FACELESS?
DEMON?
(A Life For A Life)
By Chidimma Christine✍️
EPISODE 34?
*************CHENNAI***************
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“Halt…” prince Amerenda said raising his left hand, the guards st©pped wondering what the problem was.
Prince Amerenda was busy looking around, they alre-ady approached the hills as directed.
“Something doesn’t seem right here” he said looking around
“We followed the exact route, this is the way to Bawa’s house” one of the guards said
Just then arrows c@m£ from no where and killed the four guards close to prince Amerenda…. Everyone bec@m£ alarmed wondering what just happened
Two more arrows c@m£ again and killed two guards “ Ambush…..” prince Amerenda said and they all threw out their sword re-ady to fight.
“Show your self if you have the guts” he screamed looking around, they were surrounded by bushes and the attackers were probably at the bush.
“I think we should retreat” One of the guards said scared
“Never… Father will take my head if I don’t come back with D” prince Amerenda said
Noise were heard from the bush followed by thousand’s of arrows, the guards quic-kly threw out their shield and covered themselves…. the arrow got to some dull ones who couldn’t draw their shield on time.
“show yourself you bastard” Prince Amerenda shouted in tears
Bawa and his men c@m£ out of the bush well armed with alot of weapons.. Prince Amerenda took a step back afraid of the type of people he saw….
“W…who the hell are you” he stuttered nervously
“I was told you want to see me…. Don’t tell me you don’t even know the man you are looking for” Bawa said coming closer to him gradually.
Prince Amerenda whom was alre-ady scared was going back like wise his guards
“Y….you ar…e Ba…wa” he asked “Apparently…. So I presume you must be Amerenda son of Bhalladev” he said
“ Its actually prince Amerenda son of Emperor Bhalladev” Amerenda corrected and a heavy sl@p landed on his cheeks
He tried to retaliate but looking at Bawa’s men he know he doesn’t have any chances at all
“ Arrest them all” Bawa ordered
“Attack….” Prince Amerenda shouted, his guards threw out their sword likewise Bawa’s men….
The whole scene bec@m£ bloody, the village turned into chaos as people were running helter shelter looking for a safe place.
Prince Amerenda was detained to kill Bawa and find D so as to gain his fathers trust while Bawa wanted to save D at all cost.
One of the guards blew the royal trumpet signifying that they nee-ded more men…. They usually use the royal trumpet only during wars because it has a high pitch and its connected to the palace base in Chennai
*
Emperor Bhalladev was seated at Chandu’s dungeon watching the guards torture him.
“You can change your mind anytime and save yourself from this suffering” Emperor Bhalladev said
Chandu glared at him with a lot of anger and res£ntment in him, he was bleeding furiously and was alre-ady losing breath “Over my dead b©dy” he said in between pains
“Increase it” Emperor Bhalladev ordered, just then one of the guards ran in p@n-ting heavily
“My lord” he said kneeling with one kneel “Speak….”
“The royal trumpet blue, I think they nee-d help” he said
Emperor Bhalladev bec@m£ alarmed, he gazed at the guard and then to Chandu whom was smiling
“s£nd more men…. More troops un-derstand” he ordered
“Yes my lord” he said before leaving
*
More men were s£nt to Prince Amerenda, Bawa’s men were alre-ady decreasing and getting weak… Bawa too was getting weak, his a little old for such kind of war.
Some of his men were also old, the young ones alre-ady dropped their weapon and took to their hills no b©dy wanted to die
After a couple of hours Bawa was the only man standing, The guards surrounded him holding two or more weapon.
Bawa looked around only to realize his men were all dead, he can’t fight any longer, his weak and wounded mercilessly
He glared at Prince Amerenda whom was very happy smiling…. “You will never find the man you are looking for” Bawa screamed in tears
“We shall see about that” prince Amerenda said and bur-st into an evil laughter
“March to the palace and arrest their king and all the royal family…” he ordered and ten guards left for the palace.
“Make sure no one leaves or enter…. Guard here and fetch me D” he ordered again and twenty guards left.
“Its useless, you can’t find him” Bawa repeated and a h0t sl@p landed on his cheeks…
“I will make sure you regret helping him…. Tie him up with the chains” he ordered
?D?
Siddarth did s£nt the details about chief kumara Varma, where he lives and the map of his house.
I was studying it one after the other, so I won’t make any mistakes, “His favorite hasn’t changed at all” I said remembering how we use to dine as family
Just then I remembered Vishnu…. The only name I could remember from the scene, I quic-kly gr@bb£d my phone and dialed Siddarth’s number
“I made everything clear Rocky, I can’t believe you still have question” He said immediately he answered the phone
“Actually it isn’t about the details…. Do you by any chance know any Vishnu that works with Varma” I asked
“Vishnu…. Why??”
