A/N: Whoo! 10,000 hits! It hit it a while back. I'd rather not say when it hit the mark.
Also heads up. while this chapter, Amelia/Sailor Mercury ended up hijacking it, Dipper and Wendy are a big part... but considering that the Shape Shifter once tied up and impersonated McGucket, I had to... Hopefully you'll enjoy the results.
Chapter 20: Into the Bunker
Thanks to the invisible ink and black lights, Dipper was able to determine the location of a bunker that was used by the author.
However Serena also convinced him to take a day off, Dipper agreed due to the fact well when Mabel and Amelia told him to take the day off from searching, he ended up raising the dead, thankfully Wendy wanted to watch cheesy movies with him.
However it wasn't a day off for the Sailor Guardians who had a meeting to discus the group from Japan.
"Thanks to the pictures I took during the party, I was able to confirm the group's identity." Said Hotaru, "First off is Gurio and Naru Umino…"
She placed down picture of Naru and the man with glasses.
Both of them were Usagi's classmates when she was Sailor Moon… Naru was Usagi's best friend as well… and also was often a target of the Dark Kingdom, Gurio was a boy who had a major crush on Usagi but developed feelings for Naru.
"Oh… they got married." Said Serena remembering some of the memories she had from her past life, "That's so sweet."
"Wasn't he the man who sang Never Gonna Give You up?" asked Lila.
"Wow… he didn't change…" said Riley trying not to laugh.
"Next up is a pair I don't think you noticed. But it's another married couple." Said Hotaru, "Motoki and Reika Furuhata."
Motoki during their past lives a man who worked at an arcade Usagi frequented, her and Makoto both had crushes on him until they found out he had a girlfriend who indeed was the same woman Reika. Although she went to Africa. Motoki was also Mamoru's best friend.
"No way." Said Lila.
"They're here too." Said Serena.
"And finally the man who nearly attacked you, Shingo Tsukino…" said Hotaru placing the picture.
Shingo Tsukino was Usagi's younger brother, they had the standard sibling rivalry, but they did love each other greatly.
Serena sighed.
"What happened to him…" said Serena, "Please I want the honest truth."
"From what I heard… after Usagi disappeared without a trace. The Tsukino family fell apart… and Shingo became obsessed with trying to find out what happened to her… and eventually putting together the pieces that his sisters disappearance and Sailor Moons' were somehow tied." Explained Hotaru, "From what I also heard he and Naru remained close and she often helps him out."
"I see…" said Serena.
"But that doesn't explained Motoki and Reika." Said Lila, "Why would they get involved?"
"Wait… did anyone check in on Reika after she was kidnapped?" asked Amelia.
Reika was what was known as a Rainbow Crystal Carrier. Each carrier had a piece of the Silver Crystal (called a Rainbow Crystal) in their body. Durring her Africa trip she was kidnaped by a brainwashed Mamoru along with all but one of the other Rainbow Crystal Carriers.
They began to wrack their memories…
Did they help her? After all she was kidnapped in a completely different continent, freed and there was a chance she realized that her kidnapper was her boyfriend's best friend (who was missing at the time).
Then they remember they were all distracted by the fact that Ami had a boyfriend at the time…
"Okay… I think I know how they got involved in this." Said Serena.
"We really should have checked on her in our past lives." Said Rei.
"The past in the past so we should worry about it." Said Hotaru.
"She has a point." Sighed Amelia.
"What should we go about them?" asked Lila.
"It's a good idea to avoid them for now." Said Hotaru.
"Yeah…" sighed Serena.
"Serena, how's Darien?" asked Marina changing the subject.
"He's bedridden." Sighed Serena.
"He clearly wasn't bitten…" said Riley.
"I wonder what's wrong." Sighed Marina.
"I don't know…" sighed Serena.
"He'll be fine." Said Riley, "I know it."
"Yeah…" said Serena.
The next day, it was time to explore the bunker, of course they were taking precaution… IE: All five Sailor Guardians (Minus Hotaru) were going to go. Along with Soos and Mabel.
Expect for Lila the others waited by the a fake tree.
"Thank you all for coming." Said Dipper.
"When there's a mystery you can count on your sistery!" said Mabel.
"That was an amazing rhyme." Laughed Soos.
"Of course we came, we don't know what's in there." Said Riley.
