Finn leaps over the edge of the arena wall, completely forgetting about how high they were in his desperate rush to help Huntress. His eyes widen in shock at the fall before him. Releasing a cry of fear, he starts dive-bombing towards the ground as his eyes dart around to find a way to save himself. That is until a sudden force yanked him from behind. He grunts in pain at his sudden but welcome stop, and looks up to see what saved him. It was... a giant green bird? "... Huntress?" He asks unsure, and a squawk answers. He sighs, blushing slightly in embarrassment, "Thanks for the save. Again." Finn wasn't sure, but swore he saw what looked like a faint smirk on the birds face.
She flaps her wings heavily as they approach the ground, slowing them to a halt as they land on some strangers roof. Finn quickly squirms out from under her claws, rising to a stand as he looks back at the arena, "We need to get back in there!" He desperately pleads before he hears a poof behind him, and a second later Huntress walks up beside him,
"Or maybe we should take a moment to think of a plan?" She suggests, making Finn blink.
"Right, but what can we do against him? We're gonna need a way bigger weapon if we plan on staking him." He jokes before looking up at the oppressive clouds, "And I doubt getting rid of that will be easy, whoever did it used some wicked magic."
Finn was right, the storm clouds were shadowing everything for miles, and they were anything but thin judging by their dark shade. Marshall wasn't an idiot, he wouldn't be tricked into flying above them. "Well Finn, there's got to be a way, everything can be hunted… maybe we can have Ice Queen shoot a massive ice spike into his heart, like a giant stake?" Before Finn could answer, he spots a black blur flying towards them. "HUNTRESS MOVE!" He shouts, as he leaps at Huntress. They fall off the roof, hitting the ground hard. Just before the house gets blown into a thousand pieces.
Marshall had smashed into the house with his massive claws. And he was now looping back around. They swiftly scramble to their feet, hurriedly sprinting into an alleyway, hoping to lose the giant monster in the labyrinth of houses. Marshall squints as he struggles to track them, before shrugging his shoulders. And swinging both hands out. Finn and Huntress snap around corners when they hear the sound of homes and livelihoods being obliterated. Huntress yanks Finn, causing them to fall to the ground. Avoiding the massive claws as they wreck everything in front of them. Huntress carefully gets up before a rogue piece of brick falls on her. She grunts in pain, 'That's gonna leave a mark' She frowns, "We need to think of a plan Finn, these houses can only cover us for so long!"
Finn meanwhile was staring at the destroyed homes in shock, before spotting a person in one of them, a man lying limp on the ground. He scrambles to his feet, dashing over to the wounded man, "We're not using civilians as cover, Huntress!" He snaps at her, before examining the man. 'He's okay, just unconscious.' He drags him into the corner of the room. Huntress walks over to him worriedly, scanning the skies for the king.
"Finn if-"
"No Huntress, we're taking this outside." He says, shooting a finger out. Huntress follows his digit. And finds a large open sand plain.
"Finn that's suicide, no cover, no where to hide-"
"And no one's life in danger, no one's jobs, no one's belongings." He sternly tells her, before sprinting out, Huntress sighs 'I keep forgetting the duties of a hero' She does what she never thought she would do. She puts the lives of others before hers and sprints after Finn. The hero exit the alleyways, skidding on the sand as he turns to run down the main road, not a moment later Huntress joins him after leaping over a building. It doesn't take long for Marshall to spot the duo, and immediately swoops in to kill them. Finn snaps his head behind him as he hears a low whistle. His eyes shoot open as giant undead fists speeds towards them. Marshall slams both fists down just behind the duo, a shockwave shooting out and launching them both airborne.
Finn lets out a cry of shock as they fly through the air, Huntress remaining silent as they hit the ground. Huntress lands perfectly on her feet, while Finn is forced to roll, the rough landing sending pain through his spine. Still, the roll ends with him springing onto his feet. They both look back at their foe, finding him glaring at them as he rises up from the crater he made. He takes a single step, crushing some poor guys home in the process. Before breaking out into a sprint. The duo immediately book it as the undead charges at them. They know they can't outrun him, not without help. Huntress brings her fingers up to her lips and blows out a long, high pitched whistle.
They continue to run as they wait, the giant feet making slowly getting closer. The undead could easily catch up to them but was deliberately being slow, to give them a false sense of hope, to play with his victims before killing them. Yet, too focused on them to notice the two streaks heading towards the duo. Finn and Huntress stare as they approach, the clear shape of the wolves darting towards their rescue. The duo leaps into the air before landing on the canine's back. Only now does Marshall spot the wolves, and immediately rushed towards them.
