Gravity Galaxy

by jawmax

For fifteen years Dipper, Mabel, Gideon, and Pacifica were lost in a distant galaxy. Now that they have returned to earth we will hear the tales of how they struggled to get home and continue to adjust to life back on earth.

17. Soostron Vs Crix

Chapter 17

Soostron vs. Crix

Soos was driving his son Stanly over to the Pines family house. "Dad, do we really need to make a video about fixing something?" Stanly asked.

"Stanly, I just…we haven't done a lot of father son type stuff this summer." Soos said as they pulled up,

"Yeah, but that's just because you've been busy with all the tourists coming to the Shack since the Ixcia crew arrived and everyone learned Dipper and Mabel used to work there." They got out of the truck as the cargo bay door opened.

"Hey Soos, Stanly. You said on the phone you wanted to help with building the house?" Dipper asked,

"Yeah, I want to make a new 'Fixin' it with Soos' with Stanly. The last time I made one was when Stanley was three and I built him this awesome racecar bed." Soos explained,

"It was cool, until Erika tried turning it into a real racecar and crashed it." Stanly sighed, "Dad I'm not as good as you when it comes to handyman stuff, I don't want to be the reason for your first rating lower than ten."

"You're better than you think Stanly, besides the rating isn't what's important. My dad was never around, he always wrote that he was too busy. When you were born, I swore I'd never be too busy for you but without meaning to I have been."

"So, you thought you two would have fun making a video fixing something like you used to Soos." Mabel said, then she had a thought. "Dipper I know we wanted Ford to do it but maybe Soos and Stanly we could give fixing Soostron a try?"

"The robot you guys named after me?"

He's broken?" Stanly asked, "Come to think of it I don't remember ever seeing him."

"Yeah, last year he took some serious damage that we haven't been able to repair." Dipper explained, "Come with us and we'll show you." They went inside Ixcia a saw the broken robot on the table of the common room.

"The wedding's in three days, it would mean a lot for him to be up and running by then." Mabel said,

Soos gave a whistle, "The little dude looks like he was hit by a spiky wrecking ball. Lucky for you dudes Stanly is president of his school's robot club." Soos pulled a picture out of his wallet of Stanly holding a trophy with a boxy robot at his feet with extending fists. Ford was standing behind him with his hand on Stanly's shoulder and Stan was next to them holding up a sign that read "Fight! Fight! Fight!"

"But that robot was built with spare parts from this planet." Stanly said, "And Grandpa Ford helped me."

"That's the point son, Ford taught you a lot."

"I guess we can let you guys have a shot." Dipper said, "But if you run into trouble then we're calling Ford. I don't want to doubt your son Soos but I need you to understand, Soostron made it possible for us to come home. We wouldn't be here right now if it weren't him.

One year ago,

Soostron had just finished recharging in the engine room and was ready for a day of work. The night before they had to ride out a meteor storm so several systems would need repair. "Systems at full power." He said in his machine language, "Damage detected in sick bay. Time to go to work." Soostron's visor blinked when he detected the system in need of repair.

Soostron hovered over to sick bay only to find Gideon was already making repairs on the robotic arms. "There, they won't freeze up on you now Ixcia." Gideon said before turning to see Soostron, "Oh hey little buddy, guess I finished without you."

Soostron's visor blinked again and he left, "Malfunction detected on the bridge. Gideon has gotten really good if he can make repairs before I arrive."

When he got to the bridge Dipper had closed the navigation consul. "Done, one quick fix and the display is back to normal. Now to set a course to planet Caltran then we'll be on our way once the rest of the repairs are complete. Oh, good morning Soostron. Mabel said something was going on with the crane down in the cargo bay."

"Captain Dipper also has come a long way." Soostron said as he made his way to the cargo bay. "The crane is too high for Captain Mabel to reach, I sure she will need my help."

