Dipper's POV

That morning (y/n) and I were woken up by Mabel saying she had a surprise for us. It was so tired that my vision was blurry, and (y/n) was sleeping on my head. As we walked through the hall...

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

You: *groan quietly*

Dipper: *yawns*

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

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

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

You: *perk up, eyes wide*

Dipper: Whoahoho!!!

You: *tilt your head confused*

Mabel: Bro, bro, we're both thinking it!

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.

Dipper, Mabel, and Stan: *laugh*

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*

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

You: I don't really see the point. I could already destroy things with fire before.

Dipper: *takes a firework* Why don't you try one?

You: *shrug as you take it, using your dinger to light it on fire, then point somewhere and let it go, letting the firework fly around a bit before exploding* ... Why did that feel ten times more amazing than normal. ?!?

Dipper: *chuckles*

Blubs and Durland: *walk over to the shack*

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

Dipper: Uh...

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

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.

~a bit later~

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

Mabel: *throws water balloons at Dipper's face* WOOOOO!!!!

Dipper: Wait... *starts looking around* where's-? *gets hit in the face with another water balloon*

You: HEADSHOT!!!

You and Mabel: *start laughing*

Dipper: C'mon!!!

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: *throw a water balloon which hits Stan* Whoops!!!

Stan: HEY!!! *laughs and 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: *hold a laugh*

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

...

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*

You: What was that about?

Dipper: I have no idea...

After a few seconds, I heard the barely audible sound. I looked over to see (y/n) holding something while covering the side of her neck.

A tranquilizer dart?!?

You: Oh c'mon, why's it always me?!? It's getting... very... annoying... *fall unconscious*

Dipper: (Y/N)!!! *catches you before you fall on the ground*

Mabel: *runs over* What happened?!?

Dipper: *takes the dart and shows Mabel*

Mabel: What?!? How'd-?!? Why-?!?

Dipper: I don't know either...!!!

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...

Dipper: Were you the ones who did this to (y/n)?!?

Power: She'll only be asleep for a small amount of time, your girlfriend will be ok.

Dipper: *glares at them while blushing and speaks through gritted teeth* She's not my girlfriend!

Mabel: YET!!!

Dipper: *blushes more* MABEL!!!

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!

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. Mabel and I each sat by a window with (y/n) in the middle, who rested her legs on Mabel's lap and rested her head on mind, still asleep.

To be honest, all I cared about this point was that (y/n) woke up...

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!!!

Dipper: *looking at you very worried while gently caressing your cheek* ...

Mabel: *whispers* Dipper, 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!!!

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

Dipper: *whispers* But how will we take (y/n)?!?

You: *whisper* Just find a way out.

Dipper and Mabel: !!!!

Mabel: *whispers* You're awake!!!!

You: *whisper* And I have been since we started this ride.

Dipper: *whispers* Why didn't you tell us?!?

You: *whisper* I don't want Trigger to know! And besides, *snuggle against Dipper* I'm comfortable~!

Dipper: *turns bright red* ...

Mabel: *snickers*

Dipper: *whispers* Just-... look for a way to escape.

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!!!

You: What a way to wake up.

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

You and Dipper: *jump out*

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

You: Oh shut up!!! *yank the ear piece from him and burn it*

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* Here! *pull up the jackalope's antler which makes the wall then around showing many tv monitors*

Dipper: How'd you know?!?

You: Seemed 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 (y/n) yelling Go excited. "Hey, Mabel yelled random dance party, we had to." said (y/n) while shrugging.

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*

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: *creat a tiny fireball for 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 all 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 reads as your face turns completely pail do to shock* ... u-uh... guys...? *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: Pine, calm down, I'm sure there's 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* I see a 1, C, B, 3, I've never seen a code like this...!

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

Your POV

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?!?

You: *see journals #1 and #2 on a desk and grab journal #1, looking through it* ...

Dipper: *walks over to stand beside you* It can't be... It's impossible...!!!

You: ...

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?!?!?!?!?!?

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!!!!!

AHA!!! I DID NOT DO THE SAME CURSING MISTAKE AGAIN!!!🤣

"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!!!!!!

You, Dipper, Mabel, Soos, and Stan: *start to float, being dragged to opposite sides of the room*

You: *turn phoenix, controlling your direction a little bit*

"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 portal* AHHHHHH!!!!

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: Grunkle Stan, I-...

"Seven, six, five"

Mabel: I-...

"Four, three"

Mabel: *lets go* 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, I already fainted once today, but I think I'll join you. *faint*

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

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