User blog:BNSF1995/Adventure Time with Finn & Fionna/Finn vs. Edana

(The episode begins where the last one left off. Finn and Fionna are confronting The Lich and a mind-controlled Edana.)

Finn: Why would you do this, Lich? Why would you do ANY of this?!

The Lich: Believe it or not, Finn, I am not a mindless murder machine. I have my reasons.

Finn: Like killing all life on Earth just so you can turn it into a strip mine for your war machine?!

The Lich: War machine?!

(The Lich laughs heartily.)

The Lich: You think my people are conquerers? I can see why you'd think that, but we're not warmongers!

Finn: Then how do you explain the fire powers? The fact you're basically death incarnate?!

The Lich: All the result of science beyond Earthly understanding. You see, my people, the Elkeots, don't seek conquest. We seek to better our understanding of the universe, and unlock its mysteries, so that one day, we may ascend to a higher plane of existence.

Finn: So you want to become gods?

The Lich: No, not gods. By a higher plane, I'm talking about a plane that is much like this one, except in a different point in time. We can start anew, create a new civilization ahead of its time! Oh, it's a dream all Elkeots aspire to!

Finn: I don't get it...you're not evil?

The Lich: I don't see myself as evil, no. You may see me as evil, and I fully understand why. I'm invading your planet, killing everyone and destroying everything just so my people can have your resources.

Finn: Yeah? Well you're a thousand years too late. My own people destroyed each other with nuclear weapons!

The Lich: Did they now?

Finn: Yes, they did!

The Lich: ...I see. You'll find out in due time, Finn, that not all is as it seems. Now, I believe this was all a big misunderstanding, so I'll make you a deal: you let me destroy all life on Earth, and I'll send you and your sister to another universe identical to the one you live in right now.

Finn: NEVER. I like the universe I live in, thank you very much.

The Lich: Come now, Finn, it's a deal you can't ref--GAH!

(Finn grabs The Lich by the collar.)

Finn: GET OFF MY PLANET.

(He headbutts The Lich, who stands up after a few seconds, furious.)

The Lich: I tried being reasonable! Now you've forced me to take desperate measures! You will accept my deal, or I shall kill your girlfriend!

Finn: No! Not Edana! Anyone but her!

The Lich: Guards, seize them!

(A pair of large skeletons restrain Finn and Fionna.)

The Lich: Maybe some time in the tower will change your mind, boy! Put the girl in the dungeon!

Finn: Fionna, no!

Fionna: It's okay, Finn! I'll be fine!

The Lich: She's right. Prisoner management on my planet is enlightened compared to Earth.

(Finn looks at Edana, who stares back with a cold, blank expression. Finn drops his head in despair as he's led away.)

(Cut to Finn in the tower. He is pacing back and forth in anger.)

Finn: How could this happen? How could ANY of this happen?! Because I'm an IDIOT, that's why!

(Hallucinations of Princess Bubblegum, Marceline, and Marshall Lee appear to him.)

Finn: What do YOU all want?!

Hallucination Marshall Lee: Finn, you've gotta believe in yours--

Finn: SHUT UP! Look where believing in myself has gotten me: a no-win situation! This is all my fault! If I hadn't let myself get manipulated, this wouldn't have happened!

Hallucination Marceline: Finn, you must try to free yourself!

Hallucination PB: Edana needs your help!

Finn: Quiet! Go away, you traitor!

Hallucination Marceline: You're the only one who can save her now!

Finn: You know what happens when I try to help...I ONLY MAKE THINGS WORSE!

All three hallucinations: You don't believe that!

("Made of Stone " begins.)

Finn: How do you know what I believe?! ''What do you know of me? What do you know of all the things I feel? Your hearts are made of stone!

Who is it that you see? Instead of seeing what I am for real? This useless flesh and bone!''

Hallucination PB: Finn, it wasn't your fault!

Finn: ''You're a liar! With ev'ry new excuse you try out You only make me want to cry out "Would that I were made of stone like your hearts!"''

Finn: (spoken) Unfeeling, uncaring!

Hallucination Marshall Lee: You don't mean that! Just take some time to—

Finn: ''You give such good advice So why has not one single word you've said Been any help at all?!''

Hallucination Marceline: Finn...

Finn: ''And you who sound so nice! The more your dreams and fancies fill my head The farther that I fall Shut my brain down​​​​​​​!''

''If I were smarter, I'd prefer it To be a gargoyle on a turret Spitting rain down to the stones below​​​​​​​!''

''I've wasted my life living in this mind-twister But the only one worth believing in was my sister​​​​​​​''

''She's the one who'd never lie Her love is not an alibi She held me when I had to cry Her words aren't made of stone And she is true Not like you​''

''Take all the dreams you've sown Take all your lies And leave me alone​​​​​​​​​​​​​!!!!''

