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Chapter Thirty
Sleeping Or Not

Abdul was returning to the gas station limping behind the man . His eyes were getting blurry but he managed to keep his feet steady.

They got close. Kate saw them and stood apprehensively, before Susan's eyes caught sight of them too.

" what is he doing with him?". Kate asked In horror moving behind Susan and slowly entering the store.

Susan cautiously moved to meet Abdul with her eyes on the man who blew her a kiss smiling. " what are you doing with him?". Susan's voice wavering.

Abdul ignored her and continued motioning the man towards the house with his eyes searching for Kate.

They got under a shade and Abdul sat, the pain on his shoulder had become unbearable, and his eyes were blanking out. He fought back the pain by biting his teeth still fixed his eyes on the man who took a seat in front of Abdul nonchalantly.

" where her?". Abdul asked Susan.

Susan's eyes widened. " what? Why?".

Abdul moved his eyes from her and looked into the store. Then turned to the man. " inside! carry her! Go!" .

The man smiled and turned to look inside the dark store. Smiled, nodded and struggled up.

Susan rushed to the door, blocking it with her hands spread out, looking hopefully at Abdul and hostilely at the man. " what are you doing". She called out to Abdul who sat fatigued with his back on a pillar.

The man stood patiently in front of Susan smiling. He turned to Abdul who seem not to care. Then he faced Susan. " sweetie, you better get out of my way. I don't hit ladies but they can hit themselves pretty well for me".

Susan felt intimidated; first by his hard physique and by his murderous eyes hiding behind the phoney smile. But she stood her ground.

In a swift attack he took Susan's hands and slapped it in the middle of her face, nudged her out with his waist and she fell. This caught Abdul's attention. He looked sharply at the man who was walking complacently into the store , turned to Susan, and relaxed when he discovered she was okay.

Inside, the man had caught Kate and was struggling with her when Susan rushed in with a fork pointed at the man. He quickly shoved Kate around his arm and held her still as she shrugged.

" you don't give up do you?". He said in as weary tone.

Susan stood, hands stretched forward contending with the fright threating to rapture.

He pulled Kate with with him walking towards Susan. Standing in front of her with the fork on his chest. " do it! Kill me now you have the chance or forever wish you hadn't attempted this stunt after I count four!". He said in a mean tone still smiling.

Susan closed her eyes and pushed the fork into his chest, but when she opened her eyes expecting to see blood, she saw a bent fork.

He smiled and said. " sorry!". Then used the back of his hand on her face throwing her to the ground. And continued with Kate, dragging her outside.

Outside, Abdul had dozed off or died. No one can tell. His head laid on his left shoulder and his hands feebly spread apart.

The man pulled Kate to his shoulder with ease disregarding her struggling and moved towards Abdul carefully, eyeing the gun.

Abdul seem immobile even as Kate cried and cursed. The man bent over and took the gun from Abdul, still Abdul remained still. He smiled and moved away from Abdul dropped Kate down and pointed the gun to her face. " Stay where I want you to". He said.

Susan rushed out with the foot of a chair and froze when she saw him with a gun and her heart sunk when she saw Abdul looking dead.



Boko entered the house, looked past Gbique who still sat where she fell crying. Like a ferocious beast he pushed his rocky seat aside; Andrew wasn't there. He went around the pot; he wasn't there, he dashed out through the back door; looked wildly around, kicked and broke a clay pot as he rushed into the cave opposite his. The giant and his wife stood; the male looked questioningly at Boko, while the female faced the floor.

" where is it?". Boko asked, his massive chest raising and dropping angrily.

" who?". The giant asked.

" my human!". Boko barked. The one who worn me a fight!".

Just then Liq badged in and moved quickly to Boko. " what's going on? I saw your lady lying outside. Your child crying. What's going on?. I heard you shouting so I came out!". Liq's voice laden with concern.

Boko wasn't in the mood for chitchat, he wanted to smash Andrew under his feet feeling his bones crushing. He impulsively pushed Liq aside and bounced out. Liq exchanged glances with the astonished couple and followed Boko out.

" if anyone has my human, bring it out now! Because if I find out anyone knows who knows. They all will challenge me to the death!". Boko shouted on top his voice.

Liq came to him and held him by the shoulder. Boko turned abruptly and grabbed Liq's neck.

" hey! Stop!". Liq said looking startled at his demented friend.

Boko slowly let go and entered his cave. Gbique was still there crying where he left her. He stood up his chair and sat on it.

Gbique stood up and passed Boko's front pouting, but his mind was too busy to even notice her. Usually she would get a tap on the head or a slight slap on the hand as way of consoling her, but this time Boko was someone else. She slowly walked out through the back exit passing Liq who was coming in to meet Boko on her way.

The female slowly stood up bleeding all over her face, walked towards the cave frighteningly and sat at the corner, scared Boko would come after her again.

Gbique sat on a rock droopy with her hands on her jaw. Soon Liq left and Boko dozed off.

She looked carefully around and stood up. Climbed up the roof of the cave pulled off a thick animal skin clothe to unveil Andrew. She had hidden him when Boko went after the female.

Andrew looked up and saw Gbique smiling. He was both grateful and happy to see her. She grabbed him up and hugged him tight. Andrew wasn't enjoying the tight grip that threatens pop his eyes off the sockets.

She looked at him and hugged him again. " nothing will happen to you my beautiful human". She let go and looked Andrew in the face. " why are humans beautiful?". She asked herself thoughtfully. " I wish I was human I would be so beautiful!".

Andrew did not understand a word she was gibbering. He just looked at her and kept quiet. She grabbed him into a cuddling, rocking him and humming silently.

The female heard Gbique murmuring where she sat. She curiously and slowly climbed up with a rock and peeped; there Gbique was cuddling Andrew passionately .

"Gbique!". She called in a low tone, climbing to the roof.

Gbique turned abruptly and immediately pushed Andrew behind her. " Sandra please! Please don't tell daddy!".

Sandra saw this as an opportunity to win back Boko. She walked angrily towards Gbique.

Andrew was confused. He needed to escape. This was death coming! He couldn't think and Susan pushed Gbique aside and grabbed Andrew.

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CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

The BMW was upside down and completely wrecked. The macho laid facing up with blood flowing from his brows and head.

He opened his eyes and slowly looked beside him to the driver whom his mid-region was hanging through the windscreen bloodily dead.

He slowly moved himself crawling with his back through the side window,and placed his elbow on a broken glass, flinched and retrieved it swiftly. He laid half way out looking at the new cut when his eyes fell on Abdul's car standing on the passengers wide.

Immediately, he hurried out of the car and bent in again on his knees searching for his gun. His fingers stumbled on the butt shooting out faintly under the dead drivers thighs and quickly pulled it out, moved out of the car and struggled up with hands on his laps supporting him. Limping, he walked towards Abdul's car.

He came few steps away and pointed his gun forward, limped towards the back glass and looked in; there was no sign of Abdul. He came even closer, Abdul wasn't there.

"looking for me?". Abdul voice called in Arabic pointing a gun at the back of the mans head. He had snuck through the windscreen when he heard footsteps approaching.

The man slowly turned with his hands still pointing forward. Seeing the little bullet hole now between his forehead, a large grin spread on his face. "hmm. You are a hard nut to crack".

Abdul moved slowly away from him transfix so he could know when he tries to be smart. "who...you...be!". Abdul spattered, nodding briskly.

The man smiled and spread his hands apart. "we want the girl. She killed someone and she's very dangerous!".

Abdul thought it through and eyed him. " why kill me?". He forced out of his mouth.

The man put down his hands and dropped the gun. His face relaxed as he said. "you don't pay attention to details, do you?".

Abdul waved the gun in his face impatiently and he continued.

"I said she is dangerous! So is everyone she's with, don't you get it?". He studied Abdul and added. ". Just let me have her and you will be richly rewarded". A smirk appearing on his face.

Abdul's mind was busy. He fought the intense crave to empty the bullet on him as he tried to decide what to do.

"thinking?". He smiled shaking his head guessingly. ". If you kill me, you will have to run for ever". He looked at Abdul amusingly. "or take that load off your hands and I will be on my way". staring at Abdul's shoulder. " you have a handful already".

Abdul's eyes suddenly beamed of life, he turned to the car, took a quick survey and motioned him with the gun. "push... down!".

The man smiled, flexed his muscles and grunt slightly, then placed his hands on the car and pushed it down with much strain.

Abdul motioned him to move backwards and limped to where the man's gun was, picked it up without taking his eyes off him, looked into the car; the roof had compressed in the back seat. The door on the passengers side was folded in-out. The windscreen partly removed and everything smashed in front of the opened bonnet.

He went around to the driver side and tried to open the door but it was stock. He dropped the guns on top of the wrinkled car and used his good hand with his body pushing hard before the door could open. He turned to the man while placing the guns beside the driver seat and entered; tried the ignition, the car cried and stopped. He tried again, it gave a coughing sound and stopped. Abdul shook his head and imagined the distance to the petrol station, he was so weak and dizzy.


Mayor just finished a meeting with some well fed men from all race in his exquisitely furnished conference room in his mansion. They shook hands with Mayor before departing.

After they had all gone, Mayor sat on the chair behind him, took off his hat and golden framed dark shade and placed them by his side on the large table and picked up his cellular, punched in some digits, then placed it on his ears and waited resting his back on the chair.

" yeah. Mayor!". Mayor said calmly.."the daughter is missing. Any news about him ? Who? His friend? Okay, he may have an idea".

A neatly dressed handsome European man in blue suit walked in and waited for mayor to finish with his call. Mayor eyed him and pointed to a seat across the table." Yes. You have to begin the shipment...yes I know, that's the problem. But we can't wait. Lets hope they find her. Okay, thanks. Bye!". Hanging up he turned to the young man. "Peter, any news from the boys?".

The man shook his head and said in a broken tone. " the cops have found the bodies in the containers, but no trace to us yet. They're investigating it right now". Then his face stiffened and looked perplexed. " what if she doesn't have an idea? What are we going to do?".

Mayor looked around uneasily and suddenly gained back his composure, she sat up with his elbows on the table and fingers together in front of his face. " they have found her father's friend. That's something right?". Mayor said in his usual calmed voice.

Peter shook his head and said impatiently. " he is alone runner, he tells no one nothing! His wife is his only confidant. Even the girl is part of his circle".

Mayor placed his head on the table and suddenly raised It up. " lets pray the boys finds her!". His face stern.



Andrew knelt beside the fire while the female cooked in the cave house. His face was faced down and hands knotted backwards.

The female really enjoys Andrew that way. Since Gbique was fast asleep and Boko snoring his guts out she had all the time to enjoy herself.

She kept stealing glances at Boko as she smiled and chuckled. A thought crossed through her mind she looked at Andrew shyly and "hmm!".

