My trust is for sale

Close shave

About seventy marketers hung around the Depot Sales block. viewing the goods to be loaded the next day. Heavily armed military and policemen patrolled. It was a few minutes to 11:00 PM as most of them had gone home.

A lady screamed suddenly and fell to the ground. Her shrill cry aroused everybody’s attention. They found out that she was said to be suffering from high fever. It seemed it affected her mentally because she claimed she could see King-kong. A good Samaritan offered to rush her to hospital.

Within that short moment of panic, Zina and Sharon suck pass two military men and hid in a big tank. The girl who had screamed had an ID card of Independent Marketer. As she was been rushed to hospital suddenly became very normal.

Layla, who had a fake ID card, told the man she was okay so he dropped her.

Zina and Sharon sat still inside the empty tank for about two hours: no whispers, cough or loud breath. Sharon saw how still Zina was and emulated her. It was now very quiet except for the voices of the security men.

Sharon had gotten over the first shock: taking the long walk through the dark bush. Zina had being walking ahead while she followed. They all held flashlights. She noticed that Zina was fearless, dauntless and determined.

Sharon almost screamed as they saw some rugged looking men hiding electronic gadgets in the bush. These men were obviously thieves. When they saw the two girls, they attempted an attack and rape.

Zina removed her gun and shot one of them in the leg while the others fled. She did not utter a word or any comment about the incident as they continued their journey. Zina’s bravery invigorated Sharon. She became her perky, red-blooded self again.

Zina now raised her head and peeped. She saw two armed military men a few hundred yards away from them. They were by the side a block of office.

She nodded at Sharon, silently lifter the cover and came out stealthily. Sharon joined her, they crossed a passage and came to a halt as they saw a guard.

The guard frowned. He seemed to have seen something move past swiftly. The place had security lights which made it more difficult for the girls.

He looked at the point intensively before resting his finger on the trigger and start walking towards the place. He watched carefully but saw nothing.

“What is wrong?” A harsh voiced cop said from behind.

“Nothing, sir. Just a check.”

He turned and moved back. From the shadow cast by a thick pole, Zina came out. She held a sill, moved her body smoothly upwards until she stopped before a window. She used a diamond glass-cutter to cut the glass round. She put her hand through the hole she made, unlocked the window and opened it.

The guard frowned again. He was sure he heard movements. He sent a beam of light there. He moved closer, looked at the window and saw nothing. He went back, whistling. Sharon realized that Zina’s idea to come with a glue, and glued back the part she cut was brilliant. The guard did not notice that the glass was cut.

The girls found themselves in an office.

“Come on.” Zina said, “we got no much time.”

She slowly opened the door and they on a long corridor. Zina knew the premises, and had studied it intensively. She knew exactly where the secretary’s office was.

“You will wait here and watch out. Our phones are in silent modes. When you see anything suspicious. Dial my number fastly.”

Sharon nodded.

At that moment. A door opened. Both girls shifted back and hid behind a cupboard. A man dressed in white shirt and black necktie came out. He thought he heard a sound. He was the only person in the premises. This was the Depot Manager. He used to stay over the night sometimes due to over pressure.

He heard or saw nothing, he went back.

“Jeez! That was the DM.” Zeeman exclaimed in a whisper, “I never expected this. This is trouble. The secretary’s office is just two doors from his.”

“What are we going to do?” Sharon asked.

“The son-of-a-b***h is a bum! Why did he have to stay behind?” Zina lamented and crinkled her face in thoughts.

“Wait here.” She said. “Just stay out of sight.”

Sharon nodded.

Zina lowered her height and lay on the floor. She began to crawl silently, yet making her movement so fast. She passed the DM’s office before getting on her feet. She used a Master key to open the door to the secretary’s office.

She had hand gloves on just like Sharon. She switched on the lights and quickly went to the desk. She switched on the computer and displayed her IT prowess. She began to rummage through the library. It took no time before she found the disc.

She slot it into the drive. Good! It was it! She found the account number, deleted it and copied something from a paper and replaced it. She returned the disc to its position and put off the computer.

Mission accomplished but they had to think of escaping which may not be a doddle. She pulled off her beanie and put it in her pocket. She let her hair fall freely, and looked down to see her wide round hips firmly visible.

The DM paused. This did not sound like an imagination. He could hear a sound. He got up and walked out of his office. He stood on the corridor for a while. He knew it was not an imagination. He could hear music blaring in a low tune. He walked cautiously with a crinkled face. He stopped by the door to the office, turned the door handle and pushed.

He was shocked to see a girl sitting before a desk. Zina pretended to be shocked and scared.

The DM frowned.

“I am sorry if I got you scared.” He said. “Who are you and what are you doing here?”

He moved inside the office. She had a pile of files in front of her.

“I am Victoria, Sir. My boss , Mallam Aminu asked me to finish last month’s sales collation. I just had to stay up here and finish it.”

He noticed that he had never seen her but he could not know all the members of staff here.

