A/N: In this next chapter, how Rachel would feel toward Hunson becomes clear, given the two girls' history with each other. And to say that her views on Hunson were understandably rocky would be an understatement.

Adventure Time with Finn, Jake, & Rachel

Chapter 21: It Came From the Nightosphere

One night, in Marceline's cave just outside of Marceline's house, Finn was beat-boxing, Rachel was tuning her viola, and Marceline was strumming her ax bass guitar.

"Thanks for helping me record, guys.", Marceline thanked.

"No problem, Marceline.", Finn thanked.

"Yeah, no worries.", Rachel responded.

"Well, I'm gonna sing something really personal, so don't laugh at me.", Marceline warned.

"I would never dream of it... m'lady.", Finn said before laughing a little bit while Rachel gave a concerned look for Marceline.

Inside of Marceline's house, the trio were getting ready to play.

"By the way, Mar-Mar. I've been meaning to ask you. What's with that poodle?", Rachel asked.

"Oh, I just like poodles.", Marceline responded.

"Huh.", Rachel grinned, going over to pet it for a moment.

"Now, start a slow beat, and keep it steady as Rae-Rae plays her viola, or it'll mess up everything.", Marceline stated.

"You got it!"

Finn started beat-boxing and Marceline began singing the Fry Song while Rachel played her Viola in tune with Marceline's singing.

Daddy, why did you eat my fries?

I bought them, and they were mine.

But you ate them, yeah, you ate my fries...

And I cried, but you didn't see me cry.

Daddy,

Do you even love me?

Well, I wish you'd show it,

'Cause I wouldn't know it.

What kind of dad eats his daughter's fries,

And doesn't even look her in the eyes?

Daddy, there were tears there.

If you saw them would you even care?

In the end, Finn's beat-boxing slowed down and he sighed sadly.

"What the...?! Finn!", Rachel groaned.

"You messed the beat up!", Marceline scolded at the same time.

"Marceline, if you're thinkin' about your dad so much, then... why don't you go see 'im?", Finn asked.

"He's not worth the effort.", Marceline only replied as she strummed her guitar.

"Not worth what effort?", Finn asked.

"Well... first, I'd have to draw a circle with a happy face in the center and then... uh... douse it with bug milk.", Marceline explained.

Unfortunately, Finn had already drawn the face.

"Oh, yeah?!", Finn spoke excitedly.

Rachel was puzzled about this, but the moment she saw the face, she gasped in worry as Finn went to grab some bug milk and then returned to throw it on the face, after which the bug milk got absorbed by the face, which started to glow as the candles lit up.

Marceline didn't notice that Finn was following the apparent instructions. But Rachel noticed.

"Oh, no...", Rachel squeaked with a gasp.

"And then you're supposed to chant something like...", Marceline began as Rachel tried to tell her to stop, waving her hands in the air, shaking her head while dragging her finger across her throat, and frantically mouthing the word "no".

But it was too late.

"Maloso vobiscum et cum spiritum."

Rachel groaned as she facepalmed herself while Finn laughed and the face changed color.

"But... I-I don't really wanna see him. I'm still mad about the thing with the fries."

"Then, maybe you shouldn't have told him how to summon him...!", Rachel said frustratedly.

"What?", Marceline puzzled before noticing a strange noise and finally looked at Rachel and Finn.

"Huh?!"

"Wwwwhhhat?!"

Due to Finn's actions, a portal to the Nightosphere opened where the face was.

"Whoa... whoa! Aaagh!"

From out of the infernal fires, a demonic entity reformed into a dark blue demon with crimson-colored slits on his green eyes. That demonic entity was none other than Marceline's father, the Lord of Evil, otherwise known as Hunson Abadeer.

"Marceline!"

"Finn! Do you have any idea what you've done?!", Rachel shouted angrily as Marceline glared at the same time.

"I... reunited your friend with her family?", Finn asked nervously.

Marceline only grunted angrily and Finn backed away.

"Is this kid your evil servant?", Hunson asked.

"I'm not evil, Marceline's dad. I'm super good!", Finn responded.

"'Super good?'", Hunson asked before snarling.

Finn gasped in horror as Hunson grabbed him and started sucking energy from him.

"What're you doing?!"

As Hunson did his deed, a second monster with horns was seen from inside his mouth.

"Stealing your soul.", Hunson responded.

