The helpful superpowers 6

Nuha woke up in the morning. She felt that something was different about her. She looked in the mirror. Her eyes weren’t blue. “AAAAA!!!!” Shouted Nuha. “What! What?!” Shouted Ameera while bursting into Nuha’s room. “My… My eyes! They’re not blue!!!” Said Nuha. Nuha touched her table, it didn’t burn or turn into ice! Nuha jumped, she didn’t fly, she clapped her hands to be invisible but she couldn’t, she tried to run fast but she didn’t! Again, she let out a bloody scream “AAAA!!!!” Yusof went running into the room saying “My eyes! My eyes! They’re not blue!” He touched the wall it didn’t turn into ice, he clapped his hands to disappear but he didn’t, he tried to run fast but he couldn’t! “AAA!!!” Nuha and Yusof shouted. “I think I still have my powers.” Said Ameera. Nuha stopped her, and said “Its okay, my Uncle Anas made me a device that could tell if anyone in this world has powers.” Nuha took out the device from her drawer, and on the ‘on’ button. On the screen, it said “No powers, detected.” Nuha, Ameera and Yusof’s faces turned pale. “No…” Said Nuha. “More…” Continued Ameera. “Powers?!....” Continued Yusof. “Noo!!!!” Shouted the three of them at the same time. “What’s all the ruckus?!” Asked Azim while rubbing his eyes. “All our powers, including me, you, Yusof, Ameera, Farhannah and Safwa, are all gone!” Explained Nuha.

“Are you sure?” Asked Azim, always being the hard to believe type. “I’m positively, absolutely sure!” Said Nuha while showing the device in Azim’s face. Azim grabbed it from Nuha who was pushing his face with the device “Show it don’t rub it!” Said Azim. Nuha and Ameera chuckled. “Sorry.” Said Nuha while smiling. Farhannah went running into the room like a speeding bullet. “Guys! Our powers its…” Before Farhannah could finish her statement, Ameera interrupted “Gone? Ya, we know.” “Young lady, its rude for people to interrupt people while their talking. Certainly, your parents have thought you that.” Said Nuha. “Since when did you become the super heros’s adviser?” Asked Ameera, rudely. “Young lady, respect people who’re older than you!” Said Nuha. “Okay, okay that’s enough. Nuha, stop behaving like a queen who’s trying to tell of her child and, Ameera, don’t be a brat and disrespectful.” Said Farhannah. At that moment, Nuha and Ameera stopped talking. “So, how are we going to get our powers back?” Asked Safwa who heard all the commotion. “I have an idea.” Said Nuha. “What?” Asked Azim. “We can go to my Uncle Anas’s house. Maybe he knows what made our powers fade away.” Said Nuha. “That’s a great idea!” Said Safwa. “But, the problem is that, your Uncle’s house is far away from the hideout. If you and Yusof had powers, you two could have took out your sticks to let us hold onto while you two run and fly.” Said Azim. “I know. But, I have my ways.” Said Nuha while she winked. “Come on, follow me.” Said Nuha. The group followed her.

Nuha stomped on the floor softly for two times. “Step back” She said. The group stepped back. The floor cracked in two and when it had finished splitting in half, they saw a jet. “Oh my goodness! Where did you get this jet?!” Asked Ameera to Nuha. “Don’t you guys remember? This was first my hideout before the five of you moved in. I have a bunch of other stuff in this hideout.” Said Nuha as she clapped her hands ten times. “Creeeeekk…..” It was the wall behind Yusof. It was splitting into two too. The other’s looked behind. They saw, a motorbike, skateboard, flying shoes and a bike. “Wow!” Shouted the whole team except Nuha who knew that they would all be impressed. “Wait.” Said Azim. “We don’t have our license for a motorbike and jet. How are we going to control the thing without risking our lives?” Asked Azim who had always been worried about safety. “Just say where you want to go and the thing will bring you there.” Said Nuha. “Oh.” Said Azim. “One more problem. There’s only five transports and there’s six of us.” Said Farhannah. “Well, there has to be two people in the jet. I’m going in the jet. Who wants to come with me?” Asked Nuha. “Me!” Shouted the group. “Hmm…. I chose, Azim to come with me.” Said Nuha. “What? Why?” Asked Yusof. “Because, you guys are too hard to handle.” Said Nuha. “Fine.” Said the group. “Did anyone realize that the bike is pink?” Asked Yusof. Everyone turned to Nuha. “It was red until it got hit by rain.” Said Nuha. “So, who’s going to go on the pink bike?” Asked Safwa. Everyone raced to get their transport. Ameera got the motorbike, Farhannah got the flying shoes while Safwa got the skateboard. “Wait so that means….” Said Ameera. Farhannah, Safwa, Nuha, Ameera and Azim looked at Yusof. He was on the pink bike. “Hahahaha!!!” Laughed the group except Yusof. “I didn’t have any other choice okay?” Said Yusof. “Its okay. It may look girly but, there’s something special about it. See that button on the handle? Press it.” Said Nuha. Yusof pressed it. The bike turned into a huge robot that Yusof could control. Azim, Ameera, Farhannah and Safwa dropped their jaws. “Who’s laughing now?” Said Yusof. “See. Never judge a book by its cover.” Said Nuha and Yusof at the same time. “Come on! Lets go to Uncle Anas’s house!” Said Safwa. And the six of them controlled their gadgets.

