Isabel had already thought of 96 ways to escape her cell. None of them worked.
There was no way out. Not logically, that is.
And so, Isabel turned around to see Dan Cahill standing right in front of her. She lunged to kill him, but she couldn't because she was wearing a straightjacket. "Dan!" she screamed.
"No, I am not Dan."
"Then who are you?"
"I am your your best friend. I am your worst nightmare. I am all that once was and all that will be. I am the Zit," said the Zit. "I am the author's minion, sent to do whatever is necessary to keep the story going. And right now, you need to escape."
Isabel started laughing. "A Zit?"
Dan morphed into Jonah Wizard. " Yo, no need to be all offensive. I was gonna be It, but the author made a typo and thought it would be funnier that way."
Isabel was still laughing.
"Look, if you stop laughing and never tell anyone else about this again, I'll give you an advance copy of my not-yet-released movie, Gangsta' Wars."
Isabel looked at the DVD. It said
In this epic new movie, the Rebel Gangstas are planning to destroy the powerful Bad Music Star, a weapon capable of destroying all music,created by the Galactic Music Organization. This conflict disrupts the isolated life of farm-boy Jonah Groundwalker (Jonah Wizard), when he acquires the smartphones carrying the stolen Bad Music Star plans. When the Music Organization begins a cruel and destructive search for the smartphones, Groundwalker decides to accompany DJ master Yobi-Want Keroby (Broderick Wizard) on a daring mission to rescue the owner of the smartphones, Princess Heya Organic (Cora Wizard), and save the galaxy.
Isabel threw the DVD. "You call this good?"
"Hey. You never know. It could become the movie of the century."
The Zit morphed back into Dan. "I think I might have found out how to escape."
"Yes?" Isabel waited with excitement.
"Use your ninja moves!"
Then Jonah: "No, use your gangsta' moves!"
"QUIET!" shouted the Zit. He began talking to himself:
"Look, I can turn into anybody I want to. It doesn't mean you can just interrupt me like that. No, the author decided to use your body for this part. That's an honor. You don't need anything else. No, you can't use your ninja moves on me 'cause they're not as good as mine! Oh yea, feel the burn! Fine, I'll put you in the story. What? No way! You are not going to do that to me. Ugh, fine, have it your way. No, Jonah, you already have everything you could ever want! Fine, I'll put you in the story too. And Amy, the author already has plans for you..." The Zit smiled evilly.
"Anyway," he said to Isabel, "The author decided to let me blast down this wall. Oh, but first, I would look in the mirror."
A mirror appeared in Isabel's hands. She gasped in horror: on her face was a big, giant, zit.
"I'll kill you!" she shouted. Unfortunately, the Zit had left. And on the other side of the wall was Opal Koboi.
"What did you say?"