Chapter 11: Origin of the hero and Oozer

(A month after the funeral)

We can see a half-destroyed road, with the surroundings completely silent, but this silence is soon disturbed by the sound of a loud engine approaching in the distance.

The image focuses on a truck speeding along the damaged road

the truck is red and looks somewhat old, it has two motorcycles in the back, one with a modern design and the other with a more classic design

Now entering the truck we come across a very peculiar scene

A girl laughing like a psychopath was behind the wheel, driving, while an old white-haired man was screaming in panic, next to a boy who was quietly reading a strange book, as if he didn't realize the situation

These peculiar people are our protagonists

POV: MC

Hi everybody how are you? I'm fine, in a truck that will probably be destroyed, but it's already a daily situation

As you must have guessed by now, the psycho girl is our lovely marceline, who is learning to drive, I told Simon that maybe it was a bad idea, but that old man never listens

So I gave in to fate and opened the Enchiridion to pass the time while Simon was in a panic.

"HEY MARCY DEAR, WOULD YOU CARE TO SLOW DOWN, I'M VERY OLD AND MY HEART CAN'T WITHSTAND THE IMPACT!"

"HAHAHAH I'M THE GODDESS OF CARS, FASTER!"

"AHHHHH MY GOD SAVE ME!"

yep, another normal day

We have been traveling from city to city to explore and collect parts that I need to repair and modify the motorcycles that we took from the city of refuge

One of them is the motorcycle that Marcy's mother wanted to repair, I thought it would be nice to repair it and then give it to Marcy, so we got a truck and we kept it in the back

But how could I forget about my old father, we got another motorcycle with a more classic design in the previous city that we visited and explored a few days ago

It is the same as the motorcycle that Simon crashed into a building in the episode 'Simon and Marcy', it seems that it is a very popular brand

Anyway, now we are heading to a big city to continue looking for parts, on the way little marcy asked if we could teach her how to drive 'in case of an emergency'

Simon thought it would be a good idea, I had already learned so he didn't see anything wrong with teaching Marceline.

I knew Marcy's somewhat chaotic personality, so I tried to warn the old man, but as usual the old man gave in to Marcy's puppy dog ​​eyes.

you're weak Simon, weak

And now we're paying the price for his weakness, in a speeding truck on a damaged highway.

I also didn't give it too much importance, I was in the back seat and I can protect us even if the truck goes out of control

Simon doesn't have his crown on in everyday moments, so I'm the only one with powers at hand right now.

Still, I think it's a nice moment

Plus Simon's panicked screams and Marcy's evil laugh amuses me.

Everything went like this for a long way until we reached an abandoned bridge that led to the city

At that moment Marceline stopped the truck, she is not crazy enough to risk falling off a bridge (right?)

So Simon quickly took his place and moved forward, very slowly.

"Phew, ok Marcy dear, that was fun, but please don't do it again, my old body couldn't take it"

"Ah don't be a child Simon, even this nerd doesn't yell a bit, you sure exaggerate"

"Prodigy my sweet Marcy, prodigy"

"Yeah yeah whatever, ohh when will I learn to ride a motorcycle?"

"When you're older, Marcy, motorcycles aren't very safe."

"But why, surely this nerd already knows how to do it" Marceline pointed at me with a frown on her face as she talked to Simon

"Well Marcy you see...THUMP!"

Simon couldn't finish speaking because something crossed the road and was knocked over by the truck, leaving a strange green liquid spread all over the front.

Simon quickly stopped the truck in the middle of the road.

That green liquid reminded me of the main enemy of the mushroom war survivors.

The oozers, humans who did not die but were mutated by radiation

Their abilities are similar to those of classic zombies, they are attracted by sound and can turn others into oozers by infecting them with the green radioactive liquid inside them.

An oozer is easy to defeat, anyone could easily kill one.

The problem is the packs of oozers, the damned ones chase you and will surround you until you are exhausted

That makes them dangerous

It seems that they are starting to appear in the big cities where the radiation is higher

This is our first encounter with an oozer

"Wow, what was that Simon? A mutant raccoon? I always wondered what they were like inside."

"I don't know Marcy, but I'm going to find out, you two stay in here, I'll be right back"

"Be careful dad, we don't know what that thing was exactly, if you notice something strange, quickly go back to the truck"

I knew that oozer was dead, I could feel it with my Haki, I just wanted Simon to know about the oozers

"I know son, take care of Marcy for a moment"

"Hey!"

pov: narrator

Simon ignored Marcy's indignant yell and got out of the truck.

Looking down the road, he saw a trail of green liquid extending several meters behind the truck, ending in a strange humanoid creature.

cautiously approaching the corpse, he was able to observe it more closely, it looked like a human body with all its skin a somewhat greenish color, it had three holes that looked like its eyes and mouth

A green liquid that is surely the same that splashed on the truck was dripping from those three holes, it was disgusting

Simon couldn't find anything else about the creature with the naked eye, so he took a handkerchief from his pocket and ripped one of his fingers off, thinking surely Blanche could find out something with a sample.

POV: Blanche Petrikov

Simon hurried back to the truck with an oozer finger wrapped in a tissue.

"I couldn't find out much about what that thing is, it just looks humanoid and seems to be filled with some weird green liquid that's dripping from three holes."

