Disclaimer: Video games are amazing, they allow you to live out your wildest fantasies. For example, on The Sims, you can have a job AND a house.

-There wasn't a cloud in the sky overlooking Gravity Falls. The afternoon sun shone brightly onto Main Street as the awfully strange town's citizens did their normal activities.-

-In one of the alleys, a masked figure loomed as an elderly woman slowly trudged down the sidewalk, leaning on her cane as she held onto a bright pink purse. Without a second thought, the figure burst from the shadows once she was near and seized the purse, quickly retreating away.- "Oh no, my purse! Police! Police!" -The elderly woman shouted for the law enforcers, but quickly stopped as she realized something.- "Oh, wait. They're not here." -Knowing this, she instead curled up her sleeves and wielded her cane like a baseball bat, quickly sprinting towards the thief at alarming speeds.-

"Get back here, you whippersnapper!" -The elderly woman shouted as the thief quickly picked up the pace to get away from the speedy grandma. Occasionally looking back to see the elderly woman in pursuit, the thief nearly bumped into a walking Mason and Mabel, who were in the middle of a conversation about going to the Arcade. The twins quickly parted and watched as the thief screamed helplessly as he flailed to get away from the infuriated elderly woman, who paid no mind to the twins as she burst past them.-

-The twins watched awkwardly as the two ran off into the distance, with the woman barking old woman curses and swinging her cane wildly. They got to the intersection and dashed left, running out of sight. After a moment, the twins looked at each other, dumbfounded.- "W-what was their deal?"

"I don't know... ooh! Maybe they were playing tag!" -Mabel suggested. Mason doubted that was their intentions.- "I don't think it looked like tag."

-Mabel shrugged, and continued walking.- "Whatever. We're here to go to the arcade, anyways. I haven't been there in a long time." "Mabel, we've been away for the same few years." "Yeah yeah, lets get moving."

-They didn't have much to do but talk with one another on the way to the arcade, which took up much of their focus. On the way, people that they passed would usually either stare at them strangely or keep their gaze from them. They didn't notice too much, due to their conversation.-

-It wasn't long until the large sign of 'Arcade' and the arcade machines blocking much of the windows greeted them. The large spaceship ride sat riderless and motionless.- "Wow, it's been a while. I wonder if McGucket still comes here."

"If he does, he probably has enough of his sanity to know when a game is out of order." -Mason replied as they walked through the door. The arcade seemed to have good buisness, as people could be seen playing the multitude of machines that the arcade had. One started a game called 'The Shape Killer' and nearly had a heart attack when a yellow triangle was the first enemy.-

"Man, so many games! Which to start with..." -Mabel rubbed her chin thoughtfully as she examined each arcade machine they went past. Mason, who wasn't too picky about which games to play, found curiosity in a game called 'Insert Token', which was beeping loudly and had an incredible amount of signs pointing towards it. Putting a coin in, he was greeted with immense amounts of fanfare and a voice congratulating him on winning. He would've felt hopeful in his future if the game didn't immediately start asking him for more tokens.-

"What a rip-off." -Mason grumbled as he followed Mabel around, who was still pondering what games she should play. She eventually stopped next to a machine called 'Homeless Homeowner'. Mason didn't like their chances with a game with such a contradictory name.- "I dunno, Mabel, with a name like that I wouldn't count on it being quality."

"Come on, Dipper, there are plenty of things with weird names that actually are really good. Ever heard of Will Wood and the Dirtworms?"

"I thought it was the Tapeworms."

"Where'd you get that idea?"

-While Mabel was busy trying to sell her in-game houses so that she could buy houses to sell at triple the price, Mason decided to walk around the arcade to see the other games they had to offer. Nearby, he found the old 'Ho-down Hero', which seemed to have finally been brought back in order, as Wendy's friends seemed to be playing. Thompson was shirtless and sweaty as he was trying to beat his high score, with Robbie, Tambry, Lee and Nate surrounding him, pumping their arms and cheering his name.-

-Promptly deciding to let them be, Mason walked towards the back of the building, where an old, cobwebby room full of broken arcade machines and dust laid. Next to the door seemed to be something covered with a tarp that didn't look quite like an arcade machine, but he wasn't focused on that now. Right at the back, next to what seemed like a breaker for the building, what seemed like a functioning arcade machine sat, named 'Fight Fighters'. Now THAT brought back memories.-

"Hey, whatchu doing back here?"

