SUPERKENYA

Chapter 9: Literally Lazy

"Mike why are you calling me at this time of the night?" I asked him.
"Well you said you wanted to save the world... this is how you do it, superheroes don't sleep, there is a robbery taking place right now at the bank across the street . Get here ASAP!"he said.

Seriously this is what's going to happen? I couldn't, I needed my sleep.....My 7 hours of sleep. I mean if Mike pages me in the middle of the night I should ran there, that's crazy! But it's just in our neighborhood so this should be quick. I dragged myself out of bed only to realize this wasn't a dream. I took my mask and  went into my loop and few seconds I was at the entrance of the Bank. I looked around confused. Wiping the sleep out of my face.
"There's nothing over here.. Mike?" I called on my walkie talkie.
"Are you there?" He asked.
"Yes... it's clear," I replied. "Good you took 5 mins 52 seconds to get there," he said.
"What are you talking about?" I asked annoyingly.
"Well this was just one of the tests and you got average... keep up next time good work though ," he said.
"Test? This was a test? You woke me up at this time to test me?" I shouted.
"Next call will be real I promise," he said and he hang up.
I can't believe this!
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(Text notification)
"Come to the lab as soon as you get this," - Sicker
I stood with my medium sized mug of black tea starring outside my window. Watching the kids playing  some throwback games.
"I will take all my time," i said to myself convinced I will get even with Mike for doing what he did last night, but this wasn't Mike. I need Sicker to tell me what's happening.
      Every morning I wake up and try to do all that I can recently do thinking it was all a dream. For instance, I would not use the bathroom door but pass through the wall. Well I've mastered the whole house so am sure of where to use the wall and where to use the door.. I also have X-Ray Vision which use to see what's inside a room or building. I once tried to peak in the examination printing room but am too smart to cheat.
     One of the trickiest is to use my teleporting powers to appear in school. That would expose me in a sec. Our school's premises are always crowded with students, Teachers and PA (public Area cleaners) so someone will definitely get to see me appear out of no where and it will look suspicious to them. Unless I get to school the earliest.
As I wind up with my breakfast, I started preparing myself for the lab good thing I didn't have morning classes today.

                       ~AT THE LAB~
I parked my hired car at the far end because all the close parkings were occupied. I got mad about it because now I had to walk to the entrance of the Plaza which was quiet far.
Is it just me or I have became super lazy these days? I couldn't stop wondering.
I headed to the elevator and went up to the top. The lab's door was always locked but only few people could get in. This wasn't some lab that was for everyone. Sickler was once a government scientist who had a hand in creation of the Cancer Virus that led to me having theses mutational powers. So since he backed out because so many lives were at stake, the government responsible for the virus has been trying to find him to do God knows why he and opened this secret lab to find the right cure for this virus and Cancer in general.
When Mike told his brother about what happened to us and how it affected us especially me, he got interested and wanted to work with me to see why what happened to me happened. It was not expected.
"Look Up the camera.. I need to verify you are human," said a voice on a speaker fixed above the door. I found that so funny that I wanted to burst out a laugh but I knew it would offend him.
The metallic door went open and I went in.
"Hello Sickler, it has been awhile," I said to him.
"Hello... Super Sera.. awhile it has been," he replied. Again I found this funny, I didn't know when was the right time to laugh to his jokes. He scares me most of the times.
     He directed me to a chair and took a notebook and his pen and sat on the edge of his table one leg barely on the floor. "So tell me what has been happening, anything new I should know about?" He asked.
"Well nothing scientifically new but I have been so lazy lately, that's totally something new," I started, noticing him taking notes.
"That's obvious, but it's also by choice, you've found a shortcut to most of the things in life and you think you've made it," he said trying to show me on his notebook how these powers were responsible for my laziness.
"You see once you have an option of a shortcut, you will definitely take that road. Because you are human and you seek comfortability," he went on and I was starting to get his points.
"So results for the last examination came in," he said going through some papers that were on his desk.
"The explanation for what happened is that the Cancer virus together with the Antidote reacted positively to your body hence combined together forming new mutational cells," he went on showing me diagrams of how the reactions happened.
"All of this is making perfect sense but one thing. Why me? There were few others in there with me," I questioned.
"There's only one explanation to that, yours was the perfect timing for the virus and Antidote inhaled or injected. Your body might have reacted faster or slower to the antidote," he went on.
This whole new superhero life is still a big challenge to me. My life took a total 360 degree turn and the only person in my life does have a clue of what's happening to me. If this is going to be my life now then my mom has to know about.
"Any more questions that I can't yet answer?" Sickler asked.
"Exactly! I need answers, all you give me are probabilities. They're not enough!" I cried.
"I'll take my leave now, I have classes in a 2 hours," I went on.
"Alright I'll continue with my research then I'll tell you what else I discovered," he told me fixing his lab gaggles.
I started walking towards the door and suddenly I stopped and turned back and looked at him. He put up a fake smile and stared too.
     "What did you just say?" I asked him moving towards him not in a super hero way but like normal people.
"Whaa..at? I didn't say a thing, I promise," he cried.
"I heard you, what has Mike done?" I asked him. This time I was so close to him I could hear his heartbeat.
He looked at me defeated and said. "Oh I forgot you can read minds too,"
"Tell me," I insisted.
"Well, you can ask Mike yourself," he said walking away and continue with his work.
I figured he wasn't going to tell me anything so I left. By the way I used my teleporting abilities.