Gods of the earth - chapters 7 & 8

Chapter 7

She is mine!

She was in the kitchen washing dishes when someone wrapped his arms around her waist from behind.

“Muyiwa, this really isn’t the way to apologize for the stress you have been giving me, but if this is supposed to be an apology I’ll accept it on one condition,” said Mary as she turned round and stared into the huge round black pupil-less eyes within a head that was almost twice the size of her own. Mary screamed and woke up sweating.

Muyiwa sat up beside her and switched on the bedside lamp; “What is it?”

Mary was panting…she couldn’t seem to get the face she had seen out of her mind…it hovered before her as though it was still real…she pointed her finger ahead of her.

“A semi-transparent man with only big round black eyes in his head held me in my dreams and I can still see his face,” she shouted hysterically, as she moved into Muyiwa’s arms.

“Calm down, it was just a bad dream okay?” said Muyiwa.

“No it is not a bad dream,” said the face that hovered and followed her gaze wherever she looked…the eyes seemed to draw Mary into them…they seemed to get larger and larger…she was entering a whole new world through those eyes…they were only a gateway…she saw herself tied up and the being with the big eyes standing over her…he was preparing to have intercourse with her;  “I am coming to take what is mine,” said  the face as it slowly faded away.

Mary sat rigidly on the bed…Muyiwa could see that she was entering into shock so he slapped her gently on the face to try to snap her out of it, but Mary had gone deeper than he had thought…he slapped her harder and yet she did not respond.

Muyiwa tried once more and elicited some response from her, for Mary’s eyes got back into focus as she blinked…

“”You are mine,” said Mary in a deep voice definitely not her own; “both of you,” Mary brought her face close to Muyiwa’s.

 “Now make love to me and let our union be complete, for our child must be born…my child!” said the Translucent Man.

Mary pushed Muyiwa down on the bed…he tried to struggle out of it, but Mary’s grasp was too strong…she pulled up her skirt and positioned herself…

“Mummy I can’t sleep!” Mayowa barged into the room with her long pretty hair dishevelled…the trance was broken. Mary jumped up suddenly…it took a moment for her to get her bearings…she carried her daughter, and with soothing words went into Mayowa’s bedroom without a backward glance at Muyiwa…her daughter had saved her.

Mary spent the rest of the night in prayer long after her daughter had slept off…she paced the living room like an angry lion…she still didn’t remember what had transpired during her trance like state, but she could still feel the revulsion and disgust in her…it had to have been something really bad!

Something stirred up within her as she used her disgust and anger to fuel her prayers…at length a scripture verse floated into her mind…

2Tim1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

She had allowed the spirit of fear to enter in…fear always precedes the invasion of the Enemy…that was the lesson she had learnt in all this…so now she had to first get rid of the spirit of fear and then be prepared to confront whatever hideous creature it was that had appeared to her and tied her up in her dreams…it was not over until she had confronted him and gotten the victory.

Is that all there is to that verse?

Mary pondered the verse further until her understanding opened…what she had been given was a spirit of power and a spirit of a sound mind…what she had done was to refuse to use the spirit of power to resist the spirit of fear…for they are opposites…this had led to the binding of the spirit of a sound mind…for it worked with the spirit of power…it would remain passive while the spirit of power did nothing!

Mary quickened her pace around the spacious living room as new understanding dawned on her…

It is written, whatever I bind on earth shall be bound in heavenly places and whatever I loose on earth shall be loosed in heavenly places…in the Name of Jesus I release my spirit and its power within me…I release the spirit of a sound mind within me…with them I bind the spirit of fear…I cast you out now into outer darkness, never to return to me or my loved ones.

She knew where the power was located…it was in her spirit and she knew how to build it up…it was by praying in the spirit…she glanced at her wristwatch…Muyiwa would not wake up for another two hours at least…she smiled ‘evilly’…she would use the time to blast that demonic creature out of her home…out of her world.

“You want me? Come and get me bro!” she whispered nastily to herself as she launched herself into praises that would lead into high praises and the binding of kings and princes with fetters of iron.

Ps149:6-9 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand; 

7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; 

8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;  

9 To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD. 

Muyiwa twisted and turned on the bed in pain…he felt first his arms then his hands being constrained to his sides…they appeared to be paralyzed…

Stop your witch woman or I will kill you!

It was Mary that was doing this! It was the Translucent Man feeling the effects which he now transferred to Muyiwa’s physical body.

Muyiwa tried to get up, but now his feet were paralyzed, he couldn’t move…as a last resort he rolled over till he came to the edge of the bed, then pushed himself over the edge with a loud scream, hoping that the fall and the scream would both be loud enough to get Mary’s attention and break the flow of what he now realized to be her prayers at work.

