Author's Note: The update is here! Sorry this took a while. I had to rewrite this chapter a few times.

You're all probably wondering about my plans for this story and the rest of my Marvel/Disney Channel shows crossover fics. Well, I came up with a system. I'll be doing a cycling order. such as the Owl Sanctum, the Black Panther of Amphibia, Iron Hero 7, The Ghost, the Trickster, and Molly McGee, Howard's Ducktales, Marvel Falls, and America and Star vs the Forces of Evil. Once I'm done with all that, I'll restart the system and go in the same order. So after this, I'll be moving onto the next chapter of America and Star vs the Forces of Evil.

Enjoy the update. Any and all comments are welcome.

It's been a couple of days ever since Kamala discovered her powers and used them on a bunch of angry gnomes. Since then, she's been heading to a secret part of the woods to practice her elastic and growing abilities.

One morning, Kamala came down fully dressed and ready for breakfast. Once there, she ran into her parents.

"Morning, everyone."

"Morning, Kamala." Muneeba said. "Before anything, you should know your boss called."

"He did?" Kamala asked surprised. "What did he say?"

"He said he was closing up shop for the day to spend time with his niece and nephew." Yusef said. "So you want to do the same?"

"Really?" Kamala asked. "And do what?"

"Well, fishing season did just start today." Yusef said. "Maybe we can go out to the lake? Could be a real bonding experience."

"Fishing, huh?" Kamala asked. "That sounds fun. What do you think, Mom?"

"Well, I've already got plans for the day," Muneeba said. "But by all means, you two go ahead and have fun out on the lake."

"Then it's settled." Yusef said. "Today, we have ourselves a good ol' father/daughter fishing trip."

Yusef and Kamala took their family car and drove it all the way to Lake Gravity Falls with fishing gear packed. Once they arrived, they saw a couple dozen boats spread out across the lake. They managed to rent a boat an ride it all the way to a clear area in the water. That's when they began their fishing.

Kamala broke a really long silence with a deep breath. "Well… I'm bored."

"Yeah, me too." Yusef said. "But at least we can be bored together."

Kamala pushed that comment away with a joke. "Ugh. Dad, please. Keep saying corny stuff like that and I might barf." She shared a laugh with her old man when she noticed a different old man sitting in a boat nearby. "Hang on. Is that Mr. Pines?"

Yusef looked at the lonely old man sitting on a boat labeled "Stan O'War". "Where? Behind the pathetically lonely old man. Oh, wait."

"Shall we move on over to him?" Kamala asked.

"I don't see why not." Yusef said. He turned on his motor and rode the boat near Stan's.

"Hey, Mr. Pines." Kamala called out.

"Huh?" Stan asked turning to his employee. "Oh. Kamala, hey. Who's your friend?"

"Mr. Pines, this is my dad, Yusef."

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Pines."

"Yeah. Whatever." Stan groaned.

"Is something wrong, Mr. Pines?" Kamala asked. "My mom told me you were spending the day with Dipper and Mabel."

"That was the plan." Stan said. "But apparently, those little munchkins don't like plans."

"Excuse me?" Yusef asked.

"I went out of my way to bring my great niece and nephew to a family bonding experience, and as it turns out, they'd rather go chase fairy tales! Old Man McGucket claimed to have seen that 'Gobblewonker' beast again, and suddenly, those two went off with Soos to get a picture of it."

"Without you?" Yusef asked.

"I'm not wasting perfectly fine family time on a wild goose chase." Stan said. "I gave them a choice, and those brats decided to spend the day at Scuttlebutt Island."

Kamala frowned looking at her boss. She turned to her dad with sympathy. "Hey, Dad. If it's all right with you, could I go to Scuttlebutt Island and get the kids back for Mr. Pines?"

"Really?" Stan asked in surprise. "Wow. Someone's angling for employee of the month. Just don't tell Soos. He gets competitive."

"You've got a good heart, Kamala," Yusef said, "But are you sure you want to do this?"

"It's fine." Kamala said. "I'll take the boat while you stay with Mr. Pines and keep him company until I come back. Then we can get back to enjoying our fishing trip."

Yusef sighed before giving his daughter a smile. "All right. Just be careful." He hopped from out of the boat and landed to Stan's.

"I will." Kamala said before turning on her motor. She rode the boat all the way to the distant island while her boss and father were left on the boat.

The two men stared at each other awkwardly until Stan broke the silence. "So… how's the weather for you?"

"It's nice." Yusef replied to his daughter's boss.

