Na civil war instead?

op,where is the Ak47 you took with you to the farm, It could've come handy for you.

mike what if you had died because of Ruth? would it be regarded as love or foolishness :

royalguy123:
op,where is the Ak47 you took with you to the farm,
It could've come handy for you.

He must have hid it somewhere.

The men continued moving forward still shooting. I opened my eyes and discovered they were in front, then stood up and motioned Ruth out from under the car. We followed the same pedestrian route we came through and headed towards the opposite direction jumping and stepping on bodies that laid on the way.

We got far away from the heat and began to run. Ruth suddenly stopped and looked curiously at a a deserted car on the road with open doors . She suggested we use it and immediately entered the car, I followed. The key was in the ignition, she engaged the engine and zoomed off.

" how is your hand? " she asked, looking at me from the side of her eyes.

I opened my shirt, absorbing the pain with a clutched teeth. I tried but couldn't see the bullet wound because it was behind my shoulder. Blood continued pouring uncontrollably. I managed to remove my shirt and used to tie round my shoulder to prevent much blood loss.

Ruth drove very fast and diverted to another lane. After driving for close to 25 minutes on a straight lane we spotted a clinic and quickly drove in .

We came out and went into the main hall. Some nurses quickly approached us and ushered me into the Theatre after I did the preliminaries
.
Few minutes later the doctor came, laid me face down, injected several places before removing the bullet. After which, stitched up the wound and blood infusion was done .

" you are lucky the bullet didn't hit any vital organ. It's just a flesh wound. You will remain here until you're fit to leave. " The doctor said and walked away.

I came out much later and found Ruth sitting at the reception looking like someone who hAs lost all hope in life.

" hey" I said.

She looked abruptly towards my direction and immediately ran to help me seat.

" how are you feeling? " she asked as she assisted me.

" it hurts more now " I said sitting down.

My phone ran. I took it out with my left hand. It was an international number. " who could it be? " I wondered.

" what's that" Ruth asked.

" an international number " I said.

" answer it" Ruth said

Then I answered the call cautiously

" hello" I said.

" hello sweetie, thank god you're ok! " a female voice said.

It was Sandra's voice. I felt butterflies in my tummy and a sign of anger as well. But I tried to sound normal because of Ruth who was curiously looking at me .

" hey! Where have you been?! " I said keeping a calm tone.

" where I was posted to, no reception. Am sorry. Just heard of the killings this morning and had to drive few hours to get reception and call you. How's your mum and siblings, hope they are out of danger?"

" I sent them to the barracks in your name "

" wow, that's very wise of you. Am going to call lieutenant Musa to give them my place to stay. Oh Mike, I have missed you "

" me too"

I looked at Ruth from the side of my eyes, she frowned and gave me a disapproving look. But I ignored her and turned away.

" Mike, you don't sound excited to hear from me"

Sandra's voice sounded hurt.

" I was shot today "

" what? " she yelled.

" am ok. Just had it taken care of" I said

" Mike, am coming back as soon as possible. Please go to the barracks and wait for me. Please.. Am calling them over there right away "

" am going there today " I said.

" thanks dear. I'll call you later, I love you and misses you a lot " she said.

" same here. Take care of yourself " I said. And she hung up.

Ruth looked at me steadily, I tried to look away then she asked.

" who was that? "

" Sandra" I said, taking my attention to a patient in front of me.

Ruth hissed and looked out of the window. Then murmured.

" where could candy be?".

" she is fine, think positive dear" I said. " we are going to the barracks "

She turned to me with scorn in her eyes and said.

" without Candy? I guess you're doing what your military girlfriend asked you to. But am not going anywhere without Candy "

" you know it's not safe here. How do we know they won't come to this direction ? " I asked.

She looked at me but said nothing.

" come on, don't be such a girl. We have to stay alive in times like this no matter who's helping. "

" am not going anywhere until I find Candy " she said and started crying. " my sister might be scared right now or fighting for her life "

" why don't you reason that she's safe like we are "

She looked desperately at me.

" Mike! Let's go back there and check one last time. If we don't find her body then I will know she's safe and follow you anywhere. Mike please let's go back " she pleaded holding my arm.

