It was a normal day at the Shack, the Loud's, including Waddles, were watching a show in the living room. Or a couple of them were or was semi listening while doing something else. One noticeable thing was that Mabel and Lana were feeding crackers to Waddles. While also eating some of the food themselves. For Stan, he was the one who was the most enthused by what they were watching.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we now return to Cash Wheel! Sponsored by Chipackerz. The chip flavored cracker."
"But they taste just like chips." Mabel said as she ate another.
"Boy I'll say. But they are still good." Lana said.
One of the contestants spun the wheel and it stopped at 'Cash Shower'.
"Congratulations, you are taking a-"The Host said, with Stan following along.
"Cash shower!"
The contestant laughed in glee as money rained down on him. But he soon punched the other contestants near him, so they wouldn't get the money.
Stan laughed and said in an impressed tone," I like that guys style."
"That what they get for trying to steal someone else's money." Lola said.
"No surprise you would support that, dude." Luna said with an eye roll.
Soos came running into the room and said," Mr. Pines! There's a busload of tourists coming in!"
Stan got up, got his Mr. Mystery suit on and checked outside. Just like the handyman said, tourists were filing out of a bus.
"Hot Tamales it's a jackpot! Soos, Leni and Luan, start making new attractions!" Stan called.
The three of them got to work, with Leni putting a small suit on chicken that had a wolf's head that Soos glued on.
"Boy, the ladies are going to be chicken him out." Luan joked at what she saw. And both Soos and her laughed.
"I don't get it." Leni said with a confused scratch of her head.
In the gift shop, Stan was ordering everyone to do things.
"Wendy, Bobby, start marking up those prices!" Wendy and Bobby did so, but Stan said. "Higher! Bleed'em dry!"
Wendy made a snow globe at $200, while Bobby made a couple of key chains $50.
"Uh, Mr. Pines, I don't think this is fair." Bobby said.
"I don't pay you to think fair. Or pay you that much." Stan said.
"Bobby's right, Grunkle Stan. It's like when you see tourists, all you see are wallets with legs." Lincoln pointed out.
Lincoln also realized, although not for the first time. That his Great Uncle reminded him Flip, the owner of Flip's Food & Fuel back in Royal Woods. Both he and his Great Uncle were con-men. And were both good at it. It wouldn't surprise him at all if both men had crossed paths in the past. Whether they pulled a con together or they pulled a con each other. He did ask though and Stan did recall meeting someone matching Flip's description before. Saying something about selling cheese that was about to go bad. Among other things.
It was times like these that Lincoln realized that Hector Casagrande, Ronnie Anne and Bobby's grandfather. Was a more honest business man than those two, although he could be a tiny bit cheap. But he meant well.
Lincoln got out of his thoughts when he heard a sound outside. He looked to see that a carsick tourist had thrown up on the lawn.
"Clean-up on the front lawn! Ronnie Anne, it's your turn!" Stan said.
"So did not expect my summer to go like this. Say anything lame-o. And I'll throw it at you." Ronnie Anne threatened, and Lincoln held his hands up in surrender. Due to the fact he was going to say something. But didn't want to incur the anger of the Latina, even though he wasn't planning on making fun of her.
Later, everyone was pitching in to help around both inside and out the shop in various ways. Luna was tasked singing songs that Stan made her sing about the shack. Luan was telling bad jokes Stan came up with. While for Lucas and Lincoln...
"Well, I'm probably going to die from embarrassment." Lincoln said.
"Same, bro, same." Dipper said.
The both of them were wearing wolf costumes. With Leni dressing them up.
"Aw, don't be like that Linkey. I think you and Lukey are like going to look totes adorbs." Leni said.
Lori took pictures of her brothers, she gave them a smirk and said," Same Leni, aren't they just adorable?"
"You're not going to put this on social media. Are you?" Dipper asked.
Lori gave them an apologetic look and said," Sorry guys. Stan literally wants me to update the shacks social media accounts."
Due to Lori being so adept with her phone and social media. Stan had made her create all kinds of posts. Well, after Lori had to explain to her Great Uncle what it was. And how it was utilized.
Lincoln prepared himself for whatever outcome was going to come from this. And he then said," Well, if this gets back to Royal Woods. Our social lives are as good as dead."
Lynn then arrived, holding two pairs of fake fangs.
Lynn laughed and said," Man you guys look ridiculous. Lucy was busy with tarot card readings. So she asked me to give these to you."
Once she gave them the fangs, she then said," If you guys need me. I gotta change into my wild girl outfit. Stan wants me as a Tarzan like attraction. It's a lot better than what you guys are doing." She laughed, but not for long, due to Lori smacking her in the back of the head. Due to not finding her teasing the boy's funny.
Once they were ready, both boys were standing on small stage, with a closed curtain in front of them.
"Be astounded at the horrible, pre-teen wolf boys!" Stan said as he pulled the curtain and the tourists clapped and took pictures. Both boys felt their faces heat up, due to embarrassment.
