"Uh guys we have a problem." Jeff said standing in the doorway.
"What is it?" Dipper said as he got up and ran to the door. "Oh no." He said as he saw what had happened.
Surrounding the Mystery Shack was a giant barrier built out of Screaming heads and held together by deer teeth. "I've seen some pretty twisted stuff in my life but this beats them all combined." Stan said disgusted as he stood by Dipper.
They left the shack and approached the barrier. "So what is this thing?" Pacifica asks.
"It appears to be some sort of demonic barrier." Ford explains.
"In human Poindexter." Stan says sarcastically.
"That was human." He says to Stan. Stan just stares back at him. "Fine." Ford says defeated. "Think of the barrier we set up around the shack. It's kind of like that except that instead of keeping Bill out, it keeps us locked in here." He explains.
"So any ideas on how to destroy it?" Stan asks.
"Maybe if we punch it with the Shacktron the unicorn hair will counteract it, allowing us to pass harmlessly through it." Dipper says starting to make up plans.
"That may work, but if the barrier gets destroyed in the process we would be sitting ducks for Bill's army. There has to be another way." Ford said shooting down Dipper's idea immediately.
"Sixer I don't think there is. We have to go with the kid's plan." Stan said putting a hand on his brother's shoulder.
"But Stanl-" Ford said but immediately stopped when he saw Stan throw himself at the barrier. "Stanley!"
When Stan was putting his hand on Ford's shoulder he realized something. When Bill was dying last time, he tried to con himself out of death. That was when it hit him. What if the barrier is just an illusion put there to slow them down. That was when he made the decision to toss himself at it.
"Boss I think the illusion is working. They are just staring at it thinking of plans to destroy it." Teeth reported.
"KEEP WATCHING THEM. I DON'T WANT THEM ANYWHERE NEAR ME WHEN MY ULTIMATE PLAN IS READY." Bill told him while working on a contraption that can't be explained.
"Right away boss." Teeth says. "Get some more eye bats ready!" He shouts to the others.
"I'M ALMOST DONE. AND WHEN IT'S COMPLETE THIS UNIVERSE IS IN FOR A BIG TREAT. AHAHAHHA!" He said to himself while laughing maniacally.
Stan seemingly passed right through the barrier without harm. As he landed on the other side the screaming heads started screaming even louder than before. The whole barrier started falling apart, but before anything hit the ground it disappeared into thin air.
"What just happened?" Pacifica asks.
"It seems that the whole barrier was just a ploy made by Bill to stall for time. But what for exactly is the question." Ford explained.
Pacifica had stopped listening to him though. Her eyes were fixed on something in the sky. "What's the matter Pacifica?" Dipper asked following her eyes to where she was looking at. "Get back to the shack. Right now!" He shouted to everyone that had come out to see the barrier.
Coming from the fearamid was about 500 eye bats. Everyone started scrambling for the entrance to the Shack. Dipper and Ford quickly ran over to Stan and helped him up. They started running back to the shack with the others. Eye bats started zapping everyone in sight.
Dipper noticed that Pacifica was still frozen in fear. "Pacifica!" He shouted to her trying to snap her out of it. When she didn't move he started running towards her.
When he let go of Stan he shouted after him. "Dipper come back! We'll rescue her with the others!"
But Dipper kept running. He didn't know why it was just an impulse that caused him to do it. When he reached her he grabbed her and pulled her away from a beam from an eye bat.
This snapped her immediately out of it. "Woah what just happened?" She questioned. She then saw what was happening all around her. She began running towards the shack with Dipper.
They were about to reach the barrier when she felt a shove, she passed through the barrier and looked back. Dipper was caught in a beam and turning to stone fast.
"dipper…" Was all that she could muster.
"Get inside. Stop Bill and save the universe. He doesn't think you have it in you but I know you do Pacif-" He said turning completely to stone.
He was starting to be lifted up by one of the eye bats. "NO!" Pacifica screamed. She tried to grab him but she was grabbed by Stan. "Let me go! I have to save him!" She shouted to no avail.
Stan dragged her into the shack and slammed and locked the door. "Kid, we're not going to lose you too. Do you really think Dipper would want you to get captured right after he save you." He told her, trying to calm her down.
"no…" She said quietly. "But I can't just sit here and let Bill do whatever he wants with him!" She says angrily.
