"This is it dudes, my favorite place in Gravity Falls. Everything I know, I learned right here. A frog taught me how to cross the street. When my house was haunted, I learned to eat ghosts. And this thing taught me how to dance." Soos said, as he showed some members of the Loud's, those being Stan, Mabel, Leni and Luna, the town arcade.
They were originally going into town to get some groceries. But they took a detour; due to Lincoln wanted to get dropped off at the arcade. He had found out about it a couple of days after he and the others arrived in Gravity Falls. When he had asked Soos if the town had anything of interest, and the arcade was the first thing that the handyman thought of.
It wasn't anything like Gus's Games and Grub, but it was still fun. Heck, even Ronnie Anne went along with them, including Bobby, when he wasn't working or spending time with Lori.
Nearby, Old Man McGucket was vigorously dancing on a dancing Arcade game.
"Woo-hoo-hoo! I've been jiggin' here for seven days straight!" He said.
The others noticed that the game was out of order and also it was unplugged.
Leia, who had noticed the plug, looked Soos. "Uh Soos?"
"Let him have this." Soos said.
Leni looked around, she then noticed a new arcade game called 'Insert Token'. Interested, the blonde inserted a quarter she had. And as soon as it was inserted, the game lit up with music.
"Congratulations! You win!" The game voice said.
Leni squealed in delight and clapped.
"Leia! Come here, I won!"
Mabel came over and looked at the game.
"Hmm, this game seems trustworthy. Let me try."
Mabel then inserted a token, and got the same results. The both of them jumped for joy. Stan was standing nearby and saw what had happened.
He took out a notebook, pen, wrote something on it and said to himself," Not to self: Get or steal a machine like that for the Shack... preferably steal."
Meanwhile, Dipper, Wendy was playing a fighting game called 'Fight Fighters', while Lincoln stood to the side, watching and waiting to see who would win. After a minute, Lucas came out as victories and high-fived his brother.
After what had happened at the fair, Dipper and Wendy hung out more, even though they weren't dating, Lucas liked it anyway. Even though Robbie always gave him the stink eye when he saw him, he had nothing to worry about.
"Yeah! Winner!" Dipper cheered.
"Great job, bro!" Lincoln said.
"WINNERS DON'T LOSE!" The character, Rumble McSkirmish said in the game.
"What? You cheated." Wendy said.
"YOU TAKE THAT BAAACK! Dipper said, imitating Rumble and the three of them laughed.
"Round Two! " The Game announcer said.
"I'm gonna punch the ref." Wendy said.
"Fight!" The Announcer said.
"Let's gang up on him." Dipper said.
They both control the characters to punch the ref without hitting each other. Robbie was nearby, and was putting up a flyer. He saw them and approached.
"Wendy! What's up? Yeah, just putting up some flyers for my band. I'm playing lead guitar. No biggie." Robbie said.
"Are you wearing mascara?" Dipper asked skeptically.
"Uh, it's eye-paint for men." Robbie said, slightly offended.
"He's right, bro. I mean, a lot of guys in bands wear makeup, like SMOOCH." Lincoln said, even though he didn't like defending Robbie.
"What he said. Also, SMOOCH is not my style, and Luna did tell me about how she helped you and Wendy's cousin. First concerts are essential."
"Oh, hey Robbie. Dipper was just showing me this great game."
"Ha, yeah, sweet, sweet. Hey, how about you sit this one out, okay champ?" Robbie said the last part to Dipper.
"But we just started this round." Lucas said.
"Whoa, whoa, hey! Relax man, I'm just trying to spend some time with a friend. Alright?" Robbie said, and slightly glared at him.
"It'll just be one round." Wendy said to Dipper, not noticing Robbie's glare at Dipper.
"C'mon bro, let's go find another game." Lincoln suggested.
The both of them walked off, and Robbie sent another glare at the two, which Wendy didn't notice.
"So, I was wondering if you wanted to go out sometime." Robbie asked.
"Sound cool, but I'm going to be busy for the next two days, going camping with my dad and my brothers. Maybe later."
"Oh… alright." Robbie said and gave Dipper one last glare and went to playing.
Dipper himself matched the same glare, knowing Robbie would continue to be an issue.
Later the next day, the boys, who consisted of Dipper, Lincoln, Stan Soos and Bobby, were playing a card game. It was one of the few times that the girls weren't around and the guys took advantage of it.
Lincoln looked around, smirked and laid out his cards.
"Full House!" Lincoln said and grabbed all the crackers they were using as chips.
The others groaned in annoyance or threw their cards in the air.
"Ah man! Lost again." Bobby grumbled.
"Jeez, how the heck are you this good, kid?" Stan asked in annoyance.
"Pop-Pop and Gramps taught us." Lincoln explained.
