DR SKETCH
Prologue
The man ran faster and faster over the terrain. The box was heavy but he could not abandon it. The seemingly magical birds were spitting fire and lightning. Or so he thought. The first shot fell to his left, a near miss. The second shot almost took his legs. The shadow of the metallic magical bird towered over him. He felt a surge of pain as his arm was shot off. The best thing he could do was take out the stick and try to draw his home. As soon as he was done he jumped in and true to the actions by the previous god, he fell in.
1:MONDAY
I was in my room late at night drawing up some imaginary gun that I saw in a movie. I wished I would have one so that I would punish some people who made my life a living hell. I had a passion for art through my skills were not that advanced.
I loved the way the pencil would glide over the plain paper, The way I could transform
Something from my own imagination into reality. Plus, I drew stuff when I had nothing to do which was almost every night cause my stepmom would be watching tv and although we had wi-fi, I did not benefit. I had no smartphone, no p.c, no tab, nothing. I could only hang out with my friends until seven p.m.
There was once an art contest for climate change and the top three finalists all got goodies. I had applied but my drawing skills were basic. Also, I had drawn about space and not about climate change. I resolved that if the competition would happen that year again, I would win it. Mark, my best friend made sure I practiced everyday but things would be easier if I had the basic drawing guide book.
The more I kept on sketching, the heavier my eyes became. At around ten pm, I was super exhausted and so I went to sleep. I had no idea how I would wake up at six the next day after going to bed at 11 p.m on a Sunday.
“Make me understand this, what’s so hard in math?” my dad asked. He was a doctor and that meant he had aced his tests. I wanted to say “everything” but I was just silent.
“And your mom tells me you have not been studying and that you are taking drugs what is wrong with you?” He added. “She always tells lies about me, she is not even my mom and I don’t take any drugs,” I said. “We have been through this Omosh. She is your mom and she just wants the best for you.” He said. Antoinette, who is my stepmother was the one I was referring to. I had had enough I wanted to go and live with my real mom who was divorced from my dad but he wouldn’t let me.
Whenever I wanted something she would always come in my way by telling my dad how bad it would turn out. One day she would pay for everything. My dad dropped me off at school and I met up with Mark. “I have good news for you bro, follow me.” “Where are you taking me?” “The notice board.” “Is there Another contest?” He just smiled and hurried on.
We brushed past a few people as we hurried on and could see the poster. It was about an upcoming art contest that would happen in August that year and the theme was S.D.G’s. The contestants had to present five pieces of art with anything related to the S.D.G’s and the top three finalists get to study abroad in an art school in France. “I can’t.” “Why ?” “It says here that you need to pick up a consent form which has to be signed by your parents or guardian.” “Explain.” “My parents have to sign the paper and this will mean they know I am participating in the contest and they are good with it. My dad will never sign it.” “Don’t you know anyone else who can sign this for you, like any uncles or aunts?” “They don’t like doing things behind my dad’s back.” “So you are just giving up after another opportunity comes? Remember the way you were so pissed when you didn’t qualify?” “I can’t do anything about it sometimes when things don’t go your way, you accept it.” “Okay, I know some of my brother’s friends who are over eighteen and they are kind of crooks so I’m sure they’ll sort you out.” “Are you sure about this?” “I’m sure.”
For the rest of the day, I couldn’t concentrate on anything else. I was waiting for home time so that Mark and I would go and get the forms signed. I know you’ve ever had this time where you are waiting for a particular day or a particular time or maybe you are waiting for something unpleasant to end and it seems like time has frozen. That was me that day. I did not use the money I had for a break cause I was going to combine it with Mark’s money so that it would be enough for the whole trip. I was lost in my thoughts for almost the whole ride until we entered the area, Kawangware. “Omosh’’ we are going to walk to the place. The guy we are going to is called Deno. He looks dangerous and he’ll try to scare you but stay calm. The sooner we leave, the better.” “Why are you telling me all this now Mark?” “If I told you earlier, you wouldn’t come.”
The place was a bit noisy. We could see two big flats on the back but stalls selling clothes and vegetables were before us. They seemed to stretch to the right and to the left. A small footpath lay between them. Mark led the way and we walked while trying to ignore the sellers
Who were shouting their prices and some we pulling us aside. We took a left turn and walked a few meters ahead before reaching an open space. Two dogs were lying down to our left. To our right, there was an old rusty lorry in the middle of two old, tireless cars. Some boys who had folded their trousers was seated at the corner to our left. They were grinning as we approached them and I began to tense. Mark who was ahead of me went and bumped their fists one by one while saying ‘Niaje majama’ which was Swahili for; what’s up guys.
I followed his lead bumping their fists while saying nothing. Mark explained to them in Swahili all about the contest and the form that was to be signed. After he was done, Deno their leader asked him if we had any money to pay for the service. He said no. One of Deno’s friends told us that it was either we pay them for the service or they take our shoes. I had suspected those guys were thugs. “It’s okay, sorry for bothering you,” I said. “Oh, you can go but your shoes are staying.” Before any of them could say another word, Mark ran away. Deno caught my collar and pulled me towards him. “So you guys think you’re clever huh?” He asked.
I punched his throat so hard he let go. I sprinted out of the place running blindly, following every turn I saw until I was on the main road.
At least it was safe there so I stopped running but I jogged fast. Deno and his friends could not beat me up on the main road and also if I ran too fast, people would think I had stolen something.
I realized I had been running in circles before I went to the main road. It was my first time in that area and all I could remember was that the stage was in the west.
While I was riding back home, I could not believe what had happened. It was all so fast and we didn’t accomplish what we had gone to do. Then I began wondering what had happened to Mark. I hoped that he had managed to outrun them and that he would head home. That’s when I remembered that I had all the money and he would have to work all the way home . On second thoughts, I told myself that it served him right for getting us in danger. He assured me that Deno was only going to scare me but he was the first to run away.
As the Bus advanced the scene changed from the many stalls by the roadside to trees and gated houses. it was about 4:40 p.m.. the clouds were dark meaning it was going to rain. I felt like giving up on the contest. It had caused enough trouble. I had entered our court and was heading home when the guard he was carrying a wrapped box.
