MAJORMATT1234: It was sweet, and it was a little fun to mess with Dipper and Pacifica.
ClyxicRyse: Well, I'm mostly using how Dipper was like when he liked Wendy, but modifying it for Patrick. Only those feelings will be returned by Wendy.
1jesus: Thank you and I did. Finally got to see some snow.
Gamelover41592: …You know, I never really thought of that. It probably still would have hit her.
FrancisVamp0822: Yelp.
Jack Kings: Yeah, poor Patrick.
Darkmaster10000000: As much as I want to kill him, he's still important to the story.
LoamyCoffee: Well, here's your Regular Show chapter.
Guest (Bobby Jenkins): Nope. The chapter's done.
coldblue2015: Yeah, one thing that I'll not a pro at it grammar.
RedHood001: Thank you.
Guest (Matt): Well there were some people that wanted some more sad endings. Also, Veronica is the OC character introduced in the chapter "Irrational History", and she's Patrick's grandmother.
blazingpheonix123: Yeah, and that's why I didn't even try to include Dipper liking Wendy, only because it'll really complicate things and because it wasn't going to happen. And I hope you like the chapter.
crawforddarius7: Thanks, and I'm sorry too if I was too harsh. I hope there's no hard feelings, and I'll look into doing some kind of Witcher series.
foxchick1: Courage would agree with you.
Guest (dinodude): And don't worry, he's not.
NullSilver2005: Yeah, I have to admit, it can get really messy.
Guest (William): I'm actually not going to do a squeal, unless there's going to be another Gravity Falls show or season.
Fihz Nzqli: Thanks and I hope to continue doing great with this story.
Well, here we go again. Patrick in a miserable state after something bad happened to him. Just like before, Dipper and Mabel spent the whole week doing everything they could to make him happy and become cheerful again. However, it wasn't always easy, as he'd still had to work with Wendy, the girl of his dreams.
Lately he's been hanging out less with Wendy. But whenever the two were working together, Patrick would try to play things cool and act like he's always have been with her, even though deep down he was hurting and conflicted. He was in love with Wendy, he was sure of it, but he gave it all up for his cousin to be happy, and honestly it was something he was willing to do again.
But now she was dating Robbie of all people, and he's been going out of his way to show it. Patrick would be using work as a way to keep his mind away from Wendy and Robbie, as it was painful to see that two so happy together. But the emo's been coming to the Mystery Shack every day. Hanging around the redhead or waiting for her to get out of work. Most of the times she'd just ditch work and go with him.
Despite knowing that it was likely over and that he should move on, Patrick was still hoping that there may still be a single amount of hope. That he may actually have a chance. But for now, the others were trying to help him forget about his lady problems. Now it was Soos' turn, and he knew just the thing to cheer him up.
"This is it dude, my favorite place in Gravity Falls," Soos said to Patrick after they entered the Gravity Falls arcade. "Everything I know, I learned right here." He started walking towards some of the games, and Patrick followed him. First, they stopped in front of a game call Frog Time. "A frog taught me how to cross a street." Soos then showed his friend another game called Ghost Maze. "When my house was haunted, I learned how to eat ghosts."
Patrick was starting to see how his friend ended up the way he is.
"And this thing taught me how to dance." Soos then showed Patrick to a dancing machine game. Surprising, the person that was playing the game was Old Man McGucket. However, as he was dancing like a crazy prospector, his feet weren't even touching any of the arrow panels. Patrick looked at the screen and saw a piece of paper that said, "Out of Order".
"Woo-hoo-hoo! I've been jiggin' here for seven days straight!" McGucket exclaimed, dancing nonstop.
Patrick figured that it was too late to do anything for the man and just decided to let the crazed man have this moment. He then went off on his own to find a fighting game. Walking towards the back of the arcade, Patrick looked around to see many of the games in either disrepair, looking like they've been untouched in years, or were covered by a blanket and had a sign on them that said that they were out of order. "Is there anything that works," he asked.
"Hey, Patrick!" Patrick was startled and turned quickly towards Wendy, who to his dismay was in the arcade and was playing a game before hearing her friend. "I didn't think you'd be here."
"Wendy!" Patrick exclaimed before laughing nervously. Why of all places did she have to be here? However, his mood was changed when he saw the game she was playing. "Oh, no way! The Hammer?" He asked, walking over to her and the arcade. It's a beat-em-up arcade game where you play as two dudes who fight a lot of people, similar to games like Double Dragon.
"You like this game," Wendy asked, pleasantly surprised.
Any negative thoughts were forgotten when Patrick turned to her with a big smile. "You kidding me? I used to play this all the time when I was younger," he said. "Couldn't get past level ten, though."
Wendy shrugged. "Wanna play?"
Patrick was a little hesitant at first, but seeing a that she wasn't with Robbie and a chance to just have a good time her the redhead, he wasn't going to pass it up. "Let's do this," he said with a determined grin and inserted a coin into the game and started playing.