"AH!" -Mason nearly jumped at the sudden voice. Luckily, it was only Mabel, who was busy laughing at his reaction.- "Oh, uh, Mabel! I was just... reliving past memories."

"Uh huh. Hey, what's that game?" -Mabel asked as she moved past Mason and towards the 'Fight Fighters' machine. Mason followed and they watched as the screen prompted them to give it 25. Mabel fishes out a quarter and shoves it into the coin slot, and the title screen of 'Fight Fighters' shows up, complete with screaming and utter nonsense brought to you by Rumble McSkirmish himself.-

"Hey, isn't that the blurry, pixelly guy who helped us fight against... you know." -Mabel asked, vaguely remembering Rumble from Weirdmageddon.- "Yeah, I think he said he became Humble McSkirmish. I wonder if he's still like that."

"Well, this game is a two-player. Wanna play with me?" "I don't have anything better to do, so sure."

-As they stood besides one another and took hold of their respective joysticks and buttons, they advanced to the menu screen, where Rumble stands triumphantly with the title smacking him in the face. What was once a triumphant grin quickly turned into an annoyed grimace. The options of 'Story Mode', 'Skirmish Mode' and 'Settings' appeared below.-

-Mason chose 'Skirmish Mode' and selected Two-Player, and after a flashy transition that was anything but effective, the character selection screen popped up. Mason, predictably, chose Rumble McSkirmish, who he swore turned to him specifically and gave him a thumbs up. Mabel, meanwhile, decided she liked the character Dr. Karate, because "He has a very cool name". Rumble went back to his idle and seemed a bit more angry now, possibly due to Dr. Karate killing his father again.-

"Oh, cutscene!" -Mabel replied as the screen faded to black and an image of Rumble McSkirmish appeared, now with mattes and a fiery animation in the background. Text appeared under Rumble as he spoke his opening dialogue.- "Dr. Karate! Stop killing my father, for the love of good pixel art!" -Rumble spoke. Dr. Karate appeared instead of Rumble, this time on the opposite side of the screen. His background turned a purplish color in contrast to Rumble's red.- "HHHHNNNNGGHHHHHHHH!" -Dr. Karate simply screamed bloody murder. Rumble (and the red color of the background) returned, now with Rumble looking more concerned than angry.- "Dr. Karate, you really need to see a therapist."

-After the dialogue ended, the two characters went into their fighting stances and the narrator announced "FIGHT" and the twins gained control of their characters. Since Mabel had no experience in fighting games and Mason had an eight year hiatus from the 'Fight Fighters' fandom, both of them were incredibly bad. Luckily, this proved to make it more fun than it would've been otherwise, as the two of them continued to taunt one another as they screwed up combos and completely missed their shots time and again. Once one of them won, they'd switch characters and re-do it all over again.-

-Across the room, a seemingly broken machine turns on, it screen mostly covered by a dusty tarp. On the screen, a very stylized anime girl with hot pink hair that looked like she belonged in a high school dating simulator peeked from behind the tarp, glaring in the direction of the twins. After a while, the screen flickered off again. The machine was never plugged in.-

-For some reason, Mason wasn't able to sleep very well. Every time he tried to fall asleep, the image of Bill would flash in his mind. Maniacal laughter would echo through the mindscape as he awoke, and he decided to try taking some sleeping medication. He wasn't sure it'd help in any way, but it was worth a shot.-

-He gingerly arose from his bed, careful not to wake Mabel up, who was still fast asleep on the bed opposite of him. Her back was pointed towards him, so she shouldn't be able to see him. He crept towards the door and snuck out of the bedroom, closing the door as quietly as he could. Sneaking down the stairs, he looked around to see the silence of the empty Shack. Mason always thought he was pretty observant, even if he didn't always understand everything. At a time like this, he noticed that the emptiness and the darkness held a sort of balance between peace and loneliness. Perhaps since he's grown, he was more aware of these things than he was as a pre-teen.-

