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Chapter 9
Several girls have been said to be missing...
Who were they?
Mysterious sightings of shadows wandering the forest!
Don't make such stupid jokes
Girls that have been missing were Era line, Tambry Zevon, Alicia Dawn, Josefine Alando, Christine Stetson...
Daddy, I'm scared
The body of Jessica Stonewall was stumbled upon on a random couple (Their name shall not be disclosed) during the late evening, she was found hanged over the river by a rope, implying suicide, possibly suspected as homicide.
She was always so happy
If anyone has seen sightings of the following girls, please contact your nearest police station.
Am I next?
These were the whispers that traveled through the gossip mill, leaving housewives in a frenzy, their husbands fearful for their young daughters, the rise in crime increasing, the people of gravity falls wondered when did it begin, what was the catalyst, many became hostile towards curious tourist that ventured, eyes filled with blame and fear at the strangers that welcomed themselves into their town, while conspiracy theorist would mutter quietly to themselves, keeping their ideas to themselves, while some think the Mystery Twins were at fault, who could it be, but them? They must've brought this madness with them and fanatics would call them crazy.
"Why would they even kill or kidnap these girls! They have no motive!"
"Wait...Doesn't she look a lot like Mabel?"
"Who?"
"Era line.."
"...You're right?"
"Could the killer be aiming for Mabel Pines...?"
"Don't be an idiot, she's the only one that actually looks like her."
"I mean they either have brown hair or blue eyes...?"
"Didn't one of the girl's that were missing have dark hair and brown eyes?"
"Who's to even say that there's only one killer?"
"Soos."
"Yes, Mr. Pines," A smile curled onto the lips of a shorter man of the two men walking down a long hallway, his dark brown hair pulled back firmly by a gel, leaving his hair shiny on his head as he waited patiently for the instructions of the older man, "My great niece and great nephew are currently staying for the summer, I need you to keep an eye on them until I'm back, if they need anything, report to me."
"Yes sir."
Soos paused as Stanley Pines turned to a silver metal door, the only one to be found in office, an oddity that Stan had requested for some reason, refusing entry to anyone but himself and his younger brother Stanford, he opened the door, barely sending a glance to the young man trailing behind him, "And Soos, clear my schedule of today, I have a meeting...with my brother..."
"Yes sir." Soos smiled widely at the man as he entered through the door, and as soon as the door shut behind Stan, the smile that was glued onto his face easily dropped as a bored expression took over, he turned the opposite direction heading down the hallway, his eyes scanning hungrily for another individual, only for him to freeze as almost an exact replica of Stan walked down the halls in the direction he came from originally, and he would've thought it was him if it wasn't for the striking color the man's hair was that made him immediately recognize it to be Stanford, the younger and twin brother of Stanley Pines, the man didn't spare him a glance and he knew better to interrupt the man, out of two brother's, he would have always choose to interact with the older of the two, as he was indeed a kind man that cared for his employees, gullible in the eyes of some, like Soos himself, but a man they respect for his efforts, while they fear and respect the calculating gaze of icy blue eyes that could pierce any man with just a glance.
They crossed paths and he didn't look back at him, feeling his heart racing with fear as if he just escaped the grasp of a predator, he continued down the halls, a sigh leaving him as he could only hear his footsteps echoing across the walls of the building, and he entered an elevator, pressing the many buttons that dictated the floor he desired to find himself upon, he pulled out his cellphone, looking at the time, seeing 2:47 p.m. shining brightly back at him, a ding interrupted him as he began to unlock his phone, only to have a smile crawl on his lips as he saw a girl with short brown hair and wide eyes stared at him, and a nervous smile broke on her face as she stared at the ground, refusing to look at him as she walked to the farthest corner of the small room they were stuck together in until they reached their floor, Soos couldn't help but be pleased, he was a man infamous among the interns for riding on the back of unpaid interns, with almost zero natural accomplishments to his name, not say Soos wasn't a smart man, he was very clever but as well very lazy, some could even say to the point it was sinful.
If you were to ask if he felt guilt for his actions, he would immediately tell you that he wasn't and rather prideful at that as well, he didn't see the point of working hard when he could work smart, even if it's at the expense of a few people.
To achieve happiness and comfort, sometimes you have to take it away from others, that's just the way of life, and many may not agree but that's what his father did as well as his mother and his previous employees.
"Intern." He called, his smile deceptively welcoming while his eyes were filled with greed and his smile grew larger as he saw the girl flinch at being acknowledged by him.
"...Yes, Mr. Ramirez?"
