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The burnt boy’s name is Mamood, he is a particular kind of demon that survives in a human flesh. They possess newly born babies and grow with the child. But some 200 years ago, they experienced some kind of extinction for their circle is meant to last 5000 years before they disappear. Mamood is one of the last of its kind living his last years in the body of his host.

In the forest with ghost roaming around, Mamood pointed a little girl beckoning them over to Sam. They both followed her through a narrow path and walked until the ghost stopped and pointed ahead and walked away. Sam looked at Mamood and said,

“what does she mean?”.

“I think she wants us to go there”. Mamood said.

‘who are they?”. Sam asked.

“they were killed here by the old undead demons”. Mamood said moving towards the direction shown by the ghost.

Sam followed him from behind looking at the ghost who stopped roaming and watching them walk the direction. He looked out for the girl ghost and found her staring with fear writing on her face. Sam wondered who she was scared for as they descended into the deep forest.

Mamood suddenly stopped and held Sam back. He looked around at the trees and said whispering.

“They are watching us?”.

“Who?”. Sam asked completely oblivious of the happenings.

“The old undead, they live in these trees and these grasses”. Mamood said observing the grass around us.

“So what do we do?”. Sam asked.

“We have to be as fast as the speed of light, or this is our end”.

“You know I cannot be that fast”. Sam said .

Mamood looked at him and said.

“I have seen you do wonders, the white ghost lives in you”.

Sam said nothing more and waited for Mamoods signal.

Soon, Mamood adjusted himself and was set to take off. He changed into his original form and jumped on a palm tree and immediately eyes shot out from the trunk of the tree and the tree shook violently. Mamood flew from the palm tree and somersaulted and perched on another tree, grasses jumped from the ground and attacked Mamood but he dodged it and mounted another tree, four trees pulled it selves from the root and smashed where Mamood was but he narrowly escaped and jumped on one of the trees attacking, one swung again towards him and yet missed and Mamood landed on the other side, the trees went back to their positions and remained still, even the soil that was disturbed covered up like nothing happened.

Sam looked at it and was scared to the marrow. Mamood beckoned him over but he shook his head and remained where he was.

“You have to come over right now! The undead will soon come out of the tree!”. Mamood shouted.

Sam encouraged himself recounting number of times he survived danger and then summoned courage before stepping a foot in, he waited for any provocation but heard nothing. He looked at Mamood who nodded and beckoned him over. He stepped his two feet in and looked at the trees shivering in fear, yet nothing happened. Immediately, he started running and some grasses swiftly tied his two legs and dragged him up a tall tree. He screamed as he ascended and then they stopped him up the uppermost branch with his two feet suspended and his body swinging upside down.

Mamood was confused, he didn’t know what to do to help. He made to jump in but six flexible trees stood in front of the tree Sam was hanging. He looked for a way across but stopped when the trunks of the trees started opening and men in white started coming out of it, they were 7 of them old men, but this time their eyes were fire.

Mamood decided to reason with them and so he said.

“I greet my fellow demons, we are only passing through, please let my human friend go!”.

“We are hungry! And you look like food too!”. One of them said then turned behind him and looked up at Sam. Then added .“we are going to set him free after we eat him”.

Mamood looked up at Sam who was swinging frighteningly, then he said.

“I’ll get you an animal, name any!”.

“Does it have a soul? “. Another asked, and they all laughed nefariously.

Mamood discovered there was nothing he could do, so he leaped up and mounted one of the trees in front of him, jumped off almost immediately to three other trees before he stopped at the branch Sam was tied to.

The men looked at him expressionlessly . Mamood quickly tried to set Sam free but a big branched swept him off and he fell from a 50 feet tall tree. The bind Sam’s feet loosened and Sam fell from the top, he was about reaching the floor when a white light suspended him in the air. He was shinning allover and his eyes became white as he suspended in the air standing with his hands stretched out.

The undead looked at him and whispered among themselves. Then one said to him.

“so you’re the boy we are looking for? Let me tell you so you know. We are not afraid of the white ghost”.

Sam said nothing but remained in same position. Mamood slowly stood up and when he saw Sam, he smiled and regained confidence.

One of the men attacked first, flying towards Sam with his hand stretched out in a knuckle. Sam placed his palm together and opened it towards him abruptly, a white ball flew from his palm and scattered him in shreds. Then Sam went back to his position looking at them.

The rest of the six were surprised and immediately the trees and grasses jointly charged to attack Sam all surrounding him. They covered him up hitting violently raising dust. Mamood was overtaken by fear when he couldn’t see Sam’s light anymore. He jumped forward like a frog and pulled out a reasonable bunch of grasses from the root and threw them away, he pulled another and was going to grab a tree when a tree full upper branch shot him a distance away. He rolled over severally before he remained still faced down.

All the trees and jumped on Sam, pounding him into the ground, they couldn’t get to his flesh due to the white light covering him. They continued until he was almost buried. Then the biggest tree amongst them mounted its root on him and began to dig deep into the soil.

Everywhere became calm as if nothing happened, the men kept their eyes on the root of the tree as though expecting something to happen. Mamood slowly pulled himself up, looked towards their direction and couldn’t find Sam. He rose up and wanted to rush forward but fell . He was struggling to his feet again when he spotted a bright light shooting out from the root of the tree, the light shook the tree and started bringing out rays of white lights from different part of the tree. The men watched in awe as the tree expanded and puffed up, then exploded making a loud noise blasting everything around it and scattering them into pieces including the trees and the men. Mamood shielded his head from the heat of the explosion and when he raised his head again, everything around Sam was cleared smoothly save for Sam who squatted with his head bent still covered in light.

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Igbudu found himself in a car and the car took off immediately. They had driven for few minutes when they heard a loud explosion few distance away and saw a bright light shooting up into the sky. Igbudu looked to see what it was all about as the car zoomed off.

They drove in silence with Igbudu seated in the midst of two men in black suit and one in the front seat with the driver. All covered their eyes with dark sunshade seriously looking in front of them. He feared for Grin, the boy and the fate of the world.

After 6 hours of driving, and one stop at a gas station they drove into a big compound and packed in front of a green painted mansion. The compound had lots of men in black suit hanging in different positions fully armed. At once he knew they were humans and kept still as the car came to a halt. The men opened the doors simultaneously like they planned it, and the two with him gave him a stiff stare he needed no explanation to know he was to alight, so he joined them out of the car.

A man in a red rope and sparkling white boxers with his tummy remarkably bulky showing from the opened rope and his fluffy red slippers, gold chains on his neck and wrist gave him the look of a money mogul was walking down the stairs with two Spanish models in bikini walking behind him. He had in his hand a bottle of whisky and Cuban cigar on the other.

“Hoola! Hoola!”” he said as he descended the stairs.

Igbudu looked at him and wondered who he was, not until he came closer that he recognized him as the president. He looked different outside his suit and presidential poise. Fear gripped Igbudu, because he is standing before the man who marked him for death.

“who do we have here? Great Igbudu the 7 mountains knows his name, the great rivers of the nine demonic kingdoms trembles at his name, you are here before me at my mercy”. He turned to the girls and said. “is life not funny? You don’t know this pathetic insane looking man, he’s Igbudu!”.

The girls just smiled but understood nothing. Then he turned to the men and said.

“take him to a nice room, let him shower and eat. Get him a doctor and afterwards give him the kind of woman he likes for the night”. Then he faced Igbudu and said. “welcome to the presidential mansion, you are my guest. Get better, we have a deal afterwards”.

Then he crossed his hands around the neck of his girls and walked away. Igbudu still couldn’t believe what happened. He looked as the president walked away and then turned to the men who motioned him to move forward.

They escorted Igbudu into a exquisitely furnished big room with everything in gold. He looked around and still couldn’t believe his eyes. The men bowed and one of them said.

“Anything we can get you aside what the president asked us to get you sir?”.

He looked startled at them and shook his head. They bowed again and walked away closing the door gently. Igbudu looked around again and slowly went to the glass bathroom, opened the door and looked at the golden bathtub, golden shower and golden WC, then slowly closed the glass door, then sat on a chair looking at the room.

A knock startled him, he looked at the door and the knock came again.

‘’Come in!”. he said, not recognizing his own voice.

Two male maids in white overall came in with trays; they dropped it on the dinning and bowed. One tray contained plates of food and the other juice and fruits.

‘Any other thing sir?”. One of the maids asked.

“no! no!”. igbudu said and looked at the trays on the table.

‘The doctor will be here soon”. They said, bowed and walked away.

He slowly went to the table and opened the plate; fried rice and salad, with different kinds of meats. He opened the other and saw pies ,cakes and sandwich. He immediately started with the rice, throwing the chicken into his mouth as he ate horridly. A knock startled him again, he was going to say something but his mouth was filled up, a young beautiful, nubile dark girl in black bum short and t shirt walked in smiling at him. He looked at her and didn’t know whether to continue eating or to hear her out first. She just went ahead to say without his consent.

“I’m here to do whatever you want, anything at all”. She said smiling seductively.

Igbudu couldn’t believe anything he is seeing and hearing, he was yet to digest it when a doctor and two nurses walked in.

greatme2good:
Short update after a long wait. Anyways thanks for the update. Igbudu is now wanted by every spirit.

I'll try to be making it longer

The next story will be updated on Saturday, look forward to it.

mekussa:
Bro, I understand your schedule IS TIGHT. However, you would do your fans and followers a BIG FAVOUR if you can give us a workable schedule for the release of the episodes.
If its one every two or three days, that's okay so we know when to expect it and reduce the suspence.

GREAT STORY BY THE WAY.... BIG FAN OF SAM AND THE PRINCIPAL.

Thank you very much brother

Sam and the boy boarded a taxi to the location where Zarac was taken. The taxi man, a fat dark man in an old green t shirt and a warned out gray face hat kept looking at the boys from his rear mirror, he wondered where why they wanted to go to that location alone without their parents supervision. After dragging with his curiosity he decided to ask.

"who are you boys going to meet there?".

The boys looked at his red eyes slightly visible from his face hat from the rear mirror and the boy said.

"our dad is there waiting for us".

The man nodded and continued driving. After about an hour drive, he stopped and they alighted paid him his money but he refused to leave, he looked out for the boys father and when he saw no trace of anyone, he alighted too and asked the boy.

"Take me to your dad".

Sam and the boy exchanged glances and the boy said in a soft tone.

"He's not here yet, we can wait for him...". he looked around for somewhere, then he spotted a shade under a tree and said. "...over there".

The man looked at the boys suspiciously and said.

"can i have his phone number?".

Sam quickly said without thinking.

"we don't have a phone!".

"don't worry good sir, we are going to be fine". The boy added with a phony smile.

The man then walked to his car, turned to the boys who stood looking at him, he hesitated for a while, then shook his head and shrugged before entering his car and drove off.

Sam waited for the car to go out of sisght before he said.

'' we're going down that hill".

The boy kept an amused stare at him for a while, and Sam saw him and asked.

"why that look?".

"it's funny! you can talk!". The boy said smiling.

Sam nudged him and started walking down the hill without waiting for his companion.

They arrived the spot Sam left Sandra and Bruno. The boy looked around, saw invisible things in the form of transparent men wondering about, then he said to Sam.

"this place is evil. Everything is alive here".

Sam nodded and said walking towards a narrow path.

"let's take this direction".

The boy said nothing, he just followed as they entered the forest.

Sandra and Bruno had finished roasting the meat and was enjoying themselves, eating hungrily.

"it's not really done, i can still see traces of blood". Sandra said mouth full.

"who cares! i was going to start eating it alive if not you who stopped me". Bruno said biting from a lump.

They laughed and joked while they ate, suddenly a bird cried so loud up a tree above them. They looked up simultaneously and saw a big black bird like a crow and a parrot about 4 feet tall. Bruno said circumspectly,

"i hope this is not going to put an end to our feast?".

They stopped eating watching the bird as it cried again and again looking down at them.

'what does it want?". Sandra asked.

"give it some meat". Bruno said,

Then pulled out the leg of the antelope and raised it up to the bird. The bird cried even louder and flew down raising dust as it flapped its big wings, they both took cover as it landed on the meat and carried it off.

Bruno said his head watching the bird fly off with the rest of the antelope. He heaved a sigh and said to Sandra.

"That god i saved this leg".

She was still in shock to understood what Bruno meant. Their small camp fire has been scattered by the bird. He dusted the meat and wrapped it up with his sleeve shirt. Sandra still in shock said while he was wrapping up the meat.

"what kind of bird was that?''.

"nothing surprises me anymore not after all i have seen these past days". Bruno said, looking for where to hide the meat.

Igbudu woke up after hours of sleep and looked around for anyone but met their absence. He slowly sat up holding his rip. water dripping from top the cave was the only sound in the cave. He managed to stand on his feet and slowly walked outside the cave to look for them.

"Grin!". Igbudu called as he walked out of the cave.

He stopped at the exit in shock when he saw the two snakelike men looking ominously at him. He slowly moved backwards limping , they followed him in looking only at him.

'where are my friends?''. Igbudu asked as he moved backwards, looking around for an escape route.

They said nothing but kept following him.

"They're with me!". Said a husky voice.

He looked towards the exit and saw a goat like man standing in the bright light.

'what an irony, the famous Igbudu at my mercy". The goat said as it walked in.

"what do you want?". Igbudu asked.

"same thing everyone wants, the boy!". The goat replied.

'i don't know where he is". Igbudu said.

"I know. But you are the key to making me the demon leader". The goat said standing in front of Igbudu.

"but i don't have my bag anymore, some smoke guys took it from me". Igbudu said, feeling slightly relaxed knowing the goat wasn't going to hurt him yet.

"so i heard also, but i know how to retrieve it". He said, then turn to the two snake men. 'these guys are faster than the speed of light, they can get it for me without stress, then you'll have to do the needful".

"what about the boy?". Igbudu asked.

"One of my demons caught his smell in this forest, but i think the forest is protecting him. Well, not for long". the goat said and smiled.

"where are my friends?". Igbudu asked again.

"That Grin guy owes me! I have something to settle with him". The goat said and turned abruptly behind him. "we have company".

The two snakelike men immediately set for attack. Suddenly, a black smoke moved in with speed towards Igbudu, but was intercepted by immediately by one of the snake men who jumped and pushed it off Igbudu. Another flew in and the second snake blocked it with its chest and flew up with it, four came into cave and covered the place up moving speedily. The snakelike men stopped stood in front and back of igbudu fighting off the smokes when they made attempt to take him. Another smoke spread around the cave turning everywhere dark.

The snake men held Igbudu's hand so he doesn't disappear from their care. One of the smoke men swiftly turned to a man and stabbed one of the snakelike men in the neck and turned back to smoke, another smoke turned to a man and cut the second snake's hand then turned back to smoke. They let go of Igbudu's hand and then the place was clear again but Igbudu was gone with one of the snake like men laid dead on the floor.

"i'm tired! why cant we find a way out of here? it is hours already". Bruno said sitting under a tree.

Sandra who laid on one side thinking of her family kept mute. Bruno looked at her in anger and said.

"You're not saying anything? We are lost and hungry! And it's your fault!".

She slowly sat up and faced him.

"I thought you're a man, why are you whining like a woman? I should be the one complaining". Sandra said in a faint tired tone.

Bruno looked away. He was so hungry and thirsty. They have been roaming in the forest since the previous day and keep returning to the same spot they were.

A rustling sound came from a distance way. Bruno slowly stood up looking towards the direction with his gun in hand. Sandra too sat up looking in anticipation towards him. He his behind the tree and motion Sandra to stay out of sight with his eyes focused on what was coming.

Suddenly, an antelope surfaced looking circumspectly around, then it began grazing. Bruno excitedly took out his gun, aimed at it and was about firing when Sandra who too was excited stepped on a stick and spooked the antelope, it looked towards them abruptly and took off. Bruno turned to Sandra angrily and immediately chanced after the antelope.

Sandra walked about nervously, praying he caught it. She was terribly hungry and thirsty. It was already 30 minutes since Bruno ran after the antelope and few gun shots were heard. She expected him to return with either a bad news or good news, now she's becoming scared, thinking perhaps he had met some danger on the way.