However, nearby and right behind them was none other that Robbie. The emo that was dating Patrick's crush was putting up flyers for his band, in which he was the lead guitarist. Then he heard the voices of two familiar people, and turned around to see Wendy and Patrick playing The Hammer together and having a good time.
He quickly came. "Wendy! What's up, babe?" Robbie placed a hand on Wendy's shoulder. Just the emo being there made Patrick's good mood sour, but he couldn't beat the enemies in the game without the help of a second player. So, he placed the game on pause, forced to have to listen to Robbie bragging. "Yeah, just putting up some flyers for my band. I'm playing lead guitar. No biggie."
Patrick looked that flyer. It had the band's name at the top, with Robbie glaring at the viewer with his finger pointing at them and the title "You're Dead!" just below him. However, one thing really stood out to him and made the Patrick try and hold in laughter. "Nice mascara?"
"Uh, it's eye-paint for men, prick," Robbie corrected him.
"Hey Robbie, Patrick and I were just playing this great game," Wendy said, seemingly unable to see the aggression shared by the two teenage boys.
"Ha, yeah, sweet, sweet." Robbie seemingly ignored her and moved her away from Patrick, placing himself between the two. This didn't sit well with Patrick, before Robbie turned to him pushed him away. "Hey, how about you sit this one out, okay buddy?"
"Screw you," Patrick said with a glare. "We just started this level."
"Whoa, whoa, hey!" Robbie put up his hands defensively. "Relax man, I'm just trying to spend a little time with my girlfriend, alright?"
As Robbie gave Patrick an arrogant expression, Wendy tried to break the tension and smiled at Patrick. "It'll just be one round." And so, the couple turned towards the game and started playing. Seeing that there was nothing he could do, Patrick stepped away and was about to walk away before Wendy said to Robbie, "So hey, I'm gonna go camping tomorrow with my dad, so I won't be around."
"Oh, cool, cool, watch out!"
Patrick could watch the two from behind. Why would Wendy even consider dating someone who doesn't even care to listen to what she had to say. Robbie then puts his arm over Wendy's shoulder and brought her close to him. Without Wendy even knowing, he subtly glared at Patrick.
Patrick glared right back at him. He already had her, but if Robbie wanted to fight him for Wendy, then Patrick would be more than willing to give him that fight.
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At the beginning of the intro, there is nothing but blackness.
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Then about three seconds later, a bunch photographs started falling from above in slow motion.
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Getting a closer look at one of the photographs, while others twirled and spun in the background in slow motion, shows the town of Gravity Falls from a distance.
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Another picture shows the Mystery Shack during the night time, with bright lights shining thought the windows.
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One photo shows a thundering sky that had a large, flying creature's shadow being seen through the dark clouds. The camera then focuses on a picture behind the previous one, showing large claw marks on a tree trunk, as more photos were seen falling.
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Three photos are focused on now, one showing an angry Gnome, the second showing something that resembles the Long Ness Monster, and the third show a dinosaur tooth trapped in amber.
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The camera shows the cluster of photographs continuing to fall, before angling downwards to show all of them lying on a flat surface, collecting in a pile.
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The camera then gradually moves back to show more of the photos landing. After the last of the photos were on the surface, the camera moves upwards, displaying nothing but blackness again.
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Then the title of the story appeared in a flash of light.
WEIRDER THINGS
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It then disappeared, before the chapter title appeared.
Chapter Ten
Rage Against the Game
And so, the next day came. In the Mystery Shack, Grandma Veronica came over to spend time with her family, after finally having free time away from her "job". She'd also heard about the troubles Patrick's been having and had offered her advice on the subject. Saying that if it does get serious between Wendy and Robbie, then he's going to have to let her go. Patrick knew she was right, but was still hoping that there was still a chance.
But for now, he was playing poker with his grandmother, Stan, Dipper, Mabel, and Soos. For the currency, they were using crackers.
"King me!" Mabel placed down her cards, revealing she had two Kings in her hand.
The other groaned and moaned, throwing their cards down as Mabel laughed and took all the crackers. "Way to go, Stan," Veronica said accusingly.
"What are blaming me for? She doesn't even know what we're playing!" Stan said.
"Go Fish?" Mabel asked innocently. Then they all started to hear an electric guitar playing from outside the Shack. It was so loud that the lights hanging from the ceiling were shaking.
"Dude, I think I'm picking up a radio station inside my head," said Soos, while picking his ear.
Veronica looked at him with a raised eyebrow. She's met a lot of people in her time with her agency, and the man child is still the weirdest person she's ever met. "What's he talking about," she whispered to Dipper at her right.
"Don't ask," he said.
"Weeendy!" They all heard the people placing the guitar.
Patrick groaned and placed a hand on his head. "Ugh, sounds like Robbie."
