A Deal with the Devil Bill Cipher was staring down at Grunkle Stan who was surprised to see him alive. "So uh, how long have I been here and how am I still alive?" asked Grunkle Stan. "As you were falling and I was dying, I used the last bit of my strength to bring you here. Nobody saw you go into the rift in the sky." said Bill. "The final blow you delivered killed me but as I was dying from that, I used the last bit of my power to bring you here. I just explained that to you, Fez." said Bill. "So who brought you back?" asked Grunkle Stan. "An old friend." said Bill Cipher. "Yeah who?" asked Grunkle Stan. "The ruler of my old dimension. Lord Coriolanus Circlemond." said Bill. "But you destroyed your old dimension." said Grunkle Stan. "I did. He wanted me to do it so he and his citizens could move to another dimension. He's more powerful than I am. There is more to the story but I'll reveal that soon. After all, Coriolanus made me the being I am today. He brought me to evil and it's delicious." said Bill. "Yeesh, the guy must be a real horror show." said Grunkle Stan. "Keep taking it lightly but you'll see soon enough." said Bill. "What do you mean?" asked Grunkle Stan. "Sixer has started to suspect that you're not dead after not finding your body or ashes. He thinks you're a prisoner in that russian facility. It's actually Preston in that facility." said Bill. *Scene cuts to inside the Mystery Shack.* It was morning and Dipper and Mabel were waking up. "Morning, bro-bro." said Mabel. "Mabel, I was sleeping!" yelled Dipper. "Well there's no time for sleep!" said Mabel. "Why's that?" asked Dipper. "We have to find out who the american is." said Mabel. "It can't be Grunkle Stan. We saw his clothes." said Dipper. "There was no body and there were no remains." said Mabel. "Alright but what if he's not the prisoner? What if he made it inside the rift?" asked Dipper. "That could very well be possible." said Ford as he came into the room. "How?" asked Mabel. "Fiddleford found out the name of the prisoner. It's Preston Northwest." said Ford. "Oh then I guess Grunkle Stan really is dead." said Mabel sadly. "It's possible he got into the rift before the explosion somehow." said Dipper. "We saw Gideon accidentally let go of him. We would've seen him going into the rift." cried Mabel. "We couldn't have. You Know Who could've used the last of his power to bring Grunkle Stan into the Nightmare Realm while he was dying from the final killing blow." said Dipper. "You really think he's there?" asked Mabel. "Maybe." said Dipper. "Also Fiddleford said they are holding a creature in that facility from the Nightmare Realm." said Ford. "How is that even possible?!" asked Dipper. "The Russians must've used some kind of technology to disable the barrier long enough to bring a creature from the Nightmare Realm back with them. This creature may work for Russia now since You Know Who is dead for good." said Ford. "Serves him right after terrorizing us for two years. Hopefully he stays dead this time." said Dipper. "I feel weird." said Mabel as she got dizzy. "Mabel!" said Dipper worriedly. She then passed out. *Scene cuts to inside the Nightmare Realm.* "Please stop this! Don't hurt her!" pleaded Grunkle Stan as he was watching Mabel pass out. "Too late for that. I left a piece of me inside her when I infected her. I can take possession of her. I'll have a new body. A new form I'll be able to control from this dimension. We all will travel to Gravity Falls for our new forms that each of us will control. We're going to end everyone and there's nothing you can do about it this time. You're in my world now. I can do anything I want to you. I can kill you over and over again and bring you back over and over again. There's no restrictions here. No laws. A world of pure chaos." said Bill. "Why are you like this?" asked Grunkle Stan. "I'll explain my origins soon enough. My story will be told soon." said Bill. *Scene cuts to inside Preston's cell.* It was still morning and Preston was asleep. He then found himself in his own mindscape. "Where am I?" asked Preston curiously. "Welcome to the Mindscape, Northwest." said a voice. It was the voice of Lord Coriolanus Circlemond. "What are you?!" asked Preston angrily. "I'm Lord Coriolanus Circlemond. The ruler of Bill's original dimension. The one I had him destroy when I turned him evil. I have a proposition for you, Northwest." said Coriolanus. "And that would be?" asked Preston. "I can give you powers to take out your revenge on the Pines. I can help you get your daughter back away from that meddlesome boy. I want to crush his spirits so that he loses all hope." said Coriolanus. "What do you want in return?" asked Preston. "For you to be my servant and obey my every command. You'll be my puppet." said Coriolanus. "It's a deal." said Preston as he shook the hand of Coriolanus. He then gave Preston powers. "Thank you, my lord." said Preston.