If you haven't read the nsfw story I made, I suggest you do! It is what it will be like in Incrementum so I want opinions!
Huntress freezes up at the question, not because of the topic of the inquiry but because she simply wasn't expecting the young girl to talk. She blinks and continues her sideways walk as her gauntlet hand traces the wall, twisting her head to glance at Fionna as she looks up curiosity, "What do you mean?" The nymph asks back, genuinely unsure where such a question came from and how she could answer it. Fionna seems to not know either as she shrugs uncaringly,
"No idea, I just wonder what everyone thinks of humans."
"As in, what pops into our head when we hear 'human'?" The young girl nods in reply, making Huntress look straight ahead as she conjures an answer.
"... Well… not much really, we don't think about you lot too much simply because you not around and don't affect our lives anymore. But, if I had to say?... We think of the post war humans with a tad sympathy, I mean they were thrown into a torn up world, surrounded by things wanting to kill them." They reach the end of the tunnel, and Huntress peeks her head out, scanning around for any threats with her huntress vision before nodding, leaving the cave path with Fionna closely behind, "All around them sat old reminders and regrets, alongside 'mutants' that despised them for creating such a hazardous world. They were slowly picked off one by one, forcing them to live in fear and wear those animal hats that you have in fear." Fionna shifts her gaze straight up, staring at the floppy rabbit ear as he hand goes up to fiddle with it.
"So Fionna, I guess we looked at the post war humans with sympathy, they didn't deserve their hate or fates, yet I also respect them. To be honest they had to be tough to survive a: plague ridden world, hazard filled cities, and an army of vampires n' rainacorns hunting them." Fionna nods,
"I always wondered how I got here, I mean something had to give birth to me, and I get all soul searchy when I think about it… but at the same time I know the truth." She sighs, "Chances are the human race is dead. But it's good to know we weren't hated, it's good to know I'm not hated." Huntress stares for a second, 'Is that what she is worried about?' She looks away,
"You weren't, but the pre-war humans? That's a different story." Fionna snaps up at that, triggering Huntress to continue, "They are once again not thought about as much… but definitely way more than the post war humans. It can't be helped, there are parts of them everywhere, their remnants are still affecting us to this day. We think about them more because they made us think about them, even a thousand years dead they still affect the world. They are hated and feared, they are the destroyer of worlds as everyone with a brain cell knows how powerful they were. The spirits often told me stories of them, defying nature in every single way as they took all they could from the earth. I don't like them."
Fionna actually nods in agreement, "I'm a hero, I understand! If what you were saying is true then they were evil! And I would gladly punch- I mean, ask them to leave." Huntress raises an eyebrow in curiosity, but shrugs her sudden change in words off,
"I always get filled with anger… and admittedly a tad of fear whenever I see their machines. Massive monstrous things of metal that can end lives or destroy the environment in seconds. I have absolutely no idea what they were thinking when they did the mushroom war, why did they do it? What did they gain? Other than the absolute destruction of earth, deaths of billions upon billions of creatures and people, and losing everything they ever made." She stops to peek around a curve in the tunnel, still finding nothing as she glares a little, 'Still no one! Where's Finn? Ice Queen? The others? Heck even a demon we can interrogate for information would be welcomed.'
She pushes on regardless, prowling around as she remains as silent as possible in the cave, while Fionna walks confidently behind her, still watching the nymph as she opens her mouth to continue to explain. "And then there are remaining stories from people who lived after the mushroom war. They said that despite all the bombs and burning, most humans they saw by the time they existed were in perfect shape, except for some signs of radiation sickness. Even then, the radiation damage didn't seem too bad, mostly just some hair loss and cancer. Both 'no injuries' and 'not really getting affected by radiation' was very strange Fionna, encase you didn't know, and people to this day are still trying to figure out why they weren't all dead like the rest of the corpses around them. Anyways, in the short time they remained on earth, they showed why they ruled the world: they simply tore anything apart and manipulated the world as they saw fit."
She sighed, "They were smart and always planning, always scheming, and always playing everyone a fool for their own goals, creating so much chaos that I think they might have been minions for GOLB. They have been recorded as taking on whole swarms of people as they rip and tear… even vampires went for the other post-war humans, deciding it simply wasn't worth the risk and trouble of hunting a pre-war human. Yet… at the same time most of the stories written of them described them as being calm, nice even. They would help if people were nice to them, but kill anyone who got in their way of their goals. They would save people out of kindness, yet at the same time they abandon their humanity and acted immoral like eating people. They survived the world being set ablaze... it is like watching a fire nymph crawl out of an ocean, it simply doesn't seem possible… but they did it."
She continues to scan the environment, noticing a small pile of blood pressed onto the floor. Most people would not of spotted nor care about such a thing, but the woman did as she hurries over to it and quickly analyse it. She squints as she looks how it was smudged in, 'Stepped on, with a clear imprint of a toe. So unless Finn is bleeding and walking barefoot, this isn't him or anyone else, it simply matches no one's foot shape… meaning this was a demon, they do mostly seem to be covered in blood." She stares at the imprint, and scans the toe shape, finding the direction in which the demon went was to a cave to her left, 'We need to avoid as much confrontation as possible, but we also need to know where the others are, and what it might know if it lives down here.' She plans, not thinking of the fact it might of been an army of the hell spawn sent by Hana as she turns to look at Fionna, "A demon went that way, let's track him down and see what information we get from it."
Fionna fist pumps, "Yes! Some action!" Fionna yelled excitedly, forgetting her swear of peace in the face of fun as her young blood craves action. Huntress simply nods as she shifts to a prowl once more, and slowly sneaks along, Fionna following close behind with a grin, the nymph deciding to finish off before they get into a fight,
"There were also passed down stories from multiple kingdoms and sources of the pre-war humans finding us, sitting down, and teaching us. It's why we speak English perfectly, and be able to read their notes and books with out a struggle, because they taught us to. They apparently even taught forest nymphs and guardians of the forest how to look after nature… we have no idea why they did any of it, especially when it contrast their actions when they just go somewhere else and slaughter something else. Many do really believe they were beings of chaos, they just were so unpredictable…"
She sighs, looking at Fionna as she remains silent, "To sum it up, we pity post-war humans for a life they did not deserve. But fear, despise, and respect pre-war humans." Fionna nods, looking away for a second as she thinks about what Huntress had just explained, before looking straight ahead while casually pulling her sword off her back, preparing for the battle ahead.
