FINN MERTENS:
Today started the same as any other in the land of Ooo, the birds were chirping, Jake was downstairs whipping up breakfast and the sun was glistening.
My stomach growled, I folded my arms around over it and hopped off my bed. I guess eating so much cake yesterday was a bad idea but then again it was my eighteenth birthday so it was mandatory.
I also tried alcohol but almost puked from the taste alone. I rushed into the bathroom and quickly relieved myself.
"Hey Finn, try not to clog the toilet", Jake said, his voice carrying a sliver of worry. "After your done come get breakfast so we can go check out that dungeon i was telling you about".
"Okay Jake, I'll be out soon".
After flushing up and going to brush, I joined Jake to eat. Scarfing down some pancakes with eggs and bacon, I turned to Jake and asked "Where exactly is this dungeon anyways?".
"On the outskirts of Ooo, just another open dungeon", he replied back while pouring way more syrup on his pancakes than he ought to.
"Do you think it has anything to do with Glob??", I questioned.
"Come on Finn, we've dealt with Glob, no point thinking about him again".
"Yeah…right", i said while looking down at the cup of orange juice infront of me.
Why had I asked that? It had just flown out, I have a bad feeling about today but I don't know why.
I took a deep sigh then chugged down the rest of my juice before saying "I'm off to change".
"Okay, remember where we're going to tonight!".
"Oh the strip club?! Are we really going??".
"Yes yes we are, don't tell Lady Raincorn but I've gots do this for you".
"Yes!!", I bellowed while charging upstairs to change.
"Uhhh", a familiar voice muttered from under me.
"BMO, you good??".
"Yeah, i think somethings just wrong with my signals. I'll check it out in a bit".
"Hmmm if you say so".
A few minutes later me and Jake set sail, following his rather vague directions, honestly getting lost a few times but we eventually stumbled onto it.
At the side of a tall mountain, a small door laid, almost invitingly and most definitely disappointing.
"Expected a bit more can't lie".
"It's still something and by the way it's set up, there's a small chance of it being a dungeon".
"Really small at that, kinda feels weird going to a dungeon without a sword".
"Well it's not like we can go get one now".
Then a short beep alerted me, it was my watch, a little black one PB gave me. I clicked the screen to a hologram of her hovering over it, "Hey PB", i greeted.
"Finn, Jake, glad I could reach you. Almost of my tech has been acting up and I'm not sure the reason but something is disrupting it".
"How is BMO doing??", she finally asked.
"Hmm, he did say he wasn't feeling too good", I replied while brushing my chin.
"I suspected as much, I'll try and get everything up again. You guys should just be wary of BMO or any other technology you use".
"Okay PB, Bye!".
I said as the hologram cut, "Ain't this a bit weird?", I asked.
"Not like we can do anything about it, not yet at least", Jake said while widening his body and gesturing for me to climb on top.
Hopping onto his back as he stretches his legs high into the sky and infront of the door, i carefully opened the door and helped him enter as well.
The inside was nothing like the outside though, larger, walls illuminated only by torches which gave us a cyan glow. Skeletons scattered left right and centre, some of them still with a couple weapons around them.
Then infront, on a pedestal, there was large stone box with something written in front.
"Woahh, check that out", Jake said excitedly.
Looking back however, I noticed the door behind us was gone. Which wasn't overly weird for dungeons but still gave me the creeps. Jake scurried over to stone box but he got launched backwards with enough force to topple him.
"Yo Jake you alright??".
"Yeah but it's like something is blocking me off, a force field of some sorts. I'm gonna need to break it".
While Jake was off testing the strength of the field, I went sword hunting.
Going over dead bodies, i picked up a blue double edged sword with a black handle however after a few swings, i passed up on it.
To my left, another laid, after investigating the white sword however, I came to the same conclusion.
Then a bit infront of me was a long black sword almost like a katana or something. It stood strong, its sharp end nestled deep into the soil.
After picking it up and giving it a few swings and testing its strength against my iron right arm, I nodded my head in approval and put it in its shaft before putting its string over myself.
"Yo Finn, seems like the force field doesn't affect you", Jake said.
"Huh??", I said before looking around myself. I had unconsciously stepped past it was at the base of the pedestal.
"Go get the stone stuff".
"Okay!".
I slowly walked towards it, not minding much for what was written on the stone plate, I opened it to see a small blue orb. It had a pulsating cyan tint to it, it drawer me in like a drug.
Reaching in however, I got zapped by this power, in a second I was passed out.
When I awoke, I saw Jake looming over me worried. "You finally up?".
"Yeah! Thought you couldn't cross?".
"After you fell unconscious, the barrier stopped working so I just came in to help. What did that orb even do to you??".
