Chapter 5 – Busted

A/N: Hey everyone! Sorry this took some time to come out, but writer's block hit me hard and I had to work on my other stories before finishing this one. Anyway, thank you all for your support and reviews. I really appreciate it.

This is the final chapter for Mind Reader on the loose so I hope you enjoy it.

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"Oh man, oh man. That thing….it's in the shack, downstairs! What do we do!?" Dipper panicked and began pacing.

Waddles came from around the corner and snorted innocently. Mabel gasped and hurried to wrap her arms around him protectively.

"Waddles, what are you doing out her? You don't want to end up a snack, do you?" she asked him.

"Oh, so now you're worried?" Dipper scoffed. "What happened to the 'Baby can't hurt a fly' comment?"

"I know, I'm sorry! He just looked so cute and small when I found him. " she admitted. "How was I supposed to know he was going to turn into a giant toothy-beast?"

Dipper sighed and began rubbing his chin to think of a plan. "It's okay, we just need to keep him away from people and find a way get him out of the shack so he-" before Dipper could finish that sentence a loud yell came from downstairs startling them, a familiar one.

"Wendy!"

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Wendy corduroy walked down the road to the Mystery Shack with her hands in her pockets, humming softly to herself. It was early in the morning and few cars went pass her heading to town.

She made her way to the gift shop door and walked in. Upon entering Wendy found the place was a total mess. The T-shirt racks were knocked over and merchandise lying everywhere. She also found a soda can that was literally chewed up on the floor.

"Whoa, what happened here?" she said confused. Just then, she heard a low growl coming from behind her. Slowly, she turned around and gasped in shock. There, right in front of her was what appeared to be giant furry canine. The creature was the size of a bear with extremely long ears, inky black eyes, bright orange fur and long claws.

It gave her a vicious grin, showing its sharp teeth as it eyed her hungrily. Beyond terrified, Wendy's eyes searched the room for anything she could use to defend herself. Wasting no time, she grabbed the broom against the counter and raised it at the Arkin threateningly.

"Stay back! Don't make me use this!" she shouted at it. The beast responded by munching the end of broom much to her shock and horror. "Really!?" she muttered in frustration. The animal slowly began approaching her. Wendy dropped the broom on the floor and looked around for a way out, but she found none and screamed. "Help!"

"Hey, get away from her!" Dipper yelled with Mabel not far behind, both looking breathless.

"Guys…" Wendy said relieved.

Mabel then glared at the monster. "No, bad dog! We don't eat our friends. Bad!" she scolded.

Wendy's jaw dropped for the second time today. "W-Wait….that thing….that's the dog!?" she asked in disbelieve. "What happened to it!?"

"I kinda might have overfed him." Mabel answered her, rubbing the back of her head sheepishly.

"What!?"

The monster's attention soon returned to Wendy again and she gulped in fear. "Guys, help me!"

Looking around quickly, Dipper snatched a Stan bobble head from the floor and flung it towards the Arkin, striking it in the head. The beast gave an earsplitting roar of rage and turned to face the twins, the room's temperature rising suddenly.

"Look out!" cried Wendy.

Both siblings shrieked and jumped out of the way as it lunged at them. Mabel scrambled as fast as she could once its gaze fell on her, snarling viciously.

Thinking fast, she reached into her sweater pocket and dug out a small handful of glitter which she blew into its eyes momentarily blinding it. The behemoth howled in pain which gave the twins and Wendy enough time to scramble away, taking cover behind the counter.

"Dipper, what do we do? I don't wanna be a snack!" Mabel exclaimed through panicking breaths.

"Me neither!" Wendy added and dared a peak over the table at the living nightmare in the room.

"Well, according to the journal because of its strong sense of hearing the Arkin's ears are sensitive to loud noises and such. Also, splashing water on them while they're on fire weakens them." Dipper explained.

"But how are we gonna do any of that?" the teen asked. Dipper glanced over the table and saw his uncle's alarm horn lying on the floor. Unfortunately, that's where the monster was.

Well, this is probably one of the dumbest things I've done. Dipper thought dryly and with a determined look he sprinted across the room.

His sister gasped. "Dipper!"

"Dude, what are you doing?" yelled Wendy.