The forest nymph continues to sneak along for a few more seconds, before she glances at the heroine, 'Where did that question come from?... I need to check up on her, just like Finn would.' She stares into the girl's eyes, "Why did you ask that question?" Fionna shrugs,
"I don't know, I was curious…" The nymph keeps her gaze locked onto the blue orbs that was Fionna's eyes, making the girl slightly uncomfortable but also informing she wanted to know more than that. "... Well, I don't know about Finn… but I always felt uncomfortable in kingdoms."
Huntress's eyes widen a tiny bit in surprise, "Seriously? I would have thought someone like you and Finn would be comfortable in entering a kingdom." Fionna hastily nods,
"And we are! We perfectly cool with chilling with peep… just not living with them, I guess? I'm not really sure myself, but it feels like we don't belong there, and that it doesn't feel right to live in a house inside of any kingdom, including the Candy Kingdom! Sure, I could easily do it, just settle down and live in one, but no matter what Kingdom I go in, or the people around me, it feels… odd. You get what I'm saying?"
Huntress remains silent as she processes Fionna's words, before looking at her with a slightly widened eyes, "That's why you and Finn live alone with Jake and Cake in a treehouse in the middle of nowhere, because you don't feel comfortable in any of the kingdoms." Fionna nods,
"Yeah, we tried living in the candy kingdom when mum and dad died… that's actually how I first met Gumball."
"How?" She huffed a little,
"Well, some owner thought it was weird how some kids wanted a home, and reported it to Gumball, who came down to check us out. Anyways, after we explained the situation to him, he decided to let us stay in a house for free after we turned down the orphanage. He came by a few days later and asked us if we wanted to work with him in the lab, what we said no to, because we had wanted to go adventuring. He chuckled and gave us a really easy challenge, but when we defeated a bunch of thieves in the town centre, he realised our potential and made us his knights." Huntress looks away for a second, 'So Bubblegum and Gumball saw them defeat some candy thieves, and decided to make kids handle insane dangers?... Maybe I should have a conversation with them…' She flicks her gaze back to the bubbly girl as she relives the moment of meeting Gumball for the first time.
"Then what?"
"Well, like I said we lived in the house in the Candy Kingdom… and I quickly felt weird there, and it wasn't the first time either. When we looked at some other houses in other Kingdoms, it felt weird in them as well. Like, I shouldn't be there… and then one day we found the treehouse. There, away from everyone it felt comfortable, it felt nice, and I had asked Cake if we could live there. She said no at first, but caved in when she had found catnip growing outback, and we immediately went and told Gumball of our decision. He simply shrugged, saying that it was fine as long as we continued to be his knights. And that's the story of how I discovered I didn't like kingdoms, met Gumball, and found my home of many years!" Huntress nods blankly,
"So, is it just in the homes or in the kingdoms that you feel weird in? Because it could just be that you didn't like your habitat." The girl shakes her head,
"No, it's whenever I'm inside a kingdom too long, like I won't notice it at first, but the more I hang out with people, the stranger I feel." Huntress hums in acknowledgement, ending the conversation as her thoughts drift elsewhere, 'I should probably ask Finn, I wonder if he suffers the same problem? If he does, did he get over it? If he didn't, then would he joyfully live with me secluded in the woods?... If he did get over it however, then he could probably help Fionna… what did they agree on to help Fionna get over her fear?... Exposure! So she needs to get exposed to kingdoms for a long time?'
She shook the thought off, leaving it to be answered later as they continue to walk along in silence, hoping to meet up with the demon they were tracking soon. Fionna blinks as she notices something, "Huh. Gumball hasn't really aged at all over the years, he still looks as young as he did when we first met him."
Finn and Ice Queen meanwhile strolled along, making sure they go in the opposite direction they saw Hana go in. They proudly walk along, keeping their head on a swivel as they watch out for any dangers, Finn making sure to remain in the sight of Ice Queen. If her tiara told her the path to go to hunt down Marshall, then there would be a serious problems, simply because she would destroy anything that gets in her way. What would include the cave walls, what were a tad critical in holding the place up and preventing a humongous cave in, what would be especially bad since they don't know where the others are. Finn sighs as he checks behind him, making sure both that Ice Queen was alright and that they weren't being followed. Ice Queen smirks at him as he turns around, and pushes out her chest a little, not that he notices nor realise what she was doing. 'Oh well, I'll still do it. I mean, it's got to have an effect on his more… instinctual parts of his brain.'
The hero twists back around, eyes back on the path as he leads the way, triggering Ice Queen to sigh in disappointment. Then they hear a rock being dropped ahead. They freeze up, then quickly run to the wall and rest flat against it, before slowly shuffling along to a curve in the cave path. It was only a pebble drop, so it wasn't likely to be Hana, giving Finn the confidence to peek around the corner for answers. Immediately he locks eyes with a demon with a whole horde.
Finn jolts back, but it was too late, "Hey it is one of those mortal fuckers! He's just around the corner!" Ice Queen goes wide eyed behind Finn as she realises what had happened, and grabs the hero by his shoulder, before yanking them both back. She takes a quick evasive burst of flight, sending them shooting backwards as they skidded to a halt in the middle of the tunnel, eyes glued on the corner as they hear hundreds of tormented screams and war cries.
Immediately Finn yanks his blade off his back with a grimace, both he and Ice Queen taking defensive stances just as the demons desperately surge around the corner, all of them leaping at them duo with sharp teeth and shredding claws open. Ice Queen reacts fast, and builds an ice wall just before they reach them to give the demons as little time to react as possible.
The massive wall of ice completely fills the tunnel, splitting them cave in half. The frozen shield grows massive spikes just as the demons crash into it, killing the majority of them instantly. But not all of them, as the rest instantly tear the corpses of their comrades off and begin shredding the defensive wall. Finn and Ice Queen step back to get some evasion room, before Finn stands with his sword ready and Ice Queen grows some sharp claws for safety. They both listen to the screams and constant scratching sound as the demons tear their way through with glee.
