Previously...
The triplets snuggled up in Dipper's bed together. Ford was putting them to bed, and they didn't question it. They were given earplugs, and, while they were confused, they put them in. They slept peacefully that night, oblivious to the loud noise... that Ford was attempting to ignore by playing loud music.
The triplets woke up to the smell of strawberry pancakes. They all gasped, taking their earplugs out of their ears, before running down the stairs. They grinned the entire way. They were surprised to see Will, Ford, Mabel, and Bill sitting down at the table. Dipper was nowhere to be seen.
"Where's Dipper?" River asked, after grabbing her plate of strawberry pancakes.
He sighed, looking over at Ford, before turning to the triplets, "He couldn't sleep last night, so... he's trying to sleep right now."
"That's not what I thought had happened," Ford commented, with a raised eyebrow.
He looked down, "I'll tell you later, Sixer."
"Fine," Ford sighed, continuing to eat his plate of pancakes.
Luna gasped, looking at Ford's hands, "You have six fingers! That's amazing! How do you have six fingers?!"
"What?" River and Cosmo gasped, before the three of them all ran over to where Ford was sitting, making him spread his fingers out for them to see.
He laughed, "It's just a birth defect that he has. It's not super special, or anything..."
"Your zodiac says otherwise," Ford smiled, looking over at him.
He scowled, "They don't need to know about it yet. They're only babies."
"They're kids," Ford sighed.
He snickered, "Yes, to you. To you, and the majority of the family, they are children. To Will and I, they're young. Really young. Like babies."
"Okay, that is true. They're really young. They have a few more years until they truly start tapping into their power," Will admitted.
The triplets looked at each other, "Our power? What are you talking about?"
He frowned, "Will..."
"Sorry..." Will looked over at the three, "It's nothing. It's not important right now, so don't worry about it. We'll tell you about it when your ready."
"Ready? For what?" Luna asked, grinning excitedly.
He sighed, "You'll see. Someone needs to keep quiet about it, though." He glared over at Will, "For now, it doesn't matter."
"Well, I was hoping to go do into the lab today... I was wondering if you wanted to go with me?" Ford asked, looking at them, changing the subject.
He scowled, "Absolutely not. I said it eight years ago, and I'll say it again. You are NOT experimenting on them."
"Relax, that's not what I meant. I already have something to do. Besides, I was more of asking you, not them. You can bring Dipper too. I don't think he'd want to be stuck in his bed all day," Ford snickered.
He sighed, "Fine. I'll go get Dipper. You three can probably go play with Mabel. Just... stay out of the forest for now, alright?"
The triplets looked at each other, before nodding.
Ford smiled, "Good. Go get Dipper, and then we can go down to the lab."
Dipper glared at him from the bed, "I hate you..."
"No, you don't. Besides, we can't break routine, can we?" He asked, smiling.
Dipper scowled, "Shut up. Why are you here?"
"Ford wanted me to go down to his lab with him. He's allowing you to go to." He snickered, "If you want to, anyway."
Dipper sighed, "Of course I want to. Who do you think I am?"
"Another person from my zodiac that I've end up in a relationship with," He grumbled.
Dipper was confused, "Another? Who was first?"
"That doesn't matter. Come on, let's just go down to the lab," He sighed.
Dipper sighed, glad to be back in the lab for the first time in a while, "So... what are we doing?"
"This... is the hard part. I was partly lying to you. I have an idea as to what to do, but... I'm not sure that any of you would be okay with it," Ford admitted.
Will frowned, "You're not going to experiment on us... right?"
"I'd like to, but... I'm not sure that Dipper and Bill won't like it." Ford admitted, "Because Bill would be worried about you, and DIpper would be worrying about BIll. That's why."
Will sighed, "Is it anything really bad?"
"I suppose that testing how much pain you could handle would probably be the worst of it. I already have my expectations, on that part of the experiment, for both of you," Ford sighed.
Will smiled, "I'll do it."
"I honestly couldn't care less about doing it myself, but... I guess that since Will is doing it, and... that I should probably stop being really protective of him, then... I'll also do it," He sighed.
Ford smiled, "Good. Dipper, come with me."
"Why?" Dipper asked, confused.
Ford sighed, "First things first... Containment. So, we need to go to the control room of this part of the lab. I'm allowing them to be together, because of circumstances."
"Fine," Dipper sighed, following him out of the room.
Will sighed, sitting down on the cold floor, "I wish I could've shown them Blaze..."
"I'm sure that Shooting Star would probably show them Blaze... and also Petunia," He snickered.
Will laughed, "She seems really proud of her pet unicorn."
"Yeah, well, she can thank me for it. She doesn't even know that I made it follow us home," He smiled.
Will grinned, "No, she doesn't know. It's probably better that way, anyway."
"I know. She probably would think that there was something wrong with it, or something like that if she did know," He laughed.
Will looked down, "Probably..."
A/N: What should Ford do to experiment on them? - K.