David was having dinner with his Mum and Dad. They were having rice and tomato stew for dinner. After Dad swallowed his food, he cleared his throat. "Have you guys heard of a so-called superhero here in Calabar that calls himself Ratboy?", he questioned. Both of them were surprised at the question, Mum and David looked at each other and then, at Dad, not getting what he asked. They had food in their mouths so, they only shook their heads to signify no. "Check this out!", he picked up his phone on the table and logged into WhatsApp. "In my old school friends group chat, someone dropped a video of the Ratboy swinging from one street light to another. Take a look", he handed the phone over to his wife. She watched the video. "Oh wow! Calabar has a superhero?!", she exclaimed. David requested to see the video and she gave him the phone. "Probably another superhero created by the Super Heroes Creators sent down to help the people of Calabar", said Dad. "I love his costume", he gave the phone back to his Dad, "Finally! Nigeria has a superhero and it's here in Calabar. There's the C.A.N.D.Y fighters, the Swordsteen, Miss Kung Fu, the Golden Ace and lots more. And now there's Ratboy in Calabar!" His parents chuckled. "You really learn all the names of these superheroes", his Mum smiled. "Yes Mum! I love them a lot! Too bad I'm not one, I really wish I could be a superhero one day", he answered. "Of course you can! You don't need to have super powers before you're called a superhero", replied Dad. "Yes David! Being a superhero is more about helping people around you the best you can", explained his Mum. "Well...you're right! From now on, I'll make sure I help people the best way I can", he replied, "It's a promise", he threw away a salute. "That's the spirit Dave", Dad smiled at him. His Mum gave out a calm laughter. * * * Stephen was in a playful gist with Mr Robinson, narrating how the day went through for him in the lab. "Being Ratboy's really amazing! I've got a couple of beautiful powers. You should have seen how easy I beat them up." Mr Robinson was only smiling and nodding his head severally while listening to him. Stephen continued;"Can't wait to see my fellow colleagues in real life. I yearn to see C.A.N.D.Y fighters the most though." "You'll definitely see them one day", replied Mr Robinson. Stephen then yawned. "Seems like it's time to sleep", said Mr Robinson. "I think so! Good night...", he yawned again greatly, "Sir!" "Have a nice day...or night", he replied. Stephen then walked out of the lab. Mr Robinson heaved a sigh;"I hope the villain, whenever he shows up won't be impossible for you to handle." He went back to his experiment. * * * In the SHC building, the alarms went off and the lights were blinking red. The leader ran for the control room to find out what had happened. As he entered the room, a worker told him the problem. "Sir! Our system has detected what the villain is, the one in Calabar City", she said. "Okay...please I'll like to see it", replied the leader. The person sitting in front of the system, entered in the password of the system and invited the boss over. The lady with him tagged along. The image loaded and it was just as that dark and green spotted monster, with no hair on it and thick skin. The name was written on below it on the screen, "Death". Fear gripped the leader, who tried swallowing it up. "Oh no! Death! I never knew this would happen", he said. "You know Death Sir?", asked the computer operator. "The name alone can scare the hell out of you", the lady said. "There's a species of creatures in space, they're called Klups, extremely extinct species. They're normally in ball shapes and are harmless that way, but this form you see here", he pointed at the image on the screen, "is when it gets into a human. If a human picks it up, it gets into the person and transforms that person to this form", he pointed at the screen again, "They're evil in nature and they control the mind and actions of their victims so, their victims only tend to do bad things." "But Ratboy is there and capable to stop it right?", asked the lady. "They don't just call it Death for nothing, it's the most powerful villain, possibly in the rank of that first villain that gave the C.A.N.D.Y fighters lots of headache...or even more." The computer operator turned to ask him;"So you're saying Ratboy won't be able to defeat Death?" He thought for a while, feeling worried;"Well...I believe he'll defeat him but it won't be easy." Everybody went to their various works after he told them to. "I really hope he defeats Death", he said within himself.
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0the rat is so beautiful
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