Sorry for taking so long to upload the next chapter. I became really busy with the Kids of Eternity (which I encourage you to read) and there were not very many reviews for this particular story. Anyway, remember: Five new reviews gets a chapter uploaded faster. Enjoy!:
Four
Soos let Candace drive his minivan over to Lil' Gideon's house, since she was the oldest of the teenagers. Plus, he and Baljeet planned on staying behind with Grunkle Stan to nurse his injury.
Inside the van, Dipper rode shotgun, Buford and Mabel sat in the middle seats, and Isabella, Ferb, Phineas squeezed into the back seats.
At some point during the ride, Perry handed Phineas a pamphlet explaining what would happen since Agent P's cover was blown. Ferb, Phineas, and even Isabella were not happy to find out that Perry would be relocated.
Dipper gave Candace directions to Lil' Gideon's house, since she didn't know her way around Gravity Falls. After Ten minutes of driving, Soos' 2009 Dodge Grand Caravan pulled into the Gleeful's driveway.
The seven kids and Perry piled out of the vehicle and walked up to the front door. Dipper rang the door bell.
Lil' Gideon's father answered the door. "Why, hello! If it isn't Dipper Pines!" he said. "Long time no see! Anyway, Gideon, said that y'all might be comin' along to see him. He's upstairs in his room. You'll need to go up the stairs, turn right, and his room is at the end of the hallway."
Mr. Gleeful ushered them in.
Dipper thanked him and led the others up the stairs and down the hall to Lil' Gideon's room.
After knocking on the door, Dipper heard Gideon say, "Come in!"
Dipper opened the door for Perry, Phineas, Ferb, Isabella, Buford, Mabel, and Candace. The eight of them entered the dark room.
Dipper heard the door shut behind them, now making the room pitch black. Then, a few feet in front of him, a crystal ball provided light and Lil' Gideon's face was illuminated.
"I've been expecting you!" he said ominously.
Dipper rolled his eyes, found a light switch and turned on the light. Then he marched over to Lil' Gideon.
"Will you cut that out?" snapped Dipper. "We didn't come here to deal with your immaturity. You were right about the ghosts! I was wrong!"
Lil' Gideon sighed and put the crystal ball he'd been holding in his jacket.
"I was just trying to create effect," he said. "But it looks like you wanna cut right to the chase."
"Yeah!" said Dipper. "I- I'm willing to accept your help, and… and we'll give you ours."
"Excellent!" said Lil' Gideon. He turned around and grabbed a sheet of paper from the dresser behind him. Then, he turned around and asked everyone to sit in a circle on the floor.
"Why are we sitting in a circle?" asked Candace.
"Just do what the midget says," said Buford.
Once everyone was in a circle, Lil' Gideon set the sheet of paper in the middle and Dipper could see that it was a map of the mall.
"Okay, here's what we're gonna do," Gideon said. "We take the ghosts by surprise. About ten minutes before y'all came, I anonymously called the mall and told the ghosts that an attack from Dipper's forces would come through the eastern mall entrance."
"Why would you do that?" asked Isabella.
"Because we're not gonna attack through the eastern entrance," answered Gideon. "We'll attack through the west entrance, and all of the guards will be at the east entrance. This will throw them off guard and by the time they realize what's happening, we'll be ready to take on the Ghost Prince in the food court at the south wing of the mall."
On the map of the mall, Lil' Gideon drew a ghost symbol at the east entrance and an even bigger one in the south wing. Then, he wrote the word us at the west entrance and drew an arrow from the word to the big ghost symbol.
"That's a good plan and all," admitted Buford. "But how are we gonna fight the ghosts with no weapons?"
"With this," said Lil' Gideon. He reached into his jacket and pulled out a purple diamond. "This is the Ghost Diamond," he explained. "Legend has it that if it is used by the right person, it can defeat ghosts. This was used to defeat the Ghost King and Queen eighty years ago!"
"Are the ghosts trying to bring back the Ghost King?" asked Phineas.
"Ultimately," replied Gideon. "But to do that, they'll need a human host, since the Ghost King's spirit will be weak. But even if he needs a human host, the only thing that can stop him, the Ghost Queen, or their son is the Ghost Diamond."
"Okay," said Dipper. "And I assume that you'll be handling the Ghost Diamond?"
Lil' Gideon nodded. "I think that I've figured out how to use it!"
"Ooh! Will this help?" asked Mabel, showing Gideon the stone that she had used to save Dipper. "We defeated a ghost sergeant with it"
"Sadly, darling, no," replied Lil' Gideon. "The maximum capacity for those Ghost Stones is one." He took it from Mabel and tossed it in the trash.
Dipper stood up. "Well, we'd better get going," he said. "We've got a town to save."
Will Lil' Gideon's plan work? Can he use the Ghost Diamond if he needs it? Will the Ghost Prince be defeated during this first attempt? Find out in Chapter Five, which I'll upload after getting FIVE MORE REVIEWS!
~Jameer14
