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Chapter 18: Heart of Ice

(Dipper and Soos go through the cave and enter an enormous open area inside the mountain. They stand on a ledge with a massive chasm before them. Around the chasm were paths along the ledges. A really tall statue stood on the other side.)

Dipper: Whaddya bet we need to get to that statue?

(He sees a panel on the ground and stands on it. The wall behind Soos lowers down and reveals the path on one side.)

Dipper: Soos, stand on that other switch.

(Soos stands on the panel on his side. The wall behind Dipper lowers down revealing the other path.)

Soos: (speaking Tibetan)

Dipper: (chuckles) Easy for you to say.

(They separate and follow their own paths. Dipper climbs up some ledges and gets to a dead end where three large bronze cylinders with bars on them are suspended from the ceiling.)

Dipper: I bet I could climb those if they were a little lower.

(He finds a lever on a slightly lower ledge.)

Dipper: Ah-ha.

(Another set of cylinders across the chasm lower down. He sees Soos in front of them with another lever.)

Dipper: (calling out) Soos, pull that switch!

(Soos pulls the lever on his side and the cylinders on Dipper's side lower down.)

Dipper: Now we're talkin'.

(He climbs the bars on the cylinders and enters another part of the cavern where some large gears and revolving objects work. He carefully navigates the area as best he can and moves across the mechanisms. He eventually gets back to the path and closer to the statue.)

Dipper: (sighs) Finally.

(He pulls another lever on the ledge. Two arms on the other side of the chasm rise up and form a bridge. He sees Soos in front of it.)

Dipper: (calling out) Soos, it's a bridge! Pull the switch on your side!

(Soos pulls the lever. Two more arms rise up and form another bridge in front of Dipper. The wooden structure holding the revolving cylinders in place breaks apart and the cylinders falls onto the bridge.)

Dipper: (upset) Oh, no. No!

(The cylinders crush the bridge and fall into the chasm.)

Dipper: Ah, great. Now how am I gonna get across?

(He finds a ladder going down from the ledge and climbs down it.)

Dipper: (sighs) Gotta get over there somehow. Well, guess I'm doing it the hard way.

(He finds another area with cogs and beams along with some more big gears. He navigates his way through this part as well and eventually reaches another ledge.)

Dipper: Alright, now what?

(He sees a single platform sticking up in the middle of the chasm. He finds another floor switch on the ledge and stands on it. Nothing happens but then he sees Soos on the other side.)

Dipper: There he is. Hey, Soos!

(Soos stands on the switch on his side and several pillars rise up out of the water below.)

Dipper: (annoyed) You have got to be kidding.

(The two jump and climb across on the pillars. Soos reaches the platform as Dipper jumps and grabs the edge of it. Soos pulls him up.)

Dipper: (breathes deep) Good reflexes...

(They both look up at the large statue looming over them. They find two more switches on the platform and stand on them. More platforms rise out of the water, leading to the statue.)

Dipper: Wow...

(The statue's face rotates and changes from a normal person-looking face to a creepy, demonic-looking face.)

Dipper: (uneasy) So... is that a good sign?

Soos: (speaking Tibetan)

(They cross the platforms and get to the ledge where the statue is. The go through an opening at the base of the statue and down some stairs. They enter a large room with an upper walkway and a tall ceiling. Various statues are along the walls above. A much larger statue holds up a platform next to the walkway. As they enter, a wall rises up behind them and blocks the entrance.)

Dipper: (sighs) Let's hope there's another way out of here...

Soos: Drake (speaking Tibetan)

(Dipper walks over to Soos in the middle of the room. There are several dead bodies around the floor. They look like they've been there for decades.)

Dipper: This must be them... Quentin's expedition. Now let's see what the big deal is.

Soos: (speaking Tibetan)

(Dipper kneels down beside a body. He picks up a small box beside the it with the Cintamani Stone symbol on it.)

Dipper: The Cintamani Stone...

(He opens the object and finds a handful of blue resin inside.)

Dipper: (curious) Huh... more resin.

(He puts the container away and sees a bullet hole in the body's head.)