Then the wall collapses, its stability gone as the demons tear out massive chunks. It tumbles directly on the demons, but they don't care as they charge forward with massive sick grins. They flex their claws and reach out for the duo, who immediately react. Ice Queen raises her hand and unleashes a massive ice beam, sweeping across the horde of foes as they fall frozen to the floor dead. Finn swings his blade in a huge arc while jumping backwards, slicing off the heads of three demons yet moving out of their claws harm's way.
He yells a cry as he leaps back in however, going sword first as he plunges his blade into the heart of a hell spawn. Ice Queen keeps her beam up, mowing down swaths of them as she endlessly sweeps across the cave. With no room to evade, the demons were lamb to the slaughter and they knew that, unless they take one of them duo down they were doomed to fail.
And with her being the biggest threat, they silently agreed on their priority target. The majority of the whole small army shifted their direction, all leaping at Ice Queen as wave of sharp class and teeth, making the royal's eyes widen as she backs it up in panic. In the end, there were only two demons on Finn at a time, something he easily handles as he chops through them. He grimaces as he slowly pushes his way towards Ice Queen, 'She needs help and these distractions aren't helping!'
The royal was indeed in trouble as she desperately spammed out spells, flinging them randomly into the horde before her as they surge at her. She didn't even need to aim, there were that many darks red demons slashing at her. Then one suddenly leaps over the others, heading straight towards her. She flings her arms up but it is too late, the demon tackles her harshly as they fall to the ground hard. She gasps as her head hits the floor, and the demon smack her tiara, sending it flying off her head.
Butterscotch meanwhile freezes up, then spins around to look behind her, "Cake!" The feline skids to a halt, twisting to look at the butler for an explanation for their sudden halt,
"I'm detecting the demons swarming something! But it's far away!" Cake growls, scooping up Butterscotch as she immediately sprints down the endless cave halls, rage in her eyes,
"So? The sooner we get there the sooner we can help! I'm not abandoning Finn or Fionna because they are 'too far'!" She cups her hands around her mouth, "HOLD ON GUYS I'M COMING!"
Meanwhile demons swarm over Ice Queen with sick grins, claws gripping and tearing her dress as they try to reach her body to shred her to pieces. Finn eyes narrow as he glares, and with a loud war cry filled with a rage he charges forward. Swinging his sword wildly as he saws through every demon with unrivalled fury, rushing to Ice Queen's aid. With a massive swoop of his sword he butchers any standing near her, then reaches down and manually throws and kicks any other demon off her.
She quickly scrambles away, her clothes in tatters as she lightly bleeds some blood from many shallow wounds. Running on adrenaline, she looks around frantically for her tiara as Finn takes on the entire army by himself. She sees the glimmer of her golden tiara, and instantly moves towards it.
Until she realises someone was holding it.
She panics and looks at the pitch black figure as he holds her royal status and power within his hands casually, 'It's the same guy who knocked us out!' Just as she was about to turn to scream a warning to Finn, the mysterious man chucks the tiara at the blue woman, who snaps her arms up to catch it and frantically put it atop her head. The blacked out figure grins at her, giving her a double thumbs up before fading from existence before her very eyes. She blinks in confusion, but quickly recovers as she spins to face the army with a growl of anger, hands dripping with magic.
She finds Finn mowing through them, no demon standing a chance against his cursed/blessed sword. Pity for the doomed foe doesn't hold her back as she lunges forward with a barrage of ice spells. Orbs fly out and smashed into the enemy, exploding in a massacre of shrapnel as she officially puts their chances of survival level at fubar. Finn grins as he sees the royal at his side, and yells at the demons as he thrust his sword through a demon's head, "Back off!"
Surprisingly, they all swiftly back away, leaving the duo as they backup over the corpses of their comrades. Finn and Ice Queen rightly freeze up in surprise, their eyes flicking over the demons as they keep their distance, not approaching them at all. Ice Queen shakes off her shock first, and raises her hands to unleash a massive spell, until Finn quickly grabs her wrist, making her look down at him as he stares curiously in the horde, "No need for useless bloodshed." He explains, then scans over the horde, "... Why aren't you guys attacking?" They remain silent, the only message they send is a glare. Finn sighs, then starts getting experimental, "Take another step back." They all immediately do it, shocking the hero as he stares dumbfounded, while Ice Queen grins,
"You guys can't defy any order you hear!? Smack yourself!" She yells while looking at her torn up favourite dress in vengeance. They glare at her, and defy her demand, none of their hands even twitching to move to comply. The royal huffs, but it makes Finn raises an eyebrow,
"... Lift your right arm." They all do as he says, lifting their hands high as if they all had questions they would like to ask. Ice Queen smirks,
"They're doing exactly what you tell them to! Heh, I think you would make a good royal." Finn ignores her joke, more focused on the situation,
"Yeah but why? Why are they doing what I order them to? What do I have that you don't?" They remain silent as Ice Queen shifts her gaze, scanning his form, 'Let's see… a hot young bod… a cute bear hat…'
"... Your sword looks pretty demonic." She suggests, making Finn's eyes widen as he looks down at the blade in his hand.
"Yeah… it was blessed by Hunson, the leader of the night-o-sphere, he gave some of his magic to it…" He stares into the demonic eye in the blade, gazing into as if it would give him answers. "And now that I think about it… that demon! In the first group we fought! After you killed that one brutally, there was one left! I told it to run and it did! Sure it went to Hana, but that's because I didn't tell it not to, just run." Ice Queen blinks, then grimaces a bit,
"Then that means you're going to have to be specific when you give out orders then, or they'll find a loophole." Finn nods at her in understanding, before turning his gaze back to his blade,
"... Why would Hunson give me this sort of power?" Then he remembers what he said right after this whole night-o-sphere when he saved Marceline, 'He liked me, and I'm guessing that helping his relationship with his daughter only made him like me even more… so he thought it was right to give me this level of trust!?... That's actually nice of him.' He looks up at the small army of demons under his control, and grins, but not of power or greed, "He's allowed me to end things peacefully with situations that included demons! This is the perfect opportunity to do this without bloodshed!" He beams happily, and Ice Queen can't help but smile sweetly at his reaction, glad to see him so joyful, creating some warm feelings inside her.
