A New Creation episode 26

A New Creation

Chapter 26A

‘Oj, someone close to us is playing a game with us. Hadijat and Halimat have been kidnapped this evening and your handkerchiefs were found there.’

Oj paused as he heard what Slimmy just said and then cut the call again.

Slimmy paced around the room boiling in anger, only if he could lay his hands on Kong right now.

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Halimat and Hadijat were tied to chairs in an uncompleted building in the middle of nowhere, they had been there for a while now but they haven’t seen anyone or anything as they had blindfolds on and also the voices and footsteps they were hearing earlier on has further reduced.

“Halimat” Hadijat broke the silence after they haven’t spoken to each other for a while out of fear.

“Yes Hadijat” Halimat replied in whispers.

“Do you think we will leave this place alive” Hadijat asked.

“I am not sure but I will try all my best to make sure you leave this place alive, even if it means my death” Halimat whispered but in a determined tone.

“What ever happens here sis, always remember that I love you soo much, whichever of us that makes it out alive shouldn’t forget the Other one” Hadijat started crying.

“I love you too little sis, my life would be incomplete without you, am sure none of us will ever forget each other” Halimat started crying too.

They continued sobbing until they started hearing noises, the boys outside started hailing some one that just arrived, they started speaking on top of their voices.

“Olboi Kolawole na master planner ooh” one of them hailed Kong, the guy’s voice sounded so familiar to Halimat, she was sure she had heard that voice before.

“No be only me na, na me n you plan all these things na” Kong hailed the guy back Hadijat also knew she had heard that voice before but she couldn’t place whose voice it is.

Kong and the guy continued hailing each other for a while until they decided to go into the place where Halimat and Hadijat were. As soon as they entered, Halimat and Hadijat could feel their presence but they still had blindfolds on, there was an ear deafening silence in the room as fear paced around Hadijat and Halimat’s mind. After some minutes, they could feel someone trying to take out their blindfolds, they stayed still until the folds were taken away, it took a while before they could adjust there sights to seeing the people around, everything was blurry at first but after some seconds they could see clearly everyone around them.

“Kong” Hadijat scre-med
“Hercules, you” Halimat scre-med too.

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Rofiat alongside some other guys arrived into Mansion and met Slimmy still pacing around restlessly.

“Baba wetin happen” Rofiat asked with her eyes filled with tears she has refused to shed, her sisters kidnap coupled with Gentle’s death had gotten tears in her eyes but she kept telling herself that she won’t shed a single tear.

“Follow me Rough” Slimmy said after hailing the other guys and led Rofiat into his room.

“Rough we have been fooling ourselves all this while, someone has been using all of us as pawns in the game of chess” Slimmy said.

“Baba I don’t understand all these things you are saying, speak to me in plain english boss”

“Okay let me explain further” Slimmy said as he settled on the bed pointing for Rofiat to do the same.

“Better” Rofiat said and also sat down on the bed.

“It wasn’t the white tigers that killed my brother Gentle” Slimmy began and Rofiat jerked back to her feet, Slimmy continued without being interrupted “neither did they kidnap your sisters”

“Baba that’s unbelievable, we saw all the signs na, we don’t need an Einstein to know that they carried out all this hits” Rofiat argued.

“Okay hold on” Slimmy calm her down “If the white tigers didn’t want an open war, why then will they kill Gentle and leave signs there for us to see”

Rofiat still looking unconvinced but kept her mute.

“The five white tigers that were killed at the cafe, has any of our boys taken the credit for that hit” Slimmy continued asking questions that Rofiat had no answers to “Why would Oj want to hurt me by kidnapping my girlfriend and in the process kidnapping his own girlfriend too that we all know he loves”

Rofiat now looked puzzled and confused, everything began to make sense to her now, she started fixing the lines one after the other.

“Oj’s family has just been murdered and he believes we took the hit because he saw our signatures all over their corpse”

“So who’s playing us all” Rofiat asked.

“Rough we have moles here and their are moles in the tigers too”

“And they are both working together to achieve a common goal” Rofiat nodded her head as everything now seemed clearer to her “But how can we figure out who is doing all of this”

“Roy just called me and told me that he found out who led the hit against Gentle”

“Who boss”

“Kong” Oj replied and Rofiat staggered back and sat down on the bed out of reflex.

“Are you Okay Rough” Slimmy asked as he moved closer to her.

“Yeah, it’s just all too much to take in boss” Rofiat replied as she sat up on the bed “Let’s order a hit on Kong then.

“No not so fast, I am very sure he is not working alone, he has many of our boys working for him and also boys from white tigers”

What do we suggest we do then”

“We need to act the fool and fish them all out but we also need to alert Oj”

“Then call him boss”

“I already did but he wouldn’t listen to me, same way I didn’t listen to me when I thought he killed my brother”

“I think he would listen to me” Rofiat suggested and they both agreed to call Oj.

They called for about three times, there was no response but on the fourth try, Oj picked.

“Hello” Oj’s angry voice came through.

“Hello Oj baba, this is Rough” Rofiat said in a calm n low tone.

“Rough” Oj called out with an angry tone still.

“Baba I am sorry for your loss, may God grant you the fortitude to bear the loss” Oj just replied with a sigh and Rofiat continued “Buh I swear on my sisters, we didn’t take that hit”

“So who did” Oj asked sarcastically.

“We know who did but we need to meet before I could disclose that information” Rofiat replied.

“So you want to meet now” Oj

“Yeah, I will text you where and when but first I need to tell you that we have moles on our side and on your side too. We already know the main snitch on our side but we still don’t know who is the snitch on your side so you have to be discreet” Rofiat explained.

