BEHIND THE WALLS

Episode 11

Sara took Carlos and Annaya out of the mortuary.

There was a man mopping the floor there and he turned away immediately he saw them coming out.

Sara asked them to look dissapointed as if they had not found their loved one, since she didn't have a good feeling about the doctor.

"I can't take you to meet Maria right now. It's going to endanger her life. Just go outside and wait. When I get the chance, I will bring her to you. But please, no sensitive questions, she's still in alot of pain" explained Sara Davis.

She then shared contact numbers with them and left.

"We understand. We'll wait" said Annaya and took Carlos out.

He was feeling so stressed.

They got to the car and leaned on it.

They were both silent and that's when Carlos recalled the lorry behind him and how he felt someone touch him.

It didn't feel like the man who got out from the track.

It felt like someone else.

Was it the students? Was it the same lorry?

Carlos began questioning himself.

"Where was my mind? I always feel it when something is wrong. I felt it, but I didn't want to know more about it because I was worried about Maya. If only I knew about this earlier, maybe I could've saved the students. Now I don't even know where they are. God tried to help me but I... I acted selfishly" Carlos murmured all to himself and got Annaya's attention.

"What are you murmuring about? Are you okay? Don't let stress make you crazy. Don't make me more worried" said Annaya holding his hand.

"I saw a lorry earlier, a man came from it. I didn't have a good feeling about it but I brushed it off. I think it was the lorry that had the students. Maybe when it was leaving, it had already taken the other 9 students. I missed it!" Carlos said

"What about the man who got out? Did he get in the lorry again?" Asked Annaya

"No. He went away as if walking towards the hospital. I think i've seen him somewhere else" Carlos said

"Where? Think carefully" Annaya said looking at him curiously.

"I can't seem to remember" Carlos said

"Think carefully Carlos. If we find him, it will be our first step into finding the students. Where did you see him again? Is it around the hospital? Is it the ward? Is it the mortuary?" Annaya kept asking trying to trigger his memory and it worked.

"Yes! At the mortuary!" He said and began moving.

"At the mortuary? Is he dead?" Asked Annaya following him.

Carlos moved swiftly with his long legs but Annaya tried so hard to keep up with him.

"The man that was mopping outside the mortuary. It's him!" Carlos then pointed to a man walking out of the hospital carrying a mopper and a bucket.

The man happened to see Carlos pointing him while rushing towards him and began to run away.

"He's getting away!" Annaya said but Carlos had began chasing him already.

Annaya had to follow them too.

Though she had short legs, she was a very fast runner.

Good thing she was in rubber shoes, a stretching jeans and top.

She ran after the man too and when Carlos chased him through the rough shortcuts, she used other paths to catch up to them.

They had caught attention of both passengers in cars and pedestrians on the road.

The chase seemed not to have an end until the man got in an unfinished flat house.

Sara on the other side had managed to fix Maria in a huge dustbin and took her out.

She severally made calls to Annaya and Carlos but none of them answered.

"It was terrible working with them. They can't even keep up to what we planned. Are they even serious about this? I'm risking it out here!" Sara said to herself before moving the bin to a corner with a cctv blindspot.

She took Maria out and gave her a black hood jacket, her car keys and the details of her car.

"Go, get in and wait for your teacher and Carlos. You'll be safe with them. I've sent them messages of where to find you. Make sure not to open the door for anyone except them and lay low. The seat can adjust itself" explained Sara and showed her the direction to follow.

Sara then took the bin to its area and went back in the hospital.

As for Carlos and Annaya, they had reached to the top of the building breathing heavily and the man had nowhere to go.

"Don't come any closer or I'll jump" the man said to them.

"Look, relax. You don't have to jump. We just want to talk to you" Annaya said breathing heavily.

"I have nothing to say to any of you. You are wasting your time" the man said

"That lorry, were the students in that lorry?" Asked Carlos

"And why should I tell you?" The man asked

"You have to tell me. Why are you kidnapping students? Who sent you? Those kids are innocent, what do you want from them?" Asked Carlos in anger but the man laughed.

"I've told you, don't bother yourself with me. I won't tell you anything! Is your kid missing? Don't bother looking. You will never find her and better stop here. You don't know who you are messing with young man. This is not your play ground. Just look for another kid among the burnt ones and burry. It will be best that way" the man said and laughed.

"How dare you!" Carlos said angrily and wanted to move.

"Stop there! You won't get anything from me even if you torture me" said the man.

"We won't torture you. We just want the truth. Where is the lorry, where are they taking the students. We can assure you protection if you tell us all that. No one will harm you" said Annaya

"Protection? You don't even know who you are messing with. I won't say anything even if I have to die. Death is what is meant for me in the end anyway. I don't want my family to be dragged into this. I'm glad they have the money already, so I don't care even if I die. They will live a good life without me. Look, you both are young. Don't get involved in this. No one can be trusted in this" said the man.

"But you can..." Annaya wanted to say more but the man was off the building already and she screamed out of fear.

"s**t!" Carlos said angrily and turned away.