The gang woke up in the morning smelling eggs, bacon, and toast. They were confused on the smell, so they packed up their things, and went to investigate. They followed the smell to the hotels dining room, where they saw a breakfast buffet. They have never seen food this good, but before they could go and grab some of the food, a mouse came out with some milk, and orange juice. The gang knew that the mouse was dangerous, so they figured that it is better to leaving starving than to die with a full stomach. But before they could leave, the mouse turned to them, with a frown on his face. "Hey, where are you all going? I didn't made all of these food just for nothing." The gang were reluctant at first, but decides to accept his offer. They began to grabbed their plates, filled it with food, got their own beverage, and sat down on table with the mouse joining last. They all began to eat in silent for a while, but then Cade broke the silence. "So tell me, why did you do all of this for us?" The mouse looked at his eggs for a while, then looked at the gang. "I saw everything when you all came here, from arguing to each other, to comforting each other. I got confused that even though there is no hope, you managed to find some sort of purpose in your lives. How do you manage to do it?" The gang were surprised that the mouse manage to hear everything they said, then Cade came out with a response. "Well, when everything seems hopeless, you always got to look in the brighter side. If you can not do it for yourself, then do it for the friends that are near you." The mouse looked surprised by Cade's response, then he thought about something, then he said something that shocked the gang. "Let me come with you guys."
The gang were shocked by what he said, even though having more allies join their cause, they are not sure about him joining him. The mouse knew that they were unsure about him. "I know that I may not be much, but I can be of great use to you. I need some new purpose in my life, so I thought joining you guys, could bring me that purpose. Also, I know where you can find that man with six fingers." The gang were surprised on the mouse knowing about the man with the six fingers. They all thought about it for a while, then decided to let him join them, not because of the information, but to give him some purpose. Melira was reluctant at first, with her being a cat, and the mouse being, well a mouse. But having some friends is better than having none. "Well, I guess having you along won't hurt any of us, and besides we owe you for the breakfast you made. Welcome to the crew." The mouse for once in his life smiled a real smile, not one of his fake smiles when he goes on to one of his walks. "Ok, so the man came here a long time ago, seemingly to be angry about something, but I did heard him mentioning of going to a forest like place. That is all I know, so my best bet that if we head there, we might find another clue."
"Ok, but the problem is that the remote we have only takes us in random dimensions, so it might take us ages to get there. But with the time crunch we have, the static might get to them before we can get there." The gang are now filled with concern, knowing that it will take too long to get to the right dimension. AB then remembered something, and pulled out a piece of paper. "Wait, I remember that I grabbed a plan Rudy made to combine the tablet and the remote to teleport to a specific dimension." The gang were happy with what AB said, knowing that they have a chance. AB told that they just need some specific parts in order to make it. Luckily the mouse said that there is a electronic shop nearby, a junkyard at the edge of town, and a workshop in another town. So they decided to make a plan. They would go to the electronic shop first, then travel to the junkyard, and head to the workshop to work on the plan. They all agreed with the plan, finished their breakfast, and packed up for the trip. Pibby then tugged on the mouse hand, grabbing his attention. "Sorry to bother you, but what is your name?" The mouse thought about it for a while, then said that his name is Mickey. Pibby thought that the name sounds nice. Mickey blushed by Pibby's response.
The search to get the parts didn't took long in the town due to the electronic shop and junk yard being near the hotel. Then Mickey showed the gang his camper van that would be used to travel to the city. The gang were impressed by the camper van, then told Mickey that it would be best if they would use the camper van to travel through the dimensions. Mick agreed with what they said and they all got in, and drives the gang to the next town. They got to the workshop, and AB began to work on the new tablet. While AB worked on the tablet, the rest of the crew asked about Mickey's origin. He hesitated at first then began to tell his story. He used to be a very happy and popular mouse in town, having a girlfriend and loads of friends. But then one day, they all left him for a more popular town. He felt very depressed that day. In order to combat his depression, he began to take walks through town. It was normal at first, but then the citizens started to get uncomfortable by him with each walk. Then one day while he was sleeping, the whole town population moved away instead of talking to him. He felt more depressed when he found out about it. He still took his walks, but started to have some hallucinations during his walks. He then notices that he can changed gloves to have sharp fingers. But he never really used it, due to being focused on walking. He kept this routine for a long time until he met the gang.
