₦airaland Forum

We have five more episodes to wrap up this novella. I need feedback from the audience!!!!

Episode 10
Lucifer and Jennifer


Fate, a presumed cause, force, principle or divine will that predetermines event. The world is spherical, albeit a rotational sequence of activities, a circular motion of circumstances that spins. You run from a problem here, it meets you there. So is life, a sequence of rotational difficulties.


Kelvin drove his toyota sedan into an estate, he waved past the gateman and guided his car into the park.
"Wait here for me, let me get something from a friend" Kelvin whispered.
"I'll come with you" Jennifer said and unbuckled her seat belt.
"I won't tarry!" Kelvin reduced the volume of the sound system.
"That's what you say everytime, you go in to meet your female client!"
"I'm not meeting any female, i want to get a file from a colleague, a male".
"Last time you left me in the car and spent over an hour with a colleague!" Jennifer deadpanned.
"I apologised, didn't i?" Kelvin sighed.
"You apologised, but that won't stop the act, is this how you'll treat your wife?" Jennifer sniggered.
Kelvin muttered incoherent words and alighted from the vehicle.
Jennifer followed suit.
"Maybe, you should follow me inside to see if... "
"I'll wait outside, if you dare waste my time....."
"Am i your bodyguard?" Kelvin raised his hands up.
"Yes you are!" Jennifer chuckled.
Kelvin cursed under his breath and walked past her.
"Waist my time and Dad will have your head for dinner!" Jennifer said.

Jennifer took some time to admire the architectural design of the building exterior. She marched round, in a bid to tour round when a voice distracted her. A familiar voice.
She stoped, dazed by the voice. Soon she forgot about Kelvin, forgot about her troubles and began moving towards the direction of the voice.

♪Master the billows is raging♪
♪the storm is tossing by♪
♪the skies is o'er shadowed with darkness♪
♪No helper is near♪
♪Careth thou not that we perish♪
♪How can thou lie and sleep♪
♪When each moment so glad is threatening♪
♪No helper on earth is near♪
♪The wind and seas shall obey thy will♪
♪Peace be still♪
♪Peace be still♪
♪Neither the wind and the storm tossed sea♪
♪or demon or men or what e'r it be♪
♪No water can swallow the ship where lies♪
♪The master of ocean and earth and skies♪
♪They all shall sweetly obey my will♪
♪Peace be still♪

Jennifer breathed in admiration as she saw the handsome creature with a guitar, eyes closed, singing with the voice of an angel.
She leaned on a rail and watched him, that voice was spectacular, she knew she had heard that voice somewhere.

He paused, his instinct nudged him, someone was staring. He opened his eyes.

"Ehmm" Jennifer scratched a scalp in her hair. She lost her composure for a while.
"Sorry for staring, i just enjoyed the song, and the way you ministered" Jennifer smiled then maintained a straight face.
Henry just kept on staring.
It is akward.
"I'm Jennifer" She said.
Henry kept on staring.
Jennifer strapped her bag and turned to leave.
Henry gave himself a mental knock.
"Don't go" He called back.
"It is not everyday i get to see an angel, and when i see one, i can die staring" Henry smiled, then made a straight face when he noticed Jennifer wasn't smiling.
"Good God! I was expecting you to say 'awwwwwn I'm blushing' or 'awwwwn don't flatter me' that's the normal girl's cliche" Henry cajoled.
"I'm not 'the normal girl'!" Jennifer sighed.
"Bad timing!" Henry muttered to himself.
"I'm Henry!" He stretched his hands.
Jennifer took it albeit, reluctantly.
They just remained still, speechless, each lost in thought.

"Jenny, time for dinner!" Kelvin halfscreamed, as he descended a flight of stairs.
Jennifer breathed in relief.
"Thanks for saving the moment! I've never felt so stupid in my life!" Henry smiled.
"I'm Henry!" He stretched his hands.
"Compliment! I'm Kelvin!"
"What are you complimenting me for?" Henry rubbed his palms together.
Kelvin shrugged.
"Your girlfriend is beautiful, the word beautiful is no good adjective to describe her" Henry flashed his dentition towards Jennifer but the later eyeballed him coldly.
"She is my junior sister!" Kelvin held her hand.
Phew!!!
"For once i thought you guys were couples, that means i stand a chance!"
"Chance of what?" Jennifer deadpaned.
Kelvin moved further and whispered.
"If i were you, i wouldn't have my hopes so high".
Jennifer dragged Kelvin.
"I'm hungry let's leave" Jennifer made a puppy face.
Kelvin nodded at Henry and moved to his car.

Henry immediately raced to where he parked his power bike.
"Shit" he cursed as he remembered his guitar strapped to his back. He adjusted it, ignited the engine,wore his helment and rode closely, following Kelvin's car.
Old habit sometimes die hard!

****************
"First City Monument Bank" Henry called out. The previous day he had trailed Kelvin's car and discovered their residence.
He left home early enough and trailed Jennifer to her work station.
He had barely five minutes to get home and prepare for work.
He ignited the engine, put on his helment and raced on a very high speed.

****************
Fifteen minutes later, he raced into the premises of the organization he worked. He worked as a health research officer for a private health agency.
His arrival was always noticed because of his bike. He removed his helment, strapped it to his bike and marched in.

jadeliyi:
can a leopard change his skin?

Yea, some leopards do change.

Episode 9

Ironborn, now Born again


8 years later

Henry, cladded in a blue italian suit stood on the stage with his guitar in hand. He smiled as the crowd went wild in excitement.
Tears streamed down his eyes.
Eight years ago felt like a long, long time. He now bagged a degree in anatomy, a musician and an Evangelist. God is good.
He was about leading an orchestra performance in glass house threatre, Ikoyi.
"Before we start, i wanna thank the almight because his mercy surpasses human comprehension, his grace is everlasting. I cry everytime i remember the past, the past was horrifically horrified, the past was terrifically terrified, but now" he breathed.
"I'm born again!"
He plucked the strings of his guitar.
♪You alone are my strength, my shield♪
♪To you alone, may my spirit yield♪
♪You alone are my heart desire♪
♪So i long to worship you♪
The crowd went wild in admiration. The voice, so electrifying, so melodious, so angelic.
"You know what? That desire has been eating me up, the desire to dine, to wine with Christ. The desire to behold him in his beauty. The desire to uphold his name. God is good, none to be compared with him. My past was bad, worst than anyone's past you've ever met, but thankGod I'm ...."
"Born again!" The crowd screamed.
♪ As the deer panteth for the water♪
♪ So my soul longeth after Thee ♪
♪You alone are my heart's desire ♪
♪And I long to worship Thee♪

