The Adventure of Corper John: Episode 6 The birds in the forest flew away at the sound of the gunshot, the first one was followed by two quick ones, John and his friends laid motionless on the ground, John looked up and saw a gun pointing at his face, he raised his head more to study the person who had a gun to his face, no shoes, Dane gun and the man had a sack around his neck, John concluded that he was definitely a hunter, but at that period his name had been changed from hunter to hero as he was their saviour, the hunter had shot their abductors within the blink of an eye, they stood up slowly, John looked around to check if any of them were hurt, he didnt know whether to hug the hunter or prostrate for him, he had rescued them from the hands of death, they all thanked the hunter for his help as if he had given them 20 million naira each, the hunter replied them and said no worry my children, he went on to narrate how his one of his daughters had been kidnapped by those wicked men, TJ looked back and saw one of the men struggling to reach for his gun, with an anger that he had not shown for a long time, he stamped his foot into the mans neck, killing him instantly, they all stared at TJ in awe, except John, he had seen TJ portray that kind of anger before, the last time he saw such anger was when TJ was sent out of the examination hall by one of his lecturers, that time TJ had reacted by breaking both side mirrors of the lecturers car, he knew TJ too well, for someone who joked most of the time, TJ had a horrible anger no one would wish to witness, my children where una dey come from and where una dey go? the hunter asked them, Tomiwa then narrated their ordeal in the hands of the kidnappers and their underwater adventure to the hunter who didnt seem surprised but just nodded his head slowly and said okay make una follow me, the didnt hesitate much, he had just saved their lives and earned a little trust from them, at least he had just saved their lives, he lead them through a different path,they walked for 10 minutes and began to wonder where he was taking them to, as if he was reading their minds, he told them that he was taking them to his house, from there he would take them to town the following morning, he introduced himself as Okeke, he was a hunter as they would have noticed, they walked for another 10 minutes before arriving at the hunters house, the house was made from mud, Tomiwa couldnt have expected better, as they approached the house, a young boy ran out and said papa welcome, he introduced them to his son Obinna, where is ya mother? he asked the little boy,she has gone to the farm, the boy replied, just then a beautiful girl who was around 17 years old came out from the backyard, welcome papa she said softly, the hunter replied her and introduced them to his first daughter Chinelo, John saw TJ focusing on the girl like a lion focusing on its prey, TJ looked at John who gave him a stern look, he knew John meant hands off, the hunter ordered his daughter to prepare food for their guest, he then lead them into the house and asked them to sit down, 20 minutes later Chinelo walked in with their food, it was Akpu and ogbonna soup with antelope meat, they started devouring their food immediately it was dropped in front of them, nothing like forming, even Joy who had never eaten any Nigerian staple food before eat her akpu like a pro, Tomiwa was the first to finish his food, they washed their hands and drank water from a bowl made from calabash, they thanked the hunter or his hospitality and then they relaxed, they all slept and woke up 3 hours later, by then the hunters wife had returned, she greeted them and offered them oranges, after they had eaten the oranges they went out to join the hunter who was by the fireside, they began to tell tales by the fireside as the moon smiled on them, they later went inside to sleep, the hunters wife offered them 4 wrappers for them to cover themselves, she apologized for the shortage as that was all she had, Tomiwa, TJ and Becky grabbed theirs quickly and went to sleep, leaving one wrapper for John and Joy, John told Joy to use the wrapper as he could cope without a wrapper, Joy smiled and suggested they share the wrapper together, she winked at him and he got the memo, they laid side by side under the last wrapper and John put his hand over her and smiled in his sleep, the girl he loved was in his arms…… John woke up still smiling, it was the best night sleep hes had for a long time, he was sleeping in the comfort of a girl he loved, no TJ had his leg over his body when he slept and he was not sleeping under any orange tree where ants crawled on his when he slept, he stood up and went outside, leaving his friends who were still asleep, he went to ease himself under a tree and went back to inside to lay beside Joy, he was not the only one who had a good night sleep, Joy woke up full of Joy, it had been almost a year since she had slept beside a man whom she liked and who also liked her too, she knew John was in love with her, she loved his warmth and manly presence as they lay.... Thousands of miles away from them somebody didnt have a good night sleep, Mr Adeboye had traveled to Enugu in search of his son, he arrived Enugu around 9pm and decided to lodge in an hotel