Chapter 38: Into the Bunker

Dipper and Wendy were watching bad movies in Wendy's room. Particularly a really bad zombie movie.

"Man these movies are a lost less scary after you fought real zombies." Said Dipper.

"You got that right." Said Wendy who began to yell at the TV, "They're slow! Just power walk away from them!"

"Ah! My face is getting eaten a lot!" yelled the character.

Dipper and Wendy laughed at it.

"He's not pretty any more." Said Wendy.

That was when Wendy's phone buzzed.

"One second." She said, "Uh… another text from Robbie."

"Oh yeah, Robbie, how is it going with him?" asked Dipper nervously.

"I'm over him, I just wish he old get over me." Said Wendy, "I mean look at these texts. Winky Frown? What does that even mean?"

"You're not like seeing anyone, are you?" asked Dipper.

"Oh man, you didn't meet my new boyfriend, have you?" asked Wendy, she then hugged a walrus plushy that was near her.

Dipper laughed nervously.

"Right, right…" said Dipper, "So I was wondering, f you wanted to know… maybe… you know… maybe…"

He sighed an tired to get ahold of himself.

"If you wanted to join me on this mystery hunt with me and Mabel. Tomorrow." Said Dipper.

"Yeah, sure, I love doing that junk with friends." Said Wendy.

"Yeah, friends… that's all we'll ever be…" said Dipper, he looked at a letter about him confessing his feelings to Wendy and crumpled in and put in his vest, "Friends…"

He laid down in on the bed.

"Dude, you're laying on my bra." Said Wendy.

Of course Dipper began to freak out.

The next day, Stan had hired members of the guild to fix the post zombie damage.

"Why didn't you just hire professional workmen again?" asked Gray.

"Because its cheaper." Said Stan.

"He's' got a point." Said Lisanna with a shrug.

"By the way where's Soos?" asked Elfman.

"He's out with Dipper and Mabel. Same with Laxus" Said Erza, "By the way Stan, I want to talk in private."

Erza looked at him and he knew what it.

Both of them went inside the gift shop, thankfully no one was looking through the window or inside of it. Stan entered the code and they both went behind the vending machine. They didn't need to go downstairs to have the conversion.

"What do you want to talk about" asked Stan.

"After what happened… I think we need a system." Said Erza, "After all there's a pair of dead governed agents in the forest."

"A system you need to be more clear about that…" said Stan.

"I mean I can't be the only who knows about this…" said Erza, "I mean what if something happens before it's compete."

Stan sighed.

"Fine… but only if I end up in the hospital or captured or something." He muttered, "But only Makarov and Laxus."

Erza nodded.

"Also on the condition that you don't get involved anymore." Said Stan.

"What? Why?" asked Erza.

"Look if you're going to worry about me, I have to worry about you." Said Stan, "This isn't 15 years ago, you're no longer a woman without a family or a "past". You have the kids and the guild. If I am going to get captured I'm not taking you with me."

Erza sighed.

"Fine…" sighed Erza.

"Besides we both know that this job is going to get dirty soon." Said Stan, "I doubt you would want to help with that."

"You have a point." Said Erza.

"Look you don't need to worry, everything's going to be fine." Said Stan, "You have other things to worry about…"

"You're still coming?" asked Erza.

"Hey, I'm, the perfect person to set him straight." Laughed Stan, "Of course I'm coming."

Erza smiled and both of them left the stairway they were standing through the vending machine, thankfully no one saw them.

Meanwhile with Dipper, Mabel, Laxus and Soos. They were at the tree where Dipper found the Journal.

"All right thank you all for coming." Said Dipper.

"When there's a mystery, you can always count on your sister-...-ey…" said Mabel.

"That was an expel net rhyme." Said Soos, "When you want something good.. .you want a Soos… oh man…"

"Why isn't your mom here again?" asked Laxus, "I heard she goes with you on these kinds of things."

"Well I just didn't think it's a good one today…" said Dipper.

"Is because of the zombies?" asked Laxus.

"Yeah…" admitted Dipper.

"She knows." Said Laxus.

Dipper cringed when he said that.

Dipper then cleared his throat.

"We're here to solve the number 1 mystery of Gravity Falls." Said Dipper, "30 years ago the author mystery disappeared."

Dipper took out a portable black light, and showed them what he found.

