Written by: Olusegun Ayomide Shedrach
From: The Prime Insane Universe
All right reserved
BOOKS OF REVELATION 3
Dan flipped the switch on the wall and sighed relief on seeing who it was with the club and scary acts. He walked forward, while the other person went into loud roar of laughter.
"No tell me say that thing scare you " the boy asked, and dropped the rubber club on the ground, laughing hard.
"There are levels to some things, that was an expensive joke" Dan said faking his displeasure "What do you want, always breaking into my home whenever you wish "
"Nothing, I got an invitation, to a modelling show, a ticket for two, so I thought we should move together " the boy said and sank himself on the only chair in the room.
"I'm sure, it's a ticket for a boy and a girl, no be boy boy, abeg na only one hole I get and na to do another thing" Dan said and opened his wardrobe, removed his shirt and neatly hanged it.
"Well, since man got no love, it's not necessary, who knows you might meet someone you love, even if your heart is hardened "
"Chucks free me abeg" Dan replied and continued "Your experience is enough red sign, she broke up and what, you begin ask your parent how much them dey rent shop say you want drop out, Werey, You go chop noodles, that what I plan on taking this night"
"As fine as you are, see the unnecessary stress you're passing through, eheheh, add two for me"
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"Sonita, check this one out, it fits perfectly" a lanky lady said with excitement written all over her face, spreading out a silver coloured short gown, around the shoulder levels as she hastened her steps towards Sonita who stood before a large standing mirror, admiring the blue gown she had on her.
"Maria, I'm only going there for exposure, I'm not contesting, Mama Rica only wants me to gain more experience, I should dress as simple as I can " Sonita said, calmly, while checking out herself.
"I know, but your appearance matters and you know I want the best for me dear friend" Maria said with watery eyes.
"Huhh those eyes, alright, hand it over"
Maria beamed with excitement and walked closer, and carefully passed the cloth over to Sonita.
"Huhmm, Matt called, and I told him you'd be leaving for Nigeria in two days time"
"Matt called or you called Matt, Maria, I told you I've moved from that train, Matt hurt me so much" Sonita said from the changing room.
"Yeah I know, and he has been pleading, can't you see it, give him one more chance, at least let him go with you, I know you two will get along"
"Well, Mama Rica is the one taking us all along, there is no chance he is coming, let that pass Maria " Sonita said already getting frustrated.
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Dan walked into the building of the orphanage home and as usual headed to the offering box, a face cap around his face, a red shirt and plain black trousers, he retrieved an envelop from his right pocket and began inserting it into the box, through the small opening on it.
"I'll like to invite you for a drink" a strange but calm voice said behind Dan.
Dan paused for a little while, then pushed in the envelop, he turned around and saw it was a priest standing before him.
"Father" Dan said and bowed his head a little.
"Walk with me" he urged Dan and began walking deeper into the orphanage through the walkway.
The both walk through the walk way, taking the right turn after the first visitation building. They continued for few more minutes and began to approach, the orphanage cathedral.
The Priest pushed open the door, that lead into the cathedral, walked towards the left and opened the door before him. They both entered the small cozy room, which had mini library at the far end, a mini chandelier having above, which illuminated the room.
"What is your name?" the Priest asked and walked towards the refrigerator on the right angle of the room, inches away from the library shelf.
"Dan"
"Dan, I've always noticed you, three months, always coming at same hours and days, to give the little you have, which makes me think you have a record of being hopeless, like you've been through a lot" the priest said still at the refrigerator.
"I don't understand "
The Priest smiled and turned around, two bottles of a Chapman drink on his left hand, while he used the right to shut the fridge.
He offered Dan a seat and passed a drink to him, while he placed his on the table and open the lid.
"You grew up in an orphanage" the Priest said with certainty in his voice.
Dan kept mute for a long while and slowly removed his cap, revealing his curly hairstyles. The Priest smiled, after taking a brief look at Sam's hair, it was then he noticed the blue eyes.
"I grew up at an orphanage in Katsina" Dan replied and continued "I've been there since I was a toddler, unfortunately I had no foster parents, reasons not known to me" Dan replied and dipped the opening of the bottle into his mouth and sighed.
"Did you ever care to find out why?" The Priest asked calmly.
"No, who cares? " Dan replied, faking a smile.
"Do you wish to know? "
"No"
"Sometimes, self discovery is what leads you on your next wave of life, when you wish, I might show you the way to get answers, but you thread that path alone" the priest and next the door came open.
Dan turned around to see who it was only to see it was the lousy girl he had come across first in the can and next at the entering of the orphanage.
"You" the girl said and threw her bag to the floor
"My ward, Tinu, forgive her behaviour"
"I'm taking my leave Sir, thanks for the pep talk" Dan said and fixed his cap before standing to take his leave.
"Is he going to ignore me like I wasn't here? "
Dan walked passed her and shut the door.
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Dan walked into an eatery and found himself a spot, he made his orders and waited patiently as the young waitress that attended to him, walked towards the next customer to pen down their orders also. His phone vibrated, and he retrieved it from his pocket and swiped the screen.
"Chucks, wetyn dey? " Dan asked and relaxed his back on the chair.
"I never asked you to buy me clothes, now you'll get here and ask triple of the money as refund, you think it's easy to get the money ba.......... Alaye no dey reason me, I go wear Wetyn I get... Dress to kill, maka kill you there.... No no, don't fix any date for me... Chhuu" the line went off.
Dan sighed frustrated and placed his phone on the table, just then it rang again, this time the caller was an unknown person.
"Hello... yeah, but it's a slight misunderstanding.. No.. I didn't ask for a hook up... Hell" the caller went off again.
"I'll kill Chucks " Dan said and stood up, looked around and walked out in annoyance.
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Dan found himself standing at the top of a building, bounded in chains, he looked down from the height and tried freeing himself from the bonds of the shackles. He heard grunting sounds behind him, like someone attacking multiple people and managed to turn around. Soaked in blood was a girl he knew not, panting heavily, a fancy dagger on both hands.
"Let's get you out of these" She said and slashed her dagger at the chain, making it break easily.
"Thank you" Dan said
He suddenly jumped off bed, panting heavily and sweating all over his body, he took a quick glance at his timer and saw it was two at midnight.

Written by: Olusegun Ayomide Shedrach
From: The Prime Insane Universe
All right reserved
BOOKS OF REVELATION 2