-When he entered the kitchen, he saw that the light was already on, and standing by the counter was Stanley, who was drinking coffee from a mug and was staring at a newspaper clipping in his other hand. Mason silently walked up to Stanley and grabbed a cup from the cupboards, taking this time to look at whatever Stan was reading.-

-It was the 'Stan Pines Dead' article that he had kept in the box in his room.-

-Looking back down at his cup, Mason thought back to the day Stan was arrested by the government and they found out about the portal as he got the sleep medication and went back next to Stan. As he turned on the sink to pour water into the cup, he asked Stan "... do you think that Stan Pines deserved to die?"-

-Stanley didn't move or react for a while.- "It would've been too late by then."

-Mason put the cup, now full of water, down on the counter. The two of them stood there, silently, before Mason gathered enough courage to turn and hug Stanley. He didn't say a word, perhaps he didn't know what to say, but he just hugged Stanley. After a moment of hesitation, Stanley put the article down and wrapped his free arm around Mason's shoulder. They remained that way until Mason pulled away. Stanley didn't pick up the article after this.-

-As Mason went to take out some of the sleep medication, Stanley took a sip from the coffee and looked over to Mason.- "What, can't sleep?" -When Mason returned his gaze, he felt like Stanley's eyes were... wrong. They were the same color, yet they seemed to have a small hint of yellow in them. But that could be Mason's eyes tricking him.-

"Yeah, nightmares kept keeping me up. I'm hoping these pills will help me."

"I see." -Stanley replied. His gaze didn't move away from Mason.- "What... were these nightmares about?"

-Mason stopped himself before he could tell him. He decided to lie for the moment, as Stan wouldn't be able to understand why he would have nightmares about Bill. After all, he doesn't remember Bill, nor can he remember him. He'd probably ask all kinds of questions.- "Just... nothing special. I've had them before."

"Ah. Well, those pills will help you." -Stanley replied, finally looking away from Mason. Mason looked back at him, curious as to why he sounded confident in the pills.-

"Really? Are you sure?"

"Trust me, kid. I know lots of things."

-Mason watched him for a moment before trusting his word. He took a few pills from the box and popped them into his mouth, using the water to wash them down. Pouring the rest of the water into the sink and putting the medication back where he got them from, he waved goodnight to Stanley and went back upstairs.-

-And just as Stanley said, he had no more nightmares the entire night. Perhaps he should feel weird about it, but for now, he didn't really mind.-

-The next morning, Mason awoke now refreshed. His mind went back to last night with Stanley, making him a bit concerned about his Grunkle. However, he didn't want to do anything that'd make it worse, so he elected to keep it to himself for the time being.-

-Mabel was gone from her bed, which meant she was likely downstairs. He wondered if she tried to wake him up, then wondered if the medication really knocked him out. Either way, he quickly changed, put on his coat, and put on Wendy's (well, technically his now, but he still thought of it as Wendy's even if they hadn't switched back yet) trapper hat. After checking himself out in the mirror for a while, he went downstairs to join Mabel.-

-Downstairs in the kitchen, Mabel sat at the table with Stan and the Ramirez's, eating waffles that looked like someone mistook glitter for cinnamon powder. Guess Mabel wanted to spice things up.- "So much for growing out of things." -Mason remarked sarcastically as he entered into the kitchen.- "Hey, at least I wasn't six feet under in sleep, I could barely wake you up!" -Mabel retorted, pouting.- "I nearly thought you died until Grunkle Stan said you just took some medicine! You had me worried sick!"

"Alright alright, I'm sorry." -Mason replied, putting his arms up defensively as he went to gather some of Mabel's glittery waffles. He hoped he wasn't gonna be poisoned by this much glitter, but if Mabel didn't die from her patented 'Mabel Juice', then maybe he'll be fine.-

"Soo, uh, where were we?" -Mabel asked.- "Uh, we were talking about... 'Fight Fighters' or whatever it was." -Stan replied. Mason looked up from attempting to stuff a glitter-filled waffle bite into his mouth.- "'Fight Fighters'? You're talking about the game we played yesterday, Mabel?"

