FINN MERTENS
I stood in emptiness, a void of darkness enveloping every part of my vision except for the small white dot in-front of me.
I looked down at my body, I was wearing my regular blue shorts and shirt, touching my head, I felt the familiar cloth of my signature hear hat. I had no injuries from my battle against Golgoth, nothing even close to a burn mark.
"Jake?!", I yelled, my voice echoing in the darkness.
Am I dreaming?? Where the hell could I be??
I began walking, slowly, steadily. The darkness below my feet made no sound and likewise I felt like I was walking in the air.
"Jake?! Flame Princess?! Anyone?!", still no answer.
I walked for what felt like hours but at the same time minutes, it felt like my sense of time was off.
The white dot that was far away had now began to show structure, a door, with a particularly bright golden handle.
I walked to the foot of it, stopping and running my hands through the wood before grabbing the handle and twisting.
A light gust of wind welcomed me first then the next thing was the cool warmth that enveloped the area, it was a grassland that spun for as far as my eyes could see.
It reminded me of Ooo, where the old tree house used to be, I felt a sense of bitterness remembering how it was destroyed in our fight against Golb and the question of if it'll even still be around.
That's when I noticed someone at the top of one of the hills, someone was sleeping there.
I walked over to the man and stood only a few feet away from him. Still laying on the soft grass without even opening his eyes he said, "Welcome Finn".
"Oh, uh…hello. Who are you?? Where am I??".
The man's eyes opened and he jumped up to his feet. He was tall, unnaturally so, with a bulky and toned muscular structure. He had deep dark skin, snow white hair and beautiful violet eyes.
He walked slowly closer to me, the aura he flushed out felt like it could kill me, every step he took felt like a threat.
I reached my hand to where my sword would be but was left disappointed to only grab air before I knew it he was standing over me then his hand blurred forward.
I shut my eyes and raised my hands to block but felt no impact, then I slowly opened my gaze and saw his hand forward to shake me.
"Sorry if I startled you there", he said behold laughing. "My name is Adolb, I'm a god".
"Huh??".
He shook his hand a bit signifying for me to shake it in which I promptly did, then he sat on the floor.
I took a deep sigh and sat in front of him, there was a minute of silence as we gazed at each other, for some reason it felt like he was studying me.
"So yeah as I said, I'm a god. Just like how you guys would put Golb, I may even be stronger than him".
"Sounds kinda far fetched if you ask me", I said sarcastically.
"No I speak the truth, how many people would be able to enter your mind and talk to you. Oh and by the way, this is just my mind scape so there are no threats here".
"Even if you are a god, you look rather human to me".
"Ah yes, I just went into this form so I could more easily talk to you. I'd even say I'm more polite than Golb", he said before breaking out into another round of laughing.
I let out an uncomfortable chuckle before asking, "So what did you wanna talk about??".
"Oh right", he looked down and steadied his tone before saying. "Be my champion!".
"Huh??".
"Look Finn, ever since Golb came down to Earth and fused with the human lady, he has lost some claims to your world".
"The merge is a clear example of this happening".
"You know what caused the merge??".
"Of course, it's from another gods champion. Sorloth, his champion is particularly powerful too".
"How do we stop it??".
"Well, I'm wishing to tell you but only if you agree to be my champion".
"But…why me??".
"You, Finn, are a lot more than you think you are. Never have I seen a human with such strength".
"Was it you who gave me this weird tattoo stuff", I said while pointing to my arm.
But it wasn't there anymore, my arms had started to disintegrate into thin air.
"Ohh, seems as though you're about to wake up".
"Will we be able to talk again??".
"Of course, I'll come back after a while. Just make sure to think about my offer a bit".
Then with that my vision darkened for a split second then brightened again.
My face contorted as my eyes struggled to adjust to the lights from the ceiling. I was on a soft white bed with a silky white blanket over me and a feather pillow below my head.
I slowly sat up right, groaning and shaking from the pain of my wounds which were now neatly covered in white bandages which rested under a pair of blue shirt and trousers.
My hand, torso, legs and even parts of my head were wrapped and my prosthetic arm was missing from my right side. I rested by back at the head of the bed and took a deep breath.
I was in a small room with bright lights and a medicinal stench, most likely a hospital.
I tried to get up from my bed and was met with slight pain, I stood up and balanced myself with the help of the wall then I heard rapid footprints, light like someone small, they became louder and louder each second like they were coming close to my room.
My door opened burst open and there was a long pause as I locked eyes with the dog in front of me.
I'd could only pray Jake was fine after hearing everything that was happening, a part of me even believed he wouldn't come back after all he has had lots of times that we thought he'd die.
But seeing him now, with a few bandages over his hands and stomach but relatively fine. I began to tear up, relief washed over my body as I let out slight grin while gazing at my brother.
I rushed over to him not minding the pain from my body and he did the same, we hugged tightly as I buried some of my tears in his fur.
"I'm…so glad…you're alright", I said over shuddering breath.
I could feel Jake's grip tighten over my shirt as his voice quivered, I felt some liquid drop on my shoulders as he said, "Right…back at you"
End Of Chapter 13