Pacifica looked her clone up and down. It worked, she thought to herself.
"It worked" the clone said back to her.
Pacifica jumped back, startled. "who are you?" Pacifica asked.
The clone looked at her sideways, "uh, I'm you."
"Ok then, if you are me, then why are you here." Pacifica asked inquisitively.
"because I need to get Dipper to date me, or I meant, we need to get Dipper to date you" the clone replied, winking.
So, her suspicions had been confirmed, it was an exact copy of her with her same thoughts and memory's. "Ok, so you are my clone" Pacifica asked.
The clone made a discussed face. "Uh, no, we both know I don't want to be called that."
"agreed, but I've never really thought of what I'd call myself if I could change my name."
The clone snapped her fingers, "yes we have! Remember kindergarten."
Pacifica's eyes lit up, "your'e right!" They leaned close into each other and said in unison "Bella!"
Pacifica looked at her clone, "alright Bella, let's get to the task at hand, Dipper was just called in by his uncle to finish packing up his room, that means we have a little bit of time to figure out a plan before he comes back downstairs."
Bella put her hand on her chin, "well, since there are two of us now, we probably would need to coordinate different times for both of us to talk to Dipper, because we can't both talk at the same time."
"Actually, before we figure out the actual plan of attack, we need to find out what to say, how to tell him how we feel." Pacifica looked around and found an old piece of paper and a pen. "come on, brainstorm!"
Pacifica and Bella worked quickly, coming up with questions, replies, and other things to talk about. 10 minutes passed, and they were able to get some good conversations written down, but they still didn't have a plan.
"Ugh, this is taking way too long!" Bella fumed, exasperated "if we keep it up at this rate, the party will end and we won't get to tell Dipper how we feel!"
"You are right" Pacifica said, understanding the circumstances. She thought for a moment. "we have to work faster."
"But we have been working as fast as we can! There is still no way we can get this done by ourselves."
Pacifica turned toward Bella, "wait, but what if we had more of ourselves?"
Bella widened her eyes, they both looked at the copy machine and then back at each other, they gave one another a silent nod. Pacifica jumped on the copier machine while Bella pressed buttons, they kept copying until they had 15 clones. The papers slid out one by one, and each clone separated itself from its respective slice. They all agreed that giving each one a different name would take too long, and they were on a time crunch. After a few moments of consideration, they decided that they would label all clones Bella, with a number in front, in the order they were birthed. All sorted, they got to work, putting out ideas as fast as their combined brainpower could. After a few minutes, they had formulated a plan.
Pacifica rounded up the clones to review the details. "Alright, so here is the basic idea, Bella is going to go back to the party room and see if Dipper is there, if he is she will give a thumbs up, then Bella 2 will go to Soos at the DJ table and make a song request. If Soos doesn't allow her to change it, then Bella 4 will yell, "There is a squirrel in the vending machine, again!" That should hopefully get Soos away from the turntable, Bella 3 can then sneak up and switch the song herself. After that, Bella 5 and Bella 6 will dim the lights. Unfortunately at this time this is a 6 clone plan." there were a few small murmurs among the Bella's. Pacifica looked around the room "this should get the mood right to spark in the confidence to talk to Dipper, If we follow these steps correctly nothing can get in our way!"
Bella 11 raised her hand "Um, quick question, a random thought I just had. What happens to us after all of this is over, are we just supposed to just roam the Gravity Falls wilderness until we all eventually starve to death?" the other Bella's caught on and realized the same thing, what happened afterward? They demanded Pacifica for an answer. She thought for a moment, then remembered the water that had spilled over the hand.
Without thinking of the consequences, Pacifica responded, "I've got it, after Dipper and I dance, I will disintegrate all of you with water. Then there will be no traces of you and it will be like nothing ever happened!"
The room went dead silent, Bella walked toward her, stunned "after all that help we provided for you, after all that we are going to do for you, when its all over you just want to wipe us out!"
Pacifica slowly backed away "what? No, I- I didn't mean-"
Bella grabbed Pacifica and shoved her against the door. "That's exactly what you are trying to say! You don't care about us, you just needed our brainpower!"
Pacifica could see the situation escalating quickly, she reached for the doorknob and hastily slid out.
"No, she's getting away!" Bella 5 yelled, Pacifica shut the door and hard as she could, as she did she heard a snapping sound. She looked down and saw part of Bella's severed hand laying lifeless on the ground. She was reminded of her encounter earlier that night with the first copy of her arm, This was a bad idea. Pacifica noticed a nearby broom handle, she grabbed it and used it as a temporary barricade.
"When I get my hands on you!" Bella screamed, banging on the door. the broom handle wouldn't hold it for long. Pacifica looked around for water, but she couldn't see any close by. She needed Dipper's help, that machine was in his house, he probably knew how to handle this situation.
Pacifica raced into the party room. She scanned the area for Dipper but couldn't see him anywhere. Pacifica thought he must still be packing.
She started toward the stairs, calling out his name, "Dipper! Where are you? I need your help!" but as she rounded the corner she slammed right into him. They both fell to the floor, breaking Pacifica's train of thought. She realized what had happened quickly and blushed from embarrassment
"Oh my gosh Dipper, I'm so sorry, Are you ok?"
Awareness slowly came back to Dipper "Are- are you ok?"
"yes, I am fine, are you hurt?" Pacifica said, anxiously.
Dipper got up "Pacifica, i'm fine, it was an accident" he brushed himself of and held out a hand to help her up. Pacifica blushed again, but not from embarrassment this time.
Dipper let her hand go "did you need me for something?" Pacifica then remembered the clones, romance could wait, they needed to focus on what was important.
