Your POV

That morning Dipper and I were woken up by Mabel shaking the crap out of us, saying she had a surprise for us. As we walked through the hall...

Mabel: Ahhhhhh!!! It's here it's here it's here!!!!

Dipper: *yawns*

You: *rub your eyes sleepily*

Mabel: Ok, so I was just opening random doors because I'm a creep when I found something amazing!!!

Dipper: If it's worth waking up at 7:00 a.m. that will be amazing.

You: Seriously, it's too early to even be alive...

Mabel: Feast your eyes!!! *opens a door revealing a box full of fireworks*

Dipper: Whoahoho!!!

You: Awesome!!!

Mabel: Guys, guys, we're all thinking it!

You, Dipper, and Mabel: Crazy rooftop fireworks party!!!

Stan: *stands in front of you all* Not so fast, kids!!! There is no way on Earth you're setting off those dangerous illegal fireworks. ...without me.

You, Dipper, and Mabel: *smile excitedly*

We all get dressed and go to the roof and start to turn on the fireworks.

You, Dipper, Mabel, and Stan: *laugh*

Dipper: *gives you a popsicle*

Stan: *lights up a firework for Mabel* Here you go, sweetie! Set something on fire for your Grunkle Stan!

Mabel: I AM THE GOD OF DESTRUCTION!!! *lets go of the firework which explodes in the air*

You, Dipper, Mabel, and Stan: *laugh as you all stare at the fireworks*

Blubs and Durland: *walk over to the shack*

Blubs: Hold on a minute, do you have a permit for those?!?

Dipper: Uh...

You: Do you have a permit for being totally lame?!?

Stan: *ruffles your hair* Nice one!!!

You, Dipper, Mabel, and Stan: *laugh*

Blubs: *chuckles* Well, I can't argue with that! Carry on!

Blubs and Durland: *leave*

Stan: *laughs, then sighs* Seriously though, we should probably clean this mess up.

You, Dipper, Mabel, and Stan: *look at the front yard on fire* ...

Mabel: With water balloons?

Stan: I don't see why not.

We all go downstairs. The twins and I filled some water balloons and started to battle as Stan sat on the porch.

Dipper: *runs away laughing, then throws a water balloon which gently lands near him* Seriously?

You and Mabel: *throw water balloons at Dipper's face* WOOOOO!!!!

Dipper: No fair, you guys teamed up!!!

You: What are you talking about? EVERY PERSON FOR THEMSELVES!!! *throw water balloon at Mabel*

Mabel: *GASP* BETRAYAL!!!!

Stan: Ah, this is what Saturday's are for. Doing dumb things forever!

You, Dipper, and Mabel: Dumb things forever!!!! *jump into a big pile of water balloons laughing*

Stan: *avoiding the water from the water balloons* Whoa there! *laughs*

Mabel: *raising her popsicle* To Grunkle Stan!!! Not just a great uncle-!!!

Dipper: The greatest uncle!!!

You: Heh, yeah!!!

You, Dipper, and Mabel: *laugh, then throw water balloons at Stan*

Stan: *stands up* Alright, alright, I'll tell ya. It's unnatural for kids to get along as well as you do!

Mabel: Haha, don't worry!!! We just still got plenty of summer left to drive each other crazy!!! *hugs Dipper and you tightly*

Dipper: *pushes Mabel away causing a water balloon fall on her*

You: *snicker, holding a laugh*

Stan: *laughs awkwardly* Yeah, plenty of summer left...

You: Stan, are you ok...?

Stan: Kids, there's I uh... there's something I should tell you... It's um... well, it's complicated... I-... I'm gonna go refresh my soda. *goes inside the shack*

I looked at the twins who were just as confused as I was. Suddenly black cars started to park near and helicopters started flying above us. Men in black armor surrounded us, a few tackled Stan, and the rest broke into the house. A man had tied Stan's hands together and pressed him against a car.

Stan: Hey, hands off, you stooge!!! I-I don't understand!!! What did I do that warrants this much arresting?!?

Dipper: The government guys?!? I thought you got eaten by zombies!!! 

Trigger: We survived. Barely.

Power: I used Trigger as a human shield. He cried like a baby.

Trigger: Hey!!! Not in front of the special ops guys...

Power: *takes out an iPad and shows it to Stan* This is security footage of a government waste facility. At o-four hundred hours last night someone robbed three hundred gallons of dangerous waste.

Stan: What?!? You think that's me?!?

Power: Don't play dumb with us, Pines.

Stan: But- but I actually am dumb!!! Last night I was restocking the gift shop!!! I swear!!!

Mabel: Wait!!! Grunkle Stan!!! You've got the wrong guy!!! Our Grunkle Stan might shoplift the occasional tangerine but he's not some evil super villain!!!