Chapter 2
A top grade military vehicle drove roughly into a bank premises, smashing the entire gate off the pillar, then applied brakes, which brought the vehicle to a stand still, after the tyres had screeched hard against the concrete floor, leaving dark marks along the trials.
People acted on survival instinct, diving off the way of the vehicle. The top roof of the vehicle popped open, fell hard to the ground, and for a while, silence fell on everyone. Smoke grenades shot out from the roof top of the vehicle, which immediately sent panic into everyone around.
The security guards took caution steps forward, holding tight to their batons.
"Na this kind situation person dey need gun, or that thing wey dem dey show for America film wey dey shock person " one of the guards said, beads of sweats forming around his face.
The smoke from the grenade quickly spread all over the vicinity, creating a thick fog. The heavy doors of the vehicle slide open, and from the vehicle, five armed gun men alighted, and didn't hesitate, they fired rapid shots at the guards.
"Move move move" the leader shouted, cutting his right hand through the air, and holding firm to hisbgun which was strapped around his waist with his left hand.
Two gun men hurried towards the booth of the vehicle and flipped it open, pulled out a huge power damper, each holding the heavy rectangular object by the handle. They hurried towards the revolving door that led into the bank and placed the power damper before it, flipped a switch and quickly retreated to take cover behind the pillars of the bank.
The engine hummed loudly and let out a loud blast which shook the entire building vigorously, the action, leaving cracks on the walls.
The other gunmen strapped their guns around their back and proceeded forward, leaving two others behind to keep watch. The two gunmen who took cover by the pillar, smashed the butt of their guns hard against the door. The glass shattered and they made their way in, their boots grinding the glass pieces beneath them into smaller particles.
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"I told you, the police don't have the guts to come after us" a gunman said, as he closed the rooftop of the vehicle and the driver zoomed out of the bank.
"You did good today Dan" another masked man said and pulled off his mask, then let out a loud sigh of relief.
"Everyone gather around, Fife, take the route we planned, it's a lone way, it will clear our tracks, we plan on sharing this equal" the leader said and raised his mask above his eyes, revealing the thick slash mark the cut across his right eyes down to the jaw.
"Dan, I'm giving you something extra, you did good, those dampers eased our job a lot" the leader said and stashed more naira notes into the bag he would be giving to Dan.
Dan smiled as he watched more currencies stashed and retrieved a cigarette from his gadget belt and lit it. He pulled up his mask, and stuffed the cigarette into his mouth and puffed out smoke, then relaxed his head on the chair.
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Dan, dressed in a black round neck shirt, a blue face cap on his head, he walked into the orphanage before him and went straight for the offering box and brought out a brown envelop from his pocket and forced it into the box through the open space on top of the box. He stood blankly for a while, deep in his own thought.
From the top window of the orphanage home, was a priest who always stood by the window, and most times he was opportuned to see Dan, dropping by at the same hour of the day, dipping envelopes into the offering box, watch him stand still for ten minutes before he finally takes his leave.
Dan turned around to take his leave, getting to the exit, he moved aside to allow the lady that was coming in pass before he proceeded.
"You! " the lady exclaimed, with her mouth wide agape, clutching loosely to her hand bag.
Dan fixed his gaze on her, her face wasn't one he could remember.
"I knew we would met again, I'm the girl from the cab, two weeks ago, I'm Timi" the girl said smiling brightly, which even made her more beautiful, her rounded face completely filled with excitement.
She stretched her right hand forward to exchange handshake with Dan who only nodded his head and attempted to take his leave.
Timi blocked his path and looked at him with a straight face.
"What's up with you, I know guys who would jump at the opportunity of me giving them this gesture, do you think I'm cheap, or because you're handsome, I know people who are much more handsome than you are, blue eyes and red hairs don't freak me" She said and sniffed at Dan who moved back a bit as she leaned closer.
"I have important things to do" Dan said and walked passed her, squeezing his body through the open space.
"If we are meant to be friends we will met again, I love the cold attitude " Timi said shouting at the top of her voice "I'm not crazy, I only talk to people I like" she said, her voice dropping into a low pitch.
The Priest who had been watching well that happened, bowed his head, and shook it lightly
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Location: Cienfuegos
Time: 2:54AM
Sonita rolled around her bed, feeling restless, mumbling inaudible words as she roughed her bed sheet, moving her hands inconsistently. She suddenly jumped off her bed, panting heavily, she sighed feeling severe headache.
What she experienced was new, it wasn't a dream, it was something she couldn't explain, all she could tell was, something was missing in her, she could feel it for the very first time.
She climbed down her bed, wore her white fluffy slippers, and headed to the kitchen. She switched on the lamp and proceeded towards the refrigerator to get herself something cold to relieve her of the stress.
She suddenly felt cold, and noticed human presence behind her, with foul odor. Her eyes wide open, with fear written all over her face. She slowly turned around and behold, what she saw next shook her down to the very core.
Sonita let out a loud scream, shouting at the top of her face. Before poo ready her were two humanoids dripping with blood all over their body, their attire soaked with dried blood.
Part of their faces were off and disgusting, revealing the skeletal structure beneath. While screaming she noticed something awkward, the expressions on the faces of these horror were that of sorrow and pity, which immediately made her calm her voice.
"Who are you? " she summouned the boldness to talk, without flinch.
"You have to find him" the man before her said in a sad voice and turned his back around.
"Who and what is all this about? " Sonita asked confused.
"He has the key" the female said and also turned around.
Sonita watched in awe as they both turned into dust, and from nowhere came a strong wind which blew off the dust particles.
"Hey honey, why are you down by this time?" her mother asked, walking in on her, she went straight for a wall cupboard and opened it, brough out a sealed plastic and looked around for a knife
"I was feeling thirsty, so I decided to come get a drink " Sonita lied and grabbed a can, wondering how we come her mother didn't hear her loud scream, then retired to her room
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Dan opened the door that led to his home, a one room apartment, only to walk in and see a strange figure sitting on the only leather chair in the room.
"Who are you? " Dan asked standing by the door.
The figure slowly rose up, a large spiky club on the right hand.
"Who I am isn't really important, it is what I want that is, now tell me, where is the key? "

To be Continued

KelvinCoaster:
Nice one Devilpen.
This storyline will definitely make 'horror-sense'!!

I can sense it!
Keep it coming!!

You're sensing right Sir

Written by: Olusegun Ayomide Shedrach
From: The Prime Insane Universe
All right reserved
Cover art by: Olusegun Ayomide Shedrach
BOOKS OF REVELATION
Introduction

23 Years Ago

A black Toyota Camry suddenly gutted out fire from the exhaust, moving at top speed on the empty high way. The bright night glittering against the asphalt that looked endless from low point of view with thick woods gracing on both sides of the road.

The car swerved to the right, the tyres screeching horribly on the asphalt, the fire from the exhaust, boomed and grew larger, adding furious momentum to the car, the left back tire popped out from it rims, and rolled furiously into the woods, creating a rebound as it had contact with the road.

The car swerved next to the right and finally lost balance, tumbled several times before coming to a final rest in ruins, all fours facing the sky, and letting out white fumes.

Chunks of metals scattered all over the high way, with the car totally disfigured. Another car drove by minutes later and immediately halted, from it alighted a lady, her face covered by shadows that fell on it, shadows from her hairs. She hurried towards the wrecked vehicle, taking off her heels to allow her increase her pace, on hearing the wailing of a toddler.

Chapter One

Police tape cut across the accident scene, journalist and reporters, taking their position before tape which was used to make demarcation to restrict unauthorized entering. Chattering filled the entire scene as everyone tried to give a report of what they thought had happened.

"From the forensics that was sent in, seems they were running from something" a lady dressed in smart black overall outfit said to the bolder structured man before her, each having dark glasses on their faces

"Which explains the burnt tyre on the road, what ever came after them was not ordinary " the man said

The car maintained it's previous position, partially burnt, the bodies were retrieved by the medical team and carefully packaged into a body bag, laid on a stretcher and immediately they were moved into the nearest ambulance.

"One more thing, Helen said she believed they were about four people in the vehicle, see this case isn't something we could figure, the car has no where to be traced back to, no plate number, blood samples don't match with anyone on the country's data base, neither does their faces" the lady said and softly tapped the man on the shoulder and spoke.

"We will let this one slip "

Present Day

Location: Nigeria
City: Akure
Time: 2:25pm

Dan successfully flagged down a cab which was going his direction, quickly he hopped in, taking the window seat on the right, he let out relieved sigh and greeted those he met in the cab, after exchanging pleasantries, he reacted his head on the window frame, the soothing afternoon breeze blew on him, which slowly began to make him grow dizzy.

"Is that a natural eye or contact lenses" the young lady seated beside him asked, after moments of taking quick glance at his eyes.

Dan smiled with heavy eyes and replied
"Natural " he said and rested his head back on the window frame.

"Wow, are you an half cast? "
These questions were not so new to Dan, apart from his eyes, he averagely built body also added more to his physique, chocolate toned skin and red hair, which had made him resulted in using face caps at all time he was going public.

"No, I'm a Nigerian " Dan replied, hoping the girl doesn't ask more questions.

"Your hair" She said, with a bright smile.

Dan sighed and adjusted the face cap, making it completely cover his hair which were out. He ignored her and retrieved the earpiece around his neck, and placed both pieces into his ear, and rested his head, closed his eyes and slowly drifted asleep.

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Dan found himself standing alone on an empty beach, which looked endless, the seas and the beach sand, both endless on both sides. He looked down and saw blood beneath him, a crashed vehicle slowly took form, distance away from him, he blinked his eyes and in an instance was a girl trying to save who ever was in the crashed vehicle, screaming at the top of her voice.

"Hey, ogbeni, wake up, na last bus stop we dey so" Dan heard a faint voice call at him

He slowly opened his bright blue eyes, and noticed he was the last person in the cab, he wiped the sweat beads around his forehead before alightiing the vehicle. He payed the driver, who zoomed off immediately.

"Who ever you are" Dan said and shook his head slowly, feeling exhausted, he adjusted his face cap and adjusted the ear piece before attempting to cross to the other side of the road.

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Location: Cuba
City: Cienfuegos

"Every night, about to eighteen years ago, I keep having dreams, similar dreams about this boy, I don't know him, every time, I see him trying to save people from a crashed vehicle, but whenever he turns to look at me, I wake up" Sonita said looking straight into her mother's eyes.

Whatever it was, she was certain a message she didn't understand was been pass done to her and probably responsibilities followed along side. Same dream for eighteen years wasn't something she was taking any lightly

Noticing her mother's awkward silence she spoke again.

"Is there something you are not telling me?" Sonita asked.

Her mild large eyes which were of blue colors so much complimented her features that she had won various beauty shows during her childhood days and now she had dived down the modelling industry, which didn't seems like a challenge to her.

"No, there isn't, we will get to the root of this, I promise" Her mother replied, handling Sonita's hands lightly, with a bright smile on her face.

"You'll be late for your audition, I'll leave for the kitchen, prepare you something light and we start the day with positivity " her mother said and stood up from the chair she sat on, leaving Sonita to her thought.

Sonita sighed and laid flat on her bed, stared towards the ceiling and shut her eyes.


