The morning sunrise, perfect, I could feel the warmth on my face, I was dressed on bright red sleeves, black pant and a red all-star shoes, my watch says the time 10:54 am , I looked perfect and excited about my first date.
YOU LOOK EXCITED FOR YOUR DATE EJI
"Yeah, after all, it is my first time going out on a date, I have always wondered how it felt like"
HAVE YOU DISCOVERED ANY THING ABOUT HER YET, BECAUSE YOU SEEM TO BE HAVING SO MUCH FUN, YOU FOR GETTING WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT
"What you talking about? I looked at Marta
HUH, ARE YOU KIDDING ME, REVENGE
"Oh, I haven't forgotten, I am still on it"
Knock knock, "who is hoooome?
" She here, we talked later Marta, I got to bounce.
I slide the door open, she was most certainly gorgeous, her black flowing hair neatly swept behind her shoulders, her pretty skin with sparking ocean in her eye, she was on a fine dress white and blue in color and a white sandals neatly match. I observed her cup department in her chest had grow bigger than expected, maybe the school uniform had a way of hiding some delicate features. Still I appreciated the work of Mother Nature when she spoke
"Hey, Eji, you being staring", is my dress bad."
"No, contrary, I was admiring the work of God, he must have created you with a 9b pencil or best pencil in heaven, and he sure put a lot of work in you".
She chuckled "that so sweet, how was your night, good and you", we walked why holding hands but Marta felt disgusted.
I was expecting I and Bella like any aspirating lovers to have fun in an amusement park, eat ice cream , watching movies instead I was rather shocked to what I was looking at,
A brown building with Cross on top. Standing in front of a church associated with the school. At some point, I thought she was going to call a priest to cast out some demon in me but quite the contrary.
The school was owned by the Roman Catholics church. So when we walk into the church and to my greatest surprise.
Marta was afraid to come along, she decided to stay outside the church, I felt a burdened, harden stone lift from my heart.
Sited in a church Bella narrates her ordeal.
"Huh" bella, why are we sited in a church, I questioned
She touched my hand,
Eji, you said you like to know why I said we were similar and i promised if you agree to go on a date with me, I would tell you my story".
yep" OK, I am all hears"
Fumbling with her fingers she narrate.
"I am the eighteen child of my father, the last child of my family and my dad was a flirt, he had lot of women, at very young age, my father, he made so much money owning a transport company moving citizens from state to state and counties, for some reason he joined the occult.
"Cult? I raised an eyebrow
"Yes a cult, a fraternity, he was a devil and an angel at the same time, he function in a Catholic Church given free money to the poor and so many others, one of the condition of the cult gave was that he has to marry from the ladies of the cult and soon he had lots of women, my mother was just a pretty thing he had liked during those times though she was in a cult and we believe it was a spell that charm her to fall for him. my mother couldn't control her desires for him, he married him and gave birth twins, my sister and I, my sister name is Christabel and i am Bella. When the spell finally wash off,
My mum discovered that my dad was using her destiny to elongate his life. If I was supposed to died two years from now, with the power of the occult, I could swap my destiny with someone else and that person will die in two years and I get to live more.
My mum filed for a divorce and all but she was only able to go with Christabel.
I was held back. For some reasons my step mother never like me and then the violence began. I suffer for a very long time. I overheard, them talking about sacrificing me to some deities and I ran from the house. With no we're to go I wandered around streets for two years, I tried to locate my sister . I heard my mother died a year after I ran from home and she had suffered from a foster parents trying to sexually assault her and she ran. The last time I heard was that my mothers sister found her and she has being looking for me. It took me some time to locate them and hope that after I graduate, I will go and reunite with her.
Two years on the street, I lived on garage, trash bin, begging and one day I just got tired and decided to jump from the famous bridge called central metropolis bridge. And that's when a woman came, she was dazzling beautiful like an angel, she gave me a necklace with a cross and said to me, my child be brave be strong, your duty and role is not yet fulfilled . She pointed to a direction and I followed the directions and turned back to see her just few meters away, she was gone, I couldn't explain it. She just disappeared into thin air. I went to the directions I was sent and a priest said he was waiting for me, he clothed me, I ate good food and enrolled me to a school, the priest was transferred to this neighborhood and so I followed enrolling to the Catholic sister school. So eji, I don't know what you went through but you have to live your life to the fullest and enjoy the rest why you can, cause life is short and I truly would love to spend my remaining days of my years with you".