♪ You're my friend ♪
♪And You are my brother ♪
♪Even though You are a King ♪
♪I love You more than any other ♪,
♪So much more than anything I want♪

♪ You more than gold or silver ♪
♪Only You can satisfy♪
♪You alone are the real joy giver ♪
♪And the apple of my eye♪

Eyes closed, He pulled the strings and brought down Heaven, his voice reverberated round the hall.
The crowd was lost in euphoria.
They were drunk in the exalted fumes of the spirit.
The other instrumentalist tuned in, alas, the hall was lifted.
Henry looked up, saw the smoke, the brilliant, white,immaculate smoke. He saw the angels in matching robe, hovering round, feasting on the fumes of praise. He felt the walls of the threatre vibrate.
He closed his eyes, still into the tune of the song, he fired 'his presence his here by the potters choir'.
The melodious pitch, the crescendo sustained by the Vocalist drove the hall with rage.
The rage in spirit.
Henry plucked the strings like mad, the spirit is here!
"Have you ever imagined a life without the spirit, such life isn't worth living. There is optimum satisfaction when you walk with the Lord, side by side each passing day". Henry breathed.

House, has Henry truly repented? I need to hear from you.

The Vicar of Truth 2

Henry leapt with his crutches, he looked older than his age, his face was grey with suffering and pains.
The Vicar climbed the altar.
"Can you kneel?"
Henry made to kneel but groaned in pains. With slow, steady and calculated steps he knelt.
"Confess your sins!" The Vicar urged.
"All my sins?"
"Aye! all of them!"
"Master!"
"Call him Jesus!" The Vicar pointed.
"Master Jesus! I'm a beast, my sins are red, not even red, black, if i say I'm a beast, I'm underrating myself. I'm a monster, I'm a dragon, I'm a caterpillar...."
"Boy, go straight to the point".
"That's the point! Right from my birth I've been the king of mischief, i admired the boko-harams, i wanted to be like them. When i was five, i was an expert in making all kinds of paper-guns. In my primary school, i was the chairman of noisemakers. I collected cane twice in every hour.
I urinated inside my mother's pot of soup, and when she chased me i dribbled her till she fell in a gutter filled with mud. I always peep into the bathroom when ladies are bathing, sometimes i steal their pail of water and leave them stranded with soap in their eyes. I bleeped all the females in my compound before the age of thirteen".
"Blood of Jeez!" The Vicar jumped, and folded his hands in disbelief.
"I fought with our landlord and broke his leg, then i stole his wife pants and gave them to my girlfriend. I use to throw stones at cripples, there was a day i stole my neighbour's crutches and left her crying. I stuffed goat shit inside a friend's pot of soup, i did many terrible things. I raped a lady, no two ladies, no six ladies. The first one was a girl of twelve"
"Oshey! You were the devil's PA" The Vicar exclaimed.
"No! I was the devil himself, my sins are beyond count, i can still remember the face of the man, an elderly man that cried when i stole his most treasured okrika rainboot.
I burnt my principal's car when i was in SS3, i poured super glue on a chair and made someone to sit on it. My landlord was a palmwine tapper. I use to steal his wine but one day, he caught me and flogged me to death.
And the following day, i followed him without his knowledge to the swamp. The man kept his ladder and climbed up a tree when he was settled on a branch, i emerged and carried his ladder. The man cried, cursed but i wasn't detered. I told him to jump down, l left him there. I always steal meat from people's trap until one drunk set a trap for me, that day i came as usual to steal from his trap but i never knew there was another trap for me, a bigger trap for a bigger bush meat. The trap clicked on my canvas, and held me stucked. I cried but the man refused to release me. The man was blind, he could only see with the aid of lens. So i sneaked on him and stole his lens while he was in the farm, the man wandered about blindly, he stumbled and fell and knocked three teeths out".
"Clap for yourself" The Vicar said.
"One day i stole goat from the village shrine....."
"It's alright, you little Arrow" The Vicar breathed.
"Let me confess"
"Your confession is making sick in the stomach".
"I was a pain in the ass to everyone around me. I led the most deadly criminal gang in this village, I've caused pains, untold hardship to people. Oh Lord cleanse me of my sins, make me a new creature, purge me oh lord!" Henry sobbed.
"Do you accept Jesus as your lord and savior?"
"I accept him as my lord, i thought 'personal' was always attached to 'saviour'..."
"My friend shattap! Holy mary pardon my tongue. Do you....."
"Yes I've accepted"
"When did you accept?"
"Now!"
"Why not say yes I'm accepting?"
"Yes I'm accepting!"
The Vicar poured a bottle of oil on his head.
"You're now a new creature!"
"Is this groundnut oil?" Henry asked as he felt the sticky substance flowing down.
"Watch your tongue!" The Vicar warned.
"Close your eyes!"
Henry closed his eyes.
"Am i a new creature?"
"Yes old things have passed away, you need to be baptized".
Henry gasped.
"Yea! I'll love it in a swimming pool".
"My friend, you'll be baptized in that otamirimiri river!" The Vicar stepped down the podium.
"Girls do come to bath in that river!" Henry shrugged.
"Are you going there for the girls?"
"But it'll be a distraction!"
The Vicar breathed.
"People like you made Christ to say, if any part of you tries to stop you from entering the kingdom, cut it and throw it away!"
"Huh?"
"Don't make me consider castration, cuz I'll cut that thing off".
"No father! Please don't cut it, i promise i won't ever sniff on the ladies" Henry recoiled.
"Move" The Vicar said.
"Thank God I'm born again!" Henry breathed.

