It has been a few hours up until Stanford's brother jumped out of the portal. I've yet to believe the Author is between us. And furthermore, Stanford's brother!
Yes, I am calling him Stanford. He confirmed he used those ID's for international travels and such, and the news were referring to his brother, who was called Stanley. But it's going to take more than that to make him gain my trust again.
Mabel, on the other hand...I might not trust her anymore. But I still care for her. She's my twin, and I don't want any other predicament to fall upon us. Soos hasn't woken up yet. Wendy's been off the whole day.
The Author was also asleep. Whatever was happening on the other side of the portal, it drained him. I'd most likely shower him with questions, but I decided to keep my cool, and wait for the proper time.
...And speaking of proper time... Now I'd better get moving. Mabel and Stanford are too busy watching TV...bonding...It's better to let them be. I went outside and reached to where the Author's bunker was. Looking around to see nobody, I hit the switch that revealed the staircase.
Once everything turned out fine and dandy, I proceeded down to where the room with the cryptograms. I eyed the trap carfully, and dodging it, I came at one wall. I pressed one tile on the furthermost right, one on the furthermost left, and one in the top. A passage has been revealed.
I stepped forward, and blue and red lasers started to cover me. I stood perfectly still, with no surprise on my face.
After all, this wasn't the very first time I stepped in here.
"Scan complete. Welcome, Dipper Pines." A loud, computerized voice told me. I returned the greeting. "Hello, M.B. I trust you are ready to restart the portal now?"
"Yes. The gravitational anomalies have been nullified. I shall reboot the portal right away." M.B answered. You might be asking who is that. I'll explain.
Before I got out of the bunker, I discovered this place. A room, with a strange machine. Once I explored the options, I booted up the system. Turns out, this is a room with a A.I that knew all secrets of the universe. Well, used to know. The 30 years he spent turned off didn't do well to his memory, and he apparently lost a core component. His true name is Main Brain. I decided to help him in finding his missing component, and in trade, I'd have all secrets in my hand!
Of course, we haven't found much about it, and the anomalies (who started even before Stanford's portal was at full power) were shortening M.B's capabilities. Of course, barring the portal's destruction, I figured he'd be at full power again.
"I have found the source of the gravitational anomalies." I spoke. "Stanford had a portal just like yours, and he used it to bring back the author."
"Is the author okay?" M.B asked, a bit of curiosity and happiness on his robotic voice.
"It appears so. He came out really tired, though." I told him. "I'll call him over one day, though." I offered.
"Your sentiments are much appreciated, Dipper." M.B. Answered. I smiled at him, but my attention was soon turned to a beeping sound at the room.
"Did we caught something?" I asked. I went up to the source of the beeping: the radar. It showed a positive result. "M.B, did you pinpoint the location?"
"Yes. It appears to be in Gravity Falls's Chinatown." M.B informed me. I was curious, to say the least.
"Gravity Falls has a chinatown?" I questioned. I never heard of nor saw that chinatown. That was odd...but not as odd as the monsters I encountered.
"I will pinpoint the location and mark it on the GPS on the table, Dipper." M.B told to me. A few seconds later, more beeping. This time, a kinda-sorta watch popped out. It was the GPS he commented. A quick look at it, I noticed that the location for the chinatown was a couple of miles away. A kinda long jog. Unless...
...
No, I can't drive. Then...
No, calling Wendy might not work. She might notice how I'm going solo...
Well...calling Wendy is a better idea.
Silence filled the room for a few seconds.
"Thanks, M.B. I'll be off to the shack, and tomorrow, I'll search for it." I spoke to him. He agreed and shut down for a moment of rest. Hey, even A.I.'s need some sleep time.
Exiting the bunker and coming close to the shack, I come across...Wendy! This is my chance!
"Hey, dude!" Wendy waved "Where've ya been?"
"Oh, I was just going for a nature walk." I answer her question. "Say, Wendy, I was wondering if you could help me with my next mystery hunt!"
"Oh, really?" She replied. "Help with what?
"To find the Gravity Falls Chinatown. I just need to go a couple miles north."
"Sweet. Wanna find out about the rumors, éh? Just warn me whenever you want to go." And with that she left. That was too easy! Entering the Shack, I found that Mabel and Stanford were sleeping on the sofa. Heh, the movie might've been boring.
I set myself to go tomorrow morning. Maybe I can find M.B's things there...
Ugh, I really need to sleep...but...
Argh, screw it! I picked up Mabel, só that she wouldn't have to waste her time to later go to bed.
"Mm..Bro-bro...?I'm sorry..." She mumbled.
"An apology's not good enough, Mabel." I thought to myself. She could be naive sometimes...
Finally finished putting her on the bed, I moved to mine and begun sleeping...
But a thought flashed in my head...
Does Mabel really trust me?