In the jet…

Nuha put a picture of Uncle Anas and his address. The jet started flying. “So, how do we steer this thing?” Asked Azim. “Like any normal transport. The handles of course.” Said Nuha. “If there’s only one handle then, why do you need two people in the jet?” Asked Azim. “You see, this jet is also a robot. We only use the robot in a deadly situation.” Said Nuha while focusing on the view. “Oh… Interesting.” Said Azim.

When they reached Uncle Anas’s house…

“Zzzzz….Zzzzz….Zzzz…” It was Nuha’s phone buzzing. It was Yusof. Nuha picked the call up. “What is it robot boy?” Asked Nuha. “I’m not robot boy. By the way, where are we going to park our transports?” Said Yusof. “Relax. I got this.” Said Nuha while taking out a remote from her pocket. She hung up on the phone. She pressed on of the buttons on the remote. A parking spot came out on the bottom and on top of Uncle Anas’s house. The on top parking was for the jet while the bottom was for the other transports. “Zzzzz…Zzzzz…Zzzzz” It was Nuha’s phone again and again, it was Yusof. “What is it?” Asked Nuha. “How do I make my robot into a bike again?” Asked Yusof. “Simple. Clap your hands three times and it’ll turn back into a bike.” Said Nuha. “Okay. Thanks.” Said Yusof while he hung up. “Azim, tell the jet to park on the on top parking space.” Ordered Nuha. Without wasting time, Azim sat on the chair and said, “Park on the on top parking please.” The jet automatically parked. Nuha walked to the jet’s exit and went outside. She tapped on a button which was on the wall of the house. An elevator came. Nuha went in. “Hurry up!” Said Nuha to Azim who was getting of the jet. “Coming!” Azim shouted. A few minutes later, he jumped into the elevator. The door of the elevator closed. Nuha pressed on a button. “Hold on tight to the railings.” Said Nuha as she pressed on the button. “Why?” Asked Azim as he saw Nuha clutching the railings. The moment Nuha had pressed the button, the elevator went down really fast! It made Azim and Nuha turn up-side-down! That moment, Azim held on to the railings very tight. “Hehehehe….” Laughed Nuha.

When Nuha and Azim reached the bottom…

“Nuha, do we need to take that elevator again?” Asked Azim while he had a pale face. “Of course. We need to bring the jet home. We can’t leave it here silly!” Said Nuha while laughing. “Why? Why’s Azim’s face so pale?” Asked the group when they saw Azim. “Well, you see…” Before Nuha could finish talking, Uncle Anas came out from one of the rooms, and asked “I see that you’ve found out that all of your powers have faded away right?”  “Yes. And we are wondering how it happened.” Said Safwa. “You see, once in every 12 years, every super heroes powers, would fade away and would go all over the world. It does that so that the heroes would have to work together as a team. So it’s more like an activity.” Explained Uncle Anas. “I see…” Said Yusof. “So, where and how do we get our powers back?” Asked Nuha. Uncle Anas gave each one of them a list. “Uncle Anas, I think that I wouldn’t need a list because I’m going in the same jet as Nuha.” Said Azim while giving the list back to Uncle Anas. “Okay.” Said Uncle Anas while taking it from Azim’s hands. “You can all, go now.” Said Uncle Anas. The six of them went into the elevator to get to their transports. “Come on Azim!” Said Nuha. Azim went into the elevator. He clutched onto the railings for good life. Nuha pressed the button. After she pressed the button, she didn’t hold on to the railings. “Why aren’t you holding on to the railings?” Asked Azim. “You’ll see why.” Said Nuha. The moment the elevator door closed, it went up slowly. “Oh…” Said Azim as he let go of the railings.