[color=#550000]fresh episodes loading

Episode 8

The Vicar of Truth



Henry fell weakly at the gate of the church, the church his late mother attended, the church his mother forced him to attend.
He held the handle of the gate and with his dwindling strength he pushed it open.
"Where is father?" He screamed in agony.
"Who are you?" a sister rushed to him.
He grabbed the woman on her robe roughly.
"Where is father?" He inquired.
The sister saw pains in the eyes of the dying man.
"He is in the parsonage!" The sister tried to lift him but failed woefully.
Henry groaned and tried to stand on one leg but couldn't .
The Sister on realizing the close distance between herself and Henry retreated and did the sign of the crucifix.
She called other people and they carried Henry to the parsonage.
The Vicar stood in the threshold and squinted his eyes to behold the scene unfolding before him.
"Father this man requested to see you!"
The Vicar moved closer and gasped as reality dawned on him.
"Abasiekeme!" He called.
Henry's eyes popped open, no one had called him that since his mother died.
"Abasiekeme!" The Vicar called.
"Father!" Henry replied with a faint voice.
"Do you need Christ?"
"More than ever!" Henry passed out.
"Heaven rejoices when one sinner turns from iniquities!" The Vicar raised his hands to heaven.
"Take him to the clinic!"

**************
"Father, please let's do the right thing" Doctor Duke said.
The Vicar stared with a blank gaze.
"We need a police report, we can't treat a bullet wound without proper investigation!"
"Duke, that boy is in my care! I'll vouch for him!" The Vicar grimaced.
"But he had a bullet hole, he is a criminal" The Doctor rapped.
"Duke, i don't want to talk about this" The Vicar dismissed him with a wave of hand.
"I came not for the righteous, not the holy ones but the lost sheep of Israel" The Vicar breathed.

***************
"Father don't let them take me to the police!" Henry breathed.
"I'm Doctor Duke, how are you?"
"I feel pains everywhere!"
"You'll be using a pair of crutches for now until your leg completely heals and is strong enough to carry your weight!" The Doctor moved to the door.
"Thankyou!" Henry breathed.
"Don't thank me, thank the Vicar. What i did was unprofessional, it could have my medical license revoked" The Doctor unlocked the door and moved out.
Henry breathed a sigh of relief, but somehow he was scared of the unknown, terrified for what fate had in stock for him.
His eyes searched the room then he lowered his gaze.
He suddenly remembered something. 'The bag of money'.
The door was unlocked.
"Abasiekeme!" The Vicar moved with fatherly love.
"Father!"
"In simple words, tell me what happened".
"I don't know where to start!" Henry sobbed.
"Start somewhere!" The Vigar urged.
"My life is damned, i want to die".
"If you really wanted to die, you would have saved yourself the trouble of coming here! I took a big risk to have that metal removed" The Vicar's voice transformed from soft to hard.
"Father i killed people, I've raped, I've robbed, I've ......" his voice broke into sobs.
"I came to make peace with the master before i kill my self!".
"Then your stupidity continues, you make peace with God, then you commit suicide!".
"Father I'm lost!"
"Eventhough your sins be black as coal, the master can wash it clean.
Though it may be red as blood, the master can wash it clean!" The Vicar soothed.
"What if it smells like shit?"
"Huh?"
"My sins smells like shit!"
"Then the Master will close his nose and walk past you!" The Vicar chuckled. "No sin is more powerful than the ever redeeming blood of the master!".
Henry sobbed.
"Confess! Confess!! Confess!!! The Master is there. Right from birth, he had watched, watched your every steps, knew your motives before you thought about them....."
"He knew my life was going to be damned!"
"Aye! He knew, that's why he made salvation. Abasiekeme this is your salvation" The Vicar placed his hands on his shoulder.
"The other boys died!"
"What boys?"
"My team mates, we had a misunderstanding and we shot death ourselves. Those boys weren't they worthy of salvation?" Henry asked.
"Fate! Destiny!! Two forces that cannot be avoided, two forces that controls the element of life, our life was birthed with an instruction manual, we live our life according to the steps on that manual. They had to die so that your eyes could be opened to the beauty of the truth, the truth that lies in the word of the master!".
Henry cried, he cried, tears of regret, tears of pains. His heart was broken. He soiled the bed with tears.
"Abasiekeme, Heaven has sensed your broken heart!"
"What will i do to be saved?" Henry cried.

Ghost readers!!!

Ann2012:
Well done OP

Thanks Ann

.Episode 8 Vicar of Truth loading.......

Missmossy:
This is captivating well done Noblejohn32 keep it coming!!!

Thanks miss

Dedicated to Deborah Jackson


Episode 7
Valar Morghulis
All Men must die!

Karma, the folks do say, is a bitch!

"Boss we are in big trouble" Hogan rushed into the camp site.
"What the hell is that? Henry asked, mouthful of roasted corn.
"The girls we raped are Chief Edwin's daughters, one is dead and the village is swarming with men on black!" Hogan rapped.
"I hate men on black!" Henry said.
"They will uncover our hideout soon" Hogan said nervously.
"They won't " Henry grabbed another corn from the fire.
"Look up!" Hogan said.
Henry squinted his eyes and tried to look up.
"The sun won't let me!" Henry said.
"Drones are swarming the air, we won't stay hidden for long!".
Henry jerked.
"Chief Edwin is a big man, he has the connections, he'll stop at nothing to unravel the death of his daughter. We are doomed!" Hogan breathed.
"If we had known, we wouldn't have done..."
"Needless crying over spilled milk! We leave at first light tomorrow, but we've one more operation to do tonight. Prepare your weapons!" Henry ordered.
He dialled a number.
"Baros, scan the area, make sure Jerry and Jaime aren't present, we strike tonight".

****************
Kelvin stared at the plate of beans and custard, he hasn't eaten since he recovered. No apetite!
"How is my sister?" He asked a nurse.
"Sorry i don't know your sister!" The nurse passed him.
His Dad moved into the room.
"I hope you're strong!"
"Yes" Kelvin nodded.
"How is Jenny?" Kelvin asked.
"Hmmmmm!"
"We're leaving!" Dad said.
"But we haven't nabbed the criminals!" Kelvin argued.
"Aye! We haven't. I've employed a top security corps to handle the case, we need to get your sister to a good hospital!".
"What of Lucy?" Kelvin asked.
"She is dead!"
"I know!" Kelvin swallowed hard.
"She'll be buried this evening in a private cemetry, be strong son, i swear on my name that I'll do everything in my power to give you and your sister the best in life" Mr. Edwin said.
Kelvin broke into tears.
"I want you to do something in return!" Edwin gritted his teeth.
"Father?"
"Swear to me that you'll stay out of trouble, sweae to me that you'll protect your sister, swear!" Edwin voice broke into sobs.
"I swear it father!"

