//------------------------------// // Legend of the Six- I mean Gobblewonker! // Story: FUSION FALLS: TAKE TWO! // by The Cowardly Christian //------------------------------// FUSION FALLS: TAKE TWO! I OWN AND REGRET NOTHING! ...III... ...III... The Gravity Falls forest was no stranger to strange sights...and the sight of a young girl using her clothes to from a rope to scale down the cliff was no different... Six was grateful she didn't have to take her Raincoat off too, it was too dear to her... CHOMP! She looked up in time to see a freakish giant spider bite through the rope. Thankfully, Six was already close enough to the ground. Unfortunately, the swarm of spiders that had been chasing her for miles was gaining fast. She had no choice but to leave the remains of her clothes behind. Clad in nothing but her signature yellow raincoat she stumbles briefly into a sign. but she keeps running even as the sign was knocked down...displaying itself to the sky: Gravity Falls lake: Have a fun day folks! The swarm of spiders proceed to trample over it...ever eager for fresh meat... ...opening song... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSZ1KqHwm08 Hey girl, hey girl don't lie to me tell me where did you sleep last night In the pines, in the pines where the sun never shines I will shiver the whole night through Hey girl, hey girl where will you go I'm going where the cold wind blows In the pines, in the pines where the sun don't ever shine I will shiver the whole night through Hey girl, hey girl don't lie to me tell me where did you sleep last night ... The Apple family's farm had fallen onto hard times since the merge happened. Ponyvile is now on the edge of their human city counterpart, which stretches all the way to Canterlot. Which was once built on a mountain but now had merged with the cliff of the valley that Ponyville is now inside of. With the castle forming a slope leading outside of the valley. Things have changed for the ponies since the merge, princess Celestia stepping down from the throne with her estranged, now human daughter Sunset. Some of the changes were good as the town no longer had to worry about one person using up all the hot water in a shared water system. Electric power also made life easier for the ponies now that that magic was mostly gone. but this was also why the Apple farm wasn't doing well, there was no Earth pony magic to help plants grow. The ponies farming ways is low tech farming that is largely dependent on magic- no matter how much they deny that last part. without magic, many of the Earth pony farms quickly turn to waste despite their best efforts. They simply don't know anything about even the most basic agronomy- there'd never been any NEED before! This caused the economy of Equestria to downward-spiral, seeing how most of their income came from food traded to other countries. Once Sunset took over she began reform the farms either selling them to human farmers or making the ponies learn new, non-magical farming methods or force them to hire human and non human farm hands. Applejack being who she is and Granny Smith not liking new things, just stuck to their ways...which as previously mentioned; just didn't work anymore. They could still grab things with their hooves that the other pony tribes couldn't, but that was about it. without their magic, They and the other farm ponies that refused to change were now forced to wait for the plants to be in season. Which was bad, as they only bore their bounty every few months at the most between harvesting...and that was AFTER most of their orchards had already died out due to their sudden inability to care for such large tracts of land by themselves. "I keep telling you, I don't need help," said Applejack to her human counterpart. "Look at your farm," human Applejack said waving to the barren fields, with only the farm animals and apple trees left. "We're in a tough spot but we'll pull through," pony Applejack said stubbornly. "The only reason why the farm is still up and running is because of the zap apple harvest. And that's mostly thanks to Applebloom going behind your back and allowing people to pay to harvest them for themselves while they were here. Barely raising enough money to keep your farm from foreclosing. But the next time that happens won't be for a year," pointed out human Applejack. "I can't still can't believe Applebloom disobeyed me, without Granny smiths methods those tourists apples will rot and be wasted! Don't think I don't know Your the reason she did that! I'll tell you what I keep telling her; We don't need your fancy farming tools!" Pony Applejack said firmly. "I can't believe how much of a hard head you are. What dose it matter HOW the apples were sold? You still saved your farm, didn't you? Honestly, This is you trying to harvest all the apple trees again," said human Applejack annoyed. "For the last, I don't need your help! YOU'RE NOT A TRUE APPLE! NO TRUE APPLE WOULD EVER WORK WITH THE FLIM FLAM BROTHERS, MAKING CIDER WITH THAT MACHINE OF THEIRS AND NOT THE RIGHT WAY!" Applejack snapped at her human counterpart. "Which is why my family farm is doing better then yours," said human Applejack in a sharp yet hurt way. Her family apple farm is an organic farm with a greenhouse that allows them to grow year round. With them growing new fruit trees like that blue fruit called Ancient Fruit from Stardew Valley. They even have dozens of beehives that they put in the greenhouse during wintertime. "YOU DEAL WITH THOSE TWO CONS!" Applejack shouted. "And I'M offering you a deal to keep your farm afloat. Sell to the brothers juice factory, I talked with them and they agreed to buy your apples," explained human Applejack trying very hard to be patient and civil. "NEVER! AND YOU GET OUT! I NEVER WANT TO SEE YOU AROUND HERE AGAIN!" Applejack shouts. "Fine," human Applejack said flatly. She turned to walk away, but stops when she sees Discord flying towards them. "Hello, my two apples," greeted Discord. "Discord, what do you want?" pony Applejack asked glaring at him. "And what's with the black top hat and cloak? You look like an old time villain from one of those black and white movies," human Applejack also asked. "Oh, this?" Said Discord playfully while tipping his hat to her and dramatically cloaking himself. "Just setting up the mood for this." "For what?" pony Applejack asked on guard. The humans might see him as just a harmless tricksters with his own TV show. But she knows he's still a villain. "This!" Said Discord as he hands Applejack a piece of paper. "Foreclosing?!" Applejack shouted out in horrified disbelief. "That's right foreclosing because of all the late payments. Sunset asked me to deliver this to you. If you can't make the down payment by the end of the month, you'll lose your farm," Said Discord with a smirk. "But...but we paid off that last foreclosure! Sunset can't just take away my farm," Said Applejack firmly. "You BARELY paid that off and that was only because your LITTLE sister apparently has more business sense then you." Discord tsks and shakes his head, "sad really." He then smirks again. "In any case, it's a moot point because Sunset can and will sell your farm. as it turns out, Celly never actually gave your family the land the farm is on. It seems She forgot to make it official. It would be an easy fix... if she was still the princess that is," Teased Discord. Bottom line: It still belongs to the throne on paper and Sunset can do as she pleases with it." Discord explained. "Then I'll just talk with Sunset then," Applejack said desperate. "Don't bother she won't listen." Said human Applejack, despite knowing she was wasting her breath on her mule-headed counterpart. They then saw Discord using a phone."Yes I just gave her the paper and she thinks she can talk to you about it," Said Discord before putting it on speaker and presenting it to pony Applejack's face. "Princess Sunset, please don't take away our farm! It's been in the Apple family's hands for generations," pleaded Applejack. "Which was great back in Equestria, but NOW your stubborn clinging to old fashion traditions is now counterproductive in making any money. I'm going to sell your farm to someone who can actually turn a profit. I'm also going to suggest to the new owner to have the farm EXCLUSIVELY grow zap apple trees. After tearing down all the other apple trees or selling them as transplants, Zap apples will then be sold as a rare delicacy," explained Sunset said over the phone coldly. "But we're the only ones who can make the jam," Applejack pointed out desperate. "I'll admit your Granny's intimate knowledge of Zap apples passive magic is irreplaceable...but I had a crack team reverse engineer her methods...and a taste test proved it's just as good. And not just as jam, but also as wine and