Gravity Falls: Cipher's Revenge

Life's Storm

Skye opened her eyes. All she could see was pitch black. She stood, then immediately fell, feeling dizzy. The floor was moving? She wasn't sure. She cautiously tried to navigate her way through the space, tripping every time the floor moved. What sick joke is this Cipher?

Finally she found a door and opened it to see the bright blue sky above her. She climbed up the wooden stairs, just realizing why the floor was rocking.

She was on a ship in the middle of the ocean. The cool salty breeze whipped her face before being replaced by a huge gust of wind. The sky grew dark with storm clouds as it began to rain.

It reminded her too much of the incident before arriving in Gravity falls.

She stared down at herself to see she was wearing black boots, beige trousers, white blouse, and a maroon doublet (long pirate coat). How... Piraty...

"How Piraty indeed." a voice replied.

Skye looked around, wondering where the voice came from. She heard whistling above her. She glanced up, noticing Bill in his human form, dressed in a similar form to her, but obviously yellow.

"Bill" She seethed. He grabbed onto a rope and jumped from the crow's nest, swinging around the mast before landing quite gracefully.

"What's a pretty lass like you doing, stowing away on my ship?" he questioned, a smirk on his face.

"You're the one who brought me into this dream! Maybe you should answer that Bill!" He pulled out his cutlass and pointed it at her chest.

"That's Captain Cipher to you, you little wench!" Skye pulled out her sword (which she didn't know she had), and knocked the bade away from her.

"Enough with the games Cipher! Tell me where the next portal is!"

"If that's how you wanna play it mate." Suddenly, the wind and rain grew stronger.

Skye looked out to see a giant hurricane forming before her, them getting closer to the eye of the storm.

"Now about the portal," Bill said, "In order to find this said portal, you have to win in a duel with me. If you win, you'll find the portal. If you don't, you'll die. Savvy?" he said as he prepared his cutlass for a duel.

Wait, is he allowed to say that, legally? Then she had a thought.

"What if I figure out what the alternate dimension it is?" Bill thought for awhile.

"That can be arranged, but this one isn't as easy as you think."

Dang it! Thought it was Pirate Falls!

"Well you thought wrong." He said before charging towards her.

She juked past him, preparing her sword. The duel became intense, with swords clanging and slashing. Bill thrusted his cutlass into her shoulder. She cried out in pain. She slammed her elbow against his ribs. He groaned in agony. She was about to strike once more when Bill tripped her.

She landed with a loud thud. Bill raised his sword to strike one final blow. She blocked it, pushing back with all her strength. He began to push his weight against her. She couldn't hold much longer. "Bill Stop! I surrender." He paused for a moment before removing his sword from hers.

She dropped her sword in defeat, wondering what to do now. He was just too strong for her.

"On your knees." He ordered. She obeyed willingly. He circled around her.

"Pfft. Pathetic. And I actually thought you had a chance." he said, slicing each side of her cheeks.

"B-bill... what are you?" He licked the blood off his sword and traveled behind her.

"To think you actually thought you were gonna beat me. It's sad really. But now-" He thrusted his sword into her chest. "You'll die."

Even though it was a dream, it all felt real. The pain, the cuts, the fear, everything.

"T'was a pleasure dueling with you miss, but your time is up." He said. Her tears and blood mixing before meeting the deck. Each breath became a gasp for air.

"I'll just watch as death consumes you." He laughed evilly, "Ahh life. Life is what you see before you. Sadly, you won't have any left to find the portal." That's when Skye figured it out.

She used all the strength she had remaining and jumped off the deck and into the ocean, swimming towards the eye of the hurricane.

"What!? No! Get back here! You'll regret crossing me!" He screamed out to her. She ignored him and kept swimming. Haha! Should've kept your mouth shut Cipher!

Bill was right. Life was like what was in front of her.

A Hurricane.