The laughter and the cheeriness of the girls was worth everything to the ears of Monsieur Louise. It was relaxing to hear their gibberish chatter as they hugged one another. Their smiles lit up the atmosphere, soaking up the warmness of the afternoon sun.Seeing the many mix of tennis shorts and tank tops of the girls under the sun bright a smile to himself. Even the Handlers could not help but feel among, soaking in their excitement as they smiled to one another. Such a day was rare and they were all determined to enjoy it.Well, except for one person.The second person in command, Ms Rachel. She walked up to Monsieur Louise, tapping him gently from behind. He turned to her, his own smile faltering as he saw her. He leaned towards her, his hands at his back while his face showed he expected her to say something. A scolding perhaps.“You are doing this wrong.” Ms Rachel started.She looked past him, away from the electrically illuminated inside of the Facility to the outside where t
Outside of the Facility in Mountain Elgon range was pretty much wistful to Blessing. The taste of dust in her tongue, the sight of landmarks and the peak on the mountain covered by a haze under the heat of the afternoon sun. The memories she had in the time when she was first here came back to mind. She never in her wildest dream thought she would be in this country. Talk less of even visiting a mountain range. But here he was. She was not only visiting a mountain range, she was living right next to it. And the fact that nobody, no stray hikers had come to the Facility surprised her.Well… Maybe they did. Who knew, after all, the only place she knew in the facility was where she was required to be at. That is, from her dorm to the dining room, then to the training grounds to the System trial room. Not much for her to be around in the sense here she would know if this had happened. Still, even though she knew that she had nothing on it, the mere thought could not be shaken off her
The pilot smiled at Blessing, tapping her by the shoulders. It was warm, bringing back memories of the first time they ever met. The first trip they ever took.On that trip, she had the time of her life. Though not in a positive way. After all, who wanted to be in a chopper where live rounds were shattered on it?Certainly not her. However, seeing him, the memory of that time came back like it was just yesterday. The stoic manner he responded to her, her queries and worries. None of that was present as at now. In fact, if she had not been on the flight, then, she would have argued this was not him. This was not the same stoic pilot she flew with. The pilot who left the Comanche Chopper just to go outside and engage some fighter jets. She was happy to be here though. The memories she had come up with were different. Much different than she would have ever made if she was still back with Lekan. Though, she missed him so much. Still, the memories in here m, the other side of life she
“Mhm!” Lekan moaned as he woke into consciousness. His eyelids fluttered now, his pupils enlarging as they soaked in the sight of his new environment. Conscious enough, he gasped out. He shot upright, from the lying position, up to a sitting one, his eyebrows frowned quizzically.One question lay on his tongue as he looked around. Where was he? How did he get here? Where was he last?This place was not any place that he knew or would think he knew. At all. It was completely different. And how did he even land in this place? The last he knew was that he was at the hospital and some people came to attack him.He frowned deeper, groaning as he held his head out with his two hands. He had a headache as he tried to wade through the fuzzy memories in his head. At this point now, he noticed a line extended into his hand.Looking at it, he saw that it was an injector line that was strapped into a vein. How did he get this line on him?His wounds had been wrapped up nicely. He was no longer bl
“What’s happening here?” The sound of a familiar voice buzzed into the ears of Lekan. He frowned, keeping one eye on the school girl while he turned to the direction the sound came from. It came from the only door that led into the rest of the house. He did not regard the door the initial time when he stood up. But now, seeing the doctor and the lawyer there, he frowned slightly towards their direction.Still, he did not let down his guard. He put his hand to his lips closer, his teeth just at the verge of biting them. Should anything go wrong here, he would not hesitate to unleash. “Oh, you’re awake.” The doctor smiled at him.She was still wearing her doctor’s coat. “How do you feel?”Lekan refused to be put down by the easing smile on her face. He could not exactly recall how he ended up here. The last he knew was that he jumped. And down he went from the floor of the hospital where those Foundation Fellows attacked him. How did he now end up here? He gritted his teeth, looking
The meal was jollof rice with fish stew, spiced with random pieces of beef in it. The aroma was captivating enough for him to instantly forget his worry about the place where he was.It had been so long since he ate home cooked food. He did not hesitate to show this as he jumped on the food instantly. The hospital food was good. However, there was the missing element that was the cooked meals in it. That extra touch that a sibling or parent would place into food, at home, that made it taste even better than food cooked in a restaurant or other places. This meal was everything that he did miss.And in a way, it made him miss his mother. He dismissed the thought now, shaking his head as he continued to eat his food. No point in recalling the accident that claimed the lives of his parents. Certainly not at a time like this. He’d prefer to keep that behind him.He grimaced, his mood soured by this thought. At his side, the girl heaved out. All eyes turned towards her now. Especially from
The plan was pretty simple to the girls, Or so it seemed to most of them. All that they had to do was to make sure that they held him down and waited for Ajay to come and finish the rest. Certainly, they knew that they could not do much in this palace, talkless of even holding their own against him. This was the reason why Jay was drafted in. And now, they could not be more grateful for the fact that ehw as where. He was on her side and for that, their confidence levels grew to astounding heights. The bold ones rushed forward. The eagerness of the girls in taking on the mission in front of them led them into a maddening charge. Their loud cries rent the air, shooting out a sensation of heated moments to the rest of the girls. They could not afford to slack now,especially with these ones leading the charge towards the man. Towards Monsieur Louise, now was their chance. Alaas, if only they knew better. “Ahhhhh!” “Move on!” “Attack!” They all cried out, lost in the fervor of ba
Lekan exhaled softly as his eyes opened slowly. He found himself on the ground, wincing in pain. Every bit of him hurt which was strange since he knew where he was. And being in this place, this was the first time he would ever feel his body hurt. Hurt this much he practically had to wince continually as he tried to get up from the ground. The atmosphere was dark all about. It had the usual toning of the SubSpace. He did not know much about the Sub Space. He just knew that the name did come naturally to him. He knew where he was and what this place was meant for. Or at least, he had a rough idea of the composition of it. It was a place where he got to communicate with both the System lady and the demon. The demon from which the powers came from. It’d been a long time since he’d met the demon. Even though he felt him then, at the hospital, ut was different from the anticipation that built in his chest. Despite the pain, the thought that he would meet the blood demon in some minute