When Nuha and Azim reached the top…

“Thank goodness the elevator didn’t go fast.” Said Azim. “Zzz…Zzz…Zzzz” It was Nuha’s phone. It was Ameera. “What’s up?” Asked Nuha. “Where’s our first destination?” Asked Ameera. “Why don’t you ask Yusof?” Said Nuha. “I already did. He said, he can’t make up his mind so, he told me to ask you.” Explained Ameera. “Oh.” Said Nuha as she looked at her list. “Okay. The first destination is London. We need to get some snow. Tell the others.” Said Nuha. “Okay.” Said Ameera as she hung up. A few minutes later, Nuha’s phone buzzed again “Zzz…Zzz….Zzz…” It was the group. Nuha picked it up. “Nuha, we’re going to London right? We don’t have our jackets.” Said Safwa. “Press the blue button.” Said Nuha. “Okay.” Said the group as they hung up. “Nuha! Hurry!” Called Azim who was already in the jet. Nuha ran into the jet. Azim ran over to the seat. “Are you sure that you want to fly the jet?” Asked Nuha. “Yup.” Said Azim as confident as could be. “Did you bring your jacket?” Asked Nuha. “No. Why? Is London our first destination?” Asked Azim. “Yes it is. Don’t worry. I have two jackets somewhere in this jet.” Said Nuha. She knocked on the jet’s wall. Two jackets came out. One red and one green. Nuha wore the green one. “Here you go. I hope it fits.” Said Nuha. Azim put the jet on auto pilot and tried on the jacket. “Fits perfectly.” Said Azim while hopping back into the seat.

When they reached London…

Nuha was asleep in the jet while Azim had his eyes open all the time. When Azim finally realized that they had reached London, he woke Nuha up. “Nuha, Nuha wake up! We’re already in London.” Said Azim. Nuha woke up. She went over to the seat to park the jet. The jet could also turn into a jet pack. Nuha and Azim stepped out of the jet so that it could transform into a jet pack. After the jet transformed into a jet pack, Nuha and Azim turned around. The group was behind them. “So, do you want to book a hotel or go camping?” Asked Nuha. “Camping!” Shouted the group. “Wait, wait, wait. One problem…” Said Ameera. “We don’t have a tent and camping supplies.” Continued Ameera. “Don’t worry.” Said Nuha. As she clapped her hands one time to make the jet pack become a jet again. She went into the jet and took out three tents, a guitar and a pack of marshmallows. Nuha clapped her hands two times and the jet transformed into a jet pack. “I get the whole tent and marshmallow part but, what about the guitar?” Asked Farhannah. “Who here knows how to play the guitar?” Asked Nuha. Yusof and Azim raised their hands. “Great, you guys can play the songs.” Said Nuha while landing Yusof the guitar. “Take turns okay.” Said Nuha.

When the six of them finished putting up their tents…

“How are we going to lit up a fire without the help of Nuha?” Asked Safwa. “I know how to make fire!” Said Yusof as he took two sticks. “Good luck. You’re going to need it.” Said Farhannah. Yusof rubbed the two sticks until, fire came out. “See! I can do it!” Said Yusof. Suddenly, his hand felt hot, really hot. Yusof looked at his hands. They were on fire! “Aaa!!!” Shouted Yusof as he tried to find a nearby lake. Nuha quickly took out a torchlight from her pocket and accompanied Yusof. The both of them found a lake. Yusof quickly put his hands into the lake. “Ahh….” Said Yusof, relieved. Nuha laughed “Hahahaha!!!” The both of them walked back to the camp. They saw that the fire had been lit up by Azim. “How did you lit up a fire?” Asked Yusof. “I brought a tool that could make fire. I wanted to tell you but, you looked so keen on making your own fire.” Said Azim. “I risked my hand because of you!” Said Yusof as he kicked Azim on the back. “Ow!!!” Shouted Azim. “That’s enough you two. Now, who wants a marshmallow?” Asked Nuha as she opened the bag of marshmallows. The group put their hands into the bag. When everyone was finished taking their marshmallows, Nuha lend them all a fork for them to melt the marshmallow with. They all took one fork and melted their marshmallow. “I’m finish eating. Can I play the guitar now?” Asked Yusof excitedly. Nuha lend him the guitar. Yusof started playing a song. Nuha hummed along. “My turn.” Said Azim. Yusof lend him the guitar. Azim played a song. After singing, laughing, talking and eating, they all went to sleep. “Yusof and Azim in one tent, Farhannah and Safwa in one tent and me and Ameera in one tent.” Said Nuha.

