Arrested By Love

Episode 9

Lana adjusted on her seat and looked at
Daria in anticipation. “Well, won’t you tell
me about the dream or should a say a
nightmare? Because any dream Red is
into should be called a nightmare. So tell
me about it” she said.
“At first..” Daria began but her ears and
mind couldn’t go off from the sound of
the gunshot. “I saw Red crying, and
asked him why but he didn’t say
anything rather commanded me to leave
him alone. Secondly, i saw when he was
about to be thrown into a fire then i
began to cry in a loud voice”
“Heey!” Lana shouted and clapped her
hands in a way that says: WONDERS
SHALL NEVER END. “You really had a
nightmare” she added.
“The first one isn’t a nightmare” Daria
defended.

“What do you mean? Wait oh, did i hear
you say you cried for Red?”
“Yes, because i felt like i know him very
well as an innocent man”
“How can a professional criminal be
innocent? Just forget about it, it’s just a
dream” Lana concluded.

**
Back to the new resident of Ebube, the
soldiers moved backward as they shot
him continuously. Mistakenly, some
bullets touched his motorcycle but they
were no scratch on it-the bike resist
bullets too. Seeing that, Ebube became
angry. “How dare u shoot at my baby?!”
he asked looking at the motorcycle. With
the anger, he bounced on a soldier and
cut off his hand. Blood splashed. He
handled another soldier, cut him deep
on his thigh and moved forward to the
chief commander who shouted with the
mega-phone, “Retreat!”
All the soldiers located their vehicles and
began to jump into them even the one
without a hand. But yet, they kept
shooting at Ebube who grabbed the last
soldier, put the sword on his throat and
cut him to death. Blood splashed. The
soldiers started their vehicles and sped
off. Seeing that, Ebube jumped on his
power bike too. “Crooom crooom” he
pursued them.

Still inside the moving vehicles, the
soldiers kept shooting at Ebube who ran
closely behind them. Both the sound of
the gunshots, vehicles and motorcycle
became very close to Odem and other
people at Mama wine’s shop.
“What am i hearing?” Odem stood up.
“They are coming back!!” one of them
shouted and they all ran away. As Odem
ran, his trouser fell off remaining only
his local boxers which also was not
stable on his waist trying to fall off too.
“Red, please spare me oh! I’m not
among them” he shouted lying flat on
the ground face-down. He stayed that
way pleading to nobody until the
soldiers and Ebube passed. After which
he stood up, pulled up he’s trouser and
continued his race.

**

The sun began to set again, yet Ebube
had not returned after he pursued the
soldiers. At this time, the king’s heart
boiled with anger and at the same time
with fear. He moved to and fro in the
presence of his elders with hands
behind him.

“What else shall we do to make sure this
evil creature named Red leave our land!”
he asked angrily.
“Your highness, there is nothing we can
possibly do since even the soldiers
cannot capture or kill him” one of the
elders replied.
“Yes!” many elders chorused.
“Your highness” elder Ben stood up. “I
suggested we send some of our able
men to the chief priest to make them
become as immortal as Red so that they
will be able to capture him”
“Gbam!” few elders shouted hitting their
staffs on the floor simultaneously.
“Your highness” elder Thomas stood up.
“I suggest we beg Red to leave our land
peacefully or better still allow him stay in
peace because i don’t want any
trouble..” before he could finish, other
elders shouted at him to sit down. “I’m
just saying” he concluded and sat down.
“I think I’ll go with elder Ben’s
suggested” the king spoke up. “Please,
summon the chief priest to me” he
added.

**
6:30pm
Darkness began to take over the
atmosphere. Everybody were still on
their normal businesses especially
people like Austine and Mama wine.
Odem told the story of his race that
almost got him necked to any ear that
was willing to listen.

Just at that hour, Lana and Daria came
out heading to get something from a
nearly shop closed to that of Austine.
When Austine saw them, he averted his
eyes because he couldn’t look at Daria
anymore in the eyes. To their surprise,
Ebube arrived at that particular place
with a gun he collected from one of the
soldiers he pursued. Of course people
should have flee but the gun prevented
them.

Ebube jumped down from his
motorcycle. “Lie down!” he commanded
Austine.

Meanwhile, Daria and Lana shivered in
fear at another corner. They watched
him entered the shop and came out
with a bottle of champagne. He jumped
back to his bike and saw Lana and Daria.
“You, come here!” he pointed at them.
Hearing that, they began to shed tears
and Lana pushed Daria forward thinking
she was the one being called.
“No, i mean you” Ebube pointed at Lana
then Daria ran back immediately.
“Please, don’t kill me” Lana cried.
Immediately she came closer, Ebube
grabbed her onto the motorcycle and
sped off.