The Wishing Well – Episode 2

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EPISODE 2

 

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WRITTEN BY NATHANIEL ANUMA

 

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Kiana struggled in the hands of the strange man. He held her like a master to his slave. Meanwhile, the other three students had not come out from the shock of their lives which the man put them.

 

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“This whole shit is getting weird” Juel spoke unabashedly still in his wresting posture. “Where is this place and who are you, mister man?”

 

“I’m a man who only came for a wish, and it’s granted” the strange man replied. He turned to Kiana then continued with a bedroom voice. “You’re the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. I will take care of you, my queen. Please, follow me” he cares her cheek with a hand.

 

“Leave me alone!” the poor girl screamed like one being tormented by a ghost. She flung herself off from the man then ran to Juel and others.

 

“Run!” Anderson took on his heels first followed by Nancy before Juel, but all hesitated when they noticed Kiana didn’t join the race.

 

“Kiana!” Juel called on her, yet she kept staring at the strange man who held his throat like one being strangled with a rope. Seeing that, all came back to watch the man fell beside the well and died instantly. Everywhere became as quiet as a grave yard except the chirping of insects from nearby trees. The four students couldn’t say anything but looked at one another.

 

Anderson swallowed hard as his voice came dryly. “This place is weird. I’m getting scared. We need to leave now”

 

Just as they wanted to flee for the second time, a deep scary voice came from the well saying, “No one leaves my den without making a wish. Therefore, made a wish, Kiana otherwise die”

 

“What?” Kiana slid her hair backward with a glance at others to know if they also heard the voice.

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“I told you this place is weird” Anderson reminded.

 

“Kiana, let’s go!” Nancy grabbed her hand.

 

 

“Wait!” Juel shrieked. “We don’t know what killed that man, so we can’t risk it” he stared at Kiana. “We can’t risk your life. You need to go make a wish. We all have made”

 

Tears began to drop from her eyes for she was very emotional and delicate in heart. “But my wish will cause someone’s life. What if it will be my parents or any of the people I love?” she cried.

 

“What of your own life?” Juel asked rhetorically. He had always had his eyes on the pretty girl just like other male students, but never made a move.

 

Nevertheless, Kiana took his advice, slowly walked to the well like one walking to the point of her death, while others watched in terror. She finally looked into the well and made her wish. Seeing that, Juel took her by the hand to flee for the third time, the voice from the well came again. “Your wish must be confidential until it’s granted and must never leave you after granted otherwise die. That’s what killed Mekus”

 

“The man’s name is Mekus?” Anderson said deliberately.

 

“Yes, i think he died not because I figured out his wish but because his wish left him to us” Nancy clarified, while everybody stared at Kiana coz she was Mekus wish.

 

“Come on, let’s go” Juel took her by the hand as all finally left the strange land to the local road where the accident occurred. By then, darkness had taken the atmosphere. Also, the lorry had been carried out from the sloppy land, but the scars it left remained obvious. The four students could see it: broken trees and spilled soil. They stood on the road wondering how they made it alive from such a brutal accident. Suddenly, Kiana sighted a white paper by the side of the road and took it up.

 

“What’s that?” Nancy asked her.

 

“A newspaper” she replied then continued as they stared at her. “I saw Mr Chuks reading this inside the lorry before the accident. Everybody was tired and sleeping, but he was awake”

 

 

Silence creeped in among them. They were trying to figure out what she wanted to substantiate. Anderson broke the silence saying, “We already know the cause of the accident. No need to be pointing accusing fingers on anybody.”

 

“I’m not pointing any accusing fingers on anybody” Kiana took a step away from them. “I only told you a story related to the newspaper” she added, then another silence took in. Surprisingly, she looked at all of them and said, “Why do i have this feelings that I’ve seen Mekus somewhere?”

 

“You must be joking” Nancy replied.

 

“His face looks familiar!”

 

“Well, we might found out later” Anderson calmed the tension.

 

“Please, we must not tell anybody about the well or the cause of the accident” Juel warned.

 

“But why?” Nancy asked.

