SILENT THUNDER

CHAPTER 1 Noise

This Story Takes Place in 2073 First world Developed Southern Nigeria (Now a country of its own).

It was a Monday ,I was Sitting in the class a couple of minutes before The end of lunch Break ,I was fiddling with My School pad ,when John entered into the Classroom and rushed to my Desk .

‘’ Yo Theo Guess what happened ‘’ John said

‘’ you finally decided to Give me the 200 Naira you owe me?’’ I replied

‘’Pffft like that’s ever going to happen, Guess again ‘’ Said john

‘’I don’t know guy just Tell me ‘I said

‘Check what is Trending on Growler ‘john said pointing to the phone in his Hand

‘’Okay, but john it better be interesting’’ I said, because I knew john usually got excited by virtually anything.

I brought out my phone a Samsung Galaxy S4321, I put on the Holographic display and logged on to Growler the Most popular social network of our generation and I checked The Trending Topics to see that Justin Beiber was no more.

‘’OMG Justin Beiber is dead ‘’ I exclaimed

‘’Yep died yesterday night, his music is crap but our Grandmothers loved it so much ‘’ John said

‘’No wonder my Grandmother was crying this morning, but this wasn’t much of an interesting news ‘’ I said with ridicule

‘’Forgive me for I have sinned, any way how is Saturday going to be like, I heard……’’ John was cut short by the Entrance of a woman, a tall slender Caucasian (White) woman who was a Teacher in the school; they called Her Ms. Vivian but looked too old to be a Ms.

She went straight to the Teachers desk, before she reached the Teachers Desk Chukudi stood up and said ‘’ excuse me ma, the Bell hasn’t rung yet and it’s not your Period you shouldn’t be here ‘’

Before Ms. Vivian could reply Chukudi ,the bell rang, then there was silence in the air for some seconds

Ms. Vivian didn’t bother to reply Chukudi again; she just went straight to Addressing the class

‘’I Didn’t come here to teach as some of you might have thought , I came to remind you about the excursion to the Ijekuje mountain range in OYO state , we gave you guys permission slips for your parents to sign ,you all have submitted yours except john ,John! Stand up where is your permission slip’’ Announced Ms. Vivian

John stands up and replies ‘’ I have already submitted my permission slip ‘’

‘’you mean this one’’ Said Ms. Vivian as she brought out a yellow piece of paper from her folder she Always carried around

‘’the One which you signed by yourself’’

‘’I was not sure what to do, I am not really used to handling paper, I thought you would send Digital request to our parent’s E-mail boxes ‘’said john

‘’If you listen to the announcements you would know this school as started trying to introduce paper work into your Curriculum it’s been 30 years since paper was a common medium for writing ,so John I suggest you go get your Father’s signature before Thursday if you want to go for the Excursion on Saturday’‘

‘Okay ‘said john as he sits down

Ms. Vivian continues ‘’ your Teacher is ill today, so he called in sick, since we don’t have a substitute teacher for the subject and I also don’t feel like teaching, you can have this Free Period ‘’

The whole class burst into Celebration

Ms. Vivian leaves the class.

Then Everybody Goes About their Own Business

I and john quickly sat together to discuss what had just happened to him ,Before the conversation started we were joined by Alex, An Averaged Heighted Blond Caucasian boy (White boy) .the only Caucasian in the class ,the Rest of us were Negros Including I and John A Few Indians but that was limit to our Racial Diversity.

‘’Mrs. Vivian embarrassed your life ‘’ said Alex

‘’stupid woman, I don’t even know why we have to sign permission slips!’’ Said john

‘’It is so that if you die during the trip, they can Share some of the Blame with your parents‘’ I said trying to make light of the situation

‘’ But The Journey won’t be that Dangerous ‘’ said john

‘’It could get dangerous you know Tensions between Northern and Southern Nigeria are Heating up we could go all out war and OYO State is very Close to Northern Nigeria ‘’ I said

‘’Forget about the journey, let’s talk about the things that’s going to be happening on the Trip

So who are you taking to hang Out Saturday Night? ‘’ Asked Alex with His Blue Eyes wide open

‘’your sister’’ I replied

‘’ Wait! What? She is Older than you ‘’ replied Alex

‘’So? It’s just One year, and furthermore she is the one that asked me, and it’s not like we are going to do anything ‘’I said

‘’It’s Alright, because I am ironically taking your Sister! Ha! ‘’ said Alex

‘’I don’t have a sister’’ I Replied

‘’ if you did I would take her, so John who are you Taking? ‘’ Asked Alex

‘’So many choices, it is Between Barbara and Tolu’’ Said john

‘’keep Dreaming, Nigga you have nobody to…….’’ I was interrupted by the Silent Ringtone that Could only be heard by Me, I picked the call and set it to Audio ,it was my Dad, he needed Me home Immediately

‘’Guys I will see you later, I have to Rush Home, cover for me ‘’ I Said

‘’What Happened, we still Have two more periods before closing Time’’ Said John

I didn’t say another word, I rushed Out of Class, Got on my Hover Cycle and Hovered Home as fast as I could, I had to take the Ground Roads because All Air roads in the Eastern part of mainland of Lagos state were closed.

I reached Home to see Dad waiting for me At the Door ‘’Dad what’s Wrong ‘’ I asked

‘’I just received a call from the Hospital that Mum Had an Epileptic Attack, I want to go see her but I can’t leave the Baby alone so I called you to take care of him ‘’ Dad said

‘’Okay I hope she is alright ‘’ I said with a lot of concern because I was Shocked, mum had never had any previous epileptic Attacks, she did have some Medical complications but nothing Brain related

‘’She is Alright Just Take care of the Baby I just Fed him, he is sleeping in My Bedroom, I will be back soon ’’ Dad said as he entered his car and drove off.

I entered the house and went straight to see my baby Brother Tayo, the 7 month Old baby. I loved him so much he was Born under so much complications, Mum Just wanted a fourth child, a fourth Son before she went through Menopause Which was even long Due .Tayo was still fast asleep so I knew I had not much To Do, so I went to put on our Holograph TV, I changed the channel to TNN the world’s leading cable news Channel. The current program was World news Hosted by that Asian Reporter, I watched it regularly but I never did learn her name, Asian reporters were common in Nigeria for reasons I was not aware of.

The news reporter started speaking ‘’Tensions are rising between Asia and Europe as talks have of a peace Treaty have broken down, all eyes are on The Asian Union’’

I switched off the TV; I couldn’t bear to hear about how the World peace was in jeopardy.

The World was Falling apart, but I knew There was Nothing I could do ,I quickly Forgot about the news and Connected my Game console The Playport 42,and started Playing my Favorite Virtual game; FIFA 73.

After a while, I immediately stood up to go see what happened, maybe he was hungry, I got into the room to see Him in his Crib ,I lifted him up and Oh God there was that Horrific smell ,he had Defecated on himself in his Diapers ,but I wasn’t bothered I just carried him and put the lower half of his small body in the Baby cleaning machine ,I left him there for a minute and a half and just like that a fresh Behind and a Brand new Diaper, I often wondered how people of the olden days coped with Diapers , I even wondered when Diapers where invented ,were Babies just shitting whenever and wherever they liked? , I often try not to Think of our Primitive Grandparents lived.

My phone rang it was dad

‘’Hello dad what’s the Situation ‘’ I said

‘’ your mum is fine, we are coming home ,the Doctor said that she was just Over stressed and that she probably won’t have an attack again ‘’

‘’that’s good news’’

‘’Did Tayo give you trouble?’’ asked dad

‘’Not at all ‘’ I said

5 days later

It was a Saturday, the Saturday which I was to travel to the Ijekuje mountain range in OYO state. Immediately I woke up, I checked the Time on my Wall, it was 7:54 but I had set an alarm for 7:00 am I guess it wasn’t loud enough. we were supposed to meet at the School at 9:00 am ,I was still feeling very Drowsy I contemplated on whether I should Go for the excursion or not because I still wanted to sleep just a little more ,but after several Minutes of contemplation I came to a conclusion that I would Regret not going when my friends start to tell me all the wonderful things they did without me ,The things your friends do always seem more Interesting when they do it without you and also I couldn’t Miss a chance to Hang Out with Alex’s sister, Jane. I stood up from my Bed and went straight to Getting ready, after 35 minutes of dressing up I looked quite decent, if I do say so myself . Immediately I finished dressing up the Hunger Kicked in, I Immediately Went on my computer and got on The Extranet to Download a meal ,I found a suitable Breakfast I could download and downloaded it for 50 naira ,I plugged in The Food printer to my Computer ,I added a couple adjustments to the Food then I clicked Print ,and viola Pancakes with Syrup and Chicken ,I Added Chicken to every meal I had .I quickly Finished My food and went Straight Downstairs ,mom and dad were in the Living Room with the Baby, my brothers Had gone To play Football. My mom was a Nurse At the Local Clinic ,Dad was A Biochemist at his Father’s Biotech Lab ,He Went to Work when He pleased ,after all he practically Owned It, But not yet Completely Because his Father A.K.A my Grandfather was still Alive .my Grandfather lived in Northern Nigeria for reasons I am not Very sure of.

‘’You are almost late‘’ said my mum

‘’Yeah I know, I will hurry’’ I said

‘’Tobi Give your Son some Money’’ said my mum to my Dad

‘’Oh yeah, How much should I give him? ’’ Asked my Dad

‘’ give him 1000 naira ‘’ said my mum

When Nigeria Split up in the Year 2035 Southern Nigeria Was to take the Naira Currency ,While Northern Nigeria Came up with Theirs ‘’Dabai ‘’ Ever since the Split the Naira Currency Had become ever Stronger ,1 Naira was to 10 Dabais ,The value of Dabais today is similar to the Value of the Naira during the early 2010’s . Now days 1000 naira is a Lot of Money.

