Chapter 7: The Hand that Rocks the Mabel, Literally
Hey just a heads up on the story, I was at a lost when it came to what song Alastor would do and where it was going to take place. The Tent of Telepathy or Hazbin Hotel?
In the end, it's going to be at the hotel. I mean, it's a perfect way to increase business for the hotel and the Mystery Shack. And Alastor does want to watch the world to climb up the hill of betterment! Only to repeatedly trip, and tumble down to the fiery pit of failure.
Oh, and I forgot to tell you that Angel calling Mabel "Ma Bell" is pronounce as "May" and "Bell"
Stan Pines was outside in the front yard with some tourists, "For tonight's final illusion, we have the incredible "Sack of Mystery." When you put your money in, it mysteriously disappears!" The crowd mutters several positive things about the trick's credibility and Stan's character. Stan smiles at his gain and their loss of their money.
Meanwhile, Dipper, Mabel, Soos and the staff of the Hazbin Hotel were watching television. Or as Alastor likes to call it: The Picture Show. In the hotel lounge. The TV Narrator spoke, "The tiger was badly injured in the explosion, but we repaired him with a fist." Dipper, Mabel, and Soos start cheering and Dipper says, "That the tiger's a hero." On TV, the tiger punches itself. "Again; What has become of this world's entertainment?" Alastor repeated his comment, "Tiger Fist! ...will return after these messages." The show changes to a commercial of someone releasing doves into the sky.
Soos points at the TV, "Hey, look. It's that commercial I was telling you guys about." The voice-over ask the sobbing man, "Are you completely miserable?" the man cried out, "YES!" "Then you need to meet *Goes into a whisper* Gideon."
Dipper repeats "Gideon?" while Mabel said, "What makes him so special?" the TV answers her question, "He's a psychic." Mabel made a dog "Aroo?" sound causing Alastor to flinch a little and turns to the confusing girl, "Why do you sound like a dog, my dear?" Mabel let out another "Aroo?" sound and shrugged her shoulders in a 'I-don't-know' sign.
"So don't waste your time with other so-called "man of mystery." The TV screen shows a clip of Stan coming out of an outhouse in slow motion and is stamped with the word 'FRAUD' in red ink. "Or the lame hotel next door." The screen shows the Hazbin Hotel with the word 'LOW RATED' stamped on the image, "Learn about tomorrow tonight at Gideon's Tent of Telepathy." The subtext went speeding through so fast in became hard to understand, it was submittable message anyway. "Voidwhereprohibited,noC.O.D.' 'vealwayslovedyoubutneverhadthegutstosayit."
Vaggie glares at the screen, and surprisingly she wasn't the only one. "That guys asking for a war." The demons agree with Vaggie's statement, "But we're not going to turn this into an actual violent war, right Vaggie?" "We wont strike if they fire first." Vaggie answers, "Sounds good to me." Said Angel, Alastor, Husk, and Baxter.
But Mabel was more interested in the attraction, "Wow guys, I'm getting all curiousy inside!" "Well, don't get too curiousy." Everyone turns to see Stan entering the hotel and removing his eyepatch and coat, "Ever since that monster Gideon rolled into town, I've had nothin' but trouble."
Flashback
Grunkle Stan was driving in a parking lot looking for any open spots. He manages to find one and attempts to back in, but suddenly Gideon's tour bus pulls in first with fans crowding around it. Stan makes a fist and pounds it on the steering wheel in anger, "Gideon!" he curses.
End of Flashback
"Stan that was just pure bad luck." Said Vaggie, "Oh yeah? Try having the same 'pure bad luck' by that monster 24/7!" Stan replied back. "Ouch." Angel complemented. Mabel then asked, "Well, is he really psychic?" "I think we should go and find out." Said Dipper, "It will give us an idea of how we're up against." Baxter added, but Stan quickly said, "Never! You're forbidden from patronizing the competition. No one that lives under my roof is allowed under that Gideon's roof!"
Charlie gets an idea, "Technically, we don't live under your roof. We stay are our hotel so that means we can go." Dipper turns to them and ask, "Besides, do tents have roofs?" "I think we just found our loopholes..." said Mabel as she holds up two strings with each of them having a loop tied in it. "literally! Mwop mwop!"
While Stan was busy being angry at being out smarted, the TV announcer continues to speak, "So come down soon, folks. Gideon is expecting you."
Time Skip
The next day, the sinners of hell agree to go with the twins and Soos to see what the telepathy attraction is all about, at night. A crowd of some of the tourist and residence of Gravity Falls enters the Tent of Telepathy. While a large man in a pink Hawaiian shirt, jeans, cowboy boots and a sun straw hat stands at the entrance with a sack in his hands. "Step right up there, folks. Put your money in Gideon's psychic sack." It took a moment for the citizens of hell to recognize the man's voice as the one who was advertising the commercial.
"Hey, that's exactly what Stan was doing back at the Shack." Niffty whispers to her friends, "Well they are rivals. So they must have steal from each other from time to time." Alastor complimented, as he and everyone took their seats, Dipper couldn't help but to point out the strangeness of the attraction "Whoa, this is like a bizarro version of the Mystery Shack. They even have their own Soos." he points to a maintenance worker who looks very similar to Soos, and his name even rimes with Soos, Deuce. Soos glares at the lookalike while munching on an empanada. "Now that is creepy." Said Husk.
The lights starts to flicker and die down, Mabel squeals, "It's starting! It's starting!" as the stage and spot lights dances around. Dipper crosses his arms and said, "Let's see what this monster looks like." Suddenly the sounds of heavy footsteps echoes the throughout the tent as an enormous shadow figure approaches on the stage. The curtains open revealing a small kid dressed in a baby blue suit, a black shirt, and an American flag pin on the left side of his collar, with brown, polished shoes, he has white hair that looks way too big to be on his head. "Hello America! My name is Li'l Gideon." Gideon claps his hands and doves fly out of his hair.
The crowd cheers with enthusiasm while the sinners laugh at what they are seeing, "That's Stan's mortal enemy?" Dipper question, and Mabel said in a baby voice, "But he's so wittle!" "Are you kidding?" Vaggie raised an eyebrow, "He looks like a baby pug with a pig's noes." said Angel, "I know, isn't he adorable?" Charlie awe at the silly cuteness. "No, he isn't." said Vaggie.
"Ladies and gentlemen, it is such a gift to have you here tonight! ...Such a gift." Gideon announces "I have a vision. I predict that you will soon all say, 'aww'." He made a quick 180 turn and back and made the most biggest eyes and cutest pose that only a three year old would do. And the crowd fell for the cuteness as they say "Aww."
Mabel and Charlie were just as spellbound as the audience, "It came true." Dipper said, "What? I'm not impressed." but Mabel denies her brother's answer, "You're impressed!" "He's just manipulating everyone." Alastor pointed out, "This is a waste of time." Said Husk as he tries to get up and leave. "Huh? What the fuck?" but for some reason, he couldn't move out of his seat. "What is it, Husker?" Husk glares at Alastor, "What you do think, you son of a bitch? You're using your voodoo magic to prevent me from leaving this fucking place!" Alastor smile decreased as the radio host said confusingly, "Husker, my good man. I'm not using my powers."
