Chapter 10

Author's Note: Congratulations to Corey (Guest) for being the first to crack the chapter 9 code. And a special congratulations to CrimsonCow for being able to have the tolerance to close read every chapter to find the coded message. CrimsonCow is our official winner of the deciphering challenge. This chapter is dedicated to both of you.

I will have coded messages in each chapter from here on out. I ask that you only put your answer in PM's. I would like for everyone to have the chance to work out the codes. What's Gravity Fall's without ciphers?

I will warn you, the codes from here on out are going to be trickier than the last ones. But if you want those chapters published, you have to crack them.

I wish you luck on my sick and twisted game.

Truth be told, Bill hadn't been worried about anything lately. He saw no reason too.

His mind was focused more on Shooting Star and Pine Tree.

He hated to admit it, but he was rather found of the two trouble makers. And since he was able to read minds, he could tell that they liked him too. Stockholm syndrome works wonders.

Dipper and Mabel were worried. They feared that their grunkles wouldn't understand the seemingly random junk they had sent. Or that Bill would figure out there plan. Or that their powers would fail them. Their plan was risky but they didn't have much of a choice.

"Dipper...I'm worried."

"I know. So am I."

"What if..."

"We can't worry about it now. Deep breaths."

"Should we even go through with this?"

"We have to. We have to save the world, remember."

"But Bill..."

"It will be better for all of us if Bill wasn't around."

"I know. I know...Ok. Ok. I'm ready."

The twins joined hands and together transported themselves into the dungeon where there grunkles were kept.

"Kids?" The two Stans asked, their voices filled with dying hope.

"Stan! Ford!"

For a moment, they forgot about the plan and the impending doom. The four of them just hugged it out.

"We've been so worried about you two." Stan said.

"We were worried about you!" Mabel said, having never been happier than at that moment.

The bizarre family took a few moments to just enjoy each other's company.

"As much as I enjoy this," Ford spoke up. "We have a dream demon to destroy."

"Yeah." Dipper said, untangling himself from the 3 sets of arms. "We don't have much time. Bill will notice we're down here."

"Yeah that triangle guy won't leave us alone for long."

"So what's the plan?" Stan asked. "Please tell me it involves me punching that one-eyed creep in the face."

"Well...not exactly." Dipper said. "Did you find all the pieces we sent you?"

"Yes." Ford said pulling out the newly assembled memory gun.

"Ok good." Dipper said. "Now grab Mabel's hand. Mabel, you know where to take us."

…

Bill was sitting in the throne room. In his mind, he was just planning on letting Mabel and Dipper to sleep for the entire day. The stupid meat sacks were so tired after the marathon yesterday that he knew that he wouldn't be getting anything out of them for a couple days.

That was why he was even more shocked when the two of them appeared in his throne room. He did not even notice that there was two other presences in his throne room.

"What are you two doing up?" Bill said, foolishly unworried. "I thought you two would be sleeping for the next week or so."

"Dipper. Now." Mabel whispered.

Bill didn't understand what was happening until he felt the searing pain from the demon torturing spell he had taught Dipper.

"Ad infernum daemonium!" Dipper shouted while staring at Bill.

Unfortunately for the Pines twins but fortunately for Bill, the henchmaniacs heard Bill's scream and were quickly surrounding the Pines.

"We've got the henchmen." Mabel said, sending a couple fireballs at the inter-galactic nightmares.

"Go finish off Bill!." Ford yelled as he blasted keyhole with his laser gun.

"Put an end to that 3 sided creep, Dipper." Stan said as he punched in Pyronica's pink face.

Dipper ran over to Bill, who was now on the floor, violently shaking in agony. Dipper was sure to never take his eyes off of Bill, no matter how gruesome his body became.

"Make it stop!" Bill screamed, the agony searing through his body like fire. "Pine Tree! You Promised!"

Dipper wanted to look away and break contact with him. He wanted to make the pain stop. He hated to admit it...but he...he loved Bill. In some weird messed up way, Dipper cared about him. No matter what he had done to him, Bill was still his dad. After getting to know him: Dipper couldn't hate him. He had once heard the phrase "you could learn to love anyone after hearing their story'. After learning Bill's story, was there any wonder why he acted the way he did? Was it even his fault that he lived an endless life of nothing until he got a taste of what it was like to be real and be punished for it?

But then Dipper looked around. He saw Stan and Ford, dying from Bill's henchmen's attacks. Punches did nothing against magical beings. He saw his sister struggling to stay on her feet while the demons attached her. Pyronica was showing no mercy to Mabel, her flaming fists punching every inch of her.