He steps forward sternly, watching each of them, "Do you guys know the where Huntress Wizard, Butterscotch, Fionna, and Cake are?" None react or move, still only glaring, confusing the hero yet making Ice Queen huff,
"It has to be an order Finn, that was a question." Finn blinks dumbly,
"Ooooh ok, gotcha." Ice Queen shakes her head with a small grin as he faces the horde again,
"Lead us to the others!… through the safest route that we can also travel in!" They roll their eyes with a huff, disappointed their plan had failed as they all grumbly turn around and deliberately start lazily making their way back in the direction in which they came from, making Finn grin as he starts to follow them slowly. "... Be a tad faster though."
Fionna meanwhile huffs as she and Huntress still strolled on, no demon in sight as they still try to track down the hell spawn. Fionna looks to the nymph who stoically continued on, "Huntress, I don't think we're following them anymore, they've likely gone down another path." She complains, her gaze on a splitting off path as the older woman ignores her,
"Then oh well, we would still likely have ended up wondering around like this anyways as we try to find the others... or an exit. If we do this, then there might be a chance we find the demons anyways, what will definitely be helpful in finding the others, because I can't really hunt them in these tunnels." Fionna sighs, finding no counter argument to her logic as she still trudges along behind her.
Then the nymph flicks up a hand, confusing the heck out of Fionna, something Huntress notices when she turns around, making her smirk a little, "It means hold, or wait Fionna."
"Ooohh, yeah I've never needed to do 'hold' in a fight before… but why?" The nymph looks at the path ahead,
"I've got better hearing than you, trained through years of hunting. There was a lot of footsteps ahead, a lot. We have a large amount of demons on our hands, not one. Makes sense that if Hana sent them after us that they wouldn't do it solo."
Fionna grins, swinging experimentally with the sword she was still holding, "Right, a big fight!... Can we avoid a slaughter though?" She asks curiously as an afterthought, making Huntress shake her head,
"No, not this time. Even if we just snatch one while the others aren't looking, they'll notice eventually. And I doubt demons will be quiet when you kidnap them. No, we'll have to fight and take one prisoner, so don't massacre them all." Fionna nods, and Huntress gets low, pulling an arrow out of her quiver with a smirk as she held it in her hand, "But that doesn't mean we can't get the jump on them." With that she spins around and prowls forward with a huge grin, getting into the hunting mood as Fionna crawls awestruck behind her, 'She looks so cool!' The nymph finds the cave suddenly drops down into a massive chamber, as if a waterfall had once flowed here, and curiously peeks over the edge, finding a massive room void of anything.
Except demons.
They scrambled around like ants, searching desperately in gaps and behind rocks for the mortals they are meant to find. Huntress glares a little and takes Milly's gauntlet off her hand, casually passing it to Fionna, "Use it, we'll pick them off from afar because I'm still weak physically, I can't dodge or even have the strength to fly us down there." Fionna nods, grabbing the metal gauntlet with a grin as he looks at the eye staring at her,
"Hello again~" She quickly puts it on and lets it shift to her size, the girl beaming as she aims her hand down the hole, but before she could fire Huntress speaks up quickly,
"Wait, who are you aiming for?" The girl looks puzzled, before shifting her gaze back into the horde of demons,
"Erm… the one that's wiggling its butt at us." She informs, staring at one as it bends over to search to search in some hole. Huntress nods,
"Then I'll take five different ones." She explains as her other four arrows swiftly hover out her quiver, making Fionna scoff heart hardly,
"Show off." The nymph's only response was a simple grin, before she becomes stoic once more,
"On three. One. Two. Three!" Immediately all five of her arrows fly off as a laser shoots from Fionna's hand. The laser immediately fries the demon, boiling its blood as it explodes into a mess of gore while the arrows find their mark, piercing the skulls of five unsuspecting hell spawn. At the sick sounds of blood spatter and bones being obliterated the other demons jump up in shock, finding six of their teammates suddenly dead.
Worse, they have no idea where the attacks came from, and end up spinning around desperately as they frantically scan around for the attackers. Huntress grins as she magically yanks her arrows from the corpses, making them fly up as she seeks out her next targets. Fionna doesn't need to do much. She simply shifts her arm as she picks out her next, and fires again. Her laser blasts through the air, striking another demon into a mess of gore, but the others notice it this time. They instantly track the laser to its origin, and find the duo grinning over the edge above as Fionna aims once more.
A demon harshly points at them, "THERE!" It gets a green arrow through the head. Huntress's arrows dart through the air, going through demon after demon as she slaughters them, the poor hell spawn scrambling around as they try to think of a way to do a counter attack. Huntress glances at Fionna,
"Remember to spare one." Fionna stops her firing to shift gaze to the nymph curiously,
"Which one?" Huntress shifts an arrow with a twitch, sending it through the hand of a demon, with momentum carrying its whole body forward and pinning it to the wall as it screams out in pain.
"That one." With that Fionna turns back to the horde and blasts away.
Butterscotch and Cake continue to sprint desperately through the caves, uncaring about how much noise they make as they charge on through. The butler continues to dangle limply in the arms of Cake, having given up long ago in escaping. She continues to watch the demons with worry as the swarm that they were heading to suddenly freeze up and casually walk away, 'You guys better have not just kicked the bucket!' It was then she noticed something.
So focused on the fight they were heading for, she failed to notice the one happening right next to them, and the demons there were getting slaughtered. She bites her lip, having to make a choice, 'Those ones leaving… if it really was one of us there and just got slaughtered, then they could need immediate help if we are to save them! But at the same time, this other group is right next to us. We could get them to help us save the others, protect me as I talk to death and get their lives back.'
She looks up at Cake, "Wait!" The feline immediately skids to a halt, shock on her face as she looks down at Butterscotch in her arms. She continues to think, 'But I could lose the location of the original groups location… but now that I think about it, there is no way that could've been one of us! We're simply too good to fall to such simple demons… and the closest group is very close.' She looks up Cake, "There's a fight to our right! It's very close, go to that one!" The feline immediately heeds that order, and sprints forward as her eyes scans the walls for any paths that could lead them there. She spots one, and with a grunt leaps down it as she charges head on, "Get ready for a world of pain demons!"
Huntress meanwhile does a quick count of the remaining hell spawn as she sets her arrows on chase down the remaining survivors, 'Ten left.' With her and Fionna unleashing an unrelenting barrage at them, they quickly drop dead to the floor in a pile of blood, guts, and gore.
