THUD! THUD!! The Nigerian with the black headset over his neck and his blue vest with orange shorts huffed as his feet rammed heavily down the ground. The skies rumbled in response to the dark ache eating deep within his chest. It turned grey and soon the clouds blanketed the entire sky.In no time, the light dimmed out. Barely enough to be what could be the start of a morning. And in a shorter minute later, it started to drizzle.Lekan frowned this time. He did not like the looks of things.With his heart heavy, his fists grappled to his sides as he kept on raging. His stomach rumbled just then, a reminder that he was hungry.Even if he was pissed, sad, angry and not happy over the recent things. He was still hungry. And his stomach demanded to be fed.Lekan tried to overlook this. Tried to ignore the sensations within his stomach as he focused on his pain.He had just lost his Uncle. The last standing member of his family. The last person whom he knew bore the family name. And now,

RATATATATATA… BRAKATATATATA… POW! POW!!! Several rounds of gunfire exploded into the air, all of them directed to the hovering chopper. The serene atmosphere was shattered immediately as explosion lights lit here and there. All attack systems of the F-86 Sabre jets fired simultaneously. “Shit! He’s got shields.” The lead pilot cursed out as his fingers jammed into some buttons just on the roof over his head. Ahead of them, as the planes hovered, slightly adjusting their trajectories in a cyclic motion of arms bombardment. The chopper glowed in a slightly tinted blue light as bullets ricocheted off the surface. “That is it! They have shipped so we have the permission to unleash all the gunfire that we have.” The lead operation man for the Pinch Hit Operation chanted out once more. “Don’t worry guys, give them hell fire.” He roared as he focused on the shooting. The planes dived forward, switching positions so fast before the retaliation weapon system of the chopper could go off.

Blessing panicked. The calm and the ease at which the pilot responded to her did not do anything to allay her fears. Her heart in her mouth, she was almost about to jump out. Well, that is, if they were on land and not up here in the skies. God knows where for that matter. All she could do was simply breathe hurriedly while praying that things did not degenerate from here. She had just been in the middle of a battle. A battle she would have watched from her to screen and probably applauded the heroes of it for surviving the deal. Never had she imagined that one day, she would be the one in it. One day, she would be the one living through the ordeal. However did she turn from that girl who was writing her final term exams to this person bragging through an air combat? “What is happening? Please tell me that that would not repeat itself.” she said to the pilot, asking him as her chest rose and fell consistently and rapidly. The pilot sighed. Ge took one glance at her and then shrug

Mount Elgon was generally known as the Gentle Giant. The lush vegetation of the savannah types filled the low scope of it and the tall palm trees in the far distance. The air around was misty but dusty at the same time, the warmth in the air risen to really significant levels. Blessing took in the sight with a smile on her face. This was amazing to her. She knew where Mount Elgon was. She had even seen the picture during her geography classes. That is, when they were taught about peaks and summits. She had had to study it. But to think that she would be here, some day. No, not some day. To think that she would be here, today was something she never imagined. It Was a dream come true. Even though she was not sure that she had dreamed this dream. Everything with the System Bureau just seemed to get more interesting by the time. She pondered now, how it was that Lekan did not accept their offer. But then, she dismissed the idea. Knowing that Lekan could have had no idea to know

The slight brightened, revealing some more of the environment that they were. She was right, blessing sighed. The place was high tech. It was something she would see in the movies. Something of which they would have some sort of secret research going on. This was yet the same place she was in.She squinted as her eyes took in the sights. Her lips parted in excitement mixed with large swathes of curiosity as she turned around. The conversations they held were no longer important to her.The walls were metallic. The light flashed about continuously. More like flickering every now and then. The strong smell of disinfectant in the air was nauseating yet welcoming in some strange way. The air conditioning in this place was working top notch. Standing still for so long almost froze her to the bones.“Wow!” She muttered.While she was right about the place that they were in, the other guess was wrong. This was not just some corridor of sorts. It was rather a wide spacious hall. The walls ar