The Dancing Bride And Her Spirit Warrior - Episode 45

 

Koni was running through a dark fog, it was dark and only a street light shone through barely cutting through the darkness. Ahead of him Vuyanzi stood giggling.  She was dressed in white and her wild hair was standing in all ends. He tried to go to her, her laughter inviting but he couldn’t move. He looked down and saw that he was standing on a quick sand which was quickly swallowing his legs . The more he moved, the more he was trapped. He looked at Vuyanzi and saw that her smile had disappeared. She started moving towards her but a clawed arm reached out from the darkness and circled her waist pulling her behind. She screamed and called out to him. Koni tried to move but now he was waist deep inside the sand. Vuyanzi was pulled back into the darkness and he was swallowed by the sand.

‘’He is awake, Koni is awake,’’ voices surrounded Koni as his head pounded with a severe headache.

Koni opened his eyes to bright lights that seemed to flood the room. He tried to shield his eyes but the lights seemed to penetrate inside his eye balls. A sharp pain was on his stomach.

‘’Koni thank God you are alright,’’ Sheba’s voice became clear.

‘’What happened?’’ he groaned and sat up straight. Through squinted eyes he could see Sheba, Jaffar and Manute surrounding him in bed with worried looks.

It all came back to him like a dream

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. Vuyanzi. Vuyanzi had been attacked. Vuyanzi and Juma.

‘’Where is Vuyanzi?’’ the question was not directed to any particular person. Koni tried to get up from the bed. He looked back at the blood soaked bed and groaned. Those bastards had shot him severally.

‘’Vuyanzi was kidnapped,’’ Manute said silently. He removed blood soaked gloves and threw them together with other surgical equipment that they kept in the house for such emergencies. Koni could count several bullets on the bedside tables. His attackers were not joking, they had come to finish him. He looked at his torso that was already healing.

‘’Kidnapped? How long have I been out?’’ he stood up ignoring the pain that tore through him. He suppressed the panic threatening to overwhelm him. Vuyanzi had been kidnapped.

‘’Two or three hour tops,’’

‘’Two hours? Did anyone go after her and the kidnappers,’’ Koni asked through grinded teeth.

‘’We were able to track them to Karura Forest but they ditched the car they were using. A team is searching the forest as we are speaking,’’

The door opened with a bang and Roiman Lenku came in, ‘’Can somebody tell me how we were attacked by a group of amanani galvanizing as terrorists in a hotel? Koni I told you not to do anything without informing me,’’

Koni totally ignored him and pulled on a fresh shirt. His torso was bandaged but tin a matter of hours the wounds would heal. Bullets didn’t kill spirit warriors but they hurt. Decapitation was the only sure way of killing a warrior.

‘’If they are in Karura forest that means it will not take long before we catch up to them. Manute, bring the car in front and we will drive there.’’ Koni instructed and Manute nodded and let the room rubbing shoulders with Roiman.

‘’Koni I don’t think you get me, I have the right to suspend you with this type of behaviour,’’ Roiman threatened but Koni was beyond that, he could whatever he wanted. Koni didn’t care right now he had to go and find his bride.

‘’Why don’t you worry about the company’s PR and let me deal with finding, my bride,’’ he suggested to Roiman pulling his boots on. His fresh wounds were killing him but he had to soldier on. Vuyanzi needed hm.

‘’The same bride that was out meeting a male friend, goodness Koni I thought you had a leash around her. She needs a strong hand to guide,’’ within a second Koni had pinned Roiman and Sheba released a scream.

‘’I may be wounded but I will not hesitate to beat you up if you talk about Vuyanzi like that again.’’ He said to Roiman in a low voice meaning every word he was saying.

‘’You are wrong Jasiri, there is a reason we mark our brides as soon as we meet them, it is to prevent such kind of occurrences from happening. If you had marked her it would be easy to track but now if they leave Karura forest you can bid your bride good bye,’’

Koni would never admit that Roiman is right. He would have a better chance connecting with Vuyanzi if his beast had marked her but now he will have to put in more effort to locate her.

He released Roiman with a glare daring him to provoke him again.

‘’Do you know how many lives have been lost today?’’ Roiman straightened his collar, he looked unfazed by Koni’s outburst.

‘’Three people dead and a several others in the hospital their lives critical and clinging to life,’’

Koni grinded his teeth, the amanani were going to pay if no, when he caught up to them. Koni was tired to see innocent humans caught between the fight between warriors and amanani. It was vicious endless circle that didn’t appear to be ending.

‘’We will get them,’’

‘’Not unless we work together, your father was correct this case is making you lose your wits that is why you have to let me take charge,’’ Roiman countered.

