Wormwood

Lucraish-Woodei (Wormwood)

    Third part
...and the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp and it fell upon the third part of the rivers and upon the fountains and the name of the star is called wormwood and the third part of the waters became wormwood and many men died of the waters because they were made bitter.

Hi guys so these next parts have a language that was created specifically for the next characters but for the sake of understanding better I will remove them and use just English. They are still available in the original manuscript. Enjoy.

SQUABBLES

'Hey! If you don't speak English at least make signs. You can't just tie us and leave us here' udeme roared.

'Hey you! I am talking to you! Where are those children you took?' Vincent asked one of the nonjhachs

'I don't think they understand anything you're saying.' Omawumi said

'General, what do we do? We've been tied up for four days now, we haven't eaten and we haven't heard from your children, we need to...' Kingsley didn't finish when Ntekim hushed him

'Don't you think he knows that already Kingsley, let the man think.' She said

I hadn't seen my kids in four days, I didn't even know if they were still alive. For four days I didn't speak but stared closely at the funny looking beings that had taken my kids captive and kept us as prisoners. Planning an escape was impossible because of the unknown form of bondage. The bonds on our hands were voice activated and it was in their own language which we didn't understand. Every time they came and took a soldier from our midst for questioning they never came back. We were dwindling in numbers but my most trusted were still with me. My own silence was annoying me so I decide to act.

'Let him go now, where are our men? Where are you taking him? Who are you people?' Udeme asked angrily

   They didn't care but continued with what they were doing; so I listened carefully for the word they used to untie the bond, one pointed a sword like weapon at the soldier while the other bent and whispered something that sounded like 'yak-tash'.

'Yak-tatch!' I said with my head down, Immediately calling its attention distracting both of them from the soldier they had just released. Vincent realized I had created a decoy and quickly signaled the soldier who was already standing up slowly to untie him and the rest ---because he was the only one that actually heard what the creature said which was 'yak-clash'. While they argued about what they heard me say, the soldier went round releasing the rest, I acted as though I didn't know what was going on, making weird sounds to keep their attention on me. Vincent and the rest picked up sharp objects and disarmed the creatures then released me.
    With little strength left we threatened them to show us where they took our men and my children. In a matter of minutes we were surrounded by other nonjhachs holding weapons that glittered like stars; it turns out one of our captives is their kings son. They had human forms with really long throats and thin legs but had the stamina of a threatened stag. Their shoulders were broad and intimidating but as soldiers we were trained to mask our fears. We forced them to take us to where our men were kept while the others surrounded us, at the sight of us our men took a sigh of relief and started asking what took us so long.

'Are you guys okay?' I asked

'Yes 'Sah' one of the soldiers answered

'Where are my children?' I asked

'We don't know where they are been kept sah, we don't speak or understand them and neither do they so what do think we should do, because I don't like the way these ones are pointing these weapons at me.' Another soldier said