"We may have found the hiding place." Said Dipper, "We find the author we may just have found the news we need."

"Chop it down." Said Wendy as she rode her bike towards them.

"Wendy! You came!" said Dipper happily.

"Yeah, I've been wanting to do this adventuring with you guys…" said Wendy, "Well without the whole guild that is."

"Yeah, our adventures lately did involve the whole guild." Said Mabel.

"Thanks for the involve man." Said Wendy.

"Of course any time you want to… I mean…" said Dipper getting flustered.

"You inviting Wendy with us… me thinks there's romance afoot." Teased Mabel.

"No, look I thought it over, and I'm over Wendy. I've looked at it from every angle and I don't have a chance. So I'm more focused on trying to find the author, learning more Dark Ecriture and the harder Solid Script spells and the occasional guild job." Said Dipper.

"Hah! You're over Wendy, just let me put on my skepticals." Said Mabel making her hands look like glasses.

"I've moved on Mabel and so should you." Said Dipper.

"Skepticals…" said Mabel.

They all looked at the fake tree.

"Hey is it just me or does that branch up there look like a lever?" asked Wendy.

"All right, we need a way to get up there…" said dipper.

However behind him Wendy was already climbing up using a belt.

"Should Laxus do that lighting teleport thing…" said Dipper, "Or should we do use ladder shoes…"

However Wendy was already at the fake tree's branch, she took out her ice axe and used it to knock the level.

"Bosh!" she cheered.

"Whoa ho-ho…" said a impressed Soos.

"Wow!" said Mabel.

"Okay, that was impressive." Said Laxus.

"Oh yeah, my dad used to make me compete in these lumberjack games when I was a kid. Guess I kind of ruled at it." Said Wendy.

That was when the tree began to shake and Wendy fell down, she was fine, but the tree began to sink into the ground, the others grabbed her before she could fall down a while the tree was forming.

In the whole that formed, a set of spiral stares emerged.

"All right! No matter what happens we tell no one." Said Dipper.

Mabel gave the thumbs up, Soos turned his hat backwards and Wendy zipped her lips.

"You couldn't keep that journal of yours a secret from the guild… I doubt this will be a secret for long." Said Laxus.

Dipper blinked.

"Um… okay…" said Dipper, "You guys ready for anything then?"

Soos took out his hammer while Dipper had already seen Wendy use her axe so there was that.

They all went down the stairs and began to explore the room they found, it was clear it was the fall out shelter.

"Oh wow…" said Mabel.

"Cool." Said Dipper.

"You're right, this is stupid cool." Said Wendy.

They began to explore the room.

"This is incredible, it's like a fallout shelter." Said Dipper.

They all looked at boxes labeled surplices, which went all the way to 2070.

"IT's like he was preparing for some kind of disaster…" said Dipper.

"Wasn't the Cold War thing going on around that…" said Laxus who managed to get some history during the time he was living in Gravity Falls.

"Yeah, but by 30 years ago it was starting to cool down." Said Dipper.

They began to explore the bunker, Mable put her face in an old drum that was filled with caterpillars and Wendy took one of the signs with the intent of putting it over her bed.

"Oh my gosh! A Smez Dispenser! I haven't seen these in years!" said Soos picking up the thing, "What was that, oh yes I will have some of your old timey face food."

He ate the candy.

"You know that thing is old." Said Laxus.

Soos started coughing, "Ew… dusty." Said Soos but counted eating.

Dipper noticed an open bean can.

"I think this was recently opened." Said Dipper.

"That must mean the author might be alive down here." Said Soos.

"Wait a minute." Said Wendy.

She removed a map of the town, when she did they noticed a hatch.

"I think I know where he might have gone." Said Wendy.

They all went through the hatch into a strange metal room.

"What is this place?" asked Laxus.

"I don't know and I can't tell if it was built in the past or the future." Said Wendy.

"This room is creepy." Said Soos.

"But not as creepy as Dipper's internet history." Said Mable pushing Dipper in jest, "Heyo!"

However this caused Dipped to set p in spot that made the room react in a certain way. The walls began to move in cubes. Symbols began to glow red. Not only that but there was a buzzer going and the hatch once again closed.

Laxus tried to punch the wall sending lightning through it, but it didn't work.

Wendy and Soos decided to try pushing it, but of course that didn't work.

