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Chapter Fourty-seven
Binta had always been a poor flier, the worst of the children as she had none of Orchid’s grace or Obiora’s speed so she landed as soon as she was away from the pent house, ignored a startled crowd of tourists and took off running.
Her wings were instead useful for her running speed; she used her super sensitive wing spans to navigate around obstacles as small as flies and bugs, sharp turns that would have tripped her as she blitz on faster than ordinary eyes could see. Praying she wasn’t too late, she pumped her legs faster.
After a few minutes, the smell of burning rubber invaded her nostrils. She reeled in, her momentum skidding her onwards a mile before stopping. Her sneakers soles had been licked away with friction. With a curse she bent over to pull off the ruined remains before a billboard caught her attention.
(TOKEH BEACH RESORT-KM 47 TOKEH BEACH FREETOWN) she cursed. She had raced the wrong way, all the way to Sierra Leone. Stupid Bin
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Sisi Kola recovered first as he drew a hand gun from his purse aimed at Obiora and fired. The result was instantaneous as the weapon probably wasn’t an ordinary hand gun because the blast chucked Obiora cannonballing back into the house.“Obi” Orchid cried. They soon realized it was an ambush as armed Askari guards sprang from hidden places and they were soon surrounded.“We mean you no harm kids, well not entirely the big guy made me nervous.” Sisi Kola grinned. “Well you fellas took us for a ride didn’t you, now get into the van and nobody else gets hurts.”Orchid laughed bitterly. “You should have thought about that before shooting at the wildest among us, good luck getting us into your vehicle now.” She said, as if on cue Obiora launched himself from the wreckage he was buried in, grabbed Sisi kola by his belt and hurled him across the lake with a roar, his body bounced over the lake surface like a
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