Cake pants as she runs with the others, her unfit body biting back at her for neglecting fitness for sleep, what was only worsened by the demon she was also having to carry. She, Fionna, Butterscotch, and Huntress Wizard take twists and turns as they navigate the labyrinth of a cave system, hurriedly making their way to where they believe the last missing members of their squad were.
Butterscotch struggles to remember the rough direction in which she had detected, her face scrunching up a little, 'We need them! Finn can lead us through these lands and challenges while securing our safety, while Ice Queen's abnormally powerful magic can clear us a path, and hold Marshall Lee down for us to remove the amulet.' Huntress meanwhile keeps a stoic facial expression, her eyes locked on the path they were taking as they wildly jump down random paths in desperate hope that she'll find her special duo. 'You better be alive you two… you better be… I don't know what to do if you were gone Finn… Ice Queen… I wouldn't know how to fill the hole.'
The eager Fionna leads the groups charge, a weird mix of excitement and panic swelling within her, 'They're fine! I bet Finn is standing atop a massive pile of dead demon while holding his sword up all heroically!' However, she wasn't at the front of the group to lead them out of some decision, she had rushed to the front the moment they started moving. She was worried for the duo. 'They're fine! The biggest threat to Finn right now is keeping Ice Queen from smooching all over him' She mentally vomits at the image of her counterpart swapping spit with the royal, and quickly recovers by imagining the hero she fears in another stance atop more corpses.
Butterscotch feels out with her magic with worry once more, checking the demons that came out alive from whatever fight happened. 'They have reached Hana, but we are luckily quite some distance away from them thanks to these confusing caves and the extra distance I'm making sure we are putting between us.' She glances at the group, 'Huntress is still tired, might be best to have her hang back or even out of any fights… Fionna has Milly's gauntlet still on however, that should make up for some loss of power, it is an incredibly strong artefact after all.' She notes, watching the girl run dangerously with her ice sword in her right hand and gauntlet in her left, 'She might even be able to delay Hana for a couple of minutes!'
Then she realises something, quickly snapping her gaze at the others, "We're close to where the fight occurred. All I know is it happened somewhere around here, so we need to start looking for signs of a battle or them in general in the environment." Immediately Huntress activates her huntress vision, eyes darting around the environment as she hastily looks for scratches or marks, 'Before the fight they had to have a foe, and the demons we fought had very sharp claws. If they charged, then there should be claw marks all over the floor.'
They all continue down the cave path with heads swivelling, looking over every nook and cranny for a sign that the duo were here. Yet, nothing surfaces, making Huntress worry deeply as she still snaps her gaze around, refusing to stop for even a second, 'Then they might not have ever been here, and the demons fought something else… what means we have no idea where Finn and Ice Queen is! What condition they are in, what they are planning!' The group swiftly enter a larger chamber, not by much though, just a room where someone could easily decide to hide behind a rock or two. And it is that fact that made the demons search here.
The nymph beams, hurriedly walking forward as she stares at the hundred of thousands of scratches engraved into the floor. She quickly looks around the room, analysing the environment, "... There doesn't seem to be signs of a fight here, just demon scratches from where they probably walked. The fight didn't happen here, but it is definitely close. We just need to trace the scratches."
The others nod in understanding, abandoning the task of looking for clues of the duo's presence to instead stare at the scratches, trying to figure out in what direction the demons went. Cake slowly makes her way over to the other cave exit, curiously peeking around at the cuts on the floor. She extends her claws inquisitively, and lowers her paw to the heavily scratched up ground, neatly placing her cat claws in the grooves. She pulls her paw back, acting as if she was walking as her claws glide smoothly through the marks. Then she does a one eighty, spinning to face the other direction as she once again racks her claws through the claw marks.
She hits resistance, and in general the whole flow of her paw feels unnatural, making the feline nod with a grin, looking up at Huntress as she thoroughly scans around. "Huntress!" She snaps her head to the feline, her eyes portraying a mix of anger and a plea as she stares, 'Please tell me you found them, and that you're not wasting my time!' "I think the demons went this way!" She emphasises her point by sliding her claws through the grooves again, making Huntress nod and swiftly makes her way over,
"Good work, let's get going then." She doesn't wait for the others, simply moving as quick as she can to find the Finn and Ice Queen as she enters the cave with a tad of worry, 'Where are you two?" Fionna hurriedly joins her by her side, cupping her hands around her mouth,
"FINN! ICE QUEEN!" She bellows out, but when she doesn't get a response her expression drops a little, and so does Huntress's as she speeds up even more, rushing around as she uses her huntress vision. She turns the corner and immediately halts, getting the attention of everyone else as they rush to catch up with her. Fionna turns the corner and goes wide eyed, "Whoa."
They find the long cave corridor that the duo had faced the horde in, bodies covering the floor until the halfway point where they had made their stand. A massive puddle flooded the cave with melting ice sitting within it, the heat of the night-o-sphere changing the state of Ice Queen's magic. Huntress blinks, then swiftly pushes forward into the cool water, uncaring of the frozen and decapitated bodies floating around her. The surprisingly refreshing liquid rises to her waist and not an inch higher, not that the nymph cares as she analyses the environment. She scowls, 'All this water is preventing me from seeing any clues of where Finn and Ice Queen!'
In anger she snaps her head to the others, "They obviously aren't here, so we need to look for any signs of where they went." Fionna looks at the water, then at her perfectly dry clothes covering her body,
"I'll… err, stay on this side, see if they left a mark or anything." She swiftly turns around and starts looking at some random rocks before anyone could say otherwise, making Butterscotch sigh and look at Cake,
"Could you carry me across? I believe I would drown in waters that high." The feline immediately wraps her up in several rotations of her arms, beaming as she lifts the candy person up and over the blood corrupted water, "If it means I don't have to go in the water, sure!" She plops the butler onto the other side of the large puddle, just as Huntress herself pulls herself free from the water's grip, dripping wet as she continues without a care.