NEW CHAPTERS EVERY TWO DAYS

CFTSC

Emmanuel walked forward, taking the very first row, as the vicious winged human walked in, it wings glowing radiantly. He pulled out his sword and Player it easily, the blade slashing easily in the air.

"Who are you and... " Mr Wura shouted, holding tight to an iron rod.

The man flapped his wings heavily, the wind it let out, threw everyone in the room off their feet, except Emmanuel who stood rooted to the ground.

"Hik laz hunan lem" the man said and gritted his teeth

"There is only one way to know if I am tough" Emmanuel replied and moved his shoulders, which in return sprouted out golden shining wings

Almost with speed of light, Emmanuel dashed at man, grabbed him by the waist and rammed him through the wall, right into the sky.

The girls from the Silver City ran into the living room, which was totally disorganized, Mr Wura laying unconscious, except for Emmanuel who struggled to his feet.

"You" Josiah said, as blood trickled down his face.

"My name is Hsfy " The girl said

"How on earth did you pronounce that? It has no vowel" Josiah said trying to get a grasp of the name.

"If I told you the full name, you might run mad, where is Arztak? "

"He is somewhere in the sky"

Immediately both girls elevated into the air, the other transforming into an eagle.

Emmanuel smashed both hands against the face of his opponent grabbed him by the neck and threw him towards the ground.

The man fell hard to the ground, making dust raise into the air, Emmanuel dashed at him, screaming with total annoyance. The man also dashed at Emmanuel, their fist smashed against each other creating a sonic boom that broke the glasses of close building.

He grabbed Emmanuke by the left arm and twisted him over his shoulder, smashed him on the ground and smacked his feet on Emmanuel's face. He heaved loudly and smacked him again on the stomach.

LET HIM GOOOO!!! Hsfy shouted from behind the man, and gave him a hard upper cut, that sent him deep into the sky, bursting through clouds.

"Are you alright?" Hsfy asked as she helped Emmanuel to his feet.

"Amy, what do we do? " Hsfy asked

"I brought the external seal along, I will seal the realms, just try and keep Huruma busy" Amy said and turned into an eagle, and soared into the sky.

Huruma watched as Arztak and Hsfy bolted at him, he let out a wicked grin and maintained his position.

Allowing them enter his space, he suddenly made spears appear before him. Seeing this, Hsfy grabbed Arztak by the right arm, pulled him around and flinged him back while she rammed into the spears.

The spears gracefully found their spots into her body, each coming out from the other side. She fell freely to the ground, Emmanuel flew at her and caught her before she could touch ground.

"Hey, you have to breathe" Arztak said with teary eyes.

"You see, I had to do the necessary, as the child of our goddess, I'll let you live " Huruma said coming to running landing behind Arztak.

Arztak slowly stood up, black smoke oozing out from his arms, his wings quickly transformed and became dark, letting out light smokes also.

"Your mistake" Arztak said and suddenly he had already grabbed Huruma by the neck and snapped it easily and threw his lifeless body like it was paper.

He turned towards Hsfy and touched her forehead, the dark smoke from his arms, began to flow into her nostrils.
She let out a soft gasp and instantly the spears faded

"Come on, you have to leave here" Amy said behind them and walked closer "the gate is sealed, earth is your home, Hsfy, come I have to talk to you in private"

Hsfy slowly stood to her feet and walked closer to Amy, they both walked a reasonable distance before Amy spoke.

"The prophecy is happening as said, the gate are sealed, trapping the evil here on earth, you both are going to destroy this realm and you know it "

Hsfy looked to the sky and back at any before speaking

"Prophecy change don't they? "

"It takes courage and strength and good will to over come that, let him know about every detail" Amy said and turned to leave.

"Where will you go? "

"Far from here, but still close to you" Amy replied and transformed.

Mr. Wura pressed the honk of his car, which drew Emmanuel and Hsfy's attention.

"Come on, we have cleaning up to do and we could use some help"

End

CHILDREN FROM THE SILVER CITY
ISSUE 5
Mr. Wura paced round the living room, while the children sat on both single leather on the left and right wing of the room, their mother walked into the living room and dropped her purse on the table, looking exhausted.
Her husband looked at her with a questioning look on his face, her facial expression said it all, what she had went after had proved to be in vain.
“We were asked to wait for 24 hours before search can begin for him” She replied and slammed her palms together, and bowed her head in disappointment.
“Wait, who does that, what kind of Police Force do we have in this country, we haven’t seen a child, who is supposed to return back from school by four pm today, and this is” He paused and looked at the wall clock “11: 45”he lamented and faced Josiah who kept mute and looked unbothered.
“Josiah, you both were to return, what happened and don’t tell me you don’t know, you are to look after him”
Josiah stared deep at his father and looked at his mother who also fixed her gaze on him.
“I don’t know where he went, I didn’t see him after school hours”
The door to the living room, slowly came open and Emmanuel walked in, looking dirty and exhausted, blood stain on his school shirt and palms.
“Where are you coming from?” Mr. Wura asked sternly
Mrs. Wura steadily stood up and placed her right palm on her husband’s shoulder, trying to calm him down.
“You made us worried, where have you been?” Mrs. Wura asked
“The Silver City” Emmanuel replied with teary eyes.
A puzzled look cut across everyone’s face, unable to understand what Emmanuel was saying.
“Everything that has been happening, we’ve been made puppets to some greater being, beings from my world” Emmanuel replied and left for his room, leaving everyone puzzled and confused.
“You can’t work out on me, when I am not done with you”Mr. Wura barked and attempted to pull Emmanuel backward, but was held back by his wife.
“He seems to have been through a lot, let him rest and gather himself together, we will wait till morning”She said and let out a short sigh.
“You can both retire to your rooms”
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Josiah walked into the room, and laid calmly on his bed, which was directly beside Emmanuel’s. He sighed and turned his head to face Emmanuel, who was lost in thought.
“Dude, what happened with the strange girl?” Josiah asked and moved his blanket over his body.
Emmanuel kept mute for a while, and finally responded
“You wouldn’t understand”
“Well, understanding is divine, try me on this”
“Just focus on what concerns you” Emmanuel replied harshly.
Josiah heaved and turned his body towards the wall, with a feeling of rejection, he covered himself completely with his blanket and moved his hand up towards the wall to pull the bulb switch.
“All visions that were seen, have been false ones, someone is playing god with our parents and the priest from the orphanage home” Emmanuel said.
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A loud knock came at the door of the Wura family, Mr. Wura hurried towards the door to answer it, and suddenly, came a loud boom from outside, which shattered the entire door, and threw him off balance.
Both Emmanuel and Josiah leaped off their beds due to the loud bang, they took a quick glance at each other and ran out of their room.
Running down the stairs, Emmanuel jumped off the remains and ran up to his father, who looked lifeless, covered in planks.
A figure walked into the living, a glowing sword on its hands, and wide green wings that forcefully rammed through the remaining frame of the door.

tunjilomo:
Have you forgotten this one?

lost the flow, to be sincere

mokoh:
Pls come and continue this lovely story

the volume three will be made available after the recent on going one.

AceRoyal:
This story has gone into coma, I sincerely hope it doesn't die a premature death.