The duo waste no time on their escape, Huntress leads the way as Finn trails being her. The wolves dart down the road at full speed as Marshall storms behind them. Quickly catching up to the duo, he raises his leg high, before stomping it down towards Finn. Finn steers the wolf sharply to the right down the alley as the foot comes smashing down. Marshall grits his teeth in silent rage from missing, but quickly forgets the hero, turning his gaze on Huntress. Continuing his sprint, he chases down Huntress. She darts her head up, judging the distance until the edge of the kingdom 'only a few more seconds' She snaps her head back, staring at Marshall 'I don't have a few seconds!' She immediately levitates her arrows before launching them at the giant. She once again aims for his eyes, though repeating the attack had meant he had seen it coming from a mile away. He raises his left arm, bringing it up to cover his eyes. Huntress halts the arrows before they could strike and calls them back to her. Marshall peeks out above his arm, finding no arrows in sight. He Smirks and lowers his arm thinking he outsmarted her. Only to see her gone.
Huntress had used the arrows as a distraction, using Marshall's blindness to quickly escape down an alley without him noticing. A second later she bursts from the alley and onto the open desert. She was right were Finn wanted them to fight. Sure enough Finn arrives as well, leaping off the roof of a building. His wolf slides to a halt next to hers as they both stare at Marshall. The giant undead was still standing searching for the duo, apathetically destroying peoples homes in the process . "You wanna get his attention?" Finn asks Huntress, who doesn't respond, she levitates an arrow and before calmly launching it. It silently flies through the air as the duo wait. A few seconds later, Marshall winces, before angrily spinning in their direction.
He roars before shooting into the air. "Thanks." Finn says nonchalantly, before they both dash their wolves further away from the kingdom,
"You know, most people wouldn't thank someone for sending a horrific monster after them."
"Eh, when were we ever normal?" He says, shooting her a grin. A whistle of something dive-bombing immediately wipes ends their banter as they shoot their gaze towards the sky. They spot Marshall diving at them, furious gaze locked on them. They jerk the wolves heads back, The wolves skid to a halt as Marshall's hands slam in front of them. His feet slam onto the ground before he then pushes himself up, slowly rising, absolutely towering over the duo.
Finn shoots his gaze back, judging the distance from the kingdom. They had gained some solid ground, but if Marshall took any big evasive actions, he would likely crash back into the kingdom 'This will have to do' Finn thinks, looking up at the giant Marshall. The vampire wastes no time as he suddenly lashes his hands together, planning to crush the duo between them. Not keen on that plan, they both immediately make the wolves dash forward to evade, just escaping as the hands smash behind them. Despite the attack whipping up enough sand that it threatens to blind them, they don't stop the fight. Huntress lunches her three arrows all at once, directly at Marshall's heart.
As expected, they pierce the flesh, but not deep enough. She immediately yanks them free with magic as she takes another look at the undead. Finn meanwhile was darting around Marshall's feet, slashing at the legs, cutting Marshall randomly to inflict pain, hoping to be a distraction for Huntress to do some actually damage. His plan works, for Marshall was glaring down at him. He suddenly lifts his foot up, going to squash Finn. The hero dashes the wolf away from the simple attack, riding in front of the giant as he stomps his foot down.
Marshall quickly follows his attack up, he rears his leg back. And swing his leg right at Finn, the hero only having time to cover his face with his arms as a wave of sand envelopes him before the edge of the foot clips him, the sheer force behind the blow sending the hero flying off the wolf. The sand falls back down and covers the hero, making him panic as he closes his mouth to avoid drowning in sand. He quickly dives his body up as his head pops out the sand. The hero gasps for air before snapping his head back up. Marshall was grinning down at him, foot raised to stomp. It comes crashing down on the hero.
Finn braces, closing his eyes and turning his head away. Then yelps in pain as a force suddenly yanks him by the head. The giant foot smashes down where Finn was. Finn pants at the close call, before the pain of being dragged across the sand by his head snaps him back to reality. He immediately turns his gaze up, finding out that Huntress had saved him once again. She quickly gets them both away from Marshall while he recovers from the stomp, using the time to hop off her wolf, "Take my wolf Finn."
"Wait, but what about you?!" He asks shocked, Huntress smirks, before her body starts to shift, taking the form of a small bird. She quickly flaps her wings, darting off into the air so fast that Finn instantly loses track of her. He turns his head, finding Marshall approaching him. He quickly mounts the wolf. It launches them both forward as they continue to lead Marshall away from the kingdom 'Huntress, I hope you find a way to bring him down…' Finn thinks hopefully, staring behind him as Marshall charges, smashing sand dunes effortlessly. "Faster boy! Girl! Whatever!" He shouts at the wolf, pushing it to the limit.