She immediately sets herself on finding Finn, thoroughly looking at every single detail she could see on the floor as Butterscotch assists, though much faster. The most noticeable thing they spot is torn blue fabric that littered the place, making worry grow like a cancer within the nymph as she looks around for more signs that could disprove her fear. Butterscotch gets onto her knees, grimacing as she finds red blood on the floor around the area with the highest concentration of fabric.
"... There's blood, but not a lot of it, a few flicks of it really. Nowhere near enough to mean that either of them died, or heck, even got seriously injured. If I had to guess, one of them, probably Ice Queen by her torn dress being everywhere, got thrown to the floor and grazed their skin a lot, probably in a struggle with a demon."
Huntress nods, "Yeah… nowhere near enough blood to mean one of them died… her dress probably helped actually, the baggy thing allowing the demons get a handful of fabric, not flesh. And the moment they were on her, Finn saved her before they could do any harm to her, he has always has protected everyone somehow…" She looks back at the massive puddle worriedly, her eyes flicking to the sisters as they look around with slight worry. "... You don't think Ice Queen's melted ice washed anything away, do you? There might of been a huge blood splat for all we know." Butterscotch gazes up at her like she was an idiot, causing the nymph to glare, "What!? I'm worried for them right now and taking all possibilities into account right now."
The butler sighs as she looks up, her gaze analysing the rest of the cave they were on, finding the half they were on completely clean, "Huntress, there is no major blood splat here, and I doubt both Finn's and Ice Queen's body is sitting at the bottom of that water, it would have floated or be signs in the water like some shredded clothing. When we walked in I don't remember spotting any blood on the ground either…" She spins around, standing tall as she stares at the sisters on the other side of the massive puddle, "Hey Fionna!"
The girl jolts and snaps her head to the butler, "What!?"
"Is there any blood over there!? As in, Finn's or Ice Queen's!?" The girl shifts her confused gaze to the rock ground, finding it clear of anything really, no blood or guts even from any demon's, "No! The fighting must have happened over there only!"
The candy helper nods, spinning back to Huntress, "So no blood there as well, and if they were injured they would be bleeding."
Huntress sighs, though admittedly it was in relief, 'So that means they haven't kicked the bucket, or even seriously wounded.' Then her face tightens, 'So where the Glob are they!?' She stands, looking behind her, "They don't know we are trying to track them, so they're not leaving any signs for us…"
Butterscotch grimaces, "Or something much worse." The nymph shifts her stern gaze to the butler, silently demanding her to continue, 'If Finn or Ice Queen is in any sorts of danger…' The candy citizen stands, shifting to bring her gaze to the sisters, "You two!" They instantly stop what they are doing, both of them looking at her with a mix of curiosity and annoyance. Butterscotch simply nods in thanks for listening, "One of two things have likely happened, but they are both the same thing, just different perpetrators." That gets everyone's attention as Huntress squints a little in anger, preparing herself to rip the 'perpetrator' to shreds for possibly harming either Finn or Ice Queen. "They've been kidnapped, or at least taken hostage." Everyone grimaces at the butler's analysis. "And our two possible kidnappers are the demons that fought them, who are now with Hana, or that mysterious cosmic person, who if they did take them, we have no way to get them back."
Huntress shakes her head as she glares a little, "No, we would find a way to get them back, or at the very least I would. I may be the only one who cares about them, but I know that Finn would do the same for me, or anyone here." She says sternly, no doubt in her voice as she stands proud.
"... Right, but I'll doubt that the cosmic being did that. What is more likely is that Finn and Ice Queen got overwhelmed here somehow, and are now currently with Hana. What means if we are to save them, we need to-"
Fionna swings her sword to warm her arm up as she grins, "Go now!" Butterscotch nods, and Huntress stares at the butler,
"Then lead the way, we can't waste time." The butler stands up and quickly reaches out for the magic aura of the demons, finding them still with Hana a short distance away, causing her to snap up to the feline across the pond,
"Cake! Bring us over!" The cat immediately stretches her arms, snapping them across the water and bodies to wrap around the duo, before swiftly yanking them back over to her. The moment their feet hit the ground Huntress takes off, stumbling Cake as she still holds their struggling prisoner, yet she quickly recovers with the help of Fionna, and then the rest of the group ran as well.
They rush to catch up with the fatigued nymph, who was only a couple of seconds ahead of them. She glances at them as they sprint by her side, making her look at Butterscotch, "Which way!?" The butler pops an arm up, pointing to her right as Huntress nods sternly, and immediately keeps an eye out for some path. The nymph leads the charge despite her sluggish condition, Huntress shaking off her fatigue, 'I must save Finn and Ice Queen!'
The duo meanwhile were having a stare off with Hana, who stands tall and proudly in her business suit, smugly grinning at them. Finn flicks his eyes to the demon minions below her, "What the Glob guys!?" A demon simply chuckles as it smirks cruelly at him,
"You ordered us to lead you to 'the others', we lead you to other demons!"
Ice Queen glances at Finn, "That is actually kind of your fault." The hero simply sighs, but holds his blade defensively as he scowls a little at them,
"Go down the corridor a short distance and sit still until I get back." The twitch to move, but wear massive grins as Hana opens her mouth,
"Ignore that order." They all immediately halt.
With two people of equal power giving them commands, they have the right to choose, and their choice was an obvious one.
The Lady of the night-o-sphere takes three heavy steps forward, the demons splitting up and flowing around her legs as she walks through the small swarm. She glares down at the duo before her, "I don't know how you got a sword that can command demons around, but I don't care either. I do know that you and that hero girl are going to meet your ends here, because as the saying goes, no one escapes the night-o-sphere." She says threateningly, yet Ice Queen walks towards her with a scowl,
"So you're Hana… the mother to Marshall Lee…" The giant immortal demon blinks, surprised that was her response,
"... And?" She smirks, "He's busy upstairs torturing some people, so I'm afraid he can't come down to have a nice chat with you~" The royal glares,
"You're a shitty mother."
That actually catches Hana off guard, staring at the royal in confusion, "What?" Ice Queen storms forward, glaring into the demon's eyes as she stands mere inches from her legs.