smile, a Volume 3 is on its way

CHILDREN FROM THE SILVER CITY
Issue 4
Emmanuel took the left turn immediately he and Josiah had come out of the school gate, so many things were unclear to him and he had to find answers to them, all what the new girl had said were too good to be true, he had thought within himself and for the past two days, no one had seen her.
“Hey where to? That’s not the way home” Josiah said running after Emmanuel who had begun to hasten his steps.
“Stop” Josiah said and grabbed his brother by the left arm. “Where are you off to?”
“There are things I have figure out myself” Emmanuel replied and freed himself from the grip
“No no, not while I am here, you are going nowhere”
“Then try and stop me” Emmanuel replied, which followed by chilled breeze the went deep into Josiah’s body
Josiah moved back two steps, with fright on his face, he gulped and stepped aside
“Just be careful, I will be at the usual spot waiting for you”
Emmanuel lowered his head, grip on his bag and dashed off.
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Emmanuel sniffed book with him and continued deep into the bush, gradually approaching tall trees, leaving the open space behind, he continued deep into the woods, stopped at interval and took another deep sniff on the book and continued again. From where he stoop, he saw what looked like an abandoned building afar and jumped down the cliff he stood on. As he approached he loosened his red tie around his neck, and dipped it into his pocket.
He carefully opened the already damaged door and walked into the dusty living room, which was filled with cobwebs on every angle of it. broken picture frames on the floors, dusty tables and chairs.
He heard a creaking noise from the room on the left right and slowly approached it, taking cautious steps and avoiding the broken glasses on the floor.
He pushed the door opened and saw the girl laying on the floor, surrounded by her own blood and looking pale, probably from too much loose of blood. Quickly Emmanuel ran up to her, knelt down beside her, confused about what to do, there was no one he could call, the emergency system was not something one could boast of, even if he had a phone to call.
The girl slowly raised up her right hand, with the few strength she had in her, she grabbed Emmanuel by the collar and pulled him closer to her face and whispered into his ears.
“This is the only way to confirm we are meant for each other, place your hands around me wounds and heal me” she whispered faintly into his ears and dropped down unconscious, probably dead.
Emmanuel gasped and began to breath rapidly, unsure about what to do, he crawled to the left side of her and almost threw up at the horrible sight he saw, the wound went deep into her rib cage, spilling out vital organs.
“This is not what I was expecting” he said, tears already filled in his eyes.
Emmanuel stood up and retreated towards the door, and sniffed, wiped off his drooling nose and walked out of the room.
“I am sorry, there is nothing I can do about it”
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THE SILVER CITY
A yellow bright portal opened distance away from the main city, and from it, a man walked out, dressed in bright armour, he removed his head gear, revealing his dark complexion face.
“I thought the gates to earth was closed”a feminine voice said behind him.
Startled, the man halted and slowly turned around and behind him was Halory, the Seer. He smirked and began walking closer to her.
“The atrocities you and All Mother continue to indulge in will bring nothing but tears, you killed the girl, under the order of All Mother, the prophecy she wishes to end, she only works towards the path to fulfil it in her own ignorance, her son will surely be the end of us all”
The man adjusted his arm guard before speaking.
“No one should have seen me, I am sorry I will have to end you here”he said and his arms began to glow, gradually they turned into flames, which spewed out larva from them.
The girl suddenly turned into an eagle and flew towards the man’s face, used it claws to slash his face, so hard it went deep into his skull.
“Bloody witch” the man shouted in pain and shot out larva from his hands towards the bird.
Swiftly dodging it, a yellow portal formed in the sky and swiftly the bird dived into it.
***
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Emmanuel took one last look at the building from the distance he was, he looked up at the sky and from above he saw something crash in through the roof of the building. Quickly he dashed back, running as fast as his legs could carry him towards the house.
He rammed through the door and headed for the room where the girl was laying lifeless. He found her laying still and wondered what had crashed into the building when a cold hand touched him from behind.
Emmanuel turned back sharply only to see an exhausted lady, with green bright eyes.
“Aztark” she called out calmly and hugged him
“Hey, I don’t know you”
“Now is not the time for introductions, you have to heal her first”
“I don’t know how to, did you crash through ?”
“Yes, you still have lot to learn, come place your hands on the wound and your body will react to the rest, only if you both are meant for each other”the lady said and pulled Emmanuel after her.

“Emmanuel, what other discoveries have you made about your abilities?”
Emmanuel let go off his spoon and looked at Josiah with a questioning look and cleared his throat before speaking.
“There is another just like me, in school, same class”Emmanuel said calmly
“And she is weird” Josiah chipped in and continued “On her arrival, he started feeling weird, I heard her whisper to me that she had come for what was rightfully hers”
Mr Wura folded his arms and let out a loud sigh and then faced his wife, who was visible shocked, he knew what her thought were.
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“I personally told you not to adopt any kid, we had enough, you see the problem that is coming for us. What was your motive behind this, you refused to tell me and now what? We have to tend to another trouble of someone powerful than him, we have seen the things he can do, how strong he is”Mrs Wura queried her husband who laid on the leather chair in his room, deep in thought.
“When the time is right you would know the reason why I had to bring him into the family, as of now, lets find a way of keeping him safe” Mr. Wura said calmly, trying to bring down the already rising temper of his wife.
“You better find the solution alone”She said and walked out.
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The next day at school, but Emmanuel and Josiah arrived earlier than usual to carry out their master plan. Without wasting much time, Josiah raised up his brother’s seat and moved it forward next to his, while Emmanuel raised the desk tagging behind him.
“This should do, brothers should seat together” Josiah said breathing heavily.
“What is this?”a feminine voice asked.
They both turned towards the entrance of the class and saw the new girl standing by the entrance, with her bag on her right hand.
“None of your business, this is brother something” Emmanuel replied harshly
The new girl scoffed and laid her bag on the desk next to her and adjusted her posture before speaking.
“Always like your arrogant father, who died in battle for too much of bravery”She replied and took a step forward. “What do you think you are, a human child, you are as old as age itself, you only look fourteen here” she said and scoffed, letting out a wild grin on her lips.
“You Aztark, are 518 of age, well I am slightly younger, do you remember the night of the Great Storm as people of earth has called it?”she asked and began to walk closer, taking her time to take each step.
“You are the cause or let me say, WE are the cause, your mother wouldn’t let us be together, cause I was caught practicing dark powers, something your mother herself had been involved in, she took it on herself to send me to exile, brought you down here to keep you away, always believed you were special, you are, special with me” She said and slowly tears began to trickle down her cheeks.
“You wield more power with me, come let me show you” she said and got closer.
Josiah intercepted, standing between her and Emmanuel, with a murderous look on his face.
Emmanuel placed his hand on Josiah’s shoulder and moved him away, and the girl advanced, stretched her left hand forward and placed the middle finger on Emmanuel’s forehead.
He let out a soft gasp and began to illuminate, slowly transferring the more energy into him.
The scene was cut short, as she felt repulsion, she gasped and brought down her hand and stared deep into his eyes.
“That is a taste of what it means, and your mother seeing this and what I could do, used the black art as an excuse and sent you down here, framed me and sent me on exile, I was lucky to have found my way down here”
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On what seemed like a mountain that went deep into the cloud and above, at the extreme peek stood a lady dressed in white gown, flowing with essence of life and purity in its true form. Her countenance could tell how pure she was, her white silk hair matching perfectly and her body structure blending to suit.
An eagle hovered around her and slowly descended at her back and transformed into a younger lady also dressed in white fluffy gown.
“Mayeta is on earth and has found your son, the prophecy you wished to terminate has now been set on motion and nothing is stopping it this time, cause the gateways out of this realm has been sealed by you and no one not even you have the power to get them open” the lady said in a re-echoing voice.
“I might have been so foolish to have tried ending it, but I am not foolish to know that I have instilled enough ability in my son, to put an end to that witch”
“They were made for each other, your ego just wont let you make your son married to a repentant daughter of a witch, you detest her so much innocent souls now have to pay for you action and you won’t be held accountable. I know you grand plan, you sent you son to earth, knowing fully well Mayeta will find him, to avoid trouble on here, you sealed the gates so they won’t return” the lady behind said with calmness.
“You don’t tell me what to do and what not to, I found this every existence and I will decide how best to protect it, and not even you can lecture me about that, I will go any length to protect my legacy, even if it means destroying the whole of earth”
“You are Almighty I see, but you sure know there is someone greater, in the realm above, you impersonated him, making that faithful Priest see wrong visions about a son protecting earth, your grand plan, I hope it does not take more lives” the girl said and dived down the cliff.
The older woman sighed and watched as the eagle flew into the distance and slowly blended with the wind, completely becoming invisible
yes you are, special with me” She said and slowly tears began to trickle down her cheeks.
“You wield more power with me, come let me show you” she said and got closer.
Josiah intercepted, standing between her and Emmanuel, with a murderous look on his face.
Emmanuel placed his hand on Josiah’s shoulder and moved him away, and the girl advanced, stretched her left hand forward and placed the middle finger on Emmanuel’s forehead.
He let out a soft gasp and began to illuminate, slowly transferring the more energy into him.
The scene was cut short, as she felt repulsion, she gasped and brought down her hand and stared deep into his eyes.
“That is a taste of what it means, and your mother seeing this and what I could do, used the black art as an excuse and sent you down here, framed me and sent me on exile, I was lucky to have found my way down here”
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On what seemed like a mountain that went deep into the cloud and above, at the extreme peek stood a lady dressed in white gown, flowing with essence of life and purity in its true form. Her countenance could tell how pure she was, her white silk hair matching perfectly and her body structure blending to suit.
An eagle hovered around her and slowly descended at her back and transformed into a younger lady also dressed in white fluffy gown.
“Mayeta is on earth and has found your son, the prophecy you wished to terminate has now been set on motion and nothing is stopping it this time, cause the gateways out of this realm has been sealed by you and no one not even you have the power to get them open” the lady said in a re-echoing voice.
“I might have been so foolish to have tried ending it, but I am not foolish to know that I have instilled enough ability in my son, to put an end to that witch”
“They were made for each other, your ego just wont let you make your son married to a repentant daughter of a witch, you detest her so much innocent souls now have to pay for you action and you won’t be held accountable. I know you grand plan, you sent you son to earth, knowing fully well Mayeta will find him, to avoid trouble on here, you sealed the gates so they won’t return” the lady behind said with calmness.
“You don’t tell me what to do and what not to, I found this every existence and I will decide how best to protect it, and not even you can lecture me about that, I will go any length to protect my legacy, even if it means destroying the whole of earth”
“You are Almighty I see, but you sure know there is someone greater, in the realm above, you impersonated him, making that faithful Priest see wrong visions about a son protecting earth, your grand plan, I hope it does not take more lives” the girl said and dived down the cliff.
The older woman sighed and watched as the eagle flew into the distance and slowly blended with the wind, completely becoming invisible

