The Slave

Chapter 15

I wan tell you a story oh Ombowambo.

(pronounced om–bo–wam–bo)  

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When Athiss was younger, he was told a story about a group of people that were killed at Lekki toul gate, by their own government. The date read 20 10 20. He was told that this people where protesting for their lives. They where asking the government to stop killing them but the government answered them by killing them the more. He was told that the people where killed that night sitting on the ground.  

Athiss could only imagine what happened. He could imagine himself being one of those people. The people called Nigerians. He could imagine himself sitting on the ground at Lekki toul gate and the death wolves took on the form of Nigerian Soldiers  He wandered how the soldiers would have the mined, the heart, to kill their own fellow brothers and sisters. These where people that where fighting for their lives, the life of the soldiers and the life of every Nigerian.  But the red eyes of death shined on them and the death wolves devoured them with viper bullets. 

  They died sitting.  

Athiss remembered the way fear possessed him that death night, that pretended to be an average night. He remembered how scared he was that his survival instincts kicked in. Making him to flee so fast, that it was as if someone stock yellow pepper in his a*s. He was sure they felt just the same way he felt that maybe even more. Although the part that he couldn't imagine was how brave they're that they where able to still sit on the ground and waited for the death wolves to send their viper bullets.   Athiss knew he wasn't brave enough to sit still and wait for his death. But he knew for them at that moment their was nothing more. Not even the shadow of hope was seen.  

No Athiss wouldn't sit still and wait for death. If he was a slave, he would never let death hold him. But if he was free, then he'll be the bride of death. 

For Athiss, death was only beautiful when he was free. But if he was still a slave and death comes to him...then it's just unfortunate.  

"Kill them." The man that pretended to be their president said. 

  "Finish them." The governor said.  

"Kill as many as you can." The person overseeing the killing said. 

And the soldiers did. 

That night, was just as dark as the dark ages.   

     The sounds of knocking and a door opening draw Athiss, out of his dream like state. Waking up from his state of oblivion had also awaken his abdominal pain, that was on flight mode.  Zhail walked into the room punching in a food cart, with his ever sun shine smile on his face. 

"I'm not hungry." 

Behaving as if he didn't hear anything, Zhail took a botel of water of the cart and walked over to the bed, while deepen his hands in his jalabia pocket that seems to hold untold secrets. Zhail brought out two black pills from his pockets and presented it in front of Athiss. 

"What's this?" Athiss asked with a raised braw. 

"Pain killers." Zhail simply answered. 

Athiss eyes bulged out like an obvious erection. Zhail chucked as Athiss, finding his expression cute. 

  "Here." He said, as he handed the pills over to Athiss. 

"Stool it from the royal hospital." 

"Thank you so much." Athiss said, then swallowed the pills with the help of water. 

"Nahhh. It's no big deal. I herd what happened and I decided to help. Although I most say, your mates are cruel bastards."

  Athiss moaned in agreement then said, "You can say that again." 

"What they did was cruel. Punishing you to be in pain for the hole day is just wrong. And what's up with them and that slutty omega called Blu?"

"I really don't f*****g know...

    Seth and Lieon had sent out people to look for Lord Damon and his friends. It was reported that they have been missing since October twentieth. With the information provided by Athiss they needed to find the place they where attached. When the place was found then they would send the Royal Sear to take a look and see if she could see the past. 

A Sear was someone who could see the past. In other for the sear to know what happened that death night it would be easier for her to be at the place that helped the death night exist.   Sears had the ability to only see the past. They could see the past of a person if the touched something of that person or the person themselves, alive or dead. Then if a sear wanted to see the past events that happened in a setting please or location, then he or she has to be at that particular place or location, in other for them to see the past events.

They both sat in their study with five more people, talking about political matters while they waited for news about Lord Damon and his friends.  

"Ring, ring." 

The sound of Liones phone ringing draw the political discussion to a halt. The people in the room all watched as Lieon picked the call. They all though that the person calling was Gonan, the  man Seth and Lieon assigned to find Lord Damon and his friends. They thought that Gonan had called, bering news about Lord Damon and his friends.   But they where dead wrong. 

"What did Gonan say?" Seth asked.

"That was not Gonan, that was Timi. He said that Athiss was rushed to the royal hospital." After these words of Lieon was said, no one said anything on till approximately after a minute passed.

  "You guys can go see your mate. We'll continue this discussion later." One of the men in the room suggested.  

When Lieon and Seth left their study and began to make their way to the hospital, just for a split second they wondered if it was because of them that Athiss was in the hospital, they wondered if maybe the punishment they gave Athiss was just too harsh.  

And the answer was yes. 

Yes it was because of them that Athiss was in the hospital. And yes, the punishment they gave Athiss was just too harsh. How could you consciously subject your soulmate, the one created for you by the gods, to pain. One would think that the twins hated Athiss and that Athiss was not their mate.

But did they care? 

No. 

Maybe, just a little bit.  When they arrived at the hospital, they weren't straight to Timi's office. When they entered his office they each took a sit, sitting side by side and facing Timi, who sat behind his office desk.

"What happened?" They asked, not sounding like concerned mates. It was obvious, that they didn't realy care about Athiss.

"Well, Athiss had an allergic reaction to the pain killer he took. Something in the pain killers tipped him off, made him have an episode. We don't know what it was but we're running some test." 

"Okay..." 

"There's another thing..." Timi said, then cleared his throat. The air of professionalism switched on, like a second dominant personality. 

"Umm. Athiss is pregnant."      

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     ...Till I wake up in the morning and all I see is you... 

...Now my heart is broken... 

...All alone and in pains...

...And I can't walk out the door... 

...But your not hear...

...I can't love anyone 

Till I love myself.