"I don't know, zap me? Let's just get going".
"Weird because it's just empty, no colour or anything", Jake said while pointing at the fragments from the shattered orb.
"Yea…weird".
"You good??".
"Yeah, I'm fine. Let's get going back", I said getting up and turning back to see the door there again.
After opening the door, Jake stepped out first to stretch while I felt a sharp pain on my left arm. Looking at it though, there was a small black diamond shaped thing at the centre of my palm, almost poking completely out.
"What the hell", I muttered.
"Yo, jump!", Jake said.
I sighed once more and jumped on his back as we began our return.
*****
Eventually nightfall came and we were in the busy streets of the Candy kingdom but now in cool disguises. I removed my white bear hat and put on black shades with a black shirt over my average blue one.
Jake, although harder to miss, wore a black hat and shades with a black jacket.
"Shouldn't I keep my sword away??", I asked.
"Nah bro girls dig that".
"Finn, you sure your ready??", he asked as we stood inches away from a strip club called "Banana's sweetest".
Jake was lucky to find this place at all, considering it's at the most rundown areas of the Candy Kingdom.
"Born ready", I replied with a smile.
"I'm going to stay with my boy Hossae at the back so it's up to you", Jake said while giving me a few bucks in my hand.
Jake left immediately he entered, guess he really isn't planning on cheating. Good for him.
I gazed into the clubroom, the dark neon lights only amplified what I already saw. I was amazed to see women of all different sexy shapes and sizes, some human, some candy, some on the poll and some with other men but they all wore no more than a bra and panties or even less.
I first stood there in awe before a particularly fine one, looking only a few years older than me came up to me.
She was darkskinned with long braided hair and brown eyes, she held my left arm and pulled me closer to her before saying, "Here for a good time boy??".
In my awe, I simply gave a quick nod and let her walk me through. Sitting me down at a private booth where two other girls came at both sides as I started caressing their boobs and thighs while the one who brought me gave me a little lap dance.
After a few minutes, the darkskinned babe whispered, "My name is Bianca, your little Bianca". "I wanna know if you're up for a little private session", she said while moving my hand to her private zone.
Giving her a quick nod as she stole a deep kiss from me but I, of course, gave it right back. Then she led me to a secluded room with a large purple sofa, a table with various sex materials including condoms and what not then she stretched her hand, a clear indication of her wanting money. After plastering everything in my pocket to her, she took off her bra revealing her perky boobs and got ontop of me.
We shared deep, passionate kisses, my shirt flying off in the process leaving me with only my shorts and my machine was roaring to say the least then I felt it, my hands through her panties, going deep inside of her.
I pushed her onto the other side and looked over her, "First time boy??", she asked her voice light and seductive.
"Yeah, none of my other relationships reached this high".
"Well Im happy to help a handsome, strong man like you", she said while feeling round my built frame before picking up a pack of condoms from the table.
Then my hand started to twitch a bit, almost felt like it was vibrating and I immediately felt nauseous. I quickly got off from her as my visioned blurred and my head got lighter.
I immediately grabbed my shirt and began walking back, glancing back only once to see her face which I could tell even with my blurried vision was contorted like she felt insulted by my outburst if only she knew it wasn't her causing it.
I stumbled my way out of the club, only stopping after I fell to my knees at the entrance. Finally I glanced down at my palm to see the diamond glowing that cyan blue colour once more.
"Finn!", Jake yelled sounding almost muffled in my ears as he burst out the club.
"Are you alright?? What's up with your eyes?? Why are they glowing?! Did you drink anything?!".
All his questions almost coming into one ear and going out the other, then the night sky began to brighten more and more.
Jake finally turned back to look as well, along with various other onlookers as the sky filled with this white light until it enveloped everything and then it all went black.
*****
Waking up, the first thing I noticed was my searing headache. I laid looking up at the bright sky, seeing a large amount of vultures circling around my area. The second thing I noticed was the heavy smell of metal everywhere around me, then I noticed that all my strength was gone.
With some will power, I managed to sit up right and what I saw almost made vomit.
Everyone around me was dead, blood splattered everywhere. Some were split in two, some were punctured by debris, some were buried under these debris and others were, like the random strip girl beside me were laid decapitated.
Adrenaline rushed through my body as I sprung up, my environment resembled that of a large endless desert, no longer the lively candy kingdom.
My clothes were almost all tattered, my shirt was ripped in various different places and my shorts were just Bailey holding on.
Then I heard a vicious roar and from the sky descended a large black vulture about the size of two elephants.
I took a few steps back in fear as the beast roared at me, I've always know vultures for being scavengers but it's almost like this one wants live prey.
End of Chapter 1