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A Crash In The Night
Dipper Pines sat on his new bed in his pyjamas, tired after a whole day restoring the Mystery Shack after his Grunkle's nemesis, Gideon, destroyed it. He looked around his and his twin sister's new room. The room is brand new, freshly bought from the local store, from the floor to the furniture. But, knowing Grunkle Stan's nature, the old man probably bought the cheapest ones he can find. Dipper looked out the circular window placed between the beds and found that it is raining lightly.
Dipper heard footsteps coming from behind the door. The door gently swung open, revealing his slightly older twin sister, Mabel Pines, who is wearing her own pyjamas.
"You ready for bed?" Dipper asked.
"Yep." Mabel answered while moving towards her bed.
Dipper sniffed the air and found a strange, minty smell coming from Mabel. "You didn't eat an entire tube of toothpaste again, did you?" he asked.
"Pffft, no." Mabel chuckled. But then, she quietly added, "Just half a tube."
Dipper jumped onto his bed, and so does Mabel. Not feeling sleepy enough, he decided to do some light reading. He slipped his hand under his pillow, trying to find his book, 3. After a few seconds, he realized that he doesn't feel anything under the pillow. He lifted the pillow and found that the book is gone.
For a second, he panicked. But then, the memory of what happened to the book came back to him, calming him down. Grunkle Stan took the book, hoping that it will bring more customers to the Shack. Dipper sighed loudly at the memory.
Mabel heard his brother sighed, and she immediately knew what it's about. "That book is not everything, Dipper. You can still do great stuff without it." Mabel comforted.
Dipper turned to his sister and smiled. "Thanks, Mabel." he thanked. The girl replied with a braces-filled smile.
Dipper turned off the light and laid on his bed, followed by his sister. His mind began to wander off to the adventures he had in Gravity Falls. It all started with him finding 3, and then he battled gnomes with his sister, appeased a ghost's wrath by doing a very embarrassing dance, met a time traveller and time travelled himself and fell into a bottomless pit. His train of thought was ended when he abruptly fell asleep.
-Later in the night-
CRASH!
The twins awoke instantly. They looked at each other.
"What was that?" Dipper asked. Suddenly, there was a flash of light followed by another loud crash. The two looked out the window and found that the rain is getting worse.
"Probably just lightning. Let's go back to sleep." Mabel said before she laid back on her bed.
However, Dipper's curiosity overpowers his sleepiness. Dipper got out of his bed and looked outside the window. What he saw was a real surprise. Something crashed into the totem pole outside the Mystery Shack and it was knocked over!
Dipper rushed his sister's side. "Mabel, wake up! Wake up!" he shouted while shaking his sister.
"Ugh, what is it?" Mabel groaned.
"Something crashed into the totem pole and knocked it over!" Dipper exclaimed while putting on his shoes.
"Huh? What?" Mabel said, waking up completely.
"C'mon, let's go!" Dipper yelled as he ran out the door.
Still confused, Mabel threw away his blanket and ran after his brother. "Dipper, wait!"
-Down below, way down below-
"Here we go..." Stan grimly stated as the machine began to work.
CRASH!
Stan's heart almost literally jumped out of him when he heard the crash. He whipped his head to a monitor showing what's going on outside, but all it shows are just static.
The totem pole..., Stan thought.
Stan turned his attention back to the machine in front of him. The machine is rumbling and grumbling, just this close to coming to life. He whips his head towards the static-filled monitor, then back to the machine.
I've been waiting years for this, Stan thought, but if whoever made that crash is hostile...
Stan ran towards the computer controlling the machine. He punched in the necessary commands, and the machine slowly shuts down. Stan sighed and sat on the chair. Next time...
-Outside the Shack-
Dipper ran out the exit, followed by his twin sister. Now that they're closer, they can see that what knocked down the totem pole was a car. A very damaged car. The whole front of the car was bent inwards and all of the windows are smashed.
"Do you think someone's in there?" Mabel asked.