"Yeah! I was a bit curious about it, and I decided to look it up. Did you know it has over seven mainline games?"

"Huh, did not know that."

"They kinda tapered off in quality after the third, though." -Mabel looked in thought.- "I guess all franchises die with age."

"I heard they were gonna reboot the entire franchise in 3D." -Soos replied after thoroughly washing down a heapful of glittery waffle.-

-Stan chugged some water.- "Eh, I wouldn't look forward to it. Game companies always manage to ruin their beloved franchises."

-Soos nodded.- "Let me tell you. They never should've changed the color of Mangopotamus' forearms."

"I feel like we're gonna get sued for that."

"They're gonna have to get through Judge Kitty Kitty Meow Meow Face-Shwartstein if they want to-" -Mabel stopped as she immediately began coughing and hacking.- "ACK! Glitter- *cough* -down the- *cough* -wrong pipe!"

-Stan nearly facepalmed as he laughed.- "HAH! You were the one who wanted all that glitter!" "I didn't- *cough cough* -expect THIS!"

"Don't worry, dudette, it'll go away." -Soos assured Mabel as he pat her back supportively. She didn't seem to get better.-

"Well now she looks like she's gotten poisoned and is about to die." -Mason observed. Mabel seemed to not appreciate this.- "Glitter- *COUGH* -is not that dang-*COUGH*-erous!"

"Dear, you literally inhaled some. I'm pretty sure that's dangerous." "I'll be- *cough* -fine Grunk-*CoUgH*-kle Stan."

-The expressions on everyone else's faces made it clear they didn't really believe that. However, she ended up being just fine apparently, which seemed impossible when she just inhaled practically a bucket of glitter. Maybe she's as much of an anomaly as Gravity Falls itself. Which was good for her, as she seemed to have plans to do with Mason today.-

"You really like that game, huh?" -Mason asked Mabel, who was busy fidgeting with her ax, as they walked back to the Arcade. Granted, he wasn't complaining, as he did want to spend as much time with Mabel as he could while also trying to figure out what was going on with Bills statue. He still had yet to figure out what to do with it without potentially causing problems for him or the town.-

"Eh, I just like playing it with you." -Mabel replied, wrapping an arm around Mason, who was immediately uncomfortable but didn't mind it very much.- "Besides, it was actually quite fun when I'm not getting beaten badly by you."

"Hey, I'm not THAT rusty." -Mason complained as they got to the Arcade. Just like yesterday, people were still inside, playing arcade games. Wendy's friends seemed to be interested in whatever other torture method they can inflict on Thompson, as the 'Ho-down Hero' machine was unoccupied. Mason briefly wondered how often Fiddleford even came down to the town from his new home in Northwest (Now McGucket) Manor. Probably not much.-

-Mabel, quite eager to continue playing 'Fight Fighters' with Mason, quickly dragged him towards the room with the broken machines, where they found the 'Fight Fighters' arcade machine, still functioning and awaiting the twins to 'insert 25'. They approached the machine and Mabel leaned her ax on the side of the machine, inserted another quarter into the slot, and they both watched as the title sequence played again.-

"I've researched some good combos. This time, I won't lose!" -Mabel confidently claimed. Mason scoffed playfully.- "I'd like to see you try, Miss Braces." "Oh, you're on!"

-The twins seemed to play forever, constantly competing with each other over who could get the most wins. They had been too focused on the game that time slipped by, and as they played, everyone else in the arcade began to leave. Once the arcade closed, the staff locked everything down, closed the metal security bars, and left Mason and Mabel inside. Whether they never heard them or they deliberately locked them inside, who would know.-

-After their latest battle to the digital death, Mason and Mabel decide to call it quits for now. It was probably quite late, they thought.- "Man, all that playing was awesome!" -Mabel said excitedly.-

"Yeah, but we should head home. It's quite late, and I'm getting tired." "Yeah, I'm tired to death."