"Stan, this is demeaning." Dipper said.
"What? I don't know 'de meaning' of that word!" Stan quipped and both he and the tourists laughed. "If you throw money at them, they dance."
The tourists did just that and the boys reluctantly did so, although very badly.
Meanwhile, Mabel was at the register, helping customers.
"Ladies and gentlemen! Behold, Mystery Shack bumper stickers! You can stick them on your bumper, or over your husband's mouth. Am I right ladies? She knows what I'm talking about!" Mabel pointed at the lady who was standing at the register.
The woman laughed and said," You are bad! How much?"
Mabel smiled as she handed her a sticker and said," It's on the house. That's the Mabel difference! Thanks for visiting!" Mabel said as the woman happily walked away.
"What?!" A familiar outraged voice said.
Mabel turned to see her Great Uncle, who was holding a cardboard cutout of himself, looked really mad.
"What the heck do you think your doing?" Stan asked.
Leia smiled and said," Business! Ching ching ching!" She said as she pushed a button on the register multiple times.
Stan thought otherwise and said," Listen kid. You don't make money by giving stuff away. You're off register duty!
"But-but-"
"No buts, except for yours out the door. Now shut your yap and get to work!"
"Grunkle Stan, whatever happened to 'please' and 'thank you'? Oh wait, here they are!" She said as she pulled out her bag of stickers. And placed the words on his face.
Stan wasn't amused, he pulled them off and said," 'Please', never made me any money, kid." He then put the sticker on the register. He grabbed his chest with a weirded out face. "Just saying the word is giving me a burning sensation." He then slapped the other sticker on the back of Soos's neck.
Both Dipper and Lincoln walked into the room, with Dipper saying," Grunkle Stan, how long do Linc and I have to wear these wolf costumes? I think I'm getting hookworm."
Lincoln scratched leg and head and said," And I think I have fleas too."
Stan laughed and said," Yep, gluing dog hair to your body will do that."
"Y'know, having a real exhibit would be a lot better than what we have here. I mean, there are real supernatural beings in the forest." Dipper suggested.
Lincoln agreed by saying, "Yeah, it's a lot better than lying to people."
Bobby walked over to them and said," The guys are right, Stan. I mean my Abuelo is always nice to customers at the Mercado. And it's one of the reasons why it's doing good."
"That and being nice to your employees." Dipper added.
"Well, this isn't your Mercado, kid. And if you kids got a problem with how I run the shack, take it up with the complaints department." Stan said and held up a trashcan.
Mabel scowled as she pulled out a piece of paper and pen and said," I'm going to write them such a letter."
Later, Dipper, Lincoln, Wendy, Luna, Mabel, Ronnie Anne and Soos were painting the Mystery Shack sign with bright, glittery pink paint. For some reason, Lola was nearby, lounging on a lawn chair.
"And don't stop 'till you've covered the sign with glitter! Lola came up with the idea and I'm stealing it! Glittery signs attract tourists and large birds!"
A bald eagle then appeared and started to attack Soos. Soos tried waved it off and ran away. Stan laughed at what was happening and walked away.
Lincoln looked at his little sister with frown and asked," And why aren't you helping Lol's?"
Lola waved her off and said," I am. I'm supervising. You missed a spot." Lincoln rolled his eyes and continued on.
"When one says 'let's paint the town'. I don't think they imagine this." Luna said.
"I hear that, Lune's." Wendy agreed.
"Is it just me, or is having Stan as a boss seriously, the worst?" Lucas complained.
"Not just you. It's the worst. Why do we even put up with it?" Wendy griped.
"Well, considering we live with him, we have to. He's acting like Flip every day." Lincoln said.
"I prefer working at the Mercado. Abuelo treats us better." Ronnie Anne said.
"What does Bobby think?" Lincoln asked.
"Surprisingly he doesn't mind how Stan runs things. Considering the number of jobs he had before. He had to deal with different types of bosses." She explained.
Soos returned after he managed to get the eagle off of him. He then said, "Y'know, I once gave Stan a suggestion that could help improve the shack. I had this idea where I could be the Mystery Shack mascot. Questiony the question mark. I'd ask people questions, do the question dance, stuff like that." Soos explained as he showed them a picture of his idea.
The others voiced their approval, but didn't last long, due to what Soos said next.
"Unfortunately… well… Stan said I couldn't handle it."
"He said what?!" Leia yelled in disbelief. She tossed her paint roller to the side and climbed down to the ground floor. Ready to give Stan a piece of her mind.
"Should we be worried?" Wendy asked.
Luna snorted and said," When it comes to us Loud's. There's a 50/50 chance dude."
Stan was busy saying goodbye to the tourist, once they left he cheerfully walked inside. Ready to count the money he got from those suckers.
"YOU!" Mabel shouted from behind the door.
Stan jumped and turned around to see Mabel.