Huntress's four remaining arrows piece through the skulls of two demons each, ending eight of them in less than two seconds. Fionna grins as she aims at a demon as it trips and tumbles to the floor, spinning over to stare at her full of fear. The heroine's eyes widen but it was too late, her gauntlet discharges to vanquish the evil in its line of sight, killing it in a show of violence.
The last demon runs but Fionna doesn't aim at it, still frozen on her previous target for a second, 'That was just like me in the arena… when Finn killed me…' She shakes her head, snapping out her slight ptsd moment. She quickly takes her mind off it by distracting herself with a task, quickly shifting her arm to aim at the last demon. But unfortunately, it escapes, sprinting around a corner and leaving the room completely empty. She stands down, lowering her arm stiffly before slowly shifting her gaze to Huntress, who peers over the edge with a tad of annoyance, "How are we going to get down?"
Suddenly the escaping demon comes flying back into the room, hitting a wall with a splat as it dies on impact, flopping off limply to the floor. Huntress and Fionna blink, then shift their gaze to where had just been launched from, readying arrows and gauntlet for an incoming battle. And that's when they discover an enraged Cake charging around the corner, glaring as she looks straight ahead. Fionna beams, quickly standing up as she waves eagerly to her sister, "CAKE!"
The feline freezes up at her name being, snapping her head up as she skids to a stop, before spotting the human girl standing tall over the edge, and gains a massive grin of her own, "FIONNA!" She pivots her head around, scanning the area as she glances at all the corpses covering the environment, whistling in impressment, "Damn girl, you wrecked them!" Then she spotted the one pinned to the wall by its hand, trying to gnaw its own arm off to escape, "Hold on, you missed one-"
"DON'T!" Both Fionna and Huntress bellow, making the cat jump.
She looks up at them in puzzlement, what Huntress quickly seek to rectify, "We'll explain in a minute…" She peeks over the edge again, '... Nope, not possible in my current state… I guess I gotta do as Finn suggested, and… accept help.' "... But could you lift us down first? I'm still too physically worn out to do it." The feline nods, swiftly making her way over to the nymph as she stretches as large as a house, lifting both hands to grip them with ease. With her cargo gently held in her paws, she backs off and lowers them slowly to the ground, softly letting them go before suddenly shrinking herself.
Fionna immediately leaps at her sister before she even finished shifting her form, startling the feline as they crash to the ground. "Oh I'm so happy to see you Cake! I thought you might have gotten injured or something when I first woke up, there are sharp rocks everywhere!" The cat smiles smugly,
"Nah girl, I ain't dying that easily… though where is Finn and Ice Queen?" Fionna looks away nervously while Huntress steps up to explain,
"We still haven't found them, but they are definitely alive, Ice Queen is powerful and Finn is well experienced, with a bucket load of luck. We plan to wander around until we find the exit or them… though how did you two find us?" She inquires, Butterscotch raising her hand to take credit.
"I tracked the demons. If they all charged at something or acted erratically, then I knew that meant something was up, and that something was probably one of you guys. We were actually heading to a fight in that direction-" She points roughly to her left, "But then the demons here started to drop like flies. So we went to investigate if it was one of you guys, and well you can tell how that turned out." Huntress nods as Fionna and Cake push themselves onto their feet, the heroine filled with energy,
"That doesn't matter! If we know roughly where Finn and Ice Queen is then let's go!"
Huntress quickly puts a hand on the energetic girl, halting any rush forward, "Hold on Fionna, we might know Finn and Ice Queen is roughly, but we still have other questions to ask that demon." She explains as she looks up at it as it hangs from the all, watching it rip the last piece of flesh of its limb, letting it drop to the floor bleeding a huge mess as the limb dangles on the green arrow.
Before it could do anything Cake swoops at it with her whole body, quickly stretching as she wraps it up tightly like a snake, the hell spawn struggling in her coils. Huntress strolls up to it with a glare, before ending up mere inches from its face, causing her to growl at it, "You had to come down here somehow. Where's the exit?" She demands, making the demon laugh at her face, flicking droplets of blood on her from it gnawing off its own arm.
"And why the fuck should I tell you?" Its says mockingly with a with a raspy voice, triggering Huntress to glare as her hands shoots to her hunting knife.
"Because you'll be dead if you don't, so unless you want to join your friends over there…" She unsheathes her hunting blade, swiftly bringing it up to its eyes and hovering it above it. "... As a corpse, I suggest you start talking." It flicks it eyes to her blade and smirks, then to her as it closes its mouth and its cheeks inflate, confusing the nymph for a second until she realises it was struggling not to laugh.
"Ha! I wish! You don't realise it, do you!? Our lives as demons are punishments! Our lives are nothing but constant suffering! Death is mercy! That's why we're feared, that's why we're used in rituals as soldiers for mad wizards to level a town! The deadliest soldier is the one that isn't afraid to die! And we're not just willing to die, we want it bitch!" It leans forward, but Huntress pulls her blade back before it could impale itself,
"I see…"
The demon chuckles, "And don't think to torture me!" It looks up at its chewed off arm still hanging from the wall like an art piece with a grin, "Pain feels nice after a while~"
Huntress nods, "I see…" She repeats herself, before sheathing her blade and looking at Cake, "Can you walk?" The feline jerks her head back in slight confusion, not expecting a question like that after that talk with the demon, but quickly recovers.
"Not right now, but can quickly fix. Why?"
"Because it isn't going to tell us where the exit is, so we both need to search for it and punish it." The others raises an eyebrow, the demon especially. Huntress ignores them as she walks back the path Butterscotch and Cake came from, causing the feline to swiftly shift her legs larger to be able to carry her living load. The others unsurely follow Huntress, causing the nymph to continue, "So we will bring it back to AAA when we find the exit." The other halt and their eyes snap wide in shock, while the demon crackles.
Fionna puts her hands atop her head in distress as she stares at Huntress's back, "WHY!?"
The nymph twists her head over her shoulder and smirks at them, "So we can make it live in a happy land!" The demons laughter abruptly cuts out as he stares at her in confusion, triggering the nymph to continue to explain her plan, "The Candy Kingdom is a safe place with you watching over it all the time! It has no troubles, everything is incredibly sweet, everyone is super friendly and naive! " The demon's face slowly twists to horror as it shakes its head at her, "It's full of bright colours and endless food! And the prince is so nice! Wouldn't it be great for a guy to be cuddling you and babying you, constantly watching everything you do to make sure you are safe and happy!?"
