Beneath the scars

Chapter 15

                               I slowly lowered myself onto the floor with my hands covering my head and wept  . In desperation I once more went towards the cabinet and inserted the key and tried once more . This time the key turned in the lock and the cabinet doors opened. I couldn't believe it . The rapists pistol was sitting on the first shelf .Other items like sringes ,some kinds of chemicals and a knife were also in the cabinet. Suddenly I heard movement outside . I reached for the pistol , locked the cabinet and rushed back to the bed . I flung the pistol under the pillow . I turned towards the door and realized  the door was open and the rapist was staring at me with an angry and suspicious look on his face.   "what were you up to?" he screamed in his shrill voice at me.  He noticed the handle of the silver pistol protruding from under the pillow and quickly reached for a knife hidden in his socks . He rushed at me with the knife in his hands . I stepped backwards, reached for the gun under the pillow and with little time to think pointed it at him .
                                   My anger was boiling over .  I pulled the trigger just as he managed to reach me with his knife . There was a loud "bang" just as his knife grazed  my shoulder letting out blood .  He stood still for a moment  with a surprised expression on his face.  He  swayed for a moment and suddenly fell on the floor . His body twitched for a moment then lay still covered in blood.  I had shot him . For a few minutes I stood still ,dazed with my eyes wide open and the gun still held in my hand . I. It's finally dawned on me the magnitude of what I had just done. I screamed in horror and flung the gun away like it was a serpent. I continuously scream  till mercifully I fell to the floor . I had fainted . I woke up feeling a lot of pain in my arm from the rapist knife attack . He had drawn some blood . The rapists lay motionless  on the floor with his sightless eyes wide open.
                       I sprung back in terror, picked myself up and rushed towards the door . I flung the unlocked door wide open and rushed blindly into the sunlight outside crushing the leaves under my feet . I fled along the pavement outside screaming "I killed him  ,I killed him I killed him." As I stood in the bushes outside weeping hysterically , I heard the sound of a vehicle screeching to a halt at the entrance of the building where I had been kept as an unwilling guest by the kidnappers . The hugh scare faced man stepped out of the car .I guess he also noticed the car of his accomplice still parked in the driveway. He saw the door had been left a jar and rushed into the room.My heart missed a beat. I was filled with terror . I could hear him from the bushes roaring loudly in anger and surprise when he saw  his dead colleague. I shivered in fear .I was in real danger . He rushed back to his car picked up an AK-47 rifle  and rushed into the bushes looking for me . He had a murderous expression on his face.  I was dead meat . I said the lord's prayer .I stepped on a twig and there was a creaking sound .He turned towards my direction and rushed over . I lay very low desperately trying to hide .
                               As he got close to where I was he lifted the gun and sprayed the area with bullets . I opened my eyes in shock.This bastard really wanted to kill me. I was still alive. This man was evil . A snake sprung out of the bushes near me at that moment obviously  disturbed by the gun fire. It slid into the bushes . Noticing the snake and thinking that was the cause of the disturbance he turned towards the other direction.  The belief that every creature created by God was important dawned on me.  My life has been saved by a snake . I could see him a distance away still combing  the bushes  desperately looking for me.  Suddenly the rain poured down from the sky. I was totally drenched.  I could feel the sharp pain in my shoulder from the knife attack earlier on . It hurt so much . I lost consciousness.
                                     I was told I was unconscious for 2 days and was brought to the hospital by a kind gentleman who rescued me from the bushes . I owe my life to him . I'll forever be indebted to him for what he did for me that day.