Separated - Episode 18

Escape Plan (PT1)

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Obi and Steve had worked effortlessly for three months so that they might gain Mr. Tony’s trust. HE noticed their hard work and decided to promote them to captains. He then changed their rooms and they were taken to another block tagged “Captains’ Lodge”.

They got new sets of bed and a beautiful room. As if this was enough, they also had the opportunity to eat three square meals unlike before when hardly eat two square meals per day.

Their job was to supervise the juniors to work . They were given horsewhips to flog anybody that misbehaved or tried to disrespect them.

They both had the opportunity to develop an escape plan from the compound. They decided to tour round the big compound and search for loop-holes in their security.

They came back from the day’s work with new discoveries and strategies in their brains. They had their bath after dinner and locked their room immediately.

“Okay Obi, what did you find out”? Steve asked curiously.

“I discovered that the lorries leave every two days to supply companies with our products”, Obi said.

“Wow that means that the lorry will be leaving tomorrow”, Steve said.

“Oh yes, that’s very true”, Obi said immediately.

“That means all our plans must be finalised this night”, Steve added.

“I also discovered that three lorries go with Tony and his men for the supply”, Obi said again.

“Each lorry contains the supplies of that we grow we grow here; rice, maize and cassava”, Steve said.

“What if we find our ways into one of the lorries transporting the supplies”? Obi asked.

“That’s not an easy job to Obi; don’t you have another idea”? Steve asked him again.

“We are captains right”? Obi asked ironically.

“Yes of course”, Steve answered.

“Have you forgotten that captains are in charge of arranging the supplies in the lorries”? Obi asked him.

“That’s true but we just got appointed her; do you think we’ll be allowed to join them”? Steve asked again.

“We’ll try our best tomorrow by making sure that the two of us only arrange the maize by ourselves”, Obi explained.

“I think we should arrange the maize because it’s the lightest and the last one to be supplied towns away and by then, we’ll be very close to the slave trader’s port”, Steve explained.

“We’ll try and secure a convenient space in-between the bags and that will be our escape route”, Obi said.

They went to bed but couldn’t have a sound sleep because the thought of their escape plan filled their head.

They heard a very loud horn which signified time for breakfast. They went to eat quickly and ran to the store house immediately so that they might volunteer to help them in arranging the supplies in the back of the lorries.

Other captains came out too and wanted to start arranging when Obi said to the three allocated to arrange the supplies into the lorry for maize, “Don’t worry captains, we are going to help you in arranging the maize today”.

“Are you guys captain”? One of the men asked curiously.

“Yes, we were promoted yesterday”, Steve answered.

“And we really want to help”, Obi added.

The men left them alone and Obi and Steve were happy that the first step of their plan had been cleared.

 They arranged the supplies and there were able to provide enough space at the other end of the lorry for the two of them to hide when the lorries go out for the supply.

They ensured no one was looking and closed the lorry from inside when they finished arranging the sacks of maize.

They could hear the sound of lock from outside few minutes later and they waited for the next two hours before the engine started.

Relief crept into their minds and they prayed under their breaths that their plan works out.

The lorry stopped some minutes later.

“They are supplying the cassavas”, Steve whispered.

“That means the next will be rice before our turn”, Obi said.

The engine started again and the supply, which was rice, got delivered after thirty minutes

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. The next was the lorry they were. Their hearts started pounding when the lorry stopped.

“It’s our turn”, Obi whispered as the sound of the lock could be heard from the outside.

The men started offloading the sacks and they were approaching Obi and Steve’s spot when…

“Come over here boys, let’s go and grab something to eat”, Mr Tony said from outside.

They all went away to eat and this made Obi and Steve sighed with relief.

“I think they are gone”, Obi said.

They shifted one of the bags to one side and crawled to the door. They peeped and saw no one. The boys jumped down and walked on the tip of their toes silently and saw the men jesting and laughing some metres away.

They walked into the nearest bush silently and took to their heels immediately.

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