other apple related products." "No machine could ever replace Granny!" Snapped Applejack enraged. "I never said it would replace...you know what? Whatever, believe whatever you want. Your pride and refusal to believe any good result can be achieved by not doing anything YOUR way is why I'm kicking you off your home in the first place. Be thankful I'm giving you to the end of the month to either make the down payment or at least get your affairs in order. I'm sorely tempted to kick you out now after what you did to Twilight.," Explained Sunset. "But what are we going to do? Where are we going to live?" Applejack asked, now sobbing. "You have plenty of family members- who weren't as stubborn, were willing to adapt and are making money -who can take you in. Or you can stay and work at the farm as farmhands. Unlike you I doubt the owner will refuse to hire outside the family. So as I said: your family had better either got it's affairs in order or have paid up by the end of the month. And NO there is no other way but at least giving the minimum payment. Also don't go to one of the casinos, you'll just lose what you have left in your savings," Sunset Explained that last bit with a knowing smirk. Thanks to the deal Sunset made. Equestria was like Native American owned land, she was able to open casinos to help bring in money. "But it's over 4000 bits," Applejack said in despair. "Yes and it ALL has to be paid by the end of the month, And it's in dollars not bits. Come up with the money or start looking for a new job," Sunset said as she hangs up. Discord laughs "This is rich, because of you're old fashion ways you'll losing the farm." Discord then smirks. "Unless of course you can convince your Homo sapien counterpart to help foot the bill." He teases. "Applejack?" pony Applejack turned to her human counterpart desperate. "No, I'm not an Apple. You just said so yourself, remember? You got into this mess for refusing to change and allowing your pride to rule you. I already tried to help you and you reward me by yelling at me? Well forget it, I don't have to help someone like you," human Applejack said as she walks off. "Oh, this is priceless. Way to burn the bridge of the one person who could've helped you!" Teased Discord. "Are you just going to laugh?" Applejack asked miserably. "Yup," said Discord smugly." But of course... you could earn the money you need by being on my show." "Your show?" asked Applejack fearful of what he's planning... ... Applejack wasn't the only one who was dealing with financial problems since the merge. Many of the residents of Ponyvile had to change from using bits to dollars and credit cards. Then the biggest change was that many of the jobs that they use to do are either no longer needed or have been replaced. Ponies were force to look for new jobs outside of their talents and many of them were forced to do job training or go back to school to qualify first. Rainbow Dash dream of being a Wonderbolt was dashed to pieces with Sunset disbanding them and forcing them to put on air shows for one of her resorts. True, this made It easier for Rainbow Dash to became a Wonderbolt... but it's just an empty title now. Her human counterpart works at the resort/casino too at the food court. The air shows don't pay like what the Wonderbolts were used to. But with Sunset ending their pensions, they needed the money to keep a roof over their heads. Sunset wasn't the least bit sympathetic either; telling all of them and the royal guards that none of them bothered to fight the Changelings during the invasion. So why should she be paying them or giving them benefits for services that they never did in the first place? This caused some now ex-guards to try to start a revolt against Sunset. The guards were having a lot of success rallying people against Sunset...at least until a dragon showed up at their rally to eat everyone. The 'so called defenders of Equestria' just disappeared from sight until some of the ponies who were 'eaten' came out from under and revealed that it was just a fake Chinese paper dragon float being operated by humans. The former guards finally returned trying to get control of the crowd and figure out what happened. Which was when Sunset showed up on stage and revealed she was behind everything to show how useless they were at their jobs. She revealed she had cameras filming everything and showed that while the fake dragon was attacking- the humans in the crowd were also laughing at how gullible and stupid the ponies were -but also The guards and Wonderbolts were all hiding like cowards while the fake dragon was eating ponies.(1) Needless to say, the guards and Wonderbolts lost all credibility and respect and their 'coup' was a bust... ... But the guards weren't the only one's in a pinch now thanks to the Merge... Fluttershy suddenly found herself jobless once the animals started to take care of themselves. But found work at the new zoo that open near the new Everfree Forest resort. The castle of the two sisters was made into a tourist trap after all the valuables were striped from it. It's where tourist can explore the forest in the fenced-in areas/campsites/cabins. They are protected by human rangers armed with weapons and the local wildlife quickly learn to avoid them. Zecora was hired as a tour guide to lead walks through the woods. And for those who didn't want to go into the woods, the Everfree zoo where captured animals found in the woods are housed in pens were some like being fed everyday and being cared for by the staff. Fluttershy is now forced to deal with interacting with others, the scary humans and animals or lose her home. Also she has to feed the meat eaters actual meat and not just fish which makes her VERY uncomfortable. Fortunately, her human counterpart also works there and is currently helping her pony counterpart adjust. As unlike her, she works well with both animals and humans. Rarity on the other hand found that her skills in custom-made clothes making wasn't in demand anymore. With her magic so much weaker now, she just couldn't compete with the much more efficient and preferred 'mass produced clothing' industries. And those who did buy custom made clothes already had people they go to for it. She tried to get Sunset to wear the dress she designed for her to wear, but found that her human counterpart had beaten her to the punch. The human Rarity has been given the job to secretly make up for what she did to her and her friends before the merge. Sunset then explained to pony Rarity that the dress isn't what she likes and that her tastes are more human then pony. Not to mention that Sunset held Rarity and her friends just as responsible for the Changeling invasion as Celestia was. As they cared more about a wedding then the warnings that Twilight was pointing out. Rarity had to relearn how to make clothes so that they would be suitable for humans as well as other non-ponies. Right now her shop is selling hats and shirts- that have cutie marks on them -to the tourist. They were big sellers... But Rarity wasn't living her dream of making wonderful designs as she's now been reduced to selling cheap clothing to pay the bills. ... Then there's Pinkie Pie; while still a party planner, she's found that the humans have very different tastes then ponies. For example: She learned- after multiple arrests and mace to the face -that humans don't like people who break into their homes even if its to throw them a party. Which also happened when she tried to break into Sunsets office to throw her a party. while the party still took place, Pinkie spent the enter party either in the dunk tank or with her head sticking out of a hole to be hit with pies. With Sunset telling her that they're laughing AT her NOT with her. Mocking her for being a dumb, crazy party pony. Who only cares about the party and not if the person actually wants it in the first place. Pinkie was later banned from the castle and now only throws parties when someone asks or pays her to throw one. This is thanks to her human counterparts guidance while working at the new party supply store.. And just to add insult to injury, they learn that the pony Trixie has become a big star using the same stage magic they mocked before. The humans and other races like her act and made her a big star at the local casinos. ... Inside one of the boy cabins, Dib was laughing as he was looking at his Ipad. "What's so funny?" Lincoln asked from his bed while using his own Ipad. "My former classmates are still sending 'selfies' for some reason...despite the fact their lives are now terrible! They lost everything when the cities currency became worthless and when their parents tried to 'get involved' with the worlds economics... they were almost immediately blacklisted for their stupidity! And when the Skool was