Andrew slowly looked up and she motioned with her hand on her back for him to scratch constantly glancing at Boko.

Andrew stood up and took a peek at Boko who was fast asleep. Heaved, slowly moved to her hairy back and began scratching. She closed her eyes licking her lips enjoying it. Andrew feared she shouldn't go beyond just her back with the way she seemed carried away.

Boko suddenly opened his eyes and caught Andrew in the act. He sat up sharply and roared startling the female and Andrew to jump facing him. Gbique woke up and turned to her father who stood covering the house with his size.

In anger, Boko moved frantically towards the shivering female who knelt immediately with her face on the floor begging. Boko's anger has blinded him with fury, he picked her up by the neck and threw her out of the house. Gbique tried to stop him, he pushed her to the fire, but she managed to fall beside it.

He dashed out like an infuriated beast, mount on her while she laid crying on the floor and picked her up again by the neck, threw her head hard to the floor and smashed her head with his big foot severely until she laid still. He then turned to the cave breathing heavily and started towards it for Andrew.

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Chapter Twenty-Seven

Abdul sat in the backseat nursing the pain burning through his shoulder. He was tired and weak but tried not to let the ladies perceive his weakness.

Susan and Kate decided to shade from the stabbing rays of the sun inside the petrol house while waiting for Abdul to come around before deciding their next bearing.

A red BMW slowly drove in. Kate spotted them and moved inquisitively to the window. The car stopped in front of the Mazda.

Abdul rose up gently eyeing the BMW car observantly. Two men stepped down from the backseat and started towards Abdul circumspectly with their eyes covered in a dark shade. This spooked Kate and she ran inside pulling Susan with her.

" they're here!". Kate cried.

" who?" Susan inquired.

" the bad guys!". Kate's voice shook tremulously.

Abdul immediately held on to his gun and dug his head in a little while watching the men. They brought out their guns and carefully moved towards the opened backseat door .

Abdul laid on his back with his eyes shooting brightly. Every sign of weakness disappeared and an impromptu strength embraced him.

One of the men moved closer on Abdul's side. He was trying take a look into the car when a bullet hit him the chest and he fell. The other moved away and turned to the BMW where the remaining two and the macho man stepped down briskly.

Abdul slowly raised his head and peeped through the seat and saw the four men forging forward in an arc in front of the car.

Two of the men moved towards the left and the macho man with the other man earlier moved towards the opened door.

Abdul saw them coming and bent over to retrieve the gun in the front seat add to the one he had. He then held the guns in each hand looking hastily on both directions with his body sagged below the backseat.

One of the men at the right side, took off his sun shade and shoved it in his jacket breast pocket, Looked at the man beside him, they both exchanged a nod and opened fire. The macho man and his mate joined in shooting from the other side.

Susan and Kate hid themselves in the inner room shivering looking around in fear. The sound of gunshots made them both jumped and hugged each other.

Abdul had to retaliate. He slide over with his back at the gear side, hands spread opposite directions shooting through the glasses and hit one of the men on his right in the neck and others took cover immediately.

Abdul's shoulder pounded with excruciating pain. He bite it back and quickly moved his body to the front seat with head low. Another gunshot came from his left and narrowly missed his head. He turned swiftly and replied with a shot hitting the man in the eye; quickly engaged the engine and sped towards the road with the two men left shooting behind him.

The men hurried into their car and headed for the road raising dust as the car screeching through the sandy road.

Abdul suddenly remembered Susan wasn't with him. He cursed, hitting the steering angrily. Then spotted the BMW nudging from behind in his rare mirror.

He knew he had to do something fast, and all he could think of was to spin the steering and the car turned 180 degree with the driver's passengers side tire hanging in the air and dropped; now face-to-face with the BMW.

The macho man was flabbergasted by Abdul's stunt, smiled, " i can see you want to die! My pleasure!". He said and pointed his gun towards the Mazda from his side glass.

Pain stabbed harder in Abdul's shoulder from turning the steering that hard. He held the car steady and pointed the gun through the open side glass with his bad hand.

The two cars raced towards each other and few distance away the macho man opened fire and Abdul retaliated. Few gunshots hit Abdul's windscreen, one missed him and he hasn't gotten a shot yet due to the pain in his shoulder.

The cars were almost colliding when Abdul succeeded in hitting the driver of the BMW in the forehead and the macho man simultaneously hit the Mazda's left front tire. Before Abdul could swerve off the BMW, the punctured tire spun the steering off hands, ran into the incoming car and flew over the BMW while the BMW spun 360 degrees and somersaulted.



The crowd cheered hysterically and body heat made the circle hot and sweaty but the excited giants seemed to cared less.

Andrew couldn't bring himself to be ready yet, he watched as the athletic man started towards him in attack, he found himself moving backwards in fright but some huge hands pushed him to a straight punch that threw him to the floor.

Everywhere went silent for a second and a kick on Andrew's injured side awakened him promptly to a sharp pain . He cried out loud holding his wound.

The athletic man looked down at Andrew triumphantly. Boko seeing he was loosing another bet and a human that his daughter loved, put his fingers in his mouth biting them in anguish.

The athletic man held Andrew's head and pulled him up facing him. Andrew pleaded pathetically. " please, please stop!". The man laughed satisfactorily and lodge an head-butt on Andrew's nose, followed with a upper cut that brought the sky into his eyes and threw him on his butt.

Andrew was already bleeding from his nose and lower lip. He saw the man coming again and immediately stood up to run. Hands from the crowd stopped him and pushed him so hard he fell in the middle of the circle.

Boko was so disappointed he stood up and walked away ignoring Liq's mocking laughter.

The man turned Andrew over, sat on his tummy and began strangling him by the neck. Andrew's lungs knotted from air, he tried everything he could to break free but the hands seemed immovable. Andrew saw death coming and there was nothing he could do to stop it.

Suddenly, he saw Susan standing both scared embraced behind his strangler.

"baby what is this! Why are you allowing a fellow man to beat you up like this and you're not fighting back! Get up baby! Fight! Fight baby!". Susan's voice echoed in his ears.

With every strength he could grasp, Andrew gave the man a straight punch in the throat. Immediately he let go and rolled off clinging to his neck giving Andrew leverage to catch enough air coughing, it felt like narrowly escaping death.

And as Andrew was getting to his feet, he caught the man coming after him angrily. Without thinking, Andrew jumped on the man's waist with his shoulder pushing him down, he fell hitting his head on a rock and died instantly. The crowd went quiet. The undefeatable has been killed by an amateur.

Andrew slowly stood up feeling bad that he killed a man and was scared as the crowd went mute looking ominously at him. None bet on Andrew save Boko who likes to stake on the disadvantage to get more gain, not even Liq who cheered him on bet on Andrew.

Boko heard the sudden silence at a corner where he sat in a gloomy state counting his losses. He slowly stood up and moved curiously closer to the crowd only to see Andrew standing and the athletic champion on the floor. Like an excited school boy he pushed his way into the middle and lift Andrew into the air joyfully.

Chapter Twenty-Six

Abdul suddenly felt woozy and sat down. He was still bleeding. He shook off the dizziness and took a look at his injury. He knew he had to get help or it would get fatal. The pain had begun; biting and sinking into his fibres.

Susan turned from Kate to Abdul. She noticed that he was not in good shape. Immediately she went to him looking at the blood on the clothe he pressed on the hole.

" who she be?". Abdul asked ignoring Susan's piercing eyes.

" that's not it now, we have to get help for your wound fast!". Susan's voice sounded desperate.

Abdul pushed her aside and struggled up, walked to the Kate and asked. " how you enter the back?".

Kate looked at bloody clothe he pressed on his wound and slowly stood up. " I'm a medical student, I can help fix your injury. If I you don't tend to it soonest you may bleed out".

Susan was standing behind Abdul and immediately moved between them. " we have to do something about it now!". Looking Abdul in the eyes.

Abdul's lips had gone pale but he refused to show weakness. He looked at the two ladies suspiciously and slowly nodded.

With the fork Abdul had with him and fuel he sucked out from the fuel filter in the car's engine, Kate sterilized the fork while Abdul sat in the backseat. She poured some of the fuel on the face of the wound. Then she broke off two teeth from the fork and drove the remaining two into Abdul's shoulder. He tried to bite back pain but ended up frowning with a. " hmm!". Escaping his lips.

Kate felt the butt of the bullet and asked Abdul to stay still. Abdul forced a clothe into his mouth and bite it hard. Susan couldn't stand the sight of blood anymore and turned away.

Kate tilted the fork to a side and pushed it inside expanding the bullet hole with the edge of the fork. Abdul let out a groan biting hard the clothe.

She suddenly removed the fork and looked around searchingly. Abdul removed the clothe in his mouth and asked tiredly. " what?".

" I need something slim. This fork is too big, it's pushing it inside".

Susan immediately rushed into the car and brought two pens for her. Kate took it, broke it into two vertically. Filed both sides until it now looked straight and pointed like a slim knife.

She then dug it into Abdul's shoulder while Abdul groaned in pain biting hard on the clothe. Soon the bullet was out. Abdul laid in the back seat breathing heavily.

" sir, we need to stitch it up". Kate cautiously said, standing timidly in front of Abdul.

Abdul slowly sat up, looked at the blood that was pouring out and asked tiredly. " where needle?".

She girl looked lost. Susan joined them, thinking of how to improvise.

Abdul struggled up, picked up the fork from the foot mat and took out a lighter from his pocket. Looked up to Susan. "tie for me". Indicating to his shoulder with his head.

Susan picked up the blood soaked clothe fighting back nausea feeling from the smell of blood and tied round the wound to reduce bleeding.

Abdul took out the weed, grabbed a carton paper under the seat, tore it to size, wrapped the weed, brought out a lighter from his pocket, lit it up and dragged hard into his lungs while the girls watched puzzled.

He dragged in couple more and started burning the teeth of the fork holding the tail end with a clothe ignoring the ladies that were probing with their eyes. He would take in a smoke and continue burning.

Soon the fork was red hot. He took his last drag from the weed and tossed it away.

" what are you planning to do?". Susan asked puzzled.

" he's trying to disinfect it and also stop the bleeding with fire". Kate said with her eyes on Abdul.

Susan's jaw dropped and her hands abruptly covered her mouth.

Abdul hurriedly took in some air, dug the fork into the hole and struggled not to scream out amidst hissing sound of his burning flesh with little smokes. Susan turned in disgust and walked some distance away.

Abdul took out the fork, clinched his fist, hit it severely at the back of the front seat. And after awhile of recovering from the pain, he began burning the fork again with the lighter. This time he was shaking in pain. He finished. Took in some air and burnt the face, this time he let out a thunderous shout as little smokes escaped with the hissing sound.


The slim man whom ran off earlier from the gas station continued along the dusty road looking behind him at intervals.

