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Ibadan, Nigeria
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Echoes beneath
<h1>*📖 Episode 29 — </h1><h2>"Echoes Beneath"*</h2><p><br/></p><p>The basement walls seemed to breathe. A thick, choking silence wrapped around them. Denniem quickly kicked the radio, but it was already dead again. Aisha clutched the file to her chest, heart racing. </p><p><br/></p><p>“Everyone calm down!” Success barked, his eyes darting around. “This is just a prank. Or maybe an old speaker connected to someone’s Bluetooth—”</p><p><br/></p><p>A door creaked. </p><p>They all turned.</p><p><br/></p><p>No one had touched it.</p><p><br/></p><p>Amaka backed into Kunle. “Who… who dey there?”</p><p><br/></p><p>A shadow moved at the far end of the room. It didn’t walk—it glided. Silent. Tall. Hooded.</p><p><br/></p><p>“Zara?” Aisha croaked, stepping forward.</p><p><br/></p><p>Denniem pulled her back. “No be Zara. That thing isn’t human.”</p><p><br/></p><p>The figure raised its arm and pointed directly at… *Success*.</p><p><br/></p><p>The ground rumbled. Dust fell from the ceiling. Suddenly, the room shook as a hidden trapdoor behind the shelf slid open with a metallic screech.</p><p><br/></p><p>“I’m not going in there!” Amaka cried.</p><p><br/></p><p>Success stepped forward. “Then I will. I need to know the truth.”</p><p><br/></p><p>“Alone?” Kunle asked.</p><p><br/></p><p>“No,” Denniem said, swallowing hard. “We go together. If we split, we’re finished.”</p><p><br/></p><p>They descended the stairs, phones lighting the narrow path. The air was damp, metallic. Strange symbols lined the walls—some glowing faintly.</p><p>Aisha touched one and a faint voice echoed: </p><p>*“You were chosen. You don’t belong here. Leave or serve.”*</p><p><br/></p><p>“Chosen for what?” she whispered.</p><p><br/></p><p>Suddenly, footsteps behind them. They turned.</p><p><br/></p><p>Zara stood there, pale, eyes blank… her lips moving with no sound.</p><p><br/></p><p>“She’s been turned,” Denniem muttered.</p><p><br/></p><p>Then Zara spoke—voice layered with another, deeper tone: </p><p>*“One of you won’t leave alive.”</p>
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