shut down, they all ended up being sent to remedial school or kindergarten," Dib explains happily. "What did happen to the skool?" Lincoln asked curious. "No idea, all I know is that the skool isn't there anymore and neither is Bitters," Dib said with a shrug. "Didn't they spot the skool around here recently?" Lincoln asked concerned. "That's what I heard," said Dib cautious yet annoyed...with his luck that was probably going to blow up into a mess HE'D have to deal with... "Bet they believe you now," said Clyde from his bed. "Actually, half still flat out refuse to believe anything supernatural. They'd rather believe the rest of the world are just gullible idiots," Dib said rolling his eyes. "You can't be serious," said Clyde in disbelief. "Whatever, if they can't look past their own idiocy then they deserve all the misery they can get," Dib said waving it off. "Wait, you said HALF of them, what about the other half?" Lincoln ask trying to figure it out. Ronnie smirked knowingly "The other half is the GIRL half, isn't it?" She teases "The gold digger girl half, you mean," Dib said giving out a snort. "Between my dad being one of the few people in the city doing well and my newfound fame, they're desperately throwing themselves at me to improve their own lousy lives... the same girls that mocked and ridiculed me for years... Yeah, like that would ever happen." He says with a laugh "Besides you can find much better girls," Clyde said optimistically. "Just don't try to be with any girl like my sisters," Lincoln warned. He still hadn't forgiven his family for kicking him out. Which was fine, as mostly hung out with Dib or his other friends nowadays. They'd fixed up the garage to became a clubhouse where they look up the supernatural and aliens. "Don't worry about that. There's no way I'm getting near your sisters," Dib said firmly. "Hey guys have you two been keeping an update on what's happening around the world?" Clyde asked. "Not really. There's a lot happening around here," Lincoln said. "Well according to this news article. That Wakanda form the marvel universe was found recently stabilizing and giving aide to Africa." Said Clyde excited. "That's not how you say the name," Dib said. "Yeah, yeah whatever," Clyde said waving it off. "The country's ruler prince Erial... however you say his name has finally gotten his country to start to recover from the merge." This news made everyone excited...except Dib "Okay, my knowledge on those comic books are kinda rusty...but Isn't that one of those countries that cut themselves off from the world and became a utopia of science and technology...despite the fact that realistically such a setting should never have worked in the first place?" "Yep, the same," agreed Clyde. Like most, he'd seen the MANY online videos that explained why it shouldn't have worked in the first place. (2) Lincoln sighed, "Yeah, your probably right. Lucky for them, they were taken from their world just after the events of the first 'Black Panther' movie. Between princes T'Challa's(3) new policies of using Wakanda resources to help the rest of war-torn Africa, the amazing commodity of Vibranium still working- since it's NOT magic -Wakanda is on it's way to not only being a world leader but really helping Africa pull itself together. Not only using their wealth and tech to settle conflicts but also Sending people with skills to help improve the standard of life around Africa. Like building wind farms, digging wells, providing free medical care and opening schools." "Don't forget helping those Mudokon aliens who crashed down in the Sahara," reminded Clyde. Dib shuddered, "a whole planet full of salves that takes 'corporate cannibalism' to it's logical extreme," Said Dib as the nightmare fuel made it's way through his rather VIVID imagination. "It's too bad we have too much trouble happening on this planet we can't afford sticking our noses into space." He admits sadly. "True, I guess we just have to hope Steven and the Gem Empire can deal with it." agreed Lincoln resigned. "Hey guys ready for the trip to the lake?" Asked Nate as he entered the cabin. "Ready to start fishing," Said Lincoln as he and the rest of the boys and Ronnie in the cabin got excited. Outside, the kids are piling into the buses to take them to the lake for the opening day of fishing. Lincoln waved to Ronnie as she left to join the other girls as they went in their buses. The one driving one of the girls bus is Milla Vodello. She'll be one of the adults coming with the kids for a day of fishing, with Gwen, David, and Bill. ... Lake Gravity Falls is the main source of fresh water for the town of Gravity Falls. It's also the fishing spot for the residents The lake also houses a small island that is known as Scuttlebutt Island which is home to a colony of beavers. And the lake also contains the Island Head Beast, that once disguised itself as a small island. Since the merge the lake had gone through some changes like the rest of the world. The aforementioned Island Head Beast was found and captured with it being wrap in chains and cables that are connected to large anchors used for big ships to keep it from floating. It's now on display in a fence off pond that was dug to house it. It occasionally also served as the- sometimes -home of Albonquetine island...every so often popping up like a cork out of the lake before vanishing again. Which can be fun to see...except for that time that it once booted Island Lady in the rear so hard it sent her flying and crushed a nearby row of houses next to the lake Island Lady was originally from Ooo. But was transported there during the merge. Sunset and others are currently working out a way for her to freely leave without causing a tidal wave. Hilarious, but in all seriousness: Thanks to the merge new water life has also that appeared in the lake. Like the freshwater merfolks who had moved into the lake. unlike their sea cousins, they have adapted to living in freshwater. There are also some water serpents like Steven Magnet. there are also sea ponies, water nymphs, frog people and others who had moved in as well. There also many people Living on floating platforms made up of houses on rafts. The settlement is lead by Canyon who had moved there. Where she spends her days fishing and writing about her adventures with Billy using online books. They they make a living fishing from the lake, the fish hatchery they made to farm them or the farming of the aqua plants that were once used to fight zombies when they were still around. "Looks like the whole town is here," Stan said as he and the twins walked over to the pier where their boat is at. "10 hours on a boat with Stan with a joke book," Dipper said to Mabel depressed. "There has to be something that would get us out of this," Mabel said desperate. "I seen it! I seen it!" old man McGucket shouted. He's the old, deranged hillbilly who lived at the Gravity Falls junkyard. "Dad what did I tell you! You're scaring my customers," his son shouted. "The Gobblewonker went and ate my boat!" McGucket shouted drawing everyone's attention. "Hey, the gobblewonkers wouldn't do that!" Defended Steven Magnet said as he floated to the pier. He let out a whistle and Slimey the Camp Lakebottom's mascot pops up. "Slimey can you call up the gobblewonkers?" Slimey gave a nod and let out a bellow underwater and soon a herd of gobblewonker heads pop out from underwater. "Alright did any of you attack this man's boat?" Asked Steven Magnet. all of the gobblewonkers then shake their heads saying no. "There you have it." "Not those," McGucket shouted. "The one that lives on Scuttlebutt Island." "Mister there is no way any of the gobblewonkers can live on land. They all have flippers and are as fast on land as a sea turtle," Steven Magnet said as the gobblewonkers all raise a flipper out of the water for emphasis. "Well that's good enough for me," sheriff Blubs said who'd just shown up in a police boat with deputy Durland. "You shouldn't be going around saying that the gobblewonkers are attacking people," Durland said as he pats one of the gobblewonkers on the head. "Dad they're friendly like dolphins, expect they don't go around killing baby porpoises," McGucket Jr. said. (4) "Looks like we just have a crazy old man," Blubs said as he and the crowd started laughing at him. "Hey Mabel remember that add in the paper?" Dipper asked. "The giant hamster ball?" Mabel asked back. "Not that one. The one offering 1,000 dollars to anyone who can take a picture of a new creature," Dipper elaborated. "Monster hunt?" Mabel asked excited. "Monster hunt," Dipper repeated to her with a smile. "Monster hunt!" both twins shout together. ... The buses from the camp had arrived and the campers all burst out ready for a day at the lake. Lincoln and Ronnie are part of the