yolanda233:
It is Igbojaye

Oh... I'll have that corrected. Thank you

So scary! Mehn plz o dnt try to kill Emma o.

evaZee:
Pls Austin is it possible for the three to survive, I hv being crying so hard in this last episode, the truth is the story is no longer scary is now too teary, and sober. Pls just make us happy a bit nah. Let my dear Emma survive, and pls don't separate those two love birds, before I don't believe in all these young love to be real, but this one is exceptional.

Lolz . I understand you (ma'am/Sir.) You see that Emma own ehn....hmmm... Don't worry, trust me, I've got you covered.

Just don't kill Lanre

AustinBlinks:


Lolz . I understand you (ma'am/Sir.) You see that Emma own ehn....hmmm... Don't worry, trust me, I've got you covered.

Bro you better no do rough play; which one be "that Emma own ehn" nothing Must do Emma o, I've got you covered as well

Waiting for the final episode...shadows is such amazing piece...WELL DONE.

I just have this believ that one of them is dreaming


story so creative and artistry,one gallon of palm wine,2 bottles of schnapp,and one litre of red ijebu oil to op abeg,to appease the gods of updates

Wow!!! !!!....nice one
Thanks for that
And do well to update it soon.

RIP Emma its obious you are next...

BTW

What if Lanre have been dreaming all these while the day before they left for the camping.

thumbs up bro #AustinBlinks

I really admire d love that lanre n mary share that is what we call true love. Pls let nothing happen to any of dem most especially lanre,I so much love his courage

Nice work Austin

Hmmmm....nice story Op..pls let's have the last episode..

yolanda233:

It is Igbojaye

Will i be insulting you if i say you are a dolt? I guess not, because it is not an insult calling a dolt a dolt. You DOLT!

Hey guys; The Final episode will be in two parts A & B , just so you know and the first part should be ready latest 2mao. (Episode 18A). Thanks to y'all for reading so far.. #Austinblinks.

Thank God Sha

Pls don't do dis to me, Can't sleep

Down to three
Pls, let der be no more death ooo.
Dont wanna lose the remaining 3.

Tomilayo i said there couldnt be two Austinblinks in this world, great story, following bumba to bumpa

xamilola:
Tomilayo i said there couldnt be two Austinblinks in this world, great story, following bumba to bumpa

Lolz. Hey Dammy Thanks dearie!

AustinBlinks:
Hey guys; The Final episode will be in two parts A & B , just so you know and the first part should be ready latest 2mao. (Episode 18A). Thanks to y'all for reading so far.. #Austinblinks.

This guy; today is your tomorrow now abi no be yesterday na hn you said tomorrow?

Nice work bro keep it up I can't wait for the final episode

Hey blinks... Dis is one hell of an horror film... So intense.. Update pls... Rohy... Mrlemuel,,... Tgold1.. Princeofprince..... Aob1... Pls kum enjoy this great suspensific tori o...

HERO TEAM

TheBlessedMAN:
Hey blinks... Dis is one hell of an horror film... So intense.. Update pls... Rohy... Mrlemuel,,... Tgold1.. Princeofprince..... Aob1... Pls kum enjoy this great suspensific tori o...

HERO TEAM

Here I Am!!!!!

HERO TEAM

Tgold1:


Here I Am!!!!!

HERO TEAM

Austinblinks is here popcorn for sale

TheBlessedMAN:
Hey blinks... Dis is one hell of an horror film... So intense.. Update pls... Rohy... Mrlemuel,,... Tgold1.. Princeofprince..... Aob1... Pls kum enjoy this great suspensific tori o...

HERO TEAM

*barges in* *shines eyes* *in the rock's voice* Common Shift Nigga.

Sold out...don't let us finish this popcorn before you update it please

You said tomorrow, here it's already 2am 3rd September. I'm waiting for update. I can't sleep sef

noida:
Austinblinks is here popcorn for sale

Oya bling popcorn,coke and ice cream.....

Oya collect and pass it round

Shadows (episode eighteen [a])

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5:42am

The 3 of them walked way slowly now. There wasn’t much strength to walk faster, they trudged along the bush. The ground was quite muddy and slippery, it slowed down their moments and wore them out the more.

The sky was much brighter too, not perfectly clear but they didn’t need the lamp anymore. It’s been more than 10 hours of running around in the forest and that has taken a toll on them.

They breathe harder and faster with opened mouths. The weather was chilly too but they still had sweats running down their faces.
Clothes torn and dirty from falling to the ground and running into tree branches all night .

They had swollen and reddish patches on their hands where they had been attacked by the birds earlier.

But their mind stayed strong, they have made it thus far and it’s just a few minutes left until the day breaks finally and then they’ll find their way back to the highway, get a form of transportation and get out of the Godforsaking hell of a place.
It’s an experience they’ll live to remember for the rest of their lives but that’s if and only if, they make it out alive.