"Can you clear up Mr. Pines schedule for the day?" Soos asked pleasantly, "Thank you, it'd be a good learning opportunity for you, and should be something an intern could easily do, if not, then you truly should find something better for an occupation."
Soos handed her the key, an underlying threat lingering in his words that all interns knew despite his pleasant words and easy tone, it was obvious reminder of what happened to the last intern that didn't do their job correctly, they were fired for their inadequacy, any issues that arise in anything would be placed on them while the man would take any glory that the interns should've claimed from the completed job or successful project, "Follow me."
The moment the elevator touched that he desired, he immediately went to his office, already knowing that the girl was behind him, his stride confident with each step he took until he arrived at his office, he opened the door and allowed her in, he went to his desk and picked up a folder, handing it off to the intern, "Look at page 3, it should have the emails and number of appointments for today, look through them and make sure none of the new dates set for them aren't the same as any other appointment and make sure to estimate each meeting would take before you set the time." Soos chirped brightly, "If you have any questions, ask someone else. Now get out"
He began packing up, preparing to meet his employer's relatives, leaving the intern to awkwardly leave the room.
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"It's time we got rid of him." Dipper stated as he picked up the book, "He's becoming a bigger nuisance than I thought."
"That was rather quick," Mabel looked up at him, eyebrows raised in surprise, "I thought we were going to make full use of him before we..." She said as she made a sharp gesture with her finger, a swift line cutting the air, she was sprawling lazily on the couch, staring up at her brother whose eyes were darkening in his displeasure at the crushed newspaper in his hand.
"I do." Dipper said quietly as a cold smile curled onto his lips, his hand pale as he squeezed the paper in his hand in his frustration, "I'll make full use of him soon.."
Mabel tilted her head towards him and blinked, "What do you plan to do, dearest brother?"
"Go invite him on a date."
Mabel eyes narrowed as she jerked upwards from her position, almost breaking her neck as her gaze was glued onto her brother who didn't pay her any mind as he seemed to go off into his own thoughts, only whispers of what he was thinking could enlighten as he paced the floor in front of her, "You know I don't like being left out of the loop." she smiled at him, incomparable to the anger lurking within her eyes as she pulled herself on to her feet and stepped in the path of her brother, momentarily snapping him out of him out of his thoughts, she pressed her hands on to his face causing Dipper to almost shiver at how cold her fingers were, she looked up at him, and he stared back quietly, "We may be Twins but that doesn't mean I can read your mind."
"Lure him out into the underground abandoned building tomorrow night, we have a show to prepare for tonight." He said nonchalantly, "I'll go more in detail later afterward."
Dipper walked past Mabel, opening their room's door only for his eyes to widen noticeably before a mask of indifference returned immediately at the sight of the Hispanic that stood before him with a broad smile that was stretched across his face that he could easily discern as fake. Dipper didn't recognize the man, who stood with his hand still raised upwards before he slowly brought it to his side. He eyed the man with suspicion as the man only stood as tall as his short stature could allow, "Hello, Mr. Pines." He said quite cheerfully but his eyes were disgusting to Dipper, he himself could see it was the eyes of someone controlled by their greed, then again that would make him a useful pawn to them, "I'm Jesus Alzamirano RamÃrez, but you can call me Soos."
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Robbie was desperate, it's been a week since his girlfriend disappeared, he even felt guilty that he didn't notice till his father made a comment about her in the newspaper that morning, his eyes filled with pity as he looked at his son, and he could only leave the house in shame, his brown hanging over his face as he headed to a path that he was familiar with often and relief set in as red hair consumed his vision, she was Wendy Corduroy, a girl he considered one of his best friend as well as the childhood best friend of his missing girl friend, although things seemed to have been strained for quite a well between the two. He wasn't an idiot, he noticed the times his girlfriend would refuse to meet the eyes of Wendy who seemed more scornful than usual and neither girls made much attempt to interact with him but had some sort of truce when it came to him.
"Wendy!" He called out to her, and she immediately turned to meet him, a smile touching her pale face that usually adorned a scowl on her pretty face, her green eyes seemed to sparkle underneath the black eyeliner as she walked towards him, she always made expression that didn't match what many other people knew, to the public, she was the epitome of the quote, 'Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.'
He could always remember how ruthless her tongue could become once angered, needing nothing more to bring a large man to his knees in tears and right afterwards with no sympathy to the target of her ire. She was the complete opposite of his girlfriend, Tambry.