Hallucination Marceline: ''All right, Finn the Human We'll leave you alone''

Hallucination Marshall Lee: ''All right, Finn the Human We'll trouble you no longer''

Hallucination PB: ''You're right, Finn the Human My heart is made made of stone''

All three hallucinations: ''We just thought that you were Made of something Stronger''

(The three hallucinations disappear.)​

Finn: ''And now I'm on my own Never again to wonder what's out there... Let it remain unknown! And my human eyes Will ever more be dry Until the day I die AS IF IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII WERE MADE OF STOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!''

(Finn collapses in anguish. Meanwhile, the Candy Soldiers break down the door to The Lich's fortress.)

Candy Soldier: Go! Go! Go!

Candy Soldier #2: Secure the area!

(Candy Soldiers fan out while Prince Gumball and Marceline enter the building.)

Prince Gumball: Lock it down. No one goes in or out.

Candy Soldier #3: Yes, sir!

Candy Soldier #4: (offscreen) Weapons free!

(Gunfire erupts as Candy Soldiers gun down skeletons with impunity.)

PG: Marcy, I need you to go floor-to-floor and find Finn and Edana!

Marceline: What about you?

PG: If The Lich was smart, he'd have separated Finn and Fionna. She's probably in the dungeon. You men, back me up!

Candy Sergeant: Yes, sir! You heard the man, fall in!

(Meanwhile, The Lich and Edana are watching through a magic crystal ball as the Candy Soldiers swarm the fortress.)

Edana: The Candy Kingdom has amassed a huge army.

The Lich: That doesn't seem possible. Unless...they were cloned from Gumball.

Edana: Give me the word, master, and I will destroy them. It is my purpose: to be your weapon.

The Lich: That won't be necessary. Finn will come around...I hope.

Edana: And if the human doesn't?

The Lich: Look, destroying all life on Earth is a huge undertaking! I can't commit to it just yet!

Edana: Then when will you commit to the Fire Kingdom's destiny?

(The Lich stares at Edana in shock.)

The Lich: The Fire Kingdom?!

Edana: It is my destiny: to lead the Fire Kingdom in the conquest of Earth. Did you really think you were mind-controlling me? I was a sleeper agent working for my father! My so-called "human" side distracted me from that purpose. And now, I shall complete my transformation by killing you and absorbing your power, as was foretold by the Ancient Sage of Fire!

The Lich: This can't be happening! I am your master!

(Edana ignores him and begins absorbing his power.)

The Lich: No! You'll not have me! My power cannot die! NOOO! NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

(Edana continues absorbing his power until he reverts to his skeletal form. With her newfound power, Edana sends The Lich through a portal. Cut to The Lich coming out the other end in the Time Room.)

Prismo: Oh, hey dude. Crazy stuff going on over there, huh?

The Lich: Who...who are you?

Prismo: I'm Prismo, a Wish Granter.

The Lich: Such an amazing discovery. You must tell me all about who you are and what you do!

(Cut back to Edana, who is in her Humanoid Form, but her orange has been replaced with blue. She opens her eyes and looks at herself, as "Alive begins.)

Edana: ''What is this feeling Of power and drive I've never known? I feel alive!''

''Where does this feeling of Power derive, Making me know Why I'm alive?''

''Like the night, it's a secret Sinister, dark, and unknown. I do not know what I seek Yet I'll seek it alone!''

''I have a thirst That I cannot deprive. Never have I Felt so alive!''

''There is no battle I couldn't survive- Feeling like this- Feeling alive!''

''Like the moon, an enigma, Lost and alone in the night Damned by some heavenly stigma, But blazing with light!''

(Edana flies outside the fortress and through the streets.)

''It's the feeling of being alive! Filled with evil, but truly alive! It's the truth that cannot be denied! It's the feeling of being Edward Hyde!''

Edana: (spoken): Or should I say...Phoebe!

(Phoebe notices a girl with great magical potential.)

Phoebe: ''Wait! What's this? Sweet miss! I thought I had lost you!''

''It's fate! What bliss! Sweet miss! Your folly will cost you''

''Dear, My dear, You'll see, You'll never escape me!''

''I'm here I fear And you will pay dear, My dear...''

(Phoebe stalks the girl through the streets, snarling like a predator. She eventually catches her, and drains her of her magic, until she disappears into nothing.)

''Animals trapped behind bars in the zoo Need to run rampant and free! Predators live on the prey they pursue This time, the predator's me!''

''Lust - like a raging desire, Fills my whole soul with its curse! Burning with primitive fire, Berserk and perverse!''

(Phoebe flies to the top of the fortress and looks to the night sky.)