"Good point." Said Dipper, "Anyways we're about to solve the biggest mystery of all of Gravity Falls. Who the author of the journals is. Thanks to a recent clue, I was able to find his possible hiding place." Said Dipper as he shined a portable backlight on the journal, "We just need a way to find out how to get in."
"Chop it down, dudes." Said Wendy as she and Lila finally arrived.
"Wendy!" said Mabel happily.
"Yep, she's joining this time." Said Lila.
"Dude I am so stoked by this. I've been wanting to join you guys for a while. I can't have my little sister have all the fun." Said Wendy.
"Everything's not fun though, remember that." Sighed Lila.
"Yeah, yeah." Said Wendy, "Anyways thanks for the invite."
"Of course anytime you want to…" said Dipper who seemed to be stumbling.
Marina and Mabel looked at each other and then pulled Dipper aside.
"You're still crushing on Wendy aren't you?" giggled Marina.
"Me thins there's romance afoot." Said Mabel.
"Look I thought it through." Said Dipper, "I'm over Wendy. I've looked at it from every angle and I realized there's no chance with her. I know what matters to me and it's finding the author."
"Let me put on skepticals." Said Mabel making her hands look like glasses.
"She's right, it sounds like you're not over her." Said Marina.
"I have, and you should too." Said Dipper.
"Hey!" called out Wendy, "Is it just me or does that branch look like a lever?"
"It does." Said Amelia.
"But how do we get up there. A ladder?" asked Dipper.
However they didn't notice that Wendy had already started claiming g the tree.
"I think it will be fine." Said Amelia.
"Are you sure, I mean we get a ladder. Or ladder shoes." Said Dipper getting distracted by the concept.
"It's fine. Really." Said Lila.
"How can it be fine?" asked Dipper.
"Boosh!" cheered Wendy from up the tree hitting the lever with an axe.
"Whoa! That is so awesome!" said Serena.
"Wow!" said Mabel.
"Our dad used to make us do lumberjack games when we were younger, I guess I kind of ruled on it." Said Wendy.
"No kidding." Said Lila.
However the tree began to shake knocking Wendy down as the fake tee moved down into the ground creating a big hole. They all caught Wendy before she could fall in.
They looked down the hole that the fake tree created and several boards appeared from the walls of the hole creating a set of spiral stairs.
"Whatever happens here we tell no one." Said Dipper.
Mabel gave the thumbs up, Marina winked, Amelia nodded, Soos turned his hat backwards, Lila gave a short nod, Riley crossed her arms, Wendy zipped her lips and tossed away the key while Serena sighed then gave the okay symbol.
They went down the stairs and into a room that resembled a fallout shelter.
"Whoa!" said Marina.
They all looked around. Dipper and Amelia noticed supplies for up to 2070.
"What kind of disaster would he need supplies for over 60 years?" asked Dipper.
"Well…" said Amelia.
"Oh yeah…" said Dipper.
"Hey! I found something." Said Riley, she held up a can of beans that was recently opened.
"Looks like the author is down here." Said Dipper.
Wendy noticed a map that was billowing by a breeze, she lifted it and it was a crawl space tunnel.
They all crawled through the tunnel and found a strange metal room with strange boxes thorough out it.
"This place is getting weirder." Said Marina.
"Was this place built in the future or the past?" asked Wendy.
"Well it's not as creepy as Dipper's internet history, am I right?" asked Mabel pushing Dipper.
However he tripped and stepped on the wrong place. The room began to move about in boxes with glowing symbols. Everyone began to try to press them away.
"What do we do?" asked Serena.
Dipper searched through the journal and found the things he needed he turned on the black light.
"Touch these four symbols!" said Dipper.
"One!" said Mabel hitting one.
"Two!" said Lila managing to get a really high one.
"Three!" said Wendy punching one.
"Four!" said Marina.
A nearby door opened and they all went though it with plenty of time to spare.
"That could have ended badly." Sighed Serena.
They looked around and saw they were inside some sort of surveillance room.
Soos found some beakers and did something goofy with them.
"I guess we should look around." Said Dipper putting the journal in his vest, however when he did so a piece of paper fell out.
Marina picked it up.
"You dropped this" said Marina.
"Don't' read that!" said Dipper.
