- Hi guys, I apologize for the delay in update of CHAPTER IV. In case you are just joining the ride, here's the link to CHAPTER ONE of MIDNIGHT IN KOSCO:
https://steemit.com/fiction/@mercurianbayo/midnight-in-kosco
The intruders stopped when they saw him. Kamal heard his name whispered softly; Xami always did that when she wanted him to bend time and space instead of walking.
"Thought you guys weren't coming out tonight again," Kamal said as he covered the distance between them in a flash.
"Shitta, Feto", Kamal greeted the twin brothers on either side of Xamie whose right hands were now on his shoulders : customary greeting). "Good to see you guys finally."
Xami hugged him all of a sudden, and he returned the gesture. A young chap by the name Finnih had informed him about her wish to see him at the dungeon yesterday. She'd been the one to relay the good news to him. After eons of imprisonment, their Lord had decided to pardon him for murdering his own guardian, Iilyann.
Kamal winced at the painful memory. He'd invaded the home of an innocent family of three one night after disarming the charms that protected the household - an act against the Crawlers code of conduct. He'd Obliterated father, mother and baby in mad rage. But the elixir he prepared from their soul hadn't been effective enough to save iilyann. In fact, it killed him instantly instead. The ill news went around quickly: Kamal's disobedience had shifted the emergence of the Crawlers from under-earth forward by eons. Just when salvation was around the corner. It was a great blow to the populace.
Leaders from other settlements gathered together in Kosco, meetings were held for long hours at the capital. The Crawlers longed to rule the earth once again. They craved the soul of mankind. Their under-earth banishment was just a means to an end. The pain you endure on the pathway to monstrous peaks that held power after you've been betrayed. The humans they'd co-existed with once had used their most powerful form of magic to send the Crawlers under-earth when they found out the Crawlers had become infinite. They brought the great flood and the curse upon Crawlers. The Crawlers were sent underground, cursed from the realms forged by their ancestores.
Kamal believed their ancestors were slaves to the gods of the humans. If not, how could they have been chased from their inheritance. All that sweat and toil for nothing. When news got to him in prison that the oracles had advised the elders to wait for their time, he lost it. Azuka, an ageless Crawler damned to the deepest parts of the dungeon forever, helped him discover a new purpose. Azuka brought him back, gave him purpose. Now he had a clearer grip on things than before.
Xami stirred, nudging Kamal back to the present.
"I smell humans."
Xami pulled away from Kamal, "Show me," she said, and turned as Feto pointed to the hills. "Hmmm, I smell them too. They're lovers"
"After you, buddy," - Shitta snickered - "Time to have some fun. I miss those days. what do you say?"
Kamal grimaced inwardly as he perceived the humans too. Despite the curfew warning, careless souls were sacrificed every night in the equator. And tonight wasn't any different.
"I'm ready."
At first they walked, passed by houses, shops, chapels, poultries, malls, hospitals. Then Xami changed the pace, Feto and Shitta caught up with her. Kamal changed routes, bursted out beyond them, and soon they were all laughing as they played catch up with one another.To them time was irrelevant, relative. So many things could be done in so little time. They only had to overcome the curse of daylight and everything else will fall in line.
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p.s: in case you missed chapter three, here's the link:
https://steemit.com/writing/@mercurianbayo/midnight-in-kosco-chapter-three