"Hit it, Dad!" Gideon calls out to his father as Bud Gleeful starts playing the piano and Gideon starts singing a song. "Oh no." Vaggie, Baxter, Angel and Husk groan as Charlie, Niffty were bouncing with excitement and Alastor was grinning with interest. "Oh, I can see, what others can't see. It ain't some sideshow trick, it's innate ability where others are blind, I am futurely inclined. And you too could see if ayou was widdle ol' me!*he calls out to the audience*Come on, everybody, rise up! I want y'all to keep it going!"
Everyone including Soos, the demons and the twins, all rises, seemingly unintentionally, and they start to clap along to the beat. "Wha—? How did he—?" "What the hell?" "This has to be a muscle memory thing or something." Dipper and some of the sinners were bewilder at what just happened. "Keep it going! You wish your son would call you more." Gideon points to an old woman with a cat resting on her lap, "I'm leaving everything to my cats!" the cat meows loudly.
"I sense that you've been here before." Gideon points over to Sheriff Blubs, who is wearing a shirt with Gideon's face on it and holding various other Li'l Gideon merchandises, "Oh, what gave it away?" he said flattery, "Come on." Dipper Exasperated, while Angel hollers, "You fucking hack! Get off the—!" Angel didn't get the chance to say "Stage" when his mouth clamped shut. "How the fuck—" the same thing happened to Vaggie as she and Angel tried to get their mouths to open again, while their friends look at them in astound.
Gideon walks over to Mabel, "I'll read your mind if I'm able. Something tells me you're named Mabel." As Gideon leaves, and Mabel ask out loud, "How'd he do that?" if she could remind herself that she was wearing one of her sweaters that has her name sewn into it.
"So welcome all ye... to the Tent of Telepathy. And thanks for visiting... widdle ol' me!" Gideon made a finally pose complete with him sweating and panting as the crowd cheers like crazy "Oh... oh my goodness." He takes a sip of water before saying "Thank you! You people are the real miracles!"
As curtains closes over Gideon the magical binding on Husk, Angel and Vaggie was lifted letting them to move and talk as they made their way to the exit with everyone. "Man, that kid's an even bigger fraud than Stan! No wonder our uncle's jealous." Said Dipper, "I don't know, Dipper. The boy did something to our group. He must have a trick up his sleeve." Alastor pointed out, while Mabel said, "Oh, come on. His dance moves were adorable! And did you see his hair? It was like, whoosh!"
But Dipper gave his sister an amusing look and truthfully said, "You're too easily impressed." Mabel teasingly but agreeing replied, "Yeah, yeah!" as they were leaving, some of the sinners couldn't help but get the feeling of being watched from behind.
Time Skip
The next day at the Mystery Shack. Charlie was asking her friends about Gideon's magical abilities, "Do you guys really think he has magic on him? I just want your opinions." "Charlie listen." Vaggie starts off first, "The kid did something to me and Angel to keep us from speaking." "Yeah, not to mention something similar happened to Husky when he wanted to leave." "I told you not to fucking call me that!" Husk yells at Angel who shrug in respond.
Just then, Mabel goes up to them with her face bedazzled with sequins. "Check it out, guys! I successfully bezazzled my face! Blink!" when she said "blink" she actually blinks as some of the sequins flew off her face, "Ow." She winces in pain. "Is that permanent?" Dipper asked concerningly, Mabel looks down feeling dejected and says, "I'm unappreciated in my time..."
The doorbell rings, Stan hollers from the other room, "Somebody answer that door!" Mabel cries "I'll get it!" as she brushes off the sequins off from her face and goes to the door. She opens it up but there was no one there. But when Mabel looks down to see Gideon standing there, "Howdy." He greets. "It's "wittle ol'" you!" Gideon laughs nervously at Mabel's respond, "Yeah, my song's quite catchy. Now, I know we haven't formally met, but after yesterday's performance, I just couldn't get your laugh out of my head." "You mean this one?" Mabel then Laughs obnoxiously while Gideon continues to flirt with Mabel, "Oh, what a delight! Now, when I saw you in the audience, I said to myself, 'Now there's a kindred spirit! Someone who appreciates the sparkly things in life.'"
Mabel completely agrees with Gideon, "That's totally me!" she laughs again but then coughs up some sequins that somehow got in her throat and some of them landed on Gideon's suit, bedazzling it to perfection. "Enchanting. Utterly enchanting." He whispers in awe.
"Who's at the door?" Stan shouts from inside the shack, Mabel hollers "No one, Grunkle Stan!" "I appreciate your discretion." Said Gideon, "Now, Stan's no fan of mine. I don't know how a lemon so sour could be related to a peach so sweet." Mabel was flattered by the young boy's words, "Gideon! Aha ha!" Gideon then suggested, "What do you say we step away from here and chat a bit more. Perhaps in my dressing room?"
Thinking that it was a hang out offering, Mabel cheers, "Oh! Makeovers. Yahoo!" and pokes Gideon's stomach. The boy laughs weakly but then wince in pain, "Ow." Who knew a girl like Mabel can poke so hard and have sharp nails.
Time Skip
Taking a ride to Gideon's house, Gideon show Mabel to his dressing room. The whole room was amazingly pink and is full of many outfits and some of them look like these are for little kids and girls. Mabel stares at the room in amazement. "Ya see something you like? 'Cause I do." Not paying any attention to what Gideon is saying, Mabel laughs and cluelessly ask, "What?"
Meanwhile back at the Hotel
"Here's one. What type of beer does a rabbit like to drink? The kind with the most hops!" Everyone, minus Charlie, groan in annoyance at the dad jokes. Charlie had the Idea of doing stand-up comedy performances at the hotel, which is way Alastor was doing stand-up dad jokes comedy.
Just then the doors open and walking in was Mabel, or at least what looks to be Mabel. The makeup made it hard to tell. "Hey guys. What's goin' oooon?" Mabel dangles her manicured fingernails over Dipper's head, causing him to swipe them away from his face. "Whoa, where have you been? And what's going on with those fingernails, you look like a wolverine." Dipper asked while pointing at her new style.
"I know, right?" Mabel giggles as she roars, and pretends to scratch something in the air, "I was hanging out with my new pal, Gideon. He is one dapper little man." "Whoa, hold up. Did you say Gideon?" Vaggie asked, "Why would you go hanging out with him?" "That kid is weird." Said Baxter, "Not to mention he did something to us back at his show. If you could even call it a show." Angel joins in, "Besides Mabel, I don't trust anyone whose hair is bigger than their head." Said Dipper, pointing to his hair bangs. "Ahem." Angel coughs, "Well, more bigger than yours Angel." Dipper clarified his distrust on Gideon.
"Oh, leave him alone!" Mabel said to her Brother and adult friends, "You never want to do girly stuff with me; you and Angel and Soos get to do boy stuff all the time!" "What do you mean?" Dipper asked while Angel arch an eyebrow in confusion. As if to prove her point, Soos came in with a bag of hotdogs in his hands, "Hey dudes, you ready to blow up these hot dogs in the microwave one by one?"
Dipper excitedly shouts, "Am I!" and hop off the chair and ran with Soos and Angel to the kitchen, "Hey! Don't use our kitchen!" Vaggie shouted, while she and Niffty ran after them leaving everyone else in the theater lounge.
