Jeff stumbled up from a pile of Gnomes beaten up and bleeding from his nose. He looked around at his fallen brothers and unwillingness rose in his heart. Were they truly this weak, unable to handle one person.
His eyes looked around at the sad sight, and he though if they should give up, their opponent was simply too strong for them. His eyes then darted to the two who looked to be in their own world, talking and laughing casually in each other's arms and anger once more rose in his heart.
No, they still had one last card to play, one last trump card that would not disappoint!
"You've messed with the wrong creature's grey skin. We will not rest until we have retrieved our Gnome queen! Gnomes of the forest… ASSEMBLE!" Jeff shouted and the once down and injured Gnomes looked to have been given a second life.
They rose once more, despite their injuries and their bleeding selves, they rushed towards Jeff, climbing onto each other, interlocking arms and legs and quickly forming into a large figure.
"Roarr!" The gnome monster roared, blasting the air around and destroying the silence that was once in the forest. Its large arms waved around as it did this, showcasing its savage might.
This roar from the gnome monster was made up of the countless gnomes that now made it, each of them screaming out their grievances at the earlier beatdown they had experienced. But that would change, this was their perfect form!!
"Wow." Marceline and Finn muttered at the same time. Both were equally impressed. Finn more so. The sudden transformation satisfied a small part of him at being able to see the figures. Another part of him was more worried.
He could finally understand how terrifying it would feel to be confronted by this huge monster.
The gnomes before they assembled were easy to beat in fact, it was like leveling up with some mob characters before fighting the boss. There assembled form was what truly made them dangerous.
Looking at it now, Finn was confused how they were even defeated in the original show. That though made him feel that he was overestimating this larger form of theirs.
The new Gnome figure was immensely tall and large, easily eclipsing over them and shadowing the moonlight that once sparked the small clearing.
On top of the monster as Finn could see was Jeff, a smug smile appearing on his face.
"All right teamwork guys, just like we practiced. "Jeff said and following his commands, the large monster raised its arm and slammed down towards them.
Marceline quickly floated away with Finn in her arms. Her expression was still playful, not taking the new monster seriously at all.
The fist slammed the ground harshly, raising a cloud of dust. A few gnomes had been thrown off from the assembled monster but once again quickly joined the Gnome Monster reforming the arm.
"You want your queen, come catch me. Hahaha." Marceline laughed as her figure shot further into the forest, her charming laughter enraging the gnomes as they once again roared.
"Come back with our Queen!" Jeff, who was easily angered commanded the gnomes to follow after the disappearing figure. The Gnome monsters' footsteps were like small earthquakes, cracking the ground as they ran after the two.
The only reason they were unable to catch up was that Marceline was flying quickly. In retrospect, the reason the monster was even able to still keep up was because Marceline was toying with it.
"You're having a lot of fun?" Finn asked over the rushing wind. He could see how large her smile had become. Her eyes glinting with absolute joy at the possible danger.
"Aren't you. It's my first day back and I'm already on a monster chase. If that isn't fun, I don't know what is." Marceline did a barrel roll midair, expertly dodging a completely uprooted tree that had just been thrown at them.
"You must be my lucky charm!" She shouted happily. A bolder was flying right at them and she turned completely to face it her arm forward. The bolder stopped, not moving forward any further. Moss and other small insects that had once hung upon it fell off slowly, also possible shocked by the sudden action. Finn was sure he could hear Jeff shouting over their hurried footsteps. Exclaiming his shock.
Marceline's telekinesis was at work. The relaxation in her body showed that what she was doing was not causing her any hardship at all. Her finger straightened and started going up and down and the boulder followed the motion.
"You can take it back." Marceline flicked her finger and following the motion, the boulder blasted off, returning with the same speed it had come with.
"Oh no." The gnomes stood still, their mouths wide in shock. The boulder impacted them, crashing into them and going right through their combined body, scattering the gnomes that had occupied that area. The gnome monster had tried to stop the coming boulder, but it had been to no avail.
The gnome monster lowered its head, staring at the gaping hole within itself and then it looked back at them. They were all confused by the standstill, but it did not last for long.
"Gnomes Reform. "The gnomes that had been blasted from that area quickly returned dragging their injured bodies, to refill the hole. Finn noticed that Jeff's voice sounded more sluggish, more tired in a way. The bolder must have done a number on him. But it had this weaker vibe to it.
This combined form while strengthening them seemed to equally spread the pain they felt among all the gnomes present within the assembly. Luckily, the gnomes had only their combined force to rely on. If they somehow had Magic in their arsenal, Finn would have been a little worried.
"Hey, what are you dazing out for, Cutie. You didn't see how great I was while saving you from getting crushed." Marceline's pride peaked once more in her voice. Her charming ruby eyes holding a teasing glint as she continued to fly leisurely.
"Off course, you're the best Marcy. Whatever would I do without you. "Finn's voice was equally over the top, flaying his arm in dramatic light. It was only that he was being carried otherwise he would have offered an even more dramatic performance. A little bow, a flutter of his eyes, all the normal.
"Hehehe."
They both laughed gleefully. Enjoying each other's teases and only further enraging the gnomes.
Adventure Time...…..
