Chapter 2

All Dipper could do was stand there frozen in fear. He could feel his skin crawling while he remembered the awful experience of being possessed by the demon. "So how have you been lately pine tree? I see you and your family have been up to some big stuff. Now what could you guys have been doing that could cause all those gravity fluctuations around town I wonder?" Bill asked as he continued to swinging his cane around as he started to float around me and Stanley in a circle. Stanley stood in front of me and pushed me towards his back.

"Hey Stanford what's up with that weird get up? You look like you just got back from being lost in the desert for a year." Just then gruncle Stan, Mabel, and Soos all came running into the room. "Hold on a minute here is my eye playing tricks on me or do I spy with my little eye two sets of twins." He stopped floating around us and stopped in front of all five of us. He looked at all of us now all standing in a group formation with Stan and Stanley in the front standing side by side staring down the dream demon. "So that's what you were up to Stanford. You finally got that old portal to open up for you again." he said as he looked at the portal.

"So Stanley how has it been long time no see? How was your 30 year vacation in the dreamscape?" Bill asked slowly floating back to us. Dipper could see the anger and hatred in both gruncle Stan and Stanley's eyes. Then I noticed Stanley eyeing his blaster he had with him when he came out of the portal on the table across the room.

"What do you want Bill," yelled Stanley as he as he took a step forward?

"What I can't come to see an old buddy after he gets back from his long trip. Though it does break my heart you didn't call first. Well it would if I had a heart anyway."

"Just leave us alone you big jerk" Mabel shouted from behind gruncle Stan. Bill turned his body over in her direction.

"Sorry to say but I can't do that shooting star." He then looked at Stan, Stanley and me again. "You see I unlike you know what that machine was meant to do. Or should I say who it was made for." Mabel looked at the three Pine men confused as to what Bill meant. "You see that there device was meant to send and trap me in the dreamscape forever and was made by your good old grandpa Stanley" Bill said as he pointed his cane at the machine. "Quit honestly without Stanley here I never thought Stanford would be able to fix the machine especially without the help of that old assistant of Stanley's McStuckit or something" Bill said as he turned his back on them. Just then Stanley jumped and rolled across the room and grabbed his blaster off the table.

"I have had just about enough of you Bill" Stanley said as aimed blaster at Bill. "Now get out of my house and leave my family alone now." Bill turned around to Stanley not looking at all concerned about the blaster pointed at his triangular body.

"Yes, you're right Stanley it is about time I end my business here." Bill paused for a minute. Then turned around making himself bigger and red just as he had done at our first encounter in the dreamscape saying "Permanently" in a deep menacing voice. I once again froze. even though I had seen him like this before I could tell now that he was just toying with us. This time I felt and saw the anger in his single eye. I could tell he meant business this time because Stan and Stanley both had the same look in theirs. Stanley started shooting at Bill as he flipped the table he had grabbed his blaster from jumped behind it.

"Get the kids out of here now Stan." Stanley yelled as he continued to shoot at Bill. Stan quickly grabbed my arm and told Soos to grab Mable. He was still frozen in place looking at the battle that had just started between Stanley and Bill. Stanley still blasting at Bill while he now started to return fire with blasts of his own blue energy.

"Soos!" Stan yelled at him finally getting his attention. "Grab Mable and head for the back of the control room. Me and Dipper will be right behind you. After we get in hit the big yellow button on the back wall." Soos nodded his head and picked Mable up and put her over his shoulder then headed for the door. Stan started dragging me behind him to the control room. "Come on Dipper we got to get to the control room" Stan yelled. I brought my feet to a screeching halt as I looked up at Stan.

"What? We're running away to hide. We need to help Stanley fight Bill."

"Listen Dipper the best way for us to help Stanley is to get to that control room and make sure Bill doesn't." Just then Bill turned his attention to them.

"Where do you two think you're going you're going to miss all the fun" Bill said now blasting in their direction like a mad man.

