Part Four
Dipper helped Wendy along as they headed closer toward the gate. He remembered when he had been called to take care of a haunting at this mansion and how it was caused by Pacifica's parents refusing to allow the town's folk in after they had helped to build the mansion. Come to that, he hadn't seen Pacifica or her parents since Weirdmogeddan. He wondered if after everything that happened she had moved. He caused he couldn't really blame her, since her parents had basically gave all their money to Bill and had to..
He snapped out of his thoughts as he realized he had been mumbling to himself and Wendy was giving him a questioning look.
"Um.. I-it's nothing.." Dipper responded.
He looked up as the gates to the estate opened. Dipper could see others had made it to the mansion. He saw Lazy Susan, along with Sheriff Blubs and Deputy Durland and many of the other citizens of Gravity Falls.
He glanced over and for reasons unknown, he was actually relieved to see Robbie and Tambry were there as well. Tambry was supporting Robbie, who had a large gash on the right side of his head, which was still bleeding. Tambry herself had a couple of bruises and scrapes but was no worse for ware.
Lightning suddenly split the sky, followed by a loud crack of thunder that quaked the ground they stood on. Everyone hurried inside as the hail began to once again fall from the sky. The loud clacking of hail echoed off the high ceilings of the main room in the mansion. There was another much louder crash as thunder rang out around them. The mansion shook around them, causing a whimper of fear from the citizens. Most of the town was gathered at the mansion.
Everyone took a step back at the shattering of glass as soft-ball sized hail blew in the windows. Mabel clung to Stan and Ford, whimpering fearfully as the wind picked up. Rain and hail began to pile up near the shattered windows.
"Stay away from the WINDOWS!" yelled Dipper.
Everyone began to panic as the wind began to pick up.
Another flash of lightning lit up the outside world. This flash was now much closer, so close in fact, Dipper, Wendy and the others could feel the electricity radiating off of it. The ground shook as an ear splitting crash of thunder shook the mansion down to its foundation. Rain water spilled in through the broken windows. Everyone took cover as another flash of lightning lit up the room. Dipper jumped back, the bolt of lightning striking the spot where he had been earlier. Everyone moved to the center of the massive room as thunder crashed loudly around them. There they huddled, noting the flashes and crashes becoming much more frequent. It continued in this fashion until, finally, the flashes of light and crashing of thunder went silent. The only sound that could be heard was the pattering of rain striking against the roof on the mansion. As the rain continued on, the fear that gripped the townspeople finally gave way to relief. Dipper glanced around as everyone began to settle in for the remainder of the storm. He then turned and looked out one of the busted out windows. He could see soft, silvery light that bathed the outside world.
Author's Note: A bit shorter than other chapters, but hope to get more up soon..
