Under the starless night, the clouds drift about lazily in the peaceful scenery of night, with a few bats navigating on their own activities undisturbed by the soft sounding music from the Assembly Hall below. The hall is lit with fanciful lights and soft decorations as youths in fancy clothings mill around, chatting, laughing, taking shots or merely just moping.
The tiny waves in the lagoon some metres away from the hall hums gently, breathing it's evening blessing of cool airs towards the people.
Around the magnificent hall that stretches for about 200meters long is the granite shore, littered with different types of vehicles, all exuding class and caste. For another 100 meters, the cars are parked, from the Hall to the Lake, only ceasing in their numbers as the little lake fence, which was built to prevent careless people from falling into the lake, comes to view.
Behind the hall, inland, are the school buildings, adminstrative offices, block of classrooms and the likes, separated from the the hall by a hurriedly done electric fence with danger signs littered about. At the opposite side of the electric fence, security guards in blue shirt, trousers, black boots with gun pouches at their waists and batons in hands, watch the fence with stern eyes, observing minute movements about.
This night is not a usual night at the school and thus, the management had put in everything to ensure that whatever the people in the hall did, never affected the rest in the school.
The atmosphere is perfect with the cool air, soft music, gentle lightings and the likes as the graduates of LakeView College, one of the most expensive private secondary school in the state, mill around in anticipation for the Prom Night Event. Merry voices rise and fall, mixed in the din of youthful chatter by brightly dressed gentlemen and beautiful ladies.
A couple of graduate students cluster around a black Aston Martin, watching as one rolls a dice into the granite shore.
"Gah. It's a 6. The car is mine." The one who stooped, says, excitedly as he turns to a boy behind him.
"Keys!" He ordered, flicking a finger at his target.
Just opposite them are a set of five ladies, giggling as the one in the between holds a selfie stick to her smartphone, in the air.
"Say Cheese, ladies." The Selfie stick lady says, her generously painted red lips parting to revealing pretty dentition that blended well with the light skinned complexion she has on.
The ladies with her do as she says, dressed in revealing evening gowns and stiletto boots. One misses a step and stumbles just as the camera goes off, capturing the entire scene.
"Yikes... How dare you ruin my picture?" The Selfie stick lady says, frowning fiercely at the now rising companion.
"S-sorry! You said we should wear stiletto..."
"Oh please. You can't be in my clique without following my dress code." The selfie stick lady says and huffs, picking the tail of her blood red evening gown. She turns away, walking with steady catwalks as the clique follows her behind.
"Since we haven't seen Deola yet, I'll leave to the hall. The Opening dance of the Prom King and Queen should start soon. You four, head to the restrooms to make sure she didn't return to use the toilets. If she is, well, make her regret coming back." She orders, her eyes flashing with hints of anger and hatred.
A bat screeches above, soaring towards the open of the lake. It flaps it's leathery wings just as it crossed over the small wooden picket fence separating the lake from the students at the hall.
"God! I hate Bats!" A lady says as she vibrates on the spot, hands clinging tightly to her buttocks. She is adorned in a pink gown with sprinkled rose patterns all over accentuated with a silver necklace that looks like an upside tiara over her chest. Her hands glitter with the bronze wrist bracelets and engraved pearl studs, an epitome of aesthetic beauty.
Except, her body tells a different story, one unbecoming of a lady.
"Open the door ooh! Oh God." She rants to her seemingly busty friend who fumbles with her purse in a bid to get the car keys.
"Deola, God will punish that Grace. I swear."
"I don't care... Tunrayo, Don't let me poop on myself na.." Deola is half pleading and half crying.
"That bastard girl... She planned it." Tunrayo clicks on the car key and the car headlamps flash twice.
"Oh my God!. Fuck It." Tunrayo explodes in rage, kicking against the door of her black convertible.
"What?!" Deola sobs as she dances towards Tunrayo, sweat balls rolling off her face and searing the make up.
"That bastard girl. She blew my tyre." Tunrayo curses, looking down at the deflated rear tyre of the drivers side.
"No...no...no.." Deola's face froze, mouth agape in panic as she doubled lower, hands squeezing roughly her butt.
"And all the toilets are full. I can't hold this anymore." She cries, putting a hand on the car for support.
"I'm Sorry, babe. I'd have hit the road now to my house but that bitch blew my tyre. What do we do now? And it's almost time for your opening dance with Prom King. She's so wicked. I should have known that that bitch put something in the glass. Ah! The nerves, just because she didn't get to be Prom Queen and you did." Tunrayo panicks, wringing her fingers impatiently.