Bella story strike something in me that evening, I was not the only one who had hard time in life, I learnt that majority of the world's population including the ones I killed are wearing a mask, a fake smile, some smile just to cover their deep scares and Injuries to heal. Life is not fair. I told Bella a few about my story but not everything, I couldn't bring myself to tell her that I crash a plane just to avenge my mother, I couldn't tell her that I blew up an entire building because I was a scum. So I made up my mind not to kill any more, or at least if I was to, he must be extremely bad Criminals, just because of Marta,
How will she react? Besides, I would love to nullify the contract with her but I believe she will kill me for it.
So when I got home. I told Marta that I killed over 3000 people which should fulfill my weekly killing task for a while. I won't be killing for a while and if I have to do so. It must be bad criminals. And so year passed by, I and Bella began to date seriously and a lot changed. I had stop killing not knowing Marta had a surprise in store for me.
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In my first year of senior school, I saw a webtoon contest, to qualify for that competition, you have to choose a categories, heartfelt or brain. The heartfelt rules are
I had to draw a romantic webtoon story to win million of dollars. I decided to draw Bella and my story for the competition and then I linked the webtoon to my social media, book face and instar -ram and other social platform, to win 30 percent points would be given to followers who like your works. I needed a lot of viewers to like my graphic novel, I put in lots of effort in it. When I was curious, checked the comment.
I saw Ill comments against bella,
Comments like what a crappy story, why did Bella not get r**e, what an i***t author, the weird thing was that it was not just the platform, even my social media. Three persons from the platform
Turned other readers against me to speak sarcastic comments.
I tried to find out their names, picture but the funny thing was that there were none, I was blinded by rage and anger and Marta showed up.
WHY DON'T YOU JUST KILL THEM, THEY ARE JUST THREE PERSONS, THEY TURNED THE VIEWERS AGAINST YOU, YOU COULD END THEM EASILY ANY TIME AND CONTINUE.
"No, there is no reason to kill them, I don't want to kill them".
THEY INSULTED BELLA AND YOUR PRIDE, WITH ALL YOU HAVE SUFFERED, PEOPLE SHOULDN'T TAKE YOU LIGHTLY, YOU HAVEN'T GAVE ME A SOUL FOR A YEAR, I THINK IS UNFAIR, I AM OFFENDED,OK LET ME OFFER YOU A DEAL, JUST GIVE ME THREE SOULS AND I WOULD NOT BOTHERED YOU FOR A YEAR.
What?
"Really" Marta or you just pulling my legs"
HAVE I EVER LIED TO YOU BEFORE
Men I was damn naive to trust Marta. A ghost.
The enticement was too good, for three good for nothing persons, I would not have to kill any one for another year, I was careless,
"But there is no photo of them, how do we draw them?".
EASY, I HAVE SCRIPT LAID OUT, WE CAN SKETCH A SCENARIO OF A MONSTER STRETCHING HIS HAND OUT AND CREATE A RULE, CALLING THEIR NAME, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, AT THE LOOK OF THIS PHOTO AND MENTIONING THE PHRASE b****y MARTA OF WEBTOON, JAMES YOU HAVE INVITED b****y MARTA OF WEBTOON TO YOUR HOME AND YOU SHALL SURELY DIE
SO WHEN THEY SEE THE PHOTO,AND THEN WITH THEIR LIPS, MENTIONED THE PHRASE, THEY HAVE GIVEN THE PERMISSION TO COME OVER AND KILL THEM, THAT IS UNDER THE SPIRITUAL LAWS OF THE SPOKEN WORD. IF YOU ALLOW ME TAKE OVER YOUR BODY, I COULD DO A PERFECT JOB FOR YOU.
Marta promise to sketch using my body and then immediately I agreed and gave her my body that was when my nightmare began.
Marta suddenly took control over me, i felt a strong dizzy sensation as if I was d**g, it was the same method she used in attacking my enemies, light faded from my eyes and somehow I drew and i slept of.
When the sun peaks it's humble head over the horizon.
I stretched out, tired and for some reason I was extremely hungry, I checked my phone .
80 miss calls from Bela
"s**t! " What the hell happened?, my stomach growls and I decide to make breakfast first, since I was going to school, I would call her on the way. I felt Marta controlling my body made me sleep deep that I couldn't hear my phone ring. I look into the computer
"Message sent".
Growl! Haaaaaa am so hungry, I have to get some food
"Message sent? I did not send any messages, anyway, I checked it when I get back from school, am late already."
I walked down my apartment and put on the TV.
