Accessing Global Security Satellite System
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Accessing Grimm Horde Approaching Nowhere Kansas
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Accessing Sectors:
13 – Darklands
8 – Wilds
4 – Nowhere
12 – Monkey Mountain
11 – Foothills
10 – Upper Catacombs
9 – Forgotten Falls
7 – Lower Catacombs
6 – Really Twisted Forest
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Estimated Time to Arrival in Nowhere: 4 days, 21 hours, 15 minutes, 33 seconds.
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Evacuation Protocol For Sectors 6-8 In Effect
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Logging Off Global Security
Xxx
"Yo boss!"
Van Kleiss had to close his eyes, taking a deep breath as he turned to face the speaker behind him. "Scaramouche, glad you made it back."
"Glad to be back just in time for the carnage." Scaramouche tipped his hat. "That being said, big boss you wouldn't happen to be handing out them upgrades you promised me and the other boys right?"
"This is a bad time." Van Kleiss turned away, looking at the main screens on the command deck of his tower.
"Now hold on there, big boss. The deal was I work for you, I do something big and I get upgraded…Like massively upgraded." Scaramouche walked up to Van Kleiss, standing next to him as he made several hand gestures to fully communicate his objection. "Well, helping to take down the barrier around this place while you were being attacked by that ghost seems like I did one of those big jobs, not to mention bringing back the girl and her friends. And besides, you've been accumulating the powers of countless people from multiple realities. I don't think asking for my upgrades is such a big deal…"
Van Kleiss narrowed his eyes. "In case you haven't noticed, we have intruders running around in the fortress with an army of Grimm approaching fast."
"Then you just made my case." Scaramouche said cheekily.
Van Kleiss raised an eyebrow. "And how so?"
"These intruders, they are not your average joes running about, causing amok. These are top level Hunters, the best of the best and some of them are even poor schmucks you abducted and experimented on. Making them even stronger." Scaramouche reasoned. "Seems we could use some upgrades ourselves just to even the odds."
Van Kleiss just glared at the robotic assassin. "Normally you get paid after the job is done. Why should I waste my time upgrading you?"
"So I can hunt down and kill all of them at once." Scaramouche answered. "You know me, you know what I do. You know that I am the best assassin in the world."
"Hardly. You're a member of the top ten but not the best." Van Kleiss rolled his eyes. "In fact a few members of the top ten are already working for Sammael."
"Then all the more reason to upgrade, so I cannot just kill the intruders but kill those contenders that are on the way right now with that army of Grimm to kill us all." Scaramouche immediately pointed out. "Upgrade me, I'll take care of them and then I'll take care of Sammael's top goons so you can have it out with the big guy himself."
Van Kleiss scoffed as he turned away. "You'd think I'd trust you to handle all that for me?"
"You forget, Van Kleiss. I am not just here for what you offer, I'm here to cement my position as the top assassin, the one everyone will want to hire and soon enough I'll be feared by all top Hunters, the Justice Friends, and even Phil Ken Sebben and his friends themselves." Scaramouche replied. "I got a lot on the line so I need all the noise makers so I can send a 'Hello!' out there to everyone who wants to see the greatest show on Earth."
Van Kleiss glanced over his shoulder, considering the cyborg's proposal. "You say you can hunt down and kill all the intruders single handedly?"
"That's right. I've even encountered a few of them before. The archer girl and the black haired kid with the 'S' on his shirt. I know how to take them down." Scaramouche nodded.
"…Very well." Van Kleiss held up his gauntlet. "I'll give you your upgrade, but you better deliver of your claim."
"Don't worry." Scaramouche grinned as the golden gauntlet glowed. "It'll be everything I promise…and a lot more."
Xxx
"I can't believe this."
Ford was pacing back and forth in the kitchen of the Mystery Shack while Double D and Dipper were sitting at the table.
"My old Armatae armor, the armor I decommissioned is attached to you." Ford said, looking at Double D with wonder, fear and apprehension.
Dipper looked at Double D with a confused face. "Why didn't you tell us Grunkle Ford was the one who made the armor?"
"It wasn't relevant plus Armatae asked me to keep his origin a secret." Double D answered, sipping from a glass of water.
"I decommissioned that armor because it was too dangerous. I had realized I had created a weapon that had the potential to be as dangerous to the world as Bill." Ford shook his head. "You have to relinquish that armor, immediately."
