A/N I have no idea how I wrote this in thirteen hours, or how I feel about this chapter.
Disney owns Gravity Falls, as usual.
Journal Entry 41 Book 2
Today, after interviewing a crazy elderly man, (the man looked so old I think he was a baby when people still traveled the Oregon trail) I have learned two very important things, vital to the completion of this mission.
The first thing is to never ask that crazy man for help again. He tried to destroy us with a fifty-foot, what he called, "Shame-bot" after I refused to test his prototype voice-changing serum. My team and I barely made it out. I had to use a grenade to destroy that thing!
The second thing is about the Artifacts. It seems that each artifact, carries with it, some of the skills, memories, and personality of its previous user. I.E. If the former user of an Artifact was a power-hungry tyrant, the next wielder will be the same and have some of his abilities, for the most part.
Reader, if you have chosen to retrieve the Artifacts for any reason, I urge you to be careful. Though you may find success in collecting them, the Artifacts themselves may distract you from your mission. Remember, the Artifacts are one of the most dangerous objects in Gravity Falls, and to survive their power, you must treat them as such.
Watching does have its drawbacks. I mean, you can't touch or feel them. You just see what they see. That's all. I wish that I could be a part of the action for once; then again, I should be careful of what I wish for, because I might accidentally grant it!
Anyways my young readers, I should be getting back to the story. Going off on a tangent rarely helps when telling a story. Now where did I leave off? Oh yes! Dipper, Pacifica, and my brother Alpha have found the first artifact, before being caught by some Northwest Guards stationed near the sanctuary.
Meanwhile, Wendy and Soos tried to break into Northwest Manor to rescue Stanford, but a man in a creeper costume and a teen, against a platoon's worth of trained guards, isn't very promising. They were captured and thrown into the same prison cell as Stanford.
Doesn't seem like things are looking up for our characters, now does it? So, I'll follow Wendy and Soos for now. I am interested in how they get through this predicament.
*Cough* *Cough*
"It looks like she's waking up." Soos noticed the sudden rustling coming from Wendy's body.
"Bout time. We can't escape with an unconscious person" Stan sat, shackled in the corner of the cell, across from Wendy and Soos.
"What happened guys?" Wendy groggily sat up, and searched around the cell.
Soos was still wearing the creeper costume from before, and Stan looked like he just fought off another zombie invasion.
And yes, I watched him fight off those zombies, because Dipper unknowingly used my power to awaken them. I shiver at the mere thought of having to balance my power between each of those things. It was very tiring.
"Simply put Wendy, you got caught trying to rescue me." Stan sat shackled in the corner, while appearing to be examining his shackles.
"Why'd they lock you up so tight Stan?" Wendy was confused why they would bind someone so tight.
He was binded at the hands, all the way to the elbows, and his feet were binded up to the top of his ankles; his abdomen had a large shackle around it, allowing him to breathe properly, but not move that much. Seems a bit extreme, doesn't it?
All he did in reply was take off his shackles.
"Because these filthy casuals don't know how good I am at lock picking. I did that with the toothpick they gave me to eat with and my mouth!" Stan rubbed his wrists, "Those were uncomfortable."
Wendy and Soos were rendered speechless by Stan's skill.
"What are ya staring at? We have to get outta here and find the kids!" Stan dusted himself off and took off his suit, revealing a slightly torn undershirt."
All Wendy could stutter out was, "But… how did you… how did you free yourself?"
Stan looked at Wendy coldly, and said, "Look, I was involved with numerous heists years ago. I got captured several times, and even ended up in a Columbian prison. I had to get out somehow, so I taught myself how to pick locks. I'd rather not talk about the details. It was some shady stuff."
"Then why'd it take you so long to get out of your shackles?" Soos got up and waddled over to the newly freed Stan.
"Because I wanted information, and it seems I've got plenty. They're after the kids, and we need to find them." Stan walked over to the cell door, before using his toothpick to pick the lock.
"And I needed them to give me something to pick the locks with," Stan whispered under is breath.
"Why though Stan? Why are they after Dipper and Mabel?" Things were starting to get even more confusing for Wendy.
"Because apparently, Pacifica went after them." Stan heard a click come from the cell lock, "I'll explain the rest later, we have to get out of here!"
Stan waited for a guard to pass by the door, before kicking it open, causing it to slam into the guard.
