Chapter 10 - Plan

Ford's POV

We arrived at their house. It wasn't a very big house, but it wasn't small either. As we got out of the car we walked to the front door ready to ring the bell. I reached out and pressed the button. *Dinnnggg Dinnnngggg Dinnnngggg* Just a normal bell. I heard Mabel say: 'I'll get it...' Lucky for us it was Mabel who came to open the door for us. The door opened and... ''GRUNKLE STAN GRUNKLE FORD'' She gave us a big hug and she had teary eyes. My brother laid a hand on her head. ''Mabel! We wanted to come as fast as possible.'' She smiled at us, but she looked very sad. ''Thanks guys... We actually have uhm... The police over... Because of Dipper...'' She pointed to the police car, how did I not notice that before? Mabel stepped aside so we could enter.

We entered the living room, Mabel's parents were sitting on the couch with two police officers. The parents looked at us in confusion. We just stood there awkwardly... Well more like I stood there awkwardly. Then Mabel's mother Rose spoke. ''Uhm, sorry but why are you two here? I didn't know-'' She got cut off by Mabel. ''Mom, I invited them because they deserved to know what the situation is! Plus maybe they can help!''

The room fell silent, so I decided that it would be best to introduce myself to the police officers since it would be rude if I didn't.

After introducing ourselves we sat down unsure if we were welcome or not. The police officers looked at Rose and Lucas, after a nod from Lucas they continued. ''...So... We received a call from that person called John Rain and he said that Mason was with him. Only after less than a minute, our operator heard a male scream and then the line was cut short. When we arrived on Platina street there was nobody. So yes we assume that Mason has been kidnapped. His location is still unknown to us, but... We do think that the kidnapper might live nearby Platina street, it would make sense if Mason had to run.'' The officer explained. I don't want to wait till the police find him, that could take too much time, and who knows he's with. Thanks to the information on where he was seen last, it would make the search easier. Platina street...

Eventually, the police left and we were led to the guest room. After we unpacked Mabel walked in to talk with us. ''So... What's the plan?'' She asked. I looked at Stan ''Well, of course we aren't going to wait for them to find Dipper. That could take too long. So what we are going to do is search for clues on Platina street. If we're lucky Dipper has left something for us to find... And maybe search for John's family, it could be possible that they can tell us more about John and why he was on Platina street. It might sound like that won't help us at all, but maybe it will help a lot.'' I explained. They nodded ''So when are we going to start?'' Stan asked.

I looked at him ''It would be best if we start right away.''

-- A few minutes later--

We arrived at Platina Street. It was very quiet, there was literally nobody but us. Where to start? We split up to search faster. But it would still take forever to find something... If there was even anything. If Dipper left something like a piece of paper, then it might've blown away by now. I looked around hoping to see something, anything! After maybe an hour of searching we all started to get tired, but I am not going to give up yet. I want at least one clue! Sighing I checked the ground again... And then... I saw it.

On the streets were tiny bits of glass and droplets of blood. It was barely noticeable, but it looked like the blood was actually a trail of tiny blood drops. ''Stanley! Mabel! Come quick!'' I yelled at them looking at the blood. They ran to me and I pointed at the blood. We followed the trail till it stopped. It ended at the beginning of Brick street. From here we could go two ways. One leads to a neighboorhood while the other leads to a dead-end, with just a few houses.

Okay, think Stanford. It probably wouldn't take long before a kidnapper notices that its victim is gone. Running after it's victim would be stupid since the victim probably had a head start. This would make sense if the blood is Dipper's. The glass... There is a chance that that is from John's phone... Didn't the police officer say that the line was cut short? Maybe he dropped his phone. But that leads to more questions. Where did the broken phone go? If the kidnapper picked it up then why not also pick up the remaining pieces of glass? Maybe the kidnapper over looked it?... That wouldn't make sense if the kidnapper is Cipher...

Okay, let's straighten out some facts. We found blood and pieces of glass on Platina street, the blood had a little trail that led to the beginning of Brick street. From here we can go two ways, straight or to the right. If we go straight forward we'll just get to another neighborhood, and if we go to the right we'll walk to a dead end. Both ways have houses, so the kidnapper could live to the right but also straight forward... Although if they live there, we only have to search a limited area because Dipper must've ran away. With his speed, he probably wouldn't have gotten too far from the kidnapper's house.

So the kidnapper has to live near Brick street. But in which direction are we going to search? I mean we could just split up, but then we'll face another problem. How do we know which house it is? We can't just ring the bell and ask if they have Dipper, and asking if they saw anything wouldn't help either... If we accidentally ask the kidnapper then they could just lie to us... But on the other hand, if we ask multiple people then maybe some testimonies match! The question is... Are people willing to testify for us? This all makes me feel like a detective...

''So what're we gonna do?'' Someone suddenly asked, pulling me out of my thoughts. ''Well... We have to split up. Stanley, Mabel, go to the right and ask around if anyone saw anything. Hopefully someone was looking out the window and saw something happen. I will also do the same. Come back to this spot if you are done. Here take a walkie-talkie so we can keep contact for if things go wrong, or that you've found something.'' They nodded and walked to the right. I sighed. Please...Let this will work.

''We'll find you Dipper. Don't worry...'' And so I went to the first house.