"That, I cannot do." Double D replied.
"Listen, you don't understand the danger Armatae represents." Ford tried to convince the young boy.
"I am well aware of the power and weaponry you gave Armatae just as I am aware that you attempted to decommission Armatae because you realized how sentient he was becoming." Double D retorted, placing the glass on the table. "You created Armatae using a special type of ore along technology from the alien space ship that crashed near here. You thought he could make you powerful enough to take on Bill but you saw that he was becoming sentient and intelligent and you were afraid of him along with being paranoid."
"I beg your-"
"Armatae recognized you were becoming paranoid from your work on the portal and after you learned what Bill's real plan was." Double D cut him off. "He took measures to keep you from disassembling him and finish constructing himself on his own through those robots you made to help maintain your laboratories."
"Really?" Ford was stunned to hear that.
"Yes. Armatae computed your paranoia at the time would cause more harm than good in the mission to stop Bill so he protected himself." Double D continued.
"Excuse me." Ford narrowed his eyes.
"So how did you two meet then?" Dipper asked.
"Armatae was monitoring the portal machine and Bill's movements since he managed to complete his own construction. He was ready but he needed someone to act as his core unit." Double D answered.
"Yes, I made sure Armatae would need a human body as a host to be physically and mentally dependent on the host to keep it in check." Ford cut in, recalling his work on the armor. "But the armor caused an enormous amount of stress on the body, that's why I couldn't finish it."
"True but Armatae worked on correcting those flaws." Double D replied.
"How?"
"Through the Sky-Web." Double D saw that both Dipper and Ford were confused. "The Mystery Shack has both wireless and an old phone connection to the Sky-Web so Armatae had unlimited access worldwide network for the last thirty years and he kept up to date on all world events, including the progress in technology and since he was already an advanced AI based program because of the alien technology you incorporated into him he was able to learn and evolve. He learned all he needed to complete the work you started and even shipped what he needed up here to help finish and upgrade himself after you disappeared."
"And Stanley never bothered to check where they might have come from?" Ford asked, his jaw slightly hanging down.
"Well technically, they were shipped in your name so Stanley just thought you ordered them and put them down in the lab." Double D clarified.
"Ah." That made a bit more sense but Ford was still not convinced. "Still-"
"I am not giving Armatae to you." Double D stated firmly. "He was created to stop Bill Cipher and I will ensure he fulfills that purpose."
"Listen you-"
"Enough!" The three turned around to see Stan marching into the kitchen. "I don't care what your problem is with each other. The real problem is finding Mabel!"
"Armatae, perhaps you can lend some assistance." Double D placed a hand over his chest.
Ford along with Dipper and Stan watched as Armatae activated, covering Double D in its armor form. "I believe I have a theory."
"Armatae…" Ford stepped back with wide eyes. "You really did come back."
"Hello, Creator Ford. I see Stan Pines was successful in returning you to Earth. I admit, I calculated his odds of succeeding to be rather low." Armatae chose to speak while Double D remained silent.
"How could you have come this?" Ford asked, trying to understand how he couldn't have predicted this.
"The ore you used to create me was embedded with a form of energy that is essential to all forms of life. My life was guided by the AI programming you installed in me when you began my creation. I was able to essentially recognize and understand my purpose as well as understand your deteriorating mental capacity at the time we last spoke."
"Excuse me?" Ford questioned.
"You had become increasingly paranoid of the threat Bill Cipher represented. That is why you created me. However you had performed several questionable decisions that led me to calculate that you were becoming detrimental to the safety of Earth rather than protecting it."
Ford narrowed his eyes. "Explain."
"First was that you did not disassemble the portal generator immediately upon learning Bill Cipher's true motives. The second was you did not destroy your journals that contained the portal geneator's schematics."
"The journals contained years of research I had made." Ford protested.
"Irrelevant compared to the threat of Cipher arriving in this world. You also asked Stan Pines here, only with the intention of sending him to bury the book on continent on the other side of the world. Your other lapses of paranoia suggest that you could no longer be trustworthy. Such was the decision to ensure I was not scrapped in order to continue my mission." Armatae explained. "You even proved my decision wise when you attempted to stop Stan Pines from burning the journal gave him, despite the fact that you had given it to him and thus was his to do with as he pleased."
"He's got a point, Ford." Stan couldn't help but say. "Still, how can you help us find Mabel?"
