The Devil I Became Chapter 6
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🤦 The Devil I Became Chapter Six:
Mike was at a market in the next big town after the one he lived in. He had gone to restock his shop. He had finished shopping already, paid some guys to load his goods into his car, and then went to a restaurant to eat. He had just finished eating when Ako appeared in front of him.
He couldn’t believe his eyes. He screamed and ran out of the restaurant. Ako followed him, hatchet in hand. She seemed to be gliding instead of walking. Mike could not believe he was seeing his dead sister again. He was running from one end of the market to the other and to the natural eyes of everyone present, it was believed Mike had gone mad.
Bad news spreads like wildfire. Within an hour, news of Mike’s manifestations had already reached his hometown. It was then then that Sandra, Mike’s other sister realized that it was Mike who had killed Ako. She confronted Mark as soon as Mike got back.
“Mike, please tell me. Do you have any hand in Ako’s death?” She asked, in tears.
“I don’t. Please why are you talking like that?”
“Because of the way things are going around here. Your sudden riches, your strange behaviour, Ako dying as soon as you became rich. Mike, please tell me the truth.”
Mike could no longer tolerate his sister’s pestering. He got up and left. He got into his car and went straight to Akpan’s house. He wanted to tell Akpan that he had been seeing his sister’s spirit.
Akpan didn’t seem surprised. He told Mike not to worry. He gave mike some concoctions and asked him to spray them around the house. He promised Mike the concoctions would keep Ako’s ghost away. However, nothing worked. Each time Mike closes his eyes, Ako would appear. Sometimes Ako appeared only in places where there was a crowd, just to embarrass Mike.
The whole village had started talking. People were now beginning to understand the source of Mike’s sudden and overnight riches. They were now beginning to be afraid of him. Mike, who was once very bulky, became very pale and haggard. He was always looking over his shoulders. He couldn’t sleep. He was suffering from serious sleep deprivation. Ako didn’t allow him to sleep at night. The only time he could manage to sleep was in the day.
Mike decided to hire some boys to stay with him all night. He paid them to play cards with him just so that he won’t fall asleep. He succeeded to be at peace for a while then Ako started appearing randomly even in the day. Mike could no longer bear it and he decided to seek the help of a powerful native doctor in the neighbouring village.
“You Killed your sister.” The native doctor said as soon as Mike approached the entrance to his shrine.
“I did, Baba. How did you know?” Mike asked, surprised. The negative doctor ignored his question.
“Your sister wants your head and she will have it, yes, she will. She was innocent. Her blood cries every day. She will not rest until she exacts her revenge on you.”
“That’s why I am here, Baba.” Mike said desperately. “Is there nothing we can do? Is there nothing we can do to chain or appease her spirit?”
The native doctor pondered for a while. He threw some cowries on the floor, uttered some incantations, looked up to the sky and then shook his head sadly.
Mike was impatient. The native doctor spoke again.
“You have to sleep with your mother. You must sleep with your mother. She must accept willingly. If she doesn’t accept willingly, nothing will work. After you have slept with your mother, your sister’s ghost will stop tormenting you.”
“Are you sure about this, Baba?” Mike asked.
“Yes, I am sure. Now go and do as you are told and you will be free.”
Mike paid him and left. He was wondering how he was going to convince his mother to sleep with him. However, while he was away at the native doctor’s place, Sandra had confessed to their mother how she went to Oku and brought a charm that resurrected Akos’s ghost. He told her Mike was responsible for her death and Mike was going to die. Mike’s mother was deeply grieved and the memory of her dead daughter once again flooded her heart and she wept uncontrollably.
Mike’s mum had another trouble worrying her. Not only was her daughter, Ako killed by her son, Mike, Sandra, her other daughter had told her Ako’s ghost was on the loose and was going to kill Mike. She didn’t want to lose another child. Her only son for that matter. That was why she wasn’t as mad as she should have been with Mike when he came home. Instead, she wept and wept and asked Mike why he did it. Mike told her he was misled and begged for her forgiveness. He however, told her there was a more serious trouble at hand.
“Mama, there is a serious trouble. I went to a native doctor to ask him to send Ako’s spirit away and he said the only way that could be possible is if I sleep with you.” Mike said in tears.
“What??” Mama Mike shouted. “Are you mad?”
“I am not mad, Mama. But that is what might befall me. In fact, I will die if I don’t do it.”
“Jesus Christ!! My son, what have you gotten yourself into? I can never do that. Its abomination. It’s sacrilege. God forbids!!”
“Mama, then be prepared to lose another child, your only son. This is the end of me, Mama. You think I want to do this? You think I am happy to do this? It is the only way. If I don’t do this, I will die. I might not even survive the night. Ako’s spirit is all over the place and she is fierce. She has already threatened to kill me. She almost killed me this morning. Please mum, please.”
“Then be prepared to die. I can never do it.
Goodbye.” Mama Mike said and stomped out.
Mike was desperate. He went into his bedroom and locked himself in. He was weeping seriously and knew he wasn’t going to survive the night. About four hours later, he was startled when he heard a knock at the door. He asked who it was and it was his mum. He let her in. She came forward and knelt on the floor.
“I have given a thought to it and I don’t want to lose another child. So, I will make the sacrifice, my son. I will sleep with you.”
TO BE CONTINUED
