Chapter 24

Decorations and Designs for War and Christmas

In the West Edmonton Mall most of everyone is helping the others healed from their demonic possession, taking them to some of the stores to get some clothes for them. Crimson Talon he is currently sitting down on a chair and his right arm is on a table exhausted. He has his helmet and face mask off but has a black surgeons mask to cover the lower half of his face, he is drinking his sixth can of "Monsoon Cola Raspberry Devastation". He then empties that can and holds in in a throwing position as if about to make a basket.

Talon says, "4 pointer."

He then throws the can at a recycle canaster, but it bounces off the rim of the hole.

Talon says to himself, "Damn."

Dipper then comes to him, and he sees all six cans on the floor.

Dipper says, "Aren't you going to pick those up."

Talon says, "I'm too tired to right now, but I will so don't raise a protest rally about it."

"Don't worry I won't."

"Though a shame I couldn't make one basket, I was never very good at those arcade basketball games."

"One question, why did you down six of those colas?"

"Practicing the mystic arts can always take a lot out of someone, this one really drained me, which unfortunately is what leads me to deliver the bad news."

"What do you mean?"

"I don't think I can do anymore magic for a while; the gas tanks have all tapped out."

"But you were strong enough to weld the spells before."

"Yeah, but it didn't mean I didn't feel some fatigue each time, the thing about using magic is it always require a certain amount of energy, and it can be dangerous because if you use too much for too long then you could go into a coma or worse just die."

"But without your exorcism method, how are we going save the last two."

"That's the million-dollar question right there, yeah the exorcisms I used did work but each of them were different all based on lost magic practices and could only work once heck it was a miracle they worked at all and each of the people I exercised were always different in strength and power which made each harder than the next."

Talon he then looks at Dipper and says, "What concerns me is the last two we're about to face are the strongest warriors out of all of us."

Dipper says, "Yeah, and the fact their our best friends Rei and Henry Conan make it all the more harder; and what will make this the hardest battle is both won't be alone."

"I know our gamemaster hasn't called back ever since we won, his or her long silence is always a sign…"

"That shits going to hit the fan and I doubt the gamemaster is going to play fair this time."

"When has any of this game been fair?"

"We need to start making preparations as soon as possible, we need to turn the tables on them, get them to play our game, it's the only way we're going to win."

Talon then takes one more can of the Monsoon Cola Raspberry Devastation and then takes another can and throws one to Dipper and Dipper catches it. Both open their cans and chug it down and then look at each other.

"By the way thanks for healing Wendy."

"I can't take all the credit; you were the one that brought her back."

"I'm still not quite sure how."

"I think you already know the answer to that one."

Talon then points at Dipper heart and Dipper knows what he means. Suddenly both then get rings on their phones, both jump from it and have a long sigh, they then look at each other and then play rock, paper, scissors. Dipper has rock but Talon has paper, and he then takes up his phone and answers.

Dipper says, "Yeah."

Combs says, "Well congratulations again, I don't know whether I should admire you or be annoyed with you."

Dipper says, "Mister I'm already at a high in the annoyance scale, I'm getting really sick of this shit wild goose chase!"

"Don't fret my friend, I promise you the endgame is now upon you, but whether you and your friends will survive would be a Christmas miracle upon itself."

"Fine we'll play as usual, and one more thing."

"What is that."

"We're not friends!"

The phone then cuts off and then Dipper then presses another button to contact his friend Adam/Shadow Dancer, he then looks at Talon.

Talon says, "Well looks like it's going to be the final round."

Dipper says, "Call up Adam, I need him and you in helping me in strategizing and get everyone for a meeting in five minutes."

After both Dipper and Talon have gone to a RPG and Board Game store called "Craven Gaming" and were done with their strategy session, both then call everyone up on their cell phone. Everyone goes to the location, and they go throw a couple of black double doors and they in what is a playroom or what the place called it "The Dungeon" as there are several sets of tables. At about the middle of the room there is a long table in the room. The table has two big, printed copies of the map of the West Edmonton mall of both the first floor and second floor. And there is a black box full of figurines both RPG design and toys.

