CHAPTER 1: URBAN PHENOMENON

1485 Words
Note: Please, pardon my writing mistakes, my first time writing a novel, but I hope you enjoy this novel. Thank you      ARK ONE A lovely morning and the weather forecast predicts dark storm and heavy rain today, it’s surprising that today the world will experience yet another solar eclipse. Please remember to take an umbrella with you when you leave your house .spooky radio news advised that you take extreme care as you move about the city due to the supernatural phenomenon that happens in Benin metropolis, and most especially cases of people disappearing in the city especially on a solar eclipse. A man turns of the radio, ‘A wise man once said to me, bad news early in the morning is not a good way to start your day’ He looks in the bus mirror, his complexion was dark skin color, brown eyes , a middle age a man on a beret flat cap and  stripe blue shirt sleeves, from the driver sitting position, he turned his head and look back ,it was a Toyota coastal bus up to 40 sitting capacity, various students sited in the school bus. School uniform was black long school cardigan, white collar long sleeve, black tie, dark blue pants and a black pair of shoe. “Put on your sit belts everyone” a female teacher in grey suit, brown eye and a brown ponytail hair takes her sit plugging in her sit belt. Female student in the bus has pony tail hair with different color like dress code The school bus was black in color with a name KING CREST HIGH SCHOOL written on it. The bus travels through the street, city and came to a slow stop in the middle of a bridge, cars in front hum their vehicle due to an hectic go- slow. Drops of rain hits the school bus window, in an instant from the bus window I saw , a dark cloud envelop the bright cloud,  thunderclaps roar across the sky, my eyes shot open wider when an airplane travelling west suddenly came to a slow stop mid-way as if someone had pressed the ‘pause’ button, pedestrian walking fast to and fro suddenly stopped, droplet of rain paused in mid air as if time itself has stop, birds flying pause, a huge bloodshot eye, dark scary red emerge from the dark cloud, eyeballed the city and eyeball the bus. “FOUND YOU”JOROMI VESSEL OF MY LORD, DEMON KING DEUS. In an instant, A black void torn up the sky from the dark cloud, the bus, people and bridges drawn into the void, everything was teleport-ed to another dimension. ‘OK’ I know what you thinking, am crazy however this world is filled with crazy deities , powers and this story am going to tell you is really insane.  full of deep mysteries filled with ghost and urban legend that bends RULES OF REALITIES, so if you wish to know the truth, then you have to know how it all began . 6 months ago The cool evening wind blows into a city landscape, full of tall towered structures, skyscrapers, a bustling city filled with pedestrians moving about to and fro, some office workers in suits struggle to catch a train, police officer in black uniform having hard time controlling rampaged go-slow, there are modern houses and building here in Benin metropolis, there are mysterious towered structures that does not fit the modern environment. The towers is engraved with ancient godlike designs, rumors has it that four thousand similar towers with ancient designs appear all over the world thousands of years ago, and Benin metropolis has more towers than other city and might be the cause of its supernatural phenomenon. The sun going to sleep with bright beautiful orange colors estimated time 6:35pm. Four human figures stands in front of an old abandoned four story school building, the school structure is made of thick wooden design, it has similar design structure to Japanese high school with thick tree vines about the structure, cracks and broken windows filled with thick dust. The school annex is made up of sport hall and track field, the compound is filled with tall grass, vines and dead leafs littered the school. CREAK! Sounds of a creaking entrance door made of thick wood and  broken window glasses at the middle wide open with cob web about it. four student walking into the entrance hallway, the floor of the hallway is made of thick fine woods with thick dust, the entrance hallway filled with broken bookshelf, wooden lockers, the design of the locker is similar to locker made in the early 60s , ray of light  shone brightly from a touch into a dusty class room. The class room is rectangular in shape with rusty desk, flipped chairs, broken table, spider cob webs about the classroom, windows, the doors and floors of the school was made of  wooden, c***k holes on the wooden floors. The four student stands in front of a door, class 3b. Talismans and charms sealed the door. Boldly written on the door “DO NOT OPEN, WHO SO EVER OPENS SHALL EXPERIENCE A CURSE. THE HORRORS OF CLASS 3B.SEALED BY THE EXORCIST ASSOCIATION. A hand stretch towards a shoulder, “Are you sure about this? Tracey. “This place feels really off and creeping, am scared.” “Get your hands off me”. A sharp glared from Tracey brown eyes as she turns her head towards the direction of the hands on her shoulder, Tracey was tall, pale skin, a long dark hair with ponytail. She turns and look at a girl with blue eyes, yellow mermaid twist braid hair on king crest school uniform. “Christ!”              "Christabel, if you are afraid, just turn back and leave, why join the phenomenon club, we talked about these issue this morning, don't interrupt me". She torn off the seal and the charms in front of the classroom door. She pressed opens the door, a creaking sound resounded through the hallway.   strong wind blows from the classroom into the hall with  howling sound. ‘Are you sure about this? Christabel spoke up once again. "Oh for the love of Christ”. “Shut it” Tracy replied with a frown on her face. The four students enters into the class room ,it was dark due to the sunset, the classroom was wide and rectangular in shape, the classroom window made of wood with broken window shards. Close to the entrance of the classroom was a bookshelf, broken school desk with cob web, at the end of the hall, there was an old shelf clock made in the early 60s close to the chalkboard, more charms and talisman fills the room,  christabel and Tracey continues to argue when yukina cuts in. “Please can we stop arguing over spilled milk, let’s get what we came for, check the shelf’s for the year book yukina spoke politely’. At the end of the wide classroom, Yukina stares at the old shelf clock that stop ticking long time ago, the clock hour hand  stops at exact 12.30 midnight ,she wipes the dust from the clock, her reflection made visible in the clocks mirror, dark eyes, red hair with fishtail braids ,she was on king crest high school uniform, she stares into her wrist watch, the time is 6:45 pm, at the same time Tracey opens the bookshelf which was surrounded with sealed talisman and charms with the same warning as the doors ‘DO NOT OPEN” ,she ignores the warning breaking of the ropes and seal, she opens the shelf, a jar glass with talisman about it falls to the ground , a black neck bead rolls off to a corner . There was a write up written in the jar" "NO CONDITION MUST THIS JAR GLASS BE OPEN,WHO SO EVER SHALL OPEN INHERITS THE CURSE OF CLASS 3B. “CLANG!" "CLANG" The shelf clock bell rang out a loud resounding sound, for a moment, everyone pause in shock as they stared at the direction of the sound. Yukina, startled wondered why a dead clock suddenly rang out. Tick tock, tick tock, the clock minutes hand began to move. "What the hell?" this shelf clock was not working a moment ago. She stares into the old shelf clock. The clock minute hand continue ticking, the only difference was ,the hour hand began to tick tock backwards  from 12,11,10, 8,.7 6 and came to a full stop at exactly 6; 47pm current time then rang out a resounding sound. Yukina was still staring at the shelf clock in disbelief when she suddenly notice an image in the reflection, a woman with black hair, her hair was long from her head to her kneel, the hair covers most of her face leaving a pair red gleamed eyes glaring at yukina ,her face and her teeth look like decay human skull with live round worms moving to and fro into her face, white long gown similar to a marriage dress stain in blood ,worms and dirt about it, her feet and hands was black with long black thick fingernails. , yukina shuddering as the woman howled, her mouth was made of black void as she howled   
Free reading for new users
Scan code to download app
Facebookexpand_more
  • author-avatar
    Writer
  • chap_listContents
  • likeADD