Part Four – Rebellion of Starland
By Invader Mel
"Kiss" and "Kill" are similar in spelling, yet opposite in meaning.
To kiss and to kill,
Are not all that apart,
For one can turn on their feelings,
With or without heart.
NOTE: Moral stories are my thing.
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12 Chapter One – TURN OF EVENTS
12.1 Concerning Callista's Fate
Dib sat on the bench in the city park. It was four years later and he was fifteen. Dib was thinking about things. Lots of things. He looked at a picture that Callista had given him. A tear rolled down his face. He was mourning not as missing her. Dib was depressed because of Callista's death. It wasn't the same kind of 'death' that she would find a way out of. It was different. It was the kind where she would get murdered.
The weather was stormy and if the picture had not been framed he wouldn't have taken it out. Since he was sitting under a tree the glass didn't get stained with water, but with tears. Zim came out from the shadows with Kristen close so as to not get wet. They had but one umbrella and the walk was painful with stray drops reaching them at each chance they got. Quickly they bolted to the bench seeking comfort from the deadly droplets of rain fiercely pelting the umbrella.
"Hi Dib. I'm sorry about what happened. Callista was a good person. Maybe she'll find a way back to our realm," Kristen reassured him.
"No, Kristen. I feel a coldness. There's nothing left of her. She's gone."
"Do you want us here or do you want to be alone?"
"I don't know. I guess I'd like some company."
"Gaz is coming, isn't she?"
"I think so. She might think I just called her to some paranormal thing. Sit down."
"Thanks. I wish I could do something for you."
"It doesn't seem right…what happened to her?" Dib demanded with a slight bark of his voice.
"She was…she was…murdered." There was a long silence. "Dib? Are you alright?" Dib said nothing. There was a longer pause. Then he spoke,
"Who-who d-did th-this?"
"Merchenyl killed her." Dib winced at the thought of Callista's death and the name Merchenyl in the same sentence. He thought back to four years ago when he had first learned of the dreaded Merchenyl whose thirst for power would allow her to kill anyone from a single adult to a young child in love.
"I hate her. I truly do. I wish her to an early grave." Dib's eyes grew in hatred, then in sorrow. "Why…?"
"I'm here," Gaz stated as she approached. Kristen led Gaz to Dib.
"Sit down Gaz. Dib needs you now more than ever. Callista died. He's taking it hard. Real hard."
"How'd she die?"
"She got murdered."
"I'm sorry Dib. I promise that I'll get back at the person who did this."
"That's not necessary. This is my battle to face."
"I have a confession Dib. I know the future. I saw it. I remember the other dimension, everything that you remember! I know my role. I have to stay home, but my younger self will be there with you."
"Since when did you get into the paranormal?"
"Well, ever since that incident, I've been trying to find out the cause. That's how much I know so far."
"Have you been sneaking peeks at my Mysterious Mysteries tapes?"
"Well…"
"Aw…Gaz – the future paranormal investigator."
"Shut up, Dib. You're really annoying me."
"What are siblings for?"
"They're for tying you into a knot, that's what."
"I'm sorry, I'll lay off." Gaz noticed a considerable height in his mood since she came to talk to him. She looked at the picture Dib still held in his hands.
"This is a photo of her, isn't it? A bit different than I remember…" Gaz continued to talk about what she recalled. Dib thought back to two weeks ago, the last time he had seen her alive.
13 Flashback
Dib was bidding Callista goodnight that night. As he left the room, she beckoned him back.
"Dib?"
"Yes?"
"This may be the last time you see me alive."
"What?!"
"I'm going to fight in the other dimension. A portal will open up through my dream-state. I love you. Goodbye."
"I love you too. Please don't go though. I don't want you to die…"
"I must Dib. I must," she replied solemnly.
"Callista?"
"Yes?"
"Good luck." Callista smiled, and with a stiffening of her posture, she walked into nothingness. Of course, that was merely what it looked like. She was really stepping into another dimension. She was going to fight and Dib knew she would never return.
14 End of Flashback
"Dib? Dib?" Dib was crying again. Since he rarely did this, Gaz knew that it must have been pretty severe.
"I saw her that very day. I don't know what to do."
"I have a feeling you'll see her again," Gaz reassured her brother.
"Maybe. What's worse is that I knew it. She told me, four years ago, that she would die. I guess I thought that over time something like that would just…wear off. I was wrong. Oh how wrong I was."
"Don't worry, Dib. Something will happen. That wasn't exactly the last time you'd see her. I promise it." Gaz hugged Dib to reassure him that everything was going to be okay. Inside him, Dib knew it too.