Adam on his phone presses a sound effect app and it's the laser fire noise from the arcade game "Zaxzon".

Dipper then looks at him and says, "Why didn't you use the gavel app?"

Adam looks at him and says, "Because the Zaxzon lasers sounded cooler, plus that gavel noise gives me an earache sometimes."

Dipper then shakes his head and then gets down to business. And then someone raises a hand and Dipper sees its Mamou and he then points to him.

Mamou says, "Are we going to figure out who's behind all of this."

Dipper says, "We already have."

"You have who?"

Dipper says, "It's simple Gideon."

Mabel shakes her hand and says, "Why am I not surprised."

Candy says, "It make perfect sense he hates both Darrien and I."

Dipper says, "I and just about everybody in this room but that's beside the point, I don't think it was solely him that planed all this even though some of the black magic involved has his stench all over it."

Henry Leoric says, "Rumple, that greedy rat fink never does stop till he gets whatever the hell he wants, as if he's ever know what satisfaction is.

Candy says, "Speaking of rats, there is Socrates he's still pissed that both Darrien and I escaped his rat necropolis in the alternate future as well as put DeCon on all his world conquest plans.

Gabriel says, "Dhramathrax, he works for Gideon ever since Icabod the leader of the Order of the Inferno Scepter fell and with his powers along with odious warlock Gideon both are as deadly a combo as gasoline and radiation.

Ami says, "Dipper do you think all of these despicable people could be collaborating together?"

Dipper says, "Working together would be the last them either of them would want but due to some evidence and what it points to, I can't put it past the realm of possibility."

Dipper takes a breath.

Dipper says, "Though, I don't get it, even if they are why would they just they went to all that trouble to turn each of you into their puppets all to cause havoc?"

Adam says, "Who knows their all-evil its' like it's their job."

Mabel says, 'Yeah, Dipper I mean Gideon and his…um friends or whatever the heck you call them, their all like trail mix they deserve each other."

Hotaru says, "What if none of the above."

Mabel says, "What do you mean."

Hotaru says, "It's just all of the enemies you've rounded out they just all seem too much like either Gideon or any of the others are too obvious suspect to be the leader."

Ami says, "What's your thought on this manner, Hotaru?"

"This is only a theory what if there is another player in this group that we don't know or haven't seen yet."

Orion says, "That theory might not be far off, I've done a vocal analysis on my analyzer and the vocal pattern don't match any on the wanted list; could be the person is not on the records or kept themselves out of sight somehow."

Makoto says, "Other than finding out the identity of the leader we have another pressing issue."

Dipper says, "What's that."

Venus says, "Rei Hino, Sailor Mars."

Henry Leoric says, "But also my brother Henry Conan Mills, Tuxedo Shadow both of them are the last ones left."

Talon says, "The fact that both of them are the strongest warriors out of the Sailors and Knights, you can bet they'll be the toughest of all to fight, heck I still have a heck of a time fighting Henry Conan when he's not Tuxedo Shadow."

Candy says, "And I still have yet to beat Rei in a one-on-one sparing match."

Wendy says, "I know she's still kicking my ass every time we do."

Dipper and everyone else's phones suddenly ring, Dipper picks his up and then puts it on speaker mode.

The caller says, "Since you've all gotten this far, I shall be generous and give all of you two hours to prepare for the end. So, feel free to spend your final minutes anyway you want, resistance against my force is futile at best but the challenge makes the kill even more satisfying. So, thanks for playing and of hope they have Christmas in hell where you're all going."

The call then cuts off.

Dipper breathes a sigh and says, "Well campers you've all heard it for yourselves, it's all or nothing."

Talon says, "It's not going to be for nothing, as you see Dipper and I prepared for this, from this plan we laid out, Dipper, Adam and I have been constructing this for a while but as we go over this feel free to provide some extra input, we're going to need every good and weird idea if we're going to survive this."

Talon and Dipper are about to go over things but then Adam stops them and says, "However before going over this to help in speeding the input process we have to sub divide the commit, which is why it's vitally important to know this; all RPG gamers raise your hands, I really mean it raise them now!

