THE ABOMINATION OF THE NINE 💀🧟🙅EPISODE 1 🌒🕯️BY Estelle..."Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"A loud scream was let out in the night.. It was well after midnight and the only thing that could be heard was the rising whistle of the wind. "Ayinke you can do it.. You can oo and you will.. Oya push again" Mama Asake said.The whole family were feeling scared as they had always been when it came to Childbirth... They had always delivered in the family.But still, death could come knocking any time. The two grandmas and the two grandpas and their six children and their spouses and their in laws and their children were all living under the same roof... If you married into the Fowotomi family, you had to live with them together with your family and back then no one objected.. because the Fowotomi family were known for their wealth.. going to live there was paradise... When they were out of rooms, they made more, their house was what you'd describe as long and filled with rooms and corridors.The women in the house had gathered around Ayinke assisting her as she gave birth to the first child of her family... They were anxious because no one wanted to lose Ayinke, since she was someone they all loved to be around."Ah I'm tired, I want to sleep" Ayinke murmured weakly. "Wake her! She must not sleep oo! Once she sleeps, she is gone!" Mama Asake shouted at the women.The children began to cry but they had to watch, it was family custom for the children to be treated as adults."Mama...I want to sleep..""I have seen the head!" Mama Asake shouted all of a sudden. This brought joy around everyone and they all started to encourage Ayinke."Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"The head came out and thunder struck!It brought back the daylight in a second and took it back...The lanterns flickered."E fi ara bo ina yi (Use your bodies to shield the light)" Mama Abeke said. Another deafening thunder erupted again which turned off all the lights.The wind began to blow more furiously. <<<At the King's Palace.The Sacred Candles flickered which brought the attention of the King to them."Am I seeing this well?" He asked himself. "Sacred Candles flickering? it cannot be" As if in response to his Question, the candles turned off. " Eeeeh! Eewo! (Abomination)" The Sacred Candles were the sign of Peace in the Kingdom, they were kept around the King's throne and nothing could make them flicker or go off, the only thing that could make them flicker was the arrival of trouble but the Candles going off? That meant more trouble than they could take. The King could not understand...The normal candles didn't flicker or go off, so why the Sacred Candles?"Gbenga! Gbenga!!""Kabiyesi!" Gbenga answered running to the King and bowing down.The King waved his Irukere (Horse tail) swiftly and dismissively."Gather the guards.. you all are to summon the chiefs right now! And the villagers shouldn't hear of this!""Yes your highness!""This is Aogbekun! Nothing can threaten Aogbekun as long as I'm King! Nothing! Not even the crown itself!!" He stood and arranged his agbada and went into his rooms.Shortly after, the guards all arrived with the chiefs who all looked like they had dressed on the way." Kaaabiyesi ooo" they all greeted.He waved his Irukere at them swiftly the same way he had at the guard."Kabiyesi, Permit me to ask why we have all been summoned at this unholy time of night""Kabiyesi! The Sacred Candles!" Another Chief who was obviously paying more attention exclaimed and all the faces of the chiefs and guards grew into one of shock."This is what I called you for...There is trouble Wahala ti de! (Trouble has come!)"The Chiefs started to murmur."Kabiyesi..we need to go to Lafenwa, he will know about this by now""You have spoken well...Let's go! Bring the royal guards..let them number 100, we are going to see Lafenwa!" The King declared.Lafenwa was the Priest...he was the one who helped to select Kings and tell them what to do to maintain their Power..there was nothing that happened in Aogbekun that he didn't hear about.<<<"Ibeji! (Twins)" The Fowotomi family exclaimed as Ayinke began a fresh struggle after the first child had been removed."Take it easy! You will be over this very soon..oya...Di aso yen mu (Hold that cloth)" Mama Asake ordered.Ayinke was already soaked from head to toe, she was shaking, she was cold and all her body ached in pain, she told herself she would never experience childbirth again..the pain was too much..she wanted to cry but tears did nothing, she wanted to just run off and at some point she had thoughts of giving up, she wanted to fall back on the mat and not mind Mama Asake's shouting, she didn't want to care again..She knew her Private Part had been ripped apart from the pain she felt and the child's bobbing head did nothing to help it.It aggravated the pain the more she pushed and when she did nothing, the pain was more and unbearable. Pushing itself was agony, she was stuck in that pain..TBC