last groups out. Both of them wanted to fish away from the crowd. Both of them had grown closer when Lincoln broke away from his family. "I can't believe your mom was thinking of moving before the merge," Lincoln said to Ronnie. "Yeah, she was looking for a better job till the merge happened... and now she managed to get a higher paying job working for Dr. Membrane's company," Ronnie explained. "I still find it hard to believe how smart he is," said Lincoln. After all, he too had been fooled by Zim's lame disguise "Well he has gotten better and he is a great dad now that he isn't as busy as he was before...he was basically the only one who kept the world running apparently," pointed out Ronnie. "So want to go swimming instead of fishing?" "Sure I'm wearing my swim trunks," Lincoln said. "Me too," Ronnie said taking off her clothes to reveal that she's wearing a one piece swimsuit. Both of them left their clothes together on top of their fishing gear to keep them off the dirt. Lincoln and Ronnie enjoyed their swim in the lake away from the people who are fishing. Both of them were watching as a frog swam by them when they noticed some beavers swimming around them. "Hey, look! beavers," Lincoln said as he pets one of them. "Hey watch it!" Ronnie snap as one of them rub its head against her chest. Which she responded by punching it, causing it and the other beavers to get mad. "Ronnie, I don't think that was the right thing to do," Lincoln said watching as the beavers closed on in on them. Lincoln and Ronnie screamed as the beavers attack them with their biting teeth. The beavers swarmed around the two kids before swimming away. At first the two kids were just relieved that they weren't bitten... Then they noticed that they're completely naked as the beavers had bitten off their swimwear. Both kids couldn't help but stare at each other before looking away. "Is the water really that cold?" Asked Ronnie as despite the situation she couldn't help but make fun of Lincoln. "Hey!" Lincoln shouted, glaring at Ronnie. "How about you? You're flat as a table!" "Hey!" Ronnie snaps back at Lincoln as she covers her chest. "I'm still growing!" "Me too. I'm going to get bigger once, I get older," Lincoln retorted. Ronnie rolled her eyes at that, but instead replies: "Come on let's go before we're seen." They swam to shore where they left their clothes at, but once they got there they saw the beavers making off into the woods with their clothes. The kids ran naked after the beavers. They ran through the woods trying to find the beavers but lost them with only managing to find a shoe... "What are we going to do now?" Asked Lincoln dreading the thought of streaking back to the camp. "Hey, what's that?" Ronnie said suddenly as she points to a girl wearing a yellow raincoat who is kneeling next to the body of a giant spider the size of a small dog... She was sucking something black and smoky from the spider. The girl noticing them drops the spider and stares at them. Both Lincoln and Ronnie also stare at her... neither not knowing what to do- Shup! A dart suddenly struck the girl in the yellow raincoat and she fell to the ground out cold. Spiders the size of large dogs suddenly sprang out from the bushes surrounding Lincoln and Ronnie before they could react. "There is no place to run," a voice called out causing the two kids to turn to the voice. The voice came from a red anthropomorphic cat, with purple dots around his body and on his nose, with very, very bright yellow eyes. He is tall, slender and has a long tail that poke out from the hunting outfit he wore. He's armed with a dart gun which he's pointing at the two naked kids in front of him. "And there is no place to hide," Katz said as he fired two more darts at the kids. ... Doctor Von Reichter- who before he changed bodies, was Josef Mengele in a past life -was a former member of the SS and the Nazi party in World War II. An expert in genetic engineering, he initially began his work in concentration camps. Implanting cybernetic organs in the bodies of deceased prisoners in an attempt to bring them back to life to serve in the Fuhrer's army. However, the Allied forces intervened to defeat the Nazis. Now a wanted war criminal, he escaped capture and fled from Europe to South America to a secret lab in the Brazilian rainforest. Where he continued his genetic experiments. One of his creations were the Cyber Series: five thousand children meant to be his soldiers in a bid for world domination. But at the age of nine, it was discovered they had an error in their genetics that caused them to become rebellious. With this knowledge, Von Reichter ordered their total destruction. Only Two children avoided the cruel method of elimination; Cyber-6 and Cyber-29. Before the merge he was living in Meridiana where Cybersix and Cyber-29- now Data 7 and in the body of a black panther -showed up to stop him. To survive, Cybersix needed to drink the fluids that all of his creations have inside of them to live. Which is why they'd been fighting his plans to takeover the city and then the world. In the end his son/clone Jose betrayed him when he tried to destroy the city of Meridiana... but then the merge happened, which saved him. Since then he's been on the run and ended up in Gravity Falls after hearing about the magic found there. The merge granted him a new start in a brand new world, filled with so many new creatures to experiment on. Using money he had hidden away that were mostly still in the places where he had hidden them, he brought a pig farm which he used as a cover. Here, all the new bio-engineering machines he buys can be written off as being used to create bio-engineer pigs. Which the man he hired to run the business sells as a fat free meat. Which the pig meat are created to be to keep up the appearance of being a bio-farm. Bio-Pigs they call them. It brings in money, a fresh supply of fresh meat to his creations as well as bio-matter to use in his experiments. Not to mention allowing him to conduct some experiments in the open that he can later use on his real work in private. Deep underground lies the reason why Von Reichter chose this location. Hidden underneath a nearby gas station was a vault created by a company called Vault-Tech. The vault's residents were already dead by the time Von Reichter discovered it, thanks to a Fix Idea stumbling upon it. Von Reichter had the Fix Ideas rebuild the station to be part of the R D building, with the entrance to the underground part being disguised as waste disposal. Because of it being where all the bio-waste ends up, the entire staff wear hazmat suits to hide in plain sight. His failed experiments and other 'issues' can now be gotten rid of in either the treatment pool or the incinerator. The waste of which is then sold as fertilizer to add more income to fund his work. Which he needs, seeing as it's easier to buy then to steal while he's hiding. (5) And that was all before Reichter found the REAL Goldmine hidden under Gravity Falls... Von Reichter walks past the Velociraptor chained to the dissection table. And then the cages which are filled with the strange: In one cage is a duck with it's face on it's stomach, in the next is a quail with a question mark on it's head, a owl with the head and utter of a cow, even a hawktopus. They're studied by researchers that have been hired to work at the farm to see if there couldn't be anything to learn from them. Those animals are on display for the lab that is publicly known. But While the staff who works there do give him useful knowledge occasionally...the REAL work is done by him alone. In his real lab are the sapient test subjects that he has to keep hidden away. He took care not to draw attention by hiring out people through middle men who themselves are only contacted by other middle men so they won't be able to trace it back to him. There's a black market for non-humans. while some companies do it legal by paying for live test subjects, there are always those like him who need more then what people are willing to give. To those who take part in human and non human trafficking, he just pays for samples so that he can just clone the subjects as many times as he wants. Never having to deal with people looking into the disappearances of the person that was cloned as they'd be looking for the real person, not the clone. Of course, there are those with special abilities and powers that simply cant be replicated. Leaving him no choice but to take the subject alive when possible. Like the current subject he'd been tracking down for sometime now... Von Reichter walks over to the computer that controls the eyebots he uses as spies around Gravity Falls. The current target is a young girl who in a yellow raincoat, who has the power to suck the life out of her victims. The ones