Chapter 15

"So your girlfriend is a little intense." said Ethan as he and Matt were walking into town shortly after their huge revelation at the lake. Matt wanted to show Ethan around town so he could get used to the weird and unexplained.

"She's not my girlfriend. She's just a friend." said Matt smilng.

"So this Dark Master guy... you guys have heard of him before?" asked Ethan.

"Last year, some things happened and we got warnings of a bad thing coming up against us. It's been like this ever since I was adopted by the Pines." said Matt.

"Dad, I mean Soos, told me as much. I'm kinda up to speed. Sort of. He just can't stop talking about the Pines and this place. I used to believe it was all just internet rumors or hoaxes. But I belive you now. So what do we need to do?" asked Ethan.

"We are just going to look up anything Dark Master related. We hope Owen finds a way to speak to Bill again. He's an old enemy of ours." said Matt.

"Dad told me about that guy before. Are you sure it's safe?" said Ethan.

"I think it is, now that he's quite tame." said Matt nervously.

"Well if this all blows over one way or another, I hope we get to live out a normal life you know. Soos and Melody are now my Dad and Mom. You have the Pines with you. It's very weird you and I are both crossing paths in these circumstances." said Ethan.

"Since when did you become a philosophical person?" asked Matt.

"The Foster system had this weird way of teaching to foster kids. It's a terrible place with so many sad faces. I made some friends, but then I would lose them either by adoption or disease. I lost a good friend of mine last year due to cancer." said Ethan.

Matt stood there thinking and spoke. "Did Uncle Soos ever mention anything about Tyrone's condition?" asked Matt.

"What condition?" asked Ethan. Matt nodded with relief.

"He has..." Before Matt could answer, he got a text from Tyrone on his phone.

He took a peek at it and read it.

Matt. I'm at the house by myself. I was in the living room and I just had a seizure. Soos and Melody are not home right now and Destiny is also at work. Please come help me asap. I think I wet myself.

Matt turned off his phone and told Ethan. "Tyrone has epilepsy."


Matt and Ethan returned to the shack and found Tyrone lying on the ground.

"Hey guys." said Tyrone.

Ethan didn't know what to make of the situation, nor was he prepared for anything like that. Matt however went over to Tyrone and helped him up.

"Ethan, would you open the door to the bathroom?" asked Matt.

Ethan nodded and ran upstairs to help out. Matt then followed his step by step procedure when ever Tyrone had a seizure in the living room or in the kitchen. He would help him up, then take him to the bathroom so he can take a shower. In this instance, Tyrone was struggling to get up and walk. Matt knew he had to help him wash off. He didn't like doing it, but he did it anyway. Tyrone was his brother and Matt knew this was the oath he took when the Pines adopted him the first time. He was to accept any consequence for better or for worse. There have been a ton of life and death instances in the past, but this time, things were different.

"Thanks Ethan. Sorry about the carpet. I'll clean it up." said Matt.

"What do you mean sorry. The house ain't mine. It's yours too! I'll clean it up for you guys. If it's one thing I learned at foster care, it's cleaning up messes in carpets. We had a ton of fruit juice on the ground many times." said Ethan proudly. He then marched downstairs like a soldier, trying to make Matt chuckle. It worked and Matt felt his sprits were lifted at he helped Tyrone in his bath.

While Tyrone was in the tub, Matt passed him a sponge and a ton of body wash. Matt sat on a stool as Tyrone relaxed in the warm tub Matt prepared for him.

"What a day huh? So much new info, yet I feel like everything we were doing was unnecessary. You know, like going to Enchanted Forest for a hacked gameboy, looking at some random guy in jail. I'm starting to think everything we were doing was leading up to something we already knew, but were too afraid to admit." said Tyrone.

"That is a huge mystery dear brother of mine. But the big mystery here is if your pill was actually touched today." said Matt.

"What's that? What to what?" asked Tyrone.

"You didn't take your pills this morning Tyrone. Admit it." said Matt.

"Okay, I skipped a dosage by accident. We had a lot going on in our plate today." said Tyrone.