“I have a package for you left by someone called a Opondo, do you know him?”. he asked. “No I didn’t. how did he look like?” well, he was tall and light-skinned.” I tried to remember anyone I knew who would fit that description.“I don’t think I know him” something strange with him was that he was carrying a small black gadget which was constantly blinking like a tracker. I stopped him. You do know we do not allow guests who are unaccompanied the only way is if they they call the person they are visiting to come pick them up”. “Did he call home?” “He said he’s in a hurry and he was willing to leave it to me. He also told me that he may come back tomorrow.
It was a good thing he didn’t go home Antoinette would either destroy the gift or hide it. “Tomorrow if he comes during the day tell him to come back in the evening then call me once he arrives.” “You know how that woman is . One thing I loved about our guard was that sometimes my friends and I hang around him to talk mostly about football. I trusted Him I thought about the contest. “Can you do me a favour?” I asked. “Remeber the contest I lost back then? now there is a similar contest coming up in a few months to participate, you need to have a consent form signed to compete. That woman will not allow my dad to sign it. Just fill in the details then sign.” “Even if I sign it and you win your parents will not allow you to go.” “By then my dad will have seen the benefit and he will accept it.” “Okay but you you know today I have not eaten lunch this was is way for asking for a tip. I gave him 100 shillings which he took with a smile before filling the details. “when I opened the front door the witch sprang up from the sofa immediately. “why are you coming home late. You didn’t take the school bus. You have passed through somewhere probably to see your criminal friends? today you will see my True Colours. no supper and tomorrow no breakfast for you. She was denying me supper.
One day just one day. I stood there pretending to be shocked long enough for her to move to the kitchen s then sprinted out the door and carried on by the kitchen before taking a left to the stairs and in my room. So far everything was going well. It was time to unwrap.
I took away the wrapping carefully to remove a dark brown wooden box covered by leather. it had strange writing on top of it which. the box was about half a metre long and high. I examined it closely and saw that it had hinges at the back and so I opened it.I was amazed by what I saw. The box was actually a full artist kit.
It had paints of different colours some in paste form while others were in powder form. There were bottles of spirit at the centre. There were different pencils of different shades.
The box also had different paint brushes eraser. The kit must have cost a lot and I wondered who bought it. My uncle and aunt did not send me expensive stuff because they knew they would not be delivered. It. reminded me about the contest and I realised that I had the right equipment to create art. plus It come with a drawing and painting guide book.
I was unstoppable. I continued drawing the impact gun. I opened the guidebooks and skipped sketching and I used this trip well you could sharpen pencil to make graphite powder beating cotton in it which could be used to shed a drawing.
I was almost through when I heard the doorbell ring. It was the wrong time to be interrupted. I opened the door to check but no one was there. At first I thought some kid was playing knock- knock danger not knowing that one of Deno’s guys was hidden somewhere there. I advanced slowly stepping out to the path when he barked exactly like a dog.
I ran all the way to the gate and out leaving the guard amazed. The rest of the gang was a few metres ahead. “So you thought you could run away from us huh!” He punched me hard before I responded knocking me down. The rest kicked me hard. It was a really painfull experience. While in pain, I thought about the gun I was drawing and I wished it could come to life. Again, I wished but verbally.
All of a sudden, I heard the sound of glass breaking from afar before I felt something cold and heavy in my right hand. The gun had come to life. They were puzzled and they stopped beating me up then moved away slowly. I think they saw it as some sort of black magic. My shock and fear turned to anger when I realized what I could do. I shot the first two. The gun fired impact only but the shots were as loud as normal ones.
The rest of them ran towards the road where I pursued them. What I didn’t know was a neighbour had seen them while they were waiting for me an they called the cops.
They looked suspicious. I found Mark beside the road. He was surprised to see me chasing them before he saw the gun. “Throw that away, the cops are coming.” It was clear that the gang had caught up with Mark back in kawangware then they used him to get to me. I threw it over the fence nearby before the cops could see it. They stopped before us then sprang out. I am sure they were surprised to see two boys in uniform. Young men, are you the ones chasing those boys? We have heard gunfire noise and they were coming from this direction.” “No, it wasn’t us.” Mark replied. “We’ll have to take you to the station for questioning.”
Within no time, I was in the interrogation room seated near an old wooden table. Across me was the chair where the interrogator was going to seat. I was totally stressed out. I wasn’t ready for juvi. I had to prove that it was self-defence but then I would have to explain where I got the gun.
At that moment, I figured that the magical pencil was in my pocket. I wondered for a moment if I could also enter drawn pics. Then I thought of drawing a house. I drew a small mansionette then slowly stretched my hand towards it. Surprisingly, I was sucked in.
I wondered how the house would look like inside. Maybe it would have a few sofas . Then I told myself that maybe it won’t look that way. Funny enough it turned out exactly the way I had imagined it. Add laundry things about the pictures is drawn by a pencil will come to life. to they had to in out in and out I could enter something I drawn up. I made up my mind not to go out even if tit meant staying in there forever.
I was very hungry and so the first thing I did was to go to the kitchen to take something from the fridge. The fridge was exactly where I imagined it to be. It turned out I was controlling the house. Once I had heated up some fries I sat down to watch television. The house the channels were not working another lesson I learnt the pictures did not allow signals in there. Again I imagined a flash disk. I think I was there for about an hour before the urge to go back was irresistible. I couldn’t just stay in there forever but it was so awesome to be in my imagination. That’s when I decided who ever made that pen was either a very powerful magician or the smartest genius scientist to have ever lived. When I stepped out I could see something like a huge plasma that direction. Once I was a few metres closer, I could see the outside world. The ceiling was visible after moving a few metres closer. I had the door open and someone entered. All he said was “oh my God .” before running out leaving the door open. A few seconds later he came back with someone else.
I could hear where are voice grew louder and louder until they were clear. “look see for yourself. The boy has escaped.” He said “but how could I’ve done it? We have 24 hour surveillance in the station. if he escaped people have spotted him and plus there is one way in and out of this room. A door which is which was locked.” said the senior. “I assure you boss, I don’t know how he opened the door but he was not there when I came in.” “are you trying to say he has magical powers.” The senior took out his walkie-talkie and said “let the word out that the boy has escaped and that he is a suspect put it everywhere, even on TV and have to find that boy.”
The tension came back. I was wanted. If I jumped back to the room, the cops would probably beat me up for playing games with them and would also force me to tell them how I did it. Back in the house and idea suddenly hit me. I wondered if I could draw I another place then enter it. It was not hard to find a blank piece of paper . It was clear that I needed to go out of the country probably until. There was no way I could go back to say goodbye.