"Cool." Stan said before going back to awkward silence.

After arriving on Scuttlebutt Island, Dipper, Mabel, and Soos began their hike with an arsenal of disposable cameras. They trekked through the dark, gloomy forest with Dipper taking lead. Meanwhile, Soos was beatboxing and Mabel was rapping.

"My name is Mabel. It rhymes with table. It also rhymes with… glabel. It also rhymes with… shmabel."

"Dude, we should be writing this down." Soos commented.

"Guys! Do you hear that?" Dipper asked holding his ear out. Everyone paused to hear the sound of bushes russling.

"Is it the lake monster?" Mabel asked.

"If it is, we'll have all the evidence we need." Dipper said holding out one of his cameras. "Everyone, get your cameras ready! And… GO!"

Suddenly, the three jumped over the bushes and flashed random photo shots at something that moved in the shadows. They didn't make out what it was, but it fell backward.

"OW!"

"Wait. 'Ow'?" Dipper asked getting his sister and friend to stop. The three of them looked at what they just surprised and were surprised themselves to find Kamala Khan rubbing her head while laying on her back. "Kamala? What are you doing here?"

"Hoping you guys didn't blind me!" Kamala yelled out rubbing her eyes. She stood up and shook herself back to her senses.

"You okay, dawg?" Soos asked.

"I'm fine, Soos. Thanks." Kamala said.

"Kamala, what are you doing on Scuttlebutt Island?" Dipper asked.

"Or Butt Island." Mabel snickered.

Soos laughed along. "Nice callback, dude."

"I'm here because you two ditched your great uncle." Kamala said. "He told me how he wanted to spend some time with you and you all decided to go after a lake monster that may not even exist."

"Kamala, you don't understand." Dipper said. "There's this monster photo contest with a huge cash prize!"

"So you're putting wealth over family bonding?" Kamala asked.

"Look, we like Grunkle Stan," Mabel said, "But his ideas of family bonding aren't exactly… fun."

"Last time he said he wanted to spend time with us, he made us create counterfeit dollars." Dipper continued. "And now, he wants us to spend a boring day on a boring fishing trip. At least here, we can make some money off of it."

Kamala sighed. "And what if the Gobblewonker turns out to be a hoax? You'd have ditched Mr. Pines for nothing."

"How can you say this is a hoax?" Dipper asked. "We found a mysterious journal, fought off a hundred gnomes, and you got super powers. Suddenly, a lake monster is far-fetched?"

"That's different." Kamala argued. "Not sure if you noticed, but Old Man McGucket isn't exactly the most reliable source. He talks to animals that live with him at the city dump. Unless someone else has seen that beast, I'm not convinced that it actually exists."

Suddenly, the Pines twins and Soos widened their eyes in fear. "Uh, Kamala…" Dipper started to say.

"No, Dipper. Don't try to talk your way out of this." Kamala said unaware that something big was creeping up behind her. "Look, your uncle may not be a saint, but it's clear that he's trying his best to be a part of your lives. I don't know what I'd do if I didn't have memorable moments with my family. And let's face it, your uncle may not have a lot of years left."

"Kamala…" Mabel repeated her brother.

"My point is, you guys have the entire summer to look at supernatural craziness that you know are real because of that journal." Kamala continued. "But today, Mr. Pines closed up shop to spend the day with you. That's a blue moon when it comes to him. And you'd rather spend your time chasing an old cook's ghost stories? That's just…"

"Dude." Soos said.

"What?" Kamala asked. "I was in the middle of making a point! What could…" She finally noticed the fear on her friend's faces as well as the large shadow that stretched over her. "It's right behind me, isn't it?"

The three nodded their heads. Kamala turned and saw a long neck sticking out of the water. On top of that neck was a monstrous face that roared right at them.

"The Gobblewonker! It's real!" Kamala panicked. "Everyone, run!"

The four of them quickly rushed away from the monster, which crawled onto the shore and chased after them. Dipper tried to get a picture of them, but he tripped over a tree root and dropped it. Soos picked him back up carrying him all the way back to the boat.

"Dude, if it makes you feel any better, I got some good photos of Kamala!" Soos said.

"WHY WOULD THAT MAKE ME FEEL BETTER?!" Dipper asked.

Once the four of them got on the boat, they rode it away from Scuttlebutt Island, but the Gobblewonker still followed in the water. Soos futilely threw cameras to slow it down much to Dipper's dismay. The boat chase had them cut right through most of the fishing areas, a beaver dam, a glass sheet which was being transported over the water, and it eventually lead to a dead end, a cliffside with a waterfall. Too bad the boat wasn't stopping.