who kept their powers after the merge were always the most valuable commodities. This one was of particular interest. He learned of her through his two new lackeys. Apparently, the power the girl had came from their old boss. The girl somehow managed kill her and steal her powers for herself. Taking life force as power was a potential goldmine on it's own...but the power to steal OTHER powers? The value of such an ability was BEYOND measure. Speaking of which...he happens to Looking at the screen displaying the aforementioned new minions. They are in the kitchen preparing food for the pigs. They use to work as the chefs at the Maw and were obese, bulbous creatures. He change their faces, change their skin tones to green and slimmed them down. Now any pictures found at the Maw couldn't be used to identify them. They still wear their white smock, apron, and chef's hat though. Both of them are in charge of getting rid of the dead test subjects. Mostly by cutting the bodies apart, tossing the meat into the grinders and feeding them to the pigs. He'd originally put them in the regular kitchen. But had to take them out when their personal hygiene proved to be as questionable as the source of their ingredients. This was shown when they openly coughed around food, ripped open raw meat with unwashed hands and unclog a washing station's drain with a toilet plunger. So they're now feeding the pigs who can eat anything. There is also something wrong with them...as they would occasionally talk- when they thought no one was looking - about the Maw now and then, about it needing to be fed and made 'whole' again. Clearly, they knew more then they were saying...but more importantly...something about them was just...OFF...while they were under his knife...so much of their anatomy just didn't make sense...it was like it had been FORCED to be that way...yet there was no signs of trauma, previous surgeries, odd drugs, chemical imbalance, genetic enginering or even any trace of any of the known types of magic...it just didn't add up... Which is why he's been tracking the girl who must be the key to the Maw somehow. He'd been using hidden cameras and drones to locate her, till he discovered that she's around Gravity Falls. She seems to like being around the lake and feeding on the fish she catches. He tried to use magic detectors to track her...but once again- despite clearly having magical powers -no known magic could be detected from her! Even from her victims! There isn't anyone in the area he could hire to catch her at this time, but he can eventually release one of his new hunter to do so. He'd discovered a strange reptile-like creature that was killed thanks to the merge, evidently once the merge hit the new reality caused them to die. The reptile-like creature remains gave him much to work with as it's cells are able to change and adapt to just about anything. Von Reichter knew he had discovered something amazing and began experimenting. First he used a second reptile-like creature called a Deathclaw as the base. then gave it an enhance dose of a virus he discovered inside of it that caused it to originally transform back on it's old world. Making it intelligent and able to speak like the test subjects before it. He finally combined it with the adaptation ability that came from that first reptile-like creature. He also used some of the Adam he'd managed to get his hands on to make the new creature stronger. It was too bad he didn't also have that 'mutagen' as well. The mutagen and mutants that it created could now be found in New York after the merge. He'd been having people search the city looking for mutagen, but they're being stopped by those crime fighting anthropomorphic ninja turtles. He then tried to make contact with the villains that the turtles fight, but it has proven difficult to find them as they seem to have vanished after the Merge. A beeping on his screen cause him to turn his attention to his other experiment; it was in the form of a young girl who he created with the power to spread a rage plague to anyone she touches. After the failure of his son Jose, he decided to try a daughter this time around. He also made sure she'll be loyal to him by giving her a post-hypnotic suggestion that made it impossible to attack him. He turns his attention back to the main screen and saw that someone else beat him to capturing her. His eyes narrowed as he saw it was Katz, who leads a group of giant spiders that he feeds people to for fun. Katz is one of the people he hires to capture samples for him through third parties. He knows that he needs to get in contact with Katz before... His eyes narrow as Katz gave a wave to the camera as his spiders drag the target and some other children away Katz then fired his dart gun at the camera, abruptly cutting the feed. Reichter's eye twitched in annoyance...but he nevertheless gave a resigned sigh and began reluctantly searching for Katz's contact info...He never did like working with Katz... he always seems to know more then he lets on... ... Sunset is talking to the old royal advisor Kibitz. They're talking about the current economic situation of the nation when Kibitz remembered something: Sunset had told both Luna and Cadance about what she'd been up to in the human world all these years. Including her interactions with the human counterparts of the element bearers... "Your majesty, whatever happened to those teens who's friendship you broke?" asked Kibitz. "Oh, them? With everything that happened, I completely forgot about them... and then when I finally DID remember after the Merge..." Sunset trailed off with a shrug. "I toyed with telling them the truth and fixing their friendship... but then I realized something. My 'scheme' wasn't really that complicated, all they would had to have done is given each other the benefit of a doubt and talked rationally for 5 minutes to realize no one sent those texts... but they DIDN'T. So... how strong could their friendship have been in the first place? So really, even if I did fix it...who's to say they just wouldn't immediately turn on each other and forget all previous friendship, Aesops, or whatever the next time things got bad for them? No, the whole 'friends from different backgrounds coming together' makes for a good story... But unless your willing to work hard, trust each other and set a solid foundation for said friendship... it's doomed to fail." "So you're not going to fix their friendship?" Asked Kibitz aghast. Sunset sighed, "Look Kibitz, I know friendship was the closest thing we had to a religion in the old world. And if we still lived in a magical fairytale world where the rest of the worlds issues simply didn't exist or convinetly put themselves on hold whenever a friendship issue popped up. Then sure, I could handle friendship problems," Sunset said as she holds up all the documents regarding her duties. "But in case you haven't noticed, I have a kingdom to run! We're still recovering from the merger! Anything small like that will either have to handle itself or be delegated by someone else! I am not like mom in being the only one who does anything, everyone has to be able to do something themselves. Which is why so many ponies who worked in the castle are now out of the job as they didn't do anything while expecting me to do it instead." "Yes the castle staff is much smaller now," Kibitz agreed being one of the few ponies who still worked in the castle because they were actually GOOD at their job. "Besides, it's all a moot point now anyway. I looked into it when I had the chance and they've all more or less moved on. The crisis of the merge brought them closer with friends who they had more in common with, and by the looks of it most of them are planning to leave town after college to pursue their various interests. Pinkie Pie and Cheese Sandwich are going to Ponyacci's School of Clowning, Japes, and Buffoonery, Rainbow Dash is becoming a professional athlete, Rarity, Sassy Saddles, and Coco Pommel are going to beauty school, Flutteshy, Tree Hugger, and Wallflower are going to veterinarian school, and Applejack is staying to run her family's farm. So even if I had fixed their friendship, at best they would've been 'acquaintances who only ever talk like once a year at most', which is the fate of most high school friendships if you think about it. It's sad, but that's life. So what can you do?" Sunset explains with a resigned shrug. "I see," Said Kibitz still looking uneasy, but not able to find a hole in the logic. "Besides, after finding out that they're the human version of the ponies who abandoned Twilight. I gotta say, I just stopped feeling guilty about what I did. Maybe that's not being fair to them... but on top of everything else... it was just the straw that broke the camels back on me deciding to just putting the whole thing behind me and moving on with my life. Besides, human Rarity the is my tailor- which will put her name out in the fashion world in a BIG way -that and all the others are either working at one of my resorts or supplying them like human Applejack's farm is doing. So I'm already helping them in a way," Sunset pointed out. "Sunset?" Luna asked as she enters the room. She looked well made sense seeing how she no longer had to work long nights moving the moon around, nor could she enter the dreams of others with her magic so reduced from the Merge...the only exception being if she's right next to someone dreaming. "Yes aunt," Asked Sunset happily. Her relationship with her aunt was much better then Celestia or Candace...although Sunset wished she'd stop trying to mend her relationship with Celestia. "There's a man and a... 