The Symbiosis

Robert woke up startled. He was sure he heard a voice yes a deep baritone voice. He looked around the hostel an saw the boys snoring happily on their bunk bed.

The room was dark and the securities were fast asleep on their duty post. He laid down to go back to sleep thinking it was a nightmare when suddenly a voice called, "Hey, right you I'm talking to you!". Robert nearly fell off his bed he looked around and realised that the voice was coming from his head. He waited for the voice but it never returned. He slowly laid down on his bed to sleep.

Bright future models school is located at a remote area In the city of Heiss . It is a multi gender secondary school,it's infrastructure was stunning and the school was every kids dream.

Robert walked to his class thinking of the happenings of the previous night. The voice truly scared his head off. He held his hair and pulled it angrily. Every now and then a voice would blare in his head. As he tried to put his hands in his pocket,someone grabbed it..

"Hey Robs", Dora touched his cheeks tenderly. "You look down, you missing your mama?", she teased. He smiled and shook his head. "Then what's up why the face?".

"Oh it's nothing", he replied forcing a smile. He held her right hand to show that he meant what he said. "Ok then", she gave up her curiousity, "How was your night?"

"My night?", he asked feigning ignorance, "I'm not a witch so how could I know about my night?",he smiled mischievously. She would never forget that smile that signaled the inception of an argument.

"How do you mean?", she looked confused.

"I'm not a witch that flies around during the night, during my sleep and everyone else's they are unconscious and unable to percieve their environment or feel anything thus, they wouldn't know anything about the night", he explained exposing a mischievous smile.

"Ok, I get it you won,yeah", she raised her hands and admitted defeat.

"But do you know that someone could know about his night?", he asked counteracting his statement.

"You just said that one couldn't know about ones night now you're telling me that one could", she asked looking at him stupidly.

"You know", he continued, "if one's night was cold and he.."

"Ok I get it",she held his hands tighter and grinned as they walked to their different classes.

Dora was in the science class while Robert was an art student and they were both in grade 11. He entered his class and shaked hands with his classmates. Jackson,who was also one of his "friends" greeted him and shaked hands. Robert indifferently replied his greetings and sat on his locker to check his books.

Jackson left the class and was about to go down the stairs to a junior class when he met Vanessa,the girl he wanted as a girlfriend and loved so much. As she was coming up, he couldn't help but admired her build, her curvy and sexy physique even though she was just sixteen, he couldn't help but have funny thoughts.

"Vanessa how long have I waited ,I've sent you gifts and cash yet you refused to accept me as your boy friend,what have I done to deserve this?", he asked worriedly.

"Jackson like I told you before, I don't like you,at least not now, if you were like Robert I would have paid more attention to your proposal because he has good qualities that you do not have. You are both handsome I know that but unlike you he's gentle, respectful and seclusive.Till you possess some of those qualities I would try to consider your proposal". She shoved him aside and swaggered to the science class, swinging her waist to intimidate him.

"Damned Robert i thought he is my best friend, now he wants to snatch my girlfriend away, as long as we're both in grade 11 class I would never let that happen". He banged the rails and stormed his way downstairs.

After the school was over the students went to the dining hall and ate their lunch. As they were eating the games prefect announced that there would be a football match between the grade 11 and grade 12. Robert and Jackson were part of those that were selected to play for grade 11 class. After their prayers the students left the hall exited about the match.

The referee blew his whitsle twice and the players got ready for the match. The rest of the students that were not interested in the match went to do their laundry.

Robert pulled his socks and walked to his wing in the field and got ready for the whistle. Finally the familiar sound echoed and all the players began to run around the field. Grade 12 class's Nicki swooped the ball from Jackson and made for the post. He was careless enough to loose the ball to the defender who crossed the ball to mickey a grade 11 student.

Mickey made for the post of the grade 12 but he was unfortunately tackled by a grade 11 student.

The whistle blew and the act was surmised as a foul.

The whistle blew loudly again and the grade 12 Nicki went beserk and he ran with the ball while he manoeuvred the ball under Jackson's feet and finally Nickii kicked the ball with all his might and the ball was sent flying over the keeper's head but surprisingly it deflected from the post and fell on the grass as if an invisible force had hit it away.

While everyone looked at themselves in confusion, Robert was at one side of the field panting heavily. He clearly remembered what happened In the past few seconds when he felt some vibrations and suddenly he was at the post and an unknown force caused his hand to hit the ball away. He also noticed that everyone was still, as if time had frozen.

That second the grade 12 spectators had the cheerful looks for they knew that the keeper had no hope to catch the ball. The grade 11's had given up all hopes.Then he flashed back to his previous position.

"Hmm", The grade 12 hostel master noticed Robert's sudden disappearance and reappearance but he couldn't explain it and it was too fast for him to understand. He turned around and left for his lodge.