By Invader Mel
"Kiss" and "Kill" are similar in spelling, yet opposite in meaning.
To kiss and to kill,
Are not all that apart,
For one can turn on their feelings,
With or without heart.
NOTE: Moral stories are my thing.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12 Chapter One – TURN OF EVENTS
12.1 Concerning Callista's Fate
Dib sat on the bench in the city park. It was four years later and he was fifteen. Dib was thinking about things. Lots of things. He looked at a picture that Callista had given him. A tear rolled down his face. He was mourning not as missing her. Dib was depressed because of Callista's death. It wasn't the same kind of 'death' that she would find a way out of. It was different. It was the kind where she would get murdered.
The weather was stormy and if the picture had not been framed he wouldn't have taken it out. Since he was sitting under a tree the glass didn't get stained with water, but with tears. Zim came out from the shadows with Kristen close so as to not get wet. They had but one umbrella and the walk was painful with stray drops reaching them at each chance they got. Quickly they bolted to the bench seeking comfort from the deadly droplets of rain fiercely pelting the umbrella.
"Hi Dib. I'm sorry about what happened. Callista was a good person. Maybe she'll find a way back to our realm," Kristen reassured him.
"No, Kristen. I feel a coldness. There's nothing left of her. She's gone."
"Do you want us here or do you want to be alone?"
"I don't know. I guess I'd like some company."
"Gaz is coming, isn't she?"
"I think so. She might think I just called her to some paranormal thing. Sit down."
"Thanks. I wish I could do something for you."
"It doesn't seem right…what happened to her?" Dib demanded with a slight bark of his voice.
"She was…she was…murdered." There was a long silence. "Dib? Are you alright?" Dib said nothing. There was a longer pause. Then he spoke,
"Who-who d-did th-this?"
"Merchenyl killed her." Dib winced at the thought of Callista's death and the name Merchenyl in the same sentence. He thought back to four years ago when he had first learned of the dreaded Merchenyl whose thirst for power would allow her to kill anyone from a single adult to a young child in love.
"I hate her. I truly do. I wish her to an early grave." Dib's eyes grew in hatred, then in sorrow. "Why…?"
"I'm here," Gaz stated as she approached. Kristen led Gaz to Dib.
"Sit down Gaz. Dib needs you now more than ever. Callista died. He's taking it hard. Real hard."
"How'd she die?"
"She got murdered."
"I'm sorry Dib. I promise that I'll get back at the person who did this."
"That's not necessary. This is my battle to face."
"I have a confession Dib. I know the future. I saw it. I remember the other dimension, everything that you remember! I know my role. I have to stay home, but my younger self will be there with you."
"Since when did you get into the paranormal?"
"Well, ever since that incident, I've been trying to find out the cause. That's how much I know so far."
"Have you been sneaking peeks at my Mysterious Mysteries tapes?"
"Well…"
"Aw…Gaz – the future paranormal investigator."
"Shut up, Dib. You're really annoying me."
"What are siblings for?"
"They're for tying you into a knot, that's what."
"I'm sorry, I'll lay off." Gaz noticed a considerable height in his mood since she came to talk to him. She looked at the picture Dib still held in his hands.
"This is a photo of her, isn't it? A bit different than I remember…" Gaz continued to talk about what she recalled. Dib thought back to two weeks ago, the last time he had seen her alive.
13 Flashback
Dib was bidding Callista goodnight that night. As he left the room, she beckoned him back.
"Dib?"
"Yes?"
"This may be the last time you see me alive."
"What?!"
"I'm going to fight in the other dimension. A portal will open up through my dream-state. I love you. Goodbye."
"I love you too. Please don't go though. I don't want you to die…"
"I must Dib. I must," she replied solemnly.
"Callista?"
"Yes?"
"Good luck." Callista smiled, and with a stiffening of her posture, she walked into nothingness. Of course, that was merely what it looked like. She was really stepping into another dimension. She was going to fight and Dib knew she would never return.
14 End of Flashback
"Dib? Dib?" Dib was crying again. Since he rarely did this, Gaz knew that it must have been pretty severe.
"I saw her that very day. I don't know what to do."
"I have a feeling you'll see her again," Gaz reassured her brother.
"Maybe. What's worse is that I knew it. She told me, four years ago, that she would die. I guess I thought that over time something like that would just…wear off. I was wrong. Oh how wrong I was."
"Don't worry, Dib. Something will happen. That wasn't exactly the last time you'd see her. I promise it." Gaz hugged Dib to reassure him that everything was going to be okay. Inside him, Dib knew it too.