"What makes a man?"
A voice spoke as a shadowy figure was seen working in what appeared to be a makeshift lab/workshop,
"Is it their accomplishments?"
The figure held up a orb shaped device examining for several moments before giving what appeared a pleased nod
"Perhaps it's the legacy they create."
The figure then rose up from the chair approaching a large device sat on a lab table and proceeded to pick up a tablet going over various scans of it.
"Or maybe…"
The figure then paused, noticing something they dropped on the floor they bent down to pick it up and their heart froze once they realized what it was a photograph. One they recognized all too well not only remembering when it was taken but also remembering finding it on their person when they woke up in an unfamiliar world yet again this time away from the woman they loved.
It was a picture of himself, his love, and a newborn girl,
"It's their family."
The figure stared silently at the picture seemingly enraptured by it.
"Whatever the case..."
They suddenly clenched their free hand into a fight fist while they looked down on the ground and carefully placed the photo back on their person.
"I Hoagie Gilligan failed as a man..." The figure suddenly let out a furious growl as they stomped back over to the lab table, "Time and time again I couldn't protect those I love."
They arrived at the table tossing aside blueprints and tools seemingly looking for something in a steely determination, "My father, my love, my own daughter I failed to protect them all."
The figure then paused seemingly finding what they were searching for.
"So, if I failed to protect them as a man."
They reached over and picked up something that couldn't be seen in the shadows, but they stared at it with an enraptured gaze.
"Perhaps it's time to protect them from the monsters of this world by becoming a monster myself."
The figure's eyes suddenly began to change color and glow a red that if anyone were there to see it would be reminded of the Grimm in an instant and at the next moment a chilling insane laughter filled the lab.
Xxx
"Lana, seriously I am so mad right now I could break this car in half without turning purple."
Lana had to suppress the urge to argue back, given that she been through this a thousand times already with her parents and even her own daughters but now she had to deal with the father of her daughters:
Sterling Archer.
After she escaped from Gravity Falls, she had met up with Archer who was on his way there and picked her up.
And boy was he mad.
"Look, we don't have time for this." Lana said, pointing to the…weirdness surrounding the town of Gravity Falls in the distance. "Our daughters are in the middle of all that so can we focus on saving them."
"Oh, I am focused. I am so focused I could drink an entire truck's worth of Bourbon and I STILL WOULDN'T BE DRUNK ENOUGH!" Archer barked.
"Your drunk right now!" Lana retorted.
"Shows what you know!" Archer held up his flask. "This has fruit punch in it! I am so mad and worried I actually can't get drunk so I have to deal with this sober!"
"Yeah right." Lana rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. "Your blood is practically alcohol."
"Taste it for yourself and see if you wake up pregnant again." Archer handed to the flask to Lana who snatched and sniffed it before taking a sip. "See?"
Lana dropped the flask in a cup holder and looked out the window. "I can't do this."
"Like you ever could." Archer said as he came upon a barricade meant to keep anyone from entering the town… "GET OUT OF THE WAY!"
SMASH!
And drove right through it.
"-SHOLE!" A cop shouted, his voice muffled by the barricade being shattered.
Archer peeked out his window. "Yeah, I'm the a-hole."
Lana just sighed and rubbed her face.
Xxx
"Argh!" Stan let out a grunt delivering a solid punch to a Goblin sending it flying away, "How many of these suckers are there!"
"Too many, gramps!" Frida replied as she blasted one back using her suit frowning as her mother now fashioned in her Voltura armor/identity gave a growl, "For every one of these little diablos we take out a dozen more take its place!"
She looked over at her father with a serious gaze, "We need a way to turn the tables now."
Stan frowned as he tried to think of a way out of this mess without having his brainiac brother dragged off by these creeps.
Elsewhere some distance away a shadowy figure was hovering in the air, "It seems the citizens of Gravity Falls are in need of some help~"
It said in a low tone before letting out a malicious chuckle, "Fortunately for them I have just the thing to get a tribe of angry goblins off their back."
It held up a strange device shaped like an old phone but with a horn sticking out and with a push of button the device began to let out a low pitched shriek.
That in moments had an effect on all the goblins causing them to freeze and bring their hands to their ears letting out howls.
