Pills and Potions 1

When two strong men engage in a physical combat in a family apartment...properties around them suffer- Maj 2014


A shirtless Karl roared like an injured lion when he pushed an equally shirtless QT so hard and violently that it sent QT flying in the air,his hands frantically trying to find support mid-air as he went down, landed with a heavy thud on the dining table,his hands pushing off the ceramic tea cups placed in a stainless steel tray on the table which were sent flying in different direction as they went down, smashing on the floor and catapulting broken glasses everywhere, QT struggled up quickly,blood trickling down from a cut sustained from one of the broken cups that slit his skin,he didn't even seem to notice or feel a thing,his face flushed with fury,rushed at Karl,strangling him by his neck who in turn dealt him with a jaw breaking blow that sent his saliva shooting all over !


I screamed at both of them to stop fighting as they seemed intent at killing each other while I retreated back for fear of having my teeth smashed off,in the face of the deadly punches I see them throwing at each other totally blinded by rage, they won't grow back if I loose them.



Hamz who was in the room upstairs when the fight started,rushed downstairs on hearing a commotion go on and like the strong man that he is, threw himself between the two brawling men to separate them, it was a bad move because in the heat of the moment and not realising he was there, QT punched Hamz on his left eyebrow that made Hamz instinctively cover his forehead, reeling with agony on the floor,I dashed to his side and pulled him by the arm away to the living room,his forehead now heavily swollen,Hamz cried like a baby, jerking with pangs of intense pain as I tried to apply pressure on the swollen area. It was obvious he was in deep pain,that was when QT and Karl stopped fighting instinctively, Hamz's cries obviously caught their attention,the look of horror crept into their faces as they saw Hamz lying on the rug in intense pain and the trail of destruction their brawl had left.

Fifteen minutes of violent fight and tea cups shattered,one dining table leg broken,mom's dolphin figurines smashed,kitchen door left with a deep gash,glass door of the mahogany book shelf broken and the boys?

QT is left with cuts and bruises everywhere with a swollen cheek while Karl was left with a swollen lip,blood trickling down his nose and cuts and bruises everywhere,Hamz obviously is on the floor with a swollen forehead and me? Psychologically disturbed with shock...trust me,it is deep.

Both brothers Karl and QT rushed to Hamz's side as I released my hands from his forehead to realise the swollen area is now distended with blood and already trickling down from a tiny gash on top it, QT pushed Karl away asking him to get away from his brother,I quickly stretched my hands between them and asked Karl to keep cool. Turning to QT,I let rip,

"WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU QATARI....HAMZ IS KARL'S BROTHER AS MUCH AS YOU"

I rasped,QT looked up at me as though am some sort of traitor,a cockroach that needs to be fumigated,his arms pinning down Hamz's hands to prevent him from touching his head,his nostrils expanding and contrasting with each breath, said to me


"On whose side are you? Huh?" His temper rising...

"ON WHOSE FUCKING SIDE MAJ? ME YOUR FUUUULL BLOODED BROTHER OR THE MULATTO BASTARD"

Karl pushed QT away on hearing that and another fight ensued,again,I pulled Hamz away from the ruckus and picking my phone,I put a call through to mom,moving upstairs to get a clearer audibility, Hamz whimpered,moaning for me not to leave him alone,I could totally relate because our brothers behaviour is totally strange,so I decided to sit by Hamz and make the call,it would make perfect sense so mom would hear clearly how his sons are tearing down her house. At that moment, Garuba the gateman came in upon hearing a fracas go on inside the house and seeing QT beneath Karl receiving blows to his body ( I mean,Karl is QT's elder and served in the american army...the americaaannn arrrrmyyy, hmmn!)

Quickly weighed in and pulled Karl away, QT sprung up,fists clenched and still ready to go,as he made to throw a punch at Karl,Garuba intercepted the blow with his palm and twisted QT's hand backward and pinned him in that manner,as QT kept barking for Garuba to release him or face his wrath when he is through with Karl

"I won't release you...I won't release you"

Garuba responded in his typically hausa accented english. He turned to face me while still keeping QT firmly pinned, Karl's eyes red with anger and disappointment,running his hands through his disheveled hair

"Why didn't you do anything to stop them as dem they fight" as he said that,he saw Hamz lay on the floor with his head on my laps,he immediately got the idea, without much ado,he pulled a struggling QT away from the house and towards his small room by the gate,asking me to call mom and i told him I already did,the door slammed close and we could still hear QT struggling and shouting at Garuba to be set free as they moved on towards his room.


Karl sighed as I tried to stand up to go and pick some ice cubes from the refrigerator to apply on Hamz's head and then Karl's body,Hamz yelped with sharp pain coursing through his head as I stood up,Karl came by my side,his body sweaty and dirty,his torso, hard and bulging,dirtied and riddled with bruises and cuts and dried blood,sweat trickling down his armpit and oozing the same masculine smell as my brothers,it made me smile despite all that's happened because the smell reinforced the fact that we are blood,not only a brother by our father but full-fledged brother,we had even the same smell...oh no,the same smell as my brothers,me? Lol,do I even have a masculine smell? Lol! Story for another day.

Karl carried Hamz away from me and placed him delicately on his thighs,I didn't notice his eyes were wet with tears as he apologised to Hamz who smiled awkwardly,totally surprised at his sudden outburst of emotion,I was too,

"Stop it brother, brothers fight,don't pay any attention to what QT said to you,you are our brother from the same parent,not just dad,he's just mad" Hamz said to a now smiling Karl who was nodding his head and sniffing,Hamz continued...

"...that is why you should expect equal punishment from mom when she comes back...our sister has told mom"

he said,beaming with smiles,he and Karl both and as my mouth opened to fire back,both of them cringed in pain from their injuries,I nodded my head in a sign that they got what they deserved. I begged Karl not to be upset, apologising on behalf of QT as I handed him a bag of ice cubes to apply on Hamz while I applied another, ever so softly on swollen areas on his body,being a partly white guy,his injuries made him look like an extra on some horror flick,he nodded and said he knew as brothers,there were meant to be fights sometimes and that infact,he had expected the worst when he was coming to nigeria but that he was cool,QT was just upset and said those nasty things to him,Hamz and I squeezed his hands in show of love and support.

I went out to meet QT outside Garuba's room who simply raised his hands at me in a sign for me not to say a word,I sensed he wasn't calm yet,so I went back inside,got a cotton wool swab heavily doused with spirit,ice cube bags and cold water and took to him,at first he acted like I wasn't even there when I presented all to him but when a housefly perched on his cut at that moment,tickling him and instinctively slapped the area which hurt him deep as he had forgotten he had a cut there,he collected all I had brought him while Garuba stood up to help him,I smiled while he returned my smile with an icy look,I turned back and went into the house.


Mom's car horn buzzed at the gate and Garuba had just open the first half of the sprawling gate when mom drove in,she turned off the ignition then headlight and with her best foot forward,stepped out of the car,flicked her naturally long hair off her no-smiling face,her purse and office files in hands,slammed the car door shut,I had gone to welcome her and collect her purse and files but raised her hand at me not to bother...mother is pissed and she's about to rain on all of us...what caused the fight in the first place? Pills? Portions?

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