Chapter 14

It was the middle of the night. There was more banging on the roof. Dipper and Mabel laid wide awake in fear. Mabel clutched Dipper's shirt.

"She's coming." she repeated over and over. "She's coming."

...

They fell asleep for another hour. A figure on the roof watched them, and whispered into a walkie-talkie.

"Let them sleep." a voice hissed back.

"But when will I-" the figure started.

"At two. Wait till two."

...

"What-!" Dipper started. He opened his eyes. Night. Still night. What had waken him up? He looked at his sister. She was shaking and crying in her sleep. She didn't want to die. Dipper checked his watch. Five till two.

...

The walkie-talkie screamed.

"It's time, you bastard! Past time! Move it. We don't have all night!" The figure snapped awake.

"Sorry, I'm sorry. Won't do it again." they mumbled into the device.

"You won't. Now go."

...

Mabel's eyes fluttered open. The stars were twinkling bright light outside. She wished she could go with them, and not cause Dipper any danger. She wished with all her heart. The banging was closer now. It was at the window.

"Dipper." she whispered, and shook him awake. They stared at the window. There were still the two holes Dipper had made in their mini-golf course. A shadow appeared behind it. "Dipper..." Mabel said, voice rising.

"We need to leave." Dipper said. "Let's go downstairs and hide." Mabel nodded.

"It's our only option." she said.

"That - wouldn't be too wise, Pines." the figure said, opening the window. It was dressed in a black hooded cloak that covered its face. "It would just make my job longer."

"Your-your job?" Mabel asked, holding her brother. The figure laughed.

"He hasn't told you why I'm here?" it asked.

"You knew?" Mabel asked, sounding hurt. "You let me be scared?"

"No! Are you really trusting him more than me!?" Dipper exclaimed. The figure reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out the notepad.

"He probably does not know. Too stupid to reach conclusions. Read this," it said, displaying the first page of the notepad.

"It says 'I have it. Does that mean Mel has something?" Mabel asked anxiously.

"Yeah. The 3." Dipper replied. The figure flipped the page over.

"And what does this say, Pines?" it asked.

"I've sent someone to help so you don't die along the way..." Dipper said uncertainly. "But- that explains nothing!"

"It explains everything." the figure returned. "She wants you to get it back."

"Like a game?" Dipper asked in disbelief. "She wants to play a game with us! And when the game is over we'll be dead! I'm sorry but you're going to have to go back to where you came from. We're not going to do this."

"I'm afraid- this isn't your decision to make," the figure answered. "She is expecting you. And it's my job to get you there."

"We aren't going. Right, Mabel?" Dipper said firmly. Mabel nodded in agreement.

"If you don't go, she'll keep your book forever."

"You're playing a mind game with me, dude. Mori will give the book back. Right?" Dipper asked Mabel. She nodded.

"Who are you, and why are you supposed to help us?" she asked.

"If I told you, you wouldn't believe me." the figure said.

"Yeah we would!" Mabel said. "We have to believe a lot of crazy stuff around here!"

"Sorry, can't," the figure said, not sounding sorry at all.

"Well that's not fair!" Mabel exclaimed. "You're just a coward. You're a wuss!"

"Mabel..." Dipper said warningly.

"You're a sissy and a chicken and-"

"Enough!" the figure roared and stood to full height. Mabel shrunk back. "You- need to know your place. And it is not-" it picked her up to its height, "up here!" it finished. As it set her down Mabel seemed to regain her anger and her had shot up and pulled off the black hood.

"Wendy!?" the twins asked in shock. Wendy sighed.

"She tortured me, guys. I had to help her or- she was going to kill Robbie. I had to do it." she said. Dipper growled.

"Robbie." he muttered under his breath.

"Well you can at least keep us safe, right?" Mabel asked worriedly. "You won't make us go. Right?" she asked again.

"Sorry, guys. But you know too much." Wendy said.

"What do you- AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" Mabel screamed. Wendy knocked the twins out with a chair and stuffed their bodies in a sack.

"Is it done?" the walkie-talkie screamed.

"Yeah, yeah." Wendy answered.

"Get them here soon."

"And- and Robbie?"

"He's fine! Already dropped him off at home. Come on! Those bodies won't get themselves here!"

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