Talon he raises his hand and then Adam does the same, along with Soos, Michael, Dipper, Urawa.

Suddenly there is another hand, and everyone looks and is surprised and it's Hotaru.

Hotaru says, "What, I love the 90's computer RPG's."

Adam says, "That counts because I do to, alright all of you that play RPG's will take the floor first as soon as were done laying the plans down on you, and the rest of the non RPGers will take the second floor."

After about fifteen minutes of strategizing, they all get out and get to working doing their duties building and placing traps throughout the entire mall. But then afterward once there are done with their duties setting whatever traps up and getting and readying all the weapons they need, they all spend qualities time in separate places of the mall, having fun doing whatever they want to do.

Dipper and Wendy they both are at the "Jolly Joker" arcade, and both are plight he arcade cabinet "Fight Fighters 4" both are playing their characters and they are competing against one another. Dipper plays his favorite character rumble and Wendy hers which is Roxy who is in some red 80 Wushu warrior outfit with long paint and short sleeve button down shirt. But has the Princess Lei like hair buns and then Hotaru executes a move where she does a "Helicopter Flying Jump Kick." where she turns upside down and is propelling toward Rumble and then as she draws near to connect with her blows. The blows land and then Rumble goes down on the ground.

Wendy she then makes a small clap of her hands and say, "That's another triumph for me… which is what gets me."

Wendy looks at Dipper and she says, "Dipper what's wrong."

Dipper says quietly not quite looking at Wendy, "What can be wrong."

Wendy sighs and says, "You can't fool me Dipper I know that tone and look, plus I can tell you slightly held back you never go down easily on "Fight Fighters".

Dipper he then looks at her and says, "I don't know I still can't help but worry if we'll all survive this one, if we're going to be able to have Christmas today and the next year."

"You saved my life Dipper."

"I can't take all the credit as I couldn't do it without help most notably from Talon, I mean Darrien, which is the other thing that bothers me."

"What do you mean."

"I just can't bring myself to trust the guy, I know that he has helped us so far but I just can't help but think about the past with him and that he'll pull a fast one on us I know it."

Wendy looks down and then looks at him and says, "Dipper I haven't forgotten too, but things are not all black and white, I also remember what's happened to him before he became what he is, sometimes I can't help but wonder if he's wrong or is it the society that wronged him the real culprit that should be in jail."

Wendy takes a breath and continues.

"Also, he's never been dishonorable toward us in anyway and nor is he now, but despite his deeds it was your leadership that got us this far, and I think it's a good sign that we'll make it all the way, and in Christmas time you know it's the time for miracles and what happened to all of us is a miracle."

Dipper still has the sad uncertain face and Wendy then does a playful bump and there is a little movement of his mouth that looks like it's starting to form a smile. She does another and he does the same and both laugh.

Wendy says, "C'mon we've got at least a certain amount of hours let's not spend them worrying you know I hate that Dipper."

"Yeah, even I find it boring."

"Well, I've had three victories on "Fight Fighters" you only have one, one more victory and your going to owe me something big, my choice."

Dipper has a smile and says, "You have to win first, and you better do it soon because I'll catch up really fast."

"You're on."

Both start to pick out their characters and before they start to press the button to start. Wendy then looks at him and says, "By the way, how could you have known I wouldn't rip you to pieces when I was a lycanthrope."

Dipper then stops playing and just looks at her. "I didn't, I swore to myself a long time ago I'd never harm you no matter what even if it meant my life would be lost."

Wendy is wordless from this but then slowly puts her head near his and gives him a slow kiss and so does he, both with a softness and warm much like a small kindling fire.

Meanwhile, Mabel and Adam are playing at the "Dragon Tale" miniature golf course in the mall which has sort of a fantasy them with the castle and medieval setting along with dragons, but Mable and Adam are on some of the miscellaneous courses.

