THE UNION

CALE FACTORY

In Akure State, Richard and Ngozi suddenly appear in the middle of a all black huge factory. Ngozi hits Richard chest constantly with her hand vexed about what he just did.

"Why didn't you bring the others?" Ngozi says very anxious cause she knows they both can't handle this on their own, Richard is chilled about the situation and moves to the door of the factory.

"Cause they'll all start arguing again and ruin the fun." Richard says and enters the building Ngozi follows, inside they see different human body parts on the floor, Ngozi starts getting scared and she quickly summons Huffcupp for comfort. Richard isn't phased by this, he had seen a lot of body parts during his childhood and he grew up with people that enjoyed victimizing and terrorizing others.

"The person that owned this place is a creep." Ngozi says out of disgust, a old man with a walking stick comes out of the shadow.

"I'm not a creep." The man voice shakens as he talks, his dental teeth fall off he tries to pick it up but his back pains him so he doesn't move.

"I'll help you with that." Ngozi says and gently picks it up, gives it to the man, she feels pity for the man by just seeing him thinking he had a rough life.

"Do you own this place Sir?" Richard starts getting really serious, the man puts back his dental tooth in his mouth and responds.

"I did, as you can see the place is closed down." The man tries to get away from the conversation, he turns around and starts walking out.

"We need some information about a man called Essence, we both work for the FBI." Richard says, the man heart starts beating really fast, he sweats heavily and plans to escape but he can't cause he couldn't even bend down not to talk of running.

"I've told you people everything I know last time." The man pleads, Richard figures out the man is cracking and they have the upper hand.

"The whole office was changed, most of the officers left with their files. So we need new information." Richard says confidently without hesitating, Ngozi is shocked she had never seen him this serious.

"Walk with me." The man tells them as he leads them to his office.

Richard and Ngozi sits down in a office as the man explains to them while standing.

"My name is John and this my factory was where Supernaturals were given powers before it was shut down by the government." He says, Richard and Ngozi start asking different questions, Ngozi shuts Richard up and she speaks.

"Give Supernaturals power? I'm confused on that I thought Supernaturals were born with powers." Ngozi says, John uses his tongue to place his dental tooth in the right place.

"Not all Supernaturals gain powers naturally. Some, infuse bloods of past Supernaturals into their DNA and they are different other methods." John says proud of his work, they are both intrigued by this.

"Wow!" Ngozi is particularly fascinated by this.

"Essence was brought here one day, he said he needed telekinesis but things didn't go well. Bad things went down that day, I and my ex partner created one of the greatest Supernaturals the world had ever seen." John said while his body was shaking, he was shakens by the experience that happened that particular day They both get scared.

"What was the name of this your ex partner?" Richard ask, John spits out on the ground, he had kept so much hatred for the particular person.

"He called himself Papa, ruined my....." Richard quickly interrupts.

"Well we are looking for Papa, he was a close friend of ours and seems like Essence took him." Richard swiftly says, John is caught in a trance after hearing that Papa is still alive, he looked at Richard and Ngozi with disgust.

"I'll be right back." He says in a very bad manner and walks out of his office, Ngozi whispers to Richard.

"Seems like he doesn't like Papa." She says, Richard felt it to.

"Yeah, haters are going to hate." Richard says while Ngozi was suspicious Richard didn't bother. John comes out of nowhere with a knife and tries to stab Ngozi.

"Any friend of Papa is a enemy to me, he ruined my life." John says aggressively, Richard quickly grabs the knife from John, teleports behind him and stabs him from the back, John slowly falls down, bleeding heavily. Ngozi screams and immediately lays down on the floor close to the bleeding body, she had a strong hatred against killing while Richard was brought up with it and had been trained to always kill.

"I'm sorry, he was trying to hurt you." He tries to put his hand on her shoulder but she shoves him away.

"You could have just knocked him down." She shouts and walks out of the office while Richard stares at the dead body with a heavy guilt on him.

Back in the hotel. Tolu, Ayo and Gboyega sit outside thinking of a way to get to get back. Gboyega gets tired of waiting and confronts Tolu.

"What do we do now leader?" Gboyega talks in a very sarcastic manner, Tolu stressed by everything still has hope that something will turn up.

"Wait for Richard and Ngozi, I'm sure they'll turn up." She says with hope, Gboyega is already tired of Tolu attitude, he is sick of waiting for them and he definitely is scared about what the outcome of this mission might be.

