Olamma

Episode 20

The man put a finger across his mouth, telling her not to make any sound.

She was shocked and wondered how the invisible man got into the dangerous cave.
If he is seen, they will kill him. Which means the animals will have double human meat to feed on.

The man brought out a content like a powder and blew it into the air.

Suddenly the animals who has never slept before began to fall asleep one after the other.

He blew another content and the cave began to open up by itself. It opened so wide so that it will enable her pass
The man asked her to start going out gradually but her legs were too heavy to carry her. It was taking forever to lift a leg.
Onrah made a grunting noise and opened his eyes. he saw Olamma trying to move towards the opened cave.

Onrah quickly made a terrifying noise alerting other animal but as they try to get up the invisible man who they cannot see blew something else into the air and they fell back to the ground except Onrah.
Onrah, slap the eat twice and the animals woke up again.
Olamma was still struggling to lift one leg at a time but it was a big struggle because of her size.

The man saw her trouble and knew that it will be difficult for her to escape so he quickly came to her and gave a content to swallow.
After she swallowed it, he gave her a leaf to hold in both hands. Before she could complete her task which she was finding hard. Onrah and the rest of the animals pounced on her.

Even as they bite into her skin she managed to cover her two palms with the leaves in it and she suddely disappeared. The animals fell off from her.

Olamma found herself in a big field with no sign of live around.

Where the animals bite her were gushing out with blood. She fell to the ground looking all lost.

She opened her palm and found out that she was still holding onto the leaf.
She try to stand but couldn’t.

She can see smoke of fire from a distance and wondered where the thick smoke was coming from.

She lay there helplessly, the day was very clear as she stare into the sky and wondered what next await her.

After a long while the invisible man appeared to where she was.

“My name is Atika. I am both a hunter and a dibia (a native doctor) I manage to set the cave on fire and the wild animals including the giant ugly vulture are being burnt down. Look far ahead you will see the smoke…
You are safe now but this place is dangerous. Is a land of no return and I have to take you to a safer place but you have to vomit the venom that you were fed with so that you can be free.
The man brought out a bottled liquid and gave her to drink. She drank deeply into it and in no time she began to vomit.

She vomited and all the land was filled with it. it was like a wide river of vomit with green and black drooling particles all over.

She began to grow to her normal size again.
Her body was shrinking as she grew into her normal size.

She was transformed, her beauty was gone. Her body was covered with white fleas, which the man said after a bath at a nearby river the fleas will be gone.

Olamma had only one question on her lips.
“How did you find me?
She finally found her voice to ask Atika.
“No time for question, let’s get going. I will relate it all to you after your bath at the river and there is dangerous wound which may never get healed on your hand. I will look into it later. We have to leave here now.
Olamma who felt light and free followed the man obediently.