My Madam And I - S02 E26

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My Madam And I - S02 E26

Read Story: SEASON 2 EPISODE 26

We were glittering with sweats. Here I was, standing beside strangers who were fighting my fight; one I just met and the other I was scared and running from. Here I was, about to die with them, the irony brought a shallow smile to my face, Jude caught it and asked smiling.” what’s funny?”

” nothing”. I said and peeped to see if anyone was climbing the stairs. Our attackers were now hiding around the stairs. I thought of grandma and prayed she was okay.

” drop your guns now! Last warning!” The voice earlier yelled in a serious tone.

A man ran into the house and hid behind the sofa so he would be out of sight. He ran across the room and hid under the stairs. I could perceive fuel, I turned into the sitting room looking to get a clear shot but saw nothing.

Then a bright light flickered under the stairs and flew across the room. As soon as it dropped it exploded in large fire, burning the curtains and furniture rapidly.

” everybody out! Everyone out!” The voice earlier shouted.

I looked and saw some men running out. I remembered the house that was already on fire beside ours and turned to Jude. ” we have to get out of here! ”

” they’re going to kill everyone that comes out. They want to chase us out like rabbits”. Stanley said.

I looked around in confusion. The fire was increasing. I remembered seeing bag of detergent in the room we were. Immediately I ran off without saying anything to Jude nor Stanley.

As i entered the room, Henry rushed to me.

” uncle smoke!”. He said pointing at the smoke coming into the room.

” yes. You guys need to help me!”. I said hastily and rushed into the bathroom, filled a bucket up with water and poured enough detergent inside and said to the boys. ” get buckets and fill them up!” Then I carried the one I filled out.

Stanley was looking at me coming with a bucket of water. I past him and ran downstairs, emptied it in the fire, it made little impact on the fire but I wasn’t discouraged. I rushed back to the room, the boys had filled up two buckets already, I carried it out and emptied it in the sitting room. This created much smoke but the fire was still increasing.

Stanley helped Jude into the room and joined me. The boys filled the buckets while i and Stanley tried to put off the fire.

The smoke was now unbearable. I was becoming light headed even with wet cloth around my nose. Stanley seem to be energetic, he wasn’t putting on any mask, yet vibrant.

The water was helping but the smoke was now the problem. Each time we delayed, the fire went up, but I continued with believing we can delay the fire from spreading and killing us all before help comes and Stanley followed.

Jude and the boys remained in the bathroom with the shower on .

I was returning to get a refill when I saw Stanley on the floor. He seem dead. I dropped the bucket and tried with great difficulty to carry him up. Finally, I was able to get him in the bathroom. Jude was so emotional when he saw me bringing Stanley unconscious.

” what happened?” Jude asked limping to me.

” I found him on the floor”. I said and went to get water to pour on his face.

When I returned, I heard cars driving off. I gave Jude the bowl of water and ran to the window. The men were driving off. I wondered why.

” what’s it?” Jude asked pouring water on Stanley’s face.

” they are leaving!” I said and turned to my cousins” go to the bathroom and on the shower” Then rushed off with two buckets of water.

On getting to the stairs, the fire had spread into other areas of the house and smoke was now serious. I poured the two buckets which seem to provoke the fire even more. Our only source of escape was closed, the fire was coming upstairs.

I ran back to the bathroom, Stanley was just getting up. He looked weak with the shower pouring water on him.

‘ we are trapped here!” I said hopelessly.

” what’s going on?” Jude asked, looking frighteningly at me.

” the fire…the fire…” I said demonstrating with my hands because I couldn’t complete the words.

Just then, my eyes fell on the Window. I rushed to it but it had protector. The smoke had now covered the room, Henry and Tony were my greatest concern, they were coughing profusely even in the shower and wet cloth tied around their noses

I pulled the protector with all my strength, it remained immovable. I turned to Jude for assistance, but he was a one legged man, then to Stanley who was barely on his feet. The two little boys joined me and we pulled as hard as we could.

Jude limped to the window and said to me smiling ” do you think this leg can stop me ?”

He was the first to pull before I and the boys followed. Then Stanley staggered to the window and joined us. He was still weak and couldn’t even stand steady.

” hey! go and rest!” Jude commanded.

” and get burnt alive? No way!” He said I pulled feebly.