On the screen , the national news was covering a story,
[CCN News:Today Friday of June]
"Huh, Friday ? Yesterday was sundayy and today is Monday, how come it's Friday. "Is the reporter alright".
[The world mourn as it faces a global death pandemic as it records 10 million death across the world, Detectives of the city metropolis reveals that this death are linked with black hand imprints across their necks. Every victim had died at the hours of 8 to 4am in the morning .Further details will be updated subsequently. reporting live ccn]
Crack!
The plate on my hand falls to the ground
What the hell?
What the hell?
"What? Did I just hear" ,I was shocked . "Ten million people with black hands imprinted across their neck dead". Is that not the way Marta kills. How long have I being asleep"
Marta? I called
"Maaaarta Marrai '.I shouted but no response. I called unto Marta severally but she was did not show up, I panicked , I picked my phone and I dialed Bella's number, she was not picking, I quickly put on my school uniform and began to run to school dialing consecutively . She was not picking, a tear drop falls from my eye as my heart begin to thud with panic and rising with fear, it was as if the road to school was like a thousand mile.
"What is happening? What is happening? Tears began to fall out of fear and panic. I tried to hold unto it but for some reasons I had a bad feeling danger was knocking around. I got to school, students looking at me. I open the class door. She was not there, I questioned a student if they have seen her this morning, the answer was not what I hope to hear
No,
I began to run to her dorm, by the time I got there, she was not there, her doors were locked. I panic even more tears began to roll from my eyes.
"No no no no please, God, I am sorry" I won't killed people, I won't kill anyone ever again just please keep her alive"
I ran to the church and it's just hits me that, I came to school early, there are lots of variability, I might have missed her on the way to school or maybe she was in the school office. I try to calm down a bit and check my phone. It has being five good days I was asleep. How was that possible, I began to retrace my steps to school, it's was school break time already, I ran and just then I open the entrance door. I saw her out of breath. She was trying to catch her breath.
She looks up at me, "I have being looking for you' she spoke mildly
I was so glad, I ran towards her and gripped her holding her body to mine. Tears falling from my eyes"I thought I lost you". She chuckled and somehow in that frenzy with eye of witnesses of some student watching, I kiss her. She didn't understand but at that moment we didn't care, we just locked how lips together.
Our little frenzy was cut short when we heard sounds from students
Woooooooooah! Nice going.
"You the man and students began to clap commenting my efforts. We were embarrassed. We worked to class. I just lied that I was smug by robbers and I put on a brilliant fight, but I was knocked out. And I slept for days.
When I came to school and her dorm and she was not around, I panicked after 80 miss calls.
She said she visited knocking at my door but no one and she was worried to death and when I showed up. In school. She saw me from the window. We miss each other on the way.
I was curious what marta did and what was happening so I decided to check the versions.
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The day faded into the night with the angle of the moon hung in the sky
Gunfire and screams heard from a direction, Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Thwack,
thwack,
A g*n fires continually with a solemn face, he grins as its g*n fires into an empty space. He screams
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaa
A young brave police officer in black uniform equip with bullet proof vest fumbled his g*n with shaking hands as he looks left and right, he couldn't believe he's own eyes, there was no mistaking about it, it was as it was described to him, it was a ghost that crept around".
"A chill crept further up his spine as goose bumps started to cover his arm. The police station light twitches off and on. The room is made of large room window with computers full of g*n holes atop desks with papers scattered all over the place. Several sea of cops as far as he could see laid dead on the floor in horrible manner. Some cop face skin and flesh sucked dried from their body till skull and bones remain with their vest and cloths on equipped with assault rifles .The courageous young cop brandish is g*n left and right quivering, his leg shuddering and his eyes filled with the dread of fear and despair".
'What the hell is this? Robin
"Robin is dead, another cop laid in the ground cries, you have to get out of here, and quickly that monstrous thing is not human. The team was wiped out".
"Go quickly and tell the captain, the webtoon administrator told the truth, the recent death was from a mobile phone. They should not read the graphic novel, boodly webtoon". Quick sam.
8 swat team equipped with helmet and shield rammed the police station door gallantly, agile holding assault rifle, a sign of relief in the young man's face as sees back up.
"Situation Reports" the captain order
He was yet done talking, when a mobile phone suddenly turn on by its self on the desk, the officers perplexed at the phone atop table with his g*n pointed.
"Webtoon" logo pops up on the screen of the phone, it mildly screws to a graphic novel named b****y webtoon . Sam the young man began to run through the door, shouting it's a ghost.