In front of him approaching a red BMW 7 series. The man slowly and cautiously began walking normally with his face down. To his surprise the car started slowing down and stopped beside him. The tinted front glass rolled down. A rugged looking macho man in handles black jacket, punk haircut, full mustache and a dark shade beckoned him over with a finger and a toothpick dangling in his mouth.

The scared, confused man looked at the man and inquired. " me?".

The rugged looking man nodded keeping his face expressionless. He dragged his feet to the car and took a peek at the unfriendly looking men in the car whose eyes were covered in dark shades looking at him stiffly.

" have you seen a red Mazda drive past here?". The rugged looking man asked casually.

At once the mans heart skipped a beat, his face flushed and eyes widened. He could see that he had aroused curiosity in the men in the car. Then he pointed behind him and stammered. " fu-fuel!".

The rugged man looked towards the direction and turned to the man. "you mean there's a fuel station in front and they are there?"

The man nodded and swallowed hard. Immediately the tinted glass rolled up and the car zoomed off as the man looked behind it thanking god for saving his life a second time.




There was a loud noise in the cave. Giants gathered around something cheering heartily, each carrying different animals and humans.

In the middle was a fight game, two humans were staged fighting. One tall athletic built black man was challenging a fat potbellied short Arabian man.

The African pinned the Arabian to the ground, using his legs across the Arabian neck, hand held strongly to the African's chest.

The Arabian man cried struggling to break free but the African held him tight. The Arabian cried in agony hitting his other hand on the floor to indicate surrender, before the African ended up braking his hand. Turned the man drowning in excruciating pain over, knelt on his shoulder and placed his hands on the mans jaw, pulled his head with great strength backwards and broke his neck. The crowd went wild, humans, animals and meats were immediately giving to giants who predicted right.

Andrew was with Gbique's who sat at Boko's feet watching the fight excitedly with her legs and hands crossed around Andrew who sat innocently in her middle dreading the game the giants so celebrated.

Boko lost the stake and was angry. The Arabian was Boko's. While he looked around in frustration, his eyes fell on Andrew. He pulled Andrew off Gbique's grip with a hand and she looked disapprovingly at her father, but Boko wasn't paying attention to her.

He stood Andrew in front of him and was impressed with Andrew's physique. Liq who sat beside him drew closer and said. " this one is good".

Andrew could sense he was going to be next. He turned to Gbique who was pouting at a father who wasn't paying attention to her but weighing his prospective stake.

Boko stood up, lifted Andrew into the air, turning around slowly and shouted." I stake him against your champion!". The crowd went wild.

Gbique stood up angrily and ran inside.

Boko dropped Andrew and pushed him in the circle to meet the athletic black tall guy who was bouncing his readiness. Andrew's side still hurt, he knew it was a lost fight seeing how the man killed the Asian and two others before him.

The stake had begun. Meats, humans and animals kept rolling in. Three giants took them and stored in a cage before they returned to kick off the fight.

Andrew watched as the athletic man crossed the back of his thumb through his throat and grinned at him. Andrew knew the odds were against him, the man is obviously a fighter and he's not. But he reassured himself. " not today! Not here! Not without seeing Susan again! No! Not today!".

Chapter Twenty Five

The young man whom Abdul stole a car from was just in boxer bleeding profusely from a face that has been mashed to pulp, and cuts from different part of his body with his hands and feet tied to a pole in an abandoned warehouse. The young man was growing unconscious from the hard punches meted out by a very animalistic looking, clean shaven Arabian in just jean trouser who seem to be having a swell time with his job.

Behind, some thugs stood behind a bulky short bald European man in full blonde beards who sat on a brisk watching the drilling with an intrigued look on his face.

" stop!". The bulky man commanded standing up. He dusted the trouser of his white suit, adjusted his red tie and moved to the now drowsy young man, slapped his face and said in a low concerned tone . "Talk to me, why! Don't sleep yet! "slapping the boy to consciousness". I want you to tell me why you allowed-someone -to -steal- the -girl from-you- and you couldn't even go after them?".

The young man just moved his head slowly side-to-side and couldn't even lift up his head. This was the seventh time the bulky man had asked the young man the same exact question.

Then he turned to the young man's decorator, " beat him to death!". In a calm voice, wiped his bloody hands with a red handkerchief and started strolling out with the thugs following from behind.

Outside the warehouse, where a black Range Rover jeep was packed with the backseat door opened by a thug , the man whose name was Mayor turned to one of the thugs as he was about entering his jeep and said. " make sure you find her. I want her alive. Let nothing happen to her. She may know where her mother kept it. Even if it means to kill an entire family to get her, do it!". And he entered the car. The thug shut the door, hurried to the front seat and the jeep took off with a black Hummer jeep following from behind.




Andrew had been tolerating the molestation by the little girl, who would throw him up, pull him up by the ear, turn him upside down by a foot, peek into his manhood and laugh mockingly.

Andrew felt after all she was slightly taller than he was, he could just give her a head butt in her ugly lips she has been kissing him with but he knew it was a quick sentence to the pot, so he took everything in.

Boko walked in the small cave like house and his presence covered the whole space. The female cooking moved frighteningly away from him still kneeling with her face on the ground.

Boko turned to his daughter and smiled. "you like this one?".

She hugged Andrew and nodded. Boko smiled back touched her hair and sagged on a rock carved out as chair, heaved a sign of relief stretched his legs and turned to the female cooking. " do you want a man to starve after almost dying in the field?", surprisingly, no one tended to Boko's injury as it was the ways of the giants.

The lady fidgeted and tremulously started dishing his food.

She finished dishing, stood up and went to Boko, knelt down placing the food on her head to serve as table and Boko mounted the 50kg weight of food and meat.

He finished, wiped his hands on her face and put his fingers in her mouth for her to wipe it clean with her tongue.

Boko looked at his hands after she had finished, approved of it before she stood up and took the empty plate back.

Andrew saw this and couldn't believe his eyes. His business sense rolled in, scarcity brings wealth. Immediately he discovered love was missing and planned to make use of it to his advantage.

Boko immediately dozed off after eating, snoring the life out of Andrew who was still in Gbique's arm seated with her back on the wall growing drowsy. The female noticed, stood up and laid her on the floor. While she still holding on to Andrew she slept.

Andrew slowly slide out of Gbique's arms and moved towards the female. She too was feeling sleepy but had to finish with what she was cooking.

The female's head moved towards Andrew in a sleepy swing, caught sight of him deep down in her dream land through a tiny ray of light and shook into full consciousness eyeing Andrew without bounds, the fear of chasing him around plastered her face. Andrew reading her next reflex quickly lifted up his hands smiling and went slowly on his knees.

The dread on her face softened as she slowly stood up looking at Andrew confusingly. Andrew did what she did to Boko; on his knees, faced down and hands behind him.

She looked at the dead sleeping Boko cautiously and moved slowly to Andrew. She wanted to drag him up and throw him in the cage but a force pulled her back. She looked at Andrew again and pulled him to his feet. He stood facing down. She chuckled, smiled and went back to her cooking enjoying being treated as a queen.

Chapter Twenty Four

Usman packed and lighted cautiously with his pistol in hand. His men moved forward with their guns pointed towards the van.

The upside down van was surrounded by people; some curious and others wanting to help. They moved away in fright when they saw Usman's men coming.

Susan was stuck under a dashboard. Abdul moved to her and kicked it hard while pushing Susan out.

Susan's body soon was released left for her leg when Abdul spotted Usman's men slowly moving closer.

One of the men bent over to look in only to get a straight shot in the head and immediately every onlooker who still hovered around disappeared in random frenzy.

The other men retreated looking uneasily at Usman for instruction while fighting back the urge to retaliate.

" what are you looking at me for? Shoot!". Usman commanded, neglecting instruction from the chief.

The men opened fire, shooting at every direction to the van. Usman laid his back on the front passenger door of the car watching the excitement. Another group of his men arrived in and immediately joined the three men shooting.

Soon the van caught fire and exploded. Usman wanted to move but he just smiled watching the yellow fire amidst smoke from the car.

The men waited for the fire to subside, it was already morning at the time. Two moved around the smoking van peeping in but there was no one there. They looked surprisingly at the others who joined them.

Usman noticed something was amiss and moved closer. " what is it!". He asked.

" I think they escaped!". One of the men said.

" you think or they escaped?". Usman bellowed moving closer to take better look.

Inside the van was empty with nothing with resemblance to human. He spun towards the bewildered men and grabbed one by the neck.

" and you are still here! Find him!". Usman yelled pushing the man forward.

Immediately the men rushed out in search for Abdul and Susan.

While gunshots rained on the van. Abdul pulled Susan with him sneaking out through the back glass and they both mixed up with the brouhaha of scattered people and disappeared.

Abdul was bleeding from a bullet wound in his shoulder. During the shooting, one of the bullets pierced through him while pulling Susan out, but he acted as though it was nothing dragging Susan with him swerving through people.

Susan caught sight of the blood running down from Abdul's hand and pulled him back. " you're bleeding!". She said looking with concern at the blood soaked white.

Abdul looked at it and turned to her. " we go now, they come no far". He said and continued pulling her along.

A young man stood in front of a red Mazda car trying to open the door.

" the keys!". Abdul said pointing the gun at him.

The young man slowly turned and froze at the sight a gun pointed to his face. He slowly handed the key's over to Abdul and moved aside. Abdul entered the driver side, no one needed to tell Susan to rush over to the passenger side. He engaged the engine and zoomed off with the young man's hands on his head looking at the rear lights of the car as it disappears.

Abdul drove in silence, his mind busy while Susan sat sleeping with her head on the window. They had driven a long distance out of the town, it was already morning at the time. The pain had started kicking in, he had tied a cloth to the hole to stop the bleeding after they drove off with the car and stopped briefly. But Abdul knew he had to stop again soon and see to his wound.

There was a deserted dusty gas station ahead, Abdul drove in and packed. There was just an attendant, a slim hungry looking man in full hairs and beards seated at a corner of the gas station house looking at Abdul's car.

Susan woke when Abdul killed the engine. She looked around and turned to Abdul. " where are we?". She asked wiping her eyes.

Abdul ignored her and took off his garment and clothe tied around his shoulder. He looked at the little hole and bite back pain. He then moved towards Susan, opened the pigeonhole, searched for something and seem not to find it.

The attendant was becoming curious seeing that Abdul had taking off his shirt but remained where he was watching out for what was brewing.

Abdul searched around the gear and found a screw driver. He looked at it and dropped it. " I need scissors!". Abdul said without looking at Susan who sat silently looking at the blood slowly rolling down his shoulder.

Like someone awaken from a shock, Susan turned behind at the back seat searching for anything useful and found a red and blue pen. She turned to Abdul. " can this help?".

Abdul shook his head and dipped his hand under his seat but stumbled on something strange. He took it out and was as shocked as Susan who eyed it awfully, a silver 9MM automatic.