She sat down eventually biting her nails and then stood up with the urge to go search for him, on a second thought hesitated. She didn't know what else to do, her tummy had already started knotting, and a feeling of using the toilet. Her greatest fear was being left alone in this forest. While she was still thinking, another antelope came out from another side of the bush grazing. She saw it and concluded that it was an evil antelope coming to lure them into the forest. Suddenly the antelopes ears stood as it looked sharply towards it front and ran back into the forest. She followed the direction and saw Bruno approaching with the antelope around his neck and blue can in his right hand.

She has never felt so relieved in her life like she felt. Immediately she ran to him and hugged him.

''Oh thank god you made it!". She said hugging him firmly to herself.

"Okay! Okay! Let go now, these weights are killing me". Bruno said breaking free.

"You caught it! wow!". she said happily.

''and also got water. I found a stream down the forest". Bruno said dropping the can in front of her.

She quickly opened it and drank her tummy full.

A young female mermaid was taking her bath in the stream when she heard footsteps approaching. She immediately hid herself and watched. Bruno surfaced with an antelope in his hand, dropped it and jumped into the water happily, screaming excitedly. She watched him curiously, that was her first time of seeing a human. The forest has made impossible for any human to get to that extent.

Bruno drank and bathed swimming on different direction. She remained hiding watching him. When he was done he looked around for something to fetch the water with, he stepped out of the water and walked about. The mermaid listened to what he was muttering and heard him say. "god! i need a can". She produced one and let it float towards Bruno. Bruno saw it and jumped into the stream, Retried it, fetched it full and walked away with the mermaid watching.

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"what are we going to do!". A fat short dark man asked Khalid.

A light skinned lady in a green gown, long dark hair and necks, wrist, fingers laden with jewelries suggested.

"let us give them what they want. We can't challenge them, they're too strong for us!".

Khalid looked at the 24 Kakuka demons summoned and said.

"i have been thinking. They will us all even with my power as a president. I think we should make use of Igbudu".

The whole demons reasoned the statement in silence exchanging glances. Then one, a slim tall man in his fifties, putting on a white shirt and blue jean.

"I fancy your idea. I think we should consider it. But where's Igbudu? If he's not dead, he's about to be killed".

Khalid immediately took his phone and dialed a number.

"yes, have you found him?.....okay, don't kill him anymore, i need him alive.....okay, find him, fast!''. Khalid said and hung up.

The 24 kakuka demons around the table kept a steady stare at him. Then he sat down and said after a heave.

"they've lost his smell".

"does that mean he's dead?". One of the demons asked.

"i don't know!!!". Khalid yelled hitting the table with his knotted fist startling everyone at the table. Then continued after his rage subsided. "I pray he's not".

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Crusial sat watching the Tv at Johns apartment. Her phone ran and she looked at the caller, it was principal again. He has been calling since the previous day relentlessly. She finally took it.

"hello!". she said coldly.

"where are you baby?".

"i'm fine!". she responded.

"come one baby, i miss you!".

"miss your wife for your own good!".

He laughed and said.

"you are the one punishing me baby. Please i want to see you".

She suddenly felt the need to eat him and smiled wickedly.

"okay. Get us an hotel. Send the address to me". Then she hung up.

She got into a blue leggings and a hood brown jacket. Sat in the sitting room waiting for the message.

After an hour later a call came on her phone. She took it.

'i'm at the hotel. Have sent the address to you". The principal said.

She said nothing else and hung up. Within 30 minutes time, she was standing at the door of room 5. She knocked once and the door flung open.

'hey sweetie". the principal said opening the door for her.

She walked in and removed her hood. The principal who was just in a blue boxers and his fat tummy very protruded held her and made to kiss her. She moved away and turned to the bed. He had taken a wrap of weed and 2 bottles of beer which were on a stool in front of the bed.

She suddenly like betraying John by being in a hotel with another man, even though she knew her reason for coming. This strange feeling weakened her as she couldn't explain what it meant.

She quickly took off her jacket and and leggings. She just want to get rid of this man. He came to her and started kissing her necks and grabbed her breast. She immediately changed and was going to bite him when she saw her face on the TV as a serial killer. Automatically, she changed back to her human form. Her mind raced to John. She prayed he didn't see it . Immediately, she pushed The principal away, Put on her leggings and Jacket. The confused man looked at her wondering what happened.

She stood up and rushed to the door.

"where are you going?". He asked.

She ignored him and ran straight to Johns house.

Nelsonmealo:
Nice write up @topher052, was a little bit confusing with the switch of scenes at the beginning but it became all clear and interesting afterwards. You are doing a great job man, keep it up. Haven't been able to comment due to busy times, God bless you

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greatme2good:
Lol @ monkey with lion head...topher you re good man. Like someone pointed out, is Sam talking now?

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left some details out. Sorry for that confusion. just modified

dawno2008:
Pls at which of the updates did sam speak?and monkey with lion head? Cos I can't see it on this thread oooo

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The frog staggered into the midst of the demons party and fell in front of the mermaid king. Everyone paused in shock, the music stopped abruptly and the king rose on his fish tail.

"what happened!". he yelled.

"he killed Bibi". The frog said in a faint tone.

The mermaid kind moved closer to the frog and asked.

"you mean he attacked you for bringing him a news?".

The frog nodded and laid still. The mermaid king turned to his servants and said.

"take care of him". Then he turned to the demons. "He obviously want war! we are going to bring down all kakuka's and everyone who stands by them !".

The demons echoed an uproar. He lifted a hand, and they stopped.

"We are going to send a message to him right now to have a taste of what's coming to him. I need two very strong demons". The mermaid king said.

A large snake with a female head with long dreadlocks hair and two hands came out. A water in human form joined her, and another a monkey with lion head joined.

The mermaid king looked at them and said to the monkey.

"i think these two can do it".

One of the demons; a hairy man walked to the king and whispered to him.

"that monkey is a demon general".

The king raised an eye brow and nodded, then said to them.

"make sure our message is well received".

They nodded and walked away. Immediately the party began like nothing happened.

The president was having a press meeting. One of the journalist, a young boy in his early twenties stood up and asked.

"sir! we heard about the voodoo man responsible for the last few days horrific experience has been apprehended".

"you heard right". Khalid replied.

"another information reaching us says he has been taken away from the cell and no news about him since then".

"That is a classified information, for national security. Another question?". Khalid asked looking past the boy.

Suddenly an old lady putting on a traditional outfit in the press group screamed. Everyone turned to her. Her skin started peeling off to unveil a hairy monkey with a lions head. Everyone screamed in fear and before the place turned to a frenzy, the monkey grabbed a girl by his side and tore her into two, threw the other part towards the president.

The whole place was in a complete brouhaha. Many ran towards the exit and suddenly, a security man by the door turned into a big snake with a female head and hands in a split second, used its tail to sweep them all inside, picked a man and the boy who spoke earlier from the floor where they laid and threw them up simultaneously then flew into the hall and coiled facing Khalid. Khalid was completely overtaken by fear, he hid behind three of his bodyguards, peeping from behind them.

"take me out of here!". Khalid screamed in fear.

Few soldier men rushed in and opened fire on the snake and the monkey. Stray bullet hit some persons. The snake moved too swiftly for it's size towards the soldiers dodging the bullets, the monkey jumped on different directions using people as shield.

The snake got to the first soldier man, took his gun from him, gave him a blow that threw him against his colleagues, then jumped in their midst, used its tail to sweep them all away, they flew and fell on different directions.

Another group of soldier men came and wanted to open fire on the snake, but the monkey came from nowhere, picked up an hilux and threw on them, it crushed two and scattered the group.

The president quickly joined the group that were forcing themselves through a small exit.

"Get out of my way! I'm the president". Khalid said struggling to force himself through their midst.

His bodyguards pulled people away for him to gain assess. Then suddenly water pushed everyone back and trapped them all in. They all struggled to break free swimming around it with the president with them. Khalid looked at his bodyguards in the water and shook the one close to him. That one immediately turned to smoke and burst everyone out.

The water man turned to his man water form and moved circumspectly around them trying to go over the smoke men. They grabbed the president and zoomed off in the speed of light. Just then the snake and the monkey joined the water man.

"He is gone". The water man said to them.

"i think our work here is done". The monkey said.

"What about these ones?''. The snake asked.

"Get rid of them". The monkey said to the water man walking away with the snake behind.

A day earlier, in the car as Ishaw and Sam drove to the station, Ishaw cursed the idea of coming for the hunt at the first place, then turned to Sam who was still slimy and cursed again angrily.

They had driven for a few minutes when Sam pointed in front of him on the high way. Ishaw tried to see what it was but found nothing. Sam pointed again apprehensively, hitting the dashboard.

“hey! Stop that! You possessed child!”. Ishaw yelled.

An old lady suddenly appeared on the road and Ishaw was fast enough to dodge her. He packed the car by the road side cursing angrily. Sam looked behind him at the old lady who was slowly approaching and held Ishaw’s hand. He looked at the boys little grip and and slowly removed it, opened the door and walked to the lady.

‘Are you blind? As old as you are you’re not careful enough, you want to kill yourself do it somewhere else!”.

The lady smiled and brought out a tongue like snake. Ishaw saw it and said moving backwards.

“Shit! What are you?”

She looked at Ishaw’s car and point Ishaw out of her way absent mindedly and he flew into a nearby bush.

She slowly walked towards the car smiling with her tongue shooting out. Sam hid at the backseat of the car covering his face.

She moved her hand, and the doors of the car flew away. She smiled when she saw Sam hiding. Then she beckoned him over and a force pushed him towards her, a large claw sprang from her hands, she was about striking him when a gun shot hit her from behind. She fell on the car and Sam dropped beside her on the floor. Then she turned to Ishaw ominously. Again Ishaw fired severally and she retaliated with a fire ball from her hand towards Sam, a white light came out from Sam’s body and stopped it from causing much damage, as the force threw Sam into the car and She immediately hopped away like a frog into the bush.

Ishaw ran to Sam and asked.

“are you okay?”.

“I think I’m fine”. Sam replied scratching his head.

Ishaw was shocked and asked slowly.

“you can talk?”.

Sam then just realized he had spoken.

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Sam was sleeping in Ishaw’s bed in a small untidy room when he heard his name, he opened his eyes and saw the burnt boy. He shush him and said.

“let’s go!”.

Sam was completely shocked to see him but said nothing as he followed him out of the house. They snuck out of the compound and started walking on the street.

“How did you find me?”. Sam asked.

“You can talk?”. The boy asked in shock

“it is a long story. How did you find me?”. Sam asked moving with the boy.

“I can smell you”. The boy said still wondering how he could speak.

“My dad is in trouble. I don’t know what to do”. Sam said.

“How deep?”. The boy asked.

“he is trapped in the forest”.

“By crazy grasses?”. The boy asked and stopped walking.

“Yeah, how did you know?”. Sam asked surprised.

“I know a lot”. The boy said, and continued. “The reason I called you was because I heard them talking about you. Heard they’ve gotten the book and your blood is seal the book”.

Sam stopped and looked at his friend with his mouth open.

“What?”. The boy asked.

‘’What book? Why my blood?”. Sam asked.

“what’s your name?”. the boy asked.

“you know my name, why are you asking?”. Sam retorted.

‘’your name is Idu. You and some of your friends read a book which unleashed hell on earth and…..”. Sam cut in on the boy.

“stop!stop!stop!”. Sam yelled closing his ears.

The boy moved closer to Sam but he moved backwards and then asked.

‘’What are you talking about?”. Sam retorted.

“Don’t worry. Let’s go save your dad first, maybe later ”. The boy said.

With that the boys walked down the street saying nothing to each other while Sam’s mind raced a thousand times around what the boy had told him.

on modification.....

Grin came back with a bottle of concoction and knelt beside Igbudu, raised his head up and poured some into his mouth, Igbudu drank with his eyes closed and coughed.

"drink more". Grin said pouring the content into his mouth.

Igbudu finished and opened his eyes. And Grin dropped his head gently.

"Find my bag". Igbudu said in between his teeth in a whisper.

"i'll. Get better first". Grin said examining the patch on Igbudu's left rip.

"That book is a symbol of authority". Grin said lifting only his head, groaned and laid back from the pain.

Grin looked away and saw the little man squatted beside a rock looking pitifully at Igbudu.

"how are you doing?''. Grin asked the little man.

The little man turned to Grin abruptly and nodded. Grin gently went to the him and they both sat looking at Igbudu.
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Crusial woke the next morning in just a bum short and breast tube. She discovered that her feet were pale and dry. She immediately wore a pair sucks to cover it up. This scared the day light out of her. She looked around the empty room with just a cabinet and foam she sat upon, two windows, a wall mirror and a wade rope. She rushed to her feet went to check her face on the mirror, it was a little dry but manageable. It has been a week since she fed and the longer she stay unfed the more she dries up until she becomes like a dried corpse.

“I have to feed”. She said to herself, and opened the door to find John.

She met him in the kitchen fixing tea. He turned to her and smiled.

“good morning beautiful. Someone didn’t sleep well last night”. He said looking searchingly at her face.

She turned away looking at the tin of beverage on the kitchen cabinet.

“I was coming to serve you this in bed”. John said handing a mug of tea.

She took it and suddenly lost the hunger to eat him. He came closer to her and pecked her forehead. She closed her eyes taking in the emotion. She hasn’t felt this way before. At least none that she can remember.

“Your face looks slightly dry. I have some moisturizer, would you like to have them?” John asked kissing her cheek.

She stylishly turned away and said.

“The weather was cold”.

‘why didn’t you use the duvet?’’. John asked with concern in his voice.

“I wanted you not duvet”. She seductively said looking into his eyes.

He turned away and started replacing the beverages in the cupboard. She poured the whole tea in her mouth and said to John.

“Do you have silophone? “.

“What is that?”. John asked.

“It’s stuff women use. Don’t worry, can you get it for me?”. Crusial said.

“Where can I find it?”.

“Pharmacist”. She said without thinking, and then realized she was right.

“Right away?’’. John asked.

“If you don’t mind”. She said smiling.

He nodded and pecked her before leaving the kitchen. She waited in the kitchen uneasily waiting to hear the sound of his car. Soon she heard it and watched him from the kitchen drive off. Then she immediately rushed to get her shoes, horridly applied some few make ups, brushed her hair, put on her jacket and jumped off the house.

She walked down the street to the junction and waited for a lift. A black Lexus jeep stopped for her and she went to it.

“good morning beautiful, where are you off to looking so beautiful?”. Said the dark young handsome guy in low cut hair, clean shaven beards, in blue suit”.

“I’m looking for a little fun, isn’t it too early for that? Just having boyfriend problems, I need to clear my head”. She said flirtatiously.


He looked at his silver rolex watch and said.

“It is just 9 am, no time is too early for a beautiful girl”. Then he thought to himself ‘what kind of man would allow such a beauty loose? This is my chance, guy, don’t miss this!’. Then he continued.” But I’m on my way to the office, dunno, can I have your number or something, so I can call you after work?”.

She smiled and said.

“Can I follow you to the office?”. Ensuring that she bent over enough to reveal her braless boobs.

He caught sight of the breast and was completely lost in lust.

“Sure! Sure you can. Please come in”. He said opening the front door for her.

She entered the car and placed her hands on her thighs caressing it to draw the man’s attention. Then she turned to him looking steadily, licking her lips. He caught her staring and turned away feeling his rod kicking aggressively in his pants and his heart racing very fast. All he wanted was to kiss and have silly sex with her in the car. Forgetting to be logical or rational enough to know a thing about her.

“you are so handsome!”. She said.

He blushed and said. “thank you. and you’re very beautiful and madly sexy”.

“stop that! You’re being silly!”. He said giggling and placed a hand on his thigh.

That sent a hot blood up his veins. He started sweating in the cold car. And said without thinking.

“if you don’t mind. I’ll go to the office and sign in, then take you to a hotel, how about that?”.

“that sounds like a real deal”. Crusial replied excitedly.

