Chapter 6: No Hiding Place

This one pass my power. If to say shrine dey near, I for don rush go find native doctor.

After the video, I rush drink cold water make my mind cool. Water no even quench the fear, my hand still dey shake.

If fake human still dey look like that, e for easy to spot. But now… e fit enter person body. E fit dey hide for anybody. Na so wahala start.

Or make e possess another person. My mind dey run, dey calculate all the people for building wey I suppose fear.

703 send another message:

"You don finish the video? Now you see why I dey fear."

"If fake human change body again, our eye no go fit catch am."

"I no even wan imagine—if that thing hide among us, na wahala be that."

I wan reply 703, na so I hear movement for corridor again. My body freeze, phone dey nearly drop for ground.

The light for corridor come on. E flicker like NEPA wan off am again.

Voices dey outside:

"Make we go house. Maybe our pikin really wake up, waka come out. If door open small, e fit lock am."

"Baby, how you go believe this kind story?"

"You no see say 604 and 401 dey craze? He say 'sorry for your loss'—I go ask am why."

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So na me dem wan come disturb—see these people. Person no dey see trouble, na dem dey find am.

I knock door, curse 701 for my mind. "Oga, abeg carry your wahala go front, no bring am for my side."

But na so I hear the small girl voice again:

"Daddy, Mummy."

Cold sweat catch me. My mouth dry, I fit taste fear for tongue.