Dipper and Mabel are about to lose their home for the summer. It's time for the Scooby gang to intervene again in Gravity Falls.
Gideon Vengeful
Velma got a call from Mabel and Dipper while the Mystery Inc. gang was at a fast-food stop, the seventh of the day for Shaggy and Scooby.
"Hi Velma," said Dipper. "You remember you said we could call you in an emergency?"
"Yes," said Velma.
"We've got one now," said Mabel. "A doozie."
"I'll put you on speaker-phone on this end," said Velma.
"Like, what's going on there now?" asked Shaggy.
"Remember Gideon Gleeful?" asked Dipper.
"I sure do. The little creep tried to ask me on a date," said Daphne.
"Been there, done that," said Mabel. "Be glad you said no. Gleeful turned vengeful once I stopped going out with him. Brrr, did he ever."
"Gideon has stolen the deed to the Mystery Shack," said Dipper. We've all had to move in with Soos' mother, and we're running out of food and money, so Grunkle Stan says he'll have to send us home."
"How did he commit the crime?" asked Fred. "Did he wear a monster disguise?"
"Not exactly," said Mabel. "He blew up the safe with dynamite. BOOM!"
"That's not the kind of case we handle," said Daphne. "Wouldn't it be better to call the police?"
"The police in Gravity Falls?" Mabel giggled. "They're a complete joke."
"We can relate to that," said Velma.
"There's a supernatural side to the case, too," said Dipper. "Before he blew up the safe, Gideon tried to get the combination out of Grunkle Stan's mind using a dream demon."
"Ream remon!" Scooby-Doo said, jumping into Shaggy's arms.
"Now that's our kind of case," said Fred. "We'll be there as quick as we can."
"How quick?" asked Mabel.
"We're just reached Miskatonic University, in Arkham, Massachusetts. It will take a couple of days to drive back there," said Fred.
"That will be too late," said Dipper. "Tomorrow at sunset we'll be on a bus back home."
"Then we'll fly out," said Daphne. "Anything for our Gravity Falls branch."
"But as long as we're here at Miskatonic, we should take a little time to talk with our consultant on the supernatural, Mr. E," said Velma.
"Mr. E? Oooh, is that a secret name?" asked Mabel.
"It stands for Mr. Ellison. Harlan Ellison, the famous writer is our consultant," said Daphne.
"Okay, do what you have to, but come out quickly, please," said Dipper.
"Will do," said Fred.
"And please text us all the details you can on the dream demon," Velma said.
Scooby shivered and moaned at the mention of the monster.
Harlan Ellison, the new Mr. E, met with the gang in his office. "So you've turned up a supernatural case already on your way here. I'm not surprised that there are other cosmic hot-spots besides the one here at Miskatonic University."
"Gravity Falls seems to be another, all right," said Daphne.
"It's, like, a monster fiesta, according to our friends Dipper and Mabel," said Shaggy.
"Ronster riesta," said Scooby. "But no rinyatas, even though we took a raseball rat just in case."
"Shaggy, didn't I tell you that 'like' should be used as a verb, as in 'I don't like the misuse of the word like,' or as part of a comparison, as in 'It's like nails on a chalkboard to me', and not as a pause while you think of what to say next? Velma, can't you get your boyfriend to use English properly?" asked Ellison.
"I tried rubber bands and it drove him away, so now I've decided I like him like he is," said Velma, giving Shaggy a supportive side-hug.
"The triumph of hormones over verbal correctness," said Ellison. "How unfortunate."
"Anyway, we have a description of Bill Cipher, the dream demon," said Fred. "He looks a bit like the eye in the pyramid on a dollar bill, but yellow and flat like a triangle."
Fred presented his cell phone with a sketch that Dipper had attached to an email along with other notes.
"Yellow, flat, and triangular," said Ellison. "He can affect dreams and he puts symbolic messages on his surface. Does that remind you of anything?"
"Jinkies... a piece of the Planispheric Disk?" asked Velma. "I thought every trace of the Evil Entity was eliminated from this time-line."
"Evil is never completely eliminated; it just takes new forms. I believe that the six pieces, charged with the Entity's ebbing energy, have crossed into this new continuum and may be attempting to bring the Entity back from the void where you trapped it. We have now located two of the six potential hot-spots: Miskatonic University and Gravity Falls."
"Zoinks!" said Shaggy. "Not that universe-eating thing again."
"Ruh-roh," said Scooby.
"We need to get there as quickly as we can," said Fred.
"I can provide quick transport," said the new Mr. E. "Rick Owens, the president of Creationex, is a fan of my science-fiction writing, as most techno-nerds are. I asked him to set up a private flight for you in one of his corporate planes. You can even bring the Mystery Machine in the cargo bay."
Mystery Inc. drove to the local airport and found the Creationex Plane. A bald man with a serious expression met them.
"Hello, young people," said the man. "I'm Ed Machine, your pilot."
The gang knew him from their past time-line, but they had never met in this one. They introduced themselves, got the Mystery Machine into the cargo bay, and boarded the plane.
"I hope you don't mind some company," said Ed. "Mr. Owens asked that we bring along his favorite pet for a little outing and adventure."
He lifted the cover of a bird cage and said, "May I present..."
The parrot interrupted, "I can introduce myself, Ed Machine. Hello, kinder. I am Professor Pericles."