The twins ventured over to Soos' room in the Shack. Soos had taken over the mystery room that had the body switching carpet inside of it. The wind was blowing a little harder and colder now. Mabel's bangs flapped in the wind as she banged on Soos' door with Dipper. "Soos!" They screamed together. No answer. Dipper attempts to open the door. "It's locked!" He said frantically. "What should we do?"

"Try the presidential key Quentin Trembley gave you." Mabel suggested.

"I almost forgot!" Dipper exclaimed as he pulled the key out of his back pocket. This would be the first time he would be able to use the key on an actual lock. "Let's hope this works." Dipper placed the key in the lock and turned it. It came as a slight surprise to the twins when the door actually opened. They ran inside, but couldn't find Soos anywhere.

"Where is he?" Mabel asked Dipper.

"I..I don't know." Dipper scratched the back of his neck. "We should probably go get Grunkle Stan."

The twins rushed out of Soos' room and headed to Grunkle Stan's room. The wind continued to grow stronger while the Mystery Shack became colder. Grunkle Stan's door was open when the twins reached his room. Dipper entered in first, and stopped immediately. Grunkle Stan's sheets had been lifted up and the bed was empty. Dipper turned to Mabel. "He's not here."

Mabel was now very worried, "Do you think Gideon came back and took them?"

Dipper disagreed with the idea, but he wasn't too sure anymore. "I don't think so, at least... I don't know."

All of a sudden, they heard a crash in the kitchen. "What was that?" Mabel said, with a frightened Waddles next to her.

"Let's find out." Dipper said as he left Stan's room and began walking towards the kitchen.

"Wait." Mabel whispered loudly. "Shouldn't we get something to defend ourselves?" She grabbed a lamp on a nightstand by Grunkle Stan's bed.

Dipper walked back and grabbed Grunkle Stan's alarm clock. "Let's go."

The Pines twins tiptoed to the kitchen entrance. Dipper signaled to Mabel to go in on his count of three. "One...two...three!" Both of them charged into the kitchen. Mabel was flailing her arms with the lamp in her hand and Dipper was half ready to throw the alarm clock when they saw Soos cleaning up a jar of jelly from off the floor.

Soos turned around from his sweeping. "Oh." He paused awkwardly. "Sup' dudes." He looked around as if someone was watching him.

"Phew." Mabel said, wiping invisible sweat off her forehead. "We thought it was a monster...or worse..." Mabel's eyes got big as they began to twinkle. "...Gideon."

Soos chuckled. "No Gideon here... Uh, why don't you two go back to sleep."

Dipper saw the same light that was beneath their bedroom door shining from the main room of the mystery shack. "Soos? Do you see that?"

"Oh you mean that blue light? Yeah, that's nothing... Just a... light-bulb malfunction." He whispered "Nailed it." to himself.

Dipper knew something was up. "What's going on?" He demanded an answer from Soos.

Soos began to speak. "I already told..." There was a knock at the door. But it wasn't the front door. It was the door to the Mystery Shack gift shop. "Uh-oh."

Dipper ran to the door while Mabel and Soos followed. But before he opened the door, he could see the blue light coming from the vending machine. He jumped back from the handle. "What's going on with the vending machine?"

Soos answered again. "Light-bulb malfunction."

They heard voices from behind the door. It was Sheriff Blubs and Deputy Durland. "Open up the door or we will! We know something is going on." "But Blubs... I want to use my nightstick." "Don't worry you'll get to."

Dipper quickly told Mabel to grab a sheet and cover up the vending machine. Mabel grabbed a sheet from behind the cash register counter and threw it over the vending machine. Soos helped drape it over, making sure none of the blue light was showing.

Dipper looked at the vending machine and partly opened the door. "How can I help you this fine evening officers?"

Blubs began to talk after he sipped some coffee. Durland was next to him, patting his nightstick into the palm of his left hand. "We got a noise complaint after someone passing by heard a loud banging noise. What's going on in here?"

Dipper started nervously talking, "Banging noise? There wasn't a banging here. Soos dropped a jar, but no banging noise."

Blubs looked at him curiously. "Good enough for me. Keep it quiet and have a good night."

"Thanks." Dipper said as he quickly slammed the door. He leaned up against the door and slid down to the bottom so that he was sitting up against it. "That was close." He said as he smiled at Soos and Mabel. That smile immediately turned into a shocked expression as there was another knock at the door. Dipper got up again and cautiously opened the door. Someone pushed through Dipper as he tripped forward and the door slammed shut.

It was Wendy. "What's going on here guys? I was outside taking out the trash when I saw the cops speed past heading in the Shack's direction. So I followed them on my bike here."

Dipper now had a big decision to make. One that could affect his and Wendy's lives forever. Does he show Wendy the light which would eventually involve her in all of this Mystery business. What if she got hurt because of this? She had already been involved before when they were in Dusk 2 Dawn and Dipper defeated the Ma and Pa ghosts by doing his Lamby Dance. But then again, if she was to get involved, she would think highly of Dipper and may think that he's good enough for her. Was being selfish a good enough reason to possibly put Wendy's life at risk? Although, if Dipper lies to her to protect her from this scenario, will she think badly of him because he lied to her? There were so many variables to consider and only so much time to make a decision.

Dipper started, "Hey Wendy... I have something I should tell you." He could hear Mabel whisper behind him, telling him "No." But he continued. "The cops came over because..."

There was another banging noise from behind the vending machine. Dipper closed his eyes and winced. After he decided to protect Wendy and tell her that it was nothing, something just had to screw it up.

"What was that?" Wendy said as she looked at the vending machine.

"Defective light-bulb." Soos said as he took a bite out of a peanut butter sandwich.

"No. Seriously. What's going on here guys?" Wendy asked as she walked up to the covered up vending machine.

Dipper wasn't sure where to start his explanation. Does he begin with today, the journal, or the convenience store? However, Mabel took charge. "We don't know. I just woke up to that same banging noise. And I woke Dipper up to investigate with me and all we found was a blue glowing light behind the vending machine and Soos cleaning up a jar he broke down here.

"It sounds like Soos does know what's going on." Wendy said as she pulled the sheet of the vending machine.

"What's going on Soos? We need to know." Dipper pointed at Soos.

Mabel added, "Yeah, and where's Grunkle Stan?"

Soos wasn't sure what to do. He promised not to tell them, but what could Soos say that the kids would believe? "I'm sorry dudes, I can't tell you."

"What do you mean you can't tell us? We live here, I think we have a right to know!" Mabel said, she grabbed Soos' shirt, got on her knees and pleaded to Soos. "Pretty please tell us."

"Sorry little dude I told you, I can't. I promised the boss." Soos explained softly.

Dipper began banging on the vending machine hoping that it would open it up.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." threatened Soos.

But Dipper ignored him and began pressing buttons on the vending machine. Wendy and Mabel stood next to him as Soos paced behind them, hoping he wouldn't guess the combination. But somehow, on his 6th try, Dipper was able to open up the vending machine. The right side of the door opened up a little and Dipper gave Mabel a high-five. Wendy patted Dipper on the head, "Nice job Dipper." He smiled and lead the trio down the stairs.

Soos stared at the door. He was hoping that Dipper wouldn't be able to solve the puzzle at the elevator. And even then, they had to guess what floor it was on. Still, Soos didn't know what to expect as a punishment for letting the kids through. He followed behind them, not too close, but still kept them in sight. He closed the door to the vending machine behind him.