The Sons of Hades

The Sons of Hades

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By:  Kessington AgwamCompleted
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A retired detective finds himself in mix after he discovers the truth about the government. Now he has to fight between saving his family or saving his career.

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Chapter 1

Igniting

Lexington sat Bob down at a table outside his beach house and gave him a glass of wine.

Bob Andrews looked at the pleasant wooden house. A product of mordern achitechture. "I tried calling your house in Benin," he said. "Nobody answered. It seem to be avoiding my calls."

"I don't want your calls, Bob. To be frank with you I never wanted this visit. But you're here, so let's get this over with. Just don't show pictures. If you brought any pictures, leave them in the briefcase - Funke and Ayo will be back soon."

"Is that right? How much do you know about it?" 

"About what?"

"The Ayodeles."

I knew it. Lex thought, always so straightfoward. Lex hated Bob for this. Relentless Bob.

"What was in The Punch and Vanguard." Lex said. "Two noble families killed in their homes, weeks apart. Ikeja and Ikoyi respectively. Thier killings were in a similar style. Probably the same killer."

"Not similar. The same. Same murderer."

"How many witness confessions so far?"

"Over 4 when I called the station this afternoon," Bob said, visibly enjoying his drink. "Damn. None of them knew deep. They didn't give details. This killer uses a very weird metal, a blade probably to cut them up and stitch them back later. None of the witnesses knew that."

Lex cracked his knuckles. Using his thumb to press the fingers till they mde a sound.

Lex looked straight at Bob, "What else did you keep out of the press?"

"He's probably well-built, left-handed and really strong, wears a size forty-seven shoe."

"Huge feet."

"Yep." Bob concured. He let out a belch. Lex arched his head.

"But you've said that in public."

"He is probably rich." Bob said. "There was Six Thousand Dollars in the Ayodele's bedroom, in the open. Nothing touched. All intact."

Lex crossed his arms around his chest, right hand massaging his rough beards.

This isn't going to be easy.

"Oh, Lex, his blood is AB positive."

"Somebody cut him?"

"Not sure. But there was probably a struggle. We typed him from saliva. He seems to have a defect." Bob looked at the bull dog passing where they sat. It walked with an air of regality.

"Lex, I want to ask you some questions. You saw the pictures in the papers.  The Ayodele's murder was all over the net. Did I ever cross your mind to give me a call?"

"No."

"Why is that?"

"The first murder wasn't well detailed. It could have been anything, anybody, maybe a vengeful relative or those touts from Fela Shrine."

"But after the second killing, you knew what this was, didn't you?"

"I'm not sure. It could be a homocidal lunatic. Or probably their enemies in high places, for these families are deep into the political --"

"Don't try to act like you don't know what I asked you."

A smile greased Lex's lips. 

At that moment, Bob had a feeling that Lex had an Idea of who it is behind the killings.

Atta boy.

Bob got up, "So I guess I'll be expecting you in Lagos soon?"

"I don't think I'll be of any use to you in this investigation, Bob. I don't think of a comeback anymore."

"Is that so? You have caught people like these before, Lex. But these symbols, it's new. But there is nothing you cannot do. After God, I believe you, son."

"Save your sermons for your rookies, Bob!"

"I need you, Lex."

"You don't need me. You have smarter officers. I'm not that important even if I got *lucky* with those cases."

"That's not entirely true, Lex. It's the way you think."

"I think my thinking is bullshit."

"There as so many things you did, so many jumps you made that you never explained."

"The clue was right there, Bob. You guys didn't just see it. I did. And I made good use of it." Lex said.

"Sure. Sure there was. Plenty of it. That only YOU could see. After two weeks of intense research from the best researches Lagos had to offer, from the best of the best saw nothing. But you saw it." Bob said. Sarcastically.

"Thanks for the vote of confidence. But I still don't think I'd be an advantage to you and your team. I came here to get away from all that. It's peaceful here." Lex closed his eyes, Indicating content, peace of mind.

Eyebrows furrowed, Bob let out a sigh. Lex is one stubborn motherfucker, he thought, but I need him.

"Well," He said, adjusting his belt, and then his collar, "I will see you soon."

"Don't get your hopes up." Lex said, Bob already walking towards the gate, as he unlocked the locks, Lex called from behind.

