Chapter 19: Demons Hunters
(Emily's P.O.V)
Today is the day.
Today is the day.
Today is the day.
Yeah, I'm still having a hard time believing it. I still can't believe that I have survived pretty much all of Season 1. What is coming next will make the others seem like a stroll on the park.
"Kids! Come quick!" Stan called and I walked in the living room, followed by the twins as Stan was watching the television.
"I need you to laugh at this with me!" He laughed and we looked at the screen.
"Who's cute as a button, and always your friend? Lil' G-I-D to the E-O-N! Wink!" Gideon sang and winked at the screen. I blew a raspberry, wishing Gideon could see my annoyance.
"Li'l Gideon!" Bud announced as the screen glowed bright and I rolled my eyes.
"Ugh, Gideon." Dipper spat.
"Remember when I wouldn't date him and he tried to destroy us?" Mabel asked.
"He's always trying to trick me into losing the Mystery Shack." Stan complained.
"One time I caught him stealing my moisturizer." Wendy added.
"He always gives me the creeps when I'm around him. Like he knows what I'm doing." I commented.
"And yet, our mutual hatred for him bonds us together." Soos smiled as Gideon laughed in the screen.
"Come on down to Li'l Gideon's Tent of Telepathy, opening soon at this location." Bid said and the commercial showed the Tent of Telepathy crashing down on the Mystery Shack.
"Uh, should we be worried about that?" Dipper questioned Stan.
"Please, the only way Gideon's taking over this shack is by breaking in and stealing my deed." Stan explained and we all heard a crashing sound from Stan's office.
"You mean like, right now?" Wendy asked. We all ran to his office and opened the door seeing Gideon at the safe. I quickly snapped a picture.
"38? 41? Oh, heavens to Betsy!" Gideon 'cursed' in frustration.
"Gideon!" Stan cried and the little villain child turn around to face us.
"Well, well, Stanford, my arch-nemesis. We seem to have entered a dangerous game of cat and mouse. But the question remains, who is the cat, and who is the..."
"Soos broom." Stan deadpanned and the handyman gave our boss the broom.
"Oh no, not the broom!" Gideon cried and was chased around with the broom, while hiding like a cat. Stan hit him a couple times before chasing him out into the rain.
"And stay out! Or I'll send a photo of you attempting to break into our safe to the cops!" I warned. Gideon didn't seem to phased by that.
"You mark my words, Stanford, one day I'm gonna get that combination. And once I steal that deed, you'll never see the Mystery Shack again!" Gideon threatened.
"Good luck, bucko!" Stan laughed and slammed the door. He went back to his office to take care of the deed and I sighed to myself. This was going to be one heck of a day. I heard the thunder crack and sighed to myself.
Cue theme song.
We sat down watching t.v. Dipper and Wendy half-heartedly shot foam darts out of their nyarf guns as I tried my best to remain calm.
"He put the old in 'old west,' they call him...Grandpa the Kid!" The announcer sang.
"I'm tired during the day." Grandpa the Kid deadpanned.
"I can relate to this." Stan commented.
"Grunkle Stan, why can't we watch a movie that we'll all enjoy? Dream Boy High! Where love is on your permanent record." Mabel said, showing us the dvd case to the movie of her choosing.
"Boo!" We all chorused in annoyance.
"You'll learn to like it." Mabel said simply.
"Not likely." I deadpanned as crash was heard from the kitchen. Soos then ran in, freaking out,
"Aaah! Dudes, there's a bat in the kitchen! It tried to touch me with its 'weird little bat fingers'!" Soos exclaimed, being slightly creepy.
"Okay, 1: those are just wings. 2: Never make that face again, it's creepy." I said, giving him a finger gun.
"Uh okay, but what about the bat?" Soos asked.
"Don't worry, I got this under control." Stan then leaned back in his armchair and relaxed. "Dipper, take care of it." He deadpanned.
"Haha, yes!" Mabel cheered, pumping her fist.
"What? Why can't Mabel do it?" Dipper complained.
"'Cause life ain't fair. Now go fight a bat so we can watch TV." Stan ordered.
"No way, Grunkle Stan! You always make me do dumb chores. I'm putting my foot down this time!" Dipper declared as he stomped his foot on the carpet in front on the t.v.