“Aminu is strict, that I know.” He said. “Good luck.” He went back to his office.

At exactly 2:00 AM, she knocked at the door to his office and went inside.

“Yes?” He asked.

“I am leaving sir.” She said.

“Now? Is that not dicey?”

“I am leaving with Simon. He works in the factory.”

“I see….okay then. Are the guards aware of you?”

“No. I stayed back since we closed.”

“That is wrong of you. You have to follow the procedures. Go, I will alert them.”

“Thank you Sir.”

As she turned, he saw her round butt and felt his mouth go dry.

“Emm…Victoria, right?”

“Yes, sir.”

“Emmm…I hope you know who I am.”

She smiled.

“Who does not know the Depot Manager?”

“Okay, see me in my office tomorrow.”

“Okay, sir.” She said and walked out, closing the door behind her.

He fixed his eyes on her wide hips and well-shaped behind. What a girl!

Zina walked quickly and gesticulated at Sharon.

Sharon followed her, not knowing why they were not sneaking. When Sharon saw the bogey looking military men, she nearly melted. She could not imagine what these men would do to them if caught. She had never taken such a risk in her life.

“Who goes there?” A big, hard looking military man said harshly. Sharon began to shiver. “Stop or I shoot!”

“Stand down.” Another military man said. “she is a member of staff. The DM talked to me.”

The girls walked way hurriedly. The DM heard the noise and came out.

“I hope it’s all well.”

“It’s nothing sir. They just left.”

“They? Who are they?”

“The girls you asked us to let go.”

“How many of them?”

“Two, sir.”

“It was just one of them. Get them here at all cost!”

The military man blew a whistle.

“Arrest those girls! They must not escape!”

About twelve military men converged. The Sergeant was already communicating with the Central Security Office which in turn contacted the security men.

“That way!” The sergeant pointed a finger towards the bush, his eyes already turning vicious.

Zina and Sharon broke into a run.

Poww! Poww! Poww!

Shots were fired at them.

“Oh my God!” Sharon screamed. “They will kill us! Gunshots! Oh mummy!”

”Shut up and run!” Zina said. Sharon was more athletic than Zina. She was ahead of Zina.

Zina looked back and saw beams of light then a loud voice, “move it soldiers! Spread and focus”.

“Don’t be scared.” Zina said as they ran, “don’t be deterred. Survival babe.”

“Okay,” Sharon managed to say, “where are we going to?”

“Absconding.”

Poww! Poww!

More shots at them.

Bullets zipped pass them. Sharon could not take this anymore. She screamed.

“Shut the fuc* up! Relax.” Zina said.

A soldier ran behind them while others had spread themselves. Zina paused, panting and gasping. She turned and fired a shot.

“Yo shot at them?” Sharon panicked;

“No murderfuck*r is gonna catch me alive.” She said. Sharon had turned as she heard the gunshot.

The bullet went straight into the soldier’s shoulder. The shot came as a surprise to the military men. So the culprits were armed. The soldier fell down and the rest took cover.

“Let heaven fall for all I care.” Zina said with a pout. Sharon saw sheer guts and determination. They now hid behind trees and a thick row of shrubs.

Some bullets were fired at them but the tree trunks blocked them.

“We have to move on. They are trained men, let’s move.”

The sergeant stopped when he saw his men bending over something. It was the man Zina shot.

“Who did this?”

“The girls Sir. An unexpected shot, sir.”

The sergeants bushy mustache vibrated.

Bang! Bang!

Another soldier dropped after a bullet went into his thigh. The sergeant shot back at once followed by two of his men. They all docked.

“Spread and move. Private, call for more men. This perimeter must be covered. There may be more of them!”

A joint force of military and policemen searched for the girls for the next one hour in vain.

The girls were now sitting in a small valley amid the thick bush. Zina racked her brain. She had no escape route, or car. How would they escape this men? They were deep in trouble

 already. She shot two military men but she would not let the imagination of what they would do to her instill fear into her.

“Don’t move!” A soldier pointed a gun at them. Another one joined him.

Zina dropped her gun. Sharon felt her heart in her mouth. She shivered and her teeth chattered.

One of the soldiers jumped and kicked Zina. She screamed. He threw a punch at her. She dropped  on the ground in pain.

The second man went for Sharon. He slapped hard so hard she thought he had peeled off her cheek. It was the end, Sharon thought.

Sharon regretted not obeying her mother. She should have followed Tobi. They would have been enjoying s*x now, after the outing, in his car or his room.

The two men grabbedthem and pulled them violently.

“Una go chop una papa yansh today!” One of the men said.

Boop!

Zina saw the man holding her drop on the ground.

Boop! Boop!

The second man dropped. Both men fell unconscious.

What was going on? Was this paranormal?

“Once again I am Devon.” He said but all she could see was his silhouette in the darkness. He was holding a baseball bat. “My car is over there. Let us move before they find us.”

None of them spoke a word. They ran to his car and he drove the car out with an incredible speed. There were long gone before the military men found their unconscious men.