Summer with the Pine Twins: Summer's Coming to an End

Not What He Seems: Part 1

Grunkle's Stan's p.o.v.

The machine I've been working on for the past few years s glowing, I'm so close! Pulling a lever I watch as toxic waste is pumped into the machine. "Come on, come on, should be just enough to finish the machine. Can't be too careful with this stuff," My attention turns to the timer that began counting down. Opening up journal number 1 I skim through it to make sure I haven't missed anything.

"Warning, blah, blah, blah. Extreme usage could cause gravity anomalies. Can it Pointdexters, I've come this far, I'm not giving up now," I slam my fist into a button, turning the portal on. "Yes...This is it!" My attention turns to the screen showing the surges which sat next to a picture of the kids. "It's gonna be a bumpy ride but it's gonna be worth it," I put on a watch and sync it with the countdown. "Just 18 more hours. Finally, everything changes today."

(y/n)'s p.o.v.

"It's here, it's here, it's here!" Mabel runs through the hallways as Dipper and I tiredly trudge along. "Ok, so I was just opening random doors because I'm a creep and I found something amazing!" She excitedly exclaimed. "If it was worth waking up at 7 am for that will be amazing," Dipper yawns out and I nod, resting my head on Dipper's shoulder as Mabel opens the door to reveal a box load of fireworks.

This instantly perks us up and Mabel nods. "Guys, guys, we're all thinking it." "Crazy rooftop fireworks party!" We cheer in unison when Grunkle Stan pops us and says sternly "Not so fast kids. There is no way on Earth you're setting off those dangerous illegal fireworks. Without me."

Smiling we take the box up to our favorite spot on the roof and as the sun continued to rise we set off the fireworks. "Here you go sweetie, now go set something on fire for your Grunkle Stan," Stan tells me as he lights up a firework. Before it goes off I shout "I AM THE GOD OF DESTRUCTION!" We cheer as the fireworks go off when Officer Blubs and Deputy Durland called up at us. "Hold up a minute, do you have a permit for those?" We go silent for a minute when Grunkle Stan speaks up. "Uh, do you have a permit for being totally lame?"

"Well, I can't argue with that, carry on," They leave while we laugh. "But seriously though we should probably clean this mess up," We look around at the patches of fire spread out on the lawn. "With water balloons?" Mabel asks and he shrugs. "I don't see why not," Within a few minutes Dipper, Mabel, and I were chasing each other with water balloons while Grunkle Stan sat on the couch.

"Ah these are what Saturdays are for just doing dumb things forever," Grunkle Stan says as the three of us jump into a pile of water balloons shouting "Dumb things forever!" Hiding a water balloon behind her back, Mabel lifts up her popsicle, toasting Grunkle Stan.

"To Grunkle Stan, not just a great uncle!" "The greatest uncle!" Dipper finishes as we blow him with water balloons. "Alright, alright, I tell ya it's unnatural for not just siblings but one of the sibling's partners to get along as well as you three do," Grunkle Stan admits, wiping the water off his face. "Oh don't worry, we still got plenty of Summer left to drive each other crazy!" Mabel exclaims pulling her brother and (y/n) into a hug before being shoved away and hit in the face with a water balloon.

"Heh, yeah...Plenty of Summer left. Kids, there's something I uh...Something I should tell you, it's um...Well, it's complicated. I..." Grunkle Stan fumbles with his words, causing us to raise our eyebrows in confusion and I ask "Grunkle Stan is everything alright?" "Huh? Oh yeah, I'm gonna go refresh my soda," He walks off and we give each other a confused look.

Grunkle Stan's p.o.v.

I walk away from the kids and sigh. "Enjoy it while you can Stan. They'll find out sooner or later, just gotta hope they-she doesn't hate me for what I did. Today's the day," That's when I noticed what looked like a red dot on the middle of my fez. "What is that a ladybug?" I ask before slapping the dot to see it still there. That's when more red dots train on my body and I understand what's going on. "Oh no-" I'm tackled to the ground and handcuffed as another agent walks up. 

"Target secure, take the house!" Helicopters fly over the shack as I hear over the radio "Kids are secure, roof team go!" More and more agents appear bursting into the house as I'm led to a government vehicle. "Hey, hands off stoogie! I don't understand what I did that warrants this much arresting," I exclaim as the kids walk up just as confused as me.

"The government guys? We thought you got eaten by zombies," Dipper says and Agent Trigger responds. "We survived. Barley." "I used Trigger as a human shield. He cried like a baby," Powers adds in and Trigger gets upset. "Wha- Hey! Not in front of the special ops guys!" "But we don't understand...What did Grunkle Stan do?"

(y/n) asks before Powers pulls up a tablet and explains. "This is security footage of a government waste facility. At four-hundred hours last night, someone robbed three-hundred gallons of dangerous waste," I squint at the video feed and ask "What? You think that's me?!" "Don't play dumb with us Pines." 

"But I actually am dumb, last night I was re-stocking the gift shop I swear!" I say as I'm shoved into the car, Mabel arguing with the agents. "You've got the wrong guy! Grunkle Stan might shoplift the occasional tangerine but he's not some evil supervillain." "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!"

Author: No chapter tomorrow, I'll be celebrating Christmas with my family. Happy holidays everyone!