Dinosaur Chaos: A Gravity Falls Next-Gen story.
Note: This story uses Markmak's OC Annabel Pines. All credit goes to him.
Somewhere, on an unknown island near Costa Rica, a large number of mercenaries were digging at an archaeological camp, deep in a rainforest. They were all working for a muscular man, with peach-fuzz hair and a short beard. His name was Edwin Bulkav.
He was a fugitive war criminal, and he had his men looking for something. Edwin was getting impatient.
"Arghh! It's been WEEKS and no progress has been made!" Edwin was known for a gruff, loud voice, matching his temper.
His right-hand man, a skinny person named Douglas Pyrocaine came out to him from one of the tents holding a clipboard.
Doug asked "Sir, the heat and predators have taken a toll on our troops, plus we're really without any solid clues about what we're looking for. Might I suggest we try scanning the islands via modified probes?"
"Doug! You're forgetting that we're using the probes as defense against predators!" Edwin snapped at the scrawny, tall man. "We WON'T risk more men than needed!"
Doug asked with frustration, "How much are we willing to give JUST to find this treasure?"
Edwin replied, "As many as we need to, but, hopefully, the minimum amount."
Meanwhile…in Piedmont, California…
Young Annabel Pines was relaxing on the couch in her living room, playing GBA. It was pouring rain outside, so she couldn't explore outside in the forest or in abandoned houses for mysteries.
Annabel groaned with frustration, "Ugh! Why can't I go look for odd stuff?!" She turned off her Gameboy Advance and got a book off the shelves entitled "Obscure Mysteries" laid on the couch, and began reading it. The book was FULL of mysteries, and
most of them seemed like more or less the same as the others, until one particular section caught her eye.
"Hmm. A Crystal Egg?" Annabel was intrigued. She read, "An ancient explorer named Milton Vengume wrote of a group of giant, ancient islands, where on the largest island, a treasure worth more than all the money in Asia could be. Atop a mystic Temple, through hot and wet forests, rivers, and grasslands, and everywhere in those places, giant reptiles that shake the very world with their footsteps."
Annabel was excited. "Wow! I gotta tell Dad about this!" She said with a huge smile on her face.
Immediately, she ran to her father, Dipper Pines, who was sitting in the TV room with his wife, Wendy Pines, watching an old movie together happily.
"Dad! Mom!" Annabel came running into the room with the book open to the article about the Crystal Egg. "Look at this!"
Dipper was the first one to comment about the book's entry, even though Wendy was equally interested in the book.
"Woah! Annabel! I've never seen that mystery before!" Dipper exclaimed.
"It must be an obscure mystery! It looks like 'Daddy's little princess' is REALLY becoming a mystery solver!" Wendy said with a giggle, earning one from Dipper as well.
"For the love of Bigfoot! I'm NOT a princess!" Annabel said with annoyance.
Her parents both chuckled at her. She simply shrugged and went to her bedroom to study the strange, new mystery in this odd book. Sitting back on an easy chair, she carefully read the inscriptions of the book, noting some details that were left out, such as the true identity of the giant reptiles mentioned, or if the Crystal Egg was rumored to have magical properties.
Annabel started wondering to herself "Giant reptiles that shake the very world with their footsteps? I wonder if the book is describing Dinosaurs. According to this little map here, the islands that the book describes are 3 islands the size of Madagascar, located just a little bit northwest of the Galapagos Islands. But…. there aren't any islands there! I've seen maps of our world! Something doesn't quite add up here. Either whoever wrote this legend was a nut, or the Government is KEEPING something from us! Well, NO secret is gonna be kept from ANNABEL PINES!"
She put on a determined look. She HAD to solve this Mystery! She went right to working on the case. She scoured the internet, searching anything that may relate to the new mystery, but found hardly a thing.
2 weeks later…..
Annabel came back from the Library, frustrated. She sat down with her mom in the TV Room.