"Robbie? That boy you were talking about," Veronica asked.
"Yep, that same jerky twerp I see making goo-goo eyes at Wendy all the time," said Stan.
"He called me 'Big Dude' once," Soos told them. "I mean, I know I'm a big dude, but it kinda hurt."
"Well, someone's got to get him out of here," Veronica said. If she wanted to, she was more than capable of doing more than getting him to go away. However, she wasn't going to let her cover be blown all because of a little teenage drama.
And that someone turned out to be Patrick, who got up from the table. "I'll handle it," he said before leaving to talk to Robbie. Stan, Mabel and Soos knew that there was going to be conflict and it was going to be interesting.
Patrick exited out of the house and walked towards Robbie. The emo played his guitar and sang horribly, while having one foot on top of an amplifier.
"Wendy! Wendy, Wendy!" Robbie stopped, but didn't acknowledge Patrick, who was standing right in front of him. He just shouted, "Wendy! C'mon out, girl! C'mon down!"
"Dude. You realize she's not here, right," Patrick asked with his arms crossed and a glare.
Robbie scoffed. "Yes! ...What?"
"If you'd listened to her for once you'd know that she's out camping with her family today," Patrick explained to him and turned to walk back to the shack.
However, Robbie took offense. "What was that?!"
Patrick stopped and turned to him. "Dude, seriously? Are you deaf?" Patrick asked in annoyance. "I just said she's not here, so do us a favor and get out of here!"
"No, no, no! You want to get into it, huh? Let's get into it, fucker!" Robbie said after setting his guitar down and pointing at Patrick's chest. "You think I don't know what's been going on, huh? It's obvious you've got a thing for my girlfriend, don't you? Don't you?!" He poked Patrick hard in the chest, making him take a setback.
But Patrick wasn't going to be intimated and stood his ground. "Robbie, I'm not going to do this," he told him in a firm and stern a tone. His anger was boiling, but Patrick was trying to not let things get out of hand. Even though he really wanted to punch the emo.
"Yeah, and what do you have, Pines. I've known Wendy all my life, and you've known her for, what, a mouth? I'm sure she's just DYING to after out some out-of-town nobody," Robbie said sarcastically. He then pulled out his phone. "Hey, here's an idea: why don't I call her right now and see if she wants to go out on a date with you?"
As Robbie started dialing, Patrick's eyes widened. He then glared and said, "I'm warning you Robbie, just leave now and-!"
"And I'll do some!" Robbie further angered Patrick by mimicking him. He held up the phone and pressed call. "What're you gonna do, huh? What, huh?"
Suddenly, just as Wendy answered, Patrick smacked Robbie's cell phone out of his hand. The two watched with wide eyes filled with shock as it hit the ground and broke into many pieces.
"My phone!" Robbie shouted, before glaring at Patrick.
Patrick knew that he really screwed up. Of all the ways to lose his cool and anger, this was not how he wanted it to happen. "I'll buy you a new one!" He said quickly.
"Oh no, you're not getting off that easy!" Robbie grabbed Patrick by the collar and brought their faces close to each other. Patrick glared back at Robbie and grabbed him by the arms.
"Hey!" yelled Stan, poking his head out the window and glaring at Robbie. "I know a fight when I see one! Stay right there!" He brought his head back inside and closed the window.
Seeing this, Robbie gave Patrick another glare and pushed him, causing Patrick to hit his back against a wooden beam. "You. Me. Circle Park. 3 o'clock." Robbie punched his fist into his palm. He then turned and started walking away. "We finish this."
Veronica quickly ran outside the shack, while Stan just walked casually with a bucket of popcorn. As the grandmother tended to her grandson, her cousin said, "Aw, he's gone! I was just gonna call the boys over to place a few bets!"
Veronica punched him in the belly, making Stan double over in pain and drop his popcorn. "Stan!"
"What?" Stan groaned in pain. "The smart money's on Patrick."
Veronica shook her head in disapproval at her cousin, before placing her hands-on Patrick and guiding him back into the house. Once inside, she had him sit on the chair in the living room. "Well, I hope you're happy with yourself," she said, beginning to scold her grandson as he looked down. "You've let your anger get the better of you again, broke someone's property and got yourself into a fight!"
"I'm sorry, Grandma," Patrick said, with his mind on his fight.
"Well, it's not me that you should be apologizing to. It's that Robbie kid."
Stan then came in. "I don't see what the big deal is. Just bonk him over the head with that crowbar you're carrying around! It's nature's snooze button!"
"Stan, you're not helping!"
"Boys!" Mabel rolled her eyes. "Why can't you learn to hate each other in secret? Like girls do!"
"Maybe he'll just forget about it," Dipper said. "Maybe it'll all blow over."