"We'll get him back. I promise. But right now we need to continue his plan. He would want us to save the world rather than him, and right now I don't think we could do both." Stan said to her. He then got up in front of all of the scared people that were able to survive. "Ok everyone. We will get our fallen comrades back. But right now we need to get back to work. If Bill is still around none of us are safe." He says trying to raise their spirits.
"But how are we going to that." Someone from the crowd asks.
"Well…" Stan says sheepishly. He hadn't thought he would have to come up with a plan.
It was then that Ford stepped up next to him and spoke. "We're going to continue building Shacktron 2.0. Once that's done, and only then, will we be able to stand up against Bill."
People started to cheer. The next person that stood next to them was Pacifica. "We're going to finish Bill off once and for all! No longer will he roam free on our Earth! Or any others for that matter! We have to Take Back the Falls! We have to Take Back Earth!" She said.
This got people standing and chanting. All that could be heard was Take Back Earth. People began their work. Pacifica was still sad though. But she knew that they would get Dipper back. She would make sure of it.
All Dipper remembered was him pushing Pacifica away and saving her from the fate he was about to face. The next thing he knew was that he was in some room. With a picture of Bill above the fireplace.
"Ok there's only one place I could be that would have that." He said to himself.
"THAT'S RIGHT KID. YOU'RE IN THE FUTURE." Bill said as he floated up from somewhere.
"What! How long was I frozen!" Dipper said worried that Bill hadn't been defeated.
"I THINK ABOUT TWO HOURS GIVE OR TAKE A MILLENNIUM." Bill joked.
"Not funny Bill." Dipper said glad that he wasn't to late. But terrified at what Bill had planned.
"OH I THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY FUNNY. I GUESS THIS DIMENSION HAS A DIFFERENT SENSE OF HUMOR." Bill said trying to hold back a laugh.
"Why'd you unfreeze me." Dipper asked sternly.
"DOES THERE HAVE TO BE A REASON TO SEE MY FAVORITE PINETREE?" Bill asked. However he was met with a stern face from Dipper. "FINE. I WANTED TO LET YOU SPEAK TO YOUR FRIENDS AND SISTER."
Bill snapped his fingers and three lumps of flesh and blood appeared in front of Dipper. "What the heck! You're sick Bill!" He said holding back some throw up.
"I TRY. BUT SERIOUSLY, HERE YOU GO." He said as he snapped his fingers again and the lumps disappeared. In their places stood Soos, Wendy, and Mabel.
"Dipper! You saved us!" Wendy cheered.
"NOT QUITE RED." Bill said surprising the three that just appeared.
"It's Bill! Get behind me dudes, let my belly protect you!" Soos shouted.
"DON'T WORRY QUESTION MARK. YOU FOUR TALK IT OUT. I'LL JUST BE OVER HERE DRINKING MY TEA. WANT SOME IT'S HUMAN FLESH FLAVORED." Bill asks getting disgusted faces he adds "FINE MORE FOR ME."
"So how'd he get you? I bet you went down fighting. Did the others get captured? Don't tell me we missed the epic battle." Wendy says firing question after question.
"Slow down Wendy. He captured me when I made a sacrifice to save Pacifica by pushing her out of the way of an eyebat. Everyone else, I believe, should have gotten in the barrier when I got frozen. The battle has yet to happen." Dipper said.
After a few seconds of silence Wendy looked at Mabel. Seeing that she looked angry she asked "Hey mabes you ok?"
"Yeah. Why wouldn't I be." Mabel asked in a slightly mad tone.
"I dunno. It's just that usually you jump on Dipper about potential girlfriends." Wendy said skeptical of Mabel's answer.
"Well maybe you should ask my brother who kept us all in the dark. I mean he could have let us help." Mabel said.
Slightly confused at where Mabel's anger was coming from Dipper replied "I had to Mabel. If I told you, you would have made me tell you everything that was going to happen."
"You could have at least trusted me Dipper. I thought we were the mystery twins forever!" She shouted back at him, starting to get into a full on argument.
"Woah Mabel calm down." Soos said trying to stop this from evolving into something bigger.
"Stay out of this Soos! This is between me and Dipper!" She shouted at Soos. This made both him and Wendy step back.
"OH THIS IS GETTING GOOD. I'M GONNA GO MAKE SOME POPCORN." Bill said disappearing.
"Mabel think about it. I wanted to keep you safe. If Bill had known that you knew of the future, he would have targeted you too." Dipper said not wanting to fight his sister.
"But we're siblings Dipper. We aren't supposed to keep secrets from each other." She said losing her angry tone and starting to cry.
