The Missing Ciphers

4 - Pines

She came to a stop by the shack, going around it in a circle.
It was twice her height, looked to be about the size of a small room.
Turning to face her brother, something caught her eye.
Another tunnel.
Looking from Dipper to the tunnel, she pointed.
"There's a second tunnel."
He looked up, having been examining the vines before he stood.
"Huh, wonder where it leads. Let's find a way into the shack first."
Mabel gave a nod, turning away from the second tunnel and heading to the shack.
Grabbing a vine,she gave it a gentle pull, wanting to see how firm it was.
It gave away from the shack rather easily and she gently laid it on the ground.
"Before we pull others off, let's find a door. I don't wanna hurt them."
Dipper nodded in agreement, heading around the shack and looking through the vines.
It took ten minutes, both Mabel and Dipper being careful not to pull any off completely.
Then, Mabel found a doorway.
"Dipper, I think I found the front door!"
Ecstatic, she began pulling off vines, laying them on the ground until the door was uncovered.
It was a simple brown door, one that had a single, large triangle engraved in it.
It had one eye and a top hat to go above it.
"What's that mean?"
Dipper's question made her jump, she hadn't expected him to be there yet.
"I'm not sure, maybe it resembles who lived here?"
Mabel gave a shrug, looking over it for a doorknob when she found a small engraving.
"Only...relatives of the demons...may open this door...knock three times fast and once very loudly."
She straightened, looking to Dipper who seemed just as confused.
"I don't know any demons but let me try first."
Mabel stepped back, letting Dipper move closer to the door.
Raising a foster, he rapped the door three times, a quick rhythm before ending it with a loud solid knock.
Stepping back, Dipper gave a sigh when it didn't open.
"Let me try!"
Mabel was giddy with excitement, Dipper rolling his eyes.
"Mabel, we're twins. I don't think it'll work."
She only ignored him, quickly tapping the door three times.
"Mabel, I'm telling you it's not-"
The final loud knock eang through the air, as if echoing against mirrors.
Clicking sounds emitted from the door before it slowly swung open.
Light blinded the both of them before it faded to show the front door of a beautiful white mansion.
Awestricken, Mabel slowly stepped inside, Dipper cautiously following her in.
"Dipper...what... is this place?"
"...I don't know...I've never seen it before."
A large set of stairs sat in the middle of the room, going straight up.
On the other side was an identical door to the one they came in.
A soft, blue lighted glass chandelier hung from the ceiling, it gave the entire room a soft blue tint.
On the walls were vases with blue flowers, each blossom opening to the scent of fresh air.
Something shiny caught her eye, a medallion laying on the stairs railing.
It's delicate chain hung down, shining softly in the blue light.
"Hey, what's that?"
She headed over, Dipper examining what appearing to be a portrait of two people.
Lifting the medallion, it had the same symbol as the door.
"Hey Mabel, that portrait over there has two people. Look, it's the statues from the center of town."
Turning, she looked towards Dipper before sliding the medallion over her head.
Instantly, a ringing flooded her head.
With a cry, she stumbled back, falling to her butt.
A man was rushing downstairs, light blue suit and small black top hat. His right eye had an eye patch over it.
"Mabel-take-it-off! It-will-hurt-you!"
It was like the man kept glitching out, there then not. Then there again. His sentences broken with each word.
"Mabel, what's wrong?!"
Dipper's voice reached her ears, two sets of hands settling on her shoulders.
The blue suited man's, and Dippers.
"Mabel-please-I'm-begging-you!"
Dipper couldn't see him, why could-the medallion.
She was wearing the medallion, so she could see him.
"Who-"
Her first word to the man was cut off by a harsh cough, the man now panicking.
"Bill!! Its-starting-hurry!!"
Then the other door creaked open.
In stumbled...Mabel and Dipper.
Mabel sank to her knees when she was inside, her gaze moving to the man on the stairs and Mabel in front of him.
"Who's that?"
A trail of blood ran from her nose, dripping on the ground, just as a man in a matching yellow suit came rushing down.
"Off! Now!"
When he reached Mabel, where the blue suited man was, his hand closed around the medallion and ripped it off.
A flash of light blinded them, then a force that sent all flying back.
"Mabel!"
A simultaneous scream sounded amongst the blinding light.
Pain shot through her body as she connected with a wall. 
"Mabel?! Mabel where are you?!"
Her brother was calling for her, he was frantic to find his missing sister within the darkened sight.
"Over here!"
He scrambled in the direction of his sister's voice, hands coming in contact with a pair of shoulders.
"Mabel?!
"I'm here, I can't see!"
A new voie rose form the blinded darkness.
"It'll fade, please have patience Mabel!"
A pair of arms wrapped around him in a tight hug.
It was a good nother few minutes before the darkness began to fade from his eyes.
Now he could see one figure heading for him, the other heading for the other side.
The blue figure stooped before them, reaching out and gently rubbing both of his eyes.
When he opened them, he could see again, a bit foggy, but sight.
Blinking, it slowly turned back to normal before he looked to Mabel.
"I am so sorry Mabel, I didn't mean to hurt you. But you four need to leave, you're not supposed to be here yet."
"My sister can't move! Whatever the hell you did, it hurt her worse than anything!"
Shouting on the other side brought their attention up.
There was another Dipper and Mabel but Mabel seemed to be unconscious.
"She'll be fine! You need to get out of here before something worse happens."
The blue suited man seemed to be growing worried.
"What's wrong over there?"
He looked back to Mabel when she spoke, simply shaking his head.
"I'm not sure, but you do need to leave, it's dangerous here. Please?"
Dipper gave a sigh but nodded, Mabel carefully getting to her feet.
"What's your name?"
The man hesitated but eventually nodded.
"Will. William Cipher. Now hurry, I must help Bill with the other two."
Standing, he rushed over to the other two.
Looking back just once, he watched the two he'd left walk out the door, seemingly fine.
"Bill, what's the-"
"You guys are fucking lunatics! Mabel isn't waking up and I can't carry her enough to leave! What. Did. You. Do?!"
Bill had long lost his temper, he was ready to just burn them alive when the entire mansion shook.
"Oh no, it's already here! Will, help get them out!"
Will obeyed, scooping up Mabel and dashing for the door.
"Dipper, let's go!"
Dipper scrambled up, not questioning now since the entire mansion was quaking like it was going to collapse.
"Bill, come on!"
Will set Mabel down, dashing back in and grabbing Bill's arm.
"Let's go, you won't stand a chance!"
"I'll be right behind you! Now go!"
Hesitation, but the mansion gave another dreadful quake once more and he dashed for the door.
However, as soon as he stepped through, it slammed shut.
"Bill!!"
He gave a wail of absolute despair, pounding both fists on the door.
"Bill, open the door!! Bill!!"
His pounding eventually ceased, sliding to the ground with a sob.
"What...happened...?"
Dipper slowly spoke, unsure if Will even wanted to speak.
But the man only waved a hand.
"...go home...I'll explain later."
"I can't carry Mabel..."
Will gave a sigh, but nonetheless, he got to his feet once more.
"Alright...come along."
Scooping up Mabel, he headed down the path once more, Dipper in tow.