Chapter 022: Cold Zone II

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"What is this place Northwest?" Pacifica asked.

"Someplace that I don't like being. Now come on." Gideon said, as he led the girl into a dark cave.

Pacifica grimaced as she traipsed through the dank cave. She squeaked when a spider climbing on a nearby wall. She glared at Gideon's back, 'You better have a good reason for dragging me here Northwest.'

Gideon's amulet lit up to illuminate the massive cavern they were standing in. "This is it." He said.

"What are you-" Pacifica's eyes landed on the painting on the wall.

It showed a single triangular figure within a circle surrounded by ten symbols.

"Who is that supposed to be?" Pacifica asked.

"This is that revenge you wanted, this...is Syll Crypt." Gideon said.
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"Check out how many snowballs I can shove into my shirt!" Dipper yelled, as he started shoving clumps of snow down his shirt with the help of Greyson and Charlie.

"Now when your nipples get frost bitten don't come crying to me!" Ford called.

"I'm invincible!" Dipper cheered.

Wally facepalmed.

But strangely he felt like someone was watching. He looked around but saw no one. Suddenly he had a splitting headache.

The boy hissed in pain as he clutched at his head.

"Are you okay dude?" Soos asked.

"Ugh...my head just-" Wally yelped as the pain grew more intense. Now he felt like he was being ripped in half!

His amulet was glowing fiercely and a bright flash blinded everyone.

"What was that all about?" Mabel asked.

Dipper walked over to Wally who was face down in the snow. "Bro, are you okay?" He asked.

Wally suddenly jumped to his feet wearing the biggest grin. "I'm great! How's my favorite brother in the world doing, c'mere you!" He said, suddenly grabbing his brother in a huge bear hug.

"Well he's certainly...enthusiastic."

"You imbeciles!"

The family looked around to see Wally...again? This time he was glaring at everyone.

"Um...why are there two Wallys?" Soos asked.

The glaring Wally rolled his eyes, "I'm dealing with a group of idiots." He muttered, "Can't you obviously tell that isn't the real Wally!?

"Well you both look like the original." Dipper said.

The boy groaned, "Look at the symbols on our backs." He turned around, showing the lightning bolt on his back.

Dipper checked the other Wally and saw that he had a sun on his back.

"Then you guys are like, clones?" Soos asked.

"Oh Soos, you poor, poor simple-minded fool." Said Thunderbolt Wally.

"Whoa, whoa, I sense a bit of hostility here." Dipper said.

"Obviously, I'm the embodiment of Wally's hate and anger, the dolt over there is Wally's happiness." Thunderbolt said.

"Oh look a butterfly!" Sun Wally said, as he watched the tiny winged insect.

"How many of you are there?" Ford asked.

"Let's see, me, Happiness, Sadness, Justice, Fear, Mischief, Analysis, and then there's the original." Thunderbolt said.

"And where do we find our Wally?" Ford asked.

"Do I look like a GPS old man? You're gonna have to find him on your own." Thunderbolt said.

Dipper leaned towards Mabel, "I don't like this Wally." He whispered.

"Looks like we've got something to do today after all." Mabel said.

"Well come on, we've got a sibling to find!" Dipper said.

"Are we going on a journey? I love journeys!" Sun said.

"Can we duct tape his mouth shut and throw him in the trunk?" Thunderbolt asked.

"Sorry, but no." Ford said.

The angry clone groaned, "Fine." He muttered.
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Wally stumbled around aimlessly in the forest. It appeared that all color was literally drained from his body. He hardly remembered or felt anything.

His amulet which used to be a fiery orange was now a drab gray.

Suddenly, he saw someone who looked familiar, but he couldn't quite figure out who it was that was standing in front of him.

"Excuse me but...who are you...again?" Wally touched his forehead, "It's weird, I feel like I'm forgetting something really important..."

"Oh don't worry about a thing. I'm an old friend." Said a female's voice.

"You are?" Wally asked.

The girl walked up to the boy and held his amulet between her fingers, "Of course! We were the best of friends!" Suddenly Wally's drab gray amulet suddenly filled in with pink, "And I'm not letting you go again."

"It's good to see you again Mari."

"...Glad to have you back Sugar..."
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Currently driving, Ford glanced at the kids in the backseat which included two of Wally's emotions, Dipper, and Mabel.

"So...Anger, which one of Wally's emotions can we find here in town?" Ford asked.

"Well, whatever stupid force split us apart, we can find every emotion in a place where Wally has experienced that emotion, the only problem we'll have is finding Fear." Thunderbolt muttered.

"Oh! I know the perfect place to start! To the Museum!" Mabel said.

"Of course, we're gonna start with where the nerd wants to look." Thunderbolt muttered.

"A museum?! I love the museum!" Sun squealed.

"You love everything, you dolt." Thunderbolt said.

"Geez, I had no idea Wally could be so mean." Dipper mumbled.

"I'm not mean, I'm honest." Thunderbolt said.

Upon pulling up to the Mystery Museum, Mabel jumped out of the car and ran inside. There she found Wally or rather an emotion. This one had a brain symbol on his back.

"Amazing..." He muttered, as he looked at the display of a platypus.

"You must be Analysis." Mabel said.

The emotion looked at Mabel and nodded, "That would be me. The sole embodiment of Wally's wonder and knowledge." Brain said.

"Oh great, we found the other nerd." Thunderbolt said, as he facepalmed.

"Good to see you too Anger." Brain muttered, as the rest of the Pines walked into the gift shop.

"Ah, if you're Wally's wisdom, then do you think you can tell us what split him apart?" Ford asked.

Brain thought for a moment, "I'm not totally sure but, there had to be a strong enough source of astral energy to split a normal human being into seven emotional components as well as bring them into the metaphysical realm with their own minds and will." He said.

Everyone but Ford looked confused.

"Could you say that in English, Egghead?" Thunderbolt asked.

"In simple terms, a large quantity of power was used in this ordeal." Brain said

"What do you think could've caused it?" Dipper asked, looking at his great uncle.

But the man was already deep in thought, 'No, he couldn't have done this, I sealed him away all those years ago. No one's been able to resurrect him without...!'

Someone had found the second journal.

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