My Dad Brought out His Money device and I brought out Mine ,He transferred a sum of 1,100 Naira to my money Device, Dad Always liked to Give me Extra Money ,You see There was no Such Thing as Physical paper money ,there was no more Cash in the Society we Used Digital Money That can be Transferred to Our Accounts and Can be Accessed through any Money Device we Log on to ,actually we didn’t Use paper for Anything again ,except Tissue paper ,Some people still liked using Tissue papers instead of those Automated Butt Cleaners ,I don’t know why Anybody wouldn’t want an Automated Butt Cleaner. I took the money And Got on my Hover cycle and Hovered to school at Maximum Speed .I took the Higher Way so I could get to school Faster ,The Higher way was a Term Giving to Blue roads that Float 80 Feet in Air they were usually made of metal, It is Used as a faster means of transportation But to use the Higher way you Had to pay a Toll of a 100 Naira .The higher way had Almost Absolutely no Traffic so I got to school AT 8:57 ,I quickly Parked my Hover Cycle in the School Garage .and Ran To the Car Park where I met Students Already Boarding the Hover Bus. I Got there Panting, Luckily I met John He Hadn’t Boarded.

‘’You Almost Missed it’’ said John

‘’I know…I almost didn’t even come the sleep was demonic, where is Alex?’’ I asked

‘’He has Boarded the Bus he is with his Sister ‘’ John said

Immediately the Teacher Called out my Name and I shouted ‘’here’’

He took a good Look at me and said I should enter the bus. I walked My way down To the Back Seat Of 60 Sitter Bus, The Bus was Quite Big, but it was Small Compared to the Type of Vehicles of Now a days ,After the Invention of Hover cars (Cars that Float off the ground) Vehicles had Become Bigger and Longer ,and could move more .

I got to the Back of the Bus where I knew I would Find Alex and his sister, The Bus had Very long seats Meant for four People, Alex and His Sister were the only ones on the seat.

‘’Yo Theo you made it! , I almost thought you were not coming again’’ Exclaimed Alex

‘’Yeah I almost didn’t come’’ I said

‘’Why?’’ asked Jane, Alex’s Sister

‘’I was still feeling very sleepy, But something Motivated me ‘’ I said

‘’What was it? ‘’asked Jane

‘’don’t worry I will tell you During the Trip, ‘’I said as I sat down In between Her and The Window

‘’where is John? ’’ Asked Alex

‘’oh he is still Outside, he would soon Board’’ I replied

Two minutes later John Boarded the Bus and Came to sit with us, he knew where we always sat. When everybody was seated, The Bus Conductors Proceeded to do routine Tutorial of how to Behave in the Bus and what to do in Case of an Accident or emergency, I never Listened to these things because I never believed I would ever Run into an Accident .The Bus started Moving we were Going to Take the Higher Roads, I always Preferred riding in a vehicle on the Higher Roads because of the Views you Get to see off the Ground that’s was why I always stayed near the window.

The Journey would take about 30 minutes using the Higher Way.

‘’ hey so what’s up?’’ I said to Jane

‘’Nothing Much I’m just Reading a Book‘’ Replied Jane

‘’oh that’s cool, what book is that? ‘’ I asked

‘’it’s called silent thunder’’ Jane replied

‘’ Silent thunder? , the name is quite lame how can thunder be silent?’’ I said

‘’ maybe if you are deaf it would qualify as silent thunder but actually the name is quite lame though’’ said Jane

‘’what is it about’’ I asked

‘’ It’s about a Boy Who Got Lost in an Unknown Country and how He tries to Get out of it ‘’said Jane

‘’ the Story Seems Cliché who wrote the Book? ‘’

‘’Tunde Adegbesan, your Grandfathers Brother! ‘’ Said Jane

‘My Grandfathers Brother? I know he Wrote so Many Books But he Never Published Any’’ I said

‘’he didn’t Publish this one either, he did Distribute copies to Members of your Grandfathers Company, that’s How many Dad got it and Gave it to me’’ Said Jane

Jane’s Father Worked alongside my Father in my Grandfather Business, It was kind of a Family Business and she was a family Friend, I always hoped that One day she would be More than a friend.

‘’So what are you doing?’’Asked Jane

‘’No nothing am just Growling on Growler ‘I said

‘’Been a long time I Growled, I lost interest, how many Followers do you have on Growler?’’ She asked

‘’About 420 Followers, what about you ‘’I replied

‘’About 10,000 ‘’ she said

‘’Jesus 10,000, are you a celebrity? , that’s a lot!’’ I replied

‘’Yeah I Had plenty time on my Hands but now that am in my Final Year of secondary school I don’t really have Time’’ She said bringing out Her phone

‘’Oh that’s cool’’ I said

‘’Let’s take a picture ‘’ she said bringing her face Close to mine

‘’Let’s make a Face ‘’she suggested

We both Made Duck Faces

She took like 5 different pictures

‘’What are you going to with those pictures’’ I asked her

Then Alex, who was sitting directly beside Jane, started laughing .That incredible laugh that makes you lose your Breath.

‘’guy are you Trippy? Why are you laughing? ‘’ I asked

‘’Ask her again what she is going to Do with the Picture’’ replied Alex

‘’ Um, Jane what are you going to Do with the pictures? ‘’ I asked

‘’I posted it to Growler ‘’she said with a smile

‘’ Posted? Already? ’’

I quickly brought out my phone and checked Growler I saw her Update .it said

‘’Heading to Ijekuje, I have a very cool Seat mate ‘’ below the Update there was one of the pictures of me and her using the duck face, my life was ruined ,a Nigga should not be caught duck facing

I was also shocked at how fast she was but annoyed that she didn’t Check with me First before she posted my Picture .Even Though I didn’t want Anything to come between our Already Fragile Friendship ,I had to Tell her It was Wrong

‘’hey Jane you shouldn’t have …….’’

It was sudden The Hover Bus Jacked Up and started Fall 80 feet from the higher way, it was all too sudden I didn’t have time to Say my last prayers, the Bus hit the Ground and I blacked out.

As I opened my eyes I saw Jane’s Face, my head was on her Lap ,I Thought I had Died and Gone to Heaven, But as I opened My eyes to Look around it was Horrific There was Debris Everywhere the Bus Had Fallen 80 feet from the Higher way and crashed into the ground ,I saw Dead bodies everywhere, I also Noticed that everybody that was not Injured was Kneeling down not making any movements including Jane, it was Strange that After an Accident everyone was Just in one place, I looked at my Hand I saw blood, I touched the Side of My face there was Blood and shards of glass, It didn’t hurt and it seemed Like the Bleeding Had Stopped ,Then I looked up at Jane and Said

‘’Jane what’s happening ‘’ I asked to her

She put Two fingers to her lips and quietly Told me ‘’SHHHHHH!’’ while pointing to group of Armed men .I turned around and saw About Ten Hausa Men Holding plasma Rifles, I immediately Knew they were Part of the Hugely Successful Terrorist Organization of Northern Nigeria; BOKO HARAM .they must have made a gap in the Higher Way allowing unsuspecting Vehicles to fall through, while they Rob the Victims and kidnap them if they Survive. They weren’t Paying Much attention to us ,I took that Opportunity to Get up from the Floor I was lying on to Kneel down properly ,Then I saw Alex and John Directly Beside me ,I was so Glad they Didn’t Die. I whispered to John

‘’What’s the Situation’’ I asked

‘’Oh am so Glad you are alright ,Nigga we are in Deep Shit ,The driver Is dead, Mr. Dapo is dead ,Ms. Vivian is on The Floor we’re not sure if she is alive and it looks like everybody that sat in front Of the Bus is Dead’’ He said Trembling

‘’OH MY GOD ‘’I exclaimed under my Breath

‘’We have to get out of here ‘’said Alex

‘’But where is here ‘’ I asked

‘’It seemed like we crashed in a Remote Area of the Oyo Jungle ‘’ said John

‘’Why hasn’t anybody called for Help ‘’ I asked

‘’The BOKO HARAM People have jammed our Communications ‘’ Jane Said

‘’This is Bad, we have to Get out of here’’ I said

‘’What do you Think they are going to do with us ‘’John Asked

‘’Probably kill us or sell us to Northern Nigerian Slave camps’’ I said

‘’That’s Bad, This is So Bad we have to make a Run for it ‘’said Alex Pointing to The Dense Bushes In front of us

‘’If we run fast enough and long enough we can lose them in the Forest ‘’ continued Alex

‘’where are we going to, we would get Lost in the Forest ‘’ Said Jane

‘’It’s Better than Turning into Suya ’’Said Alex

‘’Seems like that’s our Best Option’’ I said

‘’What about the Others ‘’John Asked

‘’We can’t all survive this Episode ‘’I said

‘’We have to do this now or never ‘’Alex said

‘’do we have a means of surviving in the Jungle?’’ John said

‘’We all brought Backpacks except Jane I think she has a Bag ‘’I said

‘’Okay let’s Do this’’ john said reluctantly

We looked at the Men all of them were concentrated at one Area Near their Vehicles laughing, drinking and smoking

There was like a Space of 20 yards between us and the men and like 7 yards between us and the Bush, if Non-of them were like the Legendary Usain-Bolt we would be Free. This was The Race of our lives, rather the race for our lives.

