Albeit not only Mabel, even Wendy as his fiancée had no idea that he has a capability of doing that. All of them were shocked, with only Clay retaining his calm expression "Now the game is starting to heat up" Jenna just looks down at him as he's still recovering from the massive throw he had, which she's a bit surprised as he didn't at the least pass out "That seems like a pretty casual thing to say from someone who just got thrown fifty feet in the air and STILL manages to stay awake!" Clay looks surprisingly in good form considering what just happened to him in a good ten minutes ago. "Y'know to be honest little sis, I've had way worse blows compared to that one!" a pretty casual thing to say that is, while Jenna can only stagger with disbelief, only to have her redhead cousin to approve it "Have to say he has a point… out of the last five or six encounters this is the least he took worse of"
Mabel had to admit, she was a bit worried of her twin brother. The closest thing she could imagine of any resemblance to his current state is none other than the dream demon himself, Bill Cipher. The only she had the taste of magical imagination power is when she was trapped inside a dreamscape world where they were trying to free their Grunkle Stan's memory off the certain dream demon. That entire attempt almost failed since Gideon eventually got the shack's deed using dynamites. Good thing they managed to retrieve it back after that though, or things would be pretty different by now. She reverts her attention back to the fight, where to her astonishment, Dipper just starts floating up with him holding up his flames threateningly towards Gideon, who targeted him with his soul catcher.
Gideon took the first shot, and to his surprise, Dipper avoided without even looking like he was trying to do so, and he said with a sly smirk "You missed…" this certainly brought up Gideon's temper. That weirdo always had a short fuse with anyone anyway… Mabel thought as she discovers no change on the kid's personality, not that she expected it to have happened anyways. She just watches in astonishment as her brother simply strafes to his right and left as he avoids the incoming attacks of his enemy, making it almost seems effortless. Dipper then decided that he had enough playing around. He needed someone quick to dismantle the machine, and right as he thought about it, Clay whistled out to him "Yo mage master! Need me to fix things up?" Dipper then looked back at him, unsure whether he's up and ready for the task that he has, but after seeing the determination on his best friend's eyes, he gave a confident nod. A nod which Clay replied with a thumbs up and a confident smile. He was about to head over to the machine, when he felt a tug at his sleeve. He looks back to see Jenna with a worried face "Big bro, please..." he smiled and placed a comforting hand at hers "Relax, I won't let anything happen again! Promise!" Jenna then crossed her fingers, and extends it toward him "Finger Splinter?" Clay was honestly shocked as even he almost forgot about that promise symbol between him and her, ONLY between him and her, he smiles wider and crosses his fingers as well "Finger Splinter" they knocked each others cross before both saying "Ouch!" the two share a good fit of laughter and Clay winked at her as she says "Good luck!"
Clay gave her a thumbs up and starts his mission of slinking around Gideon's battle against Dipper. Which was heating as it is now Dipper's turn to send attacks swirling at Gideon, but not of them seems to effectively hit him, Clay mutters quietly to himself not wanting his sneak mission to be blown apart "Pretty sure he doesn't have any REAL magic skills or something wicked like that..."
"Yeah, beats me! He's practically handling his magic a bit too well although it is light attacks..." Clay almost yelped and jumped as suddenly Wendy has her face near his ears "Wendy! What are you doing here?" Wendy snickered at his question "Y'know tree hugger, you're gonna need someone to watch your back when you try to dismantle that thing!" Clay just sighs and shakes his head "Well your as stubborn as he is..." hearing that, his cousin just smiled "Guess that's why we fit? We don't listen to each other and we know it!" she smiles as that manages a chuckle out of her cousin, but his game face is still is on as they quietly try to sneak around Gideon "Whatever you do... don't make a single noise!" she makes an impression of a zipper zipping her mouth and throwing away the key, just like what she usually do towards her future husband at their mischievous adventures, or when a promise needs to be kept. They then sneaked along the path where the soul extractor wouldn't reach and carefully sneak in.