"True, Gramps can play a mean game of Go-Fish." Dipper conceded.
Stan grumbled his acknowledgement. Before they could do anything else, the sound of an electric guitar was heard.
"Huh, I thought Luna went out." Lincoln said.
"Either that, or I'm picking up a radio station in my head, dude."
Bobby blinked and tapped the side of his head and said," Nope, I hear it too, cuz. And I don't think its Luna."
Dipper looked annoyed, due to knowing who it was and said," It's Robbie."
"Robbie? It he that jerky twerp I see making goo-goo eyes at Wendy all the time?" Stan asked.
"He called me 'Big Dude' once. I know I'm a big dude but it kinda hurt." Soos said, feeling a little down at remembering it.
"Should we sic Waddles on him like last time?" Lincoln suggested.
Lucas get's up and said," I'll handle it."
Lincoln got up with a shrug and said," I'll come with."
"Ooooh!" Stan and Soos said.
"Ha, ha, conflict!" Stan happily said.
Bobby looked worried and said," You guys need help?"
Lincoln shook his head and said," It's fine Bobby, we got this."
The Latino teen nodded and both boys walked outside.
Outside, Robbie was singing and or shouting. "Wendy! Wendy, Wendy! Wendy! C'mon, out! C'mon down!"
"You realize she's not here, right?" Dipper said, as he and Lincoln walked up to him.
Robbie scoffed and said," Yes!... What?"
"She's out camping with her family today. And if you listened to her for once you'd know that." Lucas whispered the last part.
"And be less of a jerk." Lincoln whispered as well.
"What was that?!" Robbie asked, getting angry.
Dipper realized he and Lincoln said that a bit too loudly and tried to backtrack," I- we just said she's not here."
"No, no, no! You want to get into it, huh? Let's get it, kid! Your sister's aren't here to protect you now. You think I don't know what's been going on, huh? It's obvious you've got a thing for my soon to be girlfriend, don't you? Don't you?! Although I don't know why you're dorky little brother is helping. Isn't he dating your sister's boyfriend's younger sister?"
Lincoln had an annoyed look and said," She's not my girlfriend."
"What? No! C'mon, man!" Dipper tried to deflect.
"Yeah, I'm sure she's just DYING to ask out a 12-your old kid who wears the exact same shorts," He said sarcastically. "Hey here's an idea: Why don't I call her right now and see if she wants to go out on a date with you?" He said as he took out his phone and called Wendy.
"That's taking it a bit too far." Lincoln said.
"Butt out of this, snow-head." Robbie said with narrowed eyes and Lincoln glared at him.
Lucas tried to defuse the situation and said," "Hey! Look! Don't! You don't have to-!"
"Oh! Don't! Please, man!" Robbie mimicked Dipper." What're you and your little brother gonna do, huh? What, huh?"
"Hello?" Wendy said on the phone.
Lucas then smacked the phone out of Robbie's hand and it broke on the ground. Lincoln stomped on Robbie's foot and yelped in pain.
"My, phone! And my foot!" Robbie cried.
"Uh… sorry, man." Lincoln said, starting to sweat nervously.
"Yeah, I-I'll buy you a new one!" Dipper suggested.
Robbie became even more mad and said," Oh no, you twerps are not getting off this easy!" He grabbed them by their shirt collars, ready to hit them.
Stan then poked his head out of a window and said. "Hey! I know a fight when I see one! Stay right there!" He said and closed the window.
Robbie then threw the two brothers down to the ground, pointed at them and said," You two. Me. Circle Park. 3 o'clock. We finish this." He said and walked away.
Stan then arrived with a bucket of popcorn and said," Aw, he's gone! I was just gonna call the boys over to place a few bits! (Chews on some popcorn)... The smart's money's on Skinny Jeans."
Once they were back inside the boys were worrying and pacing back and forth.
"Oh man! What the heck are we going to do?" Lincoln nervously said.
"What were we thinking?! Linc and I can't fight! Sure we've been in loads with or mainly against the girls, but nothing like this! Look at these noodle arms!" Dipper said as he waved his arms.
"Yeah, I mean I'm more a peaceful resolution type of person. Although I'm still crying foul about the Sister Fight Protocol." Lincoln grumbled the last part.
"Just bonk him over the head. It's nature's snooze button." Stan suggested.
Bobby thought otherwise and said," I don't know guys. How about this, maybe I'll try to talk to Robbie and calm him down. We don't hang out that often, but I think I can do it. Or I can ask the girls for help."
"Or better yet, he'll just forget about it." Lincoln suggested.
Stan thought otherwise and said," I say take care of this situation yourselves. You can't rely on your sisters for help all the time. You gotta man up." Stan then chuckled. "Although I have a feeling it's going to be hard to do so."
Both brothers gave their Great Uncle flat looks. Showing they weren't at all amused.