" Ruth, it's risky. We barely escaped alive, what's the guarantee that we are going to survive the next? " I said.

" I know they are gone. If there's any place that's not safe it's where they've not visited" she said.

I kept quiet looking at the nurses that were attending to wounded patents.

" Mike " Ruth called. " what would you have done if it was your mother that was out there? " she said.

I looked angrily at her and said.

" God forbid! Not my mum" I spoke in rage.

She smiled and nodded her head.

I reasoned it through. I'd die to save my mum. Immediately the thought of my mum safety clouded me. I took out my phone and called her. While Ruth looked surprisingly at me.

" hello... How are you doing? ... Thank god.... Am fine...am ok where I am.... OK.... That's good.... Yeah she told me.... Two guards?..... That's good.... Am coming. OK. Later mum. " then I hung up.

I turned to Ruth and said.

" let's go! "

She smiled and stood up excitedly.

"There is a little problem " I said.

" what's it? "

"I can't leave now. The hospital won't let me go " I said looking observantly around.

" So what do we do? "

" don't worry" I said.

Then I slowly stood up fighting the pain on my shoulder. Looked around carefully, the nurses were busy with patients. I pretended to be looking at a picture of a human anatomy, then snuck out through the front door. Ruth came behind.

We had entered the car when a nurse came out calling me back but Ruth drove off speedily.

She was driving crazily, overtaking almost every Car front of us.

" slow down please.. You will get us killed " I said to her protecting my shoulder.

But she continued. The pain on my shoulder continued. I took another pain relief tablet to numb the pain.

We found military men around the premises, then stopped at a safe distance and walked slowly towards them. The soldiers had mounted a road block with their armoured cars and where standing facing the road ready for action.

Ruth went to one of them and was about to say something. The soldier man backed at her angrily.

" get back! Get back! "

She immediately took two steps backwards.

" please Sir, my sister is there !" she yelled.

He ignored her and focused on the street. But she continued yelling. " please let me through my sister is there "

I came close and noticed that they were wrapping bodies and hauling them into a van. I went cautiously close to a soldier who looked at my bandage arm and blood stained clothe.

" excuse me. Please where are they taking them to? "

He looked behind him, back to me and said.

" why are you asking? "

" I was shot here. My friends sister was here too. "

He shook his head and said.

" saint Frances hospital "

I thanked him, went to Ruth who was still shouting and crying. I told her my findings , we went back to the car and drove off.

Everyone kept looking at my blood stained shirt and bandaged.Shoulder as we entered the hospital. We went straight to the receptionist and laid our complaint.

The attendant was a very lanky albino lady.She looked inquisitvely at me and then to Ruth before she said.

" at the morgue. Ask for doctor whiskey "

I and Ruth looked simultaneously at each other when we heard the name. Then thanked her and went straight to the morgue.

We found a black fat man in white lab suit with two pens black and blue hanging on his breast pocket. His hair was Afro his mustache and beards were full like that of a Rastafarian. And a transparent glass that hung on his big nose.

" goodevening sir are you doctor whiskey? Please we are looking for someone " Ruth said.

The man looked at me suspiciously, then to Ruth and said.

" if you are looking for someone go to the police station "

" we were told she was brought here" I said.

" who told you? " he asked.

" we are from Windy road where some persons where killed today.My friend " she pointed to me " was even shot there too" Ruth said

The man looked at me again, then said.

" a total of 158 bodies where brought here today. The morgue is full. I believe the rest were taking to Notre Dame hospital". He said.

" can we see the ones here? " Ruth asked anxiously.

" okay " he said.

Then led us into a hallway down to a door. An old man putting on a blue overall sat behind a table by the side of the door sleeping.

" obika, please let's see if someone is there" doctor whiskey said.

The old man stood up slowly, stretched his waist and made for the door. He first put his ear on the door, then knocked.

" obika, would you please cut out these superstitious nonsense and open the door already? " doctor whiskey said impatiently.

Obika turned to the doctor slowly and said.

" the dead doesn't like to be barged into".

We then waited for him to continue knocking with his ear on the door, then opened the door after we had impatiently waited for him.

