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Chapter 42



The DORMIN LÈ BAB TOWER was located in an area newly rezoned from a former warehousing and storage zone to a commercial zone and rights for construction were given to one of the many subsidary companies own by the DORMIN Group. It was located in a port area that housed many abandoned ware houses. But what made ideally convient for Filipe's men was that despite the ground fortification with well trained mercs, in the end there more weak points of entry. It seemed the DORMIN Group were more keen on security within the building than outside


The advance team were in position and waiting for the signal to advance. Diana was working asidious to mend some last minute giltch in her system. After some finger numbing minutes she was able to rectify the problem to gain back access to their close circuit security cameras. She typed in some commands and their system glitched and went in a loop. So while the security room were seeing a loop feed , she was seeing a live feed


" You're good to go " she informed Filipe who in turn informed his men to proceed.


His men were skilled in both urban warfare and IAD ( infiltration and dissemination) in close quarters so this was a piece of cake to them. In no time after breeching the perimeter defence,thank goodness there were no undetected mines, the enemy were tactically subdued with tranqs without alerting others inside. The had opted for tranq darts as the security outside were the conventional ones. No need to waste innocent lives who were just doing their job


The gate was opened and four vans drove into the main compound and at guns ready. Immediately the the vans parked, the teams disembark enmass overwhelming the security tougher contingents there. The ground floor was also taken. But it was one thing taking it , it was another keep it as a silent alarm was tripped and reinforcement came streaming down to fight back.


Actually the ground floor situation was a diversion as the main team gained access to the building through the service elevator. The problem, the camera in the service elevator was off the mainframe so Diana had no access to it. The upside, there was no way of communicating a warning to the others as she had james their communications.


The service elevator took them only to the 14th floor but it was not smooth sailing as guards were also waiting for them. Had Diana not warned them beforehand, it would have been bad for them. As the elevator door opened Alva had already raised a shield to block the rain of bullets. Once the guards noticed that they were out of their league, they fled for safety probably informing the guys on the fifteenth floor of the incoming intruders.


The fifteenth floor was no walk in the park as the moment they materialised from the wormhole Alva had created as to avoid the incendiary device placed at the entrance of the staircase, they were met with ten werewolves already in wolf form poised for attack. These was were Filipe and his men that came along with them stepped forward and also transformed into their wolves. Matching brute force for brute force, growls for growls and teeth,claws and razor sharp canines for like weapons , the clash clash was brutal, bloody and gruesome.


The others used the diversion to get to the entry way holding the inscription they had seen on Diana's computer prior to the attack. Once there, Diana was informed of the possibility that once they crossed over the threshold they loose communication. She affirmed that she understood was standing by for the scroll to be gotten to her. Just as they had predicted, the moment they crossed over the threshold of the door, they lost Diana which meant that they were on their own from there on.


On the other side of the threshold was like a different world entirely. The entire hall was lite not by electricity but by a strange light that had no connection to any source. It was neither too bright or dimly lit but enough that everything could be seen clearly. The walls of the hall held strange sigils and symbols some unknown but many were known to the protectors. They ranged from protection spells to warding spells and even binding spells.


The floor design held a pictorial despict Nimrod's version of the fall of Babel and the imagenry rise of Nimrod to which Linda snorted. When Agnes looked to her for explanation as she had not yet seen the floor design. She pointed to the floor, every one looked to what she was pointing at. Agnes scoffed


" Very typical of him to distort history in his favour. Let' move I think I saw a doorway up front."


The team moved gingerly while surveying the surrounding pillars for hidden threats. They all felt it too easy to walk through this large expanse of hall without been challenged in any manner. Andre felt hair on his body rise, his paused his movements to survey for known threats. He saw none.


He then sent out his senses, he still felt nothing. He senses were still haywire with a foreboding of threat level at its highest. He immediately told them to stop. Something was off. He looked to his aunt linda and prayed to all the holy Beings that she still remembered their body language that both of them had developed incase they were in danger and could not communicate verbally. When he was sure he got her attention, he made he face in a circular motion signalling that they were surrounded. He blinked five times for her to raise a protective shield. He tapped his hands on his thigh almost inconspicuously, thrice, to signal her to do it immediately.


That was all the encouragement she needed as she at once let out a burst of power that egulfed into a protective barrier. Andre rolled himself into the shield before it closed up finally. He didn't waste time to explain" We are in a mirage. Alva you're the mirage and portal person, can you burst it?" Alva was about to try and break the mirage but when she saw it coming down itself, she replied, pointing around them

" No need. Look"

It finally revealed they were in deed surrounded and not just by anyone but the Grand Sovet for the Sisters of Endor- all ten of them. Smiling broadly as though they just won the best price for the. Which of course would not be a lie as they now had two protectors and three of the four Legacies caught in their trap


The only problem, Oby was in the mix which also meant that they way the ones caught in his trap. Of course they didn't need to know that now. First he had to make them feel save and secure.
A stocky woman walked forward clapping in mock applaud.


" I give it to the mutt prince for sensing our trick, even the bastard prince with all his powers couldn't sense it. Very few have successfully evaded it's tricks. Well, Not that it matters away because you'll end up dead so no celebration in other" the stocky woman sassed. One would think her size would work against her in terms of agility or even self-consciousness, but how wrong that assumption would be as Oby had first hand knowledge of her capabilities. She was the must feared of them all.

Oby stepped out from among the group and walked out from the shield. But not before telling Agnes that the entry to the next floor was right behind them still camouflage with the wall. If anything, their stopping there was to their advantage. He also noticed that they also noticed their error and were silently trying to move edge closer to secure the entry way. Oby would have none of it,


He took deliberate and calculative steps towards them in such a way that he blocked them from advancing further while also being able to watch them and guage their reaction. They were scared, that was for sure. He knew it and they knew it but they would rather they be thrown from a cliffs of Kilimanjaro and die than surrender.


It was time to end these generation of vipers


" Chrisandra, what a displeasure meeting you again. it seems you've added weight and grown robust since the last time I visited. What's the secret"


" Well well, if it isn't the bastard prince. Well the displeasure is ours" she spat back not having a good comeback for the insult stoned at her. She always been continuous of her weight problems it made her feel insecure


" Well the last time we met, I did warn you of the consequences of crossing paths with me. It seems you chose to have selective amnesia or just plain moronically stupid. But since you have a death wish then why don't I just hasten it. What do you think? He asked a condescending rhetoric.

