Chapter 4 HOME AGAIN

After arriving back to earth,Kenzie,Boyka and Victor decided

they'll live in the outskirts of the city while i resorted to going

back home. After some several walks,i finally found my way

back home. As i stood in front of my home's entrance door,i

heaved a sigh of relief before ringing the door bell. For the first

few seconds, nobody came out of the house and as I was

about to give up hope and barge in, the door knob slowly

turned from the other side. The door then opened up,revealing

my mom. As soon as she saw me,she rubbed her eyes

vigorously to be sure of what she was seeing before her.

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"Arthur??? Is this you?" My mom asked in a shaky voice.

Judging from the way she looks,one would easily figure out

she's been through a very tough emotional torture already. I

stood before her smiling,with tears now escaping my eyes.

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"Yes mom....I am Arthur,your son" i said and hugged her

passionately. Tears slowly dripped down my cheeks and i was

at the verge of even blaming myself for troubling my mother

so much with my disappearance.

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"A....Arthur....i....i thought you're dead already...Am sorry i...."

She was saying when i suddenly cut her short

.

"No mom....It wasn't your fault....i disobeyed you and stepped

outside the house when you left" i said,still in my mom's hug

frenzy. Suddenly like she noticed something,she quickly broke

the hug.

.

"W...where's your wheelchair?.....what happened to your legs

again? How were you able to walk again son?" She

asked,looking very very flabbergasted right that moment. As i

stepped into the house,she stood on a spot,looking at her

once paralyzed son, now walking with his two legs again.

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"I don't understand either....i just realized i could walk again

after a huge flood dragged me away and washed me up on an

unknown island" i lied. My mom's eyes started gathering up

another fresh tears bag and as i made to stop them from

rolling down,it escaped my hands and freely rolled down her

cheeks. As i stood there,i couldn't help the situation as well

and also,i began evolving tears from my eyes also. Then

suddenly,i looked straight into my mom's eyes.

.

"Mom,for how long have i left you like this? For how long?" I

asked while still staring at my sick looking mom straight in

the eyes.

.

"T....three weeks,Arthur....its been three weeks" She said and

fell to my chest,sobbing hard. I didn't realize i was taller than

my mom due to my earlier condition. I strictly tried to control

my tears as well but i couldn't help it,especially when my

mom kept on sobbing on my chest. That moment,i felt

nothing but pure love for my mother. I raised her face up and

then wiped the tears on her face with my hands.

.

"Now I'm here mom....Nothing of such is going to happen

again...I promise you that,mom" I said,automatically stopping

more tears from escaping her eyes. As we advanced deeper

into the house,my mom then realized my clothes had a torn

part on the right side.

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"Arthur...You should really change these wears right after you

take a shower....infact I'll help you take them off now" she

said and began unbuttoning my shirt. Few seconds later,she

finished and pulled off the clothes. Seeing my body,my mom

then put up a surprised look.

.

"You've grown muscular,Arthur....How did this happen?" She

asked,staring at my bulgy muscular chest. I smiled and spoke

up.

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"Well mom....Before i found my way out of the island i found

myself,i had subjected myself to some exercises like climbing

huge trees,lifting heavy stones as weights and lots

more...That's what gave me these muscles i guess" i said.

My mom smiled and walked away after i pulled my

trousers,leaving me with my boxers on. I walked right towards

my room and as i headed for the shower,i felt extremely

happy due to the fact that i was able to see my mom,alive

and sound. As i got to the shower door and grabbed the

door's know violently,it suddenly broke,disengaging from the

door. I looked at the knob in my hands and chuckled a bit. I

shouldn't have grabbed it violently i guess. I should have

realized i had grown extremely strong to be handling things

violently. The single thing that made me love my new world

was that even without changing into my green beast form,i

was still strong physically in my human form....I entered the

shower and carefully turned the shower on,using the tip of my

middle and index finger to carefully grab the shower

control.....

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THE FOLLOWING WEEK

Ever since i returned home,my mom had constantly been

regaining her normal self again. She continued levitating her

undying love for me and mine wasn't an exception as well.

Since i returned home,i haven't been chanced to check on

Kenzie and others at the place they agreed to set up a home

for themselves. Most importantly,i was extremely happy I'll be

resuming college again,and of course,i can't even wait to see

my girlfriend,Rae. I know she would be extremely happy to

see that i can walk again.

