Ford wiped his brow and sorted through his weapons, desperately searching for his old tracker. Dipper stood nervously to the side, fidgeting. The boy watched as his Grunkle tossed old gadgets everywhere, some breaking upon contact with the floor. He cringed as glass shattered and grazed his ankle. He tapped the elder on the shoulder, gaining his attention immediately.
"Uh, Grunkle Ford, I know that Bill's still out there, but do you need to act... like this?" The man grimaced, pushing his glasses further up his nose.
"Yes. It's growing stronger," he replied. "Haven't you noticed how it's growing?" Dipper shrugged.
"A bit," the boy admitted. "I thought I was imagining things again..." Ford reached into the bin and gripped a sort of tracker. He pressed the buttons on it before waving to the statue next to him. The slab of stone was a very dark grey, almost close to black. It had several cracks trailing down its arms and legs that pulsed a dim violet. Dipper frowned and narrowed his eyes in uncertainty. He didn't remember the statue looking like that.
"What's wrong with it, Grunkle Ford?" he asked. The man tested the dials on the tracker as he spoke.
"It's gaining energy, Dipper, but not just any energy. It's the very same energy that caused the Weirdmageddon. Normally, this wouldn't cause me any concern because the energy usually disperses into the atmosphere. However, it's not dispersing. It's manifesting itself into the statue and it refuses to leak out."
"Isn't there some way to destroy the statue?" Ford shook his head.
"No, no, we mustn't do that. Too much energy has been collected. If we destroy the statue, even just a little bit, it would unleash all of that power. It might cause a portal to appear or worse, tear a hole into the Nightmare Realm. No, we need to find Bill."
"Why Bill?" the boy asked curiously, staring at the statue through the clear barrier it was in. Ford managed to turn on the tracker and leered at the blank radar.
"Because the energy is Bill's former power," the man replied. "Whenever I put its blood next to the statue, they both resonated at the same frequency. The blood and the power both fed off of each other and were kept in equilibrium. If we put Bill and the statue next to each other, they would both create a cycle that wouldn't give Bill the power to escape a thick Dimensional glass barrier and keep the energy from causing a tear in our reality." Ford pointed the device at the slab of stone and pressed a button. With a crackle and sizzle, a crimson dot pulsed onto the radar. The man gave a faint grin before running out of his lab.
"This way Dipper!"
Bill felt a surge of energy pulse through it. It felt kind of fuzzy, but it could feel the energy radiating from somewhere. Its senses told it that the power was coming from its former body and, from the feel of it, it was charging up quite nicely. The triangle suppressed a cackle of glee as blue embers licked at its fingertips.
It might be able to escape soon.
WHOA, it's been what, a month?
...
don't kill me please- this is my peace offering.
Note: Ford doesn't know that Bill can draw energy from the statue. That's going to cause some problems later.