They can faintly here Dipper, Angel and Soos laughing and the popping sounds of hotdogs exploding in the microwave. And the guys chanting "One-at-a-time! One-at-a-time!" and a sizzling sound of hotdogs on a skillet. "Angel must be cooking again." Charlie concluded at the noises happening in the kitchen before turning her attention to Mabel, kneeling down to her level. Charlie said, "Mabel, I know Gideon is a little weird and everything, but we don't know what exactly happened last night. But please, try to be careful let him know that the two of you are friends. We don't want another incident like we had with 'Norman', remember?"
Mabel nervously replied, "Yeah, I wont have that happening. I'll be sure that Gideon isn't some monster like Grunkle Stan says." To be honest. Mabel's reply didn't sit well with Charlie, 'Did she actually forgot all about the gnomes that wanted to married her and wanted to have sex with her?' looking back, they did look like that want a woman to have fun in bed with. But Charlie was giving the benefit of doubt for Mabel. For now at least.
"Alright, Just make sure he doesn't try anything that makes you feel uncomfortable." Said Charlie, "Don't worry, He invited me to his family's factory to show an amazing view of the town." Mabel replied, that set some alarms off in Charlie's head. But it died down when Alastor started to do another musical number of song and dance. "Alright gentleman I want you to repeat after me just how I do it. Ready? Ra-da da da dada dada da da Your turn!"
Time Skip
True to her words, Mabel went with Gideon to the boy's family warehouse/factory, but they were sitting on the roof of the building. Looking out over the view, Mabel said "Whoa, the view from your family's factory is nuts! Good thing we both brought our—" and at the same time, Mabel and Gideon said "—Opera glasses!" and pulled them out and pointed them at each other while having a great time together by sharing a laugh.
But that moment ended when Gideon said, "Mabel, when I'm up here lookin' down on all those little ol' people, I feel like I'm king of all I survey. I guess that makes you my queen!" Mabel says, "What? You are being so nice to me right now, quit it!" and smacks him in the stomach, "I can't quit it. I am speaking from the heart." Said Gideon.
Now Mabel was confused, "From the where-now?" "Mabel, I've never felt this close with anyone. So, so close." Gideon explains as he strokes her hair and giggles with delight. This gesture mad Mabel feel a little weird inside. She pushes his hand away and said, "Look Gideon, I um..." but Gideon reaches to pet her hair again and giggles. But Mabel still pushes his hand away, "I like you a lot, but let's just be friends."
"At least just give me a chance. Mabel, will you do me the honor of going on a date with me?" Gideon asked, while Mabel ask, "A play date?" but Gideon shakes his head 'no'. Mabel tried again and said, "A shopping date?" but Gideon shook his head 'no' "Mmnn. It'll just be one li'l ol' date, I swear on my lucky bolo tie."
"Ummm." Feeling very unsure and with Gideon's big pleading eyes, Mabel sighs and gives in, "Okay, then... I guess..." "Mabel Pines, you have made me the happiest boy in the world!" feel overly moved, Gideon gets up and hugs Mabel tightly. But what he did next really creeped Mabel out, "Are you sniffing my hair?"
Time Skip
The next day at Mystery Shack, Mabel and Dipper were playing a video game. While Angel was reading what ever adult bunny boy magazine he could find, and Charlie and Vaggie were discussing on their dinner date they arrange for today.
Mabel in the meantime was explaining her reasons why she agreed to go out with Gideon on a date, "It's not a date-date, it's just, you know, I didn't want to hurt his feelings and so I figured I'd throw him a bone." Angel looks up from his porn magazine, he gave Mabel a look of bewilderment. "Ma bell, that's not a good idea." He said, as Dipper said, " He's right Mabel, guys don't work that way. He's gonna fall in love with you."
Mabel scoffs at the idea of Gideon, who is a few years younger than them, to have ever fall in love with her that quickly, "Yeah right. I'm not that lovable." She shoots at Dipper game character and yells with the explosion sound of the game, "Kaboom! Yes!" seeing his game character died, Dipper said with a deadpan expression, "Okay, we agree on something here."
Charlie and Vaggie pause their discussion as Charlie talks to Mabel, "Mabel where is your date going to be at?" "He says it's at an aquatic seafood restaurant down town." Mabel answers, Charlie and Vaggie look at each other in astound "That's where we're going." Said Vaggie, "We could make it a double date!" Charlie cheered, "Or we could go and keep an eye out on you and Gideon." Vaggie suggested. And Mabel humbly agreed to her idea. "Thanks, I would like that."
Doorbell rings, Mabel goes to answer door only to get a scare from a horse busts through. She falls down and scooted out of its way, looking up Mabel sees Gideon riding the white horse, "A night of enchantment awaits, m'lady!"
Hearing Gideon's words, Mabel can say the only thing that comes to mind to this situation, "Oh boy."
Time Skip
Charlie and Vaggie made it to the aquatic themed restaurant, early before Gideon and Mabel could show up, Charlie couldn't help but admire the interior design of the restaurant. A few minutes later, Mabel and Gideon are sitting together at a booth. Thankfully, their table was a little away from their booth, but they were able to hear and see everything happening.
Mabel still astound at the restaurant's regulations, "I can't believe they let us bring a horse in here!" it's true the white horse they rode on was walking aimlessly in the restaurant and eating off from other costumers' tables. Even Charlie and Vaggie were bewildered at this.
"Well, people have a hard time saying no to me." Said Gideon as he puts feet up on table as if he owns the place. Their waiter came and pore their glasses of water, "Ah, Monsieur Gideon! Ze feet on ze table! An excellent choice!" the waiter said in a French accent. But Gideon wasn't giving him a happy look, instead he turns away from the waiter and said, "Jean Luc, what did we discuss about eye contact?" the waiter, Jean Luc, straightens his posture and looking away, "Yes, yes, very good!" he says as he backs away.
When their waiter walks away, Mabel looks around at her table spread, "I've never seen so many forks! And water with bubbles in it? Ooh lala, oui, oui!" she says picking up her fizzy filled water glass. Gideon giggles and leans over and asked "Oh! Parlez vous francais?!" Mabel just stares at him and said, "...I have no idea what you're saying."
Meanwhile over at Vaggie and Charlie's table, "Okay. I can see way you and everyone else back at the hotel say that he was strangely weird." Said Charlie in a whispering voice, "He should have been scolded from that waiter from both the horse and putting his feet on the table." Vaggie whispers back, just then their waiter, Jean Luc, came over to their table and ask if they are ready to order.
Meanwhile back in the Mystery Shack
Inside of the Mystery Shack gift shop, Soos, Baxter, Wendy, Angel and Dipper were hanging around the shop. Mostly just reading whatever book or magazine they had in their hands, but then Stan enters the shop in his undershirt, boxers, and slippers. He was looking at a newspaper article showing a picture of Gideon and Mabel together. And wasn't in a good mood about it.
"Hey, hey! What the jackal is Mabel doing in the paper next to that crazy pickpocket Gideon?" he shouts getting everyone's attention. Putting her magazine down, Wendy pulls out her cell phone and do a quick search on her social media account that was recent posted. "Oh, yeah, it's like a big deal. Everybody's talking about Gideon and Mabel's big date tonight."
WHAT?!" Stan cried in shock, "That little shyster is dating my great niece!?" he yells as he grasp the newspaper in his hands hard, while Soos looks up from his magazine of people to couple with Mabel and Gideon on the front cover and ask, "I wonder what the new name will be for the power couple." Soos list off some shipping names for Mabel and Gideon, "Mabideon? Gideabel? *Gasps* Magidbeleon!" Angel laugh loudly at the shipping names, especially the last one. Even Baxter chuckled at the names too.
