It was late at night as i write on my journal.
A blue pulsing light glows.
And suddenly
Me, Dipper and Mabel, as well as Waddles, float off their beds, but they sleep undisturbed. There is a resounding "thunk" as everything in town touches back down to the ground.
I havent been capable of using my magic for a while at least no ever sense the whole mansion thing
Im sure its because of the portal
Cut to Mabel, running down the halls, followed by a tired Dipper and i simply walk and humm happily.
MabelvRunning down hallv"Ahh! It's here it's here it's here!"
Dipper Sighs
Mabel : "Okay, so I was just opening random doors - because I'm a creep - when I found something amazing!"
DipperbWhile rubbing his eyes "If it was worth waking up at seven AM for, that will be amazing."
Mabel "Feast your eyes!" Opening door to reveal closet filled with various types of fireworks in a box labeled 'DO NOT TOUCH!'
Dipper "Whoa!"
"OoOh~"
Mabel Puts hand on Dipper's shoulder "Bro. Bro. We're both thinking it."
Dipper and Mabel "Crazy rooftop fireworks party!"
I chuckle and shake my head at how silly these two are
Stan Marches up to us "Not so fast, kids! There is no way on earth you're setting off those dangerous, illegal fireworks..."
Smiles and bends down to put his arms around our shoulders "...without me."
Cut to roof. Dipper is grabbing a icy-pop from the cooler.
Mabel is standing excitedly next to Stan, who is sitting on the lounge chair with a lit sparkler and Roman candle
I chuckle while sucking on a popsicle
Stan "Here you go, sweetie."
Lights Mabel's skyrocket with a sparkler "Set something on fire for your Grunkle Stan."
Mabel Aiming the skyrocket; Screaming: "I AM THE GOD OF DESTRUCTION!" Skyrocket shoots off
I grin at these idiots
Sheriff Blubs and Deputy Durland approach the Mystery Shack as the fireworks go off.
Blubs "Hold on a minute. Do you have a permit for those?"
Dipper "Uh..."
Stan "Uh, do you have a permit for being totally lame?" He and me and the twins laugh
Mabel "Heyoooo!"
Blubs Chuckles "Well, I can't argue with that." Walking away and waving "Carry on."
Stan Laughs "But seriously though we should probably clean this mess up."
a full view of the Mystery Shack; there are many small fires around and on it. The rope holding up the flags snaps
Mabel "With water balloons?"
Stan "I don't see why not."
Cut to Stan sitting outside on the couch drinking a Pitt Cola, and Dipper running away from Mabel, who is throwing water balloons at him.
Dipper Laughs as he runs. Throws water balloon which goes about a foot before falling onto the ground "Seriously?"
I chuckle at these two while i swing my legs as i sit outside
On the stairs
Mabel Hits him with a water balloon, knocking him back. Runs by, screaming in a tribal-like fashion
Stan "Ah. This is what Saturdays are for. Doing dumb things forever."
Dipper and Mabel As they jump onto the pile of water balloons
"DUMB THINGS FOREVER!" Land on the water balloons which all pop into a big burst of water
StanAs a splash of water comes at him and i "Whoa, there!" Laughs
Mabel Holding up an icy-pop "To Grunkle Stan! Not just a great uncle..."
Dipper "The greatest uncle!" He and Mabel throw water balloons at Stan
I grin
Stan Laughs "Alright, alright. I tell you it's unnatural for siblings to get along as well as you do"
Mabel Waves hand dismissively "Ha-ha! Don't worry. We've still got plenty of summer left *Attacking Dipper in a hug* to drive each other crazy!"
Dipper Pushes Mabel away with a water balloon, which falls on her face
Stan Laughs nervously and frowns
"Yeah, plenty of summer left." Rubbing the back of his head nervously as Dipper and Mabel approach him
I turn my head over to him as I'm infront of him
" Kids, there's something I, uh, something I should tell you. It's um "
Scratches chin "Well it's complicated. I... I'm gonna go refresh my soda." Walks away.