She was bright, Wendy was dark
She was warm, Wendy was cold
She was emotional, Wendy was indifferent
She was conventional, Wendy was eccentric
She was naive, Wendy was cunning
Somehow, even though he knows it's wrong, but he couldn't help but adore Wendy, she was intriguing, while his girlfriend treated everyone kindly, which sometimes caused jealousy to rear its ugly head, but he found himself feeling special in the presence of Wendy, she only cared to notice few people and even less cared to treat them kindly, but somehow she noticed his presence and reserved her kind nature towards him. He remembered the first time he met her, they were in middle school, her hair was cut to her chin and her lips were painted black.
A red head sat by herself in the library, and Robbie couldn't help notice her, among the bright colors of many of his peers, she wore an attire of black and he couldn't but notice the book she help in her small hands, a book he didn't think anyone else would find interest in, 'Book Of War' and her eyes skimmed the pages and she pulled her hair back behind an ear revealing it to be doubly pierced which surprised him a bit much and before he knew it, he stood before the girl and a smile climbed onto his face easily, he doesn't recall the girl's name nor her face but now that he stood closer to her, he couldn't help but noticed the dusting of freckles on her face which he couldn't help but think made her even prettier and he didn't let his nervousness show on her face as he greeted her cheerfully, "Hello, I didn't think anyone else here at this school would find that book interesting!"
She blinked, sent a lazy glance at him before returning her attention to the book, turning its page, "..." She didn't reply and Robbie felt flustered, maybe her was too forward but he thought he shouldn't give up on possibly making friends with someone who he possibly could find a common interest with, his friends Lee, Nate and Thompson as great they were, they aren't very fun when it comes to intellectual conversation about certain books.
He decided to sit down quietly, "Hope you don't mind if I sit here?" He asked, curious if she'd answer, but she continued to ignore him and in response, he pulled out a book titled 'Jane Eyre.'
They didn't talk but the next time he sat at the library, he sat in front of her, expressing an embarrassed expression as he sat in front of her, and like yesterday, her eyes only flickered to him momentarily before returning her attention back to the book in her hands and it continued like this, their harmonious silence, reading books together until he sat there before her, looking around in confusion before sighing in disappointment and opening the book in hand, only to be interrupted at the quiet shuffling in front of him, and he looked up to see green eyes and she turned away, not meeting his gaze as she sat in front of him, her cheeks were pink as she muttered, "Was Jane Eyre interesting..?"
A bright grin crossed his face, "Highly recommended, I won't ruin anything for you by telling you about it, I'm not very good at summaries, so I hope you'll be pleasantly surprised when you begin reading it, Did you like the book you were reading?" He began, eager to hear her thoughts and for her to be interested in what he was reading after a few days of silence between them.
A smile caused her lips to tilt upwards, it was a smile that caused him to stop breathing for a moment, he never knew a girl could be that pretty with just a smile and he felt himself heat up and he didn't look at her, refusing to see the smile that caused him to react oddly, they continued like this, meeting only after school in the school's library, with her making a few commentary about the book, criticizing a character or becoming philosophical and he found it amusing, before she had kept quiet but she was talkative, her tongue as he couldn't help but notice was sharp and he would have felt pity for the characters if they could hear her out loud and we continued our days like this until another person joined us, a girl pretty in her own right with long dark hair with purple undertones, brown skin wearing a mix of pink and white, and I couldn't help but notice how different they could be, as night compared to day and the girl grinned at me, "I'm Tambry! What's your name?"
With a stark realization, Robbie realized they never exchanged names nor properly introduced himself to the red head and he could feel himself redden slightly from embarrassment, "R-Robert but you can call me Robbie...!" He stumbled as he gave them their name and he couldn't help as his gaze fell onto the red who's eyes seemed to indecisively look between the two, "What about you..?"
"I'm Wendy..."She said quietly as she pressed her cheek into her hand, looking from beneath her lashes to see him, he couldn't help but smile at her. He really liked her smile.
"What kind of girls do you like?" Tambry questioned, straightforward and her eyes intense as she stared at him, Robbie couldn't help as his skin turned red and his gaze flickered towards Wendy, he didn't want to make her think that he could possibly like her or that he had impure intentions when he sat with her, so without a thought he blurted out, "Long hair."
"What?" She appeared surprised to his answer and unfortunately for Robbie, he didn't notice as her gaze seemed to flicker towards Wendy nor noticed how she seemed to push her long hair behind her and the way she scratched her cheek , Robbie was too caught up in his head at the time to pay attention to anything the two girls were doing.
"I think girls with long hair are nice..?" He repeated, wondering why he was being questioned by this strange girl, although he didn't really care much of the length of a girl's hair but he continued and was more honest with his second criteria, "I also like girls with pretty smiles..."
"Anything else...?"
"No. Just that..." He sighed wearily, he knew girls like this, girls that wouldn't stop pestering until they got the answers they desired or maybe he was judging the girl too quickly before he got to know her, but he wanted to escape the situation and leave. He regretted coming today. Almost.
