Chapter 12: Reflection

(1 year later)

Well, let's do a little summary of this year guys

First, I turned 7 years old shortly after my first hunt with Marcy (I am currently 8 years old)

how time flies right?

Second, the world experienced many changes after the fall of the blue catalytic comet.

let me summarize them:

A strange pink mass began to appear in all the cities, I suppose that the comet reset and spread the elements of the carriers who died in the war (fire, slime and candy)

I imagine that the slime and the fire would have spread to other nearby islands

As for the ice element, it was not reset because the ice elemental is still alive

It was Patience St. Pim

she was the current reincarnation of the ice elemental and she along with the other elementals predicted the arrival of the Bomba-Lich and knew that they were going to die

The other elementals did not want to do anything to prevent it, but she wanted to survive, so she locked herself in a sphere of ice and sank into the ocean, where she would remain for many years, until later she was discovered by the Ice King, Finn. and Jake.(sphere mentioned in chapter 8)

Using the oozer finger Simon gave me, I did some quick basic research, coupled with my canon knowledge to inform Simon of what oozers were.

Knowing that those things were human made Simon very depressed for a few days, but now he's over it.

The oozers became countless and no matter how many we killed, more of them always came.

After fighting them a couple of times, we learned their weaknesses and ways of behaving, so they stopped being a big threat to us.

It's only dangerous if they attack us in a pack

Unfortunately the other humans on the planet cannot say the same

I fear that in a few years there will only be a few humans left on this part of the planet.

Well enough of reminiscing

Let's talk about the present

We have been traveling and I think we have already visited most of the big cities

Oh and speaking of travel, here's a fun fact

Did you know that fuel has a useful life of 1 to 2 years? Due to my knowledge, I was already aware of that, but I did not worry too much since we had reservations and there was a time left for the deadline.

well, that deadline came and we ran out of transportation

But don't worry, I made plans for this moment, remember the motorcycles that I wanted to repair 1 year ago?, well, they are finished and just in time

Using my various knowledge, after repairing both motorcycles, I modified them to use electricity instead of fuel without losing power or speed

And surely you wonder, where will I get the electricity? Well I think the answer is obvious, MAGIC

A simple electrical spell and those engines will be full

I'm a genius I know

As I did not want to modify the truck since it would take many parts and materials, we ended up abandoning it on the side of the road after removing the parts that I thought would be useful.

Now we had motorcycles to move around, but we couldn't carry all our stuff, so using the parts I took from the truck I built a little storage that I could carry hooked to the motorcycles.

We didn't have a lot of stuff so it was light enough not to be delayed on the way

Now we are preparing to travel to another city after camping on the outskirts of an abandoned town

Marcy is helping Simon break down and pack everything into the small storage unit hooked to Marcy's mom's motorcycle.

I don't think I mentioned it but, I'll be riding Marcy's mom's motorcycle until Marceline is old enough to ride it herself.

So Marcy will ride with Simon on his motorcycle.

Needless to say, she wasn't happy about it.

(flash back)

"I don't understand why you can drive, I'm very strong and I can do it for sure"

Marcy had been complaining ever since she found out she couldn't ride her mom's motorcycle.

But she was quickly appeased by Simon

"Oh Marcy dear, you know it's not safe for you to ride a motorcycle"

"But why?"

"You get a bit 'zealous' with speed and that's dangerous for you, we just don't want you to get hurt."

Although Marceline may seem very stubborn about some things, she is still a reasonable girl.

"Mmmmh fine, I'll let the nerd take care of her for me for now"

"Anyway, why are you so sure he can drive? He's also a midget like me."

I take back what I said.

I decided not to answer the little demon and just showed her how I lengthened my legs and arms with prostheses made of ice, these babies allow me to drive easily

(end of flashback)

That's right, I can stretch my limbs by creating ice prosthetics, it's part of my ability to create weapons and structures

With them I can easily drive the motorcycle and also improve my control on my ice, two birds with one stone

Also I don't need to stretch the prostheses much since I'm 1.19 meters or 47 inches

Marcy and Simon finished packing everything up and got on Simon's motorcycle, which had been previously recharged with a dose of electricity by me.

Marcy had a nice makeshift helmet that she made herself.

