Dipper and Mabel Pines is not your ordinary travelling duo in a red 1965 Cadillac Coupe DeVille Convertible, they tend to come by dozens of shenanigans along their way since a few years ago. For some people who have met them (considering they left every town in America faster than you can blink) stated that they are nothing more than an ordinary tourists, but all of them knew Dipper and Mabel in different names.
A few who actually know them are far friends, only come if to aid them with help. Of course, Dipper and Mabel rarely have difficulty at what they do. And what they do is hunt monsters.
They were secretly part of a society called Hunters, a few people from every parts of the country is working part-time beheading Vampires, exorcist Demons, or hangout at a tavern on the side of the street with their friends.
Dipper and Mabel Pines don't get paid for what they do, after a few arguments about cash, they both settled on fake credit cards they stole from crooks or killer. Sometimes from their prey as well. Dipper would handle the stealing and decoding while Mabel with her fake charms are useful enough for people to be convinced for their fake names, that's why only a really small amount of people knew their real names, including their family members and friends.
The Pines family tradition of being hunter was started on their Great Uncle Stanford Pines and Stanley Pines, they would travel like them across the country to hunt as well, Ford wrote every monster he ever encountered in a series of journals. He lent it to his grandkids as they both turned 15, and that's when he was deceased.
Dipper, according to his sister he used to be paranoid and shaky and sometimes easily scared, but most of what she says is how unmanly he used to be. Dipper however proved her wrong, instead of noodle arms he had a grown muscles all over his body, and now his face had a strong jawline yet still had a slight grown of hair on his chin, slight. Everyone noticed him with his blue and white baseball cap with a signature pine tree in front of it.
Mabel had removed her braces two years ago, she would still wear unique and different kinds of sweater, every sweater she has have different drawings and colors, some she made herself. She tends to hold on to her childish attitude, her brown hair had turned even silky because she always brushes it, she always cared for her brother because they both knew how they needed each other.
With the journal's help and the weapons cramped in the back seat, they can defeat everything in their way, and yet again slip through the authorities.
Dipper buried his nose on the journal, his leg kicked up the steering wheel while the seat bend backwards. The rain spilled heavily on the windshield and roof, while the light source were coming from the diner's sign board in front of his car.
He could see Mabel's silhouette from the window curtains, she was walking towards the door with a paper bag in her hand.
Dipper's feet went down and his journal closed, he adjusted his seat and started the engine. He steered out of the parking lot and to the side of the restaurant. Mabel was waiting under the shade with the promised take-out food.
Dipper unlocked the door, Mabel opened the door and the sound of rain hitting the ground was louder than before, until she closed it again and sat in the back seat.
"I'm shivering in this sweater! It was raining so hard outside!" She yelped.
"I can see that, what did you get?" Dipper said, looking to the back seat.
Mabel jiggled her hand inside the paper bag "Here, have a cheeseburger." Mabel lends him a wrapped burger.
"I thought I said I want a vegetarian burger?" Dipper frowned.
"I don't want any vegan nonsense in this car!" Mabel ordered, she was already eating her piece "Just take it, bro."
Dipper took the offering half-heartedly, it was better than nothing. He unwrapped the plastic and nibbled at the end "You'll never going to get muscles just by rating cheeseburger."
"Don't talk to me about muscle, you had more than you are born for!" Mabel scoffed.
"Yeah, well deal with it." Dipper said coolly. He started the engine and drove away from the diner, they headed to the highway in front of them and drove from there.
"What city is next?" Mabel asked.
"Wilmington, Philadelphia. Another eyeball attack." Dipper replied, eye still focused on the road.
"Cool, anyone we know?"
"Not from what I know. You?" Dipper asked back.
"I got a friend from Alexandria, she says she is going to Phil too." Mabel explained, then she added "Phil for Philadelphia."
"Of course it is..." Dipper said sarcastically.
"You, still have that phone number, right?" Mabel asked again.
Dipper arched a brow "Who's phone number?"
"Pacifica's." Mabel said casually.
Dipper went a slight red "Why do you ask?"
"I saw you two by the river..." She smirked behind him "K-I-S-S-I-N..."
"Alright, alright, you got me..." Dipper admitted, his face still burning with embarrassment.
"How did it happen? Was it your first kiss? How did it felt like?" Mabel's hope began to rise and rise.
Dipper raised his hand to calm her down "Look, she kissed me first! And yes it was my first kiss. And it was... I don't know... Alright? Look, let's never talk about this again!" He said frantically.
"This is something we definitely need to talk about! How could you say it was alright? You just kissed Pacifica Northwest for crying out loud! And have you two considered becoming boyfriends and girlfriends? When do you plan on dating?" Mabel said happily, she bounced on her seat.
"I can't date her Mabel! She knew the risks of our job and so does you!" Dipper snapped.
Mabel gave and underestimating look "It's just a job, Dipper! I would cover it if you want to spend some time with her! Just ask me!"
