Baaba: Chapter 6

At midnight, Kuukua and Baaba talked about Baaba's vision.

'So they are coming to kill you?'

That's what their leader, Sum (darkness) said. It might probably send a bunch of tough kakai here to do the job. When I had the vision, it felt like it was trying to pry into my mind'.

'So it knows about the invasion plan?"

'No, I've learnt to guard my mind against psychic attacks from the Asafo Priestess, Naarkie. It knows I'm planning something against them, but it doesn't know exactly what it is.'

'I'll inform the other companies. Warn them to stay alert. Is there anything else you noticed?'

'Sum occupies that hill. It might be a symbol of her authority and their dimension has thousands of kakai. If we want to seal off their dimension, we'll have to get through Sum and make it quick!'

Efua suddenly stormed into Kuukua's hut, startling them. 'Kakai have been spotted,near the riverside, heading this way, Supi Kuukua".

18 kakai in all', noted Baaba as she burst through the bushes and spotted them overwhelming the 4th company.

The kakai stared at her briefly, then without warning, they charged at her but before they could let off their steel needles, she let off two arrows at them. As both companies began to drive them back, Baaba and Kuukua fought side by side, with Kuukua blocking long range needles with his spear.

In turn, Baaba blocked the kakai's lunges and swings at them with her akofena and machetes. She cut a path through the kakai, as she blocked their attacks.

Her movements were a series of blocks, and short as well as long range attacks. She let off a stream of arrows for kakai who were far off, and used her machetes and akofena to slash and thrust through kakai that were near her. Their intent killing intent was matched by her own desire to banish them.

She saw their attack patterns and responded with blocks or by dodging them.Her attacks soon became impossible to block, breaking through their defenses.

Suddenly, a kakai was in her face, its eerie looking eyes seemingly gazing at the depths of her soul. It was too close for her to raise her sword to block its attack, so she spun to her side, as it snapped at her face. She swung at it and the force of their blades upon clashing, drove them both back.

Before it could recover, she slashed it multiple times, banishing it.

A kakai swung a machete at her head but all it cut was a bit of her hair before she stabbed it in the chest with her akofena and slashed it with her machete 5, times banishing it.

On her left,there was a blur of movement as Efua slashed at kakai in all directions with her machetes. She stabbed a kakai with her spear, banishing it and in one fluid movement, spun to her left and flung a spear at another kakai that fired steel needles at her.

Upon noticing the advance of the captains and the other asafo, the remaining kakai began to fall back, but the companies began to outflank them, blocking their retreat on all sides. It wasn't long before all of them were banished.

Suddenly, Baaba noticed more kakai falling from the red clouds above them. They landed before her and lashed out at Baaba with their blades. Baaba broke their blades with her machetes and stabbed them with her akofena, banishing it instantly.

She unsheathed a striped akofena and plunged it into the ground, sealing off the area.

'This should seal off the area for now. ' she sighed.

Kuukua placed her hand on the schoolgirl's shoulder. 'Get some rest, Baaba. Because tomorrow, the kakai will be targeting you.'