He stopped at the skyscraper and packed at the parking lot, then adjusted his trouser and said to Crusial.

“I’ll be back soon. Hang on for a minute okay?”.

She smiled and took off her jacket. He felt his rod getting harder, so he rushed off the car, went to the elevator, waited for the lift to come down. He rushed in before anyone feeling nervously excited.

The lift stopped at the 23rd floor. He jumped off and rushed to the reception. Replying passively at greetings. He finished and said to the receptionist, a beautiful light skinned girl officially dressed.

“I’m rushing to the hospital, my mother, no! sister! Sorry, my wife sister is sick. I need to take her to the hospital”.

She nodded and said.

‘hope it’s not serious?’’.

“It is”. He said rushing off.

He got to the elevator and discovered it was at the Ground floor. The other was on priority, the third was on the 3rd floor. He looked around and waited impatiently. The other elevator was coming upwards he stood looking at it and at his watch.

“Emmanuel!”. A fat, short, dark man called walking happily towards him. “where are you rushing to this early?”.

“my mother is sick”. He said praying that the elevator should hurry before the man came any closer.

“oh, that’s sad. Wait let me call my secretary that I’m going off with you”. the man said in concerned tone, dialing a number on his phone.

“Don’t worry, it’s family related. My siblings are there”. Emmanuel said.

“You have siblings? I though it’s just you?’’ the man asked.

By then the elevator stopped at the 23rd floor.

“My cousins”. Emmanuel said entering the elevator pushing the man who wanted to enter with him. “don’t worry, I’ll be back soon”.

The man watched as it closed. Emmanuel heaved a sigh of relief and waited impatiently for the elevator to hit the ground floor. The moment it hit the ground floor, he hurriedly walked to the car park waving at the greetings from the security men.

Once he was in the car, he turned on the engine and drove off. Few minutes later they were in a 3 start hotel room. A bed cabinet, purple wall, few furniture, a tv, window blinds, wade rope and art works adorned the wall.

He grabbed her and started kissing her the moment he shut the door. She giggled and kissed him back. He pushed her back against the door, took off his suit jacket and threw it on the floor. She pushed him hard that he moved backwards, she pushed him two more times until he fell on the bed. He smiled excitedly and said taking off his shirt.

‘I knew you are bad! I love bad girls”.

She saw his wedding ring and said to him smiling.

“you’re married”.

He looked at his finger and said to her.

‘divorced “.

“I don’t really care. I just want a little fun”. She said jumping on him.

He kissed her passionately, pulled down her breast tube and buried his head on her breast. This gave Crusial the time to change. She pushed him to grab his neck, he saw her and with reflex jumped off before she could hold her.

She jumped on the bed looking like a true demon with her tongue dangling and her claws out.

“jesus! What is this?”. Emmanuel said moving backwards in fear.

He made to run away, but she flew and stood in front of the door. Her boobs that was so attractive now looked like that of a 120 years old woman’s. He shrieked but she swiftly grabbed his mouth and mounted her sharp fangs in his throat, ripped it open, then feasted on his blood as he struggled on the floor. After that, she used her claws to open his tummy while he watched, took out his intestines and chew on them.

She finished and went to the bathroom. Washed off the blood, her skin became twice smoother than it had ever been.

John was on his way out for work when Crusial worked in. his anger disappeared the moment he saw how beautiful she looked. He fell in love with her immediately.

“hey baby, I’m sorry, I couldn’t find silophone”.

She felt so touched by his apologies, she was thinking of something to tell him but this, got her weak and made her fall in love with him. She came closer and hugged him so passionately.
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Ishaw sat smoking his cigarette in his office when an officer walked in with a radio and said.

“sir! Another mysterious death at a hotel”.

“when did it happen?’’. He asked standing to his feet.

“this morning sir. They caught her face this time on CCTV”. The officer added with slight excitement in his tone.

Ishaw paused looking at the officer, he nodded grinning.

‘now we know who she is”. Ishaw said. “get your boys lets go”. He added picking up his keys.

The men carried walked behind Zarac in a procession. He tried to see where or what they were doing, but they had already walked away carrying their plates and bowl with them. One of the stayed behind, still standing with a knife in his left hand. He stood with his left side facing Zarac.

When the rest had all disappeared from behind Zarac. The one left turned to Zarac, his face was emotionless, his shaved lashes and brows, coupled with his bald head made him look like a sacrificial lamb, even his very light skinned and wrinkled body. He slowly walked towards Zarac and stood in front of him sniffing him from his ear to his neck and face. Zarac closed his eyes expecting something sharp to drive into him. Then he used the tip of the very sharp knife to tear open Zarac's shirt.

Bruno and Sandra had walked the forest for hours and was making no progress. He was very thirsty and she seemed exhausted. So he said to her resting on a tree branch while she sat at the root.

"i think we need to come back tomorrow". Bruno said looking away from her.

She gave him an unbelievable stare and said standing to her feet.

"are you giving up on me now?". Sandra asked.

He looked away and then walked a few distance. She followed him and faced him.

'come on! Don't do this to me. Okay, let's just search for another hour and we can go".

"look around you! where the Bleep do you think we are!". Bruno yelled angrily.

She held his hands and went on her knees.

"Please i'm begging you".

He pulled his hand from her's and adjusted his gun strap on his waist. Then said to her.

"You said that the last hour".

She sat on the floor crying. Bruno cursed the goodness in him, then said to her grudgingly.

"After one hour, you're on your own".

She hurriedly stood and pointed the north direction with thick bushes. Bruno countenance disagreed with her suggestions, butt she ignored his face heading forward. He had no choice but to run after her.

They got to a point where thick grasses and shrubs covered everywhere. Bruno kicked and pushed the ones he could away with great difficulty. The tree's in front of him suddenly moved. He stopped abruptly and asked Sandra behind him.

"did you see that?".

She shrugged and moved forward, jumping over thorns and grasses. Bruno remained calm looking at a particular tree he could swear moved. And when everything seem normal for a while, he waved it aside as fatigue.

"Hurry up!". Sandra said chasing away a fly from her face.

"I'M coming". Bruno said jumping over a shrub.

A tree opened it's eyes and Sandra caught a glimpse of it before it disappeared.

"shit!". She shouted jumping backwards pointing at the tree.

'what is it?". Bruno asked holding her.

"i swear, i saw eyes on that tree".

Bruno moved her behind him and took out his gun.

"I think we should leave". He said moving backwards.

A grass tied Sandra's leg ad she fell screaming as it dragged her on the floor. Bruno chased after her calling her name while she screamed in fear and horror. Bruno leaped falling on his tummy and held her hand, the grass then let go. She jumped up and ran away from the place.
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A big rocky man with huge chest sat on a root looking angrily at two slim rocky men. They all seem angered about something. Then the big rocky man stood up and said.

“They have it! Those dirty animals have it!”

He looked at the trunk of the tree and gave it a strong blow. The mighty tall tree broke into two and fell side wards. The forest shook under its impact. Then when the forest was calm again, he said.


“we have to retrieve that book”.


“but how?”. One of his men asked.

“we’ll implore the aid of other weaker demons. When we retrieve it, we will kill them all”. The rocky man said.

“Don’t you think that’ll be war?’’. The second asked.

He scoffed and sat on the trunk of the fallen tree.

“Don’t you know the truth about the book? Anyone who possesses that book controls the demons”.

“But you must be human to have that power”. The first said.

“Yes, I’ll control the human who controls the demons because I have the book”. He said.

The other two reasoned it and asked.

“What about the boy?”.

He laughed and said to them.

“Let us find the book first. I heard it’s with the kakuka tribe, those stinking ants now rules over everyone”.


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Deep down underneath the ocean, demons of different shapes and sizes gathered in large numbers. They were all angry and furious. A beautiful mermaid couple with long hairs and waist downwards a big fish, sat on a golden throne with five handsome shirtless male mermaids standing behind them with spears in their hands. A golden breast tube on the lady’s chest with different peals and precious stones around her neck, the male had a broad chest and muscular arms. A thick silver chain adorn his neck and a white elephant tusk on his right arm.

One demon, the shape of an octopus with human head stood out from the crowd and said to the mermaid couple.

“The kakuka tribe with no visible shape or structure, those ants that depends on anything to survive now dominates us! Why should that be? We all seek to be free, we all yearn to rule humans and dominate their world, but we can never stand the leadership of the kakuka’s’’.

Other demons cheered their approval of his speech. Another demon, human like with no eye balls and black snakes took the place of his hairs came out and said.

“Supreme mermaid. I have never been a trouble demon. I have always been good to man. I speak on behalf of the humans. They are weak, they need us most of the time. With the kakuka in leadership, they are at risk. I would seek your approval for a war against them, I and my entire legion will do anything to assist”.

“Well spoken”. The male mermaid said. “I have been listening to all your suggestions since the earth sun rose and went down. I’m declaring war against them within the next two circles. If they refuse to step down and hand over the book. We have to send delegates to them now. One or two of you should volunteer”.

A frog looking demon came out and said.

“Let me go. I and my mate will do it”.

“That settles it for now. Let’s celebrate!”. The male mermaid yelled standing up with his massive hands raised in the air.

The whole demons cheered happily, and automatically some female mermaids in just leafs breast tubes came out in group dancing to entertain the guest, and some male mermaids played the little drum around their necks to entertain them.

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President Khalid was going through the book when the two frogs appeared in his bedroom. He turned to them in shock and said.

“What are you filthy things doing here?’’

The frogs stood on their two feet and swaggered around with their hands on their waist looking at Khalid.

“What do you want?”. He repeated, holding the book to his chest.

“Enjoying that body huh?” the male frog said still walking with is hands on his waist looking at khalid.

“he is so comfortable in it”. The female added in his gesture.

“you think it’ll last huh?’’ the male asked.

“he has forgotten where he belongs”. The female added.

Khalid got furious and yelled.

“Get out of here!”.

Immediately two of his bodyguards in black suit entered his room. They saw the frogs and quickly shut the door.

“Take care of these filthy things, and make sure they regret ever coming here”. Khalid said walking out of the room with the book pressed to his chest.

The men took off their glasses and the frogs saw their eyes, smiled and exchanged glances nodding.

“So you betray us darkness?”. The male asked.

The men said nothing and turned to thick black smoke, shot towards the frogs, but missed as they jumped over it. Then turned abruptly and shot another attack, missed again destroying the big table in the room.

‘What’s going on sir?”. A slim guy on suit asked the president.

“Nothing, they are restructuring the room”. Khalid said smiling.

The smoke shot again and hit the female frog against the glass and the other threw the male off the window down the 22nd floor of the presidential skyscraper.

The female fell facing down breathing heavily. The smoke turned into men and one moved closer to her. She tried to pull herself up with great difficulty he placed one of his feet on her head and slowly pushed her down. She struggled to move gnashing her teeth in agony. The man looked at his colleague who nodded with a wicked grin on his face. He pressed hard his feet on her head and her eyeballs jumped out and skull shattered.

Just then Khalid entered and saw it. He dropped the book and covered his mouth with his hands.

‘What have you done!”. He said looking at the crushed skull on the floor.

John drove half way and stopped on the high way. He turned to Crusial and said.

''do you know i can do something bad to you here right now?".

She looked at him with no iota of fear in her eyes and replied.

"i know you can't hurt me, that's why i followed you". She finished her statement and kissed him on the lips.

He looked confusingly at her for a moment, then engaged the engine and drove off.

They arrived the his apartment, he put on the light and went to get a chilled bottled water for himself, poured some in a glass cup and quenched his thirst. Then turned to Crusial who had sat on the sofa, took off her jacket and was looking at him.

'do you care for water?''.

She smiled and stood up, walked seductively towards him. His eyes were on her thighs and boobs that were bouncing from her breast tube. She came to him, crossed her hand around his neck and kissed him deeply. He responded and slowly moved away breathing heavily.

"What is it?'. Crusial asked looking confusingly at him.

"i...i can't do this!". He said looking at the floor.

She slowly walked to him, put her hand around his neck and said slowly.

"are you scared of a woman?"

"Not that". He said looking up to her, and threw away his glance when his eyes caught hers. "i want to get married a virgin". He concluded moving away from Crusial.

She looked at him flabbergast. Then came closer and asked.

'’Are you a virgin?''

He nodded and walked farther away to the sitting room.

"What should i offer you?". He asked shyly.

She wondered to him. She still couldn't believe it, when she came closer she asked again.

"Why are you a virgin".

He looked at her and said.

"because, i chose to honor my wife with that".

She suddenly felt a strange way, the urge to kill him died all she wanted was to know this strange handsome doctor better. So she sat down feeling down and requested for water. He hurriedly went to get it for her and poured it into her cup. She drank while he stood beside her waiting to pour more. She finished and he made to pour, she shook her head and watched him humbly returned the cup and came entered into another room in the house. She stood up and followed him to where he went to and discovered it was a kitchen. He had just put on the gas and was going to place a pot on it.

"Hey, i want you dinner". He said smiling.

She smiled and replied.

''i've never seen a man cook before".

'You're kidding me! Men cook these days, even better than women!". He teased.

She smiled and said.

'' i don't cook, can't remember if i once cooked before now". she concluded trying to remember.

John laughed and said, pouring vegetable oil into the heated pot.

"You mean you can't remember if you have ever cooked? How strange are you?''.

She giggled and walked closer.

"Can you teach me, i would love to".

He smiled and said.

"Help me with slicing the onion".

She smiled and picked up one and said.

"I don't know how"

He smiled and took it from her, showing her how to do it. They both laughed at the tears that came out of their eyes and joked about it.

The snake came out of the other side of the hole and continued swallowing. Sam's head was what's left, it took everything in and was going to move away when it suddenly started coiling itself, then a white light came out of it's eyes and mouth. The light became brighter until it exploded to shreds with Sam on his knees cover in white light.

Bruno held on to Sandra as she seemed to have lost it. She kicked, threw herself up and down, but he was strong enough to tame her, then suddenly Ishaw saw someone coming out from the hole . He was too surprise to call their attention. Bruno caught sight of him too and said to Sandra.

“Look! Sam!”.

She stopped abruptly and turned to the hole, immediately she pulled away from Bruno and ran to embrace him. He was covered him in a gross slimy stuff dripping from his body but she didn’t care.

“How did you do it? How did you get out? Are you hurt?”. She said checking him all over. “oh God thank you!”. She said hugging him.

“We need to get out of here”,. Ishaw said, looking around for anything with his gun ready to fire.

Sandra hesitated still hugging Sam. Bruno gently came closer to her and said.

“Sam needs medical attention”.

She let go of the embrace and looked at Sam who was still in shock.

“Let’s go!’’. Ishaw said moving towards the hill.

Sandra slowly stood up and turned to Bruno.

“What is it?”. Bruno asked expecting something unpleasant.

“I can’t leave with you guys. I have to find my husband. Please take Sam with you”.

Bruno turned to Ishaw whose countenance reeked of anger and said.

“Take the boy to the hospital, I’ll join you soon. Remember the case we need to handle?’’.

Ishaw looked at the both, heaved a sigh walked up to Sam, took him by the hand and walked away without saying a word, even though Sam hesitated, he just dragged him along.

“Don’t worry, I’ll be with you shortly ”. Sandra said to Sam who looked pathetically at her as he was pulled away.

She waited for them to go out of sight before she said to Bruno.

“So what now?”.

Bruno wanted to reply insensitively, but tamed his tongue and said.

“We go the direction the sound was coming from”. He looked the east and said pointing. “That way!”.

Igbudu slowly stood to his feet, while the small man ran around him trying to assist him up which was impossible for him.

“Thank you”. Igbudu said to the concerned creature.

He looked at the dead bodies on the floor and made to move but ended up falling and fainted. The small man came to him pacing into his face. Then ran off to a nearby river, got a used bottle and fetched some quantity, ran back with great difficulty from the weight of the bottle on him. He got to where Igbudu was and emptied the water on his face. Igbudu turned his face and slowly sat up. The little man pushed him down nodding. He obeyed and laid back.