"What's wrong Annabel?" Wendy asked her daughter in a concerned tone of voice.
Annabel replied annoyed, "I've been researching this new mystery for weeks and STILL have found no clues! Is Dad at work?"
"Of course Annabel, but he'll be home by this evening." Wendy smiled. Annabel gave a smile back to her mom.
"Being a paranormal investigator must be cool!" Annabel said.
"He loves his job, and takes his job seriously. The company, AND his team consider him as one of the best they've had!" Wendy proudly stated. "He got plenty of practice in Oregon, where we met!"
"I know all those adventure stories!" Annabel exclaimed happily.
At that moment, a big mail delivery truck arrived at the Pine's house. A lifter vehicle came out of the truck with a massive package. After the truck left, Annabel went to check the package.
Annabel said with excitement, "Hey! This came from Gravity Falls!" She then checked the label to see who sent it. "It's from Uncle Soos!"
Wendy came out hearing her daughter getting excited. "Oh, from Soos?" She asked Annabel.
Annabel replied "Yeah! Let's unwrap it!"
She quickly got to work unwrapping the package, revealing it to be a kind of spaceship, built from old mystery cart parts, a small plane, and a motorcycle.
Wendy was perplexed. "What the heck IS this thing?
Annabel was excited. "It looks like a sort of space ship!" She hopped into the pilot's seat with a smile, and found a note on the steering wheel.
The note read, "To Annabel. Hey girl-dude, I built this ship out of spare parts, and thought it would be cool if you could find use in it, from Uncle Soos."
Annabel felt like a little child as she looked around the ship. She noticed an odd-looking robot at the back of the ship along with some odd equipment that resembled large cell phones.
Wendy called to her daughter, "Annabel? What is this thing?"
"A gift from uncle Soos!" Annabel replied with excitement. "I wonder how you turn it on?"
Annabel tossed a large piece of machinery out the window. The device resembled a TV screen. It then activated, and hovered towards Wendy. Then, it turned on the screen, showing Annabel in the cock pit.
Annabel was in the pilot's seat, ready to fly the ship. "Let's see what this can do!" She exclaimed, pressing some buttons, turning on the ship.
Wendy, however, wasn't liking her recklessness . "Annabel, STOP!
"What, Mom?" Annabel replied as she pulled a big lever. Suddenly, the ship jerked back and launched, much to Wendy's horror! Traveling super fast, Annabel was unable to pilot the ship properly, and had to put coordinates into the navigation computer. She had learned quickly how to use the map system of the bizarre ship, and saw that she was heading over the Pacific Ocean! Thinking fast, she put "Galapagos Islands into the navigator. However, there was a malfunction, and the ship began to land north west of the Galapagos Islands, seemingly, into the Ocean!
Annabel was trying to keep her cool, but was panicking. "Oh man, maybe this wasn't such a good idea! Why didn't Uncle Soos give more detailed directions about this machine?!"
However, when the ship came through the clouds, instead of just ocean, Annabel saw a coastline, leading into rainforest! Pulling back the ship's throttle, she was able to make an emergency landing on the beach, at the edge of the forest.
Annabel was relieved at this close-call. "Whew! Of all thrill rides in the world, THAT is one I'd rather not do!"
Annabel then noticed the communication machine inside the crashed ship, and turned it on, dialing her home phone number into it, the screen turned on, showing a sobbing, heartbroken Wendy.
"Mom? Mom?" Annabel called, getting her mother's attention and relief.
"Anny! Thank God you're safe! What were you THINKING, young lady?!"
"I dunno!" Annabel replied with guilt in her voice. "I'm not sure I WAS!"
Wendy angrily shouted, "You're grounded for 8 months when you get back home! Your father will be STEAMED at this, and lemme tell you; Uncle Soos isn't getting away scot-free!"
Annabel was really upset. She had probably broken TONS of major laws without even realizing it, was stranded on some strange islands, AND her parents were mad at her!
To be Continued in part 2!