We all held Hands

‘’On the Count of 7 we make a run for it, Okay? ‘’I said Holding Jane and John’s Hands Tightly

‘’Okay’’ they all said in Unisons

‘’1…2……3……4…..5…..6………………….7 Go! ’’

We started Running with the Greatest Speed Ever

I didn’t even try to look back, so that I won’t turn into a pillar of Salt

The BOKO HARAM People Started Shouting in their Hausa accent‘’ you Feefle(people) Come Back here!! ’’

They started Chasing us, They started Shooting their Plasma Rifles rather inaccurately because of the distance and Because of how we were moving, the Other Survivors Took a cue from The Trouble we started and started Running all about, the Place went into Chaos Plasma Bullets were Flying all around, We were almost at the Bush when A plasma Bullet Hit my shoulder Tearing through the Tissue in my Shoulder, I fell down Due to the Incredible pain.

‘’Oh shit’’ John Exclaimed

John and Alex Quickly Carried me on their Shoulders And continued Running ,we made it into the bush ,we Continued Running going deeper and deeper into the Jungle until we were Sure there were no more BOKO HARAM soldiers were Still Following us.

John and Alex put me on the ground; I was still in serious Pain

‘’What are we going to do ‘’Said Alex

‘’We need a First Aid Kit, Do you have anything like that ‘’Jane said

‘’Nothing like that in my bag maybe John has some ‘Alex said

‘’I don’t have anything like that either ‘said john

Then all of a sudden the Pain in my left shoulder disappeared, I was amazed, I went over to touch the Skin over My shoulder, the bleeding had stopped and it seemed like it was healing rapidly .I got up from the ground.

‘’Oh my lord, it’s a miracle, my shoulder is alright, there is no more pain and it looks completely healed ‘’I said

‘’what! That’s impossible!’’ Jane said

‘’I don’t know what happened but we don’t have time to think about it, let’s keep moving they may be looking for us’’ I said

‘’no let’s rest here and its already evening and it would so be dark, let’s set up camp here, I don’t think…….’’ Alex’s Sentence was interrupted by the sound of a plasma rifle being shot somewhere near, we didn’t think Twice we started running as fast as our legs could take us until we were completely Exhausted.

‘’Did we lose them? ‘’ Asked john

‘’I think we did, let’s Set camp here’’ Said Alex

‘’camp? How? , we don’t have any tents or beds and we can’t sleep on the floor of a forest ‘’ said Jane

‘’Let’s climb up the trees I said, it is the best we can do ‘’I said

‘’Theo is right, the trees, lets climb up the trees’’ said Alex

‘’Tree climbing? Is this monkey mode? Am just Glad I wore trousers ‘’said Jane

As we started climbing Alex interrupted us and said ‘’I have an idea lets all pick Rocks as we climb up…In case we see dangerous animals on the ground’’

‘’great idea’’ said john

We all picked stones; I picked a very large rock and put it in my backpack .we all climbed separate trees and slept on their very large branches.

‘’what if we fall to the ground while asleep’’ asked Jane

‘’don’t worry we can’t fall, and even if we do fall we are not to high up and the ground is covered in leaves ‘’ said john

‘’ I am afraid ‘’ said Jane

‘’don’t be afraid we are all here for you, we are all here together ,tomorrow when everything blows over we would think of a way to can get to the nearest town and get help ‘’ I said

‘’Ok ‘’ said Jane nodding her head

‘’we still can’t contact anybody for help? ‘’ said Alex

‘’Seems like the BOKO HARAM men’s signal jammer works to cover all of this forest ,I think this is one of their secret bases ‘’ said john

‘’Well we are quite unfortunate, let’s get some sleep ‘’ I said

‘’we can’t sleep! We need to eat’’ said Jane

‘’Food ? Oh yeah I have food, my backpack is filled with Pringles and Fanta’’ said john

‘’that’s great but why would you carry Pringles and Fanta in your bag?’’ I asked john

‘’I wasn’t sure if they sold Pringles or fanta at Ijekuje so I brought my own to last me the weekend’’ said john

‘’I love the fact that you are weird in a wonderful way, pass some Pringles‘’ said Jane

John opened his backpack and started handing out Pringles and Fanta.

CHAPTER 2 Jungle fever

We Enjoyed the Meal like there was no tomorrow .as we ate Jane Decided to bring up what happened to me earlier

‘’Theo do you know what happened to your shoulder’’ asked Jane

‘’Oh my goodness, I forgot about that, I don’t know what happened to me, and I don’t really want to talk about it, it’s adding to my anxiety ‘’ I said

‘’is it really that Traumatizing? I believe it’s actually amazing ‘’ said Jane

‘’I don’t really think we should be talking aloud ,the BOKO HARAM people might be around ‘’ I said ,I tried to be clever because I didn’t want to talk about it ,it was the Greatest injury I had ever gotten ,in fact it was one of the Few injuries I had ever gotten ,my injuries had never gotten bigger than a bruise on my elbow or a paper cut , I hardly ever got sick ,I had never been to a hospital in my entire life, the only doctor I had ever seen was on TV.

We soon became quiet then one by one they slept, I stayed awake dead into the night I could not sleep .the skies were full of stars ,it was beautiful ,I didn’t see this too often because I lived in The city .

As I stared into the sky my eyes started to feel heavy, I closed them and quickly fell asleep.

I woke to the sound of footsteps, it was still very much dark it must have been around 4 in the morning. The footsteps gradually became closer; I could tell that it was only one person from the sound of the footsteps. I looked down and there below me was a BOKO HARAM member, I knew it was a BOKO HARAM member because of his uniform, it was the same as earlier. He moved in a disorientated manner signifying either he was Drunk or trippy, his flash light pointed to the ground has he moved. I reasoned that if we did not make any noises he would pass by and we would not be caught. Until I spotted my backpack on the floor near the tree I was sleeping on, it must have fell down because of the large rock I had put inside, if he spotted the backpack, he might reason that some people might be nearby and he might start looking for us. Maybe if I still had my rock with me I could throw it on his head and he would pass out, but the fact was that I didn’t have any rock with me , I turned to my left to where john was still sleeping ,maybe I could silently wake him up and make him throw the rock that he had also collected ,but there was no guarantee he would wake up silently and he might he even miss when throwing the stone, The BOKO HARAM member stopped at the tree Jane was sleeping on, he started to urinate on the tree ,I closed my eyes and laid down on the branch I was on ,I knew there was nothing I could do ,I had to leave it to fate, the sound of his urination stopped ,I could hear the sound of his footsteps once again ,then all of a sudden I heard a large bump then a body falling to the ground ,I slowly opened my eyes and stood up ,to see what happened . It was Jane she had thrown her rock on his head .the man was on the floor unconscious.

I quickly climbed down the tree to see what had happened to the man, I reached into my backpack and brought out my flashlight, I went up to where the man laid, he wasn’t moving his eyes were shut, I was suspecting he was dead until I saw a great pool of blood coming from his head, then I knew he was really dead, my hands started to shake.

I looked up to where Jane was; she was already climbing down from the tree she was in

‘’is he dead?’’ asked Jane with her eyes wide open

I shone the flashlight on the pool of blood and said ‘’that is not ketchup’’

‘’oh my gosh’’ she placed her hands over her mouth

‘’I thought, he would just collapse or faint or something ‘’ she said as she started moving away from the body slowly

‘’I guess we were all wrong’’ I said

‘’Is this bad? ‘’she asked

‘’yes it is, they must have sent him to look for some of the escapees ,they would be expecting him back and when he doesn’t come back they might come looking for him’’ I said

‘’Oh that is bad, but we can just hide the body, so they would not know where he was or what happened to him ‘’Jane suggested

‘’they must have a tracker on him ,finding him won’t be hard at all ,and when they see that he is dead, they will instantly suspect that it was one of us ,they might start hunting us ,to take their revenge ,we don’t know what can happen ,there is no use of hiding the body ,they would still find it ,what we need to do is get as far as possible away from here’’ I explained

‘’But where are we going to go ‘’ asked Jane

Then suddenly there was a rumble in leaves up in the trees

I quickly turned around to see what had happened again

It was john, he had just woken up and he was climbing down from his tree

As he got down from his tree he started to approach us and said ‘’what are you guys doing awake so early I hope you are not… ‘’ he stopped

‘’JESUS CHRIST, What happened ‘’ he exclaimed

‘’this BOKO HARAM dude was wondering around here ,probably looking for us ,he stopped to pee on Jane’s tree ,but Jane threw her rock on his head, he is dead .’’

‘’Oh my gosh, But could he have caught us? We were up in the trees, Jane why did you throw the stone ‘’said john

‘’don’t blame her for anything, he could have caught us he had a flash light and my backpack was on the floor, if he spotted it, he might have searched the area for us ‘’ I said

‘’How bad is it ‘’ asked john

‘’Very bad, the other BOKO HARAM people might come looking for him ‘I said

‘’That means we should get out of here ‘’ said john

There was silence as we just stood there looking at the body

John bent down and pulled something from the dead man’s shirt, it was his name tag

‘’it says Daniel’’ john said

‘’Daniel? Why would somebody from Northern Nigeria be named Daniel? ‘’ asked

It was strange; I started to wonder if they were actually BOKO HARAM, maybe there was another terrorist group.