"Something stupid!" he called back.

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Meanwhile, Grunkle Stan walked back home after another successful tour counting the wad of money in his hands. His smile then flattered and he cringed when the familiar headache was back again. Alright that's it! I'm getting an aspirin even if it destroys me!

Sighing, he walked over to the door and was about to open it when an unearthly roar erupted from the shack making him to cover his ears.

"What the- What was that?"

Stan jumped when a fiery creature burst through the wall leaving a large hole behind as it dashed towards the forest and knocking the golf cart over along the way.

"My golf cart!" Stan cried. He then went inside and was greeted by the sight of the wrecked gift shop. "Hot Belgian waffles! What happen to my gift shop!?"

Dipper, Mabel and Wendy all flinched nervously when they met Stan's furious glare.

"Oh boy,"

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"And make sure you cover that hole, Soos. I don't want raccoons getting into my house again." Stan demanded.

"You got it, Mr. Pines!" the handy replied. He then turned to watch the troublesome trio cleaning up the mess they made.

"This is torture," Wendy thought with huff while stocking the shelves.

"Grunkle Stan, should I get rid of these?" Mabel asked him, holding the box of broken snow globes out to him.

Stan shrugged. "Nah, leave it there. I'm might find a use for them." He said and watched her leave. He suddenly heard Dipper who was sweeping the floor grumbling about 'how unfair this was'.

"Life ain't fair Dipper. It's you kids' fault for bringing that monstrosity into my house and cause this mess in first place!" he told him sternly.

Dipper gasped and stared at him with wide eyes. What? Did he say something wrong?

"How did you know I was thinking that?" he asked suspiciously. Stan paled, realizing his mistake. Dipper was a smart kid and it won't take him long to figure it out.

"Hey now, look it's what it seems…I-"

"Y-You were reading my thoughts!" Dipper gasped in shock catching everyone's attention in the room.

"What!?" they all yelled. Stan cringed, knowing he was doomed.

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It took Stan several minutes to explain everything to his employees and niece and nephew though they were still angry at him.

"But why did you keep this a secret?" Mabel asked.

"Look kid I didn't really know. For most of the time I thought I just was goin' crazy and hearing stuff." He answered. "And I wasn't sure how would you all react to this."

"You still should have told us!" Dipper insisted stubbornly and he scowled.

"And why should I? It's not like you kids have been honest with me either. All this time you kept lying and hiding stuff from me,"

At this Dipper's protests died in his throat and looked guiltily and so did the others.

Mabel sighed. "Your right. We sorry for lying to you Grunkle Stan. We should have told from the start." She said. Soos and Wendy nodded.

"Yeah, but we still need to do something about this mind reading thing you have. I'm sure I can find something in the journal on how to remove it." Dipper stated.

"No," his uncle said surprising them.

"What!?" Dipper gaped.

"Kid, I'm making a fortune out of this now. I can't let ruin this by taking it away. Plus, I got another use for it." He then smiled mischievously. "Blackmail."

"No! Mr. Pines, you need to let Dipper fix this!" Wendy protested. Having her boss reading her thoughts and finding out her secrets wasn't appealing the slightest.

"Try and catch me first suckers!" With that, the conman ran for the door.

"Stop him!" Dipper yelled as they chased after their uncle.

"Soos hurry, my privacy is at stake!" Wendy cried.

Soos was running a bit behind the group. "I'm trying!"

"How could an old man run this fast!" Mabel asked with incredulity.

"I don't know, just don't let him get away!" Dipper exclaimed. "Focus Dipper, don't think of anything. Grunkle Stan mustn't know about your crush on Wendy!"

"Too late for that kid, but thanks for reminding me!" Stan chuckled while Dipper's face burned with embarrassment. "Can't wait to tell Wendy about this!"

Wendy glanced at Dipper. "What is he talking about?" she asked confused.

"Nothing! He's talking about nothing!" Dipper said quickly, his face turning several shades of red. "Grunkle Stan get out of my head!"

"NEVER!" Stan shouted back as they ran circles around the shack.

The End

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A/N: And done! I can't believe I finally managed to complete this story and I'm glad many of you enjoyed reading it. I would also like to thank everyone who reviewed for this story.

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