FLASH FICTION |THE GENESIS | the semies (DAY 2)

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Welcome back to the Genesis.
Well it's still the semi finals and it's day 2! Four contestants have made it to this level and are struggling to make it to the finals and ultimately become the king/Queen of the Flash Fiction Genesis Edition.
 

Check out today's entries below and please cast your votes for your most preferred story.



STORY |A|👇

The Bill Of Wates

It happened in the central city of Kaduna, late in the afternoon of the thirteenth of February. The skies threatened to rain as clouds gathered over a white storey building. On the fifth floor was some sort of activities as soldiers patrolled to and from a door that had a placard which read “EXECUTIVE MEETING. NO DISTURBANCE". Inside the room, Alhaji Danjuma stood up and adjusted his agbada. Holding a document and placing his spectacles just below his eyes, he peered into the faces of the ministers seated comfortably and said in a loud voice “My honorable ministers, I present to you The Bill of Wates." There was applause.

"This bill from His Majesty, Lord John Wates will increase the exchange rate of the dollar, giving us the opportunity to manipulate oil refineries for our gain, a free access to any country and fat bank accounts to go with. I end by saying, we have worked for Nigeria, now is the time for reward. We waste no more time. Chief Justice Peters, please stand and sign the papers".

Every eye rested enthusiastically on Justice Peters but he suddenly bowed his head like he was praying and stayed there for what seemed like a lifetime. Soon the executives couldn't hold it and one of them voiced angrily "Can you please sign the bloody papers?" The others murmured angrily but were stopped short as Justice Peters' weak voice echoed in the room, "I cannot. This is brutal. I shouldn't have agreed in the first place".

Immediately Alhaji Danjuma jumped up and pointed a finger at him, "You bloody fool! Now that you have agreed, there is no going back. So sign this bill now!"

Justice Peters looked at them with a sad face, shook his head and started towards the door.

"This is madness!”, Alhaji shouted at him but he kept walking. The door clicked but before they could utter another word, they heard a gunshot. Then two more shots in quick succession and it began to rain heavily.

The End





STORY |B|👇

SHADOW

Shadow lay on the ground, battered and bashed beyond recognition. Slowly drowning in the pool of his blood. Every breadth saw his life whizzing away from his grasp as his body rebelliously submitted to fate.  The scattered remains of what once served as market tables, used in the mob action, littered where now stood as a pyre. He could yet see through his blurry eyes as a young man in dead-white singlet and brown khaki shorts rolled in the tyre for the lynching that was to come.

The people could still not believe Shadow the notorious armed robber had been caught. His operations were usually swift and without traces, earning him the name, SHADOW. He was like a cross the rich Merchants of Okobaba had to carry, so each of them lived in fear of whose turn it was next.

But it all happened on a bright Friday afternoon. It was meant to be business as usual. Shadow had paid one of the leading spare part merchants in Okobaba market, Chief Owonikoko, one of those visits which always saw the carting away of cash, when it happened. The man on seeing Shadow muttered a few incantations and on reaching out to touch him, Shadow fell to the ground. And so with a few shouts of “ole”, Shadow was the next villain heading for the stakes.

Even now as he protested in faint grunts, how he was to dance this infernal dance of death, his life flashed at a glance. A strong feeling of betrayal rushing with a mixture of pain and disgust had hit him. It wasn’t the feeling of remorse for getting caught. No! He had been cheated. The same community peasants that dined with him were now his executioners. The society had lived in his shadow.

The End






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