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2024-10-29 19:42:56After he finished everything, he went downstairs to check up on his mother. He went straight to her room. When he got there he noticed that her door was open and the lights were on. He looked into the room and saw his mother sitting in front of a mirror applying little makeup.
He was surprised with what he saw, “Good morning mom.” He walked into the room. His mother turned back, “Oh, good morning Derick, hope you slept well?” She asked. “I did,” he replied. “Are you going out anywhere?” He asked. “Not really, I was just trying see how I would look with some make up on, it has been a while.” She replied. He smiled, “Alright mom. I will be heading to school.” “Have you had breakfast?” She asked before he could leave the room. “I will get something to eat at school, I should be going to school now.” “Where are you rushing to, I am sure school today won’t be too serious because of the dance tomorrow.” She said. “Well you can never be too sure.” He said. “See you when I get back mom.” He started to walk out of the room. “Get home early today!” She yelled as he left the room. Derick left the room and went out of the house with a smile on his face, he was happy seeing his mother like that. He grabbed his bike and rode to school. He went through the usual route, getting to John’s house, then to school. After a while they both got to school, they parked their bike, chained it and went into the school. “I have to say, you look bright today.” John said to Derick as they entered. “I don’t understand what you mean.” Derick acted oblivious. “Well I will just leave it how it is.” He said. “Well there isn’t going to be much today in school because of the dance tomorrow, I would have stayed home but I wanted to get some stuff from my locker.” He continued. “Yeah, my mom said the same thing to me.” Derick said. “So that’s why you have been bright, it must be your mom.” John guessed. Before Derick could say anything, he saw Celia alone in her locker which was a rear sight for her to be alone and right there Derick got an idea. “I think I will ask Celia to the dance.” Derick said from nowhere. “What! You can’t be serious right now. You can’t honestly be serious.” He was surprised. “Why? You don’t really have to.” Derick took a deep breath, “I told my mom that I have a girlfriend, and to me I thought of Celia while I said that her.” John was speechless, but he managed to say, “Why would you do that?” “I wanted something that would make her feel happy because I did not know the last time she was happy,” he said. “I also told her that I had a lot of friends and my life was going really great. And since then she has been happy, you should see her now, she is doing great.” He explained. “That is just crazy, but still I understand the fact that you did all that to make your mom happy but how do you think she would feel when she finds out that it’s all a lie.” John said. “Well she will not find out.” “If you say so. But I don’t understand why you have to ask Celia to the dance, there is no need for that, it is just a lie.” Derick said. “Well…” “Don’t tell me that there is more to this.” John interrupted him. “My mom heard about the school dance and left the house to buy a suit for me, since it’s only natural that I will be going to the dance with my girlfriend.” “Now that is really something.” “So now I have to go to the dance, with the suit and my girlfriend or I have to come out with everything and tell her the truth. Both options are really hard.” “Personally I feel like you should tell your mother the truth, yeah she will feel really bad but at least you will stop having to lie to her.” “Yeah I know, but I don’t think I will be able to handle how my mom will feel if I tell her the truth.” He said. “But now that I see Celia alone, I feel like there is a chance for the first option. And imagine if I actually go to the dance with her. If she turns me down, nothing is going to happen, I will just have to figure out something else.” He continued. “Well, go for it then. There is nothing then if you really have to.” John stepped back. Derick took a deep breath, looked at Celia. He was glad that she was alone with no one around her which made it easier for him. He walked quickly to her so that all the courage he summoned will not go away. He was already close to her and she has not noticed him yet. He went closer and still she did not notice him. “Hey Celia.” He said. She looked at his direction, he did not say anything else and there was no expression on her face. It discouraged Derick a bit but he was already there and there was no going back now. “I just came to ask you if you would like to go to the dance with me tomorrow.” He said. She did not say anything for a while, there was an awkward silence between them but she kept on looking at him. “Sure, why not.” She finally said. Derick could not believe what he heard, deep down he was expecting her to refuse but she did not. He started to feel a whole new feeling and he did not know what it was. She closed her locker and walked away and Derick slowly went back to john. John waited for Derick to get close to him and when he did, john ask with curiosity, “So how did it go?” “She agreed to go to the dance with me.” Derick kept on smiling. John