Marshall just smirks behind the hero, enjoying the sight of Finn being scared and helpless in front of him, getting lost in his demonic side. He swings his right arm up high above before shifting it into a very long tentacle, before whipping it back down onto Finn. The hero knew something was up judging by the giant shadow, a quick glance up gives him the answer. He immediately yanks the wolf to the left so hard that it yelps in pain. Though it loses all complaints when the giant black tentacle smashes down next to it. The attack slow neither Marshall or Finn down as they both quickly continue across the sands.
Huntress meanwhile was circling the undead from above, getting a bird's eye view on any possible weaknesses he could have 'Still nothing!' She screams to herself, becoming infuriated at the inability to hunt Marshall. She gives up, agreeing with what Finn said earlier. They need something big to hurt Marshall. She immediately starts looking around, trying to find anything to kill the giant undead. Nothing. But that is when she spots Winter Wraith in the distance. She was only now coming through the kingdom 'lets hope you can do something' She waits for Marshall to finish another attack before swooping down to Finn.
Said boy was riding a panting wolf, worried that it won't be able to keep running for much longer when he hears a poof behind him. Snapping his head around he finds Huntress suddenly behind him, "We can't do anything, but Winter Wraith is coming." She informs him, making Finn nod. With that, she jumps off, becoming a bird once more mid-air before shooting back to Marshall. The same person about to stomp on Finn '!...That's perfect actually' He does the same thing he did before, slamming the brakes on the wolf, allowing the foot to swoop over him before smashing into the ground. He twists the wolf, doing a full turn around before dashing back to the kingdom.
Marshall immediately twists on his foot and brainlessly continues to chase Finn. He rears his tentacle arm up before smashing it down again. Finn once again yanks on the wolf to dodge, but fatigue was getting to it. It can only do a tired leap to evade. Not enough to dodge the attack. The long limb smashes down next to them, the shockwave sending Finn flying off his wolf. They both crash into the sand, though Finn instantly recovers, snapping his gaze up to see a giant fist flying towards him. He shoots himself into the injured wolf, pushing them both to safety as the fist slams down. Its impact covers Finn in sand but he doesn't care as he scrambles to his feet.
Marshall grits his teeth, refusing to let his chance go. He lifts his tentacle arm back up before transforming it to a nasty set of long claws. But before he can swipe at the hero a giant bird the size of his head suddenly appears before him. Huntress rams into his head, stunning them both. However, since she was prepared for it Huntress recovers much faster, spreading her wings before she hit the floor and swooping down to Finn. She wraps her claws around his arms before yanking him up into the air. They shoot towards the city, Finn uses the opportunity to speak to Huntress, "Don't get too close, we can't put the kingdom in danger!" Huntress watches as Winter Wraith slowly walks down the sand streets 'It would be quicker to go to her, gives us more time to prepare.'
She swoops down, landing a fair distance from the kingdom before she pops back to her normal form, brushing a feather off "We're in a bad spot here Finn." He nods at the simple words before turning back to focus on Marshall approaching furiously.
"... You'd think we would be the winning seeing as he hasn't really injured us." He says as he brings an arm up to his stomach where two sets of claw wounds rest, now accompanied by a variety of bruises and small scratches.
"Focus Finn, we still got no solid idea on how to defeat him. We need something better than Winter Wraith."
"Right, sorry… What's the biggest thing you can become?" His question makes her freeze up as she thinks, before shaking her head.
"A tree, but I will be all shrivelled up due to no soil or water here. I can't do anything."
Finn remains silent at the answer, then both turn around as Winter Wraith slowly walks up to them. "Have you got a way to stake that?" He asks. She remains silent, only shaking her head, "Shoot." He looks forward again. They were too late. Marshall was upon them. The king comes rocketing towards them with two sets of giant claws behind him. Everyone dives out of the way as he rakes the land. He flies right past them before looping back, sticking his legs straight out as they smash into the ground. Momentum carries him into a skid heading straight for Winter Wraith. The summon jerks an arm up spraying ice directly at his feet. It instantly freezes. The sudden massive grip to the floor sends the giant toppling over. Finn watches as he smashes onto the ground. His face twists in thought as he looks at Winter Wraith, then Huntress and then the arena. He smiles as an idea comes to mind.
He sprints at Huntress just as she was about to rush at Marshall, "Huntress come here!" She stops her charge, quickly hoping over to Finn, "I've got a plan." Huntress nods, leaning in close. Meanwhile Marshall struggles as more ice gets piled onto him. The Winter Wraith was mercilessly keeping her two ice beams locked onto the king, freezing him to the ground. He didn't even have the chance to get up off the floor before she started hosing him down. He growls in rage and shoves himself up, the ice shattering in ear destroying barrage. Shards of it smash into Winter Wraith before bouncing off harmlessly as she opens her mouth wide, shooting ice shards at Marshall's leg. It tears through his flesh like a bullet as he snaps his hands down to clutch the wound.
