"If we're gonna find Mabel," said Yakko, "we'll need a bird's eye view of the town."
"Why don't we climb up the water tower?" said Dot.
The water tower walked past the Warners and roared at them.
"Never mind," said Dot.
"Perfect view from here!" said Wakko.
Yakko and Dot looked up to see Wakko standing on a tree. They climbed up and joined their brother.
"Not bad," said Dot.
"Can you take these?" said Wakko, handing Yakko the plot holes. "My Gag Bag's gettin' kinda heavy."
"Sure," said Yakko, putting the plot holes in his pants.
Wakko took out a telescope from his Gag Bag and looked down, searching for Mabel in the gradually decreasing crowd below.
"Any sign of her?" said Yakko.
"Nope," said Wakko. "But an eyeball with bat wings just turned someone into stone."
"We better keep an eye out for them!" said Yakko.
Wakko played the drums to accompany Yakko's joke.
"Hey," said Dot, "what's that over there?"
She pointed to a large pink bubble at the cliffs. It was chained up and had Mabel's shooting star on it.
"Ah-ha!" said Yakko. "They don't call her 'Shooting Star' for nothin'."
They climbed down from the tree and set off for the cliffs.
"Downtown's the quickest way there," said Dot. "We can use the shortcuts!"
"Ah," said Yakko, "good ol' shortcuts. Not as fun as traveling by plot holes, but definitely faster."
Suddenly, Wakko heard something behind him. He turned around and gasped.
"Look out!"
He threw his mallet at an eye-bat, hitting it and knocking it out. The mallet acted like a boomerang and shot back towards Wakko's hand immediately upon contact with the eye-bat.
"Nice aim," said Yakko. "Anyway, we just gotta make sure we aren't sidetra-"
He stopped mid-sentence when he spotted Wendy hiding in the bushes and wearing camouflage.
"Hellooooooo nurse!" said Yakko and Wakko.
They jumped at her, but received a swift punch and kick to the gut. They fell on the ground in pain.
"Worth it!" said Yakko.
"Boys," said Dot. "Go fig."
Wendy took off her camouflage. Her plaid green shirt was tied around her waist revealing a white tank top while two streaks of black war paint were on her face. A piece of flannel was tied around her head like a bandanna and black fingerless gloves were on her hands.
"Sorry," said Wendy, "thought you were Bill's friends."
"How ya doin', Wendy?" said Yakko, standing up and recovering from the blow rather quickly.
"Not good. I was playing Truth or Dare in the cemetery with the guys when it happened. The eyeballs froze Lee, Nate, Tambry, and Thompson."
"And Robbie?" said Wakko.
"He almost got away but stopped to take a selfie. Duck!"
The Warners did so. She threw her axe, slicing an eye-bat flying towards them in half.
"It's not safe out here. Come on, I'll take you back to my hideout."
She led them to the mall, entering a store called Edgy on Purpose. The Warners told Wendy about their encounter with Dipper and Ford, somehow leaving out the parts mentioning Mabel.
"They know they can't defeat Bill by themselves, right?" said Wendy.
"I tried to tell 'em," said Dot, "but you know Ford. Once he sets his mind on something he won't stop."
"Like you and your crush on Mel Gibson?" said Yakko.
Dot playfully elbowed Yakko, making him laugh in response. Meanwhile, Wakko stared at a plate of nachos.
"Don't touch them," said Wendy. "It's a trap I made in case one of Bill's friends find us."
"I can't wait to see if someone's stupid enough to fall for it!" said Yakko.
They heard footsteps from outside. Wendy stayed behind with Wakko and Dot while Yakko hid behind a plant to see what was going on.
"Anyone out there?" said Wakko.
"I think we found our first victim," said Yakko. "Hold on, I'm getting a closer look."
He took out his binoculars to see someone enter the mall. He snickered once he realized who it was.
"What's so funny?" said Wendy.