The match continued and Robert played like never before and he did some manoeuvres before scoring a goal, and another. Jackson stared at Robert with awe and jealousy as he saw him playing like a star on the field.

"Damned guy after stealing my girlfriend you came over to steal my spot light!", He loathed Robert. He then received the ball that was passed to him and bolted for the post of the grade 12.

Tom shouted at him to pass the ball but he paid deaf ears and was about to score a desperate goal when the ball was taken from him. He frantically chased after the ball. On the other hand Robert rushed and manoeuvred it from the grade 12 student. He rushed for the post went through the defenders and kicked furiously. Almost at the same time Robert was tackled by no other than Jackson. The ball went through the post and tore the net!. All the grade 11 kids and supporting fans cheered loudly.

Jackson looked at Robert in anger and jealously as he thanked his God that no one noticed his dubious act. Robert held his legs and saw blood gushing out of a deep scratch. He winced in pain but almost immediately the wound sealed and healed completely not even leaving a scar behind. He marveled and stood up as his fans raised him up cheerful. Clearly they didn't notice his wound and the freakish healing.

"I'm The man of today's match thanks to the strange force that buffed me with those incredible speed and healing", he mumbled to himself smiling.

He waved at Vanessa who was waving from a distance but almost immediately the voice blared. "I'm the one the one who granted you those powers!", Robert screamed before falling to the ground although many hands were holding him high in the air.

He spat away the dust that was on his lips before looking up to see everyone looking at him in amazement.

Robert combed his hair and got ready for school. He walked downstairs crossing the well furnished dining and walked to his class. He smiled and sighed, "What a good day to be alive", he took a deep breath and surveyed all the waists swinging towards the school block. "Hey man why ain't you listening to me?",Robert shivered but he braced himself and replied, "Who the hell are you and what are you doing in my head?!"

"I'm poi..."

Vanessa grabbed his hands. "Hi, Robert don't tell me that what they say about you is true?".

"What is being said about me?"he asked frowning.

"They say that.."she de-amplified her voice, "you hallucinate and they say that the reason was how you fell on the field the day before yesterday". She looked at him compassionately, "They said that before you fell, you were talking to yourself, some say you're sick and you're a drug addict".

Robert clenched his fist angrily. He never knew that someone would find out that he talks to himself. In fact he wasn't talking to himself but he was talking to a voice in his head but he couldn't just tell anyone that, at least not now. He had to get to the root of the matter that concerns him and the voice.

Vanessa left him and went to their form teacher's lodge to report the class status while he walked solemnly to his class. Lost in thought, he never realised that he slammed his leg on a rock and as expected the toe healed.

"Mr voice what's happening to me what are you doing to me?" He calmly asked, not wanting to panick.

"Meet me at the back of the chemistry lab by seven o'clock tomorrow", the voice said.

"You didn't even tell me if it's pm or am!"he whispered, afraid that he might be caught talking to himself.

"PM!" the voice withdrew and never spoke again.

Meanwhile Robert was trying to recover from the shock he got when the voice screamed PM. He walked to his class cheerfully, after all he would get to know about the voice and finally get it off him.

Ten meters away Jackson sneered. He was watching Robert for the past ten minutes and noticed that the rumors weren't false he clenched his fist and laughed.

"Robert sooner than later I'll expose you then the report would get to the principal that you're a drug addict and then you'll be expelled from this school and Vanessa would have no choice but to run to me begging to be my girlfriend hahaha, this sounds pretty easy". He walked away.

Robert entered his class but was late for the math class. The hostel master for the grade 12 students was his math teacher. Robert was told to wait out side till the lesson was over.

"What the hell is wrong with that man?" The voice asked.

"I don't know that's how he normally behaves, he hates students being late to his class and I was late because of you and Vanessa!", Robert mumbled surreptitiously, afraid that the other students would see him talking to himself and make fun of him.

"Hmm this era is quite interesting..."

"How do you mean?". Robert asked stupefied but the teacher,Mr Williams came out of the class.

"Robert this is the second time you are late to my class and it's now turning into an instinctive truancy I'm afraid that if it repeats next time I would have no choice but to punish you, by the way I wanna ask you something", Mr Williams looked at him keenly. Robert felt like he could see through his soul.

"Have you been feeling strange lately I mean the kids say you hallucinate so I want to confirm,have you been feeling strange lately?"

Robert feigned an innocent, puzzled face.

"No sir", he replied awkwardly and turned to enter the class filled with fear.

Mr Williams wasn't offended,he turned and left for his office. He smiled as his eyes darkened and faint light could be seen flashing through it. "I know, Robert and one way or another I'll have to get rid of you secretly, before you retrieve the ancestor seal". His eyes became normal as he enters his office.

Robert got to his seat and took a deep breath. The voice blared, "Hmm that man..., Robert keep an eye on him but remember,meet me behind the lab tomorrow". Robert rolled his eyes and opened his literature note as they stood up to greet Miss Green,the literature teacher.