5 minutes before Basem dozed off

Basem was working on a project that he didn't show anyone which looked like an old revolver made out of fancy metal but as they say, don't judge a book by its cover as the simple-looking revolver took Basem 3 years to make and he still didn't finish it.

When Basem felt his eyes closing he mumbled "I hope it is not the same dream again " and drifted to the dreamland. But sadly for Basem, it was the same dream as he found himself standing in front of an old but huge mansion that resembled the white house except it wasn't white and it was grey giving negative vibes.

This was Basem's living place with his father before his father disappeared and only left a single letter for his 10-year-old son.

"Basem come here " Basem heard a deep voice that would spook anyone out but Basem turned around to face the source of the voice who was a middle-aged man not too short and not too tall, have wide shoulders, a great body that didn't look bulky but you can see well-defined muscles under the cloth, short curly black hair, thick black beard, brown honey eyes that looked similar to Basems and the most striking thing was the deep scar that went across his face from his left eye to his right cheek.

Basem looked at the man for a second and started running towards him and tried to jump in his embrace but before he jumped he tripped on his own feet just before his face hit the ground he felt a hand grabbing him from the back and lifting him off the ground, Basem looking a the man holding him gave him an innocent smile and giggled "hehe hehe"

"What can I do with u genius trouble maker " said the man with a warm smile.

The catch the man made to grab Basem before falling showed the man's athleticism and quick reaction.

"Welcome back Dad," said Basem. yes, that was his father Basil an ex-military and the CEO of Techlex before it went bankrupt.

"How was your day basem I heard from Zig that you finished creating your first laser weapon," asked Basil. Zig is Basem's maid who took care of him after his mother's death but Basem saw her as a sister figure.

" yes I finished it this morning but I tried adding extra touches like a heat sensor and a stabilizer but I failed," said Basem excitedly at the beginning but completed the sentence through gritted teeth.

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If anyone heard the conversation between the son-father duo they would have been astonished as that is not what a 10-year-old should be able to say, while other 10-year-old kids are playing and thinking of dolls and cartoons basem is inventing a laser weapon.

Basil seeing his son gritting his teeth and clenching his fist out of frustration laughed softly and said warmly "It is okay to fail and fall but it is not okay to stay down what's important is no matter how many times u fail, fall you stand back up and start again"

Looking at his son's still frustrated face he said sternly "Do you understand "

Seeing his father looking at him sternly he said " I understand " and took a deep breath resting his fists.

"Then show me your laser weapon after we go eat," said Basil "Okay" responded.

Basil started moving towards the huge grey mansion while carrying Basem who kept asking to be praised by his father for finishing his creations earlier than the due date his father gave him.

Reaching the dining room and seating Basem, Basil just sat when suddenly Zig entered the dining room with a distressed look on her face and said look at Basil " sir the black afros are here again " A frown made its way to Basil face, second pass by and feeling the tension beginning to form in the air he exhaled and told zig to take Basem to his room and not to come out until the guest leave.

Zig complied and "Excuse me young sir " carried Basem to his room who was unsurprisingly quiet in front of his father's weird reactions. because this has happened several times before, guests come and Basil's face distorts and Basem hides in his room, but this time his father's face is more stressed and distorted which makes Basem have this weird feeling that something will go wrong and he hoped his intuition was wrong.

Entering his room with a zig that has the face of a pregnant woman getting a divorce with no child support. The room was big filled with Basem's youngest and oldest creations with carton boxes filled with metal parts, searching for anything to distract him from what happening outside with the guests.

He reached for the laser weapon trying again to add the extra touches listening to his father's advice, and he started making preparations to show his father this new invention.

Zig stood in front of the door watching Basem's genius work which lessened her stress accordingly evident by her relaxing her tensed shoulders.

She kept watching peacefully Basem work enthusiastically until they heard loud shouting from the outside and Basem heard his father saying " I WON'T JOIN YOU IN THIS WICKED PLAN OF YOURS "until Zig covered his ears to prevent him from listening to the rest, but even though basem ears were covered he could still hear shouting outside he just couldn't hear what they were saying accurately. So Basem decided to ask Zig

"Who are the guests outside"

Not hearing a response he asked again

" then a better question who are the black afros "

"How do u know that name " asked Zig urgently

Finally getting a response from Zig he decided to tease her for the silent treatment she gave him "I sneaked to my day office one day and found this on paper from his stacks of paper "

Zig's face pales instantly " WHAT ELSE DID U SEE "

Seeing her exaggerated reaction he decided to stop "It was a joke chill, I heard u saying the name in the dining room" Actually it was a joke he sneaked into his father's office one day but that is a story for some other time.

Hearing Basem zig started to relax, she had to inhale and exhale to completely relax " You freaked me out young sir," said Zig and continued breathing deeply.

" so who are they "asked Basem. Seconds go by and No response again, After getting the silent treatment a second time Basem was frustrated and decides to use his trump card to make Zig talk. With an evil smile Basem started saying "Zig if you don't want to talk to mind if I rev " but before finishing the sentence they heard.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!