Dipper put on his reading glasses, took out the black light and began to look trough the journal while it hovered in the air.

"Found it!" said Dipper showing them a page about a security room, "Hit these four symbols!"

Laxus found the first.

"One!" he said.

"Two!" Soos said quickly as he pushed his.

"Three." Said Wendy punching the symbol.

"Four!" said Mabel somersaulting to get to the final symbol.

They saw that a door opened and they all ran to it, however Dipper's vest got caught as the room closed up (which also his sword to fall to the floor as he often wore it on his back).

"Whoa! That was awesome!" said Wendy congratulating Dipper, "Also where did you get those glasses?"

"Gift from Levy." Said Dipper.

"Cool." Said Wendy.

"Yeah…" said Dipper.

They all looked around and looked to be a surveillance room.

"Hey guys look at this!" said Soos who began to mess around with some old beakers.

"Hey bro you forgot you vest and sword." Said Mabel.

She pulled out the vest and the note that Dipper wrote fell out.

She read the note and gasped.

"Hey! Dipper! Look what I found!" said Mabel showing it to him.

"What… give that back." Said Dipper grabbing the note.

He stuffed into the pocket of his vest.

"You're not over Wendy at all! You were going to confess to her today, weren't you?" asked Mabel.

"No I changed my mind, it was a bad idea." Said Dipper, "I'd embarrass myself and then I'll just be another guy she hates."

"Dude Dipper! Check out this weird metal closet." Said Wendy standing the close then started acting like a robot, "I am a robot and I have a metal closet."

"Coming!" said Dipper , "This never happened."

"He wants to tell her but he's scared." Thought Mabel, "Maybe he needs a little push… Good I idea Mabel, thanks Mabel."

Mabel ran over to Dipper and hugged him.

"Dipper whatever is going to happen is for your own good." Said Mabel.

She proceeded to him from behind.

"Brother, remember what I am about to do is for your own good." Said Mabel.

"What?" asked Dipper.

She proceeded to push Dipper into the closet with Wendy and shut the door locking them in.

"Mabel! Let us out!" yelled Dipper.

"I'll let you out when you tell Wendy what you've been wanting to tell her!" called back Mabel.

"What is she talking about?" asked Wendy.

"Mabel's just been eating raw sugar packets again." Said Dipper.

"That's besides the point." Said Mabel as she ate raw soar packets.

"Don't make me break down the door!" said Dipper.

"Where's the lights?" asked Wendy.

She pulled a cord, the two of them were drenched suddenly, however hot water quickly dried them off (and also pushed them together).

A red blinking sign that said "Decontamination complete" blinked and another door opened.

The two decided to look around and saw machines as well as many tunnels.

"A hidden lab maybe the author did experiments down here." Said Dipper.

"What do you think dug these tunnels?" asked Wendy.

"Let's hope we don't find out." Said Dipper.

That was when they heard some growling sounds and something crawling.

They decided to try the door again.

"Mabel let us back in! There's a monster in here! And I'm unsure if me and Wendy can fight it off." Said Dipper.

"Nice try but the only thing in there are your own inner demons!" said Mabel.

"That is so true." Said Soos.

"What?" said Laxus.

Dipper and Wendy both sighed.

"Hopefully it's not as bad as zombies,…" said Wendy.

"Or an evil version of myself." Sighed Dipper.

Both of them went to look around for another way out, deciding it was best to only fight it if they absolutely had to…

As they held out their weapons just in case they found the monster.

They saw the shadow of the monster and then a figure started to attack it.

"Back! Back you heinous beast!" yelled the figure.

The figure walked towards them holding a tongue.

"Well I ripped out its tongue." Said the figure who was an older man wearing goggles and a trench coat.

"It's you!" said Dipper practically on the verge of squeeing,

"Hurry now! It will regenerate!" said the man who began to lead them, "Sorry I wasn't expecting guests. I've been here for a very long time, years, months… week maybe… I miss orange juice."

"You don't understand! You're the guy I as looking for!" said Dipper.

"He's the guy?" asked Wendy.

"The guy?" asked the man.

"I have like a gillion questions." Said Dipper, "Why did you write the journals, why did you build this bunkers, who's after you?"

