Otheris and the Serpents of Qhudrus (6 page)

Otheris nodded
smiling, “Yeah! That’s all you need! But you must have no doubt,
not even a drop of it.”

The witch and
all the serpents watched from where they stood as Otheris talked to
Thakina and she seemed to repeat every word he said.

“What are you
reciting!?” yelled the witch, “Get them!”

The serpents
turned and looked at the witch.

“Go after
them!” added the witch, but the serpents moved back as Thakina
closed her eyes and uttered something, then another ball of fire
formed inside the one Otheris commanded and there were two force
fields made of fire protecting them each.

Thakina looked
a bit excited and reacted like a little girl as she stepped out of
the first fiery force field created by Otheris.

Otheris then
turned and faced the witch and the serpents, the fiery force field
continued to expand as it incinerate the snakes.

“My babies! No!
My babies!” cried the witch.

Otheris drew
his sword, jumped up and cut off the head of the black serpent that
hung between the witch’s thighs and as he landed right in front of
the old witch, he pieced his sword through her heart, the fiery
force field burnt her as the witch sank to her knees then the fire
grew with such strong explosion and consumed all the serpents.

The only thing
that stood in the cave was Thakina and Otheris, even the slimy pool
dried up and all the skulls burnt.

“Look for the
necklace!” said Otheris as the fiery force field subsided.

Thakina ran up
and started searching for the necklace the witch wore; she found
the necklace buried in ashes exactly where the witch stood with the
keys tied to it as Otheris looked for a way out of the cave but
could not find any.

“What do we do
now?” she asked.

“We wait!” he
responded.

Thakina smiled,
walked to him and immersed herself in his arms.

“Woman, this is
no time for hugs! I am trying to find us a way out!” he said.

“Hmm! Stop
acting like you wouldn’t kill for a hug from me” she replied lost
in his eyes.

“Princess
Thakina can you hear me?” yelled a voice through the hole from
above.

“Karim? Is that
you?” she answered, “Yes! Oh my God yes we can hear you! It’s
Karim”

“Can you throw
us a rope down here Karim!” said Otheris!

“Yes on one
condition!” echoed Karim’s voice.

“What’s that?”
Otheris and Thakina asked in unison.

“You’ll name
your first child after me!?” shouted Karim.

“What if it’s a
girl?” Otheris asked.

“Then uh! Then
we spell my name backwards and name her that!” said Karim, he
managed to swing down on a thick rope and suspended himself as he
held firm his sword with his left hand looking down the cave.

“What happened
here?” he asked while hanging from the rope.

“I don’t think
that’s important for now, how the hell did you survive that?” asked
Otheris.

Karim beat his
chest hard with his left hand, “The armour never fails my brother!
One of the king’s best gift to his humble servant…a sword-proof
vest he got as a gift from Jheet of Sunthai!”

“How many gifts
has the king given you Karim?” asked Otheris.

“When you get
close to the king, you’d find that he is very generous!” Answered
Karim.

“Generous
Indeed!” protested Otheris, “I just hope when we get back you won’t
tell me that the garden promised to me was offered to you as
well!”

Thakina shook
her head as Otheris held her by the waist and dragged her back into
his arms again.

“Take it easy
handsome! I hope you’d be as good of a father to our babies as you
are a good talker!” she said looking into his eyes.

“Our babies!?”
he responded excitedly, “I wonder what you are going to teach
them!”

Thakina
blushed, “You of all people should know…I will spend my time
teaching them the power behind the name you whispered into my
ears!”

“A name? I
can’t recall ever mentioning any name!” he joked.

“Jesus!” she
blushed, “You sweet rescuer!” she pinched Otheris and they kissed
passionately.

“The king is so
not-going to be happy with you, you know!” Said Karim as he hung
from the rope, “If I remember correctly, he specifically ordered
you to bring their heads, not to… incinerate them all to
oblivion!”

They all
laughed!

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About
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Richard Shekari
is a novelist, lyricist, singer, and a poet from Abuja, Nigeria. He
is a Humanitarian Officer with the National Emergency Management
Agency, Nigeria. An alumnus of the Federal University of
Technology, Architecture department (ATBU) Bauchi, Nigeria.

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The Broken
Wings of Forgiveness, Anna the Human, Saving rose Green.

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