"What's your name?"
"W-William Cornelius Cipher."
"Good. What's your brother's name?"
"W-Wilbur Fudge Cipher."
"Great, now where are you?"
"I-In Will's room?"
"Yes. Can they get you here?"
"N-no."
"Exactly, now calm down sweetie. You're safe Bill, just calm down. No one will ever take you away again. No one can hurt you here."
"B-but, I-I'm scared, Mama."
"I know, just calm down. Everything is going to be fine."
-/o\-
"I'm sorry miss, we can't help him. William won't be able to walk again unless there's a medical breakthrough. "
"There's got to be something else you can do! Anything! Please, just help my baby…"
"I'm sorry Kristen, there's nothing else we can do. If you wish you can visit him. He is resting so I'm not sure if you'll be able to talk to him, but you can see him."
"Yes, t-that would be nice."
"Okay, how about you go get Jason and Will and the three of you can head back and see him."
"T-thank you, Doctor."
-/o\-
"I-it's g-gonna be alright B-Bill. I-it's o-only a sc-scratch. I'll go g-get M-Mom, j-just s-stay here."
"W-Will, p-please b-be h-ho-honest. Y-you, n-never s-st-stut-tter, i-it's n-not j-just a s-scrat-tch."
" P-please, j-just d-don't m-move. I-its g-gonna b-be f-fine."
"W-Will! C-come b-back…"
-Twenty Minutes Later-
"Bill!"
"M-mom."
"It's alright honey, mama's here now. Just stay with me."
"I-I d-don-n't f-feel g-good."
"I know h-honey, j-just stay with us."
"Miss, we need to get him in the ambulance, now."
"O-okay, just be gentle with my baby."
"We will Kristen. We will."
-/o\-
"Bill!"
"He's not breathing!"
"Check his pulse!"
"Oh no…"
"What?"
"I'm so sorry Mom."
"Will, please tell me! I'm your mother and I demand you tell me what happened to Bill!"
"Mom, h-he's gone."
"N-no. H-he can't b-be. Your twin isn't d-de-"
"I-I couldn't s-save h-him! First the kidnappers, then the pyramids, now h-he's g-gone! A-and i-it's all m-my f-fault! I-I'm s-sorry f-for f-failing y-you.."
-/o\-
Bill woke up screaming for the second time that day. He had been released from the hospital after Dipper and Blubbs had finished filling out some sort of forms. So now he was in the back of the police cruiser again, but this time he had a thicker bandage around his head, a cast around his broken arm and leg, and a bag of medical supplies and crutches in order for him to heal properly.
"Shh, it's alright Bill. We're heading back to the Mystery Shack. Blubbs is going to make sure Stan and Ford don't hurt you again." Dipper tried soothing the frightened child in his lap, to no avail.
"W-Will, I-I miss W-Will." Bill was sobbing uncontrollably into Dipper's chest, trying desperately to forget about his home that he was forced watched burn.
Bill was grieving. He missed his family. His mother Kristen and her massive collection of handmade stuffed animals that she would give ridiculous names to. His father Jason and his longing to discover the secrets that were locked away in the pyramids. Will, his twin brother who would do anything just to see Bill smile. Bill missed the adventures that he used to have on his isolated island home surrounded by the dangerous waters of the Bermuda triangle. He missed the constant visits to the cursed pyramids with his elusive dad. He missed taking annual trips to the beach with his mother, watching the sunset against the calm ocean waters. He missed his home on the island of Egypt. He missed his home.
"Who's Will?" Dipper questioned after Bill's sobs had quieted into soft sniffles.
"H-he was my twiwn bwother. H-he d-died w-when my h-home dimewnsiown b-buwned. I-I miss him…" Bill had almost started sobbing again, but a baby bottle had been pressed into his mouth and he found himself drinking the sweet creamy liquid that filled his mouth.
Dipper chuckled as he watched Bill suck on the bottle and close his eyes, finally letting himself relax.
"I'm surprised you like it. I would have thought you of all people would object to being treated as a baby." Dipper stroked Bill's fluffy golden locks as Bill himself continued to suck on the bottle.
If Bill were still a "heartless demon" he would have snapped and objected to enjoying any of it, but due to all of his recent traumatic experiences he had lost most if not all of his demon ways.