Gren breezed in raising dust and dirt. He looked at the dead bodies around and rushed to Igbudu whaen he saw him lying down.

“Is he okay?” He asked the little man who just nodded with his eyes on Igbudu.

“Where is my bag?” Igbudu asked sitting up.

‘’This is not the time for bag; let’s get you to safety first”. Grin said lifting Igbudu from the ground and zoomed off before he could utter another word.

They arrived in a cave and he slowly dropped Igbudu on a heap of leafs. Then took his clothe, he had internal bleedings and broken ribs. His chest and back were badly injured and swollen. Gren pretended not to feel anything and acted normal.

“How is it?’’ igbudu asked holding back a groan.

“Fine”. Grin said placing him back faced up.

He stood up, looked around the room and said to the little man.

“Take care of him; I’m going to get him some medicine”.

Igbudu was in terrible pain and didn’t notice when he left. The little man slowly came beside Igbudu humming a song to him.

The men stopped the drum and stood facing the west. One of them, the oldest he could barely stand erect took the fresh skull from the man who carried it earlier, and turned it upside down. Sat on the floor with it in front of Zarac, folded his legs with the skull standing on it's head and neck upwards in front of him. He took a spoon from his side pocket and started eating from the neck the fresh meat with blood still dripping from it. He took few spoons, stood up and the man standing beside him sat in his stead while he took the man's standing position. The man ate few spoons and gave way for another, they all took turns until it came to the turn of the old man. By then the head has been deepened like a pot with the brain left. They took turns again until nothing was left, the old man took the last spoon.

They all licked the blood from their lips as they looked at Zarac who had vomited on himself. He was overtaken by fear when he saw their eyes on him.

"No! No! No!". He said and started crying.

They ignored him and one of them, a younger who came with the head took out the parts from the bowl. Brought a small butcher knife and divided it into may parts. Then he shared it among his colleagues and they ate it in front of Zarac who closed his eyes and prayed to a god he doesn't believe in.

Sandra and Bruno stopped when they couldn't hear the drum beat anymore. Ishaw who had been skeptical laughed and said.

"when you want to believe something, everything is a sign. Clearly there's nothing here".

Bruno looked around and caught Sam running down the hill. He pointed him to Sandra who jumped in shock and ran towards him shouting.

'Told you! Stay in the car!".

But Sam was too far to hear her. Ishaw shook his head and said angrily.

"is this what am going to deal with?".

Sandra had covered a few distance when she suddenly stopped. Bruno suspected trouble and shouted from where he stood.

'what is it!".

she said nothing and still remained in her position. Bruno turned to Ishaw pulling out his pistol and said.

'let's go check it out!".

He ran without waiting for Ishaw's reply. He was few yards from her when he saw the large snake coiling in front of her aiming to strike. He quickly shot at it twice and it raced towards Sam. Sandra's whole hairs stood as she shouted and ran after the snake like a mad woman. Bruno ran faster and overtook her firing but missed all his shots.

Ishaw Caught s glimpse of the big black snake and started towards them with his gun in hand.

The snake reached Sam who was so petrified to run and immediately jumped on him with its mouth opened and swept Sam in one swing into it. Sandra stood in shock looking with her mouth opened, and Bruno fired at the snake that had only Sam's head left. Ishaw fired severally and got it twice. The snake ran off with Sam in it's mouth. The men ran after it, but it disappeared into through a narrow hole. Bruno followed it and fired severally but it crept off like it was bulletproof.

Ishaw looked around for anything to shoot at, he turned to Sandra who still remained in her shock state paused with her eyes and mouth opened and hands apart. He turned to Bruno who stood up and shook his head regretfully.

They both turned to Sandra and Bruno quickly ran to her and hugged her. She suddenly realized herself and screamed pushing Bruno away, but he held on to her firmly. She hit him so hard screaming and crying calling Sam and Zarac's name.

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President Khalid was cruising in his yacht in a white singlet and a white combat shot, with a white slippers on his feet. Beautiful models in pikini adorned the yacht dancing to the sound of hip-hop song played by a popular DJ in the country.

The president sat with two girls feeding him strawberry in his mouth and the other robbing his tummy. Three of his closest companions, demons also whom he made ministers sat with him in white cain chairs.

"what a life, it is good to have flesh". Khalid said with a strawberry in his mouth. '' it used to be birds, rat, cats, name it. They stink, no fun! now we are living".

One of his friends a slim dark, dry looking man in his forties, with a speck on and a white robe with a big boxer flying on his waist signaled to president with a nudge on his shoulder and cleared his throat for him to mind what he says before the girls. The president looked at him and asked.

'what is it? These ladies?" . Then he turned to the one trying to put another strawberry into his mouth and said. " You have a nice flesh, don't you love your flesh".

The girl felt confused and looked at her colleague who was confused too. Then a built chocolate man, on low cut and full beards in his thirties, still in white robe and short quickly intervened.

"Your skin is your flesh, aren't you smart? or you're just beautiful without brain?''.

The ladies smiled and continued what they were doing. An man on black suit walked up to the president and said.

"you have a call sir".

"who is that?". He ASKED.

"Soul, he said his name is". The man said.

"let me have it! let me have it". he said standing up.

The man handed him the phone. He walked to a quiet place at the deck to take the call.

"hello. Is he dead?". Khalid asked, looking around if any one heard him.

'No sir! but we have the book". The voice said,

"Get the book to me and makes sure he dies". Khalid said and hung up.

He looked around the merry guest and walked up to one of the men in suit, retrieved his gun and shot a fire in the air. This called everyone’s attention, then he said angrily.

'GET OUT! PARTY IS OVER!!". And released several shots in the air.

Every one ran into the yacht leaving him and his friends alone at the deck.

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Crusial sat at a bar drinking from a glass cup a content of whisky looking around the busy hall. She was dressed in a blue jean bum short that barley covered bum, and a blue jean jacket opened to reveal her black breast tube, with a black ankle boot. Her honey colored Brazilian hair dropped on shoulders and her face was covered in party makeup.

A young light skinned man on white transparent spec and in a blue long sleeve top and black jean pant sat with his friends adjacent with his eyes on Crusial. One of his friends, a dark guy with full beards in pink t shirt spotted what he was looking at, and said to him.

‘’go check her out man”.

The man looked at his friend and said.

“I think she’s waiting for someone”.

“Dressed like that? I think she’s waiting for you”. His friend said pushed his shoulder.

He summoned courage and stood up, his other three friends at the table turned to him to enquire where he was up to, the other friend pointed Crusail who was sipping from her cup. They all covered their mouths and one; a chubby chocolate guy in low cut and black jacket to said.

“He can’t! I bet! That girl is too hot for him, I should be the one to get her”.

The rest lashed him teasingly and the one with beards stood up pushed him forward. He staggered forward and caught Crusial’s eyes. He arranged his shirt and moved forward towards her. Crusial adjusted herself and looked away.

He joined her at the bar, cleared his throat and said.

“Hello beautiful”.

She turned to him and responded.

“Hi”.

“can I join you?’’. he asked.

She looked at a seat beside her and shrugged then turned away sipping from her cup. He gently sat and turned to her.

“can I get you another round?”.

She looked at her cup that was almost empty and shrugged. He looked at the bar man and pointed at Crusial’s cup. The bar man nodded and went to the wine shelf, took a bottle of whisky and came to pour the content in Crusial’s cup. When the bar man left, the man said.

“My name is John, I am a medical doctor. And you?’’.

”I’m Cassandra, a teacher”. Crusial said.

He looked at her opened chest and her opened thighs and asked surprisingly.

“You teach?”

She smiled and responded.

“Primary school”.

He tried to control his laughter but couldn’t. he was thinking what could a girl like possibly be teaching. She looked at him and joined him in the laughter. When they were done laughing, she said in her charming seductive tone.

‘You are handsome and funny”.

John felt flattered and started blushing. She stretched a hand towards him and held his hand, he looked at her abruptly and she said.

“I feel like kissing you”.

John felt a hot rush of blood down his bleeping rod. He started sweating under the cold weather. She said again coming closer to him.

“Can I kissing you?”. She asked.

John was yet to understand this, to him it was improper though caught in her spell of seduction, he watched as she moved closer, her perfume took over his sense of reasoning. She crossed her hands around her neck and kissed his lips. He looked at his friends who were smiling happily gaving him a thumb up. He slowly broke the embrace and said to her.

“wow! That was sweet. It’s busy here, can we please do it outside or somewhere else?”.

She was surprised to hear this. He is the first to resist her. She tried again saying.


“who cares, we are adults”.

He slowly and gently stopped her and said.

“Do you like dancing?’’

She looked at him and sat back on her seat, took her cup and threw the whole drink in her mouth angrily. He looked at his friends who were frowning at him and then turn to Crusail and said.

“can I take you home?’’.

She stood up and said to him.

“okay”.

He was shocked and somehow scared. But when he turned to his friends expectant face and looking at crusials beautiful face, straight legs and fine butt. He stood up and dropped few notes for the bar man on the table. Then led her out, with his friends eyes on her butt.

Bruno looked at Ishaw and hit his hand on the table.

"i should have gone with them!".

"gone with who?". Ishaw asked in shock.

"never mind". Bruno said to Ishaw and looked blankly at the picture of the state commissioner on the wall.

Sandra who was done explaining her ordeal to them both in Ishaw's office sat uneasily as Ishaw scrambled something down on a note. He finished and asked.

"You said a tree?''.

Bruno turned to him and gave him a questioning stare, then took a stick from the pack in Ishaw's chest pocket and left the office lighting it up.

"sir, i know it is hard to believe, but these few days we have seen things unbelievable and i'm yet to accept it myself". Sandra said desperately, with her hands on Ishaw's table clinched together.

Ishaw searched for Bruno stylishly through the office opened door and then said to her.

"we have gotten report of drug outbreak and stuff like that. Some can be biological and scientific proven, some are yet to be certified. But i'll sure follow you to where you said he disappeared". Ishaw said standing up.

Sandra stood up with him pulling a very tired Sam up with her.

"are we going now?". Sandra asked looking hopefully at Ishaw.

"Just wait at the reception. I'll join you soon". Ishaw said moving out of his office.

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"where is the bag?" Igbudu asked Grin.

Grin looked around quickly and zoomed off leaving the small man behind. One of the men in suit disappeared into a black smoke leaving Igbudu with four men and the man who stood with a knuckle pointed out for a fight.

"I will beat you to death!". The first man in suit said to Igbudu grinning maliciously.

"why not make it a fair fight by loosing me off this chains". Igbudu said looking at the men one after the other as they were charging up for attack.

"why should i? I want to watch you suffer, it will make my penis stand!". He said and laughed.

Before Igbudu could say another a word one of the men turned to a very dark smoke and hit him hard on the chest throwing him down on his bad shoulder. He groaned and turned off it immediately, another smoke knocked him on his rip spinning him twice in the air and landed with his face.

The little man swiftly rushed to Igbudu's hands bitting the cuffs aggressively. The four men turned to smokes shooting towards Igbudu; one threw him up another him hard on the floor, the third brushed him on the ground and the fourth tossed him up 20 feet high like a piece of wood. Another shot towards him and threw him far into the bush.

He landed and the Cuffs were out. The little man never let go through the beating, it kept biting on the chain.

Igbudu coughed blood struggling to his knees while the little man looked frightfully around for the men. He looked up and saw a ball of black smoke shooting towards him in a speed, he dodged and it passed him, spread and turned to the first man. He quickly rose to his feet staggering to stand steady.

"You got it off, impressive". The man said smiling and moving towards Igbudu slowly while Igbudu moved backwards limping holding his bad shoulder in pain.

The three appeared like a smoke and spread into human. The man looked at the small man with Igbudu and said.

"you got yourself a demon. Okay, enough of the play". He said and turned to his guys. "Kill him!".

The three of them kept an ominous stare at Igbudu as they joined hands together and the three of them suddenly were covered in twisting smoke and the result after the spinning was a monstrous giant with massive muscles and big feet, it roared with it's eyes burning red.

Igbudu saw it and almost fainted but was encouraged when the little man charged; sharp pins grew from it's nails and it jumped on the beast driving it's fingers into the monster's body, jumping from different part of it's body confusing the monster while injuring it.

The first man turned to a ball of smoke shooting towards Igbudu , Igbudu quickly picked up some sand and threw it into it before it hit him hard on the shoulder, he fell and remained on the floor.

The smoke turned to the man who was trying to get sand off his eyes. Igbudu looked up and saw how he was struggling with the sand in his eyes. Igbudu struggled to his feet, and pulled a rope from his wrist and staggered to the man who was still removing sand from his eyes. From behind him, he put the rope around his neck and dragged with all his strength pulling the man down ignoring the pain on his shoulder. The man man made to turn to smoke but Igbudu poured more sand into his face with his bad shoulder hand and this kept the man still.

Soon he stopped struggling and exhaled a wisp of black smoke out of his mouth before he died in Igbudu's arm. Igbudu Sagged on the floor with the man's lifeless body on him.

The little man dragged his fingers into its eyes and plucked out its eyes handing on the beast neck. The beast dragged the little off its neck and wanted to smash it, but sharp things like 10 inches nails grew out its body and punctured it's hand and it impulsively let go holding it's eyes in pain. The small man attacked again, dipped its hand into the beast neck and pulled out it's throat. The beast slip into three men with bloods on their necks and mouth. The little man jumped off and ran to Igbudu watching as three of them fell on different side and died.

Grin got to the car looking for the bag. He saw the bag inside the car and was retrieving it when the black smoke appeared and knocked him off the car. He stood up and zoomed towards the bag, the man held on to the bag tight that it dragged Grin back and he fell on his back.

The man grabbed Grins neck strangling him. Grin struggled in vain and then stumble on a pen from the gear and drove it into the mans neck. He let go abruptly holding his neck, while Grin struggled to catch a breath.

Grin suddenly looked at the bag and went for it, but the man beat him to it, he snatched it and disappeared. Grin looked around to locate where he followed, he came out of the car, sniffing the air, but caught nothing.

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Sandra led Bruno and Ishaw down the hell to the forest with Sam in the car looking scared at everything that passes him by.

"Bruno, isn't this where we caught your friend?''. Ishaw asked Bruno as they walked down the hill.

"Sure it is". Bruno said bending over a branch guarding his feet.

They said nothing else until the reached the level ground down below. Bruno looked around in search for hint.

"That's where it took him to". Sandra said to Ishaw.

"the branch or the snake?". Ishaw asked with a hint of sarcasm.

Sandra eyed him and looked around with Bruno. Bruno suddenly paused listening to something.

"what's it?". Sandra asked excitedly.

"I hear drum beating". Bruno said .

About that time, Sam spotted the same snake crawling down the hill. He looked at it in fear and wanted to step down but couldn't. He looked around for something. Then he opened the door and ran out of the car.

Grin sat under a tree in the forest were they kept him, tied both hands and feet. The gorilla and the snakelike men roamed about aimlessly in circle around Grin sniffing the air. They would look abruptly at him each time he scratch or move a muscle. They would also turn towards any direction a sound comes from, and one of the snakelike men will go check it out swiftly and return almost immediately to continue their sniffing and roaming in circle.

Grin has been making drawing on the earth with his hands tied to his back. He finished and sat on it. The three demons turned to him looking ominously, then continued when he remained still. He waited for them to move around a little while before he started muttering some things with his eyes closed. A slap met his face and he opened his eyes to see the snake like man breathing heavily in an ominous way. He smiled and nodded at it, then it wen't backwards with it's eyes on him. Other's focused on Grin looking at him breathing angrily as though they were about beating him up. He also smiled at them and lowered his head. They later continued roaming after he made no move for awhile.

A rustling sound called their immediate attention towards the direction. Sniffing and moving towards the direction circumspectly. The sound came again from a different direction the two snakelike demons went to check it out while the gorilla like demon kept looking critically into the bush for any sign or movement.