A low rumbling sound fizzles from Deola's backside and the poor girl slams her knees together, stooping.
"Seriously? You think I was drugged?" Deola sways front and back in attempt to alleviate the urge.
"Yes... Doesn't it add up? It was her friends that were in all the four toilets. And when we wanted to leave, my tyre gets popped... Oh My... Grace wanted to humiliate you..." Tunrayo's eyes widen in shock as realization hit her.
Deola does not respond as she is lost in suppressing the ache in her lower region. Right after Grace had come with a toast of wine to end their three years enmity since it was Prom and everyone would most likely go separate ways then, things had gone haywire.
First, she felt her stomach being cleansed and purged and next, the urgent need to use the toilet. She had raced on, tailed by her best friend, Tunrayo, only to get there and all toilets occupied by Grace's friends.
She had initially written it off as coincidence but...
"Deola..." Tunrayo's voice interrupts her thoughts. "We can't let her humiliate you as the Prom Queen."
Like a flash of lightning out of the sky, Tunrayo darts forward, gripping the hand of her friend as she pulls her towards the picket fence.
"W-what?!" Deola stammers, following the forceful grip Tunrayo has, on her wrist.
The duo walk to the other side of the convertible where the picket fence stands at a mere distance of two feet. The granite shore is water logged as the lake water washes over stones, slightly and receding, in same manner.
"The tide is quite high today." Deola mutters.
"Come on. Lakes don't have tides. That's a Lake seiche."
"What's a seiche?"and
"Seriously, you don't know? Gee! How'd you become the head girl in the first place?" Deola pouts to the taunt.
"Look, nobody is coming now." Tunrayo continues, her eyes darting to and fro like a criminal up to some mischief.
"So, you will bend down here and ease your..."
"What? No?" Deola jerks her hand off Tunrayo's grip as she exclaims.
"What is wrong with it?" Tunrayo stares daggers.
"Absolutely everything. This is the time of the year when the Lagoon is fresh and not brackish and you want me to pollute it? Come on... I'm better than this..."
"You're better? Fine!" Tunrayo fumes. "Have fun defecating on yourself, Prom Queen! Oh, the headlines that would make. Lake View Prom Queen bowel discharge on self at Prom." She gesticulates, emphasizing on Prom Queen. "I suppose that would make Grace the happiest witch alive."
Deola vibrates as sweat runs down her face. Her body is clammy and she feels the need to get out of the perspiration soaked gown. Her eyes move from Tunrayo to the picket fence that is being mesmerized by minute water waves, contemplating what she should do. As she ponders, her lower abdomen rumbles, forcing her to double over and clasp her hands tightly at her buttocks.
"Come on." Tunrayo says.
"Poop into the lake? No way." Deola bends down totally as her stomach rages in discomfort.
"Don't be stupid! Take off your pant. We are behind the car and nobody is coming. Plus, I'm not asking you to poop into the lake. Just ease yourself beside it."
"Doesn't make any d-firrrrreeeeenceeeee... Aaaah!"
"That's it. I'm not asking permission. I'm pulling that pant down!" Tunrayo huffs in rage as she storms to Deola.
The latter seeing her come, shakily rises from the ground and moves towards the picket fence. She bends down, facing Tunrayo, well hidden by the black convertible.
"Finee,....eeeeeeeeee!" Deola cries, eyes shut and face squeezed, as her bowels discharge down. Luckily, she was fast enough to pull her pant down to her knees while her gown is raised slightly above the ground for easier discharge.
"Gahh... Shit!" Tunrayo exclaims, squeezing her nose up in the air. "You know what? I'll just stand at the back of car so I can ward off anybody coming here."
"Oh, Do you have paper in the car?" Comes the reply from Deola whose hands are clasped in a praying form as she does her urgent business.
"Gawd! Stinks!" Tunrayo says under her breath, hastily moving to the back of the convertible.
"Paper for what?" She throws her face into the finer scenery of the night, towards the hall.
"To wipe my butt, of course, since you never take tissue in the car."
"Are you done?"
"No... there's more coming...."
"Well, finish that one first."
Tunrayo shuffles to purse on the car roof. She fiddles with the contents for a split second before bringing out her smartphone. With the phone in her hand, she returns to her guard position, casting a hasty glance to her environs towards the lake.
Tunrayo is 5.8feet tall with breasts the size of small watermelons. Darksinned, a complete contrast to Deola, she has luscious lips and a somewhat chubby face that is perfectly outlined with the fringe neck length hair she has on.
Her neck is outlined with sparkling golden neck bracelet, accentuated with long thread like ear rings that end in a silver crescent. Her gown is soft and exquisitely designed, a stylized soft blue gown that reveals her plump cleavages and ends in a left leg split, revealing her silver wedge heels that add more inches to her 5.8 feet height.
