Melancholy...

Chapter 46

Making as little noise as possible,we entered the house and hid behind a tree. One of the men crept to the front of the house and knocked out  the security guard out with a bat. He then dragged him to the side of the house and crept back to us. He motioned for the men to follow him and then walked silently to the back door. Using the key I had given them,they opened the back door and walked into the kitchen.

When their figures disappeared,Daniella started motioning for us to take our positions. She directed me to stand behind a poly tank and directed Christian to remain behind the tree as she hid behind a flower opposite me.

I could hear some shouting coming from the room and I closed my eyes as I prayed.
Then,a few minutes later,one of the men came out of the back door.
"We need help!" He said,trying to catch his breath.
Daniella entered and motioned for us to follow her which we did. We passed by the hall where a man was lying on the floor,unconscious.

"They are more than us. We have located where the children are but we need you to untie them and be on the lookout as we deal with the remaining men." He said as we climbed the staircase. We were met by a man dressed shabbily and the one who has leading us knocked him out with a bat.

"There,the children are there. Get them out immediately. We'll follow right after. Be careful." He said as he pointed to a room. With Christian leading,we entered the room and began to cut the ropes that were used to tie the children. They were weak and were covered in bruises. These children looked around the ages of  3-8 and it broke lay hear to see them like this.

I was just about cutting the rope from the last few children when I heard footsteps. "They're coming here. Be on guard. Daniella said. A few seconds later,we heard someone banging the door. "Open this thing before I break it!" The voice yelled. I looked at Daniella,scared.
"Okay listen. I'm going to open the door. When I open it,use the pepper spray on them and knock them out with the bat. Whatever you do, make sure that none of them get close to the children. Okay?" She said and we nodded.

She crawled to the door and sighed. "Ready?" She whispered. We nodded and she unlocked the door. Just as instructed,we used the pepper spray on the two men who were banging the door and knocked them out with the bat. We thought we were done and we were just about to continue untying the children when one man came from nowhere and punched Daniella. I stood there, scared, but Christian was quick to react. He dodged a punch from the man and hit him repeatedly with the bat,knocking him out immediately.

I helped Daniella up and we resumed cutting the ropes from the now crying children. We knew that we had to quicken up as wasting more time might put us in danger. After sometime, we had successfully cut the ropes from all the children. Christian motioned for us to wait and went to look if anyone was there. No one was so he motioned for us to follow him and we did,making sure that all the children were out of the room. We checked in the other rooms and saw that none of the children were there so we assumed that we had all.

Going down the staircase was the most difficult task as they were weak and could barely walk. We had to carry some of them and force some of them to walk. We walked out of the house and we were met by 2 men. Christian and Daniella fought them of as I led the children to safety. We hid behind a tree,making sure that the children were all in sight. Daniella called her men and told them that we had all the kids now. Some seconds later, they came out of the kitchen and we ran out of the house,me being the last to get out.

"Not so quick you fools!" I heard as I felt a hand around my neck.
It took a few seconds for realisation to hit me. Mr Danso was the one holding my neck with a gun pressed to my head.
"Don't move else I will shoot her." He said as he pressed the gun harder to my head.
"Hey you,move to this side." He said to the children.
"You,drop the bats and kneel down." He said to Daniella and the rest.

As he was busy giving instructions on what they had to do,I took out my pocket knife and with as little movement as possible. Carefully, I pushed my hand back with all my might and stabbed him with it. Clutching his stomach,he dropped the gun and fell to the floor. A few seconds later, I heard the cocking of a gun and before I could process what was happening, I heard a gun shot followed by a sharp pain. Mr Danso had shot me in the leg.
"Franklina!" Christian yelled as I fell to the ground. He run to me,took of his shirt and tied it to my leg to put pressure on it and stop the blood from flowing.

As he took care of me,two of the men who were with Daniella knocked Mr Danso out as the other one run to the direction in which the van was parked.  A few seconds later,the van was brought to where I was lying and I was carried into it by Christian. At this point,a few of the neighbors were awake,watching intently as they wondered what had happened. Daniella addressed them,briefing them on the whole situation as she assured them that everything was fine.

Some of the neighbours showered words of praise and others cried out of sympathy as the children were ushered into the van also. An unconscious Mr Danso was placed in the backseat of Daniella's car. With everyone one board,we drove away,Daniella leading us.

Though I was relieved, the  pain from my leg was unbearable,making me feel dizzy.
"We did it Lina." I heard Christian say as I went unconscious.

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One of my longest chapters 😂. Hoped you liked it. Initially I planned to stop here and let your imaginations run wild as to what happened next,but I'm a good person so I added an epilogue. Scroll up to read it!

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Xoxo,
Arianna.