Bullet sounds were all over like it was the end
of the world, I had been running for over 30 mins not knowing where I was headed, till I decided to think, I remembered my friends, they too would be running for their lives, or dead by now, I crouched behind a car and picked my phone to make a call, I called Zainab, her phone was off, then I dialed Christian, same thing, I repeated the process with everyone I knew was in school with me, most were off, others rang but no one picked. I couldn't leave this town alone, without being able to take at least one person with me, but I was worried that my hero instinct would also get me killed, "what if they are dead" that question kept ringing in my head, I started running back towards to gun shots, nobody cared to stop me as I was the only one running the wrong direction, "Chris!!" I screamed!!, "Zainab!!!" "Ahmed!!" I mentioned any name that came to my head, hoping someone would recognize my voice, I got to our community, bodies were laid on the floor, mostly students, it was the only community that had student hostels, I had to be careful, one could hear the bandits on speak to each other, a language I wasn't familiar with, i bent down to crawl, I couldn't risk being seen, it was obvious these people were killing for the sport, so many bodies and they didn't stop, as i moved cautiously in the dark, the only light available were from burning buildings, someone hit my shoulder and dragged me into an almost demolished room, it was my friend Musa, "Kunle, shhhhh bend down" ,I obeyed,
"Where are you going to?" He asked, "I really don't know , where's Zainab and christian" I replied,
"I'm here " she said, now my senses were more alert, I could hear more breathing so we weren't alone,
"This is Zainab's house" Musa said,
"Former....." Christian corrected, a little bit louder than a whisper
"Shhhhhhhhhh" everybody replied
"Let's leave this place, before the bandits catch us here, we are like sitting ducks" I said, they all agreed, one by one, we left the dark room and back to the streets, suddenly we heard gun shots directed at us, we had been spotted by the bandits , "run!!" I screamed We ran, not recognizing where we were headed, Christan was the fastest, so the rest of us trailed behind him, he led us to a bush, we could hear the bandits shout among themselves, the bullet sounds seemed closer by the second, eventually we reached what seemed to be a police check point "stop there !!!" The man barked, we did more than that, we stopped and laid on the floor, introducing ourselves without being asked and narrating our ordeal, I don't know what we said wrong, a lady amongst us mentioned 100, probably she exaggerated the amount of people after us, in no time we heard footsteps, but they were going away from us, I raised my head to see police men run, for a second I wondered why they didn't take the car, it was faster but probably not working , we got up, moved towards the blocks and cars used as a checkpoint , there were weapons of various kinds, I was angry! Nothing seemed to be working in this country. , I picked a gun to check if it was loaded, it was, Christian did the same thing, Zainab and another lady I didn't know followed suit, it seemed we shared similar thoughts, no more running, it was time to fight.
"Everybody, stay behind the blocks and car, don't carry your head up except you need to shoot" I said, "and if you know you can't do this, run away now" Musa added.. Nobody moved, a fresher from my church signaled us to look ahead, we could see the bandits walking in the dark, I fired the first shot, my target fell , that night we fought back! These bandits kept coming, we kept shooting, and we won.
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