She smiled evilly

" We've actually been meaning For a rematch. Now that you mention it, I think this would be the best time for it" she said with fake enthusiasm as all the grand council drew their weapons

" We are going to skewer you like the chicken you are" sneered one of the old men who had salt and pepper hair dotting his head, a testament to his age. Oby shrugged the insult off like it meant nothing to him but turn his head to the side to look at the others

" Go! I'll hold them off" he instructed, barely above a whisper and faced his opponents squarely, not blinking a muscle. Linda and Agnes got the memo and advanced towards the direction of the exit quickly without wasting more time. Agne quickly sent a spell that broke down the camouflage and revealed the entrance. Not sparing anymore time ran through it

Once he was sure they were out of danger, Oby proceeded to release a small amount of his aura from it's cage. The last time he had come here, there had been no need to go full aura blast on them, thereby not revealing much to of how powerful he truely was. Right now, he knew they were up to no good but he had to make them reveal their hand before he also revealed his.

" so why not he play around with his food before he went for the kill" he thought to himself

One by one, the Sovet began releasing their Auras and if he had not been who he was, he probably would have been on his heels right now in fright and terrified. All ten of their Auras combined in a smokey mixture of cloud and dark magic to form and evil looking avatar of the Grimm Reaper. But instead of the famous scythe it was known for, this version held a flaming sword whos edges were serated and fire as dark as it's wielder.

Damn this Witches. So this was ace they had up the sleeve. They kept the best for the last. Very smart of them. Well too bad. It was time to show them who they were up against.

Oby smirked as he finally released the full force of his aura. It had really been a long while since he last let it free and had free rein. Not since he and his father trained on that isolated island those many years ago.

His own avatar rose in the form of a over grown cat that could walk on both feet comfortably like a man and held in one of its hands a lightening bolt shaped into a weapon

A smug smile appear on his face when he saw the fear in their eyes for even they knew of the beast he had summoned

The Zhalansgaz

They were the guardians of realms between the humans and the heavenlies. They knew never to be messed with the Zhalansgaz. So without wasting anymore time, Oby sent his beast to battle and the first clash of their weapons sent tremors and a powerful push all around them

The fun was just getting started

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Chapter 41



Unknown Realm



It stir within the void as it's freedom neared. Great things It had planned as it once again craved onesness with its other half- Its life essence, that was still binded within the scroll.

For long had it been separated from Its being and it once again craved unity, to conquer and to subjugate and dominate

The souls of the many sacrifices offered to him through Its human surrogate, Nimrod, was truely like a sweet savour of fragrance. Now it understood why those sacrifices offered to that stuck up Old Fool by those stupid humans, was pleasant smelling.

For as the do-gooders offered their sacrifice to Him, with their so-called pure heart and clean mind making the sacrifice have a sweet scent that was pleasing to smell so also were those sacrifices offered to him by his own, whose hearts and minds were riviled with greed, infected with malice, lusted for power and evilness of the highest order.

Those pitiful mortals, for inconsequential things such as wealth, territorial power and elongation of the pitiable mortal existence, were ready to do anything. And Nimrod, Its ever faithful and trusted servant was quick to capitalize on the lust, establishing a cult that gave It credence to to be worshipped.

Sidamu and Amorah were fools and too drunk in power, to believe they were indestructible because of their obscene amount of wealth, unearthly intelligence, territorial powers and influence over the then world.

Even against Nimrod's warning, they prance around flunting themselves as a superior race,doing unimaginable feats , unlocking the hidden knowledge of science and technology even before it's time, thereby drawing too much attention to themselves.

But it was their proclivities and different sexual fantasies, which seemed musing, that angered the Old Gizzer so much so that He sent His most trusted to personally oversee their annihilation.

All it took was those blasted holier-than-thou brothers of his, Uriel and Kezziel - damn them to damnations, to wipe out the entire cities, making them start allover again, coupled with the fact that the scroll that held Its life essence was still missing and within the possession of his servants wretched sisters.

Woe betide those lot for keeping It from Its other half for they would be the first to know It's fury when they were finally caught. It was just a matter of time, time that had finally come to full circle

It's servant had, despite the fact that the curse he bore made him look hideous, meticulously slaved in other to develop a new cult of followership with stricter rules and lesser exposure to knowledge as to avoid exposure and spreading it along with man's migratory movements, making sure it survived yet remained hidden.

Half his face was charred as a result of the burns he received when he was cursed. The burns, just like the mark of The Untouchable given to Cain, were to be a reminder of his treachery and serve as a warning to all who saw him, the ramification of contending with the Creator.

It's servant Nimrod, bore the shame and pains of his past failure, visible to all, hidden to none, with pride, spreading his name through out the then world as the man who fought God and lived, earning him the name the Man of Chaos. For everywhere his went, chaos followed

It felt the longing, the euphoria, of freedom, of reunion with its long lost half- it's Grace. For once reunited again and became whole, Samayaza lived again. And once it became Samayaza, there would no longer be need for the Man of Chaos but the God of Chaos. For It would declare Itself God.

It was excited at the beckoning, pores of energy gyrating round it. It began descending into the world of the humans when Nimrod finally summoned it. Finally, its time had come to a complete circle. It's reunion finally come.

Finally, it was time for retribution

Chapter 40


Everyone had been paired up with the teams Filipe had earlier created and dismissed in other to get ready for the night's operation. Excitement and dread permeated the air for Filipe's men. Excitement because it had been quite a long while since they last stretched their muscles and flexed their strength in combat.

The only things that kept them from slacking was the constant brute physical and mental training along with the occasional combat and tactical competitions organised by the council in other to foster peace, cooperation and unity amongst the werewolf kind.

Dread because they knew within them that in these battle there was possibility of them returning but in body bags. But this is what they born for , trained for, bled for and signed up for hence they were not going to back out as it was an immense privilege to fight and die for their race alongside their comrades

Diana was busy with the final touches of linking the command center with the laptop she would be taking with her, so that she could Access data from her laptop remotely. She was carryingout finishing touches and making preparations to leave in other to meet up with her team when she heard a knock on the door to her cubicle.

