Slave: Zero Chapter 10: Chapter 10

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The sounds of military engines zoomed past the street as they remained hidden under the cover of a manhole. The streets were lit with street lights. And the white bright moon was larger than life in the vast black sky. In Eric’s eyes, the stars seemed to almost be revolving around the moon. Then his admiration was halted by a loud screeching noise that could be heard across the entire city. Judging by how loud it was, Eric could tell it was coming from the city’s square. The noise suddenly disappeared and was replaced by a deep voice. Eric looked over at the siblings, only to see a slight glimmer of anger and surprise on their faces. “Good evening people of Bentiu. My name is Lual Arok Dengor. The President of this beautiful country we call South Sudan, also known as the south of the land of the blacks. This is only being broadcasted in Bentiu. I am speaking to you today to inform you of my growing suspicion, a suspicion that I hope with all my heart to be just fantasy. My people I fear that there is an uprising growing and gathering to tear us down. They have their eyes set on our country’s growing riches. But I will not give it to them. My intelligence has gathered that our neighbours who we thought were our friends, are circling around us like hyenas, ready to pounce on us at any time. I’m sure you all are a little disturbed by the public execution that took place this afternoon. Those people were traitors to this nation. A group tasked by our adversaries to use their tongues to spread turmoil in our country, slowly infecting our people’s minds, leading the people to believe that the government are traitors to their own people. That couldn't be more further from the truth. My people I can assure you that we the government consider our people’s well being every single day. And we are striving to be Africa’s richest country by the year of 2031, thanks to the massive amounts of gold being found on our land. But we can't keep advancing forward until we put an end to our enemies. So I ask you my people, are you ready to rise up and answer the call. Will you come to the aid of our future. Are you ready to take up arms and fight for our future, our children and our growing prosperity? Will you? Will you destroy our enemies and manifest our destiny into reality? If so, we will rally together in the city square tomorrow at 4 pm in the evening. Rejoice my people, for after our swift and great victory, our long awaited dream…. will finally be birthed into existence.” Silence quickly filled the air. In every house Eric could hear the family's awing, some sounded excited, and some debated. Eric looked over at Arop and Nyangdeng, their faces were a mixture of disbelief and anger. “So they already knew about us.... Let's just hurry up and go get what we came for.” Arop murmured as he climbed out of the Manhole. “I know a good supermarket nearby we can break into. It’s not far from here.” Nyangdeng said. And without saying anything he moved out the way for his sister, so she could lead the way. And she did. She climbed out and without even looking at him she started walking. Seeing this Arop and Eric glanced at each other, before following her. As they were walking Eric was again lost in the vastness of his mind. Each thought hitting him like a rock. I need to find him and get the hell out of Bentiu. A big war is coming. We might have to leave Ghana or even just leave the continent. “Eric, I'm sorry you had to see that in the bar.” He quickly looked over at Arop. “What did you say?” “I said I'm sorry for what happened in the bar.” Eric paused. “Oh don’t worry about it. It’s none of my business.” There was a brief pause between them before Eric asked. “Do you think what the revolution wants is right?” “Haah.” Arop lifted an eyebrow. “I mean is it really worth it, to start a rebellion? You know what would happen if you lose right?” Arop paused, contemplated. “I don’t know….No, that was a lie. To be honest, our lives aren’t that bad to tear d