"Jeez kid, you trying to be like Lucy?" He said and started to walk away, but Mabel followed him.
"Grunkle Stan, you've gone too far this time! Did you seriously tell Soos not to follow his hopes and dreams because he 'couldn't handle it'?"
"Look kid, I'm gonna break it down for ya. Being a boss is about commanding respect. If you give people everything they ask for, they'll walk all over ya. Besides, how do you think Lori and your parents handle you all? They don't let you all walk all over them. Although I've heard it varies with Rita and Lynn." Stan said as they walked into his office.
"Running a business is different than handling our family. Also, Lori, mom and dad do a great job. I bet you'd make way more money being nice than being a big grumpy grump to everyone all the time. You heard how Bobby and Ronnie Anne's grandfather's Mercado is doing.
Stan laughed and said," Ha! You think you know more about business than I do? Boy, Luan makes better jokes than you. You think you can wear this hat?" Stan taunted as he pointed at his fez.
Mabel nodded determinedly and said," Yeah! Cause I give people respect! And glittery stickers!" She said the last part as she stuck a sticker on her cheek.
Stan laughed once more, finding her determination and thought process amusing. "Haha! I'd make more on vacation then you would running this place!"
"Then why don't you go on vacation?" Mabel dared.
Stan was about to retort, but thought about it for a moment with a rub of his chin.
"Interesting… alright then, I'm a wagering man. 3 days. 72 hours." Stan said as he took out an alarm and set it up at 72 hours. "You run the Shack and I'll go on vacation. If you make more money than me, I guess you're right about how I run my business. And I'll start running it your way. But if you lose…"
Stan pulled out a white t-shirt and a marker. And wrote 'LOSER' on it and said," You have to wear this LOSER shirt for the rest of the summer! And I'll have Lori send it on that social media crud. Make the humiliation more humiliating."
"Fine! But if win, I get to be the boss for the rest of the summer! Plus, you gotta sing an apology song with lyrics by me! Mabel! And we'll post it as well."
"Oh oh! You got yourself a deal missy!" Stan agreed with a glare.
"Deal!" Mabel said, matching the same glare at her Great Uncle.
"Deal!"
"Deal!" Stan said with a slam of his fist onto the table.
"Deal!" Mabel did the same thing, but also stuck a sticker on Stan's nose.
Later, Leia watched as Stan placed luggage into his car, while standing on the porch. While also holding a jar in her hands.
"See you in 72 hours! We'll see who makes more money." He said, as he tossed his fez at Mabel. After that, he got into his car and sped away.
"This doesn't bode well." Lincoln said, as he and Dipper approached their sister.
"Yeah. You do know you made a bet with a professional con-man right?" Dipper asked his twin, wondering what her thought process was.
"Oh come on you guys. Being a better boss than Stan will be a cinch. Profit, here we come!" Mabel confidently said as she held up the jar. But unfortunately, she accidently dropped the jar and it shattered on the porch.
"You broke the jar."
"We'll get a new one."
Lincoln thought about it for a moment and said," Well, I think we can do this. As long as we plan this out and have the others help."
"Yeah, I mean, how much money could Stan even make on vacation?" Dipper agreed.
Later the next day, everyone walked into Stan's office, due to them being asked to go there. The others, besides Soos and Wendy knew about the bet. Once they were all inside, Stan's chair turned around to reveal Mabel. Who for some reason was wearing a too big business suit jacket and glasses.
"Stan is no longer with us." Mabel started.
She didn't get a chance to continue, due to Soos and Leni breaking down crying.
"He's dead?! No! It should've been me!" Soos said.
"Like why?! He wasn't that old!" Leni cried.
"Whoa, guys! Stan isn't dead. Leni, remember the bet he and I made? He's on vacation for the next three days." Leia explained.
"Oh… thank you for that clarification." Soos said, as he got himself together.
"Oh… right. Like sorry." Leni said and blushed in embarrassment.
Once that was cleared, Mabel happily said," Mabel is in charge now!"
"What's with the shoulder pads? Those do not flatter anyone ever." Lola critiqued.
"It's just one of the up-to-date managerial tricks I learned from this book I found propping up the kitchen table." Mabel then showed them a clearly out of date manager book, which was made back in 1983. And she then took a sip of whatever drink she had in a mug that had '#2' on it.
Lisa adjusted her glasses and said," If you will pardon me. I will be calculating the budget. We may need it for any damages that will inevitably transpire. Due to whatever shenanigans that I'm certain will occur." She said as she walked out of the room.
"You do that Lis! Cause you are great and worth it!" Mabel said with a thumb up and took another sip.
"How come your mug says '#2'? I hope you say it soon. Cause I'm dying 2 know." Luan punned, which caused the others to groan.
Mabel chuckled, she held up a mirror and said," Cause the real #1… is all of you." She then go up from her chair and walked over to a chalk board.