"Only one way to find out." Dipper replied before he ran towards the car, ignoring the pouring rain.
He looked inside through the broken window and found that someone is indeed inside. The person is an unconscious boy. Strangely, he is sitting on the driver's seat, and there seems to be no one else in the car. Dipper didn't get a good look of his face because it is dark and the airbag is deployed, covering his face. But from what he can see, the boy is probably the same age as he and his twin. Dipper opened the car's door and reached for the boy's neck. To his relief, he can feel his pulse.
"Mabel, there's a boy in here!" Dipper shouted through the rain. "Help me get him out!"
Within moments, his twin is already by his side. With much effort, the two managed to get the boy out of the car. They then carried the boy into the porch and laid him down.
"Mabel, turn on the lights." Dipper commanded. Mabel ran inside, turned the switch on and then ran outside again.
Now that they have some light, the twins can see clearly now. The unconscious boy before them has a not-so-pale white skin and blonde, spiky hair, which is strangely still spiky even after getting carried through the pouring rain. He's wearing a blank white shirt that is covered in dirt and some blood and blue jeans, also covered in mud and blood. He is probably one year older than them, because his height made him taller than both of the twins, but he is not taller than people like Wendy. Strangely, he doesn't have any major injuries whatsoever; all he has are just simple cuts and bruises.
"Wow, he looks kinda handsome." Mabel dreamily commented.
"Mabel, we can't say that to unconscious people that we just pulled out of a car!" Dipper scolded.
The door suddenly swung open, with Grunkle Stan at the doorway. "Alright, what's all that noise about?" he asked out loud. Stan saw the sight before him and he gasps. He walked towards the children, looking like he is going to see the unconscious boy. Instead, he walked past the trio. "What happened to the totem pole?!" he exclaimed.
"Grunkle Stan!" Dipper shouted, catching his Grunkle's attention. "We have a real problem here!" he gestured at the boy.
"Who's the kid?" Grunkle Stan casually asked.
"We don't know. All we know is he is inside the car that knocked over the totem pole." Mabel answered.
"What?! This punk knocked over the totem pole?!" Stan exclaimed. He raised his hand menacingly, "Why I oughta... "
"Hey, hey, hey, whoa..." Dipper stopped his Grunkle. "Let's make sure he stays alive first before you kill him, okay?"
"Fine." Stan grunted. "Bring him inside." Stan then kept the door open as the twins brought the boy inside. "Lay him down on the sofa." Stan ordered as he turned on the light.
With a grunt, the twins managed to lift the boy up to the sofa. "Man, this guy's really heavy." Dipper huffed.
"Get the first-aid kit." Stan ordered. Mabel then ran to the kitchen and she ran back carrying a first-aid kit. She handed the kit to her Grunkle and he opened it. Inside, there are stuffs that you'll expect to find in a first-aid kit; medicines, bandages, vitamins, etc.
He pulls out a bottle of lotion and some bandages. "Take off his clothes." Stan ordered and Dipper complied, albeit a little uncomfortably.
Once Dipper has taken the boy's clothes off, Mabel gasped at the sight before her. Underneath the shirt, the boy is packed with muscle. Though, not as much muscle as Manly Dan and his biker friends, it is still quite impressive for a young boy. Give it a few more years, and this boy surely will be as buff as Manly Dan.
"Oh my gosh." Mabel said in awe. "He works out!"
"Wha-? Mabel!" Dipper exclaimed, breaking Mabel's trance. "That's what you noticed?!" Mabel looked at the boy and gasped again, but this time, it's for a completely different reason. There's a large cut at the boy's lower right stomach.
"Okay, this one needs to be stitched up." Stan said as he searched inside the first-aid kit. He pulls out a needle and some medical thread. He ties the thread to the needle and prepares to begin stitching. Right as Stan plunged the needle, the twins immediately looked away. As Stan stitched the wound, the boy groaned unconsciously, causing the twins to cringe. After a few intense minutes, Stan finally finished stitching the wound.
