Within the Walls of Hell by Taniform Martin Wanki Page B

palace and it was that ‘Unity is Strength’. I think if we unite, we will form a strong force. I think we can take that messenger guy down.
    Sandi: How can we take him down?
    Carlos : ( In a very low tone ) As soon as he walks back in here, the three of you can hold him down and I will land some serious punches and kicks on his head which would send him to the grave.
    ( Sandi, William and stone burst out laughing ) what is funny in what I’ve said? Have I said something stupid?
    Stone : ( Still laughing ) Oh no! Just go ahead and let’s hear your plan.
    Carlos: I’ve discovered that that guy is the one keeping us here. He is a wizard with very weak powers which we can overcome if we take him down. If we do that, we would be free to go and open that gate and regain our freedoms.
    William : Can I ask one question? ( To Carlos ) That guy as you call him is alone against millions of us in this land and you think he is the one keeping all of us in here against our will?
    Carlos : What do you mean by millions of us? I see only four of us here.
    William : We are just close to the gate but there are more people as one goes inland. The heat is even unbearable as one goes further inland from here. These rooms are like offices where queries are taken care of before you are asked to go inland.
    Stone : I have one question too bothering me. ( To Carlos ) If you say that guy is bluffing, weak and can’t do anything, why do you answer his questions then?
    Carlos : I answer his questions because I want you my boys to see that I did nothing wrong. ( With a smile ) What do you guys think of my plan?
    William : I think that idea is a very stupid one.
    Carlos : ( Very furious and tries to attack William but is stopped by Stone ) If my army chief was here, you would have been dead by now.
    William : ( To Stone and Sandi ) Do you guys see? ( Pointing at Carlos ) He is just trying to use us in getting out. ( To Carlos ) I’ve just asked you if one man can hold millions of others against their will and you haven’t provided an answer. Instead, what you want to know is what we think of your stupid plan. It seems you don’t want to come to terms with reality. Everybody who is here except that messenger has died once and will never die again. This second world is divided into two sections… the right section and the left section. Down there the preachers in houses of prayer made allusion to them and told us that anyone we chose to go to after death depended on the kind of life we lived down there. If you lived a life crowned with material wealth and you associated to it love for the creator and your fellow brothers especially the poor, generosity and selflessness in all you do, then you were going to find yourself in that (pointing ) other part. But if you were blessed with material goods and you forgot about your creator, despised your fellow brothers because they were poor or different or for whatever reason, then this is where you will come. Yes indeed, all of us who are here did some terrible things down there… things that we were not supposed to do. Stop blaming that messenger. He is no wizard. Stop plotting to have him killed. It will never happen. He knows you are planning to do things and if you are not careful, he will step in here and tell you what you have been planning. Instead of wasting time thinking of something which shall never materialize, you should be thinking of how you would cope in here.
    Carlos : Please stop trying to give me lessons. If you knew all that, how come you find yourself here and not in that nice place over there?
    William : Well, I am here because I did things I was not suppose to do and I have admitted that. But you continue to deny yours even when all the evidences are in front of you. What is wrong with you?
    ( Just then they see the messenger passing outside with the new comer following him ) As I was saying, nothing can happen to you or anybody else here. You will