“Nothing… I want to comfirm something”
“Vishnu… Yes, he is Varma’s younger brother and his heir too” he said
“Varma’s younger brother… Okey thanks, I would just hang up now”
“Wait Rocky…. About the girl you asked for her detail”
“Did you find anything” I asked curiously
“Yeah… Sasha Jones, she works at Nas-ser’s Brothel, you know as a prostitute” He said
“Sasha Jones” I asked surprised “Yeah… Anyways focus on the plan, Varma would be meeting some officials tomorrow and that’s when you would meet him” he said
“Sure…. Thanks” I said and hanged up
I stared into thin air…. She’s Sasha not Rhea…. But she look so much like my sister, besides she seems to be interested in my fathers death case…. She has to be Rhea”
A loud knock interrupted my thoughts, I gazed at the door wondering who that might be, it can’t be Siddarth, he doesn’t even know where I live… Clumsy… Gosh she is the only one that visits un invited
I walked to the door and gradually opened it, just like I thought, she was standing in front of my door.
“What….” I asked “Can I come in first” she said almost in tears
I stared at her from hair to toe… Her cloth was socked and she has some wounds on her face and b©dy and most annoyingly she was caring her box “Does she want to spend another night”
“plea-se Rocky, I don’t have any other place to go” she cried
I exhaled de-eply, Telling her off would be too harsh “Just remember the rules” I said and went in leaving the door open for her
?SHAINA?
I smiled secretly immediately he completed his s£ntence and went in, “It did work” I looked beside me… Nelly was there giving me a thumbs up… She watched everything and it worked as we had planned
I waved at her and went in before he begin to suspect me
“You can change at the bathroom” he said I muttered a thank you maintaining the fake cold voice, I collected some fresh cloth and entered the bathroom.
“His taste are quite low… Gosh” I said looking around
I re-moved my clothe and tried to get the shampoo but there was none, “Can I get some Shampoo plea-se” I shouted from the bathroom
“Soap….” he said “No shampoo for my hair” I said but I got no response
“Rock…..” I called “You have a minute more to spend in there” he said after a moment of silence
“Wait what…. I haven’t even started” I muttered
I ru-bbe-d the soapy sponge round my b©dy humming “No humming” he said
I hissed continuously, he can’t be serious… I continued humming
I reached for the shower bu-tton and pressed it hoping to get a warm water, I was alre-ady freezing to death but cold water ran out down my whole b©dy
I screamed at its shock, the cold water s£nt goosebu-mps all over my b©dy
The bathroom door f0rç£fully cracked open and Rocky entered, I tried to close the curtains but their was no certain, no towel…. My cloth wasn’t at reach.
“Holy Crab…. This wasn’t p@rt of the plan”
FACELESS?
DEMON?
(A Life For A Life)
By Chidimma Christine✍️
EPISODE 35?
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?D?
“Am still bathing…..” she screamed, I fixed my gaze on her b©dy scanning it with my eyes, the very first time am seeing a feminine figure
“Hey…” she curled, I blinked my eyes and shifted my gaze from her… I felt it wasn’t enough so I turned backing her
“Whats wrong, you screamed so I thought something was actually wrong”
“Nothing is wrong… Leave plea-se” she said huskily
I turned and glanced at her again before leaving the bathroom.
I sat on the be-d wondering what just happened…. The image of her n-ked picture c@m£ into my memory again, I shaked my head to shove off the silly thoughts
I stared at the bathroom door for a while before facing my phone again trying so ha-rd to focus on it
?SHAINA?