"I don't know, Dipper," Soos said anxiously. "Teenagers are dangerous. Those hormones turn them into like, killing machines! My cousin Reggie got in a fight with a teen once. The guy broke like, all his arms, all his legs, and I think, killed him or something, I don't know. Me and Reggie were just talking about it."
Patrick and Veronica raised their eyebrows. How could he've talked about it if he's dead? "Look, you guys, I'm not fighting Robbie," Patrick said, getting up from the chair. "I'm just going to go there, give him a new phone, and then apologize."
"So, what are you going to do for now," asked Mabel. Patrick thought for a moment.
Patrick opened the door of the arcade and he, Dipper, and Soos walked inside. "Well, thanks for coming here with me, guys," he said to himself. "I rather do this than wait around all day."
"No problem, dude," Soos said. "Just try not to think about Robbie." The three of them then stopped when they saw dozens of posters for Robbie's band, all with their slogan: "You're dead!" on all of them.
The three just stared at them for a moment.
"Well, I'm going to play a game," Soos said, before walking away.
"Yeah," Patrick said, before he and Dipper went over to The Hammer. When they arrived, they were a little surprised to see that it was paused and that no one was there. The two looked around to see if anyone was around. But saw no one.
"Who leaves a game paused," Dipper asked as they walked up to it. Patrick pressed the play button. They then gasped to see that whoever was playing, they were just about to start on level 10. "No way, Level 10!?"
The game started, and there was only one player. "Quick, be player two! I think I figured out how to beat this level." Patrick exclaimed before taking over as player one. Dipper quickly pulled out a quarter and inserted in into the slot. The second player appeared, and the two cousins got ready as their avatars approached three enemies. Patrick and Dipper started playing and beating up the enemies. "Triple thugs! Triple thugs! Beat them up!"
They continued saying "triple thugs". Two of the triple thugs were beaten, before the two cousins ganged up on the last thug. They defeated him with ease, getting 500 points. Then a burly pink monster-like man came across the characters in the game and roared.
"Oh no, not this guy! Nobody's ever beaten this guy!" Dipper complained.
"Dude, we're gonna do it this time," Patrick said, before he and Dipper started mashing away at the buttons. Trying to beat up the monster. But nothing was happening. "Come on, hit him! Hit him!"
"I am hitting him! Nothing's happening!"
"Aw dude! Try kicking him in the junk! Kick him in the junk! Kick him in the junk!"
"I'm kicking him in the junk!"
There characters were kicking the enemy monster in the pile of junk that it was actually carrying around. "Well, keep doing it!" Patrick exclaimed. This went on only for a second, before the monster was defeated. Giving them 1200 points.
"YEAH!" The two shouted together.
Patrick sighed in relief. "I knew we were going to bet it."
They both looked back at the screened and Dipper gasped. Now there were in a dojo with the "FINAL LEVEL" flashing red. "Look! We made it to the final level!"
"Dude, do you know what this means," Patrick asked, not believing his eyes.
"We're dead?"
"No, we have to beat The Hammer."
"What was the slogan of this game again, "Nobody Beats The Hammer"?" Dipper stated.
"Yeah right. More like nobody has even seen The Hammer," Patrick replied.
There characters were standing in the middle of the dojo, as light flashed from the doors in the back. "Well, get ready to live. He's probably gonna come out of those doors," Dipper said with excitement, right before the final boss busted through the brick wall.
"Nobody beats The Hammer!" said the Hammer, a blue muscular man with a black mullet.
"It's the Hammer!" Dipper yelled, before he and Patrick jumped at their buttons and joystick and started trying to play. "Hit 'im! Hit 'im!" The two characters kicked and punched the Hammer, but nothing was happening. It wasn't even taking damage.
"Man, our hits aren't doing anything!" Patrick exclaimed.
"I know, my hands are killing me!" Dipper yelled, as they continued hitting the Hammer. Then the Hammer finally moved, and punched both of their characters. To Patrick and Dipper's horror, those punches were enough to take one of their lives with ease.
"Just one of his hits takes a whole life!" Patrick yelled with fear. The Hammer grabbed Patrick's character and flung him onto Dipper's, before then landing on them. Both characters' second life is taken away at the same time. Patrick gasped. "Run away, dude, run away!"
Both cousins had their characters running away from the Hammer, all while the final boss chased them in circles. "Don't let him touch you, man!" Dipper exclaimed.
"I'm not, I'm not!" But then Patrick's character was cornered by the Hammer. "AHH! DIPPER, HELP ME!"
Dipper saw chair in the game and had his character grab it. "YEAHHH!" he yelled, commanding his character to slam the Hammer in the back with the furniture. This caused the Hammer to yell out in pain, and his life decreased a little. "Patrick, his weakness is furniture! Furni—"
The arcade game suddenly flicked off.
Patrick and Dipper froze in place. "What just happened," the teenager asked in a panic, before running over to the side of the arcade game and pulled it out, seeing if it was disconnected somehow.