was surprised, “You can’t be serious. What exactly did she say?” He asked. “Well I asked her if she could go to the dance with me and she was like “Sure, why not”.” John could not still believe that she agreed, “I have to say, I am now more worried that she agreed to go with you.” She said. “What is there to be worried about? I will be going to the dance with the girl I have a crush on and I will be going to the dance with her just as my mom wants, it’s a win win.” He was excited. “Yeah it is but…” “Alright, now I just have to go home and get prepared for it.” Derick interrupted John. “But the dance is tomorrow in the evening, there is still time for it.” John said. “Well you can never start too early to get prepared.” Derick said. “I will need to go home since there is really nothing to do in school.” John still did not feel okay about the whole, but he could not remember the last time Derick was this happy. And his mother was also happy, so he did not put too much thought into it. “See you later then.” John said. Derick walked away, he went to the exit and left the school. He grabbed his bike and started to ride home. He got home quickly which was what he wanted. He kept on thinking about everything, about Celia agreeing to go to the dance with him. He open the door to his house and walked in. He saw his mother in the kitchen making some food. “You can back home really early.” She said immediately she saw him walk in. He went to her, “Yeah, there was nothing to do in school today so I just had to come back home and I can’t wait for the dance tomorrow.” “Well you seem really excited about it today, yesterday i wasn’t getting this much excitement from you.” She said. “What can I say, the more the day draws closer the more excited I get.” His mother could tell the change in him, but she was not sure why. “Alright, why don’t you go and freshen up and come back down and eat, I will be done with this soon.” “Alright mom, I will do that.” He said as he went upstairs to his room. It was Friday and it was almost time for the party. Derick was getting prepared in his room and his mother was also with him. He was already on his suit and his mother was helping him with his tie. “Alright, there we go, I’m done.” His mother said. Derick stepped back a little bit and looked at the mirror in his room. He remembered the last time he wore a suit, which was for his father funeral and now he is wearing a suit to go to a dance with his crush as his date. “You look amazing. My little boy is all grown up now.” She smile as little tears started to come out of her eyes.
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At that moment, everything was going well for Derick and he could not believe it. He was not bothered about his mother’s tears because he knew that they were tears of joy. “Thanks mom, for the suit and also the tie.” He said still looking at himself in the mirror. “There is no need to thank me for anything, I am just doing what I am meant to do.” She said. “And the girl, she is not coming over. I thought she would come and you guys would go from here.” She continued. “No mom, I already talked to her about it. We will meet at the dance.” He said. “But I really wanted to meet her.” “You will meet her eventually mom but not now.” He assured her. “Alright, if you say so. I want you to do something for me.” “What is it mom?” He asked curiously. “Make sure you enjoy every moment today at the dance.” She said. “I will mom.” He assured her. “Great.” “Alright, its time, I will be going now. I don’t want to keep her waiting.” He said. “Yes you are right, y
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He walked slowly to exit as the laugher continued. He left the hall and now he was outside the school soaked and cold. He walked straight to his bike. When he got to his bike, he saw it on the floor and it was all crushed to pieces. He knew who did it and it got him even angrier. He kicked a piece of the bike out of angry and yelled out with tears still in his eyes. He realized that he had no choice but to walk home. It was going to be a long walk but that was the least of his problem at the moment. So many things went through his mind as he began to walk. He had already left the school surroundings and was now walking along the road. He wondered what he would tell his mother when he got home, the thought of that broke him. He could not think of any excuse this time, his mind could not let him think of anything. And then there was Celia, he thought of what John has been telling him about her and how he felt that going to the dance with her was a bad idea. But Derick still
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He stood up and that was when it hit him, he realized that he has not been home. He was scared because of his mother, he wondered how worried his mother must be feeling knowing that he did not come home last night. He quickly got himself and started to head home. So many thoughts were on his mind. The thought of what happened last night at the dance, the strange man that spilled some kind of liquid on him that made him pass out and especially his mother being worried sick about him. He did not think of any excuse he would give this time, all he wanted to do was get home so that his mother will know that he was okay. Because of the thoughts that was going through head, he did not know when he reached his house. He was right there in front of the door. He looked at the side where he normally parked his bike and it reminded him that he was no longer with his bike. He looked back at the door and he hesitated to open it. He did not know how to face his mother, he did not know