I decided to draw an RV which I had seen online. It had enough space below to carry a car . I stared at the image for a moment. The RV was awesome. Large plasma screens, really comfy leather chairs, Wi-Fi basically everything except a driver. It was time to call the guys.
“hello Peter.” “bro you are all over the news what happened?” “I’ll explain to you once you come over but you have to come behind our estate . just come this way and you’ll see a grey rv and we don’t panic. don’t do anything just come and walk in normaly” “OK bro.” while waiting for them, I played a video game.
I had begged my dad to buy me a console but he kept giving me excuses. I heard a knock on the door and I had to peep to ensure the police were not coming. It was peter and the rest of the crew. “ before anything, give me five minutes to explain everything . It took more than 5 minutes to explain everything and they were all amazed at the story they were five. Peter John Paul and Kamau . “What about mark?” “They,ll let him out he’s innocent according to what you say. You are the one in real trouble cause you have an impulse gun.” said Peter. “I have no choice I have to teleport away to another country tonight.” I said “Just chill here until tomorrow after school we will come to figure things out.” said Paul we talked a bit more about how the situation was then they left.
We agreed that the next day they will go to the RV one-by-one one once school was over and that they would do so chatting. It awesome having the pencil. I was watching television when I heard a loud knock on the door. I proceeded cautiously to open the door when surprisingly the cops were there. I’m an armed I’m coming out.” I said I realized that the voice I heard was the same voice the as that of the senior cop back at the station. You are not as clever as you think kiJana. I didn’t have time to answer before he took out his pistol and shot me.
I woke up fast from the bed, my heart beating fast. Thank god it was only a dream. ammo buy today. The next day, the boys came over and we planned my escape. “you are already a criminal. The advantage you have is unlike most illegal immigrants you’ll have an ID. You will just have to move to another country the will get someone who is 18 years and is who lives abroad and is willing to stay with you. Then you will draw up a computer with their social system on the person you want after for that you will have magically uploaded that person into the system you already have the pencil. just draw up lots of money and you can take out more once you run out plus you don’t really need it because you can get anything you need.” I was doing illegal things but my new ability gave me the courage. I love the new paper I had. I made up my mind that then things settled down, I would exercise that ability very well.
The power of bring my imagination to life. “Where should we go first?” “Houston”said Njoroge. Paul suggested that we go to New York “no let’s go to China of those places they teach karate or kung fu.” “no way.”I settled the argument by deciding anonymously to go to Havana.
We appeared in a hidden street. A nearby cat stopped eating for a while before running off. We walked down the street to an open-air restaurant. Nobody bothered to look at us or even suspect us. It was a bad idea for us to go there without our sweaters. “You are going to need to draw jumpers and money.” Suggested peter. “I think you should draw the images on paper here. put the paper in the bag before summoning the items” “here you go.” A young female waiter said in a Cuban accent. I had enough Cuban money to buy a car over there. We decided that after the meal, we would go to the mall to buy stuff. I remember our little trip being the only time during the whole drama when I felt chill. All thoughts about staying back in Kenya were gone. I assured myself that it was not forever it was only until things cooled down. We bought a few shoes electronics at the mall then went . By then it was at night in Kenya.
While in Havana we got in touch with Kamau’s cousin who was annoyed at first thinking it was a joke kamau insisted and promised to surprise him. We decided to go back to kenya since evening then. Peter was the first to land in the RV followed by the rest of us . “guys can’t believe we have been to Havana and back on the same day!” said John. “ yeah I know” I answered “ it’s only that today is Tuesday I wish it was the weekend like on the Friday.” Said Paul. “in fact let’s do this again on Friday.” I said. “plus I realise it will be easier to sneak We can jump into cities here in fact, forget the art competition this is way better.” John is the one who reminded us we still had major problems to take care off, “you guys should check out the news, it’s prime time.” it was good and bad news. The good news was Mark was found innocent and released and the cops didn’t know I had other friends. The bad news, I was terribly wanted for illegal possesion of a firearm and escaping from the police station. John used the PC to check out all the online news related to the case and some people had even held in interviews about the issue and they were talking about me my pictures were all over. Some people had commented saying how I had begun working with a rowdy crowd and even know I threatened to beat her up my mum and dad had not commented yet. “So, mark is out that’s good news at least the boys have been captured serves them right.” I said. “We still have to go back to your house for the box but you can’t step out of the RV at all. I drew a quick outline of the room then explained to them the plane. “One of you wll wear a mask and a pistol loaded with amnesia darts. All that person has to do is jump in,pick the box, jump back out. In case there is anyone in the room, you shoot them than get back.” The mask was designed to look scary so that anyone who was in the room would assume it’s a mythical creature. Peter jumped in the image and he landed with a thud only to realise a Awinja(the help) was in the room cleaning. She did not react instantly because of the shock. She let out a loud scream before trying to cast out Peter while hurling first the pillow followed by the box. Peter’s vision was blocked by the object and he moved to the opposite wall then crashed. He quickly shot her directly at the side of the neck before he Jumped back Antoinnette rushed into the room. She was running towards him to beat him but before she could get hold of him, peter punched her straight at the stomach. Once she was down, peter aimed at her directly. Then he picked up the box and leaped high. He popped back panting hard. “Here is your box.”
As I jumped through the picture into California, I felt an invisible burden of tension get lifted off my shoulders.
2:FUN
It was Daytime over there. This was such a drastic change from the cold night back in Kenya to the warm afternoon there. I stood dramatically while viewing the place hands akimbo. I remembered the stories I heard stories of how people hid under planes, in ships and other stuff just to get in the country. I guess that why they have a USAID. They want countries to develop so that you stop going over there.
The sad thing was once you are there illegally,you can’t get a job .You are powerless and you end up working in retirement homes and car washes. The only successful immigrants I knew were those who went to study.
For me, I had Beat the System. I had power over reality. It was going to be a surprise attack. I drew the room from a bird’s-eye view point. The sofa and table to the right and the wall units to the left. To get his attention, i jumped right in front of the TV. I couldn’t resist laughing cause of how crazy it would be. The paper was on the floor at the end of the corridor. I took a deep breath than ran forward and jumped high then into the picture. I opened my eyes to find Kamaus cousin, Njoroge staring at me. The reason he was so scared was he had been watching a horror movie and the villain was about to pop-up when I appeared. For a moment he thought the, demon came to life. I did not reply.
