Chapter 18

Chapter 18


I woke up the next morning in my bed, my hand bandaged up, Mabel asleep next to the bed as if she were watching over me all night. Waddles was doing the same, which was kinda adorable. It was good to know that someone was there for me… even when they’re going through the same thing…


We all jumped when Sapphire and Ruby slammed the door open.

“ALRIGHT GET UP YOU TWO! THIS IS CODE RED!” She barked like a military sergeant, which Ruby just shook her head to.

I tried to push myself up only to lean on my hand funny and flinch, meaning that I fell sideways and hit my head on the wall.

“OW!” I held my head.

Mabel helped me up and looked to Sapphire, “What’s so wrong that you gotta wake us up like that?!”

Sapphire glared at us with a very serious look, “Do you two wanna be separated?!”
Mabel gasped, “Goodness no! Why would we?!”

Sapphire stood straighter than normal and narrowed her eyes, “Well here’s the thing. Child Services will be coming soon, and judging by the state of your Grunkle, I doubt you two will be allowed to stay here. So they’ll take you both away, but they never keep twins together, meaning that if you let them, you WILL be separated! Ruby and I are gonna make sure that doesn’t happen though!”

I sat up straight as well, “Alright, what plan do you have then?”

“Go near Bill’s Bunker and go past it until you reach a cliff. You’ll find that there’s a large amount of ivy there and by that time, Ruby and I will have caught up with you two and we’ll show you where to hide. We’ll discuss further from there, alright?” Mabel and I both nod, when we heard a car driving up. Sapphire gave us a thumbs up and she and Ruby hid.

Soon, the door opened, and two government agents came in with Grunkle Stan, “Kids, these two nice men from the government, they’ve just come to see how your living conditions here are.” He said, looking a bit nervous.

The government agents looked around, examining the area, when one of them noticed my bandage and kneeled down in front of me, “What happened to your hand boy?”

I shuffled my feet a bit and looked down, “It was an accident last night, I cut my hand on a rock...”

“May I see it?”

I nodded and he gently unwrapped my hand and examined the wound, “This hasn’t been properly treated… You need stitches for this too. Come on there’s a nurse outside.” I was reluctant to follow him, but he was right about needing treatment. So I followed him to where the nurse was and she treated my wound.

Soon after, the other guys came out with Mabel, “The house is a health code violation, the town’s not the safest, and their uncle’s a bad influence. They aren’t safe here, we’ll be taking them with us.”

Mabel and I didn’t even wait to confirm before we bolted.

“CATCH THEM!”

Mabel and I were running like the wind, wildly dodging trees and obstacles that got in the way as we got farther and farther from the agents! Were we really that fast?!

“GOTTCHA!” Two agents jumped in front of us and grabbed us! We struggled to get away, but it didn’t work, and they dragged us away, putting us into separate cars and driving away. I banged on the window, trying desperately to get back to my sister, but my efforts faded as I lost sight of her…

We soon reached a building where I was taken inside and given several tests. Most seemed to be psychological tests, which confused me. Why would they put me through that if I wasn’t crazy? I mean, I’m perfectly sane!

Right?

Apparently not to them. It wasn’t long before a doctor came in and said that I was going to be taken to a special orphanage for mentally unstable kids. I was put in the car, taken there, taken to my new room, and attached to the bed so that no one in the room kills each other.

After that, the door closed and I rolled on my side, trying to ignore the chained cuff on my wrist. I felt so alone, abandon, torn apart…

Then I heard a familiar voice.

“Hey Dipper…”

I turned around to find Henry in the middle bed, which shocked me, “Henry?! What are you doing here?! I thought that you were still at the circus!”

Henry looked down, “I escaped, only to find out that my parents are dead… Apparently I’m Bipolar, Depressed, and Schizophrenic… So they sent me here…”

“I’m sorry for your loss…” I said softly.

Henry sighed, “It’s not your fault… Let’s just get some sleep…”

“Alright… Goodnight Henry…”

“Goodnight Dipper…”