"I said do it kid. Now!" Stan demanded as old west music played while the two had a stare off, of course Stan won by giving a scary glare.
"Okay, I'll do it!" Dipper cried, admitting defeat, and walked towards the kitchen with Mabel following behind him.
Not a few minutes later, loud scream and crashed echoes through the kitchen and Mabel was laughing and making quaking noises. I sighed to myself and turned to Soos.
"Get the first aid kit." I deadpanned and Soos saluted and rushed off to get it. Later Wendy had left while Soos, Mabel, and I tended to Dipper.
"Ow, ow!" Dipper winced.
"Swabbing on disinfectant, doo doo doo..." Soos sang. Dipper just sighed.
"Why does Grunkle Stan always pick on me? Think about it! The more painful or difficult the chore is, the more likely it is I'll have to do it. Why doesn't he pick on you guys?" Dipper asked.
"Beats me, maybe it's his way of showing her cares?" I shrugged as I picked up a few pans from the floor and placed them on the counter
"I doubt this is any form of affection." Dipper huffed, gesturing to his bandages.
"Dipper, Stan's personality is one of life's great mysteries. Like whether or not it's possible to lick your own elbow." Soo explained.
"I bet you can't!" Mabel challenged.
"I bet I can!" Soos responded and actually tried to lick his elbow and walked outside.
"Lick it! Lick it! Lick it!" Mabel chanted, following Soos.
"Sometimes I feel like Stan hates me." Dipper sighed and started at a picture of Stan.
"Dipper, I'm sure that's not true. Stan just has a different way of showing his feelings." I assured him.
"The sink's clogged. Dipper, get in here and fix it!" Stan yelled from the living room and Dipper growled in response and grabbed a Nyarf gun and shot it at Stan's picture. I face-palmed.
"Stan! It wouldn't be clogged if you didn't eat snacks in there!" I called back.
"Doesn't matter! Dipper fix it!" Stan ordered. Dipper huffed and trudged to the bathroom as I groaned and finished cleaning up the kitchen when I felt a bang in my head. I stumbled and fell to the ground and blacked out.
When I opened my eyes I was walking what I assumed was my mind and I noticed a mirror in the distance. I walked over and instead of my reflection I saw a me that looked like she hadn't eaten or cleaned herself in a while. Her...er...my necklace glowed and something was forming in other me's hands. I was blinded by the light and woke up gasping.
"Wha-what was that?" I muttered to myself as I sat up and placed a hand in my head. I stood up and walked to the living room to see Dipper sweeping and Stan asleep in his chair.
"Oh, I'm so sorry." Stan muttered, still asleep.
"What is going on in that guy's head?" Dipper asked.
"I have no idea." I shrugged and Dipper began to walk away when Mabel and Soos ran in.
"Dipper, Emily! We've gotta help Stan!" Mabel cried.
"Wait what?" Dipper asked.
"Take a breath guys, what's going on?" I asked.
"This evil triangle guy said he's gonna break into Stan's mind and steal the combination to his safe! Also we stopped for snacks on the way here." Soos explained as he was eating Burrito Bites.
"Triangle guy? I feel like I've seen something like this before in the journal..." Dipper said taking it out.
"If you say 'illuminati' I swear I'm gonna lose it." I commented, trying to hide my fear.
"Here it is. Beware Bill, the most powerful and dangerous creature I've ever encountered. Whatever you do, never let him enter your mind." Dipper read and Stan started grunting in his sleep. We all gasped in fear.
"Grunkle Stan!" Mabel cried out worriedly. Bill's shadow went down into Stan and he started grunting as his eyes started glowing blue.
"That's not good." I said, wide-eyed. Mabel took the Journal from Dipper.
"It is possible to follow the demon into a person's mind and prevent his chaos. One must simply recite this incantation." Mabel read,
"Ugh, this is just great. I spend all day cleaning sinks and fighting bats for Stan and now I have to save him from some crazy brain demon?" Dipper asked in disbelief.
"But if we don't do anything Gideon might steal the shack! Or worse!" Mabel said fearfully.
