Welcome back everyone. Back at it again with another chapter of "The Resistance." Last time we saw Hope and Kreis got a new form that makes them more powerful. But who has more power than the other? And will Elise be able to figure out who this "author" is? Find out later in the story.

Hope's P.O.V.

Looking at the demon Kreis Cipher as she transformed was a bit nerve wracking I will admit but fear was no longer an option. I knew she fed on it so I had to be brave. After all I was determined to stop her. Right here. Right now.

Her transformation looked monstrous, she no longer had the appearance of a human, but a mutated werewolf of some sort. She blasted one of her attacks at me and I blocked it with ease. She sent a barrage of the same type of attack and with ease I blocked each and every one of them.

The barrage stopped and she stood there eyeing me down. "So, this form of yours has made you much more powerful than your father. Nonetheless, I will defeat you. This form that I have awakened has no weaknesses."

"That's where you're wrong Cipher. Everything has a weakness, it's just the fact of noticing it straight away that makes you think you have no weakness. All I have to do is find it and use it to my advantage."

She growled at me and began to charge, she was slow, extremely slow. Her transformation made her body not used to her weight and made it to where she couldn't move fast. This was what I would use against her.

As she towered over me she began to strike, I ran behind her as she hit the ground and began slashing at her back. Green blood started to trickle down from the gashes on her back. The wounds began to close sooner than I had hoped for. After a couple of minutes the wounds were fully healed. This would be a tougher battle than I thought it would be.

Elise's P.O.V.

"Come on, come on brain, think"! I was talking to myself at this moment. I had figured out something, but all the pieces weren't coming together. "Come on, why don't these things add up? Where's the final piece"?

My cork-board was filled with pictures of books and notes that connected. "Oh, why can't I get this right"?

"Because you're working alone, and not with your family." I turned around and saw my mom standing in the doorway.

"Mom? Is that really you, or am I going crazy like dad used to do when he was younger"?

"No Elise, it's me, your mother. I'm alive, and I always have been."

"Mom, oh it's been so long." I ran up to her and embraced her in a bear hug. "I thought I lost you way back then."

"No, me and JJ went into hiding. Unfortunately him, Zephyr, Dipper, and Mabel were all killed during the fight that's going on now."

"What, they're all dead"?

"Yes, I saw all four of them die. Your father's was the hardest on me."

I backed away from her and I threw some of the books around ruining my room and making it a clutter. Crying after I did so.

"Well, I can't believe I'm saying this but JJ was right." She said barely audible.

"Wait, what did you just say"?

"I said I can't believe that JJ was right."

"What was he right about"?

"He knew Dipper and Mabel would die, but he said you made a deal with Kreis that you had to kill one of them just to stay alive."

"Mom, I'm sorry. I had to take the deal."

"It's ok, I knew you had a reason. They both died anyways, but he knew they were going to die and he knew he was going to die and Zephyr would try to fight back. He knew everything that happened in the battle that didn't even happen yet. It was kind of weird actually."

"Wait he knew everything that was going to happen? As in everything"?

"Yeah, he did. Why do you ask"?

"I figured it out."

"Figured what out"?

"When Kreis captured me, she told something called 'the author' to send me away. Since then I've been cooped up in my room reading every book we have in our library to figure out what this 'author' was. JJ had told me that everything is somehow related to each other but sometimes it's harder to figure out at times. I figured out what the books had in common, and it's an author, a person that writes books. After that though I couldn't figure out what else that could mean. But then you came by and said that JJ knew everything that was going to happen. And authors know everything that's supposed to happen in the books that they write."

"Elise, what are you saying"?

"I'm saying that we're just characters in a book, used for the entertainment for children and adults based on who reads it or not. And JJ is that author, he writes out these 'dialogues' for us to say and we say it, then as people read it they become more interactive with the story and eventually want more. Therefore, our purpose is to entertain the readers and follow the way the story goes by and eventually are never used again because of the author ending the series, never touching the story again."

"That is the craziest thing I've heard in my entire life. And I'm from Gravity Falls, the center of crazy."

"Correction mom, Gravity Falls is the center of weird."

"Oh, well, whoops. So why did you research into this"?

"Because JJ had me do it. He's writing this story now and made me research into it. I'm just doing what I'm 'programmed' to do I guess. The only thing I don't get is why did he kill himself off, usually the main protagonist doesn't die."

"Maybe he isn't the main protagonist in this story"?

"But then that would make Zephyr the main protagonist, but he died as well."

"Elise, what's the exact definition of a protagonist"?

Elise pulled out her phone and googled protagonist. "A protagonist is the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text. So can there be multiple protagonists"?

"Well maybe there can be more than one protagonist, but maybe there's only one main protagonist towards the end"?

"You may be right, but then it would either be me, you, or Hope. And I'm not sure if we should count Hope."

"Don't put any bets on that, it seemed that something happened to her."

"Well let's go see what happened to her."

We ran outside of the ship and searched frantically for Hope and Kreis only to see them staring at each other getting ready for combat. "You see, Hope's different now. And in a good way."

"Yeah, let's just hope Kreis's new transformation isn't more powerful than Hope."

Hope's P.O.V.

We stared each other down, both of us waiting for the other to make a move. Finally she charged, moving faster than before, it seems that she has gotten used to her weight. I got away from yet each time though, surprising myself at how fast I was. No matter how fast she swung, I would avoid it. Now it was my turn to strike, I sped by her fist and swung my sword at her leg, only for it to heal straight away. I needed a different method of attack.

"What's the matter, can't do damage to me? I told you I'm invincible and there's nothing you can do to stop me."

"There's nothing I can't figure out on how to stop you. This fight will be your last."

Scanning her body nothing seemed to stick out that much, no sign of weakness anymore. I couldn't give up though, if my father could do something to her, so could I. I started slashing at the multiple body parts she had, making new wounds and gashes only for them to close soon after.

Kreis then smacked me away and I stumbled on the ground for a while, then stood back up any wounds completely healed. I observed where I ended up and saw my dead family around me, I picked up my father's sword and got ready to strike. I ran up to her and started slashing again, this time dual wielding with both swords creating more wounds just for them to close up again and again. Afterwards I stuck my sword in her body and was smacked releasing the sword from my grip.

Again, I slide across the ground, locating my sword as I stood up. After seeing it, I saw the blade kept the wound from closing, slowly bleeding from that spot. I grabbed my sword and ran to her, started climbing up her body making my way towards her head. After making it I took my sword and jabbed it straight down bringing the holster to the skull.

She roared and shook me off of her head, but I held on as much as I could. Determination swelling through me to defeat this monster. Finally she threw me off her head, me falling and dislocating my shoulder. I stood up and saw that Kreis was still standing, but her eyes didn't look normal, they were fading.

Kreis dropped on her knees and collapsed. She was dead now, but at what cost, my friends and family were killed because of her. We definitely couldn't bring them back either, I was alone for the rest of my life.

"Hope, are you okay"? I looked at who called out to me and saw Elise. "Hope, I have to tell you something."

I hate to say this guys but, there is only one more chapter of this story. I know it's tragic, right when it was getting good too. But everything went the way I intended it to go so, there's no need to drag the story out anymore, so the next chapter is going to be the last. Don't worry though I'm all up for ideas on new stories. Hope you enjoyed the story and I'll see you guys, and gals, next time.