Stan crumbles the newspaper and slams it to the floor and leaves the shop, Dipper hollers out to him as he leaves, "I didn't know! I didn't hear about it and plus, I told her not to." "You'd think she would have learned her lesson after that 'Norman' guy." Said Angel. "What about the dude?" Wendy asked in confusion, "The guy lied and tried to get Mabel into marrying him and many of his guys." "Whoa! What!?" Wendy shrieked, "Don't worry. Me, Dipper, and the gals manage to get her out of there before they could do anything else to her." Angel explained.
Baxter even voice, "Vaggie, Charlie, Angel and Dipper did try to warn her." Stan re-enters the room, dressed in his Mr. Mystery suit, minus the eyepatch, and says, "Yeah, well it ends tonight. I'm going right down to that little skunk's house; this is gonna stop RIGHT now!" and slams door as he exits the shack. "Dude, wouldn't it be funny if that was a closet, and he had to come back out again and go out the real door?" Everyone stares at Soos as he opens the door, turns to them and announce, "Nope. Real door."
"Nice try, Soos." Said Dipper, "Do you think Mabel's going to be alright? I mean she did get out of a near force marriage." Wendy asked the guys. Baxter reassures her not to worry, "We're lucky enough to have Charlie and Vaggie to go with her, since they're at the same place for their dinner date where Mabel and Gideon are at." Wendy felt a small wave of relief, "That's good to hear. I'd never thought our town could have creeps with hots for young girls." "Get used to it toots, there're a bunch of fucking creeps everywhere." Said Angel, "Even in places you least expect it."
Meanwhile with Stan
Stan's driving is bad. No doubt about it. So when his car skids to a halt in front of Gideon's house everyone should know he's in a foul mood. Getting out of the car, Stan Glares in disgust at the house hold of the Gleeful family. Marching through the front garden, Stan bangs his fist the at the door, "Gideon, you little punk! Open up!" he yells, Stan was about to knock again after peeping through the peep eye hole, but then notice a sign on the door that says, "Please Pardon This Garden". "I will pardon NOTHING!" Stan proclaim as he swipes the sign off the door.
Bud opens the door and greeted Stan with a glare before changing it to a calming greeting expression "Why, Stanford Pines! What a delight!" Stan shoves Bud and said, "Out of the way Bud, I'm looking for Gideon!" "Well, I haven't seen the boy around, but since you're here, you simply must come in for coffee!" Bud answers as he pulls Stan inside the house.
Stan tries to stop Bud's offer, "But-but I came-" but Bud insists, "It's imported! All the way from Colombia!" "Wow... I went to jail there once." Astound of where the coffee was made in and was even more Impressed with the style of the interior design in the room, Stan whistles in amazement, "Some digs you got here." He sees a sad crying clown painting hanging over their couch. And the only thing Stan says as a compliment to what he thinks of the painting, "Oh, this. This is beautiful."
Bud returns to the room with two cups of coffee, as he sets them on the coffee table and takes a seat on his chair, Bud says, "Now, I hear that your niece and my Gideon are, well, they're singin' in harmony lately so to speak!" Stan, Who was sitting on the couch, shot strait up in his seat, crosses his arms and said, "Uh, yeah, and I'm against it." To show that he is against it, Stan knocks a pillow off of the couch like a house pet or a little kid. With a little "Nyah" sound.
Bud raises and shakes his hands in denial, "No no no. I see it as a fantastic business opportunity. Yes, the Mystery Shack and the Tent of Telepathy." Standing up from his chair, Bud was giving Stan a small walk around his house and discuss his idea of business, "We've been at each other's throats for far too- lemme get that." Bud stops his business talk to rip down a picture of Stan that was stick onto a dart board. "We've been at each other's throats for far too long, yes we have. This is our big chance to set aside our rivalry and pool our collective profit, you see."
*Ca-Ching!*
Stan didn't know if it was coming from his head or from the antique cash register, but the sound made the gears in his brain turn. Closing the cash register drawer with his finger, Stan says to Bud, "I'm listening."
Meanwhile back with Charlie, Vaggie, Gideon and Mabel at Their date
"...And so I said, "Autograph your own head shot lady." Gideon laughs at his own joke while Mabel laughs nervously and said "Yeah..." as she picks at her food. But the lobster that she as ordered was still alive and was trying to pinch at her fork.
Charlie and Vaggie's dishes were almost like Mable's Charlie had the shrimp scampi though the shrimps were still alive, and Vaggie had rib-eye that wasn't completely cooked to how she wanted it. And neither of them wants to yell and cause a scene, but there might have been something else in their meals. "Mabel, tonight's date was a complete success. And tomorrow's date promises to top this one in every way!" Mabel is caught off guard by Gideon's words, and so were Charlie and Vaggie, "Whoa whoa, you said just one date, and this was it."
Pretending to look surprise, Gideon points and said, "Hark! What a surprise! A red crested South American rainbow macaw!" in perfect timing, the huge macaw flies down and lands on Gideon's arm. Mabel lets out a startled cry as she grabs her lobster and ducks down out of the bird's reach knocking over her glass of water in the process.
Charlie and Vaggie were stun, "I thought that bird was stuffed?!" said Charlie, Gideon starts counting until the macaw cries out "MABEL! WILL YOU- ACCOMPANY- GIDEON- TO- THE BALLROOM DANCE- THIS- THURBDAY." Gideon shakes his arm violently to get the bird to speak correctly, "THURSDAY!" it coughs up a letter before flying away.
Vaggie, Charlie and Mabel were shock and piss at Gideon, but the two ladies were even more piss at everyone gushing at the cuteness of Gideon asking Mabel out again. A woman at a different table with a man said, "Oh, so adorable." And an open view window in the kitchen the chef said, "Gideon's got a girlfriend."
Gideon holds up the invite letter and said pleadingly, "They're expectin' us. Please say you'll go." Soon everyone, minus Charlie and Vaggie were gathering around their table. Mabel tries to speak, "Oh, Gideon, I'm sorry, but I'm gonna have to say-" but her words were cut off by all of the other costumers and staffs at their table, "I'm on the edge of my seat." Said Blubs, "This is gonna be adorable." Tyler gushes over, and an old woman had the gall to say, "If she say's no, I'll die from sadness." And the doctor standing over her confirmed it to be true, "I can verify that that will indeed happen."
As they lean in to hear Mabel's answer making her so nervous, Vaggie and Charlie have had enough of this. "Okay, that is it!" Vaggie shouted, as she and Charlie got up from their table and march over to Mabel. "You guys are the worst! Pressuring a girl into going out with a guy she hardly knows and making her feel uncomfortable by putting her on the spot!" Vaggie scolded at them. "It's alright Vaggie. I'll go." Mabel took the letter as everyone cheered in delight while Vaggie and Charlie were fuming with anger.
Charlie went to speak to the manager, "I own the Hotel next to the Mystery Shack, I was going to have this restaurant in our list of places to recommend to our customers. But seeing how you treat your customers, how your food is presented, and don't get me started on how you allow animals to roam freely in here." The manager was feeling a tad nervous as to what the lady of the Hotel has to say next. "I'm afraid I'm going to have to cross this out of our list. You will be expecting a review from us and a health inspector visiting soon."
