CHAPTER ONE

INTO THE FANTASY ZONE

The following takes place sometime in the further years after each have reached young adulthood.

It is the late afternoon and things in Gravity Falls are very quiet as the sidewalks seem to have very few people walking around, certain stores have the closed sign on and even the video arcade they go to is shut down until further notice. But in the neighborhoods, it's a different story as there are no kids playing outside in front or back of the yard or streets, from the front of one of the houses a fence has red plastic tape line which goes right across from a picket fence and it says Quarantine. Even the hotels there are barricades placed all labeled Quarantine and some armed soldiers in gas masks that block the area from anyone trying to get in or out. One person is walking the sidewalk, he is in a black leather duster, boots, with a hat but also some sort of gas mask which is metallic and with only a visor which is tinted black, so you can't see the eyes. The man in the duster then looks toward the news stand and looks at a paper vender and sees the headline which states "Epidemic of Sleep continues." The duster man he then takes out a quarter and puts it in the vendor, opens it and takes out a paper and then walks away, looks around at a town that use to be so nosey and full of life now it's all been silenced.

The duster man then walks to the right of the sidewalk to his black corvette car parked, he opens up the car with his remote, puts himself and the paper in and drives away. Meanwhile there is someone in a green van whom was watching whom has red hair, a dog-eared cap, and a green flannel shirt and this person is following the unknown assailant.

The man in the duster is driving on the highway and then suddenly makes a turn to the right and it's an abandoned miniature golf course called "Roller Green" but despite abandoned everything looks cleaned up and pretty as most of the holes have some fresh miniature models from one course that looks like a roller track as it has a smooth circular rink and there are some tiny roller skating figures that sometimes pop up and at the end there is a hole. Another is one where the hole is in the middle, but it is surrounded in places by alien eggs. Another is a two-path course which consist of woods where one of them leads to the hole but another leads to a bigfoot monster that eats the ball and then spits it out toward a green which is the long path to get to the green with the hole. The Duster walks toward the hole which is called the Crypt which looks like a big haunted mansion and there are some lightning sound effects along with a sinister cackling laugh, a werewolf, and some other bump in the night sound effects. He walks toward the miniature model and on its roofs it has on the left a gargoyle miniaturized statue and to the right an angel statue. He then walks up to its right side and pushes the angel stature down and then walks toward the end of the green and then then suddenly the green starts to move down. It then settles down toward a door which slides open and he come inside. Suddenly they guy is back at his home base and he sees the chair and he throws the paper onto the seat. He then takes his coat off and throws his hat on the rack which is lands perfectly.

He also takes his gas mask off and has his other mask which is shaped like a samurai helmet, but it is a smooth sleek black, but at the very center he has that face plate and puts it on which is pure silver colored and featureless as it projects no characteristics but just a smooth surface. And he has his militaristic black uniform on with the black boots and gloves. He then walks toward an easy boy chair which is black leather and reclines. He throws the paper on the chair and just as he's about to sit down he suddenly sees someone with some sort of black cat like suit on which form fits her body, she has black boots, silver colored gloves, long black hair, and glasses on.

She says says, "Did you find anything?"

Crimson Talon sadly nods his head and he looks at Candy.

"Nada, I just don't understand it, whatever is happening to these people it's not in the air, I know I just came back with the results, it all came negative."

Candy says, "It's also not biological ingestion, touch doesn't seem to be the cause."

Talon turns on the TV to the DNN network and it's another news report of the sleep epidemic making a sweep of the country.

Talon says, "You know what's really scary how all this happened so fast, within a week, God couldn't work that quick."

"What about Dipper, Adam, Wendy and Mabel do you have any idea where they are?"

"I have no idea, I've searched for days and not one clue."

"I'm getting really worried about them especially my best friend Mabel, where can they be?"

Talon then comes to her and puts his hands on her shoulders for reassurance.

"Easy, I'm not giving up until I find my answers, I'm sure their alright I know them, all four of them would never go down like punks."

Candy then nods her head as his reassurance comes though.

