CHAPTER 2

CHILD'S PLAY

All three are getting orientated with their surroundings.

Talon then says, "Ford, why are we in the mystery shack."

Ford says, "What you're in is a reference point, it's to help ground you into the dream world without disorientation.

"And you chose to give us the Mystery Shack."

"Better place than any other, alright, before you go I'll give you a few pointers, first, all you have to use is your imaginations, with you own imaginations you can change into any form you want or even bring out whatever weapons you need."

Talon says, "Anything, hmmm."

Crimson Talon he then concentrates very hard and once he concentrated enough he then sees himself into a character from one of his favorite TV shows "Techno Troopers". His outfit is a robotic knight where the left side the color is red and the right the color is blue. He has a humanistic face but also someone on his belt which is a vortex command modulator to take him where he needs to go and some other buttons.

Candy and Wendy are amazed by what they see.

Candy says, "Cool let me try."

She then thinks hard on what she wants to be and then suddenly she is in the outfit on her favorite anime "Sailor Moon" she is in some sort of sailor like outfit with the white, a short black skirt, long white gloves, black boots and she wears a tiara with a red stone on top.

Wendy then gives it a try and she imagines having her trademark weapon which is a crossbow but also in her survivalist wear. With the green camoflashe color fatigue pants and green top with a black combat vest and also some black makeup give herself some shades.

Wendy says, "This is going to fun."

"Looks like you got that down, but this other part isn't simple, in the dream world if you get hit or shot you will feel the pain but only if you let yourself believe it's real, Just remember if things get really painful just use your disbelief it's your only shield but all the same try you best to avoid getting hurt."

Ford continues talking.

"Two other things you can also create whatever you want from your own home base or even bring up a business that is gone just anything, but also all three of you are locked into Mabel, Dipper, and Adam's psyche. On the back of your hand you have light compasis, the light will get brighter when you are closer but will get smaller when your further away."

Talon, Candy, and Wendy they look on the back of their hands and there is a gentle blue light that glows.

Talon says, "Ok, we're about to move out."

Ford says, "Keep in touch."

All three they then open the door to the shack and then start to make their journey into the woods. They look at the lights as their walking and they grow slightly bright the more they go forward.

Wendy says, "I have to ask, why the hell would you make a mini golf course into a secret base."

Talon says, "It was cool."

It was a strange answer, but Wendy accepted it all the same.

"Um listen you think both Candy and I can talk alone."

"Sure."

Wendy then walks with Candy and both are quiet for a while.

"It's been a while again."

"Wendy if you want to talk again about joining him and his case, I'm though talking about that matter."

"It's not about that, I don't even care about that."

Both are quiet for a moment again until Wendy breaks the silence.

"What is one thing you like about him."

Candy is a little surprised about the question.

"C'mon, you can tell me."

Candy lowers her defenses a little bit

Talon then sees his light has grown bright it's almost blinding.

Talon says, "We're here."

They then run to the area and then both Candy and Wendy have slightly shocked looks along with Talon whom despite his face hidden behind a mask he is still in shock.

Talon says, "Ah, man thats truly is the most terrifying sight I've ever seen.'

Mabel then opens her eyes and she is looking around and sees she in some sort of big store but it's all dark and all shelves are bare. She is looking around and then she sees where she is as she looks up at the dilapidated sign inside it's called Toy Planet. Mabel suddenly feels a cold icy chill and then she runs straight to her favorite spot in the store which is all pink and has a pink archway that says in big Pink Letters Doll Land, with a pink brick road. She takes a step forward and sees every single shelf is empty doesn't have on doll in sight, she then looks in the middle where there were plenty of tables and a play area where girls of all ages could play with old and new dolls along with the sets all of the tables are now bare. She then runs to another section which has an arch which shows two karate guys in a white and red gi fighting each other using some fireball powers, a helicopter firing and shooting missiles and some sort of red Ferrari zipping away from an explosion from behind and there are big metallic letters that say Action Block and she runs to it looking at each section empty and she is praying her very favorite section isn't empty but unfortunate her worst fear has finally came to pass. She sees the section based on her favorite anime.

"Sailor Moon" is all gone, every combat vehicle, toy prop with wands, guns and swords, costume armor and masks and worst of all every doll based on the show is gone, all gone.

Mabel says, "No, this can't be, no…."

