GHOST (The Shadow in the Dark)

Part Thirty Nine

    The door opened and a man, a lady and a girl who should be around eight or nine years entered. The man was a bit bigger than Fast, he and the lady were dark in complexion but the girl was fair.
“Baby AI is here” the girl shouted running to the crowded area.
“Hey stop there. Not even gotten to our turn. Stay on the line Pup” Mark said.
“Mark” I said.
“I don’t like the way you just said his name.”
“If you are not as handsome as him, forget it, I will switch to him.”
“That’s when you will have issue with my sister.”
I wanted to answer him but I was more captivated with the video playing before me because Beast placed his last finger on the tiny girl’s hand. I could see her now. She was damn attractive, I felt like taking her away from the screen.
“Hello Abigail Ifeoma, you just became the first female to be born in the history of the hunter’s lineage. You are the first of your kind, the most precious gift I never dreamt of having. Welcome to my world princess.”
I was not the only one shocked when the baby who looked like she was asleep opened her eyes to look at who was speaking, she grabbed his fingers and I felt it from the video. Tears started coming out of big guy eyes.
“He always talked to her as a boy every day. He discussed how he was going to train him on how to fight and control his strength because he is very strong. Even though we kept saying it was a girl, we all believed it was a boy because his family has never had a female, we even confirmed it from the oldest person in his clan. We were so shocked to hear it was a she.  Fast had to fly us down immediately only to get there and we are not allowed to carry her because Beast kept staring at her.”
I listened to Ghost as I watched the tears fall from his face. The door opened and a man and woman came in. The man had two boys on his shoulder.
“You guys came too soon” the lady said.
“The one with a black band is Geoffrey Ifeanyi, the second one with blue band is George Ebuka, simply GG.”
“They are so cute. It’s not right for two fair and pretty people to marry. That’s corruption.”
But Ghost laughed.
“What is going on?” the girl asked.
“Her name is Cindy and that guy is Jason, the one you think is more normal than me.”
“And I was correct.”
“I am not going to argue with you. Just watch.”
“Exactly what I wanted to ask but seeing Beast crying is more interesting.”
“That’s Wolf and his Wife is Mena” Ghost said.
“The one you stole his wedding ring?”
“He said nothing can ever prevent his wedding from starting on time.”
“And you have to pickpocket the ring.”
“Which I’m still apologizing for, he just have anger in his blood.
“But his daughter is fair.”
“Not Mena’s daughter and it’s a very long story.”
Somehow I could relate. I knew how I came into this world.
“Major can you use your power to tell Beast he has exhausted his time? Wild has failed us. Mum do something. I want to carry AI” Sabrina said.
“That’s Hadiya” Ghost said.
I did not need him to tell me Hadiya was his mum and Major his instructor. Hadiya was sitting on a chair close to the lady on the bed. She was laughing. There was a very striking resemblance between Sabrina and Hadiya, only difference was Sabrina looked a younger version of Hadiya. Hadiya was wearing hijab. She was the Fulani while Major should be Hausa. He was dark.
“And stop watching Beast be this emotional? Please exercise patience because what I’m seeing now is priceless. Beast crying, unbelievable. Even Ahmed did not cry like this” Hadiya said.
It was then I realized the lady on the bed was also crying and Hadiya was cleaning her face. I just knew there must be something more to the tears.
“Okay, time up Beast. Look. Your wife is also crying” Wild said carrying the baby from his hand and he did not resist this time. He went to meet his wife and wrapped her with his big body. There were so many things to capture with my eyes.
“Hey sweetheart, I hope you are ready to keep Beast on his heels?” Wild said touching her cheek.
She just stared at Wild with her pretty big eyes. She was fair but too early to conclude on her color. She was so cute with her potty cheek and pointed nose.
“My turn?” Fast said but Wild shifted away.
“Okay Wild pass her” Major said carrying the baby from Wild. He had their accent.
GG were already down, they could walk. They were moving to the crowd. I noticed Geoffrey had hand gloves on both hands.
“They are almost nine months in this video” Ghost said.
Fast picked George up and raised him to see the baby as she was being passed round.
“Hey I want to see AI too” Pup said.
“Her name is Pearl.”
I nodded. She was trying to push her dad who was obstructing her.
Jason picked Geoffrey and raised him high to look at the baby. Ghost was the one with her. I felt like taking the baby from him. Fast brought George very close to AI and George held her hand, then started laughing.
“You are now big brother George, no more a baby, we have a new baby now.”
He held her hand again and refused to let go.
“You think Geoffrey will want to hold her too?” Wild asked Jason.
Cindy carried the baby from Ghost who did not want to let go.
“Jason let Geoffrey” Cindy said going close to Jason.
Jason looked at Cindy, then nodded. That was when I noticed that all the others had been talking, except for Jason. I was yet to hear his voice. He pulled the right hand glove off Geoffrey. Geoffrey had an android phone on the other hand.
“Geoffrey, see, baby. You want to hold her? Hold her” Cindy said taking the baby closer but Geoffrey shrunk away.
“Jason why don’t you carry her” Cindy said but Jason looked like he was told to dip his hand in a bucket of broken sharp glasses.
“Just try, I’m here, you can hug me after” Cindy encouraged.
I was expecting Ghost to explain like he had been doing but he remained silent. In fact everybody became silent, all watching Jason. Even Mena who was whispering something to Pearl stopped. I saw Ghost wearing a hand glove. He went to carry Geoffrey. Geoffrey did not resist, he just smiled like his identical brother. They were just little clones of their dad.
“Jason come on” Cindy encouraged.
Jason pulled off the hand glove in his hands and carried the baby. She was wrapped in a white baby blanket looking all cute. He stared at her like he was looking at a rare stone. He slowly held her hand but there was nothing unique about it. I was thinking he had superpowers with his hand. But there was shock on his face and others too. Jason held her other hand and touched her cheek.
“Oh my God” he spoke for the first time.
“Nothing?” Cindy asked surprise showing on her face.
“It feels like I’m holding GG, and my heart is also leaping. Wow” he said kissing her hand and carrying her to sit on a chair close to the bed.
“Wow, welcome AI, you are really first of your kind” Jason said touching her cheek while the baby stared at him.
Nobody had spoken yet.
“Ghost bring Geoffrey” Jason said.
Ghost brought Geoffrey close to the chair.
“Geoffrey see, you can touch her. See, no gloves, I’m okay. It’s baby. You are a big brother” Jason said demonstrating.
Geoffrey really understood him. He had refused when his mum told him to but he was stretching his naked hand to hold AI’s hand. He held her hand and smiled. I smiled without knowing why I was smiling. The noise started with all kinds of exclamations. Ghost dropped Geoffrey same time Fast dropped George close to the chair. The twins gathered the baby. George kissed her cheek, while Geoffrey held her hand like he was holding a precious gift.
“Wow, this is unbelievable, I’m so happy” Jason said.
“You want to find out if AI made it permanent?” Wolf asked coming to meet them.
Pearl was already there holding her other hand. AI was staring at Geoffrey while he smiled at her.
“No” Jason answered.
“Okay, it’s my turn” Wolf said but Jason stopped him.
“After thirty minutes” Jason said and they started laughing. The video stopped.