Meanwhile, Pacifica was basically reviewing her life all over, as in a very slow pace, she's feeling the sense of letting herself move on from her little childhood crush, who is now standing right in front of her, or more like floating or flying that is. Her mind isn't in the best of state yet it's not in the worst. She was thinking all about her life when she noticed something weird about the jerky piggy looking boy fighting her crush. "Pretty sure his eyes doesn't change around yellow and white like that, he's not a headlight no matter how big his eyes are" she decided to confront Mabel about it. She taps her best friends shoulder who is watching (and for a fact is almost drooling due to her seriousness in watching the fight, no matter how irrelevant that state is) who instantly turns around and asks while sucking all her drool back "Whaddup Paz?" Pacifica can't help but smile at her regards of her nickname, but she went to the serious biz "Hey not wanting to ruin him even more, but pretty sure that kid has one hell of a messed up eye!"
Mabel rubbed her chin as she inspects his eyes "Uh-huh, yeah you're right, it looks like... it need more glitter!" Pacifica just rolls her eyes and says "Really Mabes? Right now?" Mabel laughed at her friend's reaction "Haha relax Paz, was just pulling your leg there! Now let's see..." she squints and tries to observe the weirdness of her number one most hated person in the world. Not finding anything in the first five second, she was about to stop inspecting when she noticed a strange thing "Wait you're right! His eyes turns like some kind of a... a... snake eye kinda thing! Huh, reminds of..." her eyes widen at her sudden memory and she instantly shouts at Dipper "Dipper! I got something to tell you!" Dipper tried his best to look back but with Gideon giving him constant attacks, he barely can turn his neck "What is it Mabel?"
He manages to catch a glimpse of horror and worry on her eyes, as she suddenly screams "Gideon have become Gidebill!" (Damn I'm bad with nicks) Dipper took one second of thinking and manages to piece it together "Of course! He suddenly able to block my attacks, controlling that soul extractor, and also send out attacks like this!" he smirks and shouts out to Gideon but not to the intended one "Hey Bill! You can get out of your hiding spot now!" Gideon was surprised to see that he had been caught red handed, and felt his power sapping out of him "Hey get back here demon!" Bill made a long stretch before staring eye to eye with the wizard boy in front of him "Well you figured me out then! Good job Pine Tree! Honestly though, I'd be rather disappointed if you didn't" Dipper just gave the demon a slight smirk and folds his arm "Since when did you get pegged around by orders like this? Definitely not the gangster efficient way for you to do so" Bill just laid back (while staying afloat that is...) "Well Pine Tree, I lost all my sense of empowerment when you took me out last year!" Dipper just smiles and says "Believe me it's no different right now..."
While the two seems to be "chatting" Gideon had been standing on the edge of the stage ceiling platforms demanding the demon to give him his power once again "Hey demon! Remember your under my command!" Bill rubs his chin and puts on a slimy look with his one eye "Oh really...?" Dipper would know that look anywhere, it's the "There's a small detail in the deal you see" he waited until Bill spoke up "If someone gets me to show myself in the real world without any influence of the dreamscape, the host of the contract which in this particular time is you! Has to bail in regards of their safety, meaning, you have a chance of dying while we escape this matter!" Gideon just stutters and almost felt frozen "Wait no! Y-you m-made that up didn't you!" he shivers in worry and fear of going back to prison again, and it multiply as the metal shutters at the ballroom started to bang away "LAPD! We receive reports of suspicious activity around this area, we're coming for a check!"
Gideon looks like a wreck, almost breaking down, he then just sighs in defeat and widen his arm "Fine! BUT MARK MY WORD YOU ALL! I WILL RETURN AND I WILL BE EVEN MORE POWERFUL! YOU WILL BE AT THE DAY WHEN YOU ALL KNEEL BEFORE ME!" before Bill floats over, he whispered towards Dipper "I'm bringing him to the dreamscape, he's far too delusional to be in this world! For now that is..." Dipper gave a smile and gives a thumbs up "Good decision! Good luck guys!" Bill then turned back and shouts out towards the stage "There's a dismantle button at the back of the machine in case you're trying to destroy that thing!" Wendy and Clay just froze as they hear Bill shouted that out, while shouting back a bit awkwardly "T-thanks for the info!" Wendy just looks to her cousin with a confused look in her eyes, as if asking him what the hell was that? in which Clay just shrugs his shoulder with the most dumbfounded look he could produce, obviously not knowing on what is actually happening out on the stage.
