Lost in Vengence

THE REALIZATION

CHAPER THREE.

Dalia is so shocked that she cannot speak and  she keeps on rubbing her eyes to see if she is she is seeing a ghost or a person. “ Dalia, quit rubbing your eyes and speak to me” the lady says. At this point Dalia is stammering she can’t get proper words out of her mouth  she quits and just runs and hugs the lady. After a good number of minutes, Dalia has regained her composure and she then asks “ Penelope what happened I thought you already died” then  Dalia realizes how weird she sounds so she reframes her question and says “ I mean its not like I wish you die or died but they made everyone think that you died and they even brought your corpse to camp.” Taking a deep breathe Penelope answers “ Well that’s what they made you all think and you all fell for it,” “ But why would you fake your death Penelope?” Dalia asks. “ Well let me say I got hold of some important information that I should not have  held and I got into some serious trouble when the information was out  and they all thought I was the snitch,” And then she goes quiet while taking a breathe, Dalia rubs her back and then asks “ Didn’t you try speaking to them to prove your innocence” “ Well I tried to but they did not believe me, so  you know what they do to traitors when they find them” Penelope continues while looking at Dalia “ They either assassinate them or chase them away from the gang and that depends on how much information you have from the gang, if you have too much, you are assassinated and if its minimal, you are spared and then chased away from the gang. “ But Penelope, you reached the whole level of tutoring and am sure at that level you would not survive, then how comes you were spared? Dalia asks. “Well let me say someone from the inner circle who is a friend to me warned me early enough so I escaped the trap and put someone else’s corpse as mine and the funny part is that they bought it”  and at this they both laugh. “So you are saying that some people from the camp know that you are still alive?” Dalia asks. “ yeah, just a few I trust” Penelope answers. “ But you did not answer my question why are you still working for them?” Penelope asks again.  Dalia looks at her but she cant answer so Penelope hugs her but her mind is taken aback.

THE PA Dalia is so shocked that she cannot speak and  she keeps on rubbing her eyes to see if she is she is seeing a ghost or a person. “ Dalia, quit rubbing your eyes and speak to me” the lady says. At this point Dalia is stammering she can’t get proper words out of her mouth  she quits and just runs and hugs the lady. After a good number of minutes, Dalia has regained her composure and she then asks “ Penelope what happened I thought you already died” then  Dalia realizes how weird she sounds so she reframes her question and says “ I mean its not like I wish you die or died but they made everyone think that you died and they even brought your corpse to camp.” Taking a deep breathe Penelope answers “ Well that’s what they made you all think and you all fell for it,” “ But why would you fake your death Penelope?” Dalia asks. “ Well let me say I got hold of some important information that I should not have  held and I got into some serious trouble when the information was out  and they all thought I was the snitch,” And then she goes quiet while taking a breathe, Dalia rubs her back and then asks “ Didn’t you try speaking to them to prove your innocence” “ Well I tried to but they did not believe me, so  you know what they do to traitors when they find them” Penelope continues while looking at Dalia “ They either assassinate them or chase them away from the gang and that depends on how much information you have from the gang, if you have too much, you are assassinated and if its minimal, you are spared and then chased away from the gang. “ But Penelope, you reached the whole level of tutoring and am sure at that level you would not survive, then how comes you were spared? Dalia asks. “Well let me say someone from the inner circle who is a friend to me warned me early enough so I escaped the trap and put someone else’s corpse as mine and the funny part is that they bought it”  and at this they both laugh. “So you are saying that some people from the camp know that you are still alive?” Dalia asks. “ yeah, just a few I trust” Penelope answers. “ But you did not answer my question why are you still working for them?”Penelope asks again.  Dalia looks at her but she cant answer so Penelope hugs her but her mind is taken aback.

ST: AFTER PENELOPE’S ASSASSINATION.

“Everyone who goes for the 2000 training, you are needed at the training grounds now,” the speaker announces and it goes off. By then we were all having our morning drills so we stop and all march to the training ground. “ Are you all present?” Muster who is one of the camp heads asks in a commanding voice. If there is something that you did not know about Muster is that he carries a commanding vibe everywhere he goes. I have seen him train the senior guys and yo! He is harsh some girls even try to flirt with him I mean with such a tempting body and face he has, who would resist him but he is tough and never allows any lady or girl to lure him from his duty or task. But he can also be a gentleman when he means to, he is the only official who uses polite language most of the time when he is in a good mood but when he is in a bad mad, you may want to block your ears when around him. BACK TO CURRENT. “Yes sir” we all answer “ Yara take a headcount please,” Muster says. “ Fifteen in number sir” Yara says. “ Good then if you are all present then let’s begin.” Muster says. “Well your former tutor Penelope will not be your tutor anymore reason she has been assassinated any questions,” he asks. I  am still shocked that I cannot seem to speak or process it properly, Penelope my tutor, best friend, sister, mother, my everything has been assassinated. When I joined this gang and was a signed to Penelope, at some point I felt like giving up and just leaving while it was still early but Penelope always motivated me and reminded me of the reason why I was there, for my siblings’ wellbeing, so I grew fond of her and now here they are telling me that she is dead, it can’t be , it can’t be , it can’t be I kept repeating this in my head until reality slapped me in the face. “ If there are no questions then let’s proceed” I hear Muster saying.    “Wait “ I yell too loud. And then Muster looks at me and asks “ Yes please Dalia” how he knows my name without me telling him I  won’t ask. “ Who assassinated her” I ask “ Well at the moment we don’t know but we shall keep looking” he answers “ How do you know that she is the one who was killed do you have proof” I ask  “ Well, we found her burnt corpse at the scene,” and with that I shut up its useless no matter how I ask, they will never tell me the truth so I will have to look for the person or people who killed Penelope myself. “ Any more questions Dalia?” Muster asks “ No, sir” I say. “ Okay, if there are no more questions then I shall be your new tutor and I expect total cooperation from everyone, am I clear” “Yes sir” we all answer. “Good then, you can now all go back to your normal routines.”

