"Majesty, here are the kids, brought by Dogo and Bako , in return they want twenty thousand naira and a room in your estate".
             Pamela suspicion was confirmed
            "Well spoken" came the thunderous voice of the man called "majesty"  there was no foreign  accent in his voice, he continued.
            "Take them to Lab operation 04 there are already five children confined there give them the normal concoction.
              Pamela got terrified at the sight of those who were tied to a stake .  Horrified she looked at Ego , but was surprised to see looking cool and unruffled. Pamela returned her gaze to the children they all looked drained and lifeless ,  just then two strong hands gripped her shoulder from behind and tied her after the last person on the line, making her the sixth and Ego the seventh , she wondered what was going to happen to them after now.
              "Give this one food," said one of the men to the other pointing to Pamela, he continued " I have given some of it already to this one" said he pointing Ego .
              The other man bought out a calabash from underneath the table he set on . As he approached Pamela she quickly murmured.
              "In the father son and holy Ghost name, I destroy the evil powers of this what's even.  She closed her eyes while the liquid was forced in to her mouth. And a big hand closed over her mouth to prevent her from spiting it out, she had no choice but to swallow the tasteless stuff.
             The two men approached the first child holding a bag and a calabash to her chest
                "What is your name?" they demanded
                "Ehis" he answered his voice very faint and hardly audible.
               "Gush," shouted one of the men pushing the calabash in to the child mouth the child vomited a big stone like substance.
             The second man stabbed him immediately, the child neck dropped.
             Pamela tightened her eyes as if to erase the memory of the incident.  She could not imagine that happening to her.
               The same happened to the second, third and fourth person. At the fifth person turn, the girl, a grown up probably nineteen years of age, cried, begged and laughed bitterly, her reaction was enough to soften the heat of a monster. Pamela forgetting her own predicament cried for the girl .  The men hesitated. Pamela was glad that at least if the man spared the girl, there might be hope for her to be saved.
                 Before the twinkling of an eye, the girl had been stabbed. Pamela could not longer control herself, she burst out screaming furiously.
            "You cruel men ! Instrument of Satan, you want to get money at all costs.  Have you no heart and blood like us?"
            A slap marked a check and the calabash was pressed to her mouth.
            "Forgive me, please forgive me" she begged,  "I will give you any thing to spare my life. I will pay back the money with which I was bought. In fact my father will double it and..."
               She was silenced when another slap marked her other cheek . No  amount of pleading would save her from these monster, if they could not help the girl before her, she feared, they might not spare her. Pamela glanced around, the only living soul was an indifferent Ego She did not to die . No way! Her heart increased and memories of some family scenes rushed to her mind. She felt that she simply could not just die now.
              "Oh! God" she moaned, "Lord in heaven, please me" 
              "What is your name?" He demanded, already losing his patients, she didn't speak.  
        A fist landed on her heart beat , she would have sank to the ground were she not tied. Again he demanded fiercely.
             "What is your name?" for an answer teardrops found their away into her mouth.  How could she prevent the inevitable? Any minute from now, a knife might eliminate her.
             Again a fish landed on her cheek which sent out a tooth from her fine set of teeth. He repeated his question.
              Pamela grieving over the loss of a tooth, remembers that soon if nothing was done, she might as well loose her set of teeth and thereafter her entire life,
                She shivered, "A miracle is bound to happen, she prayed.   Her thought ran through the word of her Reverend father, who once said, when in trouble, call on the name of Jesus and thou shall be saved".
               Again he asked after her name through gritted teeth.
                "Young girl" he barked "what is your name?". drawing her hair roughly and pulling her hard towards him self.   He looked at his partner in awe and asked "you did not give her drink?"
            "Yes " his partner confirmed equally awed .  Pamela provoked  cried out "Jesus "
       Like thunder, the man calabash fell to the ground and a  wind blew him against the table. His friend who was sitting on the big office table fell against him and both landed on the ground. the sticks with which they were tied collapsed and all the dead children slumped to the ground. for the first time since they entered the hall , Ego cried out.
                The wind stopped immediately after the white man had entered the hall . He looked order, his hair ruffled and his jaw tightened as he ordered the men.
                "Get that child out of this hall immediately."
              Both men staggered to where Pamela was and seized her . They pulled her roughly out of the room through an outlet behind into an open field. While being manhandle, her shoes pulled off exposing her bare feet to the thorns to find their way in. outside, she realized the sweet natural air and was glad not caring how she was handled.
              Finally, the men stopped near a river.  The shorter one spoke
              "Let us leave her here, this path is dangerous, she cannot be saved. She deserves a slow death for all the trouble she has caused us".
             "No" answered the other thoughtfully "This girl has a supernatural power in her, which is also likely to save her the moment we leave here , it is better we kill her here or let's throw her into the river where the tide is very high and even if she can swim, she won't be able to swim to safety".
                  The argument continued for a while finally the men threw Pamela into the river, leaving her to drown.