However Marina had started to anyways.
"No way!" said Marina.
"What is it?" asked Mabel sensing something going on.
She handed to Mabel ,it was a love confession towards Wendy.
"I knew it! You were lying!" said Mabel.
Dipper looked at Wendy who was looking around.
"Look! I changed my mind okay. I'll just embarrass myself and I'll be just another guy Wendy hates, like Robbie." Said Dipper.
"Robbie kept lying about things." Said Marina, "He disperses her hate."
"Yeah… well… I'm not taking that chance." Said Dipper.
"Hey! Dipper check out this metal closet!" said Wendy.
"Coming." Said Dipper, "Just drop it."
He joined Wendy at the metal closet.
"You going to drop it?" asked Mabel.
"No." said Marina.
"Good." Said Mabel.
They walked over to Dipper who was standing at the closet.
"This is for your own good." Said Mabel.
She pushed him into the closet and Marina shut the door.
"Mabel! Marina! Let us out of here!" yelled Dipper.
"Not until you tell Wendy what you want to tell her!" said Marina.
"That's right!" said Mabel.
"What are you guys talking about?" asked Serena.
Mabel gave her the letter.
"Oh…" said Serena.
They heard noises from the closet, which died down.
They all looked at each other.
"Is something going on in there?" asked Serena.
"They could be quietly talking it out." Said Mabel.
"Uh… guys that wasn't a closet." Said Lila.
They saw where Lila was pointing, turned out whatever it was some sort of corridor that let them into the main part of the bunker.
"Oh whoa!" said Mabel.
They saw that was something was in the tunnels of the bunker that was heading for them.
"Open the door!" shouted Dipper suddenly.
Serena did so and they shut the door behind them.
"Well that was a bust." Said Mabel.
"We'll do it again later with a real closet." Whispered Marina causing Mabel to nod.
"Okay so there's definitely a monster in there." Said Serena.
"So do you have nay idea it is." Said Lila.
"Wait… I think I remember reading something about in the journal." Said Dipper.
HE found the stuff about a shape shifter in the bunker, about how the author found him but it grew too intelligent and wanted the journal.
"Okay… that's not good." Said Mabel.
"There's a shape shifter in there and it sounds like we need to stop it." Said Amelia.
"but if we in there what if the Shape shifter turns into one of us." Said Dipper.
"All right! I have an idea!" said Riley with a smirk, "But I think we should transform.
"I got an awesome idea to make sure that doesn't happen." Said Soos.
"We should transform first." Said Serena.
The other girls nodded.
"Moon Crystal Power!" called out Serena.
"Mercury Star Power!" called out Amelia.
"Venus Star Power!" called out Marina.
"Mars Star Power!" called out Riley.
"Jupiter Star Power!" called out Lila.
They all transformed.
Afterward they all did Soos' plan. All of them had bandages on their arms as part of the plan.
"All right! We should get it into that cryo-tube. "said Dipper.
"I should be one of the ones to lure out the shape shifter." Said Sailor Mercury.
"You do have ice powers." Said Mabel.
"I'm going to face that monster too." Said Sailor Moon.
"I'm going in too." Said Dipper, "To use the journal as bait."
"that sounds like a really bad idea." Said Sailor Moon.
'There no other books here that can be used as bait." Said Dipper.
"Good point." Said Sailor Moon, "But be extra careful."
"I think Wendy should go too." Said Sailor Venus.
"Yeah…" said Mabel.
"Minds as well." Said Wendy.
"I'm going too." Said Sailor Jupiter, "Just in case."
"The rest of you will wait here to turn on the cryo-tube or act as back up." Said Sailor Mercury.
The group looking for the Shape Shifter headed into the metal closet which as a decontamination chamber.
"Why did we all go into at once!" yelled Dipper.
"Okay… back up plan… find a real closet." Whisper Sailor Venus.
Mabel nodded.
Sailor Mars looked at Soos.
"So that idea of yours…" said Sailor Mars.
"You know?" asked Soos.
Sailor Mars nodded with a smirk.
Inside the caves of the bunker, Sailor Mercury pressed her earring summoning her visor.
"All right. Let's look around." Said Sailor Moon.
As they searched around.
"Is it just me or is Marina and Mabel acting strangely?" asked Wendy.