"... You think that will work?" Finn asks cautiously. "Definitely. Go tell Winter Wraith, I'll distract Marshall." Finn immediately spins and dashes at Winter Wraith. "Hey WW!" She silently turns her head to Finn, "We've got a plan…" Marshall was about to nose in when he heard those words, but then a loud squawk steals his attention. He snaps his head, finding Huntress rocketing towards him as a giant bird yet again. Expecting another head-butt, he braces and shoves his head forward. Sharp claws pierce his eyes. He roars in pain as Huntress clenches her claws before yanking. Marshall brings his arms up and start wailing on Huntress, the bird just barely able to keep herself flying.
In the end however, she is forced to let go. She shoves against Marshall, launching herself away from him and landing as her normal self. Marshall stumbles back clutching his eyes, waiting for them to heal. When he finally opens them he sees the group running away from him. So blinded by rage that he didn't even consider a trap. He charges after them, following them as they run into the warriors kingdom. The ground shakes as he sprints madly after them "Nowhere to run Finn!" He yells before smashing both fists down on the ground behind. Everyone was knocked off their feet, before skidding in front of the arena walls.
Winter Wraith scrambles to its feet and walks off to the left. Marshall doesn't care about her escaping. His goal was Finn and Huntress. Finn was riding Huntress's back as she uses a zip line to scale the tall walls. They quickly get on top of it before rushing down the seats. Marshall towers over the walls that go to his knees, rearing a fist back to squish the pests. Huntress suddenly levitates an arrow what Finn randomly latches onto it. Suddenly they both rocket towards his face. Marshall quickly darts to the side, letting them fly past him. He shrugs at their desperate attempt to hurt him. Winter Wraith suddenly shoots more ice at him. He raises his arms as a shield as he faces the summon, turning his back to the arena.
He growls, walking forward towards the summon as the ice piles thick on his arms, locking them together against his chest 'What are they planning?' he questions. And that's when he spots a dot approaching him from above. He squints, trying to recognise what it was. It was Finn. He was dive bombing sword first, face full of determination. Marshall panics and goes to raise his arms. Only to be reminded that they're frozen. He doesn't have time to think of a new plan before Finn slams into his head. The momentum from the strike forces him to stumble backwards. He trips on the arena wall. Bracing for impact, he closes his eyes and tighten his form 'I will get them for this!'
Unbeknownst to him, Huntress had jumped down into the arena earlier. As Marshall falls down, she starts sprinting. Not to escape, but to actually get underneath him. She stands below his back left, watching it rapidly approach. She swiftly slams her hands onto the sand. And becomes a tree. As she said earlier, she was dried up and almost dead. What meant she was very spiky. Marshall falls directly on her.
His eyes go wide.
He looks down.
A tree covered in black blood was poking out his chest.
Right where his heart was.
His body shrinks back to his normal self, before falling unconscious to the floor. The whole crowd was silent, staring down in shock. Marshall Lee was defeated. Huntress transforms back to her normal self on her hands and knees, coughing as the effect of becoming a tree in a desert devastates her. After a few seconds of choking on her own saliva, she lifts her head to look around. She first spots Marshall's body, lying limp on the floor, then she spots the Winter Wraith, standing silently by the gate. Then she spots Finn. He was lying on the floor, all his wounds bleeding to create a small pool of dark red blood underneath him. Despite his state, he snaps his head, locking them on Huntress.
He suddenly coughs, smiling a bloody smile at her, crashing into Marshall at high speed having injured him even further. "We did it. Now, we need to defeat Winter Wraith." He turns his head, and a second later Huntress joins his gaze. Just in time to watch Winter Wraith walk out the gate. She slowly looks back down at him. "Huh. Well I guess it's time to answer the question of which one of us is better." He says, smiling as he pushes himself up before walking towards one side of the arena. Huntress starts walking to the other side 'Can I really kill him?' She wasn't testing her skills. Despite only having only two arrows left and starting to run low on magic, Finn was heavily beaten, and fatigue had to be getting to him. She can beat him. But can she beat him?