She answered without looking at who entered

" Come in"

The person entered without saying a thing and Diana didn't bother looking up. After a while when it registered in her mind that someone had indeed entered her cubicle and that same person was currently watching her, she raised her head to see who was that hadn't entered only to be met with blue eyes and a face of one who she wished not to see - atleast not yet

Her eyes never left his face as it was as though she was seeing him for the first time. His buzz cut blond hair accentuated his blue eyes and perfectly chiseled jawlines.

Her eyes trailed down to his lips that looked soft and succulent. No man should be this sinfully beautiful. The fact that she started having these kind of sinful thought towards a guy that she hardly knew and wasn't in the bit ashamed of it in itself began to worry her.

A voice cleared followed by and arrogant smirk was enough to snap her out of disconcerting thoughts that made feel all hot and bothered

" Like what you see? Take a picture, it would last longer" Filipe said with a smirk still plastered on his face. After managing to control all the shades of red that must have appeared on her cheeks, ensuring her embarrassment was complete, she decided to play him at his game

" Surely you don't think you measure up to my taste? 'Cos truely you don't" she fired back earning her deep grutal growl and look that promise something carnal as he took dangerous steps towards her

" Be careful mate of how you tease me 'cos i might just decide bend you on your knees and take you right here" he voice and demeanor had edged towards lustand this both frightened her and at the same time it excited her

Damn.

So this how the so-called matebond Andre had told her about messed her mind and will to choice. She decided there and then to fight it. She would not be a slave to some stupid bond that made her loose the right to freewill. She needed to end this now and fast

" Too bad old man because if you expect a mindless fool who would be at your beck and call to please your every whimp and sexual fantasies then you've got another thing coming your ' cos I will not be a slave to your so called matebond and become your latest punching bag" she spat at him

It was as though cold water had been poured on him 'cos as sudden as the build up of lust came was as sudden as it disappeared. He paused for some few seconds before stepping away from her. She almost felt sorry for him at the emotion that was now visible on his face

Regret

Once he composed himself he proceeded to say what brought him here in the first place

" Diana I'm truely sorry for my earlier actions. It does not display the tentents of the matebond created by our goddess. Mates are special and sacred to our kind as well cherish then even more than life itself. But my earlier display of dominance was nothing but my insecurities at its heights
.
You must understand that I am part animal and that animal in me once it sees a challenge doesn't like to back down. Please mate, you have every right to be angry and even shun me away but please I ask, no , I plead for your forgiveness.

Do not see this as me being selfish and self-centered but if I go into these battle without your forgiveness, i will be distracted for the way we let things and regret would tear me and my wolf apart, not giving in our best, we may die.
I know I may not deserve it but please I am begging you. I don't care if it takes me ages of grovelling at your feet on my knees I'll do it whole heartedly please don't just turn your back on me."

Diana studied him closely but was not convinced about his apology.

" I don't believe you. I don't know if it's for the fact that you are not been sincere or that you're hiding things from me. Either way, you do not get my forgiveness." She said looking him in the eye while she talked

" You think that you can denigrate me, disrespect my person, insult my character, belittle me even go as far as cause bodily harm to me and then come back to beg, making those big puppy eye and bamm, I'm hooked. We kiss and make up and you're forgiven?

Think again wise guy 'cos I don't just hate you, I loathe your presence and abhor your very being. I may be young but my family thought me self worth and I know my worth and it will never be to submit to you"

Filipe flinched at those last set of words Diana snarl at him with. He deserved those words and more and he would have done anything inorder to turn back the hand of time and correct his first impression.

Unfortunately the galaxy was working against him today. But he did not relent but pressed on because as at point everyword she said was like a pile to his heart and he couldn't bear them parting on such harsh terms.

" Diana, I ll do anything just please don't hate me not must especially when we are going on this mission that may end one of us" Filipe begged because it was his last ditch effort at placating her for forgiveness.

Truely if he didn't get her to forgive him, he might not be able to give his full concerntration thereby getting him killed. But when he looked at his mate, her face told him all he needed to know. She was never going to forgive his mess up. So with his head hung low, a dejected heart and a whining wolf who felt ashamedof his actions his turned to walk away. He was about to open the door when he a sound that made him freeze in his steps

Diana did not have a ioata of hate in her bone for Filipe as Andre had made sure of that explaining as much as he could about the matebond, the term mate, what it entailed and all the bullshit.

What she picked out from this was that there was no way out except death or in certain cases were there was a cases of an adulterouse or an abusive mate then the council waded in and served the bond. It usually and excruciating painful process that lasted months before it ebbed into a dull pain that was managed throughout their lives unless they found another who would be their choosen mate.

She had then and there decided and had told Andre she wouldn't love to endure any pain as her pain tolerance was low. A big lie of course as the matebond had been playing tricks on her, messing with her thoughts, emotions and even her dreams.

It had suddenly become a serious nuisance to her concertration and control which was seriously waning thin. She had decided to give this thing - thats what she'd call it, a thing, a try in other save herself more embarrassing moments

But she needed to find out if he was messing with her emotions, playing on her intelligence, dancing around the matebond to draw sympathy from her or if he was being sincerely truthful in his apology and she got her answer when he hung his head low in dejection and turned to walk away

" Wait"

she said and watched him freeze at the doorknob. He turned slowly to face her, eyes holding unshed tears but hers displayed nothing as she began to speak

" I am not doing this because i feel obligated to you or any damn goddess, no, I am doing this because I am a bigger person than you can ever be. And have also come to realize that I can't fight this stupid so called curse called a matebond.

But suffer no delusions if you think I will be your personal Bleep toy to please and submit to your every whimp, order and command as I will make it my life's work to fight you and resist anything I detest .

Once this fight is over and I pray we make it back in one piece, this will be my terms
I will decide my life as I see fit and any interference from you then I disappear and you will not find me.

There will be no marking, fucking or anything in-between until I am atleast 21. You don't decide who I am friends both male and female with neither is my independence negotiable. You stick that possessive shit were it belong or I walk away. You woo me and court me like normal humans do and mind you wouldn't you wouldn't be mutually exclusive as there will be others in the picture.