" where did you get that?". Susan inquired ignorantly.

Abdul ignored her, dropped the gun on his thigh was going to look behind when he caught sight of the man standing up looking suspiciously at them.

Abdul slowly started engine of the car and drove towards the man who was observantly looking at the approaching car.

Abdul stopped in front of the man. " can I use your help?". Asking in Arabic smiling.

The man spotted the bleeding and the gun on Abdul's thighs and made to run but Abdul quickly picked up the gun and pointed it at him. " stop right there!".

The man froze like a paused motion picture.

Abdul slowly alighted with his eyes on the man. Moved to him and said pointing the gun to the mans face. " I need help. I need hot drink or fuel, I need scissors, I need bandage".

The man swallowed hard and nodded without saying a word looking with dread at the mouth hole of the gun pointed to his face.

" show me". Abdul commanded motioning him forward with the gun.

Susan came out of the car and stood by the door looking at Abdul walking into the gas station house with the man. She restlessly moved towards to the trunk of the car thinking of what to do. A thudding sound startled her. She spun and looked at the car in shock. The sound came again from inside the trunk of the car. She slowly moved away and followed Abdul into the house.

An old abandoned dusty store with two broken glass windows and ceiling. The counter were wrecked and the wires had pulled off from the washed green painted wall. There is a lead between the counter into a dark small room in front. The man was leading Abdul through it when Susan came in.
Abdul turned to Susan and continued.

They entered into a room with a cupboard by the side, a carton rolled on the floor with some folded clothes on top of it as pillow, an old shoe laid under the cupboard and a long sword hanging at the closed glass window. Apparently, that's the man's abode.

The man turned to Abdul in fear. " this is all I have, please take whatsoever you want".

Abdul looked on top of the cupboard and opened each drawer looking for anything useful, while Susan was still wondering what was in the trunk and how to tell Abdul.

Abdul found a fork in the middle drawer and kept it on top of the cupboard. He searched for other useful things and found a nylon. The man made to move but stopped and hesitating.

Abdul opened the nylon and found weed. He looked at the man who looked away in embracement, shoved the whole in his side pocket and continued his search.

" something is in the trunk". Susan found herself saying tapping Abdul's back.

Abdul slowly turned to her. " say?'".

"something! In the trunk". She repeated apprehensively.

Abdul grabbed the fork and followed Susan outside.

They both stood in front of the trunk waiting for the sound. A thud sound pushed the trunk from inside. Susan and Abdul exchanged a glance, and Abdul went to the driver side of the car, took the key from the ignition and returned to the back.

He slowly pushed in the key into the key hole pointing the gun forward. Then he opened slowly with his gun aiming to fire. A young Arabian teenager in jean and gray blouse laid on her back bound both hands and legs with a gaggle around her mouth. She eyed Abdul and Susan questioningly and stopped at the gun pointed to her head.

Abdul slowly removed the gaggle and she began begging in clear English. "please don't shoot me! Please don't kill me!".

" who are you?" Abdul barked.

Susan moved forward when she heard the girls English.

" it's okay sweetie, it's okay. I'm the good guy, I'm escaping like you. Calm down!". Susan said gently to the petrified girl.

The girls beautiful big blue eyes looked widely at Susan and slowly softening.

Susan pulled her up while Abdul watched to see if Susan can get information to who she is from her.

Susan used her teeth to loosened the girls hand bound and helped the girl down from the trunk.

By then, the attendant had watched and saw their attention was on someone they took out of their trunk. And slowly snuck through the back and escaped.

Susan had loosened the girls leg bounds and she sat at the backseat of the car with her legs outside. Her eyes kept meeting Abdul's gunshot injury that was still bleeding and his ominous look at her. She didn't know if to trust Susan or not. Susan seem to read her mind and gave Abdul a signal to leave. He frowned, hesitating looking at Susan's promising face to get information. And eventually gave in to despair.

Susan then turned to the girl smiling. " we stole the car from a guy to escape from some bad guys who wanted to kill me, he". Pointed at Abdul. " is protecting me. That's how we found you. Please who are you and what were you doing in the trunk?".

Susan's soothing voice and gentle look calmed the girl down a little. " they want to kill me. I saw them killing my mother, they want to kill me!". The girl cried.

" who?" . Susan asked.

" the bad men, they came to our house, argued with my mum. I was coming downstairs to see what was happening when i heard gunshots. I screamed and they saw me. One asked them to kill me but the other said they should take me with them. They carried me and dumped me in the trunk and few minutes later the car brought me here". The girl sobbing as she spoke.

" those men, who were they?". Susan inquired empathetically.

She wiped her nose, sniffed still sobbing and said looking at the wetness on the back of her hand. " I don't know".

Susan hugged her passionately for awhile and asked her. " what's your name sweetie?".

She lowly looked up with tears in her eyes, wiped her nose, sniffed and said in a tremulous tone. " Kate!".

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Chapter Twenty Three

Andrew was bounded to a stick from shoulders to feet and tied to Liq's back facing opposite direction. He looked like a two year old hanging on Liq's back while dragging the headless body of Mutum by the feet behind him, and Zixta and Boko dragging the others with them.

They had been walking in a single file for hours in a straight direction and was beginning to brighten up in the sky.

Boko who was in front stopped and the others moved to him. Andrew had not seen the massive mountain touching the sky until Liq turned.

The men together lifted what looked like a storey building with every vein in their bodies shooting from their massive muscles as they strained to pull off a side of the mountain. And when they had moved it aside enough to pass through, they closed it up again the way they had opened it.

Inside was dark as they walked freely without groping. Andrew could not see what was in front as they proceeded.

A scratching sound came with light. Liq moved forward to assist in pushing away another great rock that looked like nothing was behind it covering the main entrance off the road. And they entered. When they turned to close it up, Andrew saw a wide city of giants. It was dim with fire burning from pots standing on different sides of over a thousand caves perfectly arranged around the wall as the source of illumination. Andrew couldn't believe his eyes.

There was a staircase made of wood constructed at the entrance and other parts of the caves channelled to every part around.

Giants stood in front of their caves watching as the trio descended with a headless Mutum and his siblings.

At the ground floor were squared houses made of rocks were randomly built with nothing but rocks and pots of fire inside. The place was apparently crowded with children, female and male giants clothed in animal skin. The females covered their breast and waist and the male only covered only their waists.

Most of the children walked around naked, sampling an impressive large male organ almost the size of Andrews hand. Some of the giants where impressively massive and the smallest were 8 foot tall, and where considered dwarfs.

The trio dropped Mutum and his brothers in front of one of the houses and sat resting from their trip. A female came out and knelt beside Boko facing the floor. He nodded without looking at her, she stood up and went inside still facing the ground not to catch his eyes.

That was a sign of respect by the giants way. Husbands are masters and wives slaves.

An elderly one came out looking at the bodies displeased. He turned to the trio and said. " so you went ahead to kill them. What have you gained?".

"meat!". Boko said and the trio exploded a hearty laughter.

Liq pulled Andrew off his back, lifted him up with a hand effortlessly and tossed him on the floor. " another meat!" He said to elderly one who seem to like the strong human which will definitely be tasty.

A young female came out of the cave, an arm length taller than Andrew and knelt in front of Boko, he touched her head and asked her to take Andrew in. She beamed smile and hurriedly stood up, picked Andrew up, hauled him across her shoulder without strain rushing inside.

On getting in, she dropped Andrew on the floor, loosened his bands save for his hands and legs. Sat him in front of her and started playing with his face and hair.

" take it to the cage!". The female from earlier said to her as she sat beside a big pot cooking.

She hesitated hugging Andrew hard almost choking him. The woman stood up, snatched Andrew from her and the little girl started crying. She ignored her, took Andrew to the back of the house where they had over a 1000 cages of animals and humans. She opened one of the cages with sweaty humans, threw Andrew in and closed it.

The little girl was still crying by the time she returned to her cooking. Ignoring her she focused on what she was doing.

" what is the problem!". Boko yelled.

The woman eyed the little girl angrily and went outside, knelt with her face to the ground. "Gbique wants the new human as pet. She said to Boko.

" then give it to her, make sure it doesn't get missing! If anything should happen to it, you will have me to have. That one will cross other females. I want to rear its kind of human", Boko replied and focused on the discussion with the Liq and Zixta on sharing the bodies of Mutum and his siblings.




Abdul finally stood up and slowly walked to the car beating himself up for leading his friend and family to an early grave.

He slowly entered the car and turned to where Susan had sat, it was empty.

He rushed out of the car, looked around the crowd but there was no trace of Susan.

" not again!". He said hitting the roof of the car.

Then he started looking around for her. And when he couldn't find her, he stopped searching, cursing himself for even taking up such stupid risk for a female dog like her. He cursed himself even more and returned to the car.

As he began driving off the busy street still cursing himself, his head lamp caught two of Usman's men rough-handling Susan as they dragged her with them. He stopped the car and completely forgot all his grudges against her. His heart was thumbing both of revenge and of handling Susan in such manner.

In an impulse he came out of the car and started towards the men who were not aware of his presence. They were still dragging the resisting Susan who was screaming with pedestrians looking and giving way in fear for the men to pass.

Abdul grabbed one by the shoulder turning him to face him and dug a dagger inside his eyes. The other left Susan, made to reach for his gun, a strong punch met his nose pushing him backwards, before he could raise his head, Abdul had sliced his through and grabbed Susan up, pulling her to the car without looking at the dying men nor the excited crowd.

He opened the passengers seat, pushed Susan in and shut it, moved to the driver side, entered and drove off without saying a word to Susan.

Susan felt both embraced and guilty as she sat silently stealing glances at Abdul whose face was angrily folded, focused sternly on the road.

A gunshot echoed from behind. Susan flinched and turned abruptly. Abdul looked from the rear glass. It was a jeep behind them and another yellow light sparkled off a loud sound. Abdul increased his speed knocking everything off his way. Susan buried her head in her seat, wondering why such cliché.

Usman was at the passengers side with his head out through the window. He fired again and missed. " move the car!". bellowing at the driver.

Abdul swerved into a sharp bend to meet an old woman in front at the middle of the narrow alley trying to pick up her cat.

Abdul had already killed the lady in his heart speeding directly towards her. Susan raised up her head just in time to see what was about to happen.

" look! Look!". She pointed.

But Abdul was eagerly driving towards the old lady. They were few distance apart before Susan leaped to Abdul and pushed the steering, the car scratched through the wall and narrowly escaped the lady, and moved uncontrollably towards a table, knocked it off, the tire climbed a little slab by a wall and rolled over on its roof screeching through the ground.

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Chapter Twenty Two

Ramah, his beautiful young wife with an impressive long hair and his two sons; five and twelve years, with Abdul and Susan sat at the dinning table eating supper. They laughed and chat as they ate except for Susan who concentrated on her rice and stew source because she couldn't understand a word they were saying.

