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Ford was repairing his guns he gathered over the thirty years of inter-dimensional traveling in his room, when he heard the sound of sobs from outside his window. Ford stopped what he was doing, he recognized the sound of those sobs anywhere. Ford left his room and opened the door, and then he found Mabel sitting on the steps, holding her legs to herself. Ford Pines: “ Mabel?”
Mabel stiffened up and turned around to see Ford behind her. Mabel Pines: “ *sniffles* Grunkle Ford?”
Ford noticed that Mabel had scratches on her forehead, cheek, and chin, barely bleeding, but her face was covered with tears. Ford Pines: “ *gasp* What happened?” Ford stepped off the patio to face Mabel, and he knelt down to her level. Only to find Mabel had her right knee skidded and oozing with blood, her sweater a bit ripped showing her right shoulder and elbows also bleeding. “ Mabel, what happened to you?”
Mabel held her bleeding knee to her body, as more tears filled her eyes. Mabel Pines: “ W-w-well, I was in the forest with the fairies who run the nail salon, a-a-and Celestabellebethabelle saw me and came up to me. *sniffles* I tried to ignore her, b-b-but…”
Ford cups his hands on Mabel’s face, wiping the tears from her eyes with his thumbs. Ford Pines: “ Shh shh shh. Calm down. Take a deep breath.”
Mabel Pines: “ *inhale*exhale* Okay, okay. So Celestabellebethabelle was asking me if I was even pure of heart yet, I only ignored her and tried to walk away. But when she said she knows I was the one responsible for Weirdmageddon. *sniffles* And that she was going to tell everyone what I did!”
Ford is in shock. Ford Pines: “ *gasp* Stupid equine. How did she find out?”
Mabel Pines: “ She overheard me telling you about it last summer.” Ford put his hands down to clench his fists. “ So I was scared that she was going to tell everyone what I did, that I punched her, a-a-and she kicked me, a-a-and then we got into this fight, and I tried to fight her off, but she was too strong g, a-a-and she hurt me, and she beat me and told me to get lost!” Mabel’s lip quivers, she holds her bleeding knee, and she face planted herself in Ford’s torso. “ *sobs*”
Ford immediately wrapped his arms around Mabel in a tight embrace. Ford Pines: “ Oh, pumpkin. Shh shh shh.” Ford pressed his nose in Mabel’s head. “ Don’t cry. Shh-shh. I’m here. I’m here.” Mabel cries for five minutes, as Ford hugs her close, rubbing her back and caressing her head. Ford picks Mabel up in his arms and brings her inside the shack. Ford sits on Stan’s chair as Mabel kept crying, trying to calm her down.
Mabel Pines: “ *cries*sniffles*” Mabel lifts her face from Ford’s chest she had cried into, her face and Ford’s sweater were both stained in tears. “ I’m sorry… for your sweater.”
Ford smiled and kissed Mabel’s forehead. Ford Pines: “ Don’t worry about it. Let me help you.”
Mabel Pines: “ *sniffles* Okay.”
Ford lifted Mabel off his lap and placed her on the chair, then he stood up and went to the bathroom to grab the first aid kit. He comes back to Mabel and kneels down in front of her, Ford pulls Mabel’s sweater off of her, and removes her shoes. Ford has a wet wash cloth he did in the bathroom and gently cleans the blood from Mabel’s knee, she flinched. Ford Pines: “ I know, I’m sorry. It’s supposed to help.” Once Ford finished Mabel’s knee, he does the same to her elbows, shoulder, and the cuts on her face. Mabel was clean from oozing and dry blood, next Ford opens the first aid kit and takes out rubbing alcohol, gently dabs it on Mabel’s knee.
Mabel Pines: “ *hisses* Ow.” Mabel pulled her leg away.
Ford Pines: “ I know, I’m sorry, pumpkin. But it’s supposed to help you, I promise.” Ford does the same to Mabel’s other cuts on her elbows, shoulder, forehead, cheek, and chin. Mabel flinched during the treatment, but Ford was being very gentle with her the best he can. Now that Ford cleaned Mabel to prevent infections, he takes out Mabel’s color bandaids and patches Mabel’s cuts up.
And after Ford has Mabel patched up, he kisses them all better, kissing her knee, elbows, shoulder, chin, cheek, and forehead. Mabel Pines: “ *giggles*”
Ford Pines: “ Better?”
Mabel Pines: “ *giggles* Much better. Thank you, Grunkle Ford.”
Ford smiled and picked Mabel up in his arms, then sits back down on Stan’s chair. Ford Pines: “ *chuckles* You’re welcome, my little princess.” Ford kissed Mabel’s nose.
Mabel Pines: “ *giggles*” Mabel cuddles in Ford’s embrace, he just loved how Mabel felt against his chest, so warm, so cuddly. Ford sat there with Mabel cuddling up with him for a good hour, Mabel was practically napping during that time, resting from fighting that dreaded unicorn once again. Ford had a thought in mind, he smirks as he moves his left hand to Mabel’s belly, and he tickles her awake. “ *giggles*” Mabel wakes up and Ford hides his hand from her. “ Grunkle Ford, did you just tickle me?”
Ford Pines: “ Who? Me?” Ford tries to play innocent. “ Don’t know what you’re talking about.” Then Ford sneaks his hand back to Mabel’s belly to tickle her again.
Mabel Pines: “ AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!”
Ford Pines: “ *chuckles* Tickle tickle.”
