Naagin (rise of the serpent)

Chapter Eleven: The excursion

"It doesn't fit you. You should learn how to be a gentleman" I said with an air of authority.

"I'll learn" Ovie said as we both left the school's premises.

The whole of Adens city was quite busy. I lived in Adens city after my grandma had rescued me from the crisis that existed between Umuguor community and Agbejor community. The war between these two communities took away lives and properties. After I had survived the war, I started attending different schools in Adens City.

Walking in the streets of Adens city with Ovie in company, made me to have a good glimpse of the city. The city's market was quite different from Umuguor's market. It was a lot more busy.

Ovie took my hand and dragged me to a store that sells beautiful necklaces. We had arrived at the market which was not that far from our school.

"You like this one?" Ovie asked me.

He noticed I was holding a golden looking necklace.

"I love it" I said with a chuckle.

"How much is it?" Ovie asked the store owner.

"Six pounds sir. It's very original" the store owner said.

Ovie paid for the necklace and wore it on me.

"Thanks" I said.

We both walked round the large market. Taking sights of amazing things and buying a lot of snacks and food. After taking an hour in the market, I thought it was time to return to school.

"We better be going" I said dragging Ovie out of the crowd of people.

"Okay".

Taking a U - turn, we headed back to school. We had been in the market for almost an hour. We got to school to see an angry principal with a scary face. Her expression showed that, she would pounce on both of us if she had the opportunity.

"Where have the both of you been?" She asked, her eyes glowing with anger.

"Sorry ma, it's my fault that we have been away" Ovie said.

I looked at him. Why was he taking the blame when it was both of us that agreed to leave the school?

"Ma, it's our fault. We both agreed to leave the school. Punish me" I said staring at the ground.

"No it's my fault" Ovie argued.

"No it's mine. Ma you can punish me if you must punish" I said calmly.

The principal sighed.

"Get into the bus. We got to hit the road" she said.

The other SS3 students were already in the bus. Looked like the bus would have moved 30 minutes ago,if only we didn't leave the school premises .

I sat with a boy named Jack. He was tall,a lot muscular and had a good posture. He had a character of always showing off his muscular structure. Meanwhile, Ovie sat with another boy at the back. He quite comfortable at the back seat, unlike me that was squeezed up by a muscular structure.

The journey all the way to BENIN CITY was a lot of fun. All of us, the SS3 students, chatted our way all through the journey.

It was already 10 am in the morning when the bus approached BENIN CITY. I noticed two cars were trailing the bus. The two suspicious cars moved at incredible speed. Instinct told me that, those two cars came with badluck. I tried signalling Ovie cause he was dosing off. The rest were sleeping except for some with their phones. The muscular boy was pressing me down even though I wanted to stand up. I stood up at last, freeing myself from the pressure of the muscular boy.

The next thing I heard, the bus stopped violently that it swayed to the left. I hit my head on the ground because of the way the bus stopped violently. I couldn't keep my balance, so I fell to the ground. When I stood up,my vision was quite blurry. I could hear various voices ordering those in the bus to get down. I bent down, following the other students as they got down from the bus. We knelt down by the side of the bus. I could now see well since my eyes were blurry during when the bus stopped violently.

I looked up to see the two cars parked in front of the bus and about (8) eight men with guns in hand. I couldn't recognize any of the men.

"Which one of you is Naagin?" One of the men asked.

None of us answered.

"I said which one you is Naagin?" The same man asked, but this time asked the principal while pointing a gun at her.

"I'm Naagin" I said as I stood up.

I didn't want anyone to get hurt.

The man smiled.

"Our boss wants to speak with you" the man said as he walked up to me.

Ovie gave me sign, not to follow the man. I gave him a sign, telling him not to worry. The man with four other men lead me to a car packed at the other side of the road. The road looked deserted. I entered the car to meet the biggest shock of my life.

Praise sat majestically at the back seat of the car. He looked at my surprised face and smiled.

"Long time,no see Naagin" he said drawing close to me.

I didn't move back. I only looked at him.

