THE TWELVE-season 3,episode 15

KENYA

                  The group in Kenya were getting themselves ready that Monday morning to start their nursing work at the clinic, they were not going to administer drugs but they were going to give their own kind of care which they believed was needed most by the sick children. As they were putting in their stuffs together for the work, packing in their backs supplements and vitamins which were good for children, they also carried some of the bottled water they brought. Shelly thought it will be best to tell them of her call to Shania before they went to the clinic.

“Sorry guys I almost forgot to tell you,” Shelly said.

“Tell us what?” Michael asked.

“I spoke to Shania,”

“What,” They were surprised and happy about the news.

“You did, when?” Michael asked.

“Two days ago,” She scratched her neck.

“Two days ago Shelly and you are just telling us?” Michael shook his head. She expected him to react that way.

“That’s why I said sorry from the beginning, I had it planned to tell you but all the shopping we did for the clinic kept interrupting.”

“How are they?” Tyler asked.

“They are awesome; she said they are all doing well though the whole thing is tough.”

“Oh wow,” Michael forgot about what Shelly had done. “I guess it’s everywhere.

“She said food is bad and the street children are starving to dead. For her she wishes they will just dispatch the children right away to the camp.”

They all smiled.

“That’s not very possible right now,” Michael said.

“It’s a good thing they have something to build on just like we do,”

“Ok…….” Michael nodded. “With this I believe the others are doing great as well,”

“Yeah but we won’t stop trying, we even need to speak to Moscow to find out how things are going with the building of the camp and you guys need to talk to your family,”

“Yeah, we will just keep trying.”

               They left to start their work at the clinic. When they got to the clinic, the children were still on their beds. Some were sitting up and some were lying. The nurses were doing their morning checkups as the group walked in and greeted all of the children from bed to bed with friendly and loving smiles. The children all understood English even if they couldn’t speak it well. They asked them of how they were doing and their response was positive accompanied with smiles from most of them. Shelly showed the supplements to nurses and asked if it was ok to give them after their breakfast and the nurses granted them permission seeing the supplements and vitamins were ok for the kids. As the head doctor had ordered, the group was to be responsible for feeding the kids and taking care of them on a daily basis and all the nurses had to do was administer their drugs and check on their vitals. The group fed the children with a healthy breakfast put in place by them; they made sure every child ate to satisfaction and with the help of the nurses the room was reorganized. New bed spreads replaced the old ones, new clothes were bought for the kids who had a change after their bath, a TV set was equally put in place with all kinds of interesting channels installed, and the room was cleaned, perfumed and well scented. Few hours when the head doctor came in, he couldn’t believe his eyes for the things he saw took him aback. The nurses showed him of all the groceries that were bought by the group and stored in kitchen and some in the refrigerator, he was even more amazed when Hemi walked him into the big ward to find most of the children sited up and watching an interest program on the TV that was placed on the wall, the kids were smiling and having a good time with each member of the group sitting on the bed beside a child. The doctor rushed out before they could notice him and Hemi followed.

“Who do you say these kids are, and where did they come from? He asked her in the kitchen still shocked at the so many good stuffs they had bought for the kids.

“Don’t you know of the twelve?” Hemi asked.

“The twelve,”

“Yes that very famous group, they are a part of the twelve.”

“I don’t know anything about famous people but whatever their motives are for coming here I can tell it’s a good one. They changed everything, my clinic, looks like a luxurious one. My orphanage has improved……..” He smiled. “Peter has to see this,”

Hemi smiled. “Those kids are very lucky to have such people care for them this much. I am so surprised that within three days things have changed drastically. Did you see the kids; they were smiling, enjoying the program and having a great time.”

“I did, I did Hemi. Look at all this good stuffs, I should have a taste of the good life too…….. Make me a cup of cappuccino, fry me some pancakes. I need to call peter and…… and Evan right away.”

Hemi laughed. “I will bring it to your office,”

He left to his office with joy inexpressible.

SEIRRA LEONE

                 Maul was busy walking around the yard reading a book on how to fulfill purpose. She had no idea that her phone was going to ring and when she heard the phone ring, it startled her before she picked it.

“Hello,” She waited for a response which came after few seconds.

“Hello,” It was Moscow.

“Moscow,” Her eyes brightened.

“Maul…. How are you all doing?” He was at the construction side walking with Lennon. They were both delighted and relieve to have finally gotten to one of them.

“We are doing straight A’s Mr. Moscow,”

He smiled. “Happy to hear that, we’ve been worried sick about you all,”

“Tried calling didn’t you?”

“A million times over,”

“Same thing here but I spoke to Zodiac few days ago and she assured me they were doing great so I presume we all arrived safe so you’ve got nothing to worry about.”

“Right now I’m a little relieved, we are relieved.”

“How is new York and everybody? I missed you all so much.”

“New York misses you all baby, the world is missing you. I am presently in Botswana with Lennon, Ro and Jo.”

“Oh really, what’s going on there,”

“The camp is already in construction and girl you have to see it and how fast the work is going.”

Maul felt like screaming but she didn’t.

“This is the best news ever,”

“The camp will be done even before you get back,”

“This is amazing news. I will immediately text the others about it. Hope they will get my text.”

“That will be great. How is the place, how are you guys coping?”

“We are doing great Mr. Moscow, God is helping us.”

“And the food, and the water, do you need us to send you anything?”

“No not yet, we are still full…………..” the lines were breaking and finally it broke off and they couldn’t hear each other anymore.

“The lines broke off,” Moscow told Lennon.

“Probably network, too bad I couldn’t say hi,” He replied.

Moscow shook his head and they continued walking.

“Zed,” Maul shouted and Zed came rushing.