‘’No…’’ Koni started to argue but Roiman stopped him.

‘’I am sorry your bride got kidnapped Jasiri, it is not easy on you but you can’t go on like this blindly. Vuyanzi is counting on you to save her. We have to think and come up with strategies to save her,’’

Koni sighed, ‘’I hear you but I just can’t seat here and wait. I have to do something,’’

‘’I am ahead of you, all the entries and exit of Karura Forest has been closed down.’’

Koni looked at Roiman, maybe he would be able to work with the cheetah after all.

‘’Right now we can head over there and help in the search. We lost her scent after she was taken into the forest, the amanani seem to be blocking it.’’

They both left the bedroom and descended the stairs, it was at night and the air was cold after the rains. Koni didn’t feel the chill weather, his heart refused to warm up until he was with Vuyanzi.

‘’Koni,’’ Sheba called out just before Koni stepped out into the chilly weather.

‘’I don’t have time for this Sheba,’’’ Koni didn’t have time to talk, a second lost meant Vuyanzi was in more trouble.

‘’Koni have you considered that maybe Vuyanzi didn’t want you, she was out there meeting her lover behind your back,’’ Sheba was the one to inform Koni of Vuyanzi’s earlier escape.

Koni had dropped Vuyanzi’s uncle to his hotel room before driving back, a picture on his phone showing Vuyanzi hugging Juma, the harmless crush. Koni nearly caused a major road accident on the center of the road. His heart was crushed.

A second picture came soon after of Juma hand in hand with Vuyanzi walking inside the restaurant. To his chagrin Vuyanzi had been smiling and laughing. She was happy with Juma. What did she see in that boy? That question rotated in Koni’s head as he rushed towards their location. He had broken several traffic rules on the process but he didn’t care. He had to get to Vuyanzi a soon as possible. He was going to kill Juma to stop him from sniffing around Vuyanzi once and for all. A for Vuyanzi he would deal with her later.

All this thoughts stopped when he reached the hotel and seeing Juma squeezing Vuyanzi. In a rare moment of self-control he pried Juma from Vuyanzi when all he wanted to do was squeeze his throat till breath left him. Vuyanzi had looked at him scared and embarrassed as she should. She had a lot of explaining to do.

He couldn’t understand why she would betray him like this, meeting Juma when he had proposed to her earlier that day. They were planning to visit his father later that day.

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. How would she go out and meet another man?

Then the gun trotting bastards had come in and shot him and kidnapping Vuyanzi. Koni felt like kicking something. Things had calmed down how could this happen?

‘’Koni please, think about it,’’ Sheba whined and Koni ignored her and boarded the car Manute was driving. Manute drove off following Roiman’s tail lights.

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‘’Are you okay Koni?’’ Manute asked after a stretched silence.

‘’No, I have failed,’’

‘’I don’t think so, we will find Vuyanzi,’’ Manute tried to be encouraging but Koni only shook his head and looked outside the window.

‘’I know we will find her but…’’

‘’But what if she doesn’t want you?’’ Manute finished the question for him.

Koni’s silence answered Manute, ‘’I don’t think Vuyanzi betrayed you by meeting with Juma. They are old acquaintances and it probably means nothing,’’

‘’It means something alright, the way she looked at him. She smiled at him,’’ Koni couldn’t wipe the images he saw from his brain. They were ingrained there.

Manute let out a small chuckle, ‘’Jealousy does not suit you Koni,’’

‘’Of course am jealous, how can my bride smile and laugh at someone else when she has me, I don’t get it,’’ Koni didn’t see how Manute could be laughing.

‘’When I see that Juma next time I will finish him,’’ he promised.

‘’I don’t think you should be worried about that right now, have you thought how you will break this information to Vuyanzi’s uncle and grandmother? They are bound to notice Vuyanzi has disappeared.’’

Koni cursed, he had let more people down, suddenly his phone rang and breathing heavily barked into it without checking the caller ID. He hoped it was some good news from the search.

‘’What?’’

‘’Koni it’s your father,’’ Chief Dakarai’s voice answered

‘’Oh baba…,’’

‘’Where are you? Are you badly injured?’’ his father tone was grave, he was worried for Koni.

‘’ no am fine, we are on our way to Karura forest,’’

‘’Okay, keep me updated on whatever is going on and don’t worry about Vuyanzi’s family. I will deal with them. The public relations team has ensured that the attack is basically a terrorist attack and none of the details will be shown on the media. Focus on getting her Koni,’’

Koni was thankful of his father quick thinking.

‘’Thank you baba,’’

The call ended just in time for them to enter the guarded gates of Karura forest.

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