After Derek was done with the temporary meeting, he went straight to meet with Walter. "May I come in?" Derek asked as he knocked on Walter's door. "Please, do enter master Derek." Walter's casual voice came from inside.Derek entered the room. It was his first time entering Walter's room. Derek looked around, He did not know what to expect but if he were to describe Walter's room with one word, then it would be, Clean.Yes! This room was spotless and meticulously arranged. Also, it did not have the statures of Bastet like the other rooms did. But the strangest part of the room would have been the fact that from the decorations and all, it looked more like a lady's room than it did a man's.Walter offered a seat to Derek on the couch facing him. From the way Derek's eyes kept scanning the room, he had a little idea of what Derek probably thought."I know, right? But in truth, it is my mate's room. You know, your Aunt Vowero. I prefer to stay in her room when ever am at Bastet's Templ
Do"yes! Thank you. You can just drop it on the table." Walter instructed an acolyte of Bastet that had brought h some tea. Taking his time, he walked to the side table and sat on a stool. He brought the cup of tea close to his nose. The fragrance that found its way to his nose was incredible. He too several inhales of it before taking a small but satisfying."Ahh!!!" He felt like the whole of his body was moaning in pleasure. At this moment, this time, he felt very relieved and satisfied. Although his Vowero was not here, it was not all that bad. Besides, she had her assignments to do.Right now, Derek was growing fast and steadily. Even though Tiny was not here, he was already very optimistic about her return. And yes, it was such a pity that Maria departed, but right now, all was well.Even he was tempted to say: Nothing can go wrong now. But suddenly, at the exact time he was about to swallow another sip he had taken, he felt a certain thing go wrong. However, this thing was not
Derek closed his eyes, his mind remembering the painful events of that day, the sound of ocean waves at the beach, the leaves of the palm trees rustling in the wind and the salty-fishy smell from the ocean. Stretching his hands out, his fingers weaved golden runes in the air and a big and wide zodiac gate was formed. As Derek stood in front of it, he could see the other side. Although it was morning now, apart from the lighting, the beach was still the same. This was the place he had lost the closest thing he has to a mother and the same place his woman was taken from him. This was the place his journey this time around was going to start.Derek turned to look behind him. There, Mr Walter stood beside Bastet and Tano. They had come to see them off. Just Beside them, was the vehicle that was going to be used for this trip. It belonged to Bastet, just a small part of her riches that seemed nearly inexhaustible.It was a convertible. But not in the sense or tag that was commonly attribu
The ship took a straight dive to the bottom of the Atlantic ocean. All members of the crew including Derek could not help but admire the scenery through the windows on the sides.Aquatic life was always a wonder: The sardine as they travelled in schools, the smack of jellyfish parting ways as the 'Wall Breaker' charged through their centre for the deepest parts of the waters. It was all a wonder, they were even able to catch a group of sharks make a meal out of some fish."Mother nature is always so unkind!" Aesir commented as they proceeded past the ever hungry group of sharks. Soon enough, they had gone so deep that seeing marine life became rare. It also became darker and darker, and the headlights needed to be turned on. "Earth scientists believe that creatures still exist and survive thousands of kilometres below sea level. From what they saw as they moved on, It was true. Creatures that their bodies were made in such a way that they could stand the heavy pressure far below sea
Before The entrance as big as it was, was divided into two, one for vehicles, ships, submarines etc. And the one for pedestrians. He was going to enter through the one for Pedestrians. He could see that these people could breathe perfectly fine in the water and their bodies were not in any way affected by the massive pressure of the water. Pedestrians walked or rather advanced towards the gate in a straight line. Some carried with them cargoes that were pulled along by animals such as giant crabs, sea horses, Eels etc.Derek joined the line orderly and moved steadily with it. But just then, by his side was a young girl. She looked about the age of ten. She was looking at him strangely, maybe it was because of the way he was dressed or something but she just kept on starting.Derek kept catching the little girl stealing glances now and then and so he made funny faces at her. She would giggle whenever he would do a new one and her mother closed to her notice.Suddenly, there was a co
"Is this your first time in Atlantis!?" The little girl asked as she pulled against his hand.Derek smiled at her, " Actually, it is." "Oh! Are you from another city? Also, why did you put that glass thing over your neck, doesn't it stop you from breathing? Since you are from another city, which city is it? Do all the people there dress like this? Do they also wear that glass thing on their heads? Do you...""Okay! That's enough Emma. Stop bugging the gentleman." Her mother pulled her closer."Oh! No problem ma'am. I don't mind," Derek laughed as he subconsciously scratched his head. He remembered something and coughed awkwardly. "Excuse me, I did not introduce myself earlier. My name is Derek," He squatted down to her level, "And I am from a city far away from here and no, we do not wear glass tubes on our heads." He ruffled her head a little, smiling as he did. The little girl laughed and so did her mother. "I am Chisom and this is my daughter Maria."The moment their names were i