"Bob?"

He turned. "Yeah?"

"I'd advice you give up this investigation."

"Why's that?"

"666."

Bob's features changed. He stepped outside the gate, tilted his hat. 

That was when he realised that he's not leaving Benin just yet.

•••

After locking the gate, Lex returned to the table. Mixed with feelings he couldn't decipher, he was afraid that this was how he would remember the end, his last days in Benin - the ice melting in the two glasses of wine and paper napkins fluttering off the crafted wooden table in the evening breeze and the loud giggles of Funke and Ayo from inside the house.

The sunset in Benin always goes down rapidly,  as darkness sets in, enveloping the whole earth.

Lex and Funke sat on the old, garden bench, hand in hand, their faces orange from the garden lamp overhead. Their feets buried in the soft, carpet grass. She picked up his hand and squeezed it.

"Bob saw me on his way here. He stopped by to greet me before he came out here," she said.

"He asked directions to the house. I tried to reach you. You ought to be with your phone at all times. We saw his van when we got back and went around the house."

"Did he ask you anything?"

"About what?"

"About me."

"He asked how you are."

"What did you tell him?"

"I said you're fine, that he shouldn't be here. Disturbing us. He really should leave us alone."

Yeah, right.

Lex looked at the sky. It was a beautiful pink.

"What does he want you to do, by the way."

"To look at some evidence." Lex said, noncommitally. Still looking at the clouds.

"I'm a detective, Fun--"

"Was a detective." she corrected.

Lex gave her a long look,

"Anyways," He continued. "Bob needed my opinion on something. He had to see me. My guess is they got nothing concrete on the killer.

Which is probably why he needs my help."

Funke sat up straight to face him.

"If you miss your other life, what you used to do, you can tell me, Lex, but you never do."

"I love it here, Funke." Lex put an arm around her, and squeezed her right shoulder. A gentle squeeze.

"We have a good time, don't we?" Funke concurred.

"Yes, we do, dear. Yes we do." He planted a kiss on her forehead. The wind whistled around them, a hollow wind.

"Lex?"

"Yeah?"

"Why can't Bob find someone else? He's bad for you. He has a lot of other people under him - why you? Why can't he leave us alone?"

"Funke, Bob is a man of results. You know that. Like I said earlier, they probably have nothing on the killer, he thought he could try his luck and get me to see the little evidence they had. Perhaps like I could see something they didn't see. Like in the other cases."

"What are you talking about?"

"Bob thinks this is a Psychopath. That this psychopath's method of killing his victims' very rare. 

And he also thinks that I've had... experience with this kind of things."

"What does that mean?"

"He thinks I see the Supernatural."

Funke said nothing. Lex's shirt was unbuttoned and she could see his broad, hairless chest, six dents running across his stomach and a 'V' line in his torso.

She swallowed hard.

"Do you believe it?"

"Believe what?"

"That you have a knack for the supernatural?"

Lex watched a grasshopper hop by. "I am not a psycho."

"No one said you were."

"I am not possessed."

"No one said that either."

She put her head on his shoulder, and dipped her right hand into his shirt, making a rotational motion with her index finger on his left nipple.

"I'm scared, Lex."

"Of what?"

"I'm scared that you might get hurt.. Like the last time."

"Who said anything about me joining the investigation?" His voice became louder.

Funke said nothing.

"Look, Funke. Bob just came to ask for my opinion. He just wanted to see the whole thing from another point of view."

Funke watched the now crimson sky. And the birds flying by. It looked like a beautiful painting.

Painted by God himself.

Lex loved the way she moved her head, effortlessly and so natural. He could see the pulse in her throat,  and then he suddenly though of the taste of her skin.

He swallowed hard and said,

"What can I do?"

"What you already decided. You quit. You promised not to go back. What if you get hurt?"

"It's part of the job, Funke." Lex said. Making light of the moment.

"But If I were to go back, Funke, what would you say?"

"I'd tell you to stay. Stay with me. Stay with us. Stay with Ayo. He will miss you."

They were silent for moments. Only the sound of crickets were heard.

"I love you, Funke."

She looked up, knowing that he had already decided, she put her head back on his shoulder. Lex caressed her soft, ebony hair.