"Hey what gives!?" The watching murder drones said in their mistress disgruntled voice. "Who's killing the party!?"
The goblins fleeing caused many of the town citizens to either blink confused or cheer loudly.
"Hehe you better run you ugly gremlin wannabes!" Stan yelled shaking his fist with a smirk that fell when he turned his head seeing his brother frown, "What's up Poindexter?"
Ford looked over at Stan, "Something wrong Stanley. Goblins are many things, but they aren't creatures to cut and run in the middle of a fight." He crossed his arms in thought, 'Especially with the tides so turned in their favor."
He looked his brother in the eyes, "No something forced them to flee.."
His gaze went over to the watching birds in the trees their purple eyes gleaming maliciously as he recalled the Goblins eyes all giving a flash of purple light.
"And I have a pretty good idea by who."
Stan turned his head and narrowed his eyes but before they could speak further a loud roar sounding strangely like a mix between a car and jet echoed out causing the celebrating Gravity Falls citizens to freeze in shock which only grew as a large robotic figure came over the horizon.
"DUDES!" Soos yelled with an excited grin pointing, "It's the New Jersey robot!"
Xxx
Nyx narrowed her eyes as she watched the Goblins fled from Gravity Falls through the crystal orb in the palm of her hand. "Who is messing with my fun?"
BOOM!
The Lady of Chaos and her familiar spun around, watching as an explosion ripped through the wall of her lair. Nyx remained still, her eyes glowing purple that was only enhanced by the furious glare she was sporting.
A dark figure came through, wearing a dark body suit and a hooded cape and spoke in a snarling voice. "Nyx, Lady of Chaos."
"Oh, seems I have a stalker." Nyx brought a hand to her chest with a look of fake flattery on her face. "If only guys in capes and masks did it for me, I'd be the luckiest girl on Earth."
Pericles narrowed his eyes while perched on Nyx's shoulder, seeing the mask was a goblin of some kind but was white with red glowing eye.
Like a Grimm's face.
"I guess from the mask, you portray yourself as some sort of Grimm Goblin." Pericles remarked, preparing to put this intruder under his Semblance.
"It felt appropriate for our little one on one chat." The man stated. "If you think of me as a Goblin go ahead."
"I already had some Goblins. You scared them away in the middle of my fun." Nyx dropped her crystal ball onto the ground where it shattered, and she summoned a black energy sphere with a purple ethereal glow surrounding it. "I don't like it when people interrupt my fun."
(I'm a Hex Girl by The Hex Girls Starts)
I'm gonna cast a spell on you.
And with that, Nyx let loose magical blast at the Grimm Goblin who jumped to the side, dodging the blast and held out his arm.
You're gonna do what I want you to.
A wrist cannon was fired, firing two red energy bolts that hit Nyx head on, piercing her chest and out the back. Nyx was smiling even as she was hit and a second later the two holes in her chest immediately healed themselves.
Mix it up here in my little bowl,
Nyx began dancing as arcs of purple glowing energy flashed around her and shot in all directions, hitting the walls and ceiling and creating explosions. The Grimm Goblin jumped back to avoid the ceiling collapsing on him.
Say a few words and you lose control.
Nyx stepped forward; her eyes glowing while purple electricity sparked through her body. "Come on, Gobby. Make this fun for me."
I'm a Hex Girl
She raised her hands and fired purple lightning, forcing the Grimm Goblin to dodge and he immediately turned and started running. Scowling, Nyx hovered off the ground and flew after him in pursuit.
And I'm gonna put a spell on you.
The Grimm Goblin ran through the tunnel and tapped a switch on his wrist. Just as he reached the exit, he jumped up and landed on what looked like a glider, turning around to face an angered Nyx as she emerged from the dark tunnel of her lair, large spheres of purple energy and lightning appearing in her hands.
I'm gonna put a spell on you.
The Grimm Goblin tapped a switch on his wrist again and from the ground on either side of Nyx came two large cannons that aimed and fired.
I'm a Hex Girl
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Nyx screamed as she fell to her knees on the ground, covering her ears as the cannons did not fire any solid projectiles.
They were firing concentrated sonic waves that hit Nyx with enough force if she were humans, her eardrums would have exploded.
And I'm gonna put a spell on you.
"NYX!" Pericles cried out from behind.