"Stan's got a point, dudes. But I suggest proceeding with caution. Teenagers are dangerous. Those hormones turn them into like, killing machines." Soos said.
"Believe us Soos we know. We live with five teenage girls." Dipper said.
Lincoln shuddered and said," It's gets worse during their you-know-what." Dipper had to shutter at that as well, knowing what he meant.
Everyone at home remembered when Lori beat Lynn with a frozen loaf of bread. Which had gotten the oldest loud grounded and no phone privileges for a week. Not to mention Luna almost beat up Luan for pranking her, when she was going through that. They were lucky that they held Luna back. Although Luna had some very choice words that made their parents ground her as well.
"Trust me, teenage boys are different."
"Really? But we're friends with Bobby and Wendy's friends. They can't be all bad."
Bobby thought otherwise, even though he shouldn't tell them. He felt like he should. He then said," Yeah… there are teenagers who can be a bit meaner and more aggressive. You guys remember those two guys… Hank and Hawk back in Royal Woods? Those guys are mean and scary. And I'm older than them." Bobby said with a gulp and shiver. "It's like when your turn thirteen you become more mean and scary. Before I moved, I heard about these seventh graders who beat up and tied people together with wedgies because they bumped into them on the bus."
"And our cousin Reggie got into a fight with a teen once. The guy broke like all his arms, all his legs and I think, killed him or something. I don't know. Me and Reggie were just talking about it." Soos said.
Bobby scratched his head and said," Really? I heard the guy gave him a black eye and a wedgie."
"That too."
Hearing this, this made both Dipper and Lincoln tremble with fear. Now fully realizing what they gotten themselves into.
"Oh man! We can't stay here! What if Robbie comes back? We need to hide, Linc!" Lucas said.
"Or better yet, head back to Royal Woods!" Lincoln suggested.
Hearing enough, Stan finally intervened by saying," Looks, kids. You got yourselves a choice here. You can either face him like a man. Have your sisters or sister's boyfriend handle your problems. Or you can hide indoors like wimps. What'll it be?"
The both of them pondered over their Great Uncles words.
Later, they were back at the arcade. Soos was playing a game while the boys hid under it. It didn't take genius or Lisa to figure out what option they took.
"Wimp it is." Soos said.
"C'mon Soos, Robbie's twice our size. I mean, Linc and I can gang up on him due to it being 2 on 1 but that won't last long." Dipper said.
"We just need to hide here until 3 o'clock passes. No biggie." Lincoln looked at his watch that read '11:30'. "We're doomed."
"Relax, you guys. Just try not to think about Robbie." Soos suggested.
The boys nodded, they got out from under game and shrieked in terror. Dozens of Robbie's posters for his band were everywhere. And it didn't help with the fact the slogan was: "You're Dead!"
So much for not thinking of him.
Back at the Mystery Shack, Mabel, Leni and Lori were watching TV.
"Giirrl, why you 'ackin so cray-cray?" The host of the show said and the crowd cheered.
"Why You Ackin' So Cray-Cray? Will be back in a moment." The TV announcer said.
"This show is so good, it's cray-cray." Leia said and laughed along with Leni. While Lori rolled her eyes, but had a look of feint amusement.
"Like, this show is good, it helped me with my fears of some bad fashion." Leni said.
Stan, who was working a stuffed attraction, walked to one of the shelves to get something while saying," Fears are for chumps. That's why I don't have any."
He tried to reach an item on a shelf but couldn't get it.
"You like want us to help, Grunkle Stan?" Leni asked.
"Yeah, we can go get you a ladder." Mabel said.
"We don't have one." Stan said.
Lori had a raised eyebrow and said," Then how do Soos and Lana get on the roof when they go and make repairs?"
"They go up to the stairs that lead to the deck." Stan simply said.
"But, like, why don't you have a ladder Grunkle Stan?" Leni asked.
"You know, studies show that keeping a ladder in the house is more dangerous than a loaded gun. That's why I own ten guns, in case some maniac tries to sneak in with a ladder."
Leni gasped in fright and said," Is that true?"
Leia had a suspicious look and said," Grunkle Stan, why are you ackin' so cray-cray?"
Stan got nervous and said," YOU'RE the ones ackin' cray-cray! I gotta go now." He said and left the room.
All three girls had a look of suspicion; sure they knew their Great Uncle can be nervous about a number of things. Mainly when law enforcement was around during his more shadier escapades. But there was something different about this one.
"Why would Grunkle Stan, like, hate ladders?" Leni asked.
Leia hummed and then gasped," He has a secret fear of heights. We'll have to test him to be sure."
"But we literally have to be subtle, not to let him know we're testing him." Lori said.
Lisa poked her head into the room and said," Did I hear someone wanted to be tested on? I've been needing a subject for my experimental Mosquito repellent. Slight chance of swelling and or bad bowel movement."