"I'll answer those in due time. We have more pressing matters my boy." Said the man who showed them around the wrecked lab showing tubes and a wrecked cage, "It's one of my experiments, able to take the form of anyone or everything it sees. It even broke through a cage of solid steel. But now you're here will you help me catch it."

Dipper tired his best not to squee.

Back in the surveillance room.

Laxus put his to the door of the "closet".

"Guys I don't think they're in there anymore." Said Laxus.

Mabel however was playing with a machine.

"Frozen, unfrozen, frozen, unfrozen." She said while playing with the tube.

"Hey do I love smart in this lab coat and briefcase?" asked Soos showing both things off.

She looked at some notes.

"Experiment 210: The Shape Shifter?" asked Mabel.

"Hey didn't Dipper say there was a monster in there with them?" asked Soos.

"I thought it was a joke." Said Mabel.

"You know Dipper's jokes are terrible." Said Soos.

"Your mom's going to kill me." Muttered Laxus messaging a headache.

Meanwhile the man led them to a room.

"Come in! Come in!" he said, "I usually don't get any guests besides mole people… and this one time a weird pink haired maid…"

"Oh man…" said Dipper, "Why didn't Virgo tell me she met you!"

"When was the time you even talked to Virgo?" asked Wendy.

"Never mind." Said Dipper.

"Now the beat must have some kind of weaknesses, but alas, I lost my journals long ago." Said the man.

"Dude, I found one of them that's how I was able to track you down." Said Dipper.

He showed him the journal.

"Could it be?" asked the man he grabbed the journal and began to read through it, "My boy, I can't express my gratitude…. Oh yes after all these years…"

Meanwhile Laxus, Mabel and Soos searched for Dipper and Wendy.

"Where are they?" asked Soos.

"Leave it to Mabel!" said Mabel.

She pressed the sweater she was wearing which was that one that could light up.

"You know I've been thinking, isn't an electric sweater a fire hazard." Said Soos.

"No it's a fun hazard!" said Mabel.

"We can't distracted." Said Laxus.

"He's right!" said Mabel, "Let me light the way!"

back with Dipper and Wendy.

"Yes, yes it's all here." Said the man to himself as he read it.

"I can't believe it… I'm with the author!" said Dipper.

However that was when Wendy saw something that shocked her.

"Dipper… look…" whispered Wendy.

She showed hi what she saw, it was a can of beans… and on the can was the same man in front of them.

Dipper relied what it meant.

"Um… we should get out of here… my mom is sometimes really strict and I recently raised the dead so I don't want to get in trouble…" said Dipper, "So can I have my journal back…"

"You're not going anywhere…" said the man in a deep voice quickly realizing the jig was up.

He turned his head around and hissed at them, then he climbed up to the celling of the cave.

Then he shifted to a horrifying bug like form.

"How do you like my true form?" asked the creature.

"What have you done to the real author?" asked Dipper.

"You'll likely never find him, that 6 fingered nerd hasn't been himself in thirty years. But I thank you for being me the journal, He used to write this while I was in my cage." He said, he flipped through the journal and looked at the picture, "So many forms…"

He began to shape shift into a Gremloblin, a gnome and some of sort of wooden creature.

"We have to get the journal back." Dipper whispered to Wendy.

"I think you know what to do." Said Wendy.

"Oh yeah…" said Dipper.

He created the word Iron and hit the shape shifter with it.

"What the…" said the shape shifter.

He looked at the word.

"What…" he said .

However to the shock of the word he dropped the journal.

Dipper held it tightly while Wendy took out her ice axe.

"We should run." Said Dipper.

"Right!" said Wendy.

The two ran away and the shape shifter turned into different forms then found the perfect form in a giant roly-polies.

Dipper and Wendy countered to run. He did toss away his flashlight in order to distract it.

As they countered to run they ran into the other group.

It was a happy reunion until Dipper and Wendy realized something.

"Wait… how do we know you're not the shape shifter?" asked Dipper.

"Maybe I am, Mabel… inspect my shape." Said Soos.

Mabel poked him.

"Do it again…" said Soos.

"Yeah it's definitely them." Said Dipper.

"So what's going on?" asked Laxus.

"We got attack by a shape shifter." Said Wendy.

"Imagine if he escapes into town…" said Dipper, "We wouldn't be able to trust anyone."

"Really?" asked Mabel.

"What's that supposed to mean?" asked Dipper.

He looked up and saw that his mom was there.

