AMELIA
"Where are you taking me?" I screamed and cried as I struggled to get free from the shoulders of the ugly muscled man that was taking me to who knows where.
I could clearly see the blood trails that led to a particular person that was so dear to me.
"Why was this happening?" I questioned.
Why were these men taking me away?. These questions seemed to have no answers as I was bundled into a truck and was taken away.
I had just experienced the death of all my family members and for a reason I was yet to know about. A particular group of people came into our house demanding to meet with my father, fully armed with different weapons. My Dad had taken them into the study room for a discussion and almost immediately the next thing we heard was the sound of a gunshot. My mom rushed into the study room to find out what happened and another gunshot was fired. A shot to her chest.
Tears rolled down my eyes as I watched my mother fall to the floor. I was about to run to her when I heard her say
"hide" I froze immediately and looked for the nearest place I felt was safe.
"Boss, what about this one?" I heard one of the men say.
"Kill him". My eyes widened as I knew exactly who they were talking about.
"Noooooo" I screamed as I attempted to run towards my brother, but before I could get closer to him, I was held back by two hands and my brother's throat was slit with a knife and he fell to the floor.
I watched him as life left his eyes and they lost their zeal.
"He was only seven" I uttered, too shocked to process more words.
"You"
"You would make of good use," I heard one of the men who I presumed to be the boss say.
"Bring her with us". He said.
The next thing I knew someone lifted me on their shoulders and was taking me away.
"Dad, Mom what is going on?" I screamed at their lifeless bodies relentlessly hoping for their answers. Hoping that they wake up to stop these men from taking me away.
I was kept in the truck, in complete darkness for as long as I could stop keeping track of time. It was dark and scary, lonely with no one to talk to but myself, with no Mama to hear my cry. I kept on pondering on what could have transpired between my Dad and those men for them to have been able to kill my family in one swift move. My throat felt dry, I had been crying for so long that my vision became blurry and I could hardly see anything, not even in this darkness.
I grew tired of waiting, sleep beginning to cloud my eyes but just as I was about to drift to sleep, the truck came to a stop and the men brought me out taking me to a very big building that looked as if it had been abandoned for years. It looked like a warehouse.
"Bring her in and put her with the others". I heard the one I presumed to be the boss say.
'Others?' I thought.
Were there more people here being held hostage?
I looked around, my eyes in search of an escape, even if it took me days, I was willing to escape this Godforsaken place.
The men took me through an alley and we arrived at a particular door that was tagged "Auction". I was taken in, the room was dark with no sight of any windows, only a small hole at the top of the building that I assumed served as the only fresh air one could ever get. I was dragged ruthlessly towards a wall, and while struggling to get free, I tripped and fell to the floor after kicking something that felt like a human's leg.
'Was that a human leg?' I thought as i kept pondering on what i had tripped over
"I'm so sorry" i said, attempting to apologize to whoever i had kicked
"Oh you don't need to worry, that person is already dead" I heard.
Wait what?
"Dead?" I screamed as fresh tears began to cloud my eyes. Fear began to creep through my spine, was this the life i was to begin to live?, in complete darkness dreading the day I would fall to my own death?.
"Hey you, tell Thomas to come remove this body from here, seems we lost another one just right before the D day" i heard one of the men say as i was chained by my hands and to the wall, where there was no chance of me escaping anytime soon.
"Another?" I said under my breath.
I could feel my lungs being blocked, I felt choked, I couldn't breathe.
What is all this? Why is this happening to me? I kept questioning, waiting for answers.
"Hey, They left" I heard someone say, a familiar voice of a female, I think the one that told me about the dead body.
"Hi, am Anna" she said again expecting a reply from me but all i could bring out was;
"Why are we here?" I asked as I awaited her answers.
"We don't know either," she said.
"We? There's more people here?" I said as I began to search around, not able to find anyone because of the darkness.
"Yes, there are six of us here now, excluding the dead one and then we include you, making us seven. Don't worry, your eyes should be able to adjust to the darkness in a moment and you'll be able to see us better" she said.
I had a lot of questions, like how were they able to kidnap these people, was it for the same reason that I was taken or do they have their own different stories.
"How long have you been here?" I asked.
"Probably a week, i stopped counting on the fourth day" she said.
"A week?" I repeated to be sure I heard correctly.
"And for what reason did they hold you for?" I asked.
Just as she was about to answer my question, we heard footsteps coming towards where we were and immediately I heard;
"Shut up and don't say anything"
I immediately repositioned myself and acted as if nothing had happened.
One of the men had come in to dispose of the dead body, taking her away and locking the door right after.
"What is your name?" I heard Anna ask.
"I'm Amelia," I said.
"Alright Amelia, here's Stacy, Renee, Olivia, Mia and Ivy" she said as she pointed to different people.
I had adjusted quite well to the darkness now so I could see who she was pointing at. They all looked malnourished, they looked dirty and it made me question if this was going to be my fate soon.