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welcome to my blog readers, we will be embarking on an amazing session. It is a story of a leader who disappeared without a trace.

The Mission

Matthew sat quietly as he watched the ocean roared like a angry mighty lion. The fear of the storm swallowing his Ship made him to conclude that life was at its end since that was the only source of income he had. The whole story became worse when Mathew remembered that he was not sailing alone but with ten souls of which two were his grand children.

He tried to communicate with home only to realize that their communication systems (radar, radio, satellite and signal) have been fired by lighting and thunder strike. At this point, the ocean continued to roared and their fate died as their navigation hopelessly disabled.

Captain Mathew, a seasoned sailor of his time known for his numerous smooth journeys, stood quietly at the helm, soaked and wordless as though the lightening as fried his speech as well. Beside him, was one of his Grand son Jude, his best confidant repeatedly saying "granny, I don't want to die". Mathew could not help but to run to his engineer, Luke. Luke said with a weak soft voice "there's no hope my captain, the entire system is down". Mathew could not hold his tears any longer, yet, he swallowed them so as to keep his members strong.

Mirrored Hope

Morning came and Officer Lad screamed aloud "there's hope, there's land, we are safe" everyone smiled happily as Jude went to Captain Mathew saying "Thanks granny for saving my life" everyone stepped into the island with full hope not knowing that it was a fake hope. What a disastrous hope said Pope the team's medic.

It was an island without any form of hope, life nor civilization. Not even was there any good fruits or any other eatable vegetables. The only thing in abundance were thorns and wild animals threatening them on daily basis.

The situation worse when Matthew's grandson, Jude, got missing without any trace. According to Inyang "I found his body dead during my search for plants sample." At this point, Captain Mathew moved away into his room and refused to talk to anyone. Not even his other grand son Mike.

The Leader's Disappearance

That night, Mike could not sleep all through the night. He thought of his dead brother and isolated grand father. He Woke up early in the morning to realize that Captain's room was open but He was nowhere to be found. "Lad, Captain is no where to be found" was the voice of Mike running and shouting.

Mike calmed him down with other theme members, while pondering within himself "Where could he has entered?" He called on Inyang and said "gather everyone I have an instruction to give"

At the meeting, Engineer Luke reported that "traces of Captain's shoes where found everywhere within where we kept our boats and coincidentally, the boat is nowhere to be found." "Could he go away with the boats?" Pope lamented. "Never can he abandon us" Mike whispered sorrowfully.

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The entire island was scoured for days. Inyang led the search into the forest, and scanned the sea each minutes. Yet, no sign of Mathew was felt. "Maybe he is death" Kingsley one of the crew said slowly thinking to have said to him himself. Mike quickly jumped on him with a powerful "No! Not possible".

Days passed, hope decayed and the island became a near permanent resident. One day, the fire flares, and the ship slowly turned towards the island. Everyone ran shouting "Help us, Come here, we are dieing" to mention but a few. Officer Lad and Mike coincidentally shouted "Please have you seen an aged man there?"

A call to return home

A giant man stepped down from the rescue ship and asked them "Captain Mathew?" Mike responding yes via nodding his head and awaiting to hear something good. "He made it to the coastal area about two days ago and told us his crew was stranded in this island. Sadly, he collapsed from exhaustion, and hypertension... Didn't make it through despite all efforts".

The whole place was quiet then he added, "He left a message for Mike," handing over the note to Lan who handed to Mike.

"Tell them they weren't alone. I will do it again if nature permits" was the title of the letter. No one spoke for minutes. Pope looked away, Inyang sat on the dirty floor, stunned. Mike cried blood silently. At this point, Lan broke the silence with a trembling voice, "He gave us everything"

At this point, Mike opened the envelope only to discover another envelope boldly written "join the rescue ship and ensure that this piece gets to my wife within 7 days. The team never used Matthew's ship again. Rather, the ship was donated to their country's museum till date. Captain Matthew's story inspired everyone. Using the words of Lan, "He was not just a leader, but a sacrificial Lamb.

Cast and Roles:

Captain Mathew: A brave , selfless leader
Officer Lan: Second in command
Inyang: The biologist
Mike and Jude: Matthew's grand children
Pope: The medic
Luke: The team's engineer
Kingsley: member of the crew
Two members and a gigantic captain

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