Stan pointed at the guard on the floor "Grab his uniform and rifle Soos, I can barely take you seriously while you're wearing that costume." He gestured at the creeper costume Soos was wearing.
Soos saluted before saying, "Yes sir! Mr. Pines Sir!" Soos grabbed the unconscious guard and dragged him into the cell.
A few minutes later Soos walked out of the cell with the guard's uniform and equipment, "Ok Mr. Pines, I'm dressed up like a Northwest Guard, now what?"
"I want you to pretend to have us captured so we can sneak our way into the vehicle depot. There should be a Humvee or something there for us to get out of here with." Stan took out two sets of fake handcuffs, and showed Soos and Wendy how to get out of them, "One set for me, and one set for Wendy."
"Does everyone understand what the plan is?" Stan said to the two in front of him.
"Understood Stan." Wendy put out her arms to be cuffed by Stan.
"Yes Mr. Pines!" Soos saluted him before pulling out the pistol holstered in the guard pants.
Stan secured the fake handcuffs on Wendy, before securing his own. And with a nod Soos stood in front of the two and walked down the cellblock leading them somewhere in the Northwest complex.
"Do you think this'll work Stan?" Wendy nervously looked around the cellblock, searching for guards and cameras.
"Of course Wendy, I managed to get out of a heavily fortified military base this way. A Trojan horse and some beer helped though." Stan tried to pass off the last part as a joke.
Knowing Stan, he probably did find a way to escape using a Trojan horse, some beer, and his friend in a guard outfit. Anyways, the cellblock, along with several other secret rooms, lie in a complex under the Northwest Manor.
Anyway, the trio was able to go all of five minutes before they encountered another guard.
The encounter went something like this:
"Hello fellow guard." Soos held his right arm up in salutation.
"Why are you escorting these prisoners? We were ordered to make sure they would not leave their cell!" The guard was visibly annoyed at Soos and grabbed at Stan.
Stan broke the fake handcuffs he had, before flipping the guard, and striking him on the back of the head, knocking him unconscious.
"Was that really necessary Stan?" Wendy took off her handcuffs the way Stan showed her how.
"No use in pretending to be captured if all of the guards know where we are supposed to be. Soos, stand guard at the end of the hall, while I get what we need off this guy." Stan flipped over the unconscious guard, and grabbed the guard's rifle.
"Do you got any melee weapons? I'm not much of shooter if you haven't noticed." Wendy rubbed the back of her neck.
Stan searched the guard's body for anything Wendy could use and any supplies they might need.
He pulled out a radio and a handheld Taser.
"Ok Wendy, take this Taser, we're trying to go non-lethal here." Stanford handed Wendy the guard's former Taser.
"Then why do we have rifles?" Soos spoke up from the corridor's end.
"Because the Northwests usually choose non-lethal force. These weapons are loaded with special tranquilizer bullets." To prove his point Stan pulled the ammo clip out to show Wendy and Soos.
"See you two, these aren't rubber, nor lead. These are syringes laced with tranquilizer fluid. Don't worry about where you hit them, just don't aim for their heads." Stan made sure the safety was off on his tranquilizer rifle before saying, "Now let's move, before more guards come!"
The trio carefully ran down the halls, making sure to tranquilize any guards that happened to be walking through them. There weren't that many, and none of them expected the trio
Eventually, they reached a door signaling the end of the hall.
"I guess the only way out is through here." Wendy made sure that she was ready. Stan said, "Are you two ready for what ever is behind this door?"
The two nodded, and Stan kicked down the door to reveal the command center of the Northwest Guard.
The command center for the Northwest Guard is typical of most military command centers. A few regionalized maps of Gravity Falls along with technicians and leaders to keep the company running smoothly.
"Crap." That was the only word that Stan could mutter as several tranquilizer rifles pointed at trio.
"Hello Stanford, it's nice to see you again." A familiar woman walked into view.
She was dressed in a black robe, heels, and despite being indoors she wore a black sun hat.
"Hello Selena. The feeling isn't mutual." Stan made sure to hold his rifle close, ready to go down fighting, if necessary.
"I'm surprised that you made it so far Stanford, most prisoners don't even make it past the third corridor before my guards apprehend them. Then again, I've sent most of the guard out to find those kids of yours, and Pacifica." Selena walked to an empty chair, and took a seat before continuing,
"And it seems that sending out the guard in such high numbers has paid off. I just got word that the Northwest guard has caught up to one of your kids and Pacifica." Selena crossed her legs, before hitting a button attached to the chair.