Finn screamed in fright as his soul was being drained.

"LEAVE HIM ALONE!", Rachel shouted, firing an ice lightning bolt at Hunson, who noticed it in time and ducked, letting the bolt pass between him and Finn, also letting Finn's soul return back to his body.

"Dad! Ugh! You always do stuff like this!", Marceline said in disgust.

"Haha! Oh, Marceline! I never know what's gonna set you off! Whoa! Is this the family ax?", Hunson asked.

"Wha—? HEY!", Marceline shouted as Hunson snatched it.

"Did you turn it into some kind of lute?"

"Give it back, and get out!", Marceline yelled as Finn finished catching his breath as Rachel tended to him.

"Okay, I'll go. I've got business to attend to, anyway—sucking up all the souls in Oooooo...", Hunson said.

"WHA—Gh—NO!", Finn stammered.

"No! YOU CAN'T! I WON'T LET YOU!", Rachel shouted, trying to freeze him.

But Hunson dodged the ice, causing it to hit the wall, laughing maniacally as he priced the door open, making Finn scream.

"See you kids later.", Hunson said before shutting the door.

"My bass!", Marceline said disgruntled.

"I've unleashed evil onto Ooo! We've gotta stop 'im, Marceline!", Finn urged.

"We will... but only after I get my bass back.", Marceline responded as she followed Finn and Rachel outside.

Later, Finn, Rachel, and Marceline were flying above a forest.

"Hey! How do I kill this guy, anyway?", Finn asked.

"There's not really any point, Finn.", Rachel responded.

"He's deathless.", Marceline added.

"Oh..."

Meanwhile, in a field elsewhere; a bunch of Fluffy People were running around and laughing when Hunson's shadow fell upon one of them and he stopped running.

"Huh? Who the fluff are you?"

"Um... Well, I'm sure not the guy who's gonna suck out your soul.", Hunson responded.

"Good; 'cause that's, like, my number one fear.", the fluffy person said in relief.

"Really!? Well... I know a little exercise for that! Wanna try?", Hunson asked.

"Wow..."

"First... close your eyes."

"Okay!"

But when he closed his eyes, he got whacked in the head by the ax bass.

"AAH! You coulda killed me!"

"Ah, but I didn't! And now, aren't you thrilled just to be alive?", Hunson asked.

"Yeah, I guess... So what?", the fluffy person asked.

"So... This next part will be all the more... horrifying."

Hunson laughed maniacally as his transformed face was seen in view yet again, sucking the fluffy person's soul.

Later, Finn, Rachel, and Marceline arrived.

"There! A bunch of Fluffy People below!", Rachel shouted.

"May-haps they've seen your father! Marceline... release the Finn-bomb!", Finn urged.

Marceline dropped him and he whistles to mimic a bomb falling; Marceline caught him before he reached the ground and he made an explosion noise. He and Rachel were the first to notice the Fluffy People shivering.

"They're all freaked out!", Finn said.

"And I'm afraid to think of why...", Rachel said worriedly.

The answer was clear as the Fluffy Person from earlier was now not only paler, but also floating and moaning. Marceline examined him.

"Hm. My dad's been here."

"He can't be far behind. Come on. Let's go."

"He can't be far behind.", Rachel said.

"No! We gotta help this guy. I've got some soul food that Jake packed for me. You like, uh, collard greens or country-fried steak?", Finn asked.

He tried to feed the Fluffy Person the food but he kept moaning and doesn't eat it.

"Finn, stop! There's no point trying to feed a floating corpse. The only way we can help him is if we go after Hunson Abadeer and hit him where it hurts!", Rachel urged angrily.

"And help me get my bass back.", Marceline added.

"How will that help hi—?", Finn began.

But Marceline angrily snapped at him.

"MY DAD STOLE MY BASS GUITAR, FINN! And when I get it back... I'm gonna break it over his neck and slam my dad back into the Nightosphere!", Marceline shouted.

The Fluffy Person moaned as he bumped into Finn.

"Oh, clam! But first you gotta return the souls your dad sucked back to these sad, little husks. Right, Marceline?", Finn asked.

Marceline blew a tuft of hair away from her face.

"Uh, sure, yeah, yeah, we'll do that."

"That IS the whole reason I'm here, so..."

Meanwhile, at Marauder Village, the Marauders were sitting at a table, talking.