"No." All three sisters said.
Back at the Arcade, the boys were playing Fight Fighters.
"Man, I know the right way is to try to talk to Robbie diplomatically, but he probably won't listen." Lincoln said.
"Well little bro, we are the 'Bro's with Plan', we'll think of something." Lucas said reassuringly.
Lincoln nodded and said, "True. But we probably need to work on the name though."
"K.O! Continue?" The announcer said, once Lucas lost the fight.
"A WINNER NEVER RUNS AWAY FROM A FIGHT!" Rumble exclaimed.
Dipper sighed and said," That's easy for you to say, you have more than one life." He then looked at his watch, which read '12:04'. " Ugh, I wish one these guys would fight Robbie for us."
"If only bro, if only." Lincoln sighed dejectedly. "Do you think we should've taken Bobby's suggestion about either him helping us? Or have the girls help? I know how we feel about them meddling. But we might have to make an exception."
Before he could answer, Dipper was about to insert another quarter but dropped it. It rolled on the floor and stopped at the side. Dipper went to pick it up but saw something written on the machine.
"Hey Linc, take a look at this."
Lincoln went to look as well and saw it too.
"To unleash ultimate power." They both read the message. And at the bottom, it showed a list of instructions.
"Could be a sick power up." Lincoln said.
"Your right, let's try it."
Lucas did as the instructions said. And when he did the last one, the machine shut off.
"Well that's a bummer." Lincoln said.
Lucas shrugged and said, "Guess it didn't work."
The machine then started to shake. Both brothers took a couple of steps back. But they soon had to cover their eyes, due to the screen shining brightly.
"SELECT YOUR CHARACTER!" The announcer said.
Both boys looked at each other shrugged and said," Rumble McSkirmish?"
The both of them backed up a little as a bright light got brighter. And they were soon taken by surprise as Rumble himself jumped out outside of the game. And landed on the ground.
"Whoa… awesome." Lincoln gaped.
"You're real?" Dipper said shocked.
"HIGH FIVE!" The three of them said.
The boys jumped back in pain when their palms connected with Rumbles.
"Ow! Your pixels are really sharp!" Dipper said.
"GREETINGS CHILD-BOYS! I AM RUMBLE MCSKIRMISH, FROM THE U.S.A! PUNCH! KICK! PUNCH! KICK!" He said as he kicked Dipper.
"This is the coolest thing ever." Lincoln said in awe.
Rumble saw a change machine and proceeded to smash it while yelling," CHANGE MACHINE! CHANGE ME INTO A POWERFUL WOLF! HWAAAAH!"
Lucas looked at Lincoln excitedly and said," Linc, with Rumble around, Robbie will be so scared, we don't have to fight him. We have the world's greatest fighter to be our bodyguard!"
Lincoln had unconvinced look and said," I don't know bro, you sure this is a good idea?"
"It's either, him or facing Robbie on our own. Or also the girls, but they might make this worse."
Lincoln thought about for a second and then said," Your right. This is going to be epic!"
"Man I just wish Soos was here to see this. Where is he anyway?" Dipper said.
In another part of the arcade, a man walked up to a game called NORT. He inserted a quarter and was about to play. But he yelped in fright. Soos had somehow got himself into the game. Not literally, he had opened a panel in the back, climbed in and was now stuck.
"Help, I'm trapped in the game! It was cool in theory but in practice it was really boring." Soos said freaked out.
The guy than ran away, screaming in fright.
Meanwhile, back at the Mystery Shack, Mabel, Lori and Leni were getting ready to do their plan.
"Let's see, we have the plan, and also a back-up. Leni, don't give it away to Grunkle Stan." Lori said.
"Got it."
"Alright, Operation: Get Stan Over His Fear of Heights, is a go! Plus, it's not over complicated like Luke and Linc's plans." Leia said and the three of them laughed.
The three of them go over to where Grunkle Stan was sleeping.
"Happy Great Uncles Day!" They said.
Stan woke up slightly startled and Leni handed him a present. Both Lori and Leia were confused by the size, but had to go along with it.
"Huh? Is it Great Uncle's Day?" Stan asked confused.
"Ha, Ha, yeah of course. It's not a day we made up."
Leni had a confused look and said," But was-"
Lori covered her mouth, smiled and said," Open your present Grunkle Stan!"
Stan opened the box and pulled out a pair of high heels.
"You shouldn't have. Seriously, wha- what?" Stan said confused.
"What happened to the step-ladder?" Lori whispered.
"I thought high-heels would work better. Plus, it goes with the rooms color." Leni whispered back.
"What's wrong? Are you saying these heels are TOO high? Do they make you uncomfortable? Hmm?" Mabel said, improvising.
"Maybe."
