E3: Summoning 101

"So they were going to help each other?" You double checked, known it would be hell to misinterpret the Keeper of Chaos anyways.

"Yeah," Fayt leaned back in the chair and put her feet on the desk. "What could those two idiots come up with to save themselves, right?"

"Mother," Cassie said sternly.

"And he thought I was bad," Fayt went on as if she never heard her.

"I take it Billy is worse?" you ask.

"Oh, yes," Cassie smiled. "Much, much worse."

"Tell me more," you were getting eager to see this story through.

"Slow down," Fayt picked up a plushie and tossed it to you. You caught it and examined it. It was a boy with hazel eyes behind thick rimmed glasses, black hair, and he wore a black trench coat.

"And this is…?"

"Dib," Fayt was amused with your reaction.

"Dib?"

"Yes. Let's continue….."

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"COME BACK HERE ZIM!" the character Dib was chasing a boy with green skin, slicked black hair, and blue eyes until he tumbled head first into a bush.

"Maybe next time, DIB!" Zim called back and ran off.

"Great," Dib got out of the bush and brushed himself off. He had the look of failure written on his face. Failure and disappointment. Things that he was used to. He slowly began to drag himself back to his house. I might never catch him if I don't think of something new, he thought to himself as he started up the sidewalk. Something unexpected.

He opened the door and walked in. Right when he came in, a girl with dark purple hair, narrowed hazel eyes, black dress, skull necklace, and complete concentration on her handheld came out of the kitchen.

"You missed a twig," she said without even looking up.

"You know Gaz," he pulled the twig out of his hair and flung it to the ground. "Maybe I'm going at this the wrong way. Perhaps I need to improvise on some of my more elaborate plans."

"Perhaps you need to shut up," she said as she cursed under her breathe because of paying more attention to her brother than to the boss battle on the game. She walked to the couch and sat down. There came a rustling noise from somewhere in the hallway. Dib went to investigate. A box was thrown out and Dib was lucky enough to dodge it. A man with a white lab coat and safety goggles stood up and looked around.

"Oh Dib," he said after noticing him.

"What are you doing, Dad?" Dib glanced at the box suspiciously.

"Just some Spring cleaning, son."

"It's the summer…"

"All the more to clean then. Could you do me a favor and take that box to the garbage holder."

"You mean the trash can?"

"Yes, that thing."

Dib then started to pull the box to the kitchen and drug it right next to the trash can. He started to walk away from it then a thought struck him. What if what was in that box could help him defeat Zim? That surely would be just the thing that he would need to get on Mysterious Mysteries for sure. He glanced around quickly to check if anyone was looking. Gaz was still on the couch, and he just over heard his dad say 'why I haven't seen these pants since my college years! Hey they still have that stain… Wonder if they still fit?' Dib then ripped open the lid on the box to find books. Lots and lots of books. Dib pulled one out and dusted off the cover.

"How to summon demons without even trying?" Dib checked to see if the other books were the same. "Your first summon and you? But why would Dad have something like this? Encyclopedia of demons? He's a man of true science! What would he need with these?"

Suddenly it clicked. What Dib held in his hands was not a question of research of his father, but the one thing that Zim would never suspect. Footsteps were coming into the kitchen and Dib grabbed as many books as he could and dashed up to his room.

"What a loser," Gaz shook her head and went to get a soda from the fridge.

>>hours later>>

Dib took off his glasses to rub the sleep out of his eyes. He put them back on to read the clock. The neon lights read 3am as he yawned and jumped down from the bed. Ever since he had gotten to his room he had been studying. All that knowledge of how to summoned had been used to turn his room into a summoning center. There were two pentacles completely and correctly on the floor and candles and incense lit. He already had in mind what he was going to summon and it only took him up to the J's in the encyclopedia to find it. He was going to summon a jaganshi. He figured that would be the best type to summon to defeat Zim. He had all his posters down and he made sure that his name was hidden and could not be found just like the books had said 'If the demon gets a hold of your name, you are done for.' Dib didn't know what the harm could be but he rather not risk it. He looked proudly at his newest plan then realized something. What if he couldn't control it? What if it went and killed him and his family? Well it was too late now. He consulted the book one last time before stepping into the smaller of the two pentacles. He shut the book and threw it on his bed.

"Alright," he said with a sigh. "Let's see if this works."

He cracked his knuckles and took in a deep breath. As soon as he felt confident he began saying the 12 symbols that were need. At first nothing happened, then out of no where there came a flash of light and smoke around the opposite pentacles. The bedroom light flickered then the bulb blew out. Black flames shot out of nowhere and scorched the ceiling. Dib fell back out of shock, but he did not leave the pentacle. The flames died down leaving scorch marks on the floor also. The fire slowly began to consume comforter on his bed and his bed itself. That didn't concern Dib, what did was the figure standing in the pentacle across from him. He stood up quickly and coughed because of the smoke.

"S-State your name," he gave out the first command in coughs.

"Hiei," the figure sighed. The smoke had died down and Dib could see what he had summoned. Dib stood there in a stupor. Hadn't all the books stated that the demon would appear monster like?

Dib gulped and stood up straight. It worked? He thought confused and excited at the same time. I-I can't believe it…now I finally may have the upper hand against Zim!

"Listen human," Hiei stopped Dib's mind from gloating too much. "I don't know how you managed to summon me here, but if you want me to spare your life you-"

Dib laughed. "Don't tell me what to do demon. I'm the one running this show here. You have to listen to me."

Hiei drew his sword. "Give me one good reason not to slit your throat."

"You can't get out of there," Dib sighed. "Without me giving you the command."

"It's your funeral," Hiei started to draw near but then suddenly the pentacle's shield that separated him from Dib reacted, sending green bolts of eletro-magic through his body. He fell to his knees.

"Had enough?" Dib grinned.

"Just give me the damn command and let me go," Hiei glared at Dib while getting back to his feet.

"It's actually very simple," Dib was get eager by the minute. He could see Zim's defeat before him. "Go and infiltrate Zim's lab and take what you can, bring it back here I'll need to analyze it and see if I can use it against him."

"Wouldn't you rather have me kill him?"

"No, I want to see his face when he realizes that I have won."

"Alright," Hiei was about to leave. "Just one more thing."

"Sure," Dib was starting to dream of the awards for catching the first alien.

"What's your name?"

"Dib," he was too into his little dream world to stop himself. Hiei smirked and left. "No!" Dib had just realized what he had done.

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