The Adventure Of Corper John Part 4

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The Adventure Of Corper John Part 4

Their hearts saddened as he stepped out
of the bush pointing his
gun at them, they recognized him
instantly, he was one of Bison’s
men, he made a whistling sound and
two other men came out
holding swords, make una no even try
run or else I go shoot una
leg comot for una body, the man said in
a deadly serious tone, na
una go dey allow make Bison para for us
abi? una own don finish
today, he continued, oya in a straight
line the second man
ordered harshly, they dared not disobey
men with swords and
guns, ironically the lined up according to
their height with Becky
in front followed by Joy then John was
behind her after him was
Tomiwa then TJ was the last on the
queue being the tallest, two
men stood behind them while the other
one who was holding the
gun lead the way………………………..
Thousands of kilometers
away, Mr Adeboye was in his sitting
room sipping his red wine
from his glass cup, he was a little
worried because his only son,
John was expected from Enugu the
previous day, he had read in
the morning paper how 9 people were
found shot dead in Enugu
state, he had dialled John’s number
several times the previous
day and even that morning, it was time
to take action, he could
not just sit there and do nothing, just
then Kemi his wife came to
the sitting room and greeted him, she
seemed less concerned
about John’s whereabouts, he knew she
disliked John but he
didn’t know it was up to that extent, he
hissed as she walked
away, he stood up, picked his car keys
and set out
………………………………………………… John and
his friends had walked for
about 15 minutes with their abductors,
he had never killed
anybody in his life before but he could
swear he was going to kill
these men with the slightest chance he
had, they had threatened
their lives enough, he remembered the
fighting skills he had been
taught when he was at the NYSC
camp………….. The DPO sat in
his office in deep thought, that morning
was not a good one for
him because he just got a call from the
commissioner of police
who threatened to sack him if the
criminals who killed those 9
people which the TV news and
newspaper broadcasted were not
arrested, he had been receiving reports
of kidnapping in the
community and now was the time to
act………………………………. The man who
held the gun
suddenly stopped and said ‘my guys
wait I wan piss’ , John was
alert, now was his chance, he looked
back at TJ who understood
him, using his hand to signal to TJ he
counted down with his
fingers 5,4,3 he was ready to die trying
2,1
The birds in the forest flew away at the
sound of the gunshot, the
first one was followed by two quick
ones, John and his friends
la!d motionless on the ground, John
looked up and saw a gun
pointing at his face, he raised his head
more to study the person
who had a gun to his face, no shoes,
Dane gun and the man had
a sack around his neck, John concluded
that he was definitely a
hunter, but at that period his name had
been changed from
hunter to hero as he was their saviour,
the hunter had shot their
abductors within the blink of an eye,
they stood up slowly, John
looked around to check if any of them
were hurt, he didn’t know
whether to hug the hunter or prostrate
for him, he had rescued
them from the hands of death, they all
thanked the hunter for his
help as if he had given them 20 million
naira each, the hunter
replied them and said no worry my
children, he went on to
narrate how his one of his daughters
had been kidnapped by
those wicked men, TJ looked back and
saw one of the men
struggling to reach for his gun, with an
anger that he had not
shown for a long time, he stamped his
foot into the man’s neck,
killing him instantly, they all stared at TJ
in awe, except John, he
had seen TJ portray that kind of anger
before, the last time he
saw such anger was when TJ was sent
out of the examination
hall by one of his lecturers, that time TJ
had reacted by breaking
both side mirrors of the lecturer’s car, he
knew TJ too well, for
someone who joked most of the time, TJ
had a horrible anger no
one would wish to witness, my children
where una dey come
from and where una dey go? the hunter
asked them, Tomiwa then
narrated their ordeal in the hands of the
kidnappers and their
underwater adventure to the hunter
who didn’t seem surprised
but just nodded his head slowly and said
okay make una follow
me, the didn’t hesitate much, he had just
saved their lives and
earned a little trust from them, at least he
had just saved their
lives, he lead them through a different
path, they walked for 10
minutes and began to wonder where he
was taking them to, as if
he was reading their minds, he told them
that he was taking them
to his house, from there he would take
them to town the
following morning, he introduced
himself as Okeke, he was a
hunter as they would have noticed, they
walked for another 10
minutes before arriving at the hunter’s
house, the house was
made from mud, Tomiwa couldn’t have
expected better, as they
approached the house, a young boy ran
out and said papa
welcome, he introduced them to his son
Obinna, where is ya
mother? he asked the little boy, she has
gone to the farm, the boy
replied, just then a beautiful girl who
was around 17 years old
came out from the backyard, welcome
papa she said softly, the
hunter replied her and introduced them
to his first daughter
Chinelo, John saw TJ focusing on the girl
like a lion focusing on
its prey, TJ looked at John who gave him
a stern look, he knew
John meant hands off, the hunter
ordered his daughter to prepare
food for their guest, he then lead them
into the house and asked
them to sit down, 20 minutes later
Chinelo walked in with their
food, it was Akpu and ogbonna soup
with antelope meat, they
started devouring their food
immediately it was dropped in front
of them, nothing like forming, even Joy
who had never eaten any
Nigerian staple food before eat her akpu
like a pro, Tomiwa was
the first to finish his food, they washed
their hands and drank
water from a bowl made from calabash,
they thanked the hunter
or his hospitality and then they relaxed,
they all slept and woke
up 3 hours later, by then the hunter’s
wife had returned, she
greeted them and offered them oranges,
after they had eaten the
oranges they went out to join the hunter
who was by the fireside,
they began to tell tales by the fireside as
the moon smiled on
them, they later went inside to sleep, the
hunter’s wife offered
them 4 wrappers for them to cover
themselves, she apologized
for the shortage as that was all she had,
Tomiwa, TJ and Becky
grabbed theirs quickly and went to
sleep, leaving one wrapper for
John and Joy, John told Joy to use the
wrapper as he could cope
without a wrapper, Joy smiled and
suggested they share the
wrapper together, she winked at him
and he got the memo, they
la!d side by side under the last wrapper
and John put his hand
over her and smiled in his sleep, the girl
he loved was in his
arms