Mabel placed a finger on her lips signaling for him to be quiet. Dipper got the message and stood up behind Mabel. He focused his attention towards the lake as he whispered words towards his sister. "Did you see it?"
"No," Mabel whispered back. "But I heard something. It sounded like a low growl."
Dipper nodded and drifted his attention from the lake to the forest near them. There was a slight possibility that what Mabel heard could be something else other than the Shadow Wraith. If that was the case, Dipper had to be ready. He slowly picked up a small rock near him and aimed it at the forest ready to hit whatever moved.
Seconds slowly ticked by in pure agonizing silence before a bush not too far from Dipper began rustling. Not even thinking, Dipper threw the rock at the bush. What he didn't expect to hear though was a familiar male voice saying, "Ouch!"
After hearing the voice Mabel and Dipper both turned to each other and ran to the bush and spread the prickly branches apart. What they found inside the bush was Soo's rubbing his head. He looked up at the twins and smiled while wincing in pain. "Uh hey dudes."
"Soos?! What- what are you doing here?" Exclaimed Mabel in shock.
"Yeah? I mean I threw a rock at you!" Dipper pointed out as he threw his arms in the air in exasperation. "I could have killed you." Realizing what he just said, Dipper dropped his arms to his aides as he looked down guiltily. "Sorry Soos."
Soos blinked and laughed. "Dude, I've been hit plenty of times on the head by pipes and wrenches back at the Museum." Soos picked up the rock Dipper threw at him and gave it back to Dipper. "So don't be bummed out all about it."
Dipper nodded as he placed the rock Soos gave back to him on the ground. Next to him, Mabel crossed her arms as she looked at Soos suspiciously. "Soos, were you following us?"
Soos stood up and rubbed his arm with one hand as he nodded. "Well at first I wasn't, but I saw you two walking towards here so I thought that you dudes were looking for buried treasure or something. You were right?"
Dipper shook his head. "No man, we're looking for a monster that lives here!" Dipper took a camera out of his bag as he held it proudly at Soos. "We're going to take a picture of it for a contest."
"Dipper!" Mabel exclaimed in shock that he had just said that.
"Aww dudes can I come with you? I love monster hunts!"
Dipper looked up at Mabel with puppy eyes. "Please Mabel! It'll be a lot easier if Soos was with us. The more people we have, the more pictures we can take."
Mabel considered this as she looked back at Soos from Dipper. Dipper was right. If Soos was with them. They could take more even pictures of the monster when they saw it. The more pictures they had, the more of a chance they had of winning the contest. To top it off, she would have more evidence proving that the monster existed. That would definitely help her become famous later on if she choose hunting the supernatural as a career.
Mabel smiled as this thought and took a camera out of the bag Dipper was holding and gave it to Soos. "Okay Soos, you're in. Just don't tell anything about this to Great Uncle Ford. We're sort of not supposed to be here."
"Don't worry dudes. I promise I won't."
Mabel beamed with gratitude and delight. She hadn't known him that long, but Soos was proving himself to be a really cool guy. After all, he found them knocked out after the Shadow Wraith attacked them. He helped bring them back to the Mystery Museum without even asking for something in return. Because of that, Mabel was finding it easier to warm up to him.
"Let's go then." Mabel said as she returned to walking. Behind her, she could hear Dipper talking with Soos. She wanted to tell them to be quiet, but decided against it. She wanted to hear what they were talking about. And as far as she could heard, part of their conversation revolved around their monster hunt.
Once the three made it to the frozen waterfall, Mabel immediately took a camera out of her coat pocket. "Okay, the Gobblewonker should be somewhere near here, so be ready."
"And what if it isn't?" Asked Dipper. "Because if it isn't, I say let's look for a werewolf!"
Mabel shot a look at Dipper. She couldn't believe that he had just said that. "What do you even know about werewolves?" She asked while looking back at the lake.
Dipper crossed his arms with a smug smile. "I know that they're super cool! They like doing cool stuff just like me! Like howling to the moon."
"You don't howl to the moon." Mabel pointed out looking back at Dipper now a bit annoyed.
"Yes I do. You just don't see me when I do."
Mabel groaned and was about to tell Dipper that she never once heard him howl before, when a unnerving sound could be heard. She widen her eyes as well as Soos and Dipper at the sound.
