The Devil Has His Money

Episode 25

It has been a whole week of one disappointment after the other. I made plans with my boys to attack Allen on several occasions but at the last minute the bastard would suggest we go to another place other than the one We had decided on. Sometimes he would suggest we relax in a cool spot. I was already fed up, what is so important about the briefcase anyway? Allen never goes anywhere without it. Today marks the end of a week.

” Meet me on the beach at 12.am midnight ” Allen sipped his beer and belched loudly.

Disgusting man. ” Why?”

” just meet me here at 12am tonight.”

” Okay. Here at the beach?”

” Yes buddy.” He winked at me and continued sipping from his beer mug.

Maybe he wants to give me something i thought. Lion and Tiger had left for Gabon sometime that week. They heard pickings were good there. I would have gone with them if not for this crazy white man. I was certain the briefcase contained dollars and i was willing to do anything to lay my hands on them. I will miss my boys, they have been there for me through thick and thin.

” Why are you sad?” Allen broke into my train of thoughts.

” Nothing man, nothing.”

I left my little room some minutes to 12 midnight, the roads were almost deserted save for one or two night crawlers and the women who worked the night. I arrived at the beach few minutes to 12 am. The beach was so silent, the waves were unusually tuburlent. I saw Allen from afar, still clutching his damn briefcase.

” I thought you had stood me up” he said looking at his Rolex wrist watch.

” What’s going on?. Why this nocturnal meeting”

” I thought you wanted to meet the Devil” he laughed.

I suddenly felt goosebumps on my body, the hair on my back stood up. I wondered how he knew about that ” Yea what about it?”

” You are looking at him” he said. ” You see there are seven of us, some operate in the wind, some under the sea, some on earth, some operate from the underworld, some work with witches and wizards as their messengers, some work with the rulers of the sea and some just go about destroying lives and recruiting people into our kingdom” He no longer sound like Allen, this voice is sweet and alluring like the voice of a wh0re beckoning to her customers.

” What….what do you want from me” i shivered as the air suddenly became chilled.

” To each of us belong the seven keys of the world. The keys to wealth , come along now ” he walked towards the sea.

I followed him. We walked into the cool sea water, we walked further into the sea. The water got to our knee and before i realized it, we were both walking on the sea water. We walked into a town. It was day time in this unknown Town,i saw some men chained from the waist to their ankles, the men were sweating and working hard digging a big hole.we walked further into the street. There were boats, and yatchs of every sizes along the streets. I saw some beautiful girls walking on the streets unclad. Some men were walking hard constructing the roads, some where either repairing or doing some streneuos job. Nobody was idle. We got to a big ware house filled with various goods. We both entered the open warehouse. Able bodied men were moving goods in and out of the ware house.

” Listen up everybody” Allen shouted in a commanding tone.

The men all stopped working and gathered around. These men were like zombies, they all looked normal but their behavior was so docile like they had been wired to take commands and not issue any question.

” From today, this man here, is our new manager, he will come as often as he could for goods. Make sure his goods are always ready for him. Now everybody back to work!”

We moved around the ware house, i saw canned foods, noodles, weaves and a whole lot of things.

” Who are these men?”

” They are our workers.we will leave tonight with your first goods.”

We walked out of the warehouse down the streets. My mind was reeling with questions but i was excited. We found ourselves walking on the waters again. When we got to the sea shore i couldn’t believe what i was seeing. I almost leapt up with joy. There were goods after goods by the sea shore. Just this first sale would make me a millionaire. It seems as if two containers of goods had been offloaded. Yes! Yes! i have finally hit the jackpot thanks to the Devil.