In the morning….

Ameera woke up and saw that Nuha wasn’t in the tent. Ameera got out from the tent. She saw the others getting ready to go somewhere. “Where are we going?” Asked Ameera. “Iran, Southern Algeria to find a cheetah.” Said Nuha. “What about the snow that we had to find?” Asked Ameera. Nuha took out a jar from her bag. “Here, the snow’s in this jar.” Said Nuha. “Oh. Wait for me. I want to get ready too.” Said Ameera as she went back into the tent.

When Ameera got ready…

“Okay! Lets go!” Said Ameera. The group was waiting for her outside the tent. Nuha took out a remote from her pocket and pressed the red button. The tents automatically fold it selves up and got into the jet. “Technology now days, so advanced.” Mumbled Yusof as he shook his head. “What was that?” Asked Nuha who overheard Yusof saying something. “Nothing.” Said Yusof as he hopped into his bike and pressed on the button and turned into a robot that could fly. Nuha walked into the jet. Ameera stopped her, and asked “Nuha, how do I make the motorbike so fast that it can go on water?” “Ya, me too.” Said Safwa. “Just say, go very fast to the max. And it will answer ‘Ready’.” Said Nuha. “Okay.” Said Safwa and Ameera at the same time. Nuha walked into the jet and saw Azim sitting on the pilot seat. “I think I owe you for letting you fly this jet until London.” Said Nuha. “Its okay.” Said Azim. “No, no. Let me fly the jet.” Said Nuha. “Its okay!” Said Azim. “Fine, fine. But if you’re tired, wake me up. I’ll take over the jet.” Said Nuha. “I can assure you that I won’t need your help.” Said Azim. “Yeah right.” Mumbled Nuha as she sat on the seat next to Azim. She closed her eyes and slept. Azim started to fly the plane. 

In the middle of the journey in the jet…

Nuha woke up. She turned to her right. She saw Azim sleeping. “OMG!” Shouted Nuha as she saw the jet almost falling into the water. Nuha took control of the handles. When the jet was stable, she kicked Azim with her boots. Azim woke up and shouted “Ow! What in the world did you do that for?” Asked Azim to Nuha. “You slept while controlling the jet!” Shouted Nuha. “Sorry.” Said Azim while rubbing his eyes. “Now, you go sit at my chair. I’ll take over the jet.” Said Nuha. Azim didn’t say anything but went over to Nuha’s seat and didn’t sleep but looked at the view outside. “What time is it?” Asked Azim. Nuha looked at her watch and said “10.00 PM.” “What time did we leave London?” Asked Azim. “7.00PM” Said Nuha. “Wait so, Ameera woke up at 7.00 PM?” Asked Azim. “No. She woke up at 10.00 AM and got ready at 10.10 AM.  After she got ready we didn’t feel like going straight away. So, we waited until 7.00 PM” Explained Nuha. “I’m impressed that you remembered every single detail.” Said Azim, praising Nuha. Nuha mustered a smile. “So, what time will we arrive at Iran?” Asked Azim. “Hmm… 12.41 AM.” Said Nuha. “Oh.” Said Azim.

12.41 AM

The others arrived at Iran at the same time as Nuha and Azim. “Are we going to search for the cheetah today or tomorrow?” Asked Yusof as soon as he saw Nuha. “Its night time and I’m sure you guys must be tired. In fact, if you guys are tired, you can’t do things properly like somebody I know.” Said Nuha as she turned to Azim. “It was an accident!” Said Azim. “A careless accident!” Said Nuha. “Why? What did he do?” Asked the group. Nuha told them the whole thing while Azim covered his ears, not wanting to hear to his accident. At the end of Nuha’s story, Yusof said to Azim “That’s what happens whenever you are over-confident.” “Okay, I get!” Said Azim, frustrated at the same thing that Nuha said to him in the jet. “Are we going to set up a tent or lay on the grass?” Asked Nuha. “On the grass!” Said the group except Ameera who was used to put her head on pillow. “We’re going to put our heads on pillows right?” Asked Ameera. “Of course! Or do you want bugs to get in your ears?” Said Nuha as she took out pillows from the jet. The boys slept a bit further away from the girls. They all got some rest.