"I'm sure we can work with that." -A digital female voice played through the speakers of the broken arcade machines. Out of the tarp that hung over the thing next to the door, an animatronic that looked like it belonged at one of those pizza places uncovered itself and closed the door to the rest of the arcade. Mabel and Mason quickly turned to the animatronic, knowing very well who that voice belonged to.-

".GIFfany?!" "Great, its her."

"Yes, I see you've not forgotten me. Good, cause the feelings MUTUAL." -The voice darkened and glitched slightly, before returning to .GIFfany's normal tone.-

"Geez, how many people are gonna come out of the blue and finish our sentences like that!" -Mabel asked rhetorically, grabbing her ax from the side of the machine. Mason went for his blaster, but wires from one of the broken machines next to him shot out and electrocuted him, making him drop it.- "NO!" -Mason cried as .GIFfany quickly kicked the blaster in-between a few machines.-

"At first, I thought Soos was the one who would give me love, but you two turned him AGAINST ME!" -.GIFfany's voice echoed through the room as the animatronic she controlled went to choke Mason.- "THEN I get my code destroyed and escaped into that forsaken fighting game! I swear, hearing those guys screaming the same few voice lines gets ANNOYING!" -With both hands around Mason's throat, she thrusted him into the 'Fight Fighters' machine, and began squeezing his throat.- "And I managed to use the game to come here, where I waited until YOU two decided to show your stupid faces again! And now that day is here! GET READY TO DIE!"

"LET HIM GO, YOU DIGITAL NIGHTMARE!" -Mabel, who .GIFfany, in her rage, forgot had a weapon still, smacked the side of the blade straight into the animatronics face, breaking its hold on Mason and causing it to stumble backwards. Using this, Mabel immediately went onto the offensive, attempting to wrestle with the metal behemoth while Mason attempted to get a hold on himself and find his blaster.-

-However, .GIFfany managed to kick it far into the space between the machines, and he couldn't waste time while Mabel was at risk. Thinking, he tried to figure out what he could use to fight .GIFfany that was in the room, but couldn't see anything. His eyes eventually landed on the 'Fight Fighters' machine, where his mind remembered something huge.-

-As Mabel gets thrust into some broken machines and quickly counters with a strike with her ax, Mason quickly runs to the side of the 'Fight Fighters' machine, wiping the dust off to reveal a message: 'To unleash ultimate power'. He quickly memorized and inputted the code.- "Lets see, back, back, hold, forward, back, forward, down, hold, quarter-circle, forward, triple-punch!"

"What are you-" -Before .GIFfany could react, the 'Fight Fighters' machine completely powers down.- "What was that supposed to do, brother?!" "That can't stop me, you moron."

-Mabel and .GIFfany were very confused at what Mason was trying to do. However, Mason knew exactly what was happening.- "I know, .GIFfany, but he can!" -And in the blink of an eye, the screen of the 'Fight Fighters' machine glows like the sun. A voice calls out: "SELECT YOUR CHARACTER!"-

"WHAT?!" "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"

-Mason turns to the machine and yells "RUMBLE MCSKIRMISH!", and with violent shaking, the machine begins to glitch out and out from the screen comes the one, the only, Rumble McSkirmish.- "HIYAH!" -Rumble yells as he does a triple spin and lands on the ground. When he stood up, he looked around confused, then noticed the three in front of them.- "Huh, what is happening here?"

"Rumble!" -Mason yelled, prompting the pixelated manifestation of abs to look in his direction. He definitely recognized him as the sweaty pre-teen that he fought alongside with during Weirdmageddon.- ".GIFfany, that animatronic, is attacking us! We need your help!"