Suddenly the lights on the base have been shut down. Candy looks around and Crimson comes close to her,

Candy says, "What's going on?"

Talon says, "We've been breached."

Talon then looks to Candy and puts both his hands on her shoulders.

"Stay here, I'll check it out first."

"No, I'm coming with you."

"Don't worry about me, I'll take point just stay here and stay safe."

Candy knowing arguing more isn't going to get them anywhere then just does what he says for now. Talon then comes to the door which leads to the main hanger and then Talon then says out loud, "Emergency lights!"

There are a set of blue lights that turn on and the lights and there is a female figure whom is in what looks like survivalist wear with some combat paints and boots. Along with a green tang top but has a few refinements as she wears a combat vest and a scarf on her face that conceals half of her face except for the green eyes and long brown hair with a few freckles on her face.

"Wendy, so good for you to come, though I would have liked it in better circumstances."

He then takes a couple steps near.

"How did you find me, no never mind I know how you followed me, geez I must be slipping or you've getting better, but one question how did you turn off my power?"

Wendy, she takes out a remote, Talon recognizes the device.

"Adam, you never did miss a step."

He looks back at Wendy.

"If you're wondering if I kidnapped Dipper, Mabel, my brother I assure you I didn't, in fact I've been looking for them for the past six days."

Wendy says, "I already know you didn't do it, I need your help?" She then steps up. "My boyfriend sent me."

Crimson looks down and nods a yes gesture gently.

"Dipper I figured he'd catch on to me sooner or later."

He then looks back a Wendy.

"You know what's happened to them?"

"I don't but I know the person that does, you both have to come with me if you want to find out."

"For my brother and you anything."

Talon he complies easy and so does Candy whom just comes to Talon's side. They both go with Wendy then drives them straight to a forested area and they come straight on to the tree that is a door to the shelter. Wendy then parks it and leads both of them to the tree and goes to a hidden panel, opens it and pushes a button which makes the door on the tree slide open.

Candy, Talon, and Wendy all three come down the spiral stair case and then once they get to the bottom. Talon sees a disturbing sight as he sees all three Dipper, Mabel, and Adam they are all in bed and hooked up to machines with vitals reading and IV fluids constantly going in all of them, all asleep and hardly moving.

Talon says, "My god what's happened to them?"

"God didn't do this, but I'd bet my top dollar that some evil force at work has."

Talon and Candy turn to the source of the voice and see there is someone coming out of the shadows lean, with a long black duster coat on, salt and grey hair, and with glasses on.

Talon says, "Ford ….do you know what's happening to all of them?"

"I do all of them have be psychically hijacked."

"What how is that possible?"

"I had my suspicion about something and I'm afraid it came to pass, let me show you."

Ford then guides Candy, Wendy and Talon to the strategy room and then brings a file and opens it up and there are a few black and white photos. Talon, Candy and Wendy look at them carefully as they see in the photos it's two people hooked up to a machine, one is sleeping but the other is sleeping sitting up as he's sleeping he's then sketching certain locations. Another photo it's the same thing but it's a man that is sleeping lying down and a woman whom is sleeping sitting up and is sketching a face of a woman.

Wendy says, "What are we looking at."

Ford says, "This was of an experiment in Berkley the mid-1950, where we would somehow be able to look into the dreams of another person, we would be able to see and record whatever we are able to gather."

Talon says, "Much like with telepathy and remote viewing, I know about that."

"Yeah, but here it's more exact as you really have total control to explore the others psyche." Candy then flips though another photograph and sees it's another subject before going under he looks at a photo and some instructions.

Ford says, "They wanted to expand upon the idea by looking into minds from great distances.

But then Wendy sees the last photograph and it's of some medics trying to revive a subject that seems like he's spasming and foaming the mouth.

"Unfortunately, they had to abandon the whole project once they discovered there were certain dangers that can be induced, when one of the subjects was an insanely jellious man that decided to take action in the dream world, the man says he killed the subject by imagining a knife."

Candy says, "How is this connected with what's going on?"

"Everything."

