72 HOURS KILL MISSION

"Davina, you have a visitor". One of the guards announced so i dropped the laundry basket and walked towards her. In Prison, we did our own laundry and took shifts cleaning the compound and stuff. Its a life that reminded me of my life in a boarding school but the difference was that in school we attended classes. Here, it was gossip and fights, and busking in the sun oh yeah, and fighting for food because there were bullies that felt like they owned the prison and were in charge of everyone. I had survived in there because i didn't act tough even though i was. The first few months were hectic but with time i adapted to the system until i had to prove who was queen. I got to the waiting area and the guard pointed to a seat. It was just me, no one else and I didn't see the person that was there for me. I had not had visitors since i got to prison and I did not even have anyone that could have thought of checking up on me. Who could that be, i thought to myself but I had no idea, I didn't have anyone that would be interested in seeing me. I was alone.. I sat there for a few seconds then the door opened and in walked a man with a file in his hand. I did not know him, never seen him before. He took a seat opposite me and put the file on the table.. he stared at me for a while then checked the file again like he wasn't sure of i was the one he wanted to see.. He introduced himself as Morgan and I didn't catch the second name because I was busy trying to analyze his dressing. He had an expensive suit and so were the shoes. I thought he was a lawyer but he told me he was not.. Me: I don't know you and I don't remember asking to see you either. Morgan: of cause you didn't. I'm here to give you an offer. Davina right?.. I didn't respond to that. I knew what offers entailed. It was always something for something and after what crime life did to me, i did not want anything to do with anyone. Me: I don't need your offer, I don't want anything from you. I'm good in here infact I'm very comfortable so feel free to extend your offer to someone else who actually needs it. I got up and started to walk away but he stopped me, he called me and i turned to look at him.. Morgan: sit down!.. He commanded and he told me if I walked away, i was signing my death.. who the hell was he and what did he want with me?.. When i heard that, I slowly walked back and took a seat then he spread some photos on the table and asked if i knew any of those guys that were on those photos. The thing is i did but i couldn't tell him that.. not until i knew what i was getting myself into. Me: who are these? Morgan: don't play smart with me Davina, I don't do guess work. If i came to you its because i know you know who they are.. Me: fine, what do you want with them and what have i do so with all these?.. Morgan: like i said, I'm here to give you an offer. How would you like it to be free again?... I didn't respond to that because I knew exactly how i was going to earn my freedom.... Davina Milan is my name, two years ago i was sentenced to life imprisonment after things went so wrong when we got busted by the police on a failed mission that caused me everything i had lived for. We met up on a Friday night in our hide out which was at Rex's place. Rex was our boss and we were part of his cartel. Rex ran a drug cartel and besides that we robbed banks and business for survival. Not that the drug business wasn't taking care of our needs but there's just a way gangster life was sweet, don't ask me how.. I wasn't a killer and I never thought i would be one but circumstances forced me to. Rex's gang had eight members. Six were guys then there was one other lady I found and then there was me. Its interesting how i joined the gang but we will get into that later. When i was introduced to the gang by Rex, alot of the members thought that i was one of his call girls, the ones he messed around with... something that made me and Erika start on a bad note. She never liked me from day one and my guess was that she warmed Rex's bed and maybe not just him but the other guys too. Forgive my assumption but Erika was beautiful, nice shaped ass and we all know that nice ass plus boys is definitely trouble.. Rex was a man of few words but every word he spoke had an impact. That evening Rex introduced me to the gang, they had a mission, I did not know what the mission was about but he said I was going to be part of it. I asked where we were going and all he said was that I was going to get briefed on the part I was going to play and just like that, he walked out and left us in the mansion where I later came to learn was the hide out and it was also the place crime was cooked. No one knew about it except for the people in the inner circle.. Erika gave me this not so friendly look and I knew better than to be in her face. The boys looked more friendly and then there was this guy Dante. He walked up to me, introduced himself and briefed me on what was to happen that night. We were going on a kill mission. Rex had this rival that he needed to put down as he was a threat to his business. The guy was a moral cop who thought Rex was misleading the young guys who bought cocaine and weed in the corners of the street and after he realized Rex had a whole shelf in a supermarket supplying his products, the guy decided to rat him out and organize for protests from angry parents who threatened to raze the place if the cops did not do something. They wanted both the owner of the supermarket and Rex to be arrested so that there would be no more drug circulation within the area. Me: so this guy, we are going to kill him?.. Dante: yes, we are going to raid his home and kill every moving thing in that