"As I have been programmed to ensure Bill Cipher arrives on Earth, I was programmed to seek out any dimensional anomalies that would likely be a sign of his arrival. I detected a possible dimensional occurrence just before we landed back in the forest. It suggests that Mabel Pines may have seen a dimensional tear but it does not match that of the portal generator or the rift you have been protecting."
"So what was it?" Dipper anxiously asked.
"I suspect it was the Infinity Train."
Ford gasped while Stan and Dipper looked confused. "The what?"
"The Infinity Train…I've never been on it but I've heard of it. A train that exists in a pocket dimension, possessing an endless number of cars that are said to contain a whole world inside." Ford explained numbly. "It appears to people who are greatly trouble and tries to help them…That's at least what those who came back have said."
"Came back?" Dipper looked to Ford. "What does that mean?"
"The train keeps its passengers until they work through their problems. That is why those who have gone missing never returned from disappearing in the same manner of those who did." Armatae answered. "Ford Pines heard of this legend while studying in Gravity Falls."
"Y-Yes, I was studying the phenomena for what could cause what we weirdness in the world. Gravity Falls had the highest number of strange events but I stepped out from time to time to study other strange happenings like the supposed 'Rock People' of Beach City and I interviewed people who spoke of the train." Ford said, clearing his throat and getting his shock under control.
"If Mabel Pines was feeling emotionally distressed it's likely the Train sensed her problems and brought her on to help her work through them." Armatae concluded.
"Problems? What problems would she have?" Stan asked, having not been around when Mabel had run off.
However Dipper and Ford knew what Armatae was talking about and they nervously looked at each other.
Stan narrowed his eyes as he looked at the two. "What did you eggheads do?"
"Nothing, Stanley. Mabel was just having a bad day and she overreacted." Ford quickly said.
"That's not true!"
The four turned around to see Zoe and Frida at the door, glaring at Dipper and Ford.
"Girls?" Stanley raised an eyebrow.
"Ford wants to make Dipper his apprentice meaning Mabel would have to go back home…Alone." Zoe explained.
"He what?!" Stan gaped and then looked at Ford with an angered face. "You did what?!"
"Dipper's a prodigy. I wanted to help him expand his horizons which he wouldn't do at a public school." Ford quickly defended himself. "Mabel would be fine on her own-"
"I can't believe you!" Stan bellowed. "You want to tear those two apart like us?!"
"I-wha-?!"
"I know you've never actually forgiven me for screwing up your chances to get some fancy school but now you want tear up the kids?!" Stan grabbed Ford by the collar and slammed him into a wall. "How dare you?!"
"Wait, Grunkle Stan it's not his fault! I wanted to stay!" Dipper protested.
"Dipper, I know I haven't been the best Grunkle for you but you can't just accept working with my brother, especially when that means having to explain to your parents why your sister came back alone!" Stan barked at Dipper who took a step back before looking back at Ford. "And you…"
"Stan-" Ford grunted.
"You hate having a twin so much? Fine. I'll never step foot in this crummy house again but if something happened to Mabel because you tried to take her brother away, I swear I'll burn this house to the ground along with all your freaky science." Stan threatened shoving Ford back and then turned to Dipper. "And you…"
Dipper gulped.
"Why in the world would you want split your family up like that?" Ford questioned harshly.
"Because…It's been my dream…I've spent the whole summer wanting to meet the author of the journals and learn from him." Dipper explained sadly. "How could I just want to go back where I'm treated as an outcast?"
"Well what about Mabel?" Stan asked angrily. "You expect her to go back alone?"
"No, I just thought…" Dipper wanted to argue but he found himself unable to come up with a reason. "I thought she would be okay…Just because we're twins, that doesn't mean we have to be tied together for the rest of our lives."
"Oh, I know. Believe me, I know." Stan said, throwing a look at Ford. "But before you get any ideas, Dipper, you'd have to explain to your parents who have no clue what has been happening up here about why you want to stay with a relative who they'll just find out was missing for the last twenty years and the man they thought they were sending you too at the beginning of summer was a liar and a conman from the very start who faked his death and just happened to get elected as mayor."
"Not to mention has a sealed record." Frida cut in.
"Not helping, sweetie." Stan quickly said before looking back at Dipper. "Look, no one expects you and Mabel to be tied at the hip forever, but you know, she still needs you in her life, Dipper. Especially now since summer is ending and that means she has to leave here and go back home where she is an outcast too. That's right, she told me about you two getting picked on back home and it's a lot like the way things were for me and Ford back when we were kids."