And with that the ladies payed for their dinner and took Mabel and her lobster back home with them.
Time Skip
Back at the Shack. Dipper was reading Journal#3 while talking with Alastor, Angel, Husk, Niffty and Baxter about objects the possess power when Mable, Charlie and Vaggie enter the room. Looking up from his book, Dipper ask, "Hey. How'd it go?" Mabel gets on a chair, opens the fish tank, and plops the lobster inside. "I don't know... I have a lobster now."
"Well, at least it's over and you'll never have to go out with him again." Said Dipper feeling that all of their worries are over now, but Mabel didn't respond instead she puts a finger to the glass of the fish tank and the lobster did the same thing with its pinchers, while Vaggie could only glare at Mabel with disappointment, and Charlie look very unhappy.
The guys and Niffty notice their distress, something didn't go well during that date. "Mabel? It's over, right? Mabel?" Dipper asked with more serious matter. Mabel turns around and flails her arms around while saying, "BLAARRGG! He asked me out again and I didn't know how to say no." Dipper point to his mouth and said, "Like this: no."
"Those people weren't leaving her alone and she was being pressured into agreeing to go out with Gideon." Charlie explains. Ah, now they were getting to the root of it. "It's not that easy, Dipper!" said Mabel, "And I do like Gideon, as a friend slash little sister, so I didn't want to hurt his feelings!" "Mabel, sometimes you're going to have to speak up, even if you do hurt their feelings." Said Alastor. "He's right." Said Angel, even though he's in a bad relationship, Angel knows exactly what Mabel is going through. 'Hopefully, I'll have the courage to fight back and break my contract with Val. Someday.'
"But for real." Niffty started off, "You are going to set him straight about what kind of relationship you want to be in with him, right?" "Yes." Said Mabel, "I just need to get things back to where they used to be. You know, friends." "So after the date, you will tell the little shit then?" said Husk.
Time Skip
True there was a dance, but after the dance. Gideon took her out at a night in the middle of the lake. On a romantic boat ride, with Old Man McGucket rowing their boat across the lake, "Boat in the night! Boat in the night!" McGucket laughs like a lunatic as he paddles the boat.
Mabel laughs a little as she recalls everything that has happened during their dance date "Hah, you know I thought dancing was gonna be the end of the evening, right?" Gideon leans in and grasp her hands and said, "Don't you want this evenin' to last, my sweet?" Mabel recoils back and shouts, "NO!" before composing herself and tries to tell Gideon how she wants to be just friends, "I mean yes. I mean I'm always happy to hang out with a friend, buddy, pal, chum, other word for friend..."
"Pal?" McGucket suggested, but Mabel points out, "I already said pal, uh, mate?" "How about soul mate?" said Gideon, as fireworks shot up into the sky exploding in red colors showing the name "Mabel" within a heart.
McGucket comments, "Well, you can't say no to that." While Mabel is terrified out of her wits.
Time Skip
By the time Mable got back to the Shack, she was pacing in circles in the living room talking to herself. "...I mean, he's so nice, but... I can't keep doing this. But I can't break his heart. I have no way out!" Just as Angel was about to head back to the hotel, everyone else already headed back, until he saw Dipper entering the living room saying, "What in the heck happened on that date?" Poking his head in the doorway, Angel sees Mabel screeching and clinging onto her brother, "I don't know! I was in the friend zone, and then before I knew what was happening, he pulled me into the romance zone. It was like quick sand! Chubby quicksand!"
"Ah gees, kid. Calm down, it's not the end of the world." Said Angel as he walks in between them with reassurance. "Yeah, I mean come on Mabel. It's not like you're gonna have to marry Gideon." As if the universe hates them, Stan comes in wearing a shirt that says, "team Gideon" on it and says, " Great news, Mabel. You have to marry Gideon!"
"WHAT?!" Mabel shriek while Angel growls, "What?!" "It's all part of my long term deal with Buddy Gleeful. There's a lot of cash tied up in this thing." Stan explains, not really noticing the big deal of how Mabel is feeling all about this, "Plus I got this shirt." he shows them the shirt he's has on, only to realize his belly is sticking out like Santa Claus. "Ugh, I am fat." As the last hope of getting things back to normal has disappeared, Mabel screams so loudly and ran out of the room like a crazy girl.
Stan calls out to her thinking that he knows why she was freaking out, "Bodies change, honey! Bodies change..." with a quick speed dial, Angel calls Charlie what had happen and within seconds, Charlie and Vaggie burst into the house fuming with rage. "Angel. Dipper. Would you please go take care of Mabel? We just need to have a little chat with Stan."
They didn't need to be told twice. The two boys quickly exited the room, leaving Stan at the mercy of the Princess of Hell and her girlfriend.
As the boys got to the attic, they spotted Mabel sitting in the corner hiding in her sweater and rocking back and forth. Dipper sighs at the sight of what Mabel has become, "Oh no. Mabel..." "Mabel's not here. She's in sweater town." Angel kneels down and ask "Dipper, how often does she do this?" he gestures his hand over to Mabel, "Even since we were little kids. I thought she'd at least grown out of it, clearly I was wrong." Dipper answers, as he kneels down in front of his twin sister and ask, "Are you gonna come out of sweater town?" Mabel only responds with whines and shaking her head "no".
Fed up with how long this is going, Dipper proclaim, "Alright, enough is enough. If you can't break up with Gideon, I'll do it for you." Mabel peeks out of her sweater and ask, "You will?" Dipper nods "yes" Mabel got out of her sweater and starts playfully punches Dipper and hugs him "Oh, thank you thank you thank you!" "Alright." Said Dipper, while Angel looks at Dipper as if he were crazy, "What are you crazy, kid? That's a bad idea."
The Pines twins look at Angel, "What's wrong with Dipper talking to Gideon for me?" Mabel asked, "A lot of things. I've seen lots of sinners in hell sending other's to call off their fucked up relationships for them before and they all ended up getting killed, of course we do heal up eventually over time, but still. Sending so much as a letter or someone to talk in your place to break up, is not a good idea." Angel explains.
Hearing Angel's reasons made Dipper to start having second thoughts about this.
But the agreement was made, there was no backing out, and Mabel refuse to reconsider it. As they headed back down stairs, they saw Stan laying on the floor with a massive bump on his head and a cut on his cheek. "Boy, women are scary." He said before passing out on the floor.
Satisfied with their work, Vaggie and Carlie look over to the three, Charlie ask, "Is everything alright?" "No." Angel replied, "Turns out Dipper offer the idea to talk to Gideon about breaking up with Mabel." "What?!" the girls shrieked, "Are you crazy?!" "That's what I said." Angel said to Vaggie, "Guys, Gideon is like two or three years younger than us." Dipper pointed out, "Still, this is a bad idea. We're coming with you though." Said Charlie.
And so, they piled in the limousine and headed to the fancy club restaurant in town.
Time Skip
Charlie, Vaggie, and Angel told Mabel to come in with them, but she says that she feels better to sate outside. Casting Mabel a look of hate and utter disappointment, the three demons and Dipper heading inside 'The Club' restaurant. once they entered in, the whole place is styled like the 20's or 30's theme for small party or to negotiate business deals. "This is my kind of place. Quite swanky." Angel commented, the place was giving him the feeling of nostalgia of his time as a mobster. "Is that why you're wearing that hat?" Dipper asked, "Hey, I just felt like wearing it." "Uh-huh."
