Mabel POV

The rest of the day was so much fun!

They first went to a shopping mall and bought a bunch of costumes for Waddles. They bought a Superhero costume, Shark costume, Flower costume, and a ton others she forgot. Soos carried them all.

Next, they went to a spa. There was a tiny auburn hair girl that attended them. She was really pretty. Ace had said nothing the entire time. Mabel had taken advantage of that and had his nails painted pink with glitter. He took them off though. What a waste of sparkles.

Finally, they went to a barber shop. Ace asked for a small trim since some of his hair had become uneven. Soos wanted them to do anything. Mabel just watched with an excited smile. The barbers looked anxious but she didn't know why. Ace's barber looked the most anxious. She put something on Artemis' neck. It seemed to relax him. Ace's barber scurried to the back of the barber shop. She walked up to Ace's seat. It seemed he had fallen asleep. He wasn't snoring. Mabel gulped.

She realized what happened too late. She felt something prick her in the neck. She felt herself become heavier. Her eyelids wanted to follow gravity. THUMP. She blacked out.

Dipper POV

Dipper was writing something down. It was the symbol of illuminati. He had a dozen of other papers all around him. Under the papers was the book that was the guide to all the creatures. He was about to reach for it until he heard His Gruncle Stan yell at some people downstairs.

Dipper went downstairs to find Gruncle Stan threatening what looked like two FBI agents. One was fully covered in a FBI suit. He was holding a gun at straight Gruncle Stan's forehead. The other one was a woman with a bob cut and an earbud.

"What's going on Gruncle," Dipper asked, worried. Gruncle has been in big trouble before but never as big as the FBI. Sorry, scratch that, he's had much worse trouble before.

"We sensed a large energy surge in the woods. We figured you must've had done an experiment in the woods," said the lady FBI agent. The one holding the gun grunted in agreement. "We need to know what you've done. We have to confiscate your project. Your 'Gruncle' has to move out of the way so we can search any control panel."

"There's no control panel, I would've known," Dipper argued. He has basically searched every nook and cranny of this place looking for actual mysteries.

"Move aside." The FBI woman commanded. Gruncle sighed, puuting on an act as if he wasn't worried but Dipper could tell her was very anxious and sweaty. He moved, following the FBI woman's commands. Dipper followed in his example.

They searched the Mystery Shack for hours, looking for the non-existent source of some random energy. Obviously, they never found anything. They left as quickly as they came. Dipper called, "Mabel, wanna watch Duck Detective?

"Mabel? Ace?"

There was no response. He searched for them but he couldn't find them anywhere, not even in the creepy wax museum basement. He asked his Gruncle where they were.

"I think they went out." Dipper scuttled around searching for things he could use in case he encountered anything bad.

"Dipper, what's wrong? Lost your hat or something," said a voice. Dipper turned around. It was Wendy's. He froze with panic then started laughing. Too much. Wendy looked confused.

Okay, Time to stop laughing. Dipper thought. "No. Um- actually Mabel, Soos, and Ace are missing."

"What? Wait but who's Ace?" Dipper felt a tinge of jealousy. He tried to push the feeling away but it stood its ground. "Just some weird guy we found in the middle of the woods. Super weird. Did I mention that he's weird?"

"Cool." The feeling of jealousy grew.

"We have to look for them. I got a flashlight, book, and stick."

"You might want to pack a phone. You know, in case we need to make an emergency call." She gave him her phone.

"Yeah, yeah, of course." Dipper packed it in the bag. The two of them were off.

Heh heh- the two of them.

Artemis POV

Artemis groaned. He felt drained. He was only half awake. He barely opened his eyes. He was in a tank. A water tank. He had a mask that gave him air. Some kind of air. It tasted kind of sweet.

Some random people were in a cell across the room they were in. Either they looked a little silly or it was just his vision. They looked like they were dancing.

Ha ha.

There were a series of more tanks next to his. They were all empty except for his and the tank next to his. In that tank there was a giant monster. It was asleep-

What? He himself was starting to fall asleep. He closed his eyes.

Ha ha.

He thought about the sleeping monster-thing next to his water tank. He couldn't tell it but looked like a-

A bit like a troll from our dimension. But it's too mossy and has no husks, Echoed an obnoxious voice in his head

Huh who are yooooou. Wow. Echooooo ~

You know who I am. Come on, we're a knight. you need to get outta here. Snap out of it. It seemed like the voice knew what it was talking about. Too bad he didn't really understand.

Snap. Snap. Snappity snap, he said, a little off from his normal self from whatever his kidnappers gave him.

God, Orion, echoed the voice.

God? Are you god? Is Orion god? That sounds just about right.

No. I'm Artemis. You're Orion. I have no idea how you're still in my consciousness but I guess anything is possible now in this dimension.

Huh? Artemis? What's going on? Dimensions?

There were a few moments of silence. Orion realized a few things. First of all, Artemis sounded older. Like an adult. Wait, did that mean-

Artemis? Am I-

WAKE UP!

Orion yelped. He was fully awake now. He was back in control now. Orion started to remember something. It was fuzzy.

Then someone stepped into the room. It was a tall person with a red cloak. The hood covered their face. They did a hand motion and six other cloaked figures entered. They didn't seem to notice that Orion was awake. They went over to where the people in the cell were. One of the cloaked figures grumbled something he couldn't hear. He couldn't hear a thing in the water tank. The cloaked figure took out a picture. Orion couldn't tell what it was from the water tank. He crumpled it and threw it onto the floor. One of his companions hurried to pick it up.

One of the cloaked figures, the smallest one went towards Orion.

I can take him, Orion thought, balling his fists. He took off his hood and revealed the face of a bald man with a small goatee. He had a small scar above his left eyebrow. The bald man tapped a button on the side of the tank. The water of the tank started to sink into the tank floor. When the water was nearly gone, the mask fell off his face. He was about to curse the head off the fella.

But Artemis stopped him with one word. A suggestion.

Mesmer.

Orion wiggled his fingers and smirked. Not Artemis' signature cold smirk but a smirk that clearly meant Brace yourself.