SUPERKENYA

Chapter 6: Ready Or Not Here I Come.

My mom and I ran home. Our hearts in our hands. We were robbed few blocks from our house and thank God we are alive.
As soon as we reached the house and opened the door, we locked it hard behind us.
Breathing fast and furiously.

"Mom..what happened out there?" I asked her my face wrinkled up.
"My dear... am sorry you had to experience that." She said sitting me down on the sofa.
"Mom you look so calm... has this ever happened to you before?" I asked her.

"My dear things happen in life and we choose to move on, yes this did happen before and I never told anyone including your dad." She went on.
"Mum.. this thing is serious we need to do something about it...!" I said to her.
"All we can do is pray for security." She said as she leaves me to go to her room.
"Or I will kick there asses," I thought out loud.
"Did you say something Sear?" Asked my mum.
"No Mum," I simply replied.

I really love my mum and I can't let anything happen to her again. I decided to be what Mike wanted me to be.. a Superhero.

I went to Mike's place the following day coz I didn't see him at school.
"Is Mike in?" I asked his little sister Alice about 9 years old.
"Yes... come in Sera," she replied softly.
I walked in and so was headed to Mike's rooms.
I stood outside his door and looked around to see if there was someone looking at me.. I didn't bother knocking or opening the door, I went through the wall and landed on his bed.
"Don't ever do that again... ever!" Mike said startled .
"Am sorry Mike," I said in amusement.
His face was priceless.. I could not stop laughing.

After all the laughter had cooled down, we got down the the business that got me there.
"I want to reconsider what you told me," i started.
I stood besides him expecting him to leave whatever he was doing.
"Mike... Help me be the hero Kenya needs," Mike stopped typing immediately and turns to me.
"What did you just say?" He asked taking his geeky glasses off.
"You heard me... am ready but I cannot do this without you." I said arms crossed.

I knew this was what he wanted to hear for weeks now, I just hope he's still up with his offer.
"I don't even know what to say... Yes!" He yelled.
"What do you mean Yes?" I asked him because it sounded more of a marriage proposal.
"I mean yes... I'll be honored to be your Alibi." He said.
"Yasss!" I screamed.
"Where do we start my from?" I asked him.
I dragged a chair and sat besides him, both of us facing his gigantic computer.

"Well.... I was practicing on my new hacking abilities and I found out that I can hack all the emergency call stations and take the first calls, can you imagine how cool that is?" He said.
I wasn't really dumb but I failed to understand how all this was connected to me.
"You look lost, let me elaborate.
What I mean is, when there is an emergency we will be the first ones to know, you can get there first take control before any damage is made." He explained as he typed in some codes and a variety of tabs appeared on the screen.
"Now these are all the emergency call stations across the country, all the fire stations, hospital and police stations. If anyone calls any of these stations for help, the call will automatic come through us first, we will receive it and you will be there to help them," he explained running the cursor in different position.
I understood all that he had said but one thing wasn't clear enough.

"How do you expect me to be available around the country, an emergency is an emergency you know.., it needs immediate attention, I can't fly can I? neither am I a speedster." I said leaning back on my chair arms crossed.
"Yes you are right but there is something you can do that is better than flying of running fast." He said raising his thick unshaped eyebrows momentarily.
"What?" I asked in disbelief.
"You can travel through thoughts remember?" He asked me.
Yes that was one of the things I confirmed I could do during my test with Sickler and Mike but it wasn't my favorite at all. It felt weird, let's say...when I want to be in the kitchen, I just think of it and  boom..the next second am actually there. It should be fun but I find it so weird.

"Oh yeah it had to be that....but let me tell you, this is not 100%  accurate." I said to him.
"Alright we will find you a cool motor bike and a cool suit." He said on a serious note.
"A motor bike? You've got to be kidding me...I've never even tried one before, and with our city's traffic, I will never be on time anywhere. I'll take the first suggestion." I said my hand on my forehead.

"Good choice... now we need to work on you getting at the right place at the right time," he said.
The rest of the day I tried moving around Mombasa and it was really cool and fun and scary at the same time.
What if I get stuck in between where am currently  present and where am headed for. I will remain there eternally...I guess no one will ever know where i am.

"Now...! you have gone around the city and back in less than 10 mins.... wow! which according to my calculations you can go to and back from Changamwe to Nyali in less than 2 mins. If you get used to it you can get there even faster," he said clapping lightly at the end of his statement.
I gave in a very quick smile and stood up.

"One more thing... what if people recognize me?" I asked him.

"I made you few sketches of cool suits, just choose one and I'll have it made immediately," he said flipping some heavy books over to remove several sketched papers.

"Wow these are so cool... look at this one...and this one... this is the one...am so confused," I cried.
"When do you make all this?" I asked him as am pleased with what was being presented.

"You just need one suit only.. so go home and choose wisely. Each one is designed differently, study them keenly and know which one will more express your personality," he said to me.
"Our missions will begin immediately the suit is ready," he added.
I folded the papers carefully and put them in my bag pack.

"I will text you my choice of suit..latest today.... and thank you for all of this," I said getting emotional.
I hugged Mike and I set to leave.
"Use the door please," he said teasing.