Sheriff Blubs and Deputy Durland sat in their cruiser near the local gas station, watching as the rain began to slow to a trickle. "Man, Durland, this has been a long time coming."

"What's that?"

"This rain stopping! Three days of this; it's crazy!"

"Well, there was a low pressure center off the coast that stalled-" He trailed off as a giant red beam cut through the sky and exploded in the clouds.

"Okay, Mr. Meteorologist, when's the next system comin'?"

Durland could only stare bugeyed through the windshield. "Hey, Edwin! Edwin! You listening to me?"

"Uh...Sheriff..." Durland pointed toward the distance as a flock made up of all sorts of different birds cut through the sky, flying away from the figure that approached them. The unnatural appearance of the man in question led Blubs to step out of the car and shout, "Sir! I am Gravity Falls Sheriff Blubs! Stop where you are!"

Khadra merely grinned and continued on his path.

Blubs drew his gun and shouted, "I said stop where you are!"

"You dare think you can give me orders, you portly little man?"

"LITTLE?! I'll show you little, smart guy!" He threw his gun down and charged at Khadra only to be lifted into the air by a telepathic red glow. "Wha...what is this? I can't move!"

"That's the idea, sir. My name is Khadra, god of hate. REMEMBER IT." With a flick of his wrist, he flung Blubs through the air into the forest and overturned the squad car to complete the carnage. As he marched past his first conquest and into the town, he began to laugh triumphantly. The middle of the street was his pathway as he approached the heart of Gravity Falls, and as he walked, cars braked and swerved to avoid him, causing many fender-benders and a Ford Explorer to overturn and land on its roof.

The god stopped at the outskirts of downtown, red tendrils flowing from his fingertips. "FEAR ME, CITIZENS OF GRAVITY FALLS!" he bellowed, calling the attention of everyone in the town. "I AM KHADRA, GOD OF HATE! YOU PEONS SHALL BOW BEFORE ME OR YOU WILL SUFFER AND DIE, NOT NECESSARILY IN THAT ORDER!"

One brave soul stood up and challenged him with, "And what if we refuse, Mr. God of Hate?" All Khadra had to do to answer his question was move his hand up and down, causing said brave soul to be thrown up and down in the air and against the hood of a Ford Focus before the god of hate threw him aside with another flick of his wrist. "Are there any others who dare challenge me?"

At 4:03 p.m. on a Thursday, the town of Gravity Falls, Oregon, descended into total chaos. People ran like bats out of hell and dove for whatever shelter they could find as Khadra strolled through the town, causing mass chaos and uproar. It was almost comical the way everyone avoided him, parting like the Red Sea as he walked down Main Street. Street lights exploded, car alarms blared, windows shattered, and as he reached the center of town, he shot rivulets of energy into the ground and formed a makeshift throne upon which he sat.

"BEHOLD YOUR LORD AND MASTER, GRAVITY FALLS! YOU HAVE SEEN WHAT I AM CAPABLE OF! YOU HAVE SEEN WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THOSE WHO OPPOSE ME! AND THERE IS NO ONE, NO ONE WHO CAN STOP-"

"Oh, for crying out loud, SHUT UP!"

He never got time to finish his harangue before being cracked in the face with a grappling hook. It barely even fazed him as he turned to his right to see Dipper, Mabel, Soos and Wendy preparing to fight. Khadra lifted himself from his throne and approached them with a smug grin and false reassurance. "Ah, so the quarrel has been resolved. No matter. There is no reason for you to keep fighting, children. Surrender and I will let you live."

"That's not gonna happen, dude," Soos declared.

"Oh really, portly man?" Khadra stopped and extended his open palm towards Soos, lifting him into the air.

"Hey, cool! I'm floating!" Soos exclaimed as he rose from the ground. "Look, dudes, I'm Superman!"

And then Khadra clenched his fist. A dark red aura formed around Soos as his chuckles gave way to choking gasps of pain, with the god of hate exclaiming, "Surrender would have been so much more beneficial to you, portly man. I gave you that choice. You refused. Now, you DIE."

"SOOS! NO!" Dipper screamed.

Mabel ran to Khadra and began to hit him on his legs, screaming, "LEAVE SOOS ALONE, YOU BIG BULLY!" He narrowed his eyes at her and clenched his other fist, the red aura appearing around Mabel as she ascended into the air with ragged gasps of pain. "You wish to fight as well, little girl? Then you shall join your friend in his suffering."

Seeing Soos in pain was bad enough, but when he put Mabel in the same position, Dipper's demeanor went from scared to outright hysterical as he jumped on his sister in a vain attempt to pull her down, eyes bulging and tears flowing down his face as he screamed, "NO! NO! OH MY GOD, MABEL! MABEL, NO!" As he drifted between consciousness and the black, Soos found himself in enough control of his faculties to reach out and grab Mabel's leg in his own attempt to save her, with Wendy hanging off of him in an attempt to do the same as Dipper.

A satisfied smile crept across Khadra's face as he watched the pathetic scene unfold before him. "Accept your fate, children. There is no hope." He grinned and squeezed his fists harder before headlights coming from his left diverted his attention to an old Ford Thunderbird screaming towards him, a furious Stan Pines behind the wheel, eyes blazing and adrenaline flowing through his veins as he shouted, "YOU LEAVE MY FAMILY ALONE!"

Before Khadra knew it, he was on its hood, Soos and Mabel were back on the ground gasping for breath, and Stan was laughing at him.

"DIDN'T SEE THIS COMING, DID YA?"

"NO, I DID NOT!" Khadra smashed his fist through the windshield and grabbed the steering wheel, wrestling with Stan for control of the vehicle. The Thunderbird careened to and fro in the street, knocking over mailboxes and fire hydrants as Stan tried desperately to keep his family out of harm's way. It worked, to an extent, as Stan managed to rip off his tie and bind Khadra's hand to the wheel while leaving a parting shot:

"TIME FOR A CRASH COURSE, GODBOY!"

Stan opened the door and jumped out, leaving the Thunderbird to crash headlong into a lightpole, which then fell right on Khadra's prone form. When he came to a stop, Stan groaned in pain as everyone ran to his side, Dipper screaming, "ARE YOU OKAY?!"

"Yeah, yeah...I'm fine. Are you guys okay?"

"I am now," Mabel said as she took deep breaths. Soos, hands on his knees and gasping as if he had run a marathon, gave Stan a thumbs up. The elder Pines stood up and cracked his neck, staring at the wreck before them. "Do you think we got him?" Silence hung in the air for a split second before an irritated, furious voice answered their question from behind them:

"No, you did not."