"Mabel's right, this demon could haunt our minds as well. Gideon could find out all of our secrets." I explained. Stan meanwhile seemed to scream in agony, eyes still blue. Dipper then sighed.
"Fine. Get ready, guys. We're about to journey into the most horrifying, disturbing place any of us have ever been: our uncle's mind." Dipper declared as lighting struck.
"You think I can take these Burrito Bites into Stan's brain? Thumbs up? Thumbs down?" Soos asked and the laughed.
"You know what, I'm just gonna bring 'em."
Later we lit candles up and they were placed around Stan as the lights were dimmed. Dipper looked through Journal 3 and turned to us.
"Okay, guys, in order to save our uncle, we're gonna have to follow that...dream demon into his mind." Dipper explained.
"I wonder what Stan's thinking about right now." Soos thought and grabbed Stan's face. "I love Soos like a son!" He said, mimicking Stan in a high pitched voice.
"Soos! This is serious!" Dipper cried.
"Sorry." Soos apologized, still mimicking Stan.
"Yeah!" Mabel then high fives Soos happily.
"Lets do this." Dipper declared and we all put one hand on Stan's head as Dipper started the spell.
"Videntus omnium. Magister mentium. Magnesium ad hominem. Magnum opus. Habeas corpus! Inceptus Nolanus overratus! Magister mentium! Magister mentium! MAGISTER MENTIUM!" Dipper chanted as our eyes started to glow blue, the candles went out and the next thing I know we are in Stan's mind.
"What the?" Soos gasped
"Whoa, this is Stan's mind?" Mabel asked.
"Well it ain't Vegas." I joked half heartedly.
"I figured there would be more hot old ladies." Soos commented.
"What has Stan been teaching you?" I questioned.
"Remember everyone, we've got to look out for the triangle guy." Mabel warned, here we go...
"Yeah, look out for the triangle guy!" Bill respected as he floated in, twirling his cane.
"It's him! It's the guy!" Soos cried, pointing.
"You leave our uncle's brain alone, you isosceles monster!" Mabel then charged towards Bill.
"Mabel, don't!" But I was too late, she went inside Bill, who pulled out a watch from nowhere, and she flew back out.
"Gotcha! Wait, what?" Mabel did a double take, not sure what happened.
"Ah, Stan's family, we meet at last! Question Mark, Shooting Star, Pine Tree, and heeeeeellllllloooooo, Emerald! I had a hunch I'd bump into these guys, but I'm sure glad to see you again!" Bill said happily. I glared at him and clenched my fist.
"Wait again?" Dipper questioned.
"You know this jerk?" Mabel asked.
"Oh, you didn't tell them? Oh man! This is priceless! Go on, tell them, I wanna soak up the depressing emotions of betrayal!" Bill laughed as he spawned some popcorn and gestured for us to continue.
"Emily, what is he talking about?" Dipper asked. I looked at my friends, to Bill, and back to them again. Finally I took a deep breath.
"Bill's been haunting my dreams." I confessed.
"WHAT!?" The three screamed.
"Why didn't you tell us!?" Mabel asked.
"Were did this happen?" Dipper asked.
"And...why is he so...echoey..." Soos questioned.
"Well, it's started not long after you guys showed up in Gravity Falls. It's been going on and off for a while. He stopped a few weeks ago and I knew he was dangerous. I didn't tell you because I was worried that he would find a way to haunt your dreams. I'm sorry. I should have told you when I realized that he was the one entering Stan's mind. Also the echo is just how he talks, I got no explanation for that." I explained and they started at me.
"Oh, Emily..." Mabel said.
"You know you could have told us. We would have helped you." Dipper finished and I heard Bill choke on his popcorn behind us.
"Don't worry, after this, we'll make sure this monster never bothers you again!" Mabel declared.
"Yeah!" Soos agreed.
"Thanks guys." I said and gave the, a hug.
"Are you kidding me!?" We all turned to glare at Bill.
"What's wrong Bill? Mad that I still have friends?" I taunted.
"Seriously, you three trust her just like that? Where's the hurt of betrayal? The arguing? The possible bloodshed? Are you saying you're not even a little angry at her for keeping this a secret?!" Bill exclaimed.
"Nope."
"Haha! No."
"Emily's our friend, dawg."
