4 Chapter Four

Four days had gone by with me trying my best to be mad at everybody, but you just know the stage I was in. Keeping my mouth shut was never an easy thing, especially to mom. I spent most of my time with grandfather in the backyard. His stories were always amusing. I was fed up with staying there at the rurals, but what could I do, whatever mom said was final. After all, we had come for the Christmas celebrations and it was like a week to the day. I had not even thought of Sam. He always came to look for me immediately he took his breakfast, but that day he had not come yet. So that afternoon I sought to go look for him. Staying indoors was hectic, I wondered how grandpa managed to do so the whole day, all week. Sam's family had built their home just some few metres from the main compound, only that if you wanted to go there you had to go through the main gate then go around the compound. There was a tiny path leading to their home, much like a footpath.

Because I didn't want anyone to call me, I strode very fast to the gate to escape them. Grandma always wanted to know where everyone was going. I don't mean to sound disrespectful but man, she had her nose on everybody else's business. Immediately I was out of the compound I began walking normally, singing some song I can't even recall well right now. My mind was consumed by some thoughts that I didn't pay much attention to what was happening around me. It was the strange sounds that brought me to my senses. The path seemed to be getting consumed by some strange light. The bushes around me came to a strong standstill, no swaying, no nothing. Like a bad dream, a strangely looking creature came out of the other end of the path where the blue light was coming from and shot some flashing light from his chest towards me and before it could get to me some short guy came out of nowhere and raised his elbow high just in front of me, and just like that a transparent shield deflected the ray back to that creature and with a growl, it disappeared together with the strange light. The dream, wow. I just stood there, unable to do anything or say anything. I just stared in the eyes of the guy, the three-eyed guy that I had been seeing in my dreams some days back.

"Well, aren't you going to say something?"

I tried opening my mouth but nothing came out. The guy snapped his fingers and just like that we were somewhere else. The place I was in seemed farmiliar. I couldn't tell why but I felt like I had been there before. There were so many of them dressed like him, wait was it even a him? Tiny creatures dressed like ninjas or something. They looked cute. All over sudden another one came but before he could get to the bed I was lying he was stopped.

"He is in shock, he can't talk right now. Please let him rest first."

"Where is the other one?"

"I've sent for him, he should be here in a short while."

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*Two days earlier*

Sam came to my place just as I was being sent to the shop to buy bread. He seemed excited about something so I just knew there was some amazing thing he was dying to tell me.

"Junior, you remember the other day at the field when you left for home," I nodded. " So I went home to ask Kevin to give me some coins for sweets and the strangest thing happened. It was like I could hear his thoughts, I know it sounds rather crazy but I did. Like before he handed me the coins, he was like, ' I should go to the disco tonight,' I thought he was talking to me so I told him that dad would never like that idea. He asked what I was talking about and I thought he was trying to confuse me. I could hear him say, 'this boy, so you were eves dropping.' Still thinking that he was addressing me I again responded to that too. 'How did you know what I was thinking,' he asked but just handed me the coin and went his way. Now Junior,I think I have powers. I can even hear what you are thinking right now. It's about wanting to go back to the city right?"

Wow, he was right. So, I also narrated what had happened to me too. We needed answers but who could we turn to. It felt like we were somewhat living in a dream. We just made stories till we got home. We thought maybe it was just some coincidence or just our imaginations.

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I woke from a very deep slumber. God! What was with me and sleep? I was mad at myself for falling asleep at such a time and in a place I didn't know, even though I felt like I knew it.

"Where am I, I want to go home," I began shouting.

"Hello Junior, there's no need to panic." It was the three-eyed guy, only that that time he was wearing a white robe with a mask. He had a very deep voice.

"I don't know if you remember me, but of course you shouldn't."

I just stared at him, unable to say anything.

He introduced himself to me and after a very lengthy conversation I learnt that he was the leader of the group he called 'the Rebel'; That their planet had been taken over by The Force, a group that overthrew the government, killed almost everyone of them with supernatural abilities that refused to work for them and enslaved other citizens. The Rebel was formed to identify those with powers and bring them such that when their numbers grew big they would rise up against the Force and reclaim their land.

"Back at Myozola, those with powers were free to go to the Moka, the wells to drink freely and have their powers boosted but the Force destroyed hundreds of those wells and left just a few guarded, for those that agreed to work for them. We were doing a research and that's how we came up with the fruits. It was to make us stronger even without having to drink from Moka," explained Koyala. He then proceeded," Now, the Force would never send its soldiers after you unless you are a potential threat to them. So we brought you here to run some tests on you. We believe you may be having some infection called.."

"Wow, what do you mean infection,"I interrupted.

"An infection called Doing-The-Impossible. I asked that you be monitored, but I didn't think it would be a permanent issue. Now, because of what just happened,I sent for you two here." Addressing the female Myozolan, "Where is the other one?"

"He should be here in a short while," she replied, her voice tensed.

Just then, two ninja-like Rebel soldiers merged in and with their faces down, addressed Koyala in trembling voices.

"What? Do I have to do everything here by myself?" He said some things that I couldn't really understand then just like that everyone started moving and gathering stuffs around; weapons.

"Junior, stay here. They have Sam."

"But I.."

"I said stay here!" He commanded with his eyes turning red, literally red. I could tell he was angry so I just obliged and with a snap of his fingers,they were gone.