"So I popped his head like a cork! And I says, 'That's what I think of Expanding Earth Theory!'", the Head Marauder said before he and all his marauders laughed. Suddenly, an ominous draining noise was heard and they stopped laughing.

"Alright."

"Huh?!", the Marauders spoke in shock.

"I've got a joke, too.", Hunson said, moving one of the marauder's husks before pushing him off the chair.

It was revealed that he sucked out the marauder's soul.

"What wears a dark suit, is completely evil, and is about to suck out all your souls?", Hunson asked as he got up on the table.

"Yo mama!", the head marauder responded.

Hunson seemed beat for a moment, but he knew that it could make an ironic punchline.

"That's right! I'm your mama!", Hunson smirked before proceeding to suck the marauders' souls.

Meanwhile, Finn, Rachel, and Marceline were now at Red Rock Pass.

"Well, this is the place, all right.", Rachel said.

"Red Rock Pass. If my dad wants to get through the mountains, he'll have to come through here.", Marceline responded.

"We can work together! And smash 'im with this rock! And once he's smooshed, all the souls will go back to their rightful bods.", Finn said.

"And to be sure he doesn't dodges it at the last second, I'll freeze the tar out of him with these.", Rachel added as she raised her hands, firing a few small ice lightning bolts.

Just then, both Finn and Rachel noticed Hunson in the pass singing a song.

"There he is...!", Rachel whispered.

Hunson: Stompin' on ants

Suckin' their souls

Stompin' on ants

Souls, souls, souls

Hunson then sucked the ants' souls. Finn tried to push the rock, but he noticed that Marceline flew down to attack her father by herself instead. She hissed and charged, scraping her hand against the rock as if sharpening her claws, but missed her father, who ducked, sending her to the ground as quickly as Marceline caught the handle of the bass axe.

"So, finally taking a run at your old man, huh?"

Marceline charged, but her father parried the attack and forced her to a wall. Losing her patience, Marceline hissed.

"Daddy...!"

Marceline angrily jumped on her father's shoulders as Hunson chuckled.

"Karate kick!", Hunson shouted before kicking Marceline off his shoulders.

She landed on the ground hissing.

"Marceline! Keep 'im right there! HrrrrRAAAAGH!", Finn shouted as he headbutted the rock to make it fall off the cliff while Rachel used her ice powers to make ice rise up from right below Hunson.

But unfortunately, while fighting, Marceline and her father managed to evade the rock as well as the rising ice with the rock crushing the ice instead. Finn adopted a look of shock while Rachel groaned and flew downward after Hunson while Marceline struggled to reclaim her bass.

"Karate chop!", Hunson shouted as he chopped her, making her hiss.

"You can't destroy me!"

"Well, I can!", Rachel shouted, surprising Hunson.

"Wha?"

Rachel yelled out as she quickly unleashed a torrent of ice and snow upon the Lord of Evil, freezing him in place.

"Whoo-hoo! Let him eat it!", Finn shouted.

"Look at her! She's your daughter! You never gave her the love she needed! You always cared about sucking out souls more than her! SHE! DESERVES! BETTER!", Rachel shouted, about to let loose an ice lightning bolt at him.

She yelled out angrily as she prepared to turn it loose toward him. But before she could, Marceline stopped Rachel, surprising her, if not worrying her as she saw Marceline's worried look. Only then did the storm pass and the torrent fade, leaving only the ice binding him in place.

"Mar-Mar...? Why did you...?"

"Rae-Rae... I-I don't wanna destroy him... And I'm not sure I want you to do that, either.", Marceline responded.

"But Mar-Mar...", Rachel began as Marceline turned to Hunson, angered.

"And as for you, Dad? Just... stay out of my life!", Marceline said before floating away.

"You're not even alive!", Hunson called only to get socked in the face by Rachel.

"Can it, tranch! You're lucky I didn't ice you.", Rachel scolded angrily before floating away with her.

With that, Hunson turned to see the ice holding him in place.

"Well, she may've been bat crazy, but at least she didn't freeze my arms. Otherwise, I couldn't do... this!", Hunson said, smashing the ice into pieces, freeing himself.

"Now, THIS is how an ax should be used.", Hunson said in relief.

Marceline and Rachel rested next to Finn.

"You blew it, dude. We're supposed to be a team—a team whose sport is stop-your-dad-from-suckin'-souls... ball.", Finn said.

