Turning Table

Part 84

*** The enemy lines ***

🌹Nompumelelo🌹

I once read that there's a moment right before a heinous crime occurs when the victim knows what's about to happen, and the body becomes paralyzed by fear as the brain processes the horror of it. A fear so intense it can only be understood by those who have experienced it personally. Now I knew that fear. I imagined the police finding my body beaten and attacked and calling my mother to tell her.

I imagined a nightly news crime segment with a reporter saying, "A woman's body has been found; she was gang-raped and beaten." I was overcome with a sense of terror so debilitating that I felt myself gasping for air.

I pushed my panic down, shouting "STOP PLEASE HIS GOING TO KILL ME" over and over again. But it was like that nightmare where you scream but no sound comes out. He wasn't listening.

I had to try something else. Fight but I already received I slap across my face that left me with bleeding nose,
I'm being dragged by the hair, I'm trying to fight but who am I kidding this man is strong, I'm drenched  in blood of the man I killed and now my fate is clear as moonlight this man will kill me for killing their own,

" hay where you taking here?"
That was Ginger, Fuck she is going to have field day that I did something so stupid that will cost my life
" I'm taking her to the boss "
Ginger: don't worry I will take it from here"
Man: with all due respect mam but let me do my Job "
Ginger: I said I will take it from here!! "

Her eyes come in contact with mine,  she looks at me and frown, I guess she noticed my body, face, and hands that are covered in blood, she gives me a shocked expression, I'm not fazed at all I look at her straight in the eye, all I'm thinking is that should I get the chance to be free from this grip I will fuck you over.
Her eyes shift to the dead body on the bench and she gasped,

She was about to ask questions and then the alarm system went off, the guard looked at me and told Ginger to hand me over to Yama, as he ran to the house, Ginger grabbed my hand
Ginger: we don't have much time...come this way "
I turned around and slapped her across her face.
Me: I'm not going anywhere with you!"
I yanked my hand from her hold
Her:_Mpume I'm getting you out  here can you bloody cooperate, we running out of time damn it!"

I have a lot of questions but rather I put my trust in her for now than go face what's waiting for me inside! Besides I have shown her what I am made off, she better not be fucking with me!
I follow her,  but I screamed and held my head crouching down, as I heard gunfire thundering in every corner,
Me: ooh my God what happening?"
Her: Shit...move and stop with these dumb questions"

The house was buzzing, light everywhere, a helicopter circling over us, not to mention the gunfire and an army of people that came from nowhere pointing guns, there was a lot of commotion and loud explosions that made me want to pee myself, Ginger dragged me by the hand and told me to go through the small fens opening, that lead through the field of trees, all I could see was darkness ahead,
Her: now you run till you reach the highway "
Me: I don't know how to run?"
Her: you have too because this is the very same way Oyama will use to escape..."
Me are those cops?"
Her: I don't know, all I know is that they after Oyama and we are just collateral, so go before you get caught between the crossfire "
Me: what about you?"
Her: I'm buying you time... "

I swallowed looking at her, I had no idea when I will see her again if she will make it out of this place alive I held her hand
" thank you...thank you so much "

Her: a car will be waiting for you...down the cliff " she looked behind us and we saw lights,
" HAY YOU!!! " a male voice said approaching us, she let go of my hand and I started to run, my heart pounding, putting as much physical distance as I could between my body and that house  I ran in my feet, I did not care by spikes and dry grass hurting me, tears stinging my eyes, adrenaline shooting through me, in the late midnight air.

I ran until I saw the car light  creeping up with its beautiful yellow-white bright light, I froze in shock as I heard Ginger voice crying in the distance, more gun short followed me,
I felt tears running down my eyes, blinding my vision, I fell down hitting my head on rock with blood flowing down my face I slowly lost my vision,  I felt hands picking me up, I slowly open my eyes, my heart skipped a beat as our eyes meet
Me: Lu"
Him: you run like a duck... Come on get up!" 
There were more men pointing guns at whoever is following me,
" Lubazi get her in the car will hold these rats off, "a big man said to Lubanzi, but the look in Lubanzi eyes said that we were screwed,
Him: get down Mpume!!!" I held my  head as a gun, shouting and a whole big bang went off,

Being in Lubanzi arms was the highlight of my night regardless of the deadly situation we were in, I felt safe, with all the loud gunshots, I smiled, cried with a fuzzy feeling in my heart, I wrapped my arms around his neck as he carried me to his car, my knight shining armor, Lord if this a dream do not wake me up.

As he placed me on the back seat of his car, I wanted to pray to thank God, I never thought that I will walk out of that hell alive, I thought of the women who were not able to get away from their assailants like I was. The women who never made it out of the house, traffic to the highest bidder, I slowly closed my eyes I heard a huge bang, and another and another...
"Uuuu bloody Shit! ... " Lubanzi said, I tried to raise my head up
Him: keep your head down!!"

The car windows shatter on the backseat making me scream, as the car sped off, after a few miles away from the danger zone, Banzi started granting as if his in pain
Me: Lu?"
Him:...
I slowly raised from the back seat as his breathing became louder but yet shallow,

Me: Lubanzi!!" I looked at him in the review mirror his eyes looked at me, but they slowly slowed as he hung his head down
Me: oh my.....my God... Ooh no! ... No! Baby please no!... "

The car started swaying on the road I tried to jump, move my big body to the front seat to take over the steering wheel as I noticed that Lubanzi was not in control anymore, I'm crying, panicking before I could take over the steering wheel, I look up and notice that the car is headed over a cliff, I scream shaking Lubanzi to wake up but before I knew it the car start to roll over the cliff...