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@all. was going to update oh, but had some issues. Abeg make una no vex, will do tomorrow.
@nimen lost ALL my contacts, phone got wiped. Thanks for the thought though.

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Sola’s face was bleeding. I saw a cut on her forehead oozing out a lot of blood. I screamed for help but that seemed to trigger shouts from
everywhere as people who had been injured began to shout as well. Soon there was chaos everywhere as people got up and started moving about, some of them with cuts and bruises, others apparently unhurt but not knowing what to do or who to help. Others sat on the ground and wept. I was kind of among the last group as I held my unconscious friend in my arms, not knowing what to do, with tears running down my eyes and mixing with her blood. The school had only two staff nurses and a doctor and currently none of them could be found. I took matters in my own hands, pouring some of the drinking water I had bought during break on her forehead and then using a handkerchief to bandage the wound. I sat beside her and placed her head in my lap. She moaned as I pressed the handkerchief to the wound, but refused to open her eyes. I looked around desperately for anyone who could help, but it seemed everyone had their hands full.


“There they are!” I heard Biola’s shrill voice. “Hurry!”


I turned and saw Biola running towards me with Arnold besides her holding a First Aid Kit. He ran up to us and raised Sola to a sitting position then he put something to her nose. She gasped and coughed and woke up.


“Oh thank God!” Biola squealed and then gasped when she saw my bloodied handkerchief. “What happened?”


“I think she hit her head on the floor or something.” Arnold said as he dressed her wound. He didn’t meet my eyes once and I didn’t know why but
it annoyed me. I waited until he had finished bandaging Sola and she was conscious enough to tell us where she was.


“I’m glad you are alright.” Arnold said quietly. “I thought…”


“Hey Temi, are you alright?” Dare’s voice floated unto the scene. I turned around to see him carrying some water and bandages towards us. “Do you girls need anything? Sola are you okay?”


“We are fine thanks, Dare.” I replied, and glanced at Arnold who still didn’t want to meet my eyes. I decided to ignore him. “You came just in time.”


Dare handed us some water which we used to clean up as much dirt as possible from our uniforms. Arnold stayed around for a while then went on to help others that had been injured. I was even angrier to see him go. What was wrong with me?


“If that is what an earthquake feels like, I never want to experience another one for as long as I live.” Sola said weakly. We all heaved a sigh of relief and helped her to her feet.


Mr. Abel was speaking into the loudspeaker. “Does anyone still need help? If you have not been attended to please raise your hand and we’ll get to you! Where is the Head-boy?”


Dare raised his hand and winked at us then went to meet him. They quickly got all the other prefects together and assessed the damage. Mr Adedeji was in the Junior section trying to organize the other students together and occasionally sent word through one of the mobile policemen on how he was progressing.


“Thank goodness that’s over.” Sola said. “It could have been worse."


And then someone screamed.


We all turned in the direction of the screaming. It was then we noticed the buses.


The buses had been parked one behind the other before the earthquake but now a considerable number of them were missing. At first I thought they had driven off since I couldn’t see any sign of them at all. It was only on approaching the park that I saw the huge crevise that had formed between our school gate and the outside world. It was long and deep and seemed to go down forever.


“That is a very deep crevise.” Mr. Abel exclaimed as he ventured towards the edge. One of the female teachers pulled him back.


I went a little closer and inspected it. It was like the earthquake had carved a very deep gutter into the ground. It was so deep I couldn’t really see the bottom, and so wide I estimated three coaster buses joined end to end would be what we would need to make a bridge across it. We were essentially cut off from the other side of the world.


“Damn.” One of the students swore. Some others, as they saw our predicament, started crying all over again. I was just wondering how I was going to get home.


“How far does it go lengthwise? Maybe we can walk around it?” One of the teachers suggested to Mr. Abel and he nodded.


“What happened to the other Coaster buses?”


He shook his head sadly and pointed into the crevise. The earthquake had claimed its first victims.

LarrySun: Was their response positive?

yes it was. I'm in the contract phase.

LarrySun: I think it's legit. There is no harm in putting in anyway, since they're asking that writers send only excerpts of their works (not the entire chapters).

I'm planning to send mine first thing tomorrow. I'd love it if you did likewise

Bless you, sir.

have sent already. They took 3months to respond. Just wanted to know if they were the real deal. Thanks for your reply.

Hello sammyhoe, Princess princesa. I cant find the link anywhere. I think it went missing in the nairaland Tsunami

good evening sirs and ma's. Has anyone heard from the 1000 wands project? are they legit?
Princesa, larrysun, sammyhoe, firestar?

All these ladies spying in through the door, I dey see una o

C......, E......., I........, etc una doo oo

Timothy3113: Well done guy but I noticed something in the story. The use of pupils instead of student, headmaster instead of principal.