“Hey I told you my powers are real. I’m real. It’s me Omosh. “ I said. He was still staring at me in amazement. it took him 5 minutes to absorb the shock and accept that he wasn’t dreaming. “It’s either you are extremely lucky or you managed to steal from the smartest person alive.” he said “Wait I tell you the whole story of how I got the box the dude interrupted after every statement to ask questions that I was supposed to answer through the story. By the time I was done it was 5 p.m.
OK bro you know immigration is going to be on my neck. Use Your powers to solve the problem. I drew a computer with the same software immigration had complete with our names and pics before summoning it. As soon it pop out with the software it was done. Njoroge ordered me to draw some expensive champagne and loads of cash. “Which city is this.” I asked “San Diego.” he answered. “I think it’s better we move to another city even another state.” “no way! I love California.” “We can move to the City of Angels.” “heaven.” “no Los Angeles that’s the meaning of the name.” We had to appear behind the track so nobody could notice as. once the coast was clear, we pulled in the RV to an isolated part of Los Angeles before hopping in. We then checked in a really expensive apartment. at Night apartment. we agreed that we would move into a House after a week given the control of money we had. “You know we have enough to buy sportscars, choppers, planes go clubbing.” I don’t I’ll go clubbing.” “why.” “It’s not ethical.” “Where do you want us to go.” “well I was onthe web and I’ve seen this wrestling match going down tonight here in Los Angeles.” I loved watching American wrestling back in Kenya. I always wanted to see match live. “Okay, that seems like a good plot.” Also bro, draw up some choppers.” “One step at a time . We’ll consider choppers and other things after about two weeks. For now we have to lay low or else people will suspect us. We don’t want people to start asking questions. We bought the tickets online then went to the wrestling Arena to watch the match and super Bowl.
The interior of the arena was dark and high above. The Ring was at the middle below. Some spot lights from the ceiling or the ones providing the lights. The place was full of fans lifting manila paper. I had just taken my sip when the lights went out. Superman was about to enter.
We had watched wrestling matches that night and we got out of there at around ten p.m. For the remaining two hours we toured the city in our rented sports cars passing through the streets with the many shops and malls.
We were a bit disappointed cause we thought that riding in a sport car was unique and we would have a feeling of being above. It turned out that they were everywhere . We got back to the apartment before going to sleep on that soft velvet King size bed.
We stayed in that apartment for a month in which we made a lot of friends with the people living there. I only trusted about 5 of them with my secret. A normal day would begin with me chilling with my friends in the apartment then going out.
I was lucky to have gone there just when schools were closed. The plots were mostly going to the beach, going to a nearby water park or going to watch a live match.
During that time is when I met my first love Steph. She was everything I needed them. It felt so good going out with someone for the first time. It was good while it lasted. She told me she had the feeling that I was hiding something from her which was true. I didn’t think she would look at me the same knowing that I was an legal illegal immigrant who had powers. Eventually, we called it quits and went our separate ways.
It was safe to buy land and Summon out a house. It was Modern with really large bulletproof glass windows and light grey. The parking area was belowthe entrance. It also had for helipads, and a swimming pool at the back. The whole thing was was about 10 Acres. It had a pavement that led to the house which was lined with trees at the sides. Other trees were scattered at the front of the house. Beyond the pool, quad bikes, Formula 1 . It was about two Acres big. Along the walls of the house were camouflage machine guns that were Automatic. Ten robotic German shepherds guarded the area. Another month before we got used to all of it.
I was chilling in the living room late at night when Njoroge came in. “We have been here for two months now and we’ve done a lot.” “Yeah.” “I think we can do more much more. You’ve not yet fully exploited your powers. Think of all that we can do. I mean, don’t you have anything you’ve seen from the movies you would like to come to life?” “I do.” “and I know the best way to exploit them.” He was silent for a moment and grinned at me. Making me curious. “do you love football?” “Yes.” “Then how would you like it if we stole the world cup trophy?” Every football fan in the world dreams of kissing the World Cup trophy and there I was with a chance to have it all for myself for ever.
But stealing it. The cops and all the agencies would hunt us down. All you have to do is draw up a duplicate which we will put in its place.” “I still don’t like the idea of stealing. I’m not a criminal.” We are not stealing, we are simply going to take trophy and swap it for another. Besides, we are not killing anyone or smuggling drugs.” “Okay but its going to be the last time be the last time.” “The last time.” “So, what’s the plan?”
Two days later around 11 a.m when we went into a room without an gadgets cause later, the authorities would look for such a conversation to identify the robbers. “This is the plan. We draw our system computer. Then the duplicate trophy. Omosh and i will try and break into the room this will be just but a diversion. Mark will teleport in then swap the trophies and teleport out. We’ll play with our toys for a while then jump down to our cars the streets and finally teleport back. This will end as an attempted robbery and we’ll have the trophy to ourselves. One more thing, two of ou will go to the power station to mess it up. I have to say, its good finally going in action. The plan was to happen a week later giving us enough time to draw up the tools.
The room had a large screen with the world map to my left and the other side had guns and the other normal weapons. . From the outside, it looked like a plain wall but it could be openned only by facial recognition.
“I want your suggestions for the power station.” “We should draw up a gun that instantly freezes people. The barrel should be long.” John suggested. “No. let’s use normal weapons for the people at the power station. They may be questioned later and when they explain the whole story, the robbery will turn into something bigger.” “I agree with Peter. the special toys should be used in the main building cause they won’t be able to see us and they won’t know the weapons we used.” I added. “Wait a minute, do we want to kill these guys? Cause if I spray your face with liquid nitrogen you’ll die instantly.” “No freeze guns then. The impact guns will do. Plus, the guns should be as loud as normal ones.” He added. “Njoroge and I need guns that shoot out fireballs or a laser gun.” “let’s move on to other gadgets.” “Other gadgets.” “like what?” “Like a flying skateboard, a really powerful bazooka, a shockwave sword and really bouncy boots.” “The impact gloves and boots are mine.” said Smith. “the sword is mine.” Added paul. “cool so you guys will make the cut.” Said Njoroge. He was trying to make a joke. He then smiled while looking around for any one who was laughing.” “let’s go on.” Said peter.