‘’there is no way this man came all the way here at this time of night with just a torch light ,he must have used a vehicle ‘’ John said

‘’you are right, maybe he brought an All terrestrial’’ I said

‘’all terrestrial’’ was a nickname giving to vehicles that could travel on almost any surface including water

We searched the area to see if he had brought any vehicle

‘’oh my gosh see it, you were right ’’ John pointed to the vehicle at a distance

It looked empty so we ran towards it

All terrestrial vehicles usually had 4 seats and very small doors and no windows, so did this Vehicle

‘’Maybe we can drive this thing to the nearest town ‘’john said

‘’yeah its true, we can’t head back to the crash site our only hope is to find another town so we can communicate with our parents but wait won’t the BOKO HARAM people be able to track us with the Car ‘’I said

‘’yeah but it’s better than using our legs, they would eventually catch up on us either way ,if we get to a town we can call our parents for help’’ said john

‘’True, very true ‘’ I said

We started looking through the vehicle

‘’guy Theo come and take a look’’

It was the back seat, it had like 3 plasma pistols, a small sac, medicine box and a phone. I picked up the sac and I smelled it, it smelled like dried meat, I dropped the sac. John picked up the phone and started looking through it.

‘’the signal is not jammed on this phone, we can use it to call our parents’’ john said smiling hysterically

‘’ This is so awesome, let’s go and tell Jane and Alex ‘’ I said

Jane was still standing near the tree, near the dead body, while Alex was still sleeping. We approached Jane smiling emphatically

‘’what? What happened why are you two so happy?’’’ asked Jane

‘’we found a car, and a phone that doesn’t have its signal jammed we are going to call our parents while we head to the nearest town before the BOKO HARAM PEOPLE come here ‘’john said

Then Suddenly I heard the leaves rattling then I heard something drop, I turned around to see Alex on the ground, he had fallen from the, he started shouting

‘’shit shit shit’’ he screamed in agony holding his left thigh

We ran to help him

‘’Oh my gosh Alex are you alright?’’ asked Jane

Alex looked at her sternly and said ‘’what kind of question is that? , I fell from a freaking tree ‘’

‘’guy don’t take it out on your sister, it was you that said we should stay on the tree’’ john said

‘’guy It doesn’t matter this pain is killing me’’ said Alex

‘’I saw a medicine box in the car in the car ‘’ I said

‘’Which car? ‘’ Alex asked

‘’don’t worry ,I will go and get the medicine and john will explain everything to you ‘’ I said shining my torch light at the direction of the vehicle ,I ran to the vehicle and quickly opened the medicine box ,I saw different drug bottles ,their labels read Fentanyl,Flexeril,Cyclobenzaprine and oh wait Viagra ,it was awkward! What were terrorist doing with this, I didn’t even want to comment, I continued looking through the box, what I was looking for was ‘’incepterin’’ a cream that that reduces pain drastically when you rub it on the aching area . I didn’t find any incepterin ,but I did find TPH and alternative pain reliever, it was less common than incepterin because it was slightly less effective, it had to be ingested and it had a little hallucinogenic effect(makes you see things) ,but there was no other choice so I picked the drug and ran back to where Alex was.

As I returned Alex quickly turned to me ‘’Theo my life is turning upside down just I yesterday was playing FIFA 69,eating breakfast with my wonderful family ,now I am partially crippled and my sister is a murderer’’

‘’wait! You still play FIFA 69! That game is so Old ‘’I said

‘’Theo what is Wrong with you?’’Alex said looking unamused

‘’don’t mind me, here I found TPH it would relieve the pain ‘’I said

Alex takes the Drug from my hands, he swallows 5 tablets

‘’don’t you think 5 tablets is a little too much’’ Jane said

‘’The pain is just too much, the faster the better ‘’said Alex

The Sun was starting to come up; we needed to start moving before the BOKO HARAM people came looking for their Dead member

‘’Guys let’s get moving ‘’ I said

We carried our backpacks and slowly walked to the vehicle, I had to help Alex walk .when we reached the car John volunteered to drive, Jane stayed in the front seat, I and Alex stayed in the back seat. John started the car using a the start up button , in the olden days only cars that were very expensive used buttons but nowadays virtually every car used a button .

We steadily proceeded through the Tropical forest heading west, North West to be more specific. Jane took the phone we had found earlier in the Vehicle and dialed her Parents, she Got through to her parents and told them everything that had happened, as she spoke to her parents I had a feeling that everything was going to be alright and my life would soon return to normal.

I soon noticed that Alex was just staring up into the trees, I asked him what he was looking at and he said

‘’there is a monkey following us‘’

I put my head out of the vehicle to see the monkey, but there was no monkey

I concluded that he must have been Hallucinating (seeing things)

We were all quiet for while then Alex said

‘’ Look there, now there are two monkeys following us ‘’

I looked up again I didn’t see anything, then I was positive that he was seeing things, then he said

‘’Theo am serious I don’t think I am seeing things, these Monkeys are actually following us

‘’Too much TPH ‘’John commented

I looked up into the Trees once again to see if there were any monkeys ,but this time I did see the monkeys ,I knew I hadn’t taken any TPH ,so I wasn’t seeing things

‘’Bloody hell! , there are actually monkeys following us ‘’ I said

‘’What? Let me see? ‘’

As John turned his Head to look at the monkeys, tapping his head I said

‘’come on! Face your driving what if we crash into a tree ‘’

‘’But it’s True, Theo is Right ‘’Jane said as she was also looking at the Monkey’s Following us

‘’It’s strange though ‘’ I said

I continued to look at the rather small monkeys jumping through the trees, there were so small I thought they could not pose any harm to us, so I just continued to stare at them. After a while I saw a third Monkey, then a fourth one, then there were 5, then there were Like 17, out of nowhere, there were so many monkeys following us ,now there were making loud chattering noises . I started getting scared. What was happening? Was I Overdosed on TPH? I knew I hadn’t taken it so I decided to ask the others

‘’Am I the Only one that see this’’ I asked

‘’Jesus Christ! Why these are Monkeys following us, there are like 100’’ Alex said

‘’What kind of monkeys are these ’’ I asked

Jane use Boogle images to find out what kind of monkeys are these

Jane brought out the Phone from the car and used it to the take pictures of the monkeys to cross reference with Boogle Images.

‘’Boogle images and Mikipedia say that this is the AkinWalebin African Monkey ,it also says they almost went extinct but recent projects has brought the specie back to life ,although it is still considered an endangered species ,it also says that they are carnivorous, eating Only Flesh ‘’Jane said

‘’What, so these things want to eat us?’’ I asked

‘’It freaking seems like it! What has my life turned to, am so tired ‘’Alex said as he opened the bottle of TPH to take three more pills

Alex was trying to escape from reality, but the reality was that we were all going to be eating by monkeys

‘’John speed up max, let’s see if we can lose them ‘’I said

John went full throttle, the vehicle wasn’t very fast but it was fast, I was hoping that it was fast enough to escape the monkeys but I was wrong the Monkeys just jumped through the trees faster. I knew that we had to do something fast unless we were going to die .I remembered we saw three plasma rifles In the vehicle earlier,I looked for them and picked one. As I picked it Jane said

‘’Oh my god! Theo what are you trying to do? Shoot them? Have you ever used a Gun in your life? ‘’

‘’there is no time to learn, it can be that difficult is it not to pull the Trigger ‘’I said

I aimed at the monkeys using only one hand ,immediately I pulled the Trigger the Plasma rifle flew out of my hands and out of the car, my arms also jerked backwards it seems the Guns recoil was just too much ,I didn’t know they would be this powerful but yet so small.

I picked the second Gun and aimed with Both Arms, my aim was terrible, but I finally hit one

‘’Maybe that would scare them’’ I said

‘’I don’t think so, they are still chasing us ‘’ John said

I offered Jane the second Gun but she refused nodding her head sideways, I knew didn’t want to kill anymore. Alex was not in any condition to focus so it was only me shooting at the Monkeys.

As I continued shooting, a monkey finally caught up to us and jumped on the car’s roof, it quickly entered the car and started attacking I and Alex at backseat, the monkey Jumped on my face and started scratching it, it was as if it was trying to tear up my face, I quickly used my Fist to punch it, it flew out of the Car and onto the forest floor. Out of anger I took the plasma Rifle and shot the monkey that had attacked us, it was a direct hit.

I dropped the rifle to attend to my face, my face was bleeding.

‘’Theo, are you alright? ‘’ asked Jane

John turned at her and said ‘’you seriously have to stop asking that kind of question’’

The pain was overwhelming; I was contemplating whether I should use the TPH, but I knew I had to focus in this situation. I just bent down to put my head between my knees so I could try to stomach the pain, but there and then as I put my head between my knees I noticed the Sac of dried meat we had seen earlier, I immediately figured that it must be the dried meat the monkeys are after, I immediately carried the Sac and flung it out of the vehicle.

‘’Why did you throw away the meat’’ screamed Alex

I knew he was delusional but I still told him anyway

‘’I think the monkeys were after the meat in the car’’ I said out loud

‘’So have they stopped following us’’ john asked

‘’yeah it seems they pounced on the meat, they have stopped following ‘’ I said

‘’ and to think I almost got mauled by monkeys, all because of dried meat ‘’ John said

‘’keep driving, we are almost at the next town’’ I said

My face was still bleeding, so I took cotton wool from the medicine box to wipe my face, well that was a disaster, cotton wool was not meant for wiping injured faces, it only aggravated the pain so I popped the TPH bottle and took 5 pills. After taking the pills within 5 minutes I was immediately asleep.