Grin looked up a tree and saw a brown branch with two eyes holding green leafs. He adjusted himself with an eye on the gorilla's back. a rustling sound like foot sound among leaves called the gorilla's attention. It looked at the direction the sound was coming from and at Grin, it hesitated, then hit its chest, roared looking out for the two snakelike men, when they didn't show up, it ran towards the direction in search for what it was.

A brown smallish man of about 15 inches tall with a narrow eyes,two holes for a nose, a broom stick like legs and hands and a pot like tummy. Came out from the branch and dropped from the tree to behind Grin, opened it's mouth exposing pin like teeth and biting off the rope from Grins hand and feet while Grin looked around for his captors.

The rope went off and Grin quickly stood up and zoomed away in a speed of light carrying the little with him.

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Zarac's hands and feet were tied to a tree inside the deepest part of the forest. He looked around wondering what was coming to him, as everywhere was peacefully deserted, save for the sounds of birds and animals.

An alligator came out from the grasses and walked pass him. He watched as it walked pass him heading to a tree beside him. A hand sprung out from the ground and grabbed the alligator in and the earth covered up immediately. This scared the living day light out of him. He looked around in fear for anything to be alarmed of.

A slim brown man with gray hair and wrinkled face putting on a white gown came out from behind Zarac and stood in front of him inspecting the branches holding Zarac down with his eyes. Zarac decided to reason with him.

"hey! please let me go! i have money! i have anything you want". Zarac said desperately.

He ignored him still inspecting it. Then he looked behind Zarac and said to someone.

"Hasma tri em quam si".

Zarac tried to look but couldn't, he turned to the man who was now walking away behind him.

"Brother! Dad! friend! please help me!". Zarac pleaded but he ignored him and walked away.

Soon a bald man black with no brows, slightly younger than the first came with a bowl of blood and human hand, tongue and breast. He dropped it in front of Zarac and walked away without saying a word.

Zarac felt like throwing up on seeing the items in the bowl. A sudden nauseous feeling overtook him. He suddenly felt like throwing up but nothing came out when he did.

A drum sound called his attention, and soon he found men in white, mostly old men coming out in procession carrying a burning pot and some held cutlasses in their hands. He started envisaging being chopped off with the cutlass. And the last man that came out had a fresh skull on his head with fresh blood flowing down his face. This completely killed Zarac severally while he peed on himself watching.

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Igbudu was taking out of the station cuffed hands backwards even with the hurting on his shoulder. He was escorted by five men from the president, all in black suit and dark shades. While they walked pass Bruno, he said to Ishaw.

"These men always dressed like some rambo's. Putting on dark shades in the dark? Can you imagine!".

Ishaw smiled looking at them walking away.

"why would they want the book and all the man came with?". Bruno asked.

"That's not our business". Ishaw said.

"what if the man is actually saying the truth?". Bruno said.

"what if? he is now out of our custody, what happens to him is no longer our business". Ishaw replied.

Bruno heaved and took a stick from Ishaw's pack. Ishaw gave him a warning look which he did not see as his mind was completely overtaken by what igbudu told him.

"when you start smoking, i know you're up to something". Ishaw said standing in front of him to gain his attention.

Bruno looked Ishaw in the eye and said.

"i have a feeling that that man was trying to stop whatsoever is going on. At least, let us know what's going on from him". Bruno said.

"We have a case on our hand. This mystery girl killing people. We need to get her down. Perhaps, she may have a clue on what's going on". Ishaw said.

Bruno dragged in large smoke and exhaled watching as the men drove off in three SUV's. And another car drove in. A boy and a woman alighted heading towards them. He looked at Ishaw who was also curious about the duo and said.

"This looks like trouble".

Ishaw nodded waiting for the duo to lay their complaint.

Igbudu sat behind the car looking on both side of the window for a sign as the men drove in silence.

After driving for a while, they diverted into a narrow path and drove a long distance into the woods. Then stopped beside a river, and they all alighted. Igbudu watched them discussing and then one of them turned to the car and started towards it. He opened the door and dragged igbudu by his injured hand out.

One of them moved towards Igbudu who was on his knees gnashing in pain, and squatted in front of him, took off his glasses and Igbudu could see the black eyes. He smiled at Igbudu and said.

"how do we kill the white ghost?".

Igbudu looked around and then faced the man and said.

"ask your mother! that's if you've not killed her".

The man smiled and gave the bad shoulder a sudden blow that pushed Igbudu down on his right side. Igbudu slowly got up and looked at the rest men who stood immobile looking stiffly in a position. Then turned to the man who had stood in front of him smiling and said.

"Kill me now! And i'll not give you anymore problems".

The man smiled and suddenly became serious. Then took out his revolver pistol pressed it on Igbudu's chest. Then said stiffly looking into Igbudu's eyes.

"One last time. How-can-we-kill-the white ghost?".

Igbudu closed his eyes facing up with his hands still cuffed behind him. The man corked the pistol and pressed the trigger.

Igbudu was gone. The man looked abruptly towards the winds direction and disappeared.

Igbudu fell on his stomach with his mouth on a cow poop. He struggled up and looked beside him to see Grin breathing heavily with the little man in his arm.

"what took you so long?'". Igbudu barked.

'You should be happy i came on time. Twice i've saved you". Grin said and turned abruptly to his back.

"what's it?". Igbudu asked.

"Someone is after us". Grin Said, getting ready for the unknown.

Suddenly a black smoke hit Igbudu on the chest and threw him backwards. Another came from another direction towards Grin, but GRin was fast enough to avoid it. Another threw Igbudu up and he landed on his bad shoulder. The smoke spread before them and the men in black suit appeared set for a fight.

An officer took out everything from Igbudu’s bag dropping it on the table; a big book with strange writings on the cover page, a short broom, three cups of white, brown and black powder, a bottled water, a short stick, few stones and a white clothe. All the police men in the room gathered around the items looking keenly with interest.

Igbudu walked around his cell restlessly but in pain from the cut on his shoulder, which happened to be a flesh wound. He kept peeping from the bars to see if he could make out what is going on.

“What are these nonsense this strange man is carrying around?’’. Bruno asked as he joined the curious officers.

“Morning sir!”. They all saluted.

He ignored their greetings and opened the book. Strange signs and drawings of demons were on the first page, with incomprehensible writings. He turned to other pages and stopped at the page the boys read. His interest was triggered. He read the English part and discovered something.

Igbudu shook the bars with his other hand shouting.

“Be careful with those things in that bag!”.

Bruno came to his cell and stood in front of Igbudu. Igbudu stopped and was looking at the book under his armpit. Bruno held the book up to his face and said.

“this is what happened right?’’.

Igbudu said nothing, with his eyes on the book. Bruno dropped the book back under his armpit and asked.

“why did you unleash those demons?’’.

Igbudu held the a bar abruptly and said.

“I am trying to stop them. The longer I stay here, the boy is going to be at risk”.

Bruno reasoned his statement and moved closer thoughtfully and asked.

“what boy?’’.

“They are coming for him. If he dies the portal will forever remain open”.

“Who are you talking about?’’. Bruno asked impatiently.

Ishaw walked in looking at Bruno and Igbudu.

“What’s going on?”. Ishaw asked.

Igbudu looked at him with contempt and moved back into the cell and sat on the floor folding his legs.

“He was saying something about saving a boy or the demons kills him”. Bruno said.

“I have an instant call from the president”. Ishaw whispered to Bruno looking at Igbudu from the side of his eyes.

“What is it about?” Bruno asked.

“He said we should get rid of him. He is sending some men to do the job. It’s beyond us now; we have another case of the intestines and neck”. Ishaw said pulling Bruno away with his hand around his neck.


Sandra and Sam stood by the road waiting for a car to hitchhike. They slept in the woods the previous night. Around midnight, while they all slept in each other’s arm a big snake crawled to where they were and brushed Zarac’s arm. The coldness woke him up and he saw a very huge thing moving, their camp fire had died off so he couldn’t make out what it was. He stood up abruptly and pulled Sam and Sandra up.

The snake had already circled them and its size was up to Zarac’s knee. Immediately Zarac asked them to jump over it, Sandra jumped first and he threw Sam over. The snake grabbed him before he jumped and started wrapping him up. Sandra screamed and picked up a stick stabbed it so hard it sunk into its body. It immediately losing its grip on Zarac and in a swift swing hit Sandra and Sam into the bush.

Zarac quickly jumped out limping. The snake jumped on him with its mouth but missed. It was going to attempt again when something hit it so hard on its hard. It turned abruptly to the black thing and attacked, the thing wrapped around its neck like a black rope moving in a high speed. The snake wrapped its self together trying to break free but the thing moved so fast strangling it.

Zarac sat watching in awe and horror. Sandra ran to him pulling him up.

“let’s go!”. She said.

They ran into the woods looking behind their back as something else seemed to be moving behind them.

‘’keep going! Keep going!”. Zarac said pushing Sam and Sandra forward.


A snake jumped in front of them with its mouth open heading towards Sam, Sandra pushed him to the left and it missed. She quickly grabbed Sam up and they continued running. The snake moved again for Sam but was stopped by the black thing that flew with it and threw it a distance away from them. This gave Zarac and his family the leverage to escape.

They ran and ran until a weird noise like an owl stopped them. Another cried from behind, then a roar like a gorilla shook the ground. Zarac stood in front of his family shielding them with his body looking around critically for any movement but the night was so dark for him to see clearly.

A movement in the bush called their attention to Zarac’s left. He stood in front of Sandra, while Sandra held Sam close to herself. The movement stopped and there was silence save for the sound of crickets.

Zarac began moving towards the hill and motioned his family to climb while he stayed behind on the lookout.

Sandra and Sam had gone three feet up the hill when Zarac joined them. He was still climbing and a tree branch from the ground , grabbed his leg and dragged him down. Sam saw it and screamed, before Sandra could look he was gone. She made to climb down to search for him but stopped when tree roots started shooting out from the ground coming after them. She shouted at Sam.

“Go! Go! “.

Sam climbed as fast as he could. A branch beside Sam swung towards him to knock him down, but he was quick to dodge and it went through his head. Sandra continued with every strength she could gather climbing up. A root exhumed in-between her and Sam and started towards her. She held it struggling with it; another dripped her on the chest and another tying her neck. She screamed for Sam to run, but he climbed down to help her. He held it pulling it off Sandra’s neck as it was strangling her. Her eyes were already rolling up with her tongue out from her mouth and saliva dripping. Suddenly a white light shone from Sam’s hand and burnt the root; it left Sandra immediately entering the ground like nothing happened.

It was getting bright and they had not been able to flag down any vehicle. She had the urge to go down for Zarac but couldn’t due to what they experienced.

Suddenly a red Toyota corolla car was spotted approaching, she flagged it down and the driver stopped. She dragged Sam by the hand to the car and said to the smallish brown man with a narrow eye and wide nose.

“Please take us to town. We are going to the police station”.

The man looked at them and asked in a weak tone.

“what happened?’’.

“it’s a long story sir”. She answered.

“hop in”. he said.

She thanked him and dragged Sam by the hand into the backseat of the car.

It was dark with a dim moon light in the sky and the only lamination is the street light that gave night a yellow brightness.

Crusial, in a handless cleavage baring pink top and a short blue mini skirt that gave emphases to her wide hip and full straight legs. And on her feet; an ankle black boot. Her face, covered in perfect makeup and her hair dropping on her shoulders.

She stood alongside other hookers chewing her jaw off. One of the hookers; a slim fair lady in her late forties, in green short gown and high boot felt threatened by Crusials presence and walked up to her.

‘’hey! who gave you permission to stand here?’’. She said arrogantly to Crusial.

Crusial looked at her and turned her face away. The lady moved closer ignoring a dark chubby lady in a short pant and spaghetti top asking her to leave Crusial alone.

“Are you deaf? I said who gave you the permission to stand here?”. The lady barked at Crusial.

Crusial looked at her and smiled. Then turned to a car that just stopped in front of her. The lady looked at the shinning black Mercedes Benz car and the handsome man who rolled down, smiling at Crusial, and was overtaken by jealousy, immediately pushed down Crusial and attacked her. Other ladies joined her as they all gathered around Crusial beating her up. The man quickly rolled up and drove off.

One pulled Crusials hair while others beat her up. They ripped off her top and pulled her skirt dragging her legs and shoes with her. Passersby looked the other way, no one dared say a word until they were through, leaving her naked, the fair lady left with Crusials clothes as they returned to their jobs like nothing happened.

Crusial slowly stood up, and started walking the opposite direction without covering her unclothedness. The ladies laughed at her scornfully, but the fair lady still felt jealous seeing how curvy she looked from behind.


She walked into a pharmaceutical shop and the attendant; a dark plump middle aged man with an afro and full mustache stood up in amazement looking at Crusial’s full standing boobs as she walked in.

“I was robbed. I need a telephone to call a friend”. Crusial said to him steadily.

He nodded and hurriedly gave her his phone, still looking at her chest. She caught him staring and smiled then continued with her call.

Just then a slim sun burn tall man in green jacket and blue jean walked in looking at Crusials butt. He then turned her beautiful face and asked with concern.

“What happened to you?’’.

“She was robbed”. The attendant said trying with grate difficulty to look away.

“Wow”. The man said and quickly took off his jacket, covered her up with it.

She called, explaining her ordeal to the principal. He promised to come and pick her up after she gave her location, then she hung up, returned the phone and sat on a bench by the entrance folding herself.

The man who just came in sat beside her looking at her full thighs and then composed himself clearing his throat before saying in a soft tone that is a direct opposite of his looks.

“You are such a beautiful girl, who could lay a finger on you?’’

She said nothing, but adjusted the jacket, closing her thighs firmly together. The man bought her a cold soft drink and handed it to her. She took it, smiled and drank from it. The attendant who has been stealing glances at her decided to offer his own kindness.


“Do you care for biscuit?’’.

She smiled and shook her head. Then the principal walked in, putting on a white t-shirt and short brown short, with a yellow face cap covering part of his face. He found Crusial the moment he walked in and immediately took her into the car with the men looking at her behind as she walked away.


Crusail waited for the principal to leave. He bought her a yellow blouse and blue jean before lodging her in a guest house. He was in a hurry because of his wife;s ceaseless calls.

She opened the window and watched as the principal drove off, then she closed back the window and walked out of her room.

The fair lady’s laughter filled the room as she lay on the bed with her legs wide open with a bottle of whisky in her right hand and a stick of cigarette in her left hand.

“When I saw you, I couldn’t take my eyes off you. you’re so yellow like orange”. The dark fat potbellied bald man said demonstrating with his hand as he took off his suit jacket and hang it on a hanger.

The lady laughed and poured a large quantity of the drink in her mouth, before she rolled over with her butt up. She hit it twice and said gigging.

“Hurry up and give it to me”.

The man hurriedly took off his trouser and was left with a white boxers. He ran to the bed with his tummy bouncing and slapped her butt. She laughed and turned facing him.

‘come and take off my clothes". she said to him.

He smiled and jumped on the bed kissing her. She held him around his neck with her leg across his waist as they kissed passionately.

A knock came on the door. He wanted to break the kiss but she held his neck to her lips and they continued. She sat up and took off her green gown while the man made to off his boxer and the knock came again, he turned to it and she grabbed his hands and said.

‘’leave them alone, don’t they know they’re not supposed disturb? Come and give it to me, am in the mood”. She said pulling him to herself.

The knock came again and the man left the bed and went to get the door angrily. He opened it and stood still. The fair lady covered herself up with the bed sheet looking at him. Then his head fell on his side with his body standing, and the body sagged on the ground to unveil Crusial standing in her original form: her slim fingers with long claws were covered in blood. Her face, dry and skeletal with a dark blue eyes shooting out from its socket and gray hairs covering her face with her long snake like tongue shooting out from her mouth, dangling in the air. Her body was wrinkled and pale as she stood bending on one side.

The lady let out a loud scream in fear, holding the bed sheet firmly to her chest. Crusial looked abruptly at her and jumped to the bed in a swift move, grabbed by the neck and ripped opened her throat with her fangs. While blood oozed out from her throat and her eyes opened looking in horror, Crusail ripped open her tummy and dragged out her intestines, eating it as she watched dying in agony.