“What’s going on?” he asked as if something bad had happened to her.

“Guess what,” she smiled at him then Zed relaxed.

“What now Maul, I can’t guess,”

“Moscow just told me that our camp is under construction and the work is running fast,”

Zed laughed, he was ecstatic and their celebration brought the others outside.

“What’s going on?” they asked.

“I just got a call from Moscow and he said our camp is in construction and it will be done even before we get back,”

They all joined in the celebration.

“I have to text the others about this, I just pray it reaches them.” she said.

“Yeah, let’s go in and celebrate some more.”

“Don’t forget we have work to do today,” Zed reminded them as they all got into the house still celebrating.

ZIMBABWE

                 The group in Zimbabwe was spending much of their time at Edna’s place with the orphans and they all seemed to love their company. Their presence there brought new life to the kids and gave hope to Edna. While Edna was cleaning the children up and wearing them the new clothes they received from the group, the group sat outside reading books that could help them fulfill their mission.

“I and Soledad have been making some research on why some of this street children and orphans turn out the way they are.” Ruby said. “Great hostility has crowned their minds consciously or unconsciously and that is why they are mostly sick and some turn out to be very rebellious. The primary characteristics of people who are in this state, they turn out to be cynical, hostile and suspicious. This doesn’t mean they are paranoid or irrational, it is just because most of them are not given the chance to express themselves and that is why when they are asked to explain anything they feel it’s because they are being suspected to have done something horrible and they are to be punished for it.”

“Ruby,” Paco said. “What does this mean, you are confusing me.”

“Hmm,” The others agreed.

“This means,” Soledad explained. “Hostility has become the nature of the street child,”

“Some,” Larry pointed. “Not all of them.”

“Yeah sorry, some,” She corrected herself. “Some of them believe destiny was made by some wise folks who threw it at some particular people who don’t even deserve and so they conclude on the fact that life is not fair and no matter how hard you work, if you are not chosen by this folks you will never have a bright destiny.”

“They equally believe in what is a called a good mistake, doing something bad to earn something good.” Ruby added. “This is the self hostility they live with everyday and its draining health from them worst than starvation will ever do.”

“Good,” Larry nodded. “That’s just the way of a street child who has gone astray. So what is your solution, because tons of food won’t stop this?”

“Not at all,” Ruby said. “Even watering down the gospel won’t stop it. We need to face them with a challenge to chose between failure and success and their choice will determine the kind of change the truth will order in their lives,”

“Question,” Miguel said. “Not that I’m in doubt, I believe everything you have just said but how can we start bringing them to this understanding? They can hardly hear us; they don’t even care about what you have to say, they only care about what you hold in your hands and if there’s nothing don’t even talk,”

“They will hear us,” Shania said. “Whether they like it or not,”

Then they saw something, some group of boys approaching them. They were six of them and they all had sticks in their hands. From their looks they could tell they were one of those hostile street kids Ruby and Soledad just talked about. They thought of calling Edna but they felt they were not scared of them, they just wondered what they wanted in Edna’s place.

“So it is true?” The eldest in the boys said and studied them as they sat. From his stature, they could tell he was twenty and the others were below his age.

“Some rich kids came to visit our hood,”

“Hello,” Larry stood up. “My name is Larry and these are my friends,”

“My name is Danny and I am not your friend,” he was really hostile, his voice was harsh and husky, he sounded like a drug addict and the group could understand why. Edna heard the commotion from inside and decided to come out.

“What are you boys doing here?” She asked, she looked scared,

“Why are these foreigners hanging around your house Edna?” He was almost raising his voice.

“They are just visiting,” she replied and the others stood up.

“I am African,” Larry said. “We came to help you all”

“Help us?” Danny chuckled and the other boys smiled.

“I’m glad to know that you boys have enforced yourselves with power and education plus you are also talented…………..”

“Don’t mock us,” Another shouted. “W e are street children, poor orphans and we didn’t get any education, you hear that? We taught ourselves how to survive,”

Shania shivered, their presence had begun to scare her.

“He wasn’t mocking,” Soledad softly said with a smile. “He was just appreciating you boys. You all believe in yourselves and that’s a good thing, why don’t you use that power you have to change your situation and that of your fellow mates on the streets? Bring about a change that will make your parents proud of you wherever they are.”

“We don’t give a damn about our parents,” Danny said. “If you have come to exploit us with you white man sense, let me just warn you about your failure.”

“Danny,” Shania picked her courage and said. “There’s no such thing like a white man sense here, we are all young children striving to have a better life.”

“You have a better life so go away and allow us enjoy the little we have. Edna I’m warning you, you know what I’m capable of. Let’s go boys.”

And they left.

“Who is he?” Shania asked

“He is one of the bad boys in the street,” Edna replied.

“Why did he threaten you like that?” she asked again.

“Please don’t cross his path, they are very dangerous.” She beckoned and went back inside.

“This is exactly what we were talking about,” Ruby said.

“Yes Ruby and I’m beginning to enjoy this mission,” Larry said.

“Can you handle guys like that?” Shania asked and folded her arms looking at Larry.

“You can handle guys like that,” He told her. “It’s just like handling Jakes and his men,”

Shania smiled. “A more hostile Jakes I must admit.” Then she remembered her talk with Shelly.

“Oh I forgot to tell you guys,” She said.

“Forgot what,” Larry asked and they were all anxious to hear.

“Shelly and I talked, no kidding.”

“Shania you are joking right,” They were all surprised.

“No kidding, she said hi, they are doing ok and have something wonderful going on for them there at the camp they lodged. They missed you all, sorry I forgot.”

They all just stared at her shaking their heads and smiling. They loved the news.