"I don't know!" Dipper said, before mashing buttons while also panicking.
Patrick shook the game side to side, and then slammed the side of it. This made the picture appear again, but it was only for about a second. It flicks off again. "Oh! Dude, the game's still on!" Patrick turned to the pause button on the game, and hit it. Pausing the game. "Aww Man!" He then started slamming the game. "Come on! Come on!" Patrick stopped and turned to Dipper. "Dipper, you finish him off."
"What?!"
"Dipper, we figured out his weakness. Think about it, we could be the first ones to beat the game. I'll keep the screen on while you beat the Hammer."
His cousin nodded and got ready. "Alright, let's do it!"
Patrick placed his fists on the surface of the game. "Ready...Go!" Patrick started drumming onto game to keep the picture on. Dipper attempted to fight off the Hammer, but with the screen flickering on and off, it was proving to be too much for him. He was grunting and freaking out when the Hammer hit his character, causing his character's life to decrease heavily. "I can't do it!..."
The boy hit the pause button.
"Awww man! We were totally gonna beat it!" Patrick said.
Dipper sighed, before sitting down and leaning his back against the game. "I know. he's just too hard to beat alone and the screen's broken."
Patrick started walking away. "Come on, let's go find Soos," he said, making Dipper get up and follow him. He then started calling out for the man. "Soos! Hey Soos!"
"Hey guys," said Soos from their right. Patrick and Dipper turned their heads to him, only to screen in shock. Soos' face was pressed up against the screen, from inside one of the videogames. "Help, I'm trapped in the game! It was cool in theory but in practice it was really boring. It's not just a game anymore!"
Patrick and Dipper shared a glance.
After about an hour later, Patrick and Dipper were able to finally get Soos out of the game after also completely dismantling it from the back. Then they spent another hour getting the thing back together without anyone noticing. Luckily, however, and astonishingly, they didn't get caught.
Once they were down, Patrick and Dipper took him over to The Hammer, and the teenager hits the game. The screen appeared and then flicked off.
"Oh man! You dudes, really did get to the Hammer!" He exclaimed with wide eyes.
"That's what we've been telling you," Patrick said. "Look, is there anything that you can do?"
"Aren't you more worried about your fight with Robbie?"
"This is more important than that, Soos! We know how to beat him," Dipper said. After hearing that, Soos didn't need to be told anything else, and pulled out his screwdriver.
Pulling out the game from the wall and opening the back of it, Soos started looking around the internals. However, he didn't do anything and said, "Dudes, you've got to check this out." Patrick and Dipper went over and looked into the inside of the game. Inside was some text that said a message.
"To beat the game?" All three of them said out loud, glancing at each other, Before looking at what was under it. It looked like a series of combo moves.
"Is this look a special move to beat the Hammer," Dipper asked.
"Maybe it'll get the game to work again," Patrick said, before they got out from behind the game. Patrick and Dipper took position at the controls. "Soos, read the combo."
"Alright, dudes." Soos followed the combo with his finger, as he said each step of it out loud. Patrick and Dipper followed step perfectly in sync. "Back, back, hold, forward, back, forward, down, hold, quarter circle, forward, triple punch!"
The game's screen turned back on again. The boys all cheer happily. This was it. There could finally beat the Hammer.
Patrick looked at Dipper, both had the control in their hands. "Ready?"
"Ready." Dipper nodded.
Patrick pressed the play button...then the game, the other videogames, and everything else in the arcade suddenly went off.
Both cousins just looked at the screen in confusion. Patrick went to the side and slammed on the surface. It didn't turn back on.
No one said a word for a moment.
"Well, that's just great," Patrick said with a groan, then turned and walked away. It was close to his fight with Robbie, and he still needed to find a new phone to apologize. Soos and Dipper figured that it wasn't worth staying around anymore, so they just followed him.
However, just as they exited from the arcade and there was no one left in the building, The Hammer game turned on, but there was a blue glow coming off of it, and it sent out a powerful force that sent all other games flying and crashing into each other or the walls. The screen didn't have where Patrick and Dipper left off. Instead, it kept showing "FINAL LEVEL" on it, with the voice of the Hammer character saying, "Nobody beats the Hammer." And this continued on for about a minute, until an intense light shot out from the game.
When it finally stopped, the light went away, and the game turned off. A set of large, pixilated boots landed on the ground, making it crack under its weight and power.
It was the Hammer! And he's spawned right into the real world!
The massive blue fight stood up from his crouching position all the way up to his full height, and then opened his eyes. This was it. This was the real final boss of the game. Why nobody beats him.
And that was going to be the last thing anyone who challenged him will understand.
Three bells ring tolled from the clock tower at Circle Park. Patrick was standing in the park with a plastic bag that carried the new phone. Dipper and Soos came with him, and were now sitting on a bench a few feet away, wanting to watch the fight and root for Patrick, if there was going to be a fight.