Power: Listen, kid, we've been watching your family all summer and we've seen some disturbing things. But nothing as dangerous as what your uncle is hiding. Somewhere hidden in this shack is a doomsday device!

You, Dipper, and Mabel: !!!!

Power: Trigger, you take the children. I'll talk to the old man. Sorry to break it to you, kids, but you don't know your uncle at all.

Trigger: *snaps his fingers*

Man: *takes Mabel's popsicle* Icy-Pop, clear!!!

Mabel: Hey!!!

We were forced to enter the policemen's car and locked in as Stan was forced to another car yelling that he was innocent. As Trigger started to drive us away, I started to panic inside.

Power: *in the car computer* We've got Mr. Pines in custody. Our men are searching the shack for that device. You take care of those kids. *hangs up*

Mabel: *gasp* What are you gonna do to us?!?

Trigger: We'll be taking you to child services.

Mabel: BOOOO!!!

Trigger: In the meantime, enjoy some mindless reality tv designed to pacify you and make you stop asking questions.

Doctor: *tv* I'm about to make the incision.

Man: *tv, bursts out of a plant* Ker-Pranked!!!!!

Doctor: AHHH!!!

Announcer: *tv* You're watching Ker-Pranked with Justin Kerpranked!!!

Mabel: *whispers* Guys, this is crazy!!! There's no way Stan was stealing hazardous waste!!! We gotta clear his name!!!

Dipper: Hm... *looks around and sees a camera and whispers* Wait a minute, the security tapes!!! Didn't Stan say he was restocking the gift shop last night?!? If we can get the Mystery Shack surveillance tapes we could prove his innocent!!!

You: *whisper* We just need to thing of a way out of here...

Mabel: *looks around and whispers* Think, Mabel, think.

Just then we pass Manly Dan in his truck and Mabel sees a bumpersticker that says Sev'ral Timez Rulez! Mabel knocks on her window and got Dan's attention. She then writes on the window Sev'ral Timez is overrated and points at it. Dan got angry and turnef the truck roughly causing it to hit the car we were in. It span out control and into the woods until it crashed into a tree.

Trigger: *tries to open the door but can't because of the tree* Darn branch!!!

Mabel: *opens her door with ease as she laughs and jump out* Yes!!!

You and Dipper: *jump out*

Trigger: Back up!!! Requesting backup!!!

Dipper: *yanks away Trigger's ear piece and throws it on the ground*

You: *stomp on it causing it to break*

Mabel: C'mon, guys, we're gonna go clear our uncle's name!!!

You, Dipper, and Mabel: *start to walk away*

Trigger: Oh, you poor kids. You really think your uncle's innocent? I've seen it all before.

Dipper: *stops in his tracks*

Trigger: Fake names, double lives, one minute they're playing with water balloons the next they're building doomsday devices! Your uncle scammed the whole world, you're gonna let him scam you too?

Dipper: You-... you don't know what you're talking about... *continues walking*

Trigger: You're gonna regret this!!!!!

We were able to make it back to the Mystery Shack and sneak in unnoticed. We entered Stan's office and locked the door before looking around.

Dipper: Alright, if I were Stan, where would I hide those surveillance tapes...?

You: *go over to the Jackalope, pulling up the jackalope's antler which makes the wall then around showing many tv monitors* Boom.

Dipper: How'd you know?!?

You: What, it's Stan, it's obvious.

Mabel: *sees a tape halfway into the player* It's this week, this is it!!! *presses it in*

The tv shows Soos on the floor doing a worm dance as Mabel, Wendy, and I chanted go. Dipper looked at us confused. Mabel said "Someone yelled wormy dance, we had to!" while I just shrugged with an awkward smile. We fast forwarded a few hours and it showed Stan restocking the gift shop.

Dipper: Hah, there it is!!! Stan restocking like he said!!!

You: And the date shows it was last night!!! It's proof!!! He's innocent!!!

Stan: *tv, leaves the gift shop*

Dipper: *fast forwards a few hours and Stan still hadn't come back* Uh-oh...

Mabel: Uh, maybe he's just going to the bathroom outdoors! The way nature intended!

Dipper: *fast forwards some more hours which shows a man in a yellow suit and a gas mask carrying barrels*

You, Dipper, and Mabel: *gasp*

You: Oh no...

Dipper: Stan, you didn't...

Mabel: Don't panic, that could be anyone in that suit!

Man in Suit: *hits his foot against the barrel* Hot Belgian waffles!!!! Wait, I'm alone! I can swear for real!!! SON OF A-!!!!!

Dipper: *turns it off as Mabel covers her ears and you stare at the tv in disbelief* Yep, that's him alright...

Mabel: Ok, ok, so maybe Grunkle Stan stole some toxic waste! That doesn't mean he's leading a nefarious double life!

Dipper: *as he searches through a box he found under the shelf* Mabel, I'm not so sure about that...

