Chapter 18: Chapter 18

The tale of Josh.

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"Before you move to set out Josh, I must say this, do not forget my rules!" Steller told him.

"Of course, I wouldn't do such a thing, Steller."

"I said that just in case."

"Thanks!" Josh then turn to the rest. "Okay, I need you Steller to take care of the female slaves that had been rescued, while the male comes with me. And you Skye.." Skye looked at him. "Stay back," Josh told him.

"No sir, I insist I follow, please, don't say no!" She begged him.

Josh contemplated for a while. "As you wish then." He turned to the soldiers. "Rabindranath, you lead the troop while I... " He couldn't find Rabindranath in the group as he looked around. "Where is Rabindranath?" He asked.

"Sir, he passed away." Stone replied together with Tagore proclaiming at the same time.

"Shit!" Josh's face fell to a weakness for a jiffy, then he began to speak again. "Stone! Please for friendship sake, I have no dosh to give, but can you charge them all for me?" Josh asked.

"I don't think so." Stone spake in a cracking voice.

"Oh! Sorry, I forgot you have gone aged already, so who could help?" He asked the crowd of soldiers.

"I am willing sir!" Josh turned his head as he heard Clinton voice. "Enemies we were, but today friends, you have put in place."

"Thanks a lot, Clinton." Josh smile and turn back to the soldiers. "Okay! Each one of you, Clinton would lead you to the gate. Meanwhile, fairies!" He turns to look at the little soldier fairies. "I need you all to move with me to the back gate of Edmonton."

"No! Josh, truly you still have much to learn," Steller said out loud and josh paused.

"What must I do this time, Steller?" He asked.

"Remember, a real man must go through the big gate."

"But, how can I do this, this would make them all face me for a kill," Josh explained to her.

"Be brave my boy, be brave!" Steller pointed at a young boy. "This boy here, would help you get in, he is a cowboy and he is willing to take you in, right?" Steller asked the boy.

"Yes ma'am, I would do just that." The boy responded.

"This little kid, lead me in!" Josh scoffed and turn to Steller. "You are joking."

"All things are possible with magic, Josh, breathe in and out." She instructed him.

Josh did as she told him. "Okay! All done, now what!"

"Elaanora, sankotretoo, baba Santo, ba Santo!"

"What are you doing Steller?" Josh asked, curious as he watched her speak a spell.

"Shut up and focus, your powers are much more than mine, be quiet!" She told him.

"But, the crowd are watching." He told her. "What the hell are you doing?" He asked further.

"Get me that magic stick, Skye!" The old lady instructed Skye who didn't.

"Elaanora, sankotretoo, baba Santo, ba Santo!" Steller said again and immediately, josh simultaneously turned into a ewe and never talked a word, as he just makes an animals noise.

The other crowd were astonished at their sight as the little boy look at the old lady. "Why did you make him a female ewe?" He asked her.

"This is how it supposes, don't forget, opposite sex matters a lot."

"Then now, what do I do ma'am?" The young boy asked.

"Look here, John," Steller called out the boys name. "I need you to perform a smooth play, when you get to the gate, I need you to think fast to lie, and then ensure you focus it fast for in ten minutes, this crystalline tooth which I placed this way, would turn him back to Josh." She paused.

"I want you to place it this way." He showed the young boy. "And no mistakes!" She spoke swiftly.

"Right, ma'am!"

"Okay! Everyone, the show is over!" She told the soldiers that were still gazing at Josh. "I need you all to exercise patience at the valley side, while John sees through the gate, then in the next fifteen minutes, you all attack!"

"Okay!" Clinton replied as he turned his horse and lead the soldiers who trooped by his side and stone on the dinosaur, controlling the other dinosaurs as the eagles mounting to the back of the moving dinosaurs.

They soon came to stop at a field still blowing with dew and cold as the clock tick to hit nine o'clock. Then moved John with many ewes with him and Josh who was transformed into a ewe, he leads Josh close by him in other not to mix him up with the other seven ewes.

"Hey, mine oh mine, please open the gate," John called out.

"Who are you and what do you need here little?" A watchman up at the watchtower proclaimed.

"I need to sell these ewes off to your merchants, they make me sick," John said softly like he was disgusted by the ewes.

"Where are you from?"

"Yellow knife if you wish to know, don't your dumb head understand that I am a cowboy!" John acted like he was offended by the question.

"Sorry little sir, you may come in and get yourself your dosh!" The watchman said out loud and ordered them to open the gate.

"Success!" John soliloquize and bent down to fix the tooth, but a big mess up he did.

"Come on boy, why lavish time, you know this is a city and needs to be secured, besides the gate is nine feet high and takes time to roll up!" The watchman told him.

"Okay! Sir a minute." John stood up and moved the sheep into the gate and moving towards a passage meandering with his ewe amongst the crowd and then he lead all the sheep to an apartment and waited. "Come on, turn back!" He said to himself as he watched Josh.

But to no avail, then at this time, John realised he have done rubbish and the clock ticked towards the time but half and a minute passed.

Immediately, he decided to watch closely and then he prickled the skin of each ewe and tasted the blood, but the blood of the fourth one tasted different from others which went sour, he held it by the hands and placed the tooth once more and waited forth.

This time, the soldiers waited for more than the agreed time and said, since the dew fade and the morning sun is rising, they need to take over thinking that maybe John had been caught.

Clinton turned his horse to face the soldiers he commands. "I, Clinton, has to lead a gang of thieves, forty-four times and all to success, today I shall lead you all suit. Mount on your feet! Grab firm your swords and face the war front, today we battle for Lord Zeus!" He proclaimed.

"For Lord Zeus!" The others shouted as they head for the gate.