Need I remind you that I've heard about your numerous flings and liases, I also am allowed freewill. You will give me my space and I will set boundaries. You will not crowd me with your overbearing attitude.

If you were used to getting what you want when you want then I can rest assure you that you just boarded the wrong bus as this is going to be a very bumpy ride for you.

These terms of mine are non-negotiable. If you agree to them then you have my full forgiveness and we start allover again. If not, then you know your way out" she summarized.

Oh she definitely knew those terms would tick him off most especially the part of not being mutually exclusive and his former trist and affairs with other women. She could actually see his vein budging out and about to pop out

"Good. He does not do that then expect me to be all his after sampling other women of different shapes and sizes" she thought to herself

" Diana please don't do this to me. You drive an almost impossible bargain. Most especally the part were we aren't exclusive.

We werewolves are generally possessive and do not take kindly to sharing. It's instinctual to us and jealousy is a bad trait for us as we can be very destructive. Please reconsider and remove that term off the table." In contrast to his calm demeanor while answering, he was seething within him at her outrageous demands.

He wanted nothing more than to close the distance between them and shake some sense into that young mind of hers while kissing those plumb soft lips of her and leaving hickeys allover her neck to show that she was taken

It took every single willpower in him to stump down his wolf's possessive nature. This was him grovelling and it was time his wolf understood it also that he would not be messing up his second chance. Still those words irked him to no end

" Well that's the point, your majesty. To taut you in other to teach you self restraint. If you can't restrain yourself when you see me with other men then what's to say you wouldn't hit me or abuse me over a minor insident as me telling you not to use your dominance on me or forcing me to submit to you.

So forgive me when I stand on the fact that my terms are non-negotiable" she said in a calm and controlled voice. Which also irked him too. She could control her emotions perfectly, giving no way of knowing what was running through her mind which gave him the more be encouragment to know who really his mate was. She was forever going to hold that incident over his head for a long long time to come. This was a very hard pill for he and his wolf to swallow but they both agreed on one thing and that was would do anything to earn her forgiveness even if it meant......he didn't even want to think about it as he might change his mind and do the unthinkable. So through grinded teeth

" You're not going to let that incident go, are you?" He asked

" And let go off my best blackmail tool?.... Naaah, I don't think so" she sassed
He heaved loudly and stretched forth his hands for a handshake

" You have a deal" he said as she smiled a truely genuine smile as though she had just won a million dollar lottery. She shook his hand and sending tingles and goosebumps allover her body. She frowned at her body's reaction to his hand shake. She also caught him smirking at her confusion.

" Is anything the matter?" He asked, the smirk still plastered on his face while still holding her hands. She pulled her hands of his and composed herself.

" I think I'm going to get back to what i was doing before you interrupted me" she was ruffled that much was sure so he pushed his luck and drew closer to her. Not to close as to give her space but enough for her to feel flustered and caged. When he spoke his breaths fanned her face

" Once this is over, I intend to stake my claim on you. I will fight for your love and I will win. And when I do, the gods and goddesses help you and me for I will make sure you scream my name in countless pleasure. That it a promise" he promised her that much.

" Oh Mister, though you may win but I fully intend for you to work for it and I promise, you will work for it and earn it. That way, your victory will be sweeter........ If you endure.

Game on wolfy" she smiled with mischief also promising sweet toture.

Once he exited the cubicle, she finally released the breath she didn't know she was holding and plopped down her seat , feeling sudden tiredness as the adrenaline rush began dissipating

What had she gotten herself into

Chapter 39




When Agnes and Linda heard of Filipe's overbearing arrogance and ill treatment to Diana, his face took the brunt of their anger with a constant barrage of right and left hooks followed by a ear full on how wrong he was to have treated Diana in such demeaning way. By the time they were through with him,, he sure as hell promised himself never to fall on their bad side again.

Diana came out of the room sometime later with Andre behind her. She had her ears full of things about mate that made her go all shades of pink and red. It was outright disconcerting to say the least and there was no way she was going to do anything or go anywere near that arrogantly domineering fool.

As they approached the main room, she felt tension in the air and eyes on her which made her faltered in steps but she shrugged it off and walked with heads held high towards Agnes and Linda who were giving her a pity look. When she got near them she asked for an update of the planned assault on Tower LÉ BAB later that night in which she was updated. She was also told Oby and Alva went to do a physical scouting of their routes to and from the Tower as well as possible spy the physical number hostiles they may face during their assault to ascertain with in images gotten from Infrared thermal Satelite imagery.

Dan was laising with his friends within the law enforcement to be on standby either as a backup or cover-up for their activities when the showdown was ongoing. Steve was calling favours from his friends within NATRA to divert all traffic away from the vicinity of the Tower to avoid civilian casualties. Leo was meeting with the governor who happened to be a long time friend of the royal family and very much aware of the supernatural world and it's entails even though he was human to discuss about possible cover story and damage control and backup plans incase things went south.

Filipe was with the men, grouping them into teams, assigning them their tasks ahead of their assault on the building. But his mind was on a certain stubborn and strong willed brunette youngster whose every bone was to defy him at every given turn. He was deep in thought when his attention was called to the command room as viewing was ongoing of live feeds from their target building.

The Tower itself was a thirty-four storey building with a helipad and a rooftop swimming pool according to Infrared Satelite imagery. The whole thirty-forth floor was a huge empty space possibly for hosting company events and whatnot. The other floors down to the ninteenth floor were office blocks for the company while from the fifteenth floor down to the second floor was to be rented out to individual organizations that wanted to make use of them. The first floor held the reception,eatery,gym and security room while the ground floor held the underground garage rumoured to go another two stories downward.

Cameras were on all floors except for the sixteenth seventeenth and eighteenth floor which seemed to operate a different elevator and staircase that serviced only the three floors. Their entrances were also guarded by heavily built, no nonsense taking, armed men.

Alva asked Diana if the camera could be zoomed in to the top of the door leading to the dedicated staircase. There was an inscription on the entrance but the distance blurred it's illegibility. Diana in response nodded and zoomed in on it. Once it became clearer to be read, hitched breaths and gasps could be be heard.

Oby who had been quiet all through, stepped back in horror at the sight of the inscription knowing full what it stood for or rather who it was ascribed to

" You have got to be fucking kidding me" Alva seethed through gritted teeth

Series of unfiltered curses were heard from Linda while Agnes just stared at the inscription as if willing it to disappear.

