Roomies in Aaa: The Ice Queen Strikes

Chapter 26

FP bursts into the nearly empty Candy Kingdom. He has a wild look in his eyes and beads of sweat cover his forehead.

“Where is she? What’s going on?” At the sight of him Marshall’s face contorts into an irritated scowl.

“What the hell are you doing here, rebound?” Marshall asks menacingly.

“What do you mean rebound?”

“Cut the crap, you’re Ashley’s little boy toy now. Don’t act as if you didn’t know Ashley’s my ex.” His face looks harsher with a busted lip.

“How was I supposed to know? It’s not like I keep tabs on the Vampire King.”

“Are you mocking me?” Marshall’s fist clenches.

“Is the sky blue?”

“Marshall, Ember, both of you shut up and stop fighting! There are lives at stake here!” Pepper shouts from in between the two boys. “Fionna’s life.”

“What do you mean Pepper?” Cake asks.

“I asked to you close the hop today because of an event that occurred earlier,” She looks at Marshall, “and I called FP here because I simply cannot conduct this meeting without him, he is a vital character.”

“Pepper,” Marshall’s tone is calmer, “as usual I have no idea of what you are talking about.”

“The Lich took her!” She cries out, “The Lich has Fionna.” Everyone but Gumball is confused.

“Are you sure it was the Lich?” Gumball asks her.

“It has to be” she replies.

“Wait just a moment,” FP says, “Who is lich?” Pepper rolls her eyes.

“Not lich, the LICH, capital L” He gives her a confused expression and she sighs, “The Lich is a person who has been kidnapping girls for the past decay. Girls throughout the nation have disappeared thanks to him. One girl—though—was able to escape their grasp and she spoke of how the Lich had drugged her, kidnapped her, and took her to a secret location that was freezing cold. She was forced to do as they said. She never saw the Lich’s face and couldn’t identify it as a male or female. She feared that it would kill her. The Lich is some-what like Jack the Ripper, except that the Lich wears a horned helmet by which it is identified.”

“It?” Marshall asks, “You don’t know its gender?”

“Well no,” Gumball answers, “but the Lich is usually identified as a man due to the case where only females are taken, but with society today, you can say that the Lich is genders.” The boys give Gumball a questioning look.

“Well, what are we going to do?” Chrome asks.

“Call the cops of course!” Cake shouts. “Well get an Amber Alert going all over the place.”

“Calling the police won’t do us any good right now.” Pepper remarks, “she hasn’t been missing for more than 24 hours and the Lich is the FBI’s problem. The Banana Guards won’t help in this situation.”

“Then what are we to do?” FP asks. “We can’t just stand around waiting for 24 to pass so that we can do an Amber Alert.” The entire place stays quiet as they look at one another in uncertainness.

“We go after her.” Marshall states. All eyes in the shop are on him. “Chrome, Gumwad, Flame-boy and I can go look for her. Pepper can stay behind and get in contact with the FBI. Cake, well I’m not trying to be sexist, but you are a woman, and you’re pregnant. I can’t allow you to be put in any sort of danger. It’d be best if you stayed.”

“Not like I was planning on moving anyways” she answers in her sarcastic tone.

“Wait why do I have to go?” Gumball whines, “I’m not built to fight like the rest of you.”

“Because you know plenty of useful things about the Lich, in example, is he driving a car or how is he transporting the girls elsewhere?”

“It would have to be assumed he is using a vehicle for there are no reports of a horned man carrying any girl out of any city.”

“How long has Fionna been missing?” The question is intended at Pepper but Gumball answers.

“Approximately three hours.”

“How far could the captor have gone in three hours, assuming he wants to get out of the city?”

“As far as the Ice Kingdom.”

“The Ice Kingdom?” Cake asks, “Isn’t that the stretch of land Simone owns?”

“Yeah and it is completely deserted.” Gumball states

“Perfect to keep someone captive.” Chrome says.

“We need to head over there, now!” Marshall says grabbing his leather jacket.

“Isn’t it dangerous?” FP asks, “I thought the land there is supposed to be frozen over or something.”

Marshall turns to face him, “Whether it is dangerous or not, Fionna’s life is on the line here.” And so the four guys head out to the Ice Kingdom.

“Well if this doesn’t spell out villainous hide out then I don’t know what does.” FP comments.

The four stand before a cave entrance. They had gotten to the Ice Kingdom in record timing. As soon as they had gotten off the truck, Marshall had gotten a whiff of vanilla. Hoping that the scent would lead them to Fionna he steered them all to the opening of a cave. Fionna’s key lays at the icy entrance.

“This is it.” Marshall says.

“So what’s the plan, oh mighty leader?” FP taunts.

“We go in, find Fi, beat the bad guy, call the Banana Guards, and then go home.”

“Oh come on,” FP whines, “it can’t be that simple.”

Marshall stares at him with a serious look. “No one said anything about it being simple.” With a nod of his head they all step inside the treacherous cave.

© 2013 Cynthia Hernandez