"Oh, right!" Pacifica put her head down, preparing to tell him about the dilemma she was in. "Dipper I, sort of, used a machine in this house to duplicate myself, and I said something I shouldn't have, so now all my clones are seeking vengeance. I am pretty sure they are trying to kill me."
Pacifica watched as Dipper's face sunk from a cheerful expression, to a horrified expression.
"you used the copier machine." Pacifica nodded. Dipper looked at the ground and paced back and forth
"This is not good Pacifica, not good at all. That machine is too powerful, why were you messing with it?" Pacifica wanted to avoid telling him the real reason she did it right now, that was an unnecessary distraction and they needed to focus
"it was an accident, I stumbled across it while exploring the shack."
Dipper looked at her "Pacifica, how many clones did you make?"
"16, including the first one."
Dipper sighed "well, its my fault for not destroying it when I had the chance, we have to deal with it.
" Pacifica looked down the hallway, and Dipper shifted his gaze toward the hallway as well "So, what should we do?"
Dipper thought for a moment "we have one thing going for us, all of the clones have the same weakness, water. If we can get a large quantity of it, then we can evaporate each and every one of them." "I know, I found that out earlier by accident."
Dipper looked up and saw a sprinkler. "Yes! I know where we are going to get that water, the sprinkler system."
Dipper looked back at Pacifica "A few months ago, I was in a situation similar to yours, to get rid of the clones, I activated the sprinkler system and my clones were in the water's path, that's how I won. Unfortunately, for some dumb reason, I found out recently that the sprinkler system doesn't have a direct connection to the city's water network, I guess Ford must have just wanted to add his own fire suppression solution to the tank before dumping it on the fire, so you have to feed it water by hand."
Dipper pulled a box of matches out of his pocket and gave them to Pacifica "Once we fill up the tank you will use one of these matches to turn on the sprinkler system. Then the clones will wash away." After she received the matches, Dipper grabbed Pacifica's hand and started running "come on! There is a hose outside we can use to fill the sprinkler water tank, once its loaded, we will start it up-" Just then they herd a breaking sound coming from somewhere behind them.
Pacifica looked back "Oh no!"
Dipper turned around "What, what's wrong?"
"That sound, might've been the broom handle that I used to barricade the door the the copier room!"
Dipper kept running, "then we only have a little bit of time."
As Dipper and Pacifica ran through the party room they heard several loud bangs that got louder, and louder, until they heard one loud crash, followed by screaming and yelling.
Pacifica panicked, "that must be them, they got out!"
Dipper started to become more worried "just keep running!" As they reached the side door the clones burst out from the hallway into the party room.
Bella 10 spotted Pacifica and alerted the clones "There she is!" All of the clones swarmed into the room and started scaring the guests. Everyone bolted out the door, trampling Dipper and Pacifica. After the guests had fled and the caos settled, Dipper and Pacifica dashed outside toward the hose.
"She's getting away, Bella 7, Bella 12, after her!" Bella screamed. The two clones responded and ran after Pacifica.
"The hose is right here, Grab that bucket!" Dipper pointed to a small metal pale on the ground, Pacifica grabbed it. "We will fill it up, and dump it in the sprinkler tank inside."
All of a sudden, Pacifica heard a pounding noise behind her. She was then grabbed by her clone and pulled onto the ground. Bella 12 and Pacifica started to fight, Bella 12 through multiple fists to Pacifica's face. Pacifica retorted by hitting Bella 12 with the bucket she had grabbed on her head, this only made Bella 12 more angry as she grabbed the bucket and threw it into the grass. She then threw her hands around Pacifica's throat, attempting to strangle her. Pacifica tried to get Bella 12's hands off of her but she couldn't loosen her grip. She thought all was lost, she thought she would die right there, but just in the nick of time Dipper swooped in and blasted Bella 12 with the hose. Pacifica got up and watched as her clone melted into sludge.
She looked over at Dipper and threw her arms around him. "Thank you, I actually thought I was going to die!" Dipper was comforted by at the gesture at first, but when he remembered his conversion with Mabel a few minutes prior, his face started to get hot.
He slowly pulled himself out of the hug "no, don't say that, I am here for you." They looked each other for a brief moment before Dipper broke eye contact. He and Pacifica filled the bucket up quickly while Dipper explained the plan.
"There were two clones sent after us, one of which attacked you, the other didn't. I melted both of them witch means there are 14 clones left, and I think we can disintegrate all of them in one shot with the sprinkler system. The tank to fill the sprinkler system is in the living room, we can get there faster by going through the Gift Shop."
Dipper looked into Pacifica's eyes again, "are you ready?" Pacifica nodded, "then let's do this."
The duo made their way around the shack to the Gift Shop entrance. Dipper creaked the door open, The coast was clear. He motioned for Pacifica to follow him, and she did. They quietly made their way through, and entered the living room. Dipper walked toward the secret compartment in the wall. He slid his fingers into a tiny crack, and pulled as hard as he could, but it wouldn't budge.
"Here, let me help you." Pacifica offered,
"Ok." She slid her fingers in with his, and they both tugged. The door opened, making a loud clanging noise. Dipper took the bucket from Pacifica, opened the nozzle, and pored the water in the tank. Once full, Dipper closed it up and closed the secret hatch.
"Alright Pacifica, light a match and start up the system!" He got no response, "Pacifica?" Dipper turned around to see Pacifica's mouth being covered by a one handed version of herself, Bella Classic.
"Still trying to fry us? What a loving and considerate friend." The other 13 Pacifica clones filed in close behind, Dipper could see the blatant dire circumstances. "Oh no..."