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Chapter Eleven: The Oogie Busters

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            The bizarre x-shaped tear in the sky above Gravity Falls ominously loomed for nearly five entire minutes. The denizens of the town panicked, fearing the apocalypse had arrived. Only Em, Mabel, Gabby, and their new friends from Starfleet remained somewhat calm, standing in the midst of all the panic and looking skyward.             “What is it?” Mabel asked of the rift.             “It’s a dimensional rift that can tear all reality apart, unless we do something to stop it,” Captain Jace urgently stated.             “So what do we do?” Zack inquired.             “We need Ford,” Em said. “He’s an expert on these things.”             “And he’s also several miles outside of town with the boys,” Gabby noted. “By the time they get here, we’ll all be dead meat!”             Suddenly, a humming and grinding noise reverberated not far from where they stood along the street. When they turned to see where the noise was coming from, their collective gazes met with a pecul

Chapter Ten: Grandfather (Clock) Paradox

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              Scrooge offered Jace, Alec, and Isabelle a ride to the Brooklyn loft of Magnus Bane in his limousine. It was an offer the three Shadowhunters graciously accepted, considering the alternative would’ve been the B-Team Ghostbusters’ filthy, decade-old Volvo V70 (refitted to serve as their secondary Ectomobile).             Magnus’s loft was an hour’s drive from Bob’s Burgers.             The loft itself was as flamboyant as its owner, cleansed with the aroma of incense (or potions) and decorated with endless relics and keepsakes that an immortal warlock was capable of collecting. As his guests arrived, he was in the midst of sipping on a glass of wine while standing over one of his antique desks, adorned with stacks of scrolls – one spread open and anchored down by candle holders.             To see Scrooge McDuck himself inside his loft put a witty smile on the warlock’s face. “My-my, if it isn’t the old skinflint himself,” he said after another sip of wine. “If I’d k