Andre, Filipe and the others just look as confused at why the others were agitated by a single inscription

" Would someone mind telling the rest of us why just a single inscription got you all jumping, cussing allover and freaking out?"

There was silence for some seconds before someone finally decided to explain

" It's a language long dead and buried. It's Knai-tongue, common to a minority tribe Endor in ancient Canana. It translates to " choose now your path oh creature of misfortune" a trademark spell used only by a coven witches otherwise known as Sisters of Endor or in this case Witches of Endor.

The inscription can either be used as a gateway to other realms or just plain cloaking in other to hide supernatural activities. Just like the one used to hide the werewolves from human activities and interferences. " It was Diana who explained rattling even Filipe.

How did she know of their activities? He questioned himself as Every eye turn to her, of which she shrugged it off causally

" What!! Can't you guys see ? it boldly written there" she said pointing to the screen as if it was the most obvious thing. Alva heaved loudly at her ignorance.

" Diana, you are the only one in this room who sees the inscription as plain and simple english. The rest of us just sees it as it is. We only know it to be them because we understand the language and have had the misfortune to having crossed paths with them countless times throughout the ages. You being able to read and understand it, is part of the pecks of your Legacy, nothing is ever hidden from you....not even a lie" Alva explained

" Oh" was her only response

" Which brings us back to the next question. Who are these sisters or witches of Endor. And how do we fight them" the question came from Filipe

" Demon's of Endor is a more term for them. They are the ones responsible for handling the blood sacrifice to the diety King, Nimrod and whatnot. They are also responsible for the execution of errant members and adminstration of punishment" Oby paused his explanation to reign in his emotions before continuing

" They killed my father right in front of me after cornering us from a family trip we were returning from. They slit his throat, removed his heart and forced it on me to eat as the basis of a forced initiation or the next would be my mother and sister

We were only saved by providence that the death of my father had inadvertently activated the mark of an untouchable within me as well as Oath Of Redemption with which my father bargained his life with for his family's protection. The witches sent for the job were taken out and we, spirited away to safety.

They are resilient and persistent lot and still, somehow found me. Fortunately for me this time, I was alone and prepared for them.

Unfortunately for them, they met with more than they bargained for. None was left breathing along with a message. The message was passed along and received loud and clear. They very well stayed clear my path.

Those band of witches have no morality left in them. They are manipulative bunch of madmen and women who have willingly sold off their souls and those of their family to the devil Himself for power, rank and fame. The only way to deal with them is to make sure you do what ever needs to be done to any of them who stands in your way."

Oby said smiling as if remembering something facinating. Agnes who had been quiet since seeing the inscription while listening suddenly had a remembered something from Oby's words that made her uncomfortable and decided to test the theory running in her head

" It was you wasn't it" she stated matter of factly

" it was you rattled them into hiding, wasn't it?"

" Yes it was me" he didn't deny it which left Agnes and Linda mouth hanging.

" You don't come after my family and friends, threaten them in my presence and live to tell the story plus I needed to tell them to understand the consequences of their previous action of killing my father. It more or less was payback but with class and style" explained Oby with a glint of pride in his work.

" Would someone explain to us what he did?" Asked a confused Andre

" Well your friend over there did a total makeover of the members of the coven sent after him. He sent their heads with their heart in their mouth back to the coven. Then Every once in a while sent a decapitated and dismembered body to their children as gifts wrapped in expensive materials. It almost caused a civil war amongst themselves.

As if that wasn't enough, on one beautiful day, he strolled in on their meeting. Mind you, not only is their meeting known to only few, access to it is usually treacherous if you don't belong to the 10 ruling houses that makeup the ruling council. He sat with them smiling like a chestshire cat while they were shitting In their pants.

After that incident, they just upped and went into hiding Which begs to ask the question who your father really took the Oath of Redemption with.
And how is it that you knew were to find them, trapezed into their midst, caused them a huge fright enough to make them scamper for their lives and then waltz out of there unharmed, when we, till this day, do not know their their location" Alva explained, observing Oby in a new light of admiration and caution

" That's for me to know and you to know later. Which also brings back to the initial question of how do we take them out? Trust me, they are no walk in the park " Oby answered

" I and Linda will take care of them while the rest of you take care of others. We need a clear path for legacies to move unhindered. But suffer no delusions people, we are be up against a highly formidable opponent who has gotten all the time to evolve in tact and rules of engagement which I might add will not be in your best interest to be taken as prisoner.

They are ruthlessly and relentlessly efficient in picking off their opponent. Need I remind all that the element of surprise is all what we are banking on and even that doesn't guarantee success. Once we get to that entrance on the sixteenth floor, we know not what to expect as we are basically on our own.

So I ask- no, I beseech you all to find the will to live. Give youselves the will to fight and win 'cos if we don't then the ones we fight for are already doomed " Agnes admonished them making them understand the perils that this mission entailed

Everyone in the room were silently watching the screen while also thinking about the outcome of this battle as well as Agnes unspoken words. Some of them were not going to make it back alive

Chapter 38



The Chinese and the Americans had always been at each other's throat try to best each other various fields. While the Americans boasted of having military prowlness and economic wizardry, the Chinese capitalized on their population density In building up tech savvies and business moguls who in turn built their economy to become one of the best.

Both countries were always at each other's throat, sabotaging and counter-sabotaging each other at every given point in time, playing mind games and exercising wits and brains while smiling,shaking hands and drinking wine. So much so that when the race to send satellites into space in other to have free reign over snooping at each other's backyard while escaping the bottlenecks of human error and bureaucratic nightmares of captured spies and political skimish, the Chinese made it a point to ensure as many spy satellites were up in space in other to outwit their frenemy, the Americans.
Errors of omission due to security slacks on softwares and inferior hardware components integration were bound to happen and one of those errors happened with the Xi Sung Communication Satellite shot up to space some years back codenamed FALCON EYE.