Dipper: Hello... would you look at this...

(He stands up and examines the other bodies around him. He sees bullet holes in them as well.)

Dipper: These men were all shot.

(Soos picks up a book from another body.)

Soos: (speaking Tibetan)

(He gives the book to Dipper and points to the cover where an image of a tree-like object is.)

Soos: (speaking Tibetan)

Dipper: Oh, that's the Irminsul, it's the Life Tree…

(He then remembers the carved picture of a tree in the temple back in Nepal. He wonders if it represented the Life Tree and if it was somehow connected to Shambala and the Stone. He opens the book and finds writings in German.)

Dipper: (shocked) The Ahnenerbe...? Oh, geez… they were SS.

Soos: (speaking Tibetan)

Dipper: Nazis.

Soos: Nazis... (speaking Tibetan)

(Surprised that Quentin Trembley was a Nazi sent to find Shambala, Dipper flips through the book. After the pages written in German, he finds several pages in old Tibetan with pictures of sinister looking demons. He then recalls the words Quentin spoke to him about the Stone: "If a mere sliver could bestow such power, what would a man become if he possessed the entire Stone itself?" He looks around the room at the statues and sees how they all have slightly demonic faces and appear to be holding a small carving of the Stone.)

Dipper: (in deep thought) What would a man become...?

(He then turns his attention to the big statue in front of him and sees it to be much more demonic looking and holding a much larger carving of the Stone. Then he realized what Quentin was saying. The Stone was capable of giving someone terrible supreme power that would be too much for the world to handle. He looked at the bodies of Quentin's expedition and realized what had happened to them.)

Dipper: (stunned) Soos… Quentin did this.

Soos: (speaking Tibetan)

Dipper: Quentin... killed them.

Soos: (shakes head, speaking Tibetan)

Dipper: Yes. It was the only way to stop them.

(Suddenly, a growling noise is heard in the distance. They turn around, started.)

Soos: (speaking Tibetan)

Dipper: Oh, shit. We have to find a way outta here now.

(He throws the book on the floor and runs up the stairs to the walkway where he finds a lever on the platform.)

Dipper: Hey,:there's a switch.

(He pulls the lever.)

Dipper: (relieved) Haha! There you go.

(A circular platform high above them starts descending into the room. Then a pair of yeti-like creatures like the one before climb onto the big statue above them.)

Dipper: (nervous) Oh crap!

(One of the yetis pulls part of the statue off and throws it across the room at the duo.)

Dipper: Heads up!

(Dipper and Soos dodge the piece and fight off the demon sasquatches until the platform reaches them.)

Dipper: Soos, the elevator's down! Jump for it!

(Dipper jumps to the platform. Soos runs for the lever at the back of the room.)

Dipper: Look out!

(A yeti jumps down in front of him.)

Dipper: Jump! I'll shoot the switch from here!

(Soos leaps across to the platform. Dipper aims his gun at the lever and shoots the handle. The platform starts rising as Dipper pulls Soos up onto it. A yeti tries to jump across and grab them but misses. It falls on the floor and cracks it. It roars in pain as the platform continues to ascend.)

Dipper: Okay... Okay, we made it… We're almost out…

(The other yeti suddenly pounces on the platform and grabs the edge. Dipper and Soos grab the other edge that's sticking up.)

Dipper: Crap!

(Dipper shoots the yeti several times in the face until it falls and crashes onto the floor below. The floor collapses and the yetis fall with it. The platform reaches the top outside. They step off onto the mountain ridge.)

Dipper: You okay?

Soos: (speaking Tibetan)

Dipper: (breathes deep) Okay… now that we know what Quentin meant, let's head back.

(He walks to the edge of the cliff and sees a horrible sight. The village is in the distance down below and several buildings are burning.)

Dipper: (shocked) Oh no… Soos.

(Soos walks up next to him and sees his home in flames.)

Soos: (shocked, speaking Tibetan) Melody...

(They run down the path on the mountain back to the village as fast as they can.)

Well, now Dipper knows the Cintamani Stone is too dangerous and that he can't give up his journey now. Next, we're back to the real action.