So now Soos's role in this story ends. It was nice writing him in this but now it's time for Pacifica to be Dipper's partner again. They're the best duo I say.
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Chapter 21: Convoy
(Dipper and Soos push open the village doors and run out to the street. They look down the street and see some trucks driving away. They remains of Ivan's forces in the attack have retreated. Melody comes out from hiding and runs up to them. She and Soos hug.)
Melody: (relieved) Soos...
Soos: (relieved) Melody...
(Dipper realizes that Quentin isn't with her.)
Dipper: (concerned) Quentin... where's Quentin?
Melody: (speaking Tibetan)
(Soos asks her in Tibetan. She points in the direction the trucks went. Dipper understands what it means. Pacifica then runs up to them.)
Pacifica: Dipper!
Dipper: They took Quentin!
(He runs over to a stationary truck. Pacifica follows.)
Pacifica: (worried) Oh, God... It's because he had the dagger.
Dipper: I know.
(He pulls a dead soldier out of the driver's seat. Pacifica gets in.)
Dipper: Hey -
Pacifica: No time to argue. We gotta go!
Dipper: Alright, well, at least scooch over.
Pacifica: Okay.
(Pacifica moves over to the passenger seat. Dipper gets behind the wheel and closes the door. He waves goodbye to Soos and Melody who wave back. He drives off fast away from the village on the road near the cliff and catches up to the trucks.)
Dipper: They must've taken him in the lead car.
Pacifica: We gotta stop 'em before Ivan gets ahold of him.
Dipper: Alright, I have an idea...
(He opens the truck door.)
Pacifica: (confused) What are you doing?
Dipper: I'm gonna clear the road. Here, take the wheel.
Pacifica: What?
Dipper: Just take it.
Pacifica: Why didn't you just let me drive in the first place?
Dipper: I didn't think that far ahead.
Pacifica: (rolls her eyes) Yeah...
(She takes the wheel and Dipper climbs out onto the truck door.)
Dipper: Alright, hold it steady...
Pacifica: Okay...
Dipper: That's good...
(He takes a gun out.)
Dipper: Alright... here we go...
(He carefully aims the gun at the truck ahead of him.)
Dipper: A little closer...
(Another truck appears behind them and speeds up.)
Dipper: Ohhh... There you go...
(The truck rams into theirs from behind. They're taken off guard and Dipper dangles from the swinging door. The enemy truck accelerates and drives alongside them. Dipper grabs hold of its side and lets go of the door.)
Pacifica: Dipper!
(The truck speeds ahead with Dipper clinging on to it.)
Pacifica: Hang on!
Dipper: I'm hanging! I'm hanging!
(He climbs up and kills the soldier on the truck. Another truck catches up and drives in front of the the one he's on. Two soldiers open fire on his truck and it catches fire.)
Dipper: Uh-oh, I gotta get off this thing!
(He jumps to the other truck and throws the soldiers off.)
Dipper: My truck!
(Some small jeeps drive along side and the men on them open fire at him. He shoots a driver and a jeep and it crashes into another. A truck pulls up and the soldiers on it shoot at Dipper. He fires back as another truck with a mounted grenade launcher on the back drives near. The trooper on the launcher shoots at Dipper's truck until it starts smoking.)
Dipper: Black smoke. That's not good.
(He immediately jumps to the other truck and pushes the soldiers off as the previous truck explodes. More jeeps pull up next to him.)
Dipper: (frustrated) Damn it, where do these guys come from?
(The grenade launcher hits his truck again and starts to catch fire.)
Dipper: I gotta find another truck!
(He jumps to another and keeps shooting the others with an assault rifle he picked up. The grenade truck also keeps shooting and flames arise on Dipper's truck.)
Dipper: Damn, this one's on fire!
(He jumps to yet another truck before it drives up a ramp onto a higher ledge. He sees the grenade launcher truck below on the lower ledge and he jumps down. He lands in the back and throws the trooper out before getting on the launcher.)
Dipper: (grinning) Now we're talking.
(He destroys the jeeps that come up behind him. Pacifica drives up while being chased by more trucks trying to ram her.)
Dipper: Paz, this way!
Pacifica: Dipper, get these guys off me!
Dipper: You got it!
(He blows up the vehicles surrounding Pacifica before they can ram her off the cliff. He keeps hitting the pursuing jeeps and trucks until the grenade truck starts smoking as well. He abandoned it and jumps to the back of Pacifica's truck. They see a big truck right in front of them.)
Pacifica: You okay back there?
Dipper: Yeah! There's the lead car! Gun it!
Pacifica: Hold on!
(She speeds ahead to the truck in front.)
Dipper: (grins) HAHA! That's right, you bastards! We got you now -
(A soldier appears on the back of the lead car and holds up a rocket launcher.)
Dipper: (stunned) - oh, crap!
(The soldier fires a rocket and Pacifica swerves the truck off the road and it goes over the edge of the cliff. The truck stops and the soldier looks towards the cliff where they went over.)
Soldier: There's no way they survived that. Let's go.
(The truck resumes driving. A few seconds later, Dipper pulls himself up onto the cliff. He reaches down and helps Pacifica up.)
Dipper: C'mon...
(They lay down on the ground for a moment to catch their breath.)
Dipper: (panting, smiling) Just like old times, huh?
Pacifica: (panting, smiling) You could say that... So, now what?
(They sit up and see a very large, old monastery with several towers in the near distance.)
Dipper: We head to the creepy, old monastery. What else?
(He takes binoculars out and looks through. He sees the remaining trucks from the convoy parked by the monastery's entrance. Two soldiers are leading Quentin away.)
Dipper: There's Quentin.
(He sees Ivan walk up to them. One of the soldiers gives him the Phurba dagger.)
Dipper: (upset) Damn it.
Pacifica: What's happening?
Dipper: Ivan has him.
(Ivan takes the dagger and walks into the monastery. The soldiers follow him while dragging Quentin along.)
Pacifica: (worried) Oh, no...
(He looks at her with a determined expression.)
Dipper: You ready for this?
Pacifica: (sighs) As I'll ever be.
(Dipper stands up and pulls Pacifica to her feet. They start to make their way to the monastery.)
One good thing about this installment is that the action never stops. There's just five chapters left and they're all longer than a lot of the ones before. Still a lot to happen.