"Dipper come on we have to hurry" Stan said dragging me to control room by my arm once again. I thought about it and knew while I may have been able to fight Bill in the dreamscape there wasn't much I could do in the real world but get in Stanley's way and be a liability. While coming up on the door Stan sees a blast of energy heading straight for Dipper. He then uses Dippers arm to sling shot him to the other side of the room taking the energy blast himself.

"Stan!" Dipper yells as he gets up and runs over to the now unconscious man. While distracted looking at his fallen brother now laying on the ground Bill takes advantage and shoots Stanley right in the chest.

"Well that's two down One pine tree to go" Bill says slowly floating towards me. "Now what to do what to do" Bill says looking directly at me just a few feet away. "I don't suppose you would be willing to change sides would you pine tree." I wouldn't even dignify that with an answer. "Yeah I didn't think so." Bill raised his hand preparing to blast me and Stan to bits in a single blow. Just as he was about to fire he screams out in pain "ahhhhhhh" and misses. I looked around to find Stanley now standing right next to the portal machine directly behind Bill holding his now smoking blaster. Next thing I know I hear a scream from Mabel coming from the control room.

I ran over to the control room to see if Mable or Soos had been hurt. To my relief they weren't. I could not however say the same for a part of the control panel that had taken Bills blast. Next thing I knew I saw a bunch of lights turning on and the count down timer over the control panel counting down from two minutes. I quickly ran back to Stan to find that Bill was nowhere to be found. I ran Stan over to Soos in the control room who took him and placed him against the control room's control panel with Mable. "Dude come on we have to seal the door" Soos said signaling for Dipper to come in.

"No I have to get Stanley" I said quickly looking at the clock. I had less than a minute and a half left on the clock. I ran across the room next to the dude of the portal where Stanley was leaning up against. "Come on we got to get you to the control room before the timer runs out" I said as I helped Stanley stand up and walk.

"What happened?" Stanley asks as he and I move as quickly as possible across the room.

"Bill's shot hit the control panel and started the machine." I could tell Stanley was really worried about the machine being turned on again. Next thing I knows I hear a loud noise. Then I see the portal turning on and the timer at zero. I could already feel me and Stanley being pulled towards the portal. Me and Stanley made a run for the door. But were already getting lifted off the ground. Then from in front of me I could hear Mable's voice say "catch." Next thing I know I see Stanley holding on to the rope end of Mable's grappling hook with one hand and holding on to my arm with the other.

"I got you bro bro" Mable yelled while being held down by Soos. I smiled. But my smile quickly changed when I could feel my hand starting to slip.

"Hold on Dipper. Don't let go. Just hold on a little longer" Stanley yells straining to get a grip on my hand looking me straight in the eyes. I looked up at Mabel, Stanley and Soos giving their all to save me. But I could also see all of them struggling to hold on.

"Soos no matter what happens I want you to protect Mabel ok" I say looking down.

"What" Mabel says looking more worried by the second for Dipper?

"What are you talking about little dude I'm supposed to protect the both of you?" Soos asked as he looked down at Dipper. I then looked up at Stanley straight into his eyes.

"It was great to finally get to meet you. I just wish it could have been for longer." I say smiling.

" Don't you dare say that. Don't you dare give up on me. We'll get out of this, defeat Bill and go on lots of adventures discovering and solving the mysteries of Gravity Falls together as a family." All I can do is look down again for a second. then I look back up with tears running down my face.

"I would have really liked that." Just then I lets go of Stanley's hand and start to fall out of his grasp down towards the portal. The last thing I see is Mable's face as she screams my name as I fall into the portal. After he falls in the machine shuts off. Mable and Stanley fall to the ground. Mable quickly runs out to Stanley crying "hurry turn the machine back on we have to save Dipper." "Hurry please we have to save Dipper." Stanley looks at her, her eyes and nose already red puffy from crying. With tears flowing down her cheeks he wipes them away and looks her right in the eyes and says.

"Don't worry Mabel I promise you we will get Dipper back." He then gives her a big hug and says "I promise" as he too starts to shed tears too.