All Chapters of The girl with fire bones and other stories : Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

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Chapter Two

CHAPTER TWO“You slapped me?” Nonso was shocked; his wife came out from the car looking scared as she walked to them“What is the problem? Nonso please give them what they want” she pleaded, she was scared knowing that her husband was vulnerable and these men were armed with guns and it was dark and a lonely path“This idiot slapped me” he said angrily and the officer attacked him and a fight ensured, the second tried stopping the fight as the other two officers came quickly and the argument heated up“How dare you hit a police officer” the third said“Why would he slap me for refusing to pay a bribe, I will sue all of you” Nonso said angrily, they looked at each other; Shade already in tears“You are not going anywhere” the first said holding Nonso, Nonso punched him in the face and they descended angrily on him, Shade screamed and cried“leave him alone&rd
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Chapter Three

CHAPTER THREE 6 YEARS LATER...“Daddy! Daddy!” Little Jane called as she ran into the sitting room to meet her dad watching football; Jane was just 5 years old“Jane what is it? Can’t you see I am busy” he replied“Somebody is coming to see you” she said, Mr. Ogene turned to look at her“Who is coming?” he asked curiously“Your friend Papa Emma” she said“Na wa... this man no dey taya to visit?” he muttered words silently and then a knock on the door“Yes come in” Jane said“If I slap your mouth... did I send you” Mr. ogene protested, the door opened and an elderly man came in“papa Jane how far na?” he said happily and shook papa Janewho was silent“Haaa, na soccer be this” he asked as he sat down with eyes on the TV set“No na Crusade” Mr. Ogene said with h
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Chapter Four

CHAPTER FOUR   Eric walked down the passage which had black tiles on its floor and up the walls; doors on his left and right as he walked passed; each door had a tag. He walked past a door labelled Saturn, another Jupiter, Mars, Venus, Mercury. The doors were labelled with planets of the solar system except Earth; they were not labelled for figurative purpose because each door actually leads to the planets mentioned; those doors were known as “Dimensional Gates”.Eric opened a brown door in front of him which had no tag, the door led to a large library, he climbed up three steps and was standing in the large room full of book shelves; one could spend a life time dedicated to reading and still not finish the books in this library. Mystical books of various sizes and titles like: Eye of the universe, Esoteric Time science, Time and Matter, Anti-matter and Gods, The way of Nova, The way of Elohim, The trinity, Mastering the Magic of Dark, Mastering
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Chapter Five

CHAPTER FIVEThe sun was more than half way down as its rays stretch into the evening sky. Papa Jane (Mr. Ogene) is relaxed at the front yard with a bottle of gin on a stool beside him while he read newspaper. Jane was in the sitting room watching cartoon with Wale the neighbor’s son who was three years older than Jane and after a while“Jane lets go and play” he said“I want to watch cartoon” she replied“This cartoon is not sweet... let’s play mommy and daddy” he smiled“I’m not playing... the other day we play mommy and daddy... you will be putting your hand inside somebody pant” she complained“Haaa but am just playing with you na” he defended“My mommy said that I should not allow anybody touch me there”“But I was just playing... don’t worry you will touch my own back, you hear?” he said touching her young thigh
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Chapter Six

CHAPTER SIX“Eric Kane” Sodiq repeated as he stared at the boy; is this a dream or what, Mr. Sodiq thought to himself as he was more bothered about how this young man entered his room“How did you get in here? And what are you doing here?”“I’m here to take your life” he said with a straight face looking into Mr. Sodiq’s eyes, Sodiq somehow knew he wasn’t joking“My life? What are you talking about? Who would send a little boy like you to come take the life of a man?”“Your past” Eric replied“What are you talking about?”“Could you have forgotten so easily” Eric asked“I do not know what you are talking about”“You will remember” Eric said and immediately threw the spear at Sodiq, the force takes him to the wall and pins him to the wall as he screamed in pain; Eric walked closer to him as Ruth ru
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Bloody Metele: Hungry for blood