Mary heard the noise and rushed back into the room to find Muyiwa on the floor groaning in pain. He had broken the power that held his hands and feet bound…he was free…and so was the Translucent Man…but Mary hadn’t known what had happened, and Muyiwa intended to keep it that way.

“How did you manage to fall Muyiwa?” asked Mary rushing to help him up.

“I don’t know, I must have been in deep sleep and somehow rolled off the bed,” lied Muyiwa.

“That’s strange, it has never happened before. Did you take any drugs or alcohol, because I don’t know what else can explain this?” Mary brushed some dirt out of his hair.

“Of course not,” said Muyiwa. He had decided he had slept enough for one night…besides, Mary might go back to praying again and that would be disastrous…he now knew that the Translucent Man had inhabited him permanently…he had almost had his way with Mary, if not for their daughter…and now she would be very alert…it won’t be easy for him to try next time…unless he wouldn’t mind their daughter instead.

Muyiwa knew his life was at stake…the friendship offered previously by the Translucent Man had soured…now he was angry and wanted what had been promised him…after all, he had fulfilled his own side of the bargain.

“I will be downstairs in my study, I think I’ve had enough sleep for one night,” said Muyiwa, leaving the room.

Chapter 8

The Beginning…

Ade sat down gingerly behind the executive table and looked slowly around his office…for the first time in six years, he felt in control again…the thrill of the power he was holding rushed through him like the rush of alcohol to the brain…he was somebody again.

He was the sole owner of a bio-tech software engineering Company…it was relatively small as it boasted of only 50 employees…but Ade intended to change all that soon.

He had just been given a grand tour of the facility by a young lady who had been the former PA of the former CEO. He would have to work on her…he needed a girl to warm his bed at night…and to be his eyes in the office, among other things...He also needed a young lady who would be his eyes in the realm of the spirit. She had said her name was Toun…she was a bit too refined for him, but he could mould her to suit his tastes.

There were native spells he had had to learn as a new initiate when he had first joined the cult…it had been necessary…it was the way the cult gave their new members a taste of its power and built their trust in them.

He had learnt various ways of poisoning people unobtrusively, so that the poison didn’t have its full effect until several days later…they were mostly untraceable poisons….they had taught them to make love potions that truly worked, and how to hypnotize, using charms and concoctions.

Then he had moved on to more advanced spells that had to do with capturing and imprisoning a human spirit…it was such a spell that he would cast over his new secretary Toun.

But when he had become a full member of the cult, things had moved rapidly…he had been initiated into the spirit world where he learnt how to communicate with spirit beings and enlist their help for various projects. He had learnt how to bargain with them using human souls other than his.

The door opened and a light skinned girl wearing a black top and skirt came in…she definitely had on too much make up…Ade eyed her as she came close to his table…he liked the smell of her perfume though.

“May I do anything for you sir?” Toun asked, looking directly into her boss’s eyes.

Ade bit down on the leaf he had kept under his tongue and waited for a few minutes, bowing his head down so she could not see the movement of his lips as he made the usual incantations.

“Yes, several things actually, firstly you must never look me directly in the face again. Secondly whenever you come into my presence you must curtsy deeply or kneel if I ask you too.”

Instantly Toun dropped to her knees with her head bowed…Ade smiled…it never failed to work…it was his dad’s favourite charm and now his own too…it saved so much time in dealing with difficult people when you could just command them to do whatever you wanted.

“Thirdly, I need a heavy meal,” he dipped his hand into his pocket and brought out a wad of notes and plucked a few and handed them to her.

“Do you live alone or with your parents?” asked Ade.

“With my mother sir, my dad is late,” answered Toun still on her knees and her head bowed.

“Oh I’m sorry to hear that. Well you will need to call your mother and inform her that you will not be returning home tonight because you will be travelling with me to a conference.”

“Okay sir.”

“Finally, you will spend the night with me in my home, is that okay?” 

“Yes sir,” replied Toun.

Ade watched her leave, and then turned his attention to the files on his table. His new Company was registered as Cutting Edge Technologies…he also learnt that he had some competition…Micro-tech Inc.

Toun stepped into her small office with a smile on her face…she liked her new boss and felt a compelling urge to do whatever he wanted her to do…she felt like submitting herself wholly to him and to do his bidding. A frown crossed her face briefly…one part of her felt this was all wrong, but another part…the stronger part insisted it was the right thing to do…so she accepted it and felt at ease…the familiar spirit tucked himself deeper into her soul, keeping a firm hold on the thick strands of her Will…he was going to like it here.

