With a sudden puff of breath, he jerked awake. He felt the pitch black atmosphere of the room metamorphose. Slowly, it brightened a little, then it stopped, partly lit and partly dim.
Oche shot a look at his cuffed hands again and he shook his head. He was finally a victim of the rampant kidnapping trend in his country. That was hard for him to process. If only he could get his hands free, he would then probably be able to outrun the drunk men keeping watch over him. He had tried the first time and made it to the unlocked gates of the compound but one of the drunk men had spied him. Thanks to the creaking sound the gates made just as soon as he opened them. He had been chased after by the two drunk men for half a minute before he was caught and dragged back into his cell. The men had left again to concentrate on their life purpose - getting drunk.
He knew they would not hurt him or anything. In fact, he would not be in the cell long before his father paid his ransom but he could not wait that long. He had to be home that very night. It was a night he had always planned for. It was 'Operation No leftover' night, a once-in-a-year buffet night in Oche's family when every child in the household gets to serve themselves to surfeit, provided they leave no leftovers. Oche had been waiting all year for this; he had planned it to be his amend for last year's when he suffered toothache and it was almost going to be, except that he was kidnapped on his way from school earlier that day.
'I've got to try again.' he muttered to himself. 'But first, I have to get rid of these goddamn cuffs.' Then he remembered the little trick he had learnt from his favourite TV series, Arrow, where the main character, Oliver Queen, dislocated his thumb to get free from handcuffs. He would do that. Better to hurt a thumb than forfeit the sumptuous food of 'Operation No Leftover' night, and of course, his father would not have to pay any ransom except a tiny amount for his thumb treatment. 'Aaargh!' he winced sharply, just as his thumb dislocated. It was for real, his left hand slipped free from the cuffs! He held the other empty end of the cuffs in his right hand and stealthily, he tiptoed out of the cell, past the room, where the two men were busy 'achieving their life purpose', and towards the gates. He yanked them open with all the might he could muster before dashing into the dark night.
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Oh! he didn't care about his finger, or any concern his father might have. He cares about the food.
He really is a glutton.
I loved your story. Thanks for sharing.
Haha. He's indeed a spoilt glutton. Lol
Thanks a lot for complimenting my story. I'm glad you liked it
😂 Wahala be like "I'll do anything for the food waiting for me at home" Oh my! What a unique glutton he is.
All the struggles and pains from being kidnapped just to run home to eat lots of food, it's so funny to imagine it myself.
This story is very creative and cool, I'm glad to have come across it. Nice read, thanks for sharing my Oga 🤭 it's so well written, cut soap for me o 🥺
Hahaha. I also thought it was kind of crazily humourous that Oche's motivation to escape was because he didn't want to miss out on food. Lol
Cut soap for you ke? Mentor, stop winding me up na 🥺
As in ehn, the food must be so delicious for Oche to be that anxious about it and for him to harm his thumb 🙈 that's extreme
See, you're the one winding me up here 😂 better cut soap for me if not, I'll kidnap you like Oche and there will be no food motivation for you 🤣
Lmao! Please, kidnap me, I wouldn't mind so far as you'd be feeding me and I won't have to be spending my own money on feeding. Country hard at the moment, you know.
😂 I refuse to kidnap again o
You want to put your matter on my head abi? Don't worry, I don't want soap again 🤣🤣
It seems everyone in this story is driven by excess of some kind. The kidnappers only want to drink. The protagonist wants to eat more than he wants anything else. This is a hilarious premise and a really clever take on the prompt run. In the future, this young person will likely be obliged to do a lot of running in order to work off extra calories.
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This story has interesting elements, @ : a young man is kidnapped and we don't know the reasons, he manages to escape from a couple of drunks who are guarding him with a TV strategy and a food binge awaits him which is the need to escape in a place where he will not be harmed.
As a reader, I hope that these elements, although creative in themselves, make a global sense that allows us to understand the story ....
I'm glad you find it interesting.
Thanks for reading and also sharing your view
Well, one cannot miss out on no-leftover night! That would be crazy. I'm just glad he didn't actually have to remove any limbs or fingers. I've heard of that happening when people are trying to escape. Yikes!
I think losing some fingers or a limb to avoid impending death is a fair sacrifice to make but Oche's own is absurd. He did it for food cause clearly his life wasn't exactly at stake.
Thanks for reading, ma'am
Food is indeed a strong motivation to escape from the kidnappers' den! Your main character is a funny one and brave too. I don't think I would have been brave enough to dislocate my thumb to escape. What?! No way!
Hehe, what an interesting story. Nicely written. 🙂
Lol.. You probably might be willing to lose even more than a finger when your life's at stake but it's funny that in this case Oche's life wasn't really threatened. Lol
Thanks, Kemmy
Food? Just common food o.
Tell me what gluttony is again, please.
I can't believe Oche seriously😅🤣
Why does this sound like what you would do lol
Haha. I should have known you'd never make a comment without overstepping your boundary
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😂😂 which boundary? Do you have boundaries like this?😏🙄
Kai, see as you dey wash me
🤣😂 you never see anything yet lol. Na to bleach you remain
Well, na my fault sha.
Wow, your story is straight to the point and I love it. Should I call Oche a foodie because I can not believe that someone at that point could be thinking about not missing the operation no leftover for the year because he missed last year's one due to his toothache.
Nice story.
Exactly, the hidden message in this farcical story is that we can derive motivation from every situation we find ourselves. That's a brilliant observation you've made.
Thank you so much
Yeah, it's absurd that all he could think about was food. Lol.
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