'woman' here to see you. They're waiting at the entrance. They say that they're your parents," Luna said hesitantly. "My parents!" Sunset exclaimed eagerly as she rushes past Luna who followed her along with Kibitz. At the entrance is a large man with red hair that borders on being orange, a barrel chest, and disproportionately small legs. He's dressed in a trucker's shirt and overalls. The human guards are standing around him waiting for Sunset to get there. They're staying back and eyeing him warily as the man is over 7 feet tall and looked ready to start a fight at the drop of a hat...then drop the hat himself. Then there's the woman with him, she wasn't what you'd expect. She's actually taller then her husband at over 8 feet, and more muscular than him. She also had deep red hair, harsh green eyes, and a boil on the side of her cheek. And she is currently being held back by her husband and their daughters from beating the pony guards who are scattered around the entrance. "FAT! FAT! I'LL SHOW YOU!" the woman shouted as she tries to free herself from her family who are holding her back. "Alright, who called mom fat?" Sunset asked irritated as she walked up to her mom. "Sunset!" Her mom's mood shifted from unstoppable rage to loving mama. Her husband and daughters let her go as she rushes over to Sunset and lifts her up in her arms. "Hi mom," Smiled Sunset as her mom held her up and hugged her. "So, she's your mother?" A human guard asked. "Yes and what happened here?" Asked Sunset. "The pony guards wanted them to leave. Things went south when Rosewood said 'there is no way a fat, hag like you could could be our Princesses mother'," He answers. "Rosewood, you're fired," Sunset said looking at the still form of Rosewood. " Someone tell her that when she wakes up." "So you're the ones who adopted Sunset?" Luna asked walking up to them. "Actually, they're my human family counterparts," Sunset answers. "What?" Asked Luna. "Didn't Celestia tell you how she adopted me?" Responded Sunset. "No," Luna said. "Well apparently the family I came from were all Earth ponies who lived in a community that hated magic, so when I was born. They apparently disowned me and sent me to an orphanage in Canterlot. Where Celestia discovered my high level of magic and took me in. After she decided that I was too much trouble to raise, I escaped through the mirror before she could kick me out. In the human world I fended for myself for a couple of days until one of my human sisters found me in an alley box and brought me home. My human counterpart had died in an accident and they thought she'd come back from the dead. Long story short; I told them about me being a pony when the merge happened. I showed them who I REALLY was and they still accepted me as part of the family," Sunset explains happily. "She may not be the daughter I gave birth to, but she's still my little baby girl," Sunset's mom said holding Sunset like a baby. "She is the runt," one of Sunset's sisters said smirking at her 'little' sister. Sunset is the only member of the family who isn't an adult yet. "Shut up, Ruth," Sunset glared at her bigger sister. Ruth was extremely tall, well-built, busty and curvy like all of her other older sisters. And all were statuesque stunners that when they were known as the Amazon Brigade in to highschool. This was mostly due to them wining all the physical parts of the Friendship Games played against Crystal Prep. This was one of the reasons Sunset was able to become queen bee so easily, by leeching off their reputations even after they left. "And all of these other women are your sisters?" Luna asked looking at all the young women before her. "Meet Ruth, Flora, Maeve, Isla, Bradana, Murdina, Alana, Oban, Ardbey, Fiona, Assie, Bonnie, Lorna, Mawina, Shona, Nora, Piesil, Shanath, Euspeth, Edme, Freya, Gilbartha, Gesha, Grizela, Innes, Dawntha, Cora, Davina, and Kina," Sunset said as she points to each sister as she names them. "How did you have so many children, Ms...?" Luna trails offboth looking at all the daughters and the realization she never got her name. "Helga Scotdale. And all but Sunset are all multiple births from twins to octuplets," Mrs. Scotdale explained. "And this is normal?" Luna asked looking at Sunset being held like a baby. "Mom treats all of us like we're still kids. Especially Sunset seeing how she's the smallest, mom can't help but see her as the baby of the family," Isla said with a smirk. "Cut that out," Sunset snaps at her sister, who just laughs with the rest of her sisters. "This explains so much," Luna said seeing how with a family like this: This would be why Sunset is so willful, forceful and gives off the aura of being bigger then she really is. She would need to, to catch up to her older, bigger, BEEFIER sisters. "So the deal with the ranch is all set?" Sunset ask. "Yes, we sold everything to that new bio-farm. So now we're all going to get to live together as a family again," Mrs. Scotdale said. "Is this the reason why you fired so many staff members? So that the rooms would be free?" Luna asked. "No, I fired them for not doing their jobs or just sucking at it. Besides the old house was a cramped dump. And the castle has plenty of room now that it's more of a home then a seat of government," Sunset said. "It'll be so nice for the whole family to be together without the long trips between here and the ranch," Mrs. Scotdale said. "Tell me about it," Sunset said. "Sunset have you told Celestia about this?" Luna asked. "Why bother? I'm only her daughter because she adopted me. But she only ever saw me as a way to free you from being Nightmare Moon. Which only happened because instead healing you she exiled you to the moon for a thousand years by yourself. Celestia isn't a good sister or mother but we're struck with her as she's family. But it doesn't mean she's the only family we have. I have my family of choice as they- unlike her -never took the easy way out by just giving up on me or banishing family instead of helping them," Sunset ranted. "She is still my sister and your mother," Luna insisted. "Only because my biological family apparently didn't want me. But she made it very clear she didn't want me, not once did she try to find or contact me at all in the human world. I still had the magic journal that we used write to each other, but not once did she write me either! And NOW she wants to mend things? Well, too little too late. I found my real family and I don't need her anymore. The only good thing about being her daughter is that it allowed me to takeover and save Equestria from falling apart." Sunset explains. "She still wants to be apart of your life," Luna pleads. "I'm still waiting for her to make it up to me and her attempts at buying my forgiveness is pitiful. Not to mention she's trying using things that I like when I was a pony. I'm a human now, I like being a human and if she can't accept that. Then she can suck it." Sunset said with a huff as she finally frees herself from her mom. "Come on lets get the stuff unpack and, I'll show you around the castle and your rooms." She says before Luna can say anything more. Luna saw the family would be busy for awhile, so she walks back into the castle. Near the entrance she found her sister, who had been listening in. The guilt of her many failures etched on her face. Since the Merge, she's been trying to be the mother she should had been to her. But with the the woman who was the mother Sunset needed when it mattered now living here... Celestia knew now that any chance of her being Sunset's mother was long gone... And Luna couldn't think of anything to say to her sister, whose mistakes had cost her the only daughter she ever had. ... After joining Soos on his boat... and after he and Mabel aggregated Dipper by throwing almost all his disposable cameras overboard. They finally got to Scuttlebutt Island where they set off into the island to find the gobblewonker. They walk around the island