The Explosion

It was a monday morning, in the city of calabar. People could be seen walking to and fro. Every young and old folk were walking briskly to their destination.The city of calabar is always a beehive ofactivities. People going to their various workplace could be seen rushing to avoid getting late to work.

Some stood on the road flagging down vehicles that would convey them to their destination.

There was a sonorous noise in the whole city which was incessant & clamorous.The noise which came from the fast moving vehicles was accumulated with the noise of the hawkers, who were displaying their wares.

All moving vehicles suddenly came to an halt. It seemed as though, there was a gigantic traffic withhelding them from moving.All drivers peered outside through their window with a puzzled look on their face, wondering what was happening.

All the cars queued up within a short while

causing a heavy traffic jam.Different car horns blared loudly as the drivers tried to create a way but all efforts was futile.

The hawkers were elated and gratified at the

traffic jam. As they saw it as an opportunity to

sell their wares. They moved from vehicle to

vehicle propelling passengers to patronize them.

Detective cole sat in his BMW car and was on

the wheel.He was extremely infuriated at the traffic jam as he checked his golden wristwatch persistently,which his wife Nora bought for him as his birthday's gift.He was running out of time and he disdain getting late to work.He angrily banged the horns of his car with aclenched fist.

"holy s--t!" he cursed under his breath and

removed his seatbelt.He decided to go have a look of what caused the traffic.He adjusted his tie properly and alighted from the car.He hadn't taken more than three steps when he heard an explosion which came far away from where he stood.Before he could comprehend what was happening another sounded and swept everyone away from their feet.The second explosion reverberated and flung him

far away.Just like flash, everything happened within a second.The cloud of debris and pieces of scattered flesh and car's fragment with a huge puff of smoke was all one could see.

In no minutes, the police came rushing to the

scene with their sirens blaring loudly

accompanied with tons of Ambulance vehicles.

Three officers jumped down from the van and

walked closer to the victims. While the other

officers cleared the way for other Ambulance

vans.They rushed out an carried the remainant of the dead bodies on stretchers into the waiting vans and immediately sped off.

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The light stung her eyes as she opened them,

Nelson Nora shielded her eyes with her right

hand and pulled herself up from the sofa with

her left.She rubbed her forehead, they banged in a way she had never experienced before.She had just dismissed Cole her heartthrob for work an hour ago before she slumped on the chair and slept off.

It was the headache that woke her up and the

pain she felt at the moment was unbearable,

they threatened to split her head.

She reached for the television remote control

which was laid on a low stool in front of her and turned on the t.v set.

She never wanted to do so, but something she couldn't attest to, propelled her to do so.

The sound coming from the television was goingstraight into her head and she decided to switch it off but something caught her attention.It was the news flash. She restrained and squint her blurry eyes to read the headline.

'A Nuclear bomb blast in calabar city.' was the

breaking news headline and a video footage of the explosion was shown afterwards.

She readjusted her sitting position to have a

clear view of the footage.She saw dead bodies and fleshy pieces being carried away into the vans in haste, then the reporter was shown.It was a female reporter which one could guess was in her mid-twenties.

"this is the first Nuclear bomb blast of this kind that this city has seen and experienced.

Five hundred and three (503) people were

confirmed dead who were victims of the

unfortunate incident and twelve (12) were found injured including our beloved detective Cole who was trapped in the traffic jam before the explosion"

Nora suddenly sprung up as though, she was

being poured hot water. She was aghasted and petrified that Cole was also a victim.

Beads of sweat immediately formed on her

forehead and her legs started vibrating.

The bangs on her head doubled from worse to worst.

She tried to catch up with the last details as she concentrated on the t.v screen.

"the police are yet to comment on the bomb

blast, we will be back with an official police

statement. its lance Kayle reporting. thanks for watching, stay with us."

the reporter said and her pretty face gave way

for a bank advertisement.

She switched off the television and paced up and down with worriment.

She touched her forehead and the pain was

severe, she became dizzy & her legs twitch. She couldn't hold on any longer, it gave way and she slumped to the ground.