*********

Three men crept in the wood, silently like ghost.
They moved further until they arrived a fenced compound.
"We need to jump over!" Henry said.
"The fence is high, too high" Hogan said with fright.
"Baros on me! Hogon mount an intel, signal me if you sight anyone on solid ground. Don't shoot, i repeat don't shoot!" Henry said.
He crawled on the ground with Baros until they approached the fence.
It wasn't an easy task but they scaled over.
Baros groaned in pains as he landed on his right leg, he limped after Henry.
Henry retrieved his tools and worked on a window frame, within minutes they successfully lifted it up.
They breathed hard, another strenous task for them. They had to pass through a small window.
Henry leaped, fell, leaped, fell again.
"Damn you!" Henry cursed, he leaped higher and grabbed the lintel.
He forced his body through and fell inside the kitchen.
Baros knew he won't be able to make the climb. He had a fractured leg, which he clunged on.
He limped to a hiding spot and remained still.

***********
"Kelvin please i can't sleep in here alone!" Jennifer pleaded with tears.
"The bed will be too small for us and you know my health won't permit me sleeping on the floor!" Kelvin held her hands.
"I'm afraid of the dark, the five men, the wolf might show up" Jennifer sobbed.
"This hospital is heavily guarded, they are on the run!" Kelvin pecked her.
"Sleep my baby!" Kelvin rubbed her back.
"Don't leave me here alone" Jennifer said.
Kelvin patted her back until he heard her gentle snores, he was also feeling tired and sleepy. He came down slowly from the bed and tiptoed to the door.
"Where are you going?"
He froze in his tracks.
"Jennifer!" He breathed
"We die here!"

*******************
"This is five hundred thousand naira, i never knew people could die for money. The woman had more than that but she choose not to bring it out!" Henry rubbed his palms.
"How will we share it?" Baros asked.
"As usual sixty-fourty!" Henry said.
"I hope you didn't hurt her!" Hogan asked.
"I didn't want to, but the woman refused to comply. I just gave one bullet through her laps" Henry said.
"Jaime and Jerry will understand!" Baros nodded.

"You killed my mum and you think I'll understand!" Jerry screamed, finger on trigger as he approached the camp site.
"I can explain!" Henry stood up with outstretched hands.
"If you come further, I'll kill you!" Jerry said.
"Put the gun down!" Henry ordered.
"Says who?"
"Your first man!" Henry said.
"You stopped being my first man when you killed my mum and took her money, you bastard!" Jerry tightened his grip on the gun.
"Why did you robb my mum?" Jerry asked.
"We've been robbing other people's mothers, they never asked question!" Henry shrugged.
Jerry smiled.
"And you killed her?" Jerry asked.
"Jerry you need to stand down!" Baros reasoned.
"I thought you all were my brothers, i thought i could share secret with you all but i never knew you all were back stabbers, you didn't only robbed my mum, you killed her!"
"I didn't shoot to kill" Henry said.
"We have saved over a million, we could leave the country, start life somewhere in Europe" Henry said.
"I'll make sure you start your life in hell!" Jerry fired at Henry, but the latter was swift.
Baros made to run but a bullet from Jerry entered his head, he dropped dead.
Jerry fired at Henry but the tree absorbed most bullets.
Jaime crawled out from the woods directly Henry.
Henry raised his hands in surrender.
"Jerry, let's make him pay! Let's take it slowly" Jaime fired a bullet to Henry's leg.
Henry fell down.
"Jaime!!!!!!!!!!!" Jerry screamed, too late.
Hogan emerged from his hiding point and slit Jaime's throat with a dagger. He grabbed Jaime's gun.
Jerry in rage fired bullet but Hogan used Jaime's body as a shield.
He fired at Jerry, the bullet entered into his stomach.
Jerry knelt down, clutching one hand on his stomach.
"Last man of the ironborns! I'll take the m...."
Jerry with all his strength pulled the trigger, the bullet travelled into Hogan's neck.
They both dropped dead.
Henry watched in horror as blood spilled, his men laid in their own pool of blood.
He stared at his leg, a bullet in his lap bone. He heaved and stood up, with heavy pains he limped towards the money bag. He grabbed it, tore part of the bag and bandaged his wounds albeit, roughly. He stuffed the cash in his backpack and limped out of the forest.

Ghost readers, make i no talk. Fresh episode loading. Ghost readers, show love by saying something.

Ann2012:
Jenny is traumatized, Lucy is dead, Aunty Mercy is dead too, Kelvin on admission......so many bad things befell their family

Thanks for the update

Wonderful commentary.

damis28crown:
(raise hand up ) am here thanks Op

you're welcomed

*From the desk of the author*

'DESIRE' the first series ends.

I really wanted to continue from where i stopped but No, i needed to try something new.
There is gonna be a second series for 'DESIRE'.
Is gonna be hell bloody, scintillating and lovely.
Every character is gonna be on a different level. The suspense will be real and hot.
You'll see hatred, jealosy, wanton destruction, death, maltreatment, abuse, Regret, Resentment and laughter.
The second series of DESIRE will be hitting your screens next month.
Stay glued and i promise you won't be disappointed.
16th July, the comedy thriller begins live on your screens.

Watch out for :DESIRE 2(House on Fire) by John Mfon.

Meanwhile, *The Devil's Love* is currently airing on literature frontpage.
Enjoy, while we wait for the second series of DESIRE.
Here is the link to the 'The Devil's Love':
https://www.nairaland.com/5940122/devils-love-tale-rapist-john

*************
"She won't sleep forever" Kelvin muttered in frustration.
"We just need to keep her sedated for now!" The nurse replied and left the room.
Kelvin wept bitterly.
The door was unlocked by the nurse.
"Mr. you're needed at the reception".

*************
Pandemonium broke loose in the waiting room.
"You're Kelvin?" an old man asked.
"Your aunt is dead, she hanged her self".
"I don't get you" Kelvin held his head. His vision was unsteady.
"I mean your late mum only sister, Mercy!"
"You're joking". Kelvin tried to move, but he felt dizzy and then,
He fainted.