I hurried up with bathing and wore my cloth to avoid the repeatation of what just happened
I c@m£ out of the bathroom and saw him seating on t©p of his be-d busy with his phone…. I gulped nervously and walked towards him seating at the other edge of the be-d
“Why are you here with your bag” He asked not looking up to me, I hesitated thinking of how to construct a perfect lie
“I….I ra….n a…way from ho….me” I stuttered “Ran away from home” he asked staring at me
“Yes….I ran away from home” I said trying so ha-rd to sound real… I can’t afford to miss this golden opportunity
“Why…..” he asked “My dad… He tried to marry me off”
“Marry you off” I stared at him, why is he repeating everything I say… Wait do he know am lieing
“Yes…. To an old man because of money….” I said pretending to be in tears
“Is he in debt or something” he asked again, I signed thinking of a more positive answer
“Yes…. He is in debt” I said “How much” he asked
Really… Are we on a question and answer debate here
“One million rupees” I said, he gave me a quic-k glance at the mention of one million rupees “plea-se Rocky I don’t want to marry that old man” I cried kneeling
“do you want me to clear your fathers debt or do you intend to stay here forever…” he asked
Forever….. No way, once Nelly’s plan work perfectly well I would leave for paradise
“No…. I just nee-d to stay here for a while then do some job to pay off the bill” I said
“For how long exactly” he asked “For three months….” I said, am actually hoping to tame his heart within the space of three months
My heart began to beat fast…. He was staring at me without saying a single word “plea-se…. I promise I won’t be a bother” I said popping out my puppy eye’s
They are very irresistible and am pretty sure he won’t resist them either
“Fine but make sure you obey the rules” he said
“What rules” I asked…. He glanced at me shaking his head negatively
“I will give them to you tomorrow… Now back to your position” he said pointing at the wall
“Its cold…” I shirked “You can always return to your warm home” he said kicking me with his leg
I gro-an ed as I got up “what a man” I muttered
?D?
I watched her as she walks towards the wall, I exhaled de-eply, where would she get one million rupees in three months
I just pray I get done here and leave, I brou-ght out a book to scratch my plan…
“Varma deals on illegal drug business, human trafficking, smuggling of fake products and most importantly he would be having a secret meeting with his illegal drug coworker’s”
“10:00am at Hollins h0tel…. Meeting room number 60” I smiled at my self, Siddarth is such a genius, how did he get all this information
I went throu-gh the list of the people he was actually going to meet tomorrow, the rest of the knights and some other rich personals most of which are police, army government workers and doctors.
I was done with scratching my plan thanks to the h0tel building map Siddarth s£nt…. I smiled at my self picturing how the whole thing would go….
“He might be dangerous but he has a fish br@in” I thought smiling
I quic-kly s£nt Siddarth the plan and something which I would be nee-ding tomorrow… He didn’t hesitate to reply letting me know he has them all covered alre-ady
“Am going make you have a taste of betrayal Kumara Varma” I said smiling
“Is anything the matter” that was shaina
“Rule number one, *Mind your business* un-derstand”
“But you said you would give me the rules tomorrow” She said now sitting up
“Number two, *Never question my command* that is if you don’t want me to kick your as-s off my house” I said
She hissed facing the wall…. I exhaled de-eply lying down, Tomorrow is a big day for me.
?SASHA?
I la-id on my be-d, I still couldn’t take off the scene I saw the previous day… Seeing those files brou-ght back memories I have been trying so ha-rd to forget, memories that pierce my heart like an arrow…. Memories that to-re my dreams into pieces and left me shattered
If only justices prevailed, if only my parents death were carefully investigated I would have had a better life… My brother too won’t have died
But no everyone was too scared to say the truth, their words were bought with money in exchange for silence.
More tears rush down my eyes, I quic-kly wiped them off when I started hearing footstep approaching
“Sasha… How did it go” that was Mercy my friend
“How did what go” I asked confused
“Chief Varma s£nt for you right… There is a rumour going on that you didn’t perform well and that you are the worst”
“What…. H…. How did you know” I stuttered
“What do you mean, how did I know… Everyone knows, Jessy told everyone”
“Jessy…” I hissed, am no match for her so I can’t confront her, but how did she know….
Gosh her jealousy took her to the extent of monitoring my movement… Unbelievable.
Jessy has always been jealous of me because Varma seems to be interested only on me… Whenever he visits Sir Nas-ser with the rest of the knight, he always allow me have dinner or lunch with them sitting on his l@ps
Well they only see the delicious meal on the table, the beautiful transparent cloth I wear but they don’t see the pain I go throu-gh during the dinner
Varma would always f!nger me trying to in-sert all his big f!ngersinto my V.
Its really painful but I can’t tell anyone, even if I want to tell I have no one.
“Is that all” I asked shoving off the painful memories
“No… Someone c@m£ here ma-king inquiries about you… He wanted to know everything about you”
“He…???, why” I asked
“No idea but not to worry.. I lied to them” she said
“I don’t care, he might nee-d a one night stand… Its not as if someone would come asking for Rhea” I snapped
“You never can tell…. You are still your father’s daughter no mattet what Varma do… His blood run throu-gh your vein” Mercy said
I smiled, Mercy is the only one that knows about my childhood… Her parents were also murdered by Varma and she was brou-ght in as a S-x slave the same day I was brou-ght in.