"Portably all just in your head!" said Sailor Moon.
"Yeah, they're acting pretty normal." Said Dipper.
That was when they heard a rumbling from nearby.
They saw the salute of a monster heading towards them. However they saw the silhouette of a mysterious figure as well.
The mysterious figure beat up the monster, "Back! Back you heinous beast!" shouted the mysterious man.
They watched as the man beat up the monster and then came back with a tongue.
"Well I just came back with a tongue." Said the man showing up.
He was a very scruffy looking man with goggles.
Dipper looked at the man in aw, however Sailor Mercury put her arm in front of Dipper.
Dipper looked at her and realized what she meant. It was the shape shifter.
"Hurry along! It might be injured but it will regenerate." Said the shape sifter.
"Let's all play along." Whispered Dipper.
He lead them along the tunnels.
"I wasn't expecting visitors." Said the shape sifter, "I've been down here for a long time. Months, years maybe… I miss orange juice."
"Well it's the 2012… so…" said Sailor Moon.
"Over, 30 years then… " said the Shape shifter, "So I guess most girls wear weird sailor suits then."
"Actually were dressed like this for other reasons." Said Sailor Jupiter.
"I see…" said the shape sifter, "Whatever the reason I'm chasing after a shape shifter."
"Oh really?" asked Sailor Moon.
"Yes, you see it broke free of a cage made from solid steel. I've gone half mad trying to catch it." Said the shape sifter.
"Don't worry we'll help you." Said Sailor Moon.
"Good…" said the Shape Shifter," This way."
He led them to an area that a make shift house.
"Sorry for the state of things, I don't get many non-mole people gusts." Said the Shape Shifter.
"I can see why." Said Sailor Jupiter.
"Now the beat must have a weakness I can exploit… but alas I lost a set of journals many years ago." Said the shape sifter.
"What about ice?" asked Sailor Mercury.
The Shape shifter began to sweat.
"What…" he asked.
"Sabao Spray Freezing!" said Sailor mercury.
The shape dodged out of the way however part of the wall that was hit by the bubbles froze.
"You saw through it." He growled his voice becoming deeper.
The shape shifter turned into a hideous whitish monstrous creature.
"Yeah we did!" said Wendy.
"Completely!" said Dipper sounding a little unsure.
However the shape shifter his free arm into a tentacle and grabbed Sailor Mercury.
"You're scent… you a lot like that pathetic assigned you know…" said the Shape shifter.
"Sparkling Wide Pressure!"
The lighting attack hit the tentacle causing the shape shifter to drop her.
"Moon Tiara Action!"
The discus hit the shape shifter in the stomach.
"Okay… it was a bad idea bring you two in." said Sailor Moon.
All ran away from the area.
"I know one of you must have the journals!" called out the Shape Sifter who seemed to be recovering from Sailor Moon's attack.
Thanks to the fact that Sailor Mercury had her goggles still up she knew which way to go.
"This way!" said Sailor Mercury.
But before they could continue they dodged a giant pill bug like monster, which turned, into a tentacle monster that pulled her away.
"Oh no!" yelled Sailor Moon.
"This is bad." Said Dipper.
They began to search for her.
That was when Sailor Mercury showed up.
"I'm fine! I managed to freeze it. Don't worry." She said.
"How do we know you're not the shape sifter." Said Dipper.
"I'm not I swear!" said Sailor Mercury.
Wendy managed to put "her".
"Wrong answer!" said Wendy.
(Flashback)
Soos was explaining his plan.
"All right! So we all draw an X On our arms." Said Soos, "And then we cover the Xs with bandages."
"Wow that's a pretty smart idea." Said Serena.
"Yeah… I can't belie you came up with such an idea." Said Wendy.
"He probably got it from TV." Said Riley with a shrug.
"I did." Admitted Soos.
"Anime?" whispered Lila to Riley.
Riley nodded.
"All right if we endocarp the shape shifter this will be the way to know who's real." said dipper.
(End of Flashback)
"Dipper, Wendy… go find Mercury." Said Sailor Moon.
The two nodded.
Sailor Jupiter took out her communicator.
"Venus, Mars we need back up now!" called out Sailor Jupiter.
"We'll be there right away!" responded Sailor Mars.
With Dipper and Wendy they found Sailor Mercury tied up.