"Grunkle Stan, admit it. We know you have a fear of heights. It's literally nothing to be ashamed of." Lori said.
"What? That's why you bought me these? You should be ashamed of yourselves! And on Great Uncle's Day no less. But no, I don't have a 'fear of heights'." Stan denied.
"Plan B, sis." Mabel said.
Lori did something on her phone and showed it to Grunkle Stan. A video of someone in Skydiving gear was on.
"What's up Metube! This is LiePieLie, and I'm skydiving while eating a sandwich. Wahoo!" He yelled and jumped out into the sky. With funky music in the background.
Stan yelped in terror and backed up, he ended up tripping on the dinosaur skull and lied on his back. The girls looked at him in concern and Stan sighed.
"So I have a fear of heights. Is that really so cray-cray?"
In the kitchen, the boys were looking in the fridge for something that Rumble can eat. How they managed to sneak him into the house, with the amount of people in it. Was anyone's guess, but they managed it.
"Nothing here that would constitute as a power up, not even cherries." Lincoln said.
"I highly doubt you would want kale, quinoa or Mabel's toxic drink. How about… half a taco?" Lucas suggested.
"Place it, on the floor." Rumble instructed.
The boys shrugged and Dipper placed the taco on the floor. Rumble looked at it and it disappeared and reappeared in a power up menu. He selected it and it disappeared again.
"Man, seeing video game stuff happen in real life is so much cooler in real life." Lincoln said impressed.
"Now I must defeat the world's greatest fight-fighters. Take me to the Soviet Union!" Rumble proclaimed.
"That's a tough one. For a number of reasons that would be hard to explain. But we do know a fighter here in Gravity Falls." Lincoln said.
"Maximum Power?" Rumble asked.
Dipper gave him one of Robbie's band posters and said," His name is Robbie V. and he kinda like our or my arch enemy."
"Did he kill your father?" Rumble asked.
"Well he's trying to date this girl I like and he posts a really annoying amount of status updates." Dipper explained.
"And also wears a large amount of cologne." Lincoln added.
Rumble crumples the poster and said," And then he killed your boy's father!"
Lincoln groaned and said," No, he's fine." Lincoln then had an idea and said," But… have you ever dealt with bullies?"
Rumble growled and said," I have, before I met my sensei. I was weak, but after meeting him, I became who am now! AND I EVEN KICKED ALL THE BULLIES WITH FURY! HYAAA!" He said and did a spin kick.
"Well, Robbie's one, and we were hoping you could, y'know, scare him off for us so we don't have to fight the guy. So what do you say?" Dipper said.
"Hahaha! Your question makes my shoulder bounce! Fire Ball! Uppercut! Downer-cut! Bowl of PUNCH!"
As he did those, he shot a fireball and blew out the window, broke part of the ceiling and drank a bowl of punch and smashed it.
"So you'll protect us from Robbie then?" Lincoln hopefully asked.
"Challenge accepted! This bully will feel the wrath of Rumble McSkirmish! Press start!"
A start button appeared, the boys nodded and both pressed it. The sound of someone coming was then heard.
"Uh-oh, someone's coming. We may have to hide." Lincoln said.
Rumble would've, but instead he did a kick towards the window and went outside. The boys shrugged and climbed outside. Lynn walked inside with a can of Soda; she looked around and scratched her head.
"Huh? Guess Lisa did another experiment." She said.
Stan then walked inside, after dealing with revealing his fear of heights, he needed some time to himself. His eyes widened when he surveyed the damage to the room. He noticed Lynn and narrowed his eyes.
"You're cleaning and fixing this place up, sporty." He said, thinking she did it.
Lynn could only sputter indigently.
The boys were now walking down Main Street in town with Rumble. Heading to where they were going to face Robbie.
"Tell me my opponent's special moves." Rumble said.
"Not a problem. When Robbie sees you, he's gonna wet his pants and run away." Lincoln confidently said.
"You know, that was good thinking on the bully part, who knows what craziness would happen if we lied to him." Dipper whispered praised.
"Well I have a way with words and know how to come up with stuff. Learned it from you." Lincoln said and they fist bumped.
Lincoln always looked up to his older brother, even though they were one year apart, he still learned a lot from him. Luke even helped him navigate around his sisters, and create the plans to do so.
"His wet pants, bullying ways and cowardly running will be no match FOR THIS!" Rumble proclaimed and picked up a metal pipe and whipped it around.
"Huh? Where'd you get that?" Lincoln asked.
"I punched an oil drum!"
"Trust us, you won't need that. Just give him a good scare."
"Yes… WITH THIS!" Rumble said and picked up a Katana and swung it around.
"This street has really dangerous litter." Lucas said.
"Yeah, who leaves a Samurai Sword in the middle of the street?" Lincoln said.