Mabel hits her magenta ball; the ball moves toward a downward ramp, and it deflected on a set of pins and then there is one more deflection then he ball gets near the hole and goes down. After that Mabel she then goes to one of the other holes which has a pagoda model. She takes something out of a box and puts it inside the pagoda model along with some other items in it and she puts a few other things in one other pagoda. She then puts the black box down and picks up her ball. Mabel sees Adam who is putting something in another building. After that Adam takes up his putter and then hits his black ball which goes down the same ramp and does the same thing but despite the deflection it was a close miss.

Adam winced from the miss then looks at Mabel and says, "Who says you can't have fun while you work?"

Mabel looks at him and says, "You call this fun?"

"Well, we are playing mini golf and setting the traps up so yes and…"

He then walks toward a table which has a pitcher of ice which consists of Lighting Bolt Jolt Blue Raspberry cola and then hands it to Mabel and says, "This is our date."

Mabel, she takes a sip and says, "This isn't exactly my idea of one."

Adam takes his sip and then puts his up on the table and then says, "Yeah, not quite mine either."

Mabel looks and sees Adam is taking out his phone and then turns it up and turns it on one song on his music app and when the song starts up, he then comes to her and takes both her hands and he says, "Until now."

The song is from the "Rad" movie soundtrack called "With You". Mabel she then has a small smile and both start slow dancing on the mini golf course, Adam helps in doing a twirl and then stops and Adam has his left hand on her lower back to catch her.

Mabel says, "You always know how to make certain times memorable."

She then gives a small push and then she runs a direction slowly and Adam chases her down and then when he catches up both dance a little more till, they come to another kind of hole. Both then put down the extra color balls they have in their pockets on the carpet, Adam's is black and Mabel's magenta. Instead of golf putters, they both decide to use their right foot, Adam is about to putt his ball but stops, looks at Mabel, then says, "You know you never did tell me about mini golfing on this time or year."

Mabel she is about to hit her magenta ball and she says, "Well it happens one day, there was this very big blizzard, and we couldn't go outside so Dipper and I were stranded by fortunately it was a family fun center called "Fun City." They had this mini golf course full of different kinds of holes, both Dipper and I we then played on this course for the longest time till the snow subsided. After that we both made it a tradition, indoor golf does make the season warmer for me."

Adam says, "Same here."

He hits his ball, and the ball goes down on the pipes and it's in the middle pipe. There is a ramp that make the ball quickly shoot out and land inside the box car of one of the chosen trains. The train then moves it's set pathway and then stops at its destination and drops right into the hole.

Mabel, she looks at Adam and has a small smile and says, "You're such a showoff."

Adam then gives a small slightly mocking bow and then as Mabel is about to move toward him, he then runs off and Mabel gives chase till she catches him by a small tackle which lays him down on the carpet. Adam then finds Mabel has both his hands clamped on hers, both on the ground in a straddle position. Adam is a little taken aback from this as he's never been in this position, Mabel is a little, but her eyes still focused on Adam.

Adam not sure what to say says, "This is a very interesting way of enjoying a traditional American game."

Mabel says, "Oh shut up."

Mabel immediately lowers her lips to his and Adam wide eyed at first then slowly closes his eyes and returns the kiss, both do it with equal passion while the song is just about at its end.

In another place both Gabriel and Mineko both done with their duties, they both decide to go into the "Silver City Theatre" and are in one of the theaters. They are watching a Christmas film Gabriel found a copy up and got to play in a projector, an 80's film called "Deadly Games" up on the big screen. Both are sitting together and are just watching immersed in the movie, while chomping on fresh popcorn and sipping soda.

Gabriel then moves his right hand like a spider and then gets a few of his fingers on her shoulder. Mineko jumps the moment he places his hand on her shoulder. Mineko sees its' him and then throes a few cornels of popcorn at him playfully and Gabriel blocks with his right hand in front with a small smile on his face.

Mineko says, "You know I sometimes hate it when you do that while watching a scary movie, beside I'm jumpy enough as it is."

Minako looks at Gabriel and says, "You know one thing I could never understand about you is despite your profession in killing scary detestable demons you still like to watch these scary movies."

Gabriel says, 'Well the thing about the movie monsters is there to real, they don't come out of the screen and try to kill you, knowing that always gave e some sense of relief and escape from the reality of my job."