I was awoken by the sound of noise, I opened my eyes to see we were approaching a small town, I wouldn’t say it was a town more like a village ,the houses looked like they were made in the early 2000’s also the roads were still made of coal tar . But I knew civilization was still civilization, there would be food, water and shelter available for us here, our parents were coming to pick us up later that evening, they had already sent us lots of money to our accounts, so money was not a problem.

I soon remembered my face ,I touched it to see if the scratches and marks caused by the monkey was still there; it was gone, the pain and the scars were gone ,everybody knew my face had healed quickly but they didn’t say anything ,they knew I didn’t want to talk about it . We parked the vehicle near other vehicles, we really didn’t care if they stole the vehicle, it really wasn’t ours and frankly I believed the vehicle was cursed. We got out of the vehicle and started walking ,john helped Alex to walk ,we were looking for a motel or an inn , as we walked through the village something became very clear to me, we were looking too strange; our clothes didn’t match any of the Native attire the village folks were wearing ,it was so awkward walking through the village especially because our T-shirts had words written on them ,My t-shirt had Tyler the creator’s Golf-Wang Insignia but Alex’s T-shirt had ‘’youz a bitch ass Nigga’’ written on it , it was very awkward because Alex was White and the word Nigga was still very Offensive to some people. The Old people on the street were giving us a kind of look, the kind of look that says you disapprove of someone’s existence; I immediately knew we were tagged as trouble makers.

We eventually found a motel, its sign board was in the local language Yoruba. The sign board read ‘’E ma Ku si bi’’. I was not sure what it meant, even though I was from Yoruba ancestry I didn’t know anything about the language, even my grandparents themselves could not speak Yoruba properly, and it was very unlikely that I would know how to speak, read or write Yoruba.

We knew the building was a motel because of the pictures of a bed, a plate of rice and an Old television set placed on the sign board.

We entered the motel, and went straight to the small reception area; we met a rather bald man with a full beard at the reception desk, immediately we approached the desk he said

‘’Ki le fe ni bi’’

He spoke Yoruba, I knew I didn’t know jack about Yoruba, and I was the only person of Yoruba ancestry among us.

‘’Sorry we don’t understand Yoruba’’ I said

The man paused and stared at us for a while, he stood up then went into a room behind the reception desk ,after a while he came out with somebody to come meet us, it was a young man I think he was around the Age of 21. He was really black in complexion but quite tall

‘’Hello, what do you guys want’’ the man said

‘’We want to rent a room ‘’ john said

‘’oh ok, is it just one room or Four separate rooms ‘’ the man asked

‘’Four separate ones’’ john said

He looked at us for a while then he looked at the other bald man with the full beards, they gave their selves some kind of signal, then the young man said

‘’That would 5 thousand naira per person, per night ‘’

‘’what?’’ we all said in Unison

‘’that is too expensive, this place does not even qualify to be a 1 star hotel’’ I said as I looked already worn out cement Floors.

‘’Take it or leave it’’ the young man said

This was clearly extortion they were planning on taking 20,000 naira per night from all of us, that was equivalent to 200,000 Naira in the year 2010.

‘’this is higher way robbery ‘’ I exclaimed

CHAPTER 3 NIGHTMARE

‘’ This is the only Motel in the area ’‘said the young black man

‘’but Charging 20,000 naira is too much ‘’ I said

We grouped up and tried to discuss the situation among ourselves

‘’this is the Ultimate form of extortion’’ John said

‘’ But what can we do ‘’ I said

‘’Lets pay them 25,000 naira’’ said Alex

‘’guy I think you are still on TPH 25,000 is more than 20,000’’John said

‘’Shut up , do you know why I said so ,Those Boko haram people might be looking for us, we can tell them to misdirect anybody that comes looking for us ‘’Alex said

‘’dude that makes sense, so does everybody agree on 25?’’I said

‘’sure’’ they all said in Unison

We faced the People we were Negotiating

‘’We will pay 25,000 Naira ‘’

Their eyelids opened wide

‘’Ok Ok sure ‘’said the very Black young man

He didn’t want to ask why we increased the price, that was supposed to be his Job.

‘’But on some Conditions ‘’ I said

‘’ehn what? ‘’ the man replied

‘’firstly do you guys have Food printers in the rooms’’

‘’No ,Not at all’’

‘’Okay we don’t want to be leaving our rooms, you will help bring Food to our Rooms, and secondly if anybody comes looking for us, anybody at all, tell them we don’t stay here and also send a doctor to attend to our friend here‘’ I said

The young man turned to the Bald and they conversed in Yoruba, after exchanging a couple of Yoruba words, the young man said

‘’Ok ok come over to the Desk so you can make your payments, and I will show you to your Rooms ‘’

We all walked over to the Desk, John brought out his money machine, he knew that he was the one to pay for all of us, his parents were rich, and they probably sent him a 100,000 naira just to keep him safe. John paid for all of us and the young black man showed us to our rooms upstairs.

The rooms were surprisingly modern and clean, not too modern but clean, they were small but it was really nice .the Bed sheets were the whitest things I had ever seen. There was an antique flat screen TV in each room and an antique Fan, I had never seen them in real life, I had always seen it on the History Channel. There was also thankfully a Computer.

I dropped my bag on the bed of my room, and locked the Door and lay down on the bed. Finally, some privacy, there was a lot going on that I had to take in, our current situation and my new found ability, I was healing rapidly, it was something out of a science fiction movie ,I wondered if it was temporary ,I wondered if it came with any other side effects I also wondered about its limitations ,if my hand was cut off will it grow back ? and if my head was cut will it grow back ,it seemed very unlikely and I wasn’t ready to inflict unnecessary injury on myself ,or was I ? I took a rozar blade out of my bag and Cut the skin of my left thumb, it was painful, it immediately started bleeding and just as fast as it started bleeding ,it stopped bleeding ,there was no injury, I used the Razor Blade to Cut across my palm the same thing happened ,there was bleeding and there was rapid healing. It seemed Flawless, I tried once more to cut my left thumb again but this time there was no healing it kept bleeding, and bleeding, I started to suck the blood, then I took a cloth to cover the injury. It Seemed like it was a onetime thing for each part of my body, so if I was to get shot again in my left shoulder ‘’would it be serious ?’’I asked myself ,I couldn’t Jump the conclusions ,I didn’t know what was happening to me ,I didn’t plan to tell anybody about this ,I wasn’t even going to tell my parents about it ,the only people that would know would be John, Jane and Alex . The wound on my left thumb had stopped bleeding but there was clearly an injury there.

I looked over at the Clock on the wall, it was 3:30 pm I was terribly hungry but before I went look for food ,I had to take my bath ,I went into to Bathroom and I was shocked they were still using manual Baths ,there was soap, sponges and everything ,was I expected to bathe myself ..I had never done so; the Auto cleaner always did everything for me.

‘’don’t worry you can do this, you have watched, it on Documentaries, it’s just water, soap, a sponge and a shower, how hard could it be’’

After an hour of rigorous and experimental bathing, I had finally cleaned myself, it was Hard work .I wondered how my Grandparents did it.

I didn’t have any new clothes to wear and I didn’t want to wear my Old clothes because that would defeat the purpose of even bathing in the first place. I only had extra Underwear ,I always had Extra underwear anywhere I went to ,I was weird like that .I looked into the Wardrobe to look for A dress I could wear, but all I found were Yoruba traditional attire, did I have a choice?, I could not wear any other thing, I was reluctant but I finally wore it.’’ Holy cow ‘’ I exclaimed, the dress was Humongous, its Size was ridiculously huge the arms especially were stretched, Were Yoruba people Just Too Huge or was this a Mistake in design that became a Fashion .then I quickly remembered what kind of Cloth it was, it was An Agbada ,A Yoruba Traditional wear that was worn properly by flinging part of the Huge Dress on both Shoulders ,it was ridiculous an actually inconvenient ,why would anybody come up with something like this .I laughed and laughed I quickly went to show the Others .

They were all Gathered in Alex’s Room ,as soon as I entered the room I noticed that there was another person with them I concluded that that must have been the Doctor .it looked like serious Business ,Alex was in pain as the Doctor was Examining his leg ,it was awkward walking in there with that Kind of Funny Attire, everybody suddenly looked at me ,I could smell the Seriousness in the Air .

‘’Theo what are you Wearing ‘’ Asked Jane

‘’I took my bath and didn’t have any other Cloth to wear, so I pulled this from the wardrobe ’’ I said

‘’Why would you do that? Do you know where it has been ?’’ Asked Jane

The situation felt like I was an eight Year Old kid and She was my mother, I quickly turned the attention to Alex

‘’What is the doctors Conclusion? ’’I asked

‘’Theo seems like Surgery is the Best thing for me ‘’ said Alex

‘’Ehn surgery ?what happened ? ’’I Asked

‘’Your Friend has likely shattered his Knee Bone, am not sure we would need to run some test’’ The doctor said

‘’don’t worry, I would get some Test done when am Back in lagos ’’Alex said

‘’Jane when did your parents say they were coming? ’’ I asked

‘’They said around 6 pm ‘’said Jane

‘’ Have you Guys Eaten? ‘’I asked

‘’They Brought Fast Food, It’s in my room ‘’Said Jane

‘’ Thank God ‘’I said as I said leaving the Room

Straight to Jane’s Room

As I was about to leave Jane Held my and brought it close to her Face,

‘’ what happened to your Thumb? ‘’

‘’Ehm, I was trying to cut some paper I found in my room then I accidentally cut myself ’’I said

‘’You cut yourself? ’’ Asked Jane

‘’Wait but I thought …..’’Said John

‘’You didn’t think anything, when we get back to Lagos, everything is going to go back to normal’’ I said as I started to leave the room

As I left Alex said

‘’Theo you don’t know, what I would give to heal this injury and get rid of the pain’’ said Alex

‘’Take some more TPH’’ I said

I quietly went to Jane’s room as I opened the door ,the smell of chicken Rushed at my face ,it was the greatest ambush I had ever gotten ,I quickly looked for the food, it was beside her bed ,I took one of the food pack and opened it ,it was chips ,a burger and lots and lots of chicken ,I could not hold the hunger anymore ,I could not carry it back all to my room .I ate it like an animal ,half way through the meal ,the heat in the room was too much , I had to remove the traditional attire I was wearing. Then I continued eating the food.