**************
"Lucy fell, Five men, The wolf
Lucy fell, Five men, The wolf
Lucy fell, Five men, The wolf
Lucy fell, Five men, The wolf
Lucy fell, Five men, The wolf
Lucy fell, Five men, The wolf".
"Are you alright?" Mr. Edwin asked his daughter. He had returned with some detectives for investigation.
His bones felt weak as basketful of bad news were emptied. His son in the intensive care unit, His sister-inlaw dead, his only living daughter was a living vegetable.
"Jennifer speak to me" he held her and shook her vigorously.
"Don't rape me!" She shivered.
"Can you recognise the men who did this?" Detective Frank spoke.
"Lucy fell, Five men, The wolf" Jennifer replied.
Frank stared at her keenly.
"They were five men?" Frank asked.
"Lucy fell, Five men, The wolf!"
"The wolf?" Frank asked in confusion.
"Lucy fell, Five men, The wolf!"
"Ok! Lucy fell, then there were five men, what wolf do you mean?" Frank pressed further.
"Lucy fell, five men, the wolf!"
Frank breathed.
"Oh God of my fathers, what have i done to warrant this punishment?" Edwin screamed.
"Lucy fell, Five men, the wolf!"
"The only woman who would have given vital information committed suicide!" Frank breathed.
"But why would she?" Edwin muttered in disbelief.
"Self blame" Frank shrugged."She felt she was responsible for their death, emotional trauma!"Frank nodded.
"Dad"
Mr.Edwin swiftly turned.
"Jenny are you alright?" Edwin asked.
"Kelvin" Jennifer called.
"Kelvin isn't with us now!" Edwin sat by her side.
"Jennifer are you alright?" Frank asked.
"Are you Kelvin?" She snapped.
Frank stepped back.
"I'm Frank from the......."
"Get out!" Jennifer screamed.
"Jenny it is okay, he means no harm!" Edwin soothed.
"Why is he on black?" Jennifer asked.
"He is a police officer!" Edwin said.
"The five men wore black" Jennifer recoiled in fear.
"Can you identify their faces!" Edwin breathed.
"Tell him to leave!"Jennifer screamed.
"Who?" Edwin was flummoxed.
"Tell that guy on black to leave!" Jennifer said in gritted teeth.
Frank shrugged and exited the room.
"Lucy fell, Five men, The wolf!" Jennifer said.
"What are you saying?" Edwin scratched his head in frustration.
"Lucy fell, Five men, The wolf!"
"What in hell's name are you saying?" Edwin screamed.
"Lucy fell, Five men, The wolf!"

Episode 6
*Lucy fell, Five men, The Wolf*

The vicissitudes of Life might be good to most folks, better and sometimes best but it can be a direct opposite to most. From bad to worst, and sometimes worst to bad. One man bad situation might be admired by another. One might think a square meal a day is poverty another thinks it is fortune. really, life has a different script for each character here on earth.

Aunty Mercy laid motionless on the cold tiles. There was not a single tear left to shed. The girl's bodies had been found beside the cliff and rushed to the clinic.
Lucy dead, Jennifer staring into the space.
Mr Edwin screamed, threatened brimstone, fire, rain, destruction, revenge, annihilation on the land.
Kelvin sat on the ground, questioning the nonexistent, tears streaming, his palms in a firm clasp.
"How did it happen?" He kept on muttering, he grimaced, clenched his fist and engaged the wall with series of punches, he punched till his knuckles snapped, his fist bruised.
He growled, screamed and joined his dad to curse. He cursed the land, the water, the birds, the deities.
"Mr. Edwin, we have placed your living daughter on intravenous fluid, she was severely dehydrated , the test result is out and fortunately, we've found no trace of STI, her ovum has been fertilized" The doctor stared at him for a while.
"Why have you stopped, speak the news, vomit it out, damn the gods if i don't shed blood....."
"Sir i perfectly under...."
"Doc, you know nothing" Edwin broke into sobs.
A broken heart!!!!
"I lost my wife barely two years ago, now I've lost my daughters, i wish to die, but i can't die now. I need to die with those people!" Edwin breathed.
"We'll need to flush it out!" The Doctor said and left.
"Can i see her?" Kelvin raced after the Doctor.
"Ehmmm! Best wait, she is still under close examination!" The doctor left.
"Won't she be present at her sister grave side?" Kelvin said.
"No!" The Doctor turned to him and moved to him.
"You're sister is suffering from post-trumatic stress disorder, she is been having nightmares, unexplained crying, she is conscious of her environment but has refused to speak to anyone maybe you could go in".
"Will she be alright?".
"She will need a psychotherapist!".
With heavy heart, Kelvin moved inside the clinic room.
She met Jennifer sitting on the bed.
"Jenny!" He touched her.
"The wolf!" Jennifer backed off in fear.
"The wolf isn't here, only you and me. Dad has travelled to town to inform the police".
"The wolf!" Jennifer recoiled in fear."Lucy fell, five men, the wolf!" Jennifer sobbed.
"You're safe now, i will hunt those savages down!" Kelvin made to hugg her but she screamed.
"Don't rape me!"
Kelvin recoiled in shock.
"It is me, Kelvin your blood brother!"
"Lucy fell, five men, the wolf!"
"Jennifer don't do this" Kelvin sobbed.
"Lucy fell, five men, the wolf"
Kelvin stepped back.
"Lucy fell, five men, the wolf!
Lucy fell, five men, the wolf!
Lucy fell, five men, the wolf!"

Ann2012:
Henry and his goons will suffer for this

Sure they will.
Is been a while, i hope you're safe.

tahir01:
Getting tensed. Definitely an interesting read.

