Nightmares (FioLee)

Chapter Six

"Run run run run run!" Olivia shot out of the cave like a cannon, with Marshall and Fionna following soon after her.
"As if they could outrun us." Lee snorted. Jenna shot after them, which spurred the villains after them.

~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~

"This is all your fault!" Marshall hissed at Olivia as the three of them reached the border of the Ice Queen's territory.
"Technically, yes. Should you two have also been snooping around there? No. So, it's all our faults. Now, shut up and jump in a lake or something, they'll smell us out!"
"What?!" Fionna and Marshall demanded before Olivia shoved them both into a pile of snow.

"Where did he take her?" Lee growled.
"I don't know. The Nightosphere, maybe? You see, you could be useful there. You just have to pretend to be Marshall Lee." Dorian said. "And then... well, care to make a deal?"
"No. And I won't pretend to be Marshall Lee. I have morals. Look, everything will be fine after I get rid of him. She will love me, and no one will care that he's gone." Lee said confidently.

"...you know, things may be different in your world, but I don't think that's how it works here."
"No! Fionna and I are meant to be together! And nothing is going to keep me away from her! Everything will be fine as soon as I have her with me. No one will care that Marshall Lee is gone. I'm a better version of him."
"...okay... hey, why don't we go looking for your girlfriend? I'm sure she'd be very happy to see you." Dorian said as if he was humoring him.

"Are you mocking me?" Lee growled.
"I can literally destroy you with a snap of my fingers. I'm trying to be nice. Talking next to this pile of snow is useless. Why don't you just go find your little girlfriend already?"
"What do you care? You're weird-goat-guy."
"First of all, goats are amazing. Second of all, I want to have a dhampyr under my control. I don't care whether you or the other one fathers it, but I want my dhampyr."

"...deal." Lee said softly.
"Ah-ah-ah. I want it in writing. In exchange for my help finding your little girlfriend and... ah... persuading her that she should devote her affections to you... I get your first child, which must be a dhampyr."
"Fine. But we're going to have to take out Tobias and the insane woman."
"Oh, obviously. Come along. Let's work on them first."

They walked away, and Olivia stuck her head out of the snow. "Alright, it's safe to come out. Did you two get all that?"
Fionna nodded.
"Dhampyrs are a terrible idea." Marshall agreed.
Olivia sighed. "In the wrong hands. Lee is honestly the bigger issue right now. I have no doubt he and Dorian are going to take out Tobias and well... me. Anyway, are you guys okay, or are you emotionally traumatized?"

"I'm fine."
"I... it's nothing I haven't dealt with before." Marshall muttered.
"Hmm... time for more emotional damage, then! Awesome that we're already in her territory, c'mon."
Olivia dragged them over to the Ice Queen's mountain, and into her lair.
"What are you doing?!" Marshall hissed.
"Shut up. She'll freeze the little creepazoid for us if he comes calling. Eldridge can at least be reasoned with." Olivia hissed back, as the Ice Queen came into the area they were in.

"Fionna? What are you doing here? I haven't even kidnapped anyone!"
"Hey, Simone!" Olivia waved. "I need to crash here because the creepy vampire is following them, and quite honestly we have no plan at all, but I need my hat back to keep the universe from collapsing, so..."
The Ice Queen stared at her. "Who the nightosphere are you?"

"I'm the Lich, and this is the Vampire King, and you already know Fionna, and absolutely all of this is filler while they deny that they're in a relationship." Olivia said proudly. "Seriously. None of this has anything to do with the main storyline."
"...what are you talking about?" The Ice Queen asked.
"Just ignore her." Fionna replied.

"So, what's our plan?" Marshall asked.
"...Fionna distracts Creepy McFang-Fang while Marshall distracts Literal Satan, and I fight my doppelganger and get my hat back, before sending them back?" Olivia proposed.
"Creepy McFang-Fang?" The Ice Queen repeated.
"His real name is stupid and unoriginal." Olivia said dismissively.

"I'm not comfortable being near him." Fionna said. "Do I get to beat the snot out of him...?"
"Um... well, the fangirls will say no, but honestly, if he tries to touch you, if he threatens you or people you care about, honestly, go to town on him. You have a sword. Don't let his clone-like facial resemblance to your boyfriend stop you."

"We are not dating." Fionna and Marshall said in unison.
"...okay. You do realize that your stupid, visible from space crushes on each other would do a lot better if you actually confessed your undying love to each other instead of being nervous middle-schoolers about this."
"I am not being a middle-schooler!" Marshall snapped.

"We just... we're just friends." Fionna added.
"...do-do you actually think that? Do you think that the other person views you as a friend...? Do... do neither of you have any skills in reading people? Do you communicate? At all?"
"Wait, if they're dating, does that mean Gumball is single?" Ice Queen asked.
"Yes. Good. Ask questions with non-obvious answers. You are progressing past the middle-schoolers. I will talk to you."

"We... ugh, never mind. Are we just going to hang around here until the nutty me-clone and Eldridge track us down?" Marshall demanded.
"No way. We've gotta get out there and fight them." Fionna said.
"I wouldn't advise that." A voice said from the doorway.

"Who are you? Why is everybody in my house?" The Ice Queen demanded.
Jenna Callaghan slinked into view, and Olivia sighed. "She's the ex-girlfriend who was immediately demonized for daring to date the main male lead, even though they clearly broke up mutually."
"What?" The Ice Queen asked.
"My ex." Marshall sighed.

"And a master poisoner." Jenna added.
"Yeah... we know... you once poisoned Marshall." Olivia said.
Jenna shrugged. "I handed over the antidote. And quite frankly, I was being very nice. I just wanted the crown, which I would have automatically gained upon his death by my hands."
Everyone but Olivia stared at her.

"Okay, but you didn't even use your own poison. You used some weird lipgloss-- why didn't the government shut that down? Marshall, your government sucks."
"Yeah... I know." He agreed.
"'Kathleen Brown' is a bit of a disguise. I had to have a job before getting into business with Rebecca Tepes and opening 'The Poison Apple'. Anyway, who wants poison?