"With me as boss, you're gonna be noticing a few changes around here. My job is to help you be your best 'selves'. Satisfied, Every-day, Loving Life, Very much, Everyday, Satisfied."
Lori decided it was time to talk to her sister and said," Mabel, I mean this in the literally nicest way possible. But there is more to being a boss or leading than being nice. Yes Stan can literally be the worst, but him being firm, barking orders and also doing what needs to be done. Is what makes this place succeed… for reasons I literally still don't understand. Also, how do you think I keep you all from destroying everything here and back home?"
Lincoln agreed, he remembered when he originally thought Lori went through a power trip and bossed everyone around because she liked it. But after Dipper explained it and also asking Lori. He understood what his eldest sibling went through, when she was in charge of all of them.
"And also when Leni was made Assistant Manager at Reininger's and had to be the boss for a bit." Lori added.
Leni gasped and said," O-M-Gosh! Your right! Huh, I need to call Miguel and Fiona later. They will totes want to hear about this."
"I'm glad for your input Lori. That's also what makes business's work. But like I told Stan, my way will work. Also, y'know how you've been complaining about Stan not letting you text or call while at work? So that's why I'm letting you do just that."
Lori was about to say something, but she heard her phone's ringtone go off.
She looked at it and said," Ooo, a call from Carol. I'll just be a moment. Thanks sis."
She then left to go to another room, so she could answer it.
Mabel then looked at Bobby and said," Is there anything that Stan won't let you do?"
"Nope, I have not complaints, Mabe's. Although I do agree with what Lori said. But I'm going to trust your judgment. But if you need anything, don't hesitate."
"Thanks, I'll keep that into consideration, I'll actually keep it, I'm not like Stan. Wendy, how can I make your work space more Wendy-friendly?"
Wendy thought about for a moment and said," Hmm, well, Stan never lets me hang with friends at work."
"Stan ain't here, sister! Door's open!"
"Sweet!" Wendy said with double thumbs up.
"And Soos, I believe this is yours." Mabel said, as she pulled out a question mark costume out of the cabinet.
Soos gasped in happiness and said," Questiony the Question Mark?! I wish this was an exclamation point to show how excited I am! And the stitching and fabric is nice and soft."
"That would be Leni's doing. Just so you aren't uncomfortable wearing it. And for my two mystery solving and monster hunting brothers. You both head into the woods. And don't come back until you've found an amazing attraction! No more wearing those wolf costumes!"
To prove her point, she got the costumes and put them into a shredder.
"All right! This is great!" Lincoln cheered.
"Finally! Time to show Stan how REAL mystery hunters do it! Hey Lucy, do you want to tag along? We could use help looking for something spooky."
"You had me at spooky." Lucy said.
"Can I come too? I wanna meet some new creatures. Maybe I can adopt one. Also, I want to help you guys capture it humanely." Lana said.
"Yeah we can use the help. Alright, let's do this thing!" Dipper declared. He then grabbed a flail and opened a window. Lincoln and the others went through it.
"Dipper and team out- whaa!" He said, as he fell out the window due to the weight of the flail.
"So, what about the rest of us, dude?" Luna asked.
"Do whatever you guys like. Cause in the next forty-eight hours, we're gonna fill up this jar with six hundred billion dollars!" Mabel said and drew a line on the jar.
Wendy had a slightly concerned look and said," You do know how money works, right?"
"Of course. Waddles, run down to the shop and grab me a latte." Leia then gave Waddle's a bill and he then ate it. "Whoa! Hungry little guy." She said, as she proceeded to give him another bill and he also ate it.
"We're gonna need to watch her." Luna said to Luan, who nodded.
And with that, a new business day of the new Mystery Shack started. Contrary to what some would think, it actually went well. Mabel happily led out a group of tourists, while also smiling at the amount of money they left in the jar.
"Hey sis, we're back!" Lincoln called, as he, Dipper Lana and Lucy dragged a very large bag. The most noticeable thing was that it was moving.
"And we got something! Lana lured it with some bait and it fell into the pit we made! This is gonna blow those tourist away!" Dipper excitedly said.
"Yeah, woo." Lucy said.
"I'm naming him Gobbie." Lana said.
Dipper yelped as Gobbie grabbed his arm from inside. But luckily he punched him a couple of times and he then let's go.
"Marvelous work valued employees!" Mabel said. She then looked at the side and saw someone behind the port-a-potty's. "Who's that? Is it Questiony the Question Mark?"
"I'm starting to have second thoughts about this Mabel. I keep forgetting my lines… and this costume is more…" Soos came into full view. He was wearing the costume, but it revealed it didn't cover much. And also he was shown to be in his underwear as well. "Revealing than I expected… I think Leni needs to change it."
"Soos, don't give up. Anything is possible when you… imaginize it!"
Soos looked confused and said," But I don't know what that means."