I did not need a helmet, if I have an accident I just need to turn into snow at the moment of impact and I will come out unscathed

"Hey son, how about a race with your old father and a little devil? Whoever arrives last in the city looks for the toilet paper"

"Haha, alright, but get ready to search all the supermarkets in the city old man, just let me get on my..."

Simon doesn't wait a moment and speeds down the road with Marcy in the backseat.

I could hear Marcy yelling at me in the distance

"bye neeeerd"

"Those two..."

I quickly manifested my ice prosthetics before hopping on the motorcycle and quickly accelerated following the old man and Marcy down the road.

(1 year later)

Time passed quickly again, didn't it?

I guess time flies when you're with the people you love haha

This year was very interesting regarding personal changes, you know what I'm talking about, normal things

like my ninth birthday

almost dying under a horde of oozers

discover my weakness

having a father who slowly slips into madness, etc.

let's start by making two things clear, my near death against the oozers and my weakness

(flash back)

We found ourselves riding our motorcycles down a highway. Marcy and Dad were leading the way for being faster due to their lighter weight.

We continued like this until we reached another bridge that was over a canal that connected several sewers.

We stopped the motorcycles at the beginning of the bridge and continued on foot, we had to clear the path of oozers first

we didn't want unpleasant surprises

Normally I took care of the oozers, I could detect them with my haki and then kill them with an ice dagger, easy job

While I was taking care of some oozers on the way, Simon and Marcy were blasting the road ahead of me.

I was pulling my dagger out of an oozer's neck when I heard Marcy speak in the distance.

I didn't know they were so far apart

"Haha look Simon, what kind of name is 'the clambulance'"

"Haha I don't know dear, maybe the (I don't know puns on clams and doctors, leave some if you want)"

I didn't pay much attention to their conversation until the 'Clambulance' part, recalling one of the funniest but tense scenes in the entire original series.

Remembering the danger they faced in the episode, I tried to warn Dad and Marcy while running towards them.

"Dad get away from that truck!"

It seems that my screaming got his attention, so he walked away from the truck with Marcy in his arms without hesitation, but the trouble had already started.

An oozer came out of the front of the truck and tried to catch them, Simon kicked him back as he backed away from another oozer who was hiding under the truck.

the problem is that the oozer inside hit the front of the truck that was on the edge of the bridge

that was enough to make him fall from several meters high to the ground

Then the chaos began, the truck's alarm went off when it hit the ground.

attracting the attention of almost all the nearby oozers and the oozers near those oozers, do you understand that?

It basically formed a chain reaction that attracted almost all the oozers in the city to surround us.

It was a lousy situation, but I didn't have time to worry about it.

The first thing I did was surround Marcy with a mega-hard ice bubble that took some of my breath away.

clearing the way here didn't exhaust me at all, but I don't have unlimited stamina

"Blanche get me out of here! I can help too!"

"I'm sorry princess, but you will stay there until Simon and I finish this"

"I'm sorry Marcy, but Blanche is right"

We ignore Marcy's insistence and prepare to fight a sea of ​​oozers.

My hands glowed blue and Simon put on his crown

this will be annoying

"Hey dad, me on the right and you on the left?"

"haha.....of course"

He seemed hesitant for some reason to answer, but I soon understood why.

"....son, if we can't handle this...I want you to take Marcy with you while I hold them back."

I wanted to tell him that I wouldn't leave him behind and that there was no way I would leave him, but I'm not that immature.

"That won't be necessary"

the tide of oozers approached us slowly but without stopping before any obstacle

So I thought of a tactic that every warrior should know, the use of the high ground

I couldn't make a platform and then control it to keep us in the air for a long time and I wanted to save stamina, so I asked the obvious option

"Dad, I need you to lift us up on a pillar of ice, the high ground will give us the advantage"

"As you say son"

Dad created a pillar that raised all 3 of us upwards and allowed us to see the extent of the tide of oozers, there were countless damned

but we couldn't do much, just wait until they were in range and then throw everything we had at them

it didn't take long before the whole ground below us was full of oozer, maybe in a short time they'll manage to rise above each other, like in that movie

But Simon and I did not stand still, I was preparing the strongest spell I currently have, it will leave me without much energy, but I will surely finish off a large part of them.