The gang felt sad for him, and angry at the town population. If they lived along side with him, they would talk to him instead of running away from him. Pibby then hugged Mickey surprising him. "I am so sorry about what has happened to you. I promised you, when this is over, we will get you some help and new friends." Mickey then hugged her back and cried happily. "Well I already got you guys as my new friends." The gang smiled at his response, then AB said that the tablet is finished. The gang looked that the upgraded tablet. It is the same tablet but now they can go to a specific dimension. They began to look for any dimensions with forests in them. Then Mickey pointed at a dimension with a creek saying that this is the same dimension he saw the man with six fingers went into. The gang then went into the camper van, used the tablet, and teleported to the next dimension.
They managed to teleport in the middle of a cul-de-sac, where most of the houses are in ruined. Mickey is surprised on the state the houses are in, but the gang knew that the static were here. Cade then came up with a plan. "Ok so we are going to split up into two groups. Mickey, Melira, and Alloy Boy are going to explore this town to see if there are any clues of the man with six fingers. Me and Pibby would search the forest to see if he left a base of some sorts." They all agreed with his plan, with Cade and Pibby going to the forest while the rest drove into town. During their search in the forest, they saw a tree stump with a base in the bottom of it. It was too big for Cade, so Pibby went inside by herself. In there, there were signs of kids living here, but it looked like everything was taken in hurry. Pibby then found a really big map of the creek, where she got back up and showed it to Cade. They looked at the map for a while, trying to figure out where the man would be. They then decided to go to some sort of trading place to see if there are any clues. When they got there, it was in ruins, with most of the contents at the trading place stolen. While looking around the trading place, they saw a safe buried behind a counter. Cade then used a fireball technique to open it while not damaging the content. They saw a tape recorder with a tape next to it. They then put the tape in the tape recorder, and listen to it. "Log date ~static~: It has been a whole year since my brother pushed me into the portal. I managed to find a dimension with actual people in it. They all seemed to be nice, but from what I saw, they don't seemed to have any supernatural experience. I could live here for a while, but I need to head home, and try to figure out with the static. If anyone found this and is trying to stop the static like me, you must head to Gravity Falls in order so we can discuss on stopping it with help."
Pibby and Cade were extremely happy with what they have, but then Cade was knocked away into a tree by a tentacle. Pibby then was in front of a infected that looked like a spider with a face of a father like figure with orange hair. "Pibby, run! We need to get back to the others." With what Cade said, Pibby began to run, with the infected chasing her. Cade then got up and ran after the two running past the infected, and picked up Pibby while running. They ran out of the forest, and head towards to the town. While running they saw the camper van being chased by other infected people. The van stopped in front of them, then the duo got in the van. Cade then showed the rest the tape recorder he and Pibby found. "We just need to get to place called Gravity Falls, so hurry find it." Alloy Boy searched for the dimesion while Melira drove away from the infected. Then he found it and teleported them away to the dimensions in hopes to have a chance to fight against the static.
So our gang have a new member, and managed to find where the man with six fingers lived. Now they are heading their way to see if he is there or not. Will the gang find him, so they can defeat the static? Find out in the next chapter.
Now on a serious matter. Depression is a serious matter, must be dealt with. Talk to your family or friends to talk about your feelings to them, and for them to help you. If you don't feel comfortable with talking to your friends and family, you can call your local Depression hotline to get the help you need. If you are depressed, then I want to wish you the best of luck, and that you are not alone. Know that you are going to be alright, and that there are others wanting to cheer for you. You must be strong and if you can't do it, just know that there are those around you that would help you be strong. I hope this message helps you. May god bless all of you reading this, and may god bless the world.