"Arrrrrrg! Fine, but you four still can't beat me, even if you followed me in the mind, you aren't prepared for what's coming. Observe." Bill said and shot out a beam into Dipper's chest, who screamed.
"Dipper calm down! It's not real!" I exclaimed and Dipper started to calm down. Mabel then stick her arm through the hole.
"Boop!" She giggled.
"Mabel!" Dipper huffed and turned back to Bill. "What do you want with Emily's or our uncle's mind anyway?" Dipper asked.
"Oh, Emerald's mind is my business, but for your uncle's, it's just the code to the old man's safe! Inside the shack is a maze of a thousand doors representing your uncle's memories. Behind one of them is a memory of him inputting the code! I just need to find it and Gideon will pay me handsomely." Bill said causally.
"Not if we stop you!" Mabel cried.
"Hah, fat chance! I'm the master of the mind." Blue flames the encircled him. "I even know what you're thinking right now!" Bill insisted.
"That's impossible, no one can guess what I'm thinking!" Mabel retorted and Bill snapped his fingers, causing Xyler and Craz to appear beside her.
"Whoa, where are we, bro?" Xyler asked.
"We must be in heaven, 'cause I just saw an angel!" Craz said and pointed to Mabel, who hugged his leg happily.
"I'm never letting go of your leg!" She squealed.
"You're out of your league, kids. Turn around now before you see something you might regret. Later, suckers! Bye Emerald!" Bill then burst through the wall of the Mystery Shack.
"Ug! Don't think that comment meant anything! And you could have used the door!" I yelled after him and groaned in annoyance.
"We're goin' in! Mabel, can we leave those guys out here? Looking at them...hurts my eyes..." Dipper said, blocking his eyes from the bright colors coming off of them.
"No! They can help us!" Mabel insisted.
"Totally! Arm throne!" The two then carried Mabel with an arm throne. Mabel giggled in delight as Dipper stared at them.
"Dude! Arm throne!" Soos said, kneeling down for Dipper, who back away as Soos kept advancing.
"Arm throoone!" Soos said and Dipper screamed.
"Guys...why?" I muttered and we walked into Shack and gasped in unison.
"Radical!" Craz said.
"I also think it's radical." Xyler added. We walked around and a Stan bat flew by Dipper, who gasped.
"No refunds! No refunds! No refunds!" It related as it flew by a place with Stan's fears, and hopes, we finally made our way to Stan's memories.
"Whoa, look! All of Stan's memories!" Soos exclaimed.
"Yeah, I recognize a few of these." I commented looking around.
"Great. Sure there's plenty of memories of Stan bossing me around, can't wait to see more of that." Dipper sighed.
"Come on Dipper, we've gotta find the code before Bill does!" Mabel said.
"Mabel is talking!" Craz smiled.
"So rad!" Xyler added. I swear this is somehow more annoying then normal.
"Let's get searching!" Soos said and we ran down the hallway. I could resist peaking at a certain memory, so I opened a door and saw Stan and a much younger Soos.
"Okay, what you wanna do is keep your stance balanced and aim a punch at the bag as hard as you can." Memory Stan explained. I realized they were outside the Shack and both wearing boxing gloves.
"Uh like this...Eh...Eh...Eh." I giggled as young Soos was hitting the bag so lightly it wasn't moving, much to Stan's annoyance.
"Come on! What're you waiting for! Just punch it!" Stan exclaimed and Soos yelped and punched the bag so hard it swung back and hit Stan, who fell on the grass.
"Sorry Mister Pines." Young Soos apologized.
"It's fine." Stan muttered weakly and gave a thumbs up.
"Awww, cute. But not it." I said, shutting the door and joined the others.
"No luck on my end." I reported.
"Same here." Soos said and we came by a door labeled 'Dipper Memories'.
"Look, guys! Memories about me!" Dipper said and opened the door.
"That doesn't seen like a good idea." Soos cut in.
"I just wanna know what the old guy really thinks of me." Dipper glanced back at the door suspiciously.
"I'm with Soos, it's bad enough we looked at some of these memories." I said.
"We already know how Stan feels about us! He loves us! We're great." Mabel insisted and we began to walk away.