Mabel Pines: “ AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Stop! Stop it!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!”
Ford pulled his arm back, acting like he had nothing to do with it. Ford Pines: “ Huh? Now how did that happen?”
Mabel Pines: “ *giggles* Liar.”
Ford Pines: “ No, I’m serious. It’s times like this, my hands have a mind of their own.” Ford holds his left hand up and makes it a face. “ *cheesy voice* Don’t listen to this old man, Mabel. He’s crazy.” Ford pretends his hand was a living puppet.
Mabel Pines: “ Hahahahahaha!”
Ford Pines: “ See? What I tell ya?” “ *cheesy voice* Hello, Mabel. I’m Lefty. You wanna know what my favorite food is?”
Mabel Pines: “ *giggles* No, what?”
Ford Pines: “ *cheesy voice* Human toes!” Ford pretending his hand as Lefty grabs Mabel’s feet and tickles them.
Mabel Pines: “ AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!!” Mabel tries kicking Lefty away, but Ford already has her ankles grabbed while his puppet hand tickles her socked feet.
Ford Pines: “ *cheesy voice* Om nom nom nom! Bleh! Why are these socks still on? I like a decent meal!” Ford’s puppet hand pulls off Mabel’s socks, and he tickles her feet and toes. “ *cheesy voice* Om nom nom nom nom nom nom!”
Mabel Pines: “ AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! THAT TICKLES!!”
Ford Pines: “ *cheesy voice* Om nom nom! Muah! Delicious.” Ford’s puppet hand makes a kissy face on Mabel’s feet.
Mabel Pines: “ *giggles* You tickle monster.”
Ford Pines: “ Careful, Mabel. Lefty would want to gobble your belly right up.” Ford holds his puppet hand up and points it to Mabel’s belly. “ *cheesy voice* Ooh, he’s right! You have a delicious looking belly.” And Ford tickles Mabel’s belly again.
Mabel Pines: “ AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! LEFTY!! HHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! GRUNKLE FORD!!”
Ford Pines: “ *cheesy voice* Om nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom!!” Ford tickles Mabel’s belly, and makes his hand kiss her belly. “ *cheesy voice* Muah! So tasty.”
Mabel Pines: “ *giggles* That tickles, Lefty!”
Ford Pines: “ *chuckles* He’s a naughty little rascal.”
Mabel Pines: “ What about your right hand? What’s his name?”
Ford Pines: “ Well, he’s Righty, of course.” “ *cheesy voice* No, he’s never right about anything. He may be Righty, but he’s never right, ever.”
Mabel Pines: “ Hahahaha!! I get it! That’s funny.”
Ford Pines: “ *chuckles*” Then Ford raises his right hand and makes it into a puppet face same as his left hand. “ *low voice* Now don’t listen to Lefty, Mabel. He’s nothing but trouble.”
Mabel Pines: “ *giggles*”
Ford Pines: “ *cheesy voice* Don’t you start with me Righty!” Ford pretends his left hand was talking to his right hand. “ *low voice* I’m sick of your annoying attitude, you weirdo!” “ Mabel, this is about to get messy.” Ford lifts Mabel off his lap and places her on the armchair, then he makes himself fall on the floor while his puppet hands go at each other, which is actually Ford’s hands grabbing each other like they’re living beings. “ *cheesy voice* Take that! Take some of this!” “ *low voice* Bring it on! I got all day!”
Mabel Pines: “ Hahahahaha!! Grunkle Ford, you’re so silly!” Mabel was really enjoying the show.
Ford pretended to have his hands fight each other for 20 minutes until he pretends to have them collapse on the floor. Ford Pines: “ *sigh* Wow, that got ugly.”
Mabel Pines: “ *giggles* You were funny.” Mabel hops off the chair and lays on Ford’s chest.
Ford Pines: “ Oof. *chuckles*” Ford sits up to scoop Mabel in his arms, and he kisses her forehead a dozen times.
Mabel Pines: “ *giggles*” Mabel wraps her arms around Ford’s neck. “ Thank you for taking care of me.” Mabel kissed Ford’s cheek.
Ford smiled and held Mabel’s head close, nuzzling his face against Mabel. Ford Pines: “ You’re welcome, Mabel.” Ford and Mabel enjoyed their loving embrace, Mabel’s spirits were brought back up again with Ford’s help, it’s all he lives for, seeing Mabel and her brother happy and loved.
The next day, Ford goes into the enchanted part of the forest to face Celestabellebethabelle for hurting Mabel, and as he found that dreaded unicorn, he beats her up real good, and used his brute force to rip her horn clean off her head. Celestabellebethabelle: “ Ow! My horn!” Even without her horn she can still talk.
Ford placed his foot on Celestabellebethabelle’s head, and points his gun to her. Ford Pines: “ The next time you ever hurt my little girl like that again, I will have your head removed and put on display for the Mystery Shack!”
Celestabellebethabelle: “ Okay, okay! Jeez! So pushy!”
Ford Pines: “ 30 years changes a man. And you better not tell anyone what Mabel did last summer that started Weirdmageddon! I know where you live!”
Celestabellebethabelle: “ Okay! I won’t! Sheesh! I was only kidding when I said that!”
Ford Pines: “ You better be if you know what’s good for you, glue stick!” Ford kicked the unicorn’s head and walked away while twirling the unicorn horn in his hand. Whatever or whoever so much as hurts Mabel has to deal with Ford.