"Pyronica! Stop hurting Mabel." Bill cried, blood covering every part of his body, still writhing in pain even though Dipper had broken contact. "Stop now before I torture you myself!"

Pyronica did not hear or did not care what Bill had to say because she continued to torture Mabel.

Bill tried to stand up, his mind focused on protecting his daughter who had betrayed him.

"Ad infernum daemonium!" Dipper snapped his fingers, starting the torture spell again.

Bill fell to the floor, the pain returning tenfold.

"Mason!" Bill said, his breath frantic. "Please…"

"You...you said my actual name." Dipper said, surprised and saddened at this, but still continuing the spell. "Not Pine Tree or even Dipper."

"Mason...please…" Bill said, losing consciousness. "Please...stop."

Dipper hesitantly walked closer to Bill, never taking his eyes off of him. Once his was right in front of him, Dipper blinked his eyes, ending the spell.

Bill was on his knees, seeming to cower in front of Dipper. Dipper had never seen anyone look so helpless.

"Alliges duplicia." Dipper spoke as he snapped his fingers. Long, metal chains appeared out of nowhere and wrapped themselves around Bill making his arms and legs useless.

Dipper then reached into his coat pocket and pulled out the memory gun. With a heavy heart, Dipper dialed in the words: Bill Cipher.

"What? What are you doing?" Bill asked, still a little dazed. "Gun's don't work on me, Mason. You know that."

Dipper didn't respond.

"Wait." Bill said, taking a closer look at the object in Dipper's hand. "Wait...no...no-no-no. Don't you dare!"

Dipper raised the gun. Bill's eyes grew wide, both being visibly because his hair was plastered against his scalp from blood and his eye patch lost in the fight. Bill looked like a deer in the head lights.

"No! Don't! Please!" Bill pleaded. "I'll give you anything! Riches! Knowledge! Your own galaxy! Your family! Just don't erase my mind!"

Dipper took a breath. His arm was shaking.

"I'll give you anything!" Bill begged. "I'll do anything! Give you your freedom! Never bother you again! Return the world back to normal! Anything!"

Dipper turned away, unable to look at Bill's terrified face. Unable to morally see the pain that he was inflicting.

"Please! You'll be destroying the most powerful mind in existence!" Bill reasoned, desperation in his voice. "Please don't! Please...I beg you. Don't destroy my mind, Mason. You'll be destroying me if you do that! My mind is all I have...please…"

Dipper dared himself to look up. It pained him to see that Bill was in tears.

"I'm sorry." Dipper said, looking into Bill eyes, tear drops falling from his own eyes. "Dad."

Dipper looked away as he pulled the trigger. There was a flash of light.

Then everything got weird.

The giant X in the sky began sucking up everything weird from the universe. Anything Bill had brought with him or had changed to fill his twisted desires was now vanishing without a trace. All of the monsters were dragged back into their own dimension. Wendy, Pacifica, Robbie, Gideon and McGucket transformed from tapestries back into humans. The fear-amid that the Pines twins had called home for the past few weeks disappeared around them.

When the weirdness stopped, Dipper found himself in a birch tree forest. Bill's seemingly lifeless body was under the shade of one of the trees. The red blood on his outfit faded, but instead of returning to the yellow color, it became white.

"Dipper!" Mable said, running up to him, her voice cracking.

"Mabel...I'm sorry…" Dipper said, hugging his sister.

"I know...but you had no choice…"

"Mabel! Dipper!" Stan said, running to them.

"You did it Dipper!" Ford said, smiling from ear to ear. "You defeated Bill! Everything is normal now. I am so proud of you."

The four of them looked over at the seemingly lifeless body only a few feet away.

Dipper and Mabel weren't smiling like there uncles.

"What is it?" Ford asked. "What's wrong?"

"I just...I just destroyed my father…" Dipper said.

Mabel, one step ahead of Dipper, went over to Bill's body.

"He's breathing." Mabel said. "He's still alive."

Mabel knelt down at Bill's side and touched his hand. At this contact, Bill opened his eyes. His eyes were drastically different. They were no longer gold but a light blue. His pupils were no longer slits. His eyes looked...human. The black streaks in his hair were gone and his hair no longer floated around magically. He looked normal.

"It's so great to know you're ok." Mabel said, smiling to know that he was still alive.

"We...we thought you were gone." Dipper said kneeling on the other side of Mabel.

"You had us so worried."

Mabel hugged Bill, wrapping her arms around his neck. Bill looked shocked at the contact. He gently grabbed her wrists and pulled her off of him.

"Hey there, kiddo." Bill said, confused, but a simple smile on his face. "What's your name?"