[AN: Hey guys, while I work on my old series, I wanted to introduce my new one. It's a Gravity Falls/Kamen Rider crossover, I'm trying a new minimalist style, and it uses a Gravity Falls future where Dipper and Wendy are married and have a daughter named Phoebe - find more details by looking at SuperGroverAway's Gravity Falls stories, including the megacollection "Pines Will be Pines". [I asked for his permission, but he never responded. If he refuses, I can retroactively change a few things.] The type of action I employ will obviously be different, but I hope that within that framework I can still do his world justice.

I hope you guys enjoy. Also, I'll be making a third story for announcements, and expect one of those soon.]

[A.D. 2040]

Everything you love will burn….

You can't stop us this time, Pine Tree…

Fool you were for thinking Cypher would destroy you….

No, you have something greater to fear….

The end has arrived for you all…

Your entire family shares the same fate…..

"No, no...NO! "

Thirty-eight year old Dipper Pines woke with a start, gasping for air after the shock he had just undergone. He looked around to find that he was still where he should be - on an air mattress in the break room of the Mystery Shack, where he and his wife slept whenever staying in Gravity Falls, Oregon. He buried his face in his hands, worrying about what all those voices in his dreams could be referring to. Whatever it was, he had decided weeks before that it couldn't be good, and he had been making preparations ever since. But whenever he had the dream, he couldn't sleep anymore after that, and he knew it well. He HAD to keep pushing himself until it was ready. So as usual he climbed out of bed, registered it was three in the morning, and trudged out of the room.

Unfortunately, he had failed to keep his loved one in the dark about this. As soon as Dipper had woken up, a pair of green eyes also opened up from next to him. In his distraught state, he failed to notice by the time he had climbed out of bed and headed downstairs. After a minute, Wendy Pines decided to follow him out of the room.

She caught up to him faster than expected, as it turned out he was having some difficulty with the vending machine door to the Pines secret lab. In his half-tired, half-panicky state, he seemed incapable of hitting the B button instead of the 2, causing him to restart multiple times. Wendy used the opportunity to catch up. "Dipper, what is going on?"

"Aah!" Dipper jumped about a foot as he turned to face his wife. Her red hair was a mess from waking up so late and her eyes were half-shut, making her look like a zombie (well, not the kind Dipper had actually fought before, but the point still stood). What really got to him was her eyes, filled with concern for him. For a brief moment the combination was enough to make him revert to his nervous, twelve-year-old self.

"It-it's nothing! I just needed to, um, get something light to eat and didn't want to wake you up!"

Hands on hips were the universal way of calling out bull. "From the vending machine? Not the refrigerator?"

"I was looking for a change of pace, that's it, and...um..." he could only go like this for so long before remembering what years of being with his wife had taught him - that there were no secrets between them. "You've seen it all, huh?"

She nodded, dropping her arms to her sides. "Yeah, man. I've noticed you get up every day for the past few weeks - how could I not? - but never bothered to follow you until now."

Dipper hung his head "Wendy, what I've been worrying about - it's dangerous. You're safer not knowing - "

"Look, Dipper..." She pulled him close "I know I've said it a lot, but I'll say it again. Whatever you're afraid of, that won't scare me because I know you'll do everything in your power to get us out of whatever mess we're standing in. What scares me more is that my husband still doesn't believe I can handle myself when in trouble. I survived an apocalypse and how many other adventures with you, and yet you're still scared to let me help you. Please, if you really want to protect me, do it by telling me the truth."

Dipper looked into her eyes and as usual, he was calmed. The number of times she could've called him crazy and left him to his own devices until he destroyed himself in fear…."How did I get so lucky to end up with you?"

She smiled. "Mostly it's that same heart that makes you want to protect me by keeping me in the dark right now" they chuckled. "So, what's the issue?"

He was calmer as he finally got the code to the basement right and beckoned Wendy to follow him. They ended up holding onto each other to keep steady, as neither of them were fully awake yet.

"Part of what made it so hard to tell you was that I wasn't sure what to tell."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, the details are all fuzzy. I know that something is approaching - something worse than Bill Cypher or anything we've ever faced - but I can't tell what?"

"Woah, woah, hold on…." Wendy leaned against the back of the elevator that they were now zooming down. "You're telling me that there's an interdimensional threat out to get us, but you know nothing else? Dude, aren't you freaking out over nothing here?" she almost cracked a smile...except that her husband was a bit quick.

"Wendy, I'm serious! I just KNOW this is true!" Dipper's eyes burned with fearful conviction that immediately convinced his wife. Wendy knew that when Dipper was this serious you did not bet against him. As the door slid open to reveal the lab that belonged to Dipper and his great uncle Ford. It was one of the few times Wendy had been in there, and she hardly relished it. Still, her husband got her onto a rolling chair and rolled her to the desk, before himself getting on another.

"OK, I beleive you, dude. So, got a plan in that brain of yours?" She smiled, hoping it would put him at ease. It did give him a bit of a grin, but the concern was still etched on his face as he opened a drawer to reveal a strange-looking device and some flashdrives. He took one of them out, plugged it into a computer and started typing.

"These were originally meant to be used for scientific research - to see what it would be like for a human to feel like any of the paranormal creatures in Gravity Falls. But ever since I've had those dreams, I've decided to not only fishi it, but repurpose it for defending everyone. If I put this on, I can use everything I've learned to fight back when the threat comes, and keep you sa -"

"No." Wendy cut him off.

Dipper looked up. "Wait, what?"

Wendy grabbed the device with one hand while holding Dipper's shoulder with the other. "You need to quit putting everything onto yourself. Let's be honest here - you may be stronger than you once were, but still not powerful enough to fight with anything besides bravery and brain...like you always have. Why don't I put it on instead?"

"Wendy, no." He gently took the device and put it on the table. "I don't want you, Mabel, Phoebe, the twins, Soos, Melody, Stan or Ford to use this. I don't think you could handle it any more than I could, even if you are tougher."

They both looked at the powerful device, a circular mechanism on a belt with places to insert the flashdrives like the one Dipper just pulled back out of his computer.

"So if it's not anyone in this house...then who?"