That same night, she visited the rest girls, doing the same thing to them. And that made the head line news the next day. With Ishaw and Bruno to resolve.

Ishaw turned his face away and light a cigarette. A body man laid on the floor skinned alive with his body shaking in pain. He kept moving his eyes shooting from his socket and gnashing his teeth since his lips were gone. The medics were yet to arrive, just a few police men were on ground securing the parameter.

Bruno moved to Ishaw with an irritated face.

"let's put him out of his misery ". Bruno said.

Ishaw frowned and asked.

"what's doing this?".

"are you asking? after what we saw last night and you're asking?". Bruno said.

"Last night was like a nightmare! can't take it in yet". Ishaw said.

"I think the end may be here". Bruno said shrugging.

Ishaw's eyes caught a police officer who was receiving a call from his radio and beckoned him over. when the office came to him, he asked almost in a whisper with an eye on the struggling man on the floor.

"what's that?".

"The medics are stuck in a traffic". the police officer replied.

Before Ishaw could say another word, Bruno fired a straight bullet into his head, splashing blood around. The gunshot startled everyone and Ishaw looked at the man who laid still with his head on his ride side and eyes opened.

"Better, isn't it?''. Bruno asked taking a stick from the pack in Ishaws hand.

Ishaw looked at him surprisingly and said.

"smoking will kill you".

"Not today". He said smiling as he light the stick.

Ishaw suddenly spotted Igbudu crossing to another lane. He took off his sun glass and strained his eyes to be sure. And when convinced, he tapped Bruno on the shoulder and pointed towards Igbudu. Bruno followed his direction and said exhaling smoke.

'' A mad man?".

Ishaw looked at him angrily and said.

'' That's the man we are looking for!".

Bruno then placed the description to Igbudu's features.Then nodded to Ishaw and shouted calling everyone's attention.

"we got someone to bring down! get in your cars lets go!".

"Let three men stay here!". Igbudu added as he joined Bruno who was rushing into their car.

Igbudu mistakenly kicked a stone and bent over in pain to inspect the injury. He had a little bruise on his big toe. He cursed under his breath and continued his walk limping.

Then a siren called his attention behind him, he looked at the cars racing towards him and wondered where they were going to, then stood for them to pass. To his surprise the car drove in front of him and the men started jumping out even before the car stopped. He needed no one to tell him what to do. Immediately he ran down the hill by the road side, leading to the forest. The slope forced him forward as he ran too fast and fell rolling down grasses and little buds.

"Get him dead or alive!". Igbudu screamed, rushing down the hill with the police men.

Igbudu finally stopped, stood up and continued. A gun shot missed his head just as he bent down to dodge a branch and hit a tree in front of him. He turned abruptly and saw the police officer aiming another shot. He rushed behind a big three and the bullet missed him again.

"Grin! Where are you!". He whispered, looking around intensively.

Few more police officer joined the first, all aiming to fire. There was no escape for him.As the police men gently approached the tree he was hiding behind.

He quickly opened his bag, and took out a powder, blew it in the air and the men instantly dozed off standing. He peeped and saw them sleeping staggering to hold up, then took off running down the hill.

He had left few seconds when Ishaw and the rest police men found the men sleeping.

'what's this?'. Bruno asked, looking strangely at the men.

"Get him!" Ishaw commanded the men with him.

Bruno slapped the men on the head one after another and they jumped up looking apprehensively around. One of them fired and killed one of the officers in front running after Igbudu.

This delayed the pursuit as even those in front who could see Igbudu's back returned to the accident.

"am sorry, i didn't know. I thought it's him". The police officer said in tears looking at the officer he shot coughing blood dying.

Ishaw looked at the direction Igbudu took and couldn't find a trace of him. Then he said to Bruno.

"am going after him. It's either him or me".

"am coming with you. Don't try to stop me". Bruno said moving in front of Igbudu.

Then Ishaw turned to one of the police man and said.

"Stay with the rest. You! You! Come with me!".

Two police officers joined him as they raced down the hill with Bruno running angrily in front.

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Zarac pulled Sam out of the car and tried to resuscitate him using his cloth to fan him and Sandra standing worried behind him. Soon Sam opened his eyes and slowly sat up.

"Are you okay?'. Zarac asked looking at him with concern.

Sandra quickly hugged him and sat beside him. Zarac looked around; the birds laid dead on the floor, the driver was still lying dead in the car and he looked up the hill from where the car fell from. He heaved a sigh of relief for being alive. Then he said to Sam and Sandra.

"we have to get out of here".

Sandra gently stood up pulling Sam up too with his hands. Zarac looked around for a possible way upwards, and then heard a fast approaching foot step. He looked at the direction abruptly and then to Sandra. Sandra heard it too and held Sam moving behind the car.

'Hide! Hide!". Zarac said pulling Sandra's hand running into a nearby bush.

Just then, Igbudu ran pass the car; First, he noticed the car and his body signaled him to wait but when he turned to his back, he saw Bruno aiming to fire. He continued and the gun shot missed him. He held on to the bag firmly calling Grin's name as he ran.

Zarac looked from his hiding place, and watched them run pass. He turned to Sandra who held Sam so close to her chest and said in a whisper bending himself further more.

"someone is trying to kill another. Stay down".

Sandra nodded and held Sam firmly.

Ishaw got to the car incident and stopped, bending down with his two hands on his knee breathing heavily. The two men with him stopped too looking at him.

'Go! Go! i...i want...to see what happened...here. Go!". he said coughing, pointing at the direction Bruno took.

The men continued while he stood straight with a and on the car tire still breathing fast. Then he took notice of the birds around which increased his curiosity. He moved closer to the car and looked inside, there laid the driver lying on his side with his head facing down. He looked up the hill and figured immediately what happened.

Zarac turned to Sandra who touched his back.

'what is it?'. Zarac asked in a whisper.

"i Think he is a police". Sandar whispered back.

Zarac raised a hand for her to stay calm and continued peeping. Sam was completely overtaken by fear and remained still where he was in Sandra's embrace.

Igbudu stopped in front of a river. He wanted to jump in then remembered the book in the bag. He whispered Grin's name but got to response. Then he turned his back to look for another route of escape but met Bruno wielding the gun at him.

"IF you move! I'll blow your head off!". Bruno said in-between his teeth.

Igbudu thought of a million way out of this, but he can do nothing without his bag being opened, so he remained calm looking at Bruno who was ready to shoot at the slightest provocation.

The two police men joined him, breathing as they pointed the gun at Igbudu.

"Drop that bag!". Bruno said moving slowly towards him.

Igbudu looked around for Grin but didn't find him. Bruno shot him in his shoulder and the bag fell from him.

"Get him". Bruno said to the officers.

They carefully got to Igbudu and cuffed him even as he cried in pain with the bullet wound in his shoulder.

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A big giant gorilla and two snake like men in arch scaly skin stood around Grin who looked at them in fear. He had tried to speed off but the snakelike men were twice faster than him. They had chained his feet and hands behind his back and were standing around him breathing heavily, looking ominously at him as he tried to break free in vain.

A goat walking like a man walked in between the snakelike men and when Grin saw it he was overtaken by shock as he sat looking with opened eyes and mouth.

The goat grinned and said walking to Grin.

"a captor is now a captive. I told you, you should have killed me when you had the chance".

Zarac and Sandra came out of the house with a bag and put in the trunk of a taxi. They returned to get the rest bag, while Sam stood by the car with the ghost girl.

" what about your friend?". She asked leaning on the car beside the driver who was exhaling smoke absentmindedly looking around. " is he not coming with you?".

Sam nodded and turned to Zarac who hurried out with a suitcase and dropped at the backseat of the car.

"Sam, don't just stand there doing nothing. Get some stuff out of the house". Zarac said.

" it's finished". Sandra shouted at the door way.

Zarac hurriedly joined her locking the door. Then they both returned to car and the driver drove off.

They had driven for one hour thirty minutes in silence when Zarac looked behind his seat to Sandra and Sam, and said to Sam.

" am sorry, I had to take him back. He cant come with us".

Sam looked out through the window frowning. His eyes caught a snake swallowing someone by the road side, he looked at it again but didn't see anything anymore.

" if we go with him, his family member may come looking for him. That's why Zarac had to take him away this morning". Sandra said touching Sam's arm.

Just then a crow ran into the windscreen startling every one. Hit itself so hard on it and died immediately.

" what's that?". Zarac and Sandra asked simultaneously.

" a blind bird I think". The driver said looking as the bird fell off from the car.

Two crows hit the windscreen again, another flew into the car from Zarac's opened glass and started flying around confusing the driver.

Zarac tried to hit it down while Sandra shouted wielding her hands around. Another bird flew in through the driver side plucking out the his left eye in a swift move which made the driver let go of the steering with his leg pressed hard on the throttle. The car ran into a moult, turned twice in the air before it landed on the headlamp side of the car, then fell on the driver door side.

The driver during the impact hit his chest hard on the steering and died. Sam rolled over and fell on the windscreen. Zarac's seatbelt held him to his chair and Sandra was prevented from rolling over by Zarac's seat. So she fell on the left side door.

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Igbudu stood by a public tap waiting for the locals fetching water to allow him wash off. He ignored their disdained stares and slowly moved forward as they moved away for him. He was about to use the tap when a fat dark man in just shorts and rubber slippers shouted.

" hey! Get out of there!".

Igbudu ignored him and put his mouth on the water hole of the tap, then spat the water out before taking some on his palm to wash his face with.

The locals whispered amongst themselves but no one hard the courage to speak up.

The man saw what Igbudu was doing and ran to him shouting. This called the attention of some youth around as they moved inquisitively towards Igbudu.

The man got to Igbudu and forcefully pushed him off the tap and he fell on the wet muddy floor.

" dont you know this is our water!". He turned to the people around and said. " and you allowed this mad man to mess our water up!" Then he said to Igbudu pointing at a static water by the side of the road." That's where mad men drink from. If you must drink from here, get something to fetch with".

Igbudu slowly stood up and looked around for the boy with him. When he couldn't find him, he slowly walked away with his bag hangings across his shoulder.

"I thought you were going to pull a stunt". The boy said laughing.

Igbudu turned abruptly and found the boy behind him.

" I am not in the mood for that today". Igbudu said walking in front of him.

The boy stopped laughing abruptly and looked up in the sky. Igbudu turned to him and asked.

"what's it?".

The boy ignored him sniffing the air with his eyes closed.

" what is it?". Igbudu asked again apprehensively.

" I smell blood. Fresh". The boy said still sniffing.

" his blood?". Igbudu asked.

The boy pointed the east and said with his eyes closed

" there!"

" lets go! Lets go! Before others get him". Igbudu said uneasily as they both started off in a hurry.

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The principal had bathed and cleaned up his small sitting room waiting for his finest guest. He checked his breath and armpit, when convinced it was okay, he adjusted his t-shirt and joggers before tuning on the TV.

A knock sounded on the door, he rushed to get the air freshener an sprayed it in the air around the sitting room. Ran to his room to spray for the fifth time a perfume, before he ran to get the door. It was the delivery man holding the pizza he ordered. He hissed and took it from him after paying.

He dropped the pizza on his wooden center table, checked his wrist watch and ran to the kitchen, opened the cabinet, took out a can and poured the concoction in a glass cup and frowned, closed his nose before drinking it all in a gulp.

Then a knock startled him. He dropped the cup hastily and ran to the door. Opened it and there stood Crusial in a wicked tight mini skirt and spaghetti top, everything emphasizing on her curves and bulges. Her face was laden with perfect make up enhancing her beauty. She smiled at him and his heart skipped a beat.

" hi..hi...hi...". He kept saying with eyes fixed on her chest.

She smiled, hugged him and kissed his cheek. He held her so tight licking her neck. She broke the embrace laughing.

" calm down! You will have it all to yourself!". She said walking in dragging the principal by the hand with her.

She sat on the little sofa and he sagged beside her breathing heavily with his body unsettled.

" you look excellent". He said licking his lips.

Then his eyes dropped on the pizza on the table. He hurriedly retrieved it for her.

" I ordered this". He said pulling one slice from the pack directing it to her mouth.

" oh, it's you I want to eat". She said kissing his neck.

"oh my god! You are finishing me". The principal said giggling.

She removed his shirt and kissed his lips. He broke the kiss and rushed her boobs kissing and licking from her shirt. She laughed and said seductively.

" wait! Don't be in a haste, let me get it out for you".

The principal hurriedly took off his joggers as she was taking off her top and grabbed her kissing her chest hungrily.

She raised her head up, her eyes changed and fangs grew in her mouth, her tongue grew so long dangling in the air while the man was lustfully enjoying himself .


She gently pulled his head up and licked his neck, he made to bring his head down but she held his it up, he closed his eyes licking his lips enjoying every bit of what Sandra was giving.

She opened her mouth and was about biting him when a knock startled them both.

The principal looked surprisingly at the door while she hid her face but he was too concerned about the door to notice that.

The knock came again, he hissed and shouted.

" who's that?".

" it's your wife! Open this door!". The female voice yelled hitting the door hard.

He jumped on his feet, looked around confused, muttering.

" she's not supposed to come today".

" who's that?". Crusial asked looking innocently at him.

The principal looked at her and rushed into his trouser and shirt, threw her top on her and said hastily.

" get dressed! Get dressed!".

Crusial gently started wearing her shirt and the knock came again followed with a yell.


" I know there's a woman in that house! Open this door now!".


He dragged her up looking around confused. Then pulled her towards the curtain beside the entrance door and hid her behind it. He composed himself, arranged his cloth and walked to the door.


He opened the door and a fat short lady in a green flowered gown with an unkempt hair forced her way in. She spotted the pizza and looked around the room saying.

"where's she?".

" who?". The principal asked ignorantly.

She frowned at him and dashed into the house.

" where is who?". The principal asked rushing to the curtain. Opened it, pushed Crusial out and shut the door. Then heaved and yelled rushing in to the house. "you this crazy woman, who told you there's someone here?".

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Ishaw looked away at the sight of a dead man covered in blood. Bruno shook his head and said.

" it looks like regurgitation".

" that's the grossest thing I have seen". Ishaw said standing to his feet.

" what do you suspect?". Bruno asked.

" let the medics decide". Ishaw said and spat.

"I think it's a snake". Bruno said.

Ishaw looked at him and scuffed.

"what nonsense!". He said.

Bruno was shocked at his response.

" after what we saw the other day?". Bruno asked.

Ishaw took out a cigarette and light it. Then wiped the droplet of sweat on his forehead and blew off a large smoke.

" sir, there's another similar case sir". An officer said.

Ishaw cursed and kicked the air. Bruno smiled and asked the officer.

". Where?".

" along the Baptist Church road". The officer said.

Bruno heaved a worried sigh and rest his back on a Hilux and looked at ishaw who was busy exhaling smoke from his nostrils.

" what do you make out of this brother?". Bruno asked.

Ishaw suddenly burst in an hysterical laughter holding his tummy. Bruno and the officer looked at him inquisitively.

" the end is here". He said laughing.

Just then Ishaw spotted Igbudu from a distance crossing the road to the right lane. He stopped laughing abruptly and called Bruno's attention.

"look at that man walking".

Bruno looked towards the direction Ishaw was pointing to and asked.

" who's he?"

" the bringer of the apocalypse". Ishaw said still looking.

That was when Bruno recognized the description given at the police station. And he said immediately moving towards a van.

" what are we waiting for . Lets take him down!".

Ishaw alerted other police men and they entered a van.

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Zarac opened his eyes and saw lots of crows eating the flesh of the driver. Some perched on Sam and was peeking his head. He hit them off Sam, unbuckled his seat belt and fell on the door side. The birds flew away and returned in a forceful attack peeking him all over. He covered his head as he wield them off, yet they were relentless.

More crow joined in forcing their way into the car.

Sandra waken by the noise and the peeking on her arm. She saw a bird flying towards her eyes and turned abruptly with a faint scream.

More crows joined and the car was completely covered with crows.

Sam moved his head and a crow peeked his chin injuring him. He immediately came to consciousness. Zarac had moved to the back seat to shield Sandra with his body.