Ford then throws down a paper from America Today which has a headline of a Massive Theft at the Science Facilities at Berkley other than the theft of 85 percent of their experiment and materials, it was the one from the underground vaults that were staggering. He also throws down another article on several Banks vaults robbed from codes leaked out. Another article on the treasury building being cyper infiltrated from codes leaked out.

"Once I heard about it and this sleep epidemic hitting the country my suspicions were confirmed, the people that leaked out these codes were all under, there was no way any of those codes could have gone out unless someone got in."

Talon says, "But how can that be, the technology about 70 years old, they never had the chance to get far."

"In today's world with advancements happening almost in mere months anything is possible, whoever did this has vastly upgraded the technology and has even expanded on the theory, if we can find the source then we can put a stop to this epidemic."

Wendy says, "Yeah, but who we have no idea who it could be?"

Ford then looks at Dipper, Mabel, and Adam in their states.

"I might, the machine seems to work mainly by targeting specific people, so far he targeted people from governmental and higher positions, but then started on civilians one to thirty."

Ford points his finger at all three of them.

"They were the first victims."

Wendy says, "Wait, how come whoever did this didn't come after me or them."

She points toward Talon and Candy. "His reach probably wasn't that strong at the time, or you were too far or well hidden."

Candy says, "That's right Talon and I we live in a secret base." Then she looks at Wendy. "Well not so secret anymore."

Wendy says, "I was on a trip to climb and hike at Mt. Rainer, Dipper couldn't come because of another case he was working."

Talon says, "Do you know what that was."

"No, the time I got back I saw the Mystery Shack was ransacked and all three lying down unmoving and barely breathing."

Wendy looks at Dipper with sad eyes.

"Whatever they had on the case was gone, I wish he let me in on it."

She touches Dipper hand with a couple of fingers. Candy looks at her friend Mabel and looking really upset seeing her friend once energetic and full of life so still and having her days stolen from her, she clinches her fist and then says, "So, how will we wake them up, there has to be a way."

Ford says, "There is come with me."

All three of them come with Ford and then he comes to a metal door with a key pad and then he types in a code and the door slides open and there all three then see there in a big room which contains rows of several machines that are circular in structure as they are two big rings but in the middle there is some sort of harness and headset. And on top there is some sort of flexible mechanical spine that connects the harness to the rings. Their all-in wonder as to what their seeing. And to the right there are stairs which lead to a skybox which has a wide horizontal frontal window, computer systems and monitors everywhere within.

Ford says, "I wanted to continue into the unexplored frontier of dream, so I built my version of their technology, but they're a little safer and more controlled."

He then takes all of them to the skybox, goes to the middle computer and points to a series of siren lights on top of the computer.

Ford says, 'These three lights are indicators of danger the first one Alert One is only on upcoming mild threats just mere illusions, obstacles, just little occurrences that can easily be blown though."

He then points to the second light Alert Two, this is on immediate threats one that really put you in mortal danger so take whatever necessary actions you must to neutralize or escape this threat. Ford then points to the third to last light Alert Three.

"This light we hope we never get to that's were your in life is in critical condition, if your unable to extract yourself I have to immediately pull you out with this. He then points to a big blue button which has a plastic lid covering.

"This button will shoot your body full of stimulant which will pull you out completely."

Ford then guides them to a room within the sky box which is some sort of locker room and there are just rows of body suits which are of different color and they all look like aligned muscle but with some circuitry pathways in several places and they all glow different colors.

Ford says, "All right suit up and I'll fill you in on more of what you need to know."

Ford gets out of the locker room and then Talon he takes on of them but then remembers Candy and Wendy are in the room with him.

He says quickly and nervously points another place. "Um I'll just go over there, and you girls can just… I'm going."

He quickly moves and both Candy and Wendy give a playful smirk at his modesty and they then suit up. All three come down and Candy is in the purple colored suit, Wendy in emerald green, and Crimson in black but with white circuitry glowing and he is without his face plate he has only a black skin tight ski mask on with only his eyes and nose showing, his eyes are blue and some of his skin showing looks like there were some small cuts one or two to his nose. On the left side of his face there is a little burn mark along with a cut which is on the cheek. However, Talon doesn't pay attention to his facial scaring instead he is looking at the suit.

