Chapter 20
Mabel
"I want that shack!" I hurled another knife at Will, as he stood in front of the target. "I know what's under there, and I need it!"
I picked up another knife and threw it at Will. It landed right in his eye. He screamed and took it out, along with his eye, which quickly regenerated.
"But how can I get it?"
I stood there for a moment, and picked up another knife. Instead of throwing it, I twirled it in my hand as I thought.
"Will, you can go inside minds, correct?"
"Y-yes, Miss Mabel."
"Can you go inside the mind of Stanford Southeast and find the code to his safe?"
"Y-yes, but I work for D-Dipper and..."
"But if I remember correctly, Dipper said to obey my wishes, correct?"
"W-well, yes, but-"
"Would you like another knife in your eye?" I took aim with the knife. "Just a flick of the wrist and you'll need to yank out another eye."
"I'll go in his mind!" Will shrank back.
"Good." I set the knife down. "Let's make the deal."
He held out his arm, along with the blue flame, and I reached out to shake it.
We shook hands, and the blue fire engulfed my arm.
"Now, don't mess this up, or I can assure you there will be plenty more knife throwing." I said, pulling away my arm. Will nodded his sad triangle self, and zipped away to go inside Stan's mind.
Gideon
While Pacifica was on her date, me and Wendy were tasked with cleaning the house.
"I can't believe Pacifica is with that guy!" I exclaimed, as me and Wendy.
"Maybe Dipper isn't that bad." Wendy said. "So his sister has problems? That doesn't stop love."
"Really?" I asked. "That would stop me."
"Girls work different. We don't really care about a guy's family. For example, Robbie."
"Oh yeah, him." I nodded. Robbie came to the Mystery Shack once in a while. Him and Wendy were complete opposites. Wendy, while she wore leather jackets and eyeliner and listened to rock music, Robbie wore ironed plaid shirts and jeans and listened to indie bands. "Why is he an example?"
"His family is absolutely depressing. They work as coroners, and they definitely fit the profile. They always wear black and I've never seen them smile. But Robbie is different, so sweet and happy."
"Yeah, well, Dipper has threatened me."
"Guys and their pride. You need to chill. He's just protective of his girlfriend, that's all."
"Hi guys!" Pacifica walked into the hall, dragging Dipper behind her. "We're just going to watch a movie here."
"Hello." Dipper smiled at Wendy, and his smile faded when he looked at me.
"Are you sure Grunkle Stan would be okay with that?" I asked. "Besides, you can't use the TV, he's snoozing away on the recliner."
"Of course not! I'm just getting my laptop and I'm going to show Dipper my favorite anime on the porch!"
"Which one? Your favorite changes every week."
"Free!"
"Oh, the one with the swimming guys? Don't you have a shrine for them in the clo-"
"We agreed not to speak of that!" She hissed, and ran up the stairs. "Be right back!"
There was an awkward silence as all three of us stood there.
"So... aren't you that guy at the Tent of Telepathy? How's business?" Wendy asked, breaking the silence.
"Very good, thank you. And the Mystery Shack?"
"Also good."
The silence returned, until Pacifica's feet pounded down the stairs, with her laptop opened, holding it with one hand and typing with the other, which I had no idea how she did.
"Okay, just got to hack this Swedish Guy's ITunes account and we'll be set. You know Swedish, right?" Pacifica asked.
"You HACK other people?!" We all demanded.
"How else would I watch it without paying or clicking through a ton of ads?" She shrugged casually. "Dipper, do you know Swedish or not?"
"No, not really."
"Okay. Do you know French?"
"No."
"You said you speak Japanese, right?"
"Not fluently..."
"Okay, what languages do you speak fluently?"
"English."
"And?"
"Latin and Celtic."
"Fine, I'll find an English account." She started typing again, as Dipper looked as the screen.
Don't touch her, you better not touch her or else. Don't even look at her, stop watching her type you creep!
"Okay, I found an English account-oh, wait, it's locked me out on 'suspicious activity'. You'll just have to watch it in Czech."
"Do you know Czech?" Dipper asked.
"Yeah. I had 5 tutors for 7 different languages when I was growing up. I'm fluent in all of the 7."
Dipper didn't look like he was looking forward to watching an anime about guys who swim in Czech.
"Okay, it's ready! If the CIA comes to the door, though, pretend you speak Czech."
"But I can't!"
"I'm just teasing you! I'll be speaking Czech, you speak Japanese."
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Dipper asked as he and Pacifica walked outside.
Me and Wendy continued cleaning.
"I didn't even know she knew 7 languages and can hack ITunes."
"She grew up rich and could afford a tutor for anything. I guess it pays off for her."
"Yeah, it must. Fluent in 7 languages, man, I'm jealous."
"Imagine all the homework, tho-"
"AGGHH!"
"Grunkle Stan?" Me and Wendy ran into the living room.
Grunkle Stan was still asleep, but he was fidgeting as his eyes rolled back and started to glow blue as the shadow of a triangle passed down from the ceiling and into his head.
"Pacifica wasn't imagining that triangle in her dream!" I gasped. "PACIFICA! COME IN HERE, QUICKLY!"
Dipper
I absolutely had no idea what they were saying.
And I was a little jealous when Pacifica was drooling over a ton of fit, shirtless teens swimming instead of me.
"So, what are they talking about?" I asked, as the characters spoke rapidly.
Pacifica opened her mouth to speak, but was interrupted by Gideon suddenly screaming "PACIFICA! COME IN HERE, QUICKLY!"
Pacifica quickly closed the laptop and ran inside. I followed, as I heard her quietly pray, "Please don't be the government, please don't be the government."
We ran into the living room and saw Grunkle Stan shaking and his eyes glowing blue, as the shadow of a triangle entered his head. Gideon and Wendy were standing back, gasping.
"The triangle!" Pacifica shrieked.
"Will." I growled under my breath. "How dare he without my permission!"
"You know him?" Pacifica turned to me, along with Wendy and Gideon.
"Yeah. He works for me, but I can't believe he would do something like this without my permission!"
I could feel my amulet start to glow in frustration, but I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, cooling it.
"How do we stop him, then?" Wendy asked.
I took out my journal and looked through it. "There's a spell to follow him into someone else's mind and prevent harm, but it isn't included in here."
"Wait! I think I know!" Pacifica took a journal out of her jacket that looked nearly like mine, except with a '3' on it. As she flipped through the pages, my heart raced.
She has the other journal? And there is three?! Does that mean Gideon has the first one?
"Here it is!" Pacifica held out the page on Will. "There's the spell right here! Grab candles, quick!"
Wendy ran to the supply closet to get candles with Gideon, as Pacifica looked over the spell.
"Dipper?" Pacifica looked up from her journal.
"Yes?" I asked.
"If Will works for you, did you send him to go into my mind?" She asked. "Is that why I had a dream of my worst fear, like when I looked into the eyes of the Gremloblin?"
Oh dear.
"That doesn't matter right now. What matters is going into your great uncle's mind and saving him from whatever Will wants to do in there."
"Okay." Pacifica nodded. "But I expect answers after this."
"A full explanation."
What did I just get myself into, or rather Will? I wondered, as Gideon and Wendy ran in juggling scented candles in their arms.
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