Sam summoned some strength and sat up wielding the birds away. His eyes immediately turned white and a white light like explosion from his body threw all the birds away and he fainted on the door.

Igbudu found himself in a bush. He looked around and stood up dusting the mud off his butt. A voice from behind startled him, he jumped and turned over to behold a bald skinny, shirtless, light skinned boy in just white pant with bumps all over his exposed body laughing at him under the reflection of the bright moon light.

Igbudu looked and recognized him speedily, then asked immediately.

“Why did you save me?’’.

He walked closer to Igbudu and examined him from his head to his toe, then said in a mocking tone.

“Almighty Igbudu would have been a dead man. What a shame to die in the hands of mortals”.

Igbudu felt his pride pricked and said aggressively.

“tell me why you saved me? Because the last time I checked I wanted you dead!”.

The boy zoomed off in a flash raising a wind that shook everything around; returned in almost the same second with a chain in his hands.

Igbudu looked at the Chain and couldn’t make a thing out of it. The boy dropped it close to Igbudu’s feet and said.

“The demons I chained escaped. Then more demons I can't tame attacked me. Now, they are coming. Some are here already”. He looked into igbudu’s face and continued . “I need you alive. You can stop them. They’re coming for the boy”.

Igbudu looked up in search for the smoke and couldn’t find it, he returned to the boy who folded his arm following Igbudu’s gaze and said.

‘‘I have lost my lead to him”.

The boy grinned and replied.

“Have you forgotten I’m a half human and half demon? I know how they think. I can help you find him”.

“How are you going to walk around looking like this?’’. Igbudu asked.

He looked at the bumps on his very light skin and said.

‘You’re the one whose head is needed for a reward, who needs to be careful?”.

Igbudu turned from him and looked around the place, the grasses and sticky mud under his feet. The boy knew what he was thinking and said.

‘This is the closest private place I could find. You don’t it?’’

Igbudu picked up his bag and started through a narrow path, while the boy followed him with his arm folded whistling as they headed for the road.


Zarac arrived home and found nobody there. He had knocked severally with no response coming. He met the void of his wife’s car on his way in but decided to enquire by knocking.

All his body felt lifeless as he sagged his butt on the pavement at the entrance of the house. He looked completely lost, tired, hungry and worried sick. He tried not the imagine the gruesome murder he saw earlier, tying his wife’s fate to it. The slightest thought of that irritated him and gave him goose pimples.

A car light shoned into the compound blinding him, he shielded his eyes from it and slowly stood up to see who it was.

A man alighted with a boy in uniform, and both started walking towards the house. when they came closer, Zarac could make out Sam’s figure and when they came more closer, he felt slightly relieved, immediately ran to sam, knelt in front of him and passionately hugged him.

‘’am sorry I didn't come to pick you” he said, checking the time on the Rolex watch on his wrist. “it was a war today. Your mum is not even home yet, I don’t know where she is”.

The man; slim average height in over sized long sleeve top and baggy plain trouser moved backwards and said to Zarac.

‘’I have to be going now”.

“It’s okay, thank you”. Zarac said standing to his feet.

Sam followed the man dragging Zarac with him, Zarac followed him wondering what he wanted. They reached the bus when the man was about entering, he saw them and asked.

‘Any problem?’.

‘my boy wanted me to come. Don’t know what he wants”. Zarac said.

The man looked at Sam who was pointing at the student whose head rested on the bus door window glass looking pitifully at Sam and said casually.

“Oh! His friend. That boy's parents died today, we are taking him to the church. Maybe tomorrow we can find a relative or something”.

Zarac looked at Sam and said.

‘’we cannot keep him; it’s not safe for any of us. We have to stay together”.

Sam forcefully removed his hand from Zarac's and opened the bus door. Zarac looked at Sam surprised; he has never seen this side of him before. Then he turned to the boy’s pathetic face and felt pity for him, then he looked at Sam who frowned almost in tears , he was moved to ask the man if the boy can stay with them till the next day. The man hesitated, but Zarac persuasively convinced him.

The boy alighted in a droopy shoulder and followed them into the compound as the bus drove off.

Zarac remained standing at the gate, moving restlessly and looking at any headlamp shoned towards him or a car sound from a distance with the hope of seeing Sandra approaching.

A ghost walked past Zarac at the gate and wondered into the compound. Sam and the boy saw it; a dark girl, with a wide nose and bold lips. Her red gown elaborated on her little boobs and small butt.

She stood in front of Zarac looking at the boy, trying to understand what he was. Then she caught Sam staring at her. At first, she thought it was coincident, but when she looked closely she realized that Sam could see her. She moved circumspectly towards Sam with an eye on the boy.

“Can you see me?’’. She asked.

Sam looked away, but kept stealing glances at her. She caught him looking again and yelled.

“Yes! I caught you! You can see me! Oh thank goodness!’’. She said sitting beside Sam. “I have been wondering since morning. I found myself here; people running, shouting, it was crazy! And then I realized they can’t see me. That’s when I remembered I was knocked down by a crazy driver”. She burst into automatic tears sobbing.

Sam turned to her looking, but could say nothing.

‘’people die every day okay, my folks are dead too”. The boy barked at her.

She looked up at him surprisingly and asked.

“You have family? Humans?’’.

The boy ignored her and looked at a flash light from a car approaching. The boys stood up and moved towards the gate. A lady stepped down from the car and Zarac ran to her.


President Khalid sat with his possessed ministers and commissioners in a private closed door meeting. They all had different kinds of birds on their shoulders.

“we came before others, we own the power of men! they will try to challenge us, but we are ready”. The president said with a smirk on his face.

“What about the boy?”. One of them: a thick dark man with full afro asked as his crow ate from his palm.

President Khalid looked at the glass cup in front of him and said.

‘I have appointed my best scoopers to find him. We need to kill him so we can enjoy this flesh”.

“But he has now the white ghost with him”. A lady in red flowered gown, with a thick red lipstick on and an owl on her shoulder said.

There was murmuring in the house. The president reasoned it, then looked up and saw everyone whispering to each other. He hit his hands on the table and barked.

“Silence!”.

The whole place met a dead silence. He looked at them ominously with his two hands on the table. Then rest his back on his chair and continued.

“Let’s hope we get Igbudu first. Retrieve the book from him and destroy it. As for the boy, I have good plans for him”. He concluded with a wicked grin.


Ishaw and Bruno were driving home in now wrecked police van that made a loud troubling whistling sound as it moved.

“have you called your girls?”. Ishaw asked.

“when was I to do that? When am fighting for my life?’’ Bruno asked.

Ishaw smiled and used a hand to pick a stick of cigarette from a pack in his chest pocket, took a lighter and light it as he drove.

“are you going home?”. Ishaw asked again.

“where should I go, your village?”. Bruno said and looked out through the window.

A fleet of black crows in thousands covered the sky coming from the east direction. He adjusted himself looking at it, then he tapped Ishaw on his arm.

“what is it!”. Ishaw asked.

And then ishaw saw what Bruno was seeing. The birds flew pass them and everywhere was covered in gross darkness.

They were still looking, when something white ran pass their car in a speed of light. Another followed and another followed. Ishaw had to park by the road side as they watched in fear.

Something climbed their car that spooked them and ran down, it was a goat walking like human. And then black insects in large numbers flew pass. Suddenly everywhere was was calm.

The men looked around completely overtaken by fear. Then a group of stricken old people in white clothes appeared from nowhere walking pass them in a long queue.

Ishaw cigarette burnt out in his partly opened mouth without him knowing. Bruno held on to his balls with his both hands as he looked.

The old people stood on the road and a strong wind came from the west and blew them off into a white smoke.

Igbudu slowly stood up , dusted himself and his boys brought his bag and staff to him. He slowly took it from them, crossed the bag across his chest and wiped with the back of his hand the sweat entering his eyes which turned out to be blood.

The creature picked up a car and threw it on the people fleeing and kicked a bike that flew and hit a fat man on the head.

Igbudu deepened his hand in the bag, took out out a wrapped leather. He opened it, looked regretfully at a red stone in it; the stone he was keeping for a special occasion more than the one he's facing. On a second thought he wrapped it back and returned it, then took out a black stone, turned to the creature that was busy throwing cars at people and walked carefully towards it.

The creature found a lady under a car it raised up to throw away. The lady folded her arms and legs together lying on her side shivering in fear. It looked at her and grinned. Raised the car very high and dropped it on her.

Igbudu snuck to the creature hiding behind a car. He could see its leg as it kicked and walked forward.

Igbudu quickly poured some quality of the water on the stone and threw it on the creatures leg. A red line started growing from the spot upwards to the creatures upper body. It's leg got stuck as the line moved up.

The creature struggled to pull its leg, in the the process the leg cut into two like a detachment from a cemented sculpture. Yet the red line kept climbing.

Igbudu then surfaced from his hiding and slowly walked to the creature that was filled with horror. He pointed his staff at it and a lightning ball flew from it and scattered the creature into black dust.

The sky restored it's original colour and people stopped running looking around in perplexity.

The door of the van Sandra was had already giving way, she thought it was the end as she waited for what was coming to her. The male nurse kept looking around uneasily, even the female nurse covered her face crying. But to their surprise, the everything stopped abruptly; the door slowly opened on its own with people on the floor wondering what happened to them as the looked around lost.

The front of Zarac's car got buried in a hole. People started jumping on the car, some hitting the back windscreen and aggressively shaking the car.

Zarac reached for the dashboard, but the driver had fallen on it. He tried with every effort to push the lifeless body away but couldn't due to the commotion. One of the men jumped in from the back window and grabbed Zarac by the neck straggling him from behind. Zarac struggled in vain to break free and all of a sudden, the man slowly let him go looking around in a confused way while Zarac bent down coughing.

Bruno kept stabbing anyone who forced himself into their car with a long dagger he always walk around with, and Ishaw kept himself busy with shooting. Soon he ran out of bullet. Then immediately grabbed a screwdriver beside the gear and joined Bruno in the stabbing.

One of the men forcing himself in just paused, and fell on the window opening the rest followed falling down were they stood.

Ishaw and Bruno were completely bewildered by the happening.

" what's going on?". Bruno asked.

Ishaw who was still looking kept silent observing.

The people started getting up to their feet's looking around in confusion and fear. Some of them even moved backwards irritated at the sight of dead bodies littered everywhere.

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The president was speaking live on a national TV about the recent mysterious attack

"my fellow countrymen. It is a thing of pain and great sorrow the massacre experienced today. Many of our loved ones including my brother in-law was affected. This issue has never been heard of, why must it happen to us? That I cannot say but I extend my deepest condolence to the families affected".

Then he stopped, took up the paper he was reading from and tore it on a live TV.

His PA and other crew members behind the camera wondered what he was up to. The president looked at them and continued.

" my dear people. They gave me that piece of shit to console you guys with. I am not reading that goat shit! Your president is a new man, a reborn. Now listen all of you humans. I know who did this. His name is Igbudu. He has a weird dreadlocks and funny beards, and walks around with two boys he has bewitched. I know many of you don't believe in witches. The past experience has proven that it's real. Now find this man. Kill him, bring his head to me and collect your reward".

Igbudu was with the driver and the two boys at a restaurant when the news was aired. The driver looked at Igbudu from the side of his eyes and was contemplating running away when Igbudu asked him without looking up.

" do you believe him?".

The driver swallowed hard and looked at the boys who ate robotically. Igbudu turned to the boys and said .

" they tried to rob me, and so I made them my slave. But I'll let them go now".

The driver summoned courage and said.

" please let me go. You can keep the pay. Look for another driver. My wife is pregnant I don't want to die now...you know you're now a mark. Please....".

Igbudu dropped his head on the table and then raised it, turned to the driver and said.

" okay. But I must pay you",

While they were still talking, a lady recognized Igbudu and whispered to a man pointing towards him. The man looked at Igbudu's direction and nodded. He took out his phone and walked out of the restaurant.

"take this boys home. I believe they have learned their lesson. It's time I go alone". Igbudu said handing the driver some notes.

The driver took it and stood up to leave. Igbudu held his arm and beckoned the boys over. They stood automatically and came to him. He spat on his head and wiped their eyes with it and they immediately regained themselves and looked around utterly confused.

" do you remember me?". Igbudu asked them.

They immediately recognized him. All the while they thought they were dreaming, now it's a reality to them. They made to run after their realization.

" if you move a step!". Igbudu said in a commanding tone.

They froze and stood shaking visibly at the presence of Igbudu.

" the next time you steal. Trust me, I'll be there". He turned to the driver and said to the boys." He'll take you home. I have paid him".

The boys knelt thanking him. He waved them away and focused on his food.

Few minutes after the boys and the driver had gone, five tout looking men came. One of them a bulky man on a punk haircut joined to a full goatee, in a blue jean jacket on a rugged jean sat on Igbudu's table acting as though he wanted to order for food, while the rest sat at a table next to Igbudu.

The man looked at Igbudu and asked.

"are you one they spoke about on TV?".

Igbudu looked at him and continued his meal. The man blinked at his men, they slowly pulled locally made pistols out of their jackets cautiously.

The man asked again with the intention to distract Igbudu.

" why did you kill those people today?".

Igbudu ignored him eating his food. By this time the mans men were ready and signalled him with a nod. He blinked for them to go ahead as he drew his gun and fired in Igbudu's face.


Igbudu dodged in a reflex and the bullet hit one of the mans men in the stomach. The rest opened fire behind Igbudu simultaneously. Igbudu swiftly slide under the table and threw the table at the three standing behind him in the same second. Then flew out with a chair and hit on the mans jaw throwing him 4 feet off the ground. In the same second he dragged the man in the air swinging him towards the table still moving to his men, they all fell scattering everything behind. Before they could stood up, Igbudu had long gone.

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Zarac quickly ran to his car, the crowed outside both military and paramilitary, all fully armed made it hard for him to easily drive off. Vans and tanks were parked randomly coupled with civilians who came for their friends and families; and some of the staff from the complex; most were injured and some were still adjusting from the shock.

He hoot his horn at them impatiently. His mind mostly on his wife and Sam. He had lost his phone and wasn't concerned about it.

He tried to manoeuvre his way out but was stopped occasionally by uniform men. He hoot and pulled his head from the window shouting at the drivers who were also in a hurry as he is, thereby obstructing the exit.

One of the drivers in a blue Toyota corolla came down from his car and pulled out a white Mazda driver who blocked the only way out with his car after being warned not to proceed. And gave him a straight head-butt which resulted to a fight, increasing the traffic.

Zarac knew there was no way out with his car, he alighted abandoning his car and ran out of the compound. His shirt was partly stained with blood from the cut on his head and upper brows. But he cared less as he ran.

He tried to stop a taxi but the driver made no attempt to look his direction. He waited impatiently looking on both sides of the road for any to flag down. Then he spotted another yellow cab and jumped into the road in front of the car. The man almost knocked him down but was quick to apply his break.

" are you okay! Do you want to die!". The driver yelled with his head shooting out from the window.

Zarac ignored him and rushed to the backseat door, opened it and sat himself in. The driver turned to him in bewilderment and Zarac said hastily.

" take me to basden road".

Driver looked at him and was lost for words. He kept staring at the blood on his face and shirt and finally said.

" am off duty. Am rushing home".

A car horned behind him and he realized he was still on the road, then quickly moved ahead.

"my wife is in danger. Please help me. I'll pay. Name your price!". Zarac said desperately.

The driver looked at him from the rear mirror and said.

" I actually Live along that route".

" oh thank goodness! Please get going!". Zarac said.

The driver had just left when Sandra came to the ground floor escorted by four armed soldiers. She kept asking to be left to search for her husband but the men refused her request nudging her forward.

She spotted the yellow cab but didn't pay much attention to it. Then began searching for her husband the moment she was left alone.

Her first stop was a body covered on a stretcher. She pulled the covering and saw a man whose eyes were plucked out. She immediately covered it and looked around the rowdy place; everyone was either leaving or being pushed back by military force preventing them from going into the building.