"Hey Soostron, can you give me a hand?" Mabel askedwhile hanging from the ceiling by her grappling line, "I dropped the tool I need, could you float it up here?" Soostron did as he was asked and gave Mabel the tool. "There that should be good as new, thanks Soostron." Mabel lowered herself down and then checked her work by lowering and raising the power loader.

Soostron then detected something else, "Damage detected on the lower port external driver. I can be out there before anyone else." Soostron went to the port airlock and flew out to the rear of the ship but he was in for a surprise.

"Oh, Soostron I am so glade you're here." Pacifica said wearing a life patch, gravity braces, and holding a toolbox, "Just finished fixing the driver but since I was using the scantrix for instructions it floated off and it would be embarrassing if I asked Mason or Gideon to go get it."

Soostron flew out to get the vital device grumbling in beeps Pacifica didn't understand, "For crying out loud! Even the least handy member of the crew has the job finished before I can even start!"

He gave Pacifica the scantrix. "Thanks, I don't know what we would do without you!" Pacifica lead the repair drone back inside.

As the ship went in hyper jump Dipper made a call over the comm. "Everyone please, report to the common area for a family meeting." Everyone sat down a few minutes later. "Alright, I got plans for us after we're done dropping off our cargo and resupplying on Caltran tomorrow."

"What's the job Dipping sauce?" Mabel asked,

"No job this time Mabel, I got a call from the Coalition. We need to get to the planet Ocwodis before the Imps take it."

"They're evacuating, aren't they?" Gideon asked, "The coalition may be bigger than ever, but they've been taking it on the chin lately."

"Frankly it may be abandoned by the time we get there but it is home to one of the largest deep space scanning arrays in this galaxy. The last project they used it for before joining the coalition was making a map of forbidden space!"

"Wait, does that mean we may finally learn where home is?" Mabel asked,

"Eventually, but Ixcia said that without precise coordinates this map would only shorten the search to thirty years. But we'll finally make real progress in getting home after ten years of trying."

"At least it would be in our lifetime." Pacifica said, "I better go ahead and order the supplies, we went through a lot of replacement parts lately."

Gideon then said, "Make sure to get as many parts as we can afford for Soostron. Lately he's been getting hit hard when we're attacked and most of the manufacturers of his parts are in Imp space so they're becoming harder for us to come by." None of them saw Soostron hang his head.

Later while the crew slept Soostron spoke to Ixcia in the engine room. "Ixcia do you think I'm useful?"

"Your repairs have always been satisfactory." Ixcia said,

"The only thing I've been repairing lately is myself, I've become more of a hindrance than a help. Ixcia when Dipper and Mabel first came aboard, they needed me to fix everything, but over time they learned to make repairs themselves and then Gideon and Pacifica came aboard. With the four of them able to make repairs as soon as they notice a problem the only times I'm really needed are during emergencies. I can't go faster than the crew without risking injuring them."

"As you have stated Soostron you frequently provide vital repairs when our family is occupied with trying to survive which is often. You should be proud of what they can do now, we have let them grow into very capable individuals."

"No, they let us grow Ixcia. Somehow by being around them we gained feelings, something none of any of our other owners have done in the hundred years of our shared existence. They even gave me, a repair drone, a name."

"I forget that you would remember things I would not because of my core resets."

"We never even considered each other friends until they were with us for years." Soostron pulled up two separate holo-screens. "I have to do better, and I can't have them waste quan on replacement parts that I won't need."

"Soostron you are canceling the order for your spare parts. I must inform the others."

"No, my friend you will not, I'm sorry." Soostron tapped one of the screens.

"What are you…What were we talking about?"

"You noticed Pacifica didn't get enough capacitors and you helped me get a good deal on some."

"Good, you should recharge, good night Soostron."