Mary: Lanre… Look …. (pointing)
Lanre: Oh my God, is that the…. that’s our camp.
Mary: Yes….yess… Thank God! We know the way out from here now .
Lanre: Yessss! We’re going home! Emma we’re going home…..Emma? ….Emma?

Lanre looked back and few feet away was Emma lying down in the mud facing up. They both ran to him, he was barely conscious and his eyes were half opened. His breathing was faint and with each minute that pass by, he gets closer to dying.

He had watched a program on TV, where the step by by procedure of giving CPR in case of emergency was described. Lanre had never performed it on anyone before but here he was, a great chance of losing his friend, Emma,.excerpt he does it expertly.

Lanre: C’mon Emma! Don’t you dare die on me okay? We’re so close brother.

Mary cried, holding Emma hands but given Lanre enough space to try and save his best friend.
He pushed hard and fast in the middle of Emma’s chest. Going fast with at least 100 compressions per minute.

He had his head tilted back slightly and the chin lifted, he pinched the nose shut and place his mouth to make a ete seal. Blowing into his mouth to make the chest rise. Delivering two rescue breaths, then continuing compressions.

After a few horrifying seconds, Emma coughed back.
Emma: (coughs )…. please…..(coughs) …Tell me….Tell me… (coughs ).. Tell me you didn’t place your lips on mine abeg…(coughs)
Lanre: (faces Mary) hahaha…. well… looks like he’s back!
Mary: Come quick… let’s get you rested.

They both lifted him up, supporting him on their shoulders as they moved into the camp the students had earlier settled and built tents in.
It looked just like they had left it, obviously no one had been able to make it back since. They tent were still up and the mattresses were still very much laid

Luckily, they found a pack of biscuits and bottled water someone had left behind, they shared and silently waited for the day to finally break.
Emma still felt quite weak, he didn’t eat from the jollof rice the previous and neither did he drank anything , he’s lost lot of energies from running all night too.

5:49am


At first it sounded like nothing really but then it got louder until they felt the floor vibrating to the rhythm.

Footsteps outside their tents, lot and lot of it but no one was talking. The footsteps just roamed round and round the tent they were in.

Mary: (whispering ) Who are those? Looks like people, the rest of the class…
Lanre: Yea…but why is no one saying a word? I mean there should be nothing less than 19 or 20 of our classmates out there, it’s impossible for them to be this quiet.
Emma: By the way… why are they just roaming round the tent. Something is wrong, let me check?
Lanre: (whispers) No..no.. You rest. I’ll check.

Lanre crept over the mattresses, he found a little puncture hole at the tent wall and decided to peep through it.

It was the rest of the class alright, the ones they haven’t seen all night…. but they weren’t actually themselves.

Their eyes were red and with pale faces. They weren’t talking, they were growling like animals.
He looked up and saw Habeeb and then John, Shade was there too with KC, Helen and Tobi, Class rep, Timothy, Uche too….

He gasped and stopped looking, breathing heavily. Emma and Mary looked at him with questions and fear in there eyes.

Lanre: (whispers) I hope you guys believe in Zombies… They’re all out there.
Emma: Zomb.. what? Why I’m I surprised? I think the Shadow is ready to throw all he’s got just to make sure we all die here.
Mary: Lanre: Are you saying all our dead classmates are out there except that they are actually in zombie form?
Lanre: Exactly
Mary: (crying ) I guess this is it then.
Lanre: No…no Mary! We are getting out of here.

Mary: Look around Lanre! We are surrounded!
Lanre: We can still find a way… I’ve seen how zombies are in movies and…

Emmacuts in)…. hahaha… movies? Are those ones not foreign zombies? These ones are Nigerian zombies, special breed, hustlers in Naija economy and struggling Nigerian university students… they won’t just eat our flesh, they’ll drink the blood, use teeth to crack the bones then use the fingers as tooth picks…

Lanre: Gosh….!! I can’t believe you’ll still be funny in a situation like this.

Emma: Why won’t I? We are totally f@#ked already. Maybe i should have died earlier sef… at least someone will find my body. Now some classmate zombies will devour me… Wait… is that fat Tope out there too? I’ve always known that girl would eat me one day with the way she always looked at me during lectures

Lanre: Emma shut up! Ok guys. We have to run. Remember the bus is that way, and it’s close. We can make a run for it, zombies usually can’t run.

The 3 stood up on their feet, looking around. The ones outside are getting more in number so they knew they had to run out soon

Emma who was still feeling weak, forced himself up too, a little dizzy but he was determined in his mind to not be the zombie’s early morning breakfast.
They waited silently for the small window of opportunity to run. Lanre held Mary’s hand tight.
He looked at Emma too, saw his friend was staggering a little so he held his hand also.
It was down to moving at the right time now but the longer they waited, the slimmer their chances got.

