THE DARKEST HOUR (Cry of an angel) Episode 28

THE DARKEST HOUR (Cry of an angel)
Episode 28

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The twins did all they could to get out from the hole but their
effort proved aborted. Meanwhile, time had gone without them
realising it. It wasn't a joke anymore. Udoka sat at the base of the
inactive volcano with her sister whose eyes never dried with
tears. Monica lamented and regretted coming there.
"Can you just keep quiet and think of how we are going to get out
of here?!" Udoka provoked.
"Have you forgotten that if we are
caught here, we will be killed just as they killed our father" Monica
said.
"That's why you should keep quiet and reason. Moreover, why
would they kill us when we are not strangers of this land"
"Have you forgotten that we are
outcasts?"
"I don't want to hear that please" Udoka stood up. "The only thing
i want to hear now is how we can get out of here"
Few hours later, the twins made it out from the inactive volcano.
They made sure they covered it with grasses just as the way they
found it. Already, the time was 3: 50a.m. Immediately they
happily stepped away from the arena, a bright light shone on their
faces thereby making both to stand still. They were unable to see
the source of the light due to its brightness. Therefore their heart
began to pound like where a grandmother is pounding pounded
yam.
"Udoka, I'm scared" Monica whispered.
"Give me your hand" Udoka gently
grabbed her sister's hand. "Who's
there!!" she shouted. As they stared at the light, another one came
from the same direction. They could hear male voices too.
"Who's there!" Udoka shouted again. Yet, nobody responded. The
next thing they heard was, "Abomination!"
The twins looked at each other. They could see the light coming
closer in a hurry...
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Mrs Williams jerked awake. She was touched to check on her
daughters. So she sluggishly walked to their room but couldn't
believe that they weren't there. So she glanced at the wall clock;
4:05a.m. She rushed outside, moved around the house pherically,
yet, there was no sign of her daughters. "Udoka! Monica!" she
shouted but heard
nothing. "Where have these children gone to?" she soliloquized...
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Back to the dark forest of Ndiogoro land, the two light came from
two young able hunters. They had the light fixed on their
heads while they handled guns in their hands. Their body
complexion was totally black.
"Abomination!" Okoro, one of the
hunters shouted again.
"Strangers in the dark forest of our land" Aham, the next hunter
said. "They are not only strangers but twins oh" he added.
The twins held their hands tightly with increase in heartbeat. They
watched the men come closer.
"Please, don't hurt us" Monica had
started shedding tears already.
"Shut up! Who are you and what are you doing here?" Okoro
positioned the light on their faces. The girls refused to talk after
series of questions. They were
captured by the men to the village
square of Ndiogoro..
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6:30a.m.
Already, Mrs Williams had gone to Faith and Adaku's house to
confirm whether her daughters were there but the answer was
negative. So she sat in front of her house crying seriously with
Faith
and Adaku standing beside her in
consolation. Other women who knew her gathered around to
share the strange event with her.
"How can children suddenly disappear in the middle of the night?"
one of them said amazingly.
"Are they witchcrafts?" another
murmured.
"Watch your mouth, those children, from what i heard are very
good and responsible"
"Oh.. What a pity?"
**
That same morning, David received a call from his mother telling
him that she was on her way to the village. He thought of
why her mother would go to the village but began to dressing up
with Mike. They had eight O'clock lecture, likewise Enest and
Sandra.
**
Back to Ndiogoro village, crowd of
people gather at the village square in a way they formed a cycle
with the twins at the centre. Their legs and hands were tied. Tears
could be seen gushing out from their eyes. Some elders on red
cap stood in a roll within the cycle too. The king, Chief Dike and
other chiefs were yet to be there.
"Who are u girls" Elder Onu, the prime minister known as
'Onuowo' began. "Where are you from and who are your
parents?"
"We are Udoka and Monica from
Eziukwu village" Udoka replied.
"Heeey!" the crowd shouted. "They must die!!"
"Abomination!" some of the elders exclaimed.
"Who are your parents" Elder Onu asked again but the twins kept
quiet. "What were you doing at the dark forest of our land
knowing that u are strangers?"
Yet, the twins kept quiet. Already some diamonds were in
Monica's pocket. The king and some chiefs arrived. They asked
more questions. After the twins refused to answer, he ordered
them to be killed..
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At the entrance of the lecture hall. David cell phone rang. He was
with Mike, Sandra and Enest.
"David, something is going on in the village" David's mother
sounded on the phone..
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TBC