DISTANCE

"What!! how do you mean" Zina was furious at that time, she pounds up and down, biting her nails, Richard and Derrick watched her gesticulations, I was watching her but at a point, I stopped, and tried to catch her from walking about.

"Hey, what's going on"

"How did you lose it, I need a full detail of it" Zina was so strict in her words, it was as if her life is dependent on it and any moment she could lose it, her countenance changed, she was in shock, I couldn't tell her how it went missing, I have already sworn to my mum that I won't tell a single soul about it, what do I tell her now. Pondering on what to say made me gush out words.

" It disappeared," I said.

"Disappeared?" everyone looked at me in confusion, Zina was sure it couldn't just disappear, she knew I was lying but that didn't bother me.

"Am serious, I woke up to find out that is no longer in my bag pack" I fidgeted looking innocently at her face.

"Then someone in your house took it" she groans out pointing at the three of us.

"Don't come back here, ever again" she left us without an answer, I was sure she knew it didn't disappear just like that and I was lying but that didn't bother her either, her conversations with us were apt she wanted us to leave her compound immediately like she was waiting for someone to come around or maybe she doesn't want her brother to catch us there.

"Why did she think the orb was taken instead of the disappearance you made mentioned? Richard was sure that something was fishing around my story, he knew I wasn't saying the truth.

"Maybe her instincts, and am beginning to think I need to also avoid her too".

Trekking to our various homes with frustration and tiredness made everyone to be silent, but I paused for a moment, looked at both of them with a smirk on my face

"My mum threw it away"

"What!!! why would she and why were you lying" Richard interjected, he was making more statements that I just can't find an answer to it,

"I don't know, she took me to the woods and threw it away, made me swore not to tell my father about it" Richard and Derrick stared at me with their mouth wide open, jaws falling, I panicked for a moment they couldn't stop looking at me boldly.

"I don't know what to tell her I don't just trust her"

" So, why did you decide to come to see her"

"I don't know, am just confused in all" walking sluggishly in frustration, I was caught up with so many events playing out without a true knowledge of what was going on.

"You need to go back to the forest where she threw it and find it" Richard was furious at this time, seems he has a stake in it with the way he was sounding and reacting.

"Guy, let's just forget about it and move on without a bucket list-"

"No!! we would do no such thing" Richard snapped out, I could feel his heart pumping faster

He was in a rage, emotions were high like he was going to cut off my throat if I don't do what he asked.

" We can't go now"

"Why" breathing profusely with the sweat all over his face, dropping down like pebbles.

"cause it would be suspicious, my mum?" I looked at him innocently hoping he would accept my proposal. Derrick succumbed to my idea and insisted we go home to prepare for it.

"Okay, if you say so, but I hope you know where the orb was thrown" he stared at me for an answer, I stuttered "Sure!" then he grease my head with his palm, acting all happy and smiling.

At that point I knew something wasn't right with him, his countenance towards the orb and then taking me to the seer, all actions of him are geared towards what I just can't depict.

Richard was always the quiet type and he understands every thought that goes on around us, one won't believe he can hurt a fly but seeing his rage today made me think otherwise.

"we will meet at the mango tree close to Derrick's house by 8 pm, everyone should put on black" he muttered those words like he was some kind of a Demigod, Derrick looked at him in disarray, wondering where the energy was coming from.

"Guy, what's up with you, carrying the matter for head like this" Jokingly he tapped him at his belly button to make him calm, but quickly he dragged Derrick's hands, stretching them like rubber, he swung him with a back flip to the ground and then resting his hands on his chest.

Derrick mourns out with shock, wondering why he acted that way, I rushed in to grab his head so he could sit up for a bit.

"What's wrong with you" I yelled out, the fear in me, I was unable to control

"Am sorry Derrick, I got carried away" he stuttered, trying to pick Derrick up but he refuse, fidgeting up and down the pedestrian road, wondering what came over him, he punched his head with his fist hand hoping to get an answer.

"Stay away from us" I panicked, lifting Derrick who was mourning in pain, trying to get a grip on himself.

"Am sorry guys, I don't know what came over me" he begged for our forgiveness but I was too scared to listen to him, lifting Derrick as we walked past him.

Due to his pain, Derrick couldn't go home but rather he came straight to mine, I laid him on my bed, grabbing a pack of ice to place on his head just to retrieve the pains he was feeling.

"What came over Richard, one minute we were talking and the next am on the floor" Derrick looked at me in shock, at this time I wasn't sure if Derrick was who he said he is, Richard has projected his and Zina is avoiding me too. I was confused by everything, all I did was nod my head in return for what he was saying.

"Don't think I have my powers" Derrick grabbed my hand from his head, and he looked at me in a confused state.

"Am as confused as you are" he was trying to bargain with me to see him as a toothless dog.

"Okay," I was sure of what I was saying, and the thought of going to the woods with them, I have abolished it.

"We both can go together," he said looking at me innocently.

"Hmmm" nodding again in confirmation.

"Zucha, do you want me to leave your house, why are you all skeptical about me" he yelled out standing up almost immediately like he was never feeling any pain of any sort.

"If you want to leave, you can," said those with the fear inside of me, my voice was trembling, for 17 years I've known these guys as my friends but never have I thought that they would react this way towards my problems.

"Am leaving, will see tonight" grumbling as he left.