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
Derek and Lydia masked themselves. Just because they had gotten into the Atlas district was not enough reason for them to suddenly become clumsy. In fact, the hard part was just about to start. Firstly, just like any residential area holding important people, the entire area was peppered with cameras and booby traps every where. Derek had to spread his Aura out in other for him to sense his environment accurately for them to make stealth movements that led all the way to the very large building. After nearly being spotted by a camera twice, they finally made it to the end of the forest area. Which was of course paraded by soldiers on all sides. From the position Derek and Lydia were hiding in the trees, they could see the car carrying the Writer from the House of Thembeka in the distance. A chauffeur opened the door and a woman dressed like the boss of strip club stepped out of it. A line of soldiers in front to welcome her as well as a man wearing ceremonial uniform with a cro