" do you remember when that bull dog chased after Ibrahim and dragged him on his butt? How he shouted and jumped like a frog. He wanted to be brave like his papa". Ramah said to his wife and the whole family laughed their lungs out.

"He is always doing stupid things. I told him his papa is brave not stupid". Ramah's wife said looking at Ibrahim who was blushing.

"he is a man! He shouldn't be afraid anything!". Ramah said to his wife, slapped Ibrahim in the back lightly and laughed.

Abdul had not had such a good laugh in years, he was having the best time of his life with his friend's family.

Isa, the youngest poured water on himself trying to drink from a glass cup.

" hey...be careful!". Ramah said looking distastefully at the boys wet shirt.

The mother took the cup from him and dropped it on the table.

" that is your upcoming soldier!". Abdul pointed out.

" I told my wife I need eleven boys!". Ramah shouted in laughter.

" from which person?". Ramah's wife retorted jokingly.

"you offcourse! My manhood is filled with boys!". Ramah shouted.

They all laughed again and the evening seem to be going on beautifully well.

Outside of Ramah's house, some few blocks away Usman's men were escorted by a young boy who stopped and pointed at Ramah's house.

"when I was his age, I had started carrying gun". Ramah said proudly nudging his first son Ibrahim, on the shoulder.

A knock startled them, Abdul looked at his friend sharply and Susan spilled the water she was drinking.

" are you expecting anyone?". Abdul asked.

" don't worry, could be the neighbour". Ramah said grabbing his crutches.

He went to the window and peeped. Then he turned to Abdul and pointed sharply for him to go into the house. Abdul stood up immediately with Susan. Ramah's wife led them inside while Ramah went to get the door. He opened and looked at the three men in a plane countenance.

" greetings! How may I help you?". Ramah said unconventionally.

One of the men peeped inside from where he stood and the other with him said. " bring out the man and the lady with you and we won't hurt you!".

Ramah looked confused. " bring who?".

" for the sake of your family, bring them out now !" The other added.

" I don't have anyone here except I and my wife". Ramah lied.

The first pushed him out of the way and he fell with his crutches. Ibrahim ran to him and helped him up while Isa looked from the dinning.

The men looked around the house and the first pointed for the second to go in.

Just then usman's jeep arrived and packed at Ramah's doorstep. The men stopped and waited for Usman to come in.

Meanwhile Abdul and Susan where in the inner room with Ramah's wife. She opened the window for them to escape and handed them the key to a black Hilux. Abdul climbed through first and Susan followed. They were about to take off when one of Usman's men caught them made to fire but Abdul shot him first and alerted everyone.

Usman looked around sharply and yelled. " get him!".

The three men ran into the house, one pushed Ramah's wife aside, looked through the window and saw one of their men bending beside the one Abdul had shot. He looked up and said to the one in the window. " he escaped through the window".

Usman looked ominously at Ramah and said under his teeth. " you're dead". Looked at Ramah's children and added. " and your little urchins if i don't get him!".

The men returned with Ramah's wife. One holding her by the hair said to Usman." she led them out through the window".

Ramah while standing with his crutches dipped his hand under the table and grabbed a pistol. Shot one of Usman's men and the other made to fire, Ramah beat him to it, shot him in the head. Ibrahim threw a cup at the third who made to fire and he missed his shot dodging the cup, Ramah fired and hit him in the chest, aimed at Usman but he had already escaped outside.

Ramah immediately shut the door. " go in! Run!". He told his sons". And limped with his crutches into the house.

His wife was trying to pass his children through the window when he entered the room.

" hurry up! Go! Go!". Ramah said hastily.

His wife passed the kids over and joined with them. Abdul wanted to follow and the sound of the door opening startled him. " go!". He yelled at his wife and turned towards the door with his pistol in hand.

The door of the room burst open and he fired and killed a man. Then hopped without his crutches to hide at a vantage position behind the door, so I could see who comes in first.

Gun held steady in his hands, his eyes fixed on the door ready to fire at anything that comes through it.

" i have your wife and children!". Usman's voice echoed from outside.

Ramah felt a wave of cold passed through him. He rushed to the window, peeped through the curtain and it was true. Usman held his wife by the hair with a gun pointed to her head while she knelt in front of him crying with her hands on Usman's hand on her hair. Two men held his boys by the shoulder.

Ramah thought of shooting Usman from where he stood but there were more men to finish his family up. He sagged his back on the in defeat.

" surrender or I kill them and burn you alive in that house!". Usman bellowed.

Ramah dropped his gun. " let them go! I have surrendered!". He shouted.

The door slowly opened and four men surfaced pointing guns at him, he looked at them with no slight fear but anger, wishing he killed them already.

Abdul and Susan had covered some distance when Abdul suddenly stopped the van and looked behind him thinking. Susan stared at him wondering what he was up to.

He reversed the van and started back to Ramah's house.

" what are you doing? Where are you going!". Susan's voice was laden with immense apprehension.

Abdul ignored her and drove as fast as he could swerving through people and cars, knocking down tables and running over ropes for hanging clothes.

Susan feared he may want to return back to Ramah's and her fears became overwhelming when a large cloud of smoke was seen ascending into the sky at the route to Ramah's house. Abdul increased his speed knocking down anything on his path.

Then he arrived what used to Ramah's house that was now in flames and neighbours making futile attempts to remedy the savaged situation. He jumped out of the car and tried to run into the fire but the hot flame resisted him. He looked around like a deranged man, ran to collect a bucket and joined the group pouring water into the house but it seemed the fire was fueled by the water.

That was how all his attempts to remedy the situation proved abortive. He was the only one still pouring water in the end and the house collapsed before his eyes.

Abdul knelt absorbing the dust and smoke from the house. His mind was overflowing with rage, he could see himself killing everyone member of the gang and skinning Usman before roasting him alive as he looked blindly in the fire.

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Chapter Twenty One

Andrew slowly snuck to the front of the cave and peeped, the coast seem clear. He could hear the rumbling and roaring of the giants from a afar. Without hesitation, with his hands on his side, he ran taking the adjacent direction.

He came to where he had packed, looked around the vast land with nothing in view save for the blue sky and the mountain behind him and started towards the direction he had driven from earlier with an intention of going to the camp to save Susan. Tripping and standing up, looking behind him at intervals as he ran.

Boko's two men had killed Mutum and his brothers, they cut off their heads and hung it on a stake.

Looking back at the mountain Boko said to the men. " let's go and search that cave and get anything we can lay our hands on".

The three walked back to the cave and when they entered, perceived human flesh. They began sniffing around searching for the source of the smell.

One of the giants with Boko picked up Andrew's used improvised bandage piece of clothe, sniffed it and called the others attention.

" blood! It must be around here somewhere!".

They began an intensive search.

Boko followed a smell out of the cave and saw Andrew's foot prints. " he has escaped!". He said looking at the direction Andrew took. " but not far!". Then he turned to the two who just joined him outside. "Liq and Zixta. Both of you go after him, he hasn't gone far enough. He saw us and mustn't disclose our existence to man! Now hurry!".

The two men began following Andrew's footsteps sniffing as they walked.

Andrew was some 30 poles away and completely oblivious he was being followed. He continued his staggering through the sand looking around to ascertain his bearing. The night was cold and Andrew had just an oversized long sleeve top and baggy trouser the giants had given him which he supported with a rope on the waist with nothing on his feet. He suddenly remembered he had no water. " shit!". He cursed and made to return but thought of meeting the giants, he then continued.

One of the giants, Liq spotted Andrew and called Zixta's attention. " there! It is there!". Pointing towards Andrew who was now slowly making his way through the sandy desert.

Zixta immediately took off, chasing after Andrew and Liq followed from behind.

Andrew heard thudding sound and thought it was the wind, but when he turned to his back his heart almost left his chest; the very biggest giants men he had ever seen in his life where running tenaciously towards him. He stumbled and fell in shock. Stood up and immediately and started running.

Each time he turned to his back they were closing up really fast on him. He increased his speed pushing as hard as he could ignoring the rising pain on his side.

The giants men were now closer. Andrew knew he wouldn't make it but he said In his heart. " not today, not today". Even though he didn't believe what he had said due to every odds were against him.

Something big like a house from the sky landed in front of Andrew, it was Zixta, he had jumped his way to Andrew's front.

Andrew dropped on his butt looking hopelessly at the gorilla looking mountain of a man. As he moved away from Zixta, his back hit something solid, he turned and looked at a massive feet and followed it up to the smiling face of Liq who bent and snatched him up in a sweep.




Susan followed Abdul silently as the walked down the busy street. She didn't bother to scream or hesitate, she just followed sheepishly.

They took a bend and got to a door. Abdul looked both sides before knocking on the door. There was no response, he looked around carefully again and knocked severely. Then door flung open; a slim average man with an eye closed and a missing right leg with a crutches under his right armpit, in shirt and trouser stood at the door looking at them questioningly.

" is Ramah around?". Abdul asked in Arabic.

The man looked at Susan and asked Abdul.

" who is asking?".

" his friend. Tell him neck breaker!". Abdul replied.

The man winced and then suddenly smiled. He opened the door wide and his face widened to a large grin. " Abdul the neck breaker! Come in!".

Abdul came in with Susan locked in his hand following from behind. The man closed the door and hugged Abdul. Abdul was surprised but said nothing.

The man broke the embrace and smiled sadly. " it's me, Ramah". Then he shook his head." Lost an eye and my leg in the battle field".

Abdul eye widened and his jaw dropped. His heavily built friend, with long hairs and full beards had changed, looking slim, shaved in low cut.

Back in the day, they were in the military and were known as fearless friends. Both friends were always in the front in any battle as though they had spared lives.

The name was given to Abdul the day they were ambushed returning from a battle in their military convoy. Bullet rained on their van on different directions. The team returned fire, some were hit in the process.

Abdul jumped down shooting in his usual fearless manner, and Ramah joined him encouraging the rest of the team to follow. Soon Abdul ran out of bullet and two enemy were fast approaching with gun pointed at him, he dodged the gunshot fired at him, rolling towards the men, leaped over in their midst, took out his dagger and stabbed one in the thigh, stood up swiftly, elbowed the other in the face and grabbed him by the neck twist it and did same to the one he stabbed before he could reach for his gun. Few seconds later he was standing and the men lying on his feet dead. That was how ' the neck breaker' was given to him.

" it's okay, come in my brother". Ramah said tapping Abdul's back leading him into the house.

They sat in the empty sitting room with wooden chairs and calendar on the wall, a picture of a heavily built bearded man, dressed in a beautiful military uniform and muffler around his neck standing with a riffle laid on the wall. A wooden table laid by the side of a narrow entrance into the house where a little boy sat looking at Abdul and Susan with a wondering look on his face.