Growling, Nyx pointed her hands to either side and blasted the cannons with her magic.
BOOM-BOOM!
Put a spell on you!
Nyx stood up, her hair moving around her like a snake while her eyes glowed with bright purple fury and her teeth were bared as she glared at the Grimm Goblin. "Now…YOU'VE MADE ME MAD!"
You'll feel the fog
Numerous black orbs glowing purple surrounded her and she launched them all at the Goblin.
as I cloud your mind.
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
The Goblin took off on his glider with the energy orbs flying after him, many of them hitting trees and exploding on contact.
You'll get dizzy
The Goblin looked over his shoulder, checking to see if Nyx was following him.
When I make a sign.
"Looking for something?"
Only to turn around and see her floating right in front of him, arms crossed and grinning!
You'll wake up in the dead of night,
Nyx pulled out her knife that glowed bright purple and extended as she swung it.
SLASH!
Missing me when I'm out of sight.
The Grimm Goblin jumped, somersaulting over Nyx while his glider ended up getting cut in two with both remains flying past her and exploding.
I'm a Hex Girl
BOOM!
The explosion highlighted Nyx's form as she turned around, her form obscured in shadow, but her glowing eyes could still be seen.
and I'm gonna put a spell on you.
"You aren't really bright are you." Nyx landed on the ground, spotting the Grimm Goblin a few feet away. "Here's a fun fact. When it comes down to science vs magic, magic has the upper hand."
She held up a black and purple glowing sphere.
I'm gonna put a spell on you.
"Your science is rooted in the laws of physics and mathematics and all that crap. Magic literally throws those laws out the window." Nyx grinned before throwing the sphere at the Goblin. "Like so!"
I'm a Hex Girl
The Grimm Goblin surprisingly did not run or dodge but held up his wrist and rod extended out, catching the energy sphere just before it hit.
And I'm gonna put a spell on you.
"Huh?" Nyx watched in surprise as her magical blast was literally absorbed into the rod. "It absorbed my attack?"
Oh yeah!
The Goblin pointed the rod at Nyx and to her surprise fired her own magical blast back at her!
With this little cobweb potion,
"You rotten, little-" Nyx literally backhanded her own magical blast, sending into a couple of trees that blasted them on impact.
BOOM!
"You actually think you can use my own power against me?!" Nyx snarled at the audacity of this idiot. "Do you have any idea of what you're dealing with?!"
you'll fall into dark devotion.
She summoned more magical energy spheres and launched them all at the Grimm Goblin but he remained calm and still. Just before they hit him, the rod he used to absorb her first blast shot out of the wrist and exploded.
If you ever lose affection,
"Wha-?!" Nyx exclaimed, not expecting that to happen.
The single rod split into a dozen smaller rods with energy string connecting them, forming into a net that actually shot through the magical barrage Nyx had launched, literally absorbing the energy from all of them and causing the energy net to glow even brighter.
I can change your whole direction.
"What the GOLB-" Nyx didn't have the chance to blink as the net slammed into her and pinned her down onto the ground.
I'm a Hex Girl
"NYX!" Pericles shouted, flying down from a nearby treek.
And I'm gonna put a spell on you.
Nyx was struggling to break free of the net, snarling and growling as her eye let off a dark purple glow.
I'm gonna put a spell on you.
"Those were not easy to make." The Grimm Goblin finally spoke as he approached. "Magic may distort the laws of physics but there is still enough of a resemblance that I can use magic's own uniqueness against itself."
I'm a Hex Girl
"WHAT ARE YOU BLABBING ABOUT?!" Nyx shouted, struggling to break free but no matter what she did, the energy net continued to hold.
And I'm gonna put a spell on you.
"Magic is a form of energy, right? And like all energy, it needs to be channeled when you cast whatever spell you are about to use." The Goblin pointed to the net. "That's what that is for."
We're gonna put a spell on all of you!
Perciles narrowed his eyes as he realized what the Goblin had done. "You…"
(I'm a Hex Girl by The Hex Girls Ends)
"The net absorbs energy the instant there is any contact." The Goblin explained. "And since you're an entity composed solely of magic…"
Nyx's eyes widened as she realized what this meant:
The net was draining her power!
"Pericles!" She shouted to her familiar.
