Dipper ran through the forest,with Bill asleep against his chest. He ran until he felt Bill's tiny hand grip his shirt for comfort. Dipper looked down at Bill and saw that his face contorted into an expression of pain, complete with tears running down his cheeks. Dipper stopped running and slid his backpack off his shoulders.

"I'm orry! Pwease down't hwurt me!" Bill was screaming in his sleep.

"Bill it's okay. I'm right here. Just calm down, it's all in your head." Dipper hugged Bill close to his chest to try and calm him down.

"Ineree! I'm orry!" Bill shot awake and latched his unharmed arm around Dipper's neck.

"It's fine Bill, nothing bad is happening. Just breathe." Dipper knelt down next to his backpack and searched through it for his camping supplies.

"I'm orry bout Weiwdmaggweddon." Bill said as he buried his face into Dipper's shirt.

Dipper paused and looked down at the small creature clinging to his chest as if his life depended on it.

"I forgive you. You were in a position of power. Power makes people do weird, unexplainable things." Dipper put a hand on Bill's head before continuing. "Plus you seem to have learned your lesson."

Bill looked up at Dipper with tear filled eyes.

"Tank you." Bill said before burying his face back into Dipper's shirt.

Dipper smiled as he felt Bill's breathing slow back down to a normal pace. He eventually found the tent and set it up in the clearing they had stopped in. Dipper took off the Huggy Wuvvy Tummy Bundle making sure not to wake Bill. He then grabbed the sleeping bags and set them up, making sure to tuck Bill into his as gently as possible before crawling into his own.

"Goodnight Bill." Dipper said before falling into a much needed sleep, wich lasted not much longer than twenty minutes.

Bill had started thrashing in his sleep, waking Dipper up in the process.

"Bill, calm down. Nothing's wrong. Just calm down and breathe." Dipper said as he held Bill in his arms.

"Pwease down't wet them huwt me!" Bill cried as he woke up from his nightmare.

"I won't let anyone lay a finger on you." Dipper hugged Bill and pulled him into his sleeping bag, hoping to calm him down.

"Tank you Ineree." Bill said as he snuggled up against Dipper's chest.

"Your welcome Bill, now go back to sleep." Dipper felt Bill's breathing calm down to a steady rise and fall of his chest. "I still don't understand how someone like you caused something like Weirdmaggedon." Dipper said as he petted Bill's fluffy brown and gold locks.

That night Dipper fell asleep with his arms around a tiny injured child, who hadn't felt affection in a loooong time.

The next morning

"Good morning Waddles. Why are you in my bed instead of Mabel's?" These were the first words Dipper spoke when he woke up to the feeling of a warm presence next to him.

"Ineree?" Bill asked as he slowly lifted his head from where it was resting against Dipper's chest.

Dipper paused for a moment before the events of the previous night came flooding back.

"Oh, Good morning Bill. You okay?" Dipper asked as he stood up and carefully picked up Bill.

"I'm hungwy." Was all Bill said as Dipper picked up his bag and walked out the door.

"I'm sure you are, it looks like you haven't eaten in days." Dipper said as he grabbed the bag of food.

Dipper grabbed two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. He handed one to Bill before continuing to eat his own. Dipper was halfway through his sandwich when he heard the sound of coughing coming from Bill's side of the log. Dipper turned around and saw a blue faced Bill holding his throat with tears rolling down his face.

"I-Iner-ree. H-he-elp m-me." Bill stuttered before collapsing into a fit of coughing. Dipper jumped up and ran over to Bill as fast as he could to help.

"Hey, hey! Bill! Just stay calm." Dipper said as he tried to help Bill.

"D-dip-pper, h-hel-lp m-me. I-I d-do-on't w-wan-nna d-die!" Bill managed to stutter before going completely limp and motionless.

"No no no no! BILL! Stay with me! Don't you DARE die you dumb dream demon!" Dipper screamed as he did the Heimlich maneuver. Once Bill's airways were clear Dipper started CPR. He didn't even mind when he had to breath air into Bill's lungs.

"C'mon Bill wake up!" Dipper yelled as he felt Bill's heart beat stop beneath his fingers.