Cut to him walking alone behind the bushes
Cut to a confused Dipper and Mabel, surrounded by a handful of agents.
I huff with a dagger at hand making sure the twins are close to me
Mabel "What the--?"
Dipper(Gasps)
Agent(Into walkie-talkie:) "Kids are secure. Roof team! Go!"
Several agents rappel out of a helicopter.
Cut to Dipper, Mabel, me and Agent Powers and Agent Trigger walk up.
Dipper "The government guys? I thought you got eaten by zombies!"
Trigger "We survived. Barely."
Powers "I used Trigger as a human shield. He cried like a baby."
(Walks over)
Trigger"What? Hey! Not in front of the special-ops guys!"
Powers(Holds up digital tablet) "This is security footage of a government waste facility." (Pan in on screen where footage of a person in a radiation suit stealing barrels is shown as Powers continues to talk)
"At o'four hundred hours last night someone robbed three hundred gallons of dangerous waste."
Stan "What? You think that's me?"
Powers "Don't play dumb with us, Pines."
Stan "But I actually am dumb!" (As he is led away by an agent) "Last night I was stocking 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!"
"Stan ain't a bad guy!"
Powers Bending down to get at eye-level with the twins and i "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!"
(To Trigger, handing him the tablet:) "Trigger, you take the children. I'll talk to the old man."
"Sorry to break it to you kids *Puts on sunglasses* but you don't know your uncle at all." Walks away
Trigger snaps his fingers and points at the children. Two agents approach the twins And i.
Agent 5 Bends down and takes Mabel's icy-pop, holding an evidence bag "Icy-pop. Clear."
Mabel Reaching up toward her icy-pop "Hey!" The other agent leads me and the twins away.
Mabel, Dipper and i are led into a police car, and the door is shut behind them.
Looking out the window they can see Stan in a government vehicle.
Stan Looks at them and taps on the window with his cuffed hands "Kids, you gotta believe me! For once I'm actually innocent!" As the car drives off "Kids!"
Wendy CorduroybWalking towards the Mystery Shack; In a sing-song voice: "Headin' into work. Doo-doo-doo-doo-doooo."
Agent 6 "Ground team! Move, move, move!"
Agent 7 "Break down the door!"
Two agents break down door to the Mystery Shack and a helicopter flies over the Shack
Wendy Turns around and starts walking away "Or maybe not."
Cut to me, Dipper and Mabel in the car with Trigger. Powers speaks through a video link at the front of the vehicle.
Powers "We've got Mr. Pines in custody. Our men are searching the shack for the device. You take care of those kids."
Mabel(Gasps) "What're you gonna do to us?"
Trigger "We'll be taking you to child services."
Mabel "Boo!"
"Fuck off!"
Trigger "In the meantime, *Presses buttons* enjoy some mindless reality TV, designed to pacify you and make you stop asking questions"
Mabel "Guys, this is crazy. There's no way Stan was stealing hazardous waste! We gotta clear his name!"
Dipper Thinks, then spots the camera at the front of the car "Hmm...wait a minute, the security tapes! Didn't Stan say he was restocking the gift shop last night? If we could get the Mystery Shack surveillance tapes, we could prove he's innocent!"
I huff and bring out a bord
Marker and hand it to Mabel
Their vehicle comes up beside a logging truck driven by Manly Dan.
Mabel Notices a Sev'ral Timez bumper sticker on the back and knocks on the window to get Dan's attention, writing on the car window: 'SEVRAL TIMEZ IS OVERRATED'
Manly Dan Gasps; furious "NOOOOO!" Veers the logging truck into the government vehicle, which goes into a spin and falls off the road into the forest
Trigger "Mayday! Mayday! Agent down!" All scream, and the car crashes into the trees. Trigger gets stuck between the car and a tree branch, and struggles to get free "Darn branch!"
Mabel "Haha, yes!" Opens the door,me, Dipper and Mabel leave the car
Trigger "Backup! Requesting backup! Ah!"