"Alright then kid, it's time to get out of this place" Gideon only hissed in fury and frustration, still obviously annoyed that he once again failed to deliver his vengeance and ends up making a total mess of himself (Not admitting it though), he then mutters to himself "We'll see who get's the last laugh Pines! Until then..." Bill went behind him and just says "Alright then Pine Tree! Remember! Reality is an illusion, the universe is a hologram, buy gold, BYE!" he emits a flash of white and alongside Gideon disappears into thin air, putting an end to the battle that took place. Mabel on the other hand is still freaked out for the fact that there are hundreds of soulless and limpung bodies all stashed right in front of her, in a stuttering tone she asks her twin as he landed in front of her "Uuuh, Dipper... what are we gonna do with these bodies?" Dipper looks around and observes the bodies all with white eyes and seemingly limp, he walked carefully over each body onto the stage "Hey Clay?" a muffled can be heard inside "Y-yeah?"
"Haven't you disable that thing?" just as he finishes his sentence, a loud click can be heard, followed by Clay and Wendy huffing and covered in a bit of soot "Man you guys look messed up" Dipper can only comment, while Wendy gave him a playful punch to his hand "Dude! You were epic up there! How did you even do it?" Dipper rubs his throbbing arm with a bit of a whine, but then answers "Years of training I guess... it does give you a big punch on your head after you use it, but I'm kinda used to it!" Wendy laughs and gets him into a headlock "That's my Dipper after all!" Mabel almost went full pink looking at the twos behavior, but was a bit interrupted when Clay clears his throat "Y'know... any second now, the machine right there that's like ten times the size of a tank is gonna explode soo..." the three looked to each other while Mabel, Pacifica, and Jenna just clenched tightly to the nearby table, while Pacifica saying "We'll pray for you three!" Dipper instantly shout out "Duck!" the three went as close as they can to the ground as a blurry flash of light and a large explosion sound fill the party ballroom.
Jenna woke up alongside Mabel and Pacifica, and notices that the sight had changed drastically from how it was before. The party had started once again and things seems as normal as it is before the party started to go haywire. She looks around and discovers that Pacifica and Mabel were both still out cold, with a certain redhead accompanying them all at the table. Wendy then notices that Jenna had awaken and asks "Who's the sleep going cous?" Jenna stretches and lets out a yawn "Absolutely peachy! By the way where's the other big boys?" Wendy just made a look that almost seemed like a glare towards a crowd of females "I could say that we can't rescue them right now..." Jenna takes a closer look to see the females crowding on two men who seemed to be his big brother and his best friend, both looking a bit peeved and tired from all the ruckus going on around them.
Both watched with eyes as sharp as daggers, but the Jenna just sighs "Well, what are you gonna do?" Wendy looks at her with a slick look on her eyes "Pretty sure you know what I'm gonna do..." and apparently she is right. Jenna knew exactly what she's gonna do, and she smiles agreeing with the plan "Party crasher?" Wendy smiles, makes a gun point impression towards Jenna and winks "Party crashers!" they both stood up from their seat, walking towards the two men stuck between a pack of lions. They were doing they're best to ignore the women, but Clay and Dipper couldn't seem to just escape, until Dipper spots something, he instantly tugs Clay by his collar "Dude, we got trouble incoming!" Clay looks to Dipper as he nods in direction of where Wendy and Jenna are coming from and just smirks "Well this'll be interesting to watch" his best friend can only gulp as the two women approaches closer.
