"... So... are we going to go out there?" Dipper asked, looking at Will and Ford.

Will frowned, "No... it would be a bad idea... especially for me and Ford..."

"... why does he hate you so much?" Dipper asked.

Will bit his lip, "Well... it's... kind of a long story..."

"The world's ending and... its all my fault..." Mabel looked down.

Ford smiled, glancing over at Will, "Well... not completely..."

"Huh?" Mabel looked up at him.

Will frowned, "Well... it's... kind of restricted to this town by a barrier... and... eventually... once Gold finds out, Ford's going to be in danger... since he's the only one who knows the equation to break the barrier."

"There's a barrier around the town?" Dipper asked, "How?"

Will bit his lip, "Nothing weird can get out of this town... also, there's... ten of you, that are... immune to the weirdness."

"Immune? Why?" Mabel asked.

Will looked over at Ford, "Well... there's one way that I know of to defeat him... and it's called the zodiac..."

"The Zodiac?" Mabel repeated, confused.

Dipper nodded, "What do we need?"

"No, the question is, who." Will corrected, "Four of you are already here... all four of you Pines. So... we need... Soos, Robbie, Wendy, McGucket, Pacifica, and... Gideon."

Mabel frowned, "What?"

"Okay... what we need... is something to draw on the floor with..." Will looked outside, "Robbie can probably help with that..."

Dipper frowned, "So... we have to go out there and find them?"

"Yes," Will sighed.

Ford stared at the three, "Okay... so, let's figure this out. I'll find McGucket."

"I'll go find Soos and Robbie," Mabel smiled.

Dipper sighed, "I guess I'll go find Pacifica and Wendy..."

"So... that leaves... Gideon..." Will frowned, "Who probably is on his side..."

Ford sighed, "I'm sorry to tell you this, Will, but you're probably the best person to go find Gideon."

"... alright..." Will sighed.

Mabel frowned, "So... we're going out there?"

"... yes."

Bill rises behind Ford, "Good old six-fingers. I've been waiting to have a chat face to face." He lifts Ford up.

"Wah!" Ford screams in surprise.

"Everyone, this armageddon wouldn't be possible without help from our friend here. Give him a six-fingered hand!"

Dipper comes around the corner of the clock tower.

"This brainiac is the one who built the portal in the first place! Now don't look so sour, Fordsy. It's not too late to join me. With that extra finger, you'd fit right in with my freaks."

Ford scowled, "I'll die before I join you! I know your weakness, Bill!"

"Oh, yeah? And I know a riddle. Why did the old man do this?" He assumes a pose.

Ford was confused, "This?" He imitates Bill's pose)

Bill shoots a laser at Ford, petrifying him.

Dipper gasped.

Bill picks up Ford, "Because I needed a new backscratcher!" He laughed.

Dipper growls, "That's enough!" He comes out from behind the destroyed building, "Hand over my uncle! Or else!" He holds up Journal 3.

"Now isn't. This. Interesting. You think you can stop me? Go ahead, Pine Tree, show me what you've got."

Dipper flips through 3 and shines blacklight on it, "I...uh... I... uh..." He sees that the Journal says "IF HE GAINS PHYSICAL FORM THEN ALL IS LOST!"

Will watches from behind the building, "Dipper..."

"I UM I. Do it, kid. Do some brilliant thing that takes me down right now. Whattdya got, Pine Tree, everyone's waiting. DO IT."

Dipper jumps at Bill, "Augh, BILL!" His fist hits a force field in front of Bill's eye and he is thrown backward into a tree; he rubs his head, "Ugh..." He reaches for Journal 3.

"That's right. Don't be a hero, kid." He waves Ford, "This is what happens to heroes in my world." He burns the Journals.

"NO! THE JOURNALS!" Dipper screamed.

"Not much of a threat now, are you?"

Dipper runs off into the forest, where Will is waiting for him.

"Dipper...?" He asked.

Dipper sighs, "He's right... the journals are gone... we've lost."

"Dipper... that's not exactly true..." He frowned.

Dipper frowned, "The journals always helped us in this situation. Now that they're gone... I'm not sure what to do."

"... We have you, Mabel, and Stan... and Wendy, Robbie, and Soos turned up earlier... we just need... Gideon, Pacifica, McGucket, and... Ford..." He sighed.

Dipper points off in the other direction, "Well... if you want to go get Ford, he's been turned to gold."

"I know that. I saw. We have to go back to the shack. There's... something I want to try."