Sunset Over the Pine Tree
BLB- Now a lot more of Dean and Sammy. I just want to say thank you for the reviews and reading this. I do not own Supernatural or Gravity Falls. Also, flashbacks. *winks*. Also I just wanted to say that, the next part will be up by next Friday since I have papers and other stuff I have to do. So until then peace and love to all.
Part Two
It had been a week since John Winchester died and both of his boys were coping with it in their own way. Their goodbyes were short and from what Dean said John had told him nothing before he died. Bobby had insisted that the boys took a break from hunting, so for the moment they were staying with Bobby while Dean fixed up the Impala and Sam did what he does best worry about Dean. Sam wanted to help Dean through this, but his big brother was closed off and anytime he brought up anything about their father Dean brushed him off and refused to acknowledge that he said anything at all.
Dean was in Bobby's kitchen making a sandwich, when Bobby and Sam cornered him. He took a bite of his sandwich before looking up at his Uncle and little brother. "What?" Dean mumbled out his mouth half-full.
"I just wanted to ask you, why you are trying to salvage that old car? The old girl is too damaged," Bobby questioned.
"Cause she was my Dad's and I promised I would take care of her," Dean began, "Besides I can fix her up and no one will ever know she was that damaged before."
"Fixing the Impala won't bring Dad back Dean," Sam said inching closer to his brother. Dean's head snapped up and his placed his sandwich down nearly forgotten.
"I know that Sam!" Dean screamed, getting out of his chair and standing to face Sam. The boys were in each other's faces, when Bobby's phone rang interrupting the argument that was forming in the air.
"You two idjits, shut up while I answer the phone," Bobby commanded, before picking up the phone and putting it to his ear. "Yeah, this is Bobby. Hey Ellen. No, I haven't seen her or her brother recently. Wait? How long ago did that happen? And no one has seen or heard from her since? Alright, if I hear or see anything you and Jo will be the first to know."
By the time Bobby hung up the phone, both of the boys were wondering what that was about and waiting for Bobby to explain. The fight that was brewing between Sam and Dean was forgotten like Dean's sandwich. They both stared at Bobby waiting, after a minute had passed Dean spoke, "Well do we have to ask or are you going to tell us what that was about." Bobby nodded, but he still looked shocked.
"You boys remember Stanford Pines?" Bobby asked and the boys shared a look.
"You mean the fez wearing old guy that owns the Mystery Shack in Gravity Falls? Yeah, what about him?" Sam asked.
"He was more than a fez wearing old guy. Stanford was a hunter and kept the civilians eyes off of the crazy occurrences that happen in and around the town for their own good. The man had his own share of demons," Bobby explained.
"And he has a babe of a great niece," Dean added.
"Wipe the drool off your face Son," Bobby commented. "That is what the call was about, the Twins who I am assuming you remember or at least you remember Mabel."
"We remember Dipper, so what's wrong Bobby?" Sam prodded.
"Dipper Pines is dead," Bobby began, before being interrupted by Dean.
"Mabel and Stan must be a wreck right now," Dean paused to look Bobby in the eye. "Has anyone heard from him or Mabel?"
Bobby shook his head. "Well, the only way we can hear from Stan is if we hold a séance. He died a few months ago."
"Really, was the cause natural? Like old age or a sickness?" Sam asked, hoping for a good answer instead of the latter.
"What do you think?" Bobby shook his head. "He was possessed by Bill Cipher and had been for a while. When the twins found out it was when Bill was about to snap Mabel's neck. Dipper had no choice but to kill him. After that the demon fled Gravity Falls and the Twins followed to avenge Stan. Those two kids were not ready to go hunting own their own, things were generally tamer around Gravity Falls."
"They are twenty-one," Sam interjected. "Not much younger than me and Dean."
"Yeah, but those two only started hunting when they were sixteen and they didn't have a teacher 'cause Stanford was trying to protect them from what was happening around them. They don't have the experience that you two have and Dipper going and getting himself killed just proves that," Bobby stated before he sighed loudly.
"What about Mabel?" Dean asked genuine concern filled his voice, concern that had been there only when he worried about Sam or Bobby.
"The kid is M.I.A. no one has seen or heard from her. Although Jo believes that it was Mabel that called in Dipper's death, but no one knows for sure. Ellen said that Jo is going out to look for her since she won't answer anyone's calls," Bobby answered.
"Did she say what killed Dipper?" Sam questioned, trying to figure out what exactly Mabel may be out there hunting. Maybe, even why she decided to go it alone.