Yakko tried to be as casual as he could about it, but couldn't hide a huge smile on his face.
"Oh, nothin'. This is gonna be good..."
Wakko and Dot couldn't see who walked towards the plate of nachos, but they had a pretty good guess on who it was based on the voice.
"The last nachos on Earth."
The person who grabbed the nachos was suddenly picked up and thrown into a net.
"Ah! Help! The nachos tricked me!"
The Warners laughed so hard they rolled on the floor.
"Dipper?" said Wendy.
She emerged from the shadows and cut the net, setting Dipper free. He hugged her, glad she was still alive.
"You should've seen the look on your face!" said Yakko, wiping a tear from his eye and coming out of the shadows with his siblings. "Priceless!"
"Where's Ford?" said Wakko.
"We tried to defeat Bill," said Dipper, "but he was too strong and turned Ford into a gold statue."
"Told ya it wasn't gonna end well," said Dot.
"Hey," said Yakko, "it could've been worse. Bill could've destroyed the journals!"
"He already did."
"Then we're doomed."
"The toon powers you gave me didn't help either. For some reason they disappeared after you guys left."
"I thought they were gonna be permanent," said Yakko, "but I guess there's a few things even we can't control in this environment."
"Anyway," said Dot, "we should go back to the hideout. This way!"
They went back into the store with Dipper, where Wendy explained what happened with her friends.
"What about you?" she asked.
"I was in a fight with Mabel when it happened. Great Uncle Ford asked me to be his apprentice once the summer was over. But that would mean I wouldn't go back home. It would mean growing up without Mabel."
"That's harsh," said Yakko.
"Mabel didn't take it well and she ran off into the forest. She couldn't even look me in the eye."
"Oh, dude," said Wendy.
"Did you find her yet?"
"Uhhhhhh...we kinda sorta got distracted with Wendy," said Yakko.
"But I think I know where she is," said Dot.
The Warners got on top of the roof. Dipper and Wendy decided to follow them.
"Toby," said Wendy, "you watch the camp."
Toby Determined came out wearing edgy clothing from the store.
"Don't call me 'Toby' anymore," he responded. "Call me 'Bodacious T'."
"No one will ever call you that."
Once Dipper and Wendy made it to the roof, they saw the Warners sitting down and staring at the ruins of Gravity Falls.
"Ladies and gentlemen," said Yakko, "it's the end of the world as we know it. Boy, those death metal album covers were really onto something!"
"I was thinking the same thing!" said Wendy, giving Yakko a high five.
"So where do you think she is?" said Dipper.
A monster ate a billboard in front of them, allowing Dot to spot the cliffs easier.
"There," said Dot, pointing to the bubble.
"Of course!" said Dipper. "The shooting star from her sweater. She's in there, I know it! But how are we gonna get there without getting caught?"
"I have an idea," said Wendy. "Follow me."
"Ooh," said Yakko, "we're taking the scenic route!"
They arrived at Bud Gleeful's Auto Mart with Toby.
"Free cars right for the hot wiring," said Wendy.
"Bingo!" said Yakko. "We just found our ride."
"I wonder if they have a tank," said Wendy. "I've always wanted to drive a tank!"
"I'm surprised your dad doesn't have one," said Wakko.
Toby looked into a car.
"Ooh, an air freshener. Finally I'll smell like a person."
"He smells normal to me..." said Dot.
Suddenly a tranquilizer dart hit Toby.
"Ah! It's gonna take more than one dart to keep me from-"
Several other darts hit him. Dipper, Wendy, and the Warners ducked for cover.
"Oh no!" said Wendy. "Tony! Was it Tony? I can never remember his name."
"Actually it was Toby," said Yakko, "but close enough. You were off by one letter!"
Three car headlights turned on in front of the group of five. Three giant cars, each with prisoners from the jail inside of them, surrounded them.
"Well, well, looks like we got ourselves a pair of ground walkers."