Equipped with an ARES i9 processing chip which had an incredible speed of process information at a speed faster than sound, perfect for quick, real time observation and sneak-in infiltration into a targeted computer system or network and out before anyone noticed. It's real time image capturing, with a lag time of 3seconds, it was a good instrument for tracking troops during ops and good surveillance tool for territorial survey. It was a perfect hunter for intel,
made for the sole purpose of spying and gathering intel on American defence communication activities in relation to their own activities and interests but hidden under the guise of an ordinary Telecom and imagery capturing Satelite - But even their Frenemy were not deceived.

There was a downside......

The conceptual idea of the Satelite was in itself years ahead hence no available on-board processor was able to work with it. The Chinese saw the problem and tried working around it by reprogramming one of the cordex-Q5 processor to fit the criteria.


And it worked........

Unfortunately, it made the system easily hackable by any hacker who knew their onion and the Chinese developers knew this and decided to keep it a secret from the government so as not to receive any backlash as they were already past it's scheduled launch.

Fortunately for them , they worked around the problem again, creating a supercomputer that had was binded to the Satelite. In other words, only that computer could read, receive and send messages, info and intel to and from the Satelite, problem solved

Or so they thought......

Unfortunately, there was a sixteen year old someone called Diana in the mix, who could work miracle with the keyboard and signs and wonders with a high grade next generation laptop. And that, she was currently doing, hacking her way into the DORMIN LÈ BAB TOWER's computer system whose security was also compared with Fort Knox. While she had commandeered the Satelite and using it Infrared sensor to map out the entire building and number of people currently in occupancy of the tower, she was also work on hacking her way into their systems

Diana had been constantly hitting a snag each time she tried accessing their intranet through the back door, having to be careful as not to give her Trojan horse.

She had dealt with this kind of security software before and she knew that it was going to be a herculean task hacking into the le babe. But that didn't discourage her.

She downloaded one of her worms from her cloud storage but didn't immediately upload it to their system. Instead, she first tested the speed of response of their security firewall to foreign invasion by sending a dummy attack on their system while protecting her own end from counterattack. The security firewall response was in less than ten seconds, picking off the dummy spyware and erasing it's threats from their system.

That was fast" she thought to herself but it also gave her an idea on what to tweak on the real deal in other to be effective. Working as fast as she could, giving the circumstances, created a modified version of her spyware worm with a few tweaks for added advantage.

She uploaded the malware first then followed by the virus and lastly spyware. While the system was busy fighting off the hexcane malware, the spyware worm was busy embedding itself into the system replicating itself as fast as possible, spreading like wild fire throughout the matrix of the firewall, weakening it one byte a time. By the time the system could recognise it's folly and adapt to the new threat of the virus and the spyware, it's defences were left bare for the picking.

Diana smiled at her victory. The entire four hours of non stop hacking had finally paid off . For before her was the entire security feed of TOWER LÉ BAB. She did some key strokes sending the images to the main screen in the command center then picked up her radio to announce her success

" Ladies and gentlemen, I give to you live streams from Tower LÉ BAB" she then stood up to go join the others in observing the activities within the Tower

Leo,Dan, Steve, Andre, Filipe, Linda and Agnes were watching the activities on the screen when Diana came to join them

" Good work Diana, but I think I would start being more careful around my data were you are concerned" Andre whispered to hearing while faking a shiver. Diana smirked and lean in to also whisper back

" What makes you think I haven't already gotten your data" which caused Andre to actually frown while she smiled, patting him on the back. They were interrupted by a growl and a warning

" Do you both mind?! We are trying to do serious work here so either shut it or get out" Andre raised his hand in surrender while Diana just glared at him but remained silent all the same.

As they all watched the screen, planning was ongoing based on information they were getting from the activities within the Tower. Possible points of inflitration, number of men needed for the assault, types of munitions to be used as they were dealing with other supernaturals beings, time of assault, possible risk and exposure assessment as well as rules of engagement which of cause was mercy to no quarter as the mercenaries employed for the Tower's protection were known to be the ruthless lot that held no morals.

Diana had excused herself shortly after she and Andre were scolded by Filipe. She felt insulted and was currently fuming like a ten year old in the spare bedroom that Andre had given her to rest. She must still brooding when her phone rang. She picked up the call without looking at the caller id and nearly snarled at the person on he other side of the call

" Who the f**k is this"

" Wow wow kiddo. Who stole your lollipop?" Her father asked while she rolled her eyes. She quickly composed herself and apologized

" Sorry Dad, I was just not having a good day. How are you and what made you remember your munchkin today" she asked


" You young lady have got a lot of explaining to do. Imagine me coming to L. A to pay you a surprise visit only for me to be told by your uncle that you are currently in San Francisco on a holiday trip even when you're grounded. So tell me Diana Braxton, why are you not in L.A. as you are supposed to be?"

Diana knew she was in deep shit when her father used her complete name. She cringed at her father's tone but she also knew she had to tell him the truth or atleast a bastardized version as she could never really lie to her father

" Dad please hear me out. I am currently San Francisco for a really important engagement and...

" Diana give me one good reason I shouldn't be on the next to San Francisco, track your line, find you and pull you by the ear and drag you back to Canada with me?" Diana's father bellowed into the phone making Diana cringe further

" What if I told you it was end-of-the-world grade engagement would that qualify" she tested

" Diana" he warned

"" Okay okay. But promise me you wouldn't make any rash decision"

" Diana you are testing my patience which is currently running in low fuel" Diana was currently wishing the ground to open up and swallow her but since it didn't happen she was stuck with answering her father

" Okay keep an open mind and please don't interrupt till I'm through" she took a deep breath and began explaining everything to him right from the start. Well except for the part of being mates to that control,arrogant and pompous fool

When she finished explaining the situation, she pause to hear her father's comment but was met with silence

" Dad are still there?"

" Yes Diana I am. Now, I need you to listen to me carefully. Keep away from that building I am currently on my way to board the next flight to San Francisco. Promise me you will not follow them during the assault.

" Sorry Dad,you know that I can't do that. Peoples live depending on this

" Diana..... Please... If anything happens to you I will never forgive myself. Allow me to be selfish for once" she could hear the sobs in her father's voice and she knew how heart broken he would be if anyt.hing were to happen to her. But she also knew that backing out now was not an option

" I love you Dad but nothing will happen to me. If I don't go and that tyrant succeeds because you were too afraid to loose me to death, would you be able to forgive yourself if you saw the destruction that followed that tyrant's ascension and knew that you could have stopped it" when there was no reply from his end she knew that she had finally gotten to him.

