章 21: matter of time
Nhamo paced up and down in the warehouse and the noise from the machines were making him giddy. His hands ran through his short hair and tears were forming in his eyes.
"Calm down. They won't kill her." one of his goons said as he struggled with the welding equipment in his arms.
"Are you daft man. The UAEC can torture anyone until he speaks and in this case they will torture until she dies. Hurry up and finish that so we can go wreck the UAEC." another goon added.
Nhamo left the warehouse into the green yard trying to find peace and that's when he saw Mr Fear using his tricks to extract information from the astrophysicist. One of his three fingers was pressed on the man's chest and his eyes focused on the astrophysicist eyes whose mouth was opening and closing at a faster rate than any rapper to ever live. Nhamo could hear the whispering but couldn't even make out the words.
He waited for Mr Fear to finish his little extraction of information before asking him about Mellisa. When Mr Fear was done the astrophysicist fell from the chair and his eyes rolled all the way back.
"Aren't you going to brainwash him?"
"Not yet. I guess your Universities really know their theories. I have all the equations I need and I hope this Newton and Einstein guy were correct."
"Why can't you do it on your own?"
"Unfortunately the S.I units only apply to your world. This why the intergalactic left you out." Mr Fear mumbled the last part.
"Whatever. Now what about my niece?"
"Don't worry about her. These things always fix themselves."
"It's been two days already and there haven't been any type of fixing!" Nhamo got emotional but Mr Fear stopped him.
"Humba, Munashe and the DW have something to lose if that girl speaks. Right now they are all working on a plan and by dusk today the girl will be free. If not then we attack the UAEC with everything we have."
Nhamo wanted to shout but he walked away from the anomalous being and went into the warehouse. Mr Fear just observed him as he walked away and went back to the astrophysicist.
Munashe and Mr Reed were in the diner having tea as they discussed how to stop Humba from whatever he was planning.
"You see what I told you Munashe. Now the kid works for Humba. It's like he just exists to pissed us off." Mr Reed wasn't well composed and he was shaking.
"I still don't truly understand why he is obsessed with owning the underground market and the whole hunting business. Now he shows himself and take away one of my own."
"He wasn't taken Munashe. He left."
"Maybe it's my fault. Maybe the foundation can't be restored at all and I have to accept that."
"Nonsense. I know the council have a plan they are working on right now. I will ask their messenger next time I see them."
"If they were serious about this they should have done something. After I find a way to free the witch from the UAEC I am asking the digital witches for help."
Mr Reed stood up and stormed out the diner his head fuming with rage. He didn't expect Munashe to say those words. He got into his car and drove away.
"Are you sure that was a kind thing to say? He worked for an enemy for five years and now he sees a way out and you are giving up." Ruvarashe said from the counter as she typed the command to open the diner to the public.
"I can't do this anymore Ruvarashe. The kids are better off with....."
"They aren't kids at all! Look at Panashe he survived Nhamo and the haunted house. Tapiwa is running around delivering packages between the underground and topside business. Zviko, Chipo and Xolani last night went on an anomaly hunt. Just focus on one thing at a time and you will win. Your mind is scattered all around trying to find answers to things you don't even understand. Panashe is smart and hardworking. He is even a hustling to get his own food. You see what he is doing, he is finding his own answers."
"And I took his memories. Now he doesn't want to see me again."
"You had what Tapiwa said. He just wants his mother back."
"Jess isn't ....."
"What?"
"I know what Humba wants. He wants the council. Mr Reed can find the council. We can actually bait Humba." Munashe jolted to his feet and ran out of the diner.
Tapiwa walked into the diner with his dumbfounded face making Ruvarashe giggle.
"Why is he running?" Tapiwa asked as he collapsed into a chair. Ruvarashe shrugged her shoulders and started preparing for customers.
Humba and Anesu were sitting in the digital witches base waiting for the head witch to finish the notes she was preparing. The whole base was quiet as the DW feared Humba. Rumours about him being the strongest made them fear the man.
"Thank you for waiting Humba. I have managed to compile and organise all the data you required. Pop the screens."
Several holographic screen appeared. Some where showing a list of names and others were showing maps of the continent and several regions.
"The life expectancy hasn't dropped but it seems like there is an anomaly hunting and draining the blood from young people. The police says it's drugs and weed and lack of food but whoever is causing these deaths...."
Humba raised his arm to stop the woman from speaking.
"We know that it's the council doing this so don't try to act uninvolved."
"Yes sir. They are using...."
"Tell it as it is woman. The council."
"Okay the council has been killing people from several regions across the southern cities of the continent and are avoiding any patterns so that no one can know what's really going on. The Zulu and khoisan foundations have also tried investigating the deaths but they found nothing and ended up blaming drugs. We think it might be the councils grip on these foundations that are stopping them but the information we have digged from every individual show no sign of dependency to any narcotics."
"So all these years and this is all you have."
"No sir. Some anomalies are disappearing without being hunted and we suspect the council to be involved so we have been taking few other anomalies like the chikwambo we stole from Munashe's group. It's free outside the cities vicinity but it hasn't been captured yet. We are trying to find which type of anomalies but they are not following a pattern so we thought this could attract them."
"I guess I won't be able to find the council any time soon. It's been five years and I still can't prove myself."
"Prove yourself? "
"Don't worry. Thank you for the information."
"What about my witch."
"I have someone on it. Today I want you to kill all the cameras in the city. And the Internet too."
"Why?"
"I am forcing the council out of hiding. After today every hunter will hear why I committed those crimes against the foundation."
"What are you planning Humba?" the head witch revealed a trace of fear as she saw Humba walk out of their base.
Panashe was trying to anticipate what the rescue mission would be like as his fingers tapped the school desk. Allen didn't know that Panashe was restored and acted normal. On his phone he was looking through a list of names from the head witch. Panashe looked at the screen and asked Allen what he was doing.
"It's just a project for a friend. She wants to create a programme that....."
"No longer interested." Panashe stood up and left the lecture room. They had only one lecture left before they called it a day. Panashe walked around the college his mind occupied the mission and that's when he remembered that the digital witches also had a list of names on one of their screens when he visited. He also remembered about the names he had gathered from his mission with the digital witches.
Panashe ran back to the lecture room only to find empty chairs. "Hey Panashe. Lectures have been cancelled. Something to do with exams I think." another classmate told him as he played around the vending machine. Panashe collected his belongings and left the school running to the bus stations as he wanted to get home quicker.
The UAEC were still at the town house and their captain was locked up in a room with Mellisa. Her face bruised and weary. Her eyes sunken into the head and her clothes torn.
"Listen to me, Mellisa. No one is coming to rescue you because no one cares about you, so how about you tell me what is going on. You haven't said anything ever since we caught you and I have reached the limit of my patience."
The captain tried to persuade Mellisa to talk but she only looked at his feet.
As an introverted person she knew she was alone and the digital witches didn't care about here. She was more afraid of Humba than the UAEC because she had sworn an oath to never speak if caught. She wanted to be loyal but there wasn't anything more to her life than being a digital witch.
"So the little bird won't speak. I guess I should recall the torturer then. This time he will end your life."
Panashe wore the digital witches armour Humba had given him. He packed the explosives and dischargers into the armour. In the slums he didn't have to worry about cameras because they were barely working thanks to the several lowlife thugs who had settled in the area. He wore an overcoat and left the house and met up with Anesu. The two were picked up by an airship and it flew to the city centre.
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