"Trust me when I say they aren't turning up, those two will find a way back home. They can take care of themselves." Gboyega voice gets higher.

"We can't just....." Tolu tries to calm him down but Gboyega isn't ready to listen.

"Listen up, you're going to need to stop this hero bullshit attitude and face facts! We can't save Papa right now so why don't you call some officers to come pick us up." Gboyega says and walks back into the motel, Ayo who has been watching both of them argue chuckles, Tolu moves closer to him.

"What's his deal?" Tolu is confused cause Chong told her that Gboyega was the type of person that was ready to explore and go on different adventures.

"I know you're worried about Papa but you can't just force people to do what they don't want to do." Ayo gently tells her, Tolu moves to a fridge that has snack bar, she pays and gets a chocolate bar.

"But aren't you worried about him?" She says and offers him a chocolate bar as she talks but he rejects it.

"I'm scared, I and Papa were really close and I'm just hoping he gives me a call and let us know that he is fine." Ayo who has been trying to hide how he felt about this whole situation starts to get really scared, Papa was a very mysterious man even Ayo knows, the old man had gotten himself into very terrible situation but he always found a way of coming back, Ayo was hoping this will also happen.

"Then do something Ayo, I've heard that you can do so many things with your cybernetic." Tolu wasn't lying, Ayo had access to different powers, he could easily recharge the energy of the car with one touch of his powers or turn his legs to rocket launcher and so much more but a part of him keeps reminding him not to.

"I can't, my powers have some issues just call someone to pick us up.

Gboyega isn't enjoying this experience and I'm about to lose it too." Ayo says and walks out, Tolu is also stressed about being in here but she doesn't want to accept defeat by calling Deji. Her phone rings, she checks the caller and sees it's Dayo calling her at first she puts the phone back in her pocket.

"I can find a way out of here by myself." But her thoughts quickly shifts to Gboyega, she brings out her phone and picks the call.

"Hi Dayo." She says knowing she'll forever regret this.

Hours later, a red Toyota Corolla car parks in front of the hotel. Tolu rushes to call the others.

"Let's go guys!" She shouts out loud, she moves to the passenger seat and stares at Dayo who's driving, he pats her on her shoulder.

"I'm sorry and I promise not to tell anyone about this." Dayo said calmly.

"It always gets better." Tolu says to herself praying that they get better outcomes tomorrow.

That night, In Papa's house. Ngozi knocks on Ayo door, he opens it and is shocked to see her.

"What a pleasant surprise." Ayo says, she chuckles and responds in a very low tone.

"Listen, I know we all love Papa but something about the man we saw didn't feel right. It seemed like he was scared of Papa, maybe by tomorrow you could do some digging." She says and walks out, Ayo isn't worried, he saw Papa has his hero and felt all this will blow away by tomorrow morning.

In the middle of a forest, a red shrine is found in it and the man who was calling Papa's name in the middle of the forest is found meditating inside. This man name was Oloogun and unlike other Supernaturals who get their powers naturally he relied on rituals and the power of the gods. He was part of a cult called the "Trials", another black man wearing a all blue coloured cloth with bear furs suddenly appear in front of him, this man was Odi a Igbo man, he and Oloogun don't always get along.

"Where's Papa, Oloogun?" Odi talks in a very calm manner but is also trying to drive Oloogun nuts knowing already that he has failed.

"I'm trying to find him." Oloogun tried his best to respond in a very calm manner, Odi stares at Odi and laughs.

"Just don't fail like your son failed you." Odi says mockingly, Oloogun gets up angered by what Odi says a huge c***k of lightning opens from the sky. A woman quickly comes in and pushes Oloogun.

"Stop!" The ground shakes as she talks, she gently lands on the ground. This lady wore a long black robe, her name was Abeni a Yoruba woman and is the leader of the Trials. Oloogun and Odi feared her cause she had immense powers.

"Any luck on finding Papa." She says, her eyeballs glow in a very blue colour as she talks.

"No, I'll find........." Oloogun shivered as he responds, she interrupts him.

"Go to his house Oloogun before we take other steps." She said firmly pointing to the door.

Oloogun rushes out of the shrine, waiting for him is his son Abayo, Oloogun doesn't really care about the wellbeing of his son cause his son is a slow learner and he considers him a failure.

"We have to go now rat, we have places to be to." Oloogun says boldly.