"You know, when I first saw you in this body you reminded me of a deer that Mabel and I rescued last year it's mother had died and if I hadn't heard it, the sweet little thing would have been next." Dipper sat back against the car's seat his head tilted back and gazing up at the roof as if recalling a distant memory.
"He was so sweet and innocent. Mabel would let him play with Waddles while she knit him sweaters, she named him Twig. He was happy and playful he always wanted to play, until the accident that is." Bill stopped drinking from the baby bottle and looked up at Dipper with his big golden cat eyes.
"Our family was out in the woods with Twig, he was scared so I was carrying him. One moment while we stopped to rest I let go of him and let him wander around, he disappeared into a thicket. It was thirty minutes before we found his body." Dipper looked down and gave Bill the chance to see his tear-rimmed eyes and dark expression.
"A wolf got him, his body was all torn up along with his yellow sweater. We had a funeral the next day, right next to where we buried his mom." Dipper finally let the tears fall as he broke down.
Bill pushed himself into an upright position and put his small arms around Dippers neck, trying to comfort the teen and end his crying. Dipper pulled Bill into a tight hug before letting he tears resume.
"I-I m-miss h-him." Dipper choked on the words as he let his emotions take over.
By now Bill was stuck in his own thoughts. The story of the fawn Dipper had cared for reminded him of his old life and having to watch his family grieve as they buried his mummified corpse in the tomb that had been specially made for him when he was diagnosed with the incurable disease. So as Dipper's crying stopped he became aware of the tears that were seeping through his shirt and the trembling child he was hugging.
"B-Bill, are you alright?" Dipper tried to pull away from the hug but Bill refused to let go.
"I-I m-miss my f-family." Bill stuttered out in-between his sobs.
Dipper hugged Bill closer to his chest and let the five-year-old cry into his shoulder.
"I-I didn't wanna b-burwn my d-dimewnsiown. I j-juwst lost c-contwol." Bill tightened his grip on Dipper's shirt and looked the teen in the eyes.
Dipper didn't respond verbally, he only pet Bill's soft golden hair and let him cry. After about ten minutes Bill's breathing had returned to normal and he had released his death grip on Dipper's shirt. Dipper took this opportunity to grab the baby bottle and start feeding Bill again.
"Were you always a triangle as a demon Bill?" Dipper questioned as Bill let Dipper hold the bottle in place.
Bill shook his head and continued to drink the milk from the bottle.
"Were you ever human before now?" Dipper put his free hand behind Bill's head and helped him into a more comfortable sitting position.
Bill paused for a moment before opening his eye's hesitantly nodding his head yes.
"Were you born a human?" Dipper questioned further as he leaned Bill against his chest and hugged him.
Bill nodded before continuing to suck on the baby bottle.
"Was Will a human?" Dipper immediately regretted asking the question when Bill inhaled sharply and started choking on milk.
Dipper pounded on his back a few times before Bill started breathing again. Bill then looked up at Dipper with tear rimmed eyes and nodded his head yes.
"W-Will was my twiwn bwother, he wooked exactwy wike me but inswead of yewow he had bwue eyes and brown haiwr, plus he had two wowking eyes and he wasn't alwawys's in twoble…" Bill looked away from Dipper and started to let silent tears fall from his eyes.
Dipper watched in silence as Bill started to cry again, but before he knew what was happening the front doors of the car were being opened and he heard a very familiar voice come from outside.
"Hey, Ford! They finally found im'!" Stan yelled before approaching the police car with caution. "You did find im' right?" Stan asked Blubbs just as Mabel and Ford came running out of the house.
"Yes we did Mr. Pines, and we would like to ask you a few questions about the little one as well." Blubbs said as he stepped closer to Ford and Stan.
"Wait. That little twerp's here too?!" Stan yelled, and before anyone could react he had raced forward and flung open the back door of the police cruiser and grabbed Bill by the leg.
"I've had it with this demon, I'm taking you to a place where no one will ever have to worry about you coming back; the bottom of Lake Gravity Falls."
Sorry for not updating last week, I didn't have an exact plan on what was going to happen in this chapter so it was more difficult than the rest. So I hope you like the chapter. If you want to request something for later chapters I'm open for ideas, seriously I don't have a plan for like half of the story. Remember, squirrels are fake, the school systems outdated, don't eat tide pods, BYE!