Her eyes glow a hint with magic, her hands clenched in anger, "He would be much better under my care." Hana glares,
"What in the world are you- Actually, I don't care what you are thinking, he is here to stay! His future is the leader of the night-o-sphere, of both the demons and the activities that happen within it. It is his duty!" Ice Queen scowls, jumping backwards as her hands bloom with magic,
"HE IS NOT YOURS TO HAVE!" She unleashes a massive ice orb from her hand, what Hana swiftly avoids by a quick side step. The orb smashes into the wall behind her, exploding in a rain of ice shrapnel as it shakes the cave. The flying ice pierces the back of the massive demon and her army, the majority of her minions flopping over dead. Worse, the cave shakes threateningly, groaning rocks echo throughout the tunnels as cracks form in the ceiling, leaking pebbles that hit the floor.
Finn stares up in shocked fear, then snaps his head to the angry leaders as Hana leaps forward. She swings her arm out, claws bared to shred Ice Queen. Finn immediately jumps into action, shooting between the duo and swinging his sword out defensively in a counter. Her claws smash into his blade with a horrific screech, pushing the hero back as he defends his royal. Her sharp digits remain on the blade, the massive demon grinning as she pushes Finn back.
He grunts with effort, holding his ground against the larger form as he looks into her eyes, "How about we talk this out!? Or at the very least take this to the surface so we don't cause a cave in under your home?" Hana laughs,
"Nope!" She opens her mouth before him, and begins sucking his soul out, the hero releasing a noise of startlement as his bright blue soul starts to leave his body. Then the massive hell spawn get a massive chunk of ice in the mouth. It completely fills her mouth, cancelling the soul stripping as the throat is blocked off.
She jolts up with muffled complaints, scratching and yanking the massive rod as Ice Queen smirks. Hana eventually pulls the ice from her mouth, finding the thick stick had a familiar lewd lump on the end, making her snap her head to the smug royal, "What? The first thing you did when you saw a guy was to suck on him! So I made something to match!"
Hana roars as she becomes demonic, black tendrils sprouting out of her as her size increases. She lashes her arm out at Ice Queen as green magic shoots out, "Demons! Shred her before me! Make it slow." The remaining hell spawn scream into life, leaping towards the royal just as Hana's magic was about to strike her.
She reacts quickly, cocooning herself in a thick layer of ice in panic. The green magic slams into her protection, sending it flying and crashing into the cave wall, causing the tunnel to shake again. The demons then swarm the royal's shell, scratching and clawing at it as the royal inside becomes madder and madder.
Despite her own minions sitting atop the ice, Hana winds up for another attack, magic dripping from her hand. She blasts another green beam, but before it could strike the royal's protection, Finn leaps before it. He parries with his sword, the magic slamming into his blade as the Lady of the night-o-sphere widens her eyes. She yanks her hand back to cancel her attack but it was too late, and Finn's sword absorbs the majority of the
He quickly thrusts his sword forward, aiming straight at Hana's face. The night sword unleashes the pent up spell, shooting the green beam right back out of the tip of the blade. It strikes the massive woman straight in the face, making her head snap backwards as she releases a distorted cry of pain. The beam was only a couple of seconds long, but it was enough to completely burn a hole in Hana's monstrous face, however it was quickly regenerating, making Finn act fast.
He spins around to the demons, 'Her mouth is injured, so she can't give commands!' "I order you to head down the tunnel as fast as you can and don't stop till you're out of Hana's ordering range!" The hell spawn immediately lock up, then stiffly start running away as fast as they can, painful screeches echoing in the cave as their sharp claws bite into rock. Finn nods and watches as Ice Queen explodes out of her shell, an expression of pure fury on her face as she snaps Hana.
The hero quickly leaps to his royal, standing before her defensively as they both glare at the leader of the demons, watching her finish healing. Finn then decides to try reason and pacifism once more, "Hana, just let Marshall Lee go and we'll leave! He doesn't want to be here, and he doesn't want to suck out any souls!" The massive woman just glares a foul look at him,
"Shut up, I'm his mother, I know best, it is my duty to take care of him and set him on the right track! He might not like it but he will eventually. What kind of example would he be getting if I let him do whatever he wants and escape anything he doesn't like because he feels like it? He'll become a brat!"
Ice Queen raises a hand dripping with ice magic, "And it is also a mother's duty to support their child on whatever makes them happy, not force them into misery. That just makes you a bitch!" With a cry of rage Hana slams forward with claws bared, only to meet the biting metal of Finn's blessed sword as he defends Ice Queen once more. In that moment the leaders clashed, Ice Queen whips her hand up to spray magic, Finn the leader of the squad shoves the hand on his sword back, and Hana, the Lady of the night-o-sphere opened her mouth to suck out their souls.
The royal's magic slams into her face, making a square block of ice to completely cover her face as Finn shoves her back with his immense strength. She stumbles back, head hitting the ceiling as it shakes the caves once more, even more cracks growing as Finn flinches, 'Big mistake! We need to defeat her, but we can't be too powerful!' Of course, Ice Queen doesn't think that as she charges up a massive ice spell, "I would do a lot better as Marshall's mum than you!"
Her tiara fuels her attacks as she sends a massive icicle through the stunned demon's chest, making her grunt in pain as she is sent flying backwards and hit the wall behind her. The cave suffers a huge tremor again, a massive chunks of rock breaking off from the ceiling and dropping before the scared hero. The royal snaps her eye to the rock that nearly hit Finn, her eyes widening, 'I nearly injured him!'
Immediately her feelings soothe her rage, calming the wizard down as she watches Hana pull herself free from the rock, 'Just like with the princes and now Marshall, Finn is able to snap me out of my stupidity.' She glares at the monstrous being before her, 'The tiara wants her gone, she is something stopping me from getting Marshall…' She grins, 'For once, go crazy tiara! I'll keep an eye on Finn. After all, how can we raise Marshall without a dad?'
As if spurred on by her words, the royal feels a surge of magic flow through her, gifted by the curse resting atop her head. Two beams of ice shoots out her hand, but straight up, sealing the massive cracks and holes, 'That should give us some leeway.' With that done she looks at Finn, "Mind keeping her back? I want to pound her with some spells." He nods at his queen's request, leaping into action as he charges Hana trying to rip the last of ice off her head.
