Chapter 109 - ...pointless (1/2)
...”Fast response, faster back up.” he sped up hoping for the best.
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They were now inside the house, Tale could hear her flower vase been smashed and her TV been broken as she tried to contain her emotions and focus on staying alive.
”Just breathe, just breathe,” Precious repeated to herself as their footsteps became louder by the minute. They were standing now at the door to the room where they hid, calling out Precious by her first name.
”I told you I would get you for messing me up. You failed me; it's time for a payback. Open the door we don't have time for this,” he commanded.
Precious looked at Tale who was still surprisingly looking calm. ”I'm so sorry.”
”Naah, this is a worthy story to one day tell our kids.”
”If we make it out alive,” Precious whispered.
”We will, we have to. Plus there are like two men heading this way who I think can throw a punch or two, we just have to trust they will get here in time ok.”
They held hands as signs of struggle sounded on her door and once more a gunshot sounded breaking the door lock
”Check everywhere.” Oke ordered.
Tales room was turned upside down as she and Precious watched their footsteps from under the bed. One pair of boots came to stand under close to the bed as he bent down and saw Tale.
”Here we go,” the face they couldn't see clearly yet spoke. Found her he announced as he roughly dragged a kicking and screaming Tale from under the bed. ”Is she the one?”
”Let me go!” Tale kicked in between the man's leg as he let her go crouching in pain but there were three others and she was sure she couldn't fight them off.
”Get the hell out of my house you assholes,”
”Be nice,” the one she assumed was Oke spoke calmly as he walked towards her.
Tale grabbed her night lamp and held on tight.
”Where is your friend?”
”I don't have friends,” Tale stared him down.
”Hand her over and we let you go.”
”You can as well go to hell where you belong because she's not here.”
”Well then you brought this on yourself.” Oke pointed a gun to her face.
Tale felt fear like a second skin but now what? She couldn't just give Precious up.
”What do you want?” she asked still holding the lamp
”Your friend, now!”
”Is that any way to speak to your elders?” Tale teased him as she held tighter on to her lamp.
Oke looked back to his friends laughing and turned back to Tale but he was blinded for a second as her night lamp came crashing on his face. Blood rushed down his face, angering him.