Superhuman walked into the Lieutenant's office looking flagrantly unhappy. The Lieutenant officer watched him as he sat down grudgingly in front of him.
"Heard you asked to see me", he said, showing no sign of reverence.
The Lieutenant gazed at him, looking very disappointed and scoffed. "Don't think I've ever seen you behaved nonchalantly. But now I'm seeing so, I can't believe it's because of a very stupid reason."
"When am I gonna try out these super abilities I've got? I was made to be a superhuman only not to use those abilities?!", he raised his voice at the Lieutenant officer.
"Hope you know who you're talking to", the Lieutenant cautioned him, pointing fingers at him, "Heard about the scene you created all because you got fed up of not being permitted to show yourself to Munich yet."
"When will I show myself to Munich? Wasn't I made a superhuman to kick the butts of criminals?", he argued.
"You were made to kick the butts of criminals only when there's a lot for the police to handle", the Lieutenant officer snapped at him.
"Then when am I gonna make use of my super abilities Lieutenant?", he folded his fists as his anger heightened.
"You're gonna make use of your super abilities when the time for it arises...when something comes up that the police can't handle, though I wouldn't want to pray for such to happen to Munich, that's the truth...just that unforseen circumstances can't be avoided", the Lieutenant spoke in a frank manner.
"Then what will I be doing?", he asked.
"You're a police officer. Maintain law and order in Munich as a human. When the time to go superhuman arises, you'll be given the go-ahead", replied the Lieutenant.
"I'm gonna make use of my superhuman - those situations the police won't be able to handle must befall on Munich as soon as possible", he said in a low angry voice.
The Lieutenant officer gazed at him with a feeling of suspicion. From the way Superhuman spoke, he sensed some threat hidden amongst those angry words. "You've never acted like this before. Is there anything wrong? Tell me - I could be of help!", he felt worried.
Superhuman was not bothered about the gesture of help...all he wanted was to show himself to Munich as a new superhero - Superhuman. He smacked his hands on the table; "I feel it's time for me to go." He got up and headed for the door, ignoring the Lieutenant's orders to stay back. He opened the door and left, shutting the door behind him.
The Lieutenant scoffed in disappointment. "Hope the police haven't made a mistake making someone super human", he said inwardly. After a careful inhale and exhale of breath, he overlooked what just happened and carried on with what he was doing.
* * *
Thorben was successfully taken to Mr Stuart's personal laboratory in the same wooden box and by the same three men. One of them unlocked the box with a key and out came Thorben. He wore an unsatisfied expression on the face. "They don't know how to carry a wooden box properly", he complained to Stuart.
"I'm fully aware of that - I experienced it myself the previous day - my head banging on the sides of the box", Mr Stuart replied playfully.
"So where do we begin?", asked Thorben as he feasted his eyes on the awesome laboratory.
Mr Stuart signaled to the three men to leave the laboratory, and they did just that. "Let's begin right away Thorben ", he smiled cheerfully.
* * *
Superhuman went to Mr Nicolaus' home. He rang the doorbell twice before Mr Nicolaus' wife opened the door. She was stunned to see him at the door. "You're the one my husband made superhuman right?", she asked him.
"How did you get to see what I look like?", he was surprised.
"My husband showed me the pictures taken on that day", she answered.
"Okay then", he replied, looking around strangely that caught Nicolaus' wife's attention.
"Any unfinished appointments with my husband? He's not home at the moment...he's at work", she asked him, leaning at the door post.
"I came for something. There's this stuff I came to get", he said. He suddenly walked past the woman into the house much to her surprise. He feigned searching for something in the house.
"What's wrong? Tell me what's going on", the woman got perplexed. The man ignored her and continued searching. She went in to confront him. "What are you searching for?", she questioned. He trotted over to the door and quickly closed the door. He brought out his gun and aimed it at her.
"Make noise and I promise you'll drop dead", he threatened in a low voice.
"I don't understand", she stuttered, "What's going on here?", she got worried.
"I'm gonna use you to get what I want", he replied flatly.
"What do you want?", she stuttered in fear, "Did my husband cheat you in any way?"
"Take me to the garage. We're gonna strike a deal with your darling husband", he smiled mischievously at her. She reluctantly turned to head for the garage. "Raise your hands up in the air...got a lot of things you could pick up to defend yourself around you", he ordered.
"You haven't yet told me your motive behind this nonsense", she said, sounding quite annoyed.
"Just shut up and take me to your garage", he snapped. Both of them went quietly to the garage.
When the woman led him to the garage, she asked; "So why are we here?"
"You're driving me to my house", he replied immediately.
"Why do I have to drive you home?", she felt frustrated.
"Would you just shut up and get into the car?!", he raised his voice at her. She shivered in fright.
"I don't know where the car remote is", she stuttered. He could tell from her facial expression she was telling a lie. He looked round and found the car remote hanging somewhere at the wall and smirked at her.
"There's it!", he showed her by the movement of his head. She said nothing to him, looking downwards to avoid eye contact with him. "Go get the remote right away and get outta here", he instructed her. She slowly went to get the remote while he stood there to watch her, cooking his gun in case she would want to escape.
* * *
Thorben and Mr Stuart began their conversation. Thorben leaned against the experiment counter while Stuart sat on a stool.
"So you know the name of SHC's founder and owner?", Stuart questioned Thorben.
"Mr Carter Austin", he answered and Stuart gave him a nod of approval. "Still wondering how he invented a system capable of detecting when a super villain is about emerging and warns the SHC on time so they could create a Super Creature capable of defeating the super villain", he felt amazed.
"I too am wondering how he invented such a system. I can't even think of doing that...they're really ahead of the rest of the world in technology", Stuart smiled faintly.
"How come you don't know?", Thorben got surprised, "Are you not part of the SHC?", he asked.
"I'll be part of them the moment the city of Munich sees its Super Creature the first time", he replied. "This place", he gestured, "is my company. Maybe I was chosen to be a Super Creator because I'm Carter's close friend and also because I live in Munich where they say a super villain will be", he said.
"That's cool", Thorben replied, "When are we gonna begin the Antboy stuff?", he asked after a while.
"Oh yeah!", Stuart remembered, "Let's begin. Follow me", Stuart got up and gestured for him to come along. They went to the end of the counter where Stuart had kept three liquids of different colors in volumetric flasks and the drug-like tablet in a small transparent plastic box.
"What are these?",Thorben gestured curiously.
"These are what will make you Antboy", Stuart answered, "They appear worthless right?", he smiled at him.
"I'm just surprised these are what will make me Antboy", Thorben expressed his wonder.
"Why don't we try them so you could see their effects on you?", Stuart smirked at him.
"I'm gonna consume them right?", he asked. Mr Stuart nodded his head to signify yes.