GODLINGS : ASCENSION (African Lore Book 1)

CHAPTER 25

"Jo si ilu omo mi,
Jo si ilu awon orisha,
Jo si ilu orun ati aiye,
Jo ki eni ibi ma pada,
Jo Iwo alagbara Igbo kijikiji,
Jo si ohun ara"

"dance to the beat my son,
Dance to the rhythm of the gods,
Dance to the song of heaven and earth,
Dance to prevent the evil one from returning,
Dance o great one of the forest,
Dance to the sound of thunder and lighting"

The military aircraft carrying Marshall nnamdi landed on a clear field, before vanishing and appearing in an underground chamber. Larger than the eye could accommodate, the soldiers in black bustled around, carrying equipment or just boarding crafts that went invisible as soon as they left the ground. Marshall nnamdi was still staring awe struck at this when he felt a tap on his shoulder and saw the same woman who rescued him,

"Mrs...?" He asked,

"Adahun, means the answerer in the Yoruba dialect"

"Mrs adahun it is then" he replied,

"A lot has been going on since you came here Marshall nnamdi, the war has been...hectic to say the least" she continued,

"All the more reason why I am needed outside Mrs adahun" he said,

She motioned for him to move along with her, walking down a long hall way with black metal walls,

"Truth is Marshall nnamdi, no top military official is left in your army," she answered,

"What do you mean?" He whispered,

"The enemy we face, is not just any enemy, he is or was a general in the army of the creator, ruthless and cunning. See he knew that to take over a particular area, you need no figurehead standing" she explained,

"Especially the main head" she replied looking at him pointedly,

"Me?, I'm just a Marshall, I'm not even the president!" Nnamdi growled,

"Its amazing how little you know of your heritage Marshall nnamdi" adahun replied,

Nnamdi stared at her hard, no one was supposed to know of his heritage...no one,

"Considering the fact that you experimented on your son, quite risky as you almost tore a hole in the fabric of reality and open a pathway for things worse than death" she said,

"What I did....was"

"Of course, in the best interest of your son?, at least that was what makes you sleep at night" she interrupted,

"If not for doctor dunsin who informed us of what you were planning...we would have been caught with our pants down as an ancient beast who had been locked away for good reason run riot and turn this world to a butchering field" she said pointedly,

Doctor dunsin.... that traitor,

"And how, pray tell, were you able to stop it?" Nnamdi asked, teeth gritting in anger as he considered what to do when next he saw doctor dunsin,

"By attracting the attention of the very god who blessed your bloodline, the protector of the east and the lord of thunder, Amadioa"

Nnamdi moved back...

"Wait was that why?"

"Yes, the timely intervention of Amadioa in possessing your son saved him from being possessed by the beings of darkness" she completed as a loud boom resounded around the building,