You: *turn on a nearby light which reveals many passports and IDs inside the box*

Mabel: What...? What is all this...? *takes a passport* Stenson Pinefield...?

You: *take an ID card* Hal Forester...?

Dipper: *takes another ID card* Andrew "8-Ball" Alcatraz...?

You: These are... fake IDs...!!!

Dipper: And you wouldn't need these unless you were trying to hide your real identity!

Mabel: But why would Stan do that?!?

You: *take a broken newspaper from the box and read as your face turns pale* !!!!

Dipper: What did you find?!?

You: *pass it to Dipper*

Dipper: WHAT?!? "Stan Pines dead"?!?

Mabel: "Foul play suspected in Pines's death, fiery car crash"?!? "Breaks cut"?!? By who?!?!?!?

Dipper: *takes a small paper* "Unnamed grifter at large"?!?

You: Why would they call him unnamed?!?!? Unless...

Dipper: Stan...

Mabel: Isn't...

You, Dipper, and Mabel: Stan?!?!?!?

~time skip to Dipper pacing around the room as many papers are all over the floor~

Dipper: Stan Pines is dead?!?!? Then who have we been living with?!?!?!? It doesn't make any sense!!!!!

You: Th-there has to be some explanation...!!!

Mabel: Maybe we're getting ker-pranked!!!! Justin Kerpranked is gonna jump up from behind one of these plants any minute now!!!!! *waits a second before going over to a plant and peek inside* Any minute, Justin!!!

Dipper: I can't believe it...! This whole summer I've been looking for answers and the biggest mystery was right under our nose!!!

You: *as you look through a box* There's gotta be some kind of information here somewhere!!! What the-...? *take a small paper* The secret code to hideout...?

Dipper: Let me see that! *shines the black light at the paper* A 1 C B 3, I've never seen a code like this...!

Mabel: Wait, I have!!! Guys, it's the vending machine!!!

We waited until the guards left, which they did for some reason, and went to the vending machine. Soos was there in front of it.

Dipper: Soos!!!

Soos: AH!!! Oh, kids!!! Where have you been?!?

Dipper: Wha- What are you doing here?!?

Soos: Stan gave me a mission to protect this machine! Hah, and I thought I loved snacks!

Dipper: Soos, listen, something huge is going on here! If Stan is hiding some dangerous secret, we need to find out what it is!!! I need you to step aside.

Mabel: Yeah, just let us through so we can prove that this is all just a big misunderstanding!

Soos: Guys, this seems crazy, but I promised Stan that I'd guard this with my life!

You: *nod at Mabel sadly*

Mabel: *walks forward* I'm sorry, Soos. *blows glitter on Soos's face*

Soos: AH!!! ATTACK GLITTER!!! IT'S PRETTY BUT IT HURTS!!!

You, Dipper, and Mabel: *try to get to the machine but is stopped my Soos*

Soos: Aw, c'mon, I don't wanna fight you guys! This hurts me more than it hurts you! *gets his tummy squished by Mabel as she pushes his head with her foot* Seriously, it hurts me way more than it hurts you!!!

Dipper: *inputs the code which causes the whole vending machine to go the side pushing you all back*

You, Dipper, Mabel, and Soos: *cough at the dust, then gasp at the sight of an opened passageway*

Soos: *enters the passageway* It's like something from a video game...!

You: *follow Soos* Or a horror movie...!

Mabel: *follows you* Or a dream...!

Dipper: *follows Mabel* Or a nightmare...!

We go down the passageway which leads to an elevator. It took us deeper into the bottom, in a room filled with computers and strange buttons.

You, Dipper, Mabel, and Soos: *gasp*

Mabel: Guys, are we dreaming? Somebody wake me up!

Dipper: This can't be real...!

Soos: I don't understand...!!! Why would Mr. Pines have all this?!?

You, Dipper, Mabel, and Soos: *look around*

You: It's just like that bunker in the woods...!!!

Soos: But what is it doing underneath the Mystery Shack?!?!?

Mabel: Ok, ok, so he's got a huge gigantic lab! That doesn't mean anything bad...!!! Everyone's got secrets!!! *takes a picture of you, Dipper, and Mabel* It's still Stan, and he loves us!!! And we love him, right?!?

Dipper: It can't be... It's impossible...!!!

You: *gasp slightly at the sight of journals #1 and 2 on the desk*

Dipper: *takes out journal #3* The other two journals...?!?!? All this time- All this time Stan had them?!?!?!?!? I can't believe it!!!!!! Was anything he said to us real?!?!?!?!? Why would he have those journals?!?!?!?!?!?

You: Pine Hat, calm down-!

Dipper: Calm down?!?!?!?!? (y/n), do you realize what's happening here?!?!?

Soos: Maybe he's the author!