We all gave our best and soon the edges of the protector began pulling from the wall. We pulled harder until it pulled out.

The room was now hot and covered in thick smoke. The heat felt like we were literally roasting gradually. The wet clothes we had on was slightly helpful but our eyes hurt badly and we hard coughed still.

I looked around the room for anything, then saw the bedsheets and curtains, without delay, i pulled the bedsheets, curtains and duvet. Quickly tore them into sizes and tied them together. Then knotted one end to the bed cabinet and threw the rest outside the window.

Henry went down first, Tony followed. The fire was now penetrating the door and coming from the ceiling. I turned to Jude whose leg was terribly bleeding and asked him to go first. We helped him to the window and he managed to go down the one storey building.

It was now remaining I and Stanley. We both exchanged a glance wondering who to go first. I nodded he goes first. He quickly jumped to the window and as he was half way down, the knot pulled from the bed and he fell. I looked down and saw him standing and saying.

” I’m okay! I’m okay! ”

The cops had arrived, they were watching with the rest of the little crowed that were gathering. Some persons were busy taking pictures and making video.

I looked for what to climb down with but couldn’t see nothing as the room was covered in smoke. I was coughing really hard I thought I may soon start coughing blood. The heat was unbelievable, I knew I had to jump or roast to death.

” jump down! jump down!” Everyone shouted.

I climbed to the window and looked down, it felt like a 300 storey building. I slowly climbed to the window, sat on the base and slide my body down with my hand on the edge of the window and my body half way down.

” jump down!” Everyone shouted.

I looked down, it seemed far off away. I feared that Iay break my legs if I let go, but hearing the crowed cheering me to jump down, I slowly let go and landed on my feet then dropped on my butt.

The crowd gathered around me to ensure I was fine. I stood up and moved past them, checked for my phone and found it still intact in my pocket. I took it out and saw 135 missed calls. Grandma and Mary had been calling. I immediately called grandma.

” oh my god! Thank god! How are the boys? Their numbers aren’t connecting”. Grandma panicked.

“They’re okay! They’re with me. Where are you? You got me worried”. I said.

“oh thank god! I’m actually at the salon on my way back from the market. We heard the news! Such thing hasn’t happened in that area before. I used to hear about it but not for once has it happened in that area. That’s why we bought that house”. Grandma sounded worried.

” it’s okay. Please don’t come back. Stay somewhere, anywhere”. I said saving her the stress of knowing what happened to the house.

I turned to my cousins, they were overwhelmed by their house going up in flames. Stanley was helping Jude into a police Hilux. Some persons continued taking pictures with their phones. Two other buildings were in flames and people gathered in front. There were dead bodies and people crying around them. The police helped to haul the bodies at the back of the hilux while the injured ones were helped into the hilux.

Some of the residents were screaming that someone was still in the burning apartment, the people who tried to go in were restricted by the fire and heat.

I saw a man yelling at some cops, he said had been calling them since the moment he heard the first gunshot, they did not come until the rebels had caused havoc. The man was so angry he almost fought with the five police men he was yelling at but was refrained by a huge well fed man whom was supposedly a resident of the estate.

” fire service! Where are they oooh!” A crying lady shouted as she threw herself on the floor resisting consolations from some people around her.

I suddenly remembered to check on Mary, so i dailed her number. She picked up almost immediately. ” where are you! Thank god you’re okay, been calling like a million times!” She sounded apprehensive.

” I’m fine. Where are you?” I asked.

” I’m safe. I was hanging out somewhere when I heard the news”. Mary said.

Jude called me and i quickly rounded up the call and went to him. He was in the backseat with Stanley and a boy shot in the shoulder.

” are you not coming with me to the hospital?” He asked as the cop driver entered the car.

” sure. I’ll ask where and join you up”. I said.

He nodded and the van drove off. I turned to my cousins; Tony was still in shock, he was just looking at the building going down in flames while Henry got his eyes busy.

The fire fighters came almost an hour later after the houses was almost in ashes. The lady crying earlier attached the first man that came down from the truck. She held him on his yellow overall and kept slapping, hitting the man all over. Then the residents all teamed up, yelling at the firefighters and wanted to beat them up before the cops intervened with guns pointed at the distraughted residents forcing them to retreat.

The firefighters could do a little, they tried their best shooting water from their hose to the buildings. It was a dark night for the residents of Royal Estate.