Saying she can kill Finn was one thing, but to actually do it? For the first time in her life, she was struggling to find the spirit of the hunt. She reaches the wall and promptly spins around to face Finn. He was already waiting, smiling with a look of resolution, 'That must of meant he sprinted, Which means he is not tired then?' She quickly scans over him again, if she was off about one thing then she might be completely wrong. Despite attempting to analyse his body, her gaze was constantly drawn back to Finn's face. Or mainly it's expression. He was confident, full of himself, unflinching in what he is about to do 'Why does killing me not bother him? Does he… not care about me? Was it a ruse all this time?' She instantly banishes the mad thoughts 'He does care, I'm just overthinking it' She tells herself, yet doubt still plagues her.
Finn was confident in his task. His goal was clear, so with a smile, he charges straight towards her with his sword dragging behind him. 'How can I fail at failing?!' He yells inside his head, encouraging himself. His charge snaps Huntress out of her thoughts as she calls for her arrows. They shoot out of her quiver, rocketing towards Finn. The hero reacts in less than a second, flinging his sword up directly in front of him. The arrow strikes the weapon hard before it's trajectory is twisted by the blade. It shoots off to the left of Finn as he continues to charge, despite knowing what is about to happen. He doesn't have time to move his arm, so the second arrow pierces his shoulder.
A massive spurt of blood leaves him as his body is violently twisted by the force of the arrow, threatening to topple him over. Yet all he does is grimace before snapping back to his rush. Huntress doesn't react as she calls her deflected arrow back to her. It shoots up right behind Finn, the hero diving to the side to avoid it as it returns to its mistress. The moment it arrives she instantly spins it around before launching it back at Finn. He winces as he climbs out of the sand. He swiftly stands defensively, sword held just above his legs. The arrow approaches. Faster than lightning, he spins out of its way, slashing his sword up as he does so.
Despite its strength, the arrow instantly get sliced in half. Finn snaps back to Huntress and charges at her 'I need this to look convincing' Huntress squints, summoning a spear in her hand. She rears her arm back, before chucking it straight at Finn. It whistles as it approaches, bringing Finns attention to it completely. He side steps as it smashes into the sand. He looks back towards Huntress. Only to find her right in front of him. She punches him in the face, his sprint forcing him to go to the ground head first. Huntress lunges out at the spear, ripping it from the ground before spinning to Finn as he was scrambling off the ground. She thrusts her weapon out, impaling him through his right shoulder.
She heaves in effort, pushing the spear up. Hoisting Finn into the air, his flailing body sinking deeper on to the weapon as he drops his sword. She then grunts as she slams the butt of the spear into the sand to stabilise it, before turning her attention to Finn. With magic she yanks the arrow free of him, before shooting it into him again. It pierces straight through his belly. She spins the arrow around and sends it through his back, popping out his stomach. She speeds up, her arrow acting like a sewing needle as it constantly goes through Finn creating a bloody display. The constant use of her arrow had driven her magic past zero, sending her slightly mad.
Suddenly Finn's hand shoots down and strikes her head. She stumbles back as she clutches her head, which meant she was no longer supporting the spear. It quickly topples over with Finn still on top. He drops to the ground, blood pouring out of him. Still, he shakily pushes himself up, grabbing his sword before stumbling towards Huntress. Her counter attack was instant, cupping both hands together, she throws them up, smashing Finn's chin. He stumbles back, his vision blurring as Huntress throws another punch at his head. Except when he topples back, he snaps back and head-butts her hard.
Unbraced, she gets sent plummeting onto her back. Finn flips his sword upside down and stabs it at her, the blade landing next to her head. She shrugs it off, 'he must've gotten a concussion' She immediately swing her legs, sweeping his out from underneath him. He lets go of his blade as he falls to the ground, Huntress grabs his blade and yanks it free before plunging it down into Finns robot arm. It sparks as the blade tears through it, pinning Finn to the ground. Huntress vaults over the weapon and lands past Finn. She reaches out and grabs her spear before spinning around and impaling Finn's other arm. A crunch comes from his arm as bone is shattered but in her magic induced madness she ignores it. She mounts Finn before yanking her skinning knife off her leg.
She starts ruthlessly stabbing Finns chest 'Why won't he die!?' She thinks desperately, seeing Finn's pained expression. With a final yell of effort she stabs the blade down one last time, the blade resting deep in Finn's chest. She pants on top of him, looking him straight in the eyes. He shoots her a bloody grin, causing her to tremble and her eyes to widen, "I got lost in the madness..." She says hauntingly, coming to the realisation of what she has done, the cruelty she inflicted on the one she loves. She quickly let's go of her knife, staring at him full of pained regret "It was meant to be quick! Painless! I-I'm so sorry for stabbing you! I'm sorry for shooting you with a arrow-"
He groans a little, cutting her off, "Actually Huntress, I really wouldn't mind that arrow right about now..." Huntress freezes up. Then nods, slowly ordering her last arrow to float off the ground, aimed at Finn. She hesitates. The arrow shakes above her 'This won't kill him. This won't kill him' She repeats. Then she launches the arrow. It goes straight into his head.