They soon spotted Gideon sitting in a booth awaiting for Mabel. They made their way to the booth as they approach, Dipper clears his throat getting the so call "psychic's" attention, "Oh. Dipper Pines, Charlie Magne, Ms. Vaggie and Angel Dust. How are you? You look good, you look good." The demons were startled, 'How did this brat know our names? Let alone Charlie's last name?!' Vaggie and Angel thought, Charlie whispers to them, "Maybe Mabel might have told him our names." But that doesn't make the situation any more bearable.
"Thanks, you uh..." said Dipper starting off, "Look, Gideon. We've got to talk. Mabel isn't joining you tonight, she uh, she doesn't want to see you anymore." Dipper laughs a bit nervously before Angel took over talking to Gideon "Look. Let's cut to the chase. Ma-Bell isn't too keen on being in a romantic relationship with you. She's been trying to tell you that herself, but she's too scared to face you herself." Charlie quickly said, "No offense. But she's kinda weirded out by you."
But Gideon was somewhat offended, his eye was starting to twitch a little, "So what you're sayin' is... you've all ...come between us." His eye twitches again like a mad man. This did not go unnoticed by the demons, there is something wrong with this kid. Its like he has the mannerisms of an unstable person.
"You're not gonna like, freak out or anything, are ya?" Dipper asked, feeling unsure about how Gideon will hand it, or the pointed facts Angel mention earlier. Quickly changing his attitude and expression, Gideon giggles a little like a flirt and said, "Of course not. These things happen. Bygones, you know." As weird as the little boy said that, Dipper thought that he had understand everything, "So. Okay. Cool. Then again, sorry man, but uh, hey, thumbs up. Huh?" he says as he backs away from the booth while the adults remain. "Listen carefully, you brat." Said Vaggie, "We don't like being part of this, but if you so much as leave a mark on either Dipper or Mabel. You will be left in the woods were no one can hear nor find you." She warned, as she and Angel and Charlie leave the club. But as they were leaving, they hear Gideon whispering behind them. "Thumbs up indeed, my friends."
As they exited the exterior of the restaurant, Mabel was standing out there waiting for them. She rushes over to them and ask, "How'd it go? Was he mad? Did he try to read your mind with his psychic powers?" Dipper calms her down and said, "Don't worry, Mabel, he's just a kid. He doesn't have any powers." "I wouldn't be too sure about that, Dipper. Who's to say that he might have some trick up his fat tiny sleeves." Said Angel as they headed back into the limousine and drive away from this place.
Meanwhile in the Gleeful Residences
Gideon was in his dark bedroom where the only light source is his mirror lights. Staring hard at himself in the mirror breathing heavily with anger, "Dipper Pines, Charlie Magne, Ms. Vaggie and Angel Dust, Neither of you don't know what you've done!"
Grabbing his amulet, the jewel let out turquoise glow and the same color glow surrounds a candle on his desk, as it starts to levitate and the light bulbs on his boudoir stand explodes one at a time. Soon, other things in the room begin to levitate off the floor. "You've just made the biggest mistake of your life!" Gideon throws his closet cabinet to the ground close to his door. His father barges into his room and demands, "Charles Gleeful, clean up your room this instant!"
Gideon turns and points angerly at his father and yells, "I CAN BUY AND SELL YOU, OLD MAN!"
Bud stares at his son before shrugging his shoulders and say "...Fair enough." And closes the door. Gideon looks at the back of his bedroom door, his door is decorated with pictures of Mabel with her name hanging above them, he stares at a picture of the residents of the Hazbin Hotel, Dipper and Mabel. He then burns away the side of the picture that has Dipper and Hazbin Hotel staff.
Time Skip the Next Day
While today's business was slow, Soos and the twins were outside playing while everyone else was working in the hotel or at the shack. Soos tucks a pillow under his shirt and calls out to Dipper and Mabel, "Hit me, dude!" The twins charge at Soos' stomach and bounce off, laughing as they landed on the ground. "Feels good." Soos said, patting his pillow belly.
Mabel flops back onto the earth and cried, "I'm so glad everything's back to normal!" Angel was sitting outside watching them giving Mabel a look of disappointment, even the guys in the hotel were upset about Mabel's decision. Suddenly the telephone in the shack rings, Mabel quickly turns to her brother and said, "Your turn." Dipper said it too, but was a second late, "Aw, man..." he got up and went to answer the phone.
"Hello?" Dipper answers, on the other line was the ugly reporter man, "Toby Determined, Gravity Falls Gossiper." "Oh hey man. Sorry for accusing you of murder last week." Dipper says feeling a little embarrass of pointing the finger at the who-be-killer-is. Toby wave his hand and said, "Water under the bridge! Say, we want to interview you about whether you've seen anything unUSUAL about this here TOWN since you've arrived."
"Oh, finally! I thought nobody would ever ask! I have notes and theories!" Dipper exclaimed, as he pulls out a small hand notepad and wrote down the location of the address, "Uh huh, uh huh. 412 Gopher Road. Tonight? Got it." He hangs up the phone and headed out the door, but before he could go any farther Angel grabs him by the wrist stopping him. "And just where are you going?" Angel asked, "I finally got a call for an interview of all of the strangest things that's been happening here!" that set off some red flags in Angel's head, "Kid, this is obviously sounds like a trap."
Dipper looks at the formal mobster in disbelief, "But this could be my big chance." "Dipper. Trust me, I know how these things go." Angel gets up from the couch, "And the best thing to is to be prepared and turn the tables against the ones who plan this whole thing." And headed to the hotel with Dipper in hand.
Meanwhile
At the headquarters of Gravity Falls Gossiper, or in some cases Toby Determined's residence, Toby hangs up the phone and looks at the person in front of him. "There. I did your dirty work. Now it's time you pay YOUR end of the bargain!" the person tosses a slip of paper, Toby gasp and said, "Ha! Shandra Jimenez's phone number! Bless you, Li'l Gideon!"
Gideon smiles with glee to his name, everything is going exactly as he planned.
Time Skip
The skies were turning dark, as Dipper, Angel, Vaggie and Carlie made their way to 412 Gopher Road. "I still don't get why you're coming with me?" Dipper asked the question buzzing in his head, "Because no one wants to see you hurt or killed." Charlie answers as they stood in front of the warehouse, " And if it comes down to it, I got a bullet with his name on it." "Angel!" "Hey, I'll only scare the kid or give him a flesh wound." Angel clarify as he opens the warehouse door.
Dipper calls out "Hello?" as his voice echoes in the room, the demons look around the place to see anything out of the ordinary, suddenly the door behind them slams shut. Angel and Vaggie got in front of Dipper and Charlie in defense while the two behind them tries to get the doors to open. Suddenly the lights starts turning on leading to the end of the hall where Gideon swerves around in his chair, petting a doll version of himself. As if that wasn't creepy enough.
"Hello friends." Gideon greets them, "Ughh, Gideon." Dipper groans, while Angel said to him, "Now are you going to take my advices?" "For something like this? Yes. In more adult stuff that's rated 'M' or 'NR'? Not so much." Dipper replies.