Thanks

'Na kerosene, no be water!' I whispered to the crowd.
'Before we baptize, let's look at the scriptures' She opened the bible-my anatomy textbook and gasped in suprise.
'Is Henry in the congregation?' She asked.
'Your father there!' I cursed
'You mean your boyfriend? he is here' My landlord pushed me forward. If he wasn't my landlord i would've burnt him with my punches.
'Is this a bible?' She asked.
'Yes my lord'
'Why am i seeing skeletons instead of bible portions! Or is it a motuary manual?'
'Aye! It is a cemetry manual!' I replied.
'Don't leave his presence please' she knelt down.
'Whose presence?' I asked confused.
'The presence of the most high okro soup, for that okro soup had redeemed me'.
The statement drew laughter from the crowd.
She started dancing.
I stood there dumbfounded and wept. It wasn't tears of pain, it wasn't tears of regret but tears of joy, real joy.
It was then i beleived strongly in the power that existed in marijuana.
The crowd after viewing the show to their utmost satisfaction decided to take her to the hospital with the bills on me, but i was long gone before they could find me.
Since then, she never called me, we just lived like strangers ever since then.
"Hmmm Boss that's pure wickedness" Baros sighed.
When she heard i was expelled, she mocked at me.
'The Lord of Israel is fighting you, this is just the beginning'.
'I'm a Nigerian, never been to Israel, never offended your god. why will he fight me?' I asked.
Henry grabbed his guitar.
♪For truth, tis sweet the truth♪
♪The fairy of Galilee♪
♪Ran with the prince♪
♪Oh sweet fairy of Galilee♪
♪You're lord of Galilee♪
♪You have maids who tremble at your call♪
♪Hand maidens will claw their eyes, for a night with you♪
♪Why trouble my fairy prince♪
♪Tis love, i loved her♪
♪i wept o'er the walls♪
♪I wept in the gardens♪
♪not a soul to hear♪
♪oh Prince! in God name♪
♪Bring back my lady♪
♪Or the blood will flow♪
♪Your corpse, the crows will eat♪
♪with not a soul to hear♪

************
"Is that an angel's voice?" Jennifer whispered.
"Men don't have such melodious voice".
"It is a man!" Lucy whimpered.
"A ghost!" Jennifer breathed.
"Ghost don't play guitars!" Lucy said.

Jennifer stood still, enthralled by the voice.
"I know that song, it is a poem by John Mfon."
"Maybe what they say in fairytales is true!" Lucy said.
"What?"
"Spirit that leaves in forest make good music, I've never heard a song this good. The voice is like angel's own, the tune from the guitar is soothing" Lucy commended.
"Maybe the spirit could help us!"
"Maybe the spirit could kill us!" Jennifer breathed.
Something fell off the tree and coiled on Jennifer's body.
She jerked and screamed.
"It is a millepede!" She shivered in fright.
"They must have heard us, let's run!" They gasped as they saw four men hovering round them with weapons.
"I knew people were hiding here, I've never doubted my instinct" Hogan tightened his grip on the dagger.
"Please don't hurt us, we were attacked by a wolf, we...." . The girls cried.
"You girls are spies!"
Henry moved towards them with his guitar on his shoulder.
Jennifer peered into his face.
"Was he the singer that held her spellbound?" She soliloquized.
"Who sent you?" Henry breathed fire.
"No one" Lucy begged.
"Who is your master?" Henry screamed.
"Please we were...."
"Who sent you, is it the village head, the minister women affairs and wine resources, the vicar, who?" Henry grabbed Jennifer.
The girls had lost all strength begging.
"Boss we need to kill'em" Jerry, one of the five said.
Henry sighed.
"Restrain that one" Henry screamed and pulled off his cardigan, exposing his well built chest with a machete scar, a missing nipple and a tattoed image of a blue flame with inscription 'ironborn'.
Jennifer's eyes dawned in realization of the intending occurence.
They were going to be raped!
"Please sirs don't, my Dad is rich he'll pay, just name your price" Lucy screamed.
"I'm merciful, i could've killed you but no! I'm giving a chance at life" Henry said in a hoarse voice.
Lucy kicked, screamed.
"Kick all the way you want, it'll do you no good". Henry retrieved his leather belt and whipped Lucy so hard across her stomach.
"Any more noise, I'll burn you with my punches!" Henry said.
He turned to Jennifer, be a good girl.
"Please don't hurt us, i beg" Jennifer pleaded, she was feeling dizzy.
Henry tore Lucy's gown, uncapped her bra and licked his tongue in lust.
"Twin towers!" He grabbed the breast and twisted the nipples.
Lucy screamed in pains. Henry sucked her nipples like it was his last day on planet earth. Soon, the nipples were dead-sore.
Headache threatened to crack Lucy's head open.
Henry stripped himself naked, he tore through her panties.
"You didn't shave your hairs!" Henry tapped her vulva lips.
He stucked a stick in.
"You're virgin! Men please give her a round of applause!".
"How old are you?"
Lucy eyes dimmed.
"Oh! You wish you would've told me on an entirely different scenario, maybe on a table with few bottles of drink and a plate of chicken? I understand, i perfectly understand".
"I wonder how you did it, i mean you have a banging body, how could you've maintained it".
In a swift manner, Henry rammed inside her.
Lucy screamed as blood tickled down.
He moaned, he adjusted his waist to have a full penetration. He squeezed her tits and began thrusting hard.
Lucy's loud painful screams began to fade.
Jennifer cried out in pains.
Soon, Henry was lost in the fumes of pleasure, he rammed her so hard, his thrust echoed through the forest.
Lucy body grew stiff as she sobbed weakly, she began screaming as Henry made a few sharp thrust and spilled his seed into her.
"So sweet! Next!"
Baros came forward and stripped himself naked, he used a cloth to clean the blood and the semen on her laps.
Jennifer watched in horror.
He inserted his cock, and began thrusting.
"Hope you boyfriend wouldn't mind!"
****************
Aunty Mercy had long returned with a search party, they had followed the wolf's pawns with attempt to track it down but couldn't . They spent hours searching the entire forest but couldn't find the girls.
Aunty Mercy sat beside the hill, her head buried in her palms. She had cried and lost all the strength to cry. She just sobbed with no tears to complement it.

************
"Your turn" Henry pointed at Jennifer.
Lucy laid motionless on the cool ground, her legs wide opened. Her eyes were on Jennifer but her gaze was distant, her face was pale, her skin lost its colour. She bled heavily.
"Help my sister, she is dying".
Henry pushed her to the table and gagged her.
He tore her gown and attacked her breast, milked them dry.
He tore her jean with a sharp knife and drove the nozzle of his gun straight into her vagina.
"You're a virgin, your mum did a nice job taking care of you, we'll drink to your mother later".
With the strength of a horse, he rammed into her.
The pepperish painful sensation drove Jennifer mad with pains. She screamed her lungs but her scream wasn't heard.
The wind howled and the dried leaves flustered round. A sudden wind spun from the ground and then a sharp chill was felt.
"What kind of wind was that?" Baros asked.
"My princess! mummy loves you"
Lucy stretched forth her hands and stood up.
"Mummy" Lucy marched forward.
" Come with me, my daughter!"
"Down that bitch!" Henry screamed.
"Mummy you didn't help us!"
"I have no power across this realms, i am but just a spirit that sails in the wind".
"Spirit? But i can see you!"
"Yes, because the hold of flesh is weakening, you are no more of this world".
"Is the bitch mad? Who the hell is she speaking with?" Henry screamed.
Jennifer watched in horror.
Baros cocked his gun and marched towards Lucy, he stopped and stared into her cold-pale eyes. He waved his hands across her face and moved backward in fear.
"She is acting a nollywood script!" Hogan slammed her head with the butt of his gun.
"Tell your sister goodbye"
Lucy tried to speak but couldnt, she fell to the ground and breathed her last.
The men shivered as they felt goose bumps on their skin.
Henry breathed, he had lost the desire to continue.
"Next!".