Ruth turned her face away immediately the door was opened. Bodies laid everywhere. On the three sides of the wall, bodies were stacked up on each other 7 feet tall.Then the fresh ones covered the floor of a very large hall. The old man turned to us and said.

" I have never seen these much bodies in one day. More work for us"

Ruth refused to go in. But I encouraged her to do so because of Candy. She summoned courage and slowly turned her face towards the hall filled with bodies then went in behind me.

Hmmmmm...

The suspense has turned into fear of the unknown.
What if Candy dies?
What if Ruth decides to go with Mike to the barracks and Sandra arrives?
Just what if

Op,you've started again!this episode reminds one of the life we are living in,we have to be prepare cos we don't know what will become of every man,candy that was crying sometimes ago is now in the midst of dead bodies.
I pray she is not amongst them.!!!

Benblaq:
The suspense has turned into fear of the unknown.

What if Candy dies?

What if Ruth decides to go with Mike to the barracks and Sandra arrives?

Just what if

Nothing serious will happen...love will always win.

iListen:


Nothing serious will happen...love will always win.

I really wish more pains can be averted. It's just unfortunate that bad things happen, and there is nothing we can do about it. Ruth is so ill-fated to have met a badlucked Mike. *sad*

Well done op..,...waiting for update....thumb up....

abeg update nah haba

thumbs up! more updates please bfor blood pressure go kii person for here ooo.. lol

Op nice job. I think its too lenghty. U 4 kukuma do am as film(video). It took me 3days to reach this place,it wasnt easy. Come n finish ooo....jst try n drop everything all together. Op abeg adom tire to wait oo....

iListen:

Nothing serious will happen...love will always win.

Love win.
In the presence of two women and one man, love may crash.

Benblaq:
The suspense has turned into fear of the unknown.

What if Candy dies?

What if Ruth decides to go with Mike to the barracks and Sandra arrives?

Just what if

Mike has the ability to handle all this women around him.

They love him equally and he has a place in his heart for everyone of them.

Christopher, I must say your creativity is rare... I hope you achieve plausible things with it.

frozen70:


Mike has the ability to handle all this women around him.

They love him equally and he has a place in his heart for everyone on them.

At a stretch? Like the two women together in the barracks? Lol now that's funny.

When it's night, who'll excuse who between the women?

Benblaq:
Love win.

In the presence of two women and one man, love may crash.

Lol...no one is even worried about Amaka. Even Mike hasn't taken time to think about the safety and whereabouts of his son.

Benblaq:
At a stretch? Like the two women together in the barracks? Lol now that's funny.

When it's night, who'll excuse who between the women?

what I mean is that he can keep them at different locations and still give them equal love because he loves them even as they loves him more

iListen:


Lol...no one is even worried about Amaka. Even Mike hasn't taken time to think about the safety and whereabouts of his son.

Mike knows that his baby is in a better place.

As for his thinking about Amaka,
Amaka is the last person Mike should be worried about

frozen70:


Mike knows that his baby is in a better place.

As for his thinking about Amaka,
Amaka is the last person Mike should be worried about

How did he know that?

this story don turn film ooo

We walked over bodies young and old, looking for candy amongst them . Ruth struggled to keep at steady stare, she only takes a glance and threw her face away immediately.

About an hour later we were done. It was a heartbreaking moment watching those bodies; someone's wife, brother, sister, mother, father, child lying there oblivious of the happenings around them.

" As you can see, who you are looking for is not there". Doctor whiskey said as we stepped out of the place.

" Notre Dame hospital? " I said wrapping Ruth who was silently sobbing in a one hand embrace.

The old man took his seat beside the door looking coldly at us after locking up the place.

" yes" the doctor said.

I thanked him and escorted Ruth gently out of the hospital. We entered the car and drove silently to Notre Dame hospital.
We entered through the big gate, and found a space in a very spacious parking lot that was almost filled .

Inside the hospital was in a complete brouhaha. Everyone looked actively busy . Some patients laid on the floor unattended, others sat down. We went to a nurse who was screaming on top her voice to enquire concerning the bodies brought in.