In the morning…

The girls woke up. It was 10.00 AM. They went to check on the boys. They weren’t there. “We’re back.” Said somebody behind Ameera’s back. The girls turned around to see the boys. Their pants half way torn up. “What have you guys been doing?” Asked Nuha. “We’ve… We’ve been hunting for a cheetah.” Said Yusof. Azim was still panting. “Did the cheetah grab you two with its claws or something?” Asked Safwa. “No.” Said the two boys. “It happened like this at 9.00 AM…”

9.00 AM

“Azim, lets go hunting for the cheetah. I think this work might be too heavy for the girls.” Said Yusof to Azim who just woke up. “Sure. But, how are we going to get the cheetah without a tranquilizer gun?” Asked Azim. “Don’t worry.” Said Yusof confidently as he brought out a tranquilizer gun. “Where did you get that?” Asked Azim. “My uncle gave it to me when I was eight.” Said Yusof. “You’re only 11! Same goes to all of us! Do you even know how to use this thing?” Asked Azim. “Sure I do! My uncle taught me how to use it before he gave it to me.” Said Yusof. Azim was silent. “Now, lets go find the cheetah!” Said Yusof. “One more thing…” Said Azim. “What?” Asked Yusof. “After we shoot the cheetah with your tranquilizer gun, where are we going to put it in? We’re not just going to leave it in the jet, are we?” Said Azim. “No silly.” Said Yusof as he went behind a tree and took out a big cage that could fit a cheetah. “Oh. So, we’re going to put it in that cage, and stuff it in your robot. I get it.” Said Azim. “Yes… Wait, what?” Said Yusof who realized that Azim said that they were going to put the cheetah in Yusof’s robot. “Come on, let us go find ourselves a cheetah.” Said Azim as he walked out into the wild. “Why did I say yes?” Asked Yusof to himself as he followed Azim from behind. The both of them went out into the wild to search for a cheetah. Suddenly, they saw a cheetah hunting for food. “There! There’s our catch of the day!” Said Azim excitedly. Yusof aimed his tranquilizer gun at the cheetah then shot. He missed. The cheetah saw them both. “Run!” Shouted Azim. Yusof followed from behind. The cheetah chased them. “The cheetah is the fastest animal on the planet FYI!” Shouted Azim his eyes dwelling up with tears, almost crying. “Dude you crying? Hahaha!! Actually, the cheetah is not the fastest animal on the planet.” Said Yusof. “Then which animal?” Asked Azim. “I don’t know.” Said Yusof. Yusof hurriedly turned behind and shot the cheetah. Again he missed. Azim tripped over a rock. Yusof didn’t care but ran off. The cheetah caught up with Azim and grabbed hold of his pants. “Aaa!!!!!!!!!” Shouted Azim. He caught free of the cheetah’s claws. Azim ran and screamed “Yusof! How could you?!!” Yusof turned behind and he too tripped. His pants, got hit by something sharp and got torn. Azim stopped and helped Yusof. “You owe me!” Said Azim. “Okay!” Said Yusof. Yusof turned behind and shot the cheetah. He aimed right. "Finally…” Said Yusof as he fainted. “Yusof!” Shouted Azim. Azim put the cheetah in the cage. He carried the cage and Yusof with him. In the middle of the journey, Yusof woke up, and said “Did we get the cheetah?” “Yes buddy, yes we did.” Said Azim as he slowly helped Yusof to stand up. They ran until they saw the girls. Azim holding the cheetah in the cage in his hands.

Present…

“Hahahaha….” Laughed the girls. “Not funny! We risked our lives on this cheetah!” Said Yusof. “You do know that we need to find two right?” Asked Nuha when she finally stopped laughing. “Wait, what?!” Asked Azim and Yusof at the same time. “Ya! To activate Uncle Anas’s machine, don’t you know?” Asked Nuha to Azim and Yusof. “I want to cry…” Said Azim. Yusof didn’t laugh at the fact that Azim wanted to cry but just patted him on the back. “What are we waiting for? Lets go find ourselves a cheetah!” Shouted Farhannah. “You girls can go. Us boys have found one, now you girls go find the second one.” Said Yusof while lending Nuha his tranquilizer gun.

What will happen to the girls? Will they end up like the boys? To be continued in: The continuation of ‘the helpful superpowers 6…’