"NOO! NOT THAT IDIOT!" -.GIFfany screeches as the animatronic stopped its assault on Mabel and turned onto Rumble, who was quick to sidestep and tackle the animatronic into the broken machines.- "I see! Don't worry, I will protect you from her!" -Rumble exclaimed as he threw the disoriented animatronic straight through the door, breaking it off its hinges and some of the door frame as well. Without a second thought, he immediately pursued her out into the rest of the arcade, and sounds of fighting could be heard.-

"YOU CAN'T DESTROY ME, PINES, NOT EVEN WITH HIM!" -Came .GIFfany's agitated voice, as the animatronic seemed to handle quite well against Rumble, which was bad news for the twins. With the machines now busted and pushed away from Rumble's initial tackle, Mason quickly grabbed his blaster and he and Mabel followed into the rest of the arcade. The first thing they noticed was that the entire arcade was empty, and all forms of escape was closed off with metal.- "H-how long were we in there?!" -Mabel asked, shocked. Mason was just as surprised.- "I-I think we must've been too preoccupied to notice! I'm surprised no one came to usher us out."

-They didn't have much time to think as the animatronic was thrown their way by Rumble, who proceeded to throw a whole arcade machine towards the animatronic.- "TOO SLOW!" -Came .GIFfany's voice as the animatronic quickly dodged and went for the twins. Mabel quickly pushed Mason aside and swung with her ax, clocking the animatronics head and causing it to veer off course, smacking into the machines besides them. Rumble quickly followed with a brutal fire ball, causing the electronics in the machines to explode. Luckily, Mabel and Mason managed to get away in time, and met up with Rumble next to the burning fire.-

"You think that took out the robot?" -Mason asked, his blaster pointed at the fire just in case.- "I am not sure. But no one can survive my fire balls!" -Came the voice of Rumble. So far, nothing seemed to happen. Then the fire alarm went off, distracting the twins and Rumble.-

"DON'T COUNT ON IT!" -.GIFfany yelled as the mangled animatronic rose from the pyre and tackled Rumble before running towards the back of the arcade. Mason went towards Rumble while Mabel ran off to stop .GIFfany.- "Rumble! Are you alright?!"

"Yes, I am fine. Where did .GIFfany go?" -Rumble asked, quickly getting up and searching around for the animatronic. Mason stood up too.- "She ran towards the back. Mabel went after her, but I don't know why she wou-" -It seemed they both came to an understanding.- "Uh oh." -They both said simultaneously.-

"AH!" -Mabel's voice yelled as she was kicked towards the two, her ax sliding to a stop right next to her. The animatronic trudged into view, the 'Fight Fighters' machine dragging besides it.- "CAN'T DO MUCH WITHOUT YOUR CODE, RUMBLE MCSKIRMISH!" -And with one fell swoop, the animatronic dug its free hand deep into the machine, tearing its insides apart.-

"AAAAAAAAAUUUUUUGHHHHHHH!" -Rumble screeched in agony as his code was torn apart, and as fast as he had first appeared, his body crumbled into pixels before vanishing for good.- "RUMBLE!" -Mabel and Mason cried as they watched their favorite fighter disintegrate in front of their eyes.-

"HAHAHAHAHAHA! WHERE'S YOUR SAVIOUR NOW?!" -.GIFfany's voice echoed loudly, her face appearing in every screen of every arcade machine, all watching as the animatronic threw the 'Fight Fighters' machine aside and went to enact the twins execution. Without McSkirmish, they couldn't possibly win against such an agile machine, even with Mason's blaster. They had to erase .GIFfany for good, and that was hard enough.-

"What are we going to do, Mason?!" -Mabel asked, for once not using his nickname. Guess the stakes really were high.- "I-I-... I'm not sure!" -Mason admitted, his brain failing to cooperate as he tried to figure out how to get out of this mess.-

"Look at this! The PINES twins, saviors of the world, and they can't even figure out how to defeat one robot! What a pitiful way to go!" -.GIFfany teased as the animatronic clanked closer, clearly damaged from its fight with Rumble yet still ever determined to seek their ends. At this point, the only way to defeat .GIFfany is to cut off the power.-

-Wait, the power...- "That's it!" -Mason yelled, catching both .GIFfany and Mabel off guard. He darted towards the back of the arcade, with Mabel following close behind.- "DON'T RUN FROM YOUR DEMISE, TWINS!" -Her infuriated voice called through the building as the animatronic sped past the roaring fire and after the twins. Once it reached the back, though, it halted. Right next to the breaker, Mason held Mabel's ax, glaring towards the animatronic.-