Duly noted timothy, thanks for the correction. I keep muddling up primary and secondary school bits

whitemosquito: lol. I aint Red. Red's a brother from another mother and father. He's currently swamped with school work though. I am equally hoping he finishes the Sango saga o. But u can check out my story Êru ti ife. I may not be Red but the mosquito in me should make it worth your mb. Lol.

nuff said. Checking out your story now.

INTERLUDE: THE CHANCE MEETING
I walked into the fast food joint and looked around nervously. I was the first of my company to arrive even though i wasnt the only one there. A couple sat at the extreme left hand corner close to the air conditioning, laughing away and having a good time over soft drinks and fried rice. A young man sat in the empty seat on the other side, sipping a drink I couldn't recognize and watching the match on the LED tv placed just infront of him on the wall. He wore a white suit and trousers with gold lining that sparkled when he moved. a pair of dark shades covered his eyes and a trim hat sat atop his head. He reminded me of Michael Jackson in his glory years.

i surveyed the place for somewhere isolated, somewhere i could make an ass of myself without being easily seen. I picked the centre isle, third row; a double sette with a centre table in-between them. I walked briskly to the seat and sat down.

She would be here anytime soon. I wanted it all to be just perfect. I looked at the dj behind the bar who nodded at me in acknowledgement before continuing his mixing. he was playing a jazz tune, a melody that called out to my soul. the warmth and strong confidence the music exuded helped in calming my nerves as I took deep even breaths.

the door opened and two men walked in, both of average height and both wearing black tops and denim jean trousers. they stared at everyone and I saw the master of greed and mischief behind them, his whip in hand stroking their backs and egging them on.

They were going to rob the place.

I caught my breath in horror. Really? Tonight of all nights? And a restaurant? Who in their right minds would rob a restaurant?
These folks were going to spoil the romantic mood i was trying to create. there was no way i wouldn't have to intervene in this matter.

The men approached seemingly casually, making a beeline for the lady behind the bar and the cash register. I waited until they had passed then got up silently from my seat. I followed them from behind and waited patiently for them to make the first move.

"her, sister! come here!" one of the men said roughly.

"Wetin una go chop?" she asked innocently as she approached. suddenly she froze. One of the men had showed her a gun.

"If you make 'pem!' I will shoot you. Oya open this tellar and bring out all the money." he said.


"Yes and do it quickly and silently!" the other one said.

"Yeah but why should she though?" I said as the men whirled round to face me. "Its not like it is your money."

the first man brought out the gun that he had been concealing and pointed it at my face. "So you think say you be hero abi? Move back!"

He hadn't completed the sentence before I had the gun in my hand. They both looked bewildered for a moment as I gently set the safety to off and put the gun on the nearest table.

"Gentlemen, I know this is going to sound weird, but can you do this another time? I'm expecting my girlfriend and I don't want to spoil the mood of this eatery."

"How did you...na jazz you use?" the other man asked, mouth agape. I shrugged.

"Cat-like reflexes. You get it after fighting cat-like creatures like a man-animal. Its a long story, never mind...look, about what were were discu..."

The first man threw a punch that connected squarely to my jaw. So much for cat-like reflexes. I stumbled backwards as the waitress screamed and the couple at the corner struggled to hide under their table. I turned to face them...and saw the Michael Jackson character had entered the fray.

he punched the first man that had struck at me and ducked the blow from the second man, sticking his foot out to trip him over in the process. As the first man made a grab at him and caught him he whirled round and karate-kicked him in the gut. The man buckled, going down and vomiting all over himself. The second man who had recovered from his fall charged him and pushed him to the service counter, smashing his back against the hard wood. I made to run forward but the guy in white grappled the man by the neck and put him in an elbow lock. As the man in white squeezed, the second criminal choked and gasped for breath. In a final effort the criminal raised the guy in white from his feet and flung him over his head. He landed in a crash behind the bar and beside the waitress who apparently had been hiding where he fell. She screamed and ran back. as the criminal looked over the counter the guy in white struck out, smashing a bottle of star on his head. The second criminal promptly passed out.

I watched in fascination as the man in white jumped over the counter and tied up the two men. The first guy who had been kicked in the stomach was still writhing in pain. The greed manifestation had completely disappeared. After securing their hands and feet with very strong plastic clips, he sauntered up to me.

"You know, you could have helped." He said.

"Well I wanted to, but you were doing so well by yourself" I replied. "I'm impressed. Do you fight for a living?"

"Well, kind of. I'm a chief security officer. Name is Jeffery. Jeffery Jamez with a Z."

"Chukwudi. B." I replied. We shook hands.

"Guess I'll have to call the cops to clean up this mess." He said, lazily bringing out his phone. "Damn, it was supposed to be my night off. My Birthday."

"happy Birthday Jeffery." I said. "Take it easy on the cake."

Jeffery snorted. "Yeah, well. No cake for me. I don.t think my folk remembered and its almost 9pm. So i cane here to celebrate alone."

"I don't know what you are talking about." I said. "Your surprise party started about an hour ago. No one can reach you because you switched your cell phone off. Mirabel is pissed already. There's a huge and quite embarrassing birthday cake with your age on it waiting for you to cut open. So i would suggest you make the call and get home as quickly as you can."

he looked at me, stunned.

