BLACK CAT
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
“Beep! Beep ! Beep!” The vital sign monitor attached to Mrs Grace sang , Margaret sat quietly beside her mother’s bed , she watched as her mother’s chest rose and fell , with the intake and exhale of oxygen . She was yet to regain consciousness three weeks after the attack . Jacob came around looking gloomy but couldn’t talk to his wife he knew she was mad at him .
He never knew her mother was in such a terrible situation , and still she insisted that Jacob mother attacked the baby , from the CCTV footage , the beast wasn’t of this world , no known beast walked and ran like that . He wanted to apologize to Margaret, but then seeing her mother in such a state he dared not get too close .
So he stayed away from his parents , because he was sure he saw his father used voodoo power to wake his mother , he saw the bright red light , why would his dad ask him to leave before he did whatever he did . it seemed he really didn’t know who his parents were . He hide himself in his office avoiding every call from his father to visit the family house .
Margaret couldn’t help but feeling guilty, if only she had listen to her parents and not marry Jacob maybe all this problems wouldn’t have risen up . Now her mother lay in bed unconscious, her father pissed at her .
But if her mother had not come what would have happened to Joshua? She and Jacob managed to name their baby In the hospital, some of their church members came around , it was a quiet and solemn meeting not to disturb patients in the hospital.
Pastor Olabode prayed for Mrs Grace, He told Jacob that the devil is bent on destroying his family that he should be wary of the devices of the devil .
Mrs Grace was stranded in a realm between life and death , she was running in a dark forest , then she saw a group of cats standing in a circle , they were probably in a meeting .
She hid herself behind a big Iroko tree , watching their meeting . They spoke in human tongue this captured her interest the more .
“Afonja just remember it’s three weeks already, you have two months, and one week , the great one wouldn’t be merciful!” A cat called Micheal said .
“Why are you being lazy about it , you had more than thirty years to prepare for this , why would you let your son to marry a Christian ? a believer ? couldn’t you see any liberal girl to marry ?” Another cat called Afolabi grumbled .
“Afolabi don’t boast here , you know how stubborn my son is ?” Afonja growled . ” why do you think I’ve not brought him to the coven ? they boy is going to reject me .” Afonja said with sadness .
“Then you have to kill him , your second son will have to take over , we must produce a heir in the kingdom , for our wealth to be passed to the next generation .” Titi said .
“Afonja if we call Jacob and explain the sacrifice he has to make for the continuation of our family wealth and affluence, and he refuses , we would have to kill him . The Coven is better than anything .” Nike said .
“Nike kill our son ?” He asked .
“Yes it’s either him or us , he has enjoyed of our wealth, does he know the number of children I had to sacrifice?” She asked .”To bring us to where we are today , just to give us one child he had made us go through hell .” Nike grumbled .
“Brothers of Shaukura Fraternity you have to help your brother and sister , to kill our grand child .” Afonja begged .
They all went mute for a while , then they heard a twig snapped .
“What was that ? there’s somebody in the wood watching us , get it !” Afonja growled , the cats turned to a man change form from a normal sized walking four legged cat ,with furs darker than the night ,black as coal ,they began to sniff the air .
“She’s this way get her !” They began to chase after Grace.
She was running in the dark tumbling over woods and shrubs .
“Oh God don’t let me die , oh God !” Grace cried
Nike and Titi were catching up on her , Grace was running aimlessly, she couldn’t see in the peach black forest, dived on her and rolled her to the ground .
“We got her here !” Titi called . Nike began to growl, fangs exposed and ready for an attack .
“You old hag! if not for you that child would have been ours!” Nike hissed , Afonja and the ten other Cats walked up to them .
“You this woman how many times are we going to harm you, to teach you a lesson ?” Afonja asked .
“Why did you come into our family business?” Nike asked as she dug her fingers into Grace’s face .
“Leave me alone , that child is my grandchild, you cannot kill him! His name is Joshua, he’s not your sacrifice!” Grace barked back .
“I see ! I see !” Afonja said , as his hands intertwined behind his back .
“So it’s you who would stop us ?” He asked with a deep howl . “Its you who would stop us ? do you know for how many generations the black Cats fraternity has existed ?” He said pacing around Grace.
She kept turning her head wherever Afonja walked , her heart beating behind her chest .
“Try to stop me as I rip out your heart and chew it before your face now !” He said with a smirk on his face . The whole cats began to laugh .
Afonja’s sharp claws began to grow out of his fingers , they were thick like fingers white like ivory and sharp like blade .
“I want to see if that God you think you believe in can save you and your grandson from my hand .” He dug his claws into grace rib as she screamed in pains . The cats standing six feet tall , all roared in laughter .
“Where is your God ? why can’t he stop me from hurting you ? oh he couldn’t hear your cry because he’s dead !” He tore his hands into her stomach again and pulled out her intestine .
Grace screamed in pain , her eyes opened like a woman I’m labour , the pain was unbearable.
“See your intestine , warn your daughter to give us our grandchild and leave our family or else she would die with him too .” He said dragging out her intestine from her stomach .
“Afonja remove her heart and finish her why are you wasting time !” Afolabi grumbled.
“I want her to suffer! how she made my Nike suffer before I finish her !” Afonja said while laughing , as Grace writhed on the ground with unbearable pains , her blood flowed .
“Now say bye to this world !” Afonja said to Grace as he licked his paws that was soaked with her blood .
as he raised his hands to strike her chest Grace closed her eyes to await the punch of death .
“Jesus!!!!” she screamed with her final breathe, a light from the sky brighten the night sky, at the same time sent Afonja and his cohorts flying all over the forest , Grace was snatched from between them , taken away .
“Where did she go ? what was that ?” Titi asked .
“Search for her! we cannot let her go! ” Afonja ordered his brethren , for they searched the forest in vain for Grace had been taken by the same force, that dropped her in the forest to see , their evil plans .
