BACK AT THE BASE.
ABDULS POV
After Zaheer left, i started thinking about everything i'd learned up till now, I was inside my room when this started so i didn't see the sky darkening or anything, plus i didn't feel any gut feeling at any point, so i couldn't help but worry that i wouldn't manifest an ability like the two of them.
The world was only going to get more and more dangerous so i really felt the pressure to be able to protect myself.
The three sleeping beauties in front of me were all deep in dreamland. I'd know Toyin for a while, we weren't friends but, more like acquaintances. I also knew Mariam, she'd been over here to visit Zaheer a few times, but this was my first time meeting Sandra.
She was beautiful, even when she was asleep and her looks were captivating, but it was obvious she was having a nightmare from the way her face kept twisting into grimaces. I wondered what she was dreaming about.
A few minutes later, she jumped up with a scream that woke Toyin.
"What's wrong??", he asked sleepily
"She just had a nightmare", I replied to him,
He seemed exhausted so he just went back to sleep on the couch, Surprisingly Mariam who was closest to Sandra didn't even open her eyes.
"I wish I could sleep that deeply" I thought to myself.
Looking back at Sandra, she was quite shaken from the Nightmare, but not suicidal, the nap must've put her back in the right state of mind.
I handed a cup of water without saying anything, and she slowly collected it after looking around.
"Where am I?" she asked, although she didn't look particularly worried.
"You're at Zaheers house, he's a friend of Toyin over there" i said, "and i'm Abdul, also a friend of Zaheer".
"Oh" she replied.
Seeing that she'd drank all the water, i asked:
"Are you hungry?, there's some food in the kitchen so you can serve yourself",
"No thank you, i'm fine"
Was what her mouth said, but the rumblings of her stomach told a different story, making her have an embarrassed look on her face before she quickly stood up to find the kitchen.
Chuckling, i just pretended i didn't hear anything.
I opened my Laptop and started checking online for any information about what was happening.
56 countries all over the globe had seen some kind of Eater related activity, some reported strange deaths in the countryside, others heard weird Roars at night. Certain countries like USA and France seemed to have zero cases of this virus, but at the same time, there wasn't a single tweet by an American that was related to what was happening right now. The Government had probably put an Information net around all forms of news and social media to prevent the citizens from learning about all this and avoid any of this leaking in or out of their country. Maybe to avoid panic, I wasn't sure.
15 out of the 36 states of Nigeria had reported cases of this virus, and some places had barely sent any messages out to the world in a few days. The people still had some hope that their government would be come save them, but I wasn't sure this country had the capabilities to handle something of this size. By now the Bigshots had probably already locked themselves in their personal bunkers. We'd have to rely on ourselves if we were to survive.
"Phew, things aren't really looking good huh" I said quietly to myself.
I really hoped my Family was alright. I'd talked to them recently and they said they were coping fine and not to worry as they'd locked up the house and had enough food to last a while, but I couldn't help but get scared thinking about all the dangers around them.
"What's not looking good?" asked Sandra who had finished eating and looked better than before.
"I was just looking at the status of the world, this virus seems to have spread far and wide."
"So it's not just happening over here?"
"Nah, countries far far away from here have also reported some cases of this thing, it's a world pandemic that probably gonna be worse than COVID 19 from a few years ago".
To take my mind of things, i decided to play some MORTAL KOMBAT 11 on my laptop, with the volume set at low. Then I heard a tiny voice ask:
"Can I watch?"
Looking up I saw Sandra asking shyly.
"Yeah sure" I replied
She came to sit by my side and watch me play, After a while I gave her the pad to try it and she was surprisingly good.
"Do you play games regularly?" I asked
"No, but I have 2 older brothers so i picked up a few things growing up"
"That's cool, wanna play against me?"
"OK", she answered enthusiastically.
We were just about to begin our match when we heard an extremely loud roar, that woke Toyin and Finally woke Mariam.
Instantly Sandra seemed to shrink in on herself, visibly shaking and trying to make herself smaller.
"no-no-no-no-no-no-", she whispered.
But I didn't really pay her any attention because that roar had sounded a lot like Zaheer!!!!
"After the roar faded, I finally noticed the shivering girl beside me, Toyin had gone to hug her but she had looked at him with such hatred he just stood frozen, looking lost. I guess she still hadn't forgiven Him for tying her up like a criminal.
I wasn't sure I could help, but when i went to comfort her, she leaned into me and had me hug her. Toyin looked so hurt, i just gave him an apologetic glance and he looked away after nodding.
"Wasn't that Zaheer just now?, asked Toyin
"Yeah it sounded like him" I replied
"Bet how could Zaheer make such a sound...he hasn't turned into an eater has he? " asked Mariam.
Fuck, I cursed in my mind, That would be terrible, Zagreb was both my friend and the current leader of our ragtag group, if he was gone, i wasn't sure who would be able to take up his position.
"I'm going to look for him" said Toyin whilst picking up his club,
Letting go of Sandra, i told him:
"No man, you can't go"
"And why shouldn't I?, my friend is out there and you expect me to sit here twiddling my thumbs?!, Move before I move you! "
"Not only are you the strongest in this group without him, but also didn't you hear that roar?, could you fight Zaheer if that was him?, I trust he'll come back so just be patient!"
"Get the fuck out of my way man!! "
Right when the argument was about to turn violent, they heard a low knock.
"Konk"..