"I know and I'm sorry. But for yours and everyone's good I had to hide it. But from now on I will tell you all about what is happening." Dipper said finally getting through to his sister.
"Awkward sibling hug?" She said trying to wipe away her tear.
"Sincere sibling hug." Dipper said hugging her.
They both said "pat pat" in unison. Mabel began to glow slightly and then she felt if the world had been lifted off her shoulders.
"Woah that felt weird." Mabel said shivering. "Now about you and Pacifica..." She said getting a facepalm from her brother.
"I'M BACK. AND I'VE GOT PO-" Bill said as he reappeared stopping when he saw them laughing with each other. "WHAT! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HATE EACH OTHER BY NOW!"
"That's one thing you'll never get Bill. You can't stop these two from loving each other." Wendy said.
"Yeah! These dudes are legends. Nothing can keep them down. Not even a bottomless pit!" Soos says.
"NO MATTER, I'LL JUST TURN YOU ALL BACK TO STONE AND TAKE OVER. THE WORLD. CAN'T HAVE YOU GETTING IN MY WAY." Bill says.
As he is about to turn them back the floor rumbles. A T-Rex head bursts through the wall and opens its mouth. Out steps Pacifica. She sees that all of them are in one place and proceeds to shout "Hurry get in!"
"WHAT! HENCHMANIACS! STOP THEM!" Bill shouts.
Outside of the Fearamid the henchmaniacs appear behind the Shacktron. The Shacktron pulls it's fist out of the wall and turns around to fight them. All of the Henchmaniacs.
They all charge at the Shacktron like in the previous timeline. Mcgucket, who is the one controlling the robot, makes easy work of them.
"I GUESS I HAVE TO DEAL WITH YOU ALL MYSELF!" Bill shouts as he climbs out of the hole in the Fearamid.
Bill immediately goes for the legs, knowing it was their weak spot last time, only to be surprised it was blocked by unicorn magic. He quickly recovers and dodges a swing for the eye by the Shacktron. They traded blow after blow, neither party getting the upper hand. Preoccupied fighting the Shacktron Bill doesn't notice ten figures launching out of it.
The ten flying through the air looked over watching the major battle going on. They deployed their parachutes and safely landed inside the Fearamid.
"Ok first things first. We need to free the townspeople." Dipper said to the other nine gathered.
"On it!" Mabel said already hooking her grappling hook onto the platform.
She grabbed Lazy Susan and pulled her out. The whole throne began to crumble before her. People started falling down.
"Everyone run as far as you can! It's not safe here!" Ford yelled up.
As everyone began to run out, Ford began drawing the circle. "Okay everyone step on your spots. Don't worry if they're different than last time. The placement of the spots doesn't matter. I think." He said.
Everyone began stepping on their spots and holding hands with the people next to them. They started glowing a bluish color and the circle began radiating a bright red glow.
Storm clouds began appearing over head as Bill continued to fight the Shacktron. "WHAT! THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!" He said. He tried to pull away but the Shacktron grabbed him by the foot. "NO! LET ME GO!" He said punching the Shacktron to no avail.
A reddish-blue beam shot out of the Fearamid and hit the forming clouds. Out from them shot a white light that hit Bill and started dragging him back to the Fearamid. As it felt the tugging feeling the Shacktron let him go.
As he entered the Fearamid Bill began pleading for them to stop. "NO! PLEASE I'LL GIVE YOU POWER, INFINITE KNOWLEDGE, ANYTHING!" He started getting closer and closer to the rift.
That was when things went south.
Bill snapped his fingers and an object appeared in front of him. "FINE IF YOU WON'T GIVE UP, I'LL MAKE YOU REGRET YOU EVER STOOD UP TO ME!" He shouted as a beam of darkness shot from the device.
It only had time to hit one person as Bill passed through the rift. His final words being "AHAHA! I'LL BE BACK. MARK MY WORD."
Everything from Weirdmageddon started getting sucked up like it had last time. The Fearamid began to crumble apart dropping the 10 to the ground. A wave launched from where the rift had been, restoring everything.
But no one that was in the Fearamid celebrated. What was in front of them made them gasp and weep. One of their own, turned to stone.
Dipper.
Wow. So originally that wasn't supposed to happen, but I didn't like my original ending to this one.
And for all of you out there thinking it's over. Well, this is only the beginning.
I've got to stop writing parts of my chapters at midnight. And since it's that late I'm going to sign of. Until next time BYEEEE!
