It was around 6pm 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.
Bus Taxi
School Bus Driver
Bus Routes
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
him a 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
damn ” 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
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