The red moon Episode 17&18

 

THE RED MOON

(A New World)

Episode 17 & 18

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The highest punishment is telling someone the time of his or her death coz knowing the time of your death is like knowing the end of the world. The worst part of it is when there is no possible solution to prevent the death.

Vera fainted knowing that she would die in the next few hours, but the father rushed her on the floor in a way he raised her head up. Already, Dera had been soaked with tears standing beside her twin sister. Lucky stood erect watching them while Laman took off his police cap and slowly sat down. Though it's painful to know he was going to die too but was brave enough to face his death in the next hours to come.

Lucky entered Michael's room to check on the Death Note but came out empty handed. By then, Vera had been reawakened to life.

"There's still a possible way to prevent the death of Vera" he said.

All eyes went to him including Vera. Laman didn't only look at him but curiously stood up from the chair.

"What did you just say?" he quired. 

"Your names has been written on the Death Note. The only way to prevent your death is by writing your names on a life note"

"Where is **the life note?" Mr Nelson interfered. 

"Somewhere out there in the city.* Though I'm not sure coz Shakiti said between *these two possible notes* ; Sex Note and Life Note, one is available now. That's the meaning of the second appearance of the red moon. I have* once made an effort to search for it but gave up" Lucky glanced at Vera. "But this time around, I must do everything possible to find it"

"We're with you" Mr Nelson took a step forward.

"How do we know if the book has not been picked already?" Laman hopelessly asked.

"No, it has not. If it has, the red moon will disappear" Lucky replied.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!" they all rushed out including the twins. 

Just in front of the compound, they noticed the red moon disappearing from the sky. All stared at it. They could hear people rejoicing from a distance.

"We're already late" Lucky sounded. "Someone has picked the book"

"But we can still search for the person" Mr Nelson stared at him while he glanced at his wrist watch. 

"We have less than twenty four hours to do that"

Mr Nelson ordered his daughters to stay indoors while they make the movement which they agreed as an afterthought.

Lucky had never dreamt of working with the police but found himself doing that when he followed Laman and Mr Nelson in a police vehicle. They were heading to the residence of late Gizifa to view his satellite. On their way, they saw so many people on the road shouting, "Kira must die! Kira must die!!"

That attracted their attention. Therefore they stopped to know what happened but crowed of people never allowed them until Laman put on the siren of the car along with red and blue light found on top of it. The agitation stopped.

Mr Nelson moved forward. "What exactly is the cause of this agitation?" he asked.

"Kira killed my husband today!" a woman shouted from the crowd.

"Why?"

"Only because he beat me up mercilessly. I never told Kira to kill my husband for me, it's a family issue" she explained with tears in her eyes.

Another voice came from the crowd. "Kira killed my friends only because they bullied a female and tried to rape her. Does that worth taking their lives? Moreover, Life and death is in the hands of God, not Kira!"

Many others complained on how Kira took the life of their dear ones, even those who just uttered to trace and uncover his true identity died. The whole thing rendered Mr Nelson speechless, wondering if actually his son was the one putting the city in such pandemonium, so he spoke up. 

"You must know that Kira's motive is to create a world without crime or bad person in it, so abstain from bad behaviors"

"What of those who only vow to reveal his identity. What crime did they commit?" A voice came from the crowd again. 

"That's where Kira goes wrong"

"And that's why he must be brought to justice and executed!!"

The agitation continued even hotter than the previous one. That made the police left the arena to continue the search for the life note hopelessly.

They got to the residence of Gizifa, glanced through all the screens connected to his satellite but didn't see anything. So they had no choice but to move around the city asking everyone available if they saw any sex note or Life note. That took them hours.

Nevertheless, they decided to make the announcement publicly through radio and television. Mr Nelson was the one to plead to all the citizens especially to the one who must have picked the book to please, reveal his or herself. Just before he finished broadcasting, a muttering came among policemen who came with them. Therefore, he concluded immediately and stepped out to know what was happening.

"Sir," a police officer approached him before he got to the scene. "It's sir Laman, he's gone"

"To where?" Mr Nelson hurriedly asked. 

"I mean he's dead" the young man replied pitifully then made way for him to go see for himself.

Mr Nelson got there to see Laman lying dead on the floor. He couldn't withhold his tears, thus, letting it drop from his eyes to the floor. Suddenly, he looked up.

"Vera" was the last thing he said then took off home. He knew that if Laman is dead, his daughter must has also gaven off the ghost in her.

Meanwhile, Lucky had already ran to the twins all alone after discovering the death of Laman. He pushed the door of the house forcefully then continued running up the staircase. "Vera! Vera!!" he kept shouting on his way but nobody responded to him. Just as he went into the sitting room, he saw Dera shedding tears on the cushion with hands folded. Without asking, he rushed into their room to see Vera lying straight dead on the bed. He slowed down, gently moving forward. Already, tears had started dropping from his eyes. He knelt down beside the bed and grabbed her hand.