CHILDREN FROM THE SILVER CITY
ISSUE THREE
Emmanuel noticed the girlish materials on the desk next to him, a pink colored bag, broken mirror and wet lips, he was the only person occupying the entire last row of the class. His desk located by the wall, and the three others side by side him.
He laid his bag on the tiled floor and heaved a sigh of relief, as other students began to troop in groups. The last set of student to enter was the Class Captain and a new girl.
“You already got approval to begin training after school hours”Josiah said as he sat on his desk before his brother.
“Thanks, but the stress was not needed anyways” Emmanuel replied.
Emmanuel suddenly let out a loud sneeze, that sent a mild force at Josiah, pulling him back a little, which seemed to be unnoticeable.
“Dude are you alright?”Josiah asked and stood up.
“I have headache and I am burning up”He replied and let out another sneeze.
Josiah got closer and knelt down beside him only to see that Emmanuel’s eyes were glowing.
“Your eyes, they are glowing”
“Something is wrong”
Josiah looked around and caught the new girl staring directly at them, even when others were busy with something else. The look she gave looked strange and he was sure it was of no good intentions.
“The new girl, she is strange”Josiah said lowly
Emmanuel stood up, covering his face with his hands cut across, he dashed out of the class while Josiah also tagged along.
A hand suddenly grabbed him by the left wrist, the grip was so tight he had to look at who it was.
“You see I am busy right” Josiah said harshly to the new girl and let go off.
All eyes fell on them, and gradually evolved into murmurs, from every angle.
“He is only getting accustomed to being around people like him, as you already know, he is not from around here” the girl said and let out a wild grin from the corner of her lips.
“Freak”he said and walked out.
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Mr. Wura paused for a while, and watched the different reactions happening on the dinning table, he let out a sigh cough and fixed his eyes directly on Emmanuel and next to Josiah.
“How has your power been exhibiting of lately?”he asked and drank from the cup before him.
“Who me?” Ella asked looking up at her father.
“Yes you, your special powers of duping boys” Josiah replied sarcastically.
“Well, only those who are stupid enough to” she replied back harshly.
“And promising them lap dances, and never show up”Josiah replied and let out a loud laughter.
“Enough!!” Mr. Wura ordered and instantly silence fell on them all.
“Emmanuel, what other discoveries have you made about your abilities?”

A bird suddenly fell on the bonnet of a car and immediately turned into a naked lady, she groaned as she felt sharp pains around her arms. The strange occurrence startled the driver, he only opened his mouth wide agape, glued with fears.
“ARZTAK MI NAM TAHUM”the girl said, still laying on the bonnet, her eyes almost lost in the socket.
She snarled at the irritating look of the driver and slide down the bonnet, walked towards the driver’s door and effortless ripped off the door.
“Arztak mi nam tahum” she said again.
“I don’t know what you mean, lady, do you need a hospital?”
“Where do I find Arztak?”
“Who the heck is Arztak or whatever is it, you are strange” the driver said and alighted, taking rapid paces backward and suddenly took to his feet.
“I will find you Arztak and finally we shall become reunited, everyone in the Silver City, will witness my loyalty to you, especially you foolish mother who banished me to exile, ten years ago, the only way to punish a witch, is to love her child”the lady said and entered into the car, ignited the engine and drove off.

To be continued

Mr. Wura greeted the Nun that walked in into the office he was seated in, after exchanging pleasantries, the nun made herself comfortable on the office leather chair and adjusted the files on her table, after she was done, she briefly touched the rosary around her neck and coughed slightly.
“Is the child giving you any problem?” she asked with a bright smile.
“NO, far from that, I only want to know about his past, if he has any”Mr. Wura replied, returning the gesture.
“Well, we don’t know anything of his past, it was Father Matthias who brought him in, after the storm that happened 13 years ago, he found him homeless and took him in”
Mr. Wura nodded his head, grasping every details that were passed to him.
“Did Father Matthias talk about him being different?”
“That boy”the Nun said and let out a short laughter, and continued “I have never seen him speak with anyone, except Father Matthias, he behaves in strange ways, I wont deny the fact that he is gifted by God, he sees things that are yet to occur, only Father Matthias could speak to him”
Mr. Wura locked his palms together and sighed loudly, and slowly stood up
“Mother, I am so grateful for letting me adopt that child, I brought donations to the children, hope it goes a long way”
“Thank you Mr. Wura, your kind gesture has been the reason God has been so faithful to your household entirely, but I still wonder why you decided to adopt a child, even after having a complete family”
“It’s a duty I was assigned to by the Lord and I hope to continue in it faithfully” he said and walked out of the office.
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Josiah hastily pulled Emmanuel into his room and locked it, pulled off his shirt and threw his bag hard to the ground.
“Come on, show me what you can do, your powers I mean, not everyone gets to have a super brother” Josiah said with total audacity.
“I don’t know how to control these things, only the red flashing eyes” Emmanuel replied looking blankly at Josiah.
“What about this” Josiah said and suddenly smacked Emmanuel on the face. “ARRGHHH” he muffled in pain as it felt like he had smacked his entire body against a rock.
“Hey, are you hurt?, you should warn me next time before doing that, so I can somehow reduce the protective shield around me”Emmanuel said.
“Alright so you are super strong, I was wonder, can you drown?”
“I don’t know”
“Well there is only one way to find out”
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CHILDREN FROM THE SILVER CITY
CHAPTER TWO
Emmanuel walked out of the school’s cafeteria and with his food box, he headed back to his classroom, his two weeks of resumption, he had being known through out the whole school, to be someone who kept to himself, talked a while only when Josiah was with him.
“Hey” he heard the voice called to him, as he entered into the classroom.
Emmanuel turned around and saw the group of five boys walking up to him, with mean looks on their faces, the boy in the middle smiled and cracked his knuckles and focused his gaze on the food box with Emmanuel.
“What do you have there?”the boy asked and moved his broad shoulders around, and began to approach Emmanuel with mean looks and banged his right fist on the desk beside him, while the other four let out a loud laughter that irritated Emmanuel.
The boy grabbed the food box from Emmanuel and quickly opened the lid and smiled, showed the content to his mates.
“This is for the gods of the land, as you know that it is tradition in this school, you have to pay your dues in one way or the other”
“Please, just return that back, I don’t want trouble with any of you please”Emmanuel pleaded and tried reaching for the box.
The leader smirked and pushed Emmanuel hard on the chest, the force sending him to the ground. Brewing with rage, Emmanuel held the metal legs of the desk beside him and effortlessly pressed it together, like it was paper.
Loosing control of his temper, he grinned and at that moment he could feel strange forces within him, his increased strength.
“Return the box back to him, that is my brother dude” Josiah’s voice came behind them, which immediately dropped down the tension already growing all around.
“Jossy, we really didn’t mean it, just seeing if he is as tough as you are” the leader said and gently laid the box on the table and walked passed Josiah, with his hands raised in the air.
Josiah walked closer to Emmanuel and stretched is right hand to him so he could support himself with it to get up.
“You did that” Josiah said and pointed to the squeezed metal.
“They got on my nerves”
“Next time, don’t hesistate” Josiah said and tapped his brother on the shoulder “I came to get my water bottle, training still commence, and I am with talk with the coach to add you to the team”Josiah said walking towards his seat.
“I don’t think I really need that”Emmanuel replied lowly
“Well, you don’t have an option”
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CHAPTER ONE
Emmanuel curled himself up by the edge of his bed, murmuring some inaudible words, ever since he had joined the Church’s orphanage home, every one had thought of him to be some kind of odd human, probably with mental illness, since he always kept to himself and did things which were weird and sometimes impossible to do.
The only person who saw him as special was Father Matthias who was already dead two days ago and laid to rest, now he was all by himself, only to Father Matthias had he felt free and always ready to express his supernatural being.
“do not disclose your powers to anyone”
He began to repeat these words Father Matthias had always told him almost every minute of the day. A real trauma it was for him to see him gone.
“Emmanuel”a voice called to him, immediately the door came open “You now have a family willing to take you in, hope you don’t drive them crazy with the weird things you see and do, and it will be a relief to see you leave”the feminine voice said and banged the door shut.
Emmanuel stood up to his feet, at age 15 he looked firm and rigid, his body already perfect chiselled, a body everyone would wish for but for his weirdness.

