Part Two
At the Mystery Shack Mabel stared out the window. She glanced over at the nearby clock and saw it was now 8:00p.m., three hours past the time Dipper had said he and Wendy would be back, to which they had not yet returned.
"Where could they be?" She asked no one in particular. "They should've been back by now.."
It was a this point that Soos and Grunkle Stan entered the room.
"Mabel, what are you still doing up?" asked Grunkle Stan.
"Dipper's still not back yet!" Mabel exclaimed.
"Phhah.." Stan said in response.
He made a slight shooing gesture with his hand as he spoke.
"You know your brother," he replied. "He's always off doing one thing or another.."
"But he's usually back by NOW.." Mabel tried to reason.
"Come to think of it.." Soos began. "Wasn't Wendy with Dipper?"
"Dipper DID say he was going to Lookout Point.." Stan muttered softly. "Which begs the question.. Why would he even go there?"
"That's only at least twelve miles from here! So Dipper should be back!" Mabel exclaimed, ignoring his last statement. "We need to look for him!"
"Mabel, it's storming out there," Stan responded.
"Which is WHY we need to FIND them!"
"Mabel.."
"PLEASE, Grunkle Stan! We HAVE to go!"
Stan soon sighed.
"Alright Mabel," said Grunkle Stan. "Go get your stuff.. We're going to go and look for them."
With that being said, the three of them gathered some supplies, and quickly headed out of the shack and into the cold of winter.
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Dipper opened his eyes to the darkness of the icy cave. He shivered as he lie beside Wendy on the icy cold floor. He glanced over at her and saw she had fallen asleep. Dipper sat up and felt the sharp pain in his head again. He stared in shock as he saw a large splotch of crimson where his head had been resting. Dipper turned his gaze to Wendy and could see how pale she looked as she lie on the ground.
"Wendy?"
She didn't respond.
"Wendy.."
He took her hand and froze in horror as he felt how cold her skin was.
"Wendy! Wendy wake up!"
Wendy groaned and coughed, clutching at her side in pain. Dipper held her hand tight.
"I-it's okay.." he assured her.
Tears formed in his eyes as he saw her in pain. Wendy could see the tears in his eyes and gripped his hand. Dipper smiled in response and carefully began to help her sit up. Wendy cried out at the pain in her stomach and chest. She took in deep breaths as she fell back again. Dipper felt his tears slipping down his cheeks.
"T-this is my fault.." Dipper choked out.
"Dipper.. S-stop blaming yourself.."
Dipper looked at her. She could see his tears and gripped his hand tighter.
"C'mon, man.. D-don't cry.."
Dipper took a deep, shuddering breath as he tried to calm down. He started to feel a sharp pain in his head again, to which Wendy noticed.
"Dipper?"
"I-I'm fine.." he said with a wince.
Wendy looked at him and then noticed the blood that had stained the ground beside her. Realizing Dipper had sustained a head injury, Wendy felt a rush of determination and fought to sit up again, ignoring the pain in her body.
"Wendy, you shouldn't.."
Dipper trailed off as Wendy gave him a look.
"We need to get out of here.." she responded.
Wendy slowly stood on stiff, shaky legs. She looked outside the cave.
"It looks like the snow is lightening up a bit.."
Dipper looked out and could see the snow was indeed calming a bit and he stiffly stood up as well. He cried out in pain as his legs buckled beneath him and he fell to the ground.
"Dipper!"
Dipper gritted his teeth as he tried in vain to stand up. Wendy knelt at his side. Dipper's entire body was in agony as his adrenaline had finally ran out, leaving him in horrible pain. Tears formed in his eyes again, this time however, they were tears of pain.
"Dipper.."
Dipper started to feel dizzy as he glanced up, his vision swimming slightly. He squeezed his eyes shut.
"Dipper, look at me.."
Dipper looked up at her again. Wendy took his hand and lightly squeezed it. Her emerald green eyes met with Dipper's deep brown ones, giving him a reassuring smile.
"Y..you're right.." Dipper choked out.
He swallowed the lump in his throat.
"W-we've been through worse.."
Wendy nodded and let go, allowing Dipper to try and stand again.
"We should find a way out of here.." Dipper muttered.
He turned his attention back out into the darkness outside.
"At least.. At least we don't have to go through this alone.."
Wendy looked at him, surprised by his comment but smiled and, regardless of her own pain, she pulled him into a hug. Dipper's face flushed as he felt her arms around him. After a moment, he returned her hug. Soon, he spoke.
"I-it's too bad our first Christmas in Gravity Falls had come to this.."
"I-I know.." Wendy whispered gently.
Dipper held onto her tighter, relishing in the feeling of being this close to her.
"This.. Was actually my fault.." Wendy finally said. "We could've just went to a movie or did something at the shack.."
Dipper pulled back to look at her.
"No- Wendy, you didn't know we'd get stuck here..!"
"But now we are," Wendy said simply. "And now we just need to pull together to get through this."
Dipper looked up at her, looking into her eyes again. God, he loved her eyes. Dipper mentally shook himself and after taking a breath, he nodded.
The two of them glanced outside again.
"Maybe we should wait until it gets light out.." Dipper stated after a while.
"Yeah.. Maybe.."
They sat silently for a few moments until Dipper spoke up.
"You know.. The snow is actually really nice to look at.."
Wendy turned and looked at him. He turned back to look at her.
"W-we don't really get that much snow where we live.." he replied to her expression of surprise. "Since we live in California and all.."
Dipper scratched the back of his neck, wincing a little as a dull ache went through him at the movement.
"Eh.." Wendy shrugged, soon wincing slightly. "After seeing it a lot, you kinda get tired of it.."
"I guess.."
After a moment, neither of them spoke. The only sounds around them was a gust of wind from outside.
"Hey Wendy?"
"Yeah?"
"I.. I um.."
Dipper didn't know how to continue. Finally he said.
"W-we should probably rest for a while.. We might have a long ways to go tomorrow.."
Wendy eyed him curiously but soon nodded. Slowly, she found a spot near the wall and rested herself against it. Dipper smiled and then turned to look outside again.
"Dipper?"
"Hm?"
"You coming over here or what?"
Dipper stared at her but soon smiled and after making his way over to her, he rested against the wall beside her. Wendy smiled and placed an arm around him, to which Dipper blushed but smiled and soon let his head rest against her shoulder.
Author's note: Will they be found in time? Review to find out.
*UPDATE*
Realized her eyes are green and not grey so changes were made!
