All Chapters of THE LAST INITIATE: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

15th July, 2011Port HarcourtRivers StateMy name is Taribo Opuda Stephenson, an offspring of late Chief Tamunoibuomi Apiri Stephenson, whose death is the reason for all these narrative. At twenty-seven years of age, I know little or nothing about the occult or marine world.Everything I’m going to say or narrate happened within a year, and although I do not have any specific reason for doing this, I feel it has to be done. This is because after all I’d experienced in the past one year,it is important that persons all over the world should know the powers and forces that exist on this planet, which they have no knowledge about.Surprisingly, the word ‘marine,’ to the best of my knowledge, only concerned the activities of fishermen, animals and plants that live in the sea, a member of an armed force in the United States or United Kingdom who is specially trained for military duties at sea as well as on land, offshore oil exploration activities and freight activities on the high seas…

It was ten forty-eight when I stepped out of the apartment and headed for the hospital where my mother had been admitted. Out of all the twelve apartments on the block, my sister’s apartment was undoubtedly the cleanest. I’d say kudos to her, but it didn’t do anything to improve her ‘attitude.’Typical Benjamin Okpara Street in the morning saw people walking up and down somewhat aimlessly. I came out of the compound and started walking until a taxi cab stopped for me near Caledonia – a popular grill and night club, at the end of the street.I soon entered the taxi cab which was painted blue and white and shut the door, while thinking of Caledonia which in the next seven to eight hours would come ‘alive.’ The driver took a couple of short cuts before we were stopped by a traffic warden, who subsequently allowed the lane sideways to move. As I waited in the taxi cab, I began to wonder why my mother wanted to see me.The traffic warden soon waved our line to move, and the driver sped to

Timmy hadn’t changed much, except that he looked fresher now that he was in a lot of money. He had a stylish haircut and was dressed in an expensive suit.The farthest part of the room where he’d been having fun with his girl, looked as if it was designed for that ‘purpose.’It contained a large futon, a big white bar near the window, three white armchairs and a centre table made of glass. There was a white custom made sofa on which the duo now occupied.“More grease to your elbow, but can you guys please pause…Timmy and I got some important chit-chat to do.”“Tonye, what are you doing here?” he stammered at me.“I’ll start by apologising for what I did to your guards, furniture and…” I paused while staring at the door. “…and also your receptionist.” I picked up the gold coloured necktie on the ‘ice’ table and threw it at him, when my hand suddenly became suspended in the air, the moment I saw the face of the girl who’d been panting under Timmy’s ‘torture.’ Timmy walked up to me,

The ‘big day’ had finally arrived for me as I sat on the edge of the bed. I thought about everything that had taken place from my father’s death to the revelation by my mother.A minute later, I saw my sister at my door with a pink toothbrush between her lips, mumbling a word of greeting to me. I waited patiently for her to prepare for work, as I sat quietly in the dining room. Everywhere was quiet except the drizzling on the roof. The entire compound was so quiet in this new place.Everyone kept to him or herself and the security was tight. Moments later, I beheld my sister in a bright red suit.“Security here is as tight as your skirt.” I mumbled while Tarami drank a cup of water from the water dispenser, near where I sat. She soon put the cup away and sat opposite me. She fixed her gaze on me like a suspect in the middle of a criminal investigation.I looked outside the window as the drizzling continued on the window, grass, flowers and cars outside.“Tarami,” I began in a very sof

The phone rang the second time before Tarami answered it drowsily with her eyes barely opened.“Who …who’s on the line?”“I’m sorry to wake you up at his time, it’s me…its Taribo.”She immediately sat up on the bed, rubbing her eyes and pushing away her blanket.“How was it, what happened…you’ve been on my mind since you left.”“Listen, I’m not ready to answer all your questions, but the freaky initiation went on well. ‘Stage one’ is complete, that’s all I can say.”“So where are you now?”“I’ll see you when the time’s right…”“What do you mean when the time’s right, can’t you come over to my office?”“Even if I came to your office, you won’t be able to see me.”The line went dead, while Tarami stared at the phone screen, which displayed the time duration of our conversation. The time on my wristwatch showed sixteen minutes past six in the morning. The initiation had taken the whole night and the entire morning. Strangely enough,I neither felt tired nor drowsy, while I kept walking f