A/N: Sorry for taking so long to upload a new chapter. I'll be sure that updates will happen more often starting May 30th, my first day of summer. Especially if you review.
Seven
"Okay," said Dipper after Nick disappeared. "We can survive this! All we have to do is keep our balance as we walk on the bridge."
"Thanks, Captain Obvious" snorted Lil' Gideon. "Is your ship called the USS Duh?"
"Sarcastic remarks won't get us anywhere good," said Mabel. "So I suggest that we do as my brother says."
Everyone put their arms out and began to slowly walk across the bridge.
See, this isn't so hard and scary, thought Dipper as he walked. It's actually quite peaceful.
The eight of them walked a little faster the farther along they went. About halfway across the bridge, Dipper saw three stripes on the bridge that went all the way to the other side. The two stripes on the outside were red, while the one in the middle was green.
That's peculiar, thought Dipper. What do the stripes represent? He put his foot on the red stripe on the far right.
Suddenly, both sections of the bridge containing the red stripes fell to the lava.
"That's not good," said Dipper aloud.
"No kidding," snapped Lil' Gideon. "Now we have to finish this walk of doom on a little narrow green strip of bridge."
"Looks like Dipper's not the only captain of the USS Duh," said Mabel.
Lil' Gideon glared back at her, but immediately softened his gaze.
Dipper took a deep breath and began to slowly advance towards their destination.
"Wait, we're actually gonna cross?" asked Isabella. "We could fall."
"That's only the worst case scenario," said Phineas. "Besides, I won't let anything happen to you."
Dipper rolled his eyes as he walked. This walk was bad enough, but now he had to listen to sarcastic remarks and relationships.
As the seven kids and the platypus walked along the narrow green strip, several times, someone would grab on to the bridge, slowing everyone else down.
But overall, everything went well until they were ten feet from their destination. At that moment, Dipper heard Isabella scream for help. He looked back and saw that the Fireside Girl was about to fall and swinging her arms trying to stay on the bridge.
"Isabella!" yelled Phineas. He grabbed one of her arms, but both of them fell off of the bridge. It was an immediate chain reaction. The force of Phineas and Isabella falling caused Lil' Gideon, Phineas, Isabella, Ferb, Candace, and Mabel to fall off the bridge.
While that happened, Dipper wrapped his arms and legs around the bridge and braced for impact.
He didn't feel anything until Perry fell. At this point, Perry, Lil' Gideon, Phineas, Isabella, Ferb, Candace, and Mabel were all still connected by the chains connecting them. And, Dipper now held the weight of five kids, one teenager, and one platypus.
Dipper groaned in pain as he held onto the bridge and barely heard the screams of the people hanging off of him. It felt as if his muscles screamed at him to let go, which was the number one thing that he wanted to do.
Dipper was about to give in when the weight he was holding practically vanished. He looked back and saw that Perry had climbed onto the bridge and was now holding the weight of the others.
Dipper lay on the bridge and panted heavily as Lil' Gideon, Phineas, Isabella, Ferb, Candace, and Mabel slowly got back onto the bridge. Once that happened, the eight of them inched their way to the ledge, which didn't take too long, since it was only ten feet away.
After arriving at their destination, the eight of them stood up and dusted themselves.
Dipper saw a door and led the others through it and up the stairs behind it. At the top of the stairs, there was another door that Dipper pushed open.
After walking through the door, Dipper, Phineas, Perry, Lil' Gideon, Isabella, Ferb, Candace, and Mabel realized that they were now outside in front of Macy's. Two seconds after that realization, the chains holding them together broke to pieces and fell to the ground. They were free.
So what do you think? Please review, because it helps me as a writer. Plus, more reviews will get me to upload the chapters faster since I know that you like the story. ~Jameer14
