CHAPTER 4 THE SET UP

THE BLOODY WAR

Chapter 4

THE SET UP

The principal rode speedily to the museum and went straight to the museum manager office, hoping to see him there, but she met an empty office.She wanted to leave but as she turned she bumped into someone, she looked up and saw a masculine figure on suit, on it was a tag MANAGER, it then dawned on her that she bumped into the museum manager.

Hey watch it bit*h he said, The principal apologize quickly and adjusted her self, "this guy Is so arrogant and full of himself, who the heck does he think he is?" she said to her self.

"I guess you are here to see me and you are the principal I guess" he said.

Do come in, he opened his door and directed her to his office and offered her a sit.

Now she was confused wasn't the same jerk who just called her a bit*h, why was he being nice all of a sudden.She quickly sat down to listen to what he had to say.

"Ma, or should I say principal, from the CCTV footage, we saw that some students from your school, didn't abide with the set down rules which had caused some little damages to the artifact here.

We are a company of value and we don't slack in ensuring that we do everything in an orderly and organized way, and if we find anyone defaulting or going against our rules, disciplinary actions would be taken against you, no matter the class you belong to in the society, and your students aren't exempted, they must serve their punishment for being stubborn and disobeying the rules guiding clients." the manager said.

"And what's the punishment?" The principal asked "they will have to come here everyday to learn something new, before they leave they are to discuss what they had learnt to the tour man, you must inform this stubborn students of yours that, they are spending thirty minutes here, I don't care the time they arrive, they should all bear it in mind that they must spend thirty minutes here, before they leave, if they fail to adhere to the rule a stiffer punishment awaits them." the manager said.

Mrs Yash the principal stood up to leave ,but paused mid air and asked to see the CCTV footage, the museum manager smiled, he turned the apple laptop on his desk towards her and clicked play.

She watched with amusement and also jotted down the names of the students.She thanked him and left.She got to her car and release a deep breath, she thanked God it wasn't an incidence that was enough to close down the school.

She started her car and drove straight back to school.Luckily for her when she returned it was lunch hour,Mrs Yash sent for the students who were too proud to obey laid down rules and regulations of a museum, she believed this would be an example for other students to learn .

The five of them all marched into Mrs Yash office, she ordered the last person to lock the door, she placed cupcakes and pizza on her table,the students sat down and didn't even allow Mrs Yash say anything, they started devouring the pizza and cupcakes.

Mrs Yash was surprised, as in who in the world does what these kids were doing, she didn't even ask them to eat.

She shouted, "will you stop it?" they all paused and looked at themselves and each other erupted into laughter.

Mrs Yash was confused, what was making them laugh, when there was no clown around.

She ordered them to stand, which they did, she pressed a button, and a cleaner ran inside the office, please clear my table, the lady quickly gathered the pizza and cupcakes, which she threw into a polythene black bag she was holding. Immediately the cleaner left the office, the kids made joke of the cleaner and the principal had to rebuke them, because the woman they were taunting was old enough to be their mother.

I called you all because of what you did three days ago, they looked at themselves having this confused look, what did we do ma? A boy named Alex asked.

"That's good I will tell you what you did" Mrs Yash said.

Three days ago, you all visited the museum, true or false? "they all replied with a deep yes."

The CCTV captured you all when you went against the museum rules, and for that the museum manager said you all must Carry out a task, which is to be your punishment.

And what's the fu*ki*g, task we are all to embark on, the girl among them, whose name is Sandra asked Mrs Yash.

"Well, well, well, you all will be spending your lunch hour in the museum reading and studying, and most importantly, if you fail to comply, an higher form of strict punishment would be awarded to you all" Mrs Yash said.

When do we start this?, Rick asked Mrs Yash.

"It begins tomorrow, the five of you are expected to be in the museum during lunch hour." Mrs Yash said.

"Does that means we won't eat during lunch hour, I don't think I can do this, this is very unfair," Rick said.

The lunch is your problem and not the punishment you would serve, well if you don't then I would have no choice than to inform the museum manager and don't be surprised when you see the police at your classroom asking of you.

I would employ you to corporate on this, than let other students to be aware of this.

I would make plans for your transport with one of the school bus drivers, remember do all what you would be asked to do, represent this school in a good way" the Principal said.

You all can now go, and make sure the last person shut the door behind you.

They all walked out of the office, grumbling.