"We can leave this job, Mabel. How many times did I said that? We've made too many enemies lately and keeping friends would only make it more dangerous, and I don't want to talk about Tony but, you know the risks Mabel! We have so little to lose, and that is bad." Dipper crossed his brow.
Mabel sunk to her seat, she did not expect that Dipper would bring her dead partner up. She did not know what to say "I guess you're right, even I don't want to lose Pacifica." She sighed loudly.
Dipper's anger began to fade "Yeah, sorry about that. How about you get some sleep, the rain will be over once you wake up."
Mabel lie down on the back seat, but she wasn't sleeping. She rolled sideways with both hands adjusting beneath her head "Dipper?" She called.
"Yeah?"
Mabel didn't answer.
"What is it Mabel?" Dipper asked he looked to the back seat.
"I'm sorry."
Dipper didn't react quickly, he let out a breath "It's alright, you're just being you."
Those words rang in her head. 'You're just being you'. Is this what she was like? She couldn't run from the thought that she can't bail now, too much to hunt for her to become the normal Mabel she used to be, if she had so little to lose, does that count Dipper? If this is what life she has from now on, then she will not let another friend die. Nor her brother.
"Want to stay on a nearby motel tonight?" Dipper said to lighten the situation up.
"Sure, sounds great." Mabel replied calmly, she looked up "Can we get a double bed this time? Not singles."
"Sure." Dipper agreed.
Mabel closed her eyes, she was waiting for the sandman to take her to sleep. The streetlights went through her eyelids, the sound of the car speeding on an empty highway was all she could hear. All of this were familiar to her, ever since they turned 15 they had been starting from the bottom as Hunters, they continued their journeys until they are 21 right now.
Dipper suddenly puts on the brake, almost got Mabel to be thrown forward.
Her eyelids sprang open, she rubbed her eyeballs together and looked on the front seat. Only to see Dipper with his mouth hanging open, staring at the windshield.
A figure standing in the open, his eyes were golden yellow.
"Holy crap... That's..." Mabel stared with horror, her words trailed away as Dipper sped towards the man.
Mabel watched as he tried to hit the oncoming doom, the figure was just in front of them when it disappeared.
Dipper hit the brakes again, they looked around on the rainy highway. There were no one to be seen. He took out a short double barreled shotgun from under the seat, he unlocked his door and turned to Mabel "Stay here..."
"Wait, Dipper wait!" Mabel called but Dipper had already sped outside, leaving his door open. She hurried to her own door, when the lock suddenly closed. She stared as Dipper's driver's door were slammed close as well, she was trapped with Dipper outside.
"Dipper! DIPPER!" She cried, her hands banging on the glass. She jumped back with her face thunder struck, the window had a reflection of an eye, a giant golden eye, but whom it belonged she did not know.
A gunshot rang across the rain, Mabel peeked from the back window. As a silhouette kept getting bigger and bigger, Dipper's body was thrown to the top of the luggage. Mabel watched as he groaned in pain, she was desperate in getting out, she kicked the door next to her. It flew open as the lock was broken, she hurried to under the rain.
Dipper slid down the back of the car and fell to the puddle underneath, Mabel kneeled beside him, her arm flew to cover his wet coat.
"What happened?! Dipper?" Mabel gasped as she shook her brother.
Dipper pushed her hand away "It's Bill, we need to get out of here!"
Mabel was yanked upwards, Dipper ordered her to go back inside. Dipper waited as Mabel jumped inside, he sat in the front seat.
"How did Bill escaped?!" Mabel tried to lock the broken door "We did trap him in the other dimension! Right?!"
"I don't know, Mabel." Dipper gritted his teeth, he looked to the back seat and stared blankly "Did you kick the door open..."
"I need to help you!" Mabel yelled.
"Alright, okay, we'll see the damage later." Dipper turned the engine on and continue to drive.
Mabel watched him closely "What happened to your gun?"
"I, uh, dropped it..." Dipper admitted.
"If that was Bill, why didn't he killed us?" Mabel said.
"I don't know, his eyes were gold right? It must be Bill Cipher!" Dipper thought hard, his anger risen again "Any theory?"
"You're the one with the theory!" Mabel jab her finger at him "Unless Bill has escaped that dimension, then that's the only theory I have!"
"How original..." Dipper muttered sarcastically "Maybe someone summoned him again, but how? It would take a portal for him to get out again! And why didn't he killed us, he would've killed us unless he..."
"He what?" Mabel watched him silences.
"Unless one of us is possessed..." Dipper gulped, saying that word was hard and he would rather not believe it.
Mabel blinked "Is one of our eyes gold?"
"N... No..." Dipper said softly.
"Then no one is possessed!" Mabel snapped.
"You're right, but we saw a man with yellow eyes right? Was that his vessel or something?"
"I think it was... Dipper, what do we do?" Mabel touched his shoulder softly.
"Nothing now! We need to know what he's up to!" Dipper stated.
Mabel nodded curtly. She watched as a light was approaching the car, a big glowing sign that says motel was shining in the lonely road. Dipper parked his car on one of the spaces.
"Come on, we need to dry up..." Dipper said to Mabel.