"Yeah. Let's just keep moving." Soos declared.
"More moving?" Xyler asked happily.
"Yes! I love motion!" Craz responses happily. Find a happy place, Emily. Find a happy place...Eh, who am I kidding? I'm gonna be questioned by the twins anyways, so I better stay focused.
"Hey Emily? Does Bill like you?" Mabel asked. Who called it? I called it!
"Uh...I don't think so." I replied.
"Really? Cause you're the only one he didn't call you a 'sucker' like the rest of us. And he flirted with you the moment he saw you. And he's been haunting you..." Mabel said counting on her fingers.
"Okay...so maybe he...urg...'likes me' but I don't think Bill even knows what love is exactly. Besides, he's not my type, plus he's been giving me painful headaches when I'm around..." My voice then trailed off.
"Around who? Us!?" Mabel asked worriedly.
"What no! Not you...um...Nate..." I admitted, blushing a light tint of pink, how is that even possible in the mind-scape?
"I knew it! You're in love with Nate, and Bill is jealous! But Nate will soon be your shining armor to rescue you from his evil clutches on your dream!" Mabel declared and pretends to wave a sword around and I laughed.
"Well Thanks for not shipping me with a demon." I said.
"Ew, why would I?" Mabel grimace.
"Read the fanfic's." I muttered.
"What was that?"
"Uh, what nothing, let's keep looking." I urged and we continued on.
"Hello? Code to Stan's safe? Where are you?" Soos asked...Wait is it Bill now? Crap, I was busy talking with Mabel that I forgot to watch Soos!
"Opening and closing doors is fun!" Xyler exclaimed.
"I can do it also!" Craz added. I facepalmed. Mabel then tugged at my arm and pointed to a door labeled 'Top Secret' and the others joined us.
"Alright guys, I have a good feeling about this door." Mabel said and opened it and we saw a shirtless Stan in what I assumed was the bathroom.
"Hey Mr. Tummy!" Stan said, looking down at his...well, tummy.
"Hey Mr. Stan!" 'Mr. Tummy' responded in a high pitched voice.
"Are you hungry?"
"Yes!"
"Aah!" Soos grimaced.
"Stan why!?" I cried staring at it.
"Eat you're crackers!" Stan said and fed Mr. Tummy some crackers.
"Oh, yum yum yum yum!" Mr. Tummy giggled.
"Sweet Sally." Mabel said, disgusted and closed the doors.
"Well that was the worse way to waste crackers I've ever seen." I muttered as we turned away.
"Hah, we've been searching forever! What if the triangle guy finds the memory before we do?" Soos asked. No wait...this is Bill! Ah shoot, how do I stop him?
"If we wanna find Stan's memory, we gotta think like Stan. He's always hiding stuff, right?" Mabel asked thoughtfully.
"Yeah! Like how he hides his arrest warrants under that rug in the gift shop?" Bill suggested. Anyone else wonder how he knew about it, and didn't just take the memory himself and call it a day? I'm not on his side, but why?
"Soos, that's it! Look!" Mabel exclaimed and pointed to a rug. She walked over to it and removed it, finding the door underneath. We all gasped as Mabel opened the door and we watched Stan kiss the deep and placed it in the safe.
"There ya go." Stan closed the door. "And now to input the code. 13, 44, and finally..." Bill closed the door before Stan could finish.
"Dude! we found it!" Bill exclaimed happily.
"Yeah!" Mabel and I cheered.
"But what do we do now? Jinx!" Xyler and Craz asked I unison.
"Um... um... Let's just destroy the door before Bill can find it!" Mabel decided and grabbed a battle ax from a suit of armor.
"Wait!" Bill and I said and the same time and Mabel froze.
"I'll handle this." I insisted and took the ax from her.
"Maybe I should do it! My big fat arms are great at destroying stuff!" Bill said, though unlike the episode he said it with a glare.
"Oh...okay..." Mabel hesitated and Bill used his magic to lift the door up as the real Soos showed up.
"Hey guys! I just saw a memory of Stan roller skating and wearing short-shorts!" He paused for a moment as we stared.
"Didn't look... didn't look that bad! Hey, something weird is goin' on here." Soos said.