Soon, Darkness fell, and enveloped the earth around Lex and Funke. Jupiter appeared, high and mighty above their heads.

They walked back to the house with the dubious moon guiding their path, as crickets and other nocturnals sang their nocturnal song. 

***

"You said you wanted to see me?" Bob said as he got to where Funke stood, resting on her car.

"I know whatever I say, doesn't matter. But promise you'd protect Lex over there. Promise me that he's going to be alright.” Funke stared at Bob. 

Bob placed a hand on the petite woman's shoulder. “I promise you, nothing will happen to him.”

The next hour, Lex folded his clothes into a small briefcase. Funky assisted him. 

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23 Chapters
Igniting
Lexington sat Bob down at a table outside his beach house and gave him a glass of wine.Bob Andrews looked at the pleasant wooden house. A product of mordern achitechture. "I tried calling your house in Benin," he said. "Nobody answered. It seem to be avoiding my calls.""I don't want your calls, Bob. To be frank with you I never wanted this visit. But you're here, so let's get this over with. Just don't show pictures. If you brought any pictures, leave them in the briefcase - Funke and Ayo will be back soon.""Is that right? How much do you know about it?" "About what?""The Ayodeles."I knew it. Lex thought, always so straightfoward. Lex hated Bob for this. Relentless Bob."What was in The Punch and Vanguard." Lex said. "Two noble families killed in their homes, weeks apart. Ikeja and Ikoyi respectively. Thier killings were in a similar style. Probably the s
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The Search
LAGOS, IKEJA.Lex drove his car slowly past the house where the Ayodeles family had once lived, and died.The small gate was left ajar, and the LSPD seal blocked the path.He parked his car three blocks away and started back through the dark, quiet night, carrying the LSPD (The Lagos State Police Department) Detectives' Evidence Report in his hand.Lex wanted to come alone. Being with someone else in the crime scene would distract him - that was the reason he gave Bob. But he had other personal reason: Lex was not sure how he would behave, he didn't want someone watching over him, watching his every move.Lex had been to the morgue. At LSUTH. He had been alright seeing the bodies. And the markings on them.The Ayodeles' mansion was situated directly in front of the main road for Abiodun Shobanjo cresent, opposite Fela Shrine.Lex stood in front of the house. The small gate ajar, he stood
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Recall
1988.Little Lex was just a boy of 13. But he didn't look it. He was way too big for his age, and acted accordingly.His mother was a busy woman. She was always travelling. Leaving Lex alone in the house with enough money to take care of his little needs. Lex was never bothered but he was a social outcast. An introvert.It was during that moment he discovered his father's journals.He was on the verge of commiting suicide, as he was about to kick the chair that held his weight, something called him. It whispered to his little ears. Soft and comforting, it called Lex.Lex followed this voice, it seem to come from his late's dad's room. The room his mother warned that he should never enter. As he turned the handle, nothing happened. It was locked.Lex took a deep breathe, and shouldered the weak door off its hinges. The soothing voice can be heard louder now.It's coming from the bed-drawe
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Further.
Lagos State Police Department Building, Agidingbi, Ikeja, Lagos.Lex walked into the LSPD building tired, exhausted. He needed a bath. His body oozed of sweat."Welcome. I've gotten all the information I could get on the Late Ayodele," Bob was already talking before he got to where Lex stood. He too smelt like he hasn't taken a bath.God. Lex held his breath, and I thought I reeked."Turns out," Bob continued. "Ayodele's got a criminal record, says our secret archives. He was arrested for robbery at age 19, caught with cocaine by 25, but he later gave his life to Christ and went back to school and completed his higher education. Bagging a degree and masters with honours from the University of Ibadan and University of Lagos respectively."That's not the information I need."You said he turned a new leaf, right? - The church. Tell me about his connection with the church."Lex didn't seem t
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Gbenga.
Clover Milverton, Ikoyi.Driving through the streets of Ikoyi, the interlocked roads and the beautiful trees by the sidewalks screaming with colourful produce. Kyosks were everywhere, making Lex wonder if the Lagos government never pass these places. This was the rich man's town, he thought, they ought to see these ugly contraptions and they out to be destroyed.A sudden breeze of self-disgust hit him. What am I thinking? How can I be this heartless? People live from the services of these little establishments! When did I become to ruthless?Shaking his head, Lex drove on. When he got to the house, he looked through his passenger window.The house cound not be seen from the outside. Beautiful trees and flowers blocked the main house, like other personal houses in Ikoyi.This time, Lex parked directly opposite the house. Surveying the building, his jaw dropped by what he saw.The hou