"But I brought this finger, son, can you find out anything about this?"

Simon gave me the finger wrapped in a tissue

"Hmmm, I can do it, but I have to get my equipment out and set up to analyze it and we need to rest a bit, it was a bumpy ride wasn't it?"

"Yeah, I'm also hungry Simon, I didn't understand anything the nerd said, but I want to eat something"

"Okay, you're both right, Blanche, why don't you go hunt something? While I set up camp and get water to make it drinkable"

Simon knows I can take care of myself and I've hunted our food before, though this will be the first time I've taken Marcy with me.

"Okay dad, let's go Marcy, I'll teach you some things about hunting and we can bring food"

"Wow, so I can finally kill a lion?"

"Haha who knows, maybe in the future, let's go"

Marcy's imagination never ceases to amaze me, even though the vampire king is a lion and she killed him in the original story.

We walked into the woods before the bridge where we stopped and quietly moved into the bushes, looking for potential prey.

I spoke quietly with Marcy as we moved slowly through the woods.

"Listen to me Marcy, when you hunt, you need to be patient, you don't have to give up quickly, you need to learn about your prey and know your surroundings"

"You must be very silent and attack before the prey knows you are there. And last but most important, always attack the weak points."

"Have you understood Marcy? This information may be useful to you later, so it is important that you know"

"Yes yes I heard you nerd, silent but deadly, like a gas"

"Haha yes, something like that, at least you understand the concept, take this crossbow Marcy, I will find the prey and you will finish it, understood?"

I hand him a small crossbow made of ice, it's somewhat magic-enhanced to ensure a one-shot kill.

"Loud and Clear Nerd Commander"

Mary saluted like a soldier and continued walking through the woods with me.

Activate my observation haki to track and look for some poor animal nearby, we didn't find anything the first 10 minutes of walking

Marcy was about to start complaining but I quickly interrupted her when I felt an animal presence enter my detection range, it was a deer

"Shhhh Marcy, there's a deer about 25 meters ahead, get your crossbow ready while I cast some spells"

We could hunt him down without the help of magic, but I didn't want to risk it, so I removed our smell and sound from around us with an air spell and made us invisible with a weak light spell.

We moved slowly so as not to break the spells and got within a few meters of the deer.

We were undetectable so the deer was unaware of our presence while peacefully eating some grass

"Listen Marcy, aim slowly, keep your finger off the trigger until I tell you and breathe easy, got it?"

"Yeah, I got it, now let me finish him off, I'm hungry"

Marcy quickly pointed at the deer and waited for my instructions.

"Okay, now breathe, put your finger on the trigger and... shoot"

The arrow shot out and hit the poor deer in the eye, killing him instantly, it seems that Marcy has a great aim

Marcy followed my instructions easily, she has a lot of talent for these things, it's no wonder she exterminated the vampires in the future

"Well done marcy, now let me carry this thing with an ice shelf to keep it cool, plus I can't lift it"

An adult deer can weigh up to 200kg, my almost 7 year old little body can't lift that

We returned to the camp already installed by Simon under the big bridge, he was waiting for us with drinking water already ready and a campfire to cook

"Hey guys, here's some water, I'm sure you're exhausted"

"Naah not at all, it was simple Simon, you should have seen me kill that deer, I'm a great hunter haha"

"Haha I see, I'm proud of both of you Marcy, Blanche good job teaching Marcy"

"It was not a problem, it was fun to have company"

Leaving the deer next to the campfire, I covered it a bit with ice to preserve it better and sat next to Marcy in front of the campfire.

The sky was darkening and a piece of the venison I cut with an ice dagger was cooking over the campfire.

Marcy was sitting next to me, staring at me, she looks like she wants to tell me something, I'll help her with that.

"Do you want to tell me something Marcy? Go ahead, you know you can always tell me anything"

My sudden question surprised her and she couldn't speak for a few seconds.

"Well...I just wanted to say that...thank you, you know, for teaching me how to hunt, I had never done it before and I was nervous, you were very good at teaching me"

"I see...don't worry Marcy, we're a family now, there's nothing I wouldn't do for you, you don't have to think too much about it"

"Besides, you should have seen me on my first hunt, I don't have as much talent as you, I was a bundle of nerves and I vomited when I saw the blood hahaha"

Marcy found my story funny and she started laughing with me too

"Haha okay but seriously thanks and I want you to know.....none of this changes that you're still a huge nerd, you know that right?"

"I know Marcy, I know"

Our conversation was heard by Simon, who wasted no time and took a picture of us next to the deer, to commemorate the moment.

The warm night continued normally with idle conversations as we ate venison.

Until a flash of very bright blue light caught our attention, it looked like a shooting star in the sky, falling in the distance.

"Woow look at a shooting star, I'm going to ask for a chainsaw"

"Oh I know, I want a new book on fatherhood"

While Marcy and Simon fooled around with their 'shooting star' wishes, I watched it longer.

That thing wasn't a shooting star, it was too big, that thing was the damn blue catalyst comet

The comet that was sent to balance the evil that the Lich released and that would continually reincarnate until it embodied the hero of OOO, Finn the human.

A/N: ok we have development in the friendship of Marcy and Blanche, the origin of Finn and the next chapter will have a time jump