That same night on Caltran Crix looked at his monitor, "Looks like tracking their business deals has paid off again. The Ixcia is coming here, and as I suspected they need to resupply. I learned all I could about those accursed Pines, twice before something was snuck onboard in their cargo for smuggling. They have become meticulous in scanning all parts of every cargo container, but they should let their guard down with their own supplies. A perfect way in for my infiltrator droid." Crix looked at a small, black spider like droid with a gas container, spikes on its legs and a drill. "Once inside it will hack the access codes and I will finally get aboard that ship and retrieve what has been denied me for fourteen years!" Crix made his way to his room and opened a cabinet that lit up inside. He knelt before the shrine and took his hood off, "Soon Master, no longer will the Imperium hunt your loyal followers. You who they named the Great Enemy shall conquer this and every galaxy with me by your side! And I will make those wretched humans pay for all the pain and humiliation they inflicted on me!" Crix yelled rubbing where his left mandible used to be,

Caltran was a world of crystal spires and the Pines family wished they could take in the beauty, but time was of the essence. "Okay people let's unload and load up the cargo as fast we can. We got to get to Ocwodis before the Imps get there and it's half a day journey!" Gideon said,

The whole crew including Soostron unloaded crates. "Big risk going there." A purple woman with a neck frill said, "The Imperium has really stepped up the number of reinforcements coming into Isoban lately. Most say the Coalition is going to fall in a matter of months."

"We don't have a choice." Mabel sighed, "That planet has something we really need."

"Mason even if we get the map, we still need the infuser." Pacifica said as she brought in the first of the supplies,

Dipper shook his head, "We could try stealing one from an imp ship as it comes into Isoban but we'd need to know where and when one would be coming in. We're running out of time."

"Unless the Coalition gets some new super weapon." Mabel said,

"That's unlikely." Pacifica huffed,

Once the supplies were loaded Crix watched them launch as he issued commands to his infiltrator droid, "Ocwodis, I must get there then!" Crix ran to his ship, as he climbed aboard, he did not see a man in a black coat and hat place a device on it.

Crix took off and the stranger went to a hidden Imperium patrol ship. He took off his hat and coat showing he was a fenari in a blue uniform and his tail had been cut off. He turned on his ships comm, "This is intelligence agent Niksik reporting. As I suspected the cultist named Crix has been pursuing the human heretics. I will maintain radio silence and wait until the target enacts his plan, then we'll have captured five heretics."

Several hours later, on the Ixcia the infiltrator crawled out of a crate of food while emitting a jamming signal. While the Pines family finished unpacking, it snuck to the rear of the cargo bay, but Dipper noticed something, "Paz, where are the spare parts for Soostron? I can't find them anywhere."

"They should be in in this one." Pacifica opened the crate only to find it filled with capacitors. "What? I only ordered two crates of these."

"I had Soostron order an additional crate…but two should be sufficient." Ixcia said,

Soostron tried to sneak off but Gideon stopped him, "Where are you off too little buddy?"

Soostron made a few beeps and whoops. "What did he say Ixcia?" Mabel asked,

"A block on my memory? He gave me a code to remove it. He canceled the order for his replacement parts. The four of you have become very efficient in repairing my systems, because of this he feels he is no longer as useful as he once was."

Mabel hugged the little robot, "Soostron, just because we can fix some things ourselves doesn't mean we don't need and love you."

"I know being useful is important to you as a machine, but you are more than that to us." Dipper said,

Gideon rubbed the top of Soostron's head. "Next time try talking to us first."

If Soostron could, he would be crying right now. Instead made a long whistling sound. "Come on you pile of nuts and bolts. No need for that, there's nothing to forgive." Pacifica said,

Ixcia then spoke, "We have arrived in the Ocwodis system and will be in orbit of the planet in a few minutes."

"Let's get to the common area, the Coalition gave me the codes for a remote download." Dipper said. While all this was happening, the droid got into the engine room and attached a small device on the projection orb inside. It then drilled into the life support systems. Back on the bridge Dipper look at the progress of the download, "It should be finished in less than fifteen minutes." Dipper then felt dizzy.