She snaps her eyes onto his running form and lashes out at him, slamming her hands down atop him. Before he could be crushed under her massive hands, he slides, skidding underneath them as he narrowly escapes. He ends up directly in front of Hana, taking note of the massive hole in her chest healing, 'Why is she regenerating? Does she have that power? Why did it not pass onto Marshall or Marceline?... It's probably something she is doing manually, what means it can be stopped!'
Focusing back on task, he lashes up with his blade, slashing her throat where the souls she has collected over the years resided. The frog egg like spheres split like butter under his blade as he swoops upwards, setting souls free as he leaves a huge gaping wound. Something that apparently enrages Hana as she goes full ballistic, throwing herself away from his weapon before slamming her hands atop him.
He jumps back, just barely missing the scrunched up fist pounding the ground. But not the black tendrils that was still coming out her back. They wrap around and him squeeze tightly, making Finn groan in agony as he wiggles fruitlessly in her tight grip. Before he could pop like a pimple however, Ice Queen unleashes an unrelenting stream of ice on his captive. She focuses on the tendril gripping her knight, pouring her magic into the spell as she watches the black tentacle stiffen, then become covered in a thin layer of ice.
With a grunt of force, Finn pushes at his frozen prison with all his force, the dead limb shattering under his might as he drops to the floor. He swiftly leaps away from Hana before she could catch him in another tentacle, and scans her form for any weakness. And that's when he notices the hole in her chest had stopped regenerating. She clutches at her neck wound, grasping the sacks that contained the souls within.
He squints in thought, then dashes at her again as Ice Queen continues to lay a near endless amount of ice on the massive demon. He watches as Hana moves her arm to swat Ice Queen to the ground, and immediately intervenes. He leaps at the arm blade first, and slashes at the massive limb with a single swoop of his sword. He severs the limb in two with ease, his might allowing him to rend her apart like she was nothing. Hana stumbles back as far as she can, going down the tunnel as she can in an attempt to escape the duo pounding and overwhelming her.
She pants and starts healing as they quickly follow her, making her lift her arm, 'I can't do any magic while that annoying boy is around! What is that blade!?' So she instead swipes at them with massive claws, forcing the duo to skid to a halt to prevent being gutted. The wound in her chest fully seals up, her cut off limb reforms, and her missing tendril returns, all in less than a second, making Finn stare in confusion. 'How is she doing that?'
He analyses her again, trying to see how she was summoning some spell that could regenerate her wounds. And his eyes eventually rests on her soul sack, 'That's not as bright or big as it use to be… and she was very defensive of it when I first cut it...'
He charges forward to test his theory, eyes locked on her possible weakness as he holds his sword close to his chest. Immediately Hana pounces at him, mouth opening wide as her claws spear towards Finn, leaving him no escape.
He yells a war cry as he leaps forward, the hands clashing together behind him as he heads straight for Hana's open mouth. He springs his body out desperately, jamming his blade into the top of her mouth while his feet slam into her bottom lips. Before she could do anything however, he yanked his entire form backwards, pulling his sword free from her mouth as his feet slips from her lips. He falls backwards, towards her hands that shoot underneath him, spreading wide like a venus fly trap to crush him like a bug.
His eyes locks onto her vulnerable throat, and in a last ditch attempt to escape her hands he throws his blade. The night sword flies through the air, and collides with her throat sack, piercing into Hana's throat. Immediately the hands snap away from underneath him, shooting to clutch her wound as she tries yanking the sword out. Finn was about to meet a nasty hard landing on the rock floor below him, but Ice Queen rushes to the rescue, sweeping him up out of the air and holding him bridal style.
She swiftly flies backwards with him in her arms, staring at Hana as she waits for some other attack to avoid. She lets Finn drop from her grip, the hero standing on his feet as he glances at her, "That soul sack is a weakness I think! She is very protective of it!" Ice Queen nods, and watches as the massive demon finally pulls the fiddly blade free from her neck, some souls escaping the hole it left.
She growls in anger, and attempts to crush the sword in her hand, but before she could do it Ice Queen sends an icicle into the sack as well. Hana spins around to turn her back to them and drops the blade, clutching a hand over the sack protectively. She randomly whips her black tendrils behind her, the heavy sounding thumps echoing as she forces the duo back.
Meanwhile Huntress, butterscotch, Fionna, Cake, and the demon prisoner rush towards the clashing leaders, worry plastered on the usually stoic face of Huntress Wizard, 'They're fine! They can easily handle Hana!' The heavy thumps fills their ears, and they all can't help but push themselves even faster, dread swelling within them as Huntress prepares her arrows for hunting a bitch, 'Hold on Finn and Ice Queen! I'm coming!'
The human and royal were actually taking a moment to recover their breath as they watch all six of Hana's black tentacles go crazy in the tunnel before them. They smash everything as Finn glances at the ceiling in worry, watching the bits without ice covering crumbling as he snaps his gaze to Ice Queen, "You've got to stop her before she causes a cave in!" She nods and raises both hands, then starts spamming out ice vortexes, the swirling blizzards of icicles slamming into Hana's back and immediately start shredding her. The massive demon suddenly snaps around and shoots a green beam with a glare, making the duo's eyes widen in shock.
They throw themselves out of harm's way, the beam just barely missing due to Hana's lack of time to aim. Still the leader of the night-o-sphere rises smugly, lifting up both hands to charge up another blast of magic, one for each of them. "Without your sword you're not so tough anymore, are you!?" Finn snaps his eyes to her glowing hands, and immediately leaps to his feet, dodging to his right as he heads for Ice Queen, planning to yank her out of harm's way if she was stunned.
She however grins at him from the floor as she erects a huge ice shield for them both, large enough for the two of them to hide behind with ease. The magic lasers leave Hana's palms just as Finn skids alongside his royal in their cover, the duo putting their hands on each other protectively. The attack slams into the shield, sending it flying over them as they lay low, the ice shattering against the wall. The duo grin as they both jump up and charge Hana, Ice Queen flicking up her hands and shooting her own ice beams in retaliation.