We all laughed and went on. “ You guys should also have the jetpacks and muscle cars with impact guns and it should be totally bullet and bombproof.” “what about our Costumes, what should we wear?” Asked john. “Black Ops uniform.”
I was done drawing flying skateboard but when I said magic words, a normal skateboard popped out instead. “What’s up what’s happening. Why is it not coming out?” asked Njoroge. “I don’t know why the gadgets are not coming out.” “Maybe you can only summon out stuff that really exist.” “The impact gun doesn’t exist but it was the first thing I summoned.” He thought for a moment before coming up with the next rule. The more unrealistic the thing you are summoning is, the more realistic it needs to look like. “How sure are you?” I asked. “Turn to another page and draw a crooked image of a skateboard then call it out.” I did and it came out instantly. “Now summon the flying skateboard.” Nothing happened. It took me the whole week to draw them.
We used the security software to see the building’s layout. Njoroge and I were to enter through the Western side of the building. The trophy was in an isolated section.
John and peter appeared in the station behind a truck. The looked around before proceeding th the main building. They cautiously moved into the control room. John fired at the huge thing then peter used the sword to slice it over and over again. Sparks were all over the place as they dashed out. Unfortunately, they started a fire. The smoke and falling debris slowed down their pace. BY the time they were out, the guards were on them. They ran towards the gate as the security dudes fired at them. They felt the impact and at some point they were both knocked down. They were about ten metres away from the gate where they jumped really high and over the it.
The muscle cars stopped before them. Njoroge and I were a few blocks away from the building. All the lights were out. Our car drove itself all the way to the building. It was Pitch Black outside but we had Nightvision googles. Njoroge started his jetpack and was soon off. I followed him all the way to the target window. I called out the bazooka and blew away the glass. We could see a few guards who wasted no time firing at us. Their aim was good though. I took out my electricity gun and took take them all down. Njoroge began taking down the safe while I fought the soilders who came through the opposite ends of the place. It was so awesome like playing a military game on VR. Once I was through with them I turned to the other side and continued taking them down. More security guys came in and the more they came the model we took them down.
We jumped down when we were overwhelmed. I imagine the guys above were wondering why we were killing ourselves until they saw us fly away. The muscle cars were raised up about 2 metres and hovered over the other cars until we reached a hidden alley.
We were chased by the cops but we gradually trapped and lost them one-by-one. Mark had already teleported in and out the room. Our cars jumped over a perimeter wall to the other side. We almost crashed our it. We were surprised to see two other cars that looked the same as ours until we identified as the ones that john and Paul used. They came out happily ready to talk about what had happened when we explained to them that we didn’t have time for chit chat. Before anyone saw us, we sucked in our cars first followed by us.
We jump into the planning room one-by-one each of us with a special pose. Everyone was there except Mark. That’s when he landed on us. We couldn’t believe that the trophy was there with us in the room. “let’s do this, we lift it slowly the way thwe winning team does.” Once it was raised, we let out a wild cheer.
It was then passed around the room causing the handler to shout loudly while running around the room. when I got hold of the trophy I Began singing a famous football song.
“Ollleee,ole,ole,oleee,oleeeeeee,oleeeee,ole,ole,ole,ole,oleeeee,oleeee.” they all joined for around 5 minutes. This was followed by singing the best World Cup songs ever.
The robbery was all over on every news channel followed by comments on how fans did crazy things. We stayed in the US for the remainder of that year. I was enrolled in school the same year. whenever I was alone, I wondered who it was that sent me that the box. I had made up my mind that one day I would go back to Kenya to look for answers not knowing the answers would come to me in the worst way possible.
The following year we made a fake on your marks. get set. go. we all spend past leaving him covered Play dust. all of us except Njoroge. When we were approaching the first corner, we had to apply our brakes and we nearly collided. Njoroge get used that chance to overtake us. By the time I was at recovery, He was already going for his first ramp. Smith and Dave were behind me
while Mark and John were before me. Kevin was the last. I used a trick I had seen online the previous night. I stayed closely behind John. This way, I did not encounter most of the incoming air so my car didn’t experienced a lot of friction making me faster. When the time was right I sped past.
I used the same trick on John and it worked but what I didn’t know was that John was planning a counter attack. I had advanced a few metres ahead when he blew me down with a missile. While I was recovering, all the other players took the opportunity to overtake me. Later I knocked down all three of them. The rest of the race was more of a game of knocking each other down and blowing each other out. When I was near my last corner, I dropped a few smoked bombs at them. They drifted off the truck and into the bushes. I took my last from where I could see the finish line 300 meters ahead. Njoroge was way ahead and Dave was behind him. The advantage I had was I could blow down Dave then overtake him before he had time to recover. I did exactly that.
Njoroge was about 10 Metres away from the finish line when I tried to get a good aim to blast him down. I finally did but by then, he had already crossed the finish line. I came in second place.
I was followed by Smith who was followed by Dave, who was followed by John the last was Pete .As soon as his car stopped, he came out protesting. “okay guys I cannot ran 10 meters. I don’t think there is anybody who can.” “well, you can jog or you can walk. if I were you I would have already begun walking.” replied in Njoroge.
As soon as we reached the hotel that evening, we hit the spa. We agreed that we would visit Uluri the following day. I didn’t know that the purpose of my power was going to be revealed on that day.
It was 4 p.m. the sky was clear. The hike was fun at first until we were done ascending before we got tired. I seized the moment to snap pictures of kangaroos from afar using my special camera. We had brought other friends of ours and some girls. I went with Sheila. I had actually meant she left three days ago in the spa. Everything was going well until Peter who was standing at the edge was in a disaster. The part of the rock he was standing on was separated from the main thing. It drifted down for a few meters and it was stopped by a small Boulder. “somebody help me!” Peter shouted. Some stupid people took out the cameras and started recording the thing instead of helping. My friend was in trouble. I had to save him but, there was one problem. I couldn’t use my powers in public. “What are you waiting for omosh?” Dave asked. “Take out your flying skateboard and go down there to save your friend.” I thought for a moment then decided to go. “I want all of you to surround me so so that I can call the flying skateboard.” “Omosh, what are you doing.” “he is changing his pants. he’s scared so he has wet them.” Said Mark. “I am not changing my pants I am changing my shirt.” “you are changing your shirt and your friend is in trouble.” “I’ll explain to you later.” I quickly flipped the pages then called out the flying skateboard. My heart pounded hard in my chest as I was running towards the edge. With deep breath, I jumped. the rock kept on drifting Down the slope. Advanced and I was close when I sue an incoming Boulder. I I turned to the other side to avoid it. three more ahead. by the time I was done moving away from them i was away from peter. I’m coming Peter.
