"What is going on you guys? I heard them upstairs going through your things, maybe you should see if anything is missing." Wendy said.
Dipper and Mabel ran upstairs to see their room in a shambles.
"My desk has been turned over Mabel, why do you think he wants the journal?" Dipper asked.
"Why are you asking me, I don't know anything about that monster catching book. All I know is he played with my bezazzaler, and I am not happy." Mabel said in a sad voice.
"Don't worry Mabel, I will get to the bottom of this!" Dipper said while clicking his pen.
Just then, Stan bursted in the kids' room, "You kids better get down here, you won't believe what's in the kitchen." Stan said furiously.
Dipper and Mabel ran downstairs to find waddles in the kitchen tied up to the chair with a note on his neck, 'WATCH YOUR BACK, YOU WILL NEVER KNOW WHEN IT'S COMING!'
"What does that mean Dipper?" Mabel asked fearfully.
"I have an idea, but I better check the journal." Dipper said.
"While you two figure this out, I am going to watch Wheel of Cash." Stan said.
Dipper reviewed his journal and found that gold may be hidden somewhere in Gravity Falls. "Maybe this is why Gideon is searching here." Dipper said to himself.
"AHA- THE JOURNAL, NOW I CAN GET THE COMBINATION!" Gideon said to himself, while looking through the kitchen window.
"You know, Dipper, I feel like I am being watched." Mabel said.
"Mabel, it's okay, I will not let anyone hurt you." Dipper said with brotherly love.
"Let's go outside and see what Gideon may be looking for. GIDEON, WHAT ARE YOU STILL DOING HERE?" Dipper screamed.
"You'll never know kid, you have just given me the answers I need to unlock the secret of Gravity Falls!" Gideon replied.
"You will never get this journal from me! Here Mabel," Dipper throws the journal to Mabel.
"Got it, now what Dip?" Mabel said.
"Run...seriously Mabel, Run!" Dipper said firmly.
"Where am I running to Dipper?" Mabel asked.
"Just run away from Gideon Mabel." Dipper said in a more angry voice.
"You'll never get away from me, give me that!" Gideon tried to rip the journal out of Mabel's hands.
Mabel has one end and Gideon has the other, they are tugging on the journal, Dipper screams, almost in slow motion, "Heeeeyyyy, yooouuu guuyyss, yooouuu arrree gooinng toooo riiipp tthhee jooouuurrrnnnaaall!" Well it sounded like slow motion, but it really was Dipper's voice cracking like crazy trying to holler.
The pages of the journal flew out, the book actually ripped in half. Dipper went to his knees, he could not believe his eyes. The only thing that meant anything to him, besides Wendy, was ruined!
"Are you going to just stand there? Get the pages Mabel!" Dipper cried.
"Gideon you are going to pay for this!" Dipper said very mad.
"I can buy and sell your whole family, BOY!" Gideon replied.
"Not before I get that book!" Dipper jumped at him.
Dipper and Gideon rolled around in the snow, but no one could see who had the journal, Mabel ran to the Stanley Mobile and came running back with...
"Look out Dip, I am going to shoot!" Mabel reveled.
"Shoot? Does she have a gun?" Gideon said with fear in his voice.
"You better not mess with me and my brother ever again Gideon," Mabel said as she aimed and shot her grappling hook at Gideon's hair.
The hook got caught in his white fluffy, perfect, hair-do and pulled him toward Mabel. When she reeled him in, he was crying "No, don't mess up mah hair!"
Dipper collected the pages to the journal while wiping away tears, he tried to put them in order. He noticed a page with numbers only. At the bottom, of the page, it read 'GOLD, BUY GOLD!'
"Mabel, I know why Gideon is here, there is gold under the Mystery Shack, it says it right here..."Dipper started to say.
"Hey guys, are you okay?" Wendy asked, as she came running out to see what the commotion
is all about.
"We are fine now, Wendy. Gideon was trying to steal my journal to get the combination to the vault below the Mystery Shack." Dipper said.
"What is this journal, Dipper?" Wendy asked.
"He found it in the woods and it holds secrets and mystery in it. It also, says Wendy will love him one day." Mabel said.
"Mabel it does not say that!" Dipper said with a nervous laugh."Okay, enough, let's get to work."
Bud Gleeful gathered Gideon up and took him to the hair salon. Mabel, Dipper and Wendy went inside the shack to look for a set of stairs that go down to the basement.
"Look guys, there's a hidden door behind this soda machine." Dipper squealed. "I wonder why we didn't notice this before?! Do you think it leads to the gold?"
"Maybe we should go get Grunkle Stan," Mabel suggested.
"Maybe we shouldn't," Dipper declared. "Why would we get him? He won't believe us anyway, let's just find the vault and worry about Stan later."
The door led to a downward spiral staircase, the kids followed it to the end, where they saw an elevator, with 3 floors, all leading down. Everyone got on, and to the 1st floor they went. When they got off the elevator there was a long corridor leading left. They followed the hallway till it ended.
"What's going on here?" Mabel cried. "I'm scared Dipper."