" Isa, go in meet your mum!". Ramah said to the boy as he sat on a chair and dropped his crutches beside him.

Abdul was still looking at his friend. " what happened to you? You have changed!".

Ramah smiled. " I changed right? They threw a grenade in our van. I was lucky to be alive. The rest of the team died". Ramah said and turned to Susan. " your wife?". Then his eyes fell on her bare feet.

" no, not really". Abdul said.

" what happened? You just disappeared after those men came for you". Ramah suddenly changed the topic.

" So sorry brother. I was too-too busy". Abdul said. He looked at Susan who sat silently and turned to Ramah. " I'm in a little hitch. I need a car to get out of here".

Ramah's face lighted interestingly as he sat up. " what happened?".

Abdul took a glance at Susan who caught him eyeing her. " She's pregnant for me. And they wanted to kill her, I intervened. I killed a brother in the process. She's my concern".

" who is after her?".

" it's a long story brother. The guys I work for are dangerous men". Abdul said hastily.

Ramah looked at the window. Stood up and went to shut it. Returned and took his seat. " you're safe here for the night. Tomorrow you can go. Eat, rest, no one can suspect you are here".

Abdul looked at Susan and turned to his friend, nodded and smiled. And they began discussing on a lighter mood.

Usman's team had arrived with three other vans and 17 men. They had hauled the bodies into a van and stood as Usman instructed them.

" we have to get Abdul and that female dog. We will search everywhere, every house, every street. Ask questions, threaten, kill so long as we get them. I want him alive. Not dead, alive! And the bitch with him...". He paused and thought of what to say. " ...bring her to me. I'll have a special treatment for her. Now go! Don't come back if you don't have Abdul!".

Usman stood looking as the men jetted out in search for Abdul. He grabbed his pistol, kissed it and entered one of the vans and four men followed him.

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Chapter Twenty

Andrew sat with his back on her rock and legs folded watching the giants cut open a large animal that looked like goat. He wondered where they caught it from and other kills they bring in every other day.

Andrew hasn't forgotten about Susan. He was still recovering. And once he pleaded to leave but received a "hmmm".

It's a week since his recovery and doesn't know for how long he had slept while recuperating in the mud. He had tried to escape severely, but the rock on the exit was immovable. He felt like a prisoner since he wasn't allowed to leave.

One of the men turned to him and beckoned him over. He waited a little, then stood up with a hand on his side and limped to them. The biggest tapped a little space between him and the two other two for him to seat. He dreaded their sizes and eventually sat. He was like a five year old child amidst them .

One handed him a knife to skin the goat with. He took the knife that felt like a machete in his hands. He fumble with it while they watch. Suddenly there was an explosive laughter that startled the knife off his hand.

One of the men retrieve the knife from him and carefully sliced off the skin while they hmmm him to watch how it's done. Soon the animal tissue was left all that was left of the goat. It was a clean job he did. Then he dropped the skinned part aside.

It was then Andrew noticed their clothes, bags, sandals where made of animal skin. But it looked more like refined leather than a raw animal skin.

They put the goat across the fire and watched it roast silently.

The three men were of an instinct giant clan now living somewhere around the Sahara Desert away from human habitation. Their places of abode were usually in rock caves and top mountains where man can barely locate them.

They have been discrete enough to have kept their existence hidden to man. They operate only at nights and are careful to leave to traces.

Their sizes ranges from 10 foot tall, which are considered short. And the tallest amongst them were up to 15 foot tall. They have the strength of thirty powerful normal men. And are also herbivorous and carnivorous by nature.

Andrew ended up in the hands of the three siblings who moved away from their clan to living in a secluded rock. Mutum, the oldest and strongest, Hilo, the second and Mikote the last.

The day they adopted Andrew: They were inside taking their siesta when gunshots woke them up. After awhile of waiting in silence, a thud sound, they peeped and saw meat. Quickly, they observed and saw no one coming. The youngest, Hilo went out and retrieved Andrew, was about taking Khalid too when he heard footsteps. Immediately he cleared his tracks with his foot and disappeared into the cave. It was when they made to cup Andrew open they discovered he was alive and decided to save him.

But the three siblings are not as carnivorous as the rest of their clan because they only dead humans.

These siblings lost their parents as a kid in a battle of supremacy which always takes place whenever any feels he has the power to challenge and rip people off their hunts. As hunting was their only occupation; humans and animals alike.

While the waited for the goat in silence, there was a crackling sound outside and the men turned abruptly towards it. Mutum who acts as the leader nodded at Mikote. He stood up walking like a big gorilla towards the rock door.

He peeped through a fabricated hose and turned with his face beaming expressionlessly. The two stood up and joined him up. They peeped and started discussing in their gibberish. Hilo ran in and returned with three spares.

While the men were still talking. A violent impact exacted on the wall outside and shook the cave. Andrew stood up in alarm. What could be that strong enough to shake a mountain. And to think of it, it was dark, no idea of the time, but it should be anything around past nine.

There was a mighty thud sound moving about and another impact, the place shook. Andrew moved farther away backwards looking completely petrified.

After the siblings had come to a resolution, Mutum placed his hands on a side of the rock covering the exit while the other two stood prepared. He pushed with great strength and the rock rolled over. The two rushed out and he followed behind.

Outside stood a fifteen foot impressively built man with something like a tree trunk from the root in his left hand and a rock carved into a batting in his right hand breathing heavily.

The three men moved skilfully around the man whom was bigger than each. Mutum was the biggest and he was twelve foot tall while Mikote and Hilo were Eleven foot tall.

" you stole from me! How dare you steal my catch!". The man roared in their tongue.

"Boko stop this! The kill was ours. You keep taking every catch from us. We can't take it anymore! It ends now!". Mutum said moving cautiously around Boko.

" so that's how you want it? I'll use you three for dinner in replacement for my kill". Boko bellowed and roared, then spun, swinging the tree and the bathing towards Mutum and Hilo. They both docked rolling on the floor.

Boko jumped some nine feet high into the air with his hands up and landed with a huge thud sound swinging his tree and this time it caught Mikote in the chest and threw him against a rock.

Mutum and Hilo threw their spears at Boko, he wield it off with his weapon and threw the tree trunk at Mutum and simultaneously raced after it, before Mutum could catch it, he had used his batting on Mutum's leg lifting him off the ground and landing on his face.

Hilo jumped on Boko's back before he could use his batting on Mutum's head, grabbing his neck. Boko struggled to break free but couldn't. Mikote and Mutum stood up, grabbed their spears and joined their brother.

Mutum rushed towards Boko and pierced his right leg with it, while Mikote pierced his left thigh. Boko roared, still standing and with great strength threw Hilo off his neck into the air and caught Mutum by the neck, slammed his head on the wall and held him still with his massive hands strangling him by the neck.

Hilo ran inside and grabbed the knife beside the goat, while Mikote grabbed Boko's necj trying to pull him off Mutum.

Andrew caught a glimpse of Boko's scary feature and hid himself more into the darker part of the cave behind a rock.

Hilo rushed out with the knife and stabbed Boko in the back twice. Boko roared, let go of Mutun's neck, turned sharply trying to get the knife off his back. Mikote pulled a spear from Boko's leg and drove it into his shoulder. Boko sagged on a knee and stood up again. Looked around in despair as the brothers were coming heavily on him and took off.

The three brothers ran after him as he limped running. They were almost close to catching him when the ground between them and Boko burst open splashing sand everywhere and two men of Boko size jumped out from the sand with axe in their hands and Boko smiled maliciously at the surprised brothers.




Susan hid at the back of a building peeping and breathing heavily. She heard gunshots while she was running. She prayed Abdul was killed in the process. But would he be preferably better off dead? She asked herself as she peeped, then shook off the thought.

She was close to the town. Where she was hiding was a residential home made of old bricks and crafted in an ancient middle East architectural design and so was every other building in the main town of which most were a storey.

She knew she had to continue running, knowing Abdul or Usman maybe closing up on her. Where would she run to? She had no idea. She looked puzzlingly around and Immediately began running towards the town.

She stopped running when she entered the busy town. She had no foot wear on and her hair was unkempt. She discovered everyone looked at her as she moved carefully with her face down.

The sound of an approaching vehicle spooked her, she turned and saw a black Honda civic. Without delay, she took to her hills creating a scene, pushing her way through as she ran looking behind her like a troubled animal. Then stopped and hid at the back of an old storey building beside an opened wooden window.

The car drove past, it was a normal civilian cruising in his ride. He didn't even notice it was him Susan was running from.

She heaved a sigh of relief and it was then the noise from the town, the to-fro of pedestrian, the buying and selling, the people eyeing her suspiciously became visibly audible.

She looked around and noticed a fat lady in hijab and long black gown looking suspiciously at her from her left. She sat on a stool washing at the back of the house.

Susan bowed and slowly left.

She kept looking around walking aimlessly. A jeep like the one In the camp came out of a bend and started moving towards her. She froze in shock, and immediately moved to a table where a chubby sampled some caps, Holy books and materials and stood with her hand on the table, face down.

The seller stood up and asked suspiciously if she wanted something in Arabic. She ignored him, her mind was in the approaching jeep. The man moved closer trying to look at her face while he asked again. Her eyes was at the car behind her driving pass. The men then pushed her off his items, by then car had past and she immediately started moving forward ignoring the gibberish they man was throwing at her.

She was walking fast aimlessly looking behind her and bumped into someone who grabbed her and said hastily.

" no shout! You shout I say you thief!".

The voice was unmistakably familiar, she slowly looked up to behold Abdul's face.

ugnoble:
topher052 Its been a while man. Hope you're doing great?

I'm good brother. Working on another series.

Chapter Nineteen

Usman and three armed men arrived the building and packed. He alighted and examined the surrounding with a haughty look, then motioned his men in.

Susan heard footsteps and stood up wondering who Abdul had come with. The door shook violently and she moved backwards with her back on the wall as she dreaded what was behind it.

A sudden thud sound slammed the door open, and behold four men stood looking at her. She almost fainted. She couldn't scream or say a word, he legs shook tremulously and her heart almost stopped throbbing.

Usman slowly entered looking at Susan. He walked towards the petrified lady, searched through her face and smiled nodding his head to why Abdul had kept her. Again he smiled thinking how Abdul would feel after her had transformed her beauty.

He came closer and held her jaw lifting her face to his. She flinched and tried to look away but he held her face steady.

He suddenly let go of her jaw and pushed her hard against the wall to study her features. A thought crossed through his mind and he grinned maliciously, turned to his men and asked them to hold her still on the floor.

Susan eyed the two men coming for her in fright and tried to resist but the overpowered with ease and pined her to the ground.

Usman smiled, ordered one of his men standing behind him to go first.

A tall well fed smiled gratefully and moved towards her as the other men struggled to keep her hands and feet still. He pulled up his jalamia looking down at the struggling Susan.