The demons struggles wildly in Cake's grip, "No! That sounds fucking horrible! I don't want some pink sissy guy snuggling me!" The others grin at its reaction, finally understanding Huntress's game as she continues,
"Of course, until we can trust you we will have to take security measures, like shaving down your claws, making them all smooth and cute! Then we would have to teach you to be polite, and make friends, and party, and be kind!" The demon froths at the mouth as he struggles desperately, making Huntress smirk, "Then we can set you up in a bright candy house, where everything is sweet! Then you might meet someone extra nice, then you can start going to some nice lovely romantic dates together, then you'll be smooching, then suddenly you'll have kids! Doesn't a nice loving family filled with brimming faces as the cuddle you sound nice?"
"FUCK NO! THAT SOUNDS HORRIBLE! FUCK IT! I'll show you to surface, OK!? Just don't do that to me! Please, I beg you!" Cries the demon, making Huntress smirk,
"Great! We'll find Finn and Ice Queen first, then make way to the exit!" The demon desperately nods, tears threatening to spill from its eyes as the nymph turns around and starts marching away, the others swiftly following suit. Butterscotch walks beside them with a tad of worry, pointing in the direction she had detected the fight that has long since ended,
"That way!... But the demons are still alive… and aren't attacking anything anymore…" Huntress freezes up at that, looking at the butler,
"So they didn't fight Finn and Ice Queen?" Butterscotch looks away nervously,
"Or…" The green woman shakes her head,
"No, they wouldn't of died. So we have no idea where they are?" The butler sighs, and feels the energy of the demons once more. They were still slowly walking along, heading straight for a powerful demon life force, '... Hana! The demons Finn and Ice Queen fought are heading straight for Hana! They are probably getting her for extra support to take them down! So they aren't dead!'
She grins and points in the exact same direction as before, "They are probably there! The demons I mentioned are heading to Hana, so we better hurry!" They all nod and sprint down the path as fast as they can, though Huntress lags behind a little, her tired body being her own limiter. Butterscotch watches the moving remains of the demon army closely with a hum of thought, "We need to avoid them, the less time we spend fighting the sooner we can get to Finn and Ice Queen… if they are together that is." Fionna nods,
"They should be! We all woke up together, why would they be any different? Unless that black figure wanted to single one of them out for some reason." Butterscotch twist to look at her,
"I felt the magic of that mysterious black figure. I don't know what it is, but it is only the same level as cosmic beings." Huntress looks at her slightly shocked, panting as she struggles to keep up,
"Seriously? A cosmic being knocked us out?" Butterscotch remains for a few seconds as her face twists in thought,
"Not exactly… it is something on the power level of a cosmic being, not in strength or responsibility… like a social status. It is a being that controls nothing, yet has seen the beginning and the end, and everything in-between. Most probably given to it by some being of equal power, something that affects timelines."
Huntress takes the information in for a couple of seconds, then looks at Butterscotch again, "So we're not dealing with an omniscient super being, just something that has simply seen through time, and is now affecting events to twist the timeline to something it wants?"
The butler shrugs, "Probably. It likely just went to a point in time to learn about a spell that could knock people out, watched it get taught, then used it on us." Fionna sighs as they start entering the sprawling caves,
"And here I thought I could have an awesome battle with a cosmic super being." Cakes stretches an arm onto her shoulder comfortingly,
"It's alright Fionna, we'll have an epic battle one day." The girl nod longingly, dreaming of a climatic final stand of good vs evil within her head as they all speed towards where they believe royal and Fionna's counterpart was.
Finn and Ice Queen meanwhile continue to follow the demons, unknowingly heading towards the Lady of all demons: Hana. The hell spawn secretly grin as they continue to lead the way, 'Idiot just said lead him to the others! He didn't specify who! What means other demons too!' The royal and human meanwhile walk side by side, Ice Queen smiling softly at Finn as he sighs, "I think it is safe to say things didn't go to plan… I screwed up and didn't take more precautions! Of course they would be waiting for us! They knew our target and where we were! Glob why didn't I think!?"
And she loses her smile at seeing Finn beat himself up over his failure. "Finn, you may of messed up and put is in danger, but no one is blaming you! This is your first time leading a group, with no training! You are going into an area with no knowledge of the current situation! You had no idea there was a cave under her home, and I bet you had no idea that your sword could even do… whatever it did."
Finn sighs, "Then those are things I should of done! I was so worried about keeping Huntress in the fight longer than needed because of her exhaustion that I didn't check the situation, what put everyone at risk!… And no, I didn't know my sword could do that… it copied her spell… and can apparently command demons. Gah! I don't even know my own sword!" He yells in rage, making the demons grin in front of him, and they don't even stop when Ice Queen glares at them, causing the royal to sigh as she wraps an arm around Finn's neck, pulling him close as they walk shoulder to shoulder.
"And? So far you've lead us through the entire night-o-sphere, protected us all from a spell from Hana. And how can anyone blame you for wanting to protect Huntress Wizard? I can't, and ask any of the others and they'll say the same thing Finn." She stares at his down expression, 'Ah screw it!' She quickly leans down and gives him a quick peck on the cheeks, making him jolt as he blushes heavily, head snapping towards her as he stares in complete shock.
The royal simply rests a hand on the underside of his chin, tilting his head up to face, "Don't worry Finn, that's all I'll do." He nods nervously, the humongous blush on his face refusing to retreat as Ice Queen giggles at his cuteness, "Stop blaming yourself. Things like learning to lead a squad takes a very long time! And you're doing it in one of the most dangerous places known! All you have to do is learn from your mistakes, and become even better as a result for the next time life throws a hurdle at you. To do that, you need experience, and for experience…" She gestures to the small army of demons marching before them, all following Finn's orders, "You need to lead." The hero nods in her hands, making Ice Queen beam as she stares into his blue eyes, once more feeling the urge to simply lean forward and plant her lips on his. She pushes it down and pulls off the hero, her hands returning to her side as they continue to walk along next to each other. "... You sure you can't kiss me? I mean, Huntress won't mind."