They strike Hana, freezing her legs to the ground, causing the giant woman to yank on her stuck limbs as she attempts to pull herself free. She quickly gives up when she spots Finn descending upon her, and slashes out with both arms. The hero does simply rolls, evading the blows as her razor sharp claws tear up the rock ground behind him. He pounces on her stuck legs, causing Hana to glare down at him, what he exploits by jumping up. He latches onto her face, triggering her to jerk her head back in shock as he desperately hangs on.
He glares mere inches from her eye and winds his arm back for a punch, causing the hell spawn to panic. She opens her mouth to suck out his soul while her hands go to grab him, preparing to move him into the position she needed him to be in. More ice slams into her face, covering her mouth completely as Ice Queen smirks, 'I just need to stop her from doing anything, and we'll win without doing any ridiculous spells that could cause a cave in!'
While her mouth may be sealed again, her hands were not, and they swiftly grab the hero, causing the royal to panic. She quickly launches a barrage of icicles, her hands acting like machine guns as they spray an endless stream of razor sharp ice. They strike the arms of Hana, making her hiss in pain as the attacks pierce her flesh with ease, her arms spasming and dropping Finn.
He however shoots his arms straight up, grabbing a finger with a grin, then begins to swing. He swiftly builds momentum and lets go off the finger, arcing onto Hana's face once more. With a smug smirk he winds his arm back again and punches her straight in the eye, making her jolt in pain. Her hands instinctively go to protect the sensitive orb, allowing the hero to slide down her face unbothered and end up at her throat. Peering into the trapped souls stuck within, he swiftly puts his metal arm against it, "Weed whacker!"
The fingers immediately begin to spin, and with a push he begins to shred into the sack, tearing a humongous hole in which souls immediately begin flooding out off. Hana suddenly swats him. He goes flying, slamming into the cave wall hard with a gasp of pain, before dropping to the floor. The massive demon storms towards him, eyes filled with rage as she raises her hands to blast her demonic beams once more, preparing to turn him into ash.
Then a massive ice spell slams into her.
It freezes her completely and sends her flying, smashing into the cave wall hard, causing the entire environment to shudder violently. Ice Queen quickly flies to Finn's stunned side, checking his health in a worried panic as she creates an ice shell around them both encase the cave really does collapse on their heads. She discovers him perfectly alright as he swiftly pushes himself to a stand with ease, making her sigh in relief.
They listen with worry to the rumbles around them, pebbles pinging off their protection as the roof threatens to give way. Their ice cocoon gets rocked a little, and they can't help but lean on each other as a support to prevent flopping over. Eventually it all starts to calm down, making Finn sigh, "Way too close! We need to either end this now, or bring it to the surface." Ice Queen nods,
"What I don't think Hana will do voluntarily, I don't think she cares if she gets caved in." The royal melts their protection, pebbles and dust dropping atop them harmlessly as they peek out. They find rocks everywhere, dust flung up in a way that threatened to choke them, and Hana as a ice statue at the end of the tunnel, lodged in the wall as some rocks sit atop her.
But then the stiff woman shakes, and her hand breaks free in an explosion of broken ice, the free limb clenching in rage as cracks form in her cage. Finn swiftly sprints at his sword still sitting on the floor, hastily picking it up and holding it at the ready as he watches Hana slowly break free from her prison. Ice Queen sighs, readying more magic as she steps in front of him, "Hold on, let's not waste any more time fighting, we still need to find the others and a way out, and we still need to save Marshall Lee!"
With that she pours a literal shit ton of magic into her next spell, blasting out a continuous stream of snow so big it completely fills the tunnel. Finn stares in amazement as he feels the cool air whip by his head, watching as Ice Queen's hair flaps from the wind. She keeps it up for a few seconds, before getting dangerously low on magic, forcing her to halt her attack, allowing the tiara to take the cost of the spell for her. The entire tunnel was ice. Nothing else, no gaps, no air, just ice. And at the end sat a completely frozen Hana, unable to move an inch within her massive blue tomb, making Finn gawp at the semi naked royal.
She swiftly spins around to look at him, "Finn let's move quickly! I need to save Marshall from his shitty mother's plans! He may have been born in the night-o-sphere and Hana may of been the one who gave birth to him, but this is not his home." She quickly grabs his hand and pulls him along, the hero snapping out of his shock as he nods in understanding. They run away from Hana, leaving her stuck in the ice with an expression of pure rage, and turn around the cave corner, Finn looking inquisitively at Ice Queen
"So how do we find the others?"
"... I don't know… let's try-" BOOM! A strong wind blast behind them as ice goes flying, a loud shattering noise splitting the air. Finn grabs and throws Ice Queen to the floor, climbing atop her and acting as a living shield, willing to lose his life to protect hers. When the horrible mixture of loud noises, pain from flying ice shredding their skin, fear of the cave shaking to a collapse, and steam flowing by them ends, they scramble up to see what had just happened.
They discover Hana standing tall in an empty cave corridor that rapidly begins to crack above them all, the massive demon brushing some ice off her shoulder mockingly. The cave was filled with boiling water, super heated by the energy released by the humongous hell spawn, sending Finn on high alert, 'Hunson didn't do anything like this! What is going on!?" He quickly pulls his blade defensively against his chest, shuffling in front of Ice Queen as she readies more magic.
Hana chuckles, "Now that was a pathetic spell, though good idea! But you forgot I've ruled demons since before time! I'm the Lady of evil! It would take more than that to bring me down!" Finn analyses her again, finding her standing tall and proud as she begins walking towards them, casually strolling through the boiling water. And that's when he notices her neck, 'Her soul-sack thing is pretty much gone!' All that remained of her weakness that she was so defensive about was a small sliver just poking out her neck. The massive demon chuckles as she glares at them, "So what's your next grand plan to split a son from his mother?"
Ice Queen immediately unleashes her magic once more, spraying a continuous stream of icicles at the completely open Hana. Yet before they could hit their target, the Lady of the night-o-sphere snaps up her arm and instantly shoots a massive green orb half the size of her body. It collides with the ice mid air, and explodes violently, releasing a huge shockwave that shatters all the icicles and slams into Finn and Ice Queen, sending them smashing into the cave wall.
