Most Dangerous Experience .......
part 1
It was around 6 am when John woke up, he
tried to get up and say his morning prayers
when he noticed that TJ, his childhood
friend had slept with his leg over his chest,
he pushed his leg aside and cursed TJ ”
when you go
dey drink too much “, Adebayo John was a
23 year old corper who hailed from Ogun
state , he
and his friend Timmy Johnson 23 whom also
hailed from Ogun state have been together
since childhood, they both attended the
same primary school, secondary school and
university, and surprisingly they were both
posted to Enugu state for their NYSC. They
had finished their NYSC and were going
back home that
morning, John was not really excited that
morning because he was returning home to
his busy
father who never had time for him and his
mean step mother who hated him because
he was the only male child in the family,
John’s mother had left him with his father
because he was a drunkard and beat her up
every time he drank, he had met John’s step
mother at a club where he usually drank.
John quickly said
his prayers and went to have his bath, when
he came back TJ was still sleeping, John
kicked
him and said mumu you no go go bath, TJ
then said ‘were’ and went out to have his
bath.
John had finished dressing up when TJ
came in, John was dressed in his Corper
outfit, while
waiting for TJ to finish dressing up he took
his time to cross check his luggage, he then
remembered that he had not picked up his
novel, at least that would entertain him
throughout the long journey to Lagos.
John and TJ went to have their breakfast of
moin–moin and pap at mama Nkechi’s
‘buka’, they then set out to the main road to
look for a taxi to take them to the motor
park, they waited for about 7
minutes before they saw a taxi, after a
minute
of negotiating the taxi driver then agreed to
take them there for 200 naira, they then set
off on the 15 minutes journey to the motor
park,
John looked sideways at TJ, TJ was the last
born of a rich family of 3 girls and he was
the only male child, his 3 sisters were based
in
the U.S with their mother, while his father
was a busy business man who rarely spent a
week without traveling, TJ was handsome,
he
was the ladies guy but he was not brilliant
in terms of academics, he graduated with a
second class
lower, TJ also had a knack for getting into
trouble.
They got to the park and alighted then
settled their taxi driver, it was then TJ tried
hiding his face when he sighted somebody in
the garage, John noticed TJ’s action and
asked oh boy wetin happen? TJ said: padi
mi na one of
those girls I see o, make we do quick go
enter bus, they hurriedly entered a bus with
a Lagos
sign on it, while in the bus TJ put his head
on the seat to hide his face.
John, still a little bit surprised asked, which
girl be that? TJ with his head still on the
chair, it’s
one of those girls who claimed I
impregnated them, John burst into an
uncontrolled laughter which attracted some
passengers in the
bus, so you dey run from your responsibility
abi?
Which kind responsibility? Na only me they
dey follow sleep? If she see me for here she
go hook
me down come embarass me for this park.
Luckily for TJ the last passanger entered
and they set off, but TJ still had his head on
the chair,
John with a smile on his face tapped TJ on
his head and said Baba Junior carry your
head up,
TJ grinned and said you don dey craze.
John checked his wrist watch, they had set
off around 8 am, John then took a moment
to survey the faces of those in the bus, they
were six corpers in the bus including them, 4
guys and 2 girls, one of the girls of which he
knew,
her name was Joy and she was one the few
girls he admired.
Joy Parker was epitome of
beauty, she was an half-caste, her father
was from England and her mother was from
Nigeria, John had seen a lot of girls in his
lifetime but he could swear she was the
most beautiful girl he had ever seen, after a
while John picked up his novel and got
busy, he was reading the broker by John
Gresham, he was in the 5th
chapter when something happened. Suddenly
the woman beside him had an asthma
attack, as she tried to use her inhaler it fell
outside the bus through the window, John
immediately shouted at the driver to stop,
when the bus finally came to a halt, John
got down
and sprinted back in search of the inhaler,
he ran for about 50 metres before sighting
the inhaler, when he picked it up he ran
back to
the bus like a mad man and handed the
inhaler back to the woman, she then used it
and it
stopped the attack in a matter of seconds,
John looked sideways only for him to see
that Joy was staring at him, John was
immediately taken aback by her captivating
beauty, she had a
light skin and beautiful brown eyes, they
had eye contact for about 5 seconds before
Joy
finally looked away smiling , after the
woman had calmed down she thanked John
for his help
and prayed for him.
Joy knew a trustworthy guy
when she saw one and to her John would be
trustworthy, she had only seen him a few
times around camp but there was something
about him that interested her, after being
cheated on by her ex boyfriend, Joy decided
that she was done with Nigerian men but
may be John was an
exception. TJ was glad he was returning
home, home for him meant he could go out
with
his father’s cars, go clubbing, bring home
girls and move at his own free will, he
remembered
his ordeal with different girls with different
sizes, shapes and skin colour, he was a
player
unlike his friend John, he felt sorry for John
who didn’t really know what fun was like,
his attention was drawn back by the
screams
of the people in the bus, when he looked to
see what was happening TJ said “Ooo damn
”
because trouble was ahead of them right in
front of them stood six armed men, the
driver thought about making a run for it but
thought again when he saw a plank full of
nails right in front of him, he had no option
but
to stop the bus, the armed men ordered
them all out of the bus, and asked them to
surrender all
their valuables and money, the passengers
immediately began to comply, the only thing
John could think of at that moment was
the safety of Joy, he hoped the men would
do nothing more than collect their money
and leave
them alone but he was wrong, the woman
who had an asthma attack earlier suddenly
fainted, no one dared go to her aid, the
leader of
the armed men ordered the corpers and four
other passengers into the bus where they
were blindfolded, the next thing John heard was
gunshots as the remaining passengers were killed in
cold blood, the driver of the bus
tried to escape but got six bullets into his
back as a result of his action, the men then got into
the bus and drove off, John’s heart started to beat
fast he was half glad that Joy and T.J were in the bus
with him, though he didn’t know this men but he
knew one thing about them:
“don’t mess with them “, TJ had his heart in
his mouth, he had never had a gun pointed at him
before, he didn’t know where these men
were taking them to but he knew it could
not be good........TBC