The group of women surrounding the two men doesn't to be realizing the incoming threat, as they continued to try and flirt with them "So, you two honey bunches looking for somewhere to stay for the night?" and before Clay even answers another voice rang out "No they aren't and they will not accept any of your request" the whole group of women turns around to see a lady with brown hair dressed with a simple yet beautiful purple colored dress alongside a taller women with her haired colored in a blazing red fashion with an exquisite white dress, both seems a bit pissed off at something. The women were instantly talking around their selves "Who are they?" "Seems like someone new around here" a women that seemed to be at higher power between the others stood forward "Excuse me, if you getting yourself somewhere more suitable for your looks, please do so- Hey!" the women was instantly shoved aside by the redhead with the other women following her. The two approached the two cowed men as they just laugh nervously "Y-yeah we didn't really intend to get here" Clay was instantly pulled forward by Jenna as she's about to take him away, while Wendy just glares at Dipper, enough to tell him what to do "I'll just be going as well..." Wendy nods and turns around to walk away as well, but they soon got intervened when the group of women surrounds them, with the same women stepping forward while clearing her throat in a way that annoys Wendy so much "Where do you think you're going with our men?"
The rest of the women starts protesting at the two women trying to get away "Yeah!" "You can't just take them away!" "Who do you think you are huh!?" Jenna was the first to respond "Okay ladies, first of all, he's my brother!" while pointing towards Clay "If you all want to get through him, you will have to get through me! Good luck with that though, black belts are no jokes even in these days" she says threateningly, and then Wendy felt like it's her turn to state a point, but the women were still making a high amount of ruckus. But all she needed was one firm step to the marble floor and every eyes of her surrounding payed attention, Dipper can only gulp looking at his fiancee as she began to speak "If you want a reason... then" she grabbed Dipper's right hand almost causing him to jump, and she pulls it upward in a fast motion, showing the ring placed on his finger "If he belongs to anyone, then it would be me! No need nada ok? We crystal here?" the leader women seemed hesitant "W-well..."
"What's going on around here?" the whole group also the other four looked to the direction to see Pacifica just standing there, curious of what's taking place "Is there a problem..." she stops talking as she realizes the leader women that's standing right in front of her "W-wait Sophie? What are you doing here?" apparently the women named Sophie just stutters "Uuh w-well we..." the women next to her whispers furiously at her "What's wrong with you? Just send her off will ya?" Sophie just stutters once again "I-I cant..." the women is getting impatient "Why not!?" Sophie then finds the urge to speak "She's the Northwest that practically owns the boutiques and shops around this place!" the whole group then went full on surprised "Northwest!?" Pacifica rolls her eyes as she is annoyed to be called by her broken family name, and then she notices the four who are trapped inside, and instantly knew what's happening "Uh huh, and I see you all are messing with my friends?" with a tone that resembles her old self, Sophie looks back and was shocked that the four knew Pacifica, who steps forward and whispers to her "If I were you I wouldn't mess with any of them, they know way more important people than even myself..." Sophie stiffens at her statement and made a signal to her friends "Girls we're leaving!" the whole group walks off right as the command was spurred and Pacifica sighs in both relief and guilty feeling "Seems like they're taking over my old tasks..."
Dipper walked over and just casually says "Relax Paz! At least you've shown them that you can change, am I right or am I right?" Pacifica just smiles and gave him a hearty slap "Shut it dork... haha" the five shared a laughter and began walking back to their table, to find Mabel still fast asleep and almost drooling over the table. "Whoop, better stop her before that happens" Dipper pokes several times on her cheeks before his twin opened her eyes, stretches out and gives the most audacious yawn ever in public, before she finally realizes where she is "Did I just do that in front of everyone?" Dipper just looks around and replies "Technically to the five of us, but yeah... in front of everyone" Mabel just sighs "Good, not making too much an attraction" they all shared a round of sighs after a long day, until Mabel asks Dipper.
"So, everything is fine for now?"
Dipper just thinks about it and says "Yup, all better!"
While a distant voice ends it "For now..."
Thanks for all the support guys! This fanfic is probably the best I've written so far if it wasn't for your likes, favorites, and reviews! I wouldn't exactly call this the end of the story, but I am looking forward to make a pre or sequel, and some cut-up shorts for the next chapters if I can manage! But overall, thank you all for the support and I'll see ya all in a chapter in another time!