"From what Ellen said the Twins were going after a nest of vampires. The vampires got the best of them and by the time the dust settled Dipper was dead."
A silence fell between the three of them as Dean remembered his sandwich and quickly resumed eating it. No one spoke as he ate, and even after he finished it remained silent. Bobby was mortified, Sam was unsure on what they could do to help and Dean was both concerned and deep in thought.
Dean cleared his throat, licking his lips before speaking. "Well I know what my next move is. I'm going on a hunt." He got up from the table and walked back outside to the Impala with Sam in toe.
"What are you talking about Dean?" Sam asked biting back a chuckle.
"I'm going to find Mabel," Dean answered matter-of-factly.
"What? You mean you are just going to drop everything and track down Mabel? If she doesn't want to be found Dean, just leave her be," Sam responded trying to hold back the anger that threatened to creep into his tone.
"I can't do that Sam," Dean stated as he got back to work on the Impala. "I can't just sit around here while Mabel is out there on a suicide mission."
"Why can't you?" Sam paused remembering the promise that Dean had made with Dipper before they left Gravity Falls. "Please, don't tell me this is about the promise you made Dipper."
"It is Sam. I made him a promise, that if anything happened to him I would keep track of Mabel," Dean said as he toyed with a few busted pieces from the car.
"And I made the same promise to Mabel, what makes that any different?"
"Because Dipper is dead, I would feel guilty if I didn't at least try to keep my promise." Dean sounded so set in his plan that Sam's argument wouldn't matter.
"Dean it is more than that," Sam began. "You are struggling with Dad's death and you are using Mabel to give you a purpose."
"I'm not using Mabel. That isn't what this is. I care about her okay, and I will find her. You told me that I needed to deal with Dad's death that is what I am going to do." Dean looked up into Sam's hazel eyes and his little brother could make out tears clouding his green eyes.
"Can you just be honest with me? Just tell me why you want to do this," Sam pleaded.
"Because Mabel is out there alone. She has no family left. When we met her the girl only had Dipper, Stan and that pig of hers. Whether she admits it or not, Mabel needs someone to help her deal with this," Dean explained.
"And?"
"And," Dean stopped because a heavy sigh escaped him and a few small tears ran down his cheeks. "If anything ever happened to me, I would want someone to look out for you. Someone to be there for you and to help you through things. The girl has no one and I would never want you to be in that situation."
"Okay Dean. I understand." Sam patted Dean on the back before hugging him. "So, when do we leave?"
"We don't." When a hurt look crossed Sam's face Dean put up a greasy covered hand. "I'm going alone. I don't want to overwhelm her when I find her. The plan is to bring her back here."
"Alright. You want to get your alone time with Mabel?" Sam elbowed Dean in the stomach.
"Chick-flick moments to follow," Dean stated sarcastically. "That and I don't want to put too much on her at once. The girl is probably going through hell right now and I'm not sure how she'll handle me in the room with her let alone both of us." Dean smirked.
Sam just chuckled before walking back towards the house to help Bobby see if they could make out any demonic activity in the area. Surprisingly it had been quiet for a while. Secretly he was going to make a few calls to make things easier for Dean, because even though Sam wasn't going with his brother, he'd be damned if he didn't try to help.
Dean kept sorting through parts and figuring out what he could salvage from his girl. His mind wandered back to the case he and Sam worked in Gravity Falls, the case that lead to the promise he made to Dipper. It was a little over a year ago back when he and Sammy were just getting used to being a team again. So when they ran into the Twins working the same case seeing those two together, spiked a little envy in Dean because they had the relationship he wished he could have with Sam, the way things used to be. Although it took him a while to realize it had to do with the fact that Dipper and Mabel Pines had rarely been separated in their twenty years.
They ran into the twins on their way out of the police station and Mabel immediately pointed out that they weren't real F.B.I. Agents. That is why they walked farther away from the station so they could continue their talk elsewhere under the cover of the trees.
Sam and Dean both tried to keep the Twins off of the case told them that they were handling it but they refused to listen. They were stubborn, well at least Mabel was because when Dipper started to agree with Dean and Sam she stood in front of him and told them that this was their home and that she would personally follow them if they didn't agree to let her and Dipper help. They agreed only because Mabel wasn't backing down and the boys had no idea what was going on here.
"So this guy Robbie dies and after he is buried his parents find his grave freshly dug up?" Sam asked and the twins nodded.
"That isn't the weird part, a few people around town say that they have seen Robbie walking around town looking for someone," Dipper explained.
