Mr. Pines opened the front door as quietly as he could, with Blubs and Derland right behind him. From the front door they were walking into the lving room, and straight ahead was hallway filled with doors. On the right was a walk in kitchen.

"I'll search the kitchen, you guys search the rooms" Mr. Pines said. They nodded in agreement and went down their sepreate paths. Derland and Blubs slowly opened doors one at a time, first finding two empty bedrooms and a bathroom. They opened one more door slowly. It was pitch black because there was no window. They flicked the light switch and they saw the man sleeping in the bed in the room.

Mr. Pines didn't find anything in the kitchen but 2 doors and a dirty floor. He opened the door on his right to find a coat closet. He shut the door and opened the door to his left, where he found stairs leading to a basement

"Bingo" He took his phone out and put on a flashlight app and started walking down the stairs since there were no light switch. It was very hard to see, so he had to squint his way through. The basement smelled of dust and mold, much to his displeasure. He turned to his left to find a bar top, and under it were the girls tied up, sleeping in chairs. He was relieved to see them, and approached them.

"What are you doing here?" The voice made Mr. Pines jump, and he turned and saw a kid, looking worried. Mr. Pines had a bone to pick with this kid, and he didn't hold anything back while talking to him.

"Do you know the severity of the crime that you have comitted? You have kidnapped two girls, and you will probably go to juvy!

Andrew started getting closer to him. "I'm sorry, just..." Andrew pulled a pocket knife out and stabbed Mr. Pines. He screamed in pain, which woke Mabel and Pacifica up, frightened at the sight of Mr. Pines stabbed. In his pain, he dropped his phone, which broke it and flooded the room with complete darkness.

Blubs and Derland were searching for clues when they heard a scream come from the basement.

"We should go check that out" Blubs said prepared to go out the door, when Derland was grabbed by the man, who was pretending to be asleep so he could strike at the right time. He put a gun to his head and held him hostage.

"Help! Help me!" Derland cried in fear. Blubs turned around to see the hostage situation he was in. He pulled out his handgun and pointed it at him.

"Don't do anything you are going to regret" Blubs warned. The man threw Derland on the bed and and punched Blubs in the stomach. He ran out of the bedroom door

Blubs pulled out his walkie talkie. "Dipper, he's coming your way"

SECONDS AGO

Mr. Pines was in pain from being shanked he couldn't speak, while the girls look at Andrew in fear.

"You shouldn't have come here, now I'll be forced to murder your daughter to teach you a lesson" He took the pocket knife and put it up to Mabel's neck. She screamed in fear, and Andrew took it all in as a sign of victory for him. Mr. Pines, wounded from the knife, stood up and grabbed Andrew as the knife was centimeters away from ending Mabel's life. He took him down and chocked him with his bicep. Andrew gasped for air but couldn't get any to his lungs. He passed out.

Mr. Pines grabbed the knife and set the girls free

"Thank you dad. I missed you so much!" She ran in to a hug, and they were truly happy they were together again. Blubs ran downstairs followed by Derland to report the bad news.

"The man escaped outside, we couldn't capture him"

Mr. Pines grew a worried look on his face. "Let's just hope that Dipper and Stan can catch him."

I have something awesome in my mind for Chapter 8, it should be great