He jumped then he remembered.

It was just Mabel.

Mabel did learn Intermediate Transformation after all.

She turned into Lucy for some reason,.

"Let's come up with a plan to beat him as his own game." Said Lucy disguised Mabel.

"Why did you transform into Lucy to say that?" asked Laxus.

"I don't know… it just felt right." Said the Lucy disguised Mabel.

The shape sifter meanwhile was calling for Dipper.

"Dipper where are you boy?" asked the shape shifter in human form again."

"Looking for me?" asked Dipper showing up with Wendy.

"Well, well, I was planning to call you a Single formed human…" said the shape shifter.

"If you want the jonquil you have to catch me!" said Dipper, "Or are you a scrawny loser? You creepy shape shifter?"

"You sure you should be saying that?" asked Wendy.

"He doesn't know Dip… my personality…" said Dipper.

"Why you…" muttered the sharp shifter turning to a horrifying monster form.

"Run!" yelled Dipper.

Both of them ran away. The shape sifter followed them however the shape shifter stopped when Dipper suddenly covered in light and turned into Mabel.

"What?" asked the Shape Shifter.

"Sorry, but I'm Dipper's sister who also can transform." Said Mabel, "Now!"

That was when Dipper, Laxus and Soos came out of from behind a rock all three of them charging an electrical attack.

"What!" yelled the shape shrifter.

The lighting attacks hit the shape shifter shocking it.

"Well that was easy." Said Mabel.

"I don't' know why but I'm in the mood for spring rolls." Said Wendy.

However the shape shifter wasn't down for the count.

He got up and laughed.

"Two can play at that game." Said the Shape Shifter.

The shape shifter turned into a gnome and scampered passed them.

Then turned into a rather large form and opened a pipe causing the tunnel to be filled with water.

"Oh man…" said Dipper.

All of them, including the shape shifter were used away by the water.

The water soon cleared.

"Okay... we should have paid more attention to our surroundings." Said Laxus.

"Yeah…" agreed Mabel.

Dipper coughed and he looked around, noticed Soos nearby as well. He noticed that the journal must have fallen out of his vest.

"Oh man…" he said.

However he didn't' have time to worry about it, because that was when he saw Wendy's ice axe. He picked it up and began to look. He looked all around. That was when he found her unconscious form.

"No… no… Wendy…" he cried out.

He began to shake her.

"Wendy, no… no… no…" said Dipper, "Please be okay… Please be okay."

However there was no response.

"Oh no… oh no… this is all my fault! I should have just told you in that closet! But I was too scared! And I never got to tell you! I'm like in love with you Wendy" he cried out.

However a voice said.

"Uh… Dipper…"

He turned around and saw Wendy, who thankfully found the journal.

"Wendy… then… wait… uh-oh…" said Dipper.

That was when the "unconscious" Wendy got up and tackled the real Wendy trying to get the journal.

The two Wendys fought, with the Shape Shifter using her voice, so Dipper couldn't tell the difference.

He unsheathed his sword.

But he couldn't tell which one was which.

""Give it back! It belongs to Dipper" said one of them, "Hit it with your sword."

"Don't' listen to her!" said the other.

"No she's the shape shifter." Said the first.

"I don't' know which is which…" said Dipper, "Give me a sign."

Second Wendy winked, however the first one looked right at Dipper and zipped her lips.

Dipper immediately knew that was the real Wendy. After all between the two of them this had become a sign of trust for them.

Dipper plunged the sword into the gut of the fake Wendy who began to bleed green and it turned to it's true form.

Dipper took out his sword and they both noticed the tube (the same one that Mabel played with earlier) behind the shape shifter saying ready.

"Push him in!" said Dipper.

However that was when the Shape Sifter was zapped again, which caused more pain.

They tuned to see Laxus was there.

"Thanks." Said Dipper.

All three of them worked together to push the shape shifter into the tube. The door closed.

In the other room, Mabel pushed the button and the tube was frozen.

They watched as the Shape Sifter tired to get out using different forms. But nothing worked.

Soos and Mabel joined them.

"Let's get out of here dudes." Said Soos.

Whoever the shape sifter was laughing.

"You think you're so clever Dipper. But you have no idea what you're up against. You will never find the author. If you keep digging, you'll meet a fate worse than you can imagine. And this will be the last form you ever take."

