Act Of Faith - Season 1 - Episode 33

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Act Of Faith - Season 1 - Episode 33

• ” Now, from the recent happenings, this is what I have found out. Firstly, the serial killer has something to do with Sir Jude Ike, this can be trace to what I had seen in his laptop the day we attacked him. My second findings is that, those who were killed by this serial killer, weren’t taken to the evil forest of Ani has said, they are being taken to the ship lap, their skulls are being sold to labs and scientist for experimental purpose. Now, the last findings, I am not so sure of this but its possible the serial killer is from Newriton, my first reason is the weapon with which the people are being killed with, it is a zig zag sword which was use to train a particular set, this type of sword can only be found at Newriton.” I said pointing at the sword in my laptop, it was In the evening of the same day, everyone had gone out, Charity and John had gone to play with their friends , mama has gone to the market while papa should be with the elders although he isn’t one, remember he isn’t an indigene if Atata . I was with Morgana and israel and we were in my small room, sitting on my bed and staring at the laptop. ” What if the serial killer isn’t from Newriton, what if he mistakenly got hold of the sword?” Israel asked , ” From what I heard, he dresses the way we dress” I told israel. ” Who did you hear that from?” Morgana asked me, ” He attacked Adanna once, she was saved by someone, she called him Jason” I told her, ” Jason, the guy that was suspended from Newriton some years back?” Morgana asked, ” I dont know the particular Jason” I replied. ” Then I think I will have to talk to Adanna, she might know something” She got up from the bed and stood staring at the window.


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” Eneda, the daughter of Iche Silas is dead” my mother told me, she was just coming back from the market that evening, she was looking so moody, of course she was meant to look moody, my sister’s death must have taken all over her. I. was even surprised she was able to go to the market to buy food stuff for the family, she is indeed a strong woman. ” Ani also killed her, the mark was on her waist side. They have taken her to the forest of Ani” she explained further. ” When did she die?” I asked her as she made to walk inside, ” Her body was seen this morning, just like we saw Linda’s own yesterday, but unlike Linda’s, she wasn’t killed in the house” She explained and walked inside shaking her head in pity. I rushed Inside my room to meet Morgana and israel who were playing games on their laptop, ” I am going to the forest of Ani this night” I told them while they looked up at me, ” Why?” Israel asked and continued his game. ” Some one has been killed again, her body has been taken to the forest, I wanna see what will happen to it this night” I explained . ” Then we should follow you” Morgana dropped the game and stared at me. ” No, you guys should stay here and cover up so as to avoid suspicion” I told them, ” But…” Israel Interrupted Morgana. ” He is right, let him go while we stay and keep watch, if anything happens, we would fall in” Israel explained while Morgana nodded. I arranged my white top and black trouser, I also brought out my knives from my briefcase. ” It will be sure sweet” I turned to them but they were so engrossed in their game.


• The forest Of Ani is the most dreaded forest in the whole of Atata, it is believed to be habited by spirits of those who didn’t die a good death, it is forbidden for any human to go into it, it was rumour that those that went into it died mysterious death. I dont believe all this, but we are about to find out what goes In there today.

The sound of crickets and frogs could be heard continuously, the leaves and trees of the forest moved left and right to produce fresh air to cool the man in black walking In the dreaded forest of Atata, me. I hadn’t gone far when I stumbled on a body, a dead body. Yes, it was the body of Eneda, there wasn’t any other body there, it was just her dead body. ” I thought as much” I said to myself as I sat on a fallen tree and listened to the songs of the birds of the night, but the frogs spoilt it with theirs. Soon, I could hear footsteps approaching, I stood up from the log of wood and took cover among the bushes, they people came Into view, they were about three young men, they looked around as they must have also heard my footsteps due to the dead dried leaves on the floor. Without saying anything, they carried the body and went out of my sight. ” Yeah, now you know what we do, but now you can’t go out alive, like they say, curiosity kills the cat ” I heard from behind, I turned back and I was standing face to face with the man in black.

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” You know you actually do make things easy for me ” he continued, his voice was like a roar, like he was talking out of anger. ” Whoa, so we meet at last Mr Serial Killer” I talked for the first time, ” You know, you kind of make my job easier, You see , your sister wasn’t met to die, she wasn’t on my list, you were the one to die Gabriel. But that night when I came to take you, you weren’t around. Your window was opened and through it, I gained access into your house.