Saddened she hears some noises and then the noises are coming closer and realizing she's in danger she runs. Mabel starts to get away from the noise but then the noise stops, and she is stands still for a moment trying to detect where the unknow presence could be. She then walks around and then walks into a section and is looking up and down the shelves as well as forward wondering if something is about to pop out. She comes to the end of the section and there is nothing, she even looks both left and right and sees nothing. But then suddenly there is something creeping up on a shelf behind and it's getting closer and it's on top of the shelf there is some dark hooked black jacket dwarf figure that is on the top of the shelf and is looking right down at Mabel with it's red glowing eyes and decayed brownish skin and long nails, it then gives out a small clench teeth grin which are sharp like shark teeth but full of gunk, yellow, black and a few teeth are broken or chipped, he's even drooling a little some black and yellow fluid. Mabel keeps walking forward and as she walks forward suddenly the figure drops down on her back and is attack her and Mabel she is trying to shake it off as it keeps lathing on to her and snarling and roaring. From it's roars suddenly there are many other dwarf figures that are roaring some animalistic inhuman roars and they are crawling out everywhere converging on Mabel. Suddenly things for Mabel go black.

Mabel then after a while she opens her eyes she is looking at the celling and sees she's still in the store but also that she is somehow tied up to some sort of table and she is in what looks like some sort of long sleeved and skirted dress which is strawberry colored, with an apron and she feels something on her head which is a bonnet and she also sees her cheeks have a lot of red painted dots which are suppose to be freckles.

She then looks around and sees she is surrounded in a semi circle by the black hooded figures and each of the hooded figures have hideous faces where their all bald but their skin is decayed to an extent and also they have strange eyes which are small light blue irises which all have a tiny black dot that are just looking at her crazily and they all have twisted smiles on their faces. One of the black hooded figures then comes up and has some sort of tool in his hands which looks like a portable buzz saw and it's turned on. Mabel is struggling franticly now, but the bonds are too tight and due to her position and the odds against her she isn't sure how she'll get out of it. The saw is no starting to come close to her right knees. She is sweating and extremely scared and she then closes her eyes readying herself for the cold dreadful kiss of the Buzzsaw.

But then suddenly there is some sort of electric blast which hits the Buzzsaw and it shuts down. The demon dwarf is wondering why the power tool won't restart and in frustration throws it away and turns around and he along with the other sees who fired it and it was Talon with his electro blaster set to EMP.

A muzzle from his wrist blows some smoke from the blast it delivered, he then puts his wrist blaster down and says in a sarcastic tone making a reference joke, "Hi I'm Chucky you wanna play!"

The group of demon dwarves then lets out a loud roar that covers the entire store and Talon, Candy, and Wendy they cover their ears as it really hurts. Then suddenly the demon dwarves charge them.

Talon then says, "Wendy and I will try to split them up."

He then looks at Candy, "Candy you go and help Mabel."

Candy then nods and then Candy runs to the right while Wendy and Talon run together to the left and most of the zombie dwarves follow them while only a few follow Candy.

As Wendy and Talon run together they then suddenly come to a fork in the road but they both know exactly where they lead.

Talon says, "Alright I'll take left, you take right."

"Wait a minute why the hell do you always have to lead."

"Because I said it first, hmmm."

"Did you just stick your tongue at me, you can't hide it from me with your faceplate."

"Uh…."

But before he answers they run though the pathways.

Talon he runs to the kiddie playground area. He sees one demon dwarf with a razor after him and he sees a tiny slide. He climbs up and then the demon dwarf comes his way and it swings at him with the razor he then kicks it and it is knocked away. But then more of the things come, Talon then slides down and runs but the four demon dwarfs they just back the tiny slide aside. Talon he looks and sees a tiny house he then executes a roll to the front door and out the back but the demon dwarfs they just bat the whole Tiny yard house aside and still chase after Talon. And then one of them they jump on Talon and several more snarling demon dwarfs are dog piling on Talon. That is when Talon them uses his techno belt computer once more and presses a button which makes his whole body into a highly charged electric coil and the current then travels toward each of the dwarfs and then they all explode with body parts flying everywhere but worst of all neon green blood is everywhere but covers Talon completely.

Talon then gets up and looks at himself, he then looks down on the computer belt. "Wow that's one kick ass tazer."

But then Talon hears a noise and then he continues to run.

