Light And Death.

Chapter 13: Student

I waited through the morning of the next day for a sign from Kamal, something that never came, I became scared, I worried that something bad had happened or perhaps, the league had gotten a whiff of what Kamal had been doing to the electricity in my district. I heard nothing from anyone till about twelve noon, then, I heard a knock, I really was hoping for the worst but nothing like that was up for me, it was actually the exact opposite waiting for me, I opened the door and saw Kamal and Jordan beaming with smiles, Kamal had a document in his left hand and a pen in his right hand, I was about to welcome them in but Kamal pushed me aside, went in and dragged me by my left hand to the dining table, he told me to sign the document in his left hand as he put it on the table, he told me to sign at the bottom left corner and I was about to but then, I had a lot of questions, first, what was this document for? Kamal looked at me like he had read my mind, he looked at me and asked me if I did not have an idea what the document contained, I nodded and he began explaining to me. He told me he had submitted a request to have me trained personally, he suggested that he trained me instead of me spending my sentence doing nothing, well, that does make sense, I signed the document and as I was about to return the document, I saw a dash asking for the thumb print of my stronger hand, Jordan looked at me and brought an ink pad, I was about to ask which thumb to use because I was ambidextrous, that’s right, I could use both my hands equally, Kamal dragged my right hand, placed my thumb on the ink pad and put it straight on the document, he told me a thank you and told me to get packing, he made it clear we were leaving in an hour’s time.

1. I asked him where we were going to since we both lived nearby and he could train me right over here, he looked at me and with a smile, he told me I was now a member of the elite squad of the league of light, I looked at him dumbfounded, I didn’t remember applying, heck, I only got to know about the elite squad recently, I looked at Kamal perplexed and he simply smiled at me, he told me to ensure I do not give him that nonsense look, he tossed me a golden id card which I had to jump to grab, there, I saw my full name in capital letters, a passport picture of my face, my blood group and my date of birth. I asked him how, had the league recognised my talents and finally saw that I was worthy being elite, he chuckled and simply told me no, apparently, he had written a letter of recommendation and I had been accepted into the elite squad of the league of light. I looked at him ungratefully, I was pissed at him, he just took away my chances of chasing my dad, he laughed as if he had read my mind again, he told me he had just given me an upgrade, apparently, the elite squad of the league of light had one basic goal, eradicating the death squad, unlike other groups that focus on things like robbery, the elite squad was focused a whole lot more on the death squad. Jordan looked at both of us perplexed, he was about to ask a question when Kamal ushered him out and they both left immediately after Kamal told me to get ready in about twenty minutes. I was really happy about joining the elite squad but I knew things would get hard for me from this moment going forward, I was getting ready to leave when I heard a knock on the door, I was like what the actual f**k, it had not even been three minutes, Kamal was back already, I was about to give him a piece of my mind when I opened the door and saw Elizabeth right in front of me, I looked at her, she did not look too happy and she simply asked me if she could come in, I told her yes and sat her down, I asked if I could get her anything but she simply told me to not bother, she was only here to talk, I told her ok and sat, keeping my distance from her, I still haven’t forgiven or forgotten what she did to me. She looked at me and told me she had missed me, I looked at her unimpressed and simply told her okay, she told me Jordan had informed her I was leaving Lagos today, I looked at her and told her yes, I asked her hoe that concerned her, she told me our paths may not cross for a while and she just wanted to say goodbye, because I would be her happiest hello and her saddest goodbye, I saw tears welling up in her eyes but I was not going to fall for that, she had betrayed me, she did not deserve my forgiveness, only contempt. She told me I was always her favourite person and that she would miss me, I only told her okay and looked away, I was not in the mood for any of this, she moved closer and told me a thank you, I asked her what for and she told me that it was for always being there for her, she appreciated that. She looked me in the eye and told me she loved me, she came closer and planted a kiss on my lips, I did not object but simply proceeded to take her blouse off and grabbed her boobs, it was time for some real romance, I enjoyed where this was going but just then, I heard a honk, Kamal was probably here, I looked at the clock and twenty five minutes had really gone, I gently pushed Elizabeth off me and got my bag ready, I came back to her and planted a kiss on her lips, we kissed for a while and I promised to come back for her occasionally, with that said and done, I left and headed towards Kamal’s car, it was a gold plated Bugatti veyron, talk about fancy, I got in and looked back at Elizabeth waving, I waved back and she came over to hug me, I got in the car and Kamal drove off immediately, he asked me, “You like her don’t you? Even though she betrayed you?” I told him yes and he simply said alright, he told me he had a lot of things to tell me and I had better listen, after all, I was his STUDENT……………….