five years later

Chapter 23

"Is that, sand?"

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Dipper's pov:

It WAS sand.   Logan had sand leaking from his neck.  "Logan-"  Pacifica trailled off her words and put a hand over her mouth. We were all in shock,  why did he have sand instead of blood? Ford knelt beside Logan and spoke. "I think he's a golem."  I was confused and repeated his words. "a golem?" He nodded "they are mostly used to protect people but it would appear someone made him to spy on us." It must have been Bell,  she tricked us again by telling us he really was Wendy's cusion.  "Dipper-"  Logan's voice was quiet. "Im sorry dude,  she made me do it, I didn't want to hurt you and the others,  you were all nice to me"  I knelt down with the help of Pacifica "I know you didn't dude,  you tried to save us in the end"   I sniffed and felt a tear fall down my face.  Logan may not have been a real person,  but he was a friend.  A friend who scarificed himself to save us.  "Tell the others im sorry,  I can feel my life force draining,  im not gonna be able to tell them"  I nodded "I will dude,  dont worry." He smiled a bit before his eyes began to change,  instead of their normal color they shifted into a more catlike shape,  and they were blood red.  His smile shifted into a grin "Aww Pine Tree,  are you really crying over a puppet?"   It was Bell's voice that came from Logan's body.  I growled a bit as I spoke "leave us alone you monster"  she chuckled.  "Monster?  Really dipper that shapeshifter was a monster,  im just trying to bring back my father,  who YOU got rid of"  her eyes turned to me,  staring into my soul. "Who's really the monster here dipper?"   Pacifica shifted next to me,  she looked angry. "We will stop you from bringing back that triangle freak,  we'll stop you and him and save the world."  Bell laughed again "you can try girly,  but the real question is-"  Her eyes drifted back to me. "Will you be able to save what matters most in the end ?"  The red eyes dissapeared from Logan's body and he was still,  he'd run out of life force.

Ford volunteered to stay behind to clean things up,   Luckily he couldn't be possessed with that plate in his head.  Pacifica and I slowly made our way out of the bunker,  once we got to the surface she took out her phone to call us a ride.   It wasn't long before a nice car pulled up,  we got in the back and rode in silence out of the woods and into town.  After awhile I could feel Pacifica turn to face me. "So, your real name is Mason?"  I paused and blinked a few times, turning to her.  She was covered in dirt, her makeup was smudged all over and her hair was a mess. "Y-yeah,  my parents wanted to go with that whole same first initial thing that alot of twins have when they are born." I moved my bangs off my forehead to show her my birthmark." When they saw my birthmark they nicknamed me dipper,  and that's just what everyone's called me ever since."

She nodded and was silent for a minute,  I could tell she was thinking about somethint she wanted to say. "Dipper,  about what I said back in the cave-" I cut her off, seeing where this was going.   It's exactly what happened the last time we were down there,  only now I was the one that had been confessed to. "Pacifica-"  I put my hand on her's "I didn't hear everything,  only the last bit of what you said,  about you having feelings for me."  She looked ready to cry again and I took a deep breath in.  Which was hard cause my side still hurt "I umm,  I actually kind of feel the same way."  Her eyes widdened in shock and I continued "It started that night at the manor,  when we got rid of that ghost,  I realized you were actually a good person." I shifted to make myself more comfortable in the seat "then we kept in contact over the years and I found myself wanting to tell you everything that happend."  I looked down at my clothes that were covered in dirt and blood "I didn't want to say anything when we got here cause last time I told a girl I liked het that way,  she rejected me"   Pacifica laughed a bit "let me guess,  it was Wendy?"
I nodded "yeah,  it was actually down in that bunker.  The last time we were down there I told her and she turned me down"  I swueezed Pacifica's hand a bit "Im actually kinda glad she turned me down now though"  Pacifica smiled and squeezed my hand back. "I am too"

It felt like forever before we were dropped off back at the mansion.  The sun had started to set and I was exausted. When we entered the dining room everyone looked up from their meals.  It probably wasn't a pretty sight,  We both looked like we'd gone through the apocolapse, again.  I was practically using Pacifica as a crutch to walk.  Mabel was the first to run up to us,  Helping me into a free chair "Dipper!   What happened?  Where's Ford and Logan?"   I was silent,  I didn't want to talk about it.   Soon Wendy pulled her away a bit,  which I was thankful for. "Woah Mabel give them some room, they look like they went through alot."  She turned to Gideon. "Can you heal them?"   He nodded. "Yeah,  but we should probably have them lay down in a room somewhere,  it'll take awhile for me to fix them up"  Wendy nodded and I could feel myself being picked up,  It was Soos.  He brought me to a spare bedroom and layed me down ontop of the comforter. I groaned in pain,  my ribs were deffiently broken. Gideon guided Pacifica onto the bed and she layed next to me.  Mabel and Wendy had followed us.  Gideon rolled the sleeves of his white buttoned shirt up to his elbows and turned to the others. "This is gonna take a while,  I'll come get you guys when they're fixed"  Mabel tried to refuse but Wendy made her leave,  once everyone was out of the room Gideo turned to pacifica and I "this might hurt a little bit,  at least for you dipper."  I nodded "thats fine,  fix Pacfica's head first ok?"  He nodded and got to work.  He walked over to pacifica and his hands glowed blue,  the makeshift bandage id given her from my shirt dissapeared and he put his hands a few inches above the cut on her head. after a few seconds the glow died down and he movef his hands away.  The cut was gone. He moved over to me and I felt Pacfica grab my hand "im here Mason"  I nodded and gripped her hand "this is gonna suck."

Then,  pain.