Wunmi ran into the arms of Mrs Adewusi joyfully…Service had just ended and finally it was her turn to welcome back her pastors from their trip abroad.

“I’ve missed you so much,” She said happily.

“We too have missed all of you,” replied Mrs Adewusi. 

Pastor Adewusi beamed at her and wrapped an arm around her shoulder.

“Where is your cousin Mary?” he asked, looking round to see if he might spot her in the crowds milling around them.

“She couldn’t make it to church today, she’s tied up,” Wunmi said, feeling miserable inside. It was the best she could do without out rightly lying…after all Mary was indeed tied up in a way.

Pastor Adewusi took her aside,leaving his wife to bond with the other members of the church…he had seen the guilty look that had come into Wunmi’s face when he had asked of Mary, and needed to know what was going on.

“What’s going on?” he asked tersely as he led her to the Vestry behind the church.

“Mary can’t come because her husband won’t let her,” said Wunmi.

“Why not?”

“Both our husbands are in deep trouble pastor. They have gotten themselves involved in some new kind of pioneering technology that creates brain implants to enhance human abilities such as physical strength and speed.”

“A couple of months back, my husband underwent a surgery to implant a brain chip of his own creation. Ever since then our lives have never been the same again. Some kind of creature that can materialize in the flesh whenever he chooses; began appearing to my husband and helping him with make progress with the new technology.”

“In fact one day I saw the being with my own eyes, implanting another chip into my husband’s head. He just pushed his fingers into Kola’s head and pulled them out again.”

“And I’m guessing the same thing is happening to Mary’s husband too?”

“Yes sir, the same being. He looks semi-transparent but my husband calls him the Translucent Man.”

“So why is Mary being prevented from coming to church?” asked Pastor Adewusi.

“Mary told me on the phone that a few days ago, the being tried to hypnotize her. He tried to enter her body by making her fall into some sort of trance. He succeeded partially because his goal apparently was to make Muyiwa make love to Mary while he was trying to possess her; but it failed because Mayowa – Mary’s daughter barged in on them and Mary broke out of the trance.”

“A being that can materialize in the flesh,” mused Pastor Adewusi.

“And what about your children?” asked the pastor.

“They are with me here in church, but they follow me wherever I go except when they go to school. I can’t leave them with anyone, and you were not in the country,” said Wunmi.

“Okay, here’s what we will do. First let’s get the children out of the way. Will your husband allow you to bring them over?”

“Most definitely not sir, I have noticed him trying to suck up to them. Buying them gifts and taking them out every now and then even against my wishes. I can’t help but think that he has a plan for them. I feel that he wants to use one of them in my stead since the being tried to possess me too and failed.”

“Hmm he seems to have traded you for something he considers very valuable and having failed to get you, he wants to renegotiate with one of his children…but I may be wrong.”

“Exactly my thoughts pastor,” said Wunmi.

“The only kind of beings I know that can materialize into flesh are the ancient principalities that once came down to earth and mated with mortal women in the days of Noah and even before.”

“But weren’t they rounded up and incarcerated? I think I’ve read that before somewhere in the bible,” said Wunmi.

“Yes Jude 6 mentions them…the angels who left their first estate have been reserved in everlasting chains under darkness until judgement day,” replied Pastor Adewusi.

“Then if it wasn’t them…who else could it be?” asked Wunmi perplexed.

“Well there is so much we don’t know yet about these wicked beings, but we are definitely up against a very powerful being. It is probably a demon trying to trick people that there are other forms of physical life elsewhere in the universe. This is why we are hearing so much about sightings of UFOs and the like.”

“Mary says she hasn’t been sleeping well. She has been sleeping in her daughter’s room, expecting the being to appear again. She needs help soon pastor.”

“Well if she can’t come to church, then the church must go to her. I will inform my wife and then we can leave.”

“What would be our plan when we get there?” asked Wunmi.

“Where there are two or three gathered in my name, there I am in the midst of them said Jesus. We will have to walk by faith. Perhaps there is a way we can call him out…perhaps the Holy Spirit will compel him to appear to us, who knows? Are you spiritually prepared?”

“Yes sir, Mary and I have been fighting this thing for weeks now. We are exhausted but we do not rely on physical strength,” said Wunmi grimly.

“That’s the spirit!” said Pastor Adewusi, rising from his seat and ushering Mary out of the office.

The Translucent Man watched them go…he had been following Wunmi around, waiting for an opportunity…all he needed was a brief moment of weakness…but no opportunity had presented itself and his patience was running out. The little girl at home was too young…he needed an adult that could bear children…his child…it was time for the return of the Nephilim…the giants of old.