„a Sixer, please."

one fatal mistake

POV Ford
Our group split up and Dipper and i are now on our way to gather more glues about this mysterious creature, while Bill and Mabel are having their fun with the gnomes.
I honestly had a bad feeling leaving Bill and Mabel alone, because I already knew that this creature is especially seeking Bill.

The axolotl told me yesterday in our call that this creature is something like a life taker.
A being that sucks out the energy of every living being to survive, thats why it kills the forest. It consumes the forest life.

But that creature put his eyes especially on Bill.
Bill may be powerless, but since his power is locked within him the creature is able to feel it.
No wonder that it haunted Bill down before, he belonged to the strongest beings to ever exist.
The creature could feast on his power for centuries.

It is risky to leave Bill alone, but on the other side we have the chance to learn more about that creature to hopefully get rid of it completely and Bill and I still have the bound that tells me if something happens to him.

„Look Grunkel Ford!", Dippers voice pulled me out of my thoughts.
„Hm?"
The boy pointed to footprints on the ground.
„Look! This could come from the creature. Especially around the steps is the grass dead. They're huge footprints. The creature must be big.", the boy analyses and wrote it down in a small notebook.

I plugged some grass, I will later examine it in the lab. We followed the footprints more till I noticed that the space between them grew bigger.
„The creature must be running away from something", Dipper said.
„Or towards something.", I added getting a bad feeling in my guts.

As we walked I suddenly felt a stinging pain going through my body.
That was it. The sign that something happened to Bill.
Shit

I grabbed Dipper a bit roughly and pulled him with me.
„Ah- what? What are you doing?", the boy asked confused.
„We need to get back"
„What why because Bill and Mabel are in danger!", I said not noticed I said Bills name.
„What? Bill?! What do you mean?!", the boy tried to fight his way out of my grip.
„Dipper I will explain it later, but we need to go back to them they're in danger! Do you want your sister to be in danger?!", Dipper stopped to fight as he understood that the safety of his sister was at risk and together we ran towards the point that the bound told me to go to.

We could hear the loud roar from the creature, it felt like the ground would even shake a bit every time it screamed.
We speed up more, and with every step I felt the anxiety in me grow.
Maybe it could be because I was also able to feel Bills panic through our bound, but it doesn't matter. I needed to get to him and Mabel before something bad happens.

We got near enough to finally hear what that monster hissed so loudly.
He repeatedly hissed Cipher. He really is only after him.
We nearly reached the monster as it jumped forward towering above two figures laying on the ground.
Bill and Mabel.

Bill looked up to the monster and hid Mabel behind him trying to shield her.
The monster raised its claws ready to attack them and Bills eyes widened in fear. I never saw fear like that on his face.

I took my laser gun out and shot towards the beast. It worked the first time when Bill got followed by it and I hopped it would work now too.

The beast shrieked in pain as I hit it and I didn't stopped aiming at it. Till it ran away again.
I watched it running away and tried to calm my breathing and heart rate down again.
Dipper ran towards his sister and embraced her in a hug pulling her away from Bill.

„Stay away from him. Ford told me who he really is.", the boy said to her frowning to Bill.
„Dipper what do you mean?", the girl asked looking between him and Bill.
„He is Bill Cipher", the boy spitted out with hate.
I saw how Bills eye widened.

Shit- this will be hard to explain the story later.

„Wait- what?", came from Mabel in disbelief and looked Bill up and down.
„You're- you're- how? Why?", she stuttered, not finding the words to explain the troubles in her mind.
„You're the one who tried to kill us! And now you're just here like nothing happened?!", her eyes tear up while Bill seem like he wanted to say something, but couldn't get anything out.
„I even tried to help you with Ford! Just to find out you're the one who tortured our Grunkel for like half of his life just that you now want to hoo-"
The girl and her twin stood up from the ground towering over Bill, who still lie there supporting his upper body with his elbows.

It needed to stop before the situation escalated.
Bill never really said it, but Stan and Mabel were his favourites out of the Shack probably since he spent most of his free time with them.
I can not risk that Mabels, honestly valid, outburst could trigger Bill.
I ran up to the kids and stepped protective in front of Bill.

„Hey now! We all should calm down for now. It makes no sense to fight here. Just let us head back to the shack and before that monster comes back." I tried to shoo the twins.
„The only monster here is him!" Dipper said pointing angrily at Bill.
„Dipper Bill is... he is-" I started, but knew I couldn't deny that Bill was a monster. He did horrible things and till now he doesn't seem to regret his crimes. But I somehow had to calm down Dipper.
„He is powerless. He can do no harm.", I ended my started sentence.
„I still have physical power", the former demon said from behind me and I could palm my face.
Why does he have to be so provoking?

Before Dipper could say anything back I smoothly held him by his shoulder, and pulled Bill up from the ground with my free arm.
I pulled each of them with me back to the shack.
No words were spoken and the silence was suffocating.
I noticed that Mabel walked a few steps behind us being lost in thoughts.

Poor thing, she really enjoyed spending time with "Will", and I too have to admit that i also enjoyed the bound the two made over short time.
And I had to destroy it just because I dropped Bills name out of panic. But at least we don't have to lie to the twins anymore.

As we entered the front door of the shack an excited Stan came out.
„Kids! How was your advent-", he stopped mid sentence seeing a grumpy Dipper, a uncharacteristically quiet Mabel and a stressed me. Only Bill seemed like the situation right now wouldn't stress him out a bit.

„Hey Fezzy!", the blond one said with a grin and Stan looked startled, he knew that Bill wouldn't use his these typical nicknames around the kids because I forbid it before the kids arrived here.

I saw in his face that he slowly puzzled the meaning of the situation together behind his forehead. 
He looked at me with big eyes.
„You did not-", was the only thing he could say and I just looked away as an answer.

„Wait you knew?!", the twins said in sync.
„And non of you cared to tell us that we are living with the exact same demon that tried to murder us and all of humanity?!"
„Not the exact same demon, I'm sadly a flesh sack now", Bill said shrugging his shoulders.

„Okay you shut up for now and we all go clear this situation in the kitchen!", I said sternly and we went to the kitchen.
Everyone sat down on the kitchen table. Dipper sat down far away from Bill and pulled his sister with him.

I could just shake my head.
I took one last deep breath before I started to explain everything.

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Sorry that I didn't uploaded yesterday
I just got broken up with yesterday by my first ever partner and we were together for over two years

I feel extremely bad like I could puke my guts out any moment
But writing stories and drawing helps my mind to relax

SO LUCKY YOU FOR GETTING A BUNCH OF CHAPTERS IN THE NEXT DAYS YAAAAAAAAY