Family

Chapter 360 Tense Arrival

By: Major144

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

At the Ice Kingdom the dinning room was being cleared out for the upcoming meeting. Simon and Betty had told everyone else in the palace about the meeting and had advised everyone to stay clear of it. All the residents went to their quarters to wait the meeting out. Weiss stood outside the palace with Patience and a bunch of armed snow golems awaiting the arrival of the meeting attendees. The first to arrive was Slime Princess, who jetted in on a stream of slime. Patience greeted Slime Princess, who went inside the palace and made her way to the dinning room. A short time later Finn, Jake, Gata, and BMO arrived at the palace. The little group of heroes, were surprised at all the security outside the palace. It had been little over a day since, their adventure to the cave and Finn had hoped that Simon might be able to use some kind of magic on Crimson's mask piece to locate the villain to find the organization's lair and learn Crimson's identity.

"What's with all the security?" Asked Finn.

"There's going to be a big meeting between Slime Princess, Queen Bubblegum, Blargetha, Lolly, Chile, and Gumbald to work some issues out and try to make peace." Explained Weiss.

"Bubblegum's uncle is coming here?" Asked Jake looking a bit worried.

"His the one that wanted to talk things out. He even suggested having the meeting here on neutral ground and have my masters oversee it." Said Weiss.

"Aren't you concerned Gumbald might try to pull something?" Asked Gata.

"A little, but I trust Simon's skills and judgement to handle whatever tricks Gumbald might try to pull." Said Weiss.

"Yeah Gumbald would have to be pretty stupid to try and pull something, with Simon and Betty keeping a close eye on him." Said Weiss.

"That's true plus, we're all here as well." Said Finn.

"So what brings you guys here anyway?" Asked Patience.

"We came to get some magical help." Said Gata.

The group told Patience and Weiss about their little adventure with Billy and how they got a piece of Crimson's mask, which they hoped they could use to track the villain down.

"Well I wish you the best of luck with that. You may enter the palace." Said Weiss.

Finn and the others thanked the guard captain and walked into the palace. Simon was there to greet them and they told him about their quest and what they needed. Finn showed Simon the mask piece.

"A tracking spell huh? Well I'm sorry I don't know any at this time, but my apprentice Dipper just learned one and I think this is a good opportunity to put it to the test. Sadly I won't be able to accompany you due to the meeting." Said Simon.

"That's alright man." Said Finn.

Simon was fixing to give Finn and the others instructions to Dipper's room, when Patience walked into the room followed by Bubblegum, Braco, Neddy, and Peppermint Butler. Bubblegum was surprised to see Finn and the others. Gata glared at Bubblegum, Jake gave a nervous smile, and Finn just looked at Bubblegum in anger before looking away. Finn had very negative emotions towards Bubblegum, especially since that whole adventure in the cave. Bubblegum could sense the anger and disgust from Finn and she tried to talk to the teenage hero.

"Finn. I get your upset with me. Please...just give me a chance to explain myself."

"Explain what? How you basically murdered thousands of innocent people, destroyed a bunch of sacred objects to the fire people, and basically betrayed Phoebe and hurt her. There is nothing to explain. Your a coward and a traitor Bubblegum. I used to trust and believe in you and I fought to defend you and your kingdom. Phoebe did the same, but after all that you decided to do something really messed up and cause her and her kingdom, so much pain. I'm done with you Bubblegum." Said Finn giving Bubblegum a fierce and intense glare.

Bubblegum flinched under Finn's gaze as every word he said felt like a knife being stabbed into her heart. Every word Finn said was truthful and justified and no matter what Bubblegum said or did it wouldn't change a thing. Bubblegum had made a horrible choice and she was going to have to live with the consequences, including hate and rejection from friends.

Patience saw that things were going bad, so she took Neddy's hand and went off to find Eria. Simon let out a sad sigh. He felt a little sorry for Bubblegum, but he couldn't really blame Finn for his anger towards the one that caused his girlfriend so much pain. A part of Simon was mad at Bubblegum, but he decided that the Candy Queen had enough people hating and lashing out at her and she needed some support and guidance to help her through the trial up ahead. Simon thought about trying to ease the tension in the air, by telling Finn to give Bubblegum a chance to say her piece, but thought it would be best to give Finn a little time and space to cool down. He gave Finn's group directions to Dipper's room. Finn's group was fixing to head to Dipper's room, when Weiss came in followed by Gumbald, Blargetha, and Bebe. Gumbald had a big grin on his face as he looked at the assembled group and addressed them.

"Well this is quit a gathering! I see the the ruler of the Ice Kingdom, Finn the legendary hero, along with his interesting siblings and robot companion, and of course my darling niece, her husband, and my old butler. This is just fantastic."

Finn took Gumbald in and studied him. The gum person had similar characteristics as Bubblegum and he had a electric personality about him. Gumbald looked at Finn and offered his hand to him. Finn hesitated.

"Oh come now, I don't bite!" Said Gumbald with a big friendly grin.

"Well I heard you were evil and crafty." Said Finn shaking Gumbald's hand.

"Oh really? I suppose you heard that from my wife, son, and niece. I guess I can't really blame my wife and son's claims, I did do something horrible to them, that I deeply regret. As for my niece she has a tendency to over exaggerate events and lie about things. Can you honestly trust her these days after what she did to the Fire Kingdom? It seems like Bubblegum is the true threat to everyone in Ooo these days, considering the high body count she has these days." Said Gumbald in a hushed voice.

Finn didn't know how to respond to that. Gumbald turned his attention to Simon and shook, his hand.

"Thank for agreeing to host and oversee this little meeting. I really appreciate it." Said Gumbald.

"Your welcome. Now be warned, if you try to pull something or try to harm anyone here, I will see to it that you pay dearly." Said Simon with a warning glare.

"Oh perish the thought. I came to have a peaceful talk with members of my family and settle some issues. I have no intention of harming anyone and I have no weapons on my person. I would be very foolish person to try and pull something under the watchful gaze of a powerful wizard like you." Said Gumbald giving a pleasant smile before heading over to Bubblegum's group.

Bubblegum felt her heart hammer in her chest as her uncle approached her. She kept having flashbacks to herself as a little kid and witnessing her uncle poison her aunt and cousin turning them into a cookie and piƱata, before he turned on her and pouched on her with a syringe full of the same poison. Bubblegum remembered struggling helpless on the ground as Gumbald leered down at her and raised the syringe up high prepared to stab it down into her. Then she remembered the Milk Man's bite and the message she got from her uncle as her body was fighting the infection.

Gumbald got closer to Bubblegum and she considered activating her BRA or pulling out the bubble creator to kill Gumbald and end him once and for all. Gumbald stopped a couple of feet from Bubblegum and began speaking.

"Hello niece, it's been quit some time since we last saw each other and spoke. You sure have grown a lot over the years and I admit I am impressed with what you've done with the Candy Kingdom."

"Thank you." Said Bubblegum with a nervous nod.

"Now I get your nervous being around me. My little attack and message really shook you up and I'm sorry about that. I let my anger get the best of me. I have some time to think of and I realize we're both smart adults here and I figure we can talk our issues out without resorting to violence. Now why don't we get this meeting on the road. Don't want to keep the others waiting.

"Of course." Said Bubblegum.

"You going to introduce me?" Asked Bebe.

"At the meeting sweetie." Said Gumbald.

Finn's group headed to Dipper's room and Simon lead the others to the dinning room for the meeting.

To be continued.