Killing Finn.
He instantly reforms in her hands. Clear of any wounds, clear of any pain. The knife pops out of his chest and gently boops Huntress, not that she notices as she focuses on the uninjured Finn '...He's fine' She instantly starts calming down, grinning happily as the madness of magic leaves her. Instantly a tremendous roar of celebration comes from the audience, everyone leaping off their seats and hopping down into the arena. Huntress bares her teeth 'This whole thing was planned by these guys!' She doesn't want to use more magic, not when she could hurt Finn with another power trip. She reaches down next to Finn's arms, grabbing a spear in one hand and Finn's sword in the other.
She stands with both arms stretched out away from her, planting a foot on the unconscious Finn. She growls, repeatedly poking a weapon out at them as they swarm around her. The royals back away hands raised, afraid for their lives but set on following the plan. Breakfast Prince walks forward, "Easy! You're just coming off the battle rush! So… How about you put those weapons down-"
"Get away from me you bastards!" She growls out between gritted teeth. And that was when Finn was yanked out from underneath her. She stumbles, before snapping her gaze to where Finn was going. It was a helper, dragging him into the crowd that flows around her. Just as she was about to charge, someone grabs her arms, "Someone get her weapo-" She kicks backwards, hitting whoever was behind as they let go of her with a grunt.
She doesn't do well against armies, she knows that. But Finn dose. So she tries to imitate what she's seen Finn do. She does a spin with her weapons held out. Instantly they spread away from her, but anywhere where her weapons weren't currently pointing they were closing in on her. She needed help, '... And I need it now!' That was the exact moment when loud thumping overshadowed the clamouring of the royal crowd. She spins her head, expecting to meet some great foe. But instead finds a great ally. The Winter Wraith towers over everyone, it's jaw slowly opening and hands raising.
Everyone immediately scrambles away, climbing over each other to escape the wrath of the summon. Winter wraith closes her mouth but does not lower her arms, instead shooting them out towards Huntress. Her giant ice hand wraps around Huntress before yanking her out of the stampeding royals. She holds her high before turning and walking over to the arena gates, "Thanks for that. But we need to save Finn! They took him-" Winter Wraith silences her by bringing a finger to Huntresses lips. Huntress merely leans away from it, getting slightly angry, "No! We need to save Finn!" She reiterates, her only response was a silent stare, "... Why? Do you-! Where's Ice Queen?"
The helper was rushing down the arena corridors with Finn slung over his shoulder, desperate to get rid of the hero before he wakes, terrified by what he saw him do in the fights. The plan was simple right now, while the royals distract Huntress with celebration, he was to take Finn to the torture chamber to let them do their 'work'. He snaps around another corner. And smashes into something. He stumbles, falling to the ground, "Hey watch it! I need to get Finn!-" The helper was about to rant when he freezes up. Staring him down was a very, very angry Ice Queen, her glare instantly making him shiver.
"What are you doing with Finn?" She demands sternly.
"Nothing!" His reply came fast, too fast to be the truth, too simple as well…
"Isn't he meant to go to the hospital? What is that way?" She questions, pointing behind him. The helper gulps in fear.
"He doesn't need the hospital! He… is completely healthy! So I was just going to drop him off outside!" He says, panicking slightly. Somehow, it works, Ice Queen seemingly calming down. He releases a sigh 'I can't believe that worked!'
"I see. Well then…" She leans down close to him, "If you're really doing nothing and Finn requires no attention, how about you and me have some… Fun." She finishes that line with a seductive blink, pushing her chest out. The man's face was aghast at her words, horror paralysing his body. He knows the tales as well as the royals, everyone did,
"Actually! It can't hurt if we make sure Finn is alright! So let's take him to the hospital right now!" He panickingly spins around, grabbing Finn. When sharp blue hands rest on his shoulder, his body temperature dropping.
"How about I do it, and you continue your day?" She suggests venomously. He wastes no time in escaping, jumping to his feet before bolting away.
