Robinson was going into the plane after being seen off by his SHC colleagues. He turned back and then front again, taking a deep breath. "Here I come Nigeria", he said. He got into the plane with the other travelers, holding his two boxes. After an enjoyable ride for 12 hours, he landed at Lagos. His Uber ride came, just few minutes after he came out of the plane. He lodged into a hotel to spend the night. The next day, he took another flight down to Calabar. It was about a twenty minute journey. His Uber ride picked him up and drove him to State Housing Estate. He had a house he'd already bought for himself from the government online. He was directed to the house by the Estate Management Team, under the government. They dropped him in front of his house and drove away. Robinson walked into his beautiful new home. "My new home sweet home", he chuckled. He had all the equipment to make him comfortable. He kept his boxes in his room and while he walked about the house, he saw all the equipment he wanted and even more. He saw a really big sized washing machine, a dish washer, two vacuum cleaners, blender, an oven, a gas cooker, and lots more. After the walk about his house, he was satisfied with what he'd seen. He sighed of relief. "Now let my work begin." * * * "Now time to try out your costume and your powers", Mr Robinson directed a young boy into his lab. The boy's name was Stephen. He was very excited to be a superhero. "I'm so excited I'm going to be a superhero. Like what's more fun than that?" H followed Mr Robinson's lead as they walked in the lab. They both stopped at the distillation section. Mr Robinson saw a small box on the table. "I left this here", he said. "What's in the box?", Stephen asked, looking at him in curiousness. "It contains two robot worms Stephen", he answered. He opened the box and brought out one of the worms and wanted to keep it on Stephen's hand but he backed off. "You can't just put any stuff on me and I'll be okay with it", he walked some steps away. "You wanna be a superhero or not?", Mr Robinson smiled at him. "But can you tell me what that worm does?", he was slightly afraid. Mr Robinson didn't say a word. He only walked up to Stephen, made him open his palms and dropped the worm on it. The worm quickly bored into his body. Stephen looked at Mr Robinson with a frightened face. It clearly showed he was asking "What have you done to me?" Mr Robinson calmed him down. "It's not harmful a single bit. It will just be in your bloodstream. It's capable of reading your mind but it's only gonna do something when you think about only one thing." "What does it only do and what must I only think of before it does what it's only meant to do?" "Just think about wearing the Ratboy costume, whenever you close your eyes, and the worm will capture it, inject some substance into your bloodstream, that gives you the rat attributes and powers." "You mean the rat DNA right?", Stephen asked, nodding his head to show he was following in the conversation. "Yeah!", Mr Robinson nodded, "After that, you'll be covered in light, once the light fades away, you'll see yourself fully dressed in the Ratboy costume." He looked into the small box and saw the remaining work in it. "Only have one of this left, gotta keep it safe." He closed the box and kept it in a drawer nearby. Stephen did as he was told and viola!...he was amazed to see himself covered in white light. When it faded away, he saw himself dressed in the beautifully designed Ratboy costume. Mr Robinson came back and saw Stephen on the costume. He admired it a lot. "You know what? One thing that makes me proud of myself is that I designed this costume myself", he smiled. "It's time to test this costume out now Sir." He wanted to bolt out of the lab, but Mr Robinson stopped him. "You still remember all the privileges you'll enjoy wearing this outfit?" "Yes Sir! They're all right here", he pointed at his head. Mr Robinson then gave him the permission to go and he sped out of the lab. "Hmm...his speed is way too much for a rat though", Mr Robinson thought. * * * Ratboy jumped down from Mr Robinson's roof to the ground. He ran into the street, talking nineteen to the dozen to himself. They paused in surprise to see someone dressed in a weird looking costume. Stephen stopped to greet them. "Hey guys!", he waved at them. They hesitated to respond, only gazing at him from up to down. "Come on guys! I'm Ratboy...SHC created me", he gave them an introduction. "Wait a minute! SHC created you?", one of the guys questioned. Stephen nodded his head. "Oh my God! Nigeria will finally have a superhero and it's in Calabar", he jumped in excitement. His friends were also excited. "Wow! What a beautiful outfit!", commended a girl, admiring it a lot. "Thanks angel!", he replied to her. He then remembered something he had to do. "Uhmmm...Got some powers to check out on. Be right back", he ran off quickly. The group of friends watched him run and waved at him...though he didn't see them waving. "Wish you the best superhero...I mean Ratboy", another girl yelled.
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