Interracial - S01 E02

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Interracial - S01 E02

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 2

#LUAN

Sputter! Sputter! Sputter!……..

That was the sound of the engine failure of our plane the fans were slowing down gradually and our trajectory was off course and we were heading straight for the mountains , Seeing the danger ahead I quickly put the plane on autopilot and made arrangements to leave this plane, I however wasn’t alone inside this doomed plane, there was a white man with the name of Toby Benjamin, quite an old fellow and also our squadron commandant. He was wounded and needed medical help but before I tell you how we got into this mess, let me tell you about our current situation.

As the engine kept failing, I realized it would be a matter of time before we crashed, I search desperately for parachutes, but there was none, Dying here in this plane wasn’t in my plan, I promise my sister I’d come back alive and that’s what I was going to do. I peeped out and saw that the plane was above river, this was a risky opportunity to escape but it better than dying in this damned plane, I grabbed hold of Mr. Toby and opened the door of the plane, The distance between the plane and the river was quite deep, I aimed carefully and then took the jump.

Myself and Toby soared through the air for minutes before falling heavily inside the river with a big splash .

Swimming wasn’t easy with thick uniform on me but I managed to get both of us to shore, as soon as we got there, our plane dived straight to a mountain exploding with a big boom . I was glad that happened at least our pursuers will think we’re dead, I quickly carry Mr. Toby and jogged away , As I surveyed the surrounding, I realized I was in my homeland and I wasn’t far from home, so I changed my course and jogged back home.

My name is Luan Thato, but everyone calls me with Leo because name means Lion in Africa.. I was raised in the countryside with my sister Marian, our parents died in the heat of World war 1. An artillery shell was dropped on our house and they were in it when it fell , there was no trace of them left after the explosion.. With no one to turn to, Mr. Toby came to our aid and helped us out of our predicament.. He took my sister to one white man’s house to be a servant while I accompanied him to the battle grounds of World war 1…

Some may consider Toby to be cruel for bringing a kid to a war but it’s not like that, unlike the rest of the racist white people I know, Mr. Toby was different, he was nice, jovial and comical fellow, but when it was time for serious business, Mr. Toby sure looks scary. My position in the first world war the safest one ever, I was the errand boy, I provided food, wine, anything the army needed, Mr. Toby never allowed me to come to the battle front, I wanted to see and feel the action, I wanted to experience what was going on out there, the reason why I became interested in this was because whenever the men returned from the battle fronts they would laugh and talk excitedly and boastfully on how they trampled the enemy, even Mr. Toby joined in as well, his favorite part was where a bomb was dropped on them and they would quickly take cover to avoid being toasted alive, he would laugh so hard and call the enemies B-tches or cowards.

After the first war, We both returned home and with nothing to do, I joined my sister in her master’s house, though it was tiring, it wasn’t as bad as it seems, My sister’s master was a bee farmer and the bees in his farm made delicious honey, my job was to squeeze the honey juice into the containers, Of course I couldn’t help but help myself with some of it, by taking 4 or 5 licks out of it.

I worked at the bee farm for some years and before long, War broke out again.. I was excited when Toby asked me to join him and this time I was no errand boy, this time I was a soldier.

A lot of Africans were recruited to fight against Hitler, I was beaming with joy that I was finally going in battle but little did I realize, not all that glitters is gold.

On my first arrival at the war front, I was scared to the core when I saw a soldier’s body dismembered by a landmine, I watched with horror as blood was spilled endlessly, Bombs drops, gun shots and shouts of agony filled the battle field, I wanted to run for my life but I couldn’t move, I stood shaking in fear, Mr. Toby saved my life from an incoming barrage of bullets fired from a plane . Seeing how terrified I was, Mr. Toby snapped me out of it, he slapped and revved me up calling me awful names, he later told me that if we don’t win those war the enemy would match straight into our homeland and do all sorts of awful things, saying my sister would get raped if we lose, and that was the motivation I needed.. I fought hard killing the enemy without mercy, Toby fought by my side and we looked after each other’s back… After spending a month on the battle field, we got a very disturbing news.

In the evening of April 15 1940, we got an anonymous telegram which said that there was German spy disguised as one of our own.. This news made the solider very uncomfortable, Later that night, our base was attacked, an artillery shell was dropped on us and machine guns were fired at us, almost half of our squadron were killed, I on the other hand ran to find Mr. Toby so that we could escape, I later saw him bleeding on the ground with a man standing over him with a gun, the man was wearing our uniform, it was then I realized who the man was.. He was the German spy and somehow Toby found out and now the man wants to finish him off so that his secret won’t be out, I quickly grabbed an empty grenade and threw it at the man scaring him off, he took off like an antelope running for his life, I quickly help Mr. Toby and we left our base, we entered a plane and flew back home but we were followed by some of the enemies plane, they shot at us repeatedly but I managed to dodge their bullets. Finally I shook them off and continued flying back home, it was when we reached there that I realized some of the bullets had pierced the engine.

And that’s my story, thankfully Mr. Toby and I got out of the plane in time and now it’s time for us to hide.. After some hours, I reached my sister’s house, as I got to the door step I knocked hard so that she would hear me, some seconds later, She came out looking surprised as she saw me.

Marian Leo.. What are you doing here? Is that Mr. Toby? Is the war over?

Luan Shush! There’s no time to answer you, let me in.. Mr. Toby needs help now.