PANEL 1

In the garage at Barty’s Place. An upward view of the van’s driver side window. Smoke rises from somewhere off-panel, worryingly close to the van itself. There’s a black patch on the door that appears to be made from a burning. The side mirror is facing the viewer, slightly askew. From the rolled up window, the cat-like GREMLIN hisses his odd electric hiss.

GREMLIN: HissZZZZZTT

PANEL 2

A downward view, from the driver’s side window. BITSY the brownie, her auburn hair ruffled, grits her teeth and shakes a tiny first while making a threatening claw with the other. A can of mysterious “bloog” substance lies on its side while an oil spot creeps into the panel.

PANEL 3

From the rear right side of the van, we see that considerable burning damage has been done to the van. Nearly the entire right side is covered in black burn marks and smoking heavily. Part of the GREMLIN can be seen glaring from behind the window while BITSY shouts abuse at him in an unreadable language.

PANEL 4

BITSY, done with the GREMLIN for now, sharply turns her head to the side, her eyes wide and filled with determination as she contemplates.

BITSY: <Huff!>

PANEL 5

The GREMLIN retreats behind the edge of the window, still enraged but now cautious.

GREMLIN: Rrrrrr…

PANEL 6

From inside the van, at the back, the GREMLIN watches as BITSY rushes toward the stairs. A trail of smoke ascends from the unseen rear bumper.

PANEL 7

On the upper level of the house, we reach what is now CAT’s bedroom. A bookcase with scattered, disarrayed books has been slid to the side on a track, revealing a hallway leading to the other part of the house. BITSY sprints down this hall, encountering wisps of smoke in the room.

PANEL 8

An aerial view reveals the devastation in the bedroom. Burn marks scar all visible walls, and the air is dense with smoke. Dark streaks like lightning branches sprawl from the points of impact. Books are strewn about as if vomited from the bookcase. CAT’s suitcase lies open, with a handful of garments scattered around it. The metal doorknob of the only door emits smoke. A small fire sits on the four-post bed, accompanied by a flaming curtain. At the lower part of the panel, the desk lies on its front, with all of Barty’s letters to CAT spilled out. BITSY is barely visible in the middle of all this mess.

PANEL 9

Furious, BITSY hunches over, balling her small fists and emitting a sound of incredulous discontent.

BITSY: hnngg

PANEL 10

A closeup of her right hand as it delves into her overall pocket.

PANEL 11

BITSY’s hand cradles a tiny wand with a roughly cut teal gem on the end.

PANEL 12

BITSY holds another wand as she attaches a strap to its wooden part, from which hangs a line. Floating beside her are four extra wands, all with similar teal gems, connected to each other via a line.

PANEL 11

BITSY extends one of the wands, and five more wands hover beside her, making a total of six, in case some of the wands were too close together for the viewer to count. The gems on each emit a soft glow, casting sparkles into the air.

PANEL 12

Outside the bedroom window, the teal glow seems to engulf the entire interior. Sound effects indicate magic activity inside, sparing the artist from having to render detailed magical goings-on.

SFX: ZING! SHOOM. FWEEEE.