Then Jane walks into the room, it was the most Awkward situation, I had ever been in, I was in a sleeveless undergarment and my Boxers eating Chicken on her bed.

‘’Theo what are you doing?’’Jane asked

‘’It’s not what you think ‘’ I said

She was silent

‘’if you were thinking that I was half naked on your Bed eating Chicken you are probably right’’ I Said

‘’What?’’ she said confused

I picked up my Traditional attire and the bucket of chicken and awkwardly went out of her room to my room

I laid on my bed thinking how awkward things were getting between I and Jane. The thoughts drove me to sleep

I woke up, back in my room

I was stunned, when? How? Who? What? ,maybe I had passed out and they had brought me home , but I was back in my ‘’Golf wang ‘’ shirt , the same shirt I had been wearing during the journey ,I had only one copy of the shirt and there was no way they could have got it clean so fast ,it was so strange . I got out of Bed and looked at my Bedside Table, There was that Plasma pistol I had used to kill those Monkeys, everything was strange. I tried to leave my room but I heard Plasma Gunshots. I immediately took the Plasma Gun and hid behind my Bed .the door Opened, I was expecting some kind of BOKO HARAM man, but no, it was my Father.

‘’Dad what is going on?’’ I asked

‘’It’s Okay, everything is alright, how was your trip? ‘’

‘’What? Dad I heard Gunshots ‘’ I said

‘’Gun shots? Let me go Check ‘’ He said as he left the room

I followed him ,immediately I opened the door out of my room ,I found myself back in the jungle ,it was even stranger everywhere was dark ,I could hear things moving through the trees but I was the only person there. Soon the tiny monkeys from earlier come out from hiding and they started speaking and chanting

‘’ he is not your Father!! ‘’

I was confused, what was happening?

Another person appeared from the Trees, it was that Boko haram member Jane had killed, he was holding and aiming a plasma rifle at me

He shot me in my left shoulder…………

I opened my eyes, and got out of bed, it was all a dream, rather it was a nightmare ,I wondered how long I had slept,I opened my curtain to see that it was pitch black ,weren’t Jane’s parents supposed to pick us up around 5 pm it was already 8:00 pm . I pinched myself to see if I was dreaming. It hurt, So I knew I wasn’t dreaming I had to find out what was going on .

I wore the Native Attire I had gotten from the wardrobe and went in search for the others.

There were gathered in Alex’s room. They were all seated in corner playing cards.

‘’where are you parents ‘’ I asked

‘’Bad news very bad weather in Lagos ,all hovercopter flights had to be cancelled ,they can’t make it today but they will try to make it tomorrow .’’ Jane said

‘’Oh that’s quite unlucky ‘’ I said

‘’do you want to play cards? ‘’ Jane asked

‘’ nah, I will be busy on the computer, what about food? ’’ I said

‘’They brought us local dishes, yours is in my room ‘’Jane said

‘’Oh ok cool ‘’ I said

‘’don’t stay and strip in my room this time’’ Jane said

‘’don’t worry it would never happen again’’ I said

‘’wait, what? Strip?’’ Alex said

‘’Long story ‘’ I said as I left Alex’s room for Jane’s room

As I opened the door ,I was expecting to get ambushed by another wonderful smell, I was wrong ,it wasn’t smelling bad but it was weird ,there was this leafy sting to the smell , I opened the food pack ,and there was this Large white ball and a plate of soup filled with fish. I would recognize this round white ball anywhere it was Eba . We cooked it a lot in Food education class. And I always hated it .but I had no choice, I had to eat it. I took the food to my room, locked the door and sat down to chow down ,to my surprise the food was absolutely delicious ,I ate till I could eat no more . Soon after eating I went on the Extranet (a newer form of the internet).

I was on the Computer for Hours, I checked the time, it was around 1:30 am, I pushed aside the curtains and opened the window and looked through the window to see the town at night. it was a cloudy sky ,but it didn’t look as if it was going to rain soon ,there was lightning but I could not hear thunder ,maybe the lightning was very far away or the thunder was silent ,it reminded me of my grandfather’s brother’s book ,it also reminded me of that bus trip ,if I had decided not to go ,I would not be in all this mess.

Suddenly I heard a large scream from a female voice, the voice came from across the town, it was very quiet so that scream really stood out I looked towards where the scream was coming from. , there was a bonfire at the edge of the town that was where the scream came from. There was more screaming, somebody was in trouble, was it Jane? , even if it wasn’t Jane it was still a human being, I wondered if I should go and help.

I left my room to go and check on Jane, Alex and John, they were all asleep in their room’s .again I heard another scream, this time it was a male scream; I wondered if people were being murdered. I again pondered if I should go and help; I reasoned that if there was any actual danger I would heal and regenerate. But I had no cloth to wear ,I could not go facing danger in that large traditional attire ,but I reasoned that a human’s life was worth more than style ,so I took a plasma rifle and went downstairs to try to leave the building ,but the front door was Shut close . I went back up stairs and climbed out my window and carefully climbed down the Building and started heading towards the bonfire in my underwear, I could not wear that attire.

As I came close I started to make out what was happening at the bonfire, it seemed like some sort of ceremony, there were all surrounding the Fire I could see like 7 bare chested muscular men holding machetes (sword like tools) in both hands, and there were also two people tied up, no there were four people, the other two persons were laying on the floor, they were probably dead. But as I got closer to the fire, I started to recognize the people tied up, they were my classmates, and they too were on the bus the day the bus fell from the higher way. These men were probably sacrificing them; the two remaining classmates that were not dead were Dennis Daniels and Ashley Olatunde. I had to save them; I reasoned that it would be easy; I was holding a plasma rifle while they were holding machetes .I could threaten them and they would let my classmates go. So I shouted

‘’drop the machetes and put your hands in the air’’ I said pointing the plasma rifle at them

What was I thinking they obviously did not understand English, but they would understand my body language and they would also know what a plasma gun was?

They turned around and started shouting at me in Yoruba, which I did not understand at all ,then three of the men started running at me ,it was like they did not see the gun in my hand pointing at them ,they continued running at me with aggression ,so I started shooting at them .

It was strange the plasma bullets kept hitting them in all parts of their bodies, but it didn’t affect them ,and they kept running at me ,was I dreaming ? .it was very unlikely I could feel the reality in the situation ,it was definitely not a dream . They kept coming at me, I dropped the gun and started running away, what manner of men were these. My life was just becoming stranger. I ran into town, they continued pursuing me, I tried to lose them but they were just too fast. I was screaming and shouting but nobody was around to help me. They were all in their houses. I finally came up to a dead end. I was cornered, I was backed up against the wall with nowhere to go, the three men started to approach me slowly. There was no way I could fight them with my bare hands in my underwear. I reasoned ,if they stab me I would be injured but I will heal .so I decided if it came to it ,I would pretend as if I was dead ,so they could leave me alone .

One of the men came up to and stabbed me in the chest with both machetes, the machete went through both lungs and into the wall, he had pinned me to wall, then he started speaking to me in Yoruba, I did not understand a thing. But more importantly there were these two machetes in my chest; I tried to get them out but I couldn’t. I wondered why I still had strength to still be struggling ,I reasoned my lungs were healing and collapsing alternatively ,because I would breathe one moment then I won’t be able to breathe the next moment ,but soon my breathing moments were becoming fewer and fewer until It was incredibly hard to breath ,the man was still speaking to me in Yoruba ,he was waiting for me to die. Then suddenly my breathing stopped I knew I had to do something unless I would die.

Then all of a sudden ,strength came out of nowhere ,I used my bare hands to break the machetes that were in my chest then I pulled the machetes out of the wall and my chest ,I pushed the man that was speaking to me backwards ,then punched him to the ground. The other two men were not surprised or scared about what happened .they came straight at me with their machetes, they tried to slash me but I dodged them. I pulled the machetes of the one of the men from his hands; I took it for myself and stabbed him. But there was no blood, it was strange but everything was already messed up. I faced the last man in a machete face off, I never knew I had such good machete skills; maybe it was the adrenaline .but whatever it was It paid off, because I also stabbed the last bare chested man in the stomach but there was no blood.

All of the men were all on the ground incapacitated, probably dead, but were these men? They did not bleed! What was happening? What should I do next? Go and hide somewhere or go back and try to rescue Dennis Daniels and Ashley Olatunde.

It started raining heavily, then I heard thunder, the thunder was not silent anymore.

Chapter 4 5^th Depression

I pondered whether I should go and save Dennis Daniels and Ashley Olatunde, Dennis sat down next to me in class but Ashley was a snob that only hanged out with popular people, I had a choice to either hide until everything blows over or to save them. After only seconds of thinking I did what any normal human being would do, I went to hide, right now I couldn’t care less about what would happen to them. I ran across town to the Motel we were staying in, I climbed up the walls of the building and went through the Window into my room, then I locked my door, closed the windows and let down the curtains, I jumped onto my bed, covered myself with a cloth and hoped everything would blow over.