Dipper Pulls the earpiece out of Trigger's ear and i crushe it on the ground
Mabel "Come on, guys. We're gonna go clear our uncle's name."
Trigger "Oh, you poor kids. You really think your uncle's innocent? I've seen it all before."
Mabel walks away, but Dipper pauses to listen "False 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 gonna let him scam you, too?"
Dipper "You-*hesitates* you don't know what you're talking about." We Walk away
Trigger "You're gonna regret this!!" Airbag inflates, Trigger cries out, the car's horn beeps
Cut to me, Dipper and Mabel hiding on the side of the road.
Two government vehicles pass by, and as they do, me, Dipper and Mabel disappear from the roadside.
The camera angle changes to show them hiding in the trunk of the rear car, and an arrow-shaped sign pointing in the direction they're headed that reads "MYSTERY SHACK".
Cut to overhead view of the Mystery Shack, surrounded by agents.
Dipper and Mabel are hiding in a bush near the Shack.
Mabel "Alright, here's the plan. I'll take out those two guard guys, you karate chop the other dude in the neck and then we'll back flip through the front door!"
Dipper "Mabel, aren't you forgetting the simpler solution?"
Mabel "Oh, right."
I huff
Cut to two agents looking at the Rock that looks like a face rock.
Agent "So is it a rock, or is it a face?"
Agent 2 "I think, it's... a metaphor."
As they ponder, Mabel's grappling hook shoots overhead through the Shack's now broken window.
Me, Dipper & Mabel slide along the rope into the Shack.
We dash down the stairs, avoiding detection from the agents inside the Shack, and head into Stan's office, locking the door behind us.
Then we fist bump.
Dipper "Alright. If I was Stan, where would I hide those surveillance tapes?"
Looks on the bookshelf and in a filing cabinet
Mabel Seeing a bolt on the Jackalope head mounted on wall
" Wait! The antelabbit!"
Dipper "Don't you mean 'jackalope?' "
Mabel "Pfft, that can't be right."
Fixes the jackalope's bent antler, and the wall turns open to reveal two old-looking TV monitors and a tape player
Dipper and Mabel "Yes!"
Mabel Points to a tape halfway in the player "It's this week, this is it!" Pushes it in
Cut to tape of Wendy, Soos, and Mabel in the Mystery Shack's gift shop, where Soos is doing the worm dance.
Mabel & Wendy On tape: "Go! Go! Go! Go!"
Mabel "Someone yelled 'Wormy Dance.' We had to!"
I chuckle while taking a sip of Pitt cola Fast-forward.
Tape fast-forwards through several hours
Dipper "Ha! There it is! Stan restocking like he said! And the date shows it was last night! It's proof! He's innocent!"
On the tape, Stan sneaks out of the shop at around 7PM.
Dipper Fast forwards through till 8PM, seeing that Stan has not returned, he quickly becomes concerned "...Uhh-oh."
Mabel "Uh, maybe he's just going to the bathroom outdoors. The way nature intended!"
Cut back to surveillance tape. At 5AM, a figure in a haz-mat suit is wheeling barrels of radioactive waste into the gift shop. Dipper and Mabel gasp in shock and horror.
Dipper "Oh no, Stan, you didn't..."
I sigh
Mabel "Don't panic. That could be anyone in that suit!"
Stan On the tape, drops a barrel on his foot "Gah! Hot Belgian waffles! Wait, I'm alone. I can swear for real! Takes a deep breath SON OF A--"
Dipper Shuts off the tape as Mabel covers her ears "That's him, alright."
Mabel "Okay, okay, so maybe Grunkle Stan stole some toxic waste. That doesn't mean he's leading a nefarious double life!"
I sigh again emotionally drained
Dipper Pulls a box from under the TV screen
"Mabel, I'm not so sure about that..." Takes a lamp from the desk and turns it on, revealing a box full of passports and IDs
Mabel She and Dipper looking through the box "What? What is all this?" Reading from one of the IDs: "Stetson Pinefield?"