As Simon froze entire groups of oozers slowing them down and slowly killing them

I finally finished preparing my spell, it was from the ice element for obvious reasons, it was a combination of my best freezing spell, a spell of air, water and finally fire

With the spell in my hands, instead of pointing it towards the oozers, I pointed it towards the sky, something that confused the onlooker Marceline of the situation.

My spell disappeared into the sky, it seemed to have no effect, but gradually thick clouds formed in the sky, almost covering the entire battlefield and the oozers.

My fire and water spells combined with the wind spell to form a large cluster of clouds that would soon form drops of water that would fall on my enemies, but now comes the best part.

Every drop of water is infused with my strongest ice spell, Medusa's Curse.

That is, if the water touches you, you are dead, petrified in ice and ready to be torn to pieces.

Although it can be resisted by more powerful beings, it's basically the perfect spell to kill a lot of cannon fodder or thoughtless animals and oozers aren't very smart

The drops of water fell on almost all the oozers, at first there seemed to be no effect, but little by little all the oozer splashed with water began to move more slowly and their skins took on a much paler tone.

Until the once chaotic battlefield went totally still and almost silent as a somewhat out of control Simon kept shooting at the oozers that by some miracle didn't touch the water.

my curse froze them from the inside out, it would be a very painful process if they still felt something

Thus ended this battle, which began abruptly and ended abruptly

"Dad, you're going to want to take a break, this is over"

"Not now Gunter, I'm playing target shooting hahahah"

This is not the first time he has lost control after prolonged use of the crown power, so I know what to do in this situation.

basically hit him in the head knocking his crown off in the process

"Oww Gunter what are you...I did it again right?"

"Sep"

"I'm sorry son"

"Okay, but it looks like there are a few downstairs, let's rest a bit and then finish the job, what do you think?"

"Ahh yes please, being crazy for a few moments exhausts me too much"

"Yeah, and that spell used up all my strength, I guess I won't be able to use my powers until tomorrow"

"Hahah, but it was a great spell son, I'm really happy that you're here with me to protect Marcy"

"Yes... me too"

(end of flashback)

That fight helped me test my most powerful spell, but it also showed me my weakness.

Some will say It was an easy win, but if Simon hadn't been there me and Marcy would be dead.

I didn't have enough power to make the pillar, delay the horde of oozers, and then cast my most powerful spell.

The only reason it all came off so easy was Simon.

I was not powerful enough to take care of Marcy from all the dangers we will face...

I was helpless without my ice powers and spells, if they take that away from me, I'm just a fake 'genius' with haki and no physical power to attack anyone

I need to rely less on my powers of ice and magic

After that tense situation, we got on our motorcycles that had been ignored by the oozers and continued on our way.

and the final and most worrying event of this year was that.....

Marcy turned 8

Don't get me wrong, I was happy for her, but I remembered the timeline.

Assuming Simon left because he couldn't control his craziness anymore when Marceline was 10 years old.

That leaves us 2 more years together before Simon decides to leave.

You know... I always thought that I could keep my cool in any situation and that Simon's departure wouldn't affect me at all.

But Simon....was the father I always dreamed of having.

Why? You will ask yourself

Let's just say I didn't have the best dad in my previous life.

Although he was never violent with me and my sisters (that's right I had sisters)

He was never there for me

He was never a father figure or a support for me.

In fact I have almost no memories of him with my mother without them arguing about something

He divorced my mother when I was 9 or 10 years old, and from then on I only saw him for a few moments every so often.

He never tried to teach me anything or to improve his relationship with me, we were like strangers, that's why my mother taught me everything I know.

She was everything to me, that's why when I lost her, I broke...

I would never replace my mother, that's why I didn't care about Betty's departure

But Simon... he's a father to me now.

and I don't want him to leave

I know he'll come back eventually, but that doesn't make it any less painful, it's a thousand years you know?

But there's nothing I can do right now, just be strong for him and Marcy.

A/N: we have a rather long chapter and a 2 year time jump, there will be a list of MC skills soon and more moments of reflection are coming

I really wanted to give the 3 of them a lot more scenes together, but the story needs to move on.

Remember to comment suggestion and what do you think

Have a good day, I'll be uploading another chapter later, maybe during the night or before