"How did you know Mirabel? Who..."

"Make the call. I'll take care of things from here."


Jeffery grinned. "she had you follow me didn't she?"

I smiled. "You'll be late."

He smiled and waved as he took off, taking out his cellphone to call the police as he did so.

I turned around to see the couple still cowering under the table and the two now unconscious crooks on the floor. the waitress was nowhere to be seen. I sighed.

This was definitely not a romantic environment.


THE END


Happy birthday to my Chief Security Officer,Jeffery Jamez!

adebayo201:
O ga oh! Nice one Roy, u try gan ni oh. I'm just shaking here like a dry leave!



Happy Birthday to JeffreyJamez

adebayo no too shake o. Anyway thanks bro.
Its jefferyjamez birthday?

whitemosquito: I would just like to appreciate the amount of research that would undoubtedly have gone into this work. I can only marvel at where you find the time. Kudos, royver.

Awww, thanks sir/ m'am. P.S are you red mosquito or do you know red mosquito? How's medical school? When are we seeing the rest of the Sango saga? It was one of the first stories i started following on nairaland.

thanks again, I appreciate.

Omortolah: Aw! really amazing, scary, interesting, educative and captivating kip it up sir

Thanks. Glad you like it omotola

BashirAhmad1: My first comment kudus to you Royver

Yeah, saw you peeping late last night
Welcome unboard

Queenxstar: Oh my... (exhale ), this is a scary, mind searching masterpiece.

EshE!

Lawconfessor:
ROY! I don't know if this update is amazing or scary- I just can't say.

Its AMSCRY! i'm glad you liked it.

edogho: mi apologies sir Royver. u'll have mi vote to ensure u don't win d opposite of d reward. thanks for updatin. "going back to reading ur captivatin story from where i stopped".

abeg dont apologise, I need criticism as well as encouragement to help me write

losprince: royver the viper!!!!

oh thanks this is a fresh change from roy of the rovers

Annais: Royver, this is breathtaking and...and... Don't know what to say sef.
Keep it up.

ooh thanks dear.

Jennimma: Royver! Jeez,this guy is good.

tanchu!

thanks mumZ for your support. I'm very grateful. I don't have all the time to check in on my mentions so i tend to miss some stuff. Once again I'm grateful for your vote.
Forget coke, do you drink bailey's?

edogho: buh i'm very positive he'll get d opposite of this award you just mentioned. in jeffrey's voice ROYVER!!! ok i apologise, for that. i know u must be having a hell of a time if not, u'll not leave us like dis. if u forgive me update pls. one more thing, in jeffery's voice ROYVER! [/p]

sorry for the delay bro. Av updated and i intend not to get the opossite of the award mentioned

Back in class, lessons continued as usual although there was still an air of tension in the atmosphere. The Prefects were seen patrolling the SS and JSS blocks more frequently, almost at every half hour. Arnold had passed my class four times now and each time he tried to catch my eye and smile. It was quite irritating especially as others began to notice his searching gaze was constantly directed at where I sat.
Someone else was also looking out for me. Dare the Head-boy. At first I thought it was a casual glance in my direction but then I noticed it the second and third time. My heart was beating faster than a drummer boy on steroids. I caught my breath and watched his gaze as he passed by the window the fourth time. Yes! He had actually looked straight at me before making a sweeping glance of the entire class and moving on.


I was ecstatic! But what about the girl they said he was going out with, the fat one in SS2? I urged the time to go faster so I could talk with my girls at break-time...

Sorry for the delay folks. I'll get right to it.

Meanwhile:

AM sure you have all heard about our latest deadly guest, the Ebola virus. There's a simple preventive remedy...washing
wash your hands when you get back from work.
wash your hands after counting money.
wash your hands after using a public toilet
wash your hands when you get back from fellowship
Wash anything you are going to put into your mouth e.g fruits, vegetables.
this is NOT the season to enjoy snails or suya. keep away from such delicacies.
Bath yourself when you come from a long journey or from a crowded place like the market or church revivals
Very soon each state is going to announce numbers for SMSing in case you see a suspected person or have information regarding soomeone who might have contacted the disease. save those numbers and feel free to use them if necessary.

This matter is not govt matter. Its for all of us to be careful and watchful.

Let's save ourselves before this my story becomes real

This has been a public service announcement.
The program will continue shortly.

JeffreyJamez: ROYVER!!!!

In the name of all things bright and wonderful...
remove tina turner from my thread

MumZ: 1 tin is sure, Rover cannot win regular updater of d month.

A challenge!
Oya lets fire on!

candy: @Royver, come and update na! I just voted for you on the "win money" thread and if this story doesn't move on fast many people won't know about it. Biko, don't dull this award-deserving thread.

Awwww, thanks. I'm sorry for the delay. Thanks for voting for me. Oya make I shake bodi jo!