Dipper(Reading from IDs:) "Hal Forrester?" "Andrew '8-Ball' Alcatraz?" "These are fake IDs, Mabel! You wouldn't need these unless you were trying to hide your real identity!"
Mabel "But why would Stan do that?" Picks a newspaper clipping out of the box, whose headline reads "STAN PINES DEAD." She passes the clipping to Dipper Dipper "WHAT?! "Stan Pines Dead?"
Mabel Reading from article clipping: "Foul play suspected in Pines' death." Fiery car crash, brakes cut...by who?!"
Dipper(Picks out another clipping that shows a picture of Stan) "Unnamed grifter at large?" Why would they call him unnamed? Unless Stan..."
Mabel "Isn't..."
Dipper and Mabel "Stan?!" Look up at the portrait of Stan on the wall behind them
Cut to countdown clock, now reading under sixteen minutes.
Dipper Pacing "Stan Pines is dead?! Then who have we been living with? It doesn't make any sense!"
Mabel "There has to be some explanation. Maybe we're getting Ker-Prank'd! Justin Kerprank is gonna jump up from behind one of these plants" Turns to look at potted plant "any minute now!" After a brief pause she scoots forward and looks into the potted plant " ...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."
"But that doesn't make sense! When i look at him the data says that he is a pines, sure i can't see his actual name"
'i can'
"But i know for sure he's a pines!"
"Maybe he had like a brother or somethin'?"
Mabel Digs through clippings "Ugh, there's gotta be some kind of explanation in here somewhere. What the... secret code to hideout?"
Dipper "Let me see that."
Takes out Journal 3 and his portable black light " 'A1, B, C3'... I've never seen a code like this."
Mabel "Wait! I have! Dipper, it's the vending machine!"
Soos Sneaks in to guard the vending machine "Alright Soos, remember the plan. Protect the machine, earn Stan's trust, legally get adopted by Stan, change name to Stan Junior."
Dipper "Soos?"
Soos "Ahh! Oh, kids! Where've you been?"
Dipper "What are you doing here?"
Soos "Stan gave me a mission to protect this machine! Ha! 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 this is all just a big misunderstanding."
Soos "Guys, I know this seems crazy, but I promised Stan I would guard this with my life."
Mabel Dipper nods at her "I'm sorry, Soos." Blows a handful of glitter directly into Soos' face, getting it in his eyes
"Pocket glitter!! Better version of pocket sand with a higher attack point!"
Soos "Aah! Attack glitter! It's pretty, but it hurts!"
Dipper and Mabel(Jump on Soos) "C'mon Soos... c'mon... c'mon... please!"
Soos(Holds them back as they try to get past) "Aww, c'mon, I don't wanna fight you guys! This hurts me more than it hurts you!"
(As he is getting kicked in the face by Mabel) "Ah! Seriously, it hurts me way more that it hurts you!"
Dipper reaches for the number pad and enters the code. All shout as the vending machine swings forward, shoving them to the floor. All cough, then gasp at the secret passage behind the machine.Soos(Leading the way down the stairs)
"It's like something from a video game..."
Mabel "Or a dream..."
Dipper "...Or a nightmare."
"Even better secret hideout!"
cut to Soos, Dipper, Mabel & i heading down in the elevator, then cut back to Stan, checking the watch
Cut to Soos, Dipper, Mabel and i entering Stan's lab.
All 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?"
Dipper "It's just like that bunker in the woods..."
Soos "But what is it doing underneath the Mystery Shack?"
Mabel "Okay, okay, so he's got a huge gigantic lab. That doesn't mean anything bad! Everyone's got secrets! *Sees the picture of her, Dipper,me, Wendy and Soos and she picks it up* It's still Stan, and he loves us. And we love him. Right?"
"I mean he is Chaotic good..?"
Dipper "It can't be... it's impossible. 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?!" Kicks desk in anger and frustration
"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!" Opens each journal to the page with the portal on it, lays them accordingly, and turns on his black light. Gasps
Mabel "Whoa"
.Dipper Reading from the journals: "I was wrong the 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, if 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!" All look at the countdown clock, now reading one minute, thirty seconds
Soos panicked "It's the final countdown! Just like they always sung about!"