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The Wura Family consisted of the parents, two siblings and the newly adopted child, Emmanuel. Like father Matthias, Mr. Wura had always tried to pay attention to the complaint of his children, even after his busy office work, he still found the time to involve in some father to children therapy.
Reason why he was adopted was still strange to Emmanuel, the family had what they could ever want, a complete family, a boy and girl child, a solidly laid family with the perfect bond.
“Good morning Sir” Jonathan greeted, bowing his head lowly before Mr. Wura who already prepared for the day’s job.
“Son, always early as usual” Mr. Wura said and took a quick glimpse at the wall clock which hanged above the television set and read 6:12am
“Sleepless night as usual” Emmanuel replied calmly, watching keenly as his father knotted his tie perfectly and swiftly.
“About that, we both have a therapy session with the family therapist, it is a family thing we take seriously, I will be back earlier today to meet up with the session, every other thing can wait”Mr Wura said and hugged Emmanuel tightly, grabbed his briefcase and walked out.
Emmanuel sighed, feeling comforted by the quick hug, made him remember Father Matthias.

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Josiah changed into his jersey, his name customized on it with a number four, quickly he bent down to lace his boots, after he was done, he made his way into the stadium which was located right at the centre of the large extensive school.
“What kept you long?” a team mate asked as Josiah took his position distance away from the keeper.
“Nothing much, I and Emmanuel actually had some stuffs to do”Josiah replied
“You quiet brother, you never told us you had a brother, all of a sudden comes out of the blue”
“Not your business, who is drilling us today?”
“I heard it will be the Coach from the school branch at Agboju, Mr. Iloro” the other boy replied and adjusted his shorts
“I have heard tales of that man, and its not so friendly, we have to up our game to impress him, or not just to get on his nerves”Josiah replied and squinted his eyes as the supposed coach made his way into the stadium, with two leather balls on him.
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Emmanuel walked in last after their mother, the trip to the family therapist had not been a lovely one, earlier in the car, Josiah had complained about the therapist being annoying and invading into private matters that never should concern her, all in the name of finding your inner self.
They all took their seat on the long cushion chair that accommodated them conveniently, Ella sitting by the right edge, her fluffy gown she had spread around to dictate a silent message that she needed enough space. Emmanuel sat next to her, maintaining the space, while Mr. Wura sat next to Emmanuel followed by his wife and lastly Josiah.
A short lady walked in on them, with a broad smile on her face, Emmanuel could see reason why the children had found it annoying to attend the session with her, her look told it all.
“Good morning children, shall we begin the session” Mrs Alaso asked with a broad grin on her face.
“Yes” Mr. Wura started “We finally added to our family, Emmanuel here, but he seems to be the quiet type, and does not feel the need to talk even when it matters most, like he is a ghost of himself”he said with a brief sigh.
“Emmanuel, sometimes we feel keeping to ourselves is the best, but no, what happens within is it eats us up silently and slowly, you have to let the burden go off you, the only true place you could find warmth is within the family”Mrs Alaso said, trying to pass her message as explicit as she could make it
“Tell me Emmanuel, do you feel the constant need to tell them things but you sense a trail of betrayal in them?” she asked and waited for him to give his response
Emmanuel looked her in the eye and nodded his head in approval
“Do you also feel atimes, they cant provide solution to what ever it is that bothers you?”
Emmanuel nodded his head again in response and bowed his head, he could feel all eyes on him.
“Mr. Wura, you have a lot of work to do here”
AFTER THE SESSION
While stuck in traffic, Emmanuel placed his hands on the glass of the car and sighed
“I constantly having these dreams”
Mr. Wura turned around from the driver’s seat to face Emmanuel, for the first time, he was saying out of self will.
“What kind of dream?” Mrs Wura asked, hoping to continue the conversation and hopefully it was something meaningful.
“I keep seeing myself in what I would describe as the Silver City, a place of wonders”
“Well I once used to dream of myself being the princess of the whole world and everyone bringing pop sticks to me” Ella said sarcastically
“Can you do this in your dreams” Emmanuel said and turned his eyes red.
Ella let out a loud scream and immediately passed out, Josiah on the other hand, got held with fear and scrambled away from Emmanuel.
The parents were not let out also, the sight had send chills down their spines.
“What did you just do?”Mrs. Wura asked in fright
“I opened up about what I truly am” Emmanuel replied and alighted the car “I will be home waiting for you all”he said and shut the door.

CHILDREN FROM THE SLIVER CITY (a sequel to never play god)
WRITTEN BY: OLUSEGUN AYOMIDE SHEDRACH
FROM: THE PRIME INSANE UNIVERSE

INTRODUCTION
The cathedral’s pendulum hit hard to the ground, destroying the whole pillar. The moonless night which coupled with thunder storm that shook the entire foundation of earth.
Tough winds also joined in sending fright into every household, threatening to pull off the roofs of rigid houses, doing justice to weak ones, pulling them off the entire foundation, sending bricks high into the sky, and effortlessly uprooting trees.
An aged Priest walked through the walk space in the cathedral, holding tight to his white robe, which was girded around the waist with yellow piece, he took cautious steps towards the alter, constantly waving his rosary to the air.
“Father”a younger man called out, from the entrance of the cathedral, holding an oil lamp on his hands.
“Brother Cyprus”the priest said calmly as he turned around to face the young ruddy boy and continued “It is finally happening, I will like to say a few words to our father in heaven, go sleep, lay your head and prepare for tomorrow, the storm will pass”
The boy bowed his head, and turned around to take his leave.
The Priest walked closer to the alter and carefully went on his knees before the first step of it and sighed, like someone who was in frustration.
“Heavenly father, may thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven, for long have I waited for this day and now that it is happened, please make this cup pass over me, send me your chosen vessel, unto whom I shall pass this things unto, the signs you’ve shown me, are warning of evil you O God have casted out of the silver city, do not make the coming generation suffer a curse they don’t know about, send them helper” the Priest said and laid his head down in sympathy.


TBC

Jonathan gave a short sigh as light rays penetrated through the window right towards his eyes. Turning his body around, his hands fell on Helen's face.

"You returned late, didn't know how I got here" Helen said softly, with a radiant smile on her face.

"Hmm hmm, I had things to take care of" Jonathan said and rise from the bed, stretched his body to the right, which in return let out loud cracking noise.

"Care to tell me about it? "

Jonathan kept mute, walked towards the reading table and tapped his fingers on it, while looking at his reflection through the mirror.

"It's best you don't know about it, it keeps you safe" Jonathan replied.

The silence on Helen's part told everything, about her reaction, they were loud enough for Jonathan to know she felt bad about the reply, but it was best for her.

Jonathan turned to look at her and immediately avoided his gaze.

"I'm sorry, but this union, what ever it is you want, I'm afraid you won't find"

Helen sniffed and looked at Jonathan with eyes already filled with tears.

"It's love I feel, how bad can it get? For once I found someone to truly love"

"No, Jt was the Scroll of Lust that was unleashed, you are not thinking right……… I'll leave " Jonathan said and picked up his shirt which laid on the ground, wore his shoes and walked out, without giving any lady look at Helen.

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Slow sorrowful rhythm played softly from the speakers of the car Jonathan drove, a classic ride, something simple that made him remembered his demonic life he had lived and since he found redemption had forgotten about it.

He only decided to live a poor life after that, hoping to fill the void, but it just didn't work. Maybe returning to the beast he was would do, redemption of no redemption, he only had to set limits.

The roofless car sped through the lonely highway, through the night, cold night breeze blowing his white braided hair, which made him look more of his angelic nature.

Jonathan sniffed as he drove, tapping the steering softly, eternity was a cause to him. The burden was just too much, and now everytime he finds love, all he did was run, go off the hook and lead another life, where no one knows him.

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Jonathan parked his car at the parking space of the city's museum and alighted. He looked up at the night moon and heaved, the next school was here, Scroll of Gluttony.

"I see you now take responsibilities seriously " a familiar voice said behind him.

Slowly Jonathan turned around and saw Jophiel standing before him with a stunning smile.

"You are supposed to be dead"

Jophiel laughed and hugged Jonathan, then spoke.

"I have the soul of a cat, although, I have just three left" Jophiel said and adjusted his back suit.

"I see, why are you here? " Jonathan asked with his eyes wide open.

"All scrolls are gone, including the one here, the scroll with you, is already in the sliver city " Jophiel said and kept mute.

"The Holy Grails, is the key to fully unlock all scrolls, somehow Jackiel and Micheal retrieved it" Jophiel said convincingly, well he never lied.
"Guess I'm done then"

Jophiel sighed and placed his hands on Jonathan's shoulder

"I went into the future for some minutes, a war is coming Jonathan, something you can stop, it'll be your duty to gather all strength you can, breed them, train then and help them prepare for the worse yet to come"

"I don't understand "

"Powerful humans are rushing Jonny, gather as much as you can" Jophiel said and spread out his wings.

