In a short while, the trailer had manouvre to a sharp corner where Gloria would have thought it could be a safer place for her and Chioma. But hell no. The trailers caught them at the sharp corner. Gloria quickly sensed danger and was about to put a call through to inform his husband for better action but it was rather too late as two helfty men in black trousers and shirts with masks pointing two guns at both of them. One of them hurriedly moved to her car. He opened the driver door to collect the smart phone from her and smarched it on the floor. Then they both pointed guns at Chioma and Gloria. At the sight of guns, both of them were already shivering.
Get into car right now! One of the trailers roared his voice in anger while he kong his gun to scare them. Gloria and Chioma were left helpless. They couldn't understand what they had done that warrant such deadly attack. They needed no one to tell them that they have been kidnapped. But who might have sent them to kidnap them remain a mystery to them. As a matter of fact, Gloria was just oblivious of what is going on. She's yet to think straight of where the attack could have come from in the first place.
Fear and tension gripped both of them. Words disappeared from their mouths. They were just shivering like a baby fish that mistakenly found itself in a desert land
"Oya, move! Idiot! If you don't move fast, I will shoot your legs now! One of the traitors voice almost sent Gloria and Chioma to their early grave. Their hearts beats more faster than normal . Some stones hit their legs when they are still struggling to enter the car. At the process of finding their feets, they fell down. The second trailer used the bottom of his gun to hit their heads. They moared in pain.
" Sorry sir.!We are really sorry! Chioma and Gloria chorused while some drop of tears fell off from their eyes to their cheeks. As if those tears are taboo or something that awaken the devil in the armrobbers hearts. They have to land some thunderous slaps on their face and urged both of them to stop crying or else they killed them instantly then bury both of them immediately. Gloria and Chioma have to keep quiet as they forcefully swallowed the tears and mucus that might want to leisurely found their way from their faces.They were still trying to keep their feet firm on the ground so they could enter the car without repeating the same mistake and to avoid another brutal beating. But the trailers were as impatient for their rubbish as they thought. One of them had to kick their buttocks angrily into the car.
"Foolish animals! Do you think to say I get una useless time? Dragon, abeg, enter this motor make we go finish our operations" The other trailer said in a strong voice which he might have gained from all sorts of hard drugs. And this was obviously shown as the whole odor of marijuana and hard drugs rented the air and almost choked Gloria and Chioma's noses when he decided to seat in-between both of them. Dragon kicked his car engine to life and nose it to the express road
"Listen carefully, any tacts to shout or make any move, consider yourself dead already. He tried to show both of them a sharp knife beneath his shirt and an injection. This is poison. You try any nonsense, then you will be injected and die like chicken" he announced to them and laughed wickedly revealing his brown burnt teeth between his mask.
"Step, abeg give them tutorial very well. Oh shit! He is like say your people dey there o. Bad market! What are we going to do now? Dragon uttered with a disturbed mind.
Gloria and Chioma were a bit relieved as they suggested the policemen at the checkpoint. At least it has reduced the tension that covered their eyes. Gloria prayed in silence for a miracle.
On approaching the police checkpoint, the kidnappers removed their masks and hide them. Their bulgy reddish eyes look so scary. They might have drunk and smoked different hard drugs before they emerge on their journey. The more they get closer to the checkpoint, the more Chioma and Gloria prayed in silence
"Oga, wey your particular? One of the policemen approached the kidnapper's car to query them about their license. Dragon brought everything required.
Oga, na everything be this. He showed him accordingly.
"Good. You are a good citizen of Nigeria. Madams, Weldone o. Your oga a correct man. Abeg, water the ground make you dey go" The policeman said, smiling. Dragon removed some hundred naira notes from his pocket and give them to the policeman who quickly collected them and squeezed them inside his pocket. In a short while, the dragon kicked start the car engine and it roared back to life while they continue their journey.
"Dragon, you be the correct guy. See as everything go without a problem. I hail you o" Step proclaimed, laughing sarcastically.
"You know I do dey inside this work? Na inside my mama o. Do you think to say a joke to enter Fine wine estate to finish that useless man upon all the security wey tight like virgin gateway? Dragon steps into the matter to give kudos to himself. He laughed sarcastically too.
Gloria and Chioma were lost in thought immediately. Tension gripped both of them. All hope was lost. They couldn't believe the scenarios that just happened. That's why Gloria hates some policemen even though there are still good ones among them, still, the bad eggs among them have rubbished their images as a whole. She could remember when her younger brother had wanted to take a police job, and she go against it without thinking twice. She told him he would rather stay unemployed if that's the only job and volunteer to feed him for the rest of his life.
The hatred for the police job could be traced back to one of her friends in school who was raided by some people on the road while he was awaiting a bus to school. His parents had sent for him because his father was ill and needed his presence for an important issue. He told his son that he might survive it or another way round. That's why Tade had gone home to check on his old man and now heading back to school on the third day. The traffic he encountered while coming back to campus, made him stay late. That's how he was raided. The policemen charged the young man with robbery and killing a newly wedded couple. All his claims of being guilty of the accusation leveled against him proved abortive. They knew the culprit but he was a remarkable figure in the community. He had sent those arm robbers to kill the couple based on the fact that the lady jilted him and went ahead to marry another man. This truth came up after the judge sentenced Tade to death. The deal had been done. Tade's father who had been on a sick bed for while received the bad news about his late son. The only son in his family. His father died in the process. Those fools uncharged of the ugly act were later picked one after the other. But they can only face their panel of judges. They can't revive Tade's life.
Gloria wept in silence as she's yet to know her fate. The hope of escaping from these kidnappers is just very slim. They can easily inject both of them or start them on a spot as rightly said by Step. Her phone has just been searched on the ground. How she would get to connect to Benard, her husband and Ngozi are what she's yet to know. She wishes this is not the best way to say her last prayer. Dragon increased his driving speed this time. Now leading towards an unknown part.