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Chapter 10
A few minutes later, Howard, Theresa, and the twins were still in the gym tying up the manotaurs when Randy walked into the gym, unmasked.
"Hey, guys, I see you took care of the manotaurs," Randy said. "But I heard some loud screaming while I was fighting earlier. What was that about?"
"Bro, you missed the brucest thing ever!" Howard exclaimed. "When we thought we had taken care of the manotaurs, one of them came back out and threatened Dipper. But then Mabel screamed at him so loud that the manotaurs were blown into unconsciousness. It was totally the cheese!"
Randy raised an eyebrow and looked at Mabel. "I didn't know that you had powers."
"Me, ether," Mabel agreed. "But you know what they say: puberty changes people."
Dipper pulled out his 3 journal. "I don't think that was puberty."
"Then what do you think it was?" Theresa asked.
A couple of seconds later, Dipper slammed his journal shut and pursed his lips together. "I don't know! That scream was unlike anything that I've ever seen Mabel do."
Suddenly, Morgan walked over to the five of them. "Okay, it's time to pay up."
Randy looked at Howard. "What's she talking about?"
"Before got Morgan to make the manotaurs turn on each other, she said that we owed her a favor. And I guess she wants it now."
Randy sighed. "What do you want?"
"Simple. Slimovitz put all the cool dance equipment in the attic," Morgan explained. "And he said that I can't use them until next school year. But I want to use them over the summer to practice with. So I figured that since you're the ninja—"
"You want me to use my powers to get it for you," Randy finished.
"I don't care whether you use your powers or not. I just want the dance equipment." Morgan walked out of the gym.
Randy sighed. "Looks like I have to go do Morgan's dirty work. Who wants to come with me?"
"I do!" Theresa volunteered.
Dipper frowned. "Sorry, I'm gonna have to pass. I want to finish tying up the manotaurs."
"And I'm gonna help him," Mabel added.
"Don't worry bro," Howard said. "I'll go with you."
"Yay," Theresa muttered.
It took Randy, Howard, and Theresa a few minutes to find the janitor's closet that had the ladder that led to the attic.
Once the three of them found it, Howard jiggled the doorknob. It was locked.
"Well, Randy, it looks like you're up," Howard said.
Randy pulled on his ninja mask and sighed. "I still don't like this." He took out his ninja sword and sliced the door knob off.
After pulling his ninja mask back off, Randy kicked the door open.
The shelves on the walls of the closet not only had the janitor's supplies, but were also filled with boxes containing random items.
Theresa looked around and pulled out a box labeled: Dance Equipment. "Isn't this what Morgan was asking for?"
Randy looked in the box and nodded. "That's weird." He looked around the closet. "In fact, it looks like all the stuff that would be in the attic is in here."
"But if the attic stuff is in here, then what's up in the attic?" Howard asked.
Randy climbed up the ladder that led to the attic and put his hand on the hatch. "There's only one way to find out." He fully opened the hatch and poked his head into the attic.
After taking a look around, Randy saw fifty robo-apes on one side of the attic and Gideon, McFist, and Viceroy on the other side.
Randy waved a hand down at Theresa and Howard, motioning for them not to come up.
Randy remained silent and began to watch Viceroy, McFist and Gideon.
Gideon and McFist sat at a small command center filled with screens containing Norrisville High's security camera footage. But the two of them were watching Viceroy build something that looked like a large metal cylinder with four equally spaced capsules attached to it.
"I still can't believe that my manotaur plan didn't work!" Gideon was grumbling. "I was so sure that those brain dead bull-men would be able to keep Cunningham busy."
"Well, you did manage to buy us a little time," Viceroy said. "Plus, thanks to the security camera footage, we were able to identify the air bender."
"Can we be sure that the girl is the air bender?" McFist asked.
"First off, the girl's name is Mabel!" Gideon said. "And besides, an ability like that can't be classified as fire, earth, or water."
"True," McFist admitted. "But wouldn't it be bad if the Ninja found out that she has air powers?"
"Yes, but since he doesn't know why, we'd still be one step ahead!" Gideon said. He looked at Viceroy. "When will that Doomsday Robot be done and what will it do?"
Viceroy stopped working and wiped sweat off his forehead. "I'm not sure when it'll be finished. Hopefully sometime later tomorrow. And as far as what it does, well once we find the three other element benders, we'll put them and Mabel in the capsules that will be attached to the robot. And that robot will be able to drain power from the capsules and use it to defeat the Ninja, free the Sorcerer, and destroy the wall surrounding the school."
"Then get on it!" McFist snapped. "The robot won't build itself!"
Viceroy sighed and got back to work.
I think I've seen enough, Randy thought. He quietly closed the attic door and climbed down the ladder and onto the floor of the closet.
"What did you see?" Theresa asked.
Randy explained everything he saw in the attic.
"Wait, why was Gideon working with McFist?" Theresa asked once Randy was done.
"Yeah, McFist kinda leads a double life like I did," Randy said. "When he's not releasing new products for McFist Industries, he's trying to help the Sorcerer defeat me."
"Yeah, he's a good inventor, but a bad man," Howard added.
Randy looked at his best friend and did a double take when he noticed that Howard's shirt was drenched with what appeared to be sweat.
Theresa looked in that direction as well and frowned. "That is gross."
"Uh, Howard, are you alright?" Randy asked. "Because you're kinda sweating. I mean, I know my story was scary and all, but I didn't think it was that scary."
Howard shrugged as he looked down at himself. "I'm not sure what happened. I didn't even notice it until you two pointed it out. But it looks like now I'm gonna need a new shirt."
~Jameer14