"WHERE DO WE GO?" Kamala asked taking the steering wheel.

Dipper quickly pulled out his journal and flipped through its pages. He stopped when he found something. "THERE! THROUGH THE FALLS! I THINK THERE MIGHT BE CAVE UP AHEAD!"

"MIGHT BE?!" Mabel asked.

"WORTH A SHOT!" Kamala shouted going at full speed. She and her friends screamed as they blasted right through the waterfall. As it turned out, Dipper was right. A damp, rocky cavern was revealed and once the boat reached the end of the water, the four of them were shot out. The impact from the fall caused Soos to lose his shirt.

"So long story short," Stan said, "When you're selling vacuums, don't use the slogan 'It sucks more than anything."

Yusef didn't look impressed. "You know, I'm starting to see why you're restoring to cons in this town."

Stan sighed. "Yeah. Fine. Judge me like everyone else."

Yusef suddenly looked at Stan with empathy. "I don't judge, Stanford. Look, my family and I have been judged a lot for years. We've finally been able to be tolerated in this town right before we introduced Kamala to it. The last thing we want is for her to be treated as anything but different."

Stan looked back at Yusef. "You'd do anything for your kid, huh?"

"Of course. Any father would."

"Wish mine was like that." Stan said with a frown.

"I'm sorry?"

Stan sighed. "I can't get into too many details, but when I was a young man, I… made a mistake. One that my family didn't forgive. Since then, they sent me out to fend for myself."

"Stanford, I had no idea."

"Neither do the kids. They're my family and I would want anything to be a part of their lives. Make up for what I lost. I know I'm not a saint, but I'll always have a soft spot for my family." He realized what he said and cleared his throat. "Don't know why I said that to a stranger."

Yusef laughed. "It's all right, Stanford. At least now, I can see why my daughter doesn't complain a lot while working at your shack."

The Pines, Kamala, and Soos picked themselves up and brushed the dirt off of them.

"Did we do it?" Mabel asked.

Suddenly, the Gobblewonker squeezed right through the cave door. It roared once more at the four of them.

"THAT'S A NO!" Dipper yelled. He and the others screamed too until a thought occurred in Kamala's mind, a thought that made her smack her forehead.

"I'm so stupid! I can't believe I forgot!"

"Forgot what?" Soos asked.

Kamala stepped forward and took a breath. She clenched her fists and confronted the lake monster.

"EMBIGGEN!"

All of a sudden, Kamala's very size grew. Her whole body shot to the near top of the cave fast as a bullet. She was now as big as the Gobblewonker, which was good for her to grapple against it. The lake monster attempted to eat the elastic girl, but Kamala used her superior reach to overwhelm it. While she wrestled against it, Dipper, Mabel, and Soos went to higher ground watching the battle from above.

"Whoa! Kamala's got some game, dudes!" Soos commented.

"Oh, yeah!" Dipper cheered.

"You go, girl!" Mabel cheered.

In the end, Kamala ended the fight by grabbing the Gobblewonker by its belly and throwing it up. It hit the ceiling and crashed right back down. Kamala then took very deep breaths before tiredly creeping toward her friends. She quickly shrank back down to her original height before falling right into Soos' arms. She still looked like she was about to pass out.

"That… was… exhausting." Kamala said.

The twins cheered. "Kamala, that was amazing!" Dipper said.

"Yeah! How did you do that?" Mabel asked.

"I've been practicing my powers." Kamala said. "Did you think I was just twiddling my thumbs since the gnomes incident?"

"So you can turn into a big behemoth?" Soos asked. "That's pretty awesome."

"Yeah. Still, it kinda takes a lot out of me, so I can't stay big for long."

At that moment, an electrical sound was heard and sparks were shown. They all came from the Gobblewonker's body. The four of them approached to investigate. Dipper placed his hand on its hide to feel it.

"Guys, I think this is metal." Dipper said.

"Come to think of it," Kamala said, "I did think it was cold, even for a fish monster."

Dipper climbed up to the top of the Gobblewonker until he found a door. He and the others opened it, and inside the lake monster's hollow, metal insides, they discovered a series of pipes, levers, and buttons controlling everything. And the man who operated them all was none other than…

"Old Man McGucket?" Kamala asked in surprise

"Aww, banjo polish." Said the hillbilly.

