They all stared at me as I held my ground and remained silent. There was no atom of fear in me instead, I expected them to run from what was coming. "You bastard!" Began one of them who seemed to be their second in command. He was the same individual who pulled Dan by his clothes when the latter could not speak. "What have you done you, bitch?" He began walking in my direction but, I never moved instead, I stood my ground to see what he was up to. Some of the Bandits began walking behind him as he slowly approached me. "She has done nothing!" Objected one of them who held the view that Dan was only pretending to be an idiot so that, their spoils would be left for their leader all alone. "You saw it," he turned to face his comrade, "you all saw it as well. This poor lady did nothing to Dan, I'm sure that he is pretending. Yes, all that he has been displaying are nothing but pretence. I can say that again, and nothing is gonna happen because I'm telling the truth!" He had hardly fin
In the blink of an eye, I made the two men sent after me kneel. It was as if an unseen force had made them do that. The other men yelled in fear, I guess but, the second in command of the Bandits was still adamant. He doesn't want to admit defeat yet. I discovered that he was willing to go to any extent just to win. Without thinking twice or considering the lives of his men, the second in command ordered the remaining men to fetch me."Get that Witch! We will roast her body of the stakes!" He commanded all of them to come after me but, he stayed behind. I couldn't tell why he decided to stay back despite the face of danger he sent his men into. Anyway, I have made it clear in my heart that the second in command of the Bandits will not go unpunished. I was going to punish him sooner or later.The men ran after me in their dozens. I knew it will be disastrous if I allow them to get closer to me. To avoid such a disaster I must stop them before they get to me. With a snap of my right fin
I turned my attention to the other men still hanging in the air. They were in no position to threaten me again instead, they were begging for their lives. They were pleading at the top of their voices. Slowly, I approached them."Why should I have you released?" I asked them."We have changed! W will never go back to our old life again if you give us another chance to live," said one of the Bandits."Speak for yourself and not for the others," I told him. "Alright, mam! I'm a changed person, I will never go back to my old life," he corrected himself.The others could not wait. They quickly joined to declare how they had changed. Every man was speaking for himself but, was I ready to listen to them? That question was left for me to answer. Their fate was in my hands, as it stands now."Why should I trust all of you? Why should I believe all that you are saying? Do you think you could deceive me? Do I look like someone who could be deceived?""No, Mam! We are not going back to our old
My left arm was hit by the penknife he threw at me. I couldn't move my left arm anymore because of the blood gushing and the pain which I felt; I was left with an arm that was temporary, not useful to me. When he saw that I have been weakened, he quickly pulled another knife from his pocket and tried to stab me with it but, he missed it because I was quick enough to escape on time. Nevertheless, he grabbed my injured leg, in that way, I was temporarily immobilized. He made a second attempt to stab me. This time, I was able to get hold of one side of the knife's handle. I struggled to pull his knife away from him but, he was too powerful. It was never my intention to kill anyone but from the way things were going, I needed to act faster or I will end up dead. He tried to stab me again but, I reversed the edge of the sword, it pierced through his stomach and he fell bleeding profusely but, he was not dead yet."I'm not responsible for whatever happened to you right here. You are respon
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