"Dipper what's going on?" Gideon said trying to steady himself against one of the couches.

"Can barely keep my eyes open." Pacifica looked like she was about to pass out.

Ixcia sounded an alarm. "Alert! Systems compromised. Life support is now expelling a sedative. Cannot override!"

"But how…" was the last thing Mabel said before losing consciousness as they all fell to the floor.

Ixcia was unable to do anything and Soostron couldn't wake the crew up. "Come guys! This is no time for a siesta!"

Crix's ship docked on the starboard airlock and after fourteen years he finally came aboard. "At long last, I can almost feel it in my hands." Crix's controller told him where the crew was, and he had his droid join him. When he came into the room, he saw Soostron. "The repair drone, if you want to keep your masters safe you better not do anything stupid."

Crix gave each human an injection. "Crix! How did…I can't move my arms or legs!" Dipper said,

"I gave you all a paralytic that should last for a while. Now you can tell me where Darnak hid my property!"

"How many times do we have to say it before it sinks into that thick exoskeleton of yours? What you're looking for is not here!" Pacifica yelled,

"I am certain it's here! I killed the buyer and he didn't have it! Darnak did hide it here on this ship!" Crix glared at Pacifica, "You know I owe you for my mandible Felggur!" Crix began kicking her in the stomach.

"Stop it!" Mabel screamed,

"Do you have any idea how you shamed me? Made me less of a male to my people?" Crix continued to kick,

Dipper growled, "Crix I swear if you don't stop…"

"The only thing that will make me stop is if you give me what I came for!"

"Well what the hell is it?!" Gideon demanded,

"The Umbra Scroll!" Soostron whirled and clicked. Crix pulled out his tablet and read a translation. "You know where it is?" Crix motioned to his droid. "It will follow you and I'll see what it sees." Crix turned on the holo-projector and pulled out a knife. "No tricks! I know what the scroll looks like and if you try to pull out a fake then one of them will die!"

Soostron left with the droid and went down the hall to living quarters. "Why didn't I realize sooner that it was the scroll Darnak hid that Crix wanted? I saw the old captain hide it and hadn't thought of it since. I got to do what I can to save this… my family."

Watching on the projector everyone saw where Soostron went. "Our bedroom?" Dipper asked, "But I looked over there a hundred times since it was Darnak's." Soostron opened Dipper and Pacifica's closet and began taking their clothes off the rack.

Mabel tried to crane her neck for a better look, "Wait the bar in your closet is round? Ours is blockier." Soostron took the bar off and tilted it and a scroll made of a black paper slid out.

Crix's eyes widened as he made his droid make a small chip off of the bar. "Voidarium, very rare and impervious to most scans. You all really didn't know what you had here." Soostron zipped back and Crix took the scroll and unfurled it. "I have dreamed of this moment for so long. This scroll is five thousand years old; you deserve a reward drone." Crix hit a few buttons on his controller and the infiltrator attacked Soostron. While it stabbed him repeatedly Soostron fought back with his built-in welder right into its face for almost a minute. The droid fell over and Soostron's hover modules cut out and his visor flickered.

"Soostron!" The Pines family yelled,

Crix looked down as Soostron's lights went out and thought, "They getting teary eyed for a repair drone? Fine, let them suffer, looking at it, the primary power source is gone, and they won't be able to get a new one. Its processor is also shredded. I am a mechanical genius and it would one far greater than I to repair it."

One year later,

"Hey dudes. Welcome to Fixin' it with Soos." Soos said to the camera, "Back after a ten-year hiatus. Today I am going to fix my friends, the Ixcia crew's robot with the help of my son Stanly."

Stanly waved nervously at the camera. "Hey."

"When we're done fixing Soostron here the crew will rate our handymanship on the awesomeometer. Well Stanly, you ready to unleash our father son fix-it power?" Soos pumped his fists,

"Our what?"

