Chapter Five

Then

Gaz turned away from her thoughts.

God Dib! Couldn't you call?!

The phone rang and she was feeling nausous.
She jumped from the shrill ringing sound.

"Erm..Dib?"

"Wrong again, Gaz," Came the silken voice of Eov, "Have you been mediatating?"
Gaz shook her head in response.

"Nooo."

"If you wish to be as I, meditation is crucial. Anyway, I called because I sensed something was wrong. I hope my senses just tuned out."

"You got that right. Dib isn't home yet, and he left hours ago."

Eovs expression fell. Gaz was trying hardest to betray the fear in her voice as strength.

"He-He said he was going to ZIMs."

"Zim..Moved. He must be chasing him into California."

Gaz gaped at the statment, suddenly feeling very, very, ill.

"Calm yourself, Gaz. He does this for you. Protect him."

Gaz hung her head low.

"I'll go..do that. Thanks, Eov!"

As the phone reached the receiver, she was practically screaming.

"Wait! I need to borrow your--click Aw man.."

Gaz ran in a stupor to her room. Everything was in place; a think black bed in the cornor, clothed in vermillion; some posters, a desk, a radio, and a mat to cover the unused space, surrounded by unlight scented candles. The spell cast on Dib was simple and slightly nauseating for him, since she would use her power to latch onto his. Through that she would sense what was wrong, and she could protect him best she could.

Gaz had been training so far in defensive magic and household charms. To protect herself and others, and probably make books float if she was a fast learner.

Great. Now she was worried about Dib. She channeled her energy into her ritual, trying to calm down despite the fact her 15 year old brother was alone in California with an alien and no one but her and Eov knew.

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Syd was a distant relative of Lya, a girl who used to live in Gaz's neighborhood, but was crushed by the MegaDoomer. Lya was a cousin of Eov, and so in tradition, Eov got her house, witch is why she lived so close to Gaz. Eov had used to live with Syd, but had moved out a couple of months ago.

Syd was expecting a visit from her shortly.

Her black hair was a spider web on her face, shocked with green. She ambled into the house, carrying a cat against her green gown.

"Okay, Cat is taken care of. What about Eov? She call back while I was gone, Zai?"

"Eov?" Dib inquired.

"She didn't yet. How'd you know about Eov?" Zai asked. His gaze met Dibs', one cold and sharp. It frightened him.

"She hangs out with my sister, Gaz.."

Zai paused, petting the cat.

"Hm.."
He was thinking, Dib could tell(obviously.).

"Gaz, Gaz..Oh yah! Ghost! Isn't she Eovs' apprentice?"

Dib ran his hand through his hair nervously.

"Erm..What?"

"Witchcraft," Answered Zai normally, "I think she's learning charms or something."
Dibs jaw dropped. Why hadn't she said something?

"News to me."
Zai shrugged, petting the black kitten.

"This is Rikki. Rikki, say hello."

The cat mewed in response, wanting to be pet behind its ears.

The rest of the day slowly progressed. Zai's dizzy spells where more frequent, and Dib took note. Somehow, he felt like something had grabbed his stomach and shaken it up. He was nauseous, afraid--But confident. Zim would be stopped. For sure.