" excuse me" I said gently.

She stopped abruptly, on seeing my bandaged hand, began calling a nurse rushing towards the exit door .

" Nurse Mercy! What's wrong with all of you today ?! Why are these patients not attended to? " She said pointing at me.

The lady was fair and stouted in her late fifties, with a big tummy and tiny hands that hung beside her.

" am sorry, i am not a patient here" I immediately put in.

She looked at my bandaged hand again, and then to Ruth. Just then nurse Mercy a young dark average high nurse arrived and stood beside the fat nurse.

" what can I do for you?! " The fat lady asked lackadaisically.

" Please we are looking for someone, we wanted to know if she's here". I said .

" how do you expect me to know who you are looking for? Do I look like google map to you? " she yelled at us.

And Immediately called another nurse who was pushing a wheelchair patient and ordered her to bring her a soft drink and snack.

" please I have to take this patient into the ward, why not tell nurse Gladys beside you? " . The nurse replied in a cold tone and continued moving.

" All these nurses have grown wings!" the fat lady yelled, and turned to the nurse beside her. " get me a chair, my snacks and soft drinks." Nurse Gladys left.

The fat lady stood cursing and shouting on every nurse that croses her path.

" Mike, I think this woman is mad. Please let's go " Ruth whispered to my ear.

The fat lady turned to Ruth looking furious.

" who is mad?! Who are you referring to as mad?! " she yelled.

" please ma, she wasn't referring to you " I said.

" you think am deaf? I heard this... This.... This thing call...ing me, mad!" she said hitting her chest with her small hand. " do you know who I am? " Pointing at Ruth's face.

Ruth immediately started walking away, I followed her still apologizing to the lady who followed us yelling. Other nurses nurses intervened when she failed to stop yelling.

" imagine this lanky slowpoke calling me mad! Can you imagine that?! " the fat lady explained to a nurse.

" Please, this is a misunderstanding here. She only said this woman is not nice and she misunderstood it to mean mad" I tried to defend Ruth.

" liar! Liar! Am I deaf? " the fat lady yelled.

Just then someone screamed.

" emergency! Emergency! " Rolling a patient on a stretcher with oxygen masked face.

This distracted everyone, given us the time to move away from the fat lady.

We met a young doctor in his white suit rushing off to somewhere.

" excuse me" Ruth stood in front of him.

He stopped, then gave Ruth an approving stare and said.

" please am in a hurry " smiling at Ruth.

" can you help me locate where to find the morgue? We are looking for someone who was involved in today's shooting " Ruth said almost in tears

The young man seemed to be moved by Ruth's demeanor, he took a glance at my bandaged hand and said hurriedly

" Ask for nurse Fatima. She's in charge. Am sorry I can't do much " then ran off.

We thanked him and stopped another nurse who was rushing with a tray of syringes and medical tools.

" please we are looking for nurse Fatima " Ruth said holding the nurse's arm.

The nurse looked around, then pointed towards the fat lady we met earlier. She was sitting down now eating her snack and soft drink. Before we absorbed what we saw the nurse had ready left.

" we are not going back there. Let's ask someone else please ". Ruth said.

We noticed some nurses attending to people at a rear side of the hospital. We went there and waited for our turn standing.

" what can I do for you " The impatient nurse attendant asked.

" please, could you direct us to the morgue? " I said gently.

" Ask for nurse Fatima " the nurse said, and looked pass me to the next person.

" please, I have asked. She's not on sit. Who else can we ask? " I said, shading the guy behind me from moving in front of me.

" alright ask of Pablo. Let the next person in please " she said.

I thanked her and went for the hunt for Pablo. Eventually we saw him in a blue overall sweating.

" what can I do for you? Be fast with it am very busy here" he said.

" please, we want to check for someone among the bodies brought today.

" follow me" he said abruptly.

We followed him out of the hospital building to a small house secluded at a corner. Outside of the house bodies laid on the floor with people attending to them and some persons standing at a side crying. Pablo walked fast in front of us to the boys working and said to them.

" they want to check the bodies "

One of the boys led us through along side some persons looking for there's. Once someone is being identified, crying follows . Ruth had already started hers even when we hadn't seen who we were looking for .