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“I know how this might took and even I don’t understand what happened but I know it would not happened again.” Derick said. “You left one of the student hospitalized and almost all his bones were broken, how is that even possible?” “It was just self-defense sir, he is the one who started it.” Derick said. “Even If it was for self-defense how could you do something like that?” Mr. Darwin asked rhetorically. “You are one of my best student in this school, both in grades and composure that is why I was really surprised when I heard what happened. It also makes it harder for me to do this but I have no choice but to let you go Derick.” “What do you mean let me go sir?” Derick said. “I have to expel you from the school.” Mr. Darwin said. Derick could not believe what he heard, he did not want to believe it because that was the last thing he wanted. He started to feel restless and angry. “But isn’t that too much sir. This is my first offense since I came into this scho
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Dr. Edward walked into the lab and looked around but there was no one in the lab. Ben ran into the lab and stood at the entrance, he looked around and there was no sign of Celia, Derick or john. Ben was relieved and at the same time confused, he wondered where they must have gone to. “I am not surprised, your lab is really impressive.” Dr. Edward said as he continued to walk around the lab. Ben relaxed so that he would not seem suspicious, “So why did you want to see my lab anyway.” “Well you can say as a scientist I like to admire labs and yours is fine.” Dr. Edward answered. Dr. Edwards walked around the lab slowly and Ben wondered what he was up to, there was no sign of Celia and the others but he was not okay with the way Dr. Edward was moving around the lab. “So what now, do you have everything you need?” Ben said. “Seems like you really want me to leave your lab quickly.” “Yeah, like I said, my lab is very private and the plants here are very sensitive.”
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Dr. Edward entered the house with the police and Ben closed the door. “So tell me, what brings you here?” Ben asked while they were in the living room. “You are smart enough to know why I am here so let us not play the ignorant card.” Dr. Edwards said. “I know about Daniel and the chemical he created.” Ben said. “And you should know that he is in hiding now, he is a fugitive.” “Well it is hard not to know from the news.” Ben said. “Going straight to the point, Daniel is not here if you think he is.” Dr. Edward started to walk around the living room, “I know he is not here.” “So why are here then if you know that.” “You two were close, I know the relationship you have with him. And I looked into the chemical that he created and found out that you helped him with it at some point.” Dr. Edward said. “Yes we started the chemical together. Since you have done your research, you should know the reason why we started the chemical. I stopped helping with the chemi
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“You started to feel this way when you first saw Celia this morning.” Ben said. “Yeah so what does that mean?” Derick asked. Ben went over to another corner of the lab, “The chemical is still getting used to your body and is using your anger as a pathway to thrive.” Ben put some drop of blood in a small glass and place it under a microscope then looked through the lens of the microscope. “Wow, would you look at.” Ben said while looking through the microscope. “The chemical is more unstable than I thought, it doesn’t only want to thrive, it’s fighting to take full control.” Ben continued. “What do you mean?” Celia asked. “I mean, if not you were not good at controlling your anger, the chemical would have taken control of your body. It would turned you into a monster filled with rage, you will have no other emotions.” Ben replied. “All that is scary and all but you haven’t told us about the weakness you figured out.” Derick said. “Oh.” Ben removed his eyes fro
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The three of them followed Ben. When they got to a door, Ben turned back, “Well I don’t like too many people in my lab so why don’t only Derick follow me in, you two can wait here.” Ben said to them. “You really don’t expect that to happen.” John said. “I mean, Derick is the most wanted person now. Dr. Edward, the government and Dr. Colvert wants him. And you want us to allow you to be alone with him while he is venerable.” “I don’t expect you to trust me, and yes I am fascinated with him and I need to do some research and hopefully I will find out what is wrong with him? Ben said. “Yeah we have no other choice john and Celia said that we can trust him so I guess it’s cool.” Derick said. “The only one who is willing and can possibly help us is him so why don’t you let him do that.” Celia added. “Well since you all would not listen then go ahead, if anything goes wrong remember and warned you.” John went to a chair and sat down. “Enter my lab but before you do wear thi
