"sir I need you to sign this," Nora stepped in behind me as I leave the office.
"what is it Berge?"
"check approval."
"tell them there is no money to approve any payments, now. delay it as much as you can Berge."
"I already did. They are not backing down." "DedRox?"
"yes Sir." Then, talked to Diana." "she asks me to come to you."
"well, not now Nora. Find a way to handle it…". "I already did sir."
"what is wrong with you Nora?"
"how will you have done it sir?"
"I will fire you one of this days Berge. Away with you now…."
"I can't my lord. Its time?". No, I didn't hear that".
"yes you did, it is time…". "get out of my head Berge."
"I can't," she said as she closed the distance between us. Her eyes that had just turned yellow, were gleaming with a longing of a turning panther.
She is one of them. I glanced around, Most of the workers were already gone. but not all of them.
"I see you Berge, and I know what you want. Follow me lets go down stairs." We walked down stairs.
Then, proceeded through the private exit and descended a flight of stairs thirty feet down to the basement.
there was a tunnel here leading to the cave opening, Nebulous have shown the blue prints, and secret keys to places only we know about.
I wanted to lead Nora to Nebulous, because nebulous had already won me about something like this.
Nora came to take from me, not to submit for the offering. She is definitely one of those controlled by Nka.
Nebulous was there waiting in the basement at the mouth of a tunnel, that will lead us two miles into the main underground opening.
"I can't believe there is a place such as this below wodmax," Berge said with glee, and stopped on her tracks, and sniffed the air, there is some one here.
"Maybe you knew but can't remember". I replied to keep her busy, and blinded to the danger lurking around this spot were Nebulous waited.
"fall to the ground now, kuga!."
Nora moved like an electric current on seeing Nebulous as I dropped quickly to the ground to escape from the cross fire.
Two shots from a silencer rang, before the bulb exploded and the space went dark.
"this time I will make sure I killed you, old man," Berge rasped as she struggles with Nebulous in the dark. Then, a shriek followed.
That must be Berge in pain. "get out of here Kuga".
"I will be damn, old man." I switch on my phone light"
Nora had turned to a large brown panther, pining Nebulous to the wall with its paws, and raking deep furrows on his chest with her claws.
although, I had that long dream about the history of the puma,. nothing prepared my for seeing one in reality this close.
All this is real? what the ***
the Pantheress had her gaping mouth inches away from the old hunters throat. He fought to keep it at bay. A ghastly sight to behold with all the blood that was dripping from bother man and beast. Nora had her side bleeding from a gun wound.
Nebulous was at a disadvantage.
"come to me Nora, its I you want" I beckon, the panther to me.
"I told you to get out of here. damn you, she will kill you" Nebulous uttered courses in languages I couldn't fathom.
"no she wouldn't".
"it's okay Nora, come to me dear, I give you my free offering. I won't let you turn." The distraction was enough to give nebulous the time to free himself from the deadly position with stab to the rib cage of the panther.
"no, don't kill her Nebulous…". the hunter paused, and hissed, "if you move I will drove the knife into the heart."
The panther snarled helplessly on the floor. Fighting to break from the grip of nebulous.
"Nora, stop fighting… you two know each other?"
"I have been tracking this one for sometime now. she did be hiding in my purse all this time."
"Come, let's get to the soil, it will heal you both."
"you may live to regret this kuga," Nebulous said as we lift up the lifeless pantheress and walked down the tunnel to the cave opening.
Quickly, I shovel and excavated the earth 2 feet deep, and we buried the panther up to the neck, after nebulous remove the bullet from her on the side of her belly.
Nebulous was looking very weak from loss of blood.
"you need a transfusion old boy…"
"there is no time for all that, more of this things will be coming after you. what did you do to hurt your mate? You will need her by your side now more than ever. She is also turning…."
"turning, I thought we have move passed...."
"have you offered it to her, your blood?"
"I can't remember… that will explain why she is behaving weird."
"She has been isolating herself from you, right?"
"she wouldn't let us sleep together… oh my, how come I didn't…".
"hurry now before she turn, there is no time, you have to give her your trust by offering her your blood. With her on your side, any of the other maidens can't claim you like this one nearly does. this one would've killed you after she was through with you ."
"why will she do that?"
"that's what she was send to do. That's what Nka wants. Without you he will use fear and terror claim them as a new lord.
Go now kuga, find your mate, or we are all doomed," he said feeble, as he baths the moist black soil on his bleeding massive chest."
"I will come back for you as soon as I can, Grandpa…".