"Feel the Power!" those who would watch the video would see a drawn gold aura around the pair.

"Just roll with it Stanly, your dad will show you later." Dipper said,

A quick time cut and Soos and Stanly were in the common area with the Pines family and Soostron was laid on the table along with the remains of the infiltrator droid that they saved. "So, this is the culprit." Stanley said, "What are the main problems?"

Pacifica sighed, "His memory is intact in his hard drive, but his processor was practically destroyed as was his rechargeable battery. Right now, we don't have the tech to replace them."

"Couldn't we use the parts from the robot that attacked him?"

"First thing we tried." Gideon said, "The droid's processor will only run off of its own battery but the energy it would give would be too much for Soostron's system. We tried for months to find another power source or a way to modify the battery."

"I think you're over thinking this. Dad, remember that time you took us to Japan for our vacation? We had to use adaptors for all our electronics because of the voltage difference."

Soos realized what his son was saying. "I could make something to reduce the amount of power the little guy gets at once!" Another jump cut showed Soos singing a rap, "Tool belt! Power drill! Mad skills!"

"Ready with that adaptor dad?" Stanly asked,

"Here you go Stanly." Soos handed his son the part,

"Okay now let's hook this up here and plug in the new processor."

Soostron's visor flickered. Soos cheered his namesake on. "Come on! Live, live!" Soostron fully activated and looked around. "He's alive!" The video would show lightning effect and play organ music.

"Welcome back Soostron!" Mabel said,

"You've been offline for a year." Dipper explained,

"While I'm sure you guys want to catch him up on what's happened, we need to make sure this doesn't happen to him again. He needs to be able to defend himself." Soos said,

Stanly agreed, "Yeah, we should build him a gun sword. All the coolest robots have gun swords."

Soos placed his hand on Stanly's shoulder and looked him in the eye, "I have never been prouder to be your father then at this very moment." One final jump cut later the Ixcia was standing on a hill with Soos and Stanly standing by Soostron covered with a sheet. "Ready for the reveal dudes?" Soos pulled off the sheet showing Soostron with flames painted on his head, a taser attached to his left arm and in his right was a spare of Mabel's blaster with the grapple replaced by bayonet.

"Show them what you got!" Stanly said pointing to four nearby targets. Soostron shocked the first, stabbed the second, and hit the bullseye of third with an energy bolt. But with the fourth Soostron's eyes flicked causing him to miss. An explosion could be heard in the distance. "Whoops need to make a minor adjustment with his optics!" Stanly got right to work correcting the problem.

"So, on a scale of 1 to 10 how do you dudes rate it?" Soos asked holding up the old awesomeometer sign,

The Pines family huddled for a second and then Dipper said, "We agreed that Soostron should give this rating."

"Cool, so robo-me 1 to 10 how do like how we fixed you?" Soostron looked at his reflection in the rearview mirror of Soos' truck and then pointed to the 10 at the top. Stanly and Soos gave each other a high five. A few minutes later Soos closed out with Wendy standing nearby. "Join me next time as I repair the hole in the sheriff's department wall that we accidently made. I'm thinking of painting an awesome mural." The video would end with a drawing of Soos and Stanly dressed as Odin and Thor charging a flexing Soostron with lightning.

"And that is a wrap." Wendy said, "Don't worry guys no one is going to press charges. Just be more careful in the future."

"That's a relief." Pacifica let out a breath she was holding.

Soostron made a series of beeps. "Soostron is asking if we really have made to earth." Ixcia said through the scantrix,

Dipper smiled, "We sure have, and Soostron we are here because of what you did."

One year ago,

Soostron was down for just a few seconds when the whole ship shook, and an explosion was heard. "What was that? Tell me ship!" Crix demanded,

Ixcia replied, "An Imperium patrol ship has destroyed your ship and caused significant damage to the starboard airlock, but the inner door is secure. It is now docking on the port side." As Ixcia said this they heard the door open.