"Oh ya think!?" I yelled as Bill laughed and turned back to normal as we huddled together.
"Boy, you kids sure are gullible! I knew you'd lead me straight to the code! Ahahahaha ahahhahahahaha! It's funny how dumb you are." Bill said and I glared.
"Okay, 1 you're the one that pointed our the freaking rug, and 2 I am...trying...to not laugh..." I said, in a strained voice and I facepalmed. Stupid one liners!
"Hahaha, aww thanks Emerald. But now I finally have the combination to Stan's safe. Boy, that was even easier then I thought!" Bill said happily as he tucked the door behind his back.
"Oh, yeah? Well, you're a-a stink face!" Mabel retorted.
"Awesome comeback Mabel!" Xyler cheered.
"Don't treat me like a child, Xyler." Mabel glared.
"Later, suckers! See ya Emerald!" Bill then flew away and up the stairs.
"I seriously wish I could knock that guy into the next dimension." I muttered through gritted teeth.
"Come on! We've gotta save Stan!" Mabel cried.
"What's the point?" We turned and saw Dipper walking down the stairs. "Why should I save him, huh? I work for Stan day and night and all he does in return is say he wants to get rid of me." Dipper ranted.
"Dipper, I'm sure that's not true." Mabel insisted.
"Yeah would you think that?" I asked.
"I saw it with my own eyes in one of his memories, guys! He always picked on me and now I know why. Stan hates me!" Dipper exclaimed and we all gasped.
"Dipper, it doesn't matter what you saw. If we don't stop Bill, we'll lose the Shack!" Mabel reasoned.
"No! You know what? Not this time. For once this is one of Stan's problems I'm not gonna fix." Dipper declared.
"Fine. Come on, Soos. We'll save Stan ourselves." Mabel glared and grabbed my arm as we walked to where Bill had gone.
"Dipper, you're a cool dude, but... this isn't cool, dude." Soos said from behind us.
"Let's go, Xyler."
"All right, Craz!"
"Those are our names!"
"Okay Mabel, I know you love them, but they are way to optimistic." I groaned and we heard a family voice.
"Mabel, remember the bottomless pit?" I asked all knowing and she smirked and held up a nyarf gun from nowhere.
"It's, you got a pen there? It's 13, 44..." Mabel shot the nyarf dart and it hit the door out of Bill's hands. "No no no! Wait, no!" Bill cried and ran after it.
"...and none more bottomless than the bottomless pit! Which you can see here is bottomless." Memory Stan said and noticed the door.
"Whooh! Whatever that was, it's gone forever!" The door for the memory then shut and Bill turned to see us.
"Ha ha! Boom!" Mabel cheered triumphantly.
"Mabel did it!" Xyler and Craz exclaimed.
"The Shack is safe!" Soos added.
"Haha, in your faces!" I laughed pointed at Bill and Gideon.
"The deal's off!" Gideon cried.
"Wa-wait! No! Wait!" Bill pleaded.
"I'm switchin' to plan B!" Gideon hung up and Bill's body cracked and his pieces fell to the floor and he then reappeared red and glared at us.
"YOU! You can't even imagine what you just cost me! Do you have any idea what I'm like...WHEN I'M MAD?!" Bill exclaimed, voice getting lower. Several symbols appeared in Bill's eye and we where lifted up by a giant rock in the shaped of Stan's head. All the while Bill's size was getting larger.
"So I guess he gets really mad when he gets mad." Soos commented fearfully.
"Really, how could you tell?" I muttered sarcastically. I then felt myself be8ng lifted up in a red aura.
"Emily! Give her back!" Mabel cried, pointing at Bill while glaring.
"Wha-hey! Put me down!" I demanded as Bill locked me in a golden bird cage that was floating around Bill's eye level.
"Now that Emerald is out of the way...EAT NIGHTMARES!" Bill exclaimed and my friends started to scream. He was mainly zapping at them while they ran around the limited space as I pulled on the bars, but no luck in breaking them. Great.
"One nightmare, coming up!" Bill exclaimed, charging up her finger.
"Nightmare? Hope he doesn't mean that British dog man I'm always dreaming about..." Soos said hopefully.
"Don't give him ideas!...Oh forget it..." I muttered as the British dog man appeared in front of Soos.
