"Here it is... Gravity Falls. Have fun, weirdos." The bus driver said as the group got off, Abby glaring silently as the bus faded back into the distance. ".. Geez, rude much." Libby mumbled, shaking her head with a soft sigh before she looked around. "Oh great, in the middle of nowhere too.. how the hell are we supposed to find anything?" Allison asked, crossing her arms over her chest before seeing the redhead girl get something from a sign.

     "Maps.. thank goodness. Okay, we're at Gopher Road. Damn.. we're actually not too far from that shack Dipper and Mabel were talking about." Libby said. "Thank goodness.. I wasn't wanting to walk too far in this heat." Marcus grumbled. "Alright, let's get going before Marcus becomes more of a pain in the ass." Eli said to the group before heading off.

    When the group got there, Libby wiggled the doorknob lightly, hoping it might be unlocked. But.. to no avail. "Carlos, you know how to pick locks?" Abby said. "You kidding? Course I do, sunshine. Gimme a sec. Marci, you got a bobby pin or somethin'?" Carlos asked. His twin sister, Marceline— or Marci, for short— handed him one of bobby pins from her back, the Hispanic male mumbling a small thanks before going to work. Libby smirked at Abby, knowing that her and Carlos have had a little spark between them for a bit now.

     ".. I will actually hit you." Abby teased, seeing the smirk on the redhead's face. "Oh, I'm sooo scared." Libby said, giggling softly as Carlos got the door open. "Alright, ladies first." He said, holding the door open. Once everyone was inside, Libby looked around. "Damn.. looks kinda ransacked in here." Libby said softly. "Should we check if anything was stolen, just in case?" Eli asked, running a hand through his blonde hair. "Yeah, probably.. or at least try to see if anything is out of the ordinary." Libby said to the others.

     Libby and Elijah decided to check upstairs. When they got to the siblings' room, they saw the stain glass window. "..I'm pretty sure Dipper mentioned something about this way back when. That's.. not a good symbol, to say the least." Libby told Elijah. "Yeah, Mabel said some stuff about that too.. Bill, right? That was the entity's name?" Elijah questioned as he looked over at Elisabeth. "Yeah.. that was the name." She said before hearing Allison yell about finding something. When everyone got there, they were shocked by what they saw. ".. What the hell?" Libby mumbled. ".. Wait, is that blood?" Marci said quietly. "Yeah, I think so.." Abby said. Blood under the vending machine. Just as they were about to find out what the hell was going on, the door slammed open, making all of them jump.

"Where's the twins?!" An old man said from the doorway, with a male around the same age behind him.

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can y'all guess who it is that came in? ;)

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