The Revenge Mission Episode Two
Everyone had gone to bed and no one knew gas was leaking in the kitchen except Gina. It was a disaster waiting to happen. All that was left was was a spark. A single spark would create the fire that Gina needed to cause unimaginable chaos in the entire building. She did not mind that she was also inside the building. But she had planned her exit strategy.
“As soon as I hear the sound of ignition, I will run away from the building. The other people here are not aware of my plan. I’m the only one who is aware of what is happening, so it is easier for me to escape.” Gina said.
That night, Nkem did not sleep early. She was feeling hungry because she did not eat much of solid food during the day. She decided to go to the kitchen to make ‘eba’ for herself. There was vegetable soup in the fridge, so she was going to warm a plate so she could eat swallow. Nkem does not joke with swallow. She is the type of person who wakes up in the middle of the night to make eba and eat. That was what she was going to do that night.
Nkem did not know that something bad was waiting for her in the kitchen. She had no idea of the trap set for her by Gina. Although, Nkem has a lot of domestic staff helping her, she does not like waking them up to cook for her in the night. She prefers making her eba by herself any night she wants to eat late.
The time was 3am. This was not the first time Nkem was eating in the night. It’s something she has been doing for many years. Her husband has often mocked her that it was because of her late night food that her belly was big, but Nkem refused to stop.
When she opened the door of the kitchen that night, the odour of the gas greeted her nose. The whole kitchen had been drenched in gas which had been escaping since 10pm the previous day. There was a big gas cylinder in the kitchen and it contained several kilograms of gas. It was still escaping and filling the kitchen even at that moment.
“Oh! God! Gas is smelling here. What happened? Who left the gas cooker on? It is leaking.” Nkem asked. There was no one to answer her because everyone in the apartment was asleep. The only person who was awake was Gina. When she heard Nkem’s voice, she got ready and prepared to escape through the back door of her room in case fire was ignited.
“How I wish there will be a spark in the kitchen. If there is a spark of fire in the kitchen I will know that I have achieved my purpose. Nkem will not make it out of the kitchen if fire engulfs the place.” Gina said when she heard Nkem’s voice.
Meanwhile, Nkem had rushed to cork the gas and the thing stopped leaking. She heaved a sigh of relief. Due to what happened, Nkem decided she was not going to put on the gas again to avoid a spark. She decided to go back and try to sleep with an empty belly.
“Let me just go back and sleep. The whole place is filled with leaked gas. All that is needed here now is just a spark of fire and there will be an unimaginable problem. I don’t want this to happen, so I will not be starting any fire. It is better for me to sleep with an empty belly than for me to land in the hospital tomorrow.” Nkem said as she started leaving. Before leaving, she had opened all the windows at the kitchen so that the accumulated gas in the kitchen could escape.
All the doors in the entire building were iron doors. Even the kitchen door was an iron door. When Nkem was leave, she forcefully banged the kitchen door. Already, the kitchen door does not closing well. It has some faults that made it difficult to close except with a very strong pull. Nkem wanted the kitchen door to close tightly that night because she did not want the gas to spread further into other rooms.
“What is wrong with this door? I have told my husband to repair it since and he has not paid attention. Look now, I cannot lock it. The door is so tight and it is refusing to hook very well. I can already perceive the odour of gas everywhere. The door has to be locked so that the gas will not spread to other rooms and cause a fire. I must lock the door no matter how strong it is.” Nkem said. She forcefully pulled the door and it hit on the iron frame, causing a spark which ignited fire in the kitchen.
Nkem saw the spark she unknowingly created. The fire started so quickly and rapidly. The entire kitchen was overtaken by flames. There was smoke everywhere. Nkem’s body had been gutted by fire and she was running and shouting for help. Her clothes and shower cap were burning. Before her husband came out, it was already too late because her face and body suffered burns. Nkem’s husband picked one of the fire extinguishers in the building and successfully quenched the fire.
Meanwhile, Nkem’s face was burned such that people who knew how beautiful she was wouldn’t know her again. That same night, she was rushed to the hospital by her husband. When they got to the hospital, the doctor said Nkem would spend six months in bed before she would recover.
“She suffered a lot of buns. She is lucky to be alive. She will stay here for six months.” The doctor said. Nkem’s husband agreed.
“I’m so happy. My first plan was successful. The next one will be worse than this. I will implement my next plan tomorrow. I will deal with you Nkem. In your next world, when you see someone who resembles me, she will run away.” Gina said.
“Today, one of your children will feel the heat of my revenge.” Gina said when it was daybreak.
Watch out for next episode