"What about the door?" Mabel pointed to the broken lock.
"I'll figure something out, you go inside and ordered us some singles..." Dipper said.
Mabel stared with her brow arched, but she walked out to the rain anyway. She ran inside and went through the automatic sliding door, she saw a man sitting in the counter in front of her. The light was nicely designed on the wall, and the wallpaper were beautiful flowers.
Mabel did not ordered their rooms, she waited for Dipper to come back. His silhouette is standing on the door, when it moved apart, Dipper walked inside with his coat dripping wet.
Mabel walked to him "Did you get the journal?"
"Yeah, it's in my pocket. Did you get us a room?" Dipper wiped his brow, then his hair, then his forehead.
Mabel didn't answer at once, she is still staring at him. Then her brows arched.
"What?" Dipper watched her glaring at him.
Then the man behind the counter gasped as Mabel drew out a revolver gun from underneath her sweater, and points it at Dipper. Dipper was thunder-struck.
Mabel looked at the man, she gestured him to leave. The man hurried and ran out of the way.
"W... What are you doing Mabel..." Dipper stuttered, he lifted both arms in the air.
"Don't play dumb..." Mabel spat.
"I don't know what you're..."
"Where's Dipper!?" Mabel pulled down the hammer, she drew it closer to Dipper's nose.
"I am Dipper!" Dipper tried to convince her.
"Wrong answer..." Mabel replied coldly. The gunshot rang across the room, luckily no one was there to see the bullet that went through Dipper's leg.
Dipper fell down, but he didn't groan in pain. He simply hugged his leg closely on the floor "How did you know..." He hissed.
"Dipper promised me a double sized bed, and he have a big dipper on his forehead." Mabel shot another look at false-Dipper, she fired another round to his head.
False-Dipper shot to the floor, no blood came spluttering. False-Dipper pushed his legs to stand up, his face was fixing itself from the hole.
Mabel walked closer to him "Where. Is. My. Brother!" She snapped.
"You know where he is..." False-Dipper smirked wickedly "I guess we can say Bill is taking care of him, just fine..."
Mabel shot another disgusted look mixed with anger, she round kicked false-Dipper's face and watched him thrown to his side "WHO ARE YOU! WHERE IS DIPPER?!"
"Do you not remember me?" False-Dipper blinked, his eyelids went sideways.
Mabel gasped under her breath "Shapeshifter..."
"Yes! You do remember me!" Shapeshifter's face went changed, his clothes were mixing with his skin and it was turning glossy white, false-Dipper had changed its look and became an arachnid creature. It rose up, taller than Mabel.
"Alright, now answer question number two!" Mabel yelled.
"Thankfully, I don't know where he is! I just wanted him to squeal and scream in fear! So I made a deal with Bill Cipher, I want him to kill the boy. But I guess you already know that." The Shapeshifter said mockingly, he cocked back his pincer "Time for you to die, Pines..."
Mabel dodged the giant pincer, as it dug deep into the floor. Mabel stood up again "How did you get him out of the other dimension?!"
"I didn't..." Shapeshifter said, he swung both his arms and ripped the wallpaper off the walls.
Mabel looked at him in anger and pure fury, how do you kill a Shapeshifter? Now she remembered.
"Die! Pines! Die!" The Shapeshifter threw all of its power at her, the floor crashed and the wall smashed.
Mabel hid behind the counter, she looked around until she found a fire extinguisher. She screamed in shock as one of its pincers smashed the counter table, Mabel hurried to grab the extinguisher and adjusted her in a line of fire.
The Shapeshifter looked at her pointing the nozzle at him, Mabel fired it and watched as the Shapeshifter were being frozen inch by inch.
"What are you doing?! No! NOOO!" The Shapeshifter screamed.
Mabel felt the nozzle stopped firing, the insides had been emptied. The smoke began to disappear, and a half snow sculpture of the Shapeshifter. Mabel walked to it, and saw the head was still unfrozen.
"Unfreeze me mortal!" The head said loudly.
"Where's Dipper?" Mabel asked again.
"I will not tell you anything! I won't!" It shook its head madly.
Mabel breath in a gulp of air, she hit the Shapeshifter's head with the end of the fire extinguisher "Where is Dipper!"
"He would kill me!" It begged.
Mabel swung the extinguisher very fast.
"WHERE!" The bang of the extinguisher when it hit the Shapeshifter's head rang across the room.
"IS!" Mabel glared with a murdering stare, her knuckles are white.
"MY!" The Shapeshifter did not have time to scream, every noise it tried to make were silenced.
"BROTHER!" With one single and last strong strike, the head of the Shapeshifter were pushed off its neck. Mabel watched as the head rolled on the floor, she was starting to cry from all the anger she had to threw out.
Mabel watched as her hand began to tremble, she shook her head in frustration. Dipper was still out there, somewhere. She needs help, someone who knew exactly how to deal with this.
She flipped her phone, the glass were broken from the fight but still working. She dialed the number and waited for an answer. Then came a sound.
"Bobby?"