It was Monday. I got up from bed very early and did some few

things before starting to prepare for school. I had my breakfast

that morning and hopped into my mom's car. As we drove

towards our school,i kept wondering what sort of staring

mania I'll be going through that day. As my mom pulled up in

front of my college,some students who were fond of making

fun of me began pointing at my mom's car from distance and

laughing. I smirked to myself,bid my mom a goodbye.

Opening the door,i stepped out,wearing a white pair of

sneakers. As some of the students saw me,their mocking

laughter turned into a very surprising anxiety. I smiled at

myself,used my hand to adjust my hair and began walking

loftily towards the college entrance. As i got there and pushed

open the glass door,all eyes turned at me. Everyone was

staring at me at a very surprised manner. Due to what

happened to me,i got my hair naturally mutated into a green

colour. As i walked on,i hoped to see Rae already or even

Peter,the school bully who's fond of picking unnecessary

bullying on me when i was still strapped to a wheelchair. I

had a hot burning sensation of vengeance but Kenzie and

others already warned me not to use my powers to an extent

of creating suspicion anywhere. I guess I'll have to keep my

cool with Peter if he finds me again.

.

.

"How sure are you that this grumpy new kid won't reveal his

powers by an indirect action? Am kind of disturbed" Boyka

started,stopping what he was doing and facing the two

others,Victor and Kenzie.

.

"Listen,we've already told him what he needs to know and

what may happen to his loved ones if that ever happens....i

don't see any reasons why you should be disturbed already"

Victor answered. His reply caused a short silence which was

later broken by Kenzie.

.

"Guys,if this may interest you to know,Arthur can never

disappoint us....He's not as stupid as you might think he

is,Boyka....I know you don't trust the boy fully yet but i can

assure you....He's going to give you a reason to trust him very

soon.....I've kinda studied Arthur and i don't think he'll ever

let out his secret identity....We should trust him as a

teammate,not generating exaggerative thoughts about him....If

you trust him,you won't have to set up a panicking mind

about him,most especially you Boyka" Kenzie said,taking a

pause.

I've noticed you don't trust the boy a bit ever since we found

him....Unfortunately for you,it looks like he's stronger than you

are" She ended it with a kind of mocking speech.

.

"Are you trying to make fun of me simply because Arthur's

stronger than me? Well,he's stronger than every one of us

here so i don't own that mockery speech" Boyka retorted

defensively,putting up a slight smile.

.

"Yeah we know....But since you don't trust him,i have a

suggestion" Victor said,stealing a glance at Boyka. The latter

knew he was going to say something very useless but still

decided to hear him out.

.

"What's the suggestion,Victor?" Kenzie asked,trying as much

as possible not to laugh.

.

"Maybe he should disguise and pick up a fist combat with

Arthur and let's see who leaves for home,bleeding" Victor said

and Kenzie bursted into a hysterical laughter. Even Boyka

couldn't control the smile radiating from his lips,though he

found nothing funny about what Victor said.

.

"The only probability of you beating him is that he hasn't

mastered the use of his powers....We all know that the meteor

that gave him his powers beholds the strongest powers

among all the meteors" Kenzie said. Boyka sprang up from

where he was sitting and picked up an axe. He quietly walked

to the pile of woods they had fetched earlier and began

splitting them each at one single axe shot.

.

"Did you just ignore us,Boyka?" Victor asked. Boyka glanced

at him and continued what he was doing..

.

"Nope....Just that i don't see any reason for me sitting down

there while you say things to charge me up" Boyka replied.

Kenzie and Victor exchanged glances and burst into another

fresh surge of laughter again. Boyka smiled and shook his

head while he continued splitting the logs non stop...

.

"Okay....I think we should really stop now" Victor said as he

stopped laughing.

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"Well,i have a feeling he might show up here anytime from

now...It's been days since we returned from the mutant island

and he hasn't shown up yet" Boyka said from where he was.

Victor chuckled and stole a glance at Kenzie.

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"Seems you're taking a liking already bro.... I hope your

prescription works out fine anyway.....Wait a minute,this

wooden house needs some adjustments" Kenzie said,looking

around the house from where they sat....Unknown to them,a

strange figure stood a far distance from them watching them

speak from behind. And then,Boyka made a turn around to

check something. The figure saw this and made a strange

sound,escaping from the position it was. Luckily,the three of

them heard the sound it made.

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"What was that???" Kenzie asked,turning around with Victor.

.

"I don't know....Let's split up and check it out" Boyka

suggested and immediately,they took different paths in a bid

to find what made the strange inhumane sound few seconds

ago......