TITLE: The Guardians EPISODE: 1 AUTHOR: Mynd The story below is an exclusive work of the author, Mynd_44. All forms of reproduction in parts or full without prior written permission of the author is un- allowed. No part of this story may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system or transmitted in any form orby any means (electronic, mechanical or otherwise) This is a work of fiction. A result of my boredom and crazy imagination. Names, characters, Places and incidents are the results of said imagination and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead,business organization, events or locales is entirely coincidental. Bullcrap aside, this is a result of my thinking, it does not have any truth in it. I know how a lot of people roll so please don’t think any part of this actually happened or will happen Mynd_44 April, 2013 Chapter 1: Matters Arising It was a hot morning in Ketu; the type of morning which makes everyone wish it would rain or better still that a massive cloud would cover the sky and block out the sun completely but there was no respite for everyone. The traders at the ever busy Kosofe market were already about business and the fact that it is a Thursday made them more vigorous in their attempt to get the attention of their customers. It was just a couple of minutes past 10 in the morning and the market was beginning to fill out. The customers were already coming in and the traders were in a mad rush to display their wares. It is always like this during opening hours and this Thursday morning in April is not any different. The market opened late today due to a directive from the Lagos state government that says that all markets must clean their environments before 10am every Thursday or risk closure. A lot of markets have been shut down due to this directive and top on the list include the Automobile market at Ladipo and the popular fruit market at Mile 12 so the traders battle every Thursday to keep their environment clean before the Lagos state waste management authority (LAWMA ) inspection agents show up at their door. The cleaning process that morning went the way it should have gone with each of the traders showing up as early as 6am to clean his/her immediate surrounding and then gathering the flit in a dump made available by the government. The earliest customers were pouring in from buses bringing them in from one side of the Ikorodu road while the rest coming from the other side of the road came through the pedestrian bridge. The commercial buses on the side of the market were already set up for business as the time before trading commenced had been dull but now, the day is just beginning. The few who had managedto display their wares were already shouting on top of their voice in a form of oral advertisement; calling on customers to come buy what they had. Some were basic and some just so interesting that even if you were not interested in buying what they had, you would be pulled to look at the person advertising. The noise from the sellers combines with the noise from the old rickety buses most of whose engine did not completely burn the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) they used as fuel created a feeling of chaos from all around. The fact that the conductors of the buses were also screaming and calling out their routes did not help the noise situation one bit. In the course of the night, it rained making the floor muddy and that was even an added disadvantage to everyone but still as though the cosmic conspiracy against everyone was not enough, the sun was beating down on every one. The market was along the ever busy ikorodu road expressway which ran from Yaba to Ikorodu making it one of the longest state operated roads in the country and keeping the sanity there traffic wise is the dreaded Lagos State Traffic management Authority (LASTMA). Their men are always on ground here to make sure the traffic keeps moving asthe road is one of the most important ones not just on mainland Lagos but in the whole state. Some meters away from the market stands a branch of Cadios bank, one of the most profitable and financially stable bank in the country. The bank had opened the branch forbusiness besides the market more that 5 years ago just after the re-capitalizati on business by the then Central bank governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. The bank is big and occupies a space that is the envy of other banks. Even the banks in the area envied it due to its distance from the market. The queues at the ATM gallery is always filled and even the banking hall is always filled with customers either depositing or withdrawing money so they acquired more ATM machines. It was a great idea because it reduced the number of customers coming into the banking hall to withdraw but it did not help those who wanted to deposit money into thebank. These consist mainly of traders who prefer putting money in the bank’s vaults than their houses. Are you ready for episode 2? Hit like if you are
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