BACK TO PRESENT.

Dalia starts sobbing but then takes a deep breathe and then says “ After you died, staying at the camp became dull for me I knew I had to find a reason to live but I couldn’t but then one day it hit, those who took you away from this world deserved to pay, so I made it my mission to find them and make them pay for what they did to you.” “ So how did that go” Penelope asks. “ Well, I guess I got so lost in vengeance that I forgot what my goal for joining the gang was and my stay had passed beyond temporary. I don’t even know cause everyday I worked with anger , vengeance, hatred and anxiousness towards everything but Muster ended up promoting me to the next level and that meant more money for me and I gave it a thought after this gang thing was over what would I have to do ,I was already past the age of going to college nineteen, so I thought it would be best if I stayed for a little more while, while I figured things out but I guess I got so caught up and here I am now” Dalia narrates. “Well don’t worry we shall figure things out but for now get some rest I guess the girls really injured you” “No Penelope I can not stay they may be looking for me now and when they find me here, your secret will be revealed to” Dalia says “ Dalia trust me, for now come get some rest ,as for finding us , this place is really hard to locate and if they do we shall be alerted as for now trust me okay. Dalia nods and is then lead to a well organized room where she is left to rest. She tries to rest but she keeps on turning on the bed until an idea hits her head. TO ESCAPE. She is still weighing her options when Penelope comes to check on her and asks “ How are you doing Dalia” “ Am fine” Dalia answers. “ Okay just came hits her she has to escape or else she is digging her own grave because she can’t betray the other side. She gets up rolls the rug and unlocks the door then gets out and follows the corridor down until she reaches the entrance but then she sees two body guards at the entrance holding guns and she stops in her tracks and hides behind a pole. “ How do I distract these body guards?” she thinks to herself and then luck hits her some masked lady comes and calls the two bodyguards, so the entrance is left empty. “This is my chance” she says to herself and ducks for the door  and when she is out she immediately starts running as fast as she can not knowing where she is going but as long as her legs can take her faraway from the place but suddenly she hears her name being called “ Dalia! Dalia! Dalia! Stop I want to help you” But she keeps on running hoping that her ears aren’t playing with her. But she again hears the voice “Dalia! Dalia! Dalia! Stop” She then stops but keeps looking forward , Penelope catches up with her and then asks “Why, Why Dalia?” Dalia then turns and looks at her “Penelope you know I can not stay and if I stay you know the consequences, look it was really amazing  knowing that you made it but I can not stay I don’t want to risk your life twice” Dalia says feeling torn. Penelope sighs and then says “I should have found you earlier to save you from the gang but am sorry I did not reach you earlier” “ You don’t have to be sorry maybe that’s how the Lord Almighty planned it” “ I am really sorry I couldn’t” and then she begins sobbing Dalia comes and hugs and says “ It’s okay, it’s okay” until Penelope stops crying. “ It’s okay you can go but can you keep this a secret Dalia?’ Penelope asks. “ Sure Penelope you have my word on this” Dalia says “ Okay thanks, so am guessing you need my help on getting out of here?” Penelope asks. “ Yeah sure” Dalia answers. Penelope hands her a tracker and says “This will lead you to the main road and am sure from there you can find your way, right” “Sure thanks and bye” Dalia says “Bye” Penelope says. Dalia begins going but Penelope stands there looking at her until she gets a fair distance away from Penelope and then Penelope is joined by Vanessa. “Wow, that was really a lot of crying Penny, but why?” Vanessa asks. Penelope smiles and then says “ That was part of the plan” Vanessa looks confused and then asks “ Which plan Penny?” “ You shall see she is naturally an emotional person so to get to her play with her emotions and she is all yours” Vanessa looks amazed and then says “ You really are an intelligent person Penny now if she buys in, we wait for their downfall and if possible has to” “No not her Vanessa” Penelope says “ But I hate her” Vanessa says “ Well keep the hate to yourself Vanessa” Penelope spits at her then leaves. Vanessa huffs and then says “ That b***h, if I get close to her she wont like it and I almost had my chance today until Penelope turned up but don’t worry when I get you next time you wont leave that easily I swear upon it” Vanessa swears to herself and then follows Penelope back to the cage.