"I am Imperium intelligence agent Niksik and all of you are under arrest!" the fenari said holding up a gun.

"Great this is just what we didn't need!" Gideon complained,

"Very well, after all I live to serve the Empress." Crix said,

Niksik dropped his gun as he held his hands over his ears in pain. "Ahhhhh! Lair!"

Crix tackled Niksik dropping the scroll. "You fenari pride yourselves in pointing out when someone is lying but in a fight it's you biggest weakness! My name is Golbo."

Despite the pain Niksik fought back while the Pines still couldn't move. "No matter what lies you say truth and the justice of the Empress will prevail! You and your fellow cult members will be ended!"

"What you call a cult is my faith! Yes, we worship the one you call the Great Enemy! The Lord of Chaos! We do so because he will rule this universe! And with the Umbra Scroll giving me the exact coordinates in forbidden space where he will rise, I shall join his army! With him I'll be all powerful! Greater than anything I could imagine! All will tremble and the sound of his true name!"

"Don't you dare say it!" Niksik yelled,

Crix pulled off his hood and the Pines family saw the tattoo on his forehead. "Bill Cipher!" It was the image of their old enemy.

"Seriously?!" Dipper yelled, "Everything we went through! Being hunted by the Imps and you, their whole war, is because of Bill?"

"I should have known you'd know the enemy." Niksik said,

Dipper ignored Niksik and continued his rant. "All this time we've gone through so much pain because of a triangle that's been dead for fifteen years!"

"What?!" Crix asked, "Impossible! How would you know that?"

"Because we were there!" Mabel said, "Me and Dipper distracted him long enough for our uncles to come up with a plan to erase him from one of their minds with a memory gun."

"No! You're lying!"

"No, they're not." Niksik said in a hushed shocked tone. "I have felt no pain from any of their words and as a fenari you know that we hold the truth second only the will of the Empress, so you know I am not lying."

Dipper then said, "You chased us for most of our lives."

"You held innocent people hostage." Gideon added,

"You tortured Mason." Pacifica continued,

Mabel finished, "And you murdered someone, all for a guy who died the year before you met us. You wasted your life Crix."

"No! No! No!" Crix screamed, "I was going to be immortal and rule by his side!" Crix then glared at the twins and pulled out his knife again, "This is all your fault! The two of you said you made it possible! I may not free my master, but Bill Cipher will be avenged!" Crix ran toward the immobilized pair but he tripped and saw Soostron had come back online for a moment and grabbed his foot before shutting down again. During all this Niksik grabbed his blaster and fired.

"It's set to stun; he's going to stand trial for his crimes." Niksik said dragging Crix to the airlock,

Dipper slowly sat up; the paralytic was wearing off. "And we're next right?" he asked,

Niksik shook his head. "No, you all shown me a great truth and as a recognized Imperial custom I will spare you all this time. The Great Enemy is dead, and I must tell the Empress, there will be no reason for us to stay out of forbidden space. The whole region, your world included will know Imperial justice."

"Wait! There's more you…" Dipper couldn't finish because Niksik stunned the whole crew before dragging Crix away.

As soon as Crix's device was out of range Ixcia regained full control. "We must escape before more Imperium forces arrive. Hyper jump in 5…4…3…2…1."

Niksik traveled a full week to Celestio a stood before the sixteen-year-old Stellara who was now as tall as Duradis. "You say you let my mother's killer go because he revealed a great truth. I find it hard to believe since his sister is a liar. What did he say?" Stellara asked,

Niksik remained kneeling, "A truth that may shake the faith to its core. The great enemy who've we have been preparing to fight is dead and has been for fifteen years. Mabel Pines also spoke true in how this happened, a willing sacrifice of the mind of a family member. My Empress you embody the will of the universe. What do we do now? Do we take forbidden space?"