Patrick looked at his phone. It was three o'clock.
"Well, well, well!" Patrick turned towards the voice of Robbie and saw the emo standing a few feet from him with a satisfied grin and his hood over his head. Patrick scowled, as Robbie approached him and said, "Look who decided to show up! I thought you chickened out. You ready to settle this like men?"
Patrick threw the new phone at Robbie. It hit the emo in the chest before he caught it. Looking at it with a puzzled look, Robbie reached into the bag and pulled out the new phone.
"What is this?"
"A peace offering," Patrick said. "I sorry I broke your phone and don't want to fight you, Robbie. So, what do you say we just call this thing off."
"You scared, huh? Is that it?" Robbie taunted him.
"Of you? No." Patrick shook his head for a moment. "However, you do know that Wendy hates it when guys fight, right?"
Robbie scoffed. "Yes…what?"
"Is there anything about her that you know about," Patrick demanded, unable to believe how Robbie couldn't be bothered to know anything about Wendy. "Her favorite color? Her favorite band? What're the name of each of her brothers?"
Robbie looked away for a moment. "S-So what if I don't, she's still my girlfriend and I'm still going to kick your ass!"
"It does matter, you…" Patrick stopped himself when he noticed something coming towards them behind Robbie. He tilted his head to the left and gasped. It was the Hammer, and he was approaching them. The real videogame character stopped a few feet away, glaring at all of them.
"Woah…" Patrick, Dipper, and Soos said in amazement.
Robbie scoffed at the Hammer. "Who's this, your friend? And why is he... blurry?"
Excited, Soos jumped off the bench. "It's the Hammer!" He ran up to the to go near the large fighter and touched him. "He's real!"
The Hammer looked questioningly at him, but didn't say a thing.
"Dudes, take my picture with—" The Hammer suddenly punched Soos in the stomach, knocking him out and falling to the ground. Soos stared up at the sky in pain. "Oh no, bro—" The Hammer squashed him with his leg.
The Hammer then turned to Patrick and the others.
"What the—?" Freaking out, Robbie tried to run away, but then the Hammer grabbed him by his hoodie. The blue fighter picked him up, and then slammed him down to the ground, hard.
"What the hell is going on!" Patrick yelled, before being punched in the face. He was sent flying back into some metal bars. Bending some of them a bit.
"Patrick!" Dipper yelled.
Patrick groaned after being knocked over as he stood up, and spited out some blood from his mouth. He glared at the Hammer, but then became worried when he started walking towards Dipper. "Dipper, get out of there!" He yelled before running towards the Hammer. Patrick started hitting the Hammer with Soos, who'd recovered and also came to fight. Both were punching the videogame character, while Dipper jumped onto the Hammer's back and tried putting it into a headlock.
The Hammer simply grabbed Soos by the head and throw him at the kid's slide. Hitting it face-first, Soos groaned as he slid down the slide.
Directing his attention to Patrick, the Hammer hit Patrick hard in the chest, sending him flying into a tree. Patrick yelped on the impact, which bruised him up even more.
The Hammer tried to reach behind to grab at Dipper, but despite his strength the boy wouldn't let go. So, the Hammer ran back into a tree, slamming Dipper into it. He didn't give him a chance to recover, and slammed himself back, crushing Dipper, before delivering a knee to his stomach.
Robbie was about to stand up after being slammed into the ground, was even more jacked up by a wood plank to the face.
The Hammer punched Patrick in the face, kicked Dipper in the stomach, and then punched in the Soos' stomach.
Then they all watch in pain as the Hammer started to create and charge up a powerful ball of glowing blue energy. Ready to aim it at them.
"That doesn't look good!..." Dipper said on his knees.
"What's he doing?!..." Soos said, sitting and holding his stomach.
"Everybody gets down!" Patrick said, before the three of them out of the way when the Hammer launched the ball at them.
It missed them, and flew towards the clock tower and destroyed it in an explosion.
"What the-?" Patrick turned away from the destruction and towards Robbie when he heard his voice. "THAT GUY'S CRAZY!" The emo yelled, before running away. The Hammer saw this, and started running after him. If any opponent tried to run away, he was going to hunt them down and defeat them.
Patrick went over to Dipper and said, "Dude. How is this even possible?!"
"This had to be why nobody's beaten the Hammer," Dipper exclaimed, finally getting it. "Remember what the message said. It wasn't a combo to beat the Hammer; it must have somehow released him into the real world. This is the final level!"
Who designs a game like that?! "Alright, I'll go after Robbie. You stay and get Soos up again." Patrick then ran off to save Robbie, following a trail of destruction that was created by the Hammer. "Come find us when you do!"
