Thank you to the new support this story received. Just to let you know, there may be another break between this chapter and the next because I did not write Chapter Nine yet, but I wrote this chapter a few months ago. So it may take me a while to get back into the groove of things. And one more thing, please check out my newest story that I'm really excited about, The League of Heroes! If you like this one and you also liked The Kids of Eternity, you'll probably like The League of Heroes. Anyway, without further ado, here's Chapter Eight. Enjoy!:

Eight

"Yes!" shouted Candace. "Freedom! Sweet, sweet freedom!"

"Come on, let's get outta here!" said Lil' Gideon.

He ran off to the right and Dipper, Mabel, Phineas, Ferb, Perry, Isabella, and Candace followed the little psychic.

After about a minute of running, Soos' minivan came into view.

Lil' Gideon, Candace, Isabella, Perry, Ferb, Phineas and Mabel stopped at the vehicle, but Dipper kept on running.

"Hey Dipper, you passed the car!" shouted Mabel.

Her brother stopped running and turned to face her. "I know," Dipper yelled back. "But I want to go back to the food court and try to rescue Buford and Wendy!"

"What? Are you crazy?" yelled Mabel. "We just got punished for trespassing and almost died! We can't risk doing that again!"

"You all don't have to come, but I'll go," said Dipper. "We just can't leave Wendy and Buford there without trying to rescue them!"

"We can always come back with an army," provided Lil' Gideon.

"Nothing's gonna change my mind," said Dipper adamantly.

"Okay," said Lil' Gideon reluctantly. "I'll have Candace drive out in front of the food court to wait for you."

"If I don't come back out within five minutes, head back into town and assemble an army," ordered Dipper.

"Gotcha," Lil' Gideon said.

Dipper turned around and ran the rest of the way to the food court.

Once he got there, Dipper opened the doors and saw that a hundred feet away, Wendy was trapped in a glass tube on a table with a digital countdown clock above it.

"Dipper!"

"Wendy!"

The countdown clock was currently at three seconds, so Dipper didn't waste any time. He bolted towards Wendy, but when he was about twenty feet away, the clock hit zero.

The tube Wendy was in flooded with purple light and the glass began to expand.

Dipper stopped and watched in horror as the glass broke and the clock fell down to the ground to Wendy's right. Shards of broken glass came as close as one foot to Dipper.

He looked at Wendy, who was now floating a couple of feet above the table and had a purple aura surrounding her. Dipper noticed that her eyes had a darker shade.

Wendy crossed her arms. "I am the Ghost Queen, having been raised once again" said a voice coming out of Wendy's mouth that sounded older and wiser. "I understand that this is your second offense of trespassing."

"Wendy, snap out of it," said Dipper.

The Ghost Queen glared at him. "The Wendy you seek cannot hear you," she said. "The girl is in a comatose."

Dipper didn't really know how that was possible, but he pushed that thought to the side. "Wendy, please," he pleaded.

"The girl is in a coma," snapped the Ghost Queen. "But I know that you will not stop because this mortal seems to mean a lot to you.

Dipper began to speak, but the Ghost Queen cut him off. "Now, regarding your second trespassing offense, I shall punish you," she said calmly. "But I am not as harsh as my son and certainly not as harsh as my husband. So I'll give you a fighting chance. You have ten seconds to get out of this new Ghost Court or I'll blast you to bits!"

A large gray ball of energy appeared in her right hand.

"Ten!" said the Ghost Queen.

Dipper didn't move. He was too stunned to do anything.

"Nine!"

Dipper tried once more and called Wendy's name.

"EIGHT!"

Dipper began to walk backwards.

"Seven! Six!"

Dipper had turned around and was now running at full speed.

"Five! Four!"

Dipper tripped on something and slid a few feet.

"Three!"

Dipper got back up and bolted.

"Two! One!"

Dipper knew that he wouldn't make it to the door, but he saw something shiny off to his left. He dove towards it, having a feeling that it would help.

"Zero!"


Candace had parked the minivan twenty feet away from the curb in front of the food court. The seven passengers were all watching the doors anxiously watching for Dipper.

Then, they all heard a loud BOOM!

The six kids and Perry watched with utter silence as the front part of the food court collapsed, sending up a large cloud of dust over the rubble.

~Jammer14