She scrolls through her phone, her fingers whisking up and down on the screen. A thought flashes into her mind about checking her friend out who had been quiet for some time now.
Tunrayo tilts her head into Deola's way only for her to gasp, extremely shaken.
Just behind Deola up in the air is a wave as high as her convertible, bending over her friend, the shape of a bearded man with outstretched hands forming alongside.
It seems as though the wave man wants to envelop Deola.
"Tunrayo, What?" Deola asks, unaware of what is happening above and behind her.
Before Tunrayo's lips can part, another wave erupts behind, the shape of a figure forming through the wave. In a flash, the newer wave crashes into the bearded man like wave and both waves erupt into a shower of water, drenching Deola all over.
"Ahhhh... And you told me Lakes don't have waves.! Ah! I'm finally ruined!" Deola grunts out, rising up from the ground, her whole body soaking wet.
The water recedes at her feet, taking with it all waste material back into the Lake while.leaving an extremely stunned Tunrayo and an annoyed Deola on the shore.
"Oh My God! I saw Poisedon." Tunrayo mutters.
"Haha... Very Funny." Deola rolls her eyes. "Those myth novels you read are really getting into your head. Plus, this is Nigeria, the God of water will be the Yoruba Orisha, Olokun by name."
Tunrayo blinks, unable to process what she saw earlier. "Maybe you're right."
" Now, can we find a way to go home. I need to change and clean up."
Tunrayo blinks again, splaying her hands. "What about Prom?"
"I need to clean my bum and change my clothes first. I hate to admit it but Grace won. I just want to go home." Deola facepalms.
Deola frame shakes visibly as she heaves, fatigue and sadness mixed up in the inhalation and exhalation. As for Tunrayo, she simply looks at Deola, eyes narrowed as she still processes what she had seen earlier."I need to clean up, Tee.""You're done, this time?" Tunrayo's eyes regain focus, settling on her bowel distressed friend."Yeah!""Alright. I'll just go to look for tissue. Just stay right here." Tunrayo gesticulates as she moves towards the purse on the roof of the convertible. She slips her phone into the wine colored purse and hugs it to her waist, taking careful steps through the mixed crowd of youthful males and females, towards the hall.Deola heaves once more, resting her frame against the back of the convertible.Just how did she get into all this? She ponders, pulling off the long black haired wig that is soaking wet, off her head. She raises the wig to her nose and sniffs, only to crunch her face in disgust and
The moment his feet entered water and his hands connected with the lady, the young man mused in his heart that she is to be his, and his only.The wave violently flings them out, like one would spew out extremely hot water. In that moment, he can feel the panic of the almost unconscious lady, through her chest.And at that moment, his heart skips a beat."You're safe. I'm with you." He mutters as he tactically maneuvers his body, twisting with the flexibility of a reptilian as he switch's places with the lady for the imminent ground impact.BWASKKKKKKAA!The young man grit his teeth as he absorbed the impact of his back on hard granite shore. For a brief seconds, he feels the need to do something, unleash something but hardens his heart against that.Instead, he banks on the impact rebound force and locks lips straight into the lady's mouth. For yet another second, he wishes time to stay still as he playfully explores the insides
And just as quickly as the lips of Tade jam into Deola's cheek, she throws his hand away , hastily rasing her elbow to push against him. However, her elbow connects with his Adam's Apple causing him to fall abruptly, onto the car seat."Ugh!" Tade chokes, grabbing his throat with one hand."Omigod! Are you okay!" Tunrayo flees over to Tade's side of the convertible and begins to push him into the car, adjusting the Mister to seat beside her friend while she perches at the edge."I'm fine." Tade responses just as Tunrayo twists her body to gain visual on Tade."I'm... uhm... sorry?" Deola mutters, panic in her eyes."Dee... That was harsh." Tunrayo chides, twisting back even more to look at Deola."it's okay, both of you." Tade groans, resting his head against the top of chair to gaze at the car roof. "It's my fault. It was only natural for her to react that way." Tade forces a laugh, still romancing his throat.He sm
The edges of the Assembly Hall of Lake View College is jam packed with dinner tables, filled with gorgeously dressed and handsomely costumed ladies and gentlemen and mouth watering, dainty dishes. There is merriment in the air as soft laughter, almost silent grinding of food, clinking of glasses and the likes resonated around the entire hall.The hall has balloons hanging down illuminated from within by some lamp, from the ceiling of the hall. Following suit, are huge rectangular spaces of light that happen to be deliberately dim to give just the right mood, aided by the few colored light bulbs that are sprinkled across the ceilings.The walls are not left out too as ribbons and strung balloons decorate each and every place. A few of the walls have standing Air Conditioners that are working at full capacity, blowing out chill airs to combat perspiration in the hall.Although the hall is full, there is a big rectangular space starting from the center