"'Ello, 'ello, 'ello! Who's crike for a stick in the pudding?" He spoke, while hitting Soos with his cane.
"Aaaaahhhhhh! It's everything I've ever feared!" Soos screamed.
"You!" Bill then struck Mabel, who started to turn green and...weird...
"Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhh! My cuteness! What did you do to my...cuteness!?" Mabel asked while her voice started to get deeper and slower.
"You're next!" Bill cried, pointing to Xyler and Craz.
"Cool! We're next!" Craz exclaimed and he stared dancing with Xyler, but Bill shot the, and they burned up before vanishing.
"My dream boys!" Mabel cried.
"Leave my friends alone you freak!" I yelled and kicked the bars but they wobbled in response.
"Oh you've got to be kidding me!" I screamed in frustration.
"And now to finish you all once in for all!" Bill declared.
"No, no!" Soos and Mabel pleaded. Suddenly Dipper flew to us, surrounded by a blue aura, oh and his stomach was fixed.
"Hey Bill!" He cried and Bill stopped charging up is magic and gasped.
"WHAT!?"
"Nice bow tie!" Dipper then shot laser eyes through Bill's chest.
"Haha! Payback." I smirked as Bill screamed.
"Dipper!" Mabel exclaimed happily.
"Dude!" Soos cried.
"Guys! I just learned that you can conjure whatever you can conceive in Grunkle Stan's mindscape!" Dipper exclaimed happily.
"Huh?" Mabel asked in confusion.
"Just think of cool fighting stuff and it will happen. Like this!" Dipper said getting rid of the British dog man. I then got an idea.
"Ha ha, he's dead now." Soos laughed.
"What? Who told you that! Don't listen to him!" Bill said.
"You who!" I whistled and Bill turned to see me out of my cage.
"What!? How's you get out!?" Bill asked.
"There, there Bear-Bear!" I exclaimed and Bill stared at me and was attacked by my trusty plushie.
"Ah! Get it off, get it off, get it off!" Bill exclaimed and I jumped, whistled for Bear-Bear and I landed on his back and landed safely.
"Haha! Worth it." I laughed.
"We can do anything?" Mabel changed back into her normal self. "Like have kittens for fists?" Mabel then turned her fists into giant pink kitten heads.
"Sure, why not?" I said as she shot kitten heads at Bill.
"Po-pow! P-p-pow! Pow!" Mabel cried and Bill screamed as the kittens landed on him.
He screamed and I felt a burst of energy and ran over to him and jumped. Suddenly my necklace started to glow and a green sword and shield appeared in my hands and I I slashed his eye.
"Ow! My eye!" He cried and I laughed and landed in the ground and my sword and shield disappeared. I then realized they were the same ones from my vision. Huh.
"Well hello, friends!" Mabel giggled and I turned to see the kittens licking her face.
"Anything, huh? Soos love stomach beam stare!" Soos cried and colorful question marks blasted at Bill. He then covered his hole that Dipper caused.
"Enough games!" Bill shot a laser out of his at us. Bear-Bear growled at him.
"Hamster ball shields activate!" Mabel cried.
"Activate!" Soos, Dipper and I related as the pink hamster balls appeared around us and the laser reflected off them to hit Bill in the eye.
"AH! Oh my eye! AGAIN! AAH!" Bill cried. Our hamster ball broke and I gave Bear-Bear a nice pat on the head.
"Rise, Xyler! Rise, Craz!" Mabel declared and the two colorful dudes rose up from behind her and stared to play their instruments.
"No! Synthesized music! It hurts!" Bill cried, covering what I'm assuming was his ears.
"And now to imagine your worst nightmare! A portal out of Stan's mind!" Dipper exclaimed.
"Out of Stan's mi-ind!" Mabel dang into a microphone that came out of nowhere.
"Mabel! Everyone together!" Dipper exclaimed and we all started concentrating on the portal, even Xyler, Craz and Bear-Bear were helping. A red portal then opened up beneath Bill.
"No, no, no! ENOUGH!" Bill screeched and everything turned white as we floated around and Bill dusted off his hat as he turned yellow again.
