There are no secrets that time does not reveal ... Jean Racine

Jon POV;
It's been three days since the  little squabble between me and my work colleagues, it been forgotten like it never happened, I can never really fathom the relationship between Keke and Derek, one minute they are fighting and the next they are all over each other drunk and wasted..

I am always baffled about how they haven't noticed any changes about me , when we go out for drinks , I gulp  more alcohol than them but I never get drunk, I am more sober than I can ever be and before I realise  they are gone with just three sips..

I do like it that they are oblivious of my behaviour , I can't have them snooping into my business, I have been through a lot to get to where I am now, I never asked for anything and I never will..

Somethings are best kept secret..

Today is another drinking night, they literally forced me to go out with them to the old bar right across my building, and I'm still pondering over the fact that they know about the bar , they knew there place before I did , which surprisingly get to me , because it's my hood..

We went in and sat near the window side , we could feel the breeze coming in , it is nice , it's 7 pm , it quite expected, we kept talking and laughing at silly statements, pretty much the same thing..

Suddenly, a white man in his mid-fifties, with his clothes halfway done , messy hair , looking wretched as he  enters, banging the door behind him so loud it's drew everyone's attention. He walks towards the counter, he looks disturbed , his footing isn't stable, walking like he has been starved for days, wearing an unpleasant look on his face , and he looked familiar, like have seen him before but I can't pin point where exactly..

he took his seat, and kept fidgeting with his hands, he slowly turned his back and looked on suspiciously , a creepy smile appeared on his lips, our eyes almost met but he quickly turned back. He started humming and scratching the counter table, creating a disturbing sound..

" hey man what the fuck with that noise , you creepy head" a man yelled ..

The man did not respond to that , rather he called the bartender and requested. " give me s-s-something strong , no very strong , I need it for m-m-my .. he paused , his head facing down but suddenly looked up at the bartender, his eyes widen and red , like it's being pulled out..

he started fidgeting again , and this time more disturbing than before , my friends started to pay attention to him now, " you heard me , give me something strong I need to get high" he says and laughed creepily

" this man is weird" Keke  says to me , I nodded in response, he is drawing everyone attention to him, whispers and murmurings can be heard , the bartender stepped in, he gave the man what he wanted , he gulped the drink in an instant, after, he wiped his mouth with his left hand and requested for another , the bartender seeing how the people where fidgeting and whispering he looked at the man and asked him to leave..

" I can't leave I need more , give me more" he yelled , a fat man who is siting right across us got up and went to the man , " you creepy head , you heard him , leave , before something happens.." the man faced the fat man , with his eyes widen and red , and  messy hair , he smiled exposing his coloured teeth..

"Alright , alright, I better get going then" he says in a taut tone, he got up , and kept scratching his left arm, aggressively , he reach for the door and stopped, stared back at everyone, he started moving back and forth, the fat man got annoyed by that , he rushed to hit him, I immediately stepped in and stopped the fat man..

"Don't bother , he is lose game , let him be" I said to the fat man , then looked back at the man , who is shaking nervously , he scratched the same place again and I noticed the spot is reddish and with tiny bumps on it, I observed him carefully and finally remembered , but before I could say a word , Derek called me , and before I knew it the man was gone ..

"Derek your timing is always wrong , damn it".. I softly yelled at Derek, he looked confused and asked what he did wrong , I ignored his question and said " i know the old man , I assumed he was in his mid-fifties, but he is not , he's my neighbour, Mr.Richie , his wife gave birth a few days ago"..

" really, then it seems he isn't happy about that" Keke said , "that is the problem, that old man and his wife I have been dying for a child for a long time , he is supposed to be looking happy not miserable."  " it doesn't look like it then" Derek pointed out..
End of Jon POV..

Mr.Richie's Apartment..
The same building as Jon's apartment , Mr. Richie has just arrived at his apartment, he stopped at the door and kept murmuring to himself, hitting his head with both his hands,
pacing around, suddenly the door opens, making a creak sound ..

A woman humming " hmmm, hmmm, hmmm", siting in a chair with a baby in her arms sucking her breast , she kept humming, so skinny and dried , her hair half gone, her face shrunken , looking through the window, the chair moving back and forth, the baby sucking and biting her breast, she feels no pain and keeps humming..

