A/N: Well, here it is, guys. Again, I'm sorry that updates are getting slower-life happens. Plus yeah...I'm trying to do some more work on one of my own original stories too. It amazes me how I can do so much and so little at the same time...
Well anyway, I hope you like this chapter.
XXPay4XtraShippingsXX-I'm glad you think it works :) Yeah, hurt Dipper and his sister will make sure you're in for a bad time...
Disclaimer: If I owned Gravity Falls or Undertale, there'd be no reason for me to look for a job.
"HI THERE!"
It really said something that Pacifica was getting numb to the random monsters popping up everywhere. She wasn't even surprised when she saw that the newest monster didn't have any arms. She looked like a brown and yellow lizard and, while obviously female, had a thick, somewhat masculine build. This made her brown ponytail, thick eyelashes, and beauty mark somewhat off-putting.
"I'M GRENDA!" The monster said in a loud, masculine voice that matched her appearance.
"I don't have time for this!" Pacifica said. "There's this crazy armored girl after me and I have to…!"
"DO YOU MEAN WENDY?!" Grenda said. "SHE'S AWESOME, ISN'T SHE?! I WANT TO BE JUST LIKE HER WHEN I GROW UP!" Pacifica narrowed her eyes at her.
"Did you miss the part where I said that she's after me?"
"WHAT?!" Grenda blinked. "WAIT-ARE YOU THE HUMAN EVERYONE'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT?!"
"Um…" Pacifica realized her mistake too late.
"STAY AWAY, HUMAN!" Pacifica sighed, shaking her head.
"I'm not going to hurt you, okay? I just want to get to the Capital so I can go home."
"REALLY?" Grenda raised an eyebrow. "YOU'RE NOT LYING, ARE YOU?"
"No, I'm not!" Pacifica said, exasperated. "Look, I'm lost, armed with a stick, I'm 12 years old for Pete's sake! That war between humans and monsters happened before I was even born! What's everyone scared of-me splintering them to death?!"
"WE CAN'T BE TOO CAREFUL." Grenda said. "HUMANS ARE MORE POWERFUL THAN MONSTERS, AFTER ALL." Pacifica blinked a couple times.
"Huh? Really?"
"YEAH, IT WOULD TAKE EVERY MONSTER SOUL TO EQUAL A SINGLE HUMAN SOUL!" The armless lizard monster continued. "AND THE HUMANS ATTACKED US FOR NO REASON!"
"What?! No!" Pacifica shook her head. "That can't be true-you guys are MONSTERS, after all! There had to have been a good reason why...!"
"Who's there?!" Pacifica gasped as she heard the voice.
"OH MY GOSH, IT'S WENDY!" Grenda smiled big.
Something went flying at Pacifica, and she screamed as it flew past her head, just barely missing her. Pacifica turned to look at the thing as it embedded itself in a tree next to her.
An ax. And it was made of light…
Metallic clanging sounds were heard, and Pacifica realized with horror that Wendy was walking over in her intimidating armor.
RUN! Gideon's voice screamed in her mind. Pacifica didn't need to be told twice. She took off running through the grass, breathing heavily. Never had she felt this scared since she'd fallen into the Underground.
"Don't bother running. You're not going to get far!" Wendy's voice called out.
She's going to kill me!
Pacifica could barely see in front of her, clutching her stick tightly in her hand.
I can't die! I'm too young and important to die!
More light axes flew by Pacifica, and one came very close to taking her head off. Fortunately, she managed to escape with nothing but a cut on her cheek.
"Ah!"
"You can't hide from me!"
Pacifica's life started flashing before her eyes. From infancy, to early childhood, to her pre-teens, up until she'd fallen into the underground. And no matter what happened or how old she got, one thing never changed. Her parents were always there, hovering over her like a pair of vultures to make sure she didn't step out of line, or do anything that might make them look bad.
THEY were the reason she acted like a spoiled little brat. They'd never shown her anything resembling love unless there were people around to impress.
Wait. Is it even worth going home?
Pacifica was so lost in her own thoughts that she hardly noticed when she tripped. The armored girl leaned over…and picked Grenda up out of the grass.
"WENDY!" The armless monster girl gave her a big smile.
"What the?! You're not the human!" Wendy dropped her to the ground, shaking her head. "She must've gotten away!" She turned, and left, unaware of Pacifica hiding in some tall grass a good distance off.
"Hey, little girl?" Pacifica looked up to see a tiny creature with what looked like a golf ball for a head. It wore Dutch clothing, had big blue eyes, and a mop of blond hair styled in a Dutch style on its head. "What's a star?"
"…what?" Pacifica was too exhausted to think at this point.
"What do you do-touch it? Eat it? Kill it?"
With everything that had happened, Pacifica was too tired to respond, or even pull herself up. Her whole body went limp as she collapsed face-first into the dirt.
"…up. Get up. Get UP!" Pacifica had to blink the whiteness out of her eyes.
"Ah! Who turned on the lights?!" Her vision cleared, and she saw Gideon floating in front of her.
"Oh, it's you." She narrowed her eyes at him. "Guess this means I'm dreaming again."
"You had me worried there!" Gideon's face filled with concern. "You alright, Pacifica?"
"No, I'm NOT!" Pacifica glared at him. "I was threatened by someone I thought was my friend, almost killed…and you tried to make me kill someone!" Gideon gasped, putting his hands to his chubby little face.
"Such accusations!"
"Don't play innocent!" Pacifica snapped. "I heard you in my head when I was fighting Dipper! You told me to finish him off!"
"Well, it was do or die, darlin'." Gideon said in his Southern drawl. "He was gonna capture you."
"He wasn't actually going to hurt me or anything!" Pacifica said.
"How do you know that?" Gideon asked. "He's a monster, after all."
"No he's not!" Pacifica clenched her hands into fists. "Now stop lying! I know you're not helping me out of the goodness of your heart!"
Gideon made a sour face.
"So that's it, then? After all I've been doin' for you, you're gonna turn down my kind help?" He shrugged. "Oh well. You could've gone far with me helping you-overthrown all these creatures, become the Terror of the Underground! But no." He turned back on her. "Let's see how long you last without fightin', little girl!"
"You're crazy!" Pacifica realized. "You're just like that flower!"
Wrong choice of words.
Gideon got right in her face, looking absolutely livid.
"DON'T COMPARE ME TO BILL CIPHER! I TRUSTED HIM ONCE, AND LOOK WHERE IT GOT ME!" Pacifica backed away, falling unceremoniously on her butt.
"You think you're stronger than Bill?! Stronger than me?! You're NOTHING, Pacifica Northwest, do you hear me?!" Pacifica couldn't help shaking. Gideon was human like her, and a few years younger, but something about him terrified her.
"And once you've figured that out," Gideon continued, "I'll be back to take control. And no one, human or monster, will be able to stop me from taking over both worlds."
With that, he disappeared. Pacifica couldn't believe what she'd just witnessed. Gideon was as bad as Bill…maybe worse. All of a sudden, it was very easy for her to believe what Grenda had told her about humans.
A/N: And so Gideon shows his true colors. That didn't take long...
Have we truly seen the last of him? Or will he come back to brainwash Pacifica?! Stay tuned to find out. And as always, review!