"How dare you, Nat?" Grace huffs with a suppressed voice as the Prom King darts away from her, a confused expression bedeviling his handsome features.A little ripple of laughter resounds from the background as the dancing begins to gain crescendo, DJ Apollo bringing all the heat.Furious, Grace turns, gritting her teeth to the source of the laughter but she sees no one. Even the people she sees are all enjoying the music with their dates while some dance singly."Aaaaaaarggghhhhh!!!" Grace screams, frustrated, her hands flung to edges of the table that is covered with a white tablecloth.There are wine glasses, most appear to be used as remnants of wine remain in them with biodegradable plates that contained already devoured small chops along with soft drinks and wine bottles amidst others.The chairs are most empty as everyone has taken to the dance floor but for a nerdy looking guy who seems to be among the unlucky ones not to have a date,
The long and wide fancifully decorated assembly hall stands tall on the granite shore, a monument significant with LakeView College.It is rectangular shaped, a large double glass door entrance at the hall that overlooks the lagoon behind the picket fence. While it has that big entrance, the hall also has many exit and entrance doors from the sides of the hall via the many glass walled doors that stand between the hall pillars, built to allow natural light enter the hall from every side and also to increase the asethetics.The only places in the hall that is hidden from the glass walls at the sides of the hall are the stage and the stage room where equipments and whatnot are stored, the little decking platform that is built into the walls of the double door entrance of the hall and also the restroom after the storage room.The extra decking platform is built, for additional audience that the hall would not contain, it had passenger chairs that
MINUTES EARLIER!"These humans..." Tade shakes his head, a lazy disgusted smile on it as he tugs the edges of his blue blazer.He carefully picks his way through the throng of dancing couples and singles, both parties showing silly, interesting and of course very sexual dance moves. They are a couple of them sharing deep sensual kisses while some even go as far as groping for their partners privates, using the mesh of party crazed bodies as a cover.Tade ignores them all, a bemused expression on as he looks left and right and then to the DJ whose two hands are thrown into the air.As for the MC, the stage is devoid of him but they are some other people who are dressed in somewhat professional clothes of wine shirts and blue trousers and skirts taking note of whatever it was they were as they milled about the stage around the banquet table.Soon, Tade loses interests and picks his way to the nearest exit to him. He sighs in relief, inhaling th
The fairskinned Mister donning blue blazers walked away, with furrowed eyebrows across the length of the assembly hall. Behind him, not so far away is the female restroom which has the a little signpost with a silhouette image of a female on it, positioned on the steel push or pull door.Tade walks briskly however, having in mind that he had come to pick something, the girls being just a side attraction he could not afford to have ignored."But to think of it... The nerves those girls had to be joking about the evil they did." He muttered angrily to himself, transversing the length of the assembly hall once again.And this time, the music is not so loud as it is as the dancing is over and the attendees are all milling about. Seeing this, Tade sighs, assuming that the Prom Event was concluded already as he sees the contented and naughty looks on the attendees."Excuse me!" Tade says, patting a petite Lady who had just exited the hall in company of tw
It has been some hours, a day approximately, since the encounter on the muddy banks. Today, the air smells different, with the scent of water coupled with the sweet harmonies of chirping birds while the sun sets in the distance, sinking down into the depths of the lake.Two people stand a little after the whitewashed picket fence, staring down at the beautiful setting of the orange spotted sky, their hearts pounding in the excitement of being close to the one who meant so much to them.Tade, wearing a yellow vintage shirt with patterns of a palm tree, has his hands in his slim fit black trousers and a broad, satisfied smile on his face.By his side, his 'girl', the quiet, reserved but sweet lady, Deola stands, her palms hugging each other infront of her while her body is clothed with a floral orange gown, red slides on her feet. Her face has a pasted satisfied smile as well as she gazes on ahead.After some more minutes of silence, she turns to look at Ta
Her worry is not far fetched however, for by the side of them, at the far side of Debi's left is the Water Spirit King, Arinle, eyebrows knitted fiercely while his eyes flash with light in sync with the blistering aura emanating from his body."What… is… this… madness?" He balls his fists, his eyes bulging while muscles contract visibly all over him.Arinle, like before, is adorned in a silver scaled sleeveless top that perfectly packs in all the muscularity that he has. On his waist is a golden shining belt with a single tower-like tip, large enough that it covers half of his stomach before getting ended at his waist, from which the blue scaled trousers runs down.On his face is a large wreath of luxurious black beard, from his jaws down to the uppermost of his chest. He has bushy eyebrows as well, glittering eyes that tell of madness unspeakable, his whole form shivering with condensed furious rage."Father&helli