The explosion shakes the cave once more as pebbles rapidly drop from the ceiling, yet the queen and her knight don't care as their mind gets scrambled by the small concussion they just got. They groan as the push themselves up, pebbles bouncing off their sore bodies as Hana approaches smugly. A huge rock slams next to Finn, making him jump and snap to his senses, shaking his head as he looks up at the towering demoness.
He glares at her, 'Alright, she is way more powerful than when I faced Hunson! There's got to be a reason… we look defeated, so she should be all smug and confident, and do one of those evil monologues if I trick her!' He stares into her proud eyes, the leader of all hell spawn lifting her leg to prepare to crush the bug before her, "What did you do? How did you get so powerful all of the sudden!?" Hana freezes at his question, her massive foot hanging over Finn.
Then she removes her leg and smirks down at him, slowly lowering herself as her hand reaches for him. Before he could do as much as twitch to move, she snatches him, fingers wrapped around him tightly as she crushes him in her hands, lifting the hero up to her face. She grins smugly at him, "Oh? You mean how did I escape that weak spell? Simple really, I used some of my stored up souls." Finn wiggles in her grip, eyes flickering to Ice Queen as she fakes weakness, lying on the floor as she waits for Hana to explain her source of power before attacking.
"You mean the souls stuck in your weird gross neck sack thing?" She grins,
"Yep! Souls is where I get my agelessness, my magic strength, my healing, my energy, that's why I suck them out whenever I can! With so many demons trying to top me, I need to stay as powerful as I can be." She then smirks, getting close to Finn's face, "So to heal the wounds you inflicted on me and to boost my strength to allow me to escape your ice spell, I had to consume innocent souls. I don't think Fionna would of liked that, seeing as you're another one of her fan boys, hopelessly following her around in hopes of getting her to love you." She continues to beam as she leans back, "I had just made the souls of hundreds of innocents fuel my powers, made them part of the most evil thing in existence! You just made a villain even stronger~... I'm sure Fionna will be all over you for that."
Finn resists the urge to cringe at the mere thoughts of which she was mentioning, making Hana chuckle smugly as she mistakes it for regret and terror. "So I should have this boost for a while, enough time to hunt her down and tear out her soul for trying to keep my own son from me. I usually don't do this you know, leaves me too weak afterwards due to a lack of souls…" Finn immediately understands, 'That's why Hunson didn't do it, it has too much of a cost for mere mortals usually… but we pissed her off... what mean our plan is simply endurance! Her boost will end and she'll be in a weakened state, hopefully long enough for us to defeat her somehow, probably freezing her again.'
With a plan in mind, his next step was simply to escape. Hana beams as she pulls him close to her face, shifting them both to be deliberately in Ice Queen's line of sight, "I hope you enjoy the show, this is what you get for trying to take my kid, calling me a bad mother~" Hana says mockingly as she stares right into the royal's furious eyes, making her chuckle as she opens her mouth before Finn, "That you get to see your friend die right in front of you!" Hana locks eyes on Finn, "I'm low on souls, time to top up!" With an intake of breath, she begins to tear the hero's bright blue soul from his body, making her eyes widen a little in curiosity, not really caring, 'Whoa, what's up with that? Did I get a special one?'
Before she could find out Ice Queen jumps to her feet, and slashes with her hands out in front of her. A wave of ice magic leaves the tips of her fingers, the blue arc slicing at the hand holding Finn, cutting it right off. Hana stumbles back in shock as Finn falls to the floor, hitting the ground with a grunt as the wave of ice continues. It slams into the ceiling, and proves to be the final hit needed and the world around them shakes, rapidly crumbling as it begins to collapse atop their heads.
Ice Queen keeps a stern expression as she lifts her hands and blasts some more ice onto the ceiling, but the collapse has already begun, and rocks slowly drop around them all. At most, she has brought them a couple of minutes, something that petrifies Finn, 'Everyone is in danger!' He immediately grabs Ice Queen's hand and starts to pull her away, but she yanks back, stumbling Finn as she decides to hold her ground to the super demon. She glares at Hana, the hell spawn returning it in kind as her arm regenerates, "You mortals are so annoying, you know that?"
Ice Queen stares a furious gaze into her eyes, "I'm taking Marshall Lee, he's under my care now, and you're not going to stop me. He's mine to raise now." Finn panics, 'The curse! It wants Hana gone at any cost!'
He immediately leaps in front of his queen, hoping the sight of him will snap her out of her magic induced trance. "We can't afford a fight right now, we need to get the others and run!" He worriedly yells, staring directly into her eyes in a plead.
The woman does shift her gaze to him and softens immediately, but Hana ruins anything that was to happen, "Take my own kid!? Who do you think you are!? I gave birth to him, I'm his mother!" Ice Queen snaps her eyes back to her, eyebrows furrowing in anger,
"Only in blood, but family isn't bound to that! People decide who is their family." A rock smashes near them as a deep rumble echoes above them, causing Finn to immediately yank Ice Queen towards a cave path. She quickly stops him with a slight glare, but softens with a sigh, "Finn, run. Find the others and get out, I've got to have a chat with old hag Hana here."
The massive demon glares as she rears an arm back, Finn watching in terror, "I'm not leaving you to fight her alone! I won't leave you ever!" He watches as the Lady's of the night-o-sphere arm comes swinging back, claws bared to shred, and immediately jumps with his sword ready to block.
Then a massive blue wall appeared before him. A heavy thump slams into the wall as it completely blocks Hana's attack, causing Finn to spin to stare at Ice Queen, who wore a smug smile as she rests her hand on the ice shield before them. She beams at Finn, "I don't want us to separate either, ever. But right now Finn, it'll be best if you run, I'm not holding back on her and my spells tend to get pretty big and destructive when I don't." She says with a humongous grin, lifting her spare hand as it glows with powerful ice magic, making Finn gulp, listening to the sounds of Hana beginning to pound on the wall,
"... Alright, I trust you... but come back, got it?" She nods, then leans forward, planting a kiss right on his lips, before pulling back with a giggle,
"I will… because Finn? I'll say it outright, I love you." Finn goes silent, and looks to the floor for a few seconds, then flicks his gaze back to her with a blush,
"... You know? I'm not sure of my feelings, but... I think I might love you too."
