EPISODE 24; FLASHBACK (B)
After mama and papa’s burial, I couldn’t remember the direction mama had given to me earlier and it made me start sobbing. I tried all I could to remember but each time I stressed it I ended up having a blazing headache which left me screaming and gasping for air.
I asked the ladies that helped me bury mama and papa but none could give me directions cause the three of them couldn’t even speak English which left me wondering how they understood what I was saying.
Once I asked a question in English they all ended up speaking their language, It was then I realized that they could hear what I was saying but couldn’t speak.
Having no other option I walked away from them in tears and a heavy heart. I couldn’t stop shivering cause I was so afraid to the extent that I feared even the slightest squeak of a lizard.
I went back to mama and papa’s hut and tried relaxing my mind but couldn’t so I decided to leave no matter what it takes. That day I began my journey for freedom with a determined mind not knowing that it won’t be so easy as I had assumed. I had only walked for less than an hour when I became tired and decided to rest. As I said, I planned to rest for just a little while but I ended up sleeping off.
I woke up to see myself tied to a tree in the middle of the night.
I started screaming for help with all the strength I could gather but then I felt a cool breeze blow on me and I took a peek at myself to realize I was naked. I had a panic attack instantly due to the fear of the unknown and blacked out. I woke up later to see I was no more tied to the tree but in the middle of a gang of smokers.
“Please where am I?” I whimpered but no one said a word and none even glanced my way.
“Please someone talk to me!” I screamed and at that time they all turned to me. The ladies were on panties with no bra making their firm boobs visible but the dudes were all on clothes.
“Quite maiden, we are doing business and need no distraction” one of them whispered and I looked up to see a very handsome dude.
From his accent and skin color, I knew he was white and I instantly liked him even though I hated guys. He smiled up at me and I felt my heart melt away. I don’t know but I didn’t say a word till they were done. It was at that point that another dude I never saw strolled to me.
I had thought that the first dude was handsome but the dude that strolled to me looked like a lady. He was so breathtakingly beautiful. He was so huge with red hair and amber eyes. A color of eye and hair I never knew existed. I almost got lost staring at him but my hatred for dudes got the best part of me and I stared away from him. I stared at them all and got shocked to realize most of them were white. I got back to reality when the dude got close to me and squatted.
He said some words to me but I couldn’t reply cause I didn’t grab what he said. He was so fast that I just felt like he was playing with me.
He stared at me for a few seconds without saying anything else and tried touching me but I jerked away from him and my migraine took over me. It was so much on me that I felt like I was being electrocuted.
He moved away from me leaving me on the floor. I was still quivering when a brown skin colored lady came to me and sat down beside me. She poured chilled water in her hand on me which made me shiver but at the same time made me feel a little better. I stared at her firm open boobs and it made me look down on myself thinking it will be open like hers but I got surprised realizing that I was covered in new clothes.
“Lord she must have suffered a lot. We need to take her to the hospital” the lady whispered and I felt happy that I understood.
“You are Nigerian?” I breathed and she nodded.
I rushed into her arms and started sobbing not helping it. “Was I raped?” I asked not knowing if I would have been able to handle the pain from her answer but still determined to hear it.
“Nope. We were lucky to have gotten to them before they did. We killed them all. But what were you doing there?” She asked and I exhaled feeling so happy for the first time.
“I don’t know. I just found myself there. But where was that?”
“Sudan” she retorted and started rubbing my forehead.
“I haven’t heard of the country before.”
“Really?” She had replied that day and rolled her eyes. “It’s a country in Africa that doesn’t speak English.”
My mind went wild immediately after she finished talking. So many questions about the cell I was in filled my head and not wanting to stress my head I didn’t think much of it cause I was afraid of having another migraine. “But mama spoke to me in English. How come they don’t?” I unconsciously muttered.
“Who’s mama?” She asked looking at me like if I was a ghost muttering gibberish.
“You won’t understand.”
“Hmm. Well, you are safe now” she whispered and tried standing up but I held her back.
“I don’t feel safe here” I sobbed. “Why are you all naked and where am I?”
“Europe.”
I stared at her so dazed that I scurried away from her. “Europe? How!”
“Well, my Lord here is a mafia” She chuckled. “He’s a billionaire and he crossed you over without being queried. Now that you’re awake, your visa will be processed.”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about” little me sobbed. “I want to go back to my country, please. I need to save someone.”
Her face suddenly went dark and she drew an ‘X’ on the floor. “I don’t think that’s possible. My Lord doesn’t free his subjects but then he alone has the final say. You will have to talk to him about it. But I doubt he will accept to let you go.”
“I can’t hear what he says” I cried. “How then do I understand what he says?”
“It’s either you stay and learn after which you talk to him or I will be your interpreter.”
“I’ll prefer to learn” I answered not knowing what made me give such a reply and the first dude smiled at me.
After my conversation with the lady, I never saw her Lord as she called him for three months that I stayed on a lecture. I wasn’t just trained in language but both in martial arts and aiming and shooting of different weapons. It was on one of the training that I got my name SNIPY.
***
“If your name isn’t Snipy mistress then what is it?” Declan asked interrupting me.
“Don’t interrupt me again Declan.”
“Sorry mistress” he drawled. “Go on.”
***
On that very day, I fought with a dude and defeated him. The fight was to death and I succeeded in killing him. He was the first human I ever killed. The fight was based on our martial art training and I came out first. The first dude who I liked saw everything and called me “SNIPY” since I had refused to tell them my name.
After my three months of training ended I was presented to the Lord.
“I saw that you came out first and want to join the gang so you can save your someone as you call him/her” he breathed in a frigid voice and started coming towards me but I kept taking backward steps until I landed on the bed unknowingly. He fell on me and on that night he had his way with me for several hours and before I fainted he whispered; “Welcome to the gang.”