Dipper, Mabel, and Faye suited up. Grunkle Stan instructed them on where to go, though he wasn't coming with them.
"They'll recognize me and will know where you guys are taking them," he had explained.
But as they got ready Mabel went through her own problems. As she thought about saving Lillian and Jack her thoughts mostly went back to Jack.
She felt her heart flutter as she thought of him. No I CAN'T l-like him! I like Mermando! Oh what am I gonna do? she thought.
"Hey guys can I go to the lake for a minute?" she asked. They nodded and continued as Mabel slipped out.
She clasped her seashell neckless and knew her boyfriend was coming.
He had given it to her so that whenever they wanted to talk all she had to do was clasp the shell and he would come.
She arrived at the lake and called out, "Mermando?" She was greeted by a familiar dolphin call. There he was smiling sadly at her.
She ran to him, "Mermando I have terrible news and you'll probably hate me afterwards," she said sadly. Mermando nodded.
"I have the same, let us say it at once!" he said.
"I have fallen for another!" they both said. They then gasped. Mermando took her hand.
"Mabel my darling, I was decreed by my father to marry another mermaid when I come of age and I am afraid I am starting to fall for her!" he said and a tear trickled down his face.
Mabel hugged him and sniffled, "I have met another boy, and I think I like him!" she said.
"G-Gills! You are covering my gills!" Mabel let go. Mermando breathed in, "Mabel, I am afraid we cannot be together. For we both like another. We could ever had been together in the first place, but I will always love you."
Mabel brushed aside a tear falling from her cheek, "I will l always love you too Mermando. I'm sorry, I wish this could have worked," she said.
Then her and Mermando kissed once again, for one last time, "Please keep in touch. I will always be there for you, Mabel," said Mermando.
Mabel nodded and smiled as he swam away, "I love you…" she whispered. And she then sought out to go back to her friends and sibling, she had work to do.
Mabel had just finished explaining what happened.
Dipper hugged her, "It'll be ok Mabel. Now we really have to go," he said.
Mabel nodded smiling bravely. "Lets go."
Lillian and Jack were still working on her powers when they heard a alarm sound. Jack jumped.
"What is that?!" he demanded.
Lillian smiled and her eyes shone with happiness, "We're getting out of here!" she said. She grabbed his hand and with a lot, and I mean a LOT she tellaported onto the other side.
Jack started at her in amazement, "Lill how did you do that?" he asked.
"Umm, I think I tapped into a bit of your powers," Lillian said. Jack shrugged and they let go of each others hand.
"Now lets go! I bet we'll see Dipper, Mabel, and Faye," she said. They ran out into another corridor. Suddenly they were grabbed and pulled into another room.
A women sneered at them, "Oh so you two are the Ciphers," she said.
"We are NOT the 'Ciphers!'" they both said.
The women sneered again, she threw them into the corner, they cried out and the women threw away a piece of cloth covering one side of the room to revel a machine.
She then pulled out a vile. Lillian caught a glance at what was inside, a golden hair and a black hair. She gasped.
The women put it into the machine and typed something into it muttering, "Better have some backup when those rotten kids get here," she said. Once she was done she laughed evilly and ran out.
Lillian groaned and got up, she rubbed her head, "I wonder what that was ab-" suddenly the machine dinged and a panel slide out of the bottom.
On it was two blobs of…Lillian had no idea what was on there!
The blobs started to shape into human forms. Then cloths started to form on them which hung loosely. They were Lillian and Jack's outfits.
The bodies started to change again, on gaining more feminine features and one having a more boyish form until they fit the cloths just like Lillian and Jack did.
Then they sprouted hair, one's golden, one's black. Their pale as a sheet skin tone changed into Lillian's and Jack's.
And finally their faces molded into Lillian and Jack's faces. Glasses rose from under the other Lillian's skin and propped them up onto her eyes.
And the clones eyes shot open. Their arms rose and they pulled up their sleeves. Printed clearly on their arms where Stan's tattoo.
From the window of the door Dipper, Mabel, And Faye watched in horror as the clones smiled evilly.
Clone Lillian eyed her original, "Hello me, it's nice to meet me," she said chuckling at her corny joke.
Clone Jack adjusted his tie and smiled, "Don't mind her. She's the dumber one of us," he said. Clone Lillian scowled.
"Excuse me?" they started to argue and catching real Jacks gaze real Lillian smirked.
Seeing the originals' smirks the clones stopped arguing. Jack huffed.
"Now Lill, why don't we show these originals what us clones can do," he said.
"NO!" Dipper, Mabel, and Faye ran into the room, knocking the clones into the originals.
"C'mon Lillian, Jack, we gotta… uh oh," Mabel said that because both the clones and originals rose at the same time and no one could tell who was who.
The real Lillian frowned, "Ok guys, I'm the real Lillian," she then grabbed the real Jack, "And this is the real Jack, now lets go!" she said.
Clone Lillian shook her head, "No don't listen to them! We're the originals! These clones are evil!" she said.
Dipper, Mabel, and Faye stood there, unable to move. Clone Jack nodded, "Yeah these guys are evil don't trust them!" he said.
Clone Lillian shot him a glare, "That's what I said!" they started to argue again.
Dipper smiled, "Ok I know who's the real Lillian and Jack!" he pointed at the originals, "The real-"
"NO!" Clone Lillian shot a ball of fire at the ceiling and chaos broke out. Part of the ceiling broke of and the clone and originals fought on the cloud of smoke. One of the Lillian's ran out.
"Guys, Jack's still in there! I knocked out my clone but he's still fighting his!" the worry in her voice was so real that Dipper knew it was the real Lillian.
Suddenly Jack ran out, "I got my clone! Now let's go!" he said.
They ran out, they passed a guard and Jack tauntingly yelled back, "See ya later! Remember! Reality is a illusion, the universe is a hologram, buy platinum! Bye!"
They continued to run and kept on running until they burst into the sunlight.
This kinda felt rushed but I really wanted to post it. Anyways this is the same kind of cloning device that Stan has. Who do you think he go it from?!
Review please!