The Activist - Season 1 - Episode 25

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The Activist - Season 1 - Episode 25

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The second semester examination started with pace, carrying everyone’s attention away from other activities and events. Boyfriends abandoned their girlfriends, girlfriends abandoned their boyfriends, social events dried up faster than shallow wells in dry season.

Tade and co were quite engaged throughout the duration of the exams. Unsurprising to say the the least, Chuks and Toke were a bit adrift, despite the fact that their calender differs from the rest. Chuks decided on this so as not to give any unwanted interpretation of his relationship with Toke. Besides Chinedu, some of his course mates had started giving snide remarks about them. He wanted none of that.

Because of the strike, what supposed to be a month’s break was now shortened to three weeks, as the University Management were eager to kick start the new session.

As Tade moved out of his room, he initially wanted to rent an apartment in the town area. Chuks and Made dissuaded him.

Also Malik, who had already started working gave his input on the matter.

“Generally, campus is safer” He started. “Most of the cult folks stay in town and they launch attacks on one another there. A few spots in town may be safe but generally town is not too safe. If its itching you that bad, get a place in town and campus. That way you can crash on campus if need be.”

Tade finally decided to get another room in Fajuyi and he got the medical floor again ( it was called medical floor because it was strictly used by medical students years back). Of course, he was not the only person as Chuks, Made and Shittu contributed money to stay with him.

His Part One room mates are back!

Everything seemed to have gone well at this point, Tade and Co were in their third year, Made was already in a political post in his department(P.R.O), Shittu was also doing good and Chuks seemed to have settled some sense into his head by reducing his intensity as pertaining to Toke. All seemed good.

At the flip-side, Toke was trying hard to awaken what she had felt were flames of love from Chuks. She tried personal visits,cooking for him, helping him out in errands, even the ones he did not ask for. Many a student wondered what would drive her to do so much for Chuks. Meanwhile this gestures, rather than make the friendship smoother, was adding rough edges as Chuks was becoming uneasy with all her antics. It all came to an head one morning.

“Toke, what’s the meaning of all this?” Chuks said harshly to her, after for the umpteenth time she had fried some yam and plantain and brought them to him.

“Its for you.” She said, gently placing her hands on him. Chuks instantly slapped those hands away.

“Toke, why are you trying to foment trouble between me and Chinedu? Isn’t our friendship enough?”

“What do you mean by that?” She snarled at him. “Is it because I have taken out time to be good to you, that’s why you insult me? Who do you think you are, compared to me?”
“Toke, that’s secondary. The simple fact is that you are doing things that are meant for Chinedu for me. I understand one or two random dishes and I appreciate that, but this everyday presentation of food is not it. Toke, I can’t and won’t be your boyfriend, simple!”

“Chuks, why are you talking like this? You know my feelings for you, why hurt me?”
“Toke, I do not wish to hurt you but if that’s the only way that I can put it in your head, I will have no choice.”

“I see. So that’s why you have been behaving weird to me eh? Like we were never friends?”

“See, I can’t continue risking a lot because of ‘your’ agenda.”

“My agenda? That’s so wrong, Chuks! Yes, I needed your help in academics but you think that the reason I came so close to you? Chuks, is that what you think?”

“I know your agenda Toke and I am not interested. I don’t want a relationship with you, period! Focus all this attention on Chinedu, he will appreciate it a lot.”

Toke eyes burst into tears. “You can do this, Chuks? You? You!” She walked away.

Chuks looked at her swaying her as5 off and he wondered
Women!

Meanwhile, Tade was chatting with Shade at the bunker below Covered Pavilion.

“Tade, how far with your babes now?” She asked him. Tade acted surprised and miffed, yet he said nothing.

“Is that the way you will greet me after all this while? Shade, you are not a good friend. We have not seen each other for a whole session and na this question you come ask?”
“But we dey chat for BBM na” Shade said. “Abi that one does not qualify?” Tade shook his head stubbornly.

“Oya sorry, how are you?” She asked. Tade smiled and answered back.

“So how your babes?” She asked with Tade frowning.

“No form for me jare, as if I no see all those babes wey dey follow you for your department.”

“Shade, I hold a position there, as a class rep” Tade replied. “There is no babe anywhere, unless you want to call Wande that.”

“Wande? Wande! Why her, Tade? Wande is a dangerous person.”

“She’s just a friend, Shade. I have had her as a friend for a while and nothing evil has befallen me. In fact there is something I wanted to ask you, Shade but that will be later. How is Lekan?”

Shade pouted, obviously displeased at Tade’s objective of dodging questions. “I and Lekan have broken up.”

“Eh? What happened?”
“Well, we grew apart. That’s all.”
Tade checked his watch. “Shade, I have to go. Need to be in a meeting now.” He picked himself and left before she could ask anything.
]Later that night, a certain meeting took place.
It took place in that familiar shadowy place where agents of evil and death stays and preys in the dark of the night. The only place where his kind of people could have a place to discuss their agenda.

Dangerous agendas
Its in such place that Chinedu gathered his force, the full power and might of the Ravens, for this was an important meeting, a meeting to take positions and undertake important jobs.

The first agenda on the list concerned the elections. The elections, a result of a judicial readjustment, was holing in a few weeks. Of course, his client would have wanted to rig the elections, but considering how that panned out, he wanted a more permanent solution, in case another rigging goes awry. He wanted his opponent dead.

The second was another client who wanted his opponent dead. This client, however was candidate in the SUG elections, whose opponent had hired a rival cult group to protect him and kill the client.

The third case was a dual case; Chuks relationship with Toke came to the spotlight, while another girl had rudely refused the advances of one of them and launched a scathing retort at the whole fraternity.

Two other cases were brought up, both involving assassinations. Chinedu quickly sorted out the business of the day, starting with Chuks and Toke.