Ice Queen sighs, before turning her gaze back to Finn. She slowly lowers herself, before scooping Finn up gently bridal style. Then she starts walking down the corridors, sending a magic command to Winter Wraith 'I found Finn. Head to the hospital' She speeds up her steps, slowly anger swelling inside of her. Someone just made an attempt on both her knight and her friend, right in front of her! 'Whoever did this, I will make you pay! I'll bring ice hell on you! But I'll need time to decide, and tell Finn the plan' She feels her tiara tingle, emotions fuelling her magic, 'I can't leave him in the hospital, they'll do something while I'm gone. So it's a simple barge in, grab any medical looking stuff and bust out' She lays the plan out in her head, imagining everyone being helpless to stop her, Finn getting charmed by her heroic actions to save him-
'Nope! Not going down that hole!' She banishes her daydreams as she turns a corner, finding Huntress and Winter Wraith walking down the corridor. She immediately calls out to them, "Hey guys!" They snap around, Huntress defensively raises her weapon while Winter Wraith stands idly by. Her eyes widen upon realising who she was pointing her weapons at, before promptly lowering them. She hurriedly sprints at the queen, "It's alright Huntress I'm fin-" Huntress ignores the woman, bringing her hands to Finn's cheeks, tilting his head so she can stare directly at his unconscious face. "Oh. Come on." Ice Queen says with disappointment before storming forward.
"Where are we going?" Huntress asks as she catches up, though eyes still locked onto Finn.
"To the hospital-"
"Bad idea. Leaving Finn unconscious and alone in a room full of enemies? You're begging for him to get killed at that point." Huntress snaps in,
"I doubt I'll ever beg for that Huntress." Her tone ends with a slight hiss, before she sighs, "I know the risk, but we're still going, we need medical supplies and some intel, 'cause I've never seen this spell before. And who knows if there's any side effects" She explains, Huntress's eyes widening as she reluctantly tears her gaze away from Finn and looks straight ahead. "We'll just give them a friendly visit and grab some stuff before returning back to my kingdom. We can do any treatment that is needed there."
"... Then what?" The question makes Ice Queen furrow her eyebrows in anger, her gaze turns into a raging glare,
"They attacked my knight for no reason! they attacked you for no reason! What do you think is going to happen?!" She says in a calm, angry voice, "They wanted a fight, now they've got one." After that they both shut up, silently approaching the hospital. Eventually they hear voices. Huntress immediately takes the lead, walking along a corridor wall before halting at the corner,
"... Long enough! It's not easy keeping Fionna here! What's going on out there?" A male voice calls out, another guy's voice nervously replying,
"Well sir, there was a massive battle. It turns out someone had covered the sky in clouds, allowing Marshall to become a massive demon. There was some… collateral damage."
"I see. I was wondering why I got royal patients. So was Fionna, she was… determined to find out the reason for herself."
"Yeah! I had to stop Finn if he was attacking everyone!" Fionna's voice suddenly echoes out, interrupting the conversation. There was a moment of silence before the conversation is continued,
"Well I hope Finn is getting what he deserves, it ain't easy to treat this many."
"Erm.. about that…" The guys voice trails off.
"What. Don't tell me they beat Marshall?!" The first guy cries out in shock.
"Well… yeah, yeah they did." Came a worried reply.
"Then where are they now?!" It was at that moment Huntress decides to leave her cover, Ice Queen and Winter Wraith following close behind. All three turn the corner to find two guards peeking inside a room. The sound of footsteps make the guards snap their heads away from the room, and immediately their eyes go wide, both of them stumbling back in fear.
"H-hey! I see you got Finn! I'm guessi-" Ice Queen shoots a beam of ice directly at their faces. Their hands jolt up to their heads as they become encased in a cube of ice. They fall to the ground, two loud thunks echoing down the corridors. Huntress ignores them, storming into the hospital room. Instantly all eyes were on her, full of shock and fear as everyone scampers as far away on their hospital beds as possible. Except two: Doctor Prince and Fionna. Fionna jumps out of her bed onto wobbly feet, raising her fists with an enraged expression. Then Doctor Prince suddenly pulls out two needles from inside his white science coat as he hides just behind Fionna, "I won't let you hurt my patients!" He yells.
Fionna grits her teeth before taking a single step forward towards her foe. Huntress drops both her weapons, she reels back her fist before rocketing it straight towards Fionna. The barely conscious girl doesn't react, allowing the fist to fly directly into her face. She stumbles before falling face first to the ground, lost to the grasp of unconsciousness once more. Doctor Prince goes wide eyed at seeing his patient injured, before growling and lunging forward with both needles.
That is until he becomes a solid block of ice thanks to Ice Queen. His enraged face captured for all to see. The Queen immediately puts Finn down gently onto a bed, before tearing up the room as she nabs everything useful. Huntress meanwhile looks for something very specific: Fionna's medical notes. She was being treated here, and she was human just like Finn. So Finn would need the same treatment as her. Huntress looks over to Fionna's bed. A quick glance tell her that the notes weren't there 'So where would?-!' She spins around as an obvious answer hits her, staring directly at the frozen Prince. She walks over to him, before with a strained grunt of effort, flips him off Fionna.