"No. And she would mind. I like my head on my body, not on a wall as a monument or as a warning." He says sternly, making Ice giggle as she shakes her head, slowing down a little as she smoothly slides behind Finn, leaning forward to whisper into his ear.
"I know, I'm just teasing~" Then she lifts his bear hat and bites his neck again, making the hero jolt and try pushing her off, but her arms immediately intercept, wrapping with his.
They have a little power struggle while the demons march on ahead without them, leaving them alone as Ice Queen endlessly nibbles at Finn's neck. Despite how much strength he has, Finn simply couldn't get her off, she was in too much of an awkward spot, and where he could grab her removing the royal would hurt her, forcing him to slowly accept it. He struggles weakly as she pins his arms to his body, wrapping him in a tight hug as she pushes her tits into his back, making her giggle as she plants love bite after love bite on his neck.
Finn waits patiently for her to end her assault, but when she starts running out of neck to bite, she simply beams and moves her mouth away, instead resting her head in the nook of neck. She keeps him pressed into her, hugging him firmly as she grins in joy, "I know you will be pissed with me, but just let me have this one moment, I won't ever get it again, not unless something changes. And besides, maybe seeing me make moves might spur Huntress on… get her into being public with her relationship."
She remains snuggling with him for a few more seconds, then breaks off from him, quickly back stepping away as she watches him with a tad of fear and regret, 'I probably just went over the line there… he still doesn't know our plan and deal.' Indeed Finn spins around her slightly shocked and angry, "What the heck Sarah!?" She flinches but doesn't look away, ready to hear retribution for her actions. "What was that!?"
She sighs, "A tease, I wanted to do something I wouldn't be able to do normally. It hurts me. To see you before me yet not being able to do anything it! Not to take you in my arms and hold you close, not feel your lips as we kiss… I know I shouldn't, and I am in the serious wrong for what I just did. But this curse is forcing me to look at you all the time, and to focus on you… I'll be honest Finn, with such a thing in play, it'll be hard and a long time before my crush leaves you."
Finn flinches and looks away, 'I forgot. In the stress to find the others I forgot about her curse, and the fact that she loves me… ah I'm such a toad when it comes to romance!' He puts up his hands, "Alright, alright… I have no idea how to help. I've never been good with the whole romance business, everything that's happening… I have no idea what's normal, or how I should act, all I can do is fumble through this Sarah." She giggles,
"Finn, I've never been good at romance either, I mean, I kidnapped boys!" Finn chuckles,
"Small world. But still, I am loyal to Huntress." Ice Queen nods with a smile still,
"I know. But all this touching and stuff? She's allowing it." Finn blushes and quickly shakes his head,
"Err what do you mean by that? There is no way she agreed to that." Ice Queen smirks seductively, gaining half lidded eyes as she approaches the hero with rocking hips,
"But she did! Why do you think she hasn't done anything to stop me? Even going as far as joining me on the teasing?"
Finn blushes and looks away, actually thinking about the royal's words for a few seconds, 'She hasn't actually been helping me with Ice Queen's flirting, she's been letting her sleep with me even! But I can't jump to conclusions… not yet…' He looks at her, "While that does explain some things, I can't just break her trust in me encase she didn't!" The royal nods in understanding, looking away sheepishly as some hopes were destroyed. Finn sighs at her hurt expression, cursing his soft heart that made him such a caring hero, "Alright, before you do anything, I want to check with Huntress to see if what you said was true." The royal immediately beams, nodding eagerly,
"Sure!" Finn analysis her, 'She was pretty confident, no flinch or suggesting I don't ask... or anything really that she is worried about her lie is going to get revealed…'
"So… when did you ask her if you could do this?"
"You remember the conversation we had in private inside the igloo?" He nods, and actually remembers Huntress's response when he asked her about what they had discussed in there, '... What Ice Queen is saying might actually be true… I don't know how to react to that… why do I feel joy at the news?' The royal smirks at him, putting her hands on his shoulders as she goes onto her tiptoes a bit, pushing her breasts into his face a little, "Well~ We discussed it in there, as well as something else~" He gazes at her grinning and blushing face with curiosity,
"And that is?"
"We agreed to talk about it with you later, after your birthday." Finn bites his tongue, 'Probably the same thing Huntress said she'll tell me later about.' He nods, making the royal grin, "That's also why she hasn't told you about letting me getting flirty with you yet, I think she wanted to tell you at the same time as the other thing on your birthday... so, do you believe me now?" He nervously shifts his eyes around, thinking heavily for a couple of seconds, before releasing a deep sigh,
"I do… but! If this is a trick Ice Queen, I will leave you as a knight! Do you understand that?" He warns threateningly, 'But I wouldn't stop helping her. She needs and deserves it. But she doesn't need to know that.' "If you tell me now that you made this up to try and get close to me, I will forget this happened at all and won't mention it to Huntress. So?"
Ice Queen beams, "I'm fine with that! I have nothing to fear." Finn nods, then stares into her eyes,
"Alright, so Huntress is allowing teasing-"
"And I'll have as much fun with that as I want!... As long as you're comfortable with it."
"Well… not really since it feels like I'm betraying Huntress… so keep it to a minimal at the very least, please?" She hums in thought, staring into his eyes with a hint of lust,
"Hmmm… Alright, as long as I get to do one major thing?" She suggests, "Let me do that and I won't do anymore major or noticeable things to you like more love bites."
Finn stares at her plainly, slightly tired of all her constant advances as she simply continues to beam joyfully at him, causing him to look down with a sigh, giving in. "Alright fine, you can do one major thing, but that's it!" The royal simply grins, her hands sliding from his shoulders and up to his chin again as she peers deeply into his eyes,
"You better lean into this and play your part, or it won't count!" Finn raises an eyebrow,
"What do you-" She leans into him and kisses the hero straight on the lips, making his eyes shoot wide open. Ice Queen moaned into the kiss, her hands slithering down behind Finn as she pulls him in tightly, squeezing him against her soft, squishy cuddly body. Her tongue pushes into his mouth as her tongue playful tries to wrap around Finn's, the hero too stunned to do anything. He initially tries pulling away, but she just hugs him even tighter, and her words click in his head, 'I've got to lean into it and kiss her back!?'