"If his corpse is missing, he's not a ghost," Dean began. "The difficult thing is figuring out what he is and what he is not."
"Me and Dipper have a theory." Mabel put out her hand and waited for Dipper to pull the journal out of his vest pocket and open to the page. It was the undead section of the journal specifically Zombies. "We think his ex Wendy brought him back as a zombie."
Dean chuckled and everyone looked at him in confusion. "You don't think it is funny that this guy's name is Robbie and he may be a zombie. Rob Zombie." When no one laughed, Dean waved them off. "Come on, fine keep going."
"Why would his former girlfriend bring him back from the dead?" Sam asked.
"Well, Wendy and Robbie were trying to work out their issues," Mabel answered and Dipper looked at her in shock. "Wendy told me, said that it wasn't a sure thing but that they wanted to see if things worked out the second time. Obviously it didn't 'cause one rainy night later Robbie is dead."
"It rained one night and Robbie was on the road. From the story the cops put together from the tire tracks and the jumbled mess that Wendy said; Robbie lost visibility and ended up swerving off of the road wrapping his car around a tree. The last call he had on his phone was to Wendy, she told the cops that he was on the phone with her when he lost consciousness. Wendy was the one that called the police and she was a wreck for a few days after the accident, but then she started acting funny a day before they discovered Robbie's grave in disarray and presumably empty," Dipper retold the story even though he hated the thought of Wendy being involved with Robbie's disappearance.
"How about we split up then? Two of us can go check out the grave and the other can go talk to Wendy since we already talked to the police," Dean said.
"Why don't we just go together?" Dipper asked nervously.
"All of us going together may raise suspicion. If you and your sister need to stay together, you two can go to the cemetery and we'll go talk to Wendy," Dean answered knowing that Dipper wouldn't want him and Sam interrogating the girlfriend without him being there.
Dipper sighed. "Fine, we'll split up, but I'm going to talk to Wendy," he stated, even though part of him didn't want to leave his sister alone with either of the brothers.
Sam nodded. "Me and you will go talk to Wendy. Mabel and Dean can take care of the business at the cemetery. Where are we going to meet back up?"
"The Mystery Shack," Mabel answered.
"You mean that cheesy tourist trap outside of town?" Dean asked not believing what he was hearing.
"It's not that bad, in fact that is where we live. Our Grunkle Stan runs the place," Mabel explained before the Winchesters agreed that they would meet up at the Shack.
After short goodbyes the duos went their separate ways. Dean and Mabel took the Impala, while Dipper and Sam took Stan's Coupe Deville. The tension in the air was thick in the Impala, until Dean cranked up the radio before remembering he had no idea where the cemetery was.
Dean turned down the music to ask, "Which way to the cemetery?" Mabel gave him directions and they arrived at the cemetery in about a half hour. "So Grunkle Stan?" Dean looked over at her and flashed a smile.
"He's our Great Uncle. Calling him Uncle Stan never felt right, and saying Great Uncle Stan is a mouthful so I used Grunkle and it stuck," Mabel explained.
"So why are you two staying with your Grunkle?" Dean asked, before he realized he did.
"He's the only family we have left," Mabel answered before quickly getting out of the car and heading into the cemetery. When Dean got out of the car Mabel didn't look back. He grabbed the shovels out of the trunk and the girl just kept walking until she suddenly stopped at the freshly dug grave.
"Here we are," Mabel stated coldly and Dean realized that he hit a nerve.
"I'm sorry Mabel. I didn't mean to upset you," Dean said again he let the words escape him. Honestly he didn't get why he cared that he upset her, once the case was over she would be left behind just like this crazy town.
"It's okay, you didn't." Mabel flashed him a half-hearted smile. She had braces, which seemed odd because the girl was obviously an adult. She took a shovel, without asking and toyed with the handle.
The pair started digging up the grave again in silence. The sun was slowly going down as when they hit the hard wood of the casket. "Bingo," both Dean and Mabel said at the same time. They quickly uncovered the casket and flipped it open. The casket was empty. The inside was barren except for a Greek symbol embedded in the top of the casket.
"Well that is some Greek spellwork there," Dean began before getting back out of the grave and pulling Mabel up out of it with him.
"So is Robbie a zombie?" Mabel asked wiping some of the dirt off of her legs.
"Yeah. Look at the grass around the grave it's all dead. Nothing kills off plant life like this, except a zombie. They suck the life out of plant life," Dean explained.