After a minute or so, my body started shaking ,I was Hyperventilating(breathing too fast), I had Anxiety problems so I knew I was having a panic attack ,I only experienced them during Examinations but this time it was overwhelming ,if it could continued my heart could give out ,I got out of bed and when to straight to my bag ,I looked for my drug ,I found it and took 3 pills to calm me down .The drug sent me to sleep .

I woke up to a knock at my door, I was terrified ,I looked outside the Window it was Morning already , maybe it was those men, but the Men would not knock they would just break down the door and chop off my head ,I didn’t think twice ,I opened my window and jumped out ,I hid behind my window ,there was a ledge I stood on. I waited till the Knocking stopped, it soon stopped then I heard Jane’s Voice .

‘’Theo are you there, are you alright? ‘’

I was so relived it was only Jane. I climbed back into my room and went to open the door for Jane, The first thing she said was

‘’Oh my goodness, Theo what happened ‘’

I was still in my dirty Torn White Singlet and rumpled boxers, it was as a result of the fight I had with those men that messed me up like, this but I obviously did not have any injuries, I could not tell Jane what happened last night the story was too complex and I could not start explaining, I didn’t want to explain, how could I tell her I left Dennis sand Ashley to die? .but I had to come up with an explanation for this.

‘’Hot coffee poured on me so I tore my singlet and Hand washed my Boxers ‘’I said

‘’ Coffee? They don’t have Coffee in the town ‘’ Jane said

‘’uhhm I grew my own Coffee beans, yes I grew my own Coffee and Made it ‘’ I said

‘’What? What’s wrong with you? ‘’ Jane Said

She soon noticed my medicine by the side of my bed

‘’you used your Drug? Theo what happened last night ‘’ she asked, She knew about my anxiety problems, everyone knew

‘’Long story I will tell you guys later, just be patient with me ‘’ I said

‘’Okay, you better tell us, Here I got some Clothes for you to put on ‘’She said as she threw a shirt and a trouser at me

I caught them and said ‘’Thanks ‘’

‘’My mom and dad are almost here, they called ‘’Jane said

‘’Oh cool’’ I said

‘’We would be waiting for you in Alex’s room, they brought us Breakfast ‘’ Jane said

‘’What did they bring us ? ‘’I asked

‘’Cereal ‘’Jane said as she closed my door and left my room

I got into the bathroom to clean up, I performed the same Manual bathing I did yesterday and got dressed.

As I finished getting dressed, I heard a knock at the door again.

‘’Come in ‘’ I said

It was Jane again

‘’my parents are here, and they came with the police’’ Jane said

‘’great, now I can leave this cursed land safely’’ I said

‘’what really happened last night ’’ Jane asked

I sighed,’’okay I will tell you ‘’

‘’Yesterday as I was on my Computer ……’’

My story was cut short by large noises coming from the town ,it was as if people were rioting ,I and Jane went to look through my window ,we saw a lot of people gathering at the edge of town ,it was the same place I met those bare chested men .

‘’What is happening, should we go check it out? ‘’ Jane asked

I did not reply her, I was just gazing the place

‘’Does it have something to do with what happened to you last night ? ‘’ Jane asked

‘’Maybe!, Stay here while I go check it out ‘’ I said as I climbed out of my Window

‘’Why are you Climbing out the window, what happened to the front door! ‘’ Jane asked

‘’long story, I am already used to climbing out this Window.

I climbed down the window and Ran towards the place, when I finally got there I worked my way through the crowd so I could see what the commotion was all about.

To my utter surprise, I saw Dennis Daniels and Ashley Olatunde alive, tied up on the floor, beside them there were two dead bodies, they were also my classmates it was horrific, I wondered why the bare chested men did not kill them.

As soon I got in front of the crowd people, they immediately linked me to them, because we were wearing the same style of clothes. They all started speaking Yoruba to me .with annoying tones.

‘’Everybody Shut the Hell up’’ I screamed out of anger, I was courageous, I knew there was nothing they could do to harm me, I would just heal up.

A man from the crowd said

‘’hey Customer, do you know this people’’

It was the black young man that the motel manager used to communicate with us; I guess he was the only one that could speak English in the town.

‘’Yes I know this people, what happened here’’ I said

‘’A sacrifice was being held here, it did not finish something happened ‘’ the young man said

‘’What do this people want to do with them’’ I asked

‘’They are debating, some say they should kill them, and some say they should call the police ‘’he said

‘’Our parents are here, can they release them to us ‘’I asked

‘’It would not be that easy ‘’ he said

I turned to Dennis and Ashley, who were looked traumatized and said

‘’I’ll be right back, let me go and simplify the situation ‘’

I ran off through the Narrow streets of the town to go and find Jane’s parents and the police men they brought with them, I found them all in front of the motel we stayed, they were discussing with the motel manager. As I came up to where they were, Jane’s mother approached me

‘’Theo, your parents are so worried, Alex told us all that as happened, it must have been tough’’ said Jane’s

‘’they told you everything? ‘’ I asked

‘’yes everything’’

I looked at Alex straight in the face; he was sitting in a wheel chair. He shook his head sideways, and then I knew he hadn’t told about the strange things that happened to me .but that was not important now

‘’ there are some classmates of mine that survived the crash, that are being held captive by the town’s people they want to kill them, we need to go and save them’’ I said

‘’what? ‘’ Everybody exclaimed in Unison

‘’Who, which people? ‘’John asked horridly

‘’ you should come with me ‘’ I said

They followed me through the narrow streets of the town, they all followed me except Alex who was in a wheelchair and the motel manager, he stayed behind .we ran with the 5 police men and the Medic (physician/doctor) that escorted Jane’s parents Towards the place.

As we approached there, the crowd disassembled, everybody ran away, the Nigerian police force was a much feared institute nowadays.

Immediately we arrived at the scene, Jane’s mother screamed

‘’Lord Jesus Christ! ‘’

Jane also started crying

The ground was stained with the blood of the two dead classmates that lay on the floor, the scene was just horrific. Dennis and Ashley could hardly speak they were just mumbling words; I think they were in shock. The police men cut their bonds, and the Medic attended to them immediately, they took them into the motel to take care of them.

We too got back to the Motel; we converged at the reception area

‘’ how did you find them?’’ Jane’s Father asked

‘’I saw people gathering, in a place so I decided to go and see what was happening ‘’I said

‘’Wow, son that was courageous, even I wouldn’t have gone after everything that has happened ‘’said Jane’s Father

Jane took my hand and brought me aside.

‘’I thought, you were going to tell me what happened? ‘’ Jane whispered to me

‘’ later ‘’ I whispered back

‘’Go brush your teeth’’ she said and she didn’t whisper

Everybody else started laughing, it was awkward

‘’what is going happen to the dead bodies’’ I asked ,trying to change the topic

‘’We have to carry them back, so they can be buried properly ‘’ Jane’s Father said

‘’When are we leaving ‘’ John asked

‘’After your classmates have been attended to ‘’Jane’s Father said

I went back to my room to use the Computer; even though I had not eaten this morning I did not feel hungry, why didn’t I feel hungry? Was it because of the stress of the previous night? I was so glad I found Dennis and Ashley alive; it would have haunted me if I left them to die.

3 hours later

The time was around 4 pm , We were about to go, we were all ready, Dennis and Ashley were almost alright and we packaged the dead bodies appropriately ,and we all entered the Large Hover Copter (a vehicle of flight) that Jane’s parents came with ,Hovercopters were the most expensive form of transportation they were also the safest ,it had a lot more room than its predecessor the helicopter ,it had the space of ten Helicopters .

I, Jane, John, Alex, Dennis and Ashley all stayed in the same compartment of the Hovercopter, there were four compartments, the pilot, storage and two sitting compartment ,Jane’s parents stayed in the other smaller compartments ,while the dead bodies in the storage compartment

‘’it has all been too real, Dennis what happened to you guys? ‘’ Alex asked

‘’its true, it has been too real ,every single minute of this disaster weekend, when the HoverBus fell we survived ,then we were being held hostage by the Boko Haram people ,when you guys tried to escape by running away ,we too found the opportunity to run for our lives and we did ,I and Obinna ran into the forest ,the same forest you ran into in other to try to escape from the Boko haram men ,and we did escape ,but we had no place to go ,all communications were jammed by the Boko people ,we didn’t have any food ,any Navigation then that’s when we came across Ashley and Jacob ,they had a GPS navigation system ,we decided to travel together to the nearest town ,and on our way we found a dead Boko Haram member along with cans of Fanta and Pringles ,we concluded that one of our classmates must have killed them ,we continued our Journey to the nearest village or town ,we also found car tracks on the floor of the forest and also on our way we saw the bodies of some dead monkeys ,it soon became apparent that the car headed towards the village ,the same village we were heading to, that is also same the village we are coming from ,we got to the village very late at night, and when we arrived we didn’t have any money and none of us could speak Yoruba ,nobody helped or accepted us ,we decided to sleep on the streets ,then During the night some bare Chested men kidnapped us ,and took us to an area of the town ,where they had a bonfire ,they tied us to poles around the bon-fires ,it was some kind of ceremony ,they chanted and performed dances ,they killed one of us after every round of their dancing ,they killed Obinna and Jacob ,they were about to kill me when out of nowhere a strange man appeared he held with him a plasma gun ,I could not see the man properly because of the bonfire, the light coming from bonfire did not allow me to see the man’s face clearly ,but I think the man tried to save us, he shot the men but nothing happened to the men ,he eventually dropped his plasma gun and fled the scene then the some of the bare chested men chased after him, after an hour or so none of the bare Chested men returned and neither did the man that tried to save us ,the remaining bare Chested men abandoned the ceremony ,and left us there until the towns people saw us ,I did not know what they planned to do with us ,but thank goodness that you came to help us Theo ,and that is our story ‘’ Said Dennis

‘’wait you said the man had a plasma gun? ‘’ asked Jane

‘’Yes I am very sure of it ‘’ Dennis said

‘’Theo where is your plasma gun? ‘’Jane said

‘’It’s in my bag’’ I said as I brought the gun out of my bag

‘’ How about the other one? ‘’ she asked

I paused.