She quickly looks him over, spotting the object she seeks. It was located in his front right pocket. She turns around, grabbing her spear. She then raises the weapon high above her head, before slamming it down. A massive chunk of ice flies off, hitting some bed with a ting. She does so again. And again. And again. Until finally, she breaks off enough ice to be able to reach down and yank the notes free from it's pocket prison. She brings it in front of her face, giving the title a quick scan. Fionna- yeah that's all she needs to read. She quickly forms pockets on her clothes before shoving it inside. She picks her weapons back up before turning to Ice Queen, "We better get goi-" She freezes up upon seeing Ice Queen holding a mountain of items. Said royal turns to look at her ignorantly,
"What? I didn't know what we'll need." Her answer causes Huntress to smirk, before reaching into her pocket and fishing the notes back out.
"We don't need anything, just a lot of time... and a bucket."
Ice Queen groans, her arms flop to her sides as everything she held drops to the ground. She then leans over to her left and grabs an empty black bucket lying next to a bed. Before she can do anything else Huntress haphazardly tosses Finn's sword at her while absorbing her spear. The night sword hits the floor, letting of a metal screech as it slides to the royals feet much to her confusion "I'm carrying Finn this time." Huntress explains, picking Finn up bridal style. Ice Queen pouts, but eventually leans down and grabs the hero's sword.
"Fine, but lest head on back home now. This bucket smells funny…" They immediately book it out of the room, the Winter Wraith quickly joining them in their escape of the royal's scheme with an unconscious Finn in hand.
Man, magic madness sucks. It'll make you lunge out at anyone, even those who you love.
There was a reason why in the show Huntress seems to do things the hard, physical way, without magic. One could be to toughen herself up, to avoid becoming soft and lazy like she feared. But another in my theory is because she is scared of the magic madness, and what it might do to her.
Apologies that this chapter is a bit shorter than usual, but this is for two reasons:1.This was a better spot to leave it, creates some hype and tension while also providing me with a starting point for the next chapter. (Dad: That was my idea!) (NP: And I'm an idea thief :D)
2.Gives my beta reader some time to make improvements. I don't want to overload the guy, especially when he has a life of his own. (Dad: thanks dude, my calendar is stuffed to the brim right now.) (NP: No problem! Enjoy some peace)
I also apologise if the writing is a bit off/bad. I've caught a cold and it has given me a headache. Nothing serious, but it turns out it is really hard to focus, write and plan a story when you've got one. Apologies again. (Dad: It's chill dude, please take a break next time.) (NP: NEVER)
I hope releasing the chapter early makes up for it! Release time will still be Wednesday or whatever it is for you, I'll be using the days of break to get over the cold.
I know Finn's and Fionna's death were similar, that's the point, they are the same person after all. Decided to remind you'll that by making them share similarities and at times, descriptive language.
Also, how was the Marshall Lee fight? I think a few of his actions might affect him once the rush of battle subsides…
Review response:
The Book of Eli, on FF, chapter 19:
It's good to hear that you enjoyed the fight! I'm glad that there's actually uncertainty on who will win. There might be a secret to Finn's sword, but if it does, it won't show up for a while…
The odds another lady will like Finn? Not likely. This is a Finn X Huntress fanfic, and I know a lot of people are here for that.
Claz7960, on FF, chapter 19:
Glad you like the skeleton fight, I decided that a fight filled chapter would need a comedic break or two, otherwise it would just be too much. I'll tell 'dad' that you enjoyed his edits, I know he needs some motivation.
(Dad here, I'm glad you liked my contribution! I noticed that you did a little cheeky meme in your comment and I'd kinda like to address that.I honestly don't think that it's Marshall that's too arrogant; but rather Finn. He feels way too overconfident in his abilities. And it just kinda feels out of character. Marshall's arrogance works because he's established very early on that he is a hot head. Breaking into someone's home intent on starting a fight, without actually having any concrete evidence that Finn is a bad guy.)
Yeah, I don't like cheap shots, like you said they're the easy way out. But they do work if done properly (what I hoped I did). Yeah I think the fact that someone can oppose Marshall might shock him, and he might have reflections back on that. Also your meme has been approved. Jokes aside, that arrogance and ignorance will be a point later.
Oof, sorry about killing your fight b* again, but I hope you like the outcome of the next chapter. I'll try to add more of those fights seeing how you like them.
Sorry for dragging the fight on, but I wanted to use every skill they have to win, otherwise someone might say 'why didn't X win, they have power 'Y'?'
(Dad here again. You don't necessarily need to show every single skill they posses. It exaggerates the fights to a point where they feel more like an episode of dragon ball then adventure time.)