ah meant John’s adventure
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
‘weray’ 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, Job burst into an
uncontrolled laughter which attracted some
passangers 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 Grisham,
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 hima 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 maybe 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
“oh
d##n ” because trouble was ahead of them
Right in front of them stood six men 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 drop 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 TJ 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
To be continue