Like seriously, you also want to have the mark?" She asked me smiling, " Yeah, I also want to be in the friends league" I answered not without a smile, " Do you think Gabriel will actually like you with a tattoo, he might not approve of it you know?" She asked, there was actually some sense in what she said, not might, Gabriel won't approve of me having a tattoo, weather friends club or not " Yeah, I don't think Gabriel will like me having a tattoo" I told with a sad face, " You see, and you know who Gabriel is, he might get angry with me all his life" She told me, " But don't worry dear, you are always in the friend league" She encouraged, " Okay " I answered her. " Hey, Adanna, why don't you come join me" She said, " Join you in what?" I asked her looking confused , " In doing these push ups, I think it will help you" She smiled, " No, no, you know I won't do that, I can't even do that" I told her smiling back, " You dont say you can't do it when you haven't tried it" She told me as she stood up and came towards me, " Just take a deep breath , what doesn't kill you makes you stronger" She said lifting me up, " I know, but I dont want to do it" I objected, " No, I insist" She smiled tickling me, " Okay, okay, how do I do it?" I asked her, "Just follow me, first of all, go on your knees" She said, " That doesn't seem like something hard to do" I told her as I knelt down, " Next up, place your two palms flat on the ground" She continued, " Not something hard again" I said as I opened my two palms flat and placed them on the ground, " Now, slowly get up on your knees with your hands still on the ground and stretch your legs backward" She told me, " Arrrgh!!" I shouted as I fell down to the floor, she stood up and bursted into laughter, " You gat to try again" She said lifting me up, " Try what!! Am so not doing that again" I told her, " You haven't done anything before" She smiled , " Okay, am not d…" She interrupted me, " Adanna, you must do it" She said tickling me, " Okay, okay, okay !" I shouted kneeling on the ground again and placing my hand flat. " This time go slowly, raise your body up and stretch your legs" She told me, I tried doing it again and I fell again, the second time, " Does Gabriel do this? " she asked me lifting me up again, " What? " I asked her, " Push ups" She answered, " yes, practically every morning and night" I answered , " And you haven't dim it fit for once to join him?" she asked as I went on my knees again ready to try for the third time, " He never called me to join him" I told her, " You can join him willingly" She said, " Now raise you body up gently and stretch your legs backward until you are horizontal" She told me, this time I got it right, " Sweet" she said, " Now go down slowly" she instructed, I tried doing it and surprisingly I did it, " fabtastic!!" She shouted, " Now come up again"she said.
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"Are you guys ready? Let's leave here" I shouted from outside, Gabriel soon came out and joined me, he was in his black uniform, " What about those two?" I asked him, " We are right here" Israel answered coming out, he was also in his uniform, Matt was just beside him. " Let's go" I told them as we walked out of the ex students quarters. Both shocking and surprising to us, some students and sir Ajan were waiting outside with sword pointed and guns ready to shoot, " What's happening here?" I asked israel who was also looking confused, " Stop, your hand on your head!! " one of the students shouted to us, " Sir Ajan, what is going on here?" Gabriel shouted over to sir Ajan, " Are these the invaders?" Sir Ajan asked one of the students, he was smiling, " Yes sir, they were the ones who came yesterday night" A guy replied him, I recognized him vividly, he was the security man at the entrance, the one we fought with the previous night. Sir Ajan suddenly bursted into laughter, " Students, these are Alvana, Gabriel, Israel and Matt, they were the ones responsible for bringing Daniel to book, its unfortunate he escaped" Sir Ajan said to the students who had gathered that morning to apprehend us, " Wow, welcome" They murmured, " Now you guys go back to what you were doing, the jungle is secured with them" Sir Ajan dismissed them as we walked towards him, " Its a long time sir Ajan" I greeted as he shook hands with me and hugged me, I flashed back to when I still lived under him before I was implicated, he had been just like a father to me. " Alvana, you are growing younger" He smiled as he left me and went over to Gabriel, " The deadliest of them all" Sir Ajan greeted him, " Its nice seeing you again sir Ajan" Gabriel hugged him, " Adanna is really doing a nice job here, you are growing fat and fresh, I hope you can still do those stunts you do pull off?" He asked him smiling, " Of course Sir Ajan" Gabriel smiled as sir Ajan left him and went over to israel, " Sir Ajan" Israel called silently, " I missed this talkative" Sir Ajan immediately hugged him, am sure he missed them so much, maybe they were the best sets he trained. " Matt , hope you are no longer afraid of girls?" Sir Ajan asked him with a smile, I never knew matt was afraid of girls, " Yes Sir Ajan, matt still scared to have a girlfriend" Israel shouted and they bursted into laughter, " Forgive my manners, just so happy to see you guys, let's go inside" Sir Ajan said hitting his walking stick on the ground, " Hope you all had the news that Daniel escaped,Newriton is losing it's security, in our midst we now have traitors, the board are still looking for a way to improve our security system, but for the main time , we have planted some students outside to just keep guide and more more security cameras, we are working on something big " Sir Ajan said until we got to his office, " Seriously, you guys are most welcome" Sir Ajan welcomed us again, his constant saying of welcome made me think he had been expecting us all along.