Ford says, "How does it feel?"

Talon looks up, "Comfortable but strange, it's like it somehow molding with my body."

Talon then notices how both Candy and Wendy look in their suits and how he's seeing how shapely both are, Talon looks always not wanting to lear and for both not to see his face turn slightly red from what is exposed.

Ford explains, "Those suits are made of a mix of fiber and cybertech, their sensor boards by their nature but flexible."

Ford then points out the pathways on their suits.

"Those circuit pathways are what help me monitor your vitals but also help stimulate your nerves which give you simulated feeling, wherever you go and whatever you experience you will feel it; but most importantly I'll be able to communicate with you as each of them have a communication frequency programed into them."

Candy comes toward Talon and takes his chin lightly by her fingers and has him face her, he looks to her beautiful eyes and smile.

Ford seeing this display knows he better speed things up.

"Not much longer guys, I have one more thing to show you."

Ford then guides each of them to a table which has three cases each of them opens and they show gloves which more circuitry along with masks. All three of them put them on and then suddenly the seems of the gloves and suit then mold together and both body suit and gloves are as one.

Ford says, "These gloves interface with the hand nerves of your body, so when you're in the dream you will feel them on your hands and there are some devices."

He points to a small keypad which has three buttons.

"The black button is for communication to the terminal text where I'll be able to maintain contact with you."

He then points out the Green button and says, "This button is for emergency extraction, if things get too dangerous I want you to punch out immediately.

Candy then looks and says, "What is this red one."

Ford says, "Careful with that, it's for another emergency.

The Red will pump in a chemical to give both of you increased strength, but this is temporary, and you have only one so don't waste it. Ford then has a couple of shot guns loaded with a hyper sensitive to put both under for a long while and the other set to take them out.

Ford then show them the masks.

"These masks also do the same thing as your suits however this does even more as there are some circuits on the mask that will help stimulate your neuro pathways and give you a sense of total control walking in and out of dreams as well as control of what you want out of them; the circuits also help produce oxygen so you can breathe under these masks. Also, it induces visuals to your eyes before you go under, you'll see a screen of space first then some other visual that will help you sleep."

Ford then stretches and then says, "Alright enough of the tour, it's time to get going, step up to the machines."

All three they all climb a small amount of stairs and to the middle of the circular rotation machines. Their chest are fastened with a Velcro vest which is also another sensory pad, the spine on the machine then activate holding each of them in place. Ankles are fastened with Velcro straps which are attached to tight rubber ropes. Ford then has the sensory masks and puts them on carefully an all three, which imprint and mold onto their faces all the way to their suit and now suit and person are as one. But are able to breathe as the suits and masks produce oxygen, even able to see their surrounding as the circuitry of the suit and masks provide digital imagery enacting with their eyes. Ford then comes toward each of them with the shots. Ford says, "Give me a signal to indicate your ok."

Crimson, Candy, and Wendy they give a thumbs up and then Ford says, "Good luck to all three of you, I'm going to give you something which will help in your sleep."

He then gives them the shot to their neck. Ford says, "Count to 20 in your head backwards."

Crimson, Candy, and Wendy their having difficulty in reaching 13 and both soon go under and the rotator wheels their on activates and move them slowly to keep their senses going, their visuals of all going through a wormhole of some sort and then as it got faster soon. Suddenly Crimson, Candy, and Wendy's visual change instead of empty space they are going though some sort of worm hole which is light blue and then suddenly things turn to black.

Talon then opens his eyes and he sees Wendy and Candy whom stirring also and their looking around and see their someplace which seems to have lots of merchandise though most of it is just a tourist trap as there are some jars with Bigfoot's heart and other kinds of body parts.

Candy reply's, "Ford were in what looks like the Mystery Shack."

Ford right now is keeping his eye on the computer terminal and sees the text and then he then replies, "Are you in?"

Candy looks at her surroundings and says, "Yes, we're in."

Wendy then says, "In for one hell of an adventure."