Meanwhile, Abdul had arrived the premises, packed some distance away from the house and walked in still not knowing what he was doing.

He moved circumspectly closer to house and heard Susan's cry for help. He jerked and immediately ran inside to meet a man lifting up Susan's gown and was about mounting her.

Abdul impulsively brought out his pistol and fired at the man. He fell beside Susan. And the whole party turned towards Abdul in alarm.

Still holding his gun, Abdul moved into the room trying to tame his confusion pointing at everyone.

Usman seeing it was Abdul smiled happily, his wish had come true.

Abdul pointed the men off Susan. And she jumped to her feet and rushed to hide behind him crying.

" what have you done? Killing a brother over an infidel?". Usman said in a relaxed tone, smiling and shaking his head pitifully.

Abdul knew he had crossed the line by killing a brother unjustly, he knew he had to put up a reasonable excuse for doing it. To compensate for what he had done, he ought to surrender Susan. But with Susan's grip on his waist crying in fear, he couldn't bring himself to do the needful. He slowly moved out with his back still wielding the pistol at the men who were looking surprisingly at him except for Usman whom didn't stop smiling.

" your guns and car keys!". Abdul commanded.

" let the girl go and we will forget you did anything bad. She's a dog and you know it! An infidel!". Usman said pretending to be reasonable.

" the guns!". Abdul yelled wilding his gun at each one of them.

Usman nodded at the men and turned to Abdul still smiling.

The men dropped their guns on the floor and Abdul turned to Usman who was still hanging his at his back. Usman smiled and dropped his as well.

" pick them!". He told Susan.

She turned to him in a surprised look. Abdul nodded at her and forced a smile. She then swallowed her fears and gathered the three guns, bundled them to her chest and raced back to hide behind Abdul.

" the keys!". Abdul commanded Usman.

Usman tossed it on the floor and placed his back on the wall with his arms folded looking at Abdul with a smirk.

Abdul picked it up and moved out with the gun wielded at the men. He shut the door but the lock was already damaged.

" go outside, wait". Abdul said to Susan.

She immediately rushed out with the guns and stood at the entrance waiting for Abdul.

Abdul turned to Usman who seem to be enjoying himself and wanted to explain himself but stopped, hesitated a little and ran off.

Usman brought out the pistol buried under his waist and shot the remaining two men dead.

The sound of the gunshots startled Abdul, he looked behind him and rushed out expecting to meet Susan, but met the guns lying on the floor.

He ran to the jeep Usman came in and checked inside. She wasn't there. He ran outside where he packed his car but she wasn't there also. He kicked the tire in anger cursing himself for letting her out of his sight.

There came a gunshot. He immediately docked behind his car and peeped. It was Usman, he was out hiding at the boot side of the jeep.

Abdul made to enter his car and escape but thought of Susan. She will be at risk without his protection. He cursed again hitting bitterly at the door of the car.

Another gunshot fired. This one was an AK 47. Abdul returned the fire and took off.

Usman peeped and saw Abdul running, aimed to fire but he disappeared through a bend. He them smiled, opened the jeep and took out a walkie talkie.


The chairman sat in his white bathtub in a sparkling white bathroom smoking a huge Cuban cigar watching the news displaying on a large TV on the wall.

A beautiful Arabian girl in pant and bra covered in gems, wearing a loud make up with perfect groomed hair, adorned in golden jewelleries on her ears, nose, navel, necks, waist and hands came in with the chairman's golden walkie-talkie.

" you have a call sir". She said In a sexy tone and smiled.

The chairman didn't take his eyes off the TV, he just beckoned her over. She handed him the phone, kissed his cheek and walked away.

The chairman still did not bother to look at her, he just took off his cigar from his mouth and muttered.

" who!".

Usman stood as though the chairman was before him when he heard his voice.

"As-Salam-u-Alaikum," . Usman greeted.

" who is this?"

" it's...it's... Usman sir".


" yes, what is it". The chairman sounded impatient.

" Abdul sir".

"yes, what about him?".

" he is keeping one of the goods".

" why would he do that?"

" he is sleeping with her and got her pregnant!".

" okay, so what does that matter? I don't care what he does to them, as long as he provides them when needed". The chairman sounded casual.

" not that sir. I accosted him about it and he killed three of the brothers and I barely escaped with my life!".

The chairman sat up not believing his ears." You said what!?". He yelled.

" yes sir! There's an evidence of gun fires here sir!".

The chairman nodded and said between clinched teeth. " from now on, you're in charge. Get me Abdul alive. Not dead! Alive! I want to know why he betrayed us".

" okay sir!". Usman said, trying to hold back joy.

He looked around and let out a loud laugh. Finally he is the leader. But he frowned at the idea of getting Abdul alive, that wasn't going to be an easy task.

Chapter Eighteen

Abdul drank some tea and went for prayers. Returned to his tent, took a food flask and a ten liters of water, put it in the front seat of the car.

Two prisoners were being taken away escorted by three armed men. Abdul stopped them and asked where they were off to. They told him Usman ordered them to bring organs.

" Usman?". Abdul asked.

The three men exchanged confused glances and slowly nodded. Abdul smiled and walked to his car watching as the men hauled the blindfolded and bounded men at the back of a pickup van and drove off.

Abdul stood beside his car gnashing his teeth in anger watching as the van disappeared into a bend. Then he returned to his tent brought a bag which he put at the back seat. He looked around if anyone was watching before he entered and drove off.

Usman had been observing from behind the ladies tent. As soon as Abdul was off, he quickly rushed into a Volkswagen Beatle and followed him from a safe distance.

" if you're harbouring that African bitch. I'll make sure the elders hears it. I pray my suspicions are true so I can finish you". Usman said as he drove.

Abdul had no idea he was being followed. His mind was on Susan, what if she is carrying his baby? The thought of that gave him mixed feelings of good; because he loved her and two; how was he going to keep her safe?. Maybe he can force her into converting into his faith, by so, she'd be immune and could even be allowed to marry him. He nodded at the second idea. But what if the baby is not his? His face frowned. He didn't want to say what he was thinking, which is to cut open her tummy and bring out the little bastard.

He swerved to a bend and continued. Usman came to the bend and halted. Stepped down and peeped. Abdul had gone far enough, so he rushed back to his car and followed Abdul's tire trails.

Abdul passed through a small town with old structures and continued driving. He then drove into an abandoned building some distance away from the residence, packed , alighted and stylishly looked around if he was being followed. Then opened the front door took out the water and food. Opened the back seat, brought out the bag and put them on the floor. Then he took the bag and food in to return for the water.

Usman surfaced from his hiding and snuck into the building, hid at the back and peeped for Abdul to come out.

As soon as he heard footsteps, he took cover. And Abdul took the remaining in not suspecting anything.

Susan sat waiting for Abdul to come in and when he did she stood up and asked hastily.

" what is going on?".

Abdul looked at her beautiful face and prayed he was responsible for her pregnancy. He gently dropped the water beside other things he brought in and looked at Susan. She was dying of curiosity.

" you carry children...child". Abdul said demonstrating that she was pregnant.

Her eyes widened. She screened through her memory for the last time she and Andrew were intimate: it was four months ago, they had been too occupied preparing for their trip and after they travelled they were always in the open until they were captured.

She looked at Abdul in shock, shook her head and began crying width her hands on her mouth.

Abdul's face turned into a wide grin. He is the father. He moved slowly to her and said.

" I go guide you. Plenty money I give you. Clothe, chain, fine, beautiful everything I give you".

She moved away from him crying.

Usman had entered the building and had been eavesdropping at the door. He heard their conversation and smiled. He then snuck out, entered his car and drove off feeling over joy.

Susan turned to Abdul and couldn't believe what she had done to Andrew. How would he feel if he found out about her pregnancy? Worse of all, she was with the seed of the devil himself. She swore she'd kill herself.

Abdul suspected she would harm herself if he left her alone, he knew he would need to employ a guard to always monitor her. To buy time he laughed and said.

" lie! You sick very well. I call good doctor. Ablah no good. You carry no children. No. Me lie".

She slowly stopped and screened him critically to know if he was playing pranks. He seemed to be enjoying the joke as his face was covered in a large satisfactory grin. She prayed he was actually playing pranks. So she sat on the floor looking at the food he had brought.

" you hungry?". Abdul asked, moved to bring the flask, dropped it in front of her and opened it.

She didn't move. Her mind was troubled. She suspected she may be pregnant even though she doesn't know how it felt to be pregnant.

" eat, me stay or go?". Abdul asked.

She didn't answer. She had lost her appetite.

Abdul then covered the food flask. " I go, I come back. No worries, I come back".

She said nothing.

He stood up and wanted to hug her but turned and walked away.

He returned to the camp and was about entering his tent but Usman came out from inside. He was shocked to see Usman coming out of his tent.

" what are you doing in my tent?". Abdul enquired.

Usman smiled and faced Abdul eyeballs to eyeballs. " where are you coming from?". He asked sternly.

Abdul's anger had almost reached explosion limit and was going to make a move but Usman quickly added.

" you're hiding her in that uncompleted building right?".

These words neutralized him like deflected balloon . His shoulder dropped abruptly as he wondered how Usman knew. He turned immediately towards the other ladies tent thinking Ablah had slipped.

" Ablah? She's not coming till tomorrow. I followed you. I saw it all". Usman said with a smirk.

Abdul winced at him in surprise. How did he not notice anything. He immediately thought of a lie to defend himself with.

" I kept her there to catch her husband when he comes here looking for her. So you're following me now right?".

Usman smiled and said.

" the elders has ordered me to kill her. We have no need for them anymore". Then he smiled, looking Abdul's troubled face he whispered. " I know she's pregnant".

Abdul's eyes widened. He knows nothing he assured himself, the pregnancy could be Andrew's.

" go ahead and kill her". Abdul said, pushed passed Usman and entered his tent.

Usman looked after him smiling. Then turned to the two guards waiting for him and shouted so that Abdul would hear.

" lets go get that bitch. Remember we are to tie her to our car and drag her here so that we can skin out that evil seed inside her. Now call the others lets go!".

Abdul was completely paralyzed when he heard that. He knew he had to do something, but the consequences was far beyond what he could trade. Then he thought of it again, his two good for nothing wives had not been able to give him a child and now this African beautiful girl whom had stolen his heart had proven he was not impotent.

He looked outside and saw the men were already getting set to leave. What would he do? He thought in confusion with his hands on his head walking aimlessly.

Chapter Seventeen

Andrew was still buried in the mud with the men looking at him. He could not understand what they were saying as they seem to be deciding his fate.

One of them bent beside him and dipped his massive finger on his cheek, turned to his colleagues and mumbled gibberish and they acknowledged with a blink then the three of them walked away.

" who are these giants? What do they want with me?". Andrew thought.

