Chapter 8: The Night Never Ends

I press eye for peephole, dey look, dey pray make dem waka go quick. I dey whisper, "God abeg, protect your children o."

The 701 couple carry the girl. As dem wan go, I see the girl stretch finger. The thing slow, like person dey stretch for morning.

Her nail just turn black, long, e stab the man for body. The sound wey e make, I never go forget.

Black liquid enter him body. For my eye, na so life just comot from him face.

The man just fall, body dey shake. E resemble when electric shock dey catch person for transformer.

The woman shout:

"Honey, wetin happen?"

"Somebody help o! Anybody dey? Help!"

She turn, dey knock my door:

"604, I know say you dey house! Na my husband curse you before, but abeg, if you get conscience, help us!"

"Abeg, open door!"

Before I fit do anything, the woman fall too. Na so she join her husband for ground.

Behind her, the small girl stand, face blank, no emotion. As if she no even dey feel wetin dey happen.

Chai.

One kind fear just rush me. My body dey cold, my spirit wan fly comot.

Suddenly, the couple stand up. The kain way dem stand, e no get human inside again.

And the small girl fall for ground. Like say dem don collect wetin dey keep am alive.

The couple turn, bend down, show teeth—and begin chop… The sound of teeth for flesh reach my ear, I close eye, dey pray make morning quick come. If e remain for Naija horror, na this one dey win am. But as their teeth dey tear flesh, and the small girl empty for ground, I know say this night never finish. Something dey knock my own door now.