Later back at the Shack, Stan was drinking soda in the living room. Two people were started appear behind him.
"HEY GRUNKLE STAN!" Mabel and Leni shouted as they jumped behind Stan.
Stan spits out his soda in surprise and wiped off his face. The both of them had innocent looks as they walked in front of him.
"How would you like to go for a ride and then walk nowhere in particular while wearing a blindfold?" Leia asked.
Stan shrugged and said," Eh, beats just sittin' around here being old." He gets up and then pauses. "Wait a minute… you're not planning on taking me somewhere super high up, are you?" He asked suspiciously.
The both of them gasped in fake shock.
"Grunkle Stan! We would never. Scout's honor!" Mabel said as she and Leni put on Scout's Honor sweaters.
"Also, I would never lie to you Grunkle Stan." Leni said.
"Alright, let's go." Stan said and walked away, no thinking much of it.
Both girls turned around to reveal their sweaters had crossed fingers on it.
"That was so hard, Mabes. I rarely lie like that." Leni said.
"If it helps Grunkle Stan, then it's worth it." Mabel reasoned.
Leni nodded with a smile at the reasoning, and the honk of a car was heard, and both girls ran but fixed their hair to hide the sign. And they waited outside to wait for Grunkle Stan with Lori in the van.
At Circle Park, Robbie was sitting on a bench, waiting. He heard the clock tower rung three times to signal it was 3'o clock. He then looked up to see the two Loud brothers and he then approached them.
"Well, well, well! Look who decided to show up! I thought you chickened out. You ready to settle this like men?" He said as he held his fists up, ready to fight.
Under normal circumstances, both boys would've cowered, but they didn't. "Look dude, I don't think you want to fight Linc and I. Let's just call this thing off before someone gets hurt." Dipper said.
"Your both scared, huh? Is that it?" Robbie said with a smirk.
Lincoln shrugged and said," Okay then, dude. You brought this upon yourself." He then snaps his fingers.
Rumble came out of the tree line and assumes a fighting pose.
"Who's your friend? And why is he… blurry?" Robbie asked with a raised brow.
"This happens to be the greatest warrior that ever lived!" Dipper smugly said.
Robbie looked amused and said," You, right! Hey Eye Patch, what did these kids promise you? More tape for your forearms?" He said and laughed.
Rumble pointed at him and said, "HOW CAN YOU LAUGH, WHEN YOU KILLED THESE BOY'S FATHER?!"
"Wait, what?" Robbie asked in confusion.
"Uh, Rumble, he didn't, remember." Lincoln pointed out.
"Right, sorry." Rumble said.
"We're giving you one last chance, back down."
"Or this guy's gonna go nuts." Lincoln finished.
"How 'bout YOU both back down, kid?" Robbie said undeterred.
Dipper and Lincoln shrugged with Lucas saying," You asked for it. Rumble? Go!"
Robbie laughed but then dodged when Rumble tried to punch him.
"What the?"
He tried to run away but Rumble picked him up.
"Whoa! Hey! What's happening?" Robbie asked, starting to nervous.
Dipper looked on in satisfaction and said, "Well, we didn't want to do this, man, but you gave us no choice. Maybe now, if you-"
"HA HA!" Rumble said and slammed Robbie to the ground, and he coughed up some dirt.
Lincoln eyes widened and said, "Rumble! Wait! I think Robbie had enough-"
"RUMBLE… THROW!" Rumble said as he tossed Robbie into the air.
Lucas started to panic and said," STOP! WE SAID STOP!"
Robbie landed on some bars.
"Hey! What the? THAT GUY'S CRAZY!" Robbie yelled in fear.
"FIREBALL!" Rumble yelled and threw a Fireball at Robbie, who ran off before he got hit.
"Hold on a minute! You were supposed to scare him a bit! Not try to kill him!" Lincoln yelled.
"I WILL NOT REST UNTIL THE MAN WHO BULLIED YOU TWO IS DESTROYED!" Rumble declared, as he punched one of Robbie's band posters. He then ran after Robbie, while also destroying a couple of things with his punches.
"Oh man, this is out of control!" Lincoln yelled as they ran off after him.
It wasn't that hard to find him, due to following the trail of destruction Rumble left. But both boys soon arrived at a place called 'Barrels & Crates, Incorporated'.
"It makes sense he would going here first. No video game character can resist ladders and barrels." Lincoln said.
A barrel was thrown through one of top floor windows. Robbie ran out through it and went down the fire escape. Rumble then broke through the wall while holding a barrel. He then threw it at Robbie, who managed to duck. The barrel then broke apart in front of the boys.
"Rumble, stop! It's getting out of hand!" Lincoln yelled.
"Sheesh, our plans sometimes tank or gets out of hand; I think this takes the cake." Dipper said.