"You know, I've been impressed with you guys. I knew Emerald was smart, but the rest of you are more clever than you look. Especially the fat one." Bill said. I rolled my eyes.
"He's talking about you!" Soos whispered, poking Mabel.
"So I'm gonna let you kids off the hook. You might come in handy later. BUT KNOW THIS: A darkness approaches. A day will come in the future when everything you care about will change! Until then I'll be watching you! I'LL BE WATCHING YOU..." Bill said and the six-fingered hand appeared above him and he disappeared in the Cipher Wheel. I git a good look at it, but I didn't see any new symbols.
So I'm not on the wheel.
"He's gone! we did it!" Dipper exclaimed and we started to fade away. "Stan must be waking up." He observed.
"Thanks for helping Bear-Bear." I said and hugged my giant plushie.
"Will I ever see you guys again?" Mabel asked her dream boys.
"In your dreams." Craz reassured her.
"Good one, bro. Good one." Xyler complimented.
We all then woke up with a start and looked around, realizing we were back in the living room. Safe and alive.
"We did it!" Mabel cried.
"What? Did what? What are you all doing here? And why was I dreaming of two brightly colored and radical young men?" Stan asked in confusion.
"You don't know the half of it." I muttered.
"Grunkle Stan! You're okay!" Dipper said and he hugged Stan.
"What is this, a hug?" Stan asked.
"Nope! It's a choke hold." Dipper said simply and choked Stan while the rest of us laughed.
"Not bad, kid. Not bad." Stan chuckled as he rubbed his neck.
"I'm just glad Gideon didn't get into the safe. I really love this old shack." Mabel sighed happily.
"Group hug!" Soos cried and I was the only one to hug him, but it became awkward when no one hugged back.
"No? I never know the right time!" Soos groaned in frustration as I let go. Suddenly we felt I slight vibration.
"Hey, do you guys feel...?" Dipper was then cut off by an explosion. Dang it! I forgot about that, and OW! What hit my head!?
"Oh, I'm sorry, Pines family. Did I wake you?" Gideon asked mockingly.
"Imma gonna smack you!" I growled.
"But.. we defeated Bill!" Dipper said in disbelief.
"Bill failed me! So I switched to plan B: dynamite!" Gideon explained.
"What? Bill? Who? What are you guys talking about?" Stan asked.
"Spoiler alert, Stanford! I've got the deed! The Mystery Shack belongs to me! So get out of my property!" Gideon exclaimed and pulled out a walkie-talkie.
"Daddy? Bring it around the front." He ordered and walked out, leaving us.
"Don't worry, guys! It's just part of the dream! We're gonna wake up any second now! Right? Right?" Dipper asked hopefully.
"I don't think so Dipper...this is real." Mabel said in disbelief.
"Yeah..." I said and heard an engine from outside. "Everyone out now!" I cried and we ran out side. Bud Gleeful was driv8bg a crane and used a wrecking ball to destroy the Mystery Shack sign and we all gasped in horror.
"Someone pinch me, dude..." Soos said and a piece of the sign fell on the ground and I clenched my fists.
Gideon may have one this battle, but we are going to win the war. And I know this, because...well, you should know by now.
To be continued...;)
Author's Note:
It's done! *collapses on a couch* I've been planning this episode since the beginning of Emerald vs. Gold! Wow! Holy crap! This is awesome! Yay!
I hope you enjoyed Emily's big reveal in this episode. I enjoyed writing them. And please review! I really would appreciate it! Very much!
Also, this chapter has a shout out to Moon ninja Luna! Who got the references. Great job!
Finally, I am sorry for taking so long, QA's were taking place so I was swamped with studying, boo...I'll try to get my next chapter out in February for sure!
Moon ninja Luna: Yes, you got them! But I actually didn't mean to put the Avatar reference in there. It was made to be a Captain America reference. I laughed when I saw what I did, and I'll consider it a reference. I love that show!
guadadominguez4: You're welcome, here's another update!
Pizza: Thanks for the review and hope you're okay!
Linz2: Wow, that's a lot of reviews. For your question, Dipper still lost his job because of the dents in the pool mobile and the wrecked fence. And that he placed the blame on himself. Anyway, I hope you keep reviewing, it would mean a lot!