Patrick started running past a series of intense collateral damage, as he ran into town. Fire hydrates were knocked off, causing water to shoot up. Polls and signs were bent out of place, and there were buildings were broken windows. He then halted in front of a building that was owned by Barrel & Crates, Incorporated.
Something told Patrick this would be his first stop. The layout of the outside of the building was similar to that of the first level of the original arcade version of Donkey Kong. As a videogame himself, the Hammer must be somewhere.
Suddenly, a barrel was thrown out of the window on the floor. Robbie jumped out through that window and started going down the fire escape ladder. The Hammer broke through the wall, holding up a barrel.
The Hammer threw the barrel at Robbie. Robbie was able to duck and avoid the barrel, as it broke into pieces. "Chill out man! Just chill out!" The Hammer didn't and threw another barrel at him.
It missed him and was sent at Patrick. Patrick was able to dodge the barrel before it slashed into pieces on the ground. As the Hammer started throwing down more barrels at Robbie, with Robbie jumping over them in a scene that looked like it was from Donkey Kong, a car pulled up to them. Dipper and Soos stepped out of the car and ran over to him. "Dude, how do we even hurt him?" Asked the big man.
"I don't know! He was invincible in the game too, until we hit him with..." Patrick gasped with eyes wide. "Furniture! Quick, grab whatever you can and smash it on him!" He pulled out his crowbar and ran after the Hammer, while Soos, and Dipper ran off into many of the smashed stores to grab some furniture.
As the Hammer was chasing Robbie down the street, a chair was thrown and slashed into pieces on his back. This seemed to hurt him, as the Hammer stopped. The Hammer turned the direction the chair came from, only for Patrick to start hitting him in the face with the crowbar.
Dipper then ran towards him with a chair he got from a destroyed building and smashed it on the Hammer. Soos then came with some more items. First he threw a lap at the Hammer, a telephone, and then some ceramic plates. Patrick hit the Hammer in the knee, getting the character on his knees, before Dipper uses a golf club to take out his other knee.
Patrick and Soos then came running out of a store with a refrigerator, with the owner yelling at them to bring it back. The two friends charge at the Hammer and threw it on top of him.
Weakened, the Hammer was on his hands and knees in the middle of an intersection, as three friends continued to hit him on his back. Patrick used his crowbar, Dipper with the gold club, and a metal stool for Soos.
Suddenly, the Hammer stood up and release a powerful blast of energy from his body, knocking all of them back in different directions. Soos was knocked into an empty baby carriage, which did support his weight for a moment before breaking down. Dipper was sent hitting against a stop sign.
Patrick was sent flying through the broken window of the arcade, landing hard on the ground. Bruised for their fighting, and some cuts from the glass on the floor. Robbie was also in the arcade, cowering in the corner. Patrick groaned and looked towards the opening, only to see the Hammer walking towards the arcade.
"Why isn't he dead!" Patrick exclaimed and stood up.
As the Hammer continued approaching the arcade, a van suddenly hits it. The van was from the museum, as Patrick could tell as he watched it continue to drive and then crashed the Hammer into a traffic light.
He was even further surprised when Veronica poked her head out of the open window and said, "You have to beat him in the game!" The Hammer recovered, and started to push back against the van, but Veronica slammed her foot on the gas and have to wheeling turning at full speed. Trying to keep the Hammer pinned against the poll, as he slowly pushed the vehicle back.
Patrick turned to Robbie and ran to him. "Come on! We've got to beat the Hammer!" He exclaimed, reaching down and pulling up to his feet.
"What?! Fuck you, man!" Robbie snapped, yanking his arm away. "I'm not doing anything with you!"
Patrick grabbed him by the collard of his shirt and brought him close to his face with a glare. "Yes, you are, you piece of shit!" Patrick hissed threateningly, which scared Robbie. Patrick then pulled the emo along as he ran towards where the game was at. Patrick then threw Robbie in the game, just really wanting to do that, and got ready. "We're ready!"
"Play it!" Veronica yelled.
Patrick and Robbie started playing. Their characters repeatedly slamming furniture into the Hammer. Each hit weakened and lowered his life force. It was only for about three seconds, as they easily defeated the Hammer in the game, and then the words "YOU WIN" appeared on the screen. Then the whole arcade game fell apart and breaks.
"No! NO! NOOOOOOO!" The Hammer yelled as he slowly disintegrated. Each and every one of his pixels broke apart and disappeared, until there was nothing left of him.
Veronica sighed, opened the door, and then stepped out of the damaged van. Patrick exited from the store, and he, his grandmother, Dipper, and Soos all gathered around together, cheering and celebrating their victory.
"Dude, you did it!" Dipper exclaimed with a big smile. "You actually beat the Hammer!"
"Yeah, I did!" Patrick grinned nice and big at him. He then turned to Veronica. "But how did you know that beating it in the game would work?"
"When you've lived spent a long time in Gravity Falls, you're bound to pick up a few things," Veronica said with a prideful smile.