To be continued........

Episode 5

Hell on earth

"That's the guava tree" Jennifer stretched her fingers.
They ran towards the tree.
"There are over six guava trees here which one should we follow south from?" Jennifer breathed sharply.
"Is no guava tree!" Lucy sighed.
"Huh?"
"It is a pear tree!"
Jennifer dropped to the ground.
"It's almost approaching dawn" Lucy observed the atmosphere.
"How do you..."
"Dawn comes after night darkest hour!" Lucy breathed.
"I'm thirsty" Lucy swallowed hard.
"Same here!"
"I just wish Aunty is safe!!!"

**********
"I've just heard soft whispers over there, like a girl talking" Hogan, one of the five observed.
Laughter!!!!!!!!!
"You're dreaming! No sane person will dare reach this part, not to talk of a girl!" Baros sneered.
"I miss ladies!" Hogan breathed.
"That's why you're dreaming about them huh?" Baros said.
Laughter!!!!!!!!
"How many of you have been in a relationship?" Henry asked.
"None!!"
"Not me!"
"I dated once in primary school!" Baros said.
Laughter!!!!!!!
"You couldn't even exercise a little patience!!! Baros, verily you're blessed" Henry laughed.
"Where is the girl now?"
"She left long ago, her father was a pastor so he was transferred to another bran...."
Laughter!!!!!!!!!
"You were dating a pastor's daughter in primary school, i bet you've never been among the first twenty in class!" Hogan screamed.
"Boss, what of you?"
"I once believed in love!!!" Henry nodded thoughtfully.
Laughter!!!!!!!
"Don't laugh too loud!" Henry chided.
"No such thing as love!" Baros said.
"Love don't exist, Baros, you remembered that fair lady i dated in our second year?"
"No!"
"What will you ever remember? That lady, her name was...."
"Imelda" Baros completed.
"Hell yes!!! Imelda, she was my queen, my love, i fought for her, killed for her, spent my money on her. But she stabbed me at the back"
"Story! Story!!" Hogan mused.
"Hell no! This is not an idle tale but the creator's truth!"

**********
"I heard rumours that she is been spending time with a canadian at first i dismissed it as rumour but then i observed my lady no longer picked her calls, no longer replied my messages, we no longer spent quality time together. I felt her slipping away from my palms.
I felt angered. I confronted her and she confirmed it. She spoke it to my face.'henry i don't have anything to do again with you, you have no worth, it's over'.
I cried, i felt weak..
I confronted the guy one day, the white guy just laughed and told me to my face, 'your girlfriend is a LovePeddler!'.
I shrugged and left, i wanted to fight but then i realised, what's the essence of fighting a lost battle. I'm always the one to pick the winning side.
Seven months later, She returned with a black eye and a swollen mouth begging for mercy.
I refused, she begged, sent friends, wrote various kind of apology letters.
She almost destroyed my battery with phone calls.
I had to accept her back then plan my revenge.
what did she take me for?
I heard revenge was sweeter when served cool.
"I acted like everything was fine, she packed her things back to my apartment, but she was never humbled. She kept squandering my money.
I made two plans, then on the first day of a month i launched one.
She was in the bathroom, a bathroom which was a stone-throw from my apartment.
I sneaked up on her, and took her towel and clothes. When she rubbed soap on her face, i took her pail of water.
Imelda screamed, cried, no one to come to her rescue. She had no choice but to come out naked. I admired the way her breast bounced on her chest. The whole guys screamed in excitement the way she was hopping like a pregnant toad.
She arrived my apartment naked with soap all over her. She cried and cursed for one month.
God kill me!
Plan b
On a palm sunday, i used marijuana leaf to prepare a delicious pot of okro souop. I garnished it with meat, freshfish, crab. The soup was bloody rich with the necessary facilities.
I served her the soup with semo.
Marijuana gave the soup a heavenly scent that mortals couldn't comprehend. She ate the soup with relish.
'So delicious' she complimented.
I watched her closely, twenty minutes later she began sweating.
She scratched her body and soon began undressing.
'Henry play me a song i want to dance'
I played Tekno collections for her, you know one thing; she never danced to the beat, her style of dance was out of this world. She danced like she was going to fly.
She rushed to my television set and tried to carry it up but i stoped her. She rushed to my bed and undressed it.
She was muttering 'pharoah let my people go!"
'Who is this pharoah?' I asked.
She grabbed my radio and placed it on her head and knelt down.
'Thank you lord, for using okro soup to set me free from bondage. I'm free let me go out and preach freedom to my people'. She rushed out stark naked with my radio on her head, my anatomy textbook in her hand which she thought was a bible and my gallon of kerosene.
'won't you need a torchlight?' I asked.
'Children of zion don't need light' She replied.
'Aye children of marijuana don't need light!' I sniggered.
She rushed straight to the junction and i followed her from a distance.
She kept screaming 'the spirit is on me like a flame of fire, the lord used okro soup as a point of contact, tonight is pentecost. Brethen do you have the spirit in you. Tonight is pentecost, soil your hands into a pot of okro soup and spread it to the heavens ask the Master for the spirit'.
The junction was filled with people.
'Oh thou children of senseless generation! Will you like to baptize? I am with a gallon of water. Come forward that your sins might be blotted away

My noble literati(s), please let's pitch our tent here:
Ann2012, Skubido, Oly23, Evajael, queenite, Glossystar, white3663, damis28crown, bigbauer, izaray, perfect danny, vm231, khriztarl,Zotty

Wonderz1:
Very very good

Thanks

Lisa001:
This is so interesting more plssss

More is coming. Tag your friends here.

