Trix

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CHAPTER 7.

At the agency, I'm at a table with Mr. Tolu, Ogbuefi and that doctor from before.

"From the tests we've conducted on you and from your blood samples, we've discovered a weird element not present on the periodic table" the good doctor said, "we're calling it 'element X' and it seems to have multiple structures, always changing and 'communicating' with each other. I, we believe is what gives you abilities. If we could find its trigger, it can be a valuable asset."

"OK, I have something to confess." I said and they all leaned forward. "When I woke up, I saw some kind of metal come out my body. I thought it was a side effect of the experiment and earlier today, I got in a fight and a knife? Materialized from my right arm. That's it."

"And you didn't say something?" Mr Tolu said surprised getting out of his seat. I squirmed in my seat. "You've just saved us a lot of research time. Try making the blade come out again." He added happily staring at me.

"You might want to stand back " I said and they all stood up and moved back. I stood up and stood in super hero style (like on the book cover), "here goes" i stiffened my whole body and clenched my fists, my whole world was about to change. Nothing?! I looked at my whole body and tried again, same results. I tried over and over. Same results again.

"Stop!" Agent Ogbuefi went, "you said you were in a fight when the blade come out right?"

"And that was the worst beating of my life" I said slacking my shoulders.

"I know what to do" he said, "come with me."

We left there for a large training space.
"Sit" he said gesturing to the floor. I did and he joined me. Legs crossed, face to face. "Now, I want you to close your eyes and imagine the beating ...in detail." He continued.
I closed my eyes and began to envision the beating.
"Now, think of how you felt and think of a rod." An iridescent light in the shape of a rod approximately a meter long filled my hand, then it became real. I was holding a freaking rod. I was so happy. I dropped it and tried again and again.

" you know, you can do more than that"

"Teach me wise master" I said gasping with excitement.

"OK, using the feeling of tge beating as a point of contact, think of a sheild. A very strong shield."

That I did and the same pattern followed. Iridescent light, then real solid sheild. It was fun... Too fun.

"Practice all you want but when it's 9pm, you gotta bounce" he said standing up and moving towards a table pilled with books. He picked up some magazines and threw at me. "Read these" he said. I looked through the pages and saw pictures of rifles, RPGs, SMGs... Guns.
"What do I need these for?"

"You'll soon be out on field missions, you need to know all this, and let it be our secret. I don't want those guys knowing I gave you a shortcut."
I smiled and nodded as he left. I began to go through them. I saw guns I'd never seen in my life. Then, there was this section - lumerer weapons - it had stuff I don't think could have been made in Nigeria or even the US. Oh well, I read them all admiring their beauty.

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"Is the asset ready?"

"He's still undergoing training but once he's ready, we'll have him in the field"

"We're running out of time, crime rates have spiked and that Lumerer from earth X has planted bombs at the Afam power station and the state secretariat"

"Why not send the bomb squad"

"These are not regular bombs, they'll only leave the building if someone like them orders them out and the asset is our best bet"

"He's not yet ready sir"

"Make him ready"

"Yes your Excellency sir."

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In the taxi going home, we end up in a traffic jam on the bridge near market junction. Darn special ops, no newspapers or anything that related to the normal world. In the back pocket was magazines of passing out parades, pictures of presidents and other military crap, stupid nonsense, explicit rubbish,  porn?.... I read them all. apart from the porn hehe. An hour and traffic wasn't getting any better. Obviously, I got bored... Again. I turned to my left and saw a cute kid probably five or six years old in the back seat of a Toyota Camry staring out the window. Being my cheerful self, I smiled at him, waiting for him to smile back. Rude kid, he started blinking rudely and making ugly faces. I couldn't let him break my heart. Iridescent light and I materialised vampire teeth. Oh the look on his face was priceless. I burst into a heartfilled laughter. The kid was scared out of his skin. He yelped in the car and shrunk to the seat farther away. Oh the joy that filled my soul... Still laughing, I saw people running back. People getting out of their cars and running. (In Nigeria, you don't ask why people are running, just run. When you're safe, you can start asking) I wanted to run but the doors were on kid lock, the driver got down and I started hearing gunshots, he fell. In panic, I materialised a shield and broke the glass. I wriggled out and fell on my back. A gun was pointed at me. I materialised a sword and it went through the gunman's arm and the gun fell. I stood up and started moving back. Getting to my feet, I rematerialized the shield and just immediately, I was shot and fell... Off the bridge.

Today was very funny, a very rude kid gave me the inspiration for this and I was laughing all day. So creepy.
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