"So how are we going to take care of him?" Mabel asked sounding sheepish for the first time since he met her.
"The lore around zombies is really unclear on how to kill them, me and Sam haven't dealt with one yet so we are going to have to research some when we get back to the Shack," Dean stated and Mabel groaned loudly when he said they had to do research.
"You sound just like Dipper," Mabel responded. "Research, research and more research, the boy spends more time researching than he does sleeping and eating maybe even breathing."
Dean chuckled. "I know my brother is the same way. Although Sammy's lack of sleep has to do more with night terrors than his obsession over research."
Mabel pulled out a roll of police 'do not cross' crime scene tape out from under her sweater before finding a way to form a rectangle around the grave with the yellow tape. It was a barrier that most people wouldn't cross. "There, now the grave is still open. Just in case we need it to put Robbie back at rest."
"Isn't that illegal?" Dean asked sarcastically, most of the things he did were illegal from fake IDs to impersonating an officer.
"So is pretending to be a cop," Mabel responded. "Anyways, as Grunkle Stan once told me, 'If there are no cops around anything is legal'." She did her best imitation of Stan's voice. "Since it is just you and me here, and you are not a cop," She paused to point at the tape, "that is perfectly legal." Dean opened his mouth to say something, but Mabel beat him to it. "Anyways it isn't like anyone comes to the cemetery very often anyways."
"What if the cops come here to check out Robbie's grave?" Dean asked.
Mabel waved off his question. "The two cops that patrol the town are sheriff Blubs and Deputy Durland, they aren't exactly the sharpest points on the star if you know what I mean. If they come here and see the tape, they'll believe that they did it earlier and forgot."
Mabel began to walk back towards the Impala and as he walked behind her he noticed what she was wearing. She was wearing a bright pink sweater that had a shooting star on it and a purple pleated skirt.
"You know the loose-fitting sweater and short shirt look isn't exactly hunter-wear," Dean commented as Mabel got into the Impala. Dean put the shovels in the trunk before climbing in next to Mabel.
"I know, but I hate changing who I am because of what we do. Things used to be easier and this is my comfort zone," Mabel admitted with a sigh.
"This job changes good people Mabel, you can get out before you are in too deep." He wanted her to know that getting out was an option, that it wasn't too late for her.
"I was born in too deep Dean," Mabel muttered in response and Dean wondered what she meant, but when she fell silent he knew she wasn't going to elaborate. He wanted to tell her that he understood the feeling, but he didn't want to explain himself either. So he just began to drive towards the Mystery Shack listening to Mabel's curt directions until they pulled up to a rundown looking building with faded red and black letters that read 'Mystery Shack'.
"This is where you live?" Dean asked in shock.
Mabel nodded. "Home sweet, Mystery Shack." She got out of the car and walked toward the Shack, stopping only to wait for Dean. When he got out of the car Mabel grabbed his hand before yanking him towards the Shack.
"GRUNKLE STAN!" Mabel yelled as she burst through the screen door of the Shack finding only Soos manning the cash register in the empty gift shop.
"Easy Hambone, it has been a slow day so Mr. Pines went to take a nap," Soos explained.
"Alright." Mabel fist bumped Soos, before beginning introductions. "Soos this is Dean Winchester. Dean this is Soos."
"Another Winchester?" Soos asked. Dean and Mabel both nodded. "Wasn't too long ago that your father was here," Soos said and Mabel wished he hadn't.
"Wait-my Dad was here?" Dean questioned. This was the last place he would ever expect his father would go, especially not after the entry about how Gravity Falls didn't have anything real going on and that it wasn't worth his time. Also, a few unkind words about Stan probably because they had a falling out.
"Yes, John Winchester was here," Soos responded, before turning to Mabel. "Hey Mabel, can you hold down the fort for me? I need to take a break."
"Soos, you know what time it is right?" Mabel asked looking at Soos, who shook his head. "It's nearly ten p.m.. Grunkle Stan went to bed after making dinner for Dipper and Sam. You should get home Soos, Abuelita is probably worried sick about you. Do you need a ride?" Mabel spoke gently to Soos, but even so he looked embarrassed.
Soos shook his head, before he let his gaze fall to the floor. "No, I'll be okay walking." The man that seemed genuinely happy when they walked in seemed utterly broken now. He came out from behind the counter and walked towards the door.
"Soos," Mabel called to him, taking steps towards him. When Soos didn't look back at her, she just continued to speak, "It's okay Soos. It may not feel okay, but it is. No one is mad at you, alright."
