THE MORE THE MERRIER

“And that’s how you put back the barbed wire, no one will ever notice” the head burglar says, they turn to find their hosts eagerly waiting for them, cross armed and highly furious at heart, their faces would have reflected the furry only that they were masked. “it is an unpleasant pleasure to have you in our home, what brings you here?” Uncle Ben inquires. “The software of course!” the head burglar replies pulling out a pocket knife as well and says to his team “positions guys”.

“I ain’t giving you nothing”,

Uncle Ben had scanned them from his computer and knew they carried no guns. Adson took on the masked kid who he noticed must be a girl from the ponytail hanging from behind her mask. What cruel parents are these that come on a burglary with their child? Aunt maxi takes on the female and Uncle Ben, the man. The visiting team has good fighting skills that even the girl first surprised Adson with kicks but the host team wasn’t going to give an easy access. Ben Araba was at the epitome of concluding his software that he hoped would be the main big feature in the new phone series. He planned to show it to the developers next month and had been super discrete about it that only his wife knew about it, how some masked stranger came to know about it and want it with his family was still a mystery to him. What he knew super well was that there was no way he was going to hand over his hard work to a stranger without a fight. Kick after kick and punch after punch, the trios embraced each other as each had found their match, the burglar’s knife had long been tossed into the semi dark garden. “Kim switch to plan B” the head burglar shouted and the woman burglar at a lightning speed pulled out a perfume tin and sprayed pink fumes at Adson. “The other two must be watching from the house so watch out” the woman said to the kid as Aunt Maxi rushed to his nephew that was collapsing to the ground. “Adson Noooo!” She screamed holding the boy before he fell to the ground.

He sneezed thrice and spit out the contents he had inhaled, As Aunt Maxi held him steadily, he gazed in the direction where the woman and kid were running to. The girl shortly paused on hearing the name the woman shouted. “How is it possible!” the girl inwardly wondered as they we’re heading for the house. Still focusing on the opponent who had taken the opportunity earlier and cut his shoulder, Uncle Ben inquired on how Adson was doing. “Never better” he replies pulling the sleeve off his shirt and shoots two laser beams from his watch, the two running opponents fall down with pain. “Let’s waste no time, nine kids in that house are in danger” Aunt Maxi runs to where the woman and kid had fallen, from the colour of their hair and figures, they looked like daughter and child. Aunt Maxi uses her electric gun on the woman till she is unconscious and grabs her by the waist. Uncle Ben too has weakened his opponent though the cut on his shoulder is bleeding profusely, Aunt Maxi finds him tying his opponent to the tree and drops the woman next to the man. Adson and the girl are still fighting, Adson fights with caution not to hurt the girl but she is ruthless, she pokes fingers in his eyes and for a few seconds he loses his vision. She uses this opportunity to kick Adson hard in his ribs that he groans loudly. Anger boils inside Adson that his hand stretches and coils around the girl’s body like an urimi and lifts her in the air, the other group stares at them mouth wide opened. Adson enjoying his new power swirls the weightless girl in the air like as though she is a kite on a string. Satisfied she drops the girl down next to where her parents have been put down for inquiries. Uncle Ben on finishing tying the trio, he checks their pockets for any information but nothing.

Aunt Maxi who had run to the house to check on the kids came back with a pie. “You cannot be serious!” says her astonished husband. Aunt Maxi smiles, moves to the burglars and smears the sweet strawberry pie on their face, starting with the man, woman and the child. The man instantly fell asleep, the woman tasted on the pie, she informed her daughter to immediately get them out of there. The kid grabbed each of her parents hands, closed her eyes hard and the trio vanished from the premises. Adson took a few steps back in shock. “Who were those guys?” Aunt Maxi inquiries. “I have no idea, but the first and important question is did you know Adson had super powers all along!” Uncle Ben asks observing the boy. “It’s a confusing stage uncle, but am sure these guys won’t be back tonight” Adson replies.