"You okay?" asked Dipper.
"I'm physically." Said Sailor Mercury.
"What's wrong?" asked Wendy.
"I need to fight it." Muttered Sailor Mercury.
"What? Why?" asked Dipper.
(Flashback)
Sailor Mercury was trapped in the tentacles, however the shape sifter was using arms to gather nearby ropes to tie her up.
"I'm going to take a wild stab in the dark that your Fiddleford's granddaughter. " said the shape shifter.
"How do you know him?" asked Sailor Mercury as she was being tied up.
"That pathetic idiot?" asked the shape shiftier, "I'd rather not tell you."
She glared at him, especially since he took her form.
He Sailor Mercury disguised Shape Sifter left.
(End of Flashback)
Wendy cut out Sailor Mercury out of the ropes.
"My grandfather was once a very intelligent man." Said Sailor Mercury.
"What? Seriously?" asked Wendy.
"It's true." Said Sailor Mercury, "But after moving to Gravity Falls he went insane."
"Wait you think the Shape Shifter did something to your grandpa?" asked Dipper.
"It could…" said Sailor Mercury.
She knew where the fighting was going on and headed there.
"Supreme Thunder!"
The shape sifter dodge the lightning bolt.
However he didn't notice the other two join the fight.
"Crescent Beam Shower!"
The attack his the shape shifter.
"You made it." Said Sailor Moon happily.
"Of course!" said Sailor Venus.
"Great there's more of you!" muttered the shape sifter.
"Of course there are!" said Sailor Venus.
Before the fight could continue.
"Shape Sifter!" called out Sailor Mercury.
Everyone turned to her, shocked at how anger she was.
She was rarely ever angry.
"Whoa…" said Sailor Jupiter.
"What have you done to my grandfather?" she asked.
"I've only tied him up and stuck him in a closest one time." Said the Shape Shifter, "Look… I don't know what he's up to now…"
Then the shape shifter turn into a young man in his late 20s with light brown hair wearing a lab coat. This only caused Sailor Mercury to become even angrier.
"Oh I get it… I really get it… he went insane didn't?" asked the Shape Shifter.
Sailor Mercury's glare only got harsher.
The Shape Shifter knew he was in trouble, especially since she had ice powers.
However he then noticed a pipe behind them and smirked evilly. He turned into a bigger form and his the pipe hard.
The pipe broke sending out a wall of water.
Nearby Dipper and Wendy were debating whether or not to help with the fight.
"They are our sisters." Said Wendy.
"But they have super powers… and I don't think I've ever seen Amelia anger." Said Dipper.
That was when the wall of water over took them.
As the wall of water engulfed them the bandages on their arms fell off and the Xs washed away.
Once everything was done with Dipper managed to find his way to the air, that was when he noticed an unconscious Wendy nearby.
"Wendy!" cried Dipper.
He ran over and she was unconscious.
"No, no, no…" cried Dipper, "Wendy please… I'm sorry… maybe I should have…"
"Dipper… whispered Wendy waking up, "The Journal…"
"What?" skied Dipper.
"I'm sure the Journal has a cure…" said Wendy.
Dipper was in such shock that he didn't care at the moment, he took out Journal 3, when he did Wendy suddenly took it from him.
However before he could react another Wendy tackled her.
"That was a cheap trick!" yelled the second Wendy.
"It still got me the Journal." Said the first Wendy.
Dipper noticed that the bandage was missing. Which mean they couldn't easily prove which one.
"Oh no…" he said, "Which one is which!"
"I'm the real Wendy!" said one of them.
"No I am!" said the other.
Just as the Sailor Guardians arrived, Dipper cried out, "Give me a sign!"
Both of them looked at Dipper, one gave him a wink, the other zipped her lips shut and threw away the key.
Both Dipper and the Sailor Guardians knew who was the real one.
"Sparkling Wide Pressure!"
The attack hit the one that winked, the Shape Shifter fell to the ground.
They noticed the area they were in was the Cryo-Tube.
"Love Me Chain!" called out Sailor Venus.
She forced the Shape Shifter into the tube.
In the control room, Soos turn it on and it started to work, the Shape shifter roared in anger.
"Dipper was it." Growled the Shape Sifter, "I can tell you're trying the find the author. If you continue that search you're share the fate of that girl's grandfather!"