Soos nodded, before opening the screen door. "Send me a message when you get home." Soos muttered a quiet response, before he was gone. Dean's unanswered question hung in the air, but another one was forming. As if Mabel could hear the unasked question, she answered it, "Soos loses time. He just kind of spaces out without realizing that it happened. That is just the way Soos deals with things, some people used to pick at him because of it. He lives in his own world and many people can't keep him grounded for very long."
Dean nodded, before asking, "When did you guys see my father?"
"We'll talk about that later, right now I want to see what our brothers are up to," Mabel responded before locking up the Mystery Shack and heading into the main house. Only to find Dipper passed out on the floor and Sam sitting in Stan's chair getting into an episode of 'Ducktective'. Mabel went over and flipped off the T.V., Sam groaned loudly and Dipper jolted awake.
"How long you guys been back?" Mabel asked.
"We got back here, an hour or so ago," Dipper answered, "but we started here anyways."
"And you didn't call," Mabel joked. "You look exhausted Bro Bro, why don't you lie down."
"I'll call you when I get in bed to just so you know," Dipper responded, before getting up off of the floor and heading up to their room in the attic. Then Mabel's cellphone rang it was Dipper, calling her from his bed just like he told her he would.
"You're a smartass," Mabel answered before Dipper even said hello.
"Yes, I'm aware. I'm going to do a little reading before bed, goodnight Mabel," Dipper muttered before he yawned into the phone.
"Goodnight Dipper," Mabel responded before the line went dead. The Winchester brothers were both staring at Mabel in amusement. "Me and Dipper have an interesting relationship. So what happened with Wendy? Something must have went down, because Dipper would've called me unless he was shaken up." Mabel just looked at Sam who sighed.
"It didn't go well," Sam began, "At first we couldn't find Wendy. She was supposed to be here, but Soos said she had skipped her shift again today. So me and Dipper headed to Wendy's house. When we got there Wendy did not want Dipper in her house and repeatedly told us that it would be better if we just left, especially Dipper. Is that normal for Wendy?"
Mabel shook her head. "Wendy is usually open to all people, especially Dipper. They are close friends and between us, Dipper has a HUGE crush on Wendy."
"I know, the way he looked when she turned him away and the nervous way that he looked around her," Sam explained.
"So Dipper has got it bad, but what does that have to do with Robbie?" Dean asked.
"Robbie never liked Dipper; he used to pick on my brother a lot before Wendy stood up for him. That and Dipper was the one that convinced Wendy that their relationship was unhealthy, which is what led her to end it," Mabel chimed in. "If she is keeping Robbie hidden in her house and Dipper came in, I don't want to imagine what he would do to my brother."
"He would do nothing, because me and Sam aren't going to let anything happen to him," Dean stated firmly.
That was when Stan walked into the room. "Mabel, who are these boys?" Grunkle Stan asked sleepily.
"Sam and Dean Winchester," Mabel answered, "I thought you talked to Sam before you went to bed."
"It is hard to have a conversation with someone when they are sitting there giggling like a bunch of school girls," Stan said. "Anyways it is nice to meet you boys; I've known your father for years. Although last time he was here things kind of took a turn for the worse." Stan's face became a mask of grief. He quickly recovered mumbling a few things about the veil covering this town and how John had so many problems with him, before heading back towards his room throwing out a quick 'goodnight' before going back to bed.
"You two can stay here tonight," Mabel began and both Winchester boys looked like they wanted to protest, "the nearest motel is about an hour away and I would rather have you two close just in case... well the Zombie pays us a visit." All of the boys' arguments fled their thoughts and they both simply nodded. "Sam, you can head up to the attic and sleep in my bed." That brought the argument back in Sam.
"No, you need to sleep," Sam stated firmly.
"I will Sam, but I want to be down here if something goes wrong. It's my brother and Grunkle in here," Mabel responded.
"And my brother," Sam argued.
"You two are talking about me like I'm not here," Dean said and both Sam and Mabel turned to him. "If it will make you both happy, I'll go sleep in Mabel's bed and you two can have a sleepover down here. It'll be like the slumber party you always dreamed of Samantha, you and Mabel can be gal pals."
That sent Sam up the stairs quickly, with a short goodnight. Dean merely laughed, sending a smirk to Sam even though he was headed towards the attic and couldn't see him. "You're welcome."
"How did you-" Mabel tried to ask, but Dean interrupted her.
"You know your brother, I know mine," Dean stately simply.
