Chapter 20

"What do you mean?, Heza you are sick, drop the gun. Kamal please grab the gun from her" he ordered kamal who began taking some steps towards me.

"Tariq I am not sick. you are, how can you use All this people for sacrifice. They have mums waiting for them to come back home, dads hoping that their child would be found. Siblings who look up to their siblings are crying for their siblings now. Allah will not be happy with you all" I began crying.

"Heza they don't have feelings, they are animals" Sufy said while walking towards me.

"Yes they are. They are all animals" I muttered. "Now break the calabash now Tariq" I said.

"No!, I am not lossing my powers" Tariq said with darkness engulfing his eyes.

"Then you leave me choice" I closed my eyes while placing the gun on my head.

"Heza don't do this" both Tariq and Sufy said all at once.

"One" I counted... "Two" I began.

"Heza please, don't do this" Tariq yelled.

"FIVE" I yelled loudly with tears in my eyes.

"Heza no please" sufy held my hand and I opened my eyes and shut him a deadly glare.

"SIX" I yelled again.

"Heza wait, I'll break it" Tariq yelled.

"No Tariq don't do that!" The whole room echoed with people pointing a gun at us.

"Don't you dare" Tariq's eyes immediately turned pure red. Like the color of blood. This was indeed a scene to fear.

"I'll break it" he said while lossing it from his neck where it hung like a golden necklace.

"Break it" I said. And he lifted it up slowly and smashed it, making the whole ground shake. "Ahhhhh" I immediately hugged Sufy as we began vanishing into thin air and reapearing in the same room where the statue now stood shattered.

"Heza!" Saafa yelled while running to give me a hug.

"You saved us" she smiled at me. "Yes we did" I held unto Sufy's hand.

"Sufy!" Tariq yelled while pointing a gun at Sufy "its time for you to also die along with the Benj brothers" He said.

"Tariq what are you doing?" I left Sufy's hand.

"I have always hated you from day one, and I've always wanted to perish you" Tariq uttered with great venom in his voice.

"Heza step back" Sufy pushed me backwards slowly.

"You want to Kill me, go ahead!" Sufy spreaded his hand in the air.

"Tariq please do not" I begged with tears in my eyes.

"Tariq kill him" they all surrounded Tariq with their gun pointed at sufy and us.

"Because of you guys we lost the Benj brothers" a person from the crowd said.

"Yes its their fault"

"Kill them"

"Shoot them"

The crowd shouted while pointing their guns at us.

"Say your last prayers now" Tariq started getting the gun ready to shoot. I glanced at the floor and saw a gun laying there, so I immediately picked it up.

"Tariq drop your gun" I said.

"You want to kill Me because of him?" Tariq said.

"Yes I'll kill you because of him, he's better than you in every way" I said.

"Shut up" Tariq uttered while pointing the gun on sufy again.

"Tariq!" I yelled the minute I pulled the trigger mistakenly. "No!!!!!" I yelled in great shock. I ran to him on the floor and placed his head on my lap.

"Tariq" I said in a faded voice. I had just shot my brother.

"H... Heza I am sorry, I let you down. I deserve this death, the people I've killed are beyond words. I forgive you for shooting me" With that whispered by Tariq, he closed his eyes slowly drifting into a forever frost.

"You have the right to remain silent. Whatever you say will be used against you in the court of law" I heard the police said to my suprise and I raised my hand up in the air and so did sufy.

"Heza" my dad yelled immediately he ran to hug me. "Who shot Tariq?" My dad asked.

"I..." I was about to complete my statement before Sufy immediately interrupted me.

"I did, take me away" he said with the gun in his hand at the same time wuth his hand raised up in the air.

"Sufy..."

"No don't say anything. I am sorry about shooting him" Sufy said with his head bowed down.

"No" I said immediately they began handcuffing him along with everyone in the room.

"Sufy" I ran and gave him a tight bone crushing hug. "Don't do this" I whispered.

"No, don't say anything please. I'll be back" he whispered. "Put your hands in my left pocket and bring out what is there" he said and I did as told.

"The headband?" I asked.

"Yes it belongs to you remember" he said and I recalled how I threw it in the waste bin outside my class.

"Lets go" the rude police man grabbed him roughly.

"Sufyan" I whispered as he was dragged into the police van which was parked outside.

"Heza let's go" my dad held my hand while staring at saafa who immediately ran and engulfed him in a hug which they immediately broke.

"Dad sufy didn't shoot Tariq. I did" I said.

"I know, I saw all what happened. Tariq deserved to die" my dad answered "don't worry I'll make sure sufy will be out soon" my dad assured and I hugged him tightly while staring at Tariqs body which was being taken away into the police van.

"It was a mistake" I mumbled while watching my only brothers lifeless body.

This was truly a big blow to me, a big blow which I had never expected to be fall on me. I loved Tariq allot, I didn't expect all this from him, at first I thought Tariq couldn't do this but seeing it made me believe.

My dad, I and saafa walked slowly towards my dad's car where we sat with my eyes gazing outside the window.

My dad stared at me and a smile formed on his lips, though I know by looking into his eyes that the death of his only son must really hurt him allot.

I feel worthless.