Mineko says, "That makes sense but another question why the scary Christmas film.

Gabriel says, ''Because it's my turn to pick the movie and scary Christmas films are another tradition both I and my brother did."

"What do you mean?"

Gabriel then popcorn aside and then looks and talks with Minako.

Gabriel says, "We'll you see sometime in December my brother Michael, we use to go to the video store, shame we never were able to hunt and kill every demon that shut down those stores."

Mineko is a little puzzled by the comment and Gabriel says, "Never mind that's a different story but anyway, we were trying to pick out TV episodes or Christmas themed films. Well, he got a copy of this film "Deadly Games" and as a kid that film scared me but also fascinated me because the main character was a boy near my age at the time and despite his crying, he wasn't going to take crap from his phony killer Santa, no he was going to fight back. I guess you can say that's what go me into the demon hunting business, but other than that after seeing the film both of us we always watched Christmas themed horror films or even wrote some short horror stories for the holiday for publication in "Bravo Gore Man" magazine; however most importantly after we write them we would both come in front of a fireplace fire with the light down and read of our stories to each other trying to scary one another in the holiday.

Mineko, she shakes her head and says, "I really picked an interesting soul to spend most of my Christmas with."

"Well, your one yourself."

Both smile and Gabriel continues, "But in all seriousness, whenever I and Michael see that film each year and write and read off our stories to each other it just made everything feel right."

Gabriel then takes a sip of his Jolt cola and says, "Alright your turn."

Minako knows it's her turn to tell her Christmas story, she thinks for a moment and then says, "My mother was a fan of the moves of all kinds much like myself and Christmas films were no doubt on of them. One day when I was about eight, I was looking through the movie collection I couldn't' help but be curious about the other section with the scary movies, I found on called "Christmas Evil", despite frightful of scary films I couldn't help but want to see that film. There was just something about that cover and the synopsis that drew me in."

Gabriel says, "I never though you were every into those kinds of movies."

Mineko then has a sly smile and says, "Even I need a break from the romance movies, and there is a lot more too me then you think."

"I never doubt there is."

"Well despite how scary that film was at first, I was just fascinated by it and every year when I was still a kid, I always watch that film but also find other Christmas horror themed films to watch without my mom catching me in the act. This may sound strange but after all the crap from my duties as Sailor Senchi, every time I saw that film and the others on Christmas time, it just made me remember my Christmas's as a child and from that it made everything feel right, that everything was going to be okay."

Suddenly Gabriel feels something on his left shoulder, he looks and sees Mineko fingers, and he has a smile.

Gabriel says, "Oh Mineko, are you trying to do the same trick, you know that's not going to…."

But then suddenly he is taken by surprise when Mineko presses her lips immediately on his. He returns the immediately intensity as both just feel their warm lips from the sweet taste of popcorn on but just simply the warmth of both their lips together. Both continue kissing not even looking at the ongoing moving playing.

In another place of the mall, Mamoru at the table eating at the food court one of the subs Soo's made and he sees Usagi and sees she hasn't once taken a bit out of the plate of six sub sandwiches for her that Soo's fixed up.

Mamoru says, "Usago you haven't emptied your plate."

Usagi says, "I guess I haven't much of an appetite."

"That's a first for you, the first time I've ever heard you say that, that's usually one of your favorite things to do, Usago what's bother you."

"It's just I can't help but thing of Rei."

She then stands up and then walks and says, "I know that there hasn't been at times any of my friends were in trouble, but this feels different, it's just we're going to be fighting against my friend and I'm not sure I'll be able to do it despite her appearance."

Mamoru says, "Usago have faith our friend they were able to free us from the darkness, we can free them."

"I remember that darkness and just what happened when we were in those coffins, that place we were in with all those awful things we saw while those imposters were taking control of us, I wonder what Henry and rei are going though and …."

"Usago please don't say anything more, all this worry is going to make you sick."

She stops and then feels Mamou's hand on her shoulder.

"They may have been able to control us, but they were never able to drive us away fully at the most critical moment when one of our friends opened up that locket and I heard the tune, I suddenly felt as though I was finally waking up from a long nightmare and as I did the first thing, I saw was you. Despite your appearance you could never hide from my sight as your eyes were still the same; as I saw you it was like seeing you for the first time during the silver millennium."