"I just figured that maybe with Sam in the room Dipper might sleep. He often stays up and watches me sleep. The boys is so worried about what might happen once he closes his eyes, after our first run in with Bill Cipher Dipper began to freak out over my safety," Mabel said shaking her head at the memory.
"Who?" Dean asked.
"It's a long story, why don't we talk about it while I repay you with dinner," Mabel said leading Dean into the kitchen and telling him to sit his ass down before seeing what Grunkle Stan had left in the fridge. "How do reheated hamburgers sound to you?"
"Just fine, as long as you can make it a bacon cheeseburger." Dean smirked.
"I think-"
"I was just kidding Mabel," Dean interjected.
"If you would let me finish Dean, I was going to say that I think you're a physic 'cause you just read my mind." Mabel returned his smirk pulling out some bacon and cheese for their burgers.
That was when Sam returned snapping the thought of the bacon cheeseburgers and Mabel from his thoughts. He was just getting off of the phone when he began to speak to Dean. "I called the Mystery Shack and talked to a very confused Soos and a pissed off Wendy."
"What do they know?" Dean asked.
"Nothing. Just that Mabel is M.I.A. and she won't answer anyone's calls. Wendy said that "when she finds Mabel and Dipper that she is going to beat them senseless for making her and Soos worry". Also, I found out where the vampires the Twins went after were at. I figured that would be a good place for you to start," Sam explained.
"Wendy won't lay a hand on her, because if she does I will put that red head back in her place," Dean responded. He walked towards Bobby's house to gather his things and hit the road.
"Dean, you don't even have a car," Sam called following after him.
"Yeah I do, one of the junkyard cars Bobby has been working on is up and running. Bobby said that I can take her, as long as I take good care of her," Dean explained, grabbing his duffle bag and heading out the door. He put a few weapons in his coat pockets, before putting others in the top of his duffle. "Sam, I know you are worried about me. I get that, but everything is going to be alright. I just need to-"
"Find Mabel, I know. Just watch your back and I'll be calling you," Sam said before giving Dean a hug, which he returned for once. His brother got into the little silver car and waved as he started it. Dean took off leaving Bobby's scrapyard behind and heading towards southern Ohio, the last place anyone knew that the Pines Twins were.
They ate and talked about little things until Dean asked her the question that had been plaguing his mind since he found out John had been there. "When was my Dad here?"
"A month ago, he came here tracking some demon. Whoever he was tracking got mixed up with our demon, or well the demon that haunts this family like the plague," Mabel explained. "When Grunkle Stan told him that Bill was one of Azazel's minions and that if yellow eyes was in town that meant that some serious mojo was going down, mojo that not even your Dad could have handled. Grunkle Stan told him to leave well enough alone. Your father then called Stan a coward and screamed at him about the fact that he hadn't brought me and Dipper up as hunters. That was when Stan told him to leave before he got the shotgun and shot him."
"That is usually how things happen with my Dad," Dean responded with a slight chuckle.
"Me and Dipper weren't brought up as hunters, we aren't even hunters now. We just know more about this stuff than we should because of the journals," Mabel sighed, knowing the story she was going have to tell once Dean questioned her.
"I thought your brother only had a journal, you're saying that you have one as well?" Dean asked.
Mabel nodded. "I stole it from Lil Gideon, the towns show boy psychic that had a huge crush on me when we first showed up here. When I saw this sitting on his desk and I knew what the book had done to my brother, and I never knew what me taking it would do to me. Dipper still doesn't know I have this," Mabel paused to pull out journal 2 from where she kept it tucked in her skirt under her pink sweater, "I took it to save Gideon, but this book has become the reason my brother never stops worrying about me..."
"Why, what happened Mabel?" Dean asked, knowing she may not want to answer this but trying anyways. He wasn't sure exactly why he wanted to know things about Mabel, personal things about her past more than just the need-to-know basis he usually stuck to.
She laughed her smile faltering. "Why don't we get situated for the night, before we get into the reason why my brother will never quit worrying about me."
Dean just nodded, before helping Mabel drag out an old thin mattress from Stan's old pull out couch. They quickly pulled a clean bedsheet over the mattress, and gathering a few blankets and pillows. Dean sat down on the mattress, before Mabel sat in Stan's chair. "Alright, start talking Mabel."