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Byron
Faculty Of Criminology, University Of Benin, Ugbowo, Benin City.Sitting on a pavement, legs improvised as a table for his laptop, Byron typed away. On his laptop's screen showed the gory pictures of the Ayodele's bodies after autopsy. What Byron had discovered was breathtaking. Literally. It had taken his breath away.Byron was sending an e-mail to someone who he thinks he can help. The one who's in-charge of the investigation, being a master of psychology himself, Byron loved a good mystery. And from the expression on his face, this appeared to give him mysterigasm. A term he made up.Clad in a white long sleeve that was damp with sweat, fitted jean trousers and an Adidas palm to match his Student look, Byron was a first-class undergraduate who was sadly a social outcast. The funny thing was that he didn't care. Friends were distracting, they'd make you lose sight of your goals, he always said."Done." Byron said
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Air.
The air around Lex seem suffocating. Even with the cool, evening breeze, he grasped for air.Funke. Is being abducted as we speak!His mind reeled to when Bob told him about Funke's flight to Lagos. Never in his wildest imaginations, would he ever think this would happen.The pendulum that swayed in the vast darkness that was his thoughts, translated faster. Lex's panicked.  He had to get to the airport, and he had to get there fast!* * *The phone on Bob's desk rang. He had sent an officer to pick Funke from the airport. It has been over an hour since the plane touched down, he had sent the intern immediately. He had been feeling a little uneasy. Like something bad was about to happen.O! How right he was! As he held the receiver to his ear, he spoke in a gruff tone."Speak." he said."Sir?" the young officer sounded breathless. L
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Bob.
"Here, put this on." Across the passenger's  seat, Gbenga's left hand outstretched while the other guided the steering, on the palm of the outstretched hand sat a black cloth. He could see the quizzical look on Lex's face. "We're approaching the headquarters, you can't know where it's situated." He explained.Lex stared at him for a moment, and took the blindfold from him, he raised the cloth to his face, expertly tying it to a clumsy knot at the back of his head.For a moment, Gbenga thought Lex might oppose to the rule and he glad Lex didn't. Protocol is protocol. As odd as it may seem, Gbenga doesn't trust this man totally. He might be a harmless bunny, but even harmless bunnies turn into wolves when pushed to the wall.  I hope the Sons know exactly what they're doing.Deep in thought, Lex was perplexed when Gbenga told him to put on the blindfold. Normally, he would questio
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Issues.
Miles away, inside UNIBEN's St. Albert's cathedral, Byron dropped his extremely large headset. Attached to it was a microphone. He heaved a sigh as he clicked his Big Brother Counter engine's shutdown button.CLICK.He smiled at his genius. Tomorrow he will be on his way to Lagos.Time is running out.•••When Barrister Kunle left his office at Kunle & Sons' at noon on Tuesday he was tired and high. He had put together his file on Godwin Ayodele's wealth. Surprisingly, the late democrat had prepared for the worst of the worst, he had laid a backup will if in fact anything should happen to him and his whole family. Kunle was a little bit puzzled at first when Godwin approached him years ago, seeking his help and from the events that followed, Kunle had a feeling the man knew his time, and that of his family was getting near. Kunle shook his head in pity..The things politicians put their hands
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Kunle.
Inside the cold cemented room, Lex sat on a wooden chair and sitting across him was the masked man. The smell of incense hung strongly on the air making Lex a little bit dizzy. But he managed."So..." the masked man began."From the beginning, shall we?"Lex nodded..* *Y unlocked the back door of the Venza and made a routine search of his surroundings. He wore a black mask and drew Kunle out of the car. Though he was only semiconscous, he did not slump into the cold cemented floor. He sat upright with his back to the tire of the Venza, his head bent forward. Y lifted this burly man to his broad shoulders and started for the door. Beyond it was an empty room with one chair and a shaky bulb overhead in the middle of the room..The smell of incense made Kunle's nose to twitch, bringing him back to consciousness. He opened his eyes and the first thing that ca
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