They lit a fire at a far end of his left. They backed him busy with something. Then hung across the fire a huge junk of meat. From where Andrew was it looked like skinned human leg.

" could they be cannibals? Had they checked him to know if he was ripe for the eaten?". This brought a massive panic on Andrew." I don't want to be eaten or, I rather die and be thrown in the river than be eaten". He cried.

One of the men came to him with a bowl, and emptied the content; a dust on Andrews face. He stood watching at Andrews reaction. His colleagues were also interested from where they were seated.

Andrew fought back and sneeze, and finally let out a massive sneezing. The man nodded and brought out a fabricated axe. From his back and bent towards Andrew.

This was it! The final moment of his life. Alas, the belly of the giants his remains will end up. He closed his eyes and prayed it was a quick death.

The axe fell on his chest on top of the mud. He repeated it over and over until he met Andrew's chest.

Andrew opened his eyes looking at his killer's ugly face searching seriously at the spot to hit him.

The man dropped the axe, used his hand to pull off the mud from Andrew's chest until it got to Andrew's tummy. He pulled it off and examined his injury. It looked a bit better. Then he pulled off the rest mud from Andrew and his full body naked.

Andrew was surprised. He was still not comfortable. He tried to move his body but felt stuck.

The man carried him up like he was a light log of wood and started walking into the inner dark part of the cave.

Andrew wondered if that was where they would butcher him, but he knew struggling would be a waste of time. So remained calm and pray for the best.

As they proceeded, he could hear sounds of dropping water. In the desert? But he kept quiet as they proceeded. And finally got to a place where water was dripping from the rock and had formed a pool underneath. The man dropped Andrew in the pool.

Immediately Andrew opened his mouth buried his face in the water, drank a belly full before he settled in. It felt so rejuvenating.

The man stood watching him. Then came closer and murmured. " hmmm!".

Andrew looked up at him. He murmured again. " hmmm!". Beckoning Andrew out of the water.

So Andrew struggled up and looked at his injury. It was almost healed. Could these guys be the good guys?''. He thought and staggered out.

The man caught him and carried him again to the place they were and dropped him on the floor. One of his colleagues threw the man with Andrew, Andrew's trouser. And he handed it to Andrew with a " hmmm!". Andrew gently retrieved it and he walked to his colleague and sat with them at the fire.



Susan sat lost in the room wondering what the lady meant. She wondered if there was something else to the fever?. She stood up and tried to peep through the window but met just dry land.

She sat and prayed Abdul returned. First time she wanted to Abdul around.

Abdul stopped Ablah at the camp. The girls were outside waiting impatiently.

She rushed to them and led them to the awaiting Volvo packed with a driver inside.

Usman surfaced from nowhere and shouted at her ignoring Abdul who was about entering his car.

" why are you late? The elders have called twice now! Where the hell did you go to! Don't you know your duty to the elders comes first?".

Ablah stood with her face to the ground stealing glances at Abdul to defend her.

Abdul stopped half way into his car and turned to Usman. " what is your problem? Didn't see she came in with me?".

Usman turned to Abdul and walked up to him. Everyone feared the outcome of from what want to happen.

" when an elder forgets his place he gives room for insult. Where did you go to?''. Usman asked looking Abdul in the eyes.

This was unbelievable. Nothing mattered to Abdul more than knowing he is in control and this man was about taking that from him in the presence of his subjects.

Abdul smiled and scratched his head then became serious. In a swift swing grabbed Usman by the neck slammed his back on the car, took out his pistol and pointed it on his head. Made to pull the trigger but fought back the rising urge with great difficulty . Usman didn't show any sign of fear, he just smiled facing Abdul with a daring looking in the eyes.

" please sir! Please don't do it". Ablah begged kneeling behind Abdul.

Abdul hesitated fighting himself bitterly. Then he finally said to Usman.

" the next time you try this...i will put a bullet in your skull without thinking". He then hit the butt of his gun on Usman's mouth. Pushed him off his car, entered and zoomed off.

Usman smiled and wiped the blood off his mouth. " you will pay with your life for this!". He murmured to himself then turned to Ablah who was still kneeling looking downwards. " what are you still doing here! Get the hell out of here!",

The ladies hurried off to the packed car.

Usman smiled again looking at the vanishing tail of Abdul's car and walked way.

Abdul got to his tent. Sat in a wooden chair, his body still shaking. He tried to keep his hands still but couldn't. He wished he had killed that bustard. But the consequences was grievous because usman has the backing of the elders.

" I must kill that man. I must kill him some how. He's gradually coming after me. I can't let him! Never!". Abdul bellowed. Angrily stood up, threw everything off his table. Yet he didn't feel any less than he felt.

WE KNOW NOTHING

After all said and done
We know nothing.

We claim to be good in one area of our lives and seem to brag about it when we know nothing
We climb to a certain stage in life and start feeling proud when we have nothing
Being the smartest doesn't mean nothing
For even a child can beat you in what he knows and you don't.

I have seen things
The colour in man
The greed they breathe
The acceptance they strive and the goal they pursue
But found non perfect
We are all growing into new things everyday
And new things never ends.

WHICH WAY NIGERIA?

A womb blessed with milk and honey
But an infectious air corrupted her children from birth
The man on top is as perfect as the one throwing stones
And her blessings neglected for scraps they kill for
The future is worse than the past
The wall her children's backs she forced to rest is giving in
And they are becoming their own nightmare
Where is your children's crown you stole oh greedy mother!
Congratulations!
You have succeeded in raising wolfs!
Come now and kill us all to find a future
For only God can save us now

Gracias me familia, I really appreciate your wishes. And thanks to those of you who reached me on whatapp as well, I'm very grateful.

Chapter Sixteen

Susan caught a fiver and laid shivering. Abdul came in that morning and saw her in that condition, he was completely devastated. He thought of taking her to the hospital but considered the distance to nearest hospital, then decided to fetch Ablah to come and see to her.

" I go come, I go bring dotor!". Abdul said kneeling beside Susan. Then he stood up and dashed for the door.

In an hour time he was at the camp, packed and started towards Susan previous tent. Outside Fifi was, seated at the entrance thinking of her life.

After Susan left, they subjected Fifi and other two new ladies that joined the group to slavery. They were made to do all the work in the camp, sometimes hired out for jobs. The only benefit they enjoyed was feeding twice sometimes three times a day.

While Mary and some three African young girls whom they had taken to another separate tent some distance away and treated as VIPs' on the exterior to prostitution and other thinkable and unthinkable sexual vices. Though the ladies were yet to discover their final destination which will be harvesting their organs.

They fed Mary and her team well and ensured they were beautiful enough for clients and stopped them from doing strenuous jobs.

Fifi wished she was in Mary's shoes. What she didn't know was that some of these clients would make them open their mouths while they pooped in it, some perverted and wicked ones would rape them, some would even pay a huge amount of money to strangle them while having sex, some may give them to their animals and when they caught a decease or being inflicted by an injury that hampers their beauty, they are either taking to the slave section or their organs harvested immediately but none of Mary's team has been afflicted yet.

Fifi quickly stood up with her face on the ground and hands behind her back as the manner they greeted every superior; that is,the Arabians when she saw Abdul approaching.

" call Ablah". Abdul said impatiently.

" she's at the other camp sir". Fifi answered with her face to the ground.

Abdul made to peep, but the rules was no man enters a female tent, so he stopped himself and went to his car and zoomed off to the other camp.

The stout thick man, Usman whom has been suspicious of Abdul stood some distance away watching.

He had always wanted to be the number one someday. Now that Khalid was died, automatically he became the number two. Abdul never liked him due to his over ambitiousness. He had been tempted to kill him on several occasions when the elders would call telling him of the happenings in the camp which they weren't there when it happened. Abdul knew no one else has the guts to snitch on him save for usman. And his suspicions were confirmed when the elders appointed Usman their watchman giving him the immunity over Abdul's plot.

Abdul drove to the camp raising dust. He packed and dashed out of the jeep, ran to the tent without invitation, but met some of the ladies naked. They abruptly covered up and screamed. He immediately turned away closing the curtain.

Ablah was without her facial covering when Abdul got in. She covered up and came out to meet him. She couldn't express how furious she was because no one dared question Abdul.

" As-Salam-u-Alaikum". She greeted.

" come with me!". Abdul commanded hastily in Arabic without returning her greeting. " get your medical tools now!"

She looked shocked and protested." I can't go anywhere with you now, the elders need me to prepare the ladies for their guest".

"put Zara in charge. I need you right now!". Abdul said impatiently.

She looked confusingly at him, knowing how impulsive he can be with his gun. So she said carefully. " how long are we taking?".

" thirty minutes!". Abdul lied.

She swallowed hard and told him to wait while she go in to put things in order and come with her tools.

Soon they were off. Abdul driving as fast as he could.

Usman saw how Abdul zoomed past him and spotted Ablah in the front seat. He knew something was amiss; first, he has refused to tell anyone about Susan's where about and now this. And he has been oddly absent from the camp frequently. Usman suspected it has something to do with Susan, but he has decided to wait for his chance to nail Abdul before the elders and that will be his chance of becoming the new leader. He grinned at the thought of it.

Abdul suddenly stopped the car and handed Ablah a blind. She eyed it suspiciously and asked. " what is it for?".

" just put it on!". Abdul stormed impatiently.

She fidgeted and took it from him in fear, covered her eyes and they continued their journey with Abdul driving as fast as crazily as possible.

They had driven more than thirty minutes and still driving, Ablah was becoming unsettled and kept fighting back asking questions. She was worried about returning to the camp late because she needed to ensure everything went okay, she couldn't trust Zara would do a great job dressing the ladies due to her poor sense of style. And if she doesn't get back in time the ladies won't go and thereby delaying the elders which was something she had never done. But Abdul is the leader, and so she kept quiet.

The jeep slowly came to a stop and she felt relieved, finally at last. He instructed her not to take off the blindfold as they alighted.

He led her into the house and brought her into the room where she kept Susan, then instructed her to remove the blind.

Ablah caught sight of Susan and gasp. She turned to Abdul in disbelief. She didn't know where she was but only knew she was in a room in an uncompleted building.

Susan unseeing Ablah was scared. She quickly sat up thinking they were going to take her back to camp.

" check her! She's sick!". Abdul commanded.

Ablah knelt beside Susan and dropped her medicine bag beside her. She felt her temperature with the back of her hand on Susan's neck and face and opened her eyes, then opened her mouth. She took Susan's palm, looked at it. Then opened Susan's stomach, pressed her lower abdomen.

She finished and stood up expressionlessly, turned to a worried Abdul and said. " she's not sick, she's pregnant. I'll give you a drug for the fiver".

Abdul was frozenly shocked. He was confused, heartbroken, hopeful, happy and sad at the same time.

Susan didn't understand what Ablah had said as she remained where she was shivering looking at them for someone to explain why Abdul was looking that way.