as they look for the beast. Suddenly they heard a strange noise which lead them to the lake shore where they discovered a big beaver lodge. "Wow this looks like a beaver den but crossed with a house," said Soos amazed. "It has windows and a door," Mabel said pointing to one of the doors being a car door. The lodge- while built like a normal beaver home -also had things that no wild animal would have. The dam part of the lodge created a small lagoon, which was clearly used as a pool. There are several solar panels on the roof to provide power as well as a gas powered generator which is built into a shack on the dam to protect it from the weather. A motor boat next to the lodge tied to the dock next to the lodge. There is also a garden/greenhouse where beehives were clearly kept. "Wonder who lives there?" Asked Dipper aloud. "Oh we do," said a voice behind them. They turn around to see two beavers standing on two legs. One is a dark brown with a red nose and yellow eyes. While the other is light brown with a purple nose and both of them are around the twins size. "Hi, my name is Norbert and this is my brother Daggett," The light brown one greeted them. "Cool, the talking beavers that I seen at the grocery store," Soos said. "What are you people doing here?" Daggett ask. "We're looking for a gobblewonker that can go on land," Dipper answers. "but Gobblewonkers can't go on land," said Norbert confused. "Yeah, we're hoping that it's some kind of new creature and we can get a picture of and sell to the newspaper," Mabel explains. Dagget thinks on it a bit, "Hmmm...Nope, sorry. We've been living here since the merge and we've never seen anything like that." "But maybe Twilight knows something," Norbert said suddenly. "Twilight?" Dipper asked inquisitively. That name sounded so familiar...but from where? "Our roommate," Said Norbert as he invites them into the house. Inside someone is sitting in front of the a TV. The twins view of the person is obstructed by the large chair she's sitting in, so they can't see who or what the person is. But as they were more focused on they're current objective; they just assume she's just another beaver and are about to ask her their question...when they notice that the Discord show- their favorite -is playing and get briefly distracted by that. On the TV screen is an orange earth pony humiliating herself LIVE. She was currently playing what looks to be like a more wild Double Dare obstacle course. Which has her being up to her chest in slime as she is being pelted by pies and the people in the stands laughing at her. "Applejack is really desperate for money," Twilight said watching her EX-friend taking all of the humiliation to win the prize money. "Hey, Twilight! Have you seen any gobblewonkers or something like that walking around on dry land?" Daggett asked suddenly. "Nope haven't seen any," Said Twilight only half listening. "Well looks like there isn't any land walking gobblewonker," Norbert said with a shrug. "That old man was a bit crazy," Mabel admitted disappointed. "Lets head back then," Dipper said with a equally despondent sigh as he and Mabel say goodbye and began to walk out of the beavers home. "See you guys when you're in town," Soos said leaving as well. "What was that all about?" Twilight asked. "They said they were looking to take pictures of a new creature that some guy said was around here," explained Norbert. "Well, in any case. Before I forget; Here are the new orders that have been printed out," said Twilight as she bent over to grab said orders... Little did she know, Dipper had just turned around to close the door behind the group. This plus the angle she'd bent had given Dipper a perfect view of her purple plot. The sight of said rear immediately gave Dipper a boner. Mortified and too flustered to think why a 'beaver' would be purple. He quickly closes the door and leaves quickly before anyone notices. Completely oblivious to the fact that she'd just doubled the amount of wet dreams of one average, awkward pre-teen adolescent...Twilight continued to had out the order forms "Who knew perfume companies would pay so much for our musk," Daggett said amazed. "It does allow us to afford all the new stuff we been buying," Norbert said happily. "As long as you all don't spend more then you're making," Twilight reminded the brothers. "Yeah, yeah we're using your budget," Daggett said dismissively. "I know it's annoying. but you two can't just spend like crazy as you did on your old world. Unlike there you could end up losing everything if your not careful," Twilight reassured. "True," agreed Norbert as he and Daggett joined her on the couch. On the TV screen, Applejack had made it to the final round. Where she had to pick one of 5 treasure chests- gold, silver, bronze, copper and wood -she had to be careful, as only ONE had the prize money. Knowing Discords deceptive nature, Applejack reasoned that the plain wooden one must have the prize money. As most people would just assume the most valuable prize is in the most valuable box. Thus Discord would of course do the opposite. She confidently opens it... to reveal nothing but a voucher that's good for a one-time all you can eat buffet at the Everfree casino/resort. Which caused Applejack to start yelling at Discord, accusing him of cheating. Discord quickly refuted this, by showing her all the rest of the prizes that she could have gotten: with the prize money being in the gold one and the others other filled with less valuable prizes. Like an all-expenses-paid stay at one of the resorts and other gifts. Discord explains that she just picked poorly by assuming he'd have the prize placement make any form of sense. He never does anything that is expected of him after all. "Hey where's Stump?" Daggett interrupted. "Oh he's out doing something like he always does. He did say he might try exploring a cave system he found near the waterfall," Twilight explained. CRASH! HELP! They heard screaming coming from outside and rushed out just in time to see a log come flying at them. They quickly dove into the water to the water. The log smashed through the door, but missed them. They surfaced in time to see the humans from before running away from them. Behind them is a enormous gobblewonker that has webbed feet instead of flippers. The humans jump into their boat and quickly motored away. But the beast just continues chasing them in the water. The beavers and unicorn jump into another boat to give chase while also calling the police. As it happened, a large group of people, creatures and ponies- the later of which very desperate for the money - were making yet another attempt to help Island Lady out of the Lake without causing a tidal wave. There was an elaborate system of pulley's, ropes, hooks and implements all attached to Island lady in numerous ways...but mostly her forest-bikini. Island Lady frowned at that, "Uh...are you sure that- "Don't worry, the Eggheads did the calculations! They've assured us that as long as we follow their instructions to the letter everything will be fine!" Reassures local civic leader Buff Frog through a megaphone. He turns toward the large group of people on the mainland and begins to shout. "Alright! Team 1 pull left! Team 2 pull right! Team 3 pull sideways! On the count of three! ONE! TWO! THR- SPLASH! ROAR! A gobblewonker chased a boat right through the ropes! It got tangled up, but still kept pulling! RIP! Soon, Island Ladies bikini was ripped off...leaving her completely naked...but she wasn't really focusing on that right now. For since her 'bikini' was technically all trees growing down into her...it was basically the equivalent of having your most private, sensitive bits waxed off VERY suddenly... ...Needless to say...Everyone dove for cover as Island lady's scream and thrashing in pain caused a great wave to envelope the beach... ... Katz sighs as he put the phone down after talking with that doctor about the girl he had just captured. He walks up to the cage where he's keeping the 3 kids, who had all woken up. The girl in the raincoat is trying to free herself from the extra anti-mystic bindings placed on her. While the boy and other girl held each other terrified as the spiders around the cage stared at them hungrily. The cave is filled with spider webs and the remains of their last meal. The cage they're in is on the edge of the water where the remains of the spider meals are dumped into. "Sorry my pets. Business called and you'll have to make do with only two," said Katz as he picks up the dart gun again. "You're going to eat us?" Lincoln asks in panic as he holds Ronnie. Both too scared to care that they are still naked. "Of course not, You two are going to be my pets meal," said Katz with a sadistic smirk as he aims the dart gun at them. