Randy woke up in full ninja attire, dangling from the top of a massive pine tree. Still weak from Vlad's assault, he resigned himself to just hang there as he watched the sun sink beneath the branches. "How did it all go so wrong," he thought to himself, "how did it all come to this?"

Thinking back to the last memory he had, Randy remembered Vlad Plasmius revealing the secret of the ninja to the entire world before casting him and his friends through holes in the air. "Oh yeah," he said to no one in particular, "Vlad kicked our butts, revealed our secrets and then…"

Remembering the flash of a knife and then a man who looked like Vlad Masters bleeding out on stage, Randy shuddered, shaking the top of the tree. "Gotta get down from here." Swinging his body, he began his descent from the tree. "Ninja jump, ninja jump, ninja flip andddd ninja…owww."

Landing carelessly, Randy stumbled and hit his head against a large totem pole that seemingly came out of nowhere. Rubbing his forehead, he walked towards the opening of a large clearing, looking for any sign of his friends.

"Jake! Danny! Anyone!"

Silence. He was alone.

"Oh man, this is not good." He said, removing his mask and starting to panic. "I need to find the others, they have to be okay and we've got to get back to Amity Park and shut Vlad do-"

"Hiya stranger, having fun talking to yourself?"

Startled, Randy screamed and jumped back, tripping over an unseen log and landing hard on his back. Feeling disoriented, he was initially unsure if he was imagining the two kids standing over him or if they were actually there.

The boy, who wore a pine tree hat, looked over Randy, giving him a glance of a large book nuzzled into his vest. "Nice going Mabel, I think you gave the guy a concussion."

The girl, Mabel apparently, wore a large colorful sweater with a shooting star on it and ignored the boy as she reached her hand down to Randy. "He's fine, Dipper," she said, poking Randy on the nose and watching his eyes flutter, "see?"

"Ugh…Jake? Danny? Is that you?"

"Who?"

"Never-mind that," Dipper said, lifting Randy as much as he could, "help me get him up and into the shack, the last thing we need is another dead body around here like that big lizard we found."

"Bi-bi-big lizard…" Randy said, snapping into focus and standing up straight before grabbing Dipper by the shirt. "Take me to it, now!"

"Ah, okay man!" The boy yelled, protecting his face, "Geez, we'll show you, we'll show you! Just put me down!"

"Yeah," Mabel cheered, "just follow the mystery twins!"

Regaining himself, Randy put Dipper down and apologized for his outburst. "Uh, who?"

Dipper groaned, "She means us...we're the mystery twins."

"Alright then… let's go."

Following the twins deeper into the forest, Randy stopped as Dipper pointed to a section of the woods that looked like it'd been struck by a meteor, broken tree limbs and scorched ground leading into a sunken patch of earth.

"Okay Randy, here's where we found…" Dipper paused, shocked to see that the large red creature that had been there before had now been replaced by what appeared to be a teenaged boy. "…that guy, apparently."

Ignoring the twins' confusion, Randy hopped into the crater and noticed the two bodies in the center. "Jake! Danny!" Relieved to see his friends, Randy went to hug them but was stopped by Jake pushing him away.

Removing his hand from Danny's stomach, Jake revealed a large gash going across his midsection, a disturbing mix of green and red fluids oozing onto the ground and covering their hands. Looking at his friends, Danny faintly smiled as the color began draining from his face. "Relax…" he told them, his eyes fluttering as they began trying to help him, "it still beats re-living phantom planet."