I finally got a cover for the Kids of Eternity! I hope you guys like it. It was kinda hard to do one since Ronald isn't a character on the show. Anyway, as I always say, please review! I'm only uploading this story day after day because I'm on spring break and I want to bring this story to an end. But once spring break ends, I may stop doing day to day uploads. Anyway, I hope you this chapter. Enjoy!:
Fifteen
When Dipper woke up the next morning and looked at his watch, he immediately noticed two things. One: it was really hot. Two: the time was 8:15, which meant that he was forty five minutes late!
Dipper stood up, grabbed The Kids of Eternity Handbook, and ran back to the building.
As he pulled the door open, Dipper thought about last night's practice session. In his opinion, it had gone pretty well. It turned out that whatever Taylor could do with her powers, he was able to master with very little practice. So Dipper had looked at harder moves in the handbook and practiced those. Eventually, he had gotten tired and fell asleep shortly after midnight.
Dipper ran back to the locker room and when he got there, Mabel saw him from inside the coach's office and waved excitedly.
Dipper entered the office and noticed that Candy, Grenda, Wendy, Mabel, Robbie and Pacifica were sitting around casually talking.
"We're finished!" exclaimed Mabel. She stood up and gestured to the robot suit.
"Really?" asked Dipper. "How long ago did you all finish?"
"About ten minutes ago," said Mabel. "It turns out that Candy knew more about robots than we thought, so by the time me and Wendy came, all of the hard stuff had already been done. Then when Pacifica and Robbie arrived, all that was left were the finishing touches. And now it's ready for take-off, right?"
Candy stood up. "Yeah, I guess we can get things started," she said. "Better now than later."
Wendy stood up and opened the back door to the robot suit. "Hop in," she said.
Dipper climbed into the robot suit and sat down in the leather swivel chair. He looked around and saw that the old fashioned, bulbous computer screens had been replaced with five iPads that formed a semi-circle. Under the iPads, there were iPhones and iPod touches where the outdated keyboards used to be.
Someone closed the back doors and Dipper saw Candy and Wendy standing in front of the robot suit with the others behind them.
"Under the iPhones and iPod touches, there should be a green power button," said Candy. "Press and hold it for a couple of seconds."
Dipper found the button and did as he was told. When he released the button, Dipper saw the apple logo appear on all of the screens.
There were two small beeps. "Hello and welcome to the Northwest Middle School robot suit," said Siri. "Is there anything that I can do to assist you?"
"Not yet," replied Dipper. He looked at Candy and Wendy. "What do I do next?"
Candy looked at a clipboard she was now holding. "Tell Siri to activate body control."
"Wait, what's that?" asked Dipper.
"It's the easier way to get the robot suit to move," Wendy replied. "Instead of doing the manual controls to move it, all you have to do is think about doing it or actually do it. Like if you move your arms, the robot suit's arm will move too."
"Okay," said Dipper. "Siri, activate body controls!"
"One moment," said Siri.
The chair Dipper was sitting in turned towards the iPad on the far right. A green line scanned Dipper starting from his head, down to his feet, then back up. When that finished, the chair turned back towards the front.
"Body control has been activated," Siri said.
"It's done," said Dipper. To test it out, Dipper raised his right arm and did a thumbs up. The robot suit did the exact same thing.
"Good!" said Candy. "This is going really well. Now try walking."
Since Dipper was sitting, he knew that it would take a little more than just moving his legs. So he thought about the act of walking. Sure enough, the robot suit took a few steps forward.
Dipper willed the robot suit to stop.
"Well, that's pretty much everything on our checklist," said Candy. "We may not have much time depending on how far away we are from the sun, so I think that you should get going. But before you do, I have three things to tell you. One: if you tell Siri to contact home base, you'll be able to face-time with us on the center iPad."
"Got it," said Dipper. "I'll do that when I'm in space."
"Two," continued Candy. "Be careful of how much power that you use. The robot suit runs on battery power, but if the battery dies, it will use your body as a substitute."
"Not comforting," said Dipper.
"Don't worry. Siri will warn you when the battery is low," assured Candy. "And three: Mabel has something for you."
The back doors of the robot suit opened. "Warning! The doors are open!" said Siri. "Body controls have been temporarily deactivated."
Dipper spun the chair around to see a smiling Mabel. "So like I promised, when I got home last night, I read through Taylor's 4 book," she said. "And good news! I found the spell!"
Mabel pulled out a folded sheet of paper and handed it to her brother,
"Thanks," said Dipper.
"Anytime, Brosef," Mabel said. "Remember, whether you face-time or not, we'll all be here rooting for you."
The twins shared an awkward sibling hug.
After that, Dipper put the paper in his vest, closed the door, and turned to face the front.
"Body controls have been reactivated," said Siri.
"Good," Dipper said. "Because it's time to go." He raised his hand and blasted a hole through the ceiling.
He flew through the hole and up to the top of the dome that kept the oxygen in and did a pretty good job with the day and night illusion.
Dipper hovered a few feet below the top of the dome stuck out and stuck his hand out cautiously, wondering how he was gonna get out.
The hand went through to the other side.
Dipper pulled it back and slowly flew through the dome. Wow, he thought. If it was that easy to get through, I wonder how many people fell off the town.
"Siri," Dipper said aloud. "Contact home base and navigate a course back to Gravity Falls, Oregon"
"Okay," said Siri. "Should I activate auto pilot? It will save power."
"Yes," Dipper replied. "I'm gonna need as much power as I can get for my fight with Ronald."
So what do you think? Please review, because it helps me as a writer. Plus, more reviews get me to upload the chapters faster since I know that you like the story. It's almost time for the climactic scene.
~Jameer14