Meanwhile Wendy she goes into the Cowboy shooting gallery range which is usual a sampling for the wiff guns. Only this time there are real weapons involved. Wendy she is inside the salon and everything is quiet, and she realizes the situation she's in so she then puts up her nail Gatling gun, she then looks around the place surveying everything and then suddenly a cardboard target pops up which is a bandit behind one door. Out of reaction she then discharges her gun and a nail goes right though the forehead of the cardboard target and it gets put down but then suddenly there is one zombie dwarf that comes from the second floor and is about the jump on her but Wendy turns in time and then once again discharges her weapon and a nail flies toward the Demon Dwarfs head going straight through to the back of it's head with Neon Orange Blood dripping and then the dwarf suddenly staggers and falls right though the railing and then goes spat on a table which splatters more Neon Orange Blood all over the area. But then there are three move that come out at random places in the salon. From one more on the second floor comes out a door to the left and Wendy immediately turns and discharges another nail toward the zombie dwarf's head right though the forehead and he collapses and splatters another table. Then there are a couple more, one from behind the bar counter and has a 38 gun and he is to the right of a set of liquor bottles. Wendy then fires rapidly each nail hitting and breaking each bottle until the last nail goes toward the demon dwarf nostril and he has a small geyser of orange blood shoot out and he goes down. Then there is one other demon dwarf that is in front of one of the windows and tries to shoot her with a sawed off shotgun but Wendy heard it's footsteps and then without turning immediately turns her nail gun backwards, resting the muscle on her right shoulder as a cradle and then using the last nail from the gun going straight toward the zombie dwarf hitting it in the eye, which makes him leak out blood in pain and then misdirect the muscle of the sawed off shotgun toward another demon dwarf trying to hit her from the other window and that dwarf get's it's whole body kicked back while falling apart with neon orange blood and some of it's weird organs falling out in midair.

Meanwhile Candy she fortunately has a clear pathway to run as she has encounter no zombie dwarfs so far it seems her boyfriend's plan is working. She soon comes to her destination as Candy sees one of the dwarves they take the buzz saw ad it is then slowly coming toward Mabel. Mabel gets nervous again and she still struggles with the bands and screams help as he is approaching her arm about to be dismembered as the blade is then overhead still buzzing but then suddenly there is a mini ballistic missile and it hits the buzz saw making it explode along with the top half of the body going to pieces with a slight gusher of neon green blood that splatters every where in the area including Mabel whom gets some on the face and dress. The hands of the Dwarf fly backward with the buzz saw on his hand and the saw is still going along with the hands still holding it rolling on the floor with a green blood trail. Mable then sees who it is that came to her rescue and it's Candy whom has a smoking wrist cannon muscle on her left wrist.

Mabel looks at Candy with a surprised look that she's here and her Sailor Senchi outfit. Mabel says, "Candy, how are you here?"

"We received your brother's distress, Ford sent us here."

Candy is cutting the bands loose by using a tiny laser discharged form her wrist device. Mabel still didn't' understand what was going on but she felt relief and really good seeing Candy once more despite the rift long ago. The final bond is cut and then Mabel stands up just a bit sore from the hard floor she faces Candy and same with her not knowing what to make of things between them and then suddenly they hear a noise and Candy says, "This way and both of them run. Candy then raises her communications. "Wendy, Talon I have her, time to regroup."

All of them then regroup and then as several more of the black demon dwarves come out of different places, Crimson he then has a smoke bomb and then throws it someplace and then it detonates and produces smoke enough to cover the whole store and then him and the rest of the group run out of the store and once their far enough away. Crimson he then takes out a remote, the smoke soon clears and then the zombie dwarfs see a little black box with one light that turns on, then suddenly the whole Toy Planet store explodes and is completely engulfed in flames along with the rest of the nasty black hooded dwarves, and specks to globs of neon green blood soak up most of the ground along with some body parts from the demon dwarves.

Talon then breathes a sigh of relief, "Thank god that's over."

"Talon come quick", says Candy.

Talon then drops the outfit and changes back into his original form where he' in a black and blue militaristic uniform with a black combat vest and cape and his helmet and faceplate. Talon then immediately runs and sees Mabel is on the ground and she is a catatonic state hardly moving. Wendy is snapping her fingers to Mabel to snap her out of it, but she's still in a cationic state.

Candy then comes and looks at her and says to Wendy. "I know what this is, it was the same state she was in when she heard the fun center Explorer Zone shut down, I know what I can do to snap her out of it, I need a "Sailor Moon" action figure?"

Crimson Talon then owns one of his specialized pouches from his combat vest and hands Candy a figure of "Sailor Mars".

Wendy looks at him strangely and Crimson notices her stare and then Crimson says, "What it's one of my favorite TV shows."

Candy then shows Mabel the action figure and gets it near Mabel's eyes and even her nose. Suddenly her eyes flicker and she move her head a little as well as her body.

Mabel says, "Oh, your all here."

Wendy says, "We are and we're not but all the same it's good to see you again Mabel."

"What's going on?"

"You're in a dreamworld Mabel, what you've just been though was a nightmare."

"It was the worst kind ever every Toy Planet in the country is gone now, I now walk the street there is not one toy shop in the country, what the hell kind of world am I living in, I've got to I've gotta…."

Wendy says, 'Ah damn, she's buggin out again."

