Act Of Faith - S03 E03 (Story Episode)

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Act Of Faith - S03 E03 (Story Episode)

Read Story: SEASON 3 EPISODE 3

“My wife has never stayed this long in the stream” Jack complained to one of his friends as they took fresh wine that money. It is normal for the men of Tankute to always take wine every morning even before they start the day’s job, as they would say, a good wine makes a good day. “That’s women for you, when I first got married, my wife don’t come back from the stream until I go look for her. Don’t be surprised your wife is there in the stream side playing the game of Suwe with the young maidens of Tankute, you know she is still a young maiden, just that she got married to soon” Dogun his friend told him as he drank from the local calabash cup.

“You have a way of making me feel at peace, now I am confident that my wife is at the stream side playing the game of Suwe” Jack laughed so also did his friend.

They ran without turning to look back, Karma was leading while Christiana followed, they were heading to the stream path.

Suddenly, Karma stumbled and fell, he had hit something. Christiana stopped and stared a t what had fallen Karma, it wasn’t something, it was a dead body without a head. She traced her eyes down the path and it was then she realized that there wasn’t just only a dead body there, about 5 bodies were lying down there headless. “What is this?”

Christiana asked no one in particular, “The cannibals, they are back, we need to alert the villagers” Karma said panting heavily. “These head”

Christiana said raising up a fresh head, “LADE’S” Karma said calmly. “We need to get to the village, they must have surely entered the village” Karma held her hand, “And if we tell the villagers, what will they do?”

Christiana asked him, “They assemble the warriors and we attack the cannibals” Karma said while Christiana smiled, “And you think your warriors can hold down the cannibals?” Christiana asked, “We have fine warriors and I think we can hold them down” Karma said walking away while Christiana followed him, “They will just kill them all, Tankute need my friends” Christiana said, “Who are your friends compared to the fine warriors of Tankute” Karma asked while Christiana bursted into laughter. “Fine warriors indeed” She laughed.

“Okay so now, no more Newriton, no more fighting, I can now have a complete life with my husband” Adanna said resting on Gabriel’s chest, he only nodded and paid his attention to the television.

“Anytime you just nod, I know you aren’t in support of what I have said” Adanna smiled. “The truth Adanna is that if Newriton still calls me to work for them, I can’t say no” Gabriel said, “What if Newriton doesn’t call, then you don’t have to go back” She said staring at his face this time, “Yes, if they don’t call, then there is no need to go back” Gabriel smiled, “Then I pray they don’t call” She said, “I pray they do” He murmured, “They won’t” she smiled.

“The prophecy are true, the cannibals are really back and it is the duty of Tankute to stop them” Old man Kendo said as he chewed his kola, he was speaking to Christiana and Karma, they had come back to narrate the whole thing to him.

“I had saw a sign this morning that bad is about to come to our land, there will be bloodshed” The old man said again. “Papa, we need to act fast, they have started killing, we saw Lade’s dead body by the stream” Karma said while the old man raised his head slowly. “It is so unfortunate for the young couple but more are going to die. Inform the villagers, assemble your warriors, they should all be at alert, it is time for war, this is what we had been preparing them for” The Old man said and got up slowly. “Waste no time Karma” he added and walked away. Karma got up from the mat he had been sitting on, “I need to get started” He said to Christiana as he made to walk out, “Karma, your warriors, the guardians of Tankute can’t stop those creatures, you need the help of my friends” Christiana told him while he smiled, “We have stopped a lot of things and we will also stop this without your friends” he said and walked out.

Deep in a thick jungle, a long rod could be seen standing tall from the ground, on it was a skull, probably that of a man. Beyond it is a small gate made from wood and inside that gate, human like creatures could be seen going about their activities. They were all Cannibals, those that were chased out of Tankute about 100 years ago. Buildings could be seen, buildings made with strong woods, they were about 10 of such buildings, one of it serve as a prison to punish offenders and in one of the room in that building was Shallom Ewite, the only Cannibal who had refused to cooperate with the Cannibals, she enjoyed being with the humans. She had been in that room for over 20 years now, her hands were chained to the wall so she couldn’t move. She looks tattered and tired from trying to struggle and get freed.

Apart from the chain, she is being protected by two strong doors in case she breaks off the chains. The doors soon opened and a fine looking man emerged, he had a smile on, a beautiful smile. “Shallom, how long will it take you to form an alliance with us and get freed?” He asked her but got no answer. “Anyways, we have started our revenge today, the village of Tankute is now being hunted by us and it will soon be ours” He added with a laugh while Shallom looked up at him slowly, “It will never be yours, the village of Tankute belongs to Mankind” she said.