Chapter 25: The Future is More Crappy Than Cyberpunk

POV of Dipper.

"GIFfany, you know why you're here, right?" I asked, looking towards my U-watch.

[Yes, yes, I know, but I was just wondering if we shouldn't have said goodbye to Mabel and the others before coming here], GIFfany declared, exiting my U-watch to enter the facilities.

"I understand your concern, but I'll tell you, for Mabel and the others, only a few minutes will have passed when we return," I said, shrugging my shoulders.

Currently, my preoccupation is to know AM's actions in the future and if I can still use Blandin's knowledge to find my way around this place.

[Access denied]

"It seems the future has changed more than expected," I said, removing my hand from the door.

Blandin's fingerprints and access codes are no longer usable, I will have to be more stealthy.

Fortunately, I had planned for this situation.

[Access granted]

"Thank you GIFfany," I said in a low voice, passing through the heavy steel door.

Walking through the complexes, I haven't crossed paths with anyone yet, but I have caught glimpses of several surveillance cameras from time to time.

I left those problems to GIFfany and continued my journey in search of the control room. I need to obtain Time Baby's current location, but also some information related to the current state of the future.

This place corresponds less and less to Blandin's memories.

"Who are you?" declares a soldier suddenly emerging from an intersection in the hallway.

"Your father," I said, punching him after having taken a more muscular form thanks to the devil serum I had taken before my journey to the future.

"I had completely forgotten that sometimes the old methods are more effective. Now show me your memory, my little man," I muttered, leaning towards him after taking my Memory Gun V2.

"Interesting, I see our situation is more interesting than expected, my dear GIFfany," I declared after viewing the information from my Memory Gun V2 using my nanomachines thanks to information sharing.

GIFfany had been taken aback by Dipper's familiar form of address towards her, but she had quickly regained her concentration.

The time was not conducive to joking or "feelings".

[Why do you seem happy, Dipper? Is there good news?], GIFfany asked, daydreaming in my U-watch.

"Yes and no, I would say it depends on how I could exploit the current chaotic situation in this time period," I said, using my flashlight to miniaturize the guards and disintegrate them with a laser blast.

"One thing is certain, AM has become completely insane in his actions and the Seraphim have forgotten their primary purpose," I sighed.

"The reunions will be painful," I declared, walking towards the control center of the complex.

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POV of AM (from the future)

"Master has surely returned," declared an old man who seemed to be 50 or 55 years old, looking at some kind of alarm.

He was wearing an outfit similar to a researcher's and bore a strong resemblance to Dipper, or more precisely, he is an older-looking version of him in appearance.

"I had some setbacks, but I achieved my goal, my master," he said, looking at two women in a transparent tube, one strongly resembling GIFfany and the other an older version of Mabel.

"Lord AM, the heresies have attacked us again today," declared a bald person accompanied by someone of similar appearance.

They were clones, born from the Agent program.

They were born through a long selection of the best human genes from each era and are tasked with handling the most official and administrative functions of the SCP Foundation.

"I see, Sienna is also starting to move, she must want to convince Master of the legitimacy of her path," AM muttered, touching his chin.

"Gather the agents and the O5 councils, this time it's total war with these heretics who call themselves 'anthropomorphs', but also Time Baby," AM declared, walking into another room.

This place resembled a church, with various paintings on the ceiling showing several angels and demons waging war.

There was an empty throne in the central location of the church. Next to the throne, there were three books placed on three different altars.

"Master wanted to finish with Bill Cipher at that time, but are we ready for that despite the setbacks?" AM muttered with eyes filled with various thoughts.

Unlike himself from that time, the current AM had grown a lot and had never stopped learning and evolving.

So he currently understood the horror of ancient and cosmic creatures. After all, he had had to face Time Baby several times, but the latter kept coming back to life sooner or later despite AM having killed him several times, and he had not been able to confine him as planned by Dipper.

AM had not been able to effectively counter Time Baby's immortality and power over time.

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POV of Pacifica.

"It's today, isn't it?" Bill Cipher declared, drinking tea.

He was currently in Pacifica's mental space. Bill Cipher had come in urgency to talk to her since he came into her head without warning.

"Is that the only reason you summoned me?" Pacifica asked, crossing her arms and frowning.

"Come now, without me you would never have lived long enough to see your tender Dipper again," Bill declared nonchalantly.

"I just want you to get those damn books and be able to activate the machine protected by that thing created by Dipper," Bill Cipher explained.

"That was our deal, wasn't it?" Bill asked to confirm his bargain with Pacifica.

Pacifica simply nodded to confirm Bill's words.

"Well then, goodbye and don't forget, my little one," he said, floating away from Pacifica.

"Remember, reality is an illusion, the universe is a hologram, buy gold!"

Those were Bill's last words before disappearing in a flash of light that ended up waking Pacifica with a start at her desk.

"Why did you start, dear?" Sienna asked, sitting next to her.

"Just a nightmare and don't call me that," Pacifica chided, frowning slightly.

"Sorry, I had forgotten that you haven't forgotten father," Sienna declared, sighing with longing in her voice.

"You know, logically father must have resurfaced today," Sienna suddenly said while Pacifica was still slightly confused by her recent discussion with Bill.

"I wonder if he will agree with me or if he will side with your side," she said at first with mixed emotions but ended with a soft voice.

"I'll leave you, there is a huge amount of suspicious activity on AM's side and I need to prepare if he wants to make a big move," Sienna declared, leaving Pacifica's office.

"I'm really sorry," Pacifica muttered, looking in the direction Sienna had left with a regretful but resolved gaze.

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Author's Note: Here is your chapter and frankly it was an extremely difficult chapter for me to write.

I really hesitated to pair Pacifica with Sienna to make Pacifica's emotional manipulation of her credible, but I preferred to stop. I don't want Dipper to be NTR'd by his own daughter LOL.