A Human's Touch || BillFord (Gravity Falls)

The other side of the world

[Ford POV]:

I was stupid to think Stanley could help me, and I slightly do resent that he let it come to this but over the years I've learned to make due and how to hide from Bill. Lately though, I can feel his presence stronger than ever and I don't like it. Did Stanley reactivate the portal? There's no way, I mean so much time has passed, I thought he would've just left me.
Regardless this pain is almost as heavy or worse than losing Fiddleford. Is it selfish that I still think about him, maybe even more than my own brother? I'm getting distracted though, I told myself I'd document travels and such and I need to do so.
In my time over the years on the other side of this I've been to many strange universes and realities, met some interest characters. I couldn't run forever though, I know Bill is out there and if I don't get back home soon I might die in here. Fiddleford was right all along, I should've listened but I just wanted so badly to be right. I've never really been wrong before, and without my intelligence I didn't have much else.
Whatever Bill is planning, I finally did manage to get him out of my head. While I was in another dimension I had a blessed metal plate installed on my skull, very dangerous. I don't exactly believe in religion or anything anymore but I was desperate for any reassurance it would work, and surprisingly it's done wonders. Its almost as if it was blessed by the Axolotl themself.
Today was supposed to be normal, as normal as it can be when you're trapped in another dimension. I was going for follow a friend through a portal but somewhere  between my portal and his, I saw a light. A crack. I got curious and tried to make my way too it. The space around seemed firmilair, almost like the mindscape, but more clean, and no monsters. No Bill. I could even breathe in there. I looked at the light and poked it to see if it was some vortex or a dust bunny maybe, but my finger had definitely passed through. Whatever this was, it sure was taking it's time to open.
When my friend noticed I was taking a while he came back for me. "What is this place?" I asked him? He put some numbers into his portal tech to see. "hm, I'm not getting a specific reading. Well I'm gonna assume it's just some Void, that's probably what anyone else would call it too" He shrugged. I looked at his tech. They weren't universe coordinates, it was strange symbols, it kept shifting. It reminded me of the infinity sided die from Dungeons, Dungeons and More Dungeons. "Fascinating" I commented, passing it back to him. "True but that also means dangerous. If you're wondering about that vortex it needs some more hours, let's go grab a bite and come back, alright?" He suggested. I nodded and went along.

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After we grabbed some food I couldn't stop thinking of it. Was it Bill? Some other reality leaking between the fabric of time? A second Big Bang? The end of the world? I have to know! I ended up gazing out the window for a while. "You okay?" He ask. I blink and for a second I thought.. I thought I saw him. I flinched and turned to make sure that one eyed demon wasn't near me, but I just ended up scaring a waitress. "I take that as a no" My friend shrugged and pulled out his flask. "Sorry, I thought.. I thought I saw someone" I sighed and rubbed my eyes. "When's the last time you slept? Or showered, no offense" he asked bluntly. "Well, I guess it has been some time. Maybe.. a month since I've showered and 3 or 4 days since I've last slept well?" I admitted , a little embarrassed. "Jesus, going through a breakup?" He joked. I didn't laugh. He went quiet. "I'm sorry, I've just had a lot on my mind I suppose" I shrugged. He nods "I'd make you a new reality if I could but it would take a hell of a trip and I dunno if you really want that" he shrugged. "Given youre the smartest man in the universe, I don't put it past you. I think I'd just like to focus on that opening in the void for now" I exhaled. "Oh yeah." He tucks his flask in his lab coat pocket and pays with the currency they were using, then takes me back the void.
The portal was larger now, I went to stick my hand in but it shocked me. "Damnit!" I grumbled. "If you give me some time I can try to pin down these symbols and find a version of this universe where that portal isn't haywire" he suggested. "That could be nice" I smiled. We shook on it. As he began setting his tech for the portal home I could hear a faint firmilair laugh. Sanchez stopped and looked at me. He has just set down the portal too. "Oh shit. Your ex ,isn't it. No judgement- good lunch though" He made a peace symbol with his hand and hopped in the portal. It closed behind him and I watched the green swirl away, silently hoping I had went with him.
"Stannnforddd" a firmilair voice called out. "Show yourself, monster!" I yelled. He laughs again and reveals himself to me, that pesky evil triangle again. At least he isn't trying to manipulate me with that alluring human form again. "Hiya smart guy!" He smirks. "What do you want from me?!" I yelled. "Just a small trip into your mind. I know how much you've missed me Sixer" He cackles and shifts behind me into the humanoid again. I can feel his warm breath on my neck. I tried to shuffle away. "Hardly! I'd never trust a being like you again!" I crossed my arms. "Oh but I've been keeping an eye on you. I've seen how your relationships went after me, and oh boy! Admit it Sixer, you need me. I'm the glue that holds this world together" He smirks. "Get away from me!" I backed up. "Pump the hate breaks wise guy! Don't forget, you dumped me." He scoffs. I rolled my eyes "Yes, after you nearly killed my best friend! You lied to me about everything! You used me, I was nothing to you!" It was times like these I wish I had more than my magnet guns but my last couple weapons broke. "Right, Right, your 'friend'. Well, things change Stanford; so you know what? Fine. I'll apologize. I'm sorry about your boyfriend, Sixer" He giggled manically. I didn't even process what he said other than his laugher "What did you do to Fiddleford" I questioned. "Nothing he didn't do himself. We make a great team and he was getting in the way. I just fulfilled some of his intrusive thoughts for him" He shrugged. I began to shake in a mix of anger and fear. "You sick freak! If you hurt him, killed him I swear!" My voice almost broke, I had to keep myself together m the thought of Fiddleford being dead was heavier than anything I had imagined before. Dead because of my God, my Ex, because of me.
"Sure, I'm a freak but don't forget, I'm your Freak." He smiles and pokes his long tongue out through his teeth, then brings them together to lick his lips. My heart pounded in my chest, not because of excitement but because of guilt and fear. "What happened to Fiddleford?!" I yelled ,finally regrinding myself.  "Wanna sneak peak?" His skin turned into a silhouette or a TV screen of shorts, flashing clips of Fiddleford blasting his memories away with a dangerous invention. I couldn't believe my eyes.
Bill returned to the normal colors of the humanoid form. "Anyway I gotta bounce, I'll be watching you!" He smiles before shifting back into a triangle and disappearing. I shuddered and tried to take in everything he had just said.
I returned my focus to that vortex again. It seemed to be getting wider. Hopefully it's the way back home.

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Once it fully takes form, I step through.

A/N:

No idea if this chapter is good by the way It might be rushed I forgot how long it's been since I looked at it, sorry for being so slow at updates I'm getting really depressed again I'm so sorry.