Gideon, who was playing with his doll-self, asked, "Charlie Magne, Ms. Vaggie, Angel Dust, and Dipper Pines. How long have ya'll been livin' in this town? A week, two? Ya'll like it here? Enjoy the scenery?" Dipper crosses his arms and ask, "What do you want from me, man?" Gideon drops his act of good cop and said to them glaringly, "Listen carefully, boy. This town has secrets you couldn't begin to comprehend!" "'Boy'? That's rich coming from you." Said Vaggie, "Is this about Mabel?" Dipper asked, "We told you, she's not into you!"
Gideon shot up from his chair and yelled, "LIAR!" startling them with his out bust. He points at them, "YOU turned her against me!" getting off from his chair, Gideon grabs amulet and walks toward them showing more and more of his true colors "She was my peach dumplin'!" with a hand behind his back, Angel was ready to summon one his guns when things start to turn shitty.
Charlie, feeling very concern for the boy's behavior, ask, "Are you okay?" with a wave of his hand, Gideon levitates them off the floor catching them by surprise and throws them into his pile of merchandises. Dipper was lucky to land in a pile of Gideon dolls while everyone landed on boxes of fragile glasses, clocks or on the hard floor. Gideon walks over to them to be more specific, Dipper. "Readin' minds isn't all I can do." "But-but you're a fake." Dipper stuttered, "Oh tell me, Dipper: is this fake?" Gideon then made all of his merchandises levitates and points them directly at Dipper, Angel, Vaggie and Charlie.
"Okay. Enough playing around." Angel summons his hand guns and tosses Dipper one of Gideon's baseball bat merchandise to him, "I hate agree with you. But this shitty brat is getting on my last nerves!" said Vaggie as she summons her spear and Charlie gets into a fighting stands. The fight for their lives is on.
Meanwhile at the Mystery Shack
It was closing time at the Mystery Shack, and Mabel was sitting outside on the port deck of the shack chewing on her hair and thinking about everything that's been happening to her these past few days.
Wendy walks out of the shack and sits down next to Mabel, "How's that hair tastin', buddy?" she asked, as Alastor, Husk and Niffty came out of the hotel to see what's going on. "Whatever seems to be the problem here, ladies?" Alastor asked, Mabel looks up to Wendy and ask her, "Wendy, I need some advice. You've broken up with guys, right?"
"Oh yeah: Russ Durham, Eli Hall, Stoney Davidson..." Wendy started to think and list off of every guy she has ever dated in her life so far. "I don't know what's wrong with me. I thought everything was back to normal, but I still feel all gross." "Well life isn't all that great when you don't do things yourself." Alastor stated, while Wendy kept on listing, "...Mike Worley, Nate Holt, oh, that guy with the tattoos..."
Mabel thought really hard and said, "Maybe letting Dipper do it for me was a mistake. Gideon deserves an honest break up." "You should have done that from the start, brat." Husk mutters under his breath, "...Danny Feldman, Mark Epston... Oh man, I'm not sure I ever actually broke up with him. No wonder he keeps calling me." Wendy wasn't even paying attention to what Mabel was saying nor was she listening to Husk's comment.
"I know what I've gotta do. Thanks for talking to me, guys." Getting up from her seat, Mabel runs to get a bike and rides off on it to where she hopes to find Gideon. just then, Wendy's phone starts to ring and buzz. She takes it out and see Mark Epston was calling her, she hits a button and declared, "Ignore." Just then Niffty's phone was ringing, pulling out her hellphone she see that Charlie's number ID. "Hello?" "Niffty! We need Help! Gideon's trying to kill Dipper!"
Without another word, the trio of demons headed to the limousine and drive to their destination.
Meanwhile back at the Warehouse
Dipper and Charlie were running away from the merchandise being thrown at them, while Angel was shooting them that were coming his way and Vaggie was slashing them away from her. Gideon laughs evilly as he moves a cabinet to smash Dipper like a bug. Dipper jumps out of the way in time but ended with him hitting his head against the wall.
Wincing in pain, Dipper yells at Gideon, "Grunkle Stan was right about you, you ARE a monster!" "He's a psychotic bitch!" Angel hollers as he shoots up the plates that are flying at him and the girls. "Your sister will be mine!" Gideon laughs evilly, as he pulls the sting on one of his dolls, making it laugh evilly like him.
Seeing an opening, Dipper gets up and rushes Gideon with the bat in his hands, Gideon talks to his little doll-self, "Who's a cute little guy? You are!" the toy replies, "No you are!" seeing their chances, Angel, Charlie and Vaggie charges at the kid hoping to get a hit on the brat. But Gideon catches them by levitating them off the ground again. Causing Dipper to drop the bat, and the demons to struggle to break free. "She's never gonna date you, man!"
Not believing Dipper's words, Gideon shouts, "That's a lie." Believing that he is right, and they are wrong. He looks down at a box labeled lamb shears and gets an idea of what to do next. "And I'm gonna make sure you never lie to me again, friend." Gideon Levitates the lamb shears out of the box and points them at Dipper's throat.
Eyes widen in disbelief and fright, Angel, Vaggie and Charlie struggled to break free or move any inch of their bodies to throw or shot the shears out of harms way. Suddenly the doors open to reveal Mabel standing at the door way, "Gideon! We have to talk!"
Gideon turns around and lost his focus on the shears causing the tool to drop to the floor, much to everyone's relief, "M-Mabel. My marshmalla. What are you doin' here?" taking in a breath, Mabel answers, "I'm sorry Gideon, but I can't be your marshmallow. I needed to be honest and tell you that myself." Hearing Mabel's words made Gideon feel very overwhelm, "I-I don't understand." He squeezes the amulet, therefore squeezing Dipper, Charlie, Vaggie and Angel necks in midair.
"Uh, Mabel!? This probably isn't the best time to be brutally honest with him!" Dipper chokes out in gasp, while Vaggie chokes, "She should have told him from the start!" "Mabel, please..." Charlie whizzed, "He's fucking killing us here!" Angel cried out.
Mabel then reassures Gideon, "Hey, but we can still be makeover buddies, right? Wouldn't you like that?" Gideon looks at her with big hopeful eyes and said, "Really?" Eyeing the amulet on Gideon's fat neck, Mabel yells, "No, not really!" and pulls it off of Gideon's neck. With no contact to the amulet, Dipper, Charlie, Angel and Vaggie falls to the floor from the amulet's power. "You were like, attacking my brother and friends, what the heck?!" Mabel scolded angerly at Gideon.
Desperate to get his amulet back, Gideon tries to jumps and rip it out of Mabel's hands, "My tie! Give it back!" Mabel throws the amulet to Dipper who caught it and confidently said, "Ha! Not so powerful without this, are you?" the next thing Gideon did was insane. He screams and charges at Dipper to make him drop the amulet, he did succeed but he also breaks the window allowing to throw himself and Dipper out the window and down the cliff to their deaths.
"Dipper!" the girls cried while Angel jumps out the window and changes into his demon form. "Angel!" he hears his name being called as he grabs Dipper, who was smacking Gideon in the face and was about to punch him, in his arms making the albino hair boy gawk at him, "What?! You have a monster minion too?!" "Monster minion?" Angel mutters as he pushes himself from Gideon's body and flung to a nearby pine tree branch. Gideon looks down and notice that he's getting close to the ground.
Crying in fright and shielding himself for incoming impact, only to see that he is no longer falling but floating. Looking up, he sees that it was Charlie who stopped his fall as she not only levitates herself and Gideon, but also Vaggie and Mabel down to the grown.
