Chapter Nine: The First Encounter

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A very short trip through the fabric of reality later, the heroes saw the portal open up...only for all of them to dogpile on the ground.

A simultaneous groan sounded through the air of this almost barren wasteland.

"The portal didn't like us." Mabel whimpered as she got up before looking around and seeing that the dirt they landed on was completely gray, as if even the soil had died. "Speaking of not liking anything, where exactly are we?"

Dipper cracked his back as he got out from the dogpile, looking at his IDM. "Not positive, but...from what I can gather...this universe shares similar roots from you two." He said, pointing at Luz and Amity. "Do you recognize anything?"

Luz hummed and looked around before her eyes widened. "I...think we're near the-"

"Owl House!" King exclaimed, excitement in his eyes.

"I wouldn't get too excited." Dipper said suddenly. "Judging by the state of this universe, I...I don't think your 'Owl House' is even still a house. Or even exists anymore, if it ever did in this universe."

"O-oh..." King said. "Right, right..."

Anne sighed. "It's best we don't do any sightseeing anyway. We gotta find Till-"

Then, an all too familiar cackle sounded throughout the wasteland. "Why bother looking!? I'm already here!"

The entire group whipped around to see their foe floating above the ground with a wide grin across their face. Dipper took out his blaster, Mabel readied her brass knuckles, King clenched the dirt and prepared to scream, and Lumity took out their staffs while standing back to back.

The only ones who didn't prepare were Anne, Sasha, and Marcy. They didn't see a foe.

They saw a friend in danger.

Till laughed as they began circling the group. Their laughter only grew more and more hysterical before finally coming to a halt. "Well, well, well!!! Pine Tree! Shooting Star!!! It's been...a long time, hasn't it?!"

Dipper wrapped his finger on the trigger of his blaster, gritting his teeth. "The pleasure's all yours, Bill." He snarled, hate dripping from his words.

"Man, your voice! Look how deep it's gotten!!! You sound just like your good 'ol great-uncle! Which one? I don't care! I'll kill 'em both!!!" Till laughed. "Oh! And you've brought some friends!"

They then suddenly floated a bit closer, lowering their hand for a handshake. "Howdy there! Name's-"

Amity quickly spun her staff around, whacking Till away with an Abomination tendril, causing Till to glare at them after regaining their composure. "I don't care about your name..."

"Ditto." Luz said, holding Amity's hand.

Till rubbed their cheek, a sarcastic grin spreading across their face. "Ohohoho! Feisty! But whatever, I already know about you two, Glyph. You two are a huge deal throughout the Multiverse! Even with the little I could see of it!"

They then looked directly at the Calamity Trio. "Oh! And thanks for letting me nab your friend's body! Gotta be honest, it's better than I thought! And it has been SO long since I've supernaturally possessed anybody!"

"LET HER GO!" Anne boomed.

Till clicked their tongue, shaking their head. "Yeahhh, sorry! Not gonna happen, Heart! I kinda need this body since what's left of me is trapped in another dimension! Besides, I've given her fashion choices a bit of an upgrade."

Dipper pressed a button on his blaster and it suddenly turned from a pistol-shape to that of a rifle, which he aimed at Till. "One last chance, Bill. Let her go or I shoot."

Till whistled. "Is that the Quantum Destabilizer? No, it can't be! You just made a replica! Fancy gun though...MINE'S BETTER!!!" They laughed as they pointed their finger like a gun and blasted at Dipper.

Mabel grabbed her brother and pulled him out of the way while everyone else just barely managed to dodge.

"HEY! That was a cheap shot!" Luz exclaimed, getting to her feet.

"All's fair in the art of war! And arson! And murder! Annnd a bunch of other crimes!" Till cackled as they blasted at Luz.

Luz smirked and spun around her staff rapidly like her mentor used to do, deflecting the blast back. "Now eat THIS, sucka!!!" She cried as she used the tip of her staff to draw some kind of circle in the air.

Then, a gigantic burst of vines shot out of it and headed straight towards Till. The villain gasped and quickly started shooting at each of them, their look of shock quickly turning to one of excitement...and then pain shortly after they were whacked away again by an Abomination tendril.

Amity smirked and spun around a gigantic spell circle as tendrils surrounded her, which all formed weapons such as axes, blades, and maces. She then thrusted her staff forward, which caused all the weapons to shoot out.

Till's eyes widened before they laughed and floated around like they were roller-skating, blasting the weapons into gooey pieces. "PEW! PEW! PEW!"

Luz then raced over beside Amity, shooting out a blast of ice from her staff.

Till then combined their hands and shot out a gigantic blast, shattering the ice and sending both Luz and Amity flying.

King then hopped into the air, suddenly landing on Till's back and scratching it

"YOU LITTLE MUTT!!!" Till growled as they grabbed King and threw him off...only to suddenly be blasted right in the shoulder, causing them to actually cry out in pain.

Anne's eyes widened in horror. "DIPPER, STOP!!!"

Dipper's eyes widened and he lowered his rifle. "Stop!? What do you mean 'stop'!?"

Till hissed in pain before laughing as they let go of their shoulder. "You really have grown up, Pine Tree! Man, that hurt..." They growled, covering their shoulder again after a sting of pain returned. They even ended up falling to their knees.

"What do you expect me to do? Let Bill live?" Dipper asked. "I've seen firsthand what he can do if he ever gets to full strength!"

"You're a smart guy! You should know that if you kill him, you kill Terri too!!!" Anne shouted.

"Bill's possession can only be broken if he lets go of the body! And I say Terri would prefer her sacrifice to not go in vain instead of what's going on with her now!" Dipper cried as he aimed to shoot again. "I'm doing your friend a favor!"

"You're okay with this!? Do you know how horrible that sounds!?" Luz gutted in.

"Stay out of this!!!" Dipper cried.

"Whether or not we murder someone is a group decision, you jerk!" Sasha exclaimed.

Mabel turned to her brother. "Dipper, they're right! That's going too far!"

"You too!? Mabel, you should know-!"

Till then raised their hand, suddenly using telekinesis to lift them all off the ground and forcing Dipper's hand off his rifle.

"Ohhh, I love this part! The heroes in turmoil because they don't have the guts to kill their pwecious fwiend." Till mocked. "Y'know, I burned my own DIMENSION to the ground without even blinking."

"We're obviously not like you! We care about people!" Luz cried.

Till rolled their eyes. "And I obviously don't have the same feelings...now, the fight's been fun and all, buuuuut I've got a very important meeting to get to!"

The villain then smirked as they flicked their wrist. "So, off off! Get to know each other better!"

Then, the heroes were sent flying across the barren Boiling Isles, the last things heard from them being their screams as they flung across the air.

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