You weren’t on the bed, you might have gone to look for me while I was also looking for you. Since you weren’t around, death doesn’t just pay an ordinary visit, I decided to take your sister in anticipation of you, and look at now, you are here, coming to me to get killed” He moved around, though he tried making his voice thick, I thought the voice sounded familiar. ” why do I have this feeling that I know you?” I asked, ” Whoa, you don’t know me, I know you” came his reply. ” I didn’t come here to get killed, I came here to kill you” I told him still standing at the same spot. ” You spies just think you have the power to defeat everyone you come across, no, it isn’t your fault, I blame sir Ajan for this” He laughed, I wasn’t much surprised, I knew it was someone from Newriton. ” But you know we can settle this in peace, Why are you doing this?” I asked and he bursted into a long, loud laughter. ” Peace? I know no peace. And as for why I am doing this, Life is all about the money bro. And I also thinks its fun you know?” He laughed on. ” maybe that fun will end today” I told him. ” Hey, should I tell you something?” He asked but I didn’t reply. ” Do you know why am wearing a mask?Dumb head, it not so that I can hide my identity, it so that the good guys wont know am smiling ” He laughed again. ”

You see, I had wanted Adanna to go before you, but someone saved her, don’t worry, I will soon find out who. As for now, I think you should go make a place for Adanna in the kingdom” he continued. ” What about if I say I know who you are?” I asked, I dont really know the person behind the mask but it was one of those things we learnt from Newriton. ” Hey, come on boy, I once use to be in Newriton, so you dont expect that to work on me” he said with a short laugh. ” Now, I think we have talked enough, no….” He interrupted me. ” Yes, we have made enough jokes, how do we say it again?


Let’s Die!!” He said as he pulled out his sword, ” Sorry bro, I dont use swords” I pulled out my gun and released two bullets to his chest, to my surprise, he was still standing fine. ”


Sorry bro, I use bullet proof” he laughed the more and immediately advance towards me with the sword held tight in his hands, I stood where i was waiting for the movement of the sword, I wasn’t trained with swords but nevertheless, I am a crime fighter. He swung the sword across my head, I saw it coming and quickly rolled on the floor and immediately brought out one of my knives, I held tight to it. ” I have never seen a spy as dull as you are, a knife against a sword?”

He asked me as he came closer, I watched his movement, I was breathing heavily. He flung the sword to my neck side but I quickly moved closer to him and guided his hand with my left hand, I immediately dished a punch to his face, he pretended like he was going to fall and shockingly he gave me a back leg kick.


I fell to the ground and immediately did a Chinese get up ( A type of stance in which you help yourself up with your legs) . I was just regaining balance when he gave me a kick to my chest again, it pushed me backward and I hit a tree. He came forward with the sword towards my head, I bent down swiftly and the sword got stuck into the tree. I rolled away from him as he tried removing the sword, I then threw a knife at him. To my surprise, he weaved the knife like as if he had seen it coming. The knife also got stuck to the tree and he removed his sword. ” Gabriel, is this all you have got?” He asked coming closer, I now wished I never came looking for him. ”

What? Am still standing ” I also moved closer to him. I threw a punch but he simply caught my hands in the air and hit my head with his own head. I staggered back, I could now feel my nose bleeding. ” He rushed towards me and gave me a spear ( A fighting technique when you push your opponent down by diving and hitting their abdominal region with your shoulder) I fell down immediately , I tried doing a Chinese get up but I fell back to the ground. I saw him walk towards me, he was swinging the sword with him. He bent down beside me and opened up my cloth, ” Do you ever wonder why I cut people in their waist side?” He asked as he tried cutting me , I immediately gave him a kick to his head.

He staggered up and I also got up, I gave him a back kick and he fell down to the ground. ” Ask about me, I ain’t that easy to defeat” I told him as I walked towards him with a knife. I threw it at him but he immediately did a back roll and the knife dug into the floor. ” I think you should also ask of me” he said and gave me a kick to my jaw, I staggered and tried regaining my balance but he gave me another spear and I fell down helplessly. ” I was trying to start a friendly conversation the other time but you weren’t interested, I think I will simply go straight to business now” He pulled up my cloth again and brought the sword close to mg waist region. ” I can’t die like this” I thought to myself as I tried giving him a weak punch on his face, ” Hey bro, be calm, it doesn’t hurt much” he said and hit the back of his sword on my forehead, that’s was all I could remember.