Rumble continues throwing barrels at Robbie, while jumps and dodges like the Donkey Kong video game. He then landed on the ground continued to run away. Rumble landed on some crates and took off again.
"Rumble, wait!" Dipper yelled as they chased them.
"I got an idea! Snake Formation. Remember what I told you what the gang and I back home thought of." Lincoln said.
Lucas was in front, while Lincoln was behind him, and they ran as fast as they can. But they had to stop to take a breather.
"It worked, but I think… I might pass out soon." Lucas said, panting.
Soos then pulls up in his pick-up truck, with some Video Game parts attached to him.
"Soos, where've you been?" Lincoln asked.
"Uh… long story dudes. Man, did you two see the video game guy tearing up everything? That's crazy!"
"Yeah, sorta our fault. We brought him to life to be our bodyguard. But now we have to stop him from killing Robbie." Dipper said.
"You need an amiable sidekick with a pickup truck?"
Dipper smirked and said," Linc's the sidekick and yes."
Lincoln rolled his eyes while Soos chuckled. The both of them got into the car and Soos drove off.
At the water tower, the sisters were with Stan, who was wearing a blindfold.
"Take off your blindfold… now!" Mabel said.
Stan removed his blindfold and sees the great height he was at. He had a freaked out look and said," Yeah, that's pretty much what I was expecting."
"We would've tried something easy. But, I read in an article that you literally have to face your fears head on and to the max." Lori said.
"And look, the view is very pretty." Leni said.
"And you're doing better than we thought! Now, let go of the handrail." Leia encouraged.
Stan had a death grip on the railing and said in a high-pitched voice, "Nope."
Leia smelled the air and said, "Hey, do you guys smell anger and hormones?"
The group heard panting and looked to see Robbie out of breath as he got the top.
"Finally! I'm safe!"
"Robbie, what's going on?" Lori asked.
"SSSSSHH! Keep it down! He'll find us!"
"CHALLENGER SIGHTED!" Rumble said.
Robbie screamed while the sisters looked down.
"Who's he… say, he's kinda cute." Leni said.
"Why is he all… pixely?" Leia said.
Lori groaned in annoyance and said," Ugh, why can't we have one normal day in this town?"
Soos's truck pulled up to where Rumble was at.
"Time to save the day, dudes." Soos told them, as they got out of the car and approached Rumble.
"YOU CAN HIDE, BUT YOU CANNOT HIDE!" Rumble yelled.
"Rumble stop!" The brother said.
Rumble then kicked the water tower, making it start to sway. The girls held each other and screamed.
"What's literally going on?!" Lori cried.
"Are we like, safe?" Leni asked.
"Of course not! This things is on stilts! High, high up!" Stan yelled, freaked out.
Rumble punched the tower a couple of times. And this caused Robbie to fall off the water tower and was then caught by Rumble.
"FINISH HIM!" The Game announcer said.
'No, no, no, don't! Don't finish me!" Robbie begged.
Rumble's fist then started to power up, but it disappeared when a coin hit his head. Rumble looked over to see Lincoln and Dipper.
"Rumble! You have to stop, you took this way overboard." Dipper said.
"Yeah, we just wanted you to scare Robbie, not maim him. He may be a bully but he deserves to live. Is this what your sensei would want? You'll be no better than Robbie and the other bullies out there." Lincoln said.
"What he said. What do you say?" Dipper said.
Rumble hangs Robbie from a tree by his hood. He then seemed to ponder what they said for a moment.
Rumble then deflated a little and said," You are both right. My sensei would not be proud of me. But, he will be proud of you! So I must honor your word, and not destroy him! Thank you for helping me see the error of my ways." Rumble said.
Both boys looked relieved, with Dipper saying, "That's awesome! And your welcome."
Rumble nodded and an 'End' button appeared. The boys were about to press it but stopped.
"Before we press this, can we see your Ultimate Combo, I've never seen it." Lincoln said and took out his phone.
"Very well!" Rumble then powered up and did a series of punches while yelling," SUPER POWER NINJA TURBO NEO ULTRA HYPER MEGA MULTI ALPHA META EXTRA UBER PREFIX… COMBO!"
The end of it showed a mushroom cloud like fist appearing and hitting the ground. Lincoln and Dipper covered themselves as debris rained down on them. But they both looked thrilled. The explosion caused the water tower to rock again. And this caused faint screaming to be heard from the group up there.
"Clyde is going to love this! Thanks Rumble!" Lincoln said.
The both of them pressed the end button, and Rumble disappeared, after he gave them thumbs up.
"Man that was crazy." Lincoln said.
"But awesome, dudes." Soos said.
Back on top of the water tower, the girls were shaking and hugging the water tower. While Stan held onto the railing.
"W-we're sorry Grunkle Stan! We thought we could help!" Lori managed to squeak.
