A group of people is holding onto a bolt-action rifle. One, two, three, four, five, six, Ghaafar Lee counted. There are six of them. Each movement was seen in detail. In such havoc like the one happening at the moment, one could never see the enemy without the right focus. Ghaafar Lee, although panicked, tried his best to focus on their movements. Well-oriented and strategized, two words to describe them based on his perspective.
Just right by the railway station entrance, lay down a white man, supposedly a British peer based on his aristocratic-appearance. By the side of that man is what Ghaafar Lee would think as the man's life partner due to the sorrow and shouting done by the lady seeking for people around's help. That British man was shot! Shot by whom? Those people with rifles that he saw just now?
It is an unfortunate moment when suddenly, two hands grabbed Ghaafar Lee from his back when he was about to walk away from the scene. That grab was firm and steady that he could not resist and was left like a walking dead, frozen. What can he do now besides complying to the creature he does not even know of its identity nor being-around. He worries about his well-being now.
"Comply..." He or could we say She?- instructs Ghaafar Lee to comply. Based on its voice, it is clearly a voice owned by a woman. However, her grappling strength onto Ghaafar Lee's neck is as equal as the strength of a man. "Don't try to resist or I will blow your head!" She instructs him again, this time with the lip of her rifle being pointed right at the back of his head as a direct warning.
"What did I do?" Ghaafar Lee tries to clear up the situation realizing that he was not involved nor did he do anything wrong to be done this way. "I am innocent, just a person who just got off board!" He tries to convince her.
"You were there! You saw us!" She shouted, with her gun being slightly pushed against the back of his head. Nothing he could do now besides praying for his life. "I won't let you go! You saw us!" She shouted again.
"No! Please! I didn't see you nor did I see anything you did!" He tries to refuge for his safety. "It's also your issue for whatever you are doing! Let me go!" He now begs for her mercy to let him free.
"Shut up! Follow me no-" Her words were stopped by the arrival of the police. They were there for so long that the police managed to arrive at the scene while they were still there. The only thing they could do now is to retreat from there to avoid being held apprehended and be put forward in the court of justice for what they have just done.
"Quick! Let's go!" She now puts the rifle by her shoulder before grabbing Ghaafar Lee's hand. They then run together following the rest of the men who have run a few seconds earlier. Seeing them running, the police warn them to stop and surrender. Pistols and rifles were pointed at them as a sign of stern warning.
"Stop and throw your gun away!" Shouted the Inspector leading the police. His warning was totally ignored, making him angry. He then takes out his revolver pistol and a blank shot is taken directed at them. "BANG!" Unfortunately, it misses the target.
Ghaafar Lee refused to follow her despite being dragged. The masked person is now desperate. With her full strength, she grabbed his hand and they started running together.
"I am not going with you!" Ghaafar Lee still refused to follow while at the same time still running with her. He does not want to risk it to follow a person who just now risked his own life. "You are mad! You were just about to kill me just now! And now I am following you!" He shouted although being ignored by her.
While running, she said a sentence to Ghaafar Lee.
"Either way, you will die..." This time, Ghaafar Lee's mouth was totally shut. Now, there are only two choices for him. Either dying at the hands of the police or being killed by these people who just killed the British man at the railway station. What a very unfortunate- no, what a very ill-fated man he is. He chose to move to Klang from Ipoh to start a new fresh life here just to be kidnapped at the very beginning of this new life he was just about to start on.
They entered the deep forest near the station. There, they ran at the fastest pace an average man like him could run. Entering the forest, obviously trees would be the main view of one. But what amazes Ghaafar Lee is the fact that these people keep running non-stop with the muddy ground deep in the forest. It is like they are very expert at moving in the forest. Wanting it or not, knowing or not, he has to run following them deep into the jungle towards a location that only them would know.
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Trust Me, Okay?
Historical Fiction"Trust me, okay?" He asks her, supposedly in a reversed psychological manner. No emotion was expressed on either person's face, just blank expressions of emotion portrayal. Ghaafar Lee, a young man with no purpose in life living a boring day to day...