Dipper continued to do the chest compressions and breathing for another five minutes before Bill finally woke up.

"Ineree, it huwts. Pwease make it stop!" Bill screamed after he rejoined the living.

Dipper picked him up and cradled Bill in his arms as he cried.

"I know Bill, you almost died. It's going to hurt for a while." Dipper said in between Bill's cries.

"No, arm huwts! Pwease make it stop!" Bill screamed as he used his unbroken arm to point at the broken one that was now twice the size it used to be.

Dipper's eyes widened and he quickly removed the bandages to reveal many swollen spots where the venom was injected into Bill's bloodstream and where the quills of the Gremloblin had been stuck.

"Bill what happened?" Dipper said, trying his best to sound calm.

"Gwunkle and a Gwemwobwin." Bill said as he curled up on himself to try and calm down.

"Okay, we can handle this. Bill, just stay calm." Dipper said as he laid Bill on his back and ran to get his medical kit.

Bill lay still thinking about where he went wrong. It was when you "liberated your dimension" that's when your life started crumbling around you! At the mention of his dimension Bill started wailing, causing Dipper to come running back.

"It's alright Bill, I got the venom extractor right here, your arm will stop hurting if you just let me help you." Dipper said as he approached Bill with a small cup like machine.

"I'm scwared." Was all Bill said in response.

"I know, but it won't hurt anymore if you let me do this." Dipper said before holding Bill's broken arm still and placing the venom extractor on one of the swollen spots, earning a whimper from Bill.

Dipper pulled up on the extractor and a fourth of the venom came out of the wound. Bill screamed, and Dipper let him. The process was repeated a few more times before Bill's arm wasn't as swollen as it was before.

"There, we're done now. You okay Bill?" Dipper asked as he put away the venom extractor.

"My tomach huwts." Bill said as he wrapped his arms around his stomach.

Dipper turned his head to look at Bill before going back to packing away the camp sight.

"You'll be fine. We only have an hour left till we get to the hospital." Dipper said as he finished putting the last pole away.

"But it huwts Ineree!" Bill cried as Dipper slipped the baby carrier on.

"You can handle it. Your not even the one who has to do all the running." Dipper said as he picked Bill up and put him in the Tummy Bundle and started running.

Bill's stomach did not appreciate being thrown around as Dipper ran across the uneven forest ground.

"Ineree." Bill said, but it was lost to the wind as Dipper sped up.

Bill felt his stomach lurch as Dipper sped up.

"Ineree stop!" Bill yelled, but once again it was lost to the wind.

Bill knew he had to resort to desperate measures in order to get Dipper to stop.

"DIPPER STOP PWEASE!" Bill screeched, causing Dipper to come to a breakneck stop sending Bill flying out of his carrier and land headfirst on a stone.

"Bill!" Dipper shouted as he ran over and knelt downnnext to the now bleeding Bill.

"No Ineree, my tomach huwts." Bill said before turning away from Dipper and throwing up... blood.

"Oh man, Bill you're not okay." Dipper said as he scooped up Bill, ignoring the blood dripping from the half conscious child's mouth.

"Ineree, stop ruwning." Bill mumbled as Dipper sprinted towards the stream that lay infront of them.

Dipper stopped infront of the stream and gently placed Bill in the shallows, allowing the water to run over his body. Bill squirmed in the cold water, but didn't fuss when Dipper carefully removed his shirt and helped clean him off.

"It's gonna be okay Bill. Just hold on." Dipper said as he tried to stop the blood rushing from Bill's giant head wound. Seriously, he probably had a concussion.

Bill wimpered when Dipper accidentally pressed a little too hard on his head.

"Shh, it's fine just stay awake a little longer." Dipper said as he started wrapping bandages around Bill's head.

"Inetree, my head huwts." Bill groaned as Dipper slid Bill's shirt back on and wrapped him in a towel.

"I know it does, but I can't do anything else to help you." Dipper said as he put away the medical supplies and put Bill back in the baby carrier.

"I down't want to die Ineree." Bill mumbled as Dipper started sprinting towards the road that was now in view.

"You won't die today Bill, I promise you that." Dipper said as he ran down the road, hoping to catch the eye of a car.