" I along with the others fight for our freedom, out right to life and to live, our right to free will. And if we die then we died knowing we fought win or loose". Her father knew the inevitable decision and sighed

" Don't die on me kiddo. Else I'll wake you up and kill you myself" his voice was hoarse from trying to reign in his tears

" I love Dad to pieces and I promise not to die on you. Please don't be hard on Uncle Ian, he literally had no say in my leaving".

" Love you munchkin. Keep safe and don't die on me else I'll wake you up and kill you myself" he playful offered knowingfully that there was nothing he could do to stop her.

" I will dad and I love. I promise not to die on you" she made other entreaties to him to appease his mind before ending the call

" Well that went well"

" Jesus! Mary! Joseph!!!" She jumped at the intruder's voice heart racing at a high speed

" And all his heavenly saints" mused Filipe as he stood by her door with an air of arrogance. When she had somewhat calm her racing heart, she narrowed her eyes in the arrogant jerk and look to wipe the smirk off his face searched for whattotheiw at him . Her eyes made contact with the mug on the night stand by her side and in one Swift move, immediately reached for it and threw it at him

It missed him by a few centimeter and shattered on impact with the wall behind him, it's shards splintering all around the room.

" What was that for ?" he asked

" You intrude on my privacy, listen on in a call that was meant to be private and you stand there asking me what was that for?!! Could you please exit this room so that I can have some privacy. You face is infuriating me the more I look at it."

" Listen here little girl you are in no position to order me around. I am your mate and your alpha, you will do well to give me my respect. I demand that respect." Diana brow pecked up at his insinuation

" Well Mr big bad alpha prince who has had his life handed to him on a golden plata, I don't give a damn who you are. I will not be a subject of your arrogant stupidity in stoking your ego. I may be a little girl to you but if you want my respect, then you earn it but as of right now you are nothing to me, you mean nothing to me " she spat venomously holding his eyes in challenge as she walked past him or atleast she tried as her right arm was held back in a tight grip. She defied the excruciating pain inflicted by Filipe's hard grip. Eyeing first his hand then him as if to say " is this your best". She steadied her heart beat and numbed her mind against the pain a tactics her uncle had taught her for enduring pain.

When Filipe saw that he would get no rise from her begging him, it further infuriated him as he tightened his grip and drew her close to him. Her alluring scent was intoxicating making him almost losing control of himself

" I will make you submit to me. I will dominate you. You are mine and you will learn to kneel before your better or you will be severally punished." Diana showed him no emotions which ticked him off the more but the metallic scent of blood tickled his nose.

He looked down and saw the damage his grip on her arm had caused. He immediately withdrew his hand, whose fingers had morphed into claws. He was motified by his action, losing control like that and harming his mate. He made to touch the spot but she stepped back away from him taking deep breaths to reign in the pain but she was failing woefully as it finally assaulted her senses. She held back those tears with all the will she could muster. Just then Andre walked in on them

" Diana, Oby and Alva wan....." He paused and looked at his brother then Diana who seemed to be troubled in breathing the he saw the blood. He made to step forward but she held out her other hand to stop him and he paused his steps

" Please don't".she begged

" Did he do that to you?" He asked but she didn't answer instead she looked away

" You did this to her" he stated looking at his brother confirmation but he too looked away giving him all the confirmation he needed


" Please walk away Filipe. Walk out of here or I wouldn't be able to hold back what I want to do to you" Andre threatened eyes turning a dark shade of blue which seemed to glow bright.
Filipe was about to give a retort but it died in his mouth when he saw both eye of Andre were glowing and his Aura darkening dangerously

" NOW!!!!!!! " He commanded.

Filipe hesitated wanting to show dominance but thought better of it 'cos first off, he didn't know this version of Andre and it rattled him. The aura that was spewing around him was definitely looking deadly, which made him wander wether Andre had been hiding his powersall the while he was still in the palace or it was something he just newly came into. But then again the way he control himself to him otherwise

Secondly, even he was ashamed of not controlling himself and hurting his mate a feat he had always been proud of.
He turned and quietly walked out of the bed room

" Let's get you healed up, shall we??"" He said , approaching Diana causiously and gingerly taking her hands

He tore open the offending fabric that was sticking to the wound before warning her

" This is going to hurt but you'll be healed in no time

"Get on with it will you and stop stalling"

" Yes ma'am" he answered.

True to his words, it hurt like hell and back but she endured as her body magically stitched back up. Wanting to take her mind off the pain and irritation, asked in-between anguish and gritted teeth as her skin began stitching itself back to normal

" Tell me about this mate thingy " this earned her a raised brow

" You are one stubborn human with a sucidal mind and tendency to be spontaneous, you do know that"

" So I've been told Andre. Now back to the topic, mates"

" What do you want to know?" He asked, watching her with curiosity

" Every thing" but within her she added " so that I can get out of this mythical bondage"

Andre read her like an open book and he already knew her thought line even without prying into her thoughts which of course he wouldn't do.
He shook his head in his conclusion. Filipe just lost his mate due to his recklessness and overbearing dominance. Heaven save him
So he began explaining the concepts of mates to her

Chapter 37

Present Day

It was 8:am and the heat of late summer was get to them despite them being indoors and the air-conditioning on full blast. Not to talk of the harsh transpiration being emitted from those in-human walking boilers cramped up in Andre's apartment. Oby was dying in silence but he had to bear it for the greater good as he joined hands with Andre and other team of technicians working to install, troubleshoot the system and ensure it was calibrated to work properly.

Just as they were about rounding up, Diana felt it right to grace them with her oh- so - important presence, Oby thought sacasticly

" How nice of you to join us your majesty. Would you like us bring you a chair and stool so that you sit relax and watch your subjects engage in perform menial task , at the behest of the throne?" Mocked Andre, howbeit playfully and gave an exaggerated bow for proper show.