**Decades ago**

Mark a crazy scientist who was fascinated by animals, he was always seen in the zoo and mostly in his lab carrying out experiments.

He was so much into love with the cats family, he had the zeal and the urge to reproduce that same characteristics in human.

Doctor Mark decided to carry out a secret experiment, he knew what he wanted to do was against the ethics of his company, he didn't want his colleagues or his senior staff to find out, because if they do he would be fired and he won't want his years of practice to end, he doesn't even want to leave this company because it was a highly respectable scientific research company.

Mr Mark had two kids, his wife was just recovering from a tragic accident, Mark wasn't finding it easy playing the role of a mother and a father, he was anxious for his wife to regain her health so she could continue playing the role of a mother.

Mark sometimes, doesn't have enough time to rest, when he returns from work he is always with his two kids, ensuring that they do their homework and making sure they get the needed attention and love a parent can give a child.

On a particular night, Mark decided to take a walk down his street, he had just put his two kids to bed and his wife was still at the hospital, he felt board and wanted to do something different.

He put on his footware and left the house and locked the door.

As he walked down his street, some of his neighbor were just returning from work, he didn't have any reason for coming out, he continued walking, and suddenly he had a woosh sound, it was weird, he looked around but didn't see any one.

At this point he became afraid, his feet felt heavy to move, all of a sudden he had a shout!! he looked back only to realise that he had entered into the danger zone, were all commutants had been warned not to get into.

Mark was fidgeting already, he tried finding out where the shout came from, as he walked towards the place, the street lights all went off, this is getting creep, Mark said, he brought out his little aluminum torch, he switched it on but after three minutes the light started blinking, he was already jittering.

Mark though afraid walked towards the direction he heard the sound, he was shocked at what his eyes saw, it was his kids, they were dead, blood gushing out of their stomach and he noticed that there hearts weren't there anymore, he felt like a mad man on seeing this, he shouted nooooooo!, how possible could this be, I left them at home, they were fast asleep how did they end up there, but one thing he didn't seem to understand was that, the clothes they were putting on was different from the ones he wore them.

He brought out his torch, he wanted to examine the bodies very well, there was no light there, it was the moon that was supplying light, he hope the torch works this time around.

He switched it on and found out it was his kids, he saw a claw of an animal on his daughter, he also saw the marks of claw on their chest, it was a terrific sight, but he didn't know why he wasn't feeling sad was it because it was done by a wild animal, but these were his kids for goodness sake.

He just stood fixed to the spot, he was confused at this point.

Firstly how did his kids get here, secondly how did he wander into the danger zone, thirdly which wild cat just killed his kids, while thinking he heard the howling of a wolf ahwoooooo, he became afraid, he didn't know when he saw himself running, the next thing he knew was that he was at his door post, breathing heavily.

He quickly unlocked the door and went to his room, he was still wondering what had just happened, was he dreaming? or was it his thoughts, he kept on pondering on this and fell asleep.

Grinnnn, grinnnn the alarm rang, Mr Mark woke up and was surprised to see himself on his bed, "how did I get here", he asked no one but himself.

He was shocked, he quickly discard the thought, maybe I sleep walked into my room, he thought, he quickly went to the restroom, freshen up, prepared breakfast for himself and dressed up and headed for work.

He entered his Peugeot car and drove to work, along the journey, his mind flashed back on what transpired last night, and also on how he ended up in his bed, topless.

Peee!!!, he quickly jolted out of his thoughts, he didn't know he had stopped in the middle of a busy road, he quickly started his car and drove to work.

At work his mind flashed back to his wife, he had planned to visit her today, but he never went there alone, he always took his kids along with him, he knew his wife would ask for the kids, and he won't want to inform her that her kids were dead, he decided not to go again.

Just then the event of yesterday night came playing in his head, the wolf, how possible, did it leave the zoo? how did my kids end up in the danger zone?

He was in deep thoughts that he didn't realize that his handset was ringing.

His pen fell down from his hands, he wanted to pick the pen, then he realized that his phone was ringing.

He checked the caller and it was the principal of the school his kids were attending.

He wanted to pick but on a second thought he decided not to, he wasn't ready to answer or tell anyone anything at this time. He watched the phone ring untill it ended, what was on his mind was what would he tell his wife when he gets to the hospital, his wife had known him so we'll to the point that, if he was telling a lie she would know.

He made up his mind to go to the hospital to see her, he wouldn't go there like he normally does, he would go there to do something different so as to ........