Ackee

7

3rd person narration. A child.

"Nans told us alot of stories. The door is hitting hard by the bad people."

Hugging her knee as they laid or sit around the unconscious nana with a bleeding head a broken knees.

" Small small sand would fall. Most times to the ground; on Nana or the water." Ano is back but only his head rolled inside."

Buzz of flies in the suffocating air.tomy frown and tried to cover nana nose.

" He came back and nana opened the door. It did, no one noticed. The bad men came and attacked. Many many died..." Cleaning nana forehead quite protectively.

" Nana broke her leg but she lived and we lived; they coming. Nana said they want to kill us."

Fencing from the water and feeding to nana cracked lips. Frogs ribble outside that I lick my mouth and press ears.

We all did curious on how to catch.

Most times It's quiet and most they fight each other. Hunger might causing many to lose sanity.

This little childs.

They fight and fight and a a certain day. They rush to attack Nana.

Strong hissing . Frogs ribble.

In the seemly dark; the children attack the young child carnivore. But bite her bones and pinch close to the eyes, her shrinking cires and faint tears.

Only the big stick safe her .

" Shoo shoo." They flee to the door and bang on it. Crying to be safed to be let out .

The girl shivering in nana arms.

I can try to remember the smiling face of the bandit, the dread eyes of hunger in nana eyes.

The village aren't going to save us. They told her so.

" What're you thinking about?"

Tomy broke from her trance. Around her was dead looking sickly week hungry dried throated children.

No could speak more to attack.

" You still thinking!"

Tomy flinched at the no longer fair lady. Marianne smile no more, for a woman whose husband choose to abandon and with a wasted leg.

" How long would water last?"

The little one rushed to can of water not so knock away.

Ano did came, his head was cut off, the bandit did see this place; they did band the roof but then it was and eriee slient.

" No water."

Marianne shook.

" Bring the can."

" Eh."

Tomy rush with the white can of water and orange tinted cover.

Marianne raise up and let the last drop slip to tomy mouth.

" You drink.'

" Is no more child."let the bottle go. Allowing the image of Ano death to replay having the feeling of his blood on her.

Blinding her vision.

Marianne let her hand carrass the hair of the child as she let out a weary smile.

" Energy. You got a lot." Drifting away.

The child said nothing. She never said anything but puke the extremely swollen legs surrounded by the purple, green, get colour on the skin bag .

If you can see it.

It grown worse and if ti be treated could only be cut away. Marianne eyes went wet and dimmed.

" Useless."

The child clue closer and played with the finger.

" Tell me story."

Marianne head tilted a bit with her hair damn behind.

" Behind. Story..."

Tomy clutch. Her voice was small and her soulless eyes was a lift.

' Alot have happened.' Each a story quite devastating; no one laughing.'

" Aunty, Aunty? Am I wrong?'

Marianna merge awake.

" Aunty Marianne..." What if I changed the story; the girl didn't met a deity and never thought of dying. She saw hold without dying ."

Voice drifting to the distance mermory.

" Are you really going to kill the baby. That's_ our child, that our love, Marianne!!!"

The lady in a rather bad shape and a prodigious stomach. His breath hikes from his grip and her teeth bite to awaking herself.

She tried fleeing for his grip but he held tight without pressure on the stomach. Think fingers peircing within her thin flesh.

" Marianne. " Hit by the waft smell of trash. She didn't sleep in a bed for weeks, she got kick out.

His heart pained.

Brushed her hair and kiss her wet eyes.

" Is all fake, all fake Marianne. Only the two of us; no other."

No other.

Before a wedding, watching him held the other hand and kiss it softly.

No other

Watching hold tenderly their first children and get congrats them and she hid with tears. As they rode out town for a better life.

No other.

He wasn't there when she got pushed and this love slip like bloody puddle from her leg and like water underneath.

No other.

Lies.

Nothing but lies.

A silent ticking sound the darkness and despair and the hand that held her seem to let go. Breaking off to the light brightness.

Tears from her eyes freeze as she stared at the buddle of roses before her. Bewildered she stared forward and the awkward running back of Tailor and a smile broke her bleak face.

" Hope."

Slient, darkness, ticking sounds, distinguish voice distorting.

Explosion.

Slient.

" There's always a way."

Tomy open her eyes slowly under the fountain rocks of river fall, the sea nesting squeaking, the water wave wash blood off her ripped leg causing her face to paled.

Her head tilt side and with unconscious Marianne at the other side he lips hook a tried and sweet smile.

Fading darkness.

Sea birds

Children laughter's.

The woman gather furits slowly stood and glare at the horizon of the sea with a smile.

" Tomy?! Tomy?!"

The lady attention snap and she cried back.

" Coming."