Chapter 103 - Against the Odds

This was a hard bargain the Wolf was driving at and he was not sure how to react to it.

'What are you saying? What sort of thing is that? Or did you forget that I, Sunday, I am your Bane?' Sunday growled at this.

No matter what this Wolf was promising, he was not so dumb to accept it. After all, this same Wolf had almost wrecked his mind into bits as at the time of assimilation, back then with the Primes.

To let the Wolf... No, to willingly give his Soul and all of the will to the Wolf was willingly jumping down into a lake of fire when there was a way out.

But, a way out?

Was there really amy way out from all of this? The more this went on, the less of time he had in his hands. And the less his chances of survivability was.

Yet, to hand over control to the Wolf was...

Unfathomable.

The odds of that was something he was not sure he would like.

"Don't worry, Sunday. I will protect you." Ibiyemi said, as she circled around Sunday, her back to him, looking left to right in expectancy of a next attack.

Protect him?

How long was he going to be looked down on in this regard? For once, he needed to prove himself and not be protected by girls because since he knew a girl had always been protecting him.

That girl was Niniola. Now, the same girl he was determined to protect, Ibiyemi, was the same one saying she was going to protect him?

'Baaaannnnneeeee....' Sunday growled, his mental self slamming against the bars of Bane's restriction.

'What? Stop telling at me, My Bane.' The Prickled Bane Winged Wolf mocked, shaking it's head at Sunday. 'I thought you are my bane. Then, how come you cannot save yourself?'

'I... I will kill you!' Sunday growled, reaching his right hand inside the bar containment, reaching for the snout of the 9ft tall Wolf.

He grabbed it with the right, resting his forehead against the bars as he snarled at the beast before him.

Why wouldn't this beast just submit to him already?

'What is the matter? Scared that I would cut chase as soon as I take over? Listen to me, Sunday, on your own, you are useless.' Bane mocked.

'Hah! I... will...'

'Kill me?' Bane snorted, flapping his wings twice. 'Look at you? If not for Ibiyemi, you would be toast already.' 

Sunday shook his head at that, his head never leaving the bars.

'But, if you surrender all your will to me, we can turn this ride around. Even the odds. Like what your girlfriend said, you do not need to attack anyone but stay clear which you obviously failed to do.'

'I tried' Sunday squeezed some fur on the snout of the Wolf as tight as he could.

'Fufufu...' Bane chortled. 'Still, it amounted to nothing. But if you let me have control, I can show you the many things you do not know. Why do you doubt me?

If I wanted to cut chase, I would have done so back then at Obedi's place. Wasn't I the one who kept you alive all along?' Bane queried, breaking into Sunday's last line of defence and the Irunmole's hand dropped from the snout of Bane.

Sunday dropped to his knees, his exhaustion beginning to tell on his mental space. 

'Fine, Bane. Fine. Take it all. Give me everything you've got, Bane.' Sunday muttered, weakly, just as he fell to his fours.

And then, the Iron Bars shattered, leaving Bane out and free in Sunday's soul space.

'Finally. You've let the beast out! Ho... ho... Let's go even the odds.' Bane chortled as he stepped out from behind the shattered iron bars that began to disintegrate into nothingness, flapping his massive wings as he howled into space.

It was finally time to step up things, a bit more personally.

***

Meanwhile, while all of that was happening, Ibiyemi frowned.

Actually, she had been frowning since as she tried to circle around Sunday. In as much as she knew that Sunday was almost in the same boat as her, being that they both had been in the bottom of the their Ijinle Orun(1) group, of which Wole and Shola had dealt with them mercilessly. 

However still, she had thought he would have some more oomph in him. After all, hr had a powerful beast within him, didn't he?

Then, how come he was letting himself get knocked out so good?

Be that as it may, Ibiyemi had not the slightest idea that the result of the things that had happened to Sunday had being part and parcel why he could not exactly maintain the Sage Mode.

However, she was determined to protect him. After all, was that not the reason why her Patron Orisha had reached out to her? 

So, she could protect him when he needn't her help?

True, she may not be that strong but she was willing to stake it all out to keep him out of harm and see that he completed his mission. 

After all, it was not like she was getting some cool level ups on her part. So far, she'd being pushing herself and if not for her Eye which acted as an independent source of Agbara, besides the Agbara she held in her soul, she was not certain she would have lasted till now.

However, now was not the time to think.

"Dieeee..." Elisa screamed out as she jumped down at Ibiyemi, her body seeming to phase through reality continuously.

A technique of Chance that allowed the person to slip in and out of Fate. In this way, an attack hurled at her had a lower than 20% chance of hitting her because she kept phasing in and out, while she flung several lances of energy streaking down at her.

Just then, she remembered what her mentor had told her.

"The universe is mine to command. I am the master Energy!" She chanted, dashing into the air in a reckless collision with the whitish blaze of streaking energy lances.

As she did, she crossed two finger guns before her face, using them to draw a quick circle. 

Light shone from the circle. Her body split into several parts immediately, almost as if her movement was being rewound in other to see her various body movements as she jumped from ground to the air.

It was like she was being storyboarded, each action phase of her suddenly existing all at the same time.

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(T/N)

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