She nodded and she grinned at him brightly, he didn't know it yet but he would get closer to the girls and begin dating one out of the two girls one day.
He met Wendy half way, her green eyes softened as she pulled him into a hug, "Are you okay?" She was gentle as she linked their arms with his, bringing him inside, "I haven't seen you for a week and you weren't picking up my calls..."
"Sorry, Wendy..." Robbie apologized, "I've been so busy that I didn't even realize..., but are you okay?"
She was quiet as we walked past her father, a man wearing a dress shirt, his tie loosened from his neck as his green eyes stared tiredly at the paper in his hands, and Robbie couldn't help but wonder if everything would be fine.
"I'm...fine."
"Are you sure?" Robbie asked again, unsure, while he was touched that she was worried for him but Tambry was still a childhood friend of hers, someone that she knew before she met him, a bond that although a bit strained from the cruelty of high school and separation of cliques, he would've thought out of everyone, Wendy would be one of the most affected despite her cold exterior and her mask of indifference and like a book, he would proudly say he could read her, but in his eyes, she truly appeared not to care nor be worried but he had to be wrong, maybe he isn't as good as he thought when it came to figuring out Wendy Corduroy.
She turned towards him showing a bright smile that had touched her lips while her eyes were darkened as if to warn him of danger and he swallowed his worries and presented her a soft smile in return as she closed her bedroom door behind them.
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"...Don't you think it's strange?" Gideon asked as he read the newspaper, while Pacifica came back with a tray, where two bowls of ice cream was placed, one Mint Chocolate chip and the other was Chocolate Peanut butter cup, the green ice cream was placed right in front of Gideon.
"That you picked Mint Chocolate Chip of all flavors?" Pacifica responded with a quirk of an eyebrow, "Yes. I do question your strange life choices but I won't judge."
"No. The kidnappings." Gideon glared at the blonde as placed a spoonful inside her mouth, an expression of pleasure crossing her face as she savored the taste melting in her mouth and rewarding her taste buds. "And there's nothing wrong with Mint Chocolate Chip."
"Of course there isn't anything wrong with your...choice of ice cream, "Her nose scrunched in disgust as she watched him put a spoonful of his ice cream into his mouth, his cheeks pink, appearing offended at her teasing, "But yeah, it's really weird, no one really saw much of any of the girls except that girl who supposedly looked like Mabel Pines, she headed out by herself and didn't return home, right?"
"Era line was her name..."
Pacifica eyes widened in surprise, "Did you know her?!"
Gideon shrugged dismissively as he didn't meet her eyes for a moment, leaving the silence to linger in the air between them before he broke it himself as Pacifica began to open her mouth, cutting her off from even starting her sentence.
"No...I just saw her around sometimes, she used to come into the shop and would buy the weirdest nick knacks." He began as he turned his attention to the people outside, moving about quietly without a care it seems as if what happened didn't really affect them, and his eyes couldn't help but follow a familiar face, brown hair cascading down her back as she walked beside a tall guy who seemed to be as red as a tomato as she leaned closer to the man, and as f feeling his gaze, her vibrant blue eyes met his and she smiled at him. She was really pretty he couldn't help but notice and while he could see the resemblance of Era and who he realized was Mable, they were different and felt himself begin to heat up and froze in his position as she winked at him before turning her attention back at the man beside her and he wondered who he was before a voice interrupted his thoughts.
"Gideon!"
"Huh...?" Gideon blinked up at the hovering figure of Pacifica, her eyebrows knitted together in worry and she sighed in relief as he began to respond to her, "What..?"
"You've been staring outside for a while...are you sure you're okay?" She asked, her voice drenched in concern.
"Yeah... I'm fine." He smiled up at the older girl who seemed doubtful of his words.
"What were you staring at?"
"Nothing, just thinking.." He answered, unsure why he lied but he felt weird about confessing that he was staring at the older girl.
"About...Era?" Her voice was soft and her hand covered his hand in her attempt to comfort him and he felt warmed by her consideration and care for him, and he only laughed nervously as he looked down as he continued what he was going to say.
"...She reminded me of you when you were younger and I don't know, It scared me that what if that was you...?" He confessed, his voice seemed small, shaken by his own fears.
"Don't worry...I'll never leave you."
"Promise?" He looked up at her, his eyes pleading.
"Pinky Promise." She pulled her pinky upwards, leaving him to connect his own pinky to hers, a relieved smile on his face despite the depths of nervousness that lingered within him.
"Pinky promise.."
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End Of Chapter 9
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