"Wait, I still dont get"

"See you brethren, he will find you" Jophiel said and shot into the sky.


Jonathan sighed and returned to his car, just the his phone vibrated and saw the caller was Helen.

He sighed and hanged up the call, walked forward a bit and threw the phone off, deep into clouds.

He is never meant to love, if he truly loved them.

End.

Jonathan shielded the incoming wave of water, shaped like ball, with his hand. The force that had hit him was from no one other than the third rebellious child of Yemoja.

He knew her too well, her thirst for infinite powers and to make the undersea world over take earth walkers, sent her down her rightful entitlement. Castes into exile out from the city below, to roam the water surface.

"You" Jonathan said and watched as she used her fins to maintain a stable stance.

From here, he had to proceed with caution, Oshuun from the history and encounter he had had with her always had a backup plan as nothing seems to get her unaware.

"I have something to offer you, to free you from this eternal torment and bondage of yours" She said, holding tight to the metal staff on her right hand, which had a blue shining orb on it.

"Is this one of your many tricks "

Oshuun laughed, and calmed herself, her long dark hair floating gracefully, her large eyes perfectly carved on the face, and dark like they were almost lost in one skull.

She stretched her hand forward and instantly a state appeared on it.

Jonathan gasped and swam forward a bit, looking with surprise. A solution he had long looked for to end his eternal torment of immortality. The statue of LASAGBA, the one he sold to the white man for just fifteen thousand naira, the family statue he sold that had caused the death of his entire family.

"Where did you get that from? "

"From the Sea Treasurer, he keeps everything of treasure that he finds in the sea, he gave me this as a gift " Oshuun said and made the statue float towards Jonathan.

"Take the statue and I'll take with me the Scroll of Wrath, this world is not meant for you, you save them secretly, this time you can have what you've always wanted, to end your life"

The options before Jonathan were tough, he had lived a thousand years of torments and torture, with this he could end all.

But yet, the world was at stake, if all scrolls were to be unleashed.

"You can have scroll" Jonathan said and grabbed the statue.

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Helen sighed and threw her phone on the receptionist counter, leaned on it and let out a loud hiss. This would make the twentieth time she's be trying to get across to Jonathan yet his number wasn't going through.

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Large ripples formed continually out from the surface of the river which got everyone's attention. Suddenly a grudge burst happened, the shock wave sent everyone off their feet.

Jonathan busted out, his wings flapping as fast as it could, next also was Oshuun, who threw fireballs out from her hands as she flew into the air after Jonathan.

Jonathan twisted his body around, the fireballs narrowly missing him. Oshuun, screamed loudly, her eyes shone brightly as water from the river, followed behind her.

She stretched her hands forward at Jonathan, with maximum swiftness, almost with the speed of a bullet, the water shot at Jonathan, made his wings wet, which made flight hard for him.

Easily catching up with him in the sky, Oshuun made water armor around her right arm and pulled Jonathan's wing, flipped him around and threw him off balance, before Jonathan could gain balance, she smacked him hard on the stomach, held him by his hair and headbutt him.

"Give me the idol and the scroll, thief" She shouted and used her staff to smack Jonathan down at the earth.

Jonathan almost touching ground, gained balance, the fist that Oshuun made at him, he narrowly dodged by moving his head aside, grabbed her by the attacking arm and slammed her to the floor, then forcefully pulled out her arm.

Arggghhhh!!! Oshuun screamed as she managed to get to a safe distance, writhing in pain.

"Thank you for the offer" Jonathan said and continued "I won't kill you, you've helped me one of these days I might repay your kind deeds"

Oshuun spat to the ground and hissed before speaking.

"I'll make your head roll" she said and jumped into the river.

AWWTD 6

The seven deadly sins
Source: Wikipedia

Γαστριμαργία ( gastrimargia)
gluttony

2. Πορνεία ( porneia ) prostitution ,
fornication

3. Φιλαργυρία ( philargyria ) avarice (greed)

4. Λύπη (lypē ) sadness – in the
Philokalia, this term is rendered as envy, sadness at another's good fortune

5. Ὀργή (orgē ) wrath

6. Ἀκηδία (akēdia ) acedia – in the
Philokalia, this term is rendered as dejection

7. Κενοδοξία ( kenodoxia) boasting

***
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Jonathan stood at the edge of the crater in which Jophiel's body was in, and sighed at the gruesome sight of his already decaying body.

Jophiel had been castes out of his abode until his mission was fulfilled, his body had stayed too long on earth, hence the reason why he didn't transform into glory immediately after his death.

Jonathan stuck a cross above the grave which he buried Jophiel in, he noticed swift movement behind him and enhanced all his abilities, from the sonic hearing to reflexes with calmness he breathed in.

Suddenly a beast flew out from the thick woods behind him, sharp talons hurling at Jonathan, not knowing what it was, Jonathan spread out his wings and with great force flew into the air.

The talons narrowly missing him, the beast rolled hard on the ground. It was a half human and serpent, about fourteen feet long.

Jonathan sustained himself in mid air, the sun shining brightly above his head, which castes shadows beneath his face.

"You have the mark" the serpent said and opened its mouth wide to reveal multiple tongues.

"What mark?" Jonathan asked and made fire burn around his arms.

"The seven deadly sins can't be stopped, arch angels couldn't stop us from getting the Greedy Scroll, and the Dust of Lust, and The Holy placed a mark on you to stop us" the serpent said and curled around furiously.

Jonathan gasped in surprise, that explained a lot, the disaster in the city, the Lust he saw in Helen's eyes.

"You'll tell me all I need to know" Jonathan said and made a sword appear out from his right hand, which also burned with flames.

"If you don't die early"

Jonathan, with almost the speed of a bullet, dashed at the serpent, with calculated moves, the serpent slammed Jonathan with its tail, so hard it sent Jonathan deep into the woods, crashing down huge trees as he collided against them.

The serpent moved it's slithery body perfectly around the woods, hurling at Jonathan who was just recovering from the hit, with force it jammed it's head against Jonathan, ramming him to the floor, raised Jonathan up with its scaly hands and used it's sleek body to curl Jonathan, tightened it's body around Jonathan, so as to suffocated him.

Jonathan gasped for breath as the grip tightened the more.

"Is this all you have, what makes you worthy? " the serpent shouted in mockery.


Jonathan went up in flames, let out a loud scream which followed by thunder claps and lightning, turning the cloud dark author seconds.

The serpent looked up in awe and freed it's grip around Jonathan, moved to a safer distance and watched as Jonathan transformed into his angelic form.

"The Morning Flame" the serpent said in fear and curled backward a bit.

"You'll tell me what I need to know and burn yourself " Jonathan said with glowing eyes, his hair already grew in length, pure white, interlocked into seven parts that reach to the back of his shoulders.

"Where are the remains scrolls and how do I get back that two in your possession?"

The serpent without hesitation began to speak.

"We know not of others, but Scroll of Wrath is assumed to be somewhere at the black waters of this city, the other two scrolls are in Judecca, placed on the alter of Esulalu " the serpent said and let out a loud screech.

From within the serpent came larva which burnt it down completely.

Jonathan heaved and transformed back into his human self, while the cloud began to transform into its former self.

***
***

Jonathan stood on the cliff that covered the Black Water, which served as drinking source to the local, it got the name because of the black fishes that comes out during the end of the year.

Jonathan watched as beautiful maidens fetched from it with their buckets, taking turns and chatting happily.

After they were all gone, Jonathan leaped from the cliff down into the water, and dived deep into it.

Swimming for about twenty minutes deep into the river, Jonathan saw a bright shinning scroll laid on an alter, to his surprise it was dry, a wall of water surrounding it.

Getting closer to it, he stretched out his right hand to grab the scroll when a strong force hit him

AWWTD 5

Jonathan alighted the car, Helen did same and waited for Jonathan to lead the way. They both walked down the quiet street, since it didn't allow vehicle movement, throughout the walk, they both kept mute, while different thought ran through Helen's mind.

Jonathan took a left turn, finally they began to approach a storey building.

"Welcome to my abode" Jonathan sad calmly as he unlocked the door.

"Do you come from here to Akure everyday? " Helen asked puzzled, holding tight to her purse.

"No, I own this and various others" Jonathan said and walked in

The living room was something to describe as cozy and simple, a plasma television, black leather cushion chairs, and a neatly tiled floor, a water dispenser on right end of the room.

"I love the simplicity, that picture framework, it look ancient " Helen said with her eyes fixed on the Oil painting on the wall

"One of the few things that reminds me of my past, that's about a hundred years old " Jonathan said and ushered Helen the seat.

"Why are you here? "

Helen gulped hard, the question had come at the very wrong hour, all plans she had had been turned around by this simple yet though to answer question.

