The following story takes place in the fall, mid-September in the freshman year of Gravity Falls.

Chapter 1

Nose for Trouble

There is a teenager, she is Caucasian, has long auburn brown hair, wearing a magenta sweater, is just looking in the mirror coming her hair for the night, her lights are on, and she is just looking in the mirror. She then stops combing and then looks at a photograph and put her lips to her two fingers and presses them on the photo of a boy that looks like most other teenage boys. She's thinking about the date she's about to have. She has a smile and looks at the clock to when he's about to arrive.

But then suddenly she smells some sort of substance that's in the air which is a sort of sweet rose like scent and then suddenly she feels some sort of sensation that overtakes her a numbness and almost dizziness. Suddenly she feels a weightlessness and suddenly slips down off her chair and comes right down to the floor.

She rolls and is flat down on the floor her eyes are open and is conscious, but she realizes she can't move, not even a finger or even her mouth, she's still able to breath but through her nose. As she is immobile on the floor suddenly from her window seal hears some soft noises. From her position she can feel the vibrations of what feels like two sets of footsteps that have just entered her room. In the corner of her right eye, she sees on one tall skinny almost sleek feminine leg that comes with a couple of hands that are very tall but seems a little skeletal as the fingers look slightly sharp. But there is also another kind of leg which is slightly skinny but masculine.

Soon the two figures they start to emerge into her line of sight. The different figures are male and female shaped both wearing dark ink body suits that incase their whole humanoid bodies from head to toe or what seem like humanoid bodies. Both have different sets of boots that are attached to the suits, for the mal looks like military combat boots and the female it's high heels.

Both have one distinctive feature that is the same, both have old fashioned gas masks, as there are round circled visor eyes that look almost insect like and a long vacuum like nozzle which comes from their mount down to a small, attached oxygen pack. Both have some sort of wand like devices on their hands which is attacked to another kind of small cylinder on their pack.

The figures both press the button on the wand, and it emits some sort of hissing noise throughout the room. The figures both move their head now toward the girl who is now paralyzed completely. She sees both just move their heads toward her's slowly and do nothing but steadily breathe no change in their breathing patterns. and even though she is unable to emit sound and move her mouth she wishes she could scream.

FOUR DAYS LATTER

It is the afternoon and its lunchtime in the cafeteria of "Gravity Falls High" as there are crowds of people in line getting food or even just sitting down on rows of tables and everyone is talking about their day or anything else. Except a few individuals, one of them has short black hair but an unruly look, glasses on, has just regular blue Seattle Kraken sport jacket and behind it a black T-Shirt which has the label "Metallica". He is standing in front of a microwave who is about 5.10 and with short dark black hair, of Asian descent with tan gold skin with eyes slightly narrow with a set of glasses on. He is calmly watching his bowl of Fried Rice and Orange Chicken rotate in the microwave. The microwave beeps to stop and then he just takes it out as the bowl is steaming.

He then takes his little blue cooler box along with his bowl and just walks toward the sea of people and noise, he then comes and sits down in the usual empty table and then takes out his chop sticks and eats one of the pieces with some Fried Rice stuck on it. After he's eaten his bite he then looks up where he usually just looks at random things just for the heck of it but his eyes catch another person whom is wearing a blue vest with a red t shirt and a blue and white cap with a pine tree symbol. The teen is by his lonesome eating fish sticks.

He then sighs and then takes out from his backpack a copy of "The Log" where he does his daily reading. He then sees the article near the last page and it's a slightly small one the title says, "Twelfth break in from mysterious Gas Masked suspect." He then takes a bite form his lunch and sighs. He then reads more of the article, "Parents and Boyfriend discovered the victim who recovered mere minutes after the mystery assailants vacated the premises, police were unable to uncover physical evidence of intrusion but also motive to the nature of the multiple break ins from these Mad Gassers."

After reading it the observer then looks up again to where the Pine cap teen is and then suddenly sees there is a group of four people, from the way they walk and are together it reminds him of street gangs.

Each of them has the same kind of sports jacket on which are red and black the school colors with the black sleeves and red vest. On the back is a Lumber Jack with an axe that has a grin, and the bottom says, "Lumber Jacks" and above the lumber jack "Gravity Falls High". And on their lapel to the right there is the letter L in a big letter, on their right shoulder a basketball, football, or any other sport their involved in.

They all have buzzcuts looking the same, one of them is blond and has the same cut and has a face that could be an extra from an old war film. He is the one leading the group and his cold blue eyes they see the Pine Cap teen just peacefully reading the paper and then he just snatches it away as the Pine Cap teen was just reading. The Pine Cap teen notices this and then just stands up and looks.