AS NARRATED BY MORGANA
It was already morning, Gabriel still hadn’t returned. I was now getting worried so also was Israel, ” What do we do now?” I asked israel who was sitting on the bed with his leg folded. ” Let’s act cool, that Gabriel is an idiot, he might be sleeping in the Bush now” Israel replied getting up. ” Let’s just act cool” I said and went out. Papa was already outside with chewing his stick, I walked to him smiling like nothing had happened. ” Good morning papa” I greeted him, he poured the content of his mouth away. ” Good morning my daughter” He replied as he put the chewing stick in his moth again. ” Papa, have you seen Oyinbo, I haven’t seen him this morning ” I said looking worried, ” is that why you are worried, he might have woken up early and gone out of the house” he poured the content of his mouth away again. ” Okay papa” I said and reached for the nearest broom used for sweeping the compound. ” Ah, my daughter drop it, I heard you people from the city dont do tedious work” Papa said and I bursted into laughter. ” Papa I can do it, the city isn’t as you people have painted it” I started the sweeping, ” Okay, if you say so my daughter” Papa concluded and watched me sweep. As I swept, I thought of what might have happened to Gabriel, has Ani killed him for venturing into its forest?



• I walked alongside Israel to the stream, I was holding a water pot to fetch water, I was actually helping Mama to fetch it. Linda is dead and there is no one to help her so I decided to make good use of my stay. The people we met on the road will stop twice to look at me, maybe the way I was dressed surprised them. I was almost getting to the stream when a huge young man double crossed us on the way. ” I am Mbe the cat, the one whose back as never touched the ground in any fight…” Israel interrupted him, ” whoa, this is you? I had actually seen you once in Gab He asked me as he came closer, I watched his movement, I was breathing heavily. He flung the sword to my neck side but I quickly moved closer to him and guided his hand with my left hand, I immediately dished a punch to his face, he pretended like he was going to fall and shockingly he gave me a back leg kick. I fell to the ground and immediately did a Chinese get up ( A type of stance in which you help yourself up with your legs) . I was just regaining balance when he gave me a kick to my chest again, it pushed me backward and I hit a tree. He came forward with the sword towards my head, I bent down swiftly and the sword got stuck into the tree. I rolled away from him as he tried removing the sword, I then threw a knife at him. To my surprise, he weaved the knife like as if he had seen it coming. The knife also got stuck to the tree and he removed his sword. riel’s phone,its nice seeing you real life” israel stretched his hand fort for a hand shake but the young man just eyed him. ” I am the great wrestler of Atata,I want to you to leave us” Mbe pointed to Israel while I bursted out in laughter. What gave a village wrestler the courage to walk up to israel and order him around? ” Why should I leave you?” Israel asked, just then Adanna came with her water pot from behind. ” Mbe what do you want from them?” She asked Mbe, ” Adanna, stay out of this, I want to speak with this maiden” Mbe pointed at me. ” Mbe please, they are from the city, dont trouble them” Adanna pleaded. ” They are from the city but this is my territory ” Mbe said and made to draw my hand but israel blocked him. ” You are rude” israel told him as they stood face to face. ” Please hold your friend, he might get injured ” Adanna whispered to me while I simply smiled, ” Get out from my way” Mbe ordered but Israel stood still staring more intensely at Mbe. ” Leave here” Israel told him but Mbe bursted into laughter. ” Who are you to order me around?” Mbe asked him in between his laughter but Israel didn’t reply. Mbe pushed Israel aside and moved towards me, ” You are a beautiful maiden” He started while I smiled, it was actually a smile of pity. ” I am Mbe, the….” He was interrupted by a slap from behind, Israel had slapped him. Mbe turned back slowly but angrily to face Israel, ” Abomination ” Mbe shouted as he made to slap back but israel caught his hand up in the air. Mbe struggled to get free but couldn’t. ” I don’t just like to fight” Isreal said and pushed him away, Mbe fell to the ground heavily in shock, he stared at israel with his mouth wide open, I and Adanna bursted into laughter. ” Fool” I said as I walked to the stream with Adanna, Israel followed behind.