house. Cats, rats, human beings Everything.. Me: I wasn't told we would be killing people. I said quite surprised because never had i taken someone's life, and when Rex found me, he promised me a life... Not a kill job for survival.. i wasn't a murderer. Dante: it doesn't matter what you were told. Word of advice, if you want to survive in here and on the streets, kill or get killed. Rex brought you here but he doesn't give s**t about what your life becomes after that. He looked around and everyone was minding their own business so he moved in and put a gun in my hand.. Dante: try so hard to be indispensable. If Rex doesn't see the need go keep you around, he will eliminate you. I didn't know what to say or do and i also couldn't turn my back or run. Dante walked away and i was left standing there not sure of what to do with the information he had given me. The rest of the guys were packing up cocaine as some were counting money and stuffing them in bags, I had never seen so much money and for a moment i thought of what it would be like to roll in such. I left for the room i was assigned and i found Erika in there, she had some clothes on the bed and there was a gun and some bullets too.. Erika: you won't last in here.. She said pulling off her top and she wore a bullet proof vest before putting on another top. She pushed her hair back and rolled it up in a bun as i sat on the edge of the bed watching her. I could tell that she had an attitude but it didn't bother me. I didn't know why she felt threatened by my presence but i was there to make money and not pick fights with her.. Erika: what did the boss promise you?.. Me: what gives you the impression he promised me something?.. Erika: you are not the first... She walked out and for a moment i couldn't make what she meant with her words.. I changed into comfortable outfit for the job we were going to do and i wore the bullet proof vest that Dante had given me. I knew the vest was to keep me from getting shot but i didn't really think it would come to that, i think i just didn't know how serious what i was getting myself into was.. Rex came when we were boarding the van. He walked upto me and looked me in the face, didn't say a word then shifted to Dante who was seated next to me.. Rex: you know the rules... Don't screw up!.. With those words he left. I watched him get in his car and drive off and I immediately turned to Dante who didn't look excited about the mission. In the van we were four of us. Erika and Elvis were seated in the back seat as Dante and I sat in the front seat. Dante was driving the van and the rest of the team remained behind to continue with the packaging.. Me: why would you go for this mission if you didn't really want to? He looked at me briefly then focused on the road again without answering my question. Erika: you talk too much. Elvis: don't start.. Erika: I'm just saying, you know what has been happening to the bitches who come in pretending to know it all. I'm just reminding her to keep her mouth shut. Asking alot of questions will.... Dante: stop talking!.. He said giving her a stern look. Something was going on, something I was not aware of and maybe i wasn't supposed to know what ot was. All of them were acting weird and I could not figure out what I had missed. Me: what's going on?.. Dante: ignore her and focus on this mission. She's like that with everyone knew especially females.. I turned to look at Erika and she had her eyes on me too.. Me: when you said we kill off everything and everyone, does that include children too.. what if the guy has children.. Elvis: then they are considered collateral damage. You cannot start second guessing on a mission, you will get us all killed. Erika: does she even know what to do with a gun? Me: you want me to show you?.. Dante stopped the car abruptly and the force almost threw us out through the windscreen.. Erika: what is wrong with you.. you want to kill us?... He got out of the van, walked to the side, opened the door and pulled Erika out.. Erika: what are you doing?.. Dante: i said shut up but it seems like you don't understand that language.. enjoy the walk as you talk to yourself.. He got back to the van and started the engine.. Me: are we just going to leave her there at this time of the night?.. Dante: do you want to join her for a stroll?.. Me: no. Dante: good... He drove off and we left Erika all alone. I didn't know who Dante really was or how he operated but if i had learnt something that night, was to shut up if he didn't want anyone talking.. We got to the guys home and parked a metre away from his gate. Dante pulled out his gun checked for the bullets and opened the door.. "Follow my lead" He said as we got off like snipers trying to find spots to hide so that the guards could not sniff us out.. * * * Morgan was patient, he knew that anyone who had tasted prison life was eager to breathe the air outside the prison gates once again and the truth is, i badly wanted to be part of the outside world and build my life again but how sure was I that I was not going to be gunned down this time round and die for good?.. Morgan: you get me the heads of those guys, you walk free. I give you air tickets to a country of your choice, everything catered for with ten million cash for you to spend. you will start a new life and your past will be erased as long as you don't show your face anywhere I can find you... If i do, you are dead. If you double cross me, you are dead too... You have till tomorrow to make a choice... You agree to do this, you will have only 72 hours to buy your life out of this Prison. Its a kill mission you cannot fail, once you take the deal, you fail the mission, you are dead.. What is it going to be Davina?....