Springs of fire - Season 1 - Episode 16

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Springs of fire - Season 1 - Episode 16

He had gone to her house but had not found her or any of her neighbors, so he had turned back dejectedly. He guessed she was still not ready to see him, he decided to give her space till she was ready to talk. The Police had described the death of Mr Arongwa’s son as a revenge attack by a rival cult, so that had calmed his fears. He guessed Ore was okay wherever she was, she was not just ready to speak to him.
Gavin was reading an inspiration book..

‘Hello bro.’ she smiled.
‘Lily…’ his eyes left the pages of his book and settled on her face, she seemed excited about something.
‘Did Amara deliver my message?’ His eyes returned to the book.
‘Yes, but I didn’t come here to talk about work, I need your phone to do something…’ Lily asked.


‘What exactly?’ He raised a brow, she had this prankish look on her face. He knew Lily could be naughty at times, but he didn’t know what to expect.


‘Um, there is a Gospel song I’d like to get.’ She replied.
‘Okay, you can have it. It’s on that table…’
She could swear that she had heard Gavin’s girlfriend talking to someone, but there was no one else in the room except herself.
‘I…I wasn’t talking to anyone.’ Ore held her breath as she stared at her captor’s hazy features. She was high on coke; her face had paled and her eyes had changed from the light brown shade she knew to a dim cinnabar.
‘Okay, you’ve not eaten…’ Julia dropped the gun on the bed and stared at the potato chips she had gotten for her.


Ore’s mouth felt dry, she didn’t know what to say in return. Why was this lady so nice to her? What did she want?

‘Not hungry.’ Her reply was curt and swift, as if the words flowing from her lips would bite her.
She tore her eyes away from her captor’s face and stared at her toes, trying to figure out the best way out of this situation, because she was not ready to show this woman any form of love. She was prepared to go against the wishes of the Spirit this time around.

‘I guess you’re afraid I’d kill you…’ Julia chuckled, she was in good spirits as she never conversed with her captives.
‘I am not afraid to die.’ Ore fired bitterly, she had enough of being kept in one position. Her heart yearned for freedom, her heart yearned for Gavin Adediran.

Julia sauntered towards her and grabbed her chin fiercely, prodding it upwards so she could stare at Ore’s face properly.
‘Tell me your name…’ Julia asked, she was suddenly curious about this lady.
‘Don’t you already know that?’ Ore wouldn’t give her another chance.
‘I hate repeating myself.’ Julia smiled and lowered her face, so that her captive’s face was just an inch apart from hers.

Ore felt uneasy as Julia’s alcoholic tinted breath waded past her nostrils, it was obvious she was drunk.

‘Well…since you wouldn’t tell me your name, let me tell you mine…’ she released Ore’s face and jumped on the bed, giggling and clapping her hands. She seemed greatly excited about something, but Ore couldn’t tell.
‘My name is Ore, satisfied now?’ Ore snapped.
Julia quieted at once, the drug resurrected the memories she had buried inside of her the moment she became a daughter of the Phoenix.

Ore watched as Julia’s eyes softened, she had not seen this side of Julia before…this was yet another proof that she had a soft side.
Julia remembered the name, “Oreoluwa…,” that was her sister’s name, the sister she had been torn away from…


‘Are you okay?’ Ore sensed she was not totally steel and rocks, a part of her was broken, a part of her needed healing.

Julia quickly shut the door of her mind, she buried all memories and focused in the present.
‘You have a beautiful name…’ She sighed and rubbed her temple. Her head was throbbing and her feet were tired from working all day at the office.

Ore loved that they were conversing; maybe the Spirit wasn’t wrong to ask her t show love to her captor. After all, the Bible encouraged people to love and forgive their enemies.
‘Um…can I know your name?’ Ore asked.
She knew she was taking a risk by asking that question. This woman was a criminal and wouldn’t dare to reveal her real name. She walked in the shadows and whenever she stepped into the sunlight, she wore a mask. Ore regretted asking the question in the first place, because she knew the lady wouldn’t tell her the truth.

Julia was quiet for some minutes as she pondered on Ore’s question.

She battled with flashbacks at the massive structure where all assassins were trained. They had kept her in a dark room for seventy-one days, till they were able to break her mind and her will. They had crushed her stubborn spirit and made her one of them.

On one of those days, a master had walked in with a thick red scarf that was meant to serve as a blindfold. He had covered her eyes with it and had begun to poke her mind to see how far she had accepted the Phoenix into her life.
“Who are you? What is your Identity?” The Master asked.


“Oye…” She replied stubbornly, each wrong answer earning her a thunderous slap.
However, like the others who had been more unwilling just like she was at the start, she later gave up and got broken.


She had a lot of names, and each name was for a new mission.

When she killed a Governor in Carida, she was Elenora. When she had killed a C.E.O that competed with one of the masters in the Phoenix, she was Adaku. Now, she had come to Dania Republic for Gavin, she was Irene…

When she was with Delilah, she was known as Julia…

‘I am sorry I asked, I don’t know what came over me.’ Ore quickly apologized, in order not to get her peeved.


The effect of the drug was starting to wear off, ‘No, it’s fine. I love people that ask questions.’

Ore felt better, she really wanted to know more about her captor.

‘So tell me, what is your name?’ Ore asked a second time.
Julia wondered why her captive was so eager to know more about her, she decided to tell her the truth.
‘I have no name.’
Her phone rang immediately and she left to take it from the bathroom where she’d been before Ore’s muttering with an unseen person pulled her out.
‘Sorry Ore, I have to get that call…’
‘She has no name’ Ore rolled her eyes, what was that supposed to mean?