The rock was close to the ground. “hurry up Tim.” he shouted. I turned to him and stretched out my hands. “Here grab them.” I ordered. “he hesitated at first but he finally got hold. It was just in time before the rock hits the ground. We hovered over I parked ambulance. The crew down there were amazed to see two people flying in the air. The skateboard touched the ground many meters away from them and they were not able to see our faces. Using the paper, we teleported back to our room in the hotel.
We were lucky that most many people dismissed the story as a scam and my secret was safe.
3.Attack
The event was actually an award show which awarded great football acts of the year. We managed to get there in time for the after party. It was happening in Dubai. I was having a good time when suddenly I felt dizzy. Somebody had to put something in my drink.
I kept on feeling dizzy and light-headed until at I fell. The last thing I remember being lifted up by 2 Men and then taken out of the building. I don’t know for how long I had blacked out but I woke up to find myself tied to a chair. The room was quite small and paintless. There was a small window to my left and I’m metallic door to my right. The room had no air conditioning so it was really hot. I think it’s the Heat which woke me up. I struggled to free my hands and legs but it was no use.
Just then, two men walked into the room. The first man was a little fat and the second man was well built. The two kinds of people you don’t want to mess with. By the way did I tell you that this was six years later after the incident Australia?
The fat man wore a black suit while the second man had jeans and a vest on. “hello young man. It’s finally good to meet you. let me introduce myself. I am big brother. I’m C.I.A. we have been following you for a long time and we have a few questions for you.
How does an 18 year old have a booming business, ten private jets, 5 yachts, dozens of islands out of nowhere. We also know about your special gadgets like the flying skateboard and the freeze gun. But I know the answer. Oh yeah I know.” He moved back a little then stared wide at me before saying; “it’s your magical box. if it’s even magical at all. “look we don’t want trouble. I want you to make this easier for us. where is the box?” “what?” I asked. “Oh so you want to make this hard. okay.” This was followed by a fist.” Again I’ll ask you where is the box?” I remained silent.
The fat guy cut in. “We don’t know what you are planning to do with such a dangerous weapon. We want to take it off your shoulders. We will conduct research on it and find a way to use it to make the world a better place.” he said. “Oh yeah, like the way you used the nuclear energy to make bombs. You took the idea from the French, did more research and now you make the world a better place by being the superpower.” He kicked me hard on the face giving me a black eye.
The continued to torture me and once the pain was too much, I called it. They were suprised to see it right in front of them. They stared at it first then stared at each other then at me then back to each other before they let out a wild cheer. “Thank you young man for complying. We will now to take you to the station for further questioning. Why? I did what you told me. They just lifted me off the chair and the cutting me all the way outside where I saw one of those imaginary Starships parked right in front of me.
A side hatch opened to let us in. we talked many corners and went through many alleyways which I could not remember. all I knew was I was on the top floor tied to a metallic chair. a few moments later, a woman appeared before me. It’s like she had teleported. She was holding a small rug and that jug of water. Good afternoon young man. By now I know you know we are not CIA operatives.
Now, tell us how you called the kit or else I will take you through hell.” She said. I was convinced that these people were not good people and that they will use the box for evil purposes. I was determined to to die with my secret. “hello. oh so you’re not talking. “she began moving towards me and as she did, the chair was falling back until my back was Directly facing the floor. The woman put the rug on my face then poured water all over my face. Most of it went into my nose. The pain was unbearable. are you ready to talk now?” She asked. “hell no.” she repeated the procedure again. That’s when I hatched a plan.
As she was taking me down for the third time, I ensured I had swallowed A mouthful of water. I called the kit under my breath. It came in the room fast knocking the woman down.
I saw some nearby buttons on the chair which I poured water on. Sparks flew out before they metallic things holding my arms and legs down gave way. I took out the small notebook that was in my pocket then I called out my freezer gun which I hid behind my back.
Two men dressed in advanced Black Ops uniform entered the room. Once they saw that it was still tied up, they lowered their weapons. I took my gun and fired at them.
I managed to take the uniform of one of them so I blend in. By the time I was in the main corridor of the thing, the alarm had already been raised. Everyone was running in the opposite direction except me. They realized that was the one they were looking for once I had once I was way ahead .
I saw a red button which I pressed and to my surprise it opened up the back of the ship. I wasted no time jumping down but they followed me. It was a good thing I had done skydiving a few days ago so I balanced myself first then took out the notebook to open the page of my home in California.
I was about to jump in when the page flipped to that of an electricity gun. I ended up in the pic where the gun floated before me and I was surrounded by a large white expanse. I moved back to the direction I had entered in and I was finally out. I was about to flip the page of again When I heard the faint sound of gunfire. I looked up to see about 10 men in Black Ops uniform flying towards me. if they seem to have advanced check just like me cause they were using jetpacks. I flipped the page I open to the page had my jetpack and put it on armed do with my electricity gun. I went for the first three and fired at them by the Missed. Item to the one on the upper right corner but he avoided all my shots. Item to another switch left before I could fire I felt incoming gunfire on me.
I lost control for a while but got back on my feet to face them. I couldn’t run away from them because they could attack me from behind. I went forward to the first guy and punched him real hard on the throat. causing him to fall. I took down two more guys before one of them got hold of my neck and give me a lock. He then descended. I start I struggled to free myself from his grip using my left arm since my right arm was holding the weapon. We dropped for a few meters more before I end my gun directly has it at his head and shot him. By the time you let go the ground was about 50 meters away. The area looks like one of those war-torn Middle East countries since retired abandoned and then destroyed buildings end the debris all over. Just too late to turn back and attack my attackers and so I dropped Lower to the streets and started digging random corners with the risk of colliding into a building. I entered into an abandoned building and hid beside the door. why don’t the soldiers landed outside and he was checking out today area when I speared him with the extra force from my Jetpack. three more soldiers were approaching but they managed to shoot two before they are the remaining 1 shott me down.