With that he kisses her, shocking her for a second, but she openly welcomes it as she leans into it for a second. He breaks it off, then quickly spins to run down the cave path with his sword in hand, desperate to find the others. Ice Queen simply smiles as she watches him get to safety.
Then the wall she made comes crumbling to the ground. Her expression hardens as she turns to glare at an enraged Hana, who swings her claws at the smaller woman. The royal simply back steps it, letting the claws swoop by her belly, just barely missing her skin and torn dress. Ice Queen immediately retaliates, stomping her foot on the ground in anger. A massive growing wave of ice spikes spreads out in an arc in front of her, the massive sharp points easily piercing into the towering hell spawn.
She simply yanks herself off the ice, uncaring of any pain that it should of inflicted on her as she stares down the royal. "Oooh? You two are in love? Such a shame you'll both die before you can do anything together!" Ice Queen only glares as Hana smirks, "But seriously though, what is going on in that tiny head? Taking Marshall Lee from me? That he'll choose you over me to be his mother… simply because you want him to?" The royal flashes her teeth in rage,
"He will choose me over you! Because to be honest, anything is better than you." She bites back, making the Lady frown,
"Seriously? You actually believe you are better than me at raising my own son when you've never done anything of the like with him before? Look at you! You look like a slut with that torn dress that flashes your bras and panties! You are impulsive and stupid, proven by the fact you went into the night-o-sphere and oh so willing to fight me!... Just to get a kid." Ice Queen continues to glare, 'I need to buy time for Finn to get out my spell's blast radius…'
"It's more than that you giant octopus! Marshall is… I need to protect him, I need to provide for him! I need to be the parental figure he never got because you were so incompetent in doing so, his father died when he was young, and his only motherly figure was wrongly ripped away from him!" She feels a slight mental pain inflicted onto her by the tiara, but she ignores it, too focused on preparing to rip Hana a new one.
The massive demon glares as she raises both hands, planning on attacking any second now, making Ice Queen worry, 'I hope you can run fast Finn!' With a final smirk Hana continues to mock the dreams of the royal, "The only reason you have to try and steal my Marshall is because you are too pathetic to get your own. You are simply too unappealing and ugly for any man to love you, so you can't have a kid of your own. I'm right, aren't I? No guy has ever wanted to be with you."
Ice Queen goes still, eyes widening a little as she drifts into her own memories. Hundreds of years flash by her mind, the world and its people constantly changing, kingdoms rising and falling, everything she has ever experienced. Including her time as Ice Queen. She sees the terrified expression of thousands of men, the people she lunged at desperately as she attempts to force them to love her. The thousands of rejects they gave her, sending armies to hold her back as she relentlessly chased them… how Gumball had yelled and screamed at her, ordering her to leave him be as she dots on him for years.
Heck, even as a water nymph men still didn't approach her, just for the complete opposite reason. She was the leader of them all, an uncrowned royal that was to guide them all to a better future. She constantly went out on searches, scavenging resources for everyone, and as such had built up a fit body that had carried over into her current cursed form. No guy ever approached her, not thinking themselves worthy as to date a royal, and thus, she was alone even when there wasn't much choice. No man had wanted to date her ever.
But then, her thoughts were filled with different memories. Finn. The man she had kidnapped from his lover, left him deliberately naked in her bed so she could personally hand him his clothes in an attempt for him to get comfortable with her. She had tried to kill his friends and girlfriend, the woman that she now doesn't doubt for a second he loves with all his heart. She had been crazy in front of him, latching on and being clingy, forcing him into doing things that he didn't want to. Yet still, he cared for her. He stood up for her when Fionna wailed on her, he became her knight and swore to protect her, he got Huntress to give her a chance, he stood by her side when the royals attacked them. He stood up for her at the talks and spread the word that she is genuinely trying to change, he rushed after her when she ran into demons in a crazy attempt to save Marshall. He protected her from all the harm that the demons wished to do to her so far, he got Fionna and Cake who were her biggest rivals and haters to actually give her a chance, to be friendly to her. He sat down and listened to all her problems she then remained by her side despite them, he chose to stick by her when she mentioned her new curse, and even went as far to say he will find a way to help save her from it. He chose to bear with all her problems, he gave her suggestions, he never made her do anything. And then there was there moment just then. They flirted in the cave, letting her plant love bites all over his neck, they made out, they grinded on each other. And just then he willingly kissed her, then admitted his feelings to her, that he did not want to leave her alone ever, the first guy in all her hundreds of years long history. The warmth of his hugs, that joyful smile, those bright blue eyes, his caring attitude, his constant listening of her problems, his calming aura, feeling of trust that one cannot but simply place on him…
Ice Queen sighs.
She snaps her arms to her body and creates thick set of ice armour. Not skimpy or sexy, proper knight armour that one could expect on a royal, one with both flare and protection, not too different from Flame Princess's. Covered in intricate details with patterns engraved in ice, yet still shaped to deflect blows. She made it all in less than a second, shocking Hana a little as she didn't expect such a reaction.
The royal snaps her head up to glare up at the towering demon, her eyes glowing with an overflow of magic as the sight of Finn's face fills her mind once more.
"YOU'RE WRONG!"
She rockets forward, arms forward as she makes a massive spike of ice larger than Hana herself. The demon's eyes widen as she focuses all her magic in defence, toughening her body as she throws her arms up protectively. The royal rams into her, sending them both flying into the cave wall and causing a massive cave in, but they continue on, smashing into another cave, then another, before Ice Queen finally runs out of momentum. Hana leaps away and growls at the royal, before they both leap at each other, magic dripping from both their hands.
Finn meanwhile sprints desperately down the sprawling corridors, panic plastered on his face, 'Please be alright Ice Queen!' Suddenly three heavy thumps echo through the caves, and the ground shakes violently, causing Finn to stumble as he struggles not to fall over. Then a second later another massive explosion rocks the area, making Finn panic as the area begins to cave in on him, 'They're fighting! I need to get the others now!'
