"Talking"
'Thinking'
Stressed
Visions
File 23: Abu Zajir (Father of Omens)
The mirror Abu Zajir is rumored to reveal anything. Many who gaze into the mirror dieless then a day later. The mirror shows what lies deep within a person's soul. It reveals the soul and a future. The truth can set you free, but at what cost? No one has ever lived long enough prove this too real or false.
Gaz blinked as she watched Zim choke on his tongue. He had tried to prove to her that you couldn't swallow your tongue. Gaz smirked at the alien and wondered if she could get him into a dryer. Zim regained his composer and menacingly shook a fist at her. She scoffed and turned back to the exhibit they were entering. Dib had dragged them to a museum to find out the truth about this mirror. Zim had heard about the mirror and planed to use it to destroy mankind. Gaz was surprised that the small alien had a growth spurt. He had ignored Dib despite his second banishment from Irk.
"Almost there," Dib excitedly said.
Gaz and Zim blinked at him and shook their heads. No one else was inside the museum or in line for the exhibit. Gaz growled and smacked him in the head. Zim laughed at this.
"Poor pitiful human, you are the only one stupid enough to come to this," Zim laughed as he pointed at Dib.
"You came," Dib blandly stated.
"You lie!" Zim shouted.
Gaz shook her head and realized that idiots surrounded her. The caretaker finally allowed them to enter the exhibit. Dib grinned and ran into the darkened exhibit. Zim followed with a scoff. Gaz figured that she had better go with.
Dib's glasses reflected the dim light as he searched the small room for the mirror. Zim studied each fake object with a bored look. Gaz purposely tripped him when she walked by him. He glared at her and she smirked at him. Dib gasped as he approached a large object. A black sheet covered it. Gaz walked over and gripped the sheet.
"Wait Gaz!" Dib warned.
"What is it?" Gaz grumbled.
"If the legends real then we could die," Dib informed as she shrugged.
"Remove the sheet so the Dib-beast can die!" Zim quickly said with a smirk.
"It's not real," Gaz firmly said.
"What if it is?" Dib shot back.
"Your pathetic falsehoods are all but lies," Zim stated as Dib scowled in confusion.
Gaz rolled her eyes and quickly pulled the sheet off with a swish. She dropped it and took a step back from the mirror. The trim was a deep cherry color. On the left and right corners of the mirror were carved ravens. In between the ravens, there was an inscription.
"The monster you see is within," Gaz read.
"This is stupid," Zim growled.
Dib gazed at the mirror and scowled. He didn't see anything. Dib stepped closer and ran his fingers along the surface. Nothing happened and he sighed. It was a waste of time. Dib took a step back and grumbled in disappointment.
"Let's go…this is fake," Dib sighed as he turned and left the room.
Gaz and Zim gazed into the mirror.
His claws tenderly trailed over the peach colored skin. He watched as violet eyes turned to gaze at him. His glove covered hand brushed away a stray piece of violet hair before he darkly grinned at her.He gazed down at her dying body as he slowly cut her open.
Zim blinked and quickly left the room without a word. Gaz shivered as she continued to gaze into the mirror.
Metal sliced into peach colored flesh as blood splattered against her face. She raised the knife above her head and drove into the flesh, while listening to the soft squish. Her chest heaved as she smeared the blood alongthe mirror. She watched the flesh turn pale as she raised the blade again. She moved her mouth along the blade in a soft kiss before she gazed down at the corpse at her feet.
Gaz blinked and turned away from the mirror with a smirk. There was a monster within everyone.
"Gaz? Where are you?" Dib called out to her.
"I don't know," Gaz replied.
"Did you see Zim?" Dib questioned. "He flew out the building."
"Maybe he saw something," Gaz replied.
"Maybe…but I didn't," Dib grumpily replied. "Did you?"
"Yeah," Gaz responded.
"I only saw my reflection," Dib softly said.
"That's all you need to see," Gaz informed as she walked ahead.
Dib stopped walking and told her to go to the car. He ran back inside the exibit and glared at the mirror. Dib watched as the surface rippled and his world turned black. He could finally see it.
Fire washed across the land as buildings crumbled. Tortured screams echoed throughout his mind as he saw himself. An older version of him stood upon a mound bodiesgazing down at the destruction.
Dib blinked and ran out of the exibit with a pale face.
File 23: Closed due to difficulties
Author's Note:
I always wondered what would happen if Dib was the villian