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have a business deal to take care of." BOOM! Bursting through the waterfall came the motor boat that Dipper and the gang are on. It flew out of the water and slammed into the mass of spiders, causing the ones that weren't hit to scatter away from the cage and the boat. Then came the gobblewonker who was too big to fit through the entrance of the cave. It struggled to free itself, causing rocks from the ceiling to fall. Crushing many spiders. One of the rocks hit the cage, freeing the kids. The girl in the yellow raincoat tried to run but tripped on the bindings. She braces herself for being crushed or eaten...only to find herself being helped along by Lincoln and Ronnie as they jump beneath an old broken boat for protection. Dipper and the others quickly turn another boat over to use as a shield as the spiders regain their footing and advance on them. One manages to bite Dippers shorts before he kicks them away Before the spiders could attack, the gobblewonker was knocked free as Steven Magnet came crashing through with sheriff Blubs and deputy Durland following by boat. The impact caused the gobblewonker to slam head first into some rocks- ZAP! -revealing that it's a robot as the head came off. Which landed on some more spiders causing the spiders to retreat again. "Hold it right...," Steven Magnet trailed off when he saw the cave full of giant spiders. "Spiders!" "That cat wanted to feed us to the spiders!" Ronnie shouted out getting everyone's attention. "Hold it right there!" Sheriff Blubs shouted as he and Durland pulled out their guns. "Get them my pets!" Katz shouted, causing his spiders to attack. "Oh no you don't!" Steven Magnet shouted as he started breathing fire on the spiders, which was then joined by the two cops gunshots. Katz was about to fire his dart gun at the dragon when a stump in cave gear came falling on top of him. Katz knocked the stump away, but was tackled by Blubs and Durland who cuffed him. Steven Magnet killed most of the spiders and caused the rest to flee deeper into the cave. Dipper and the others had gathered around the robot gobbewonker, using it as a shield during the fight. "Dang it," McGucket said as he crawls out of the wrecked robot. "Hey, it's the old guy who keeps building giant robots to get attention," exclaimed Soos "Wait, it's been you this whole time?" asked Dipper confused. "Why?" Mabel asked equally confused. "To get my son to pay attention to me," McGucket admitted. "I still don't understand," stated Dipper flatly. "Well, first I just hootenannied up a biomechanical brain wave generator, and then I learned to operate a stick-shift with ma beard!" McGucket rambles. "Ok, yeah. But why did you do it?" Ronnie asked, wondering why as well. "Well, when you get to be an old fella like me, nobody pays any attention to you anymore. My own son hasn't visited me in months! So I figured maybe I'd catch his fancy with a fifteen ton aquatic robut! In retrospect, it seems a bit contrived. You just don't know the length us old-timers go through for a little quality time with our family," McGucket said with a sad sigh. Both Mabel and Dipper look at the fishing hats Grunkle Stan gave them and sighed. "Dude. I guess the real lake monster is you two. Heh, heh! Sorry, that just like-boom-just popped into my head there," Soos said. "McGucket you've been warned about your robots," said Blubs as he and Durland walked over with Katz in cuffs. "But if you didn't build the robot. Then this cat would have gotten away in feeding these kids to those spiders." "So we'll call it 'community service' and let you off with a warning this time," Durland said with a smile. "He did save us," agreed Lincoln. "..." "Stump here says that there's another way to the surface that should take you back to your bus group if you want." Said Steven suddenly "Stump?" Dipper asked looking at... well... a stump. "Good job at tackling that guy Stump," Steven Magnet said happily. "The stump is alive?" Lincoln asked baffled. "Well, yeah," said Durland, causing the ones who didn't already know Stump to stare blankly at the unmoving tree stump. "I will remember this Stump," swore Katz angrily as he was escorted to the police boat where he was cuffed to the railing. "We got you on attempted murder, kidnapping and pedophile," Blubs said. "What?" Katz shouted at that last bit. "You have two naked kids," Blubs said as he pulls out the emergency blankets and gave them to Lincoln and Ronnie. Who FINALLY remembered that they're naked. They also begin blushing as they realized that they been standing around naked this WHOLE time. Lincoln is about to give the blanket to the other girl...but he sees she'd broken from the bindings in the confusion and escaped... "They were like that when I caught them," Katz shouted out, interrupting Lincolns thought. "You still had us in a cage naked," said Ronnie as she quickly wraps the blanket around her body like a toga. "And you were going to feed us to your pets," said Lincoln as he did likewise. "That is more then enough to put you in jail for pedophile," Durland determined. "I'll go look for the girl," said Steven Magnet. But his search would turn up empty as the girl was long gone. Leaving nothing but a trail of dead spiders behind along with the ones that Stump had killed earlier on his way down. He then found an exit to the cave that lead to the top of the cliff where the waterfall started. "You all should head back. Me and Durland will wait here with our prisoner till backup comes here. But we will need you to give your statements of what happen here later," Blubs pointed. "An officer will be waiting for you at the docks," Durland explained, having already radioed back to the station. "Come, I'll give you all a lift," Said Steven as he allowed them all to climb on his back. Thank you, we've had enough adventure today," Lincoln said holding Ronnie's hand as both of them are relief of coming out of this alive. But not being able to resist ridding a cool sea serpent instead of some boring old caves "Yeah me and Mabel have a uncle to fish with," Said Dipper as he struggled to climb up the slippery scales. "Actually, no you won't. The beach is flooded and closed indefinitely. Sorry." Explains Blubs sadly. The twins groan, but resolve to still find a way to make it up to their Grunkle Stan. While Mable thought up new family activities they could do with Stan instead...Dipper still struggled to get on. He doesn't notice that spider bit had torn through the elastic waistband of both shorts and underwear...and his jostling to get up has caused them both to slip to his knees. The feel of the breeze was enough to alert and panic Dipper, who quickly hiked them up. He breathed a sigh of releif as at least no one saw that... He never saw the Purple Unicorn who'd just came by on another boat...just in time to behold his 'full moon' and 'LITTLE Dipper'...she wasn't quite sure what she just saw...but it caused her to giggle for some reason... ... Six briefly turned back wishfully...she was far way now...but she could still see a speck off familiar white if she squinted... She reminisced fondly of those two naked kids saved her...especially that boy... 'cute...and small.' Six blushes as she shakes her head of such thoughts...and sadly walks away... …III... TO BE CONTINUED? 1 - Seeing how the guards never showed up at anything important like when the Storm King attack. I'm going with them being cowards who run at the first sign of danger. 2 - Wakanda only works in fictions as there is no way any place in real life at the size of that country would have everything they need to build up to a super advance culture. There is no way all of the metals, materials, and other goods that you only realize you need when they're gone would all be located in one place at once. Not to mention how if they're cut off from the rest of the world how did they get the knowledge to create all the advancements in the first place. As unless they keep getting people born in the country who all have minds that make breakthroughs in all fields of science all the time there is no way it would happen. 3 - RIP and God be with you Chadwick Boseman(1976-2020), you took Black Panther above and beyond the role...there will never be another like you... 4 - That part of dolphins killing baby porpoises is true. 5 - Most villains with bases usually don't have ones that pay for themselves. Which doesn't really make sense unless the villain has something that pays for it or they're just rich. I don't like how like in Totally Spies the villain of the week somehow has the money and resources to do what they do without any reason how they did it. Like a highschooler who somehow has the money and resources to build an entire underground city just for his revenge plan. Doesn't make sense at all.