.Episode 1

March 26th,, 2008.
6:42pm.
It was a very dark and cold evening. The
sky had
just finished reminding the residents of
benin city
that it has lost it’s child with a heavy
downpour.
The sun had set so quickly,,like it was in a
hurry to
attend the funeral and the moon was no
where to
be found either.
Down in the streets of ekosodin,,it was as
quiet as
a grave yard. You could hear your
neighbour
breathe in the next house. The town of
ekosodin is
known to be one of the most dangerous
and
dreaded towns in the city of benin.
Nobody dare walk along the street in the
dark
except you are a MACH. This was also the
territory
of one of the most feared confraternity in
Benin
City “The Cobras”
In newton street,, two groups of men
were coming
towards each other. One from the left
made up of
two men and the other from the right
consisting of
four men. They were both walking
steadily and at
alert. In case of any move to attack from
the
opposite direction.
Slowly and steadily they walked until they
met in
front of the Newton hostel. Newton
Hostel is one
of the many lodges that students stay off
campus.
The bright light from the fluorescent
shone on both
groups and they could see each others
faces.
Nobody was smiling….
“So you get the liver to carry your two
legs reach
this cabal abi? You nor dey fear again?”
Asked Zick. With a dangerous smile on his
face.
Zick was the capon of “The cobras”. He
was
tall,,well built and dark. The upper part of
his lip
was slightly deformed which made it look
like he
always smiled. The deformity of his lip
comes with
a story though.
Zick was well feared amongst the
members of his
confraternity and he was also well known
in the
confraternity world. He really worked and
fought
hard to earn that respect for himself. This
is
because when he joined “The cobras”
they were at
war with a rival group called “The lynxx”.
It was a
very big war and “The cobras” were at the
losing
side. They had lost 19 members and
many others
had to flee for safety. Zick was brave
enough to
organise and lay an ambush with 7 other
brave
mach men against the top members of
“The
lynxx”.
It was in the heat of a gun fight with the
capon of
the rival group that he sustained the
injury which
has come to stay forever.
“Capo make I sample them sharp sharp.
No time to
waste time. Body dey hot”
Said Jack,,Zick’s most trusted wing man.
As he
c---s his gun and points it at the two
men.
The capon signalled him to be quiet with
a stop
sign from his hand.
The two men from the other group
belonged to
another confraternity known as “The
Wolves”. They
were Obaz and Alberto;also known as
scarface.
Alberto was a very short and stout guy.
He hailed
from the north and he was very good
with knives.
There is a story that he single handedly
fought and
killed two men who were with guns when
they
attacked him at his house. He also had a
very
sharp reflex and could throw a knife
before one
could pull out his gun. Scar face kills
ruthlessly and
makes sure that an internal organ comes
out of his
opponent’s body whenever he fights at
close range.
That was how good and devilish he was.
He got his nickname “scar face” after a
fight with
another knife wielding fighter back in the
north. He
ran to benin city after killing the
opponent for fear
of being killed by his followers. His name
was “tom
Daggers”
As usual,,he was wielding two daggers in
his hands
ready to strike at anyone who makes a
move. He
also had with him four pocket knives
hidden at
different positions on his body where he
could
easily access.
Obaz who had been calm and quiet all
these while
with his left hand inside his
jacket,,caressing his
shot gun opened his mouth to speak.
” I came here with a message”
“And that message is for you alone zick.”
“But anyone of these fools who wants to
go down
with you can as well join you”
Obaz spoke calmly as he points to the
other three
men standing behind zick.
“Don’t make me laugh obaz”
Zick replied; smiling.
“You are still the little boy I know”
“You have always been like a younger
brother to
me,,but now i’ve seen that you have
grown wings. I
laugh at your stúpidity.”
Zick had always known obaz from their
childhood
days. He was the friend of obaz’s elder
brother
Daniel osato or Osas. But things went
very sour
when they all got into the university and
Daniel lost
his life in a fight between the rival
confraternity
zick belonged to. Obaz believed zick was
responsible for it.
“Those wings which I have grown will
make me fly
and i’ll triumph over you”
Obaz replied.
Jack again pointed his gun in a bid to
shoot at
obaz but alberto was quick to stand in
obaz’s way
raising his knife in a swift second at jack’s
neck.