With a grunt of effort he pushes forward, his heart pounding at the sounds of massive blows and crumbling rocks around him, 'I know you got this Ice Queen, just don't take any stupid risks!' He sprints around a corner, wondering where the heck the demons he sent away were hiding, before eventually giving up on them, 'They probably found a loophole and escap-'
He spins around a corner to find the missing hell spawn. All dead, their bodies a gory mess on the floor. All that remained standing in the room was Huntress, Butterscotch, Fionna, and Cake… with her prisoner. They immediately locked eyes with him at his sudden arrival, and widen as they recognised him, causing them all to instantly charge him.
He opens his arms wide and envelopes them all in a tight hug, resting his head in the nook of Huntress neck as she hugs him especially tight. The world suddenly shakes again, startling them as they all separate, the group staring at Finn, their leader, for guidance with Huntress speaking up, "What the heck is going on!? Where's Ice Queen!?"
"She's fighting Hana! That's what causing all this shaking!" Huntress's eyes widen,
"What! We need to help her Finn! Why are you running!?"
"Because she isn't holding back on her magic! You know, super spells time?" Everyone immediately becomes worried at that, fear quickly forming on their faces as they hear a scream of rage from a far away Ice Queen, then a massive thump that shakes the caves once more. Butterscotch looks to Finn,
"Then we need to get out now before she causes a cave in!" Huntress immediately spins to Cake's prisoner still wrapped up with her body, struggling to get out her grip. The nymph smirks and walks towards it, beaming happily as the demon locks it eyes on her,
"You remember what I said, right?" It nods. "Good, so show us the way to the surface."
The hell spawn simply smirks, "No, I don't think I will, bitch!" She immediately frowns, causing the demon to chuckle in Cake's tight grip.
Huntress glares a little, "You remember what will happen if you don't, right? A magical land of candy, bright colours, and people being nice to each other?" He continues to chuckle,
"That won't work on me now slut, sorry to say baby but you're dying in here tonight!" The world shakes violently, startling everyone as rocks start to fall around them, the room they are in quickly losing structural integrity. Huntress glares at the troublesome hell spawn
"Why not?" She growls out, the demon smirking,
"Simple! Why should I help you so I can die at the surface, when I could not show you and still die! While also killing you annoying fuckers at the same time! Revenge bitch, that is why I'm not showing you to the surface, I get to kill you all in my final moments, something I'll definitely enjoy~"
Huntress scowls, shooting her hand to grab the red demon's head, "Show us now!"
It simply smirks, "Nope, doesn't matter what you do, I won't show you to the surface! How does it feel to be so close, yet so far? That what you seek is right in front of you, yet out of reach?" It begins laughing hard, finding the situation they were in very comedic all of the sudden, making Huntress growl as she summons her arrows, preparing to obliterate the demon.
Finn quickly puts a hand on her shoulder, making her snap her head to him demandingly, yet instantly calms down upon seeing his comforting expression. She sighs as rocks start to fall around them, "So what, this is the end?" He raises an eyebrow in confusion,
"No, I was about to say let me have a go."
"Oh." She steps aside, letting him quickly stand before the demon, wanting to get everyone out as fast as he can, "I thought it was one of those 'final moments together so I'm too to comfort you' thing."
Finn chuckles as he holds his sword straight up and to his chest, "Not on my watch it's not, I'm getting everyone out." The others stand silently, their trust completely on him without fear. He got them this far, he can get them the rest of the way. He stares at the demon as it continues to laugh,
"What are you going to do!? Nothing is going to persuade me asshole!"
Finn simply flicks his gaze to Cake, "Could you let it go?" Cake's eyes widen, but after a second she does so, trusting Finn knows what he is doing. Her body unwraps around it, and it drops to the floor with a grin, then leaps up,
"Thanks for giving me the chance to rip your stupid throats ou!-"
"Halt." Finn says with authority, and the demon immediately stops, much to everyone's shock. "Lead us to the closest path to the surface, one in which we can make it through safely, and sprint at a speed we can follow… make sure the path that leads to the surface is close to Hana's tower… oh! And no injuring us."
Immediately the demon spins around completely on its foot and dashes forward, triggering Finn to give chase, and after a second of startlement everyone else. The hero keeps his eyes locked onto the sprinting demon, tracing everyone of it movements as it leads their way to salvation. The others quickly catch up to him, with Huntress and Fionna being directly at his side, the female human staring at him with awe, "How'd you do that! That was mathematical!" He grins and shows her his sword,
"Hunson, our Hana, blessed it, don't you remember from your questions? Well, turns out one of them is that holding the sword allows me to order demons around!" Cake groans,
"And you only just figured that out!? That would of came in handy at that river of them!"
"Sorry!" He says sarcastically, "But at least I know I can end things peacefully with demons now, the pacifist option is back baby!"
Everyone actually becomes worried at that, except Huntress, who was simply glad that he can do what he likes and at his joyed expression, causing her to smile at him, "Well, it doesn't matter now, just as long as it can lead us out… and Finn?... I'm glad you're here with us again." He nods with a pant, shooting her small smile, what then suddenly takes a hit a little,
"And I want nothing more than to be with you guys, but when we get back to AAA Huntress, I have a question I would like to ask… just letting you know encase I forget." Her face twists into confusion, but nods,
"Ok…" She says unsurely, but shrugs it off, focusing on Finn as he leads their escape as the caves begin to crumble around them.
And end!
I've got nothing to say this time.
Review response:
The Book of Eli, on FF, chapter 31:
Yep, humans will be humans. Our hero is indeed very lucky to have two hot girls that he can share his very generous heart to, and I'm sure they don't mind one bit. Finn being scared of IQ role play? I think I can do that, though it is likely to happen after they create the three way relationship. Heck, if you want that can be some kinky sex time, IQ kidnapping Finn again as he lays tied to the bed, the royal crawling up his body as she rests her hips atop his. I really don't know what else to give his sword without making it overpowered XD (Those chains that held Hunson were made by Peppermint, not part of the sword itself) I'm glad you both read and enjoyed the lewd, and yes, that is how I'll write it in this.