"What she carries around!?... What does she carry around!?... Aderinsola Salvador!... Would you be kind enough to remind me again exactly what she carries around!?.."
"Death and misery! Your granddaughter carries death and misery around and she went near my grandson! You..."
"ENOUGH BOTH OF YOU!" Oracle shouted, interrupting the argument that had escalated into exactly what their enemies wanted to happen between the trio's friendship.
"What kind of disrespect is this!?... Fighting inside the shrine, In the presence of Orunmila!?" Oracle said looking from Aderinsola to Mama Silver with shock written on his face.
"I am ashamed of both of you right now! Fighting each other when we should be looking for the person who wants to bring confusion into our midst... When we should be looking for how to save these children from each other!..."
He turned to Mama Silver...
"Adebisi control your anger right now!" Oracle warned her when he saw her eyes were alternating between its natural black to white and then to silver that glittered like diamond.
Oracle knew the danger of Mama Silver being in such a state. He knew she was more dangerous than Aderinsola and could destroy him, taking anybody that stands between them along with him.
"I will come back to address this issue between both of you later... But first, shouldn't you both be making calls to people who could prevent the children from meeting each other!?... After which we can join our spirits to find out who the person working to bring us down is..."
Without further ado, both Mama Silver and Aderinsola walked out of the shrine and hurried to where their cars were parked to get their phones. Aderinsola who showed no signs of the supposed stroke his family knew he suffered from was slightly walking ahead of Mama Silver. They were both still furious with each other.
"I thought we were family! We swore an oath to love and protect each other against the outside world. We swore an oath to not betray each other no matter what the situation might be...
Despite all these, how could Aderinsola now use what happened to my granddaughter to mock me!? How could he look me in the face and tell me, my granddaughter carries death and misery around!?...' Mama Silver angrily thought to herself.
"How could she!?... How could she deliberately endangered my grandson's life!?... Her granddaughter is a supernatural being!... A supernatural being who has lost control of her elemental power!... A ticking time bomb waiting to explode!... How could Adebisi send her near my grandson knowing how unstable she is!... Without bothering to inform me about it!'
Aderinsola and Mama Silver's thoughts towards each other were going haywire. Their hearts were angry and harboring hatred towards each other. Aderinsola who's strides were faster was the first to arrive where this car was parked. He opened the door, entered his car, and slammed the door so hard it startled everyone around.
Mama silver stood still and glared at his car, her eyes color began to flicker again. Then she remembered Emma...
"Ayinke first... I will deal with your foolishness later!" She mumbled to herself before entering her own car.
Inside his car, Aderinsola immediately started dialing Leo's phone number, when Leo didn't pick on the second ring, he dialed Paul's number who also didn't pick his cell phone and his secretary couldn't immediately locate him.
'What kind of misfortune is this?' He thought to himself before deciding to call Chris.
"Thank God!" He said with relief when Chris picked on the first ring.
"Leo needs your help right now Chris! Please hurry to the Salvadorian Empire right now!" He said without beating around the bush.
Getting through to Omolade wasn't difficult. She picked Mama Silver's call on the first ring...
"Lade, please leave whatever you are doing and go right now to your sister's school. Pick Abby up, and go with her to Salvadorian Empire. Your sister is in danger!"
"My sister in danger... What happened!? Can't we just call the police and..."
"No police! Do you understand me, Lade!? Whatever you see, whatever might have happened to her, do not involve the police... Just keep calm, make her comfortable and call me! Even if I didn't pick immediately, you have to keep calling until I pick or call you back. Do you understand me!?"
"Yes grandma, understood!"
"Okay, I'll call Abby to let her know you're already on your way." Mama Silver immediately disconnected the call with Omolade and called Abby who also picked on the first ring.
"Grandma, good afternoon ma..."
"Abike kindly do me a favor?" Mama Silver went straight to the point not bothering with pleasantries.
"Alright, what is the favor ma?"
"Omolade is on her way right now to you. Do you know the tea Emma carries around with her everywhere she goes?"
"Yes..."
"Good! Please brew some for her and take it along with you to Salvadorian Empire. Emma is in danger right now, please hurry to her!"
Oracle was already waiting for them when they got back to the shrine.
"It is time to know who is behind these problems these children have been facing for the past three days." He said as soon as they entered. He led the two to another room inside the shrine where a huge triangle had already been drawn on the floor.
He took a white bowl containing sand and placed it at an edge of the triangle while chanting;
"Earth is Fashina..." The sand immediately responded like it had a mind of its own. It started whirling around inside the bowl before it toppled it over. Sliding out of the bowl like it was a snake. It moved around the sides and edges of the triangle before returning back into the bowl.
"Oracle then placed an already lit antique bronze oil lamp at another edge of the triangle and chanted...
"Fire is Aderinsola." They were all surprised though when the fire didn't respond, when it was supposed to burn higher towards the ceiling.
"What is happening!? This has never happened before, what happened now!?" Oracle wondered out loud. Without wasting more time, he placed the lamp aside and picked another white bowl that has water in it. He then placed it at the only angle that was left unoccupied...
"Water is Adebisi..." The bowl of water also stayed calm. Something is definitely wrong because anytime they want to connect in spirit like today, their elements always rejoice. Aderinsola's fire would burn high before tracing the triangle while Mama Silver's water would boil over. Now it was only the earth that responded.
Oracle knew what was causing the problem, but remained silent. He returned everything he had placed on the floor back to where he picked them from and calmly left the room.
Aderinsola and Mama Silver looked at each other for a second before they rushed after Oracle.
"Fashina! Fashina wait..." Mama Silver called out to Oracle and he stopped like he was amazed she just called him back.
"What is it Silver?"
"What is it?... Are you just going to leave..." Aderinsola was talking before Oracle interrupted him.
"Yes, I am just going to leave! Oracle replied calmly. And if we couldn't stop whoever is behind this attack on time... Whatever it is that happened to those children would be on both your heads." He pointed at Mama Silver and Aderinsola.
"What is the matter with the two of you!?" He asked them in frustration. How could you both expect to be in one spirit while hatred for each other burn inside your hearts!?... If we cannot unite physically, then how can we unite in spirit!?
Whatever hatred you both are having towards each other, can you not put it aside for these children, so we can save them!?... After all, they didn't ask to be in this situation, we dragged them into it! If you both are willing to save your grandchildren's lives from untimely death then please work out your issues, for now at least, and call me when you're ready to unite."
After Oracle left, Mama Silver and Aderinsola both looked at each other... Taking in deep breaths and letting it out.
'It's not easy to forget the fact that she put my grandson's life in danger but I have to, if not for anything but his sake'
'I can overlook the facts that he mocked my granddaughter for what was no fault of hers... I will overlook it for her sake.'
***
Each man and woman stood fiercely at the edges of a triangle. The elements that were already placed before them moved again to meet at the center of the triangle. The three elements rose high, shooting almost to the ceiling before it intertwined and danced in unity and togetherness.
And in togetherness, their voices boomed out in unison "This is the unification of our body, mind, and spirit..."