Chapter 138: The Ritual

                                   THE RITUAL

"Do you want to know? Naa, im not sure about that, you do not want to know."

So he said. Now I just sat on my own, far from the man, as I wondered if that was how true prophets behave? If that was how they behave, then they are for sure creepy. Not too long after I shifted from the man that mom came back, they have been calling for us, it was time for us to fly and we knew not. Mom and her friend came and took our little belongings and we flowed her. So after all procedures had been met, we all entered the plane and we flew to Lagos, we got to Lagos still pretty early, so mom looked for a cab that took us to a hotel where we got our rooms to lodged we were going to lodge.

Before we even left the Lagos Airport, mom already got us a flight ticket for tomorrow, we were to only stay till night, then go to the beach, do that which we were supposed to, after we had done that, then we will go back the hotel, pass the night and wake early go leave. So, when we got to the hotel where the driver drove us to, we lodged for the night, mom paid for two rooms, I will sleep in the same room with her tonight, while the other creepy man will have to stay in his room and alone. So, after the rooms have been secured, the man said that we have to hit the street to get the things we needed for the ritual, so without hesitation, we got ourselves set for the outgoing, it is true, we have to go out now because it was already getting late, though we knew nothing about Lagos, sorry, I and the prophet knew nothing about Lagos, but mom is conversant with almost everywhere in Lagos. I remember she used to tell me things about Lagos. Well, we were at Lagos again the place where mom was raised. Thank God for mom, we found what we came out for on time, she took us to places where we can get each material, so we went till we were done. At that time, I was glad that mom left Lagos because I really do not like the way things were done there. Everything Is a rush and everyone seeks an opportunity to defraud the other. So in no time, we were already done, so we took those things back to the place where we lodged. So, when we got to the hotel, we strategized on how we must go, the man said we were to do this at midnight, according to him, it has to be midnight when all humans are asleep and all spirits are awake.

So we waited till ten O Clock before we left the hotel, mom gave the gate watcher some money and told him that we will be coming back at a later time, she took his number saying that she will call him when we are back. We got to the beach around 11, the place was already scanty, only but a few people were there, there were people who sell things and played music there, the place was more like a market or a bar, a very big bar. 

Mom said all these things were not here before, she said the place used to be dominated by long coconut trees. So we sat and waited till twelve midnight. This was when the man said to mom,

"It is time Madam, now come with me, both you and your son, and come with our ingredients."

So he said as we just followed him without any form of hesitation. Though there were still few people there, it seemed as if some people sleep there, I dont know if it is that they were homeless or that they enjoyed the place. So we walked close to the water, now as we were close to the water, it began to seem to me like I have seen this place like I have been here before, it was only then that I noticed that this place was identical to the place in my dream where I saw Goldrich and felt like I can see him right now. Or like I can feel his presence. Well, maybe it is just me being scared.

"Mom, I've been here before, yes, I have been here in my dream, and this was the place where I met Goldrich. I saw him walk into the sea, till he disappeared into the sea."

So I said, and mom quickly asked me to keep quiet, she said I must not talk about it here, she was scared that he might recognize me and come out to snatch me away, even when we were there, mom was not comfortable with me even coming that close to the water. The man asked for the calabash, we got two calabashes. Mom brought out the two, he asked for the Fanta ns ten naira not, mom brought it out, she asked for the egg as well, and mom gave him the egg. Now the man placed these things inside the calabash. Now he asked for the blade and the other calabash. Now, this was when my pain came, or should I call it my pain time. The man picked the blade and asked me to be a man and he asked me to take off my clothes, and I did, I knew that I was going to feel a lot of pain, but it was for the better, at least that was what I thought.

Now the man used the blade and started inflicting pains on me all in the name of scraping my scales, though the pain was intense, I still managed to endure till the man scraped out the little that he needed. After the scraping, he poured them all into the second calabash which now had my blood all over it. The man asked me to squat, and I did, and he washed me with the water, after the bathing, he then took the both calabashes on his hands and started saying some things which I do not understand, all that I heard was when he said something like, 

"Please accept this sacrifice and forget about this human kid, he is no merman, he is a man."

These were all I heard and then he sent the two calabashes into the water, the both floated with the current gently guiding them farther and farther into the sear. But something happened. As the calabashes floated, the one with the minerals flipped, and that man said

"Yes, one down, please accept the offering."

So he said. Not too long after the first calabash flipped, the one with my scales also flipped, but something magical happened, as the calabashes flipped,   and my blood mixed with the water, we saw things happen, immediately, the water started increasing in current, and their fishes started nimoing ups and down of the water.jumping it as well at the water