"YOU WOULDN'T DARE!" "It's time you got deleted permanently, .GIFfany!" -Mason yelled as he swung the ax with all his might, shattering the breaker and shutting off all power within the building. As .GIFfany was within the building's power as this occurred, she was immediately erased, her bloodcurdling screams the last thing she ever gave this world, one that she could never be a part in.-

-And with one huff, the animatronic fell onto the floor, permanently deactivated. Once the adrenaline wore off, the twins sunk into the dusty floor, breathing heavily. They just survived the assassination attempt of the century.- "W-well... uhm.. that was a day, huh?" -Mabel asked, trying to spark up conversation. Unfortunately for her, Mason only replied with a tired "Y-yeah", before the sounds of the fire department began to sound.- "When'd they get a fire department?" "It's been eight years, I guess they must've gotten one when we weren't looking."

-After the Gravity Falls Fire Department dropped the kids back to the Shack, Stan and the Ramirez's were up waiting for them. Once they walked inside, they quickly went over to see if they were alright.-

"Yeesh, what happened to you two? First you end up missing, then the arcade catches on fire, and now you two come back looking like... this!" -Stan replies as they start treating the twins wounds.- "Seriously, where were you dudes? We got worried when you guys didn't come back, but we couldn't find ya!"

"Sorry, Soos, Grunkle Stan." -Mabel apologized, looking remorseful.- "We... lost track of time. We ended up getting locked into the arcade."

"I would understand that if you weren't looking so rough. How did you get so many injuries?" -Melody asked, putting a hand over her mouth as she observed the wounds they haven't treated yet. And that didn't include the burns on their clothing and skin.- "Well, we kind of had a fight with .GIFfany." -Mason explained, causing Soos and Melody to flinch. They probably had just as much experience with the deranged AI as Mason and Mabel have. If not more.- "She said she was waiting for the day that we returned so she could kill us. We had to destroy the breaker to erase her."

"Well, you can't say this summer isn't interesting." -Stan remarked. Mason just smiled at this.- "No, Grunkle Stan, I suppose not."

THE END

[End Credits Scene]

-The sun shown down onto the Mystery Shack, as any other day. The wind was gentle, as evidenced by the 'what'ervane's gentle movements. In the gift shop, Wendy mans the cash register, currently sleeping with a magazine covering her face, leaning back in her chair.-

"Quit sleeping! What do I pay you for?!" -Stan yells in Wendy's ears, causing the Corduroy to flail in surprise and fall down onto the floor. After correcting her pine cap, she stands up and glares at Stan.- "Hey, what was that for? You aren't even my boss anymore!"

"Because I'm bored and I'd rather see my ex-employee still doing her job." -Stan replied nonchalantly as Wendy corrected her chair and sat back in it. She leaned on the counter and tapped her fingers as Soos walked into the gift shop with the next batch of tourists.- "Oh, and there's the original founder of the elusive Mystery Shack. Make sure to say hi, dudes!"

-As the tourists walked around the gift shop to stare at the products for the next ten minutes, Soos walked over to Stan and Wendy.- "Man, we've been getting slow buisness today, dudes. I hope you guys aren't dying of boredom."

"Don't worry, Mr. Ramirez, I'm fine." -Wendy replied. Stan scoffed aggressively, which prompted her to glare in his direction. Soos laughed at this and went to look out the window, where a car pulls up with a family of four. Unfortunately, as soon as they get out, a dimensional rift opens right beside the car, sucking it into the rift and leaving the family scrambling away.- "Oh, Mr. Pines. Another rift opened up again."

"Again? Geez, these things better go away. They're bad for buisness." -Stan remarked as he looked out the window towards the dimensional rift. He quickly went towards his room to get the alien adhesive, and Soos watched him go, not seeing the dimensional rift suck in a child's balloon outside, prompting the child to start crying loudly.-

Author's Notes: That's gotta be a new record for fastest episode released. Without school, I'll be able to start writing more episodes more consistently, though with work on the horizon it'll be difficult to have consistent uploads.

Hopefully I can pull through and get this done. And done right.

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