LIFE IS A BITCH

Like the patient vulture, Dija glared at the big man laying in deep sleep beside her. Her hand involuntarily dashed at the place where her sword was kept.
'Patient, Dija. You must learn to be as patient as the vulture.'
The twin's words flowed back into her.
Life, they claimed is a bitch, it keeps fucking you up.
"Not when I thought I have found the one for me!" Dija exclaimed, then peered close to the dragon on Augur's neck.
Unmistakable!
The tattoo belongs to the man that pulled the trigger.
For years, Dija had searched for long for this man with a tattoo of a dragon on his neck, and tonight, she just made love to her parent's murderer.
Life is a bitch.
Dija grabbed her sword, then plunge it toward Augur's neck, she stopped suddenly as the blade of the sword touched his throat.
"I need to be patient, like the vulture."
She returned her sword to its scabbard, stood from the mattress, and walked out into the open field.
Far off, some people and an alien gathered in deep conversation.
"Hey Dija, come over here," Brenda called out to her.
Dija strolled close to the group and then asked, "hope there is no problem?" She saw a lady lying in her blood beside Brenda, then peered at her and asked, "Is this not Maria?"
"Yes, Reagan just murdered her in cold blood!" Apollon777 exclaimed with a saddened gaze.
Reagan was seen crawling towards Maria's corpse on the floor, he jerked at it, then pulled her over his body.
"Please forgive me, I never meant to hurt you."
Suddenly, the lady coughed out, then sneezed twice, she raised her body from her laying position and winced as she mistakenly touched her wounded chest. "What is going on?"
The silence that descended at Maria's sudden return from the land of the dead can be compared to a cemetery in the dead of the night. But the intriguing silence soon turned into an uproar in a few minutes.
"Maria, are you okay?" Brenda stooped beside the wounded lady and started attending to her gash.
"Yes... Yes, where am I?"
"You have lost your memory due to the shock of your sudden assault, I'm sure you will soon remember everything," Bobby answered back.
"Please forgive me, Maria." Reagan came into his lover's view, then bowed in remorse at his jealousy.
But Maria stand from her sitting position, then dived at Reagan and cling to his neck with her two arms as she exclaimed. "Where have you been, I have searched and waited for you all this while.
"Oh my goodness!" Brenda cried out in shock.
"She is back!" Bobby whispered.
"Are you Maria or Ruana?" Apollon777 asked with a puzzled look.
"Ruana? Have never heard the name before. Of course am Maria."
Apollon777 burst into tears and sauntered out of the scene. "Life is a bitch, it fuck you when you least expect it."
Not when he finally accepts Ruana's presence in Maria's body. Tonight, he had finally given his heart to Maria, and for the first time since Ruana died, he had felt at peace. Then the sudden attack and everything changed.
Diana left and Maria is back!
At last, Reagan won.
The thought of forever loneliness plunged Apollon777 back into withdrawal and at that moment, all he seeks is death.
What is life, without a mate?
If life is a bitch, then it must be a double-faced bitch.
When Apollon777 was driving himself into self madness, Reagan was cheerful and danced around at the recovery of his lover.
"My patience has paid and at last, my love is back."
He immediately cling unto Maria, heaved her off the ground, and danced towards his camp bed.
"Am hurt, please put me down."
"I have missed you and am very happy that you are back," Reagan announced, put Maria gently on her feet, then kissed her in the mouth.
"I still can't remember anything." Maria let out with a concerned gaze.
"You will in due time, until then, I will fill you with all I know.
The pair entered the tent that served as Reagan's space and soon emerged in a few minutes. And this time around, Maria was dressed in Reagan's oversize t-shirt and pants. They walked towards a tree, seat beside each other, and intertwine their fingers.
"Welcome back," Reagan announced. "I never believed I will ever have you again, never imagine we will seat close to each other and converse."
"Please tell me how it all happened, am losing my mind right now." Maria cried out with a thoughtful gaze.
"It happened sometimes ago, you woke up from a long time of sleepwalking then exclaimed, 'am not Maria, but Ruana.'
"You don't mean it!"
"Yes, I do. I was as shocked as you are, but that was the beginning!"
When a handshake goes beyond the shoulder, it's no longer a handshake, but an embrace. These are the exact conditions of the aliens fighting along with Geisha, against the jihadist.
Their numbers soon diminished as all their physicians have been killed.
"We need more warriors!" One among the few remaining named Hoorays walked close to Geisha and announced. "And many physicians this time around."
"I have already ordered more fighters," Geisha answered back.
"We have lost a lot of our fighters already, I suggest we leave this zone for them."
"Perfect suggestion, except that, it will portray a negative effect about our superiority, it's unthinkable and unimaginable for us to flee from humans," Geisha answered back.
"This is a waste of resources and time," the Hoorays bemoaned, our fighters are exhausted and need to relax."
"And also the humans," Geisha answered back. "Remember, it takes two to tangle."
"So we keep fighting until we all dropped dead?" The alien asked with an alarmed gaze.
"Didn't you all sign your death warrant when you embarked on this journey?"
The Hooray veered around and leave the sight of his crazy superior. "Damn son of a bitch and his pride." He muttered silently under his breath.
But who cares? Not Geisha, he was seen marching here and there, in deep thought.
Geisha's melancholy mood is not of the murmuring Hoorays, they can only sulk, but will obey him even at the point of death.
Geisha's headache was his loss of men, coupled with the internal crisis concerning the banned weapon.
A few hours ago, the crown king whom Geisha had once saved his life when he was just a prince had called and informed him of the petition on his table.
'I'm just informing you because of our mutual friendship and your loyalty to the crown.' The king had announced, then disconnect the call.
His information was clear and precise, Geisha need to be prepared as he will soon need to appear before the senate to prove his innocence against his war crime.
Who is the witness?
Even the king have no idea and only promised to keep Geisha informed If any other development occurred.
"Fuck you all! Am doing it for us."
Geisha screamed, but his screaming was soon silent when the spaceship bringing another thousand of Hoorays came into view.
At that moment, Shakau leads two thousand men into the warring zone.
His golden crown reflected in the sunshine and his face glistened with great expectations.
"Keep the aliens at bay, and make sure they don't penetrate our towns," Shakau instructed the general at the eastern flank. "Two thousand men will be joining you soon."
"Are you staying with us till nightfall?" The general inquired.
"No, am leading another two thousand men to the western flank to defend our territory against some invaders of zombies."
"When will you be back, the men are boosted by your presence and fight better whenever you are around." The general inquired further.
"I will be back as soon as possible, inform the men to keep their fate and fight to defend their inheritance," Shakau answered back, veered his horse, and galloped off.
And he was followed by his hundred personal guards.