Leia put her finger to Soos's lips and said," Sshshshhh. Believe in yourself. That's what Lola does at her pageants. Lori with golf, Luan with her comedy shows. And Luna with her concerts. Believe and imaginize it. You're an awesome pageant playing golfer and rock star. Who has the courage to be the question mark everyone loves. Imaginize."
And with that piece of advice, she walked away, leaving Soos more confused and not sure of what to do. And he also shivered a little due to feeling cold. He should've put more thought into the costume.
"And it's quite the mystery why you came here! Get it?" Luan joked with a laugh, but the tourists didn't get it and walked away.
"Those are not funny." One of them grumbled.
Mabel winced and was about to say something, when she heard a loud guitar riff. She went to the other side of the shack. And saw Luna and Robbie loudly playing their guitars.
"What's happening?" She asked.
"Hey sis, just showing these tourists some good vibes and music. I also got Robbie to shred along. Hope you don't mind." Luna said as she played another riff.
Mabel saw some tourists cover their ears, and grumble. She winced and was about to say something, but Robbie said.
"You're cool with this right? Not that I would normally care… but Luna told me to play nice." Robbie said, as he glanced at Luna, who nodded.
"Uh yeah, keep on playing. We need the guests have a vibe. And you're bringing it! Keep rocking!" Mabel said while holding two piece signs with her hands.
Happy that a crisis was adverted, Leia then walked into the gift shop, wanting to see how everything was going with everyone else.
"Hey guys stop! This is a place of business, not a place to party!" Bobby said.
Mabel was greeted to see the gift shop was in slight disarray. Due to Wendy and her friends making the mess in question. Wendy then kicked a shrunken head to hard and it hit a kid in the face.
The kid started to cry, while his mother rushed to him to check on him. "Billy! Your face is ruined!"
Mabel rushed over, grabbed some of the money out of the jar and said," I'm so sorry about that. Have a refund."
The woman took the money and then took more money out of the jar. She and Billy then walked out of the gift shop.
Mabel went over to Bobby and said," You okay?"
"Yeah… had to deal with this back home when Carl and CJ messed around sometimes. Your gonna talk to them right?"
"Yep… also, take the rest of the day off. And tell Lori the same for her. You lovebirds deserve to have some time together."
Bobby smiled and said," Really? Thanks little Loud. You are a cool boss. I'll go get Lori."
He then walked away, while Mabel went to Wendy and said," Wendy, you've got a lot of cleaning up to do. Please?" Mabel asked.
"Whoa, all this rule stuff is starting to make you sound like Stan. Or maybe Bobby earlier."
"What! I'm nothing like Stan or maybe Bobby! In fact… take the rest of the day off?"
"With full pay?"
Mabel nodded with a nervous chuckle. Wendy smiled, gave her a thumps up and left.
Lana then approached her sister with an annoyed look and said," Hey sis, Lola isn't doing anything. When I asked, all she said was that she was supervising."
"I don't see the problem. That means she's making sure everything is going well."
Lana looked like she was about to say something. She stopped, shrugged and walked away.
Mabel breathed a sigh of relief, smiled, patted herself and said," Leia 'Mabel' Loud, you are the best boss ever."
Nearby, Soos approached a woman from behind; he tapped her on the shoulder, once she turned around, Soos then loudly said, "I'M QUESTIONY THE QUESTION MARK!"
The woman screamed in fear, took out her pepper spray and sprayed Soos. Soos screamed in pain and fell to the ground. While also trying to defend himself from the spray.
In the exhibit room, a couple were looking at some of the exhibits when Lucy appeared next to them.
"Excuse me." She said and the couple screamed in fright. Lucy pointed to the other side of the room. "We have a new exhibit you might be interested in."
The couple looked interested and went over to where Dipper and Lincoln were standing. There was also a large tarp covering something behind them.
"Thank you sis. Ladies and Gentlemen, my name is Honest Dipper and this is Genuine Lincoln. And unlike our cheating Uncle, we have something to show you that isn't a hoax!"
"And to add onto how real it was, we almost got killed trying to get him into the cage. Now behold, never before seen until now. Its part gremlin and part Goblin. The Gremloblin!" Lincoln said as he and Dipper removed the tarp.
The Gremloblin snarled as it shook the bars. It then coughed and spat out an arm bone of a person. One noticeable thing was that it still had a ring on its finger bone.
Lucy picked it up with gloves and said," I'll give this a proper burial." She said and walked away.
"Well that's fun." The husband said with an impressed tone. Ignoring the regurgitated human remains.
His wife thought otherwise and said," It's fake honey. You can see the strings." She said and pointed at the shoulder hair.
"Actually that's body hair." Dipper pointed out.
Something else caught the wife's attention and said to her husband," Look at this dear. The Six-Packalope."
The husband laughed and said," Wordplay!" He said and took a picture.
"Huh, guess Luan and Lynn's idea did pay off." Lincoln said, remembering that those two came up with the attraction.
Dipper dragged the couple back while saying," C'mon, would you two rather see something fake? Or would you rather see something real like this? A real paranormal beast. Fun fact about this guy, you'll see your worst nightmare if you look into his eyes."