Diana, catching on, fanned herself with her left hand and contured her face into a fake blush, letting her brows twist in a fake aristocratic manner

" As we you wish. I would also like my royal breakfast of the Jester's head served to me on a golden plata along with a mallet to smash his skull and a spoon to scoop his brain and relish the delicacy for days to come" there were snorts and fake gaggings as well as drinks being spat out of different mouths round her

" As you wish my lady" Andre said earning him a growl from the far corner of the room

" Geez guys, nice way to ruin a perfect breakfast" Linda fumed as snickering was heard from Andre, Oby and Diana while Alva smiled at their antics. The general atmosphere was lighter than the previous night when male dominance was at it worst ebb.

Another two hours and everything was ready for operation, while Linda Agnes and Alva stepped out for a while

" You girls just know to kick a guy out of his bachelor pad. My entire space has been ruined" Andre whined at the disruption of his entire living space

His once pristine dinning space had been converted into a vacum cubicle, equipped to be soundproofing and had a make shift air-conditioning to regulate the temperature within the room thereby cooling the computer system that was installed. It also held a command center close to the cubicle were three of them were currently standing.

Diana was currently a bundle of nerves at the task she was about to perform and was trying hard to mask her fears of falling short of their expectations.

Oby handed the two way radio over to her in which she collected and brought it near her mouth to speak. She hesitated for some seconds to catch her nerves and will herself into composure while remembering all the training and drawing from those experiences courtesy of both her father and uncle, she stood firm.

" Eagle eyes, report" she ordered

" This is eagle eyes. We are just about through setting up and currently calibrating the rifle. The sun is high with low winds blowing in a southwest direction, perfect for clean shots* the person on the other side of the two way radio informed her

" Good. Once the rifle has been calibrated, I need visual on the Target. " She instructed again to which she was replied

" Just about done with both setup and calibration. You should be getting visuals right about now."

All three of them looked to the big screen to find out that indeed they were seeing what their spotter was seeing. What they were looking at was the interior of an empty office and what they were looking for was a work station that they could commandeer in other to infiltrate the intranet of DORMIN LÉBABE TOWER and spy on their security.

Simple right. Wrong.

From the little she had been able to recollect from the file in her father's office right before she left, it firewall fortification was equal that of Fort Knox. In other words hacking couldn't be done from the outside but only from the inside.

As the spotter zoomed in on the office. There it was, they finally got what they were looking for.

" Target acquire" informed Eagle eye

" Good job. Hold it get a correct read and standby for further instructions," instructed Diana

" Standing by "

She turned to Oby who immediately understood and switch his radio on and tuned into his own team

" How are we doing guys? He asked

" Three potential targets identified and marked" reported the guys

" Send it in' he instructed. Not more than a few seconds later, a beeb sounded,informing of an incoming mail.

" Put it on screen ' he told Andre to which he did, displaying two Ladies and a male, all legal info about them as well as their illegal and treacherous acts against human kind and supernatural. They indeed were very good candidated targets

And all three were in the building, getting acustomed to their new offices. Each having a bulls eye on them. Each never returning home alive and in one piece. Andre, Filipe and Leo, both of whom had come to join them when Oby was in communication with his team agreed and with a nod, gave Oby the go ahead to inform them

" You have clearance to mark them,and wait for your orders." He instructed

" Got that"

He handed the radio over to Leo who switch it to a predetermined channel that talked to all the teams at once

" This is team leader speaking, remember you have less than sixty seconds to evacuate the area. Do not bother dismantling your weapons once your shots have been fired. Just get out of there. If caught, follow protocols. We will get you out immediately. Good luck."

A chorus of horaahs were heard then seconds of silence before each sniper pair began reporting in

" This is alpha team. Target acquired

" This is bravo team. Target acquired

" This is team charlie. Target acquired"

" Eagle eye in . Target In. Sight"

"On my mark..." A pregnant pause

"........ FIRE" a calm yet deadly voice full of dread instructed. A voice full of authority and beckoned lesser Beings to bow. A voice that unnerved Diana. A voice that belonged to Filipe.

Shots were fired from different buildings, at different elevations, two miles away from their unsuspecting target. Taking them out before they had time blink and think. They stood no chance

The Vacov Tx5 sniper rifle was a beast in its own class, taking out target from a distance of about three miles with an average velocity displacement of only an inch per mile under unfavourable wind conditions. The gun came packed with a 100mm projectile capable of tearing through reinforced concrete slabs even from it's recommended range of target. It was the perfect weapon for long distance urban warfare.

The downside of it was, first, it's recoil, which was not for the faint hearted as it had a very powerful recoil force, to compensate for this, it came with two pairs gun stands must be bolted down but adjustable to shooters taste of inclination and height. The second downside was it loud noise. What it gained in mileage it lost in stealth. Hence the need for each team to evacuate their shooting point before any sort of law enforcement caught up to them.

The assassinations were actually a cover-up for their purpose - shooting In a robotic A.I into the building. When teams alpha, Bravo and Charlie were taking out their targets, team Eagle eyes had the riskiest job, shooting a total of five rounds. While the first three shots were projectiles shot in other to expand the cracked window, the last two shots were rounds carrying the compressed robot. Two were shot just in case anyone got damaged the other would replace.

The three other teams had called in the inform them that they had cleared danger zone but team Eagle eyes was yet to call in even ten minutes after their expected time of check in .

Oby was pacing the makeshift command center, Andre was tapping his feet on the ground while Diana was biting her fingers in dread and anticipation of either good or bad news. She was silently blaming herself from r send the men to their doom. It was one thing having to play wargames with her uncle and father were she was in a control environment and lives were not at sake. This was a different ball game on a whole new level where lives were at stake and decision decided peoples fate.

Twenty minutes past team Eagle eyes expected time of call in, the radio crackle to life with the team informing the command center they made it out though not without bumps and scratches as they ran into law enforcement but it was nothing they couldn't handle. The were finally able to breathe most especially Diana. This was like the best new to her as she couldn't handle having peoples blood on her conscience.

Once reassured, she immediately went into action, activating the robotic intelligence. As forseen, one of the robotics failed to initiate transformation while the other succeeded, immediately transforming into a six legged spider. The operator directed the robot to the work station and gave it a command to attach itself to the USB outlet it the workstation to which it successfully did and started interfacing with the mainframe of the system so that whatever it saw Diana saw.

While the cops were crowding everywhere within the DORMIN LÈ BAB TOWER, condoning off the crime seen Diana was busy hacking her way through their mainframe

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