Pericles glared at the Goblin who turned to face him, activating his Semblance. "A good plan, but you obviously did not take into account of facing both a Lady of Chaos and her familiar."
"Oh, I did." The Goblin simply said.
With his Semblance activated, Pericles flew at the Goblin to poke holes in his head but to his shock, the Goblin punched him right in the face.
POW!
"GAH!" Pericles hit the ground with a startled and pained cry. "My Semblance! You should have been under my Semblance! My perfect hypnosis!"
His Semblance had never failed him before.
Except for…that badger.
But this man wasn't her.
So, what went wrong?!
"If I'm right, when a familiar dies the Chaos Lord loses their only link to the mortal plane." The Goblin pulled what looked a sci-fi looking gun and pointed it right at Pericles. "So, if you die, then she loses her anchor and will be banished."
Pericles' eyes widened, believing the man under the mask would indeed kill him and banish Nyx to the realm of chaos with the other Chaos Lords.
If Klarion and Bill found out…
"Pericles, get the others!" Nyx shouted under the net. "Get them here and waste this bastard!"
Pericles looked to Nyx. "What about-"
"I'll be fine! He can't kill me!" Nyx glared up at the Grimm Goblin. "But you'll be wishing for death when I break free!"
"I've died once." The Grimm Goblin looked back to her, lifting one hand to his face. "In fact, you were the one who killed me."
"Is that so?" Nyx spat, glaring hatefully.
"After we spent a life together." The Goblin pulled off his mask, revealing an adult male with brunette hair and looking at her with sad eyes. "And then you killed me in my sleep, Nyx, after we sent our child here."
Nyx's eyes widened and she sputtered. "Wh-WHAT?!"
Pericles was also stunned as he looked at the man and recognized him. 'That fat boy, Hoagie Gilligan. I knew he was sent to the Pillow World with Nyx but did they…Oh, Glob Nyx, you didn't!'
He had not anticipated this!
If Nyx had bore a child with the Gilligan boy during their time there than where was she?!
'Do Klarion and Cipher know of this child?' Pericles' mind raced. 'Of course they do but that also means…'
Sammael stared at the hand…and grasped it. "Of course. And of course, you shall hear my conditions."
"Of course." Nyx nodded.
"The first condition is that you will do nothing to hinder me or my allies in our goals whatsoever." Sammael started.
"And you will do the same for me." Nyx retorted.
"The second condition you will not speak of anything you learn from me or my allies to anyone, not even your closest friends if you have any or convince them to act on your behalf against me in any possible way." Sammael continued.
"Two-part, condition, smart move. Of course, the same goes for you." Nyx replied with a grin.
"Thirdly if you or anyone you know or you are affiliated with violate any of these conditions the magic will not affect you or your familiar. Instead, it will kill the person you love the most." Sammael finished with a grin of his own.
Pericles gasped. 'He somehow knew too…Cipher and Klarion guessed Sammael had agents watching everything in Gravity Falls! If he knows about Nyx's child and Nyx goes against him…Oh, Nyx…What have we done?'
INFINITY TRAIN
Opening File: Xavier
Seemingly an orphan picked up off the streets, Xavier has no known surname and his childhood was spent growing up in the cult that worshiped the Grimm.
Or more precisely, the masters of the Grimm known as the Fallen.
Xavier was raised to believe that the world was destined to end and the Fallen were the harbingers that would bring about the world's salvation through its destruction. Fortunately, the cult was later defeated and its leaders captured by Major Glory but Xavier was not among the children that were rescued from the indoctrination.
He had already been chosen.
Out of all the orphaned children, he was given the distinct honor of being taken to the Darklands where he met the King of the Grimm and the Fallem himself: Sammael.
Many would wonder why Sammael would randomly pick a child out of a cult of mad worshipers but he believed Xavier had the potential to be something great.
A vessel for the power of a fallen ally.
Mordred Deschain, the reincarnation of the deceased Fallen known to history as the Crimson King.
Xavier was submitted to an experiment to transfer the remains of the Grimm essence of Mordred Deschain and a monster known only as It into his body, remaking him into a monstrous demonic hybrid and then sent him to Gravity Falls to meet up with the Newborn ranked Fallen known as Mandy.
Their mission: follow anyone who boards the Infinity Train and retrieve the Gem of Creation.