Usagi doesn't say anything as she just simply listens.

"My point is, Rei and Henry will never be gone, their still inside in that world we were in fighting and trying to come back to us, and they will with their love for one another and our friendship toward them."

Usagi then turns around and has a smile and says, "You always did have bright optimism."

Mamoru says, "As do you, and on a sidenote the color blue on your whole body look great on you."

Usagi has a small smile from the tease.

Usagi retorts, "And you actually look good with an ugly face, not that it wasn't before."

Mamoru forms a small smile.

Mamoru says, "That's better."

Both then just hold each other for a while in the calm silence of their surroundings.

In some other place of the mall there is a movie store called "Dig Dug Video".

Hotaru and Henry Leoric are both watching the movie 1950's "War of the Worlds" Henry Leoric is surprised and curious by some of the ships and effects he's seeing which is a scene of the ships constantly shooting green lasers and discharging their main turret gun, Hotaru just calmly eats popcorn while watching.

Henry says, "Thank the gods of Prismos none of these things exist, at least I hope they don't."

Hotaru says, "See much you like."

"I think the green lasers and the green of the ships reminds me of the lights from a festival we had on my planet, much similar to how your planet seems to worship the color on yours."

Hotaru looks at him curious and has a small smile almost coming to a laugh but holds it in not to insult him.

Hotaru says, "How about a deal, you tell me why you watch this magic show on this particular traditional occasion, and tomorrow I'll tell you about mine."

"Not much of a deal considering the circumstance were in." "As your Earth saying goes, take it or leave it."

Hotaru looks at him suspicious but then has a small smile and says, "Alright, other than the ships and lasers bring the Christmas color, it's just y father and I always before Christmas we would watch all kinds of sci-fi movies, most of them the old classics, this film was one of his favorite movies."

Hotaru takes a small sip of the Jolt Cola and then continues.

Hotaru says, "I know not the usual film venue for the holidays."

"I honestly wouldn't' know what is as there are very few magic shows in my world, but please continue."

"Well, he says, it always took him back when he was a kid seeing this movie for the very first time when he was a child the same time as this holiday, he was fascinated with it all seeing how the ships work and the hero of the film, it was one of the very things that inspired him to be a scientist; though for me it was only in spending time with my father so seeing this just reminds me he's still here."

Henry says, "Your fortunate to have that."

"And you?"

Hotaru she then puts her right arm around the shoulders of Henry and getting a little closer to him to get warm, Henry he is a little surprised by this but responds by having his right hand holding her while in the position, both just continue to watch the movie while have smiles on their faces.

At another part of the mall, it is at the "Mayfield Toyota Ice Skating Rink" Crimson Talon/Darrien he is in a Tuxedo with his mask off and he has only regular jeans, black leather jacket and his scared face exposed, he has black ice skates on. Candy, she comes with brown kaki paints and a long sleeve shirt with green and light green stripes. She doesn't have glasses but her contact lenses. She comes to the skating rink with red ice skates on and skate near him. Darrien he then with his phone he then presses a button which changes the lighting to a multitude of small soft lights constantly moving and a song in their area playing loudly which is the theme song to the film "Gregory's Girl" with the soft sax tunes playing. Candy then takes his hand, and he takes hers and then both skate slowly in a loop.

Candy says, "You remember the song from one of my favorite movies."

"How could I forget; you watch that film millions of times."

"26 and still counting."

Both skate a little more.

Candy says, "Nice jacket."

Darrien says, "Thanks and before you ask, no I didn't steel it, I bought it a long time ago worked many nights at a mall."

They skate a little more.

Darrien says, "Really like the shirt you're wearing."

Candy says, "Well it's how you first saw me, first time we meet."

"You look great in it."

"I never knew you ice skated."

"Well on Christmas time, my parents would take I and my brother go to the ice rink each weekend to go ice skating, it was always one of the things I loved to do, just always felt like I was flying on the ice."