Angel jumps from branch to branch to the ground with Dipper in his arms. Once they made contact to the earth's floor, Mabel leans forwards and said, "Listen Gideon, it's over. I will never, ever, date you." "Yeah!" Charlie drops Gideon and toss the amulet into the air as Angel sends a bullet at it, shattering it to pieces making it loose its powers.
"MY POWERS!" Gideon yells, he gets up, glares at the pines and the monsters, points at them and said threateningly, "Oh, this isn't over. This isn't the last you'll see of wittle... ol' me!" and walks backwards into the dark forest, "He does know we can still see him, right?" said Angel.
*Honk! Honk!*
Everyone turns to see their limo pulling up with Alastor at the wheel. "There's our ride." With no farther question, everyone piled in. Except for Mabel for she needs to get her bike from the hill, Alastor being the gentlemen that he is, sends Mabel's bike back to the shack. Seeing her problem solved she got in and the limo drive off. Yet during the ride, Mabel can't quite shake the feeling of getting the cold shoulder off.
Meanwhile
At the Gleeful residence. Stan was finishing signing the contract papers as he leans back in the couch, "Ah, this is livin', brother." He knocks on the clown painting frame. "From now on it's all name brand foods and clown paintings." Said Bud as he and Stan chimes their water glasses in cheers. Suddenly, Gideon storms into the house, Bud turns to his son and said to him, "Well, hey, Gideon! Why, look who I—"
But he was cut off as his son stands on top of the coffee table, points at Stan and demands, "Stanford Pines, I rebuke thee! I rebuke thee!" Stan arches an eyebrow and repeats the word and ask, "Rebuke? Is that a word?"
"The entire Pines' family and the Hotel residences have invoked my fury! You will all pay recompense for your transgressions!" Gideon proclaimed with a vice, Stan gave the boy a looks and said, "What, you got like a word-a-day calendar or something?" "Apbap bap but-but sunshine?" Bud intervenes as he laughs nervously "What about our arrangement with Mabel and—" but he got cut off by his son again. "SILENCE!"
Seeing no way of changing his son's mind, Bud stood up and pulls the papers out from underneath Gideon's feet while saying, "Well, uh, I see that he's takin' to one of his rages again. Eh, sorry Stan, I have to side with Gideon on this one." And rips up the contract. Shock to see all of that deal money involved being torn up, Stan gets up and admits, "Okay, okay. I can see when I'm not wanted." But just as he was leaving, Stan quickly grabs the clown painting and runs out of the house as Bud tries to stop him, "Stan, I'm-I'm sorry but I'm gonna need that painting back! Stan? STAN!"
As Stan was running away with the painting, he hollers back to them, "TRY AND CATCH ME, SUCKERS!" and got in his getaway car.
Time Skip
Everyone made it back to the Mystery Shack, the kids were laying on the chair, Angel, he reverted back to his human form on the way back, Vaggie and Charlie were on the floor next to them, both of them were a mess like they came out of a fight. While Alastor, Niffty, Husk and Baxter were sitting at the table, and Stan is hanging up the clown painting.
Stan sighs and said, "I coulda had it all." He looks at the twins and his business partners/co-workers and ask, "What the heck happened to you guys?" they shared a look before they answered the name that causes them so much stress and nearly murdered Dipper.
Dipper, Angel, Charlie, Vaggie and Mabel all said, "Gideon." With exhaustion in their voices, even Stan agree to them, "Gideon." He walks over and sits on the T-Rex's skull "Yeah, the little mutant "swore vengeance" on the whole family and hotel. Ha, I guess he's gonna try to nibble my ankles or somethin'." Vaggie let out a groan and said to Mabel, "Well, I hope you're happy now Mabel! Not only did you not tell the brat from the very beginning of how you felt about him, but you had almost got your brother and us killed!"
Mabel felt ashamed of herself, "I know, I know. I should have told him sooner." "Well at least he wont be using anymore tricks for his show now, right?" Baxter pointed out, which got everyone thinking, "Oh, yeah. Yeah, how's he gonna destroy us now, huh? Try to guess what number we're thinking of? " Dipper jokes, "He'll never guess what number I'm thinking of. NEGATIVE EIGHT! No one would guess a negative number." Everyone laughs at the hilarity of Gideon trying to fight all of them, Ha! He doesn't even have an army or any demonic powers! "Uh oh. He's plannin' on destruction right now!" Stan laughs as he lays on top of the twins, who then messes with Angel's, Charlie's and Vaggie's hair, who in return messes with the twins hair.
"Well, I don't know about you guys, but I'm heading back to the hotel." Said Charlie, soon everyone else headed off to bed or back to the hotel. Once all of the demons got back inside, the real talk begins. "Don't you think you were being a little to harsh on Mabel back there, Vaggie?" Charlie asked, "Charlie, Mabel should have remembered what happened with that Norman incident, and yet she didn't heed Dipper's warnings the second time!" Vaggie explained,
Even Angel voice his thoughts on the matter, "It's like she forgets everything in the next couple of days. But on a different matter, I think we should be more wary of that albino bitch boy." All eyes turn to Angel as he explains, "When Gideon saw my demon form, he said, 'You have a monster minion too?!'"
Everyone starts to prosses at what they heard, "'Monster minion'? You don't think that he has one of us held hostage, do you?" Charlie asked concerningly, "What I'm more worried about, is where he got his little hands on that amulet?" said Vaggie, "Let's find out." Said Alastor as he creates a portal for only to see who the person wants to see.
As everyone gathers around Alastor, they can see Gideon sitting in his room, making wooden doll figures of them, the hotel, the shack, and the Pines family. Seeing Gideon playing with doll versions of themselves and imitating their voices was very unnerving. Gideon starts playing with the Mabel doll "Gideon, I still love you. If only my family weren't in the way." he then picks up the Stan doll and imitates Stan, "Look at me. I'm old, and I'm smelly." Few of them laugh because it was true. Soon Gideon finishes the Dipper doll and starts mocking in Dipper's voice, "Hey, what are you gonna do without your precious amulet?" before returning to his normal regular voice, "Oh you'll see boy..." on his desk next to the model replica of the Hazbin Hotel, was a book with the pages of the amulet before Gideon closes the book to reveal that it was the 2nd Journal. "You'll see..."
Alastor closes the portal, as Vaggie said, "We need to tell Dipper."
Sorry, no ending sequence in this chapter.
Now that this chapter is finished, I can start working on my assignments for my classes. So I won't be updating fast this week or the next. So can you guess who is being held captive by Gideon? Also, does anyone want to see Angel get high of Smile Dip at the convent store? Or back at the hotel when Mabel brings some back home with her? Because I think having them to watch "The Duchess's Approve" movie with Stan. Call it a movie night for them.
I received a suggestion if I'm going to have Mabel sing "Call Me Mabel" at the party. But here's the thing, that will give away some major spoilers of the whole show and story. Plus I don't like the song, but it does give me an idea of how I can add it in the future chapters. Another suggestion was to have Charlie to celebrate her birthday, I was told that her birthday is June 6th, but I'm not 100% sure if that's true. And I'll have to think of where to squeeze that into which chapter.
References
Betty Boop by Charlie Puth but in Alastor - Betty Boop (Charlie Puth) || Hazbin Hotel AMV
That's all for now.
Happy Thanksgiving! Gobble! Gobble! Gobble!
