-LumpyApple, is has come to my attention that you may have been confused as to the events of the previous chapter. Allow me to explain. Bill, Mabel, and Dipper made an attempt to rescue Juniper. Attempt failed, and both Bill and Juniper were captured and experimented on by Ford, causing a decline in their heath. Mabel is distressed.

"Why? Mabel, who knows what they're still capable of?! Who knows what they would have done to you, to the entire world?" Stanford was outraged. "Now where's Dipper?"

"Why couldn't we have tried to give him a second chance?" Mabel asked.

"Mabel, I'm willing to bet that Bill has been given a thousand chances from a thousand different people,. and has blown every one of them! This isn't open for discussion! Tell me, where is your brother?!"

She didn't answer. She turned around and sank to the floor without a word.

-LINE. I NEED YOU TO EXIST RIGHT NOW.

You may be wondering where Dipper actually is. Don't worry. He's fine. He had asked Mabel if she wanted to go monster hunting with him, and she had said no, so he went out by himself.

So, there he stood, in the forest, minding his own business(sort of), when the trees around him started to buzz. It was like very fast talking, but louder, so like very fast yelling. Then he took a step forwards. It stopped. He took a deep breath, brushed it off, recomposed himself, and then it started again, louder this time. He ran.

-HEY! HEY LINE! NO, NOT YOU, LINE!

This, while the worst possible moment for Juniper Cipher to wake up, was the moment she chose.

"S'not-," Juniper's voice broke. "It isn't his fault." She sat up, trying to regain some of her former regality.

Ford's eyes went directly to her.

"Why? Why on earth wouldn't it be his fault?"

"Because it's mine."

The entire room seemed to darken. Juniper glanced at her brother.

"I-what's that expression you humans use? 'Held him at gunpoint, I believe that's it." She smiled, almost sweetly, and laughed. "It was so much fun doing it, knowing you would blame it of my stupid little brother. Let him go, it would be more torture for him to walk around trying to be normal then to survive more of-whatever this is." Juniper held up a hand, displaying her fingers, which appeared as though they had been used as maches. "Or, even better, keep him here, but don't run tests on him. Make him a member of the familiy, it'd be hilarious!"

Mabel turned to her Great Uncle Ford and made the cutest face she could manage.

"Please?"

The air remained cold, dead, and hauntingly silent.

-AMPERSAND! TELL LINE TO COME OVER HERE!

Except for in the forest.

The trees' horrible wailing filled the shrieks so loud Dipper wasn't sure how he could still hear it. His mind raced with questions. Shouldn't his eardrums have burst by now? Where was this coming from? Why couldn't he feel blood running out of his ears? What were they having for dinner?

When, after what felt like ages of undending sprinting, he finally crossed the barrier around the shack an the noise stopped, he colapsed on the ground for a good fifteen minutes.

When he finally managed to shamble inside and call out (albit weakly).

"I'm back!"

His twin was sitting on the couch next to both Ford and Bill, chatting happily with the both of them.

Dipper just stared.

When Mabel saw him, she squealled.

"Let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up."

There ya go, that's that chapter. So, 3 things to say:

1. Thank for revewing.

2 I'm running out of LINE jokes. If you can think of any, please tell me them. If they're apropriate, It's very likely I'll put them in here.

3. If anyone can guess what the referance is in this chapter (it isn't hard) I'll answer any one question they ask. That's anything. Meow. Yayyy!