STRANGER OF THE CITY

Episode 11

If you enter the battlefield there are three things; to die,

be wounded or taken captive"

James was brought into a room that was red from the roof, walls to the floor. In it were two cauldrons made of blood-filled gold, with two soldiers of French descent dressed in black and red spotted uniforms. They dressed him in a black robe and took him out of the room that smelled of blood. The soldiers wore black and red spotted clothing. Then they brought James into a room that had been written in large bold red letters JUDGMENT.

He was told to sit in a short wooden chair and then the soldiers left. He stayed there for three minutes, then a tall German soldier wearing a red coat came in and looked at James sitting in the hut. The soldier with a long nose and red eyes had a black seal mark on his forehead and identified himself as a judge. He glared at James in annoyance. Then he sat on a long golden chair and began to speak in a voice that roared like thunder. With fear and accusation James trembled and burst into tears.

"How did you come to this city without procedures? You seem to have no agreement with the government of this city, and you don't even have a cover. It is not enough that there is no contract between this authority and you! Again, you have come as a spirit without a body, give your body to you..." opened the soldier. James's eyes widened like a handmaid found by a King's daughter in a foreign land. He asked himself, "Who am I? This is another wonder! Again, the one sitting in the long golden chair was brought a red book by a female soldier dressed in black robes and after receiving it, she opened it and then the female soldier went away.

The cloaked soldier roared in his voice saying to James, "You are from a faraway country there, the islands in the Caribbean Sea, you have come here without an agreement and your actions are seen as not good for this city; therefore you are treated as a traitor. Again the case of treason is the punishment it's death" said the red-robed soldier, while James' heart raced. His eyes widened like a lizard trapped by a door.

Suddenly, another soldier entered, the soldier wore in dirty red clothes with stars on his shoulders. When he entered, he saluted a soldier wearing a robe, he was a military judge. And he spoke, "Yes Judge! This man is alive and breathing in 'Kingstone' Jamaica and they see him helpless in bed; again they are making a prayer that they can bring him back to them so that he is not with us. This is intelligence information from our international intelligence unit that investigates and ensures the protection and the security of the glorious city of Wonders. There is a great power from Jamaica, this man is very popular in all the islands of the Caribbean and many countries of the Americas. They are trying to compete with the City of Wonders and That is exactly what gives him the strength of his followers. When he returns, he will bear testimony and they will see the prophet. He must remain to serve his punishment here and it will be the end in Jamaica." said the soldier.

"Okay! Thank you for the information, leader, you can go" the judge allowed his colleague to go. James glared at them even more than he had before. That is, it is like a student who is taught a foreign language and does not know it, he forces his mind to understand but he does not understand, he only sees black and white pictures.

On the high chair his lawman continued to roar, "......you wanted to cross through the Red Sea, so where are you going or do you want to commit treason? You are using the minds of Jamaica to interpret things in the City of Wonders. Case in the City of Wonders is decided by the military authorities and since a person with a crime like yours is considered a treason. This court will sentence you to death tomorrow and then...” said the judge. When James tried to raise his mouth, the judge came down and slapped him! Then tell him, "You don't have to argue with the authorities, you don't have the right or opportunity to say anything."

After his case was read for thirty minutes, James was followed by three white soldiers! Of French origin. James obeyed the order to sink into the red car with his black cloak. Inside the car, he got a shock because he found a soldier playing a story with a mouse that was sitting on the left side seat of the soldier. He looked and said to himself, "Hm! I ran away from the dogs that were talking, this time even the mice are talking to humans again! Aise, you can even talk to chickens, it's amazing." he wanted to run but his heart sank by remembering what happened to him when he ran until he found himself in Binti Malaika's arms, he said to himself, "I can run and then I meet more serious things; running on the floor ends at the edge, this time if I run I can meet a bunch of people." James felt exhausted since when he entered the city he had not eaten anything.

The power of the city authorities overwhelmed him, and they could not see the importance of giving him food because they saw him as a criminal. A soldier opened the door and then they took James down and other soldiers received him and disappeared with him towards the long house built from the ditch; its height is about 100 meters down. There they kept anyone who was condemned to death, and many died there of starvation or were killed by demons. It was a very lonely prison, there was no light and they left you there until you died. Those spirits roam here and there struggling in the city. James didn't know what happened next, that made him start to pray to his God because he was chained hands and feet with his black cloak; so he could not go anywhere in the room in the building.