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Chapter 5: Urban Warfare

(A few days later, in Nepal, Dipper drives a small jeep down a road in the city where all the temples are. Around him, buildings and vehicles are severely damaged with some even on fire. He speaks to Wendy through the Jeep's radio.)

Dipper: Wow, when you said Ivan had a head start on us, you weren't kidding.

Wendy: (through radio) Well, he's had some help with the local guerillas. Their city's been on the brink of civil war for years. He just needed to throw a little gasoline on the fire.

Dipper: (sarcastically) Charming.

Wendy: (through radio) Well, at least all the chaos provides us some cover while he destroys the city looking for the right temple.

(Dipper sees a group of civilians with guns running down the street. He gets quiet.)

Wendy: (through radio) Dipper? Hello?

Dipper: Yeah, still here.

Wendy: (through radio) You're not having second thoughts, are you?

Dipper: Who me? Never.

Wendy: (through radio) Good, 'cause I'm so ready to be done with these clown. You got a map?

Dipper: Yeah.

Wendy: (through radio) I'll meet you in the old market. It's pretty quiet over there.

Dipper: You got it.

(Suddenly, a big armored truck appears from behind and starts chasing him.)

Dipper: (worried) Uh-oh. I got company.

Wendy: (through radio) Oh, great. Can you lose them?

Dipper: I think it might be too late for that.

(The truck speeds up and hits the back of his jeep.)

Wendy: (through radio) Dipper, you all right?

Dipper: I've been better.

(The truck rams into him again and the jeep flips over. Dipper tumbled out as it crashes into a building. He picks himself up and shakes off. The truck comes back out and speeds towards him.)

Dipper: Oh, no…

(He takes off running down the street as the truck comes after him. He takes out his assault rifle and shoots behind as he runs.)

Dipper: (frantically) Don't they ever give up!?

(He keeps running and gunning until the front of the truck catches fires from his shooting. Eventually the engine explodes and the truck breaks down. Dipper stops running and rests for a second.)

Dipper: (deep breath) Shit.

(He leaves the alley and enters a street that lays in ruins. He takes out his map of the city.)

Dipper: Okay, the old market. Ought to be this way.

(He then hears voices from the alley.)

Soldier: Find him.

Dipper: Crap.

(He runs across the street and into a building missing a wall. He hides behind the rubble as a squad of soldiers enter the street.)

Soldier: He's here somewhere.

(As they start looking around, they hear something heading towards them. A bus with armed civilians speeds down the street.)

Dipper: What the-?

(They open fire at the soldiers who get out of the way. One gets hit and another gets run over. The others shoot the bus wheels sending it on its side.)

Soldier: Take them out!

(The remaining soldiers shoot at the resistance fighters. Dipper comes out of his hiding place and ambushes the soldiers from behind. When they're down, the fighters head off in the opposite direction.)

Dipper: Okay, now to find Wendy.

(He enters another building with the wall knocked down and into the next room. He sees that a truck had crashed in the corner of the building.)

Dipper: Nice parking job.

(He goes up to the second floor and out on a balcony. He hears a loud sound above him and looks up to see a black helicopter with mounted machine guns and rocket launchers hovering above the streets.)

Dipper: (shocked) No way…

(The helicopter flies away as it didn't see him. He jumps onto the next roof and climbs down on some street signs. He turns a corner onto another street and into the back of a store. He arrives at the old market where another squad of soldiers patrolled.)

(As he hides behind the counter he spots some propane tanks on the street. He throws a grease at them and they blow up, taking out the soldiers near them. The others are alerted and open fire at him. He returns fire and takes them down. Then a truck with a machine gun turret drives up at the end of the street.)

Dipper: Oh, no.

(He takes cover behind a car as the turret shoots at him. He gets stuck there until a rocket flies over him and blows up the truck. He looks behind and sees Wendy standing on a car a few yards back holding an RPG rocket launcher.)

Wendy: (smugly) Seems like I am always saving your ass.

Dipper: (smirks) Well, it is an ass worth saving.

(She tosses the launcher away and drops down. The two hug each other affectionately.)

Wendy: (flirtatious) Oh, is that ancient Tibetan ritual dagger in your pocket?

Dipper: (smiling) Well, maybe I'm just happy to see you.

(She pulls out the Phurba dagger from Dipper's pocket.)

Wendy: So this is the key to everything?

Dipper: Yes it is. Marco Polo's "passport" to Shambala.

Wendy: What do we do with it?

Dipper: Ah! (awkwardly) I have no idea, actually. I do know Ivan won't get very far without it.

Wendy: (concerned) Well, I wouldn't underestimate him, you know. He and Rumble have been tearing this city apart. They must've leveled dozens of temples already. So what's our next move?

(She sees him looking closely at the dagger and seemingly not listening to her.)

Wendy: Dipper? I hate it when you do that.

(He points to an image of a stone with a flame around it on the dagger's handle.)

Dipper: Check this out. See this symbol? Look up there.

(He points to an archway above them with the same symbol on it.)

Wendy: Okay, I see the resemblance. So what does it mean?

Dipper: It means we know how Marco Polo found his next clue. The temple we're looking for is gonna be marked with this emblem. All we have to do is find it.

Wendy: You do realize there are literally hundreds of these temples throughout the city.

Dipper: Yes, but if we found a higher vantage point…

Wendy: (realizes) ...We can spot our needle in the haystack.

Dipper: Right.

Wendy: There's a hotel not far from here.

Dipper: (chuckles, blushing) Wendy, now is really not the time.

Wendy: It's easily the tallest building in the city.

Dipper: (awkwardly) Oh, okay… That's good thinking.

Wendy: Follow me.

(They walk down the street and go through another building. Wendy tries to open the exit door but can't.)

Wendy: It's no good. It's locked.

Dipper: Wait here. I'll find a way around.

(He goes up to the second level and looks out the big hole in the ceiling.)

Dipper: Hey, I can see the hotel from up here.

Wendy: I know. We're almost there.

(He goes through the hole and climbs on some street signs next to the building. Some more soldiers run down the street. He hides behind the signs as they get to the door.)

Soldier: Move in!

Soldier: Shoot the lock!

(One of them shoots the lock away and opens the door. Wendy reveals herself.)

Wendy: Hello, gentlemen.

(She opens fire on the soldiers to distract them as Dipper attacks them from behind. When the area's clear, they move up the street and get to a fire escape. Dipper squats down and Wendy steps into his hands. He lifts her up and he gets a good view of her backside.)

Dipper: (teasingly) Boy, it's a shame you have to sit on something that pretty.

(Wendy grabs the ladder and drops it down.)

Wendy: Here you go. Don't say I never do anything for you.

(Dipper goes up the ladder and they make their way up into the building.)

Dipper: This way.

(They enter a room where some large debris blocks their path. Dipper lifts up the huge beam.)

Dipper: Go.

Wendy: Okay.

(She slowly goes through the debris.)

Dipper: (struggling) Any day now.

Wendy: Just don't want to get a splinter.

(Dipper goes through and sets the beam back down.)

Dipper: That was chivalrous, huh?

Wendy: It's not dead, you just gotta ask for it.

(They keep going through the building and come out on a stairway. Below them is another street. At the end of it, a few armed civilians run into view and are quickly shot down.)

Dipper: Doesn't look like things are going too well for the resistance.

(The two drop down into the street.)