We both bec@m£ friends, we share the same story, the same res£ntment against the four knights and she was my age.
“Thanks mercy….” I said smiling, she did returned the smile
FACELESS?
DEMON?
(A Life For A Life)
By Chidimma Christine✍️
EPISODE 36?
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The village turned up side down as more troops kept entering their kingdom…. Their king, Jamel was f0rç£d out from his throne including the other royal families.
Prince Amerenda made sure he chained them up, the rest of the villages lived in fear not knowing what Emperor Bhalladev would do to them
Prince Amerenda left, back to Chennai with Bawa, the royal families including king Jamel and some guards
The rest of the guards stayed back waiting for command from Emperor Bhalladev.
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Everyone c@m£ out to see for themselves, the news has gone round the village, children, youth and old all gathered at the square to see the runaway slave and those that helped him
Emperor Bhalladev’s face was plastered with smile and victory, he sat on his throne waiting patiently for his son to return
The ministers and Judges were also seated, all waiting for the prince to return
Chandu was seated at the death chair as usual…. He wasn’t happy at all, he knew he would be killed along side Bawa, D and his two daughters whom are the only family he has left…. Emperor Bhalladev didn’t go back on his word, he did kill Chandu’s family and made sure he feed him with their flesh and blood.
The palace gate opened wi-dely and the prince rode in happily…. Everyone stood on his feet aside from the emperor and Chandu.
Prince Amerenda walked up to the throne and bowed before his father…. “Welcome back son” Emperor Bhalladev said and gave him a hvg
“thanks….” he said “Where is him son” Emperor Bhalladev asked getting impatient
Prince Amerenda signaled his guard, they quic-kly complied by bringing Bawa forward like wise the royal families.
Their face was covered with black scarf, the guards f0rç£d them to kneel before the emperor
A loud murmur broke out in the crowd when they were unveiled….. Emperor Bhalladev was surprise just like everyone else.
“You s£nt your son to fight me”king Jamel asked kneeling
“What is this son” Emperor Bhalladev asked surprised
“forgive me father…. Their was a change of plan…. One of the villagers tried to lead us into the wolf’s pit but we were smart enough” Prince Amerenda said Bowing
“What has that got to do with my family” king Jamel shouted and he received a h0t sl@p from one of the guards
“You don’t shout at our Emperor” he said
Emperor Bhalladev sat down, everywhere was filled with silence for a little while before he finally spoke
“You welcomed a runaway slave in your kingdom” Emperor Bhalladev said
“Runaway slave…. I did no such thing, why would I welcome a runaway slave”
“You would be plea-sed to ask the boat man beside you”
“Do you mean Bawa…..”
“D was no slave… You f0rç£d him to be one” Bawa shouted
“What guts you have Bawa….. I bought D when he was ten and I turned him into a slave….”
“You bought D… Or you were among the conspirators that planed the death of an innocent man because of power and wealth”
“Nons-en-se…. I have never meet his father, how can I conspire for his death”
“You haven’t meet his father yet you chose to kill him, The weapons that was used in killing him were all made in your kingdom un-der your command…. Varma haven’t been caught despite his wicked act because no one has been able to trace were his weapon are from”
“They pay me very well and they bring in over one hundred slaves every month…. Do you know how much I make from it”
“Thats it.. That’s all you know…. Trust me Shiva will come back for you and he would kill you just the way you killed his father”
“I will kill him first…. Lock him up” Emperor Bhalladev ordered and Bawa was taken away.
“I never planned for you and your kingdom to be p@rt of this but looks like it would be…. You, your household and kingdom would become my slave…. My son would now be the Premier of your kingdom and he would rule un-der my directives” Emperor Bhalladev said
“Impossible you can’t do this” king Jamel said
“Watch me Jamel…. Lock them up” he ordered and the guards did as he ordered
The whole villagers began to leave one after the other, the drama was over and Emperor Bhalladev has made his orders which can never be questioned.
Emperor Bhalladev glared at Chandu whom was in tears… He never knew Emperor Bhalladev planed Mr Phogat’s death
He walked up to Chandu smiling “I told you, you are on the wrong side boy”
“You are heartless, so it was you ma-king all those weapons…” he said in tears
“Oh yes…. It was me, why what will you do, kill me…. I would love to watch you try” Emperor Bhalladev said and bur-st into laughter
“Don’t Laugh yet…. You haven’t won this battle yet” Chandu said
“I have…. I will find D, besides I alre-ady have a clue”
“Lock him up…..” he ordered and left.
?D?
I woke up very early, thanks to the alarm, I quic-kly switched it off so it won’t wake Clumsy, am really not in the mood to answer her unending questions.
