“we need to move” Harper announces. The sun is kissing the hills now, its red light dimming by the minute making the forest darker and the shade from the trees aids this
A day ago we would be wary of the shadows but with them gone we only have to worry about the group of men aiming for kill shots at usSincerely, this is a lot scarier than the shadows. At least we had a fighting chance against the shadows and now? Even Willow has lost his weapon – imagine thatHe walks over me and takes out some white handkerchief from his pocket and gives Tony “tie something on that”I really should look at the mirror at this rate because the way everyone is looking at my head feels like my brains are out and Tony is already talking like he is scared for me. I smile weakly at Harper and he smiles back before hurrying to the othersTony folds the hanky and places it on my head, his rips out his inner shirt and wraps it over the hanky on my head, hitching it behind my headHe fastens it tight and helps me to my feet “can you walk?” my feet takes time to stand steady on the floor, that is after the faze of dizziness left my eyes. I look at the others – basically my friends and the youngest teenager.Harper and Thelma helps willow up and Rose helps Olivia, they had tied something over her tummyWe head the fastest we could down and down the huge ditch hoping we could find a hiding place to pass the night. If they don’t find us through the night, they could destroy the island hoping we would be inside. we have only tonight to find the boat and yet if we move around much we are likely to draw their attention towards usFlash light appears behind us moving in an uncoordinated way “Olivia, where could Harem had left the boat?” Rose asks, struggling with pulling her along, apparently she cannot carry her, it obvious though with her hands and legs like sticks – not the best time for jokes thoughOlivia grunts and slips her hands from Rose’s shoulders “I don’t know, he just said the beach and I never got to it”“what if they had removed it?”“he said he hid it so no one would find it except…” her voice trails as realization dawn on her “me?”“just great, another puzzle to solve” Tony says and grunts under my weight, I look at his arm and try to straighten up and shift my weight from him “don’t worry about me” He whispers “you have a head injury, you need to go easy on yourself”“I know, but you are losing blood the more you put pressure on that arm” I insist but I stumble when I rip his hand off my shoulder. why do I feel so dizzy?He catches me again and moves me to his other side “happy?” I nod slowly watching his scowl soften“there they are!” A male voice behind us. we gasp and turn around, falling into the grassy areaThe flash light cross through our direction and settle on the bus – had we been walking such long distance and we haven’t gotten far enough from the bus? Or is my head fuzzy again?“check it out. count the bodies” One of them ordered and the rests follows the order“how many are we looking for?” the blonde man among them grunts out through his teeth as he struggled to pull something from the smoking bus“about 7 young adults and 8 kids. The old ones don't matter” the leader answers, he clicks his tongue and continues “if they don’t count up we will have to bomb this beautiful island”“yea, there is no way we will find them, with the shadows gone and the sun going down” another one at the back of the bus says“this is why Boss never repeats a stunt, they could just catch a hint over time” the blonde says“I am still down for caging them the way every other person does” another voice says and I lets out a ragged breath“if only they didn’t figure all these out. The horror story was cool though” the one at the back says, as he dropped one of the bodies close to the leaderThe leader kicks the body and it turns over making my stomach growl “Just pray those bodies count” he says.I am snapped back to the reality of the fact that if we remain here they could spot us and given their reluctance to bomb the whole island they would bounce at any opportunity for a kill shot and being chased might lead them to the beach and destroy our escape plan“Let’s go, if we pull them to the beach they would stop us from leaving” I say breaking the silence between us“That’s right, they are trying to check the bodies and we need to leave as quietly as we can so they don’t spot us” Tony saysWe all quietly leap through the sloppy area, moving the fastest we couldMinutes slowly turn to hours of going through the forest and gasping anytime a flash light cross our way only to continue moving away when we figure out that they are still at the busIt is completely dark out and my throbbing headache had come down reasonably though I had not check if I can now walk on my ownWe walk through the last trees before we saw the tiny beach. If we had driven further we might not have found this beach because it cuts just a few miles long and at each end is high land which we can never jump from casuallyOlivia takes off ahead of us, she walks into the beach and looks around the beach, her eyes stops far left, close to the water. A huge sea blue power boat is just there – out in the open! How so? The high land beside it curves in so that it covers it from people seeing it on the air“he knew that none of the men ever came here on their own” Olivia says “and he would never have hidden it so it would be difficult for me to push it into the sea” She laughs at our shocked faces “I love you Harem” she says, almost as if she wished she could shout it out loud“wait, you actually liked him” I askshe lowers her head “he was working on the other side so I felt you would judge me” she scratch the back of her neck “but seeing how you are with Harper, I was like ‘oh’”“oh God” I say avoiding to return Harper’s gaze and most especially Tony’s “I am sorry for being so judgmental in the past. I am very horrible” I say and Olivia smiles“lets get to the boat, hopefully we will find something that would help us”“we cannot leave yet until they leave” Harper says“he is right, we will be spotted from the air” Willow says“but they will activate the bomb before they leave” I say“they still have to get afar enough to avoid the effects of the bomb” Willow responds“they don’t know we have a boat so they will probably just head straight to activate the bomb” Thelma says“how do we know when they had left?” Rose asks“the sound of their helicopter or plane” I say with a breath. I am this close to freedom – not exactly freedom but it is easier to hide where seven billion people exist than in a deserted island that has bombs