Dipper Flips through journal to a page reading "MANUAL OVERRIDE" "The agents were right! We have to shut it down!"
All enter the portal room, gasp, ground begins to shake "There! Quick! Turn these, together!" All turn three keys, a device near the center of the room pops open to reveal a large red button "That's it! The shutdown switch! This all stops... now!"
I run towards it and go to grab it but
Stan "DON'T TOUCH THAT BUTTON!!" Standing in the doorway, panting
Dipper, just back away. Dipper's hand remains suspended inches over the button
"Please don't press that shutdown button, you gotta trust me."
Dipper "And I should trust you why?! After you stole radioactive waste? After you lied to us all summer?! I don't even know who you are!"
Stan "Look, I know this all seems nuts, but I need that machine to stay on! If you'd just let me explain--" Wrist device beeps, ground begins to shake again
" Uh-oh, oh, no! Brace yourselves!"
They are lifted off the ground and float toward the machine. All over town, things are lifted high off the ground. Gompers "baaa"s. Powers screams as his car flies into the air. Lazy Susan is lifted off her feet in a store. Bud Gleeful grabs onto one of his cars as he and his customers float into the air. The sky darkens and the sun appears red over Gravity Falls.
ComputerT minus thirty-five seconds.
Stan Spinning in mid-air "Wh-whoa-aaaah!"
Dipper "Aaah!" Hits a wooden support, grabs on
Mabel "Dipper!" I'm grabbing onto the stand as my other hand is on her ankle making sure she is over the stand the button is on
Dipper "Mabel! Hurry! Shut it down!"
Mabel Crawls toward the button
Stan "No! Mabel, Mabel, wait! Stop! Aah!" Soos knocks him away from Mabel
"Soos, what're you doing?!"
(Furiously hits Soos on the head) "I gave you an order!"
Soos "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 off from the support beam, hits Stan and Soos "Go! Mabel, press the red button! Shut it down!StanNo, you can't!" (Shoves Dipper away) "You gotta trust me!"
Mabel"Grunkle Stan, (Crying) 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?"
ComputerT-minus twenty seconds.
All scream as the portal flashes and pushes Dipper, Stan, and Soos against the opposite wall.
Mabel prepares to push the button.
I grab her wrist to stop her
And shake my head as a no
While shaking from the shouting
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!"
Computer Ten. Nine.
Mabel Looking away and lowering hand to the button, then looks at Stan "Grunkle Stan...'
ComputerSix. Five.
Mabel Lifts hand "I trust you."
Lets go of the stand, floats up
I smile still shaking and let go too so they can't force me too i simply grab onto the wire and don't let go of Mabel so we don't fly away
Dipper "MABEL, ARE YOU CRAZY?! WE'RE ALL GONNA-"
ComputerOne.Dipper, Stan, Soos and Mabel all disappear in an explosion of light as each of them screams.
Dipper "NOOO-!"
Stan "AAA-!"
Soos "AAH-!"
Mabel "AAA-!"
A flash of blinding light engulfs all of Gravity Falls.
Inside, there is picture of cracks as an unconscious bodies of Dipper and Mabel floating Then, everything comes down to earth.
The portal, now a mess of tangled wires and metal, glows bright blue. A figure emerges from the portal. The blue light fades behind him. He walks forward, placing a six-fingered hand on the cover of the first journal, then picks it up and places it into the inside pocket of a long, dark coat.
Dipper "What...? Who is that?"
Stan "The author of the journals..."
Ford Pines Pulls off goggles, revealing his face. He looks nearly identical to Stan
Stan "...my brother."
Mabel "Is this the part where one of us faints?"
Soos "Ohoho, I am so on it, dude. (Faints)"
I sigh as i feel my magic come back to me no longer surpresed as much
I fall to the ground and just lay there