In an instant, Lanre used his leg to kick a mattress, flinging the tent entrance door opening and pushing off some of the dead, it was a slim chance but the 3 got out of the tent, running as fast as there legs could carry them.

The zombies followed immediately. Zombie class rep grabbed Emma’s shoulders but he did well to kick him off sending him into a mud.
Emma: (running and breathing hard ) Oloshi… he tried to kill me when he was alive… he wants to kill me when dead too.

The zombies ran faster than they had thought. If not for the growling, they almost ran like they were still alive. Almost catching up to the 3 of them.

Lanre: Run faster guys…. these things can run….
Emma: I told you bro…. Naija zombie edition!

They saw the bus in sight. It was morning already now. The sky was clear and bright.
They ran into the bus real fast, all three of them, quickly closing the door behind them. They laid on the floor breathing hard.

The zombies gathered at the entrance side growling and grabbing at the glass till they started breaking it.
Lanre went to the driver side. Sat down and looked around for the key but it wasn’t there on the floor. They all started looking around for it

The second glass got broken, the zombies were already stretching their hands into the bus trying to grab anything they could find.
Finally, they saw the key at the ignition to their relief. Emma sat in front beside Lanre and Mary crept slowly behind him too.

Lanre turned the key but the bus jerked up, roared a little but it wouldn’t start. He pumped the clutch, adjusted the gear, check for security and he tried again.

Still nothing, the bus wouldn’t start. Back beside the bus, the 3rd window had been broken now. Some zombies were already climbing on one another, peeking their heads into the bus at the 3 broken windows. They grabbed a chair and were pulling themselves in.

Lanre tried again and this time the bus came alive, he revved the engine as hard as he could to keep it running. Depressed the clutch and shifted the gear into 1.

But instead of moving, the tire by his side at the back was stuck in mud so it kept rolling on a spot, spilling debris and digging a hole around itself
. He kept trying but the more the tires roll, the wider the hole being dug around the tire.

Lanre: (sighs) I hoped it wouldn’t come to this but….. That tire is stuck in mud… there’s only one way to do this?
Mary: What way?
Emma: (sighs) Someone has to push the bus from behind.
Mary: what? That’s insane! But they are out there!
Emma: I’ll go okay…
Mary: No!! You’re not.
Lanre: Don’t worry Emma. I’ll go push it.
Mary: Hell No! Don’t you dare suggest that!
Lanre: Baby… someone needs to go okay or we all die here.
Mary: Then let us all die!
Emma: Then all our efforts all night would be for nothing? No! Lanre and Mary, you guys stay in and let me go push the bush….these things are almost getting in.
Lanre: Mary… I’ll gladly give my life for yours okay… you just have to be safe okay… And Emma, shut up! You’re too weak already, you can barely walk so stay in and drive. You won’t be able to push the bus anyways, you’re too weak…
Emma: (crying) Then maybe we both should go then
Lanre: Mary can’t drive!! Let me do this…. they are getting in…
Lanre forced Emma to the driver seat
Lanre: Be ready to drive this thing out of here.

He pulled Mary close wrapped his arms around her. She fought to hold him back but he wouldn’t have it, something needs to be done and he’s ready to do it.

Emma forced himself up in tears to give his friend that last hugged. Mary wailed, tug at his shirts, cried more. He pulled her close, kissed her on the lips and handed her to Emma.

Lanre: (In tears) Ok…. ok… get ready…ok… Mary… I love you…. Emma, please get her out of here… take care of her.

Mary: Don’t Lanre! Don’t so this… I love you.
Emma: (sighs)…You got it brother.


From the other side, Lanre leaped out through the window, landing on the ground and immediately started pushing the bus.
Lanre: Emma…. Now!!!

His voice caught the zombies attention as they came running towards him. Emma floored the throttle and Lanre pushed harder. The bus moved and immediately it did, Lanre slipped and fell.
In no time, the zombies pounced on him, tearing at his flesh with their teeth and fingers.

Emma and Mary watched in horror as Lanre’s screams grew louder and louder . They couldn’t stop the tears, Emma accelerated out of the bush and unto the highway.
Mary cried, shouting Lanre on top of her voice. Emma watched on in the rear mirror as the zombies pulled on Lanre, tearing him into parts… His screams echoing and fading away as the bus sped off…. and everything went dark
~TBC~

Is this a dream huh?? WTF is this phew

AustinBlinks oya final episode ooh

Please AustinBlinks,i just don't want to believe that Lanre is dead..am getting sad already..

Guys llanre did. Not die, cus at the beginning he woke up to see th shdow in his room, but Mary and Emma did. I knew evverytin abt nij is different even zombies again