Candy then breaks from Darrien's grasp and she skates a ways and as she is skating she then picks up speed more and more and at the right time she then jumps and executes a triple axel jump in midair and then as she lands she has her right foot down and left leg up in a back kick position to help her slide backward till she drops speed.

Darrien is amazed, Candy stops her slide, looks at Darrien and then says, "Want to try?"

"Um, no thanks my feet stay on solid ground."

Candy has a slightly amused smile.

"Beside where'd you learn to do that."

"I'll tell you someday."

The song is close to ending and then she skates slowly toward him and then comes close to him and then both they have a sort of dancer position as both are holding each other's hands and are facing each other. Suddenly the music changes and then it's the song "Arrested by You" from the film "Better Off Dead". Both are doing a slow skating while holding each other close. Darrien feels the warm sensation as Candy has her head lying on his chest, he feels a tiny bit nervous as it's been a long time since he's been this physically close to her.

Candy says, "I can feel you shiver a little."

"What, oh it's probably just the old of this place."

"Liar, I can tell the difference in the shakes."

"It's just been so long, being this close this way again, I'm afraid something's going to take it away again."

"I'm hear so I'm not going anywhere."

They skate on and then Candy says, "You remember the very first December we had together."

"Yeah."

"Well at that time I showed you one of my favorite toys of all time the Explosion Danger man figure."

"I know those figures, loved the comic books."

"You said that to me before, but that figure was so cool with all those sound effects, only problem had very few enemy figures to put it against."

Candy then has her head off his chest and faces him.

"You then got to work nonstop, never telling me what the project you worked on was and how you broke a few dates which almost made me a little angry."

"Yeah, I was really sorry about that."

"One day, I was planning to throttle you for those broken dates near Christmas Eve until you gave me several gift boxes and I opened them, and it was toy figures."

"Enemy figures for your Explosion Danger Man figurine."

"I was absolutely shocked, excited and touched all at once, each were made with care to look like the enemies in the comics and had sound features."

"Just seeing you smile was worth it."

"Of course, after that both of us got to play with the figures together, so the wait for you was worth it."

They soon stop skating and then Candy pulls his head down gently and then slowly kisses him and he does the same, both continue kissing as the music is still playing and the lights still whirl.

As both Dipper and Wendy have stopped playing and are making out, Dipper is lying on the console board of the Fight Fighters 4 game as Wendy is pinning him down and both kiss deeply. Suddenly an alarm bell goes off, it's an old kind as it's one for a nuclear bomb emergency. Both Dipper and Wendy break off the kiss and then they run to the computer console and they look at the computer monitors and they pick up several presences that are marching covering every side of the exterior of the mall.

Dipper he then puts on the headphones and turns on speaker mode and then says, "It's game time everyone, we've got company coming."

Dipper along with Wendy they turn on some of the equipment that Darrien, Candy, and the others installed in the video arcade. There have some furniture form the "Herchell Furniture Feast" store a very black dining room table with some very black dining room chairs, there are five computer monitors along with hard drives and some cords that have been gaff taped to the floor. The monitors are on, and they all display all parts from the exterior to the interior of the mall on both the first and second floor. On a magenta stick not, it says "monitor one, floor one" where it's visuals are divided into squares and the monitor next to it with a stick not saying "monitor two, enhance visual" displays the sections clicked from the first monitor. Dipper he sits on chair and then puts on a headphone with a small mike in front of his face. Dipper says some things and Adam and Mabel they are on their headphones for testing and then both Adam and Mabel give him the thumbs up to confirm everything is working.

Dipper he looks at his phone which is on the table which is counting down the time of arrival. Once he sees the time, Dipper immediately goes to one of the mouses, takes control of it, then clicks on the button which take control of monitor five which has a display of tools and options which can be activated by just a click of the mouse.

Dipper directs the arrow to the mall speaker option and then speaks on his headset, "Attention everyone, thirty minutes until curtain call so everyone lock and load, take your positions, remember the plan and stay safe everyone."

Everyone is now making their final preparations for the upcoming final battle.