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Its morning in France, the duplex vacation house on the hill reflects the sun away from the lawn The huge sized swimming pool at the back yard is blue with sit outs in pairs of twos lined up in one side of the pool and a huge fence on the other. I come out from the bathroom in a white robe and my wet brown curly hair falls on both sides of my shoulders.I get to the dressing table and with my finger collect a little potion from the cream can and apply on my legs. The flat screen television behind me has a blonde American woman on it“the increased rate of suicide within the country had pushed the government to consider closing the Sheetan bridge since it is considered the place with the highest record of suicide attempt over the past year. In comparison, other countries has reported growing rates of suicide attempts also and social media has been proven to be one of the major cause of suicide so the union government has decided to draw the lines on things permitted online”I appl
Chapter 57
“that day, Rose had ran out of the bar when I was out. I looked for her throughout the bar and surrounding parks and when I didn’t see her, I went to her house… the door was open so I rushed in and found some men taking her, I saw the face of one of them because he didn’t have it covered When they saw me, I ran away and they chased and chased me until they caught me… A blow to the head and blank blank” Tony narrates and we nod. We were able to find some edible snacks on the shipI don’t know how long it had been but I do know that we didn’t have to wait with anxiety, instead we decided to use that time to bond since we would have to go our separate ways when we get back to civilization It is really sad though but I have learnt not to use the uncertainty of the future to stain an opportunity for good memories.Talking about our families and how much they will be happy to finally reunite with us, that is…when we have torn down this organization The boys on the other hand had no
Chapter 56
The interior of the ship is a definition of luxury, from the wood brown furniture to the white beddings and curtains Inside the boat are four long couches arranged around a round center table. A curtain opposite where we entered from covering a king sized bed with white beddings and a brown wood frame structureThe inside smells of strawberry and mint and the cupboard has shelves with spare towels, toothbrushes and robes Beside the bed area is a bathroom, with an oval bathtub and a waterproof curtain. If anything, this cruise boat is the highlight of my stay in this island. Would you look at that? I don’t know Harem but this?The pain in my head suddenly disappears as I look through the boat, even the tension of waiting for them to leave had completely disappeared. I need a cold bath and to sleep on an actual bed and I didn't need get back to civilization to experience all these. I love my lifeI sink into one of the couches rubbing myself against the smooth fabric and beaming
Chapter 55
“we need to move” Harper announces. The sun is kissing the hills now, its red light dimming by the minute making the forest darker and the shade from the trees aids this A day ago we would be wary of the shadows but with them gone we only have to worry about the group of men aiming for kill shots at us Sincerely, this is a lot scarier than the shadows. At least we had a fighting chance against the shadows and now? Even Willow has lost his weapon – imagine that He walks over me and takes out some white handkerchief from his pocket and gives Tony “tie something on that”I really should look at the mirror at this rate because the way everyone is looking at my head feels like my brains are out and Tony is already talking like he is scared for me. I smile weakly at Harper and he smiles back before hurrying to the othersTony folds the hanky and places it on my head, his rips out his inner shirt and wraps it over the hanky on my head, hitching it behind my head He fastens it tight
Chapter 54
A flash of blurry lights hit my eyes and dims down again, the throbbing pain in my head slowly increases and a banging sound erupts in my head, I raise my hand to hold my head but my arm hurts too so I let it lay still. The light comes back clearer and leaves again“How many more are still alive?” I heard Harper sayI struggle to open my eyes but my whole body aches and I grunt lightly, a hand scoops me up into some huge body, the scent is familiar so I sniff harder and it is mixed with smoke and blood – blood! I shoot my eyes open but it only slowly breaks apart and I am looking at Tony, there is blood on his head and his arm has a deep cut that is bleeding. I gasp and try to get up but he holds me down“stop, you are hurt” he says“where?” I manage to say, my whole body aches so I cannot pinpoint where exactly is hurtingHe looks at my head and smacks his lips reluctant to answer my question “just stay still, we are trying to get the survivors out before they figure out how t
Chapter 53
We had rode and rode through the sandy road as the afternoon sun heated up the bus, sweating and anticipating the sight of the beach even though we didn't know where it was. We don’t even know if we are going the right way – at least we are going at allThis journey reminds me of the journey that got me here and how I wondered if the experience was worth the long journey and yet even in returning I couldn’t wait for the journey to end“guys” I call their attention “isn’t the length of this journey familiar?” they all laugh Olivia smacks her lips “well, I for one... I was excited but that excitement turned to fury when the cab man wouldn’t talk to me” Olivia saysThelma claps “the snubbing cab man, I thought I was the only one”“he did talk to me eventually, I didn’t keep quiet” I boast. Beaming at myself“wow, I don’t even know what his voice sounds like” Olivia complains and we laugh“he also asks me what if the ghosts haunting the village was real” I say“wow, he did. You d
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