Oj dropped the call and chuckled “if Slimmy should mistakenly come along with Rough, I will butcher him into body bags” Oj said to himself.

Chapter 26B

**6.30pm**
Oj appeared from behind the tree, he took off his sunshade and stared around the place, searching for signs of Rough. There was no one in sight, neither was there any bird or lizard who dared to pass. The school compound was totally empty and silent, even the security officials who were supposed to secure and maintain the place were always hiding in their offices and quarters especially when sounds of gunshots and violence were heard around the vicinity.
Oj closed his eyes and took in a deep long breath of the fresh air, he shivered uncomfortably after, like a little boy who had been severely beaten by his parents and was still crying. The grief of his family’s death was still in his heart and it would remain as long as he lived. He looked around once again, he hoped that Rough had not called him to play a fast one on him. She dared not, he had his boys surrounding everywhere.

After ten minutes, he saw Rough walking towards him from the other end, alone. He straightened himself and waited for her patiently.
‘Ojo,’ Rough called as she got to his front, she dipped her hands into the pockets of her trousers and stood with her legs apart.
‘Rough,’ he called back in the same manner, twitching his l-ips as he stared into her eyes. ‘What took you so long?’
‘Hmm…’ Rough chuckled, ‘Slimmy had to go back.’

‘Huh? He was coming with you before?’
‘Yes,’ Rough answered.
‘Damn! Then why did he go back?’
‘Because he saw your men gathered around,’ Rough replied, she took one hand out of her pocket and took two steps closer to Oj.
‘The fool is a coward, why didn’t he come and face me?’
‘Slimmy is not a coward, he didn’t want to fight else he would have easily dropped all of your men that were standing stupidly around.’ Rough retorted in a serious tone. ‘Is that how to lay ambush? Especially for someone as trained as Slimmy? Gosh! Even the girls that I trained knows how to position themselves better.’

Oj felt stupid at that point, he stared around wondering at what manner his boys who were supposed to be hidden positioned himself that Slimmy was able see them, they must have really been standing stupidly around.
‘We have more tactics man,’ Rough continued speaking, she took the other hand out of the pocket and began to walk around Oj in circles. ‘We could have wiped you all out if not for those other people you called to join you.’ Rough paused at Oj’s front and stood still, she stared into his face. ‘Who were those people?’

Oj stared in silence for a while, he had always known Rough to be rough and tough but he had never seen her exhibit her qualities to him like this. She was talking to him like a man with confidence even though she knew she was surrounded by his men. His heart was troubled as he began to think that it was possible that the Arch Angels had another plan in mind.
‘Stop thinking too much man,’ Rough said as if she could read his mind. Even though she was still emotionally down because of Gentle’s death and her sister’s kidnap, she still had to keep a strong face and mind to pull through. She was also determined to lay her hands on Kong and melt to him the right punishment for a betrayer. ‘Who were those people?’ She repeated.

‘It’s none of your business, tell me the reason why you are here.’ Oj barked, disgusted by Rough’s confident demeanor. He was really determined to wipe out the Arch Angels but with the men he had and lack of technical intelligence like the Arch Angels, he began to wonder if it was possible to get them. Well, except for the help of the mercenaries brought by Hercules.
‘Those people, do you even know them?’ Rough asked, cutting into his thoughts again. She continued to walk in a circle around him.

Truly Oj did not know who the mercenaries were, he only knew that it was Hercules who sought for their assistance. Even where Hercules had gotten them from, he did not know.
‘You don’t know,’ Rough continued. ‘Well they might just be the ones playing around with us,’ she said and stopped at his front again. ‘Recently we found out that someone broke into our store of weapons, we saw some of those weapons with your invited guys. Now think of it, how did our weapons get into your friends’ hands? It means that someone in our team must be with them.’
Oj remained in silence and continued to ponder on Rough’s words. Could she be right? Was the Arch Angels system also disorg-nized like theirs was? If the Arch Angels also had cases of stolen weapons, then it meant that the stolen weapons case wasn’t peculiar to them alone.

‘Here,’ Rough took out one of the White Tigers’ handkerchief from the back pocket of her trouser, she handed it over to Oj who began to feel the texture of the piece of clothing in his palms. ‘Isn’t that your property?’ Rough asked.
Oj had no answer to the question, the texture and size of the handkerchief was exactly correct. It wasn’t something that was customized by a stranger or anyone who tried to guess their specifications of the measurements of the material, it was theirs; the White Tigers’ property.

‘It’s yours,’ Rough continued speaking, ‘your silence confirms it. Well, it was found in my house today, after my sisters were kidnapped.’ Rough said and broke down in tears. She couldn’t pretend to be strong anymore. She couldn’t imagine what could have happened to her sisters or where they were at the moment. What would she tell her parents and Hadijat’s? How would she explain their abduction to them?
‘They were kidnapped truly?’ Oj finally spoke after a long time of silence. He was surprised at Rough’s outburst, he actually thought that Slimmy was only lying when he was told of the abduction.
‘Your handkerchiefs were found in my house tied to their already packed luggage.’ Rough wiped her tears and spoke. ‘Did you kidnap them?’ She asked in a rhetorical way.

Oj w¡dened his eyes, he took in a deep breath and stepped forward, closer to Rough. He placed a hand on her shoulder as if to pacify her and tell her that he now understood. He took out his phone and dialed Small’s number.
‘Hello Small, are you still around?’
‘Yes,’ Small replied from the other end.
‘Who did we leave behind when we went to mama’s place?’
‘Ermm… Hercules and some boys.’
‘Where is Hercules now?’

…to be continued