"So be amazed or be terrified." Lincoln said.
The couple decided to do so, once they did, the Gremloblin's eyes turned yellow and so did theirs.
"Amazing right? We work for tips." Dipper said.
"Uh bro… I don't think we'll be getting any tips." Lincoln said.
"Huh? Why… oh." Dipper asked and then winced at the extremely freaked out looks the couple had. Not only that, but their hair was standing on end.
Later, both brothers, Lucy and the others watched the couple get taken into an ambulance. And it soon drove away.
"Y'know, maybe you dudes should've had a safer attraction. Not something that scary." Luna said.
"Yeah, or else more people will go-blining away. Haha." Luan laughed while the others groaned.
"You know what I just realized." Lincoln said.
"What's that?" Dipper asked.
"We could've asked Thomas to be an exhibit. I mean at least no one would have nightmares for life if they meet a Lepricorn."
"Sigh, hindsight is truly a cruel mistress." Lucy lamented.
Dipper nodded and said," Yep. So, what happened with you guys?"
Luna and Luan looked miffed with Luna saying," Apparently my and Robbie's music were too much for some of the tourists to handle."
"And also my jokes were terrible. Them thinking that is the real bad joke."
"No one wanted to volunteer to the mysteries of my experiments." Lisa said.
"Yeah, no one was interested in playing anything physical or sports." Lynn said.
"How's that related to any of this mystery stuff?" Ronnie Anne asked.
"Why shouldn't it be?"
Dipper then thought of something and said," Wonder how Mabel's doing?"
Meanwhile inside the shop, Mabel was busy helping the customers. Everyone else were either gone or doing their own thing. Mainly due to Mabel not wanting to come off bossy and letting them do it. Luckily, due to all the noise and stuff, everyone came inside to see what was going on.
Seeing the chaos, Ronnie Anne whistled loudly and everyone stopped what they were doing.
"Alright! Everyone calm down and form a calm line! Or else!" She threatened.
Everyone did so, not wanting to anger the Latina further.
"Dang turistas (Dang tourists)." She grumbled.
Mabel breathed a sigh of relief and said," Thanks. So, what's happening with you guys?"
"Linc, Lucy and I made two people go insane." Dipper said.
"All of our stuff to boost this place went nowhere. How you doing little dude?" Luna said.
"Ugh, I'm so tired. I gave Wendy, Bobby and Lori the day off. So I had to do everything in here."
"Why didn't you ask us to help? Or be a little tougher." Ronnie Anne asked.
"Would've, but felt I didn't want to boss you guys around. Also, that's what Stan would do."
"How about this. We call Bobby and Lori to come back early. And you should get some rest." Lincoln suggested.
Before she could say something, there was a loud growling sound. Everyone looked at Lynn, thinking it was her stomach.
"Wasn't me."
A second later, a wall exploded and the Gremloblin roared in anger. All the visitors screamed and ran out the door. While everyone else hid behind the front counter.
"How did he get out of his locked cage?!" Dipper yelled.
"Well… I taped a key to the top of the cage for his 5 minute break." Leia admitted.
"You really are the best boss, sis! Really know how to value your employee." Leni said and got confused when the others gave her looks.
"But seriously, why would you do that?!" Lincoln asked.
"He's an employee! Well… sort of."
"Okay, we need to round him up. Someone needs to call Bobby and Lori. Also, where's Soos?"
"He was stressed out so I told him to take a soothing nature walk."
The Gremloblin then threw a replica Mayan Calendar at a wall. While he was distracted, everyone ran into the living room.
"I don't like being in nature, but I would rather be out there, than in here." Lola gulped.
"Like, what's it doing now?" Leni asked.
Lincoln peered around and said," Putting stickers on himself."
Mabel gasped and said," Those are only for if you earn them! What do we do?"
Dipper pulled out the Journal, found the Gremloblin section and read it.
"Aha, when fighting a Gremloblin, use water."
Mabel quickly grabbed a cup of water and threw it at the Gremloblin.
"Only as a last resort, as water will make him much, much scarier?! Who writes sentences like that?!"
"Or better yet, why would you stop in a middle of sentence? You could said 'Hang on, there's more' or something." Lincoln said and Dipper gave his brother a look.
The Gremloblin then roared in anger and it grew spikes out of his back.
"Normally I would be fascinated about something like this. But my amygdala is making me experience very potent fear." Lisa said.
"Guys! You literally won't- what the hell is going on!?" A familiar voice screamed.
Everyone's eyes widened and they looked around to see Lori and Bobby had come back. Bobby stood in front of Lori, to protect her. But the both of them looked scared. But they became even more scared once the Gremloblin looked them in the eyes when they turned yellow.
"Oh boy this is really bad." Dipper gulped. "Anyone got ideas?"