"The beautiful one needs some explanation. I will give it to you, cause I love you even though you fell in love with Ovie" he said.

"I do need some explanation" I said.

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After Praise had jumped through the window at the uncompleted building, he ran for hours breathing heavily. He fell on the ground as he raised his hands. His hands were still stained with Ovie's blood. He couldn't believe he killed someone and the worst part of it all,it was his best friend he had killed. With a heavy heart , he wept for having killed his friend.

He later joined a group of drug Lords. For the past three months, he worked himself up to become the assistant of the senior drug Lord. As time went on, he found out that Ovie didn't die and their strong love for each other that resurfaced. Overwhelmed with jealousy, he decided to get rid of Ovie and take Naagin for himself. To which he was doing right now.

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"So that's my plan. To get rid of Ovie and let me and you love each other without interruption" Praise said after narrating to me all his plans.

I closed my eyes as I sucked in air.

"I won't let you kill Ovie. I have told you that I don't love you. It's Ovie I love, not you" I said bravely.

He sighed as he shook his head. He looked at me with wanting eyes. I knew he still loves me but he is not the one I love. Suddenly, his facial expression changed.

*Then you will have to die the same death with him" Praise shouted.

His voice is like the voice of a serial killer. He brought out a knife and was about to stab me. I heard the knife with my hands. He pressed the knife down to my throat. Fear took over me at that moment.

Then to the shock of Praise. I allowed energy to flow through my body, activating the powers inside of me. The golden seed which was given to me by the Cobra snake had given me immense power. I pushed Praise backwards that he hit his head hardly at the door of the car. My eyes were like that of golden crystal. My face had the skin of a snake. When I looked at my legs, they were no more. My legs had turned to that of a snake's tail. A very long tail.

"What, what are you?" Praise asked after waking up from his shock.

I smiled.

"You don't need to know" I said.

I pushed him to a corner with my snake tail. I turned back to my human form.

"I won't let you harm Ovie. I won't let you hurt him, like you did before" I said.

I got out of the car without Praise saying anything. In order to punish him, I locked him up in the car as he shouted for help from his men. But they couldn't hear him. I smiled as I locked him up in the car.

The man that had earlier told me that the boss(Praise) wanted to speak to me, approached me. I stopped in my tracks as he approached. "Did the boss say anything to you that you should tell us?" He asked.

"Yes he did" I said with an evil grin.

I pointed at Ovie and told him that the boss (Praise) had said that he should take him and go to the forest up ahead and kill him.

"But he said you should wait for his orders before you kill him. I will be the one to tell you his orders" I said, hoping that the man would trust me enough to take Ovie to the forest.

He nodded and said"okay". He with two of Praise's men took Ovie and dragged him to the forest. Ovie gave me a questioning look, but I chuckled softly. I knew what I was doing. When the three men had left with Ovie, I walked up to the remaining five guarding those at the bus. I smiled even more.

I turned into my full snake form, right in front of the SS3 students and the five men of Praise. Shock and amazement was written on all of their faces, that was an advantage to me. I attacked one of men, ripping his legs off with my fangs. The others woke up from their shock and started shooting at me. With incredible speed, I dodged all their bullets as I crawled under the bus.

The four remaining men looked under the bus, trying to look for me.

"Has it ran away?" One of them asked.

Meanwhile, the SS3 students including the principal and the driver had all fled when I turned into a snake. Praise's men didn't have time to pursue them, since I was the target.

One of the men bent down in order to look under the bus, but unknown to him, I was on top of the bus. I lowered my head down,as he looked up, I took out his head leaving his headless body. Another of Praise's men,saw the lifeless body, he gave a loud scream. I plugged out his head just the way I did to the second one.

The two remaining men saw the lifeless bodies.

"Are you sure we are going to survive?" One of them asked the other one.

"Am not sure John" the other one answered.

"To clarify you both on things, you both are not going to survive" I said as I stood right in front of them. Lucky for them I had turned back to my human form.

Before they could pull the trigger, there was a big explosion that left them dead.

BOMB!!!!