Dipper: Or maybe he stole them from the author!!!!! Maybe the reason he has all those fake IDs is because he is a master criminal, and this machine is his master plan!!!!!!! *takes the journals and opens them in the pages that show a different portion of a machine each then places them together revealing one complete machine, then shines the black light at it revealing many warnings to not turn on the machine* "I was wrong this whole time, the machine was meant to create knowledge but it is too powerful. I was deceived and now it is too late. The device is fully operational- Could tear our universe apart"!!!! It must not fall into the wrong hands, if the clock ever reaches zero our universe is doomed"!!!

"1:30 minutes"

Soos: *gasp* It's the final countdown!!! Just like they always sung about!!!

Dipper: *searching through his book* The agents were right, we have to shut it down!!!!!

"1:15 minutes"

You, Dipper, Mabel, and Soos: *go outside to the machine and gasp as the ground starts to shake*

Dipper: *looks around* There!!! Quick*points at a machine that's titled Manual Override with four keys* Turn these, together!!!

You, Dipper, Mabel, and Soos: *turn the keys at the same time which reveals a red button in the middle of the room*

Dipper: That's it!!! The shutdown switch!!!

You, Dipper, Mabel, and Soos: *run over to the button*

Dipper: This all stops now!!!! *is about to press the button*

Stan: *runs in* DONT TOUCH THAT BUTTON!!!!!! *pants for air*

...

Stan: *starts to walk closer* Dipper, just back away...!!! Please don't press that shut down button...!!! You gotta trust me...!!!

Dipper: And I should trust you why?!?!?!? After you stole radioactive waste?!? After you lied to us all summer?!?!?!?

Stan: Look, I know this all seems nuts, but I need that machine to stay on!!! If you just let me explain-!

Beep beep beep

Stan: Oh no, brace yourselves!!!!!!

A portal started to open and we all started floating. I was dragged to the corner grabbing onto a pole so I wouldn't be dragged away. Mabel was at the other side her foot tangled on some wires, Dipper was holding on to some wooden planks, Stan was floating in the middle, and Soos by the remaining corner.

"t-minus 35 seconds"

Mabel: Dipper!!!!!

Dipper: Mabel, hurry, shut it down!!!

Mabel: *climbs down the wire and reaches the button*

Stan: NO!!! *tries to float towards Mabel* Mabel, Mabel, wait, stop!!!! *gets pushed back by Soos* Soos, what are you doing?!?!?!? I gave you an order!!!!!

Soos: I'm sorry, Mr. Pines, if that is your real name, but I have a new mission now: protecting these kids!!!

Stan: Soos, you idiot, let me go!!!!!!

Dipper: *pushes Stan away* Mabel, press the red button!!!!!!! Shut it down!!!!!

Stan: No, you can't!!!!! You gotta trust me!!!!!!

Mabel: *as tears fall down her cheeks* Grunkle Stan I-... I don't even know if you're my grunkle...!!!! I wanna believe you but-!!!

Stan: Then listen to me!!!! Remember this morning when I said I wanted to tell you guys something?!?!?

"t-minus 20 seconds"

You, Dipper, Mabel, Soos, and Stan: *as a bright light shines from the postal* AHHHHHH!!!!

You: *hold on tightly to the pole as you breath heavily*

Dipper, Soos, and Stan: *get pushed back*

Mabel: *is about to press the button*

Stan: I wanted to say that you're gonna hear some bad things about me, and some of them are true. But trust me, everything I've worked for, everything I care about, it's all for this family!!!

Dipper: Mabel, what if he's lying?!?!? This thing could destroy the universe!!! Listen to your head!!!!!!

Stan: Look into my eyes, Mabel!!!! You really think I'm a bad guy?!?!?!?

Dipper: He's lying, shut it down NOW!!!

Stan: Mabel, please!!!!!!!

"ten, nine"

Mabel: I-... I-I...!!! *looks at you, desperate for an answer*

You: ... *gives her a small nod with a soft smile*

"five, four"

Mabel: ... *looks at Stan, then at you and smiles* Grunkle Stan, I-... *grabs your wrist and lets go of the button* I trust you.

Dipper: MABEL, ARE YOU CRAZY?!? WE'RE ALL GONNA-?!?!?!?

"one"

The rest was a blur. There was a very bright light, followed by darkness. Then I landed on the ground, so did the rest. Everything in the room was destroyed including the machine, but the portal was still on. From it came a man in a hood and goggles. He walked over to journal #1 and placed his hand over it, then picking it up and putting it inside his jacket.

Dipper: W-what...? Who is that...?!?

Stan: The author of the journals.

Man: *takes off his goggles and hood*

Stan: My brother.

You, Dipper, Mabel, and Soos: *stare at the man in shock*

Mabel: Is this the part where one of us faints?

Soos: *chuckles* I am so on it, dudes. *faints*

You: You know what, let me join you on that. *faint*

Thanks for reading!!! 'Till next time!!!

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