Close File
Xxx
"To create, one must first know how to destroy."
Xavier stood atop a car behind the conductor's car, taking in the sights even though there was not much to see.
"A new life always comes at the expense of an old one. People, animals, even stars and planets are born and created from the remains of something that came before. A price is always paid." Xavier remarked with a smile. "The same can be said for this train. It brings in unsuspecting victims to 'help' them through their problems. If they succeed, they return home and if they don't…"
Xavier could only chuckle, looking over his shoulder to stare down at the endless number of cars that came after.
"One way or another, the person that comes onto the train ceases to exist. The person that exits is someone new, free of the burdens of who they used to be and enjoy their miserable lives. Or they stay and likely die to the chaos of this train." Xavier snickered. "A perfect example of the philosophy of the price of creation. To be born anew, the person you were before must die in favor of the new self. Destruction before creation."
Xxx
It had to find someone.
Reaching out with Its nearly omnipotent senses, It 'sniffed' the people on the train where the abomination was.
It could 'smell' someone there.
Someone with…
They had been touched by the one-eyed bringer of chaos!
It gave of Its own impression of a grin in the vast darkness of the realm it lived in.
A soul touched by the one-eyed chaos bringer but retained their own individuality was perfect.
It peered into the pocket realm where the train resided.
It watched the struggles of the fleshlings onboard…
Their hopes…
Their sadness…
Their tiny frail bodies attempting to shoulder the burdens placed on them and understand their purpose in this puny retched world.
How It longed to eat them.
But for now, convincing the one touched by the one-eyed chaos bringer was important to destroy the Abomination.
It watched with its endless eyes…
A chance would come.
Xxx
"Come on, let's move!"
"Wait for me, Dipper! I'm your guide, remember?"
Dipper didn't seem to hear Samantha as he kept running, wanting to hurry and find Mabel as soon as possible.
He needed to find her.
He needed to tell her he was sorry.
He would-
"RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!"
Dipper stopped and grabbed onto the railing just as he was about to reach the next car. Looking up, Dipper and Samantha paled at the sight of a massive beast, composed of red sand and rocks from the very ground outside of the train.
And crawling along its body were…
"Ghoms!" Samantha cried out, her tail and fur becoming fuzzy from the horrifying sight above them. "Dipper, run!"
The monster raised its hand and a Ghom was dropped down in front of the door, preventing Dipper and Samantha from reaching it.
Dipper stepped back, trembling in fear. "What do we do?"
"We have to run. Anywhere." Samantha answered, sounding completely terrified and for good reason.
The last time she had run from a Ghom was with Simon…
She couldn't go through that again.
Just as the Gohm was prepared to pounce…
"SHA-KLA-HA!"
WHACK!
BLAST!
Something hit it from behind and there was blast of light that knocked it off the train. Dipper and Samantha stared flabbergasted at who had knocked it away.
"No matter where Rolf ends up, Rolf will not stand by as soulless Grimm feast on the souls of the innocent and the furry!" Rolf shouted, holding his Shepard's Cane and pointed it at the monster. "Be warned, Grimm! Bare your fangs at the innocent and Rolf will see you shattered!"
The Grimm, a Geist possessing a body made up of rock and stone from the ground of the pocket dimension the train was in, let out a roar and dropped three more Ghoms in front of them. Rolf spun his Shepard's Cane and there was blast of light, blasting the creatures back. Two of them fell over the edge while the third managed to
"LET 'EM HAVE IT ROLF!" A voice shouted from behind.
Johnny 2/4 dashed up, jumping over Rolf's head and holding his wooden buddy Plank as the piece of wood morphed into a sword.
"Touche!" He slashed at the last Ghom, knocking it off the edge. "AWESOME!"
"No time for premature celebration, Jonny the Wood Boy!" Rolf pointed upwards at the Geist. "We have Grimm!"
The Geist, still having several Ghom infesting its stone body clenched a fist to smash down on the four below…
When a missile shot out and hit in its chest.
BOOM!
"Nice hit, Zoe!"
And just like that, the Hermanan Tigressa(Translation: Tigress Sisters) had joined the fight, rocketing around the Geist and firing missiles at its body.
