So You Want To Travel To The East By Sienna (II)

So You Want To Travel To The East By Sienna (II) 

The truth was that nobody in the vehicle expected my reaction, the driver the least.

He put his legs on the brakes, slowing down the vehicle considerably until he brought it to a halt, shouting what’s that, who’s that?

He did not need to ask, because my head and shoulders were already by the passenger’s side before the vehicle could stop finally. And then began a struggle.

The lanky fellow by my right sprang to action and tried grabbing me by the arm, but I had slipped off. He now held unto my legs, and so began a struggle between the two of us.

I cannot honestly say I knew all that I did. I was disadvantaged because my two hands were out on the floor as if I wanted to do frog jump and the lanky fellow was pulling me with all his might.

He kept saying, “get back into the vehicle, you must get back into the vehicle, don’t allow this man to escape..:

How and why also the rest did not respond as he did, I cannot say.

I begun kicking with my left leg, and I think I got him somewhere painful a number of time, and then let go but my left leg canvas had slipped off into the vehicle.

I just jumped out with my right leg intact but the man jumped at me, I tell you, the way professional wrestlers jump at opponents.

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Down, we began another round of scuffle. I do not know where the strength came for me, but had maneuvered up again and began to shove him around as he was grabbing my arms and my waist.

Then I gave a jab and another one, just anywhere around him, all this by the brick median. That was what disorganised him, and looking to ensure I was not hit, I dashed across to the sidewalk.

I was shouting, kidnappers, kidnappers, as I struggled but too shocked that as many vehicles as we slowing down, none stopped to intervene

Truly how could I have chosen to travel to the East by Sienna?

Even when I got to the side walk, there were people there just watching, none intervened. My phone had fallen in the vehicle! My bag was in the boot and the vehicle had zoomed off.

What was I going to do? I was headed for the East, I have lost one leg of my canvas, had my phone fall inside the car and my travel bag in the boot.

I didn’t know I had covered poles ruminating on the express, honestly, almost like a mad man. Just I saw that that fair lady that was between me and lanky fellow had returned, I did not see her coming until she began to speak.

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I moved back and started shouting at her.

I said move back, what do you want.

“Sorry about what happened sir, did you wound yourself

” I came down too. Did you suspect anything..?.

I was on the retreat as she kept advancing until I got to a vulcaniser’s shed off the express, when I lost her

Everything happened like it was in a blockbuster film, because the next moment, i saw two bikes arrive driving against the traffic..

Lo and behold, it was two of the male passengers they were carrying and one of them was holding out my bag.

I wanted to run, but he held it out, saying: “sir, please, it’s your bag, I brought it for you.

“And your phone too….”

If this was another trap, it certainly would catch me, I thought, reaching it for the two treasured items, and retracing my steps immediately I got hold of them.

Truly, they just handed it over, pleading that I rejoined them.

Me ke, was I mad?,

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Even if they had to renew the power in their tongue that made me join in the first place, this time round, it cannot work; the spell had been nullified. I told them thank you in very plain language, ready to run any moment.

They also zoomed off in the direction they came. .

You needed to see how fast I could walk, the pains of the cage fight of the last few minutes totally not obvious in my reaction.

By the corner, I quickly changed into a new set of clothes, put the surviving leg of the canvas inside my bag and wore a sandals.

The nearest police station was Mowe and from a distance, I could sight someone like that lady approaching..

I quickly beckoned on the next okada, jumped on it and told him to head towards the police station.

The rhetorical question was louder this time: so you want to travel to the East by Sienna….?

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