Pine Cap teen says, "Devin gives the paper back."

Devin says, "Well it's mine now Dipper or should I say dip shit."

The other three group members gather around Dipper pushes on Dipper's head and Devin is just mockingly turning the pages and pretending to read. Some people see there is something going on but just choose to do nothing and sit down continue to eat as if it's not evening happening despite what their hearing and displaying, the observer he then gets up and approaches.

Devin says, "Oh, look once again the Pinecone is reading the usual funny articles for retards."

Dipper says, "It's a news article on a crime that really occurred, also your joke is dated and makes no satirical sense."

Devin then throws down the paper and then looks at Dipper in a threatening manner. Dipper is now being picked up by the shoulders by one of his strong-armed goons.

Devin says, "Are you calling me stupid."

"You don't need anyone to do that to you."

Devin then is about to punch Dipper but the suddenly there are a couple of chop sticks on his fist clamped.

Observer says, "This one isn't worth it, let alone you're going to throw a punch, all because he read one news article on an important issue that happened free for everyone to read; I must say that's a very un-American attitude."

Observer pulls his chop stick away and Devin he wipes away some of the stickiness on his wrist from the sticks. Devin looks at Observer and says, "Who are you to call me un…Americ… go back to Asia you whore."

"In the words of a great man "I go where I want to go."

He then picks up the paper and Observer says, "You know no one is telling you to read this so why should you go around telling people what to read and not, once again un-American."

Devin says, "Get lost you four eyed asswipe."

Observer then in sarcasm says, "Wow, that must've taken you an entire week of your life to come up with that sentence, really got me on four eyes that's really original."

Devin has a threatening look along with the rest on their face as if they're about to get into a physical tussle.

Observer says, "Don't you have anything better to do with your time like actual grubbing."

Losing interest but also seeing a security guard is patrolling the cafeteria, Devin and his group just walk away. But then Devin points his finger and says to both, "This isn't over between us."

Observer says, "You really shouldn't point it's rude."

Devin seeing both are unmoved by his threat just walks away with the rest of his gang.

Pine Capped teen looks at Observer and says, "Thanks, though I was handling it."

"Yeah, I know but I have a zero-tolerance policy on shit heads verbally and physically abusing people, who were they anyway."

"That is just another one of the gangs that just had their eye on me."

"Did you do anything to them?"

"Nothing in particular except just simply pass by from a distance, or one of them just happen to single me out because they want something form me, you know how it goes."

"Yeah, all too often."

The observers looks at his table where his food is and then looks at the Pine Cap teen's table and says, "Do you mind if I sit with you?"

The pine cap teen also looks at his table with his lonely tray and then looks back at the observer and says, "Yeah sure."

The Observer he then walks to his table and then takes his bowl, copy of "The Log" and bag with his bottle of juice, sits by the pine cap teen and then out of his bag takes out a new pair of chop sticks. The Pine Teen he takes his copy of the paper and then both just sit together at first just simply eating and in silence, both not sure what to say to each other or who should talk first.

The observer then looks up and sees the pine capped teen is looking at "The Log" paper and he sees he's reading a small article which is just about at the end of the paper.

Observer says, "You read that log regularly."

"Only for certain articles of interest to me."

Pine Capped teen looks down and says, "Mainly from this guy whose name is Alex Kidd, he always writes the most interesting articles."

Observer has a small smile and says, "What kind of articles."

"Let's just say stuff I'm regularly interested in, but it was just the news about Gasser sightings, I really like the wording."

The Pine Hat teen then looks up and says, "You're the one that's written those articles haven't you."

Observer says, "What, I'm not sure I know what you're talking about."

"I've read and seen enough mystery thrillers to know the cliché of someone that asks and talks about a particular article is usually the writer."

The pine hat teen then leans on the table looking at Observer and says, "Your Alex Kidd."

Observer says, "Well that's not my real name, that's just a cover name."

"Then what is your real name."

Observer takes a breath and then says, "My name is Adam, Adam MacReady."

Pine Hat Teen says, "Dipper, Dipper Pines, but I think you already know that, and if you came to get a story from me you can forget it."

"What no, no look that group of scum I didn't set up, so this isn't another one of those done to death set ups you've seen in the movies and TV; I really did come because you needed help."

"Yeah, even I'm bored of those set up devices too; though still you had your eye on me."

"How did you… oh that's not important, yeah your right."

"Why?"

"You seem like an interesting soul that needs a friend, I remember you doing one of your speeches in my history class on a book on the "Kecksburg UFO sightings" strange history report but hey all the same it's history. But also, I was trying to find a way to talk to the man who's written those series of articles on the "Pyramid of the Paranormal Web", you always seem to have the best stories."