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
The monster roared as more Gohms fell from its body and in front of the ones down below. They sniffed around before setting their 'eyes' on the three humans and the cat with them.
"Run!" Dipper shouted, turning, and running to the door leading to the next car.
Only the monster would not let them escape and raised its other fist to squish Dipper…
As Dipper looked up with wide, frozen eyes, a black orb appeared behind and entered Dipper's head.
Xxx
Dipper then finds himself in a strange place it was pitch black and he felt like he was stuck to something sticky. He looks around and gasps in shock to see he was stuck in a giant spiderweb. Suddenly a bright light appears above him and he screams in terror to see a giant spider resembling a black widowappear on the web with its eight eyes staring directly at him.
"Welcome to my web said the spider to the fly." The Spider said to the boy.
"Wh-what are you!?" Dipper asked in shock.
"I have gone by many names, but you may call me IT." The Spider called IT answered. "And I have come seeking your help."
"My help?" Dipper asked as IT crawled around the web.
"Yes, you see despite my appearance I am not actually a spider but rather a being of great power who must follow the rules of the multiverse." IT explained. "I can place avatars in every dimension but only one avatar for each. The ones I place on the Infinity Train and your world have long since died but an old enemy of mine desecrated my dead avatar on Earth to create an abomination and send it to the Train. It and another abomination just took over the Train in search of the very power that created it."
"What?!" Dipper yelled out. Him and the others came to rescue Mabel and now something just took over the Train.
"While I can't create another avatar for this dimension I can give a portion of my power to a host and I choose you Dipper." IT said as it turned its gaze to the boy wh was understandably frightened by its gaze.
"Why should I trust you?" Dipper asked. "I've made a deal with a supernatural entity before and that didn't turn out well."
"Because dear out of all your companions you are the most likely to die." IT explained causing Dipper to think for a moment. "Your uncles are experienced fighters, your cousins possess flight suites and we're trained by veteran villains, young Eddward possesses a high tech suite of power armor that possess a weapon that can kill Bill Cipher, your lost sister has befriended a passenger who possesses one of the strongest powers in the world, and then there's you."
Dipper thought about the spider's words and he knew before appearing here that an evil Troll is currently trying to eat him. With a grunt he gives his answer, "I'll do it but is the power permanent?"
"It is, if you want it to be." IT answered.
Dipper narrowed his eyes. "I do not."
IT chuckles and says, "We shall see."
Xxx
Dipper woke up to see the monster's fist mere inches from killing him.
"No, no, no, no!" Dipper said as he frantically moved his arms and then suddenly a red orb fired from his right hand and obliterated the monster's arm.
Dipper fell to the ground and sees the dead troll's body turn grey and crumble into pieces. Shocked by what he did, Dipper looks at his hands.
"I did that?" He asked himself.
'Yes you did.' IT's voice said in Dipper's head. 'My gift to you allows you to fire bolts of energy, absorb the souls of others, fire webs from your wrists, stick to surfaces, and sense danger directed at you. Unleash your full power and you'll become a 6ft tall black knight with spider features.'
"Woah." Dipper said. "Not sure why I want to get rid of this it might prove useful against Bill."
If IT could smirk, then it would be doing so right now. Dipper was already being affected by the corruption of IT's own power and will soon become a permanent host.
"Dipper!" Called out Samantha.
Dipper turned to the sound of her voice and saw the white cat and the others rush up to him.
"There you are boy you shouldn't run off like that." The cat admonished the boy.
"Sorry about that Samantha." Dipper apologized.
Wait, aren't they going to ask him what he just did?
BOOM!
Everyone looked up to see the monster's head get blown up by the Tigress Sisters. In the meantime, Rolf blasted the three Gohm's away. The battle was over, and everyone took a chance to sigh in relief.
"This train is more peril that Nano's toenails." Rolf muttered to himself.
The Tigress sisters floated down and landed in front of Dipper who sighed in relief. "Frida, Zoe. Am I glad to see the two of you?"
"Dipper, are you all right?" Frida asked. "And have you seen the others?"
Dipper shook his head before looking to Rolf and Jonny. "I don't know you two, either."
"I am Rolf, Son of a Shepard." Rolf proclaimed, banging his cane on the ground.
"I'm Jonny and this is my pal, Plank." Jonny said, holding Plank up for Dipper and the girls to see.