so that he could start searching for his son this morning, he rarely slept for 1 hour the previous night as thoughts began to occupy his mind, he hoped John was safe and sound, maybe he had an emergency and could not come home then his phone got spoilt or stolen, even if his phone got spoilt or stolen at least he knows his phone number, why didnt he call, he knew John to be a responsible man, unlike him, he had failed as a husband to Johns mother and he was a bad father to John, Johns mother had left him when he had beaten her for the umpteenth time after he came home drunk from the club, she packed her bags and left his house that very night never to return again, that time John was just a year and seven months old, he felt sorry for the boy, he never had a real mother to care for him, he went into the bathroom to have his bath……… The DPO was not in a good mood either, he called his men out, they all stood at ease before him as he addressed them, he challenged them to show why the police should be trusted, while the people of the community should feel safe and to show that they were more powerful than the trouble makers, with that he dismissed them..... Bison had a good night sleep, despite the events of the last two days, he had earned about 15 million naira that week, he had given his men 100,000 naira for each man or woman they brought, now he could buy that range rover suv like the type that Chief Dotmann brought two days ago, business was going on well, all he had to do was keep on kidnapping people... The corpers had taken their bath at a stream not far away from the hunters house, they then had their breakfast of eba and ogbonna soup with antelope meat, John and Joy kept making eye contact with each other, they wanted each other badly, the hunter came out of his house carrying his dane gun, but he was not dressed in his hunters outfit, he told them he was ready, they were also ready, they were ready to take the long walk to freedom… And they started their journey, the hunters daughter was going with them too as she was going to carry some of the foodstuff that her father was going to buy from town, the corpers were all happy, finally all their troubles were going to come to an end, if they could reach town they were all going to call their parents, TJ smiled at his thoughts, if he called his father, he could go to extent of sending an helicopter, he father might not even know that hes not in Lagos yet, he was always busy with his business, Lagos today and London tomorrow, next week Johannesburg, next month Liverpool, well he was already used to his father not being around, John too thought about his fathers reaction, his father would run to Enugu immediately, he knew his father would be worried about him, if his phone had not been collected by the kidnappers he would have had over 300 missed calls, his father does not joke with his only son, Joy didnt have any parent or relative to call, her father and mother both died in a car accident in Manchester, that was about 5 years ago, it was her fathers life insurance money that was given to her that she had been using for her upkeep, she couldnt inherit her fathers property yet because he had instructed in his will that his lawyer should not hand any property over to her until she had finished her NYSC, now she was going to Lagos to inherit her fathers property, they walked through the bush path until they finally got to the wide road where Bisons men had harassed them, but no one was in sight today, they continued walking along the dusty road, John and Joy held hands and she put her head on his shoulder, see gbeke o,TJ thought in his mind, these people love don reach level 2, love ke? He had never really loved any girl, all he had for girls was lust, for him girls come and go, he used them like recharge cards, they walked for 15 minutes when they began to see more mud houses, they were closer to town, they passed through the small community and alas! They were finally at the tarred road, their Joy knew no bounds as the spotted a call center, they all ran with their full speed towards the yellow umbrella leaving the hunter behind, Chinelo too followed them, they heard drumming and cheering not far away from them, as they approached the call center, the man that was there was surprised to see them, he was trying to tell them something, he could not speak because he was dumb, he quickly wrote something on a paper and gave it to them, the drumming and cheering became louder as they saw a croud approaching them, they were probably celebrating something, John read the paper, take the women away, no woman is allowed to be outside today , before they say Phillipe Coutinho, four men grabbed Joy, Becky and Chinelo , it turned into a tussle between them as more men came to drag the ladies away, the hunter had just caught up with them, he had forgotten that it was the nwayi festival which no woman was allowed to come out for that day, any woman who was caught outside would become either the kings wife or slave, John took a deep breathe, he could not let Joy or Chinelo go like that, their walk to freedom had just become longer …… Episode 7 next...
Posted on: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 13:05:21 +0000
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