Then they heard the sound of Robbie exiting from the arcade. Seeing this, Patrick figured that it was better to confront him. So, he left his friend and family to approach the emo, as Robbie stumbled out of the building. "What? Was-was-was that really the Hammer?!" He exclaimed, still freaking out about what just happened. "Why is it that whenever you're around, there's always ghosts or monsters, or whatever?!"
"Beats, me." Patrick shrugged. "At least you can say you beat the Hammer."
"Is that all you've got to say!? That guy almost broke my neck! You know how fucking mad I am right now?!"
"Hey guys!" The two of them were almost startled by the voice of Wendy. Robbie turned around to see the ginger walking to them with a backpack on, and her family about a meter behind looking at all the destruction. "I heard some crazy screaming back here."
"Wendy?" Patrick and Robbie said simultaneously. Equally shocked to see her.
"You're back early," Patrick asked.
"Yeah, man." It was a little weird that she didn't notice the how messed up his face was, but when she did, Wendy walked over to him and grabbed his face. "Whoa! Dude, what happened to your face? It's all jacked up," she asked with a surprising amount of concern that made Patrick blush. Wendy then looked at Robbie and glared. "Did you do this? Were you guys fighting each other? You know I hate it when guys fight."
"W-What? No!" Robbie took a step back and put up his hands, looking scared. "I-I-I was just…"
"A videogame character came to life and attack us," Patrick said, getting Wendy to look at him with a raised eyebrow, and for Robbie to look at him a little stunned. He knew that Robbie was in trouble if he didn't come up with an excuse soon, and as much as he despised him, Patrick knew that they'd end up losing Wendy together if it really did look like they were fighting. Plus, if there was one thing that Wendy hated and what made her break up with all her other boyfriends was that they'd lied to her. So, Patrick told the truth.
Also, he was too tired to handle any teenage drama.
Wendy stared at him for a moment. Normally she wouldn't believe that he said, but Patrick has been truthful with her for as long as she's known him. Plus, spending time with him showed her that weirder things have happened. "Cool!" she said with a smile. "It really makes me happy to see my two boys hanging out. I got some unpacking to do. I'll text you guys later." She turned to Robbie and kissed on the cheek, before looking at Patrick. "You still want to hang out sometime?"
"You know I do," Patrick said with a smile. Wendy and him fist-bumped, before she walked away towards her family. Once that was done, Patrick glanced at Robbie. "Did you hear that? She still wants to hang out with me!"
Robbie scowled at him. "She's still my girlfriend."
"Look, Robbie, you don't like me and I sure as hell don't like you, but if we stay at each other's throats, we're both gonna lose Wendy," Patrick told him. "We need to make a cold war pact."
"Okay. What's that?"
"We need to learn to hate each other, in silence."
"You mean like, what girls do," asked Robbie.
Patrick nodded. "Yeah, exactly! What girls do."
Robbie thought for a moment, before nodding. Patrick and Robbie then shook hands.
AN: And that was the tenth chapter of "Weirder Things". Now it's time to put the story on hiatus.
As you've figured out, this was based heavily on the Regular Show episode "Rage Against the TV." The reason that I decided to go with this plot is because I love Regular Show, that was one of my favorite episodes, and I reference the series a lot in the story. However, I did it because if I followed the original story of "Fight Fighter", then it wouldn't make sense for Patrick to want someone like Rumble to protect him from Robbie or to freak out and be scared about fighting the easy-to-hate emo. Patrick isn't the type of person to run away from a fight, especially from someone like Robbie.
And Patrick had a chance to really rip into Robbie for not being a good boyfriend. Now, the reason I had Patrick not let Robbie get in trouble with Wendy is because of what was explained, but also because I've got plans for later in the story. Where Wendy will start to see Patrick in a much different light and start to have different feelings for him, and start to see how much of a jerk Robbie is and start to regret her decision to go out with him.
Now, one thing I've been trying to figure out is how to make the "Summerween" chapter scarier. What do I mean by this? Well, I do like just how creepy and terrifying the Summerween Trickster is, but it's still has that silliness to it with it being made from candy so that it was still kid friendly…in a sick, twisted way. But since this is a fanfic story, I'm wanting to know how to make him scarier. Do I do something else with him, like make him an actual demon, or do I us something completely different?
If any of you have an idea, please tell me.
Also, from now on, I'll be doing three chapters for each update. I'm not going to be starting on "Summerween", so now it's time to put the story on hiatus. I'll be moving on to "The Red Dragon Samurai."
Thank you very much for reading. "Weirder Things" will return. Please be sure to Favorite and Follow if you like the story, and if you want me to keep writing this story, then please leave a REVIEW. I would really appreciate it if you do. If you any questions or discussions you'd have for me, then please PM me or write it out in the review.
This has been your alchemist from the wild west saying; may God bless you, and farewell.