Coward another swat officer proclaim,
The captain grim as began to read it out aloud,
WHO SO EVER SHALL READ BOOK AND MENTION THE PHRASE" b****y MARTA" SHALL EXPERIENCE A CURSE OF MARTA INVITING HER TO YOUR HOME AND SHALL SURELY DIE.
WHO SO EVER SHALL STAND IN MARTA'S WAY TO PREVENT THE CURSE SHALL SURELY DIE
An image of Marta sudden pops on the screen. For a few seconds, nothing happened, the police man walk closer and then a clawed red hand whose dark finger nails where black shoots straight from up from the Mobile phone, the hand located the table using it as a lever to raise from the phone, the swat captain takes several step back ward shocked.
A humanoid head with black red hair began to emerge from the phone screen. the screen turn liquid red as blood drops to the ground from the phone like water dropping from an over flowing cup as a full humanoid head emerges with hair covering most of the face. A full head down to the torso began to stand atop from the phone atop table. She lifts her head, a pair of red eyes and yellow pupils with skull decayed face, her teeth was full of blood and brownish decayed sharp teeth. The police men froze in fear holding their assault rifle pointing it at the direction of the creature. They began to quiver violently , as Marta emerge ascending 16 feet tall above the man with her skin made of mixed red and brownish decayed flesh on a red gown.
She howls at them with her mouth wide open. The captain flesh began to leave his body as he screams. Marta grips his neck with her clawed hand imprint across his neck. She bites his delicious flesh in his shoulder cap.
Aaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaa!
The captain screams as he feels the pain of the bite across is shoulder as his flesh being sucked dried from his body. In seconds, his eyeballs fall from his eye socket with just skeletal bones remain from his body.
Fire fire, the swat team shouts fumbling their g*n.
DELICIOUS FLESH, I NEED MORE she dive into the swat team as they scream
AaaaaaaaaaaHaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
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Present
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Ejiro holding onto Bella's hand on the run, their eyes full of dread and fear as they look to and fro on the street.
"What the hell was that? Was that truly Marta's form, s**t I have pissed the wrong creature off. eji grimed
"Am sorry, I guess is because of me marta as turned to kill us, am so scared to died, Bella" sobs
"Don't worry, I will protect you Bella, even if it cost me my life"
"I don't want you to die, Bella cuts in, what life will be without you in it, it will be meaningless I rather died than let you died eji."
Eji turns to look at her, you are really a bundle of blessings to me, a fountain of beauty, and a virtuous girlfriend any guy would ask for, am so bless. You have your cross necklace on right".
She fakes a smile "yes" they run into an urban road full of cars. They entered a large supermarket full of TV, provisions and other items. They stand trying to catch their breath.
"I want to buy a cross necklace or any object with a cross, be it wooden or metal" they spoke urgently to the sales man who seem nonchalant about his duty.
"Hurry hurry"
"OK, OK man, let me check the store at the corner. He takes a walk. Bella notice a customer phone pops webtoon on his screen; she calls urgently the attention of eji to the phone. Eji began to notice other customers phone began to pop on "b****y webtoon" on their screen.
"Everyone here is in great danger because of me". Eji grimaced.
They turned their head from the cashiers table. They saw the TVs in the supermarket pops on the screen b****y Marta.
WHO SO EVER SHALL READ BOOK AND MENTION THE PHRASE" b****y MARTA" SHALL EXPERIENCE A CURSE OF MARTA INVITING HER TO YOUR HOME AND SHALL SURELY DIE.
WHO SO EVER SHALL STAND IN MARTA'S WAY TO PREVENT THE CURSE SHALL SURELY DIE.
Customer, pedestrians, sale personnel in the supermarket began to read aloud,
No no no, eji picks a metal pole, began to hit the TV screens one by one
"Get out of here" Everyone, cast your phone aside, you going to die". The supermarket guard held onto eji
"You sir going to pay for these" they proclaim angrily
Suddenly Marta clawed hand shoots out from the TV screens around the supermarket, everyone who read the rules of Marta holding their phone on their hands began to scream as clawed hand shoots out from their mobile phone gripping their neck. Some pedestrian lucky enough to cast their phone to the ground began to run as they witness clawed hands shoot out from various phone. Marta's body on red gown pops out from various TV and mobile gadgets with a screen. Marta stood horizontal atop a TV screen on the wall as if she was standing normally on floor. In matter of seconds. A 100 replica creature of Marta in red gown filled the supermarket taking a bite from various individuals.