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“I need you help uncle ben, it is really important.” Celia said “Come in quickly.” Ben said. Ben opened the door fully and Celia, John and Derick entered the house. They were now in the house, and the interior was even more impressive. There were few furnitures, almost everything in the house was white including the walls. The house was spotless, there was no sign of dirt anyway. Ben went to a corner and started removing his masks and goggles. “Remove your shoes there and washed your hands there at that sink.” Ben said to them. Derick saw the sink when he came in but he did not know why the sink was right there close to the front door. Celia went on to the sink, she washed her hands and clean it with the towel next to the sink. When she finished, Derick and John went on to wash their own hands. “I know you already know what is happening right now with my father, about the chemical he created.” Celia went to ben. “Of course I know, I am private not a caveman.” B
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Celia finished her food and dropped her plate on the table in front of her. John and Derick were surprised with how fast she finished the food, they understood that she was really hungry. “While we wait for my father I think I know someone that we can go to, he could try to help us figure out what is wrong with you.” Celia said. “Who is he? And why are you only telling us now?” John asked. “He is a scientist, my godfather.” Celia replied. “So another scientist now, how many scientist will get involved? And who knows if he will be like your father or Dr. Edward.” “No, he is not like that. He is different. His goal is find cures for most human diseases. He is not driven by the any ambition or anything like that, if is genuinely good. He was my father’s student before, but now he works on his own privately.” Celia said. “So this scientist, you are sure he can help us?” Derick asked. “To be honest I am not fully sure, but he is a scientist with a brilliant mind so
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As the water from the shower went down her body, the dirts on her body washed off. She felt calm and relaxed but she did not know why. She thought about what John said about her when she left the living room but the thought went away because she did not care about it. But she did not blame them for not trusting her, she understood why. She now understand everything that was going on, why her father is on the run and also about the chemical. But she still wanted to see her father, she wanted to talk to him so he can stop all these before things gets out of control or before he ends up killing someone. She knew that if she stay with Derick, eventually her father will come for him and she will meet him, because after all Derick is with his chemical. She finished with the shower, she saw a towel in the bathroom and used it to cover her body. She left the bathroom and went to get her clothes. Luckily for her, her clothes were not dirty because she was wearing th
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Derick stood up from his chair, “Where is your kitchen?” He asked John. John did not understand why Derick asked where the kitchen was but he just replied, “It is right there.” John pointed at the kitchen. “Thanks.” Derick went to the kitchen leaving Celia and John alone in the living room. John and Celia looked at each other as they wondered why Derick went to the kitchen but as their eyes met they immediately removed their face from facing each other. Celia could tell that John did not like her but she did not care about that, she had never cared about what other people thought about her and definitely not now that she was going through a crises. And John did not like her because he never liked her behavior in school and with the prank she played on Derick confirmed it for him that she was not a good person. He still does not understand what Derick sees in her. They were still wondering why Derick went to the kitchen and then Derick came back to the living room holding a
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“Well how do I put this, I bumped into Celia, I think she stole something from a store. I chased after her and protected her from some men trying to hurt her.” “That still doesn’t explain anything, what about your mother? Have you gone to the police?” John asked. “Sorry to interrupt.” Celia cut in. “You know the only reason I came here because you told me that you know something about my father.” She turned to Derick. “Seems like someone is really impatient here.” John said. “Why won’t I be, I have been on the run from the police for days now.” Celia replied. “All this won’t have happened if your father did not create the chemical in the first place.” John said. “You guys should relax.” Derick said. “I know we might be a little frustrated with everything that has been happening but we need to calm down.” Celia turned to David, “What does he mean by my father creating a chemical?” “Yeah, your father created a chemical that enhances the human abilities. Unfo
