Edge Of A Knife – Episode 23
Episode 23
Filled with the rage of avenging my friend, I shuffled myself inside the waiting Hilux that was to convey us to the site, we had our plans laid out, boys were already there before hand, to keep an eye on the enemy, it was almost the 100th hour of the day, I smiled when I looked at my green vein, pulsating adrenaline through my fair skin, my heart beat increase just a little faster than it’s normal tempo, I gave a nod at Potoki, he smiled and drag down his cap to fully cover his face, a boy handled the wheel, Samba was in the other SUV, as Felix set the car in motion, a gospel song blare out of the stereo, it was a popular one by Nathaniel Basset – This God Is Too Good, I hummed along:
I know a God who’s
Merciful and kind,
am the apple of his eye
The thought that fills his heart
Every morning noon
and night, he loved me
When I didn’t care and was
Patient till I came running back into his arm….
I will worship you forever love you forever because….
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I kept on humming and filling the rhythm of the music, somehow the words of the songs touched my sinful heart, by now the vehicle was already on the highway. Just when Felix made to topple the gear, we had a flat tyre, it came with a loud noise, it would have been a normal thing for a car to get punctured at the middle of a road, but when I looked out of the window I noticed a pensive atmosphere amongst other road users, some started running away leaving their cars, there was pandemonium, I looked back to notice Samba’s car was no longer following, by now
Felix has come down to check, potoki seem far away in thought, somehow he looked oblivious of what was going on around us, I gave a gentle tap.
Decoy!!!!!!!!!!!! Decoy!!!!!!!!! We heard the screaming sound of Felix voice, it was the fox, they were the ones that shot our car tyre to make it go flat, and in their mass number they showed up, made the other motorist to run away, they never wanted us to reach the site, they were to attack us on the only accessible road that led to the site, that was their plan, we didn’t see it coming, they played us in our own game, our back up were already at the site laying ambush, not knowing that our adversaries were going to attack from the way, I made to come out, by now gunshots were fired into the air, I beckon on Felix to come inside the car, potoki was now very alert, the sound of gunshots made him bring out our rifle he handed me my favorite Kalashnikova-47, he didn’t wait he burst out of the car with rage, I followed suit using the car as a shield, I yelled Felix name and ask him to come take cover with us and he did, we fired some shots at them, while they kept on spraying the other side of the cars with bullets, none of the impact was having any effect no men was dying, so I asked the guys to enter the car back, we shot every window in the car, with a punctured tyre, we set the car on motion, it rim scratch the tarred floor, I took out a sharp knife while Felix drove the car ZigZagly potoki watched as I made a small hole in the window that will let out my gun nozzle as we got closer I opened fire on them, and it hit them with surprise, most of their men dropped down, as my heart bite increased, at some point my rifle was empty, and the shooting spree seized, they didn’t stop, I made a refill, a shot meet Felix on his left arm, he yelp in pain, potoki hulled him out of the driver’s seat and took the wheel, he continued the ZigZag movement by now a police van was approaching, I was a little distracted but when I looked up, one of the boys outside, held out a bazooka, aimed at us and released two missile shots.
Watch Out!!!!!!! I screamed, but it was too late, the force hit the vehicle and it flew into the air blazing in flame I blacked out…………….
The Unfriendly Police Siren covered the atmosphere, Unpleasant smell of petrol filled the air too, I was compacted between car seats, I felt a body, it was Felix’s he was either dead or unconscious, I looked up to see Potoki’s hitched up against the steering wheel. The police were all over the car, I had cuts all over my body, they were gushing out blood. I knew I couldn’t afford to be arrested, I had to find a way of ditching the police me, that were trying to salvage the situation and look out for any survivor.
I silently forced the badly scattered car door open, in a way that i wouldn’t alert the police it gave way, but I didn’t know what to do, I was stalked in between, coming out to get arrested, and looking for an alternative on how to run away, an I dear soon crept in I pushed open the other door, and pushed out Felix body, it made sounds in such a way that they all ran and focuses their attention towards that direction, I quickly rolled out of the other side, and roll inside a gutter, I discovered I could not move my legs, but I couldn’t stay all in the gutter, so I started crawling on the stuffy smelling gutter, after crawling a reasonable distance for over 30mins, I manage to come
out of the gutter, all stained in mud and smelly. Luckily for me there was an adjourning road, I crossed over with staggering steps, till I feel to my knees again, I crashed beside a fence.
Just when I started savouring the relief of escaping the police narrowly, I heard a voice over my head, I thought I was hallucinating, but no it was real.
Voice: Good boy, Hehehe!!! You will always come to daddy, it said sarcastically, made to look up, but a slap descended right on my bloody and muddy face. It was Oscar! The slap hurts I grind my teeth so hard.
Oscar: I would have shot you dead right now, but I can’t afford the police coming over here to see us, Plus I have something to show to you! He said, he snapped his fingers, and it was then that I noticed he was not alone, he had company, they must have been lurking around, to see what the police were going to do to anyone that came out of the car, and now I have walked into their very hands, I groan in pain as they used a hard rope to tie my body, before they dumped me on the back of a car Boot.
TBC…