Mabel sighed. "It has to do with my birth mark, me and Dipper were both born with unusual marks on our bodies," Mabel began. "Dipper was born with the Big Dipper on his forehead; the bullies had a lot of fun with that one. That's why he always wears a hat and keeps his hair long enough to cover it. Then there is me, I have well, the all seeing eye over my heart. It makes me more susceptible to possession, especially by Bill Cipher, but it also can attribute to psychic abilities." Dean looked at her like she sprouted a second head, so she pulled down her sweater till Dean could see the clear outline of an eye on her chest.
"What does that have to do with the journal?" Dean asked.
"When I stole the journal from Gideon, Bill took that as a sign that I wanted to be of use to him. I didn't even realize it happened until I found myself getting out of bed early in the morning and I had no control of my body. It was like a prison, I was trapped in the dark only seeing what Bill wanted me to see and the rest was filled with silence and bitter loneliness. Bill's impression of me was almost flawless, but Dipper saw through it eventually," Mabel told most of the story.
"What happened when Dipper pointed out that he knew?" Dean pressed.
"He locked me out. All I know was that he was offering Dipper a deal and when he didn't agree at first, Bill went to the window of the attic; shattered it and then threatened to jump out of the window... in my body," Mabel explained, "I could see everything, it was like it was me doing it. I kept fighting him, screaming no and Bill merely laughed. He told Dipper that my screams and panic satisfied him, and that Bill truly wished Dipper could hear my screams. Dipper agreed to whatever he asked as long as Bill left me alone. The last thing I remember of that night was falling from the windowsill into Dipper's arms and then nothing. I woke up lying in Dipper's bed with him, he was frantic, scared and he didn't sleep a wink. Every time the boy shuts his eyes, he's afraid that he is going to wake up and I won't be there anymore. I apologized to him so many times, I wanted to tell him so bad, but Bill wouldn't let me. I would never leave Dipper; I promised him that I wouldn't. He still worries about me, to the point where he stays up most of the night and I can't get him to stop."
"He never will stop worrying about you, he's your brother Mabel. That is part of the job description. You said something about psychic abilities, do you-"
Mabel nodded slightly. "I do, but it's nothing life changing. I'm just more in tune with other people's emotions. Sometimes it is way too much for me to be around people, the feelings are too much. I never know which are my own and which aren't, Dipper is the only one who understands that. I've just gotten really good at pretending that it isn't there, that the feelings don't exist."
"So being around me must be a relief," Dean commented and Mabel just looked at him allowing herself to feel.
"You really believe that you are such an emotionless statue, don't you Dean?" Mabel closed her eyes and took a deep breath feeling everything Dean was feeling. She ignored Stan and the boys upstairs, and just focused on Dean. She felt weighed down, like the entire world was sitting on her shoulders and that someone expected her to shoulder that indefinitely. "Do you want me to tell you what you are feeling?" When Dean didn't say anything she continued, "You are worried about your Dad and Sam, afraid that you can't protect or save them from the things that go bump in the night, you feel guilt for leaving your father and not going with him, you also feel like he abandoned you just like Sam did, you feel responsible for Sam caring more about his safety than your own well-being, but most of all Dean Winchester you feel this crippling weight on your shoulders that you've been carrying around like it isn't the world on your back."
Dean just stared at her in disbelief. Did she really just say all of that? "Anything else?" Dean asked licking his lips nervously.
"Well, I'm making you extremely nervous. You don't exactly believe that I can feel your emotions and underneath everything you are attracted to me," Mabel stated plainly, her brown eyes opening with a grin.
Dean didn't know what to say. For once he was at a loss for words. He did believe what Mabel told him, how could he not? What she said was true, all of it was true. "How do you deal with it? I mean, just knowing what everyone feels and feeling it along with them."
"I shut it out. Ignoring the emotions became second nature, once I embraced the fact that I could feel things it became easier to ignore. At first I didn't realize it was happening, until I started feeling hurt whenever Dipper did. It wasn't only the emotional pain, but the physical as well. He got beat up, I felt beat up; he got sick, I got sick. That's when it came to me, so I talked to an actual psychic and she made things clear to me. I'm an empath. Can I tell you something and you not flip out?" Dean nodded. "You aren't a statue Dean, you're human. Let yourself feel things."
"I know, Sam tells me the same thing all the time," Dean explained.
"But you are listening to me because?" Mabel questioned.
"You aren't my brother and I'm attracted to you just a little," Dean answered, before grabbing Mabel's hand and pulling down on the bed with him. Her lips met his, before he situated her on his lap, sliding his tongue into her mouth running his tongue over her braces. Mabel bit down gently on his lip. They parted lips just long enough for Dean to pull her sweater over her head, revealing her black bra and her birthmark. As they continued kissing Dean adjusted positions pinning her to the bed and began to slide her skirt off. Once her skirt was strewn on the floor, Dean began to slide Mabel's panties down but she stopped him.