"You made this?" Dipper asked. "Why?"

"Well, I…" McGucket frowned. "I just wanted attention."

"I still don't understand." Dipper said.

"Well, first, I hootenannied up a biomechanical brain wave generator. And then, I learned how to operate a stick-shift with my beard."

"But WHY did you do it?" Mabel asked.

"Seriously, you put all of us in danger all for a legend that you made up!" Kamala said. "Why would you go through all this trouble?"

"Well, when you get to be an old fella like me, nobody pays any attention to you anymore. My own son hasn't visited me in months. So I figured maybe I'd catch his fancy with a fifteen ton aquatic robot." He laughed like a maniac before sighing. "In retrospect, it seems a bit contrived. You just don't know the length us old-timers go through for a little quality time with our family."

That comment reminded Dipper and Mabel of their grunkle. They pulled out the hats he made for them and stared sadly.

"I guess you two understand?" Kamala asked with her arms crossed.

"Pretty much." Dipper said.

"Dude, I guess the real lake monster is you two." Soos laughed. "Sorry. That just like—boom-popped into my head there."

"So did you ever tell your son how you felt?" Kamala asked Old Man McGucket.

"No, ma'am. I got to work straight on the robot. I made lots of robots in my day. Like when my wife left me and I created a homicidal pterodactyl-tron. Or when my pal Ernie didn't come to my retirement party and I constructed an eighty ton shame bot that exploded the entire downtown area! Well, time to get back to work on my death ray!" McGucket dived back down into his robot making construction noises.

"Let's get out of here before McGucket wants to use us as guinnea pigs." Kamala whispered to her friends.

After leaving the cave, Soos drove the boat back to the fishing area. Along the way, Dipper and Mabel approached Kamala, who was leaning over at the front deck.

"Hey, Kamala." Dipper said. "Look, I guess you were right."

"We spent so much time chasing a legendary dinosaur," Mabel said, "But he only dinosaur we need is our Grunkle Stan."

"Thanks, kids." Kamala said. "Still, I gotta hand it to you. If you hadn't left when you did, then I wouldn't have had the chance to use my powers against a giant monster robot."

"Yeah, that was pretty cool." Dipper agreed.

"Yeah. You should do that more."

Mabel's comment caught Kamala by surprise. "Fight giant robots?"

"Among other things." Dipper said. "Look, this town is a lot crazier than we thought. Gnome armies. Mad scientists. And according to the journal, there are a lot of things just as nuts as all that. So perhaps there's someone who should keep all that craziness in."

"You mean like… a superhero?" Kamala asked losing her breath. "Like a real-life superhero?"

"Of course." Dipper said. "You've got powers. You've got good morals."

"Plus you kick butt." Mabel added.

"All you need is your own costume and name." Soos said. "Maybe Elasti-Girl or perhaps Stretchy. Meh. I'm sure it'll come to us."

"Being a superhero does sound pretty cool." Kamala smiled at the thought. "All right. But remember guys, superheroes have rules. For example, the fewer people who know my identity, the better. So don't tell anyone unless you have to, not even your Grunkle Stan."

"He never believes in the unusual anyway." Dipper shrugged.

"Speaking of whom, I wonder how he and my dad are doing." Kamala said. She got her answer when the boat approached the Stan O'War and saw the two still sitting in silence.

"Oh, Kamala, there you are." Yusef said as she jumped to the boat and hugged him. "Did you know your boss pays you less than minimum wage?"

"Hey, she makes more than the twins." Stan said. "Speaking of whom, how was playing spin the bottle with Soos?"

"Not as fun as we wanted it to be." Mabel said.

"Is there room on that boat for four more?" Dipper asked.

Stan smiled. "You knuckleheads ever seen me thread a hook with my eyes closed?"

"Five bucks says you can't do it!" Dipper challenged.

"Five more bucks says you can't do it with your eyes closed plus me singing at the top of my lungs!" Mabel added.

"I like those odds!" Stan accepted.

While Stan and his family were getting along, Yusef and Kamala had their own private talk.

"So how was your time with Mr. Pines, Abu?" Kamala asked.

"He is… a character." Yusef said. "But I think the best thing about him is that despite his many faults, above all, he's a family man. Just try not to let him lead you into trouble, you little marvel."

That final word triggered something within Kamala, and that was inspiration. Her mind went back to Soos saying she needed a name and she was reminded of her favorite comic book hero, Captain Marvel.

She whispered silently to herself, "Marvel. Ms. Marvel."