Mr.Richie comes in , still hitting his head, with his hand and pacing , he suddenly spoke " h-h-h -honey, I am home,  I-I- I am s-sor-ry I didn't get it .." he said nervously , he kept shaking as he stood waiting for a response, the door creaks as it closes..

The woman turns to face Mr.Richie , still humming but stopped abruptly, the baby also stopped sucking, and gawked at Mr.Richie, it suddenly crawled down from the woman's laps and it's  body starts to shift, cracking of bones could be heard, as the baby stood upright, it's head grew bigger , the eyes widened and reddish as blood, it's body turned from white to green, it's teeth jutted out looking like fangs, it appears as a green monster

"No, don't come any closer, I-I -I am sorry, I will do better" Mr.Richie begs as the baby demon or creature unknown to humans comes closer to him, he continues to beg ,but the baby wears a creepy smile on its face , suddenly the woman starts humming again..

"No , no, no .." Mr.Richie shouts, after a while no sound could be heard except for the woman's humming...

China, Beijing
A research centre, two Chinese men in a white medical robe escort a black man in black tuxedo to a big room, the place is equipped with all the scientific machines needed for operations..

The place is beautifully designed, with all the needed medical and scientific tools needed for research , the black man is amazed with the place , he looked on with a pleasant look on his face as they entered the room, the place is quiet and cool, there is a man standing behind a microscope, unbothered by the presence of the three men in the room.

One of the Chinese men spoke in Chinese announcing their presence, " which visitor comes without any appointments or briefing" the man says in Chinese to his fellow Chinese men, the black man is confused .

" arhm, I am guessing you know I can't speak nor understand Chinese well right.." the black man says in an annoying tone, the man behind the microscope stopped what he is doing and smiled, he instructed the two Chinese men to leave, and they did..

He walks towards the black man , and the black man stretched his hand for a hand shake and introductions , but before he could speak the Chinese man cut him off and said " Mr. Johnathan Clarke I know exactly why you are here , there is no need for introductions, follow me and Oh, I am Dr. Bismarck Yang". Mr. Clarke is baffled by this but still maintained his composure.

  " And what will be the reason for me coming here , Mr. Yang?  Mr.Clarke asked curiously.
Mr. Yang stopped walking and looked back at Mr.Clark and speaks " we don't have time on our side , Chitchatting delays , we both are here to know what is happening, so let get on with that" he added..

They reached an isolated room, Mr. Yang uses his card to open the door and they enter, and to the amusement of Mr. Clarke, what he is seeing in the room is hell on earth...

" if we don't do something, this is going to be us , in a few days" Mr. Yang points out..

Monstrous sounds echoes as they leave the room..

Flashback...
At the hospital..
"Doc, what do you mean by extraordinary" Micheal asked curiously..

" well your brother , it quite different from us, you see , in every human , our body systems, each has its functions,we have the blood cells,hormones, anti-bodies etc, both help in the functioning of the body, without their help our body is incapable of functioning, but our body has its limits, therefore this body systems have their breaking points too, as our body builds anti-bodies to fight any virus, it can't function 24/7 , so the other..." the doctor explains but his words were cut off by Jacob.

" can you please speak in English not science, so we can understand".. Jacob said to him.

" so what does all this got to do with my brother doc" .. Micheal asked

" the anti-bodies that am talking about, if it were to be a  human , then your brother is the human form of antibodies.."

"Meaning??" They all asked..

"Your brother is immune to anything that can cause him harm" Doc says.

"So he can't die??".. kofi  asked

"Not exactly, HE JUST CANT GET SICK.., that is why I needed to talk to him so I can get more of his blood, we could use it to find a cure for the outbreak.."

Micheal looks back at his brothers and spoke "sorry doc but I have to leave"..

He packs his things and moves away from his brothers, "And where do you think you going" Jacob asked seeing his brother leave..

" To find our Little brother, ...

Author note:
Here it is ..
his secret is out now..

Will his brothers be his allies or will they betray him again?..

Find out in the next chapter " family , foe and friends.. next Sunday ❤️❤️