Chapter 2:
" I can't believe I am staying at REAL haunted MANSION! I mean it's JUST LIKE ROSE RED!! THIS IS SOOOO COOL!" This, of course, was Dib. Keef, Zim, Dib, and Gaz had been dropped off a blocked away and were strolling toward their destination, except Dib, who was skipping, and wouldn't shut up. Gaz was trying to ignore Dib by reading the mini-book on the Dead Flower, but it was really difficult.
"Dib… remember the conversation this morning about annoying me?" Gaz said through her teeth. When she got no response she looked up from the look to find that Dib had come to dead stop.
"Dib?" she asked, a little perturbed by his sudden silence.
"This.. THIS is where we are supposed to go?" Dib asked nervously. They all turned to see what Dib was staring at. It was an enormous, metal gate with the letters DF placed on it. Beyond that, was an expansive garden full of dead plants and statues. An immense mansion was behind that, and Gaz was surprised they had nearly missed something so gigantic.
"What's wrong, DIB-WORM! Is it not 'PARANORMAL' enough for you?" asked Zim. Dib did not make a witty come-back. He just shook his head, and pushed the gate open. Zim had done his research on 'ghosts' and such, and felt no fear of them. They were nothing but pitiful human fantasy. He hoped to rid himself of Dib here, and if he was lucky, Keef. Other than that, this trip held no interest for him. As he entered the garden, (if you could such a thing a garden), Zim became conscious of a change in Dib's confident manner. Nobody knew Dib like Zim did, and Zim had never seen Dib react like this to anything. He had gone completely tense for a few seconds, and when he moved again he was extremely wary, as if a wild, rabid monkey was ready to jump out of the rotting foliage and strangle. Zim wondered if Dib was scared for a moment, but dropped the thought almost as it entered his superior Irken brain. If Zim knew one thing for sure about Dib, it was that he was not smart enough to be afraid.
Gaz took out the key, they had been given, and unlocked the door.