Charlie kept on twisting Trina's hands from left to right like a wet cloth in the hands of a drycleaner. But, she was much smarter than him. She pretended as though he was succeeding already but she was only gathering the strength to fight back hard. The old tactics. One of the rules of winning a fight was to let the opponent exhaust his power before you spring forth in attack. This was what we learnt during our days of training at Dark Dragon and Trina was making judicious use of it. Punches were flying here and there. They began to wrestle and Trina tried to remove the mask on his face. The more she was getting close to taking it off, the more she received punches from the deadly hands of Charlie. But she pressed on. Charlie, with the way at which he was fighting Trina, was determined to bring me down. Trina grabbed the nearest utensil she could lay her hands upon and hit it on his forehead. The floor became a pool of blood. Charlie ran out quickly. Trina was perplexed. She released

"Yes! I mean it, Tony. It's worth celebrating. Don't you think so?" He said. I paused. Of course, my life is worth celebrating. But I didn't like to do anything shouty or loud. I hated the idea of making my identity known to the public especially when I had many evil eyes following me. But, this was more like a gift that I couldn't reject. "Will 4pm do?" John asked again. "Why not? It's all fine by me" I said, feigning my smiles. I didn't want John to feel bad. But, deep down, partying was not my thing. I saw them out of my compound and you needed to see how George was waving me with passion. I was watching them until they were quite distant and faded out of my sight. I picked my phone and called Sarah. She was shocked to see my call. "I have been looking everywhere for you! You kept me really worried! Where did you go?" She asked anxiously. "I'm so sorry for my sudden disappearance. It was due to something beyond my power" I said to her. She was relieved a bit now. Her voice was

"Does time wait for any man?" That question continued to ring aloud in my ears. It was indeed an eye-opener. As I thought about it, I was triggered to do the needful on time. I began to reflect, thinking of the old good days when I was overwhelmed with the love of Paula. One would think I was charmed with the way I went so foolish for love sake. Paula was the girl. She was mine before I loosed my memory. We shared our secrets and kept them. We were not in a romantic relationship yet. But it was close to one and I was so sure as hell that we our feelings for each other was a mutual one. But, I think I was taking the time I didn't have back then too. Now that reality has faced me, I think I would return to the old good love in which there is certainty than wallow in the blindness of love. Love from two strangers that have gradually become good friends - Maggie and Sarah. I sat at the verranda, enjoying the cool breeze and looking into space that evening. I was completely lost in though

I began to draw out plans to end the Lotus Group completely. They were causing a lot of nuisance already and it needed to stop. Trina was there to help as always. She was tired of their trouble too. But she didn't want me to involve myself in any tedious work at all. She offered to take all my headache and allow me rest. But myself, I was tired of resting. "How do I continue to rest when some other persons out there are restless, seeking my downfall?" I asked myself. I knew it was indeed tasking and challenging to want to bring them down entirely. They were a strong force but I believed we were much more stronger and it wasn't impossible to do so. I took the letter I found in my care and kept it jealousy. It was my first evidence to prove that they were evil and should be uprooted from our society. Uloma was at the verge of loosing all she had with her husband, Emeka. The couple suddenly broke out of the tie of love they had for each other. It was so obvious that they were tired of

"Guess what, Tony? Guess what?" Trina said again. "But you know I always don't guess right. Can you just let the cat out of the purse?" I asked. She looked at me, still smiling. "Just try, Tony. It's good news." she said, trying to create a strong suspense. "I can't... Just tell me, Trina" I pleaded. She opened the door and a lanky young man entered. I was a bit shocked. He was the last person I ever thought of seeing in my house. His kind of dress was unfamiliar and distinct. It was Thunder, one of the old members of Dark Dragons. I sprang up to my feet at once. "Thunder!" I exclaimed. "This is indeed a pleasant surprise!" I added. "I have missed you so much Tony." Thunder said. "Me too, bro! How have you been?" I asked. "Fine, I've been doing great. What about you?" He asked. I didn't reply him. I just jumped at him in elation. We hugged ourselves tightly and didn't release the bond until Trina felt too jealous. Thunder had been my right hand man before Pain came to the pi