He sighs in relief and wipes the sweat off his forehead. The twins also sighed in relief and turns around to see the boy. After resting for a few minutes, Grunkle Stan proceeds to tend to the boy's other wounds, applying the lotion and then bandaging them.
"Grunkle Stan, where did you learn how to stitch an open wound?" Dipper asked.
"When you're locked up in Colombia, you gotta learn a lot of things." Stan answered while tending the wounds.
"Guys, shouldn't we, like, call the cops or something?" Mabel worriedly asked.
"Those cops?" Dipper scoffed. "Yeah, like they're gonna be much help."
"The kid's right. He's better off with us than with those idiots." Stan said as he finished bandaging the boy. Then, he noticed that the twins' clothes are soaking wet. "You kids better get changed. Your clothes are soaking wet." he said.
"Oh yeah," Dipper said in realization, "no wonder it feels so cold."
The twins ran up the stairs and into the bedroom. The two opened their shared wardrobe and Dipper took another set of pyjamas, while Mabel pulls out another night gown.
"I'm changing here!" Mabel announced.
"Well, guess I'm changing in the bathroom." Dipper said before he walked out the door.
After walking a few steps, Dipper reached the bathroom door and entered it. He flicked the lights on and he proceeds to slip out of his wet clothing. After throwing his soaked clothes in a basket, Dipper puts on a dry set of clothes.
"Ah, that feels better." Dipper said to himself. He flicked the lights off, before he exited the bathroom.
Outside, he is greeted by his sister, who is now wearing a dry night gown.
"Hey Dipper, where'd you think that boy's from?" Mabel asked as they walked down the stairs
"I don't really know. But, one thing's for sure; he's not from Gravity Falls. When he wakes up, we can ask him." Dipper answered.
"I wonder what's his name is." Mabel said. "Oooh, I bet it's something cool like Lex, Dax, or Steel!"
"What if it turns out to be something silly? Like, Pituator?" Dipper teased.
"Aw, you just ruined his image!" Mabel groaned and Dipper responds with a chuckle. "Wait a minute," Mabel said, "why Pituator?" Dipper simply shrugs.
When they reached the bottom of the stairs, they found that Grunkle Stan was about to leave.
"Grunkle Stan, where are you going?" Mabel asked.
"Back to bed. I already had enough excitement for one night." Stan replied.
"What?! Then, what about him? What if he wakes up in the middle of the night? Someone's gotta watch over him." Mabel said.
"Why don't you kids do it then? You're the one that found him." Stan said. "Besides, I already stitched the kid up. For free, even!" And with that, Stan went back to his room.
"Stan's got a point, Mabel. He's already done more than enough." Dipper said. "I'll go get some blankets." he said before he went upstairs.
With Dipper gone, Mabel sat on the chair next to the sofa and began to observe the boy.
"Poor guy." Mabel said. "He looks kinda cute, though."
After a few minutes, Dipper returns with three blankets; one for him, one for his sister and one for the boy. He handed Mabel one of the blankets and then he covered the unconscious boy with another blanket.
"I'm gonna take the first shift. I'll wake you up in an hour." Dipper said.
"Okay. Good night, Dipper." Mabel said before she curled like a ball on the chair, and before long, she fell asleep.
"Good night, Mabel." Dipper replied.
Dipper sat on another chair and wrapped the blanket around him. To kill the time, Dipper began to guess how tomorrow's events will unfold. The most likely one will be the boy wakes up, they explain the situation to him, the boy calls his parents, his parents pick him and then, who knew, maybe they'll stay in touch.
Little did he know how off his guess is...
My first Gravity Falls fanfic, hurrah! And I only became a Fallers just last week! Also, sorry for the lack of excitement in this chapter, but I like to my stories slow and steady. Don't worry, the chapters after this will be one heck of a ride!
Okay, staying true to the show, there's gonna be a cryptogram at the end of each chapter. So, without further ado, I give you this chapter's cryptogram!
QR PHPRULHV
Can you figure out what it means? Enjoy and please review!
XIV IMAGINARY LEX XIV