Dipper and his cousins just stared for a moment before shrugging. "Okay."
"We seek our friends. A three greedy Ed-boy and tall stinky half-wit Ed-boy." Rolf started.
"Ed-boys…Do you know an Ed with two 'D's but call him Double D?" Dipper questioned.
"Double D?" Jonny perked up. "You know him?"
"Yeah." Dipper nodded slowly. "He's on the train too."
"Cool! We haven't seen him in weeks! We've got a lot to tell him, right Plank?" Jonny asked, looking at his wooden 'friend'.
"If Ed-boys are on train, so to must Kevin." Rolf pointed his cane to the next car. "We must move quickly. Ed-boys would not last a night running free on a train!"
Frida and Zoe shrugged, deciding to follow after Rolf as he started leading everyone to the next car. As the group continued their journey the cat looked at Dipper's right hand and saw that his number had gone up.
60
"Dipper your number went up!" Samantha said in shock.
Dipper looked at his hand and said, "What!?"
"Last I saw it was at 30 now it doubled!"
"Aww man." Dipper said with a sigh of disappointment. "Well, we need to find the others and who knows how high their numbers are."
"That's still not a good excuse for your number to rise." Samantha then started to walk. "Follow me, the scents are this way, and this time don't run off boy or your number might rise again."
"Sorry about that." Dipper said as he followed the cat. "Out of curiosity who made the Train?"
"I don't know who made it, but I know how they made it." Samantha said. "A great power that I saw claimed eighty years ago by a brilliant young man named Clovis."
Xxx
"…and then we left the Hall of Heroes the end." Ed said to Double D and the others as he finished his story of how him and the other Peach Creek kids were abducted by aliens, escaped, ended up in the Darklands and became hosts to all powerful animal Guardians that Ed discovered were connected to the Gunslingers, went to GrimmFall city, and hung out at the Hall of Heroes.
"I know how you'd normally question something like this Sockhead but it's the truth." Eddy said to Double D.
"After everything I experienced while I was away, I actually do believe it." Double D answered before turning to Mabel. "Mabel, I see you still have Dipper's backpack."
"Yeah, I thought it was mine until I pulled out this weird thing." Mabel said as she pulled out the container holding the rift.
"Careful Mabel." Everyone turned to see Ford approaching the group, Double D mentally slapped himself for realizing that he left Ford behind. "That's a-"
"Inter dimensional rift that could link a different dimension to whichever dimension that rift breaks in." Ed answered, causing everyone to look at him.
"How do you know that, Ed?" Kevin asked the simpleminded one of the three Eds.
"I watch a lot of sci-fi." Ed answered like it was obvious.
"So, I'm basically holding what could be the end of the world?" Mabel said with worry as she looked at the rift.
"Yes." Ed answered.
Eddy and Kevin stepped away from Mabel after hearing this.
"By the way Ed what are you wearing?" Eddy asked as he gestured to Ed's harpoon pack and gravity boots.
"Harpoon pack." Ed answered as he raised the backpack's connected rods and fired the tethers at the wall of the train car causing him to go up, as this happened, he pressed a button on one of the boots allowing his feet to stick to the wall and walk down it. "And gravity boots. I found them in the Mall Car along with some notes and journals from past passengers who thought they needed the highest numbers instead of getting them to zero and leaving the Train. Good thing I read the Sky Web forums about this place so I know what to expect."
Kevin, Eddy, and Double D stared at Ed in shock as he seemed to be in his element here.
"Ed, are you a genius?" Eddy asked in confusion.
"I don't know, maybe." Ed said as he brought out two foul smelling necklaces that caused everyone to gag. One had a chunk of moldy cheese and the other was a small fish skeleton. "Anyone what to say hi to my lucky friends Sheldon and Angus?"
Stan then threw up over the rail and Double D was encased in Armatae to block out the smell.
Eddy swallowed the bile that had built up in his mouth and said, "Nope you're still the same dimwitted monobrow I'm friends with."
The door opened behind them and a voice called out. "Mabel!"
Eyes wide, Mabel slowly turned around and saw her brother along with her cousins, a tall blue haired boy holding a shepard's cane and a short haired kid carrying a hunk of wood with a face drawn on it.
"Dipper…"