"Slow down there Tiger," Mabel purred. "You want to see my badge; you at least gotta take your shirt off." He did as Mabel said pulling off his shirt and tossing it to the floor. The warmth of his muscles pressed against her skin felt so right, but then she remembered where they were. "Dean." When he tried to kiss her again, she put a hand on his chest and pushed up putting distance between her and him. "Dean," She called again.
"What's wrong Mabel?" Dean asked, kissing her forehead before his green eyes rested on hers.
"We can't do this right now." When Dean looked confused she continued, "Not that I don't want to, because this is like one of my dreams happening before my eyes."
"Then why not let me take care of you? Unless this is your-"
"No, no this isn't. It is just our brothers are upstairs and Grunkle Stan is in the other room, if they hear anything or walk in on us they will go insane," Mabel explained. "But there is something, we can do." She kissed him once, twice and a third time before letting him take control again. Dean sucked on her tongue until she moaned in his mouth and then he began trailing kisses down her neck, sucking as he went. Dean was going to leave bruises and that was what he wanted, it was something she would look at remember that he did it.
They were both frozen in their tracks, when they heard a loud bang from outside. That got Dean out of the bed and headed towards the door with his gun at the ready before Mabel had even gotten up. "Stay there," Dean commanded, but Mabel got out of the bed grabbing Stan's knife and heading towards the door. "Mabel, please there could be something out there and you are about to go after it in your panties. Just let me handle it."
"No, this is my house Dean. And as much as I appreciate the protectiveness, frankly it's a turn on, but this is my house so you're stuck with me. Whatever is out there, we are going to deal with it together," Mabel responded, before opening the front door of the Shack and letting Dean go out first since he had the gun. What they found was just a gnome digging through the trash. "Jeff, get out of here! How many times do I have to tell you to get lost?"
"You are my future Queen so I can't just leave you here," the gnome responded looking up at Mabel, admiring her bare skin.
"I'm not, nor will I ever be your queen. Now get out of here before I kill you," Mabel threatened. "This is your final warning, Jeff."
The gnome nodded, before he ran back into the woods. Mabel secretly hoping that this would be the last time she saw that little man. Dean put a hand on her shoulder before they stepped back inside. "What was that?" Dean asked.
"One of the very few men that find me attractive," Mabel answered. "That was Jeff, he's a gnome and the reason my brother became obsessed with finding answers. The gnomes kidnapped me on one of the first few days after we arrived in Gravity Falls. They pretended to be a boy and I was stupid enough to go out with him. Next thing I knew, I was tied up Gulliver's travels style and they were going to marry me to Jeff."
Dean learned a lot about Mabel that night. From her powers to the reason she was staying with Stanford Pines. Dean admitted that Dipper and Mabel were passed along like orphans, going from their parents to their grandparents, back to their father and finally to Stanford shortly before their father killed himself. Their life may have been sadder than his and Sam's, but the road had just as many bends, dead-ends and forks in it. He had no idea how that memory lead to a pile of ashes in southern Ohio, but it had. Dean searched the ashes and found a partially burned rosary among them. He knew he was standing where Mabel laid her brother to rest, she gave him a hunters send off. Cutting all ties to the Earth and making sure that he wouldn't return as a ghost or a zombie.
Inside was a bloody mess and it was evident that a huge fight had happen there, and it didn't end well. There were bits and pieces of blood covered yarn on the wooden walls. He knew immediately that this was where the vampires laid Mabel down the night they killed Dipper, but Dean shook away the thought; before he went back to the scorched ground where he could picture Mabel laying Dipper down gently and doing for him what he had done for his father. "I'm going to find her Dipper, I promise," He muttered, mostly to himself but to Dipper Pines wherever his spirit was now. Dean decided that since he was standing there and had no lead whatsoever that he would call Mabel for the first time since he left Bobby's house.
When she didn't answer him once again, Dean left a message, "If you get this Mabel, know this; I'm looking for you. I will find you if it is the last thing I do. Sam is at Bobby's place if you are out there looking for a place to go, they are waiting for you. Just a warning, Wendy and Jo are also out there looking for you, and besides worrying about you they are both very angry and most likely going to smack you when they find you. Right now me and Sam are your best bet Mabel, please call me back. And if you didn't catch this yet, it's me. Dean Winchester."