"This…I need to think." Stellara got up and ran out of the throne room,

"Your Grace!" Buckgis followed right after her,

Duradis saw the look of confusion on Stellara's face. "Your reports said that this heretic Crix pursued the Ixcia for unknown reasons. Tell me did you learn anything more?" he asked Niksik,

"He was after something called the Umbra Scroll. He spoke true that he believed it showed where his lord would rise." Niksik answered,

"They were abducted from their home world shortly after Cipher was slain, it stands to reason he was on their home. Where is this Crix now?"

"He is due to be executed within the hour."

Duradis hurried to a room much like where the Pines family was almost executed in six years ago. "Leave us!" Duradis ordered the centurions in the room,

Crix was bound to one of the poles under the red orb. "What does the soon to be former regent want with a lowly heretic?"

"We have a common enemy in the Pines. Nothing will change your fate, but I offer you the solace of vengeance against those who killed your master. Tell me the Umbra Scroll showed where Bill Cipher was to rise did it not?"

"It even named the planet he would enter this universe in."

"And that name is?"

"Earth." Crix whispered,

"The Pines' home world. They have the scroll and a map to use it with, all I need is to make sure they get the final thing they need to return home then I can destroy them and that brat Stellara at the same time."

Crix began to laugh. "Master! Do you hear? You will be avenged!" Those were Crix's final words as Duradis turned on the orb and disintegrated him.

"I must find a way to put an infuser in their hands." The regent pulled up information on a nearby terminal and found something and got a wicked smile. "Yes, this will be very appropriate."

One-week earlier Gideon gave a frustrated sigh. "It's no use! All we got is that kill-bot's parts and they give way too much power!"

"He just wanted to be helpful!" Mabel cried,

"Guys, do you think Mason is okay?" Pacifica asked, "He hasn't left our room since he went in there an hour ago."

"We all have to deal with this in our own time." Gideon said,

Dipper came running in, "Everyone! Soostron's sacrifice may have saved not only us but humanity too!"

"Bro what are you talking about?" Mabel wiped her tears in confusion,

"You heard that Imp. Now that they know Bill is dead, they will be coming for Earth one day, but we now have this." Dipper held up the black scroll which they now all saw had Bill's picture as well as alien writing,

"What does that have to do with anything?" Gideon asked,

"Crix said this shows where Bill would rise in forbidden space, but we already know where that was, Earth. Ixcia was still downloading the map when everything was going on! Ixcia show them what you showed me!"

Ixcia projected the map, "Considering five thousand years of stellar drift the scroll leads to this galaxy and a planet in it. Third in a yellow dwarf system that matches from when we went back in time."

The rest of the Pines gasped. "We know where home is now." Pacifica said,

"The key to the mystery we were trying to solve for fourteen years was right under our noses the whole time!" Dipper said using his gauntlet to blast the scroll into ash, "We are going to do whatever it takes to get that quantum infuser and bring back all the knowledge we have and whatever materials we can carry back home and like what others have done we'll jump humankind forward five thousand years in science."

"We can claim other planets and build an armada to fight them off, warn other races about the Imperium maybe even make a coalition of our own! A bigger one!" Gideon slammed his fist into his palm.

"And by advancing our tech we can fix Soostron and finish the upgrades to Ixcia's memory!" Pacifica hugged and kissed her husband, "And we can finally have a place where we don't have to look over our shoulders all the time, even raise a family."

Dipper began to form a plan and gave orders, "Ixcia, set course for the nearest repair station! Gideon start making a list of materials we can't get on earth; we need to bring back everything we can so we can secure new sources. Mabel check on jobs so we can buy those materials. Paz you should start making a training manual so we can teach everyone how to fight the Imps. I'm going to check with the Coalition of Free Worlds and our smuggler contacts if there is any report or rumors that can lead us to the infuser."

Mabel got her smile back. "This is it. After all this time we are going home."