The Darkest Hour - Season 1 - Episode 29

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The Darkest Hour - Season 1 - Episode 29

Now, the daughters of Mrs Williams, Udoka and Monica were about to discover that which the forest has brought to the land naturally. The darkness still lingered in the forest as both stared at the tiny bright light from the ground. Udoka who moved forward to take a good look at it after asking what they were said again, “They are like stars from the ground” she bent down to shuffle away more dead leaves with her hands.

“Udoka don’t!” Monica said silently from behind.
Just as Udoka’s hands reached the ground, she found herself falling inside the pit with rocks.

“Udoka!” Monica exclaimed without minding where she was. She ran blindly to save her sister but also fell inside the large pit-a bit deep but not too narrow. The pit was covered with leaves since it had been left for years, so the twins were on aware. The route in which they fell inside opened widely thereby making the light shine brighter to the extent they didn’t need the torch-light anymore. The light reflected on trees, leaves and other things that were within a close range.

The twins gradually stood up inside the pit looking around. They could see what created the bright light hanging at different angles of the pit. Some were also found around the rocks.

“My goodness!” Monica exclaimed.
“Oh-my-God!” Udoka stressed in disbelief. “Do you know what they are?” she looked at her sister.
“Diamonds?” Monica wasn’t sure.
“Yes, they are!”
“I can’t believe this” Monica reached one of the diamonds as well as Udoka. Both stared at it in amazement.

“These are really diamonds” Udoka said.
“Yes, but how come?” Monica looked at her sister remembering what they were thought in secondary school about diamonds. “Diamond is formed when extreme heat; temperature at 2,200 degree fehrenheit and extreme pressure cause carbon atoms to crystallize forming diamonds approximately ninety miles under the earth surface. I guess we are not ninety miles under the earth surface. So how possible?”
“It’s possible” Udoka began. She loved Geography back in her secondary school days. She performed very well on it but preferred Biology to it. She had learnt so many things about rocks, volcano, mountains, map, and other natural resources. “Diamonds reach the surface of the earth through volcanic pipes or via placer or alluvial deposite” she located the torch and shone it’s light to one of the rocks. “This is a Kimberlite”
“What’s a kimberlite?” Monica queried.
“It’s a blue rock that occurs in ancient volcanic pipes and it’s the most common host of diamond”

“That means a volcano use to be here”
“Probably, many years ago”
The twins looked at each other. They smiled broadly coz they knew what it means for a natural diamond to be in ones possession.
“Let’s take them home” Monica suggested.

“No” Udoka objected. “We have to go then planned on what to do. It’s now an unknown secret”

“Are you out of your mind?! What if another person comes in here?”

“Nobody will”
“Alright, let’s just take few of them” Monica quickly took few diamonds. She put them inside her jean pocket while Udoka was busy staring up. She shone the torch-light upward too thinking critically. That was when she knew that they were in a pit.
“Monica” she called.
“What?” Monica turned.

“Look up. We are busy talking about how to take some diamonds home but never realized we are in a volcano. How are we gonna climb up there?”

Monica became dumb as she stared upward. The remaining diamonds in her hand gradually fell off. She looked at her sister just to find her staring at her already. “What do we do now?”

“We have to find a way out of here” Udoka replied. She told Monica to first try climbing on rocks until she reaches the surface. Monica tried severally but found herself falling back on the ground. Instantly, she began to shed tears.

“Udoka, I’m scared”
“Please, spare me those your tears. We are going out of here” Udoka handed the torchlight to her. She also tried to climb but found herself falling back to the ground due to the rocks were farther apart. She looked at Monica and said, “You can now shed those tears”
“Heeeyy! My God! We are finished! Mother will..” Monica began to cry.
“I didn’t say cry” Udoka interrupted. “Just shed tears”
“Leave me alone!” Monica exclaimed.
“Then cry nah”
“I’m already crying”
“Good” Udoka climbed another rocks just to try again..