"But, we were wrong! So wrong!" Mabel said, equally terrified.
"My life is flashing before me." Leni said in a small voice.
Stan patted himself and happily realized, "I-I survived! I survived and I feel great! Wait; let me do a cocky dance just to be sure." Stan said happily and did the dance. "HAHA! DEAL WITH IT WORLD! STAN PINES HAS CURED HIS FEAR OF HEIGHTS!"
He then started down the latter but stopped when the girls weren't moving.
"You kids, comin'?"
"Uh-uh." They said.
"What the matter, you three got a fear of heights, now? Haha… uh-oh." He then realized.
Robbie managed to unhook himself from the tree branch. He fell into a bush, and once he got up. He then confronted the boys.
"What? who-who-who was that guy? Why is it that whenever you or some of your family are around, there's always ghosts or monsters, or whatever?!"
"We don't know, man." Dipper said and Lincoln shrugged.
"That guy almost broke my neck! You know how mad I am right now?!" Robbie angrily said.
"So I guess you and us have to fight now, huh? Go ahead, man." Dipper said.
"Yeah, we might as well face the music." Lincoln said.
Robbie raised his fist and said, "Oh, man! I am so gonna enjoy this."
He stopped, due to the boys looking resigned, as if they were waiting for him. He then started to falter and said," Aren't you gonna run?"
"Nope." They both said.
"… Are you sure?"
Both brothers nod.
Robbie paused, scoffed and said," It's not even worth it. I play lead guitar so I gotta save my hands."
Before anything else could happen, they heard a familiar voice approach them.
"Hey guys! I heard some crazy screaming back here." Wendy said.
"Wendy?" The three said.
"You're back!" Dipper said.
"Yeah, man. Whoa! What the heck happened here? Freak tornado or something?"
"Uh, yeah, sure." They said.
"And why do you guys look all scuffed up? You guys weren't fighting each other, were you? I hate it when guys fight. And I dare to think what would Luna and the others would do if they find out."
Dipper and Lincoln looked at each other, they had a couple of scrapes and tears from what had happened earlier.
"No! Fighting?" Robbie denied.
"Why would we be fighting? Never!" Lucas agreed.
"Yeah, we fell over after trying to break up a fight between some other guys." Lincoln said.
"Cool! It really makes me happy to see a couple of my friends hanging out and helping. Also Robbie, we'll go on that date later, I have some unpacking to do." She said and left, after patting Dipper and Lincoln's head and fist-bumping Robbie.
"Well, that went well." Lincoln said.
"Look Robbie, if we're stay at each other's throats, we're both gonna lose Wendy. Lincoln gets a pass from this, due to him having feeling for Ronnie Anne. So this whole thing is between you and me. So, we need to make a Cold War Pact." Dipper said, while Lincoln nodded, ignoring the Ronnie Anne bit. He was too tired from today to deny it yet again.
"Okay. What's that?"
"We need to learn to hate each other, in silence."
"You mean like, what girls do?"
"Yeah, exactly! I should know, I live with 11 of them. Well, sometimes it doesn't work out. But, I think we can make it work."
Sometime later at the Mystery Shack, Dipper, Robbie and Wendy were hanging out at the cash register, while Lincoln was sweeping the floor nearby.
"So, then I told Thompson, "Hey, save some for the rest of us." She said as she brushed her hair.
"Ha! Good, one Wendy! That's great!" Dipper and Robbie laughed.
Wendy dropped her brush and said," Aw, man. Just a second."
Wendy bent down to retrieve it. This gave Dipper and Robbie a moment to glare and threaten each other silently. But stopped, once Wendy stood up and went back to talking.
Lincoln watched this with a roll of his eyes. He then looked at the readers and said.
"Well, all things are resolved, although somewhat. See ya next time."
The Loud's, Stan and Wendy were shown in video game form.
"I'm Dipper. I have shorts and determination." Dipper said.
"Lincoln here, and I'm good with plans and have white hair." Lincoln said.
"Poo-Poo!" Lily said,
"I am smart enough to answer all your questions." Lisa said.
"I can fix it! And I can take care of cool bugs and reptiles!" Lana said.
"A lady never fights." Lola said.
"Sigh, the darkness surrounds us." Lucy said.
"I can handle any challenge!" Lynn said.
"It's a-me! A-Mabel!" Mabel said.
"I'm able to handle any challenge too! Haha!" Luan said,
"Rock on, dudes! I can shred with my guitar!" Luna said.
"Like, I'm totes ready!" Leni said.
"I literally have a limited amount of time." Lori said.
"I'm slower, but i jump higher." Stan said.
"Pick me or whatever." Wendy said.
Soos's head then came and ate them like Pac-man. Soos woke up in the gift shop.
"Alas. Twas not but a dream." He said and went back to sleep.