Slight lewd/tease ahead (I enjoy doing this to you guys)
With a growing mix of regret and joy surging through his body, he hesitantly leans into the kiss, wrapping his arms around her back as he returns the hug. His tongue comes to life, and immediately he starts swapping spit with Ice Queen, making her grip on him even tighter. She quickly separates her mouth for a split second for a breath of fresh air, making Finn think, 'I could separate us right now, she got her kiss.'
He doesn't do a thing.
She presses her mouth back against his as they both moan now, Finn quickly getting into the make out session as he holds her tight. Slowly the royal pushes him backwards, gradually resting him against the cave wall as they continue to kiss loudly. Finn's hands naturally drift south as his instincts take control, resting his mitts on her ass as she pushes onto him, spreading her legs to wrap them around his as they both slide to the floor.
They separate the kiss panting, Finn staring at her beautiful form as she grins down at him with a cute blush. Her dress was still torn to shreds from the demons, allowing her free legs to kneel on either side of his as her semi naked body rests atop his crotch that slightly hardens. She leans down again as she continues the make out, Finn eagerly opening his mouth to continue as well, their tongues entering each others mouths as they swap spit once more. The royal gently grabs his hands on her blue, perfect ass as to give them a comforting squeeze, 'Go have fun down there~'
He immediately does, and despite having no knowledge of what he is doing, his instincts do as they take control. He immediately gropes the massive orbs, feeling the fat surge around his fingers as Ice Queen moans, wiggling her hips in pleasure as she feels his hands spread her cheeks. The snow white panties she wore do nothing but compliment her behind, making it look fuller and perkier as it accents her feminine curves.
Her tits just hidden behind a torn dress and more white bra get smushed against Finn's chest as Ice Queen moans, and pushes her hips down firmly. Her crotch presses against Finn's as her hot pussy rests atop his throbbing cock, both of which are just barely separated by a few thin layers of clothing. A moist spot quickly appears on the royal's underwear, her coochie leaking sticky juices that makes her soaking lips glue to the panties skin tight. Finn's moans imto her mouth as he feels her grinding her eager pussy atop his desperate cock, but she suddenly breaks the kiss with a coo, resting her entire body weight down on Finn's rod as her wet panties sit atop his shorts.
Finn's eyes flick between her lustful stare, her barely hidden breasts, and her pussy perfectly moulded by her sticking panties. Ice Queen moans in disappointment as she looks away, "Well, I think that was my one major thing… we need to save the others." She explains with heavy-heartedness, doing one more final grind of her hot cunt atop Finn's long rod. The hero blinks, then closes his eyes as he yells a hundred curses at himself, 'What the hell am I doing!? How did I forget the others then!?'
Slight lewd/tease over
With a grunt of effort Ice Queen lifts herself up off Finn, stepping a leg over him before backing away to check her body for dirt she could easily brush off. Finn himself quickly springs to his feet, the look of self disappointment plastered on his face as his eyes can't help but scan over Ice Queen's body, 'What is wrong with me? Why can't I look away from her?... Why can't I stop thinking about her?' The royal notices her single audience member, and grins as she pops her hip and ass out as she looks away, playing unaware.
Finn's gaze naturally drift to the jiggling blue orbs wrapped in white fabric, and teasingly covered in torn blue fabric, but he forces his gaze up to her head, "How did you persuade me into doing that?" She twists her head over her shoulder and grins at him,
"I'm a queen Finn. What I want, I get. I use to have to talk and play nice with everyone so I have plenty of experience in persuading people. And with this body?" She spins, towering over him as she stares deeply into his eyes with pent up passion, her hand gently and slowly tracing down his chest, "Men like you just can't help but fall under me~" She then backs off with a sigh, looking at the way the demons marched, "... We should probably get going."
Finn nods, quickly falling in line with her as they both now wander the caves alone, trying to figure out the path the demons went. Ice Queen fidgets in the silence, then quietly drifts behind Finn, causing him to look behind him at her, "Remember, no more large teases." She nods as she slips directly behind him, pulling him into another hug,
"I just wanted to hold you tight in my arms… like I said I couldn't before…" He remains silent and allows it, secretly coming to enjoy all these advances she is doing on him, 'But I must stop her if she tries anything again! I won't betray Huntress Wizard!... Again, after that moment with Ice Queen then…'
He shakes the thought away, focusing on their hunt for the demons, 'They are probably too far to hear me shout commands, so the sword won't do us any good.' And that's exactly when they hear a bunch of feet marching. Ice Queen swiftly unwraps her arms from around Finn as they both rush forward, hoping to meet the demons. They turn a corner and skid to a stop, finding them all grinning smugly directly at them, but that isn't what brought them to a halt.
Their eyes drift up behind the small army as they get into a defensive and evasive stance, their eyes eventually locking on the face of a towering Hana Abadeer, "Hello~"
Thanks for reading!
Only one thing today, and that is Finn/Fionna not liking to live in kingdoms. That is simply something from the season 11 comics, and is why Finn doesn't live with his mum in the new Human Kingdom or Bubblegum in the Candy Kingdom. He doesn't feel like he belongs in any of them, and eventually makes his own home what everyone helps with, (Including Huntress!).
Review response:
The Book of Eli, on FF, chapter 30:
Hahaha Sure! Name a reward you want, and if it is doable and in reason I'll do it. Poor Finn can't escape if they combine their power, he will be both of theirs... but I'm glad you liked the scene, they are definitely the most fun to write. Yep, it is good to be a pacifist, but too much is definitely a bad thing. Cake definitely thinks that Finn should be in their wacky family. As to how she'll react to Ice Queen smooching on him? Well, I would say the same way all of the princesses friends of OOO would, with absolute shock! She'll probably try to persuade him out of hit, say it isn't right and a tad disgusting, but that just gives Ice Queen more opportunities to tease and annoy her. But yeah, I'll probably add that kissing for the fist time will make her fall over backwards, nice similarity with Huntress Wizard. Nah Marshall is completely out of it, he has no control right now, just a puppet being pulled by the strings as he watches the world blankly. Alright, I shall tell you this because we are getting close now, the mysterious figure is not the lich or a ally related to him. I gave some huge clues who it could be in this chapter, back when they group was discussing about him. As for his motive? Well, I guess we'll find out eventually, eh?
FinalKingdomHearts, on FF, chapter 30:
4 times combo!
Oof, yeah I did. Shit. I'll change that today when I can