrace whirled around to face the heroes. A startled look appeared on the villain's face, but it was soon replaced by anger.
"Your not going to stop me this time brat! That evil place of cavities is going to be destroyed!" Declared Knightbrace as he got into the drill and started it up.
The drill pointed upwards towards the celling and shot up. The big machine smashed through the celling and started to make it's way to the surface.
"We got to catch him!" Declared Finn.
Phoebe nodded, grabbed Finn, and blasted up through the hole after the drill. The heroes caught up and Phoebe fired a concentrated blast of fire at the back of the drill making a hole in the back.. Phoebe flew to the hole and Finn pulled himself into the machine. Knightbrace was sitting at the controls, when he heard Phoebe blast through the back. The headgear wearing villain hit a button on, his controls and activated the explosives. The explosives went off and a burst of lava shot up through the hole the drill was making. Phoebe sensed the heat of the lava, before she turned and saw it racing after the drill. The fiery princess turned and fired a blast of flames at the onrushing lava, trying to force it back, but it kept coming. Inside the drill, Finn had made his way to Knightbrace, who unbuckled himself from the controls to fight Finn. Knightbrace pulled out his retainer and hurled it at Finn. The teen ducked the attack, but the retainer bounced off a wall and hit Finn in the back of the head stunning him as Knightbrace caught the retainer in his mouth. Knightbrace then leaped onto Finn and tried to strangle him. Finn grunted and managed to push Knightbrace, off of him and deliver a punch to his face knocking him back.
"This cavity will be filled!" Shouted Knightbrace as he hurled his retainer at Finn.
"The Candy Kingdom isn't a cavity!" Shouted Finn as he dodged to the side and managed to grab the retainer and hurl it back at Knightbrace.
The retainer hit Knightbrace in the chest and knocked him to the ground. Knightbrace tried to scramble to his feet, but Finn punch him in the face and knocked him out, while that was going on Phoebe was still trying to push the lava back with very little luck.
"I need more power!" Thought Phoebe desperately.
The fiery girl felt a tingling sensation and she looked at her hands in amazement to see blue flames. Phoebe let out a cheer as she pointed her new flames at the lava and unleashed a might blast that stopped the lava.
"YEAH! I did it!" Cheered Phoebe.
The drill then reached the surface and emerged in the castle courtyard ripping up several plants in the process. Finn quickly turned the machine off and Phoebe flew out of the hole with blue flames. A bunch of gingerbread men, banana guards, and gumball robots surrounded the drill and Finn handed Knightbrace over to them. Knightbrace was quickly taken to the dungeon, as Bubblegum arrived on the scene and thanked Finn and Phoebe. Finn took in Phoebe's new look.
"Awesome! I'm digging the blue flames." Said Finn.
"Thanks. They're stronger then my normal flames, but not as strong as my white flames, so they don't ware me out like them." Said Phoebe as her flames returned to their normal color.
Finn and Phoebe smiled and shared a little kiss.
In the Ice Kingdom, Subject 118 and Subject 144 at just arrived. The shoulder wound Subject 118 had gotten at the lab was starting to take it's toll and the winged clone felt herself growing weak and tired. Subject 144 was taking a little nap, since she and Subject 118 had started heading towards the Ice Kingdom. Subject 118 landed a few hundred yards from the largest mountain in the kingdom. The clone took a couple of steps forward and then she fell on, her side still holding Subject 144. Everything was growing dark for Subject 118, when she saw two figures heading her way. Subject 118 then lost consciousness as she saw that the figures got closer.
Simon and Betty starred down at the two strange figures laying in the snow before them. Betty saw the child held in the women's arms and she gently reached down and took her in her arms. The child didn't stir as Betty held and studied her. Betty saw the child's chest moving, so she knew the child was alive, but she appeared to be sleeping. Simon was examining the shoulder wound in the women's shoulder and checking her pulse. There was a faint pulse from the women. Simon carefully picked the women up and he and Betty headed back to their home to tend to their new guest.
To be continued.