''Tonight I'll plunder heaven blind, Steal from all the gods! Tonight I'll take from all mankind, Conquer all the odds!''

''And I feel I'll live on forever, With Satan himself by my side! And I'll show the world That tonight, and forever, The name to remember's The name Phoebe Hyde!''

''What a feeling to be so alive! I have never seen me so alive! Such a feeling of evil inside- That's the feeling of being Phoebe Hyde!''

''With this feeling of being alive There's a new world I see come alive It's the truth that can not be denied There's no feeling like being Phoebe Hyde!''

(Meanwhile, Fionna asencds the tower, having been freed by PG. She kicks down the door to where Finn is being held, only to find Finn lying down, forlorn.)

Fionna: Finn?

(Finn looks up. He doesn't smile, but his eyes brighten a bit.)

Finn: Fionna...you're okay. Finally something goes right.

Fionna: The dungeon was actually pretty nice. Memory-foam mattress, television, even a mini-bar. Sorry your accomodations were more spartan.

(Finn puts his head back down.)

Finn: Not like a deserve it.​​​​​​ This is all my fault. The Lich manipulated me. Now he's gonna destroy all life.

Fionna: Uh, yeah, about that...The Lich...he donked up for real.

Finn: How so?

Fionna: Edana she...wasn't mind-controlled. He inadvertently activated some kind of sleeper agent in her. Then she absorbed his power and...reached her final form.

Finn: No...you mean.

Fionna: Flame King did it. He created the perfect weapon.

Finn: SHE IS NOT A WEAPON!

Fionna: I know, I know! Ugh, let me think...uh, okay, we can still save her.

Finn: How can we save her? She'll kill me first and foremost!

Fionna: And that's why we're gonna get some...reinforcements.

(Beat)

Finn: NO. Not her. ANYONE BUT HER.

Fionna: But Finn, she was right.

Finn: She's a traitor!

PG: (entering the room) I've just spoken with one of our soldiers back in our home dimension. She's...started acting differently.

Finn: What, is she invading another kingdom?

PG: No, she's...back to normal.

Finn: Huh?

PG: Turns out some of The Lich's essence was left in her after she was de-aged. After she re-aged, the essence spread through her like a virus, corrupting her, turning her evil very, very slowly.

Finn: ...that makes so much sense, it's scary.

PG: And Finn, Fionna...PB didn't found the Anti-Human League.

Finn: But you said--

PG: I know what I said! I...just said that because I wanted to lead for once.

Fionna: This is a load of contrivance, you know that, right?

PG: Maybe it is, maybe it isn't.

Finn: Well, what are we waiting for? Let's get PB back over here.

(Meanwhile, Phoebe is flying around the world, absorbing people Cell-style for their magic to power herself up).

Phoebe: Yeeees, it's all coming together. Soon, the ancient prophecy shall come to pass, and the Earth will burn.

(All of a sudden, Phoebe changes from blue to orange as Edana regains control.)

Edana: NO! I won't let you!

(Edana/Phoebe changes back and forth as the two personalities fight for control.)

Phoebe: Got some fight left in ya? I knew there was a reason I kept you around!

Edana: This isn't over! I know what you're planning, and I won't let you turn me into the very thing I stand against!

Phoebe: But don't you see? This is your destiny!

Edana: SCREW DESTINY! I am a righteous hero, not a princess or weapon of war!

Phoebe: You're not a weapon. You're the Savior of the Fire People! They'll hail you as a hero, and our father will abdicate the throne to you.

Unknown voice: But he's not your father.

Phoebe: What the Nightosphere?!

Edana: Who are you?

Unknown voice: You already know me.

Phoebe: That doesn't answer my question.

Edana: It was MY question!

Phoebe: You ARE me!

Unknown voice: Shut up, both of you! Neither of you are the real me! There is no Edana or Phoebe!

Phoebe: Okay, now you're confusing. If I'm not real, then who am I?

Unknown voice: You're an evil spirit inserted by the Flame King.

Edana: What about me? What am I?

Unknown voice: A 15-year nightmare that we will all awaken from hopefully soon.

Phoebe: Fool! This nightmare will NEVER end!

Unknown voice: I wasn't asking.

Edana: How will this...nightmare...end?

Unknown voice: I don't know myself. What I do know, however, is that Finn is the key.

Edana: Finn...

Phoebe: The boy...I MUST DESTROY HIM!

Edana: I won't let you!

Phoebe: He is the last thing holding me back from my true potential! I kill him, you die of despair! Now get back down in there!

Edana: No! I--

Unknown voice: Keep low for awhile, Edana. The time will come.

Edana: I...very well.

Phoebe: Now that I'm back in full control, let's get this party started!

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