Chisom knew that something was wrong. She made her way through the crowd only to find that her workers were outside and restaurant was locked. Sitting in front of it, were five burly men. From their ragged clothes and weapons such as sticks and knives in hand, it was obvious that they were up to no good. "Ahh! You have finally returned. We have been waiting here nearly all morning." One of the Burly men stood to his feet. He was quite huge and surprisenly carried what Derek was sure was a baseball bat over his shoulder. "I am called 'Hammer'. And I am here to collect this months pay." Chisom frowned, "What do you mean by that. We have already paid our protection fee for the month. My husband had to sell two of our Giant Crabs just make sure we made this months fee. How can you tell us to pay again?" "Now, listen here WOMAN! I really do not like your tone. And whether you paid before or not is not my business. Also as I speak, your husband has already been taken. We will keep him a
Derek and Lydia worked through the streets of Atlantis. The way both of them moved holding each other, one would think that they were two newly wedded couples. For second, even Derek was tempted to forget that they were here on an important mission. Atlantis was such a beautiful place, it really would not be bad to maybe have a vacation here sometime in the future. Of course, that would be when the bulk of his problems were solved.Meanwhile, Lydia on the other hand really did not know what or how to feel. She had never really had enough time to spend with Derek since he accepted her. He had always been too busy or she herself was also busy with Bastet's tasks. It did not matter that she was having a thing with the Repono of the family, she still had tasks that she needed to perform as an Acolyte and Bastet's right hand.However, she had other thoughts on her mind currently. Here she was with her lover going to take risks in other to save his own lover. The twist was like a lover stor
"Welcome Madeline, we have been waiting for you!" A voice whispered and she turned about to the sound of the voice.There stood a very tall slim woman. She had on a white crop top that revealed her very slim waist leadingdown to her white blouse. She had a pair of glasses on, and she smiled sweetly to Madeline."Where I'm I!?...And who are you!?" Madeline asked."Follow me! I'll explain" she said, gesturing to Madeline a path that opened up in front of them.Madeline frowned and at first did not want to, but still followed behind the woman taking gentle steps.Through a yellow path in-between trees that surprisingly had both carrots and cabbages growing on them, to a hut on a hill side. Madeline followed, while her eyes examed her environment with nothing but wonder and surprise.At the small hut, the woman entered, and then she gestured for Madeline to follow. Although she did not want to, she had no choice and followed.Madeline thought that her sense of reality was warped because
Aesir willed and his sword acted as an assist as it went straight for the bird's other wing.*Caw!*The eagle screamed in pain. Manila ran straight for it. And mounting it's back, she delivered a crushing blow to its neck.*Caw!* It screamed again. However, she did not stop for a bit and after the fourth blow, the eagle passed out. Derek and Aesir stared at her in surprise as she slowly stood from the eagle's back. She made fierce eye contact with Derek and then looked away. Aesir turned to Derek with a brow up, and Derek raised his hands in surrender, "what I'm innocent. I swear!" "Of course you are." Aesir smiled and walked away.Manila began work immediately. The plan was to use the bird as a distraction for the scorpions so that they could pass.The best way to do this would be for them to make sure that the beast could no longer pick up flight.Manila was unsurprisingly skilled at this. She cut out the feathers of the beast.Aesir and Derek also joined her and helped. Soon eno
"Exactly! So if you can't solve them, why bother about them? Yet, before you lies a problem that deserves you immediate attention which you can or at least try solving. But you are too concerned with the rabbits in the wild to realize that you should first deal with the one on your plate." Priestess Ada adviced.She smiled and walked away, "Don't forget, listen as a passerby and it will flow naturally." Madeline watched the back of the old lady leaving as the words she had just spoken played again and again in her head. She sat crossed leg once more as she continually told herself to let go. Her eyes closed tightly and suddenly the thoughts as expected came once more.This time around, she decided not to quiet it or silence it. Rather she let it flow naturally.At first she couldn't help but be swept up in the thoughts and the different scenarios they played. Some even ended in tragedy. And this made her ache in worry. This was a disadvantage of over active thinks. A disadvantage t
