The Retelling Story of Igodo - Episode 15

 

Uzodinma laughed wickedly at her now dead comrades, laying at her feets. Killing them was very easy for her. She held Amadioha's knife as she put it tightly in her wrapper throw her staff away and walk out of the cave. The fiery one had been returned back to his original state.

She quickly came out of the cave, walked a few feet away from the cave, she disappeared into thin air.

Flashback

When they had reached the ending of the path they had earlier took, they came to a dead end, thick clay wall ended the way they took.

"This is strange", Prince Ebuka said breaking off the silence that had engulf them.

'Let me take over you'

Agu, Ikemefuna chi said, before Ikemefuna allowed him to take over his mind, spirit and body.

"Hmm, looking closely at the wall, there seems to be a riddle written on it", Agu said immediately as he took over walking towards the wall, pauses and stare at it a little more. "We have to answer the riddle for it to allow us a passage".

No sooner had he saId this words , a voice spoke out.

"You have seen it, ancient one . No normal human being would have seen that there is a riddle on the wall. For me to grant you a passage, you will tell me the correct answer to the question written on the wall

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. You have two minutes to give me the right answer". The voice said.

Ikemefuna drew more closer to the door to read what was written on it, he was the only one who could see the writings.

"It says,

 You heard me before, Yet you hear me again,

Then I die,
'Till you call me again.
What am I?", Ikemefuna spoke out to the hearings of his comrades.

Everyone began thinking of an answer.

"Your time is almost up", the voice spoke out.

"I believe the answer is 'An echo'. Echo is the right answer", Ikenna answered for everyone. They all waited for the spirit to tell them if Ikenna was right or wrong.

"You got the answer", the voice spoke out. Soon the wall lifted up and they all rushed into it. They walked a few pace more before they got to another wall, blocking them from proceeding to their journey.

"What is this again?  Another one?" Odum asked no one in particular.

"I sense what we seek is at the back of this wall...... it's seems there is another riddle". Ikemefuna told them.

A feminine voice spoke out to them. "Indeed there is, ancient one. You will have to give me the answer to the riddle before I can grant you free passage".

Ikemefuna drew closer to the wall and read out what was written on it.

"It says, I never was, am always to be, 

No one ever saw me, nor ever will
And yet I am the confidence of all
To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball" Ikemefuna breathed out "What can be the answer?" Ikemefuna asked no one in particular.

The voice spoke again "You have only a minute to say the answer".

"Hmm, I think the answer is Tomorrow",Ikemefuna spoke out after thinking a lot. 

They all waited, hearts in their mouths as the voice spoke out again.

"Correct". The wall gave way and they hurried in, immediately, Odum and Ikenga blow out the 

substance with them as soon as they stepped inside. The fiery one went still immediately. Ikemefuna hurried up to where the fiery one stood.

"I think this is Amadioha's Knife" he told his comrades

"But how?" Ojadike questioned.

"I don't know how the knife was able to be in this form", Ikemefuna replied.

"Let us waste no time here, the seven days are up" Odum 

said as he moved closer to the fiery one, he 

started saying what the ball 

of light had whispered to 

him. The fiery one wasted no time in transforming back to the knife.

As soon as Odum took hold of the knife, he turned when he heard a loud noise, he briefly saw a bright light 

moving towards him with 

such a speed that Odum 

didn't have time to get off the way. The last thing he saw 

before darkness came to him was when he saw all his comrades in their own pull of blood, Uzodinma walking towards him, an evil smile plastered on her face.

End of Flashback

Uzodinma appeared under a udara tree and smiled to herself.

"Hahahaha, no one can stop me.

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. They all escaped my plans right from the beginning, but I caught them unawares. Their deaths had been so easily. I did a good job, my mother will be happy", Uzodinma said to herself proudly.

"Well, not for long", Nneoma voice pierced through the air as Uzodinma turned to look at who spoke.

"Who are you?" Uzodinma asked

"I am someone you don't wish to know. And I am also someone who had always stopped your plans. Uzodinma, you had bit the hands that feed you, it is time for you to pay for all the atrocity you have committed",

"Too late, Nneoma, daughter of Idemmili. I know your scent. Do not take me for a fool Nneoma. The knife of Amadioha is with me and I will return it to the mother of all mothers, Ala",  Uzodinma told Nneoma.

"Oh, I see. Anyway, like I said, you planned all your evil plans, but you didn't include me. You see Uzodinma, I have always know your plan and that is why I am always one step ahead of you".

"A step ahead of me you said? Well too late for that because I killed, Odum, Ikemefuna, Ikenga, Ikenna, Ojadike and Ebuka, so where were you when I killed them all?"

"Uzodinma, your rage for revenge had blinded you, those you had killed aren't the real people. Like I told, I am always one step ahead of you", Nneoma said.

"You lied, I killed them and I saw them dead with my own eyes",

"Then look behind you and see for yourself".

Uzodinma turned to look behind her and was greatly shocked to her bones when she saw Ikenna, Ikenga, Odum, Ikemefuna, Ojadike and Prince Ebuka coming towards her.

Where they not the ones she had killed back in the cave? What is really going one?

Uzodinma wondered as Nneoma smiled.