I texted Siddarth, I would meet him so as to collect the stuffs I would be nee-ding…
I took my bath hurriedly not ma-king a single sound, I packed my small backpack and left dropping the rules and a spear key behind Clumsy… She would definitely see it once she wakes up
I checked my phone… Siddarth alre-ady replied texting me the address we would meet.
“Here… Don’t make any mistakes Rocky, a single mistake might cost us our lives” Siddarth said handing over the stuffs to me
I opened the bag to be sure it was complete…. A well customize suite and a pair of shoe, you know to look like a rich business man, tracker tap recorder, phone recorder, a l@pt©p, a microscope….
“Thanks” I said
“Here…. You would be nee-ding a car, it automatic so it would be easy to drive” he said handing over a car key to me
“And you, won’t you be nee-ding your car” I asked
“I actually have another… I changed the vehicle number, it can’t be trace because it wasn’t registered…. Be careful”
“Thanks” I said…. That’s the only thing I can say… If not for Siddarth I might have been caught or in a much bigger problem.
I entered the car, it was actually my first time driving so I wasn’t sure if I would do great
I started the car engine and gradually zoom off
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I packed very far from the VIP garage in Hollins h0tel waiting for them to arrive, I was working on my l@pt©p getting everything re-ady to work
Few minutes later they all drove in on their expensive cars with a lot of security guards.
With the use of the microscope I was able to see them clearly from the very far place I was…. I made to sure know the exact car Varma would alight from.
I watched them as they enter the h0tel… I alighted from my car and walked to the garage where they had parked holding the car tracker but I was st©pped by the security guards.
“Its reserved, you can’t go into the garage” one of them said
My face was covered with a black cap which was attached to my black cloth, I bent my head, I didn’t allow them see my face neither did I utter a word, I was thinking of what else to do… I really nee-d to in-sert this tracker in his car, that way I would know where he always go
My eyes caught with some h0tel workers cutting flowers, am sure they would be allowed into the garage because there was flowers there
“Okey….” I muttered and left
I left and went throu-gh the back…. I saw a busy h0tel worker, I quic-kly brou-ght out my pistol showing it to him
“Don’t kill me” he pleaded “Just come with me” I said and dragged him to a more closer place
“plea-se I don’t have any money” “I haven’t come for Money… Just take off your cloth, I will return it shortly”
He didn’t hesitate, I wore his cloth and tied him at the storage room to make sure he doesn’t go reporting to the h0tel management.
I joined the workers working beside the garage and like I had expected they were allowed in
I pretended to have dropped my scr@p£r, I bent to pick it and quic-kly in-sert the tracker beneath Varma’s car
“Time up leave” the security guards said pursing the workers out, I quic-kly left back to the storage room
“Am keeping tracks of you, I will kill you if you say a word to any living thing” I said giving him back his working uniform
“I won’t dare” he said and left
I dressed up in the suite Siddarth had bought looking like a rich business man, I left the storage back to my car… I drove to a different garage quite close to the garage the four knights had packed their car
I alighted from the car, holding a briefcase filled with fake rupees and the other stuffs I would be nee-ding… I went into the h0tel.
?SHAINA?
I woke up feeling very tired and cold, the floor was very cold and it must have entered my b©dy.
I turned only to see a note and key beside me… I looked up to Rocky’s be-d, he was not there
I opened the note only to see a pile of rules “He got to be kidding me” I scoffed going throu-gh the rules.
I squee-zed it and threw it away, its of no use… How can someone have such stupid rule
my phone beeped, it was Nelly calling “Hey…” I said “So how is it going” she asked
“he wake up before me and left” I said and sneezed, I must have gotten a cold from slee-ping on the floor
That am an angel doesn’t mean I don’t feel sick, infact we are just like humans just that we know that we are dead and on mission to go to paradise also we posses some powers
Aside from that we are just like humans, we eat, we sleep, we do everything humans do well aside from procreation.
“Did you catch a cold” Nelly asked “Yeah but I would be fine…. Am concerned about my mission, it doesn’t seem to be working” I said
“I can see that, I would think of a better plan just do something about your catarrh okey”
“Hmm thanks, anyways how is Bhvana” I asked, I was damn worried, I wonder why she doesn’t want me to work with Nelly
“Still on her cranky attitude….” Nelly said
“Okey… I will visit today since Rocky isn’t around, we can think of something when I come”
“Okey bye….” She said and the call ended
I lazily got up and walked to the kitchen hoping to boil some water for myself…
To Be Continued……