The Shape shifter turned into some sort of Dipper hybrid with the man he transformed into earlier as he was finally frozen.
Sailor Mercury was shaking.
"You okay?" asked Dipper.
"Grandpa has ties to the author." Said Sailor Mercury.
"What!" said Dipper, "Oh man… this is the biggest clue yet!"
"I don't know if we should talk to him." said Sailor Mercury.
"Well do you have a point I guess." Said Dipper, "He is a mess… no offense."
They all headed back to the control room.
"Hey! How did everything go?" asked Mabel.
"You don't want to know." Sighed Sailor Moon as they de-transformed.
"Hey! I saw something over here I think I might be a clue to the author." Said Mabel.
"Maybe we should check it out." Said Marina taking Mabel's lead.
Neither Dipper or Wendy were in any mood to argue.
IT was a rather large locker, both of them pushed them in and closed the door.
"This again!" yelled Dipper.
"Yes! This again!" called out Marina.
"And I checked, it's definitely a locker." Said Mabel.
Dipper sighed… after that fake out with the Shape Shifter he knew he had to come out and say it, after all these things are going to get crazy.
"Wendy…" sighed Dipper, "I love you…"
There was an awkward silence as outside Mabel and Marina high fived.
"I already knew." Sighed Wendy.
"What…" said Dipper.
"You think I can't hear you when you say under your breath?" asked Wendy.
"Oh man…" sighed Dipper.
"Look I'm super flattered, but you know I'm too old for you. Right?" asked Wendy.
Dipper sighed.
"Don't get yourself down. This summer was super boring until you showed up. I have more fun than practically anyone else!" said Wendy.
"Thanks for the love sis." Said Lila form outside.
"The only thing you did was clean the house before this summer." Pointed out Wendy.
"She's got a point." Said Riley from outside.
"Look if you stopped being my friend, I'd throw myself into the bottomless pit!" said Wendy.
"That won't do anything. You'll just end up coming back out after a while." Called out Marina.
"Are you still listening?" asked Wendy.
"No of course not!" said Mabel.
Both Wendy and Dipper rolled their eyes.
"So things won't be awkward between us?" asked Dipper.
"I just wrestled myself." Said Wendy, "If we can handle that, then hat's a little awkwardness.
Dipper nodded.
The door opened and they were let out of the locker.
"Okay!" said Soos who was wearing a lab coat, "Now that that's out of the way. What does everyone think? Does this briefcase go wit this lab coat."
Amelia saw the brief the case and immediately recognized it.
"That's not a brief case! That's a computer!" she explained.
Soos opened it and she was right.
"No way!" said Mabel.
"Dude!" said Soos.
"How did you know?" asked Dipper.
"It's a rare prototype laptop built by McGucket Labs." Said Amelia as Soos handed it to her, "My grandpa built it before he went crazy."
"It might have some information about the author." Said Dipper.
"Hey! I can fix it up." Said Soos.
"Thank you so much!" said Amelia.
"Um… I hate to be that person." Said Serena, "But we should really get out of here."
They all realized they should leave and thankfully there was a way out. After closing the entrance Wendy and Lila grabbed their bikes.
"Hey Dipper, movie night tomorrow, at your place." Said Wendy.
"Yeah." Said Dipper who sighed.
He watched her leave.
"Dipper…" said Amelia.
"Yeah." Said Dipper.
"I'm going to help you find the author." Said Amelia.
Dipper looked at Amelia.
"He might the only person who knows what ever happened to Grandpa." She explained.
Dipper nodded.
Things were changing and fast, Dipper finally confessed to Wendy. Amelia found out some hidden things about her grandfather. Neither would know what this would lead to… only that things were just getting started.
Next Time: Darien is still ill. And no one knows what's going on. Could it have something do with his past lives? And what is the reason why he hasn't assumed the Tuxedo Mask Persona? Find out next time!
A/N: Okay... that thing with Reika always bothered me... I mean come on! She gets kidnaped, ends up on completely different continent, must have realized that her kidnapper was her boyfriend's best friend who is missing... and there's no resolution... in SuperS she's just back from Africa after the program ended. Something must have happened off-screen... Anyways I have to go do a few things... one of them is editing the Sailor Moon Fridge page TV Tropes...