Episode 4

Survival Race

"What makes you think where you stay in town is better than this place?" Aunty Mercy asked.
They were strolling round the village at sunset.
"No good roads, no electricity..."
"There is electricity" Mercy cut Jenny halfway.
"But i haven't seen one!" Lucy halfscreamed.
"Shhh don't scream, people are sleeping" Aunty Mercy chided.
"It's chill here, the atmosphere is serene" Jennifer smiled.
"Aunty can we move over to that hill, i want to take a picture" Jenny retrieved her tablet from her purse.
"Why not take that picture here, we won't be able to climb the hill this evening" Aunty Mercy said.
Jennifer flounced.
"Ok, let's move" Aunty Mercy smiled.
They approached the hill and made to climb.
"Jenny you go first"
After fruitless struggle, they made it to the top atlast.
"Awwwwwwn, the view is so lovely" Jennifer blushed.
"We're directly under the full moon light" Lucy moved with her hands spread.
"Easy there! I can't promise you a good life after you've fallen... "
"I hear a roar" Lucy whimpered.
The roaring continued.
"What's that?" Jennifer whispered.
"A wolf" Lucy said.
"Let's run home" Jennifer whispered, she was already sweating in the cold.
"We don't know where it is?" Aunty Mercy said."all manners of animals hunt under the full moon, i suggest we wait" Mercy searched round for a suitable weapon.
"Do you intend to kill it?" Jennifer asked.
After a while, the roaring stop.
They all made it down and hopped with silent steps.
A loud roar sent shiver through their spines.
Lucy sighted a pair of shiny eyes in front and screamed.
The creature roared again and chased them.
Funny how the run for survival could be. Most times in the dying minutes one could momentarily forget a loved one.
The three ladies raced, they ran like never before. Adrenaline is bae.
It surged through them.
Mercy was a good athelete, she ran faster than the two ladies and soon lost them.
"Stay close Aunt!" Jennifer screamed amidst sharp breath and slumped to the ground.
Lucy turned back and saw her sister sprawling, her lethargy had disappeared. She laid like someone who was about to give up. Lucy, with her last strength dragged her up.
"You can't gi...."
The roar was heard and the creature advanced further.
"A fox!" Lucy screamed.
"It is a wolf" Jennifer screamed.
They raced straight into the forest with the creature still chasing them.

"What have i done? I left my niece to death" Aunty Mercy breathed from her hiding point. She ran straight home, to bring a rescue party.

***************

"How much do you have in there?" Henry pointed his gun to a baby lying in the craddle.
"I no get much!" The man begged, he was in a kneeling position with his arms raised.
"How much fool?" Henry screamed.
"No much" the man responded.
"I'm ironborn, my heart is made of steel, it takes me nothing to burst this infant skull!" Henry finger touched the trigger.
"No waste am abeg, money no come deh" the man pleaded.
"What valuable do you have?"
"Abeg!" the man muttered incoherently. "Na my only pikin".
Henry fired a bullet straight into the man's leg.
"Ahhhhhh please na only five thousand deh house" the man cried in agony.
Henry's finger coiled on the trigger.
"Na twenty but na people's money" the man begged, he tried to stop the bleeding with his palms.
"How much is in this house!" Henry grabbed the baby and pointed the gun to him.
"Na twenty two thousand, two hundred and five naira!" The man winced.
"Keep the five naira!" Baros chuckled.
"Where is it?" Henry asked.
The man crawled straight to his bedside and brought out a card.
"What's that?" Henry asked.
"Na ATM, the money no deh with me now, i deh inside bank" the man said.
Henry broke the card to shreds.
"Pick that television over there, we'll sell it and get the money" Henry said and moved to the door.
"The TV no good" the man said.
Henry stopped and turned, his eyes met the baby's eyes. The infant eyes communicated untold words. Tears streamed down without any crying voice.
"Your baby just pleaded, Bleep!" Henry grimaced.
"Let's try another building".

***********
Jennifer and Lucy staggered through the thorns and thistles of the bush. Famished with thirst and hunger.
"I just pray Aunty Mercy is safe!" Jennifer said.
"If i didn't insist on the hill photo..."
"Don't blame yourself" Lucy said.
"I need to rest my legs are aching" Lucy sat on a tree stump.
"How we escaped that wolf is a miracle!" Lucy sighed.
"I've lost my phone" Jennifer said.
"Maybe the wolf took it and left us" Lucy observed the silent forest for a while.
"How will we find our way out?" Jennifer asked.
"I don't know!"
"I spotted a guava tree somewhere around that cliff" Lucy sprunged up.
"When we locate that tree we'll move south, from there we'll find the hill" Lucy said. "Never underestimate the value of scientific analysis and observation. While running, i studied my environment, science is life" Lucy breathed.
"Even in life and death situation, you're still playing scientific?" Jennifer sighed tiredly.
"Let's locate the tree!".

****************
♪who taught me how to pray♪
♪when death screams loud from hell♪
♪who taught me how to pray♪
♪when life is slipping away♪
♪Heaven made hell♪
♪Hell made us♪
♪pray! pray!! pray!!!♪
♪Pray, tis temptation is nigh♪
♪Heaven taught me what to pray about♪
♪Momma taught me how to pray♪

Henry sang into the night, he marched with his men. The night has been uneventful. They robbed three houses but they couldn't make any income.
The ironborns, after their expulsion from the university for cult related activities took to arms.
They all nursed hopes of leaving the country. So they took to robbery so that they could make quick money and leave the country. They leaved in the forest to avoid being accosted by security agents-the forest had been their safe hiding place.
They all sat in a circle.
"Boss sing for us!" Jaime said.
They retrieved a pack of whitish substance and rolled it to smoke.
Henry grabbed his guitar, Lighted his roll and dragged in a puff.
♪No height of glory♪
♪that i can't reach♪

All: ♪when the lord of smoke is behind me♪

Henry: ♪No hill which i can't climb♪
♪No battle which i cannot face♪
♪The lord of smoke is one true god♪

All: ♪He created me to smoke♪
♪To smoke my way to hell♪
♪To smoke my way to confusion♪
♪To smoke!To smoke!!To smoke!!!
♪Aye! The god of smoke is one true god♪

They gyrated their body to the melodious tune.
It was gonna be a long, long night.

tahir01:
Following o. nice piece.

Happy sunday

Liposure:
More

Happy sunday