THE MURDER WEAPON

THE MURDER WEAPON EPISODE SEVEN

Waridi started getting emotional as she told her story so i thought it wise to Change the subject at the moment. I asked if I could drop her home and she agreed but eventually changed my mind on thinking she could attempt suicide again And this time there was going to be no stopping her so I opted to take her to my place and with her consent I drove us to my place instead.

During the drive I tried asking her for information about the club and the type of people that checked in but she told me she couldn't let out that type of information because Faruk would definitely go after her and i believed her because i knew who Faruk was and I knew how he did stuff.

Me: what is the relationship between you and Faruk?

i asked stealing a quick glance at her

Waridi: he is my boss and nothing more, why do I feel like am being interrogated?

Me: am not, I just want to know what am getting myself into.

See, I liked waridi and I wanted to protect her from faruk though I never knew how to do it without raising an alarm, if she was Faruk's employee then it was only logical that she was going to be loyal to him. An hour later, I was pulling over at the parking to the flats and being the first to step out, I was greeted by a bullet that bruised my arm and hit the car. I quickly got back into the car and got my gun and started firing aimlessly because I could not even see who was shooting at us.

Waridi: what is happening?

she asked quite shocked after screaming her lungs out. it must gave been her on a panic mode because what happened caught us both unawares.

Me: put on your seat belt. We've got company.

We were in the dark so I couldn't see anything. I started the car and the flashlight gave me a clear vision of three men who were approaching shooting at us.

Me: keep your head down waridi. It's about to get ugly here.

I reversed the car and shot at the guys as I took the wheel by one hand. I wasn't sure of what was going on or who the people were but I knew they were there for me.

I shot one of the guys and took off with the other two getting in their car and coming after us. Waridi was screaming the entire time and I wondered why yet she had wanted to die a few hours ago.

Me: we are being followed. Can I count on you you to drive as I shade them off?

She shook her head and that left the task up to me. I drove as fast as I could shooting at the car that was vigorously coming for us and the fact that I couldn't get a clear shot pissed me off.

What was really going on, I had no idea but my guess was that Faruk had decided to start the war just as he had promised and when I realize the fuel level was going down, I drove into the petrol station and the guys pulled over by the side of the road waiting.

Me: the guys are waiting.

I told waridi as I picked some money and handed it over to the gas guy.

Waridi: I think I can drive now.

Me: are you sure?

Waridi: us being alive depends on it right?

Me: yeah, right

Waridi asked to take the driver's seat and I agreed so I got out and carefully walked to the other side.

When I got into the car, I checked how many rounds I had and realized I only had three bullets left.

Me: damn it!

Waridi: what is it?

Me: it's nothing to worry about.

I c****d my gun and checked outside so that I could guide waridi as she reversed but on turning to look at her, she hit me on the head with something and I must I have gotten unconscious because the next time I woke up I was in the back seat of a car with a guy who had a gun pointed to my head.

Voice: welcome back buddy.

One of the guys said as the other other drove.

Me: where is she?

I asked looking around hoping to see waridi but she was not in that car.

Guy 1: who Delilah? She finished her work for the day. I don't know what we guys see in beautiful women but they are the dose that kills us. Man you were set up and you fell in the trap big time.

Me: wow!

There are things that are better dreamt than be part of a reality. The suicide stunt Waridi had pulled earlier, was it even real, the story she told me earlier, was that fake too? Who was this waridi and who were these guy's because I had never seen them in faruk's squad or anywhere before.

My thoughts were cut short when the car stopped and the driver got out and came opening the back door.

Guy 1: get out, we have reached your destination.

It was late and I had freaked out real good because I had no gun, no clue of what was going on and no idea if I was even going to make it out if this place alive.

The guy who was driving grabbed my arm and pulled me out of the car as the other one got out from the other side and joined us in the walk towards the building.

Me: where are we?

i asked trying to figure out Where that place was.

Guy 2: you will find out soon.

We got into the building and was taken to some room and there I was given a good beating for reasons I didn't know. i obviously could not fight back because i had been overpowered.I was getting weak not having eaten the entire day and I couldn't fight back because it was two armed men against one.

As I was lying on the ground with blood all over my swollen, face, I saw a blur image of a man approach but I couldn't tell who he was since I felt something get injected into my system that made me pass out almost immediately.

With the injection I got, I was down for a while. I had no idea what the intention for injecting me was but an hour later I woke up having been tied to a chair with a blind fold to my face. While seated on that chair, I tried to c***k my brain open to solve the puzzle of what was going on but it was too complicated. Just a few days ago, Myra claimed she saw me murder someone then after CID officers pay me a visit and ransacked my house she went missing. Then there was waridi who acted so harmless and quite charming but sold me out like the few minutes we bonded didn't mean a thing and here I was in the hands of people I didn't really know, was all this connected to one person, I mean we're they both working for Faruk?