"I just want my dad to care about me.", Marceline sighed.

"That's the problem, Mar-Mar... Hunson's NEVER gonna care about you... And that's why I can't forgive him for hurting you...", Rachel sighed in response.

"Rae-Rae...", Marceline said sadly with Finn looking just as sad before he got puzzled.

"Wait. His name is Hunson?", Finn puzzled.

Later, Hunson was now in the Ice Kingdom.

"Of all history's greatest monsters, you are by far the most evil thing I've encountered. Offer your soul to me, dark one."

"Wenk wenk.", Gunter wenked.

"NO! You can't have my soul! I don't even...! Look, just get in here."

Hunson tried to suck Gunter's soul, but he slapped him.

"Wenk wenk."

Annoyed, Hunson kicked the penguin away.

"Keep your crummy soul!"

Gunter flew through the air, flailing his arms in a panic while shedding tears until he was caught by Betty.

"Gunter! Are you okay?", Betty asked.

"Do you wanna explain what just happened?", Simon added.

"Wenk.", Gunter said, pointing toward Hunson as he was sucking another penguin's soul, making Simon gasp.

"Is that...?", Betty began.

"Hunson Abadeer: the Lord of Evil, himself. And worst? Marceline's bad dad. But how did he...?", Simon puzzled before realizing what happened.

"Oh, no."

"We have to stop him.", Betty urged.

So, the couple flew over to Hunson.

"You! Hunson Abadeer! You darest encroach upon our domain?!", Betty began as Hunson's face started to change.

"You've raised our frosty dander! And for that, we shall—", Simon added.

But Hunson showed Ice King his terrifying face. If he was still Ice King, he would've "soiled his tunic", but not now. He may still be terrified, but he was more angry with him than scared.

"I don't care how scary you are, Mr. Abadeer! YOU'RE A BAD DAD!", Simon shouted before tossing an ice lightning bolt at Hunson, only for him to dodge.

"Ooh. Now, I know where that icy little friend of hers got the temper. I even had a good hit landed on me to prove it.", Hunson said, gesturing to the blow to the cheek he recently got from Rachel.

"What?!"

"What did you do to Rae-Rae?!", Betty shouted.

"Nothing. Yet. But in the event that she shows up and tries to stop me, I'm gonna do to her exactly what I'm gonna do to them.", Hunson replied before he sucked all of the other penguins' souls and started growing.

"Oh, donk...", Betty squeaked.

"YES!"

Meanwhile, Rachel, Marceline, and Finn were shown hurrying over.

"Aw, man! He's growing huge!"

"And it's getting even worse...!", Rachel added as Hunson sucked some birds' souls and started sucking up souls from all over Ooo.

"Finn! Rae-Rae! Mar-Mar!", Simon called before he and Betty arrived to where they are.

"Mom? Dad? What are you doing here?", Rachel asked.

"We've just been attacked by Hunson in the Ice Kingdom."

"He sucked out nearly everyone's souls. Good thing he didn't steal ours. Or Gunter's for that matter.", Betty said, holding up Gunter.

"Wenk, wenk.", Gunter said.

"Oh, thank goodness...!", Rachel sighed.

"I'm gonna take 'im down!", Finn shouted.

"You mean we're gonna take him down.", Rachel said.

"Finn, Rae-Rae, you're like a couple of ants to him.", Marceline said.

"Oh, yeah? Well, those ants're about to get in his pants!", Finn said.

"Not bad. But I think it should be more like, 'those ants're about to bite him where it hurts!', Rachel said, using her hand positions to form Stars of Frozen Rain.

"Oh. Yeah, that's actually better.", Finn agreed.

"Agreed.", Simon, Marceline, and Betty concurred.

With that, Finn then used his own hand signals to form an ice scythe.

Both Finn and Rachel yelled out as she picked the former up and flew over toward Hudson.

"Give up those souls, Hunson! In the name of justice!", Finn shouted.

"And while you're at it, give her back her bass!", Rachel shouted.

Only Rachel was noticed by Hunson, though.

"Huh? You again? But that means..."

Hunson then noticed Marceline, Simon, and Betty nearby.

"Oh, Marceline. Still following me?

"I'll stop following you if you give me back my guitar!"

But Hunson only flicked Finn off with ease.

"Finn!"

"No, Marceline."