Lynn gave her brother an accusatory look and said," Why are you asking us? Aren't you and Stincoln the experts on this crap?"
Before the argument could go further, Ronnie Anne realized something and said, "Hang on, you guys said it can make people experience fear right? With his eyes? Can it experience it itself?" Ronnie Anne said.
That made everyone start to think.
As Lori and Bobby trembled, the Gremloblin heard someone call out to it.
"Hey monster!"
The Gremloblin turned around to see Dipper. Lincoln and Lynn were holding a large mirror, while the others led Lori and Bobby away.
"Take a look at this!"
Due to The Gremloblin still having his eyes yellow, he ended up experiencing his worst fear. It worked, due to it screaming in terror at whatever he saw. He then crashed through another wall to get away. It ran outside, sprouted wings and took off. But not before he bumped into the Totem Pole, which caused the top part to fall onto a car.
"Well… here's something for ya. Today has been totem-lly crazy. Haha… right sorry." Luan apologized, once she received frosty glares from everyone.
"Uh guys, how long will this last?" Ronnie Anne asked in a worried tone.
Everyone looked to see Lori and Bobby were still experiencing their worst fears. Due to their eyes still being yellow. And also they were slightly switching and making scared noises.
Dipper looked at the journal and said," It says it will last a couple of hours."
"Hang on, I got this." Lynn said. She removed her shoe and then one of her socks. She then held it front of Lori and Bobby.
Once the smell got to them, they blinked and immediately started to dry heave. Luckily Lincoln and Ronnie Anne gave them trash cans. And they both threw up.
Bobby moaned and said," I won't be sleeping tonight."
Lori shivered, she then had a cross look and said," You all literally better have a good reason why we went through that."
"Uh… it was an accident?" Lincoln said with a nervous chuckle.
"You can be mad at us later. What were you going to tell us when you got back?" Ronnie Anne asked.
Lori took her phone out and played a video. It showed Stan, who was on Cash Wheel. The host was with him as well and Stan had $100,000 on the screen of his podium.
"Holy shmoly." Lincoln gasped.
"Huh, we should not have underestimated a professional conman." Dipper winced.
"Ladies and gentlemen, Stan Pine's is poised to become our grand champion! Anything to say to your fans out there?" The host asked.
"See you tomorrow Mabel!" Stan said, as he held out up the Loser t shirt and the video ended.
"Oh no, no, no! We have to fix this! Or else I'm going to have to wear that shirt all summer!" Mabel cried.
"Hey guys, what happened here?" Wendy asked, as she and Soos came in through the hole in the wall. "Lori called about there being news. I ran into Soos as I was coming in. Was there a party?"
"Wendy, Soos! Am I glad to see you two! We need everyone help tomorrow to clean this place up! And we might be able to beat Stan!" Mabel said.
"Sorry, but I've got a little headache forming. So I might not be able to work tomorrow." Wendy said.
"And I just met a pack of wolves, and I think they're going to raise me as one of there own. So I should really be at the den right now." Soos said and pointed at the forest.
"Ah cool! Can I come too?" Lana asked.
"Yeah, that sounds awesome!" Lynn agreed, as she and Lana approached him.
"Yeah… I probably won't be able to either. On the count of the psychological trauma I just endured." Bobby said with a shudder.
This caused everyone to talk at once and started an argument. Mabel looked around, not sure what to do. But as the talking got louder, she felt a pressure building inside of her. And after another moment, something in her finally snapped.
"ENOUGH! EVERYONE CRAM IT!" She finally screamed.
Everyone stopped and gasped. Out of all the people to get mad, Leia 'Mabel' Loud was at the bottom of the list.
"I have had it up to here! I had to endure your crazy stunts and lollygagging throughout the day! And fought a monster that was supposed to be an attraction but destroyed everything. When we had a nice Lepricorn and Leprechauns to help. And also possibly Manotaur's and a Succubus."
"That's a rare sentence that'll get you into the loony bin." Luan whispered to Luna, but she jabbed her sister in the stomach to stop her.
"Shut up and don't drive. She's finally doing it." She whispered.
"And all this time I've been taken advantage of! And not given the respect I deserve. If I have to endure more tomfoolery! I'm going to get an ulcer! Now, you are going to help clean this place up!"
A loud roar was heard the distance, everyone had a fearful expressions.
"Tomorrow! After the coast is clear." Mabel amended. "And if none of you are doing any work tomorrow there is going to be trouble! Got it?!"
"Yes Mabel/Lori!" Everyone said.
Everyone looked at Lana who said the latter.
Lana laughed nervously and said," Sorry. Force of habit… and not used to this."
Mabel then looked at Lola, who gulped at the attention.
"And no more supervising! You work like the rest of us! Got it!?"
"Yep. Got it. I will do my best, sis." Lola squeaked with a nod.
"That's yes BOSS!" Mabel said with a slamming of her fist onto the counter. Stan's fez fell off the hat rack and landed on her head.
