Chapter Two:

WEE-WOO! WEE-WOO! WEE-WOO! A car alarm blared as everyone gaped at the blue and green smoke emitting from the burning crater in the middle of the park. Most people had begun to run away screaming. Some just stood and gawked. There were only two people actually headed towards the glowing, otherworldly hole like the crazy maniacs they were.

"Make a hole people! Mystery twins are on the case!" Mabel shouted as she followed along behind Dipper towards the park.

"Yup!" She nodded. "We are-We are-hey, bro-bro can you slow down?" Mabel huffed, longing for the days long gone when she was the taller twin.

Dipper either didn't listen to her or chose to ignore her because he kept pushing and running forward. He jumped the fence surrounding the park, landing just in front of a clump of bushes and kept runing. Mabel tried to jump it, logically thinking she could since she and Dipper had always been about the same size…

...until five years ago when he hit the growth spurt of ages and overcame her by about 8 inches. Her ankles caught the fence, sending her face-planting into the bushes.

"Ack!" she cried as she crawled her way out, not even bother to rid herself of the branches and leaves that had embedded themselves in he hair, sweater and even teeth. She could see Dipper still running ahead of her and scrambled to catch up to him. She'd almost reached him when he suddenly stopped and held an arm out in front of her.

"Mabel, careful!"

"Augh!" Mabel cried as she tried, and failed to put the breaks on in time to keep herself from getting clothes-lined by her brother's arm.

"Hugu!" she coughed as she caught Dipper's arm against her neck, her feet still not ceasing, causing a bit of a pendelum effect as her feet went up in the air while her chin was still hung on Dipper's arm. Thankfully gravity pulled her to the ground before she swung back and forth too much, even if a bit roughly.

"Ooowwww!" she grumbled.

"I told you to be careful," Dipper muttered.

"Me!?" Mabel shouted as she sat up. "I'm not the one that nearly snapped my twin's neck!"

"Sh!" Dipper held a finger to his mouth and gestured his head to the crater. There was an eerie glow emitting from the bottom of it, one of pale greens and blues that made both Pines twins shudder. Mabel stood to her feet and she and Dipper began to inch closer.

Suddenly Dipper's watch began to buzz. He looked at in and tapped on one of the buttons.

"Yup, definately from another dimension," he said.

"Psh, I coulda told you that without your's and Grunkle Ford's fancy gadgets," Mabel scoffed as she stood on her toes and peered into the crater. There was a large, cube shaped object in the center of it with several wires poking out of it and extensions poking out of it.

The two glanced at each other then began to slowly creep their into the hole. As they tiptoed towards the cube Dipper noticed a strange brick. It was red, like any other brick, but is was smooth, almost like it was made from metal, and it had a yellow glow to it. He carefully bent down and picked it up.

"Why does that kinda remind of Bill's pyramid from weirdmagedon?" Mabel shuddered.

"Don't say that!" Dipper's eyes widened as he dropped the brick, stood up, and he and Mabel approached the cube once more.

"Erm…?" Dipper arched an eyebrow.

"Is that a washing machine?" Mabel wondered out loud.

Sure enough, it was a washing machine, with about five wire clothes hangers, a satellite dish, a spatula, and a rubber chicken attached to the top of it. There were two appendages in the shape of airplane wings on either side of the washing machine that looked like they were made from aluminum foil and playdough. A neon announcement sign, like one you'd see above the theater in a cinema, was attached to the front just above the door with duct tape. Stuck to either side of the neon sign with what looked like rubber bands and old chewing gum was a baking time and a blue tooth speaker.

"Erm...bro-bro, what-"

"No clue."

The blue tooth speaker suddenly came to life and announced: "Arrival to earth 9 and 6/8's successful! Initiating revitalizing sequence!"

As the speaker spoke the words appeared on the neon sign, as well as a warning to stand back. The door to the washing machine popped open. A purple, glittery liquid poured out. Mabel and Dipper jumped back to keep from getting wet just as a man tumbled out of the washing machine and onto the ground, wearing a scuba tank, mouth piece, and mask.

"Oh my gosh!" Dipper exclaimed as he ran to the man's side.

Mabel gasped, holding a hand to her mouth as she knelt to the man's side. She ripped the goggles and mouth piece off him and set a hand under his head as Dipper held his wrist in his hand and checked his pulse. He had golden blond hair, a well-chiseled jaw line, a scar over his right cheek bone, and a rather muscular build. He was dressed in what looked like a mish-mash of clothes from the 50 cent bin and the thrift shop and had several bandages on his limbs.

"Hey, hey Mrs?" Mabel asked. "You okay?"

He didn't respond, but kept his eyes closed as he lay motionless.

"Hello?" Mabel snapped her fingers over his still face. "Are you dead?"

"No, he's got a pulse," Dipper said.

Mabel began lightly slapping the man on the cheek. "Blink three times if you're not dead!"

"I just told you he's not dead," Dipper sighed.

"Hey! Mr.-still-got-a-pulse-so-not-dead say something! Watcha doing in a washing machine?" Mabel pinched his nose and began shaking his head back and forth.

The man suddenly took in a deep gasp and opened his eyes. Mabel let go of his nose and leaned closer.

"You okay?" she asked.

The man continued gasping as he slowly opened his eyes. Mabel gasped. One was a deep, forest green, while the other was a vibrant ocean blue. The man blinked as he stared up at her, a curious and confused look on his face.

"Wha-" he whispered.

"You okay?" Mabel repeated. "You just came from the wash. You feeling alright? You remembered to use fabric softener, right?"

"Seriously?" Dipper grumbled.

The man slowly turned and looked at Dipper, then back at Mabel, then up at the sky above him. He gasped, his eyes growing wide.

"Stars…" he whispered. "The moon…"

"Huh?" Mabel looked up at the sky.

"I made it…" the man gasped.

Mabel turned to him and was shaked to find tears in his eyes.

"I made it…" he whispered one last time beforehis eyes rolled into the back of his head and he passed out again.

"Whoa, hey, dude, don't go back to sleep!" Mabel said, taking his head in both of her hands. "You haven't even been dried yet!"

"I'm calling an ambulance," Dipper said as he pulled his phone out of his pocket. Mabel nodded, pulling the man's hand into her lap. He grumbled something in his sleep, then reached up and grabbed her wrist. Mabel gasped as she saw a mark on the back of his hand.

The Zodiac Wheel!