THE UNION novel Chapter 26

"So Abayo said Papa is in a place called the white world, all we have to do now is type it on the keyboard and take off." Gboyega says as his body shakes, it was evening as they all decided to take a break to cool their mind off.

"Where did all of you go Ayo? At the party?" Richard asked, what happened had still been disturbing him.

"Wasn't that you? A huge wave of energy was coming our way, I picked up it before it came to me and escaped." Ayo says swiftly.

"I'm that powerful." Richard says to himself proudly and chuckles.

"Let's focus guys, are we ready? Ngozi asked, she looked at everyone of them they were quite scared.

"I wish I could come with you." Linda says as she gently comes out of hiding.

"I'll be right back guys." Gboyega moves to Linda. "Nothing is going to happen." Gboyega kneels as he talks to her.

"I don't want to lose you too." Linda says, she hugs Gboyega tightly not wanting to let go.

"I'm going to be fine but you can't come, it's dangerous and someone needs to stay at home." Gboyega says softly, he slowly moves away from her and joins the team. "Let's go." Gboyega says and sighs deeply. They all wear the head bands and grab a extra for Papa, Richard's set it and they all suddenly vanish.

They all suddenly find themselves in a white room filled with nothing, they all wander around for a bit looking for cluse but they can't find anything. All of a sudden Papa appears floating in the air was the black and white wolfs around him.

"Papa!" Ayo says and runs toward Papa but huge wave pushes him back to the team and Essence suddenly appears beside Papa.

"You guys don't seem to get it, leave me alone! You all will never understand." Essence says firmly.

"What we understand is that you're keeping a poor old man hostage, it's not fair." Ngozi says softly, she gently moves closer to him.

"Old?" Essence chuckles really hard. "You don't know anything about this man."

"We're not leaving without him." Richard says confidently.

"Readers! I think it's time you know a little bit more about the villain of this story." Essence says and laughs manically, he then snaps his fingers and a series of Essence life suddenly hits the mind of the team.

"I need powers, it's not easy living in a world where there is constant fight between people with powers and humans that are pathetic." Essence pleads in front of Papa, he had just lost his father after a Supernatural killed him, Essence managed to escape but suddenly bumps in with Papa.

"I would like to help you, I'm not a supernatural but I can still help you out." Papa says gently.

"Really? How? I need anything even if it's telekinesis I'll take what I can get, we're all trying to survive." Essence pleads, he was desperate.

"Fine, we start next week. What's your name?" Papa asked.

"Elliot, it's Elliot." Essence swiftly says, happy that he is going to be a Supernatural.

A week passed, Papa and Essence had gotten closer, Essence was always with him and Papa treated him like a son. It was finally time for Essence to gain his powers at first he was scared but remained positive. Papa leads him to a office and John the owner of Cale factory meets up with them.

"Is this him?" John says as he gulps his saliva.

"Yes John." Papa says and the three enter the building, in front of them is a huge machine that has the shape of a oven.

"Is this it?" Essence asked as he steps back a bit scared.

"It's okay." Papa says, he drags Essence to a corner to comfort him. "I know you're scared, everyone gets really scared when they do things like this but I can assure you that you're going to be just fine." Papa says and hugs Essence.

"I trust you." Essence says.

"You can always trust me." Papa says, he let's go of Essence. Essence gently walks inside the machine and finds himself in a white place but he could hear the voice of John and Papa.

"Are you ready?" John says.

"It's going to be fine." Papa says.

"Yes, I'm ready." Essence says swiftly, he imagined the type of life he could live if he had powers and now that he had someone like Papa in his life he could be quote a happy person, Essence hears a sudden explosion.

Essence opens his eyes, everywhere was destroyed and burnt up in flames, he looks around and sees a burnt body of John laying on the ground.

"What happened here?" Essence says as he looks around confused, he was naked. He heard voices of numerous people talking all at once. "Shit!" Essence cries out, he faces the burnt machine and talks to it.

"Stop it, who are you people reading?" Essence asked himself, he heard more voices and he quickly runs away from the factory.

Months had passed since Essence ran away from the factory, he had gone to the place where he met Papa but couldn't find him after awhile he stopped searching for Papa feeling Papa might have died during explosion. Essence had nowhere to go, he couldn't talk to anyone cause he believed the world he was living was fake.

"The world is fake! We're all being watched by the great gods of the sky!" Essence shouts at the top of his voice, Essence had already moved on with his life preaching about how the world they live is fake, he carried a cardboard and waves it around the street, he was already known by the people and called "Craze Man.". Essence sees a man passing his side and grabs him.

"Can you see it? Can you hear them? Feel them? They can take us out anytime they want." Essence says swiftly.

"Kuro!" The man says in Yoruba and runs away.

"I'm warning all of you, none of you are listening." Essence cries out, a black car parks in front of him and a lady wearing a suit comes out of it.

"Hello! We know you're going through a lot and I wish to help you." The lady says firmly. A group of huge men get down from the car, Essence knew they were taking him to a mental home cause this wasn't the first time he has been chased.