Once upon a time 33

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PART 33
" ONCE UPON A TIME "
©️Opeyemi Akintunde.

Rogers sat back in the iron cage. He knew this was the end. Few hours earlier he had been so unshaken because he knew that wherever this man was taking him to, death could not have him. Though he knew that the fortification charm had started wearing out but somehow he still had the confidence that he won't be an easy prey for death. But seeing Kamal here, he could tell this was karma. He knew this was the BIG MAN upstairs giving him a checkmate because only Kamal knew how to kill him.

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YEARS EARLIER

"Ba....baaa! Ehhh! The knife is not entering your body o!" Kamal said to Rogers.
This was a year after Kamal had taken Rogers for the Fortification. 

Rogers laughed in response and continued to laugh as Kamal tried piercing him with different sizes of knives that weren't penetrating.

Rogers only continued to laugh.

"Baba! My guy! How did you do it? No...no...no...nah. No! The charm baba did for us was for gunshot, he told us that knives could still penetrate," Kamal said showing interest in whatever Rogers must have done.

"My brother! Sometimes ehn....when you think say you take person reach five miles, you go shock say the person sef go kan do 10 miles. My brother, you know nah, after the guy has done the whole fortification for us and gunshots could no longer penetrate as he promised, I felt like the real reason why I went for this fortification was for the knife thing and that's how I went to another place o," Rogers explained. ( I decided to go further with my Fortification search since we were only fortified against gunshot)

"Ahahah, Rogers you be bad guy! So you went behind my back to another herbalist when I was the one who showed you the road," Kamal said

"Not so my brother, I just wanted to test the waters first. I wanted to see whether it would work," Rogers defended himself.

"Ehn ehn," Kamal drawled but then picked up his spirits again, "So who be the guy nah? How you for know am? Where e dey? How did you get him and I hope there's no blood thing involved o" Kamal asked.

Rogers laughed out loud and said, "My brother, na you dey fear blood now? No be you carry me go where we sacrifice two human beings? So how you kan dey fear this one now?" Rogers responded. ( You can be afraid of bloodshed, you are the one who took me to where I sacrificed two human beings)

"That's true Bro, But then bro, recently I have been having terrible dreams o. I mean terrible bloodly dreams where I see people chasing me wanting to kill me. So I'm having a feeling that it's like this whole bloodshed thing has to reduce, you get right?" Kamal said.

"Well, for me ooo. I have stepped into the sea and I cannot step out. It's either the water carries me or me I carry the water. Whichever way, I don't mind getting wet but what matters is that I get to the other side; the land of power and invincibility." Rogers replied proudly 

"So how e go be nah?" Kamal insisted. ( So how can I get this too?)

"Slow down my guy! Just give me like two days, I will arrange how we will go there again," Rogers answered.

" Rogers...Rogers...See life ooo, I used to be your teacher, now you are my lecturer " Rogers remembered saying to Kamal.

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PRESENT DAY

The tears that dropped from Kamal's eyes hit the floor as he  remembered how Rogers had taken him to the new herbalist's place not knowing what had been discussed earlier. 

On getting there, Kamal recalled the herbalist looking at him in a strange way but he didn't make anything out of it. He also remembered Rogers saying, "Baba, na my friend be this o, the one wey I tell you." ( Baba this is the friend I told you about)

"Ohhh, our friend," Baba had responded sarcastically.

Kamal watched how the herbalist had taken a charm and used it to hit him three times before saying,

 "That's all you are fortified!"

Kamal remembered being stunned and shocked as to why the entire process took less than a minute.

"Is that all?" Kamal had asked.

Rogers smiled and said, "Yes that's all, my brother. But it takes 24 hours to start working so if you stab yourself now, e go enter o. After 24 hours, if dem use a thousand knives on you, nothing go do you," he answered. 

Kamal remembered that he suspected something was up but he knocked it off.

The trust and love he had for Rogers was second to none so he didn't think too much of it and let the matter rest.
Looking back now, Kamal wished at that point someone had warned him to run a million miles away from Rogers.

On getting back to the hostel Kamal recalled sleeping and feeling so weak.

"Guy, I'm feeling weak o," he remembered complaining to Rogers.

"My brother, that's how it is ooo. The day I did mine too, I was soooo weak! Don't worry you will get over it, everything is just in 24 hours, you will be fine," Rogers had assured him before they fell asleep.

Around past 12 midnight, Kamal could sense some strange movements around his window, he tried to stand up in a hurry, but strength had left him.  He looked beside him, Rogers was not on the bed. He wondered what was going on.

"Rogers! Rogers! Where are you?" he had called out.

He remembered being afraid and was hoping none of the other rival cult members had come to pick Rogers.

"Rogers where you dey na? Where are you? he said into the air but he got no response.

He gathered all the strength he could. With his body feeling as limp as a rag, he dragged himself to the door. He opened the jam door and as cautious as a fox, he  checked through the hallway to see if there was anyone there but before he could say JACK! a black cloth was draped over his head with his mouth covered even as he tried to scream for help.
 
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Rogers remembered standing gallantly beside the outgoing Capone while the boys brought in Kamal with a black cloth covering his head. As they settled him on the ground and the cloth draped over his face was removed, Kamal looked around and he couldn't hide his shock and surprise.

" Wetin dey Play?" ( What is happening?) Kamal asked looking horror- struck.

To be continued...

NOTE: This piece was written with the intention of touching lives, feel free to share but please be mindful of the writer by not erasing her credits and that of the HolySpirit who Inspires her.  For more on this series, follow the author on Facebook @Opeyemi Akintunde Tv and Instagram @opeyemiakintunde. God bless you

DEEP THOTS NOVELS 
INSPIRED BY THE LIVING WORD 
Written by Opeyemi Akintunde 
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(Editor: Lawal Opeyemi)
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