The more I kept when shooting them down the more they seem to think please until they were a whole swarm of soldiers coming at me I couldn’t manage them all. So I flipped open the page of my house in California and jumped in.The crew assembled in the planning room where they were surprised to see a man in Black Ops uniform suddenly pop up. they raised all their weapons towards me. “hey it’s me it’s me Tim”. it’s only when I took my helmet off when they relaxed. “oh my God bro where were you?” asked mac. “I’ll tell you everything as long as you give me a glass of water.” “and what happened to your eye you look like a truck ran over you.” “how do I look?” one of them handed me a mirror and I could not believe my eyes.
I spent the next 30 minutes explain to them the whole incident before we started planning our Counterattack. “I think We are facing the most powerful enemies we will ever face.” “I know . 13 Peter. You still have the same gadgets we used last time right?” “yeah I do but I think we need to up our game game so I’m open to any idea.” Jim came up with the first idea. “I think we should have design indestructible suits. Anything they throw at us will be useless.” he suggested. “yeah that’s a great idea. any suggestions for the guns?” nothing new. “oh yeah for the gadgets, will need to teleportation bracelets, more Impact Gloves, end invisibility suits.” John said. “how many are we?” Njoroge asked. “ About 100 somebody replied.” “then let’s divide ourselves to 10 groups.”
“ the first group we attack the cockpit. the second two groups should enter through the sides. the remaining groups will be teleporting in and out of the ship to take down the enemy But one Group should remain behind. the group will be rescuing casualties.”For the teleportation bracelets and all those other Gadget I will need to paint and painting takes time.”I said. “how long?” somebody asked. “about a week or two.” “we don’t have a week or two we don’t even know they are going to attack. “Yes you are right they may be on the way as we speak.” “don’t give him pressure.” “It’s not pressure, it’s the reality.”
“I suggest you do this,We already have the drawings of the other gadgets now focus on these two new useful gadgets: the teleportation bracelet and indestructible suits.” The enemies did not attack for 3 more days giving me enough time to draw. I was almost done on the fourth day when I heard a loud explosion outside. they had come at last.
I was in my study room getting the final touches on the bracelets when this happened. I looked out the window to see two of my cars on fire. I couldn’t see the ship. They came storming into the room. relax guys ,relax I’m calling them out. “are you done with the bracelets?” Jordan asked. “Not yet but the suits are ready.” “Where are they?” “I am calling them out right now.” “Our Squad had lined up in front of the house. we had all agreed that it was not safe for me to go into battle coz I could be lost or captured. I was hidden in the planning room Where I oversaw the operation.
Joe Rogen, Jordan and mac attacked the cockpit.H2 time for them to blast their way through the glass pane. Jordan took down the four pilot operating the scene. He advanced to the door where he took down 5 more Enemies. The Squad on the left side Met a rude shock when instead of soldiers, they encountered robotic drones. The drones Were shooting small hooks which paralyzed do they instantly. we have a problem. the scored on the other side to encounter humans. they cleared of the first batch of the soilders before advancing.
By the time they were inside the cockpit Squad had already turned off the power supply. For the next 20 minutes they were winning the battle because of the night vision goggles but when the enemy decided to Fight Fire with Fire the situation changed. the soldiers also threw with the hooks at our Squad on the inside. When the people on our side were 50, the bracelets were good. There was no way I could stay in the room while my squad was losing. So I put on the impact gloves and boots together with the drawing , a very powerful electric gun and my urge to Revenge. I appeared on the left side where I took out 10 of them before I had their attention. they aimed their guns at me but I teleported behind them. I kicked two of them then disappeared again. I was in the Ship with my squad where I handed over the bracelets.
I bust the bracelets around to every side before I personally joined the battle. when our Squad had managed to suppress them, they cleared away. I ensured everyone had left before I took out the drawing continue the picture of the nuclear bomb. I planted it the middle before I teleported out of there. I was happy when they had the explosion. I didn’t expect that in to be blown away but I expected some real casualty numbers. after all that I still saw a small Jets the thing from the side.
We were doing our victory dance when I saw a small plane approaching at a lower level than usual. we aimed at it thinking it was the enemy. landed a few meters away from us then the hatch opened. a man who appeared to be in his late thirties appeared out of the plane. we watch Team approached us with a great caution. When he was near, he asked . “are you Timothy?” he asked. “yes it’s me.” I replied. “How do you know me?” I know you have been having a lot of questions ever since the day you go to the box. I am going to answer them all. all you have to do is come with me.” “who are you?” “My name is opondo.”
4:ORIGINS
He took us back to Kenya. A place called Turkana to be precise. The compound of the place was fenced by barbed wire. There were about four trucks on the compound .The rest of the compound was paved. He led us all the way to an upper room where he was going to explain everything. I have to say I loved the interior decor of the place. it was more of Afro futuristic.
“I know you are wondering how i afforded this place. We’ll I came up with a system of electronic money a few years ago but I sold it at a throw away price. I thought all hope was lost when I was approached by a foreign company to design something similar for them. It became a success and now I am the billionare I am today.
Now I am the one who gave you the box.” “So you made it.How?” “Nobody who exists in this generation or the next can come up with this device. I wanted to give you the answers you have been looking for but ever since you made the news, you disappeared. I tried searching for you and once I knew the Rachars were out there, I knew they had found you first so I followed their trail.” “The what know?” asked Mark. “The Rachars. Wait till I tell you the Origin story.” “Wait. Shouldn’t we like get popcorn or something?” “sure.”
“So Omosh, I want you to imagine before our time, before the time of the cavemen, before evolution itself, There were people. And lets just say if we compare them to us, they were like ten thousand years more advanced.Their world was made up of three empires. The Racharian empire which was made up of whites, the Ramogian empire which was mixed but mostly blacks and the Ruoth. These were Mongolians togather with coloureds.
The only problem was the constant wars. I think you have noticed that the more humans advance, the more petty the causes of war are. Some of the Rachars and the Ruoth got tired of the constant war and they went out to colonise other earthlike planets. At a certain time, One of the Ramogs came up with a device that manipulated space and time to create objects. It was more of a universal 3D printer. It was the smartest idea then.
The Rachars got envious and they tried creating a similar device which destroyed everything instead molecularly.The device however was never destroyed and the Ramogs togather with the Rachars from other worlds came to look for it right after evolution was complete. The Ramogs thought it would be good if they handed it down to the next generation of humans with the same genetic codes or similar genetic codes to them.