‘’I must have left it back at the motel ‘’ I said

Jane brings out a plasma weapon from her own bag

‘’I found this gun on the floor as we were running to help Dennis and Ashley, is this your plasma weapon?’’Jane asked

I took the weapon from her Hand, and made it look as if I was examining the gun

‘’It’s not mine ‘’I said

‘’ Are you sure ‘’She asked

‘’I was in my room all night ‘’I said

‘’Are you suggesting that it was, Theo that came to help them in the night ‘’ Alex asked

‘’I am not suggesting, I was just asking questions’’ Jane said

‘’wait? What happened to you guys that you were able to acquire Plasma Guns ? ‘’Ashley asked

‘’Long Story we would tell you when we get back ‘’ John said

‘’why can’t you tell us now? ’’ Ashley asked

‘’it’s not a suitable environment ‘’Replied john

We did not want to tell them what happened to us, how could we explain my healing ,Jane killing somebody and Monkey’s Chasing us through the forest ,we decided not to tell anybody the real details of our strange journey.

‘’You guys are hiding something ‘’Dennis said

‘’We are not hiding anything, it is you that is hiding something ‘’John said

‘’what? , I told you our entire Story ‘’Dennis Said

‘’you are still hiding something, I can see it in yours eyes’’ said John

Everybody laughed, it had been a while since I was able to laugh to a joke, everything was now alright we were now heading home to safety but as I thought about it , everything was not going back to normal ,what about my new found powers ? What about everything I experienced during this journey, it was all traumatizing it would definitely change my life.

As we got to the end of our flight ,we arrived at a Hoverport around part of Lagos called Agege around 4:30 pm ,the Hovercopter journey took only about 30 minutes, there were so many people waiting for us there ,Friends ,Family, Medics and news reporters , as I stepped down from the heliport ,the paparazzi started taking photos ,An ambulance took Alex,Dennis and ashley to an Hospital while the Police personnel lead the rest us to a room ,there Medics were to Give us Quick medical checkups to see if we were all completely alright ,I refused because I knew I was alright and I didn’t want them to find out anything unusual ,I left the room and went towards the waiting area where I knew I would find my parents .

My parents came with the Baby and my younger brother; he wasn’t that young he was 15.

Immediately my mom spotted me she ran to hug me, she started crying.

‘’Mum it’s alright, I am alright, and everything is alright ‘’ I said

‘’ Are you sick, do you have any wounds, do you need any help ‘’ My mum said as she cleaned tears off cheek.

‘’Mom I am alright, let’s go home ‘’I said

My dad Just patted my chest and said ‘’I am glad you are Ok’’

My brother was speechless, I knew he was happy to see me, it was all silent between us as we entered the Family Hover car .and we headed straight home.

Half way through the Hover Car journey we had not said anything to each other, my dad decided to break the Silence

‘’You know why we couldn’t travel to come and meet you ‘’ said my dad

‘’I know, mom’s health and the baby, you don’t have to feel bad, I knew you couldn’t make it ‘’ I replied

‘’I am glad you Understand ‘’ my Dad replied

I and My younger brother Austin sat at the back seat with the Baby.

I turned towards Austin

‘’Austin are you feeling alright? ‘’ I asked

‘’yeah I am, why are you asking? ‘’Austin replied

‘’No reason, but what I am trying to ask is, as anything strange been happening to you ‘’I asked

‘’No! Why should strange things be happening to me? ‘’He asked

‘’have you gotten injured, recently?’’I asked

‘’No ,why are you asking this questions ?’’Austing Asked

‘’don’t worry, please just answer ’’I said

‘’Ok’’ Austin said

‘’Have you ever be injured ‘’I Asked

‘’Yes, who hasn’t got injured before?’’Austin Asked

‘’Austin, stop answering my questions with more questions ‘’ I said

‘’Okay ‘’Austin said

‘’Okay when you injure, do how fast do you heal up ‘’I asked

‘’What kind of question is that, I don’t know how fast, but it should be just like everybody, why are you asking this entire Question? ‘’Austin Asked

‘’yes Theo why are you asking these questions? ‘’ My mom asked

‘’it’s for a biology Project ‘’ I replied

‘’Biology? , Theo this was the last week of school, how can you still have projects? ‘’ My dad Asked, he knew I was a terrible liar, everybody knew

‘’ It’s my own personal project ‘’ I replied

‘’Strangest project ever, are you sure you weren’t bit by spiders when you were in jungle ‘’Austin said

They knew about what happened to us, I had told them over the phone but I did not tell them all that happened

‘’No don’t worry about me, Dad the journey is taking forever why didn’t you take the higher way? ‘’I asked

Higher ways were Blue roads that float 80 feet above the ground, they were used to avoid traffic but you had to pay a price, it was the higher way the bus we took for that excursion had taken and it was the higher way the bus fell from and plummeted 80 feet to the ground

‘’You cannot expect me to take the higher way after your experience ‘’ my dad replied

‘’I have said before, I am alright I am not emotionally scarred not even physically ‘’ I said

They knew I had anxiety problems, so they knew I could not be alright emotionally

‘’okay Theo whatever you say, we would soon be at home’’ my dad concluded

We soon arrived at our home in the suburbs of a place called Maryland in the city of Lagos

It was usually noisy around where I lived at this time of the day ,but I was all quiet ,I wondered why it was all quite especially now that school was over ,but as for now it didn’t really matter to me ,all that mattered to me was getting into my home and continuing my normal life.

My dad pulled into our Garage parked in there, we all came out of the car to be welcomed by my two other younger brothers, they were 8 and 10 years of age respectively and their babysitter ’’ Deliverance ‘’ .yes deliverance was her name, Deliverance was supposedly Ashley’s best friend I really didn’t know why because Deliverance did not strike me as a very social person, and I was surprised Deliverance wasn’t at the Hoverport awaiting Ashley’s arrival, Maybe she didn’t know Ashley survived.

Immediately I stepped out if the car my brothers all come to hug me including Deliverance, she grabbed me and hugged me, squeezing me so tightly. I was so surprised we hardly knew each other, infact all I knew about her was that her first name was deliverance and for all I knew her surname could be ‘’ Miracle ‘’.I didn’t reject her Hug, I hugged her back but I was still confused.

‘’Theo I am so glad you are alright ‘’ she said as she held both my hand

‘’I am also glad I am alright too ‘’I replied

‘’I also hope the others are alright ‘’ she asked

‘’by others you mean, Ashley ?’’I asked

‘’ Ashley? Is she alright? , she survived? ‘’Deliverance asked with so much curiosity

Either she was a very good liar or she really didn’t know that Ashley survived.

‘’ Yes, we found her later, she is probably at the General Hospital of Lagos, you can go and meet ‘’ I said

Deliverance was clearly excited and happy

‘’ Thank you Theo, I will go and see her now ‘’ she said as she started to leave me probably to go get her things so she could go see Ashley in the Hospital.

‘’Before you go, can I want to ask you something? ‘’ I asked

‘’Yeah sure ‘’ she replied

‘’what is your surname? ‘’ I asked

‘’Oh, It’s Endurance why did you ask ‘’ Deliverance replied

‘’ I was wondering ‘’I said as I held in my laughter

‘’oh ok ‘’she said

My parents and my brothers had already gone into the house, after Deliverance departed from me I followed my family into the house, It was already 6 .pm my mum was about to make dinner ,she did not actually make the dinner ,she printed from the food printer ,all she did was decide the type of foods we eat and the combinations, I went straight up to my room and jumped on my bed, the same bed I woke up from on the day of the accident, the same bed I made my decision to go to the Excursion to Ijekuje mountain. Being in my room reminded me of the dream earlier, the one in which I saw my dad; it was a very strange dream (in chapter 3).

I laid in the bed contemplating for so long I lost track of time ,my mom soon called me for dinner but I was not hungry, Infact I had been hungry all day, I had not eaten anything since last night and I didn’t have the slight sensation of hunger ,what was wrong ? Did I not need to eat anymore? ,I couldn’t tell my mother that I didn’t want to eat she would be concerned because she knew probably had not be eating too well ,even I was concerned ,why wasn’t I hungry ? , did the food of that town poison me? , I shrugged these thoughts off and went for dinner.

We all sat down at the dinner table, I sat adjacently to my father at the short ends of the dining table. My mum printed out Pasta Bolognese chicken and lemon-herb chicken, finally good food, not the excuse for the nutrition they had in that town. Whenever we eat at the table my dad made sure we were not silent and we talked about how everything that was going.

‘’Theo can you tell us the story, again so we can see how it really was ‘’my dad said

‘’Okay, Okay I will’’ I said

‘’And don’t leave out any details ‘’ my dad said

‘’Okay ‘’ I said

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