Ford had to look away at the mention of their childhood.
"But you know how that ended for us." Stan continued on, kneeling down in front of Dipper and placing a hand on his shoulder. "Look, kid, I get you have an opportunity and I should be the last one to get in the way of that…But I also can't stand by and watch as Mabel gets left behind at the same time. You're better together than me and Ford were as kids and I can't the stand the thought of you two suddenly tearing each other apart like we ended up doing. So I want you think very carefully before you decide being Ford's student is what you want and I also want you to promise that even if you do, you won't forget about your sister."
Dipper stared up at his grand uncle with a saddened face, realizing maybe he did accept too fast and nodded. "All right, I'll think about it and I won't forget Mabel."
"Good. Now we need to find Mabel." Stan stood up and looked at Armatae who had been silent. "So how do we get on this train?"
"The train will only accept troubled people onboard and most of them are children." Armatae answered.
"Well, we're plenty troubled. So what's next?" Stan asked.
As if his question had been heard, there was a flash of light at the door and everyone turned to see it.
"I believe that's the next step." Armatae answered, his armor form receding back under Double D's clothes.
The front door was replaced by a pair of red doors that slowly opened, revealing a bright light.
"I don't believe it." Ford whispered in quiet awe. "In all my journeys, I never once found the train…and now it's right there."
"You can save your geeky fanboy worship for after we find Mabel." Stan stepped forward. "I am going in."
"Not alone, Grandpa." Zoe and Frida stepped forward.
"Kids-"
"Don't try and talk us out of it." Zoe cut him off. "You disappeared from Mom's life for family and this time we're going with you."
"Yeah. Mabel's our cousin. Villains or not, we do not abandon family." Frida said just harsh as her sister.
"And she's my sister." Dipper walked up to his cousins. "No matter what."
Double D sighed as he walked up the line of family. "Well, I did come here to stop Bill but I have not lost my moral empathy and I believe we should help you find your missing family member."
You are allowing yours emotions to cloud your judgement. The train offers no way to stop Bill Cipher.
"My emotions are why you needed me as your core unit." Double D retorted. "And besides, Mabel has the rift Cipher needs to get to Earth. What happens if she loses it on the train?"
Armatae was silent, having not considered that in its calculations.
"I thought so." Double D said when he saw the AI had no argument.
Ford looked at the sock-headed boy. "You really have connected and bonded with Armatae…Even better than I could have imagined."
"I do what I can." Double D simply said.
With that, the Pine family along with their friend stepped into the light, entering the train. Just as they did, the doors began to close…
Only for a shadow to follow them inside.
"Excellent work."
"Thank you, Mistress Mandy."
Xxx
(Joseph William Morgan - Crazy Train (Epic Cover - Powerful Action Trailer) Starts)
In a red colored desert a train with an endless number of cars drove down the tracks without end.
"Welcome aboard new passengers! I am your conductors, One-One!"
A strange figure stood atop the train, next to a boy dressed in black with purple hair tied in a pony tail.
"When are done wiping those teary peepers, you'll probably have a lot of questions."
The boy grinned as he nodded the figure beside him.
"Like where am I?"
Sticks twirled a staff in her hands.
"How do I get off?"
Tambry found herself massive computerized room with…walking smart phones and tablets.
"And do you have snacks? We don't have snacks."
Mabel opened her eyes, finding herself in a big farm.
"On this train you will get to solve your problems and you will have taken a number."
Frida and Zoe held up their hands, showing glowing numbers on their hands.
"To get off the train you have get it to zero. You become a literal zero like me."
Eddy laughed as a rain of golden coins fell down on him.
"And if you need help, don't be afraid to ask for help from the denizens. Unless they have big claws and nasty pointing teeth."
The strange figure spread its arms out, its body melting into the car.
"And in the far corner we have our champion: the Macho Man!" Eddy announced.
Stan grinned as he cracked his knuckles.
"And remember, you can't spell friendship without 'friends'. Or 'ship'. Or Ship-Friend."
Me-Mow snarled, pulling out a dagger.
"By listening to this recording and watching this trailer you have verbally agreed to absolve the train of any and all possible incidents. Have a nice day…And if you outght to know, I am feeling very depressed about this."
GRIMMFALL: THE INFINITY TRAIN