She saw her husband limping supported by a police officer. She heaved a relief, smiled and ran to him. The man turned to her trying to place her face. She apologised feeling disappointed and scared.

Suddenly there was a loud explosion. Sandra found herself on the floor covered in dust. Dust filled the air making it difficult to see. Distant cry and shouting amidst her ringing ear. She saw people in slow motion running, some trying to help another up, someone crying in pain covered in blood and dust.

She staggered to her feet feeling dizzy and suddenly felt a sharp pain on her right abdomen.

" are you okay?" A man asked, helping her up.

She turned to him and saw the face of Zarac. Then smiled and collapsed.

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Sam and the mysterious boy sat beside the stairs looking innocently as parents moved up and down coming and going with their wards. Armed police men had already mounted on vantage positions in the lookout for any abnormalities.

The brave men were giving the accolade for rescuing the school. Everyone had their names on their lips.

Mr Howard sat between two young female teachers attending to his injury flirting as they did. Mr Bohn had long gone with his daughter and the gate man sat discussing with the principal in his office. Non of the men could tell what happened, they all knew something dark hit them and they woke to finished fight.

" when are your parents coming?". The boy asked Sam.

Sam shrugged and continued pacing in front of him. The boy looked around and caught Crusial's guilty face staring nervously at a police man whispering into his mates ear. The other looked at him in a horrified face and they both walked towards the rest room direction with crusial's eyes on them.

The boy nudged Sam on the shoulder and said looking at crusial.

" that teacher is up to a mischief".

Sam turned and his eyes met crusial's. He immediately removed his face and focused in front of him. The boy eyed crusial who winked him and walked away.

" lets see what she's done!". The boy said standing to his feet.

Sam shook his head, but he pulled him up and dragged Sam along.

They were at the corridor leading to the rest room when they heard a voice saying.

" this looks like animal bite. What'd have done this?".

The boys moved closer eavesdropping.

" I think this was what they reported happened at Zenith hotel earlier today". Another voice said.

Sam mistakenly stepped on a used water can and the noise spooked the police men.

" somebody is there".

The boy turned to Sam angrily and embraced him. The place became thick dark.

Two police men rushed out and couldn't see anything in the midst of the darkness.

" does anyone have a torch light?". A slim dark police man said.

His second, an heavily built dark man kept wondering what sought of darkness was that.

One of the men came out from the room with his phone torch and pointed it in the darkness . The strange boy tightened his face and the light couldn't penetrate.

The thick police officer dropped on his knees and started muttering something to himself with his eyes closed. The rest looked at him and the dark slim police man asked.

" what are you doing?".

He opened an eye and said.

" this is the end time! Am asking God for forgiveness!" Then closed his eyes and continued.

The boy slowly led Sam out. And the place became normal again. The police men were gripped with fear and wonder.

The boy said to Sam as they returned to the classroom.

" that was fun wasn't it?".

Sam looked around in search for his guardians, he only saw faces that were not his, he suddenly felt hurt and was drawn to tears.

The strange boy looked at him and smiled. Then gently path him on the back still looking out for his own parents.

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Igbudu arrived the town as led by the invisible smoke. He alighted still looking in the air, his boys followed while the driver remained in the car following Igbudu's gaze to see what he's looking at. When he was overwhelmed by his curiosity, he spoke out.

" what are you even looking at?".

Igbudu ignored him and turned to a direction by his left that isn't motor able, the said to the driver.

" we're going that direction".

The driver stretched his head from the car door window looking at where Igbudu was pointing. Then said angrily.

" who drives in that direction?! Even a blind man can see that".

Igbudu ignored his statement and entered the car, same as his boys.

" find a way around it". Igbudu said.

The man hissed and arranged his face hat before moving forward.

They drove through the busy road and got Stuck in a traffic.

" this looks like a dead end from what I see". The driver said straining to see ahead.

Igbudu looked at the lockdown traffic and turned to his left where a bald, clean shaven man sat robotically in an ash Daewoo car . The man turned to Igbudu with his eyes black. Igbudu immediately opened his bag and took out his staff speaking incantations to it.

The driver looked at Igbudu wondering what he was doing. The man opened his car door and alighted, adjusted his neck and took off; ran into man shouting on another driver by the side of his car door, picked the man off the ground and threw him with his face on the ground.

" what?! " the driver shouted opening his car door.

The first man jumped on the mans back and slammed his head severely on the tarred road until his head exploded like a broken Mellon.

Everyone was triggered to a brouhaha. Some brave men ran to the man, dragged him off th man he killed hitting the man on different side. While they were on it another shout came from a different direction, someone just stabbed an onlooker to death with a broken glass from his side mirror. An heavily built guy jumped from the crowd strangling a lady to death.

This caused an uproar as everyone took to their hills on random direction. Some jumping over cars, others falling in a drainages. Some were being stampeded and some ladies froze in fear shouting.

Igbudu stepped out of the car and climbed on the car of the mans Daewoo car. He raised the staff in the air swinging it with a finger in this mouth.

A wild wind started blowing things in the air with a thick dust accompanying it.

Igbudu closed his eyes as the dust tend to be blowing into it.

Two dark twisting smokes appeared in the sky directly above him. He opened his eyes, removed the finger in his mouth and pointed towards the smoke. The smoke spinning aggressively and sped into the clouds turning the day to night. And then descended like a black lighting hitting igbudu on the chest throwing him five cars behind. He landed on the windscreen of a Volvo crashing it.

The driver saw this and took to his heels with others looking behind him as he ran in horror.

That same minute, as Zarac was driving home in the cab and a car ran into another right in front of them. While they were still looking at the accident, a man hit his back on Zaracs side of the car with a lady holding him around his neck biting his ear.

Zarac saw this and recognized it. He tapped the driver on his shoulder begging him to reverse and leave the area. But the baffled man remained, trying to understand what was going on.

A sharp stick flew from nowhere and stabbed the driver on the neck. Zarac jumped back to his seat, his eyes as wide as owls as he looked at the man coughing to death. He got hold of himself and immediately jumped to the front seat, pushed the man aside and reversed the car crazily, knocking down anyone on his way.

Sandra fell on the floor and woke up as the abundance she was in ran into another car. She turned and saw a male and female nurse standing with blood on their heads. A strange push jammed the door and shook the van. Again it came, and horrified cry came from the driver seat followed by strange noises.

Sandra's eyes was on the door as it shook violently. The female nurse sat and crossed her hands and legs together in fear; the male nurse bent looking at the door not knowing what to do.

Ishaw and Bruno stopped when they saw a crowd running towards them. One of the escapees; a man in his 60's shouted as he ran pass their car.

" the end is here! The end is here!".

Bruno opened the door and looked in front to see what was going on. A bullet missed his head and knocked a lady down. He jumped quickly into the car and shut the door.

" what's it?" Ishaw asked.

" we are under attack!". Bruno said with an opened eyes of terror.

Ishaw made to move backwards but a car without a driver had packed behind them.

" who the Bleep is that?!". Ishaw cursed.

Two men ran towards their car and jumped on the bonnet of the car; one with a 2 by 4 stick, the other with a cutlass.

Bruno and Ishaw looked at them stiffened in fear. One of the men hit their windscreen with the 2 by 4. The other striked the windscreen grinning, Ishaw impulsively took out his gun and shot both of them dead.

Igbudu opened his eyes and stepped down from the car. The petrified lady in the car looked at him with her mouth wide opened not noticing her baby girl on the backseat's excitement.

The smoke joined together and formed a huge human figure of 20 feet tall. It roared and beat its chest. Its eyes were red fire same as its mouth when it roared.

Igbudu pointed his staff at it and and started running towards it. Lightning shot from his staff to the creature and electrocuted it. The creature sagged on its knee groaning.

Igbudu came closer speaking some incantations. He made to strike the creature but it quickly grabbed him and stood up. Igbudu made futile struggle to break free.

The creature opened its fire mouth moving towards Igbudu's head.

Igbudu turned to the boys who were still standing by the car and spat in their direction twice. They looked up to him simultaneously and began searching for his staff.

The creature got to Igbudu's head; the heat from it's breath made Igbudu flinch. He kicked the jaw of the creature with all he got and it moved it's head backwards. Then attempted again, Igbudu pushed Its jaw off him with his two feet. It moved its head backwards again. Then aggressively threw Igbudu forward in anger with a loud roar. Igbudu fell on a car and rolled down on the tarred road.

Igbudu sold the diamond in a black market with the help of those thugs 280,000. The men around were cautious of him as they tried not to make any foul move to provoke him due to his looks and the two thugs who became both his spokes man and bodyguards.

After the deal, he openly out the money in his sack bag and handed It to one of his boys. And asked the men to take him to a private place. They led him to a back of an uncomplicated building and stood in the front to stop anyone from going in.

Igbudu opened his bag, took out a small t-shirt and placed it in the floor. Brought out two stones and spread the clothe on the floor, placed the stones by the sides of the clothe. Then brought out a lighter, lit it and burnt the shirt on the floor and watched the smoke gather in the air above him. Then he said to the smoke.

" take me to him",

The smoke moved with his pace above him. He came out and said to the thugs whom had be humbled to looking pathetic.

" you can go now!".

They bowed thanking him as they hastily runaway before he changed his mind.

When they had gone, he looked at the spoke that pointed to a cab. He walked up to the packed cab with the driver sleeping in the driver seat with his eyes covered with an old face cap.

" hey!". Igbudu called.

The man jumped up, removed his cap, turned abruptly and paused when he saw Igbudu.

" hey! Go away!". He shouted. Shooing Igbudu away.

Igbudu smiled and whispered into one of his boys ear. The boy said to the driver.

"we need to hire you".

The man looked at Igbudu and covered his nose with his hand.

"I cannot carry you in my car, you stink!". The driver said to Igbudu.

Igbudu smelt his armpits and said to the man.

" just a little".

The adjusted himself, forced the key in the key hole and murmured.

" crazy people everywhere".

Igbudu opened his bag, grabbed a hand full of money and Moved closer to the man and placed the money in his face. The man paused, his eyes opened wide looking at the money, then he turned to Igbudu and said.

" what's the meaning of this".

" there's more from where that came from?". Igbudu said.

" where are you going exactly?". The man asked eyeing the money in Igbudu's hand.

" don't know. But you're to make good money today". Igbudu said.

" get in". The man said, feeling strange about his feelings.

They entered and settled in. Igbudu sat in front ignoring the man who was frowning. He looked up in the sky and said.

" go straight",

The man looked at the sky to see what Igbudu was looking at but found nothing, he looked strangely at igbudu, then the boys who were focused on the road from his rear mirror and wondered what sets of people he was carrying. Again he needed the money to pay up his depth or risk losing his only means of livelihood; the car. So wouldn't let such great chance slim off his finger. He engaged the engine following Igbudu's direction.

They past the town and was headed to the high way. The driver was becoming uneasy, he looked at Igbudu who never took his eyes off the air and the boys who sat like robots looking straight ahead, then he said.

" where are you people going to? We've been driving for two hours now".

Igbudu said without looking at him.

" take the left bend".

The man got provoked and parked by the road side. Then turned to Igbudu who slowly and ominously looked at him.

" I don't do this kind of business! Tell me where am going to so I can tell if I can or cannot go!". The driver said in rage.

Igbudu looking at the slim, tall, sunburnt man, with an unkempt beards in a slack faded green t-shirt and his old faded face cap covering half of his face; fought the anger that almost clouded his reasoning and suddenly smiled.

" not far, just like thirty minute drive more". Igbudu said.

The driver grudgingly checked the time on the cars dashboard and continued driving muttering something to himself that Igbudu careless about as he focused on the smoke that showed him the way.

They drove for another hour, this time the man parked and stepped out of the car. Igbudu looked at him and slowly came down to inquire his problem.

" pay me my money! Am not going anywhere anymore!". The man said grumpily.

Igbudu smiled and asked him.

" are you married?".

The driver looked at him and and said.

" pay me my money!".

Igbudu opened his bag and dropped the rest of the money on top of the car and said to the driver.

" this is how much I have. I am looking for a little boy who opened a portal and unleashed evil on earth. I need to find this boy or you and your loved ones won't be safe. My son was killed. It has started attacking people. Please help me stop this!".

The man reasoned what Igbudu said and looked at the money on the car. He swallowed hard and looked away fighting the urge not to comply. Again he was really hooked and then he screamed kicking the tire of his car. Igbudu looked patiently at him, and when he was done, he composed himself and said to Igbudu.

" each day I spend with you 70,000. Or no deal".

Igbudu laughed and said to him.

" do you make that amount in a month?".

The man shrugged with guilt on his countenance. Igbudu continued.

" I will pay you 30,000 everyday, minus feeding. I will pay for your feeding".

" no! 50,000". The man said.

" okay. Let me pay you off now and look for another driver". Igbudu said.

The man scratching his head said.

" you'll buy fuel",

Igbudu agreed. And they continued in their journey.

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The Presidential guest, all ministers and prominent men in the country were having a good time in nice tuxedos and the ladies looking exquisite with glasses of champagnes in hand and jazz music playing in the background.

The president soon stepped in with a bottle of beer in hand in-between two sexy girls in bikini. He wore baggy blue jean and a red t-shirt with his tummy evidently bulging. Two big gold chains dangling on his neck to compliment the big gold watch on his hand, a red face hat with the label swinging on it and a big red timberland boot.

Everyone looked surprisingly at him as he bounced ignoring people who wanted to shake hands with him, then sat on a cushion, placed his two legs on a table in front of him pouring the content in the bottle into his mouth. The girls sat beside him stroking his chest.

He dropped the bottle and shouted.

" get that DJ!"

Two security men in black suit and dark shades behind him left and came with the DJ; a short, fair, chubby dreadlocked boy in handless top and blue faded rugged jean.

The president looked at him and said drunkenly.

" do you want to die!".

The boy looked at him not knowing what he did. Everyone came closer, laden with curiosity and confusion.

" so you wanna die!", the president yelled standing up but sagged back on his seat.

The girls helped him adjust the cap falling off back on his face. He looked around and laughed. Poured another gulp into his mouth, removed it, wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and said.

" play hiphop!",

The DJ nodded and walked away. The president held one of the girls by his side and started kissing her grabbing her boobs. Everyone exchanged glances trying to understand what was going on.

The presidents wife's brother; a huge tall dark man in his fifties, a friend of the president as well came close to the president and tapped him respectfully on the shoulder. The president turned to him and said.

" are you mad! Get out!".

The man bent over and said.

" sir, I believe you shouldn't be here. Please get yourself together". The minister said thinking he's on drugs.

The president sat up and was going to tell his bodyguards to throw the minister out of the party when the hiphop music started. He smiled and waved the minister way whispering into one of the girls ear. She stood up shaking her big backside as she walked away.

The president stood and asked for a microphone. One of the bodyguards came with it and handed it to him. He cleared his throat and said.

" today! I am giving you the chance to live your life! Have fun! Coz no man knows when he's going to die! You may die today! Or be exchanged, who knows!". He said and laughed.

The girl came in with lots of sexy girls in bikini in a long queue following her from behind as they catwalk in. And another group of handsome guys in trunk walked in queue. The president looked at them and said.

" get rid of your old hags and be sodomites! Today we die in fun! Let the music play".

The minister looked at everything and walked away. Some of the guest who were not okay with the nature of the party, left as well.

Soon the men guest got into the vibe and were lost in the mood, getting nasty with the girls and the ladies with the men. The president sat watching with full serious interest.

The girls in bikini started getting the men seduced and the guys who were so irresistible to the ladies achieved their aim.

Soon, they started kissing, transferring a black smoke onto the mouths of the guest. The presidents eyes turned black as hw smiled drinking from his bottle.

The minister was driving home listening to a song on his stereo when two police men stopped his car on a road block. He slowed down and rolled down.

" hey guys, I am minister John. Coming from a presidential party". The minister said tiring.

The police man moved to him and said.

" okay. I just wanted to confirm. Here is a message from the president".

Then brought his pistol and shot the minister severely on his head and walked away.

That night. Everyone who left the party was gruesomely murdered.