BLOODY METELE  HUNGRY FOR BLOODSUNDAY 18th November 2018Military BarracksMaiduguri, Bornu   Military trucks with soldiers enter the barracks, the truck pulls over as soldiers begin jumping out the back in full army uniform and complete kit with big bags, they are led to a small quarters where they rest.    Biola had always wanted to be in the army, he looked nervously excited as they headed to the quarters, he constantly looked around as he walked, they entered the large room full of floor beds lined up on both sides of the wall‘’Pick a bed… in 15mins you all assemble outside’’ a commander said as he walked away. Biola gets a bed, dropped his bag on the floor then sat on the bed as he thought to himself. The trainings were over and he was now a soldier and will be facing the real situations, he thought about the sound of grenades and gun firing, he thought
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Bloody Metele: A nameless terrorist

A NAMELESS TERRORIST6PM    The soldiers patrolling seem to be separating from one another, 10meters away from the foot soldiers Biola observed the environment, and he hears quiet movement in the bushes. The soldiers backed Biola as they walked 15 meters away to the east perimeter, suddenly two men in white Jalamia carrying machine guns came out from the right side of the bush and quickly entered the left. Only Biola saw this and he suddenly lost speech out of shock and his heart raced (this was unexpected), the soldiers ahead didn’t notice then another two moved from right to left then a soldier turned and saw them‘’We are under attack!’’ he shouted as he cocked his gun but was immediately gunned down by one of the terrorists, the others about to engage in gun firing but more terrorists come out the bushes and attack them with machete, Biola tried to open fire but couldn’t because he would be killing his men too, he l
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Wrong Turn

WRONG TURN      A red car pulls over in front of a large store, the environment looked very much busy even though it was past 10pm; the street lights shined brightly on the tarred road"Now listen up, we have 5mins to clear and if any delay, kill at will" Baddo had this strong Yoruba accent; Chukudi and Aburo nodded in agreement"Let's get it done" Chukudi said: they stepped out of their car and walked into the store and walked straight to the counter without minding people around. "Everybody down now!" Baddo orders as all three pull out guns from their clothes, Baddo fires twice into the ceiling as people quickly lay flat on the floor. Obviously the robbers were nervous too as their hands trembled lightly with the guns"Hand over all the money now" Baddo thundered, the frightened lady quickly clears the money in the locker And pours it on the table; Aburo packs it all in a bag, Chukudi was busy packing food stuff
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Mysteries of Fate

MYSTERIES OF FATE CHAPTER ONE    Uzoma was fast asleep with his head on the desk of the office; a young lady walked into the office’’Sir’’ she called softly with a little surprise on her face‘’Sir’’ she called again, he then moved his body then raised his head to look at the lady‘’Angel’’ he said as he turned his head left and right with his hand‘’You are still here’ she asked; he cleans his eyes then looks around‘’What’s the time’’ he asked then picked up his phone‘’it’s after 7’’ angel said‘’I need to be on my way’’ he said‘’You ought to be on your way since 4 pm’’ she responded, he looked at her then picked some stuff on the table‘’I know, I slept off’’ he said closing h
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Chapter Two

CHAPTER TWO Uzoma walked back into the room, he walked to his wife who was smiling with her eyes on the tablet, he kissed her cheek then sits down. Her was tilted at an angle about 110 to 120 degrees, he watched the TV while she focused on her tablet…       Seun ate the food hurriedly, he then cleaned his mouth with the napkin lying on the table, he looks around the large restaurant, still chewing he gets up, picked up the plastic Fanta and walked out the building, entered into the car an Escalade and drove out the premises and headed to the airport.    Going to pick up his fiancée who was returning from France, excitement on his face as he drank from the plastic bottle while driving which he knew was wrong. He arrived at the airport, walked into the building, luckily she was approaching the exit, he smiled and she does same’’Hello honey’’ she put down h
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