"Madam, this is the leader of NWG-102, Captain Frost. We have found your stepdaughter, with who appears to be the male Pines. We are moving to intercept now." A man's voice echoed through the room.
"It seems that I'm winning Stan. All I'm missing is journal number one. Then what you stopped me years ago from accomplishing, will finally come to fruition!" Selena got up and walked over to a microphone.
"Stan what is she talking about?" Wendy whispered to Stan.
"Soos, Wendy." Stan muttered.
The two simultaneously answered, "Yeah Stan?"
"Ready your weapons, we're going to fight our way out." Stan readied has rifle, and the two of them complied by readying their weapons.
"Now then, I can't have you out and about." Selena turned on the microphone, before calling out, "All Northwest Guards on the Northwest Manor, report to the command center immediately!"
The door leading out of the command center opened, and five guards ran inside.
Stan took aim at them, and fired a barrage of rounds at every guard in sight.
"These guys have the accuracy of Storm troopers!" Soos yelled while firing his rifle at the guards.
"And I'm beating them at hand-to-hand combat easily." Wendy was using her mini-Taser and her fighting skills to knock out two guards.
"It doesn't matter, let's move! We have to get to Dipper and Mabel before they get captured!" Stan reloaded and ran ahead of Wendy and Soos, knocking out two guards in the hallway, clearing the way for the two.
"Come on you two, I think we can get out of here! There's a door, I think it leads up to the roof!" Stan pointed at a door ahead of them labeled, "Stairway A"
And so the three of them ran up several flights of stairs before reaching the roof.
The trio reached the roof of the mansion without getting attacked at all.
I had secretly used some of my power to deafen most of the Northwest Guard, so they did not hear the order to swarm the command center. I find it that they are better off not knowing what I did, so I let them think what they did.
"This place is really understaffed without the Northwest guard." Soos was confused as to why they had not faced more resistance on their way up there.
"They must've spread their resources thin while searching for the kids." Stan replied. "Now get into the helicopter, we're going to find the kids." Stan pointed at the helicopter gunship the Northwests had.
The trio entered the helicopter, and a few minutes later, the helicopter took off.
"How will we find them Stan? I mean, they've been captured by the Northwest Guard, and we don't know where Hambone is." Soos took out a set of binoculars in the guard uniform, and used them to scan the forest.
"We'll find them, I have a tracker in Dipper's hat in case of situations like this." Stan held up his watch and with a few taps; a map of Gravity Falls appeared. " I guess we're lucky they didn't confiscate everything."
"Stan, you've got a lot of explaining to do." Wendy said from the back seat of the gunship.
"And that I will, but first we've got to rescue the kids!" Stan made sure that the gunship was going as fast as it could possibly go.
"We're coming kids!"
Meanwhile back at the Northwest Manor
"Umm, Madame, they escaped." One of the still conscious guards got up and dusted himself off.
"I know, I wanted them to get away." Selena walked over to a computer, before typing in several commands.
After several authorization codes were input, a glowing, moving dot appeared on the map of Gravity Falls
Another guard ran into the command center, "Madame! They stole the helicopter gunship!"
"Meh, we'll buy a new one later. For now, have every Northwest guard follow those three." Selena waved her head in dismissal.
"Madame, I know it is not my place to ask, but why is Pacifica so important to your plan?" The guard asked Selena, and he got the reply, "Because Pacifica is the key, without her, I can't complete the most important part of the plan."
Personally, I have no idea why Pacifica is so important, to Selena's plan, but then again, I can't read minds. Maybe she is of greater importance than I realize. I'll go through their history to find out.
I should speak about Dipper, Alpha, and Pacifica's situation, but I must find out Pacifica's importance to her stepmother. So I'll leave you here for now.
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A/N I somehow wrote this in thirteen hours. I should really get some sleep, I'm writing this at 4 am. Personally, I have no idea how to feel about this chapter.
Btw, this is the longest chapter I've ever written. The second longest is chapter 10 of The Gremloblin's Mirror.
So tell me what you guys think, because I have no idea what to think about this chapter. I should go to sleep now.
Anyway reviews are always appreciated!
