The night was eerily silent, saved for the rustling of leaves in the cold breeze. The automatic door of the hospital slid open but no one could be seen entering the hospital but footsteps could be heard walking towards the hospital morgue. Then a snap of a finger which released a purple wave of energy short circuiting the security cameras of the hospital.
"Shi lekun." A voice uttered. And the door of the morgue swung open by an unseen force. The footsteps could now be heard entering the morgue .
"Mo máa han." A voice muttered. Then Tolu shimmered into view. The air was thick with antiseptics and death. Rows of bodies lay covered, waiting their final rites. But one among them was fresh, a man who just died that very morning.
" perfect" Tolu said. She brought out a knife carving various symbols on his forehead and arms . Then she surrounded him with candles .
"Iná." she said and all the candles instantaneously lit up. Then she started her incantations.
"Jide , pada wa si aye! Èmí ti o sonù , wá pada!
Da ara re yóò tùn so, egungun re yóò dúró
Lábé àse mi, jide ." The air crackled, and the body twitched.
Then tolu heard a sound. A sharp intake of breath , she turned.
A nurse stood frozen in the doorway , horror widening her eyes. She opened her mouth to scream.
But Tolu reacted immediately.
"O ní lé sòrò" . She said . The nurse's mouth moved , but no words came out.
"Sùn." Tolu said again and the nurse's body slumped to the ground , unconscious before she could react and understand what was happening.
Tolu turned back to the corpse.
The body convulsed violently, the eye lids flew open, revealing eyes clouded with death. The man sat up with a guttural groan.
Tolu's heart pounded. It had worked.
The resurrected man let out a guttural , inhuman snarl and lunged at her . His teeth snapped at her face.
Tolu barely had time react before she said another spell.
"Pada si okú." The corpse convulsed again , then crumbled to the floor, lifeless once more.
Tolu sat on the cold morgue floor , her shoulders shaking as silent tears streamed down her face. The failure of the resurrection spell weighed heavily on her. She had come so far, and had even started another supernatural war, and yet, She couldn't even perform the spell right.
Then , she heard it-footsteps approaching. A voice calling out In urgency. "Nurse Olivia!"
Her heart nearly stopped as she looked at the name tag of the unconscious nurse and it was written Nurse Olivia . "Shit" she cursed.
Acting fast, she whispered . "Jé láìrí." Then her, nurse Olivia and the corpse became invisible.
The approaching nurse pushed the morgue door slightly open and peeped inside but the morgue was empty . With a silent sigh the nurse shook her head and stepped back out, closing the door.
"hihàn" she said and they became visible again. Tolu barely had time to exhale before she felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned, her breath catching in her throat.
It was the manifestation of the book and this time it was wearing Tolu's face .
"Ugh, not you agin." To shot at it angrily .
"AwwN, guess you took my advice after all ." It said as a smile is satisfaction spread across its face. It sat down on the floor in front of Tolu giving her a playful smile.
"Well, if you know you're gonna keep appearing like this can you not wear my face or Emeka's it's very creepy and super weird."
It said nothing but just chuckled." Well I see the resurrection spell went wrong , but no worries you're just a beginner in dark magic no one expects you to get it on your first try. I mean trying to raise the dead without it being an undead is almost quite impossible but with a little practice and more dark magic you can pull it off."
"But how ? I can't just keep coming to morgue and waiting for people to die to practice on their body ." Tolu said in frustration.
It stood up and walked towards the body ." Well we've got these guy , all we need is where to keep him and a preservation spell to slow the rotting and voilà we've got our self a practice body."
"What the fuck! Are you crazy? You don't expect to steal a corpse and do what with it? Hide it in my closet . That will be a literal skeleton in my cupboard." Tolu said . Trying to dismiss the idea of the book.
The corpse gave a loud cackle. "Well if you're too scared to do I will ." It said. Then it snapped it's finger , teleporting with the corpse and Tolu.
They appeared at Tolu's backyard . It gave a dubious smile and whispered. " you welcome."before dispersing in form of a murder of crow.
Tolu took a heavy sigh as she stared hopelessly at the corpse in her backyard.