Gabriel he, puts on his black leather jacket but also a combat vest with all the pockets and Velcro straps to carry all the tools. Gabriel, he takes this katana and straps it behind his back. He takes up his M4A1 and slaps the clip on and pulls the mechanism back. But also puts on his purple swashbuckler head wrap.

Silent him he inspects his shotgun, loads it with shells and pulls the pump back also two of his double Ruger SR22 silver-colored pistols, he reloads and recoils both and then afterward does a back ward twirl for both.

Michael, he takes his bow and arrows and wears the bow having it around his chest like a strap. Also, two types of guns his ACR machine rifle he hooks to the back side of his suit and two of his Micro Uzi's to his holsters. He also has two of his short katana swords and has them sheathed on his back. He then puts on a mask which is black but have goggle sized eyes to make him almost insect like. The visuals on the goggle eyes are on and he does the usual test of zooming in and out which make the cylinders on the side of the glass eyes move clockwise and counterclockwise.

Wendy she is someplace she's holstering her hatchets but also on her back her Viking two handed light battle axe. She is in her black and grey military fatigues and she is painting her face with each of the Viking traditional warrior marks.

Greta she then has her black shorts and sleeveless shirt with black boot, and she puts on her silver luchador mask and two of her black combat sport gloves and then pounds her fist to her left hand.

All the Sailor Senchi transform along with the Galactic Knights. Sailor Venus though she takes out her 45 magnum and pulls it back and holsters it but also has her chain whip weapons and pulls on it a little for testing. Sailor Mercury she does a small round about twirl with her Hyborian Wu Shu Sword as a brief warm up and then sheaths it. Sailor Jupiter she has her double-bladed spear she does a twirl with and then she sheaths it. Sailor Moon she unsheathes her moon saber blade, and she looks at it carefully and then does a practice thrust lunge and then reposts then she sheaths it. The Outer Senchi Sailor Pluto and Saturn have their usual weapons the Key Staff and Scathe.

Henry Leoric he uses his Kyanite mystic rock and turns into Tuxedo Leo as he is in his blue armor which is a mix of both dark and light blue and a helmet in which he then slips the mask on and it's that of the face of a fierce some lion from his home planet with a unicorn horn.

Urawa he uses his Amethyst to transform into Tuxedo Sphinx where he is in his usual power armor. Orion uses his medallion from his neck which is the military insignia of his corps which is shaped as a scorpion silver colored, the insignia glows silver and envelops Orion's body and he turns into "Rom the Space Knight" as the metallic armor covers him from head to toe with the head that has only the eyes from the visor that glow red.

Soos also gets into his Mongolian warrior uniform and helps fit the Mongolian armor for Dracula, he then has a big plate of Christmas cookies and then has him eat one along with the White Reindeer and the three Blind Dead zombie horses for energy and luck.

Candy she has her black cat suit like on, with the wrist gauntlets fully recharged along with Darien in his usual Navy Blue militaristic uniform with the black cape. He then puts on his helmet and face plate mask and bionic arm. Both are doing a final kata practice with their Wu Shu straight swords; they both execute a twirl jump and then when they land both then execute a thrust. After the kata is over then both of them, they sheath their Wu Shu swords and both bow. Candy, she takes out her Chain Whip with the dagger attached to it and with both her hands pulls on it to make sure it sturdy and then puts it away.

Adam is on the public square along with Dipper and Mabel. There are candles surrounding their parameter. Adam then makes the ninja sign of Rin and so does Dipper and Mabel. Then Adam makes another sing which is Kai. Dipper makes the sign Ritsu and Mabel the sign of Zen. Then Adam he stands up and he takes both his ninja go and shoulders them both Dipper and Mable they stand and shoulder their go swords. Adam he then puts his ninja mask on and Mabel she puts on her magenta helmet along with Dipper who put on his red and white cap which has the pine tree symbol. Adam' s black mask is on completely and then he puts on his silver knight visor over his eyes as they do the computer visual turn on. Adam then puts his hand up over his head in a circular position and so do Mabel and Dipper and all three then simultaneously make a big circle with them and a big wind suddenly blows past them blowing out all the candles, and all three are very still in it.