Crimson Talon then opens another pocket in his combat vest and then takes out two toy figures, one a Sailor Jupiter with the Sailor costume on and she breathes a sigh of relief as she then has it in her hands and is clutching it close to her along with the other figure. Both Wendy and Candy once again look at Talon, Talon replies, "I keep a spare."

Mabel says, "Alright now it's out of my system, but another question why is both Candy and Talon here."

Wendy says, "I brought them to help, look I'll get Ford to extract you into the real world to fill you in on more."

Wendy uses her communicator to report her findings and soon Mabel disappears. All three wait a while and then a moment latter Mabel reappears and she is just amazed at the suit she is wearing and she can't help but hop and skip with joy as it's really brightened her spirits as well as the dream world and what's happening in it. Mabel then thinks something up, while all of them are walking looking at their light compasses, she decides to have a bit more fun with this imagination concept, she then conjured up in her mind the latest issue of Pop Glam magazine and was reading it along the way but also she changes herself into a Sailor Senchi outfit with the white, the magenta colored skirt, and a tiara with a black stone on the forehead.

Mabel says, "This is so cool, you could just about have everything, may 'be I can even get the boy band Enchalada Boys to play live in front of us.

Wendy says, "NO, I mean we don't have time, we have to find you brother and boyfriend they're in danger.

Mabel then closes the magazine and it poofs out of her hand.

"Don't worry Wendy, I'm well aware of our task, I get what's happening but why us first?"

"That is something I still haven't figure out yet?"

Mabel then looks toward Candy whom is walking and then she runs to her to ask some questions.

Candy is looking straight forward as she is walking forward and is aware Mabel is to the left of her but doesn't want to look at her face just yet.

Candy says, "What."

Mabel says, "I wanted to thank you both for saving my life, but also to ask why both of you and Talon are helping us, we're considered enemies right?"

"You already know why, but if you want to know I'll tell you latter."

Mabel then blows up on a strand of her hair with slight impatience of the delay but accepts it all the same to be friendly.

"Oh, alright."

"So now it's my turn to ask a question."

"Ok, shoot." "

Why don't you hate me after what I've done after I turned?"

Mabel is taken aback from that question and a little saddened but answers.

"I don't hate you I never have, we're still friends, aren't we?"

Candy then stops on her tracks, hearing those words made her heart feel a little less heavy in fact gave her a feeling of familiarity coming back, knowing her friend is still a friend. She then turns her head to look at Mabel with confidence and Mabel looks back at her.

Talon says, "Damn it."

Candy and Mabel suddenly look toward Talon's direction and run toward his position along with Wendy.

Wendy says, "What what's the problem."

"You're not going to believe this but our light compasses their on the blink."

"But that's impossible."

Candy says, "Unless whoever is doing this is catching on."

"What do you mean."

"What I mean is like a radio signal, he must be psychically jamming us."

Talon says, "It was probably because of our rescue mission with Mabel, somehow he's aware his illusion failed."

Wendy says, "But why isn't he zeroing in on us, why doesn't he send something after us right now?"

Candy says, "It could be because he doesn't know about us, remember some of what Ford said about taping in to certain people from distances, you can't really do that unless your have the persons identity and since we rescued Mabel, Mabel got out of the dreamworld briefly and is in the same set up we're in, which means his hold of Mabel's signal has been lost.

Wendy says, "All that is somewhat of a relief but now a big whopper of a question, how the heck can we find Dipper and Adam.

Mabel thinks for a moment and then says, "Wait we may not need the compasses, I already know where he is."

Wendy says, "What how is that possible?"

"We're both fraternal twins remember, so we have a special connection."

"Of course, so what is this connection telling you."

Mabel then raises her finger and whirls it around and then stops in one direction.

"To go this way."

She then walks that direction and Candy and Wendy follow, though Talon knowing Mabel's eccentricity he is a little less sure. He then runs up to Wendy.

Talon then asks, "Are you sure about this?"

Wendy then looks at Talon.

"I've known Mabel for a long time, and her instincts are never wrong, ever you know that arcade game "Lemuria Starquest."

Talon says, "Yeah, there use to be this contest where there would be three arcade games, beat each you get a price based on that game, but the contest was never complete because the third game never came, so say it was already made but that's been deemed a myth. No one has ever been able to prove it was real not even me."

Wendy says, "You know your history, well that game is no longer a myth, Mabel debunked it."

Talon says, "What how."

Wendy then gives a smirk.

"That's a story for another time may 'be she'll tell you."

Talon behind his faceplate mask has a slight look of astonishment.

Mabel and Candy are walking up and talks with Candy says some things and they look back at Talon briefly and both then give a small laugh. Talon is wondering what it is they find so funny if it's something about him but also has a small smile on his face despite concealed by the face plate, seeing Candy with her friend again and smiling with her.