"Don't worry Mabel, you brought your grappling hook, right?" Dipper asked, but there was silence. "Mabel...Mabel...MAAAAAABBBBBEELLL!" Dipper screamed, at the top of his lungs.
DING! The elevator was going up. "Where did Mabel go? Why did she leave in such a hurry? I think she is just afraid of what might be down here." Dipper exclaimed."Wendy, let's go, we have to find this vault before-"
"Before who does BOY? Wittle ole me? That's right, I know it's here, and I'm gonna have it all to myself."Gideon said in a shrilling voice.
"What do we do now Dip?" Wendy whispered.
"He may know where the vault is, but I have the combination!" Dipper said softly.
"Where's that journal, boy?" Gideon forcefully asked, grabbing Dipper's vest.
"You'll never find the answers, come on Wendy, RRRRUUUUNNNNN!"Dipper screamed.
Gideon had 2 guys with him, he knew he needed some strong-arms with him.
"Get 'em, get 'em," Said Gideon, trying to be like Tyler, the cute biker.
The 2 guys grabbed Wendy and Dipper. Dipper was screeching, at the top, of his lungs. Wendy, on the other hand, was smacking and kicking the guys who tried to snatch her up.
"Get off of me!" Wendy yelled. "You dorks have nothin' on me, I'm Manly Dan's daughter,"
Just then, Mabel hopped off the elevator, and yelled "Thanks Dipper, for reminding me to grab my..."
She shot her grappling hook right at the 2 body guards standing next to Gideon. They flew against the wall and were pinned to it.
"GRAPPLING HOOK!" Mabel screamed with pride.
"Mabel you always know right when to use it. Thanks for saving us! Now let's go before Gideon catches us." Dipper said
"Here's the vault, you guys! Mabel read these numbers to me." Dipper said with happiness, in his voice.
"8-29-35-16-6-4-1997-2025, that's it Dipper." Mabel said
" Okay, I put them in, why isn't this working, I will try to put them in again." Dipper said frustrated.
"Hey dorks, why don't you try twisting the handle?!" Wendy said condescendingly.
"Y-ou su-ure know how to break into things, that is pretty cool." Dipper said blushing.
"Dipper, get back to the vault, your drooling." Mabel said.
"Okay, this is it," Dipper said.
CLICK, CLUNK,CLICK-EETT. The door to the vault swung open.
"Wow, look at all of this gold!" Dipper exclaimed.
"That's not gold, Dipper, it's painted, look it's still wet." Wendy noticed.
"Oh my, Dipper, someone has gotten here first, who would know the combination to the vault?" Mabel said.
"Look there's note," 'If you are here and the gold is not, then you are stupid and got GOT!'
"What does this mean Dipper?" Mabel asked.
"It means the gold was taken by someone who knows the Mystery Shack and they know how to get down here. Okay, who knows this place like we do?" Dipper pondered.
"GRUNKLE STAN!" They said in unison.
They all went back to the elevator, where Gideon was crying in the corner. His hair was flopped over to one side and looked like he was a mess.
"Leave 'em, we have to find Stan!" Wendy screamed.
"We can't just leave him here." Mabel cried. "I have a history with him, I am his little Marshmella and he is my...well, he is my...well he is not my anything, I just want to help him!"
All 3 got on the elevator, with Gideon in tow. They headed upstairs to look for Stan.
"Grunkle Stan, where are you?" Said Dipper. "We have some money for you."
Grunkle Stan ran through the kitchen, into the living room and met the kids by the stairs.
"You called?!" Stan replied.
"Yes we did, do you have any ideas as to where the gold in the vault went?" Dipper straight up asked.
"Gold? What gold? I don't know about any Vault!" Stan said suspiciously.
"We didn't tell you about the vault, how do you know about it?" Mabel and Wendy said together.
"I guess I have to tell you now that you already know. My brother Stanley found a mine here in Gravity Falls. He staked his claim back in 1950, he was 10 years old. Our father, great great great Uncle Stimey, gave us both claims on land here. I sold mine to the highest bidder. Stanley was always more about saving for a rainy day. I was about getting out of the rain! Anyway, one day late last June, Stan told everyone in Gravity Falls there was gold here and he knew where it was. None of the towns people believed that Gravity Falls was full of gold and everywhere you looked you will find it. They had him committed to the mental hospital for making all of this up. I recently found the area that was his and it was true, the whole cave was full of gold. I had it dug up and put away for Stanley. I did spend a lot of it on Cash Wheel, betting on baby fights and lots of other things, but most of it is there.
"We didn't see any gold, Grunkle Stan!" Dipper said.
"I had to move it when I realized Gideon and his family were trying to find it. I put it somewhere no one will find it, I probably will forget where I put it so I wrote the coordinates in that book of yours." Stan stated.
"You mean this, my journal?" Dipper said excitedly.
"That's it kid! Someday, when we find Stanley, we can tell him where it is and let him decide how to give us some!" Stan said greedily.
"Well, I wanna go see for myself." Mabel said.
"Let's go find Stanley!" They all said in unison.