"Tsk… Damn you! How can you be this strong at your failing health level?" Enas groans, rolling over to evade another stomp of Tade."It's the power of love, my dear. The extent that emotion can motivate has no limit." A feminine voice that belongs not to Tade whispers in the background while Enas gets to his feet finally and begins to trade blows with a furious Tade.However the brothers do not hear the femine but alluring voice of their mother queen as they engage themselves in battle. A punch sails through to the air to Tade’s head but the latter tilts himself backward, evading the blow. But Enas is not over as he follows with a combo attack of a knee kick to the stomach.Groaning, Tade doubles over, spitting out ichor from his mouth. Enas seizes the opportunity in a flash and slams his left elbow heavily, right at the center of Tade, crumpling the latter to the ground.“You always thought to be the better of us… spoilt brat. T
"Nooooooo…."Blood trickles down from her head as her body continues to propel out. Overcome by numbness, Tade stretched out, his hand clutching her leg and holding her back just as the convertible stance shifts again, the somersault in progress.And then, a sploshing sound as the car plunges down, deep down into water."Water?" Tade groans, umconfused as to when there was ever a water body here…Of course, he'd sensed one but the waters would not be so clear for those pure water spirits to use.Murky and stangant water bodies are the standard no-no for his people which is why he had not considered this to be of any importance.A mistake he is come to realize now.Tade huffs, ripping out the seatbelt that restrained him to the seat. He made to go for Tunrayo who is somewhat struggling, albeit, less than the others in the backseat, her head on the steering facing him.There is a cut on the forehead and her eyes loo
Seeing that, even the hesitant family rush in, opening the door as Tunrayo begins to drive even as they rush in, Deola being hoisted in first.And then, with a loud screech, Tunrayo's convertible tyres paint black on the asphalt as the zooms off and away."So, somebody tell me, what is going on?" Tolani, the mother of Deola asks in a fast rising tempo.They are huddled into the backseat, Richard at the seat behind Tade while Tolani is behind Tunrayo, this, putting Deola right at the center of them all.For a brief moment, the entire car is silent, each person trying to process that which has happened.Tade's mind is agog with responsibility towards all the people in the car as he understands that because of him, they all would be targeted.He cannot bring himself to say that this might have turned out well, being that, Tunrayo had popped up right on time. No, he rather would not.Instead, he blames himself for being so clumsy. F
The humanoid croaks, walking on to where its target would be. And as it gets there, just outside the window, it raises the bow to eye level, putting his fingers to the non-existent bowstring.Then, a line of white shimmering energy appears which the humanoid plucks as far back. Another energy strand appears, forming an arrowhead of thin energy strand at the bow, ending into a feathered bottom that is now held by the humanoid on the plucked string.And then, Tade’s strained physique blurs into the view, at the open driveway. He stops, his mouth aghast at the sight that greets him, unable to bring himself to do anything.Indeed, he cannot do anything because at the very moment, the arrow made of the milky white energy is only seconds from being fired by the assassin.His breathing doubles as time slows, panic filling him because it shows that all his efforts are all but nought. After all, the scenario he had been striving to avoid is
And, Tade huffs, never again would anyone hurt his girl.Not ever! Poisedon's Kiss
It is just about 24 hours since Tade had asked Tunrayo to give the spirit pill that he had been able to get, through forceful means however, from the underwater city where he did reside. And thus, Tade muses within his heart that this is just the time he has to check on her again.Although, he feels it deep within him that she would survive it. He does not have any gRebellion
The Lagos Port Complex also referred to as Premiere Port (Apapa Quays) is the earliest and largest Port in Nigeria. It is situated in Apapa, Lagos State, the commercial center of Nigeria. The Port, established in 1913, witnessed the construction of the first four deep water berths which did begin in the year of 1921, a few years before the country of Nigeria did gain independence while it still did exist under colonial rule of the British.The Apapa Port as of now, is well equipped with modern cargo handling equipment necessary for the day to day activities of the harbour and also, personnel support facilities making her cost effective and customer friendly. It does enjoy intermodal connection – Rail, Water and Road. It boasts of a four wheel gate of about 8 meters for oversize cargoes and this has given the Port an edge over others in the handling of oversized cargoes.However, while the port is usually very busy, today is not o