"I have family here, I saw the incident and came to check on them "

"Lie, you think different, you came looking for something or someone, are you scared of losing someone? "

Helen sighed, closed her eyes and looked up, kept mute for a long while and spoke.

"Do you read minds? "

"No, I have lived for decades to know when people lie" Jonathan replied and walked into the kitchen, leaving Helen to think about whatever her answer to the question he asked would be.

Jonathan returned with a wine glass and a filled wine bottle on both hands and gently laid them on the table.

"This is all I have, we can go out after you've told me what brought you here"

"I came looking for you" Helen said with her eyes closed, it had took her more than enough courage to blurt out those words.

Jonathan scoffed as he opened the cork and poured the content into the cup.

"You came looking for an ordinary delivery guy? "

"I.. " Helen said and stood up, trying to force the words out of her mouth "I... got fond of you and after what happened, I felt I should make it up,i know I sound weird, and I should be scared of you, I mean you're immortal and powerful" Helen said and let out a soft giggle, more of praising herself for voicing out.

"Alright, we're a cool, you'll have to leave" Jonathan said, his last words with a gruesome tone.

"Whaat? " Helen asked

"I said LEAVE" Jonathan shouted.

His voice echoed through the entire living room, the vibration moving the table hard against the floor, Helen could feel her body vibrate. Jonathan's eye glowed brightly, wS the weather in the room began to grow odd and tensed.

"I shut that love door a long while ago, probably before you were born, everyone I love gets hurt, it hurts me more, I will never die, I am immortal, do you know the lain of watching all your generations die right before your own eyes" Jonathan barked, with each words he spoke, the walls of the living room let out cracks on them.


With instinct, Helen ran up to Jonathan and hugged him tightly, pulling him very close to herself. With her body close up with Jonathan's, she could feel his blood pumping.

She patted him on the back softly and whispered some inaudible words into his ears.

Jonathan felt instant ease within him, a soothing spirit he had felt in a very long while fell on him.

"What's this for? " Jonathan asked softly.

"I know what pain is, I've lost loved ones, even though I haven't lived as long as you, but love is what makes the world balanced" Helen replied.

***
***

A city made of gold, walls made of unnamed precious stones, gems seemed to be the norms. An angel landed softly before a huge white glowing gate which instantly came open.
"I need to speak with father" the angel said as he walked up what seemed to be an endless golden stairways.

"He needs no one, he sees you and knows your thought, he is supreme, the Holy Grails should be returned before His rebel child aligns it with the heavenly bodies" a loud reechoing voice said and in an instant the angel was standing right at the entrance of the city.

***
***

Jonathan flapped his left wings and rested it in midair, his face laid down on the bed, while Helen wrapped herself under his bright white wings. Helen reached back for the wings and pulled it down, feeling every single comfort it gave.

"How many of you are there?" Helen asked and faced Jonathan, looking straight into his eyes.

"I sold the family idol, that's thousands of years past, I got cursed, and got redeemed in a painful way" Jonathan replied.

Helen sighed and rolled out of bed, wore Jonathan's hood and walked out to the kitchen.

Immediately she left, the room illuminated and from the source of light by the window an angel walked out and looked towards the door and spoke.

"Jophiel is dead " the angel said to Jonathan.

In disbelief, Jonathan crawled out of bed, Jophiel had been an annoying friend to him, even though angles placed themselves on some kind of hierarchy, Jophiel was one of the few that tried relating with humans.

"Your race needs you now, you have to return the Holy Grails back to where it belongs "

With this statement, Jonathan got angry and spoke.

"You talk like I stole whatever it is, or I know about it, devil stole from God, how is that my business, what happens in heaven stays in heaven" Jonathan shouted at the top of his voice.

"No, heaven won't be harmed, humans will be, extinct, you know the power of the seven deadly sins, Greed, Lust, Anger and his brothers, imagine if they finally unleash their true form, trust me, your new love, although with pure heart will crush your soul, if you're ready, you know how to find me" the angel said and disappeared.

AWWTD 4

Jonathan threw the glass cup with him at Jophiel which passed swiftly inches away from Jophiel's face and smashed against the wall.

"You caused this all, now what, things didn't go well" Jonathan shouted in annoyance, his eyes glowing fury red.

"Seems I still don't understand the way of humans, I think love isn't the way we define it " Jophiel said with remorse.

"Get out and never return" Jonathan said lowly, with his head down.

"What about you? "

"I've lived alone all this while, now.... Get... Out " Jonathan said and pointed at the door.

Jophiel sighed and transformed into a black cat, leaped on the window from, took a last look at Jonathan and jumped out.

***
***

Helen walked into Jonathan's boss office and made herself comfortable on the visitors chair. It had been two weeks already without setting her eyes on Jonathan, the delivery was done by another new person, even after placing a special order, requesting Jonathan should be the one delivering.

The boss walked in, made himself comfortable on his chair and arranged some few papers before setting his eyes on Helen.

"Customer, we really appreciate your patronage, one of these days we will surely surprise you, your package will be mind blowing " The man said, expressing the broad smile on his chubby face.

"I actually really love your service" Helen said and adjusted herself on the chair.

"Haaaa, my pleasure "

"But I'm asking of Jonathan, he isn't the one doing my deliveries again, what's wrong? " Helen asked with a puzzled look.

"Huhhm... Madam, Jonathan quit about two weeks ago, it's also a grate loss and word has it he relocated out of the town, although I'm not sure, cause no one knows where he lives" The boss said and let out a loud sigh, expressing his displeasure.

"I really need to see him, do you have any idea where I can find him? "

"I'm sorry, I don't know a bit about him, just that he is a good person"

After Helen had took her leave, the boss slammed his hands on his table and shut his eyes tight, he needed no one to tell him Helen was done with his service, the earlier week, he had lost four important customers all because Jonathan quitted.

"This is bad for business"

***
***

What looked like meteorite hurled down from above, with fire trailing behind as it approached with a speed almost thirty times the speed of light at broad day light. It descended down, getting closer, it turned out to be something entirely different.

The object finally touched ground, right in the centre of the city, the loud bang created more than twenty feet deep crater, the shock wave it emitted, spread through the entire city, laying everything within twenty mile radius into ruins, it brought down mighty building, even those made of steels, it crumbled cars, sending them into bad which was impossible to repair.

In less than twenty minutes, military men flocked the area, placing boundary tapes around the area, and medics taking in all injured and dead victims, broadcasters also were not left out.

Inside the crater laid a dead rogue looking monster, which had a huge tail, rough set of eyes and Sabre tooth, the body looked sleek and slimy.

Somewhere in the woods, was another huge crater, with Jophiel laying dead in it, a glowing scroll on his right hand. His rib cage let out flow of golden liquid which poured out in large quantity.

***
***

Helen saw the news on television and immediately dashed out of her mart, entered into her car and quickly drove off, somehow she felt the incident was connected to Jonathan, weird things would attract weird things, she thought as she drove through the highway.

Three hours drive, Helen finally got to her destination, acting on instinct, even though she didn't know we're to begin from, finding Jonathan in a huge city as Owo, was like looking for pin among the sands of the shores.

Helen from where she stood could see the crater, and how the inhabitants were struggling to get back on their feet, putting things back in order. On her left she saw a little girl crawl out from under a fallen building and ran up to her, All her shout for help proved futile as everyone was concerned with their own family, nobody mattered to another at this time.

Helen walked further away from her car, walking through the horrible state of city, she looked around in dismay and saw the other side of life.

She had lived the perfect life right from her childhood, she failed to see the suffering the good side held.

The partially collapsed buildings which bent to the side behind her finally lost grip, the roof slide off and hurled at her, the loud scream of people close got her attention, but it was already too late, running or attempting to was of no use.

The building crumbled down roughly on Helen, raising dust and sand particles into the air.

Beneath the collapsed building, Helen felt a body above her, but it was too dark to see what or who it was, and even the position at which she was covered would not allow her movement. She felt a hand curl around her waist, and slowly lifted her.

The collapsed roof and bricks moved apart, and a man walked out, holding Helen tight to himself, which got everyone surprised.

"What brings you here?"

Helen opened her eyes wide and realised the voice sounded like that of Jonathan.

Still curled up on the person's arm, she moved her head and looked up at the person, only to discover it was Jonathan, but this time he looked different, his black hairs were gone, replaced by pure white ones that looked like wool.

***
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In the forest where Jophiel's dead body laid, two demons descended from the sky, each landing by his side. The one on the right bent down and retrieved the scroll, threw it at the other and made a trident appear on its hand and struck Jophiel with it on the chest.

The opening on Jophiel's chest let out bright illumination, which slowly spread through his body and slowly he faded off.

After this, both demons flew into the air and somehow disappeared through a portal that appeared above them.