"NO ONE FLICKS ME IN THE BUTT WITHOUT MY CONSENT!", Finn shouted as he flew upwards before descending and stabbing Hunson in the head. He smiled at Finn and revealed his second, monster-like head. He fell while screaming and grabbed hold of a tentacle. Hunson tried to shake Finn off, but failed as he won't let go. Finn was grunting and screaming all the while until Hunson stopped shaking.

"The souls... Lumpy Space Princess! He got your soul, too?!"

"What? Nah. I totally saw Hot Dog Princess get sucked in here, and I wasn't invited?! I was all, 'What the lump?'. So, I'm crashin' this party!

"Well, I'll save you... Yeah, I'LL SAVE ALL OF YOU!", Finn assured.

Hunson tried to knock Finn off with his appendage, but Finn evaded and struggled until Rachel flew in front of Hunson.

"Hey, Hunson! Eat frozen stars!", Rachel shouted, tossing them at Hunson, blinding him long enough for Finn to cut off the appendage, making himself and the Ax bass fall.

Marceline rushed over and caught the bass as Rachel caught Finn.

"You okay, Finn?", Rachel asked.

"Yeah. I'm okay."

"IN YOUR FACE, DAD!", Marceline shouted.

"Give back that ax, Marceline! You don't respect it enough!"

"Yeah? Well, you know what really grinds my gears, Mr. Abadeer?! The fact that you don't respect your own daughter at all! And now...? YOU'RE GONNA GET GOT FOR IT!", Rachel shouted as she flew toward him, brandishing her crystal sword.

Angrily, Rachel stabbed Hunson's soul sack with her crystal sword, making him scream in pain as the souls were released in the process, especially Lumpy Space Princess.

"Dad! Do you still have some bug milk?", Rachel asked as she floated over to him.

"Yes. I brought it with me since the attack.", Simon responded, holding out said carton.

"Thanks.", Rachel said before grabbing the milk with Finn drawing a circle with a happy face on it with Rachel tossing the bug milk into the circle.

"MALOSO VOBISCUM ET CUM SPIRITUM!", Rachel shouted before Hunson yelled out as he was transported back to the Nightosphere.

"I'll see you in the Nightosphere, ya sick freak.", Rachel said intensely.

Marceline gave a sad look toward the vanishing portal as Rachel panted before turning to see her.

When the portal vanished with Hunson gone, Rachel flew over to Marceline.

"Sorry I attacked him like that. I couldn't just let him get away with what he did to you...", Rachel apologized.

"I just wish that... we could make up for what happened...", Marceline said sadly.

She knew that it may very well be impossible, but still. Rachel didn't have the heart to make her anymore sad than she might as well have already made her. By that point, Simon and Betty caught up.

"Marceline... Maybe there will be a day when you two make up. The hard part is knowing when it'll come, but it's gonna happen one day.", Simon said.

"Thanks, Simon.", Marceline said, earning Rachel's grin briefly before it went back to a frown, concerning how she reacted.

"You okay, Rae-Rae?", Finn asked.

"I don't know... Maybe I should've waited until Mar-Mar and Hunson at least had the chance to make up for the fries..."

Suddenly, Rachel collapsed on the ground.

"All I know is... That was more emotionally exhausting for me than I would've liked.", Rachel sighed.

"Same here.", Marceline agreed. "Still, I'm glad he's back in the Nightosphere."

"I'm also exhausted emotionally. Or... wait. I mean, I mean physically."

As Finn fell down on the ground, exhausted, Marceline, Simon, and Betty joined him and Rachel, looking up at the sky as souls were floating around as was LSP.

"Oh, my glob, you guys. Drama bomb!", LSP called before Marceline chuckled at them.

"You think we might have some time to guide them back to their bods, Dad?", Rachel asked.

"Actually, there's no need. Given enough time, these souls will find their way back to their bods. Especially before sunrise, too.", Simon explained.

"Huh. Neat.", Rachel responded.

"I've been meaning to ask you... What's with that pocket on your shirt?", Marceline asked.

"Oh, Jake's in here. 'Sup, Jake?", Finn asked before Jake rolled over and tooted.

A/N: Well, the bad news is, the two have yet to make up for the fries. But the good news is, it will happen in an original chapter after the 2-part episode involving the Nightosphere. I guess a well-timed make-up is something to look forward to. Until then, we must be patient.