"Do you believe their true?"

"After what happened to this town years ago along with many other things in this world, I believe anything is possible."

"I still believe you came to me for another reason also."

Adam takes a breath and then continues.

"If it's true that you and your sister are the paranormal hunters you say you are, then I need your help in capturing evidence on this Gasser, I tried doing it myself but no luck."

"I won't help you for fame."

"I never said the F word, look whether you help me or not or even if these Gassers I'm writing about are real or not doesn't matter."

Adam then taps his finger on the article and says, "All of these break in, those aren't fiction and the people that it happened to aren't best-selling authors."

Dipper thinks carefully about what Adam just said and then says, "Is there some place else we can talk more private."

Adam says, "I know the perfect place."

Adam he then escorts Dipper to a part of the school and there is a sign above the door which is an old-fashioned hanging sign it says, "The Log" and then Adam takes Dipper inside the newsroom which is now vacant as there are just rows of desks, comfy rolling chairs and also a few offices. Adam guides Dipper into a room labeled Meeting Room. Dipper comes in and Adam he then comes in behind him and they are in from of a big black table with several comfier chairs. Adam he then drags out one chair which is a hard yellow plastic chair and then puts it right in front of the fair left corner side of the table.

Adam says, "Well here's my office or at least, well this is just where I work."

Dipper looks at the inside of the logs and see in one section there are a few desks and computers but also a couple of offices.

Dipper says, "Nice place, even got to see the paper from inside."

"Did you ever think of working her as you're an article writer."

"Sort of but I'm not use to the attention. well, in my standpoint I don't have to worry about it as my articles never make the front page.

Dipper says, "Well let's get down to business."

Dipper he then takes out a booklet map of Gravity Falls and it's a road map. Dipper then turns to the page and it's a map of the neighborhood areas in the falls and on the map, there is a sticky magenta note arrow that points to each spot and on the note the specific address and zip code. Adam sees on the map the number of arrows and the addresses carefully.

Dipper says, "Like you I've been searching for these gassers ever since they hit."

Adam says, "I know these places these are each of the hits the gasser made, read some of the first articles before I started writing about it."

Dipper says, 'Correct but I think I've locked onto the pattern as each of them seem to go into a systematic pattern as each house is hit in a different neighborhood."

Dipper points to one neighborhood with the blue arrow which is the "Yuba City".

"This is the neighborhood I prevented one of the Gasser's plights."

Adam then points to one of the neighborhoods unmarked, which is "Crosswade"

"This is where I was."

"And from the breaks in we prevented they didn't dare hit the same neighborhood twice, instead they hit the one next to it."

"The incident days ago took place, in the "Stockbridge" neighborhood."

Adam looks down and sighs with a bit of sadness.

Dipper says, "What's wrong?"

"I wish I figured the pattern out sooner; I could have prevented that from happening that poor girl in the article, she must've been very scared."

"That's the same feeling all of those victims of the gasser had.

Dipper and Adam then shake away the bad feeling they've had and focus on business again.

I know about the Gasser's pattern or at least I have theories, but the Gasser I have a feeling is going to hit tonight."

"That might be true, but it could be any one of the neighborhoods."

"Any one of the ones that haven't been hit."

Dipper points to one neighborhood.

"This may 'be the Gassers next target, if my calculations are correct."

Adam says, "So what's the plan?"

Dipper says, "Bring all the cameras and video equipment, let's just say I'm going to be part of the story."

"I'm not totally sure I understand."

"Just meet me at the Aitken Park which is at the Footlights Ranch neighborhood on Footlights Avenue, you'll understand then."

After school Adam comes back at his dojo home called "Double Dragon" dojo, and he then goes to one of the rooms. In the room he takes a miniature cam quarter of his own, loads in a mini chip into it but then he goes into another room and in there is a chest. He then turns a couple of the Japanese symbol, the left one which says Rin clockwise and another on the right which says Zen counterclockwise.

The chest drawer then opens and then looks and it's a ninja uniform with an armed vest and there is a mask that is completely dark black color except for a black ski like visor. He also looks and sees several other items from several smoke, pepper, and flash bombs. Two other weapons from one black bar that has one button. Another which are a pair of anise sticks. A couple of man-sized nets that are neatly wrapped up he hooks onto his utility belt, along with the weapons and puts the bombs in the individual miniature pouches.

Adam starts to suit up and load all the camera and video camera equipment along with a small bag of jellybeans in his backpack. He has a with jogger jacket on to conceal the uniform and has his black mask in his pocket. He puts one of his cameras around his neck and comes out of the dojo.