"Please, wake up. I'm here now, you can't just die like this. Vera wake up, wake up! No ooh!" his voice echoed in the whole building.

Mr Nelson bagged in at that moment, shook his daughter vigorously to respond to life but all to no avail. "How can a brother be so wicked to his sister?" he cried.

The policemen who followed him began to pull him back from the corpse but he struggled.

"Leave me alone! I swear Michael must pay for this. I'll kill him with my bare hands!"

They called an ambulance that came immediately and carried Vera to the mortuary. Dera and Lucky watched through the window as her dead body was pushed inside the ambulance then closed. Dera bursted out crying uncontrollably coz that reminded her of their late mother. She was not just a brave woman but caring too. Since her death, the father had been trying to make her absence unnoticed, hence bringing up the children lovely. But all his efforts has come crashing down due to a note book which has possessed his son, thus, setting the family to a big war and emotional torture.

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Mr Nelson used the sadness and anger in him to declare his son wanted on a live television. These were his words. "Kira is known, and it's no other person but Michael Nelson, my son. He has been the one behind the killings all this while. He killed Gizifa, Laman, Vera, his own sister and others. He's nowhere to be found, therefore, I declare him wanted. He must pay severely for his actions"

Nelly seemed to be the first to hear the news, so she couldn't believe her eyes. She tried Michael's number but switched off then called Lucky's but no response. She became restless.

Michael's wanted picture was pasted at every corner of the city after the declaration. Both the military set *out to search for him forgetting that their lives in the quest is just at the tip of a pen and a death note.

When Mr Nelson returned to the station, his cell phone rang. He glanced at the number* then picked up.

"Nice speech, Dad" Michael sounded on the phone.

The father brought down the phone in a hurry with his palm well covered on the mouth piece of the phone.

"It's Kira!" he *whispered to the policemen around who became not only scared by the name 'Kira' but attentive to know what he had to say. They also connected the phone to a* device to trace the call. By then, Mr Nelson had set it on loud speaker.

"Michael.."

"It's now Kira, Dad, not Michael"

"How could you kill your own sister?"

"How could my own sister try to reveal my identity to *the police?"

"You must pay for this!"

"I know, if only I'm caught which is far more from possibility* . You've declared me wanted forgetting *your life now is in my hands..."

"My life is in the hands of God" Mr Nelson interrupted* . "He is the only one that has the right to take or give life to whosoever he pleases to give" he added.

"I guess that makes me half a God coz I can take the life of whosoever I wanna take now" Mike giggled. It sounded deadly on the phone.

"What are you gonna do now, kill me?" Mr Nelson asked angrily. 

"No, Dad, you're already close to your grave" the line went off. Silence took over the station. There was an expression of surprise and fear in the faces of all the men there.

Mr Nelson looked at the one who was tracing the call. "Did you get his location?" he broke the silence.

"Yes, he's not within the city. He's at a place called Kuma" the young policeman replied looking at the screen.

"Kuma" Mr Nelson repeated. "That's my village, the land of my forefathers" he turned taking few steps away from his initial spot. "Prepare, we're going after him!" he commanded..

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In Gezos city, there was a young girl named Debby who picked up one of the notes. Her physical appearance would tell you that she's not only bad but dangerous too regardless of her innocent and beautiful face added to an open teeth she occasionally display. She was dark in complexion, tall and skinny. She could be found in a dark nasty sanctum wearing a jean trouser over a black single handed top. A ray of light illuminated the room from broken windows. There was a table where she placed the book staring at it. The caption written on the cover was 'Life Note'. She wondered what it's used for then opened it to see every page blank.

"Life note" she muttered. 

"Yes, it can give life even to a dried borne" a female scary voice came from behind. That was her own Shakiti called Ashanti. She also float in the air but not as scary as the god of death. She had a rumpled flesh but glows in white colour. Most of all, she's also invisible and invincible. 

Debby turned after hearing her voice. She wasn't scared of her look. 

"Who are you?" she asked. 

"I'm Ashanti, the owner of the book you found. I'm from the world of the unknown. I'm invisible to the eyes of the humans"

"But I can see you"

"That's because you've touched my book"

"So, what's the book for?" Debby turned staring at the book.

"It's a life note, it gives life to the dead in as much as the person has not been buried" Ashanti floated beside her to take a good look at her black beautiful face.

How does it give life to the dead?" Debby was still inquisitive.

"By just writing the person's name on it"

"Just like the death note" she soliloquised looking happy as she closed the book. She *believed she would be as famous as Kira, hence, wished to meet him one day.

"Don't be so excited" Ashanti warned. 

"Why? With this book, I'm a god of my* own, a savior to those who are moaning their lost ones, a.."

"Listen," Ashanti interrupted. "Any single name you *write on the note, your life span will approximately reduce by a year. That means if you suppose to die in two years, you'll then die in one year. So the more you give life* to the dead, the more you go close to your own grave" she smiled while Debby frowned staring and reasoning what she said... 

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