 

“Because people will like to go there, and you know what happens if anybody should step foot there”

 

“Yes, they will be in bondage just like we are now” Kiana slid her hair again. “Because making a wish on that well is like putting yourself in bondage. I’m still very afraid” she added.

 

“Listen,” Anderson stepped forward. “No matter what happens or who dies for our wish to be granted, nobody must know about it or our presence to the well coz it will lead us to more trouble. Okay?”

 

Nobody replied, but all agreed with him. Just then, a headlight from a vehicle

 

shone from a distance

 

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Dr. Danny could be seen with the driver of the lorry in the federal hospital. He laid on the sick bed with a leg, hanging up at the base of the bed. One could see bandages around it from knee to ankle. Mr Danny sent his condolence. “What really happened, driver?” he asked with a hand on his waist.

 

“I can’t explain, sir” the poor driver began. “There was nothing that could pull that lorry like that, not even the small pothole I tried to go through. It was as if the lorry was jacked up by a superman”

 

Dr. Danny exhaled. “This is strange.” he looked around the large ward. “Where is Mr Chuks, the lecturer?”

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The answer to that question came behind him. “He has been discharged.”

 

He turned to see the medical doctor. “Why?”

 

“It’s a miracle. The man didn’t have a single scratch on him”

 

“Really?”

 

“Yes, though I still gave him some medications”

 

Dr. Danny glanced at the driver, thinking deeply. Suddenly, his attention deviated to a noise coming from outside the hospital. He hurried to the place to see Jumbo, the four students and other press who sought for information. Jumbo shook hands with him.

 

“Sir, we just saw them on our way back after extending our search to other part of the land” he said.

 

“Thank you so much” Dr. Danny, for a moment, smiled. He looked at the students

 

then ordered them to go for a check-up. However, they had not said anything to

 

anyone.

 

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The next morning, Dr. Danny met Mr Chuks in his house where he was preparing for school. Of course he knew that he had a big narration to make to the

 

 

management of the affected tertiary institution coz he took the students out for excursion. Just in the living room, Dr. Danny entred. Both looked at each other.

 

“Good morning, doc” Mr Chuks greeted and offered him a seat. “You should have waited coz I was on my way to school”

 

“I came to find out personally what happened” he looked at him suspiciously. “The doctor said you are the only one who had no scratch on his body after the accident”

 

Mr Chuks glanced up like a man of God in spirit. “It’s a miracle” he said.

 

‘Really?” Dr. Danny nodded suspiciously again. Of course Mr Chuks noticed but wondered why he was acting that way. Therefore he said, “Doc, I’ve seen the news this morning. I guess I’m not the only one without a scratch on his body after the accident. The four students who were found last night experienced the same miracle”

 

“Yes, I noticed” Dr Danny touched his white beards.

 

“Have you asked them anything?”

 

“Not yet. We shall do that together” he stood up and left after more pleasantries.

 

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Touch-hill university was a private one. Large and magnificent with amazing

 

population of student. It has a news broadcasting department which Kiana was in

 

charge as the school press. She collects news about school activities and broadcast

 

it through a newspaper called ‘The Touch’ One could see her entering into her

 

control room, sat before a desk-top and began to do her work. There were papers

 

of all kinds, hanging almost on all the walls of the room. Suddenly, she shouted,

 

“Oh my God!” and called Juel on the phone who arrived with Nancy and

 

Anderson. All stood before her, waiting to hear the reason of the urgent call.

 

“Ana, you sounded urgent. What’s it?” Juel asked.

 

“Has any of your wish been granted?” she asked.

 

“No” all replied at once.

 

“Okay. I told you Mekus face looks familiar. Look at what I found” Kiana zoomed a picture from the computer screen. Though the main picture wasn’t Mekus.

 

“But that’s not him” Nancy objected immediately.

 

“I’m not talking about the main picture. Look at the two people shaking hands behind the main picture”

 

The three students fixed their eyeballs on the screen.

 

“I took that picture after a meeting held by all the lecturers” Kiana said.

 

Juel straightened up in surprise just like others. “That’s Mekus shaking hands with Mr Chuks” he said.

 

“Yes” Kiana replied. “That means, Mr Chuks must had known about him or the accident” she added, while they remained silent…. :

 

TO BE CONTINUED

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