Just like when I met the Bandits, I wasn't scared of the men standing right in front of me and were combat-ready. My old self would have been scared to death of what I was about facing but thank goodness for the new-me. If not for Deborah, I could have been subjected to shame whenever I met these people, I don't even know if I will still be alive by now. The new power in me was my confidence whenever I meet these bad men, it was the only thing that kept me going stronger and stronger in front of my opposition."Why did you steal my horse?" The huge man who appears to be their leader at the same time asked me with a harsh voice. He was no longer smiling. He has gotten serious with me. Despite the serious looks on his face, I refused to take him seriously anyway."Which horse are you talking about? You still confusing me, you know." I smiled confidently.At that point, the huge man became angry with me. He was not just frustrated, he was mad and is prone to harm me severely. He pointed
"I know where you are going!" I told him. They all burst into laughter. I guess they thought I must be crazy or something nevertheless, I was not deterred in my quest to stop them from embarking on the evil plan. "You are going to rob in a nearby village and I will not let you do that!" At once, the happy expression on their faces changed. They remained silent as they stare at one another. Then, their leader asked furiously, "how in the hell did learn about our inner secret?" He glanced at me then, he quickly looked at all his comrades. I guess he was suspicious that one of them had talked to me in secret however, the funny thing remained that, we were all gathered there and he was standing closer to me than any of the men so, so when and how did one of them reach out to me with an important piece of information. After looking at his men for a while, he turned back to me and began speaking again. "Listen, young lady, I don't how you come to learn about our next plan but, listen good
What followed next was a moment of silence between me and the men. None of them said a word including their leader. He only stared at me and so were his men."Who are you?" The huge man asked at last."I am Louis, I'm a Witch and you already knew what I did for you when I set you free from the spell you have held in for a long time.""We don't mean to disrespect but, we don't want to have any problems with you. This career path that we have chosen is the only thing we can do to earn a living, why bother to stop it now? It doesn't make sense if our source of livelihood is being deprived of us.""This is not the only thing you could do to survive. I believe there are many decent jobs out there that you can engage yourselves in and earn handsomely, what do you think about that, fellas?" I turned around swiftly, glancing at them at the same time. My words might have struck their hearts, the men began forming a circle around me. Maybe, they wanted to hear more about my strategy for finding
"Okay, if that's what you want to hear then, tell me your name, would you mind?" Said the huge man."My name is Loius, and I'm a witch! I guess you already know that I'm a Witch, right?" "I'm, Gama! I am the leader of this gang. You have all about us, he told you everything that you needed to know about us," he pointed at the man who had narrated to me the motives behind the criminal career path they have chosen."Yes, he told me what I needed to know but, I guess you have more to tell me, at the right time, I guess."He smiled for a few seconds and said, "well, I have no problems with that. When the time comes I will tell you anything you want to hear, just like you have said but right now, I think we need to hear from you, specifically, the job you have for more than two dozen men.""Well, Gama, that will be great but, I insist you should tell me who had pinned you guys with magic spells?" He looked at his silent comrades and then began narrating what happened that very day. When
I believe Gama and his men felt guilty. I could tell that from the expression on their faces. Indeed, no one is perfect at predicting things but, I was sure that the men standing right in front of me have repented."Now, listen to me all of you," I sensed that all of their attention was on me at that moment. "You shall redeem all of your evil deeds by doing the right thing. And what's the right thing you could do? I know that some of you will ask that question. That's right! Here is the thing, I want all of you to fight on my side when I take on Magaritha. I want you all to engage her army and let's put an end to her terror. This is the only way you can redeem yourselves!" Everywhere seemed to be silent as I was speaking, it was a good sign that they were paying close attention to all I was saying. However, I lacked the power to determine if all of them will buy into my idea, including their leader. Whatever they are going to say in the next few minutes will determine the level of the
"I see, you are not too good at drinking alcohol?" Asked Gama."Yes, I'm not. Thank you so much for your hospitality but, I think it's time to rest. We have to rest and tomorrow we will proceed with our task.""Yes, you are right Miss Loius!" He turned around to leave. He was not leaving me but, he was going back to where left his men, a few distances apart under another huge tree. He walked only ten metres when all of a sudden, he stopped and began walking back in my direction. I wondered what could have made him change his mind and turn towards me again."Miss Loius," he began speaking while he was still a few metres away from me. "I was wondering, where are we going to meet you in the morning so we could go into Muldoch together? Do you have a place to stay? I mean, do you have a place to pass the night?" He paused for a few seconds to hear my response. I wasn't going to answer him as soon as he had expected. I needed to do some thinking because I was yet to come up with a plan the
We arrived at the camp about an hour later, which makes it an hour ride on our horses. There was nothing impressive at first about the camp until I climbed down from my horse and began touring the vicinity. The camp was located deep in the forest, about ten miles away from Muldoch. There was no way anyone could have suspected that a camp hosting criminals was built there. It was a genius idea on the part of Gama and his men to build their camp in such an isolated area. Yes, I guess he should be commended for that. The little houses were made of tents and in each of the tent houses, were burning candles. I wondered who was looking after the camp while the men goes out to rob people. Since Gama was in my company as I tour the tent house one after the other, I had to ask him who is always in charge of the camp whenever they are out for an operation. He did not hesitate to answer me."We have some women who had committed one crime or the other for that, they were ostracized from their to
"Steve! Is that you?" I asked. It was the first I spoke ever since Gama took me to see Steve. I guess my voice must have sounded familiar to him, just like the way he did to me. The curiosity of his steps as he hurriedly drifted closer made me to further suspect that this must be the Steve I know."Louis, is that you?" He asked with a surprised look on his face, although I could not see the full expression on his face, I managed to get a little view of it. "wait a minute!" He exclaimed and quickly ran into the nearest tent. By the time he came back, I was alert and was Gama who was yet to say any word. I believe that what was happening seemed to have left him dumbfounded. Steve was holding a burning candle in his left hand when he came out of the tent in a hurry. He quickly inched closer to me and raised the candle above my head. He was about to scream in excitement when Gama intervened."Why are you behaving so strange, Steve? What's going on here? I don't get this at all!" Gama's