Shadows of the Green - Season 2 - Episode 11

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Shadows of the Green - Season 2 - Episode 11

☆☆ ******* He backed the main door, he poured himself
a cup of 9pm, he held the tumbler as he
dusted his jean trousers. He was going to
make an history… He had sent Yusuf
Mohammed to his village but he heard he
died three days later after he suffered from
a flu. He cried for the man but he knew
karma had caught up with him.

Akin Badmus and Adigun Makun walked in,
even though they were in their midfifties
and early sixties respectively, they were both
walking side by side with girls young
enough to be their children’s children or at
most, their children. They settled close to
where Gori was, smoking, drinking and
merrying with their new victims.

“Susan, the receptionist will take you guys to
our rooms now,you guys should wait in
there for us.” The two Jezebel’s descendant rose up and followed the receptionist.

“Badmus, did you hear about the death of
Yusuf?” Chukwuka asked in his diluted
igboic accent.

“Oga Makun, if I should be truthful, I am
scared. Everyone is just dying here and
there. In fact, the students can’t wait to see
our downfall.” He looked dejected.

“Badmus, nothing will happen to us joo…”
He assured.

“We lost five young greens in a night! Even
the senator was not left out. Just look at
John Chukwuka and Jack… See, I need to run
for my life o…” Akin lamented, he had been having bad dreams lately, dreaming about either being killed or buried. His life was in a
mess, he was a young vibrant man before
the green came into picture. He was young,
charming and ambitious. His over
ambitiousness brought him this. It was his
wife’s inability to bore him children to the
death of her only daughter, he heard she
was already carrying another man’s child.
His life was ruined already.

“Akin…akin….” He sprung up, Adigun stared
hard at him, he had been topping him for
over thirty seconds.

“I…I…I was thinking of my wife…” His heart bled.

“Mummy Kayode?” Adigun asked.

“She has remarried…”

“How about your case in court?”

“Still there… She won at the customary… So
I’m sure she will surely wins this.”

“No o…”

“She is pregnant sef…” He leaned in the
couch.

“What! Pregnant?”

“I wish… I wish…” He paused

“…wishing she could come back?”
“…nope… Wishing to end it all… I want to see
the shadow and die…” He closed his eyes, his
family was his treasure before it all
shattered, a loving wife and a beautiful
daughter, his quest for riches and power
made him loose all he had worked for.

“How do you mean? Akin, you need to calm
down!”

“Oga, I’m depressed, I’m lonely…”

“But you have a wife at home.”

“That one… She’s just my son’s mother. That
dullard of a son, that one with a dumb head,
a sickle cell! You cannot compare that one to
my beautiful Kay. How can I get my wife? I
need her in my life!”

“Calm down, Akin. ” he was short of words,
he bowed his head,buried in his palms. His
wife would thought he was probably in a
night vigil while he was in a club house. He
lived a saintly house at home but outside, he
run after everything under skirt. He
womanises, drink, smoke and above all, he
was occultic. His life was bleeped! A Deeper
Life pastor who smokes and drinks, a pastor
at home, and the vice leader of the
notorious cult group outside. He wanted to
run back, no… It was late….

“Oga Badmus.”

“Yes.”

“Who is the leader of the green?”

“I don’t know..”

“You are the vice, Mr. Is it Sangoyode?”

“Akin, it is not Sangoyode… It’s a…”

“Then who is he?” He napped. The two men looked up and saw the intruder who made the statement. The young man was holding
a tumbler and a dagger! Speaking about the
devil, they were having physical encounter
with death himself, GORI FATOYINBO!

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“I saw him!” She cried, her once smooth face was now a rough one, one of her false
lashes had been removed by fervent crying
and wiping of her eyes. Had she known.

“Who did you see?” Jude questioned.

“I knew him in school but I am confused!”
Susan wiped her nose as her friend, Debby
was been carried out of the crime scene.

They had both witnessed the brutal murder
of Akin Badmus and Adigun Makun.

“Confused or afraid? Jakande questioned.

” he was dead, I remembered going to his
burial. Was he possibly be a ghost?” She
asked no one in particular.

“Is it Gori Fatoyinbo!” Irabor asked.

“G-boy! Yeah, it was him.” The three officers
exchanged glances.

“He said they were members of the Green,
that he is the Shadow…. One more thing… He
said they wanted to use us for rituals… I’m
scared!” She screamed as she rubbed her eyes which forced the second false lashes
off. If God could save her this last time, she
was not going for runs anymore.

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“See, we need to do something about what
is happening. We can’t just sit and watch
the shadow fight this fight for us.” Olu, the
SUG president concluded, other executives
nodded.

“How can we help out?” D one, the director for sport asked.

“Interviews, protest would help!” Solo said.

“…moreso, we know the remaining
members of the green… The VC and the
deputy governor ofcourse!”

“See o… As for me,Funmilola, you guys sha
know I’m a lady… I’m not ready to gt
rusticated and I cannot come and die before
my time! I’m out.” She stood up and left,few other executives followed suite,Olu, D one and Solo were the only one left behind.

“What would happen now?” D one asked.

“We will look for the shadow and fight this
guys together. I don’t mind dying while
trying. My dream has always been to live for
people. Let’s rise to the aid of our female
students who keep loosing their lives every
now and then. I will fight with my last drop
of blood!”

“I am in! I will fight for my dear friend,
GBoy… He died trying.” Solo commented.

“…and me too” D one added.

“Aluta continua!”

“Victoria asserts!” They hailed.

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“Jude, we need to stop all investigations.”
Irabor ordered

“Why?”

“This case is deep,et this shadow finish his
assignment before we arrest him” Irabor explained..

“Why?” The two other officers asked with mouth agape.

“This country is bleeped! See, if shadow is
killed, that will be the end of this occultic
group. Moreso, who knows of this people
are even holding more political powers than
we thought… Abeg, make we relax and let
him do his job. I’m sure it’s that G-boy
because Susan testified he was the one…

Moreso, the coroner guy said the corpse and
the DNA does not match… The corpse na
woman sef.” He explained draining his
sachet of fanyogo.

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“Hello Olu, this is Gori Fatoyinbo aka G-boy,
the only Shadows of the Green.” Olu checked his phone once again, it was a private
number.

“Does ghosts receive calls?” He blurted out.

“Who is that?” Solo asked the panicking SUG President.

“Gori… He said he is Gori.” Solo snatched the phone immediately.

“Hello G-boy!” He said into the phones receiver.

“Solo my man!”

“You are alive…”

“Yes, fighting the notorious Green.” They both sounded happy.

“We are with you bro… Trust us.” He raised his knuckles.

“Yes… We are almost there… You guys would have to meet with one Godwin, I will send him to Olu’s office tomorrow at exactly
twelve noon. You guys should walk on the
needful!” He ordered.

“Okay… How do we know he is the one.”

“He is going to wear a Red shirt, his body is
heavily pierced, he would give you a four
digit code too.”

“Okay… But G-boy… We need to see you.”

“We will all meet at the end!” He said and ended the call.