BLOOD BY THE HAND OF GUILT

Chapter Two

Time saw Leia and Dassa drifting. It hurt Dassa to think she was losing her friend because of Dante so she kept her distance from him hoping things will turn out better between she and Leia but no they got worse. Dante was away for a while.

Once a couple of men walked in with their general, visitors they were told and that night Leia was supposed to be the general's escort but when Abdul came in for her she said;

"I think it's time Dassa took up her roles, she has some charm, I am sure she would please the general very well"

Dassa had not slept with anyone after the first experience with Abdul and that was thanks to Leia who always had her back but Leia was throwing her to the dogs.

"She is inexperienced Leia"

"And whose fault is that when you all won't even touch her, it's always me, well I will not do that this time"

Abdul was utterly confused.

Dassa was dumbfounded.

"Leia is right…..she can't keep performing my duties"

Dassa said and began to walk towards Abdul.

"Wait. I'll go" Leia finally stood.

"Make up your mind, we can't keep the general waiting"

"I said I will go" Leia said and stood up, releasing her hair from the band that held it together in a pony tail. She looked stunning when she wore her hair like that.

"You will only make a fool of me" Leia said with a smile and then she winked at Dassa and walked out with Abdul. She lay back down on her mat and stared at the ceiling, then she shut her eyes and fell asleep.

She woke up abruptly when the room door was kicked open. Then there were gunshots in the corridors and girls screaming.

She had to either stand and run or just lie down.

"Where is she?"

A voice said. A few girls began to cry as they were being hit and beaten up. The soldiers turned the room upside down but Dassa silently lay still and then there were more gunshots and screams and then silence. She could not tell what was going on since she lay facing the wall. She practically stopped breathing till she heard nothing. When she was sure there was no one in the room, she slowly turned and what she saw churned her stomach, it was a blood bath. All the girls were dead.

She covered her mouth as tears welled up in her eyes.

Then she heard voices approaching. She lay back down.

"Where is she….we need to find them both, what the hell happened?"

"Something went wrong, Leia killed their general, she is nowhere to be found, she ran away"

"For crying out loud"

Dassa recognized the two voices, Dante and Ali.

"And where the hell is Abdul!"

"Dead sir"

"This is sick"

At the sound of Dante's voice she quickly got up grabbed her raffia bag and ran out of the room bumping into him. She spread her arms around him and hugged him.

"Thank goodness Dassa, where is Leia?"

"I don't know, what is going?"

"We need to leave, in a few minutes this place will be down to dust"

Grabbing her hand the two soldiers maneuvered their way out trying to keep her safe. They used a back door, Dassa was right, they were in the dessert. Ali showed them to a trap door completely covered in sand. He raised it.