"Ladies. Gentlemen." Bill tapped on Ford like a champagne glass to get his henchmaniacs attention. "This Has Been Fun And All, But It's Time For Us To Go Worldwide!"

He snapped his finger and the back side of his palace disappeared as his minions cheered.

"Go! Set The World Ablaze! Everything was going according to plan, even if the pine twins were together. Even IF they could somehow manage to stop him, that mewman would sabotage them or her precious human would suffoc-

"WHAT!" Bill had felt the force field when his servants slammed into it. This was not supposed to happen!

He floated over to the abomination and gave it a light tap. It rippled with magic.

Mewman magic.

"A FORCE-FIELD!" Bill slammed his gigantic fists at it to test its strength. It didn't budge. His body turned red with fury, who dared to oppose him? Who even had the capability to?

Thinking it over, only two people could have done this. He doubted the Butterfly was powerful enough to have the shield up for this long.

Still, it wouldn't hurt to check in with the boy just to make sure, too bad he couldn't make him go insane. A deal was a deal after all. He needed to talk to his old partner first, though. He was the only person in this wretched town he had bestowed the knowledge of how magic could be harnessed with science.

Good ol' Pointdexter.

(Linebreak)

Star hated lying to her new friends, she really did, but she had to save Marco. No matter the cost. She hoped they would forgive her when everything was over.

That wasn't to say that she didn't have a plan, though. She wasn't going to let that freak win and take over the world; her containment field was still up after all.

She needed to make sure that Dipper and Mable failed in just the right way to where they could still win. She'd already done something that could compromise the twins, but she wanted a back up plan just in case Bill required more from her. As if the guilt wasn't already eating her up inside.

Star watched as the surviving members of Gravity Falls work to complete their project. A massive tree house robot. It would aggravate Bill, but it wouldn't stop him, especially with the flaw she noticed.

The force field around the 'Mystery Shack' was almost identical to the one surrounding the city, except the unicorn hair made it only repel magic and not everything like hers did. The problem was that it wasn't big enough.

The field wouldn't protect the arms and legs. Bill would be able to destroy it once he figured it out, but by that time she and a few others would have been launched into the Pyramid

Then she would save Marco and unleash Hell. Literally.

Speaking of Hell, Dipper was not looking well. The bags under his eyes had darkened and he was constantly looking over his shoulders. Mable had told Star that Dipper had imagined Bill in the prison.

Star had acted concerned, but she knew that Bill was in there. Dipper had blown her off when she'd brought it up, telling her he was better.

He wasn't.

In fact, Dipper was losing it. Everywhere he went he saw Bill; he wasn't even safe in the Mystery Shack. He never actually saw the sleep demon in there, but he could feel his presence.

The air was charged with his energy. Dipper couldn't really explain it, the atmosphere felt like lightning was about to strike.

He refused to let Bill get to him, this rebellion needed a leader and he would face the demons in order to defeat the demons.

Even if it cost him his sanity, he would take down Bill.

His thoughts drifted back to his parents. He hadn't talked to them in weeks, did they know what was happening here? Were they worried about him and Mable?

"Hey, watch out!" a dinosaur's head swung over Dippers head, breaking him out of his daydreams.

They were turning the Mystery Shack into the ultimate Bill-fighting machine. In fact, he was heading to a planning committee meeting so they could finalize the assault.

They had to meet in the woods so that they didn't get in the way of the workers. About a quarter of a mile east of the shack, dipper saw a faint light reflecting off the trees.

"Glad you could finally join us." Mable asked as Dipper groaned, of course he was the last one to show up. Even McGucket was there before him. "You alright, brobro?"

"I'm fine, I just overslept is all." Dipper knew he didn't convince his sister, but she knew better than to confront him in front of all these people.

"I don't know why we're even here." Gruncle Stan started. "We have a good thing going here, why risk it?"

"Because this is Earth!" Star interjected

"And why do you guys want to save the Earth?" Stan countered.

"Because I'm one of the idiots that lives on it!" Wendy jumped in. This wasn't off to a good start, Dipper thought. There would be no hope if they couldn't unite as a team.

"Guys!" Dipper yelled. "We need to stop bickering! We are saving the Earth." He glanced at his Gruncle who was grumbling something under his breath. "Period.

"Now that that's been established, we need a plan." Dipper motioned for Star to take the stage, she knew more about Bills past than the rest of them combined.

"Umm, Hi." Star looked nervous to Dipper; she must not be used to public speaking. "My name is Star and the sleep

Star quickly proved him wrong when she started talking about the sleep demon and what they knew about him. Why did she appear so nervous? She's a natural. Even Stan seemed intrigued by what she had to say, although Dipper wasn't sure if he believed it. Stan was a man who had to see it to believe it and some of the things Star described sounded straight out of a Smile Dip hallucination.

"When Marco and I came through our portal, I set up a forcefield that will keep Bill and his magic contained. I'm using a backup source of magic so it should last a while." Dipper sighed in relief, but I honestly have no idea how long it will last. I've never seen the magical battery so I have no idea what it's capabilities are; I'm honestly surprised it's lasted this long to be honest."

Dippers relief melted. At least he knew his parents were safe for the moment.

"What we need to do is hit Bill while he's contained. Once he's out of here, there will be no stopping him."

AN: Hey guys! Updating a little bit later than usual today because my girlfriend came back into town today and I spent most of the day with her. This chapters a bit short compared to my other ones, but that's because I've been working on a few original story ideas. I'll keep you guys updated on that front but for now enjoy the new chapter and I'll see y'all next week.