Well, I'm sensing that the last chapter wasn't really anyone's favorite. Anyway, remember that I appreciate it when you all review. Now, without further ado, here's Chapter Fourteen. Enjoy!:
Fourteen
Dipper walked back out to the courtyard, hoping to see Taylor waiting for him. He summoned a ball of light so he could see, since it was still dark.
Sadly, he did not see Taylor, but in the spot where he had last seen her, there was a book.
After picking it up, Dipper could see the title: The Kids of Eternity Handbook. He noticed that the book was about the size of a pocket bible and the cover was made of brown leather.
This could be useful, thought Dipper as he put the book in his vest.
Dipper went back to the building the others were in, walked through the gym, and into the girls' locker room.
He noticed three things upon entering the coach's office. One: Mabel, Candy, Grenda, Wendy, and Robbie were all still reading. Two: Pacifica had returned and was setting two heavy looking crates on the computer desk. Three: Taylor was not with them.
Mabel saw Dipper first. "You look different," she said in a thinking voice. "Did you do anything with your hair?"
"It's only been a few minutes, Mabel," Dipper said. "There's really nothing different with my hair. But there is something new about me."
"Yeah, you have no food," said Robbie, closing his book. "And that girl's not with you."
"'That girl', has a name!" snapped Dipper.
"Wait a second, where is Taylor?" asked Grenda as she set her book down. "Wasn't she with you?"
"Well, she was," said Dipper. His panic began to rise. "But something happened, so I thought that she went back to you guys!"
"Well, obviously, that wasn't the case," Robbie smirked.
Mabel glared at him, and then turned to her brother. "Did something happen to her?" she asked.
"Yeah," replied Dipper. He explained everything starting with Joe's arrival and ending with finding The Kids of Eternity Handbook.
"Wait," said Robbie. "So all of the food was destroyed? Come on! I was very hungry! You should have done a better job defending it!"
"That's not the main point," Dipper snapped angrily, his voice rising. "The main point is that Taylor's missing and I'm stuck with powers that I don't even want! But if you're so desperately hungry, than go home! Eat some food. I don't care. And if they have a parade to celebrate after we save the town, you won't be a part of it because you can't handle being hungry!"
That shut Robbie up.
"Anyway," said Dipper after taking a breath, "I really don't know what to do now that we lost Taylor."
"Well, there is a good part to what happened," said Candy. "Since you have the powers now, you should be the one to use the robot suit to go back to Earth. The powers plus the suit will more than likely give you an advantage over Ronald when you fight him. Taylor could have used the suit to fight him, but it would have been worse for her if Ronald won since she was a Kid of Eternity."
"Candy's right," said Mabel. "Plus, The Kids of Eternity Handbook may give you a clue as to where Taylor is!"
"True and true!" He pulled out the handbook and skimmed through it. After finding what he was looking for, Dipper told the others, "It says here that whenever a Kid of Eternity loses his or her powers no matter how it's done, The Holy One teleports the kid to his headquarters and holds a trial to figure out what to do with the powerless child. The three options are freedom, imprisonment, or death."
After a small silence, Candy said, "There's not much that we can do to help Taylor at this point except hope that she isn't killed."
"Wait, so is Dipper gonna be the one flying back to Earth?" asked Robbie.
"Yes," said Candy, obviously annoyed with Robbie.
"Anyway, I brought the iPads, iPhones, and iPod touches," said Pacifica. "What now?"
"Okay," Candy said. "Now, without Taylor, this is gonna be harder, but I think that we should get started on renovating the robot suit based on the instructions that Taylor left behind. Plus, a few modifications that I thought of myself. Grenda and I will work from now to about 1:30 A.M., when Mabel and Wendy will come and pick up where we left off. They'll work until 7:30 when Dipper, Robbie, and Pacifica will come. Hopefully, things will be done and we'll be ready to go. Is everyone okay with the plan?"
"I am," said Pacifica. She left the girl's locker room followed by Robbie.
Dipper and Mabel turned to Candy. "Good luck," the twins said simultaneously.
"Thanks," said Candy. "I think that we'll need it."
Mabel bent down and picked up the 4 book that Taylor left behind. "I think I'll do a little reading tonight," she said.
There's something that I gotta do too, thought Dipper.
Dipper and Mabel left the locker room and crossed through the gym into the hallway leading into the courtyard.
Dipper stopped and grabbed his sister's arm.
"I'm not going home," he told her.
"What? Why" asked Mabel.
Dipper sighed. "I'm invisible to adults, now," he said. "If I go home and Grunkle Stan or Soos can't see me, then that could cause some problems. Besides, I want to use this time to work on my new powers. To see what I can do and improve it."
Mabel sighed. "Okay, then. Good luck," she said. "See you tomorrow." She turned and walked towards the courtyard.
Dipper turned the other way and reluctantly walked out the back exit and into a forest right next to the building.
He pulled out the hand book and propped it up against a tree. Dipper had seen a section about the powers that Kids of Eternity have and how to make them stronger. That would certainly be useful.
The, he made two fists and a purple ball of light encircled each one.
"Let's see what I can do," muttered Dipper. He slammed his fists together.
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~Jameer14