Unfortunately, the Ramogs here had been outnumbered and soon the Rachars engaged them. During a battle, One Ramog with superspeed got hold of the device and ran off with the tracker to find the nearest match. This was in ancient Egypt. He found the guy but the man saw him as a good cause of the way he had dressed. He tried to explain everything to that man through gestures but he did not get it. At last, the Ramog opened the box and took out a stick. He drew the pick of a nearby boat on the sand before hopping in. The man was amazed to see him on the boat later and back agin to the initial spot.
Next, the Ramog drew a rainy cloud then did some gestures and to his surprise, it began to rain. He did more gestures and it stopped. At that point, the Rachars caught up with him and he handed over the box to the man then set ou to face the three jets. One of them went on to pursue the man. The man ran faster and faster over the terrain. The box was heavy but he could not abandon it. The seemingly magical birds were spitting fire and lightning. Or so he thought. The first shot fell to his left, a near miss. The second shot almost took his legs. The shadow of the metallic magical bird towered over him. He felt a surge of pain as his arm was shot off. The best thing he could do was take out the stick and try to draw his home. As soon as he was done he jumped in and true to the actions by the previous god, he fell in. For the remaining days, he explained to his family that he was visited by the god Ramogi who entrusted him to be the rain maker. He told his sons to use the magical rock to find the next rainmaker. That way the rainmaker lineage was born. One more thing. Each rainmaker had the A.I. which is put at the back of the head usin the box.Only the one with it can control the pictures. It was handed down to me by my grandfather and now I hand it down to you. Any questins?”
“I have lots of them.” I said. “Why is it that the man got a stick and I get a full kit?” “We’ll the device is neither of those but wht you see is the nearest thing your brain can compare it to.” “And how did you know all this?” “The device has a small camera on its lower left side. Once the Ramog realized the man was floating, He recorded himself hoping that one day, someone smart enough would figure it out. I got the other info from the A.i itself. It took me a long time though.” “Whats next?” Jordan asked. “Trainning. You have to train for the war. The Rachars arre coming. A whole swarm of them and they are coming for it. Only God knows what they plan to do with it. For, now, draw a Base, I have booked you up with a mercenary trainer. An Israeli called Joseph.
5.JOSEPH ARRIVES
Two days later at about noon, we all stood at the entrance looking up at the white chopper. as it got closer to the ground it created a lot of dust which blocked our vision. The commander jumped out before the blades stopped spinning. It was a bit dramatic the way he walked out the cloud of dust.
He was really buff and he wore a black khaki t-shirt and a grey trousers addition he wore brown boots and black shades once he was closer I could tell he was in his forties. “Hello, joseph’’ said opondo. As he stretched out his hands to greet the rest of us and lastly omosh timothy omondy the boy with the power he added he took my hand and shook it vigourously uhh hello young man am good I replied I know there is a lot we have to discuss we can gllady do this over a cold glass of soda I couldn’t agree more the commander replied we were settled in the same room in the previous day I have to say am really impressed with the base the whole African interior decour in here anfd just the building itself joseph commented thank you I really wanted to do something afro-futuristic I got the idea from the ramogs, Speaking of the ramogs have you tried to contact them, their assistance will really help my team and I have tried to figure out a way to communicate with them through the box but so far there is no reply but more of the rachars are coming anfd the ramogs may be our last hope if we figure out how they were able to track omosh or how he knew he had the books we can pass the messege to them am curious cut in peter what exactly would you be training us in? While most of what I will be taking you through is the basic marine corps training program but combat training will be more than the Israeli I will also be teaching you taekwondo and krav maga.What is krav maga? It’s probably the most lethal martial arts once he told us this I was eager tho train
I pictured myself taking down those bloody rachards have you ever done any operations in Africa I asked yes I have done a lot of them. There was a time terrorist in west Africa had taken some school students and held them captive. We released quite a number then there was this dictator one of the countries in central Africa we took him down too but I have fought all over the world. We are not cheap Mr opondo was here willing to pay me but I am offering services for free because the fate of the world hangs in the belongs by the way omosh, I know you have control over everything you draw but the commander here must be in charge for him to train you efficiently. Said opondo. You will have to give him something we will control you with something like what? like electric tags so that if you disobey him,he zaps you with electricity.Dont you think that’s cruel?he wont have to use it if you obey him look at it this way.Joseph said.If you start your own school,and you hire your teachers,they wont exercise full authority on you and you do know that without doing maths homework,that’s practising maths,you wont pass.The teacher has to punish you so that you would do it the next time and in the end you will pass.Hes argument made sence.
It took me five minutes to draw it before I called them out as I did so,He stared at the paper them at me in surprise.He had a look of shock in his face that gradually turned into smile.This is awesome.this is totally insane.Oh My God!
The enemy had arrived.code red,code red, the enemy is here.There are approaching fast!Shouted over the comms while running back to the building.Witthin no second,something similar to the first courier was above.Its shadow had covered the wholearea.As he was running,two smaller flying jets came out from below the main thing and they began firring all round.He ran faster but he almost too late.Using the teleportation bracelet,mark went out to take him in the building.Everyone into the saferoom! shouted opondo.there were blowing down our walls and windows by then.we have no time to wastelets the notebook.they cant destroy it I suggested.The notebook was in the library which was closer than the safe room.We ran out of the corridor and sped into the library which was at the far end.one by one they jumped in.When I was left,there was an explosion and the wall on which the books were staked blew away.i hesitated then jumped into the base we had drawn the previous night.
I landed outside the base.The whole surrounding was covered by grass.a few miles could be seen at a distance.It was 10 am there the group was waiting nearby.[[while you are in there you can manipulate time. Imagine that one second in the real world is one year in this world!said opondo in haste,I did so.
By noon that day papertime Joseph had made me remove the A.I from my head and he had put the tags on us. As soon as they were locked, he zapped us for for a few seconds just to give us a taste of thing. He immedialtly assumed a commanding tone after this.H e told us that we are not kids and we shouldn’t expect to be treated like so. That night, we worked up a plan with the boys. I drew helmets that would make someone think very fast. Joseph did not take my pencil. Since I couldn’t call them out, I jumped in and threw them out of that paper one by one.