"These Gnomes just don't give up do they." Marceline aired with complaint. The chase through the forest had been going on long enough that it had gone past simple fun and was now quickly becoming annoying.
She did these while skillfully weaving in the air.
Dodging boulders and uprooted trees lost the thrill of danger after the first five minutes. It all became boring once you realized the Gnomes were equally getting Tired and Marceline the Vampire Queen had an almost infinite supply of stamina meaning she wasn't getting tired anytime soon.
Surprisingly the gnomes were quite persistent. The last thing preventing them from retreating being their own stubbornness as well as their increasing jealousy over the two flirting in front of them.
"Shameless, you shameless grey skin! Fight us honorably for the hand of our queen. Or accept your place as a shameless thieving grey skin." Jeff had equally grown tired and restless of the chase, and his anger had once again exploded.
His words were viscous and stabbing and did exactly as he intend for them to do, causing Marceline to stop running away.
This earned a victorious smile for him. If there was something else he was very proud of himself for was his ability to infuriate others
Finn could only shake his head at the shear stupidity Jeff was showcasing. In what world was it logical to insult someone who had been toying with them from the very beginning of the confrontation so harshly. Wasn't it simply illogical, weren't they simply wishing to die even faster.
Maybe Marceline in this world had a good relationship with her father Hunson Abadeer and would decide to suddenly summon him. At that point wouldn't all of them be completely dead. This gnomes were simply to confident in themselves.
Finn off course saw the stupid self assured smile on Jeff's face and equally saw the rising chill from Marceline enough to inspire shivers down himself in worry.
"I'm going to suck their souls out." Marceline said, the chill in her voice was very prominent. Knowing who she was and what abilities she had, Finn was very much aware that that wasn't even a threat to the Gnomes but a promise.
"Please don't!" Finn could only say in panic.
Were the gnomes annoying. Extremely. But to the level of having their souls sucked from their body by a Human/demon/vampire hybrid, not really.
But a part of him, a highly curious small part of him was very much interested in seeing the soul sucking process, and how it would look like. Especially the soul itself being sucked. How would it look, pale white, transparent or would it even be visible?
Finn almost wanted to know, but his moral conscious was too great for that no matter how annoying the Gnomes were.
'Huhh.'
Marceline turned to look at him, her red chilling eyes resting on his very own crystal blue. The forest was quite dark but that did not prevent the two from being able to see each other's expression.
If she decided to do as she said, what exactly was the current him to do. Even now, under her casual hold, Finn was unable to free himself.
A silent battle of wills.
What mainly caused this confrontation would be solved by asking a simple question. What was Marceline's standing, was she good, evil or neutral. Anyone who knew her would best describe her as chaotic while heavily leaning on the good side.
So in short, Marceline could decide to do as she had said simply to get a reaction from the young Finn and return their souls soon after. All for a laugh. This was simply her personality. Unpredictable was the best way to describe her.
"Hmph, you're lucky you're cute, otherwise I would have suck all you dry." Marceline said, again squeezing His cheeks into mush and Mikael could only take the embarrassment.
He couldn't really be sure if Marceline meant what she said or not. This wasn't the original Adventure time show, maybe here she didn't just like the color red But liked the blood directly from the source!
That was why he maintained a cautious teasing with her.
"I still have to teach this pile of waste a lesson though, I cant let them go free for running their mouths on my beautiful skin. Isn't that right Finn?" Marceline asked.
"Yes yes. Marcy. They definitely have to be taught a lesson on being blind to beauty. Just not death though."
Marceline nodded her head smugly and finally put Fin down on the ground. She turned to confront the Giant gnome figure who looked even more smug seeing how his mockery had worked.
"Now then, let's do these like honorable weird creatures."
Boom.
Jeff controlled the Giant gnome to slam his fist together generating a large blast.
Adventure Time...…
Finn didn't see anything honorable about what was happening. The shier size and number disadvantage of both two parties was enough to show there was nothing honorable about to happen. But factoring in the fact that Marceline was the one on the other side, Finn could see how it was quite unfair for the gnomes infact.
"Come on then!" Marceline said provokingly and instantly the Gnomes become angry.
Roar!!!
The Giant Gnome figure immediately charged towards Marceline, crushing trees and stones beneath its part with great ease.
Marceline on the other hand remained still. Standing with a confident little smile and a mocking gaze in her eyes. She couldn't look more unworried.
Jeff was growing in excitement. He was quickly realizing that with this new stronger form and with the nasty grey skin agreeing to face them directly, they could finally crush her and claim their Queen!
Seeing the grey skin stand like an idiot only raised his joy.
They were approaching quickly and through their current connection Jeff could feel the rising electrical excitement among his people.
"Dieee…"
The Giant gnome suddenly stopped…..
Finn saw as everything developed, from the giant gnome rushing over to it's valiant shout as It attacked and finally the punch stopping barely an inch from landing on Marceline.
He saw even more. The sudden paleness within the countless gnomes bodies, the sudden horror within their eyes and finally their shivering bodies as the countless gnomes fell freely from the Giant Gnome pale white.
"I win."
Marceline turned her tongue cutely out with a raised peace sign.
Finn could only watch in complete bamboozlement at what had just happened.
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