Chapter 6: Bless my soul
They stopped at spring in the mid south side. Agbaja is still holding the gun. She had thrown glances at the gun,with questions in her mouth but waiting for the right time. The have wandered for 8 hours and this time,they are sure that God had blessed they soul with miracle.
Agbaja picked a log of wood and dropped it under a mangrove near the spring.
"You have anything to eat?, Noble girl"
She nodded in disagreement,at the point she saw him taken out some fruits from a deep pocket at the leopard skin hanging on his shoulder,he had spotted him plucking some stuffs when they were escaping and she termed it a crazy act but now she understood the meaning.
"Journey of a true soldier.... you have to try everything possible to make it easier for you, even at the point of death,I have to pluck this, because outside a death from the sword ,hunger can give you a slow painful death"
She nodded and smile. At that time, Agbaja noticed that he had no reason to say those words any more,She has no intention to converse with him. He held his piece and ate one of the fruit. He raised once and waved it to her in a manner that says,' You wanner eat soon?'. she replied 'yeah' and that's the first time she had replied him with word. The first time he used a sign,she had replied with a word.
She reached for the log of wood and sat beside him.
"Well,my name is not Noble girl, it makes no sense calling me that, you can call me Amelia".
Agbaja raised his eyes brows. actually he wanted to ask the question but felt like maybe she's not going to give a reply. He nodded and had smile. She glared at him for a minute, he's a cute boy with a racial difference from every other black. He's fair, exceptional fair and her small round face looks exactly like that of the whites and his pointed nose gave it a reason for a question.
"Your color...?"
Agbaja glared at her,her mouth still open trying to build a word,this time he saw her beauty clearer, it's beyond explanation, though she's black ,She's more beautiful than any other girl he had seen. He wanted to ask a question but she continued.
" It's different from that of any boy I have seen, it's beautiful"
And he had replied thanks with a smile. Amelia look deep into his eyes and gave a signal,maybe she understood that his thoughts has deepend ,then she added.
"where are you from?"
Agbaja thought for a moment. it's not so clear to him, his actual origin. There had been more stories,and only one can be truth but he knew that he grew up in Agbaala. And he remembers the name with his name that sounds alike. He thought of the right answer to give and she waited patiently. He added.
"It's a story for another day, I'm Agbaja,that's all I can't tell you now"
He stood up immediately. Amelia can't help but just glare ,it was not the answer she wanted but it seems he's not willing to give the desired.
" You ready, let's move"
She nodded. He stretched his hand and she held it and stood up through the aid of his arm. Agbaja suggested that they cross the spring and she nodded. They took few step and entered the water.
"Kpaaaaaa!!"
Amelia screamed to the top of her mouth and he tried to cover her mouth. it's a gunshot but the man behind the trigger weren't at sight. He tied a long rope at the two ends of the gun he was bearing and hang it on his neck down to his belly ask it flings. Immediately he carried Amelia and ran across the sprang.
The gun shot became rapid and Amelia's screams more rapid. She screamed at sound. Now, Agbaja only has to only held her hand as they were running and hiding, they finally found a huge three with it's root like a cave. He glared at the tree and termed it a good shelter. He pointed at it and Amelia nodded. They reached for it and had crawled beneath the root. It's absolutely dark. They stayed their and waited. The gun shot is getting closer. Who ever it may be seems to be noticing their moves through Amelia's screams.
Amelia fealt a creepy thing on her left hand and she screamed silently, Agbaja queried to know what it was and she may have waved or nodded as a reply but they barely see their faces. He decided to find out himself and stretched his leg to feel her. As his leg stretched to it's full learnt in search of a soft lively surface. He felt a sharp object, it seems it's a cut, but no,it hurts like a bite. Something has bitten his leg and drew him instantly into a deep cave under the root About 14 feet deep. This time Amelia started screaming on top her voice and she ran outside the root.