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The local market was crowded this particular morning, sorry, I dont know what day it is actually. The buying and selling was going on fine, the local women from the nearby villages seem happy selling their wares this particular morning, I was also in the market that morning ready for my normal business, steal from the market, and also buy from the market, funny business is it , isn't it? "Good morning, good morning" I greeted everyone I passed by as I made my way to the centre of the market, its better to steal amongst the crowd, it reduce the limit of getting caught. " Yeah, I have come to buy drinks again" I said standing by the table of the old woman, Tachidili, yeah, that's her name, Tachidili. " You buy drink every week, that reminds me of your master" She smiled revealing her scattered dirty teeth , the brownish colour of her teeth must have been caused by her excess intake of tobacco, the local men call it snuff. " May his soul rest in peace" I said resting my hand on her table, " How many bottles should I pack for you?" She asked, " I will take seven, I really want to do away with drinking" I told her, she smiled again, I actually hate seeing those teeth of hers. " Your master always told me that but he never did away with it" She told me as she turned to take the drinks from a big drum where she kept it immersed in water, " Coming back soon" I told her as I ran off to steal some money. I ran towards the small poultry farm wearing my mask, my black mask, of course, I still like a thief, with a mask to hide my identity. I found my way to the back of the farm and climbed up to the second storey through the window, its actually my first time of stealing from the poultry farm but nevertheless, I have mastered the way in and out of it. I landed in a small dark room where eggs were stored, I was fortunate enough to break some and sure this did attract security as a man in a brown top and big fat trouser immediately bumped into the room but stood still on seeing me, " The market thief" he murmured, " Yes " I smiled as I drew him into the room and tied him down. " Sorry" I said as I tied his mouth, locked the door and ran out . The first thing that caught my sight was the staircase leading to the main poultry farm, the third storey" That's a risky process" I thought as I curled myself round the wooden pillar pulled myself upward till I got to the upper part of the building. " The market Thief is here!!!" I heard someone scream from behind, I turned and it was a man fetching already laid eggs. " Bad" I murmured as I saw two of the security men coming towards me from the other stairs opposite the side I had come through, I never knew there were two stairs. " Am sorry, I have to do this " I said to myself, as I swiftly climbed the long chamber made for the chickens, I broke some eggs in the process, I landed down to the floor of the other side of some chambers away heavily. Some distance from where I was was a hole, a square hole on the floor leading downstairs, the down part of the poultry " Hey, stop there" I heard from behind, I turned my neck slowly and It was one of the local men pointing his gun at me, " Pull off those mask" he ordered, " Okay" I said as I lifted my hand to my face, " Yeah, be fast pull them off" He shouted, " Maybe next time" I shouted back to him, " I didn't get you" He said , but before he could realize it, I had already done a double back flip and down into the hole I went, I landed heavily to the ground, I was on the last denomination of the farm. I turned around and my eye caught the lady who is in charge of monetary transactions, " Why did I have to go upstairs when my target was just downstairs?" I asked myself, " What a fool I was " I concluded and went towards the lady, " See, you are a beautiful girl, maybe next time , we might have more time for each other and introductions " I told her as I opened the drawer and took enough money for my drinks. I heard footsteps coming down the staircase and I immediately evacuated the poultry farm, i got outside and swiftly hopped at the back of a moving truck transporting sacks of grass, what a good way to escape.
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" Just like your master, you are a good thief " Tachidili told me as I handed over the money to her, of course she knows am a thief, at least I make her business boom.
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" Sir Ajan, We actually came here for something" Gabriel started after a long talk and play with sir Ajan , " Yeah, you have said that for like five times now Gabi" Sir Ajan smiled turning his chair, must he do that? " Alvana, I think you should tell him" Gabriel whispered to me, " why can't you tell him yourself?" I asked him back, " it looks shameful telling him my wife was kidnapped under my nose" He told me, " Same here" I replied him. " Am still waiting" Sir Ajan said staring from me to Gabriel, " Alvana wife , sorry girlfriend is gone" Gabriel blurted out stammering, I, matt and israel turned to him , sir Ajan eyes moved from Gabriel to me, he certainly needed an explanation.