“Do you wish to talk about it dear?” Aunt Maxi asks. They trek slowly back into the house and notice that the little nine are sweetly snoring in their sleeping bags. Adson looks at the time and notices that it’s soon coming to five. “Seventeen minutes to five, it will be morning soon” Adson notices as they move to the study. In the study area surrounded by different monitors and laptops, Adson takes the seat where Uncle Ben always seats when at work, the elders take seats on the oval table all eyes and ears on Adson awaiting his tale.

“It was that night of the eclipse, I had an insanely beautiful dream. We were at a coronation party and I was the chief guest, this beautiful princess dressed in a white gown covered in blue gems, long black hair and sparkling eyes removed her golden crown and placed it on my head. I heard cheers from very many people but i could not see any. She told me that I now fully hold all her powers and that I should not let her down. She also informed me that she would be watching me from up there and will be available to help incase i needed her help. When she finished a force carried her up to the heavens and she turned into a star.

The next morning I took it as a beautiful dream and discarded till later in the mall where we had gone to get my robot, on eating ice cream, I felt all my senses high lightened to the extent that I could hear voices so far away, I was even able to notice a man pick pocket jewelry from different people in the mall. I was intrigued to run after him and I jumped from the ice cream cone unharmed.

The second time was the night was before Aimine’s birthday. I woke up feeling thirsty but the water was of no help till my eyes landed on the cake mum had made for my sister, I only intended to lick a few fingers of the icing but I found myself finishing the whole cake. Dad thought i was becoming too much and was about to punish me when I got a terrible stomach ache and while I left the hospital I left my body and entered into one of the doctors working on me. I was him for some time. So much has been happening but it’s like it occurs after eating something sweet, I always feel extra energy within me. Like that time at the farm we had eaten so many bananas.”

“Seems sugar is your catalyst! But then to what source?” Aunt Maxi wonders to herself.

Uncle Ben asks the boy whether he had ever seen that woman she dreamed of in his life to which Adson says he can’t remember seeing her. Uncle Ben forgets and moves his hand to grab a pen, he flinches at the pain. Adson asks to look at his wound maybe he could help. Uncle Ben looks from his wife to nephew and sits in the chair so Adson could examine him. Without much words Adson adjusted the shirt and put his pointing finger on the wound and closed his eyes hard like the girl had done before the teleport. Invisible energy drew from him unto the wound, the body tissues slowly came together till there was no sign of the wound, when Adson opened his eyes he was so drained and weakly. Then he noticed a black strip under his finger, he showed the black strip to his uncle who was moving his painless shoulder. Aunt Maxi had moved closer too and only stared at the boy more astonished.

“It is a tracking paper strip” Uncle Ben breaks the silence. “What more can you do! “Aunt Maxi asks more interested in the boy than the paper. “I have no much idea but I feel too sleepy “Adson replies mid closed eyes. Aunt maxi takes him and helps him back in his pajamas then to his sleeping bag. “Save me a piece of cake in the morning” he says as his Aunt tucked him in. She goes back to her husband and they try to figure out the events of the night.

At 10am, when Adson woke up all the sleeping bags had been cleared from the living room along with him and he was now in one of the boys’ bed. He brushed and showered and walked downstairs, he saw figures playing from outside. As he was about to join in the fun, he noticed the covered breakfast on the table, when he removed the cover it revealed a huge piece of cake written on Adson in cream along with an omelet, two sausages, a samosa and an apple. A maid came from the kitchen with a cup of tea and a glass of mango juice and told him to enjoy himself. On seeing all these delicacies, his stomach ached in pain begging him to swallow everything, being fair he sat and did justice to whatever was before him.

When he showed up in the compound, all his siblings came running to him asking if his tummy was okay now. His Uncle and Aunt had cooked up a story that he got a stomach upset in the middle of the night so they could let him sleep well.

“Never better” Adson said to his siblings and raced them to the water guns. He actually felt so much better.