UFUFUKO (resurrection)

prologue

Echoes of peculiar chanting filled the walls of the cavern, lights from flaming torches cast grotesque shadows upon the entire sombre environment.
"This is it" Mokaya whispered, facing the his Malaika of seven members he continued "tonight,right here, right now, we end this. We make sure Ibilisi never rises again...ever. Tonight we cast him to Peponi and ensure he never rises ever again, we follow the plan to the latter." In a brief moment of pause he looked at the anxious faces of his warriors and was satisfied with their determined expression.
"For humanity" he breathed
"For humanity " they replied.
Tactically they made their way down the heart of the cave where the ritual was taking place.
As they approached the chanting got louder and louder the flames begun flickering . A cold air breathed all around the cavern bringing with it dark energy that tingled the hairs at the back of their necks. The members of the occult were so carried away that they could not fathom the intrusion by the Malaika.
In a possessed voice the priest of the occult shouted from the altar,
"LOUDER!! HE IS JOINING THE MORTAL REALM"
The temperatures diminished suspiciously and a thick darkness crawled from various edges of the cave all the way to the altar. Slowly the darkness mimicked a humanoid figure towering above its disciples.
"My Lord" the priest bowed down in total submission.

"Mokaya we should attack now before this escalates further." Ouko pleaded with their leader.
"Not yet Ouko not untill we see the the sign of the entity"
"But if he gets to it he will be unstoppable we should attack n-"
"Silence Ouko!! Nobody moves unless I say so." Mokaya commanded.

A voice resembling the hiss of a serpent and two or more voices conjoined growled from the shadow.
"Bring it"
The priest raised his hand and about six members of the occult all dressed with hooded gowns came carrying a chest that was gold encrusted all along its edges.
For a moment the cave was filled with a moment of exclamation.
"NOW!!"
With a battle cry everyone charged down to the heart of the cave. Ouko had shapeshifted to raging gorilla and was tossing the disciples left right and centre. Tasmin was breaking bones her way down with a double baton Shefu was moving at immense speed leaving them flying the air with no time the entire congregation was subdued.
But to their utter surprise the demon had made it to the entity . And with a one word chant it broke through seal revealing the flaming weapon resembling a sword.
Scarcely had it touched the weapon than Mammito bound it with a spell.
In anguishing agony the demon let out a gut wrenching yell.
"MALAIKA!!!" Mokaya yelled
The seven members joined hands around the dark entity and reciting the casting spell to send it where it belonged.
From their joined hands a bright energy rose to their chest casting a blinding light towards the demon. The energy so strong the it raptured a hole through space all the way to Peponi.
"By the power vested upon us by the ancestors we cast you back to the darkest abyss of Peponi."
The shadow disintegrated into the flaming hole.
Out of sight out of mind, Ouko broke free from the chain allowing the excess energy from hole to blast the rest of them to the ground. With the rest beaten and on the ground Ouko sauntered to the chest where he marvelled at the glowing sword.
"Ouko what are you doing? Only a celestial can hold that weapon " Mokaya barely spoke from the ground"Ouko Noooooo" he screamed frantically and everything faded.

Tomases's eyes battered open staring at the trees above him.
For a moment he did not realise he was bleeding until he tasted a coppery taste in his mouth