Mabel felt her head and looked herself in the mirror. She gasped as she realized what had just happened.
"What have I become?" Mabel asked in horror.
Lori placed a comforting hand on her sister's shoulder and said," What you had to be, sis. Something that I've had to become back home so the house wouldn't fall apart."
"And also like what I had to do when I was made Assistant Manager at Reininger's." Leni said.
"Okay… tomorrow we will get to work and turn this around! So get ready people!" Mabel said and everyone nodded.
Early the next day, after making sure the Gremloblin wasn't coming back, everyone got work. Instead of doing what they were doing yesterday, they did it the Stan Pine's way. As in they made various fake attractions, raised the prices and other things. While that happened, repairs were done to fix everything that was damaged or destroyed.
At the end of the day, everyone stood around Lisa, who was busy counting all the money they made.
"Would you all please move back? I can't concentrate with you all breathing carbon dioxide down my neck." Everyone took a step back. "Thank you. First, we filled the jar."
Everyone cheered, but Lisa wasn't done.
"Now, with the deduction of our acquired funds due to repairs and replacing what was destroyed. As well as repairs to our abode. That leave's us with… One dollar." She finished.
Everyone looked down in defeat. It was only made worse, due to the door opening and a certain someone came in.
"I'm back! Time's up kids!" Stan announced, as he was holding the beeping timer. "Nice to see you both learned how to dress while I was gone." He said the last part to Dipper and Lincoln, who both wore suits.
"How much did you beat us by?" Mabel asked.
Stan was about to say, but Lori beat him to it. She chuckled and said," Apparently he lost it all. Look."
She showed her phone to everyone, it was a clip of Stan on Cash Wheel.
"For a chance to double your money or lose it all, what six letter word you use to ask for something politely? For example, 'May I [blank] have that?" The host asked Stan.
Cockiness was radiating off of Stan, believing he was going to win and said," Do l look like an idiot folks. The word is 'gimmee', with two E's." Stan said, confident he was right. He was proven wrong when he heard a loud buzzing sound.
"Ooo… sorry that is incorrect. But, because you've done so well, we're gonna give you one more chance. Let's try again. It's a 'P' word. Most people say it's the 'magic word'."
"Pabracadabra! Final answer!" Stan guessed, but the buzzing sound came back.
"I'm sorry Stan, but the word is-"
"It's please!" Mabel happily said. And pointed at a sticker with the word please on the register.
"Apparently the word can make you money." Stan said with pained look.
"Once again, hindsight is a cruel mistress." Lucy said.
"Hold on, you lost everything. While we still have money… that means Mabel won!" Lincoln said.
The other cheered, high fived and hugged Mabel.
Stan sighed and said, "Well… according to our bet. I guess Mabel is the new boss-"
"NO!" Everyone yelled at once.
Stan jumped a little, not expecting that response and said," Huh? What do you mean?"
"Grunkle Stan… I had no idea how hard it was being a boss. I thought Lori and Leni were joking about their experiences. But this place went cuckoo bananas until I started barking orders and leading like you." Mabel said and handed the fez to Stan, who put it back on his head.
"Yeah well, gotta admit that it's kinda nice to be back, y'know. Come here kids." The Loud's hugged their Great Uncle, but the moment was stopped when Stan got out of the hug.
"Alright that's enough. Now everyone GET TO WORK! Uh… please. Ow, still hurts." Stan said as he grabbed his chest.
Before he could do anything else, Lincoln then spoke up," Hang on, didn't you guys have an agreement with the bet. About Stan having to do a dance?"
Mabel gasped and said," Your right!"
Lori giggled and said," Oh this literally going on everything. And don't worry Stan. I'll have them on the Mystery Shack's social media accounts as well."
Stan's eyes widened and said," That never happened!" He then threw a smoke bomb onto the ground. Once it exploded, he took off.
"Lynn! Get him!" Mabel ordered.
Lynn smirked and took off after her Great Uncle. The sound of a yell and thump was heard outside.
"Got him!" Lynn victoriously yelled and a groan of pain could be heard as well.
Later in the day outside, everyone watched as Luan videotaped Stan. Who was standing in front of a backdrop. And he was wearing a sparkly orange jump-suit, one that even Lincoln wouldn't wear.
"Look kid, I'm not gonna-"
"You can't get out of his Grunkle Stan! Do it!" Mabel ordered.
"I'm Stan and I was wrong. I'm singing the Stan Wrong Song. I shouldn't have taken that chance. Now here's my remorseful dance." Stan sung.
"Do the kicks!" Mabel ordered and everyone was trying to not be loud with their laughter.
Stan did so, but it didn't appease Mabel.
"Jazzier!"
Stan did so, but his hat fell off his head and fell to the ground. Gompers started to chew on it and Stan tried to get it back, but he hurt his back a little.
"Think we need another take sis?" Luan asked, with amusement in her voice.
"Take thirty!" Mabel agreed and Stan groaned.