27 Ochiengs (1/2)

Long live Chief Ochieng'?

Are these people out of their minds? When did I become their chief? Ochieng' was bewildered within. He had been living away from this place for a long time, he thought he had even been forgotten, what was in these people's heads?

”Father, are they demoniacal or what?” After trying to think over the matter for along time to no avail, he couldn't help but turn to his father.

”You are the next chief of the clan.” The father answered grinning broadly.

”The next chief?” The boy widened his eyes skeptically.

”It is like this son...” The father then recounted to the young man everything that had happened in the clan while he was away.

Ochieng' had spent almost all his life with savage beasts that knew no civilization before he was back to his clan. He was a good man when no one provoked him. He didn't even know his pique and how to control it. With his grotesque abilities, he couldn't imagine himself accidentally killing his tribesmen, just because maybe he couldn'tbottle up his temper. What kind of a chief will he be if that was the case?

It was one thing for him to be fully unaware of himself, but for these people to choose him the next chief despite scarcely knowing him. Was this what his clan transformed to be, in these several seasons?

”Give it to Okoth Ang'wen your second son. I think I am a very capable warrior, I will support him with the abilities I have at my disposal.” The lad shrugged.

His father couldn't help but laugh bitterly. If he knew this would be the case, he would have handed over power to Okumu long time ago. The clan could have not gone through what it had experienced in the last few weeks. Ochieng'seemed to have realized what his father was thinking about because what he said made the chief's expression ease a little,

”Father, Okumu has proved to be a wolf inside a sheep's skin. Him being in power could have harmed the clan instead of bringing it any good. I can't ascend to the stool because I know myself better. My brother Ang'wen has been in the clan since he was a kid, he has been with you for over eighty seasons, he understands how to lead better than I can do. Do you even know where I came from?” The young man asked tauntingly.

It is then that the chief realized that he didn't even know where his son came from. He decided to asses him from his head to toe. The more he looked at him the more the chief became fearful of him. The air around the laddie gave him a feeling that this son of his wasn't simple.