"Soos, Melody, Destiny, Dipper, Mabel, and I spoke to you seriosly about the pills. We had this conversation many times dude." said Matt.

"I'm good. I just need to relax tis all." said Tyrone.

Matt then bonked Tyrone on the head. "Next time if you skip a dosage, I'll tell Destiny. Perhaps she might be more tough on you than me." said Matt.

"You meanie little Mexican brat." said Tyrone with a chuckle.

"By now you have the strenght to get up. Wash your croginal area. Do it yourself." said Matt as he turned to leave the bathroom.

"Hardy har har." said Tyrone.

"Laugh all you want. I'm looking out for you." said Matt with his chin up and eyes closed as if he were dignified. As he left the bathroom, Ethan was standing in the hallway.

"I cleaned the carpet and everything. Don't worry. It's no big issue." said Ethan.

"Were you listening on us?" asked Matt with his hand on his chin.

"The way you talk with him. It was as if Marcos were here." said Ethan.

Matt's smile faded away, but he realized Ethan was telling him the truth. "Yeah. I treat him like Marcos. He's my second big brother. I tell him to take his pills and all, but sometimes he just doesn't listen." said Matt.

"Marcos used to take care of you a lot. Now your doing his job." said Ethan.

"Your right. I am." said Matt.

Ethan then began to rub his eye again, and Matt remembered that habit of his.

"You still have that quirk." said Matt.

"I don't know how to explain it. Whenever I feel my eyes itchy, something weird always happens." said Ethan.

Matt then felt a chill up his spine. "Like that night with your Mom and my Dad." said Matt.

"Yeah now that you mention it, my eyes were burning that night. After that, whenever small things happen, my eyes would just itch as if they were warning me. I don't know if that's a case, but it may be in my head." said Ethan.

"Not really. You saw the Mothman at the lake. When ever his eyes begin to glow red, something happens. It could be good or bad, depending on the vision he sees." said Matt.

"Really? Wow, I didn't know that. I could have asked him, but he was a little too scary to talk to." said Ethan.

"Why don't we talk with him tomorrow?" asked Matt.

Ethan put his back agains the wall nervously. "I don't know Matt. I'm kinda scared of him. He's a huge bug." said Ethan.

"But he's the sweetest guy we ever met in Gravity Falls. If anyone knows of this, it might be him. If not, we can turn to Linda. She's kinda like an Angel, but we haven't seen her in a very long time, and I don't know how we can reach her." said Matt.

"I'd rather talk with the angel." said Ethan chuckling.

"Mothman is cool. He'll help us out." said Matt.

"If you say so Matt. I'll stick by you these next coming days. I still need to learn more about my new home." said Ethan.


Owen had Caspar in his bedroom and they were both talking in a low voice. Owen's older brothers and his sister Wendy were all over the place. Some in their own bedrooms or in the living room watching TV with his father, Manly Dan. Owen tried to speak as a mouse to his friend.

"So we are now in a pickle. We don't know how we can deal with this issue and we don't know what we can do at the moment." said Owen.

"My uncle Bill knows more about that guy. But everytime I ask him about it, he would sush my mouth. He's hard to talk to about this sort of thing." said Caspar.

"How about Lucy? She's got a history with the Dark Master. Maybe she knows more." said Owen.

"From what you told me about her, she seemed like an innocent girl, but now she's kinda bad ass." said Caspar.

"I think if there's one person we can talk to first has to be her. She may know something we don't." said Owen.

"What about that boy that came in. The new guy. I feel some sort of strange aura from him, but I'm a little worried." said Caspar.

"I hear you. I'm worried too." said Owen.

"Do you think we can trust him?" asked Caspar.

"Matt seems to. I can go with that. He doesn't look like a bad person. But I'm not sure if he's good or not. I don't now." said Owen.

"You sound a little envious. You know, you were the new kid first. Now he's new." said Caspar.

"It's nothing like that." said Owen.

"Don't worry. I'm sure you'll grow up to them all. You are technically making new friends as we speak." said Caspar.