Slave: Zero Chapter 18: Chapter 18

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“No, no, no, no.” She screamed on top of her lungs. “Nyangdeng, wait, stop.” She didn’t even look back at her. She was too scared to see that awful vile sight again. The image was still seared into her mind. Even as she closed her eyes the image was all too clear for her. Nyangdeng didn’t understand it. What exactly did she witness? They were people, at least they looked like people, but why were they covered in blood? Why were their faces so twisted in pain? Why did they die? How did they die? What exactly killed them. Was it some kind of monster? All these thoughts flooded her mind. Every time she tried to find an answer the same bloody image appeared in her mind. Tears began flowing wildly down her eyes, as she screamed in distress. “Nyangdeng just stopped for a second.” “No. No, I'm not going back. I’m going back to my mother.” She screamed, her breathing turning erratic and uneasy, as if that scene had its hands around her neck, draining the very life out of her. “Just wait.” Akeer managed to get close enough to tackle Nyangdeng into an alleyway. “Get off me.” She said, struggling to free herself. “Will you just calm down for a second?” Akeer had enough. She seized both of Nyangdeng’s wrists and slammed them down on the ground. Nyangdeng may have been shaken by this sudden burst of force, because as Akeer pinned her down, she stopped squirming. Instead she began calming down, taking gasps of air, as she stared up at Akeer with innocent eyes, coated with tears that reflected the light of the sunset. Seeing this sight of such innocence coming from her friend’s eyes, tears began appearing in hers, until a single drop slid down her face and dropped on Nyangdeng’s. “Listen, Nyangdeng, …I.” She paused before continuing. “I’m sorry that we dragged you into this. We were the closest people to you and we should have known that this wouldn’t be easy for you.” “What. Did you already know they were going to be dead people there.” “No. No, of course not. But we have to be strong. We have to be strong if we want to live.” Akeer said in a soft trembling voice. For a moment, Nyangdeng stared up at Akeer with her teary eyes, until she asked this question. “Akeer, please tell me. How are you so strong.” A few minutes passed and they were now walking back to the building where they have been staying. They walked in complete silence. None of them wanted to talk any further about what they had seen. As Akeer walked, she could hear the sniffling of Nyangdeng. Then she was reminded of her question. Akeer, please tell me. How are you so strong? She remembered her response was, I don’t know, but she knew deep down that was a lie. In truth, she is not strong at all. She just knows how to tuck her fears deep down in her soul and vomit it all up later. She began to reminisce about a memory she had made a long time ago, an unforgettable memory, and also a very dark one. The memory was so vivid it was as if she was there at that moment. The sky was overcast, and it was windy, signs of an approaching storm. She was in her room, when all of a sudden she heard an unusual sound, she knew that it was coming from a living thing but she didn’t know what that living thing was. As she peaked through the curtains of her window in curiosity, her eyes immediately widened and her heart seemed like it was stopped for a second, before it began beating relentlessly. In front of her were 3 men, one stood behind another, as he stabbed another man repeatedly. Then she realised what she had heard, that noise she was hearing, it was the man vomiting his own blood repeatedly. He attempted to push his attackers away from him. But with each one of his efforts his strength leaves him until he was no longer moving. The men then kicked the lifeless body into a gully and then threw the knife along with it. Akeer was frozen, she didn’t know what to do or how to react. The only thing she could do was witness the act in fright. All of a sudden, the partner of the murderer, hurriedl