Naagin (rise of the serpent)

Chapter Eight: Ovie won't Die

Ovie was rushed to the hospital for better treatment. Good God. What the snake said was true. Ovie was given a good treatment and was also discharged. Before the discharge, the principal asked about what actually happened and I narrated everything except the episode of the snake.

"What happened Naagin? How did it come to this?"Mrs Stella asked at the hospital.

Her facial expression showed how concerned she was.

"Ma, let me explain"I said with a calm face.

"Go on"

"After the lessons, Praise called me telling me Ovie was calling me. He took me to an uncompleted building at the back of the school. He forced me in and tried to rape me" I explained.

"Praise called you? To rape you?" Mrs Stella asked.

"Yes ma. Like I was saying, Ovie came from nowhere and tried to rescue me but got stabbed by Praise. I didn't even know he was holding a knife"I said with a sigh.

"So where the hell is Praise?" She asked no one in particular.

"He jumped out of the building through the window" I replied.

"I've called the police, they will be here and also I hope Praise gets caught. I just hope Ovie won't die,if he dies,I can't imagine what would happen" She said looking worried.

After about thirty minutes , the doctor came out of the operative room. Removing his gloves and having a smile lit the principal's mood.

He happily told us both that Ovie was fine and the injury wasn't deep. Though I knew why the wound wasn't deep, because of the black seed that the snake had given to me to give to him. Besides, what could be the black seed.

Ovie was discharged the next day. I couldn't go home that day because the principal told me or let me say, she begged me to stay for the night. She told me she would talk to my Grandma about it. She called Mama and explained things to her and luckily for me, she allowed me to stay at the hospital.

Mrs Stella left the hospital not long after, telling me she would be coming back the next day with Ovie's parents.

I got permission from the doctor to see Ovie, though he was still unconscious. I entered the room, seeing Ovie lying on the bed with eyes closed. I pulled a chair and sat close to him, watching him. It was boring somehow. It didn't take long when his hands moved. I held his hand hoping he would open his eyes.

Fortunately, he opened his eyes staring at the ceiling. He looked at me realising were he was. He gave me a pretty smile the warmed my heart.

"I told you that I won't die. I won't leave you,I will never leave you"he said with hints of tears in his eyes.

"Don't ever leave me again" I said as tears of Joy streamed down my cheeks.

I got rid of the tears as a nurse walked in. She was quite pretty but I had more package than her. With her help,I was able to bring Ovie to eat. I fed him as we cracked jokes and laughed. We talked about so many things and we really had fun.

Until Ovie dropped a bomb shell with the question

"Where's Praise? Was he caught or did he succeed in raping you?" Ovie asked almost getting up.

Bringing him to lie down, I calmed him down.

"Don't worry. None of that happened and the principal came on time. As for Praise, he escaped through a window and the police are after him" I said giving an'I don't care attitude'.

"Did any other thing happen? like a snake encounter?" He asked.

"No nothing like that happened. Why do you say so?" I asked pretending to be confused.

"Cause I had a dream of a snake's interference and that the snake protected both of us" he said.

"It's just a dream. It was the principal that came after Praise had jumped through the window" I said plainly.

Ovie finished eating and fell asleep after taking his drugs. He looked cute when sleeping. I slept on the chair waiting to see a new day.

Something came up in my mind. I kept on pondering on the snake episode that happened earlier. The case of concentration is"who is the Cobra and what are those two seeds that it gave to me".