Candy wasn't among the bodies, after going over them twice.

" I told you she's alive " I said to Ruth.

" why hasn't she called? " she asked.

" perhaps she lost her phone " I said.

We left the hospital and began driving to the barracks. I always felt this chills each I time I see this place. The place makes me want to hate Sandra, but no matter how hard I try I easily forgive her.

Soldiers stopped us at the gate. I introduced myself using Sandra's name. But they said I should call her. Then I mentioned lieutenant Musa's name. They still insisted I called him. Since I don't have his number we packed outside.

" why not call your mum?" Ruth suggested.

" that's true " I said and called mum.

Few minutes later mum came out with a soldier man escorting her.

She came out to meet us while the soldier with mum went to discuss with the soldiers at the gate.

When mum saw my bandage, she screamed.

" what happened? "

I explained to her it was a flesh wound. Just then the gate opened and we drove in.

I felt very uncomfortable staying at the barracks. It's memory drains me from the inside. But right now,I had no choice.

Sandra's apartment was ok. A two bedroom flat with everything intact. I just realized that I and Ruth had not tasted anything aside water all day. I was horribly hungry when mum served us rice and stew. I dug into it hungrily, then noticed Ruth had not taken more than two spoons.

" what's it? " I asked.

" Candy " she said.

" she's fine. I promise you she's fine " I said touching her hand.

She managed to eat a few spoons before she stopped. I was so hungry that I devoured the rest with two big glasses of water and then sagged on the backrest of the chair cooling from the hot meal.

It was already evening, and we all sat at the sitting room watching the news. The Oman group had visited so many areas in the state and killed over 200 persons in one night. Zadu sent a viral video of himself master minding the killings, threatening the government of more bloodshed if his condition was not met.

We all sat watching as bodies were carried out. And buildings burnt down. Ruth sob drew our attention. I quickly went to her.

" what's the problem? " I asked.

" where's Candy? " she said still crying.

I hugged her in one hand, coz I had no words for her.

" we are going to pray for her. god will protect her " mum said.

I called Phila and enquired about her safety.

" Dad hired 20 police men to mount around our house. But we are leaving the country tomorrow " she said.

Then I called Jacky. He took time before he answered.

" Mike, I am at home, am not going to abandon my inheritance for nobody. I still have some bullets left. I am not going anywhere Mike. They killed Julian. I am waiting for vengeance. What's the essence of life anyway. Am not afraid of death. Let them come " He said angrily

I thought of Amaka. She hasn't called for some time now. Which was good. But I have a child with her I had to check on. So I dialed her number

" hello Mike " she said.

" hope you're safe? " I asked.

" of course I am. How are you Mike? Hope you're out of harms way? "

" why didn't you call to know if you so care? "

" am sorry Mike. I meant to call you, but I lost a friend today who owes me money and forgot about everything else. Am glad you're fine. By the way, where are you? "

" I am at the barracks "

" oh, that's good. You should be safe there.You abandoned me because of that lady right?

" please, this is not the time for such talks. People died today loved ones and.... Please ".

" am sorry. Alright the baby's crying, let me attend to him"

" how's he doing? "

" my baby is doing great. Thanks for asking, bye" she hung up



Ruth stayed up all night crying. I and my brother tried to calm her down yet she kept crying.

The next day, I was in a deep sleep when I heard mum yelling. I immediately woke up and ran out

" what's it? " I asked agitated

"Ruth has gone in search of her sister all by herself" mum said.

Stupid Ruth,dont follow her

Dude you used to update thrice a day..

This Ruth have made up her mind to die in the search for candy

Mike pls stay behind,
the deaf ear that lead candy is the same deaf ears that is leading Ruth.

I so hate people like Amaka. So she was only crying because her so called friend that died was owing her money? smh

eagleeye2:
I so hate people like Amaka. So she was only crying because her so called friend that died was owing her money? smh

Who did you expect her to cry for please?

Chia. what type of stupidity floats in those sisters head. Mike if you search for her I will ____ intact I know you would. infact I give up. just complete the story.
Amaka no even get conscience. can you imagine.