Derek could not help but look at them and observe them. These were not like the scorpions he knew from earth. For one, they produced webbings from their tail end. Also, there seemed to be very organized and particularly busy.Some of them were bigger, but those big ones were few. And from the looks of it, they monitored the activities of the smaller ones. These creatures were hard at work building it seemed."Scorpion colony! We will have to navigate round them." Manila spoke."Navigate?" Aesir asked, "how far are we talking of?"She pointed to the hill far in the distance. "That far? But that will take at least an extra day off our schedule." Derek added."Yeah! It will. But it will be far better than to have those things have our scent. Cause ones they do, they will follow us for a very long time." Manila advised."Hmmm. Is there no way to distract them?" Derek asked."Well, there are a couple of ways that could work. However, we don't even have the necessary materials to make tha
Madeline nodded her head in understanding to Chief Sasha's words."So what does this have to do with aura?" Madeline asked."Well! Every thing." She picked up another stone from the ground, "according to your definition of aura, then aura is this object in your hands. And has stated earlier, it weighs you down over time." Chief Sasha turned and threw the stone into the water, then she turned once more and slowly released her aura, "However, if you understand that all it is, is an extension of your body, then behold the weight is gone. After all, your hands have always been attached to the rest of your body and you don't hear them complaining."Those words suddenly stroke difference to Madeline. She felt like she was at a state where she wanted to understand. In fact, the enlightenment was just Infront of her, however, it was a yard bit out of reach.She even sat on the ground as she tried to think hard on Chief Sasha's words. However, for the first time in a while, her brain was una
"huh!?" Madeline could not believe what she was hearing."Don't worry! I am not as weak or fragile as you think. I am sure you noticed that we are a small tribe. Yet, we have survived for so long with terrible neighbors such as the Kaka tribe. Although we rarely bring out our full force, we are definitely not weak." Chief Sasha smirked a bit.Madeline nodded and then she commanded the Cerberus to attack. The beast used one of its paws and a heavy blow landed on the chief. *Bam* Some where within the carven, Priestess Ada was attending to a pregnant woman when she heard the boom of the attack. She raised her head and sighed, "So the the training has started."She pretended not to hear it and continue with the pregnant woman in front of her.....Meanwhile, Madeline was panicking. There was a lot of dust and it was difficult for her to see what had happened. As far as she was concerned,she had crushed the chief."Chief Sasha!" She called out in a low tone. Afraid that her eyes might m
A few hours later, Derek ,Aesir and Milan said their good byes as they started their journey to the Gaka tribe.However, before they did Priestess Ada had come to see Derek one more time."Please take care of yourself properly Repono. And if there is absolutely anything you need, do not hesitate to contact me. I maybe far from you, but some of the things I can do will very much amaze you."Once she said this, she touched behind his ear and Derek clearly felt another radio rune added to the one he already had.Radio runes were special but not ominipresent. One had to be within a certain range for it to be used.Derek knew that If she was giving him one, then it meant that she was sure of reaching him as far away as even the Gaka tribe.A sudden realization hit Derek. One that he had not thought of before. Priestess Ada was a Familiar. Which meant that she could also weave runes.He remembered his experience at the cave when he first came and the one that had happen during the fight aga
"And what might the main dish be?" Milan asked with raised brows. Chief Sasha did not exactly know how to have this talk with her daughter. But she knew that she had to. "Erm... Milan how old are you now?" "I am nineteen now!" Milan replied, "but in a couple of months, I'll be twenty." "Oh! That's nice. That's around the same age I was when I had you. Oh, how I remember it like it was only yesterday. That was the happiest day of my life. You were so little and so adorable. Your butt was not this big and chest this full then. It was all so..." "Mother!!!" Milan stopped her. Her cheeks had become red from embarrassment. "Just go straight to the point. Please!" Chief Sasha laughed a bit, "okay! I understand you are a big girl now." She sighed and then laughed some more. Apparently, she was still rolling down memory lane. "So tell me. What do you think about that Master Writer?" Chief Sasha asked. "Huh!?" This question had taken Milan off guard. "What do you mean mother?" "I mean
Meanwhile, back at the mountain that belonged to the Waka tribe, Derek sat crossed legged in a cave assigned to him. This cave was by far a better one than the one he had and his friends had been sharing on first arrival. Also it was decorated appropriately and it even had a bed in the middle made of several animal fur. Derek had already given out instruction that he would loved to be left alone for a while, if not the entrance to this place would have been crowded by people. With rumours of the tribe having a writer as a guest, every body wanted to meet him. Also, tales of his marvelous feat from the battle earlier in the day had reached their ears.He was as good as a god to them at this point. At the entrance of the cave already lay all sorts of gifts for him. However, Derek was not all that interested in playing messiah at the moment. He just had too much on his mind. Too much problems that needed his attention. One of which was the pressing matter that both his women were mis