In the midst of my thoughts I heard footsteps that walked towards me and stopped real close.

Me: who is there?

There was silence and there's nothing that tortures the brain like not being able to tell what is happening around you especially if you feel like your life is in danger.

Me: why am I here?

There was silence again and this time it made me try so hard to undo the tape on my hands but i could not. What I got instead was a blow on my already painful jaw.

Me: you are a coward you know that right. Who claims victory by beating up a man tied to a chair, untie me so that we can fight man to man or better still, take a gun and blow off my head because that way, you will save me all the pain.

I still didn't get a response but heard the footsteps walk around then came back to the same spot he was standing and what I heard next was him c*****g his gun and pointing it my head.

Me: do it.

From the way this guy was acting, I gathered that he could have been an amateur in whatever he was doing or he was just being stupid because if I got the chance to get off this chair I would show him what should happen when you hold out a gun to someone you consider a threat. I know at first I thought it was Faruk but Faruk never beat around the bush like this i***t over here.

I remained silent as I kept pocking the tape with my nails but it seemed like the exercise would take longer than I expected since my nails waren't that long..

The guy got tired of holding the gun to me head then eventually walked out leaving me in the room alone.

The pain I was feeling all over my body was unbelievable. I tried to shout for someone to bring me some water since my throat was so dry and sore but no one responded.

Being late in the night I fell asleep on the chair and after a few hours I woke up. If I wanted to make it out of there alive I had to figure out a way so I got back to the tape cutting business this time giving it my best shot.

The room was quiet and so was the environment around me. I wondered what that place was. After the battle with the tape I eventually got it off my hand pulled off the fold from my face but the room was dark such that I couldn't see anything. Having been so sure that there was no one in the room, I tiptoed to the door and held the knob but before I could open it, I heard footsteps come towards the room so I left the knob and leaned on the wall just next to the entrance and waited patiently for whoever was coming to show up.

I held my breath with my heart pumping so loud. i was in an enemies territory and that made me so defenseless because had i chosen war, i would be dead. As soon as the guy opened the door, i did not wait for him to switch on the light so I grabbed his neck and banged his head on the wall till he fell unconscious then I pulled him in, grabbed his neck and strangled him to death before taking the gun on his waist and slowly walking to corridor to find the remaining guys.

The house was big and well furnished so I walked from room to room ready to shoot whoever popped up but the good thing is no one did. I walked to the living room and found my bag, gun and my stuff scattered on the table. In all those things, one thing was missing and that's my phone. I looked around but it wasn't there.

I cursed for a while wondering what whoever had my phone was doing with it and I was back to Faruk. Could it really have been him with me in the room earlier and just didn't want to be noticed and was he the one who had my phone having promised to find the list from wherever he could. Did he think he would get the contacts of the suppliers from my phone?

As I was still debating in my mind, I heard the door open and I turned immediately pointing the gun at whoever was going to walk in and when he did, the first thing he saw was a gun and he immediately chucked his and pointed his at me as well.

Me: what the hell, Nick?

He stood there staring at me with the gun tightly held in his hand. i was quite surprised to see Nick because he was the last person i had expected to walk in.

Me: so it was you all along?

Nick: put the gun down Rahim

he said in his calm but firm tone but I did not because anything could happen at that moment.

Me: give me back my phone.

Nick: I don't have it.

Me: I had it with me when your guys brought me in.

Nick: and I took it but oops! It's not on me. i think i lost it too or maybe i tossed it somewhere.

I walked towards him and he shot at me but it missed.

Nick: if you don't step back I will kill you.

Me: I trusted you as my friend Nick, what the hell is this about?

Nick: this is me giving you a dose of your own medicine. You should thank me for not having put a bullet in your head yet.

Me: and why the hell would you have a bullet in my head, you know I trusted you with my life, I trusted you with my business though you stole huge amount of money from me. How did you become this man you are today?

Nick: trusting me with everything was your first big mistake. I don't give a crap about your life, all I want is for you to pay for what you did to my father.

Me: what?

Nick: he paid you large sum of money to protect his territory, you stole from him then set him up and got him killed.

Me: what are you taking about?

i asked not sure about the allegations Nick was bringing up. had I killed alot of people back then, yes i did but I'm sure if i pulled a trigger on anyone they sure as hell deserved it..

Nick: October 15th 2017

Me: okay, that day alot of people died so who the hell was your father?

he got closer still pointing his gun to my head.

Nick: Toffi. You got him killed so that you could take over his business and you know what, pay back is a real b***h.

He shot at me but the bullet missed again and when I shot back , he took off and shortly after I heard glass shattering with bullets being sprayed towards the house like there was an attack from outside and I had to take cover so I ran to one of the rooms and locked myself in trying to break open a window or something. I wasn't in a position to fight the number of men I had no idea of given the state I was in...

what the hell was going on out there?..