He turned into Dipper and made a horrifying scream. Needless to say this freak Dipper out.

Soos laughed, "Good luck sleeping tonight."

Laxus punched Soos in the arm.

Sometime later they left the bunker. The tree went to the normal position.

"Man my face is tired from making this face all day." Said Soos who made a scream face.

"You got to admit we're total hero's to catching that thing." Said Mabel.

"Mabel , I know you play pranks on people while in disguise." Said Laxus.

"Yeah, but that's fun and mischievous, that guy was evil!" said Mabel.

"Hey who wants a hero's breakfast?" asked Soos.

"Syrup on cereal?" asked Mabel.

"You're a visionary." Said Soos.

The tow ran off. Laxus looked at Dipper and Wendy who looked like they needed to talk privately.

"I'll leave you two alone." Said Laxus.

When he was gone the two knew they had to talk.

"Look, I might have said some things in there… It was in the heat of the moment and please pretend that didn't happen." Said Dipper.

"That's okay." Said Wendy with a shrug, "I always kind of knew."

"What?" asked Dipper, "You did?"

"Yeah, you think I can't hear all of those thing you can't hear say under your breath?" asked Wendy.

"Oh man…" said Dipper sitting down on a log.

"Listen Dipper I'm like Super Flattered, but I'm too old for you." Said Wendy, "I mean you know that right?"

Dipper groaned.

"Mabel said confessing would make me feel better." Said Dipper.

"Well how do you feel?" asked Wendy.

"Anxious scared and kind of itchy." Said Dipper.

"Dude don't be itchy." Said Wendy, "Listen this summer has been super boring until you showed up. I have had more fun with than you placidly anybody else… And if you stopped being my friend, I would probably throw myself into the bottom less pit."

"So things won't be awkward between us?" asked Dipper.

"Dude, I just wrestled myself, that was awkward. If you can handle that monster, then you can handle a little awkwardness." Said Wendy.

"Friends?" asked Dipper.

"Yeah, dude, friends." Said Wendy she shoving him.

Both of them laughed and she helped him up.

She then walked over to her bike.

"Oh and hey Dipper, see you tomorrow for movie night." Said Wendy, "You're place this time, all right."

She order away, leaving Dipper to his feelings.

"So how did it go" asked Mabel popping out the bushes.

Dipper groaned.

"What did you hear" he asked.

"Everything all the time." Said Mabel.

"I'm not here!" yelled Soos from the bushes.

That was when he heard Laxus sneeze.

"You too." Muttered Dipper.

Dipper sighed.

"Mabel how can something be so amazing and so terrible at the same time?" asked Dipper.

"I'm sorry for being so pushy, but it's any consolation, I'm already working on a list of rebound crushes." Said Mabel.

"Thanks Mabel…" said Dipper, "Also I forgive you Mabel's Guide to Spotting Imposters."

"I knew it would come in handy one day." Laughed Mabel.

Soos sat down next to Dipper as Laxus joined them as well.

"I'm bumped through, we're no closer to finding the author." Said Soos but he shrugged, "At least I got this science-y coat and brief case"

He held up the brief case he was still carrying.

Then it opened up and it was a laptop with a label "Property of F" on it.

"It's one of those portal computers." Said Laxus.

"Laptop." Corrected Mabel.

"They don't' exist in Earthland." Pointed out Laxus.

"It's really bust up." Said Mabel.

"I think I can fix it though, it will take a lot of duct tape." Said Soos.

"All right! I think we fund out next clue!" said Dipper celebrating.

Indeed while they didn't find the author this time, they found another clue, one which that may lead to his whereabouts after all… But who knows what sort of problems it would bring to them.

Next Time: During an Intervention turned Party, Dipper, Natsu, Gray and Jellal end up drinking Mabel Juice. Unfortunately this causes their minds to be sent to a dimension where they each must learn a lesson. How could it be any worse? Oh Bill's there and he volunteers to be their guide because he's bored. What will happen? Find out next time!

A/N: Should have mentioned this last time but... There are going to be four original chapters before Not What He Seems... though one of them will replace Little Gift Shop of Horrors... also I'm going to move Roadside Attraction to before Northwest Manor Mystery... it makes more sense to have it before Ford shows up than after (also they said it was supposed to be them)... The first two will be next chapter (obviously) and the one after...