BACK IN TIME

Chapter 3 - DRUGGED

As I was done packing up some equipment we used, I went inside to meet my parents already waiting for me to come in.

I was surprised and I asked them why is everyone standing here looking at me at the same time?

My dad said, son you have made our family proud today and I and your mum are very happy and pleased with you.

Our son is now a strong warrior at age 10, it really a thing of celebration, don’t you think?

‘It is my dear'.

My son, my warrior Prime! Just go inside and freshen up, I and your sisters will dress the room and prepare a delicious meal for we are going to have a feast tonight in this house to celebrate your success.

That thoughtful of you the wife of my youth let me go and invite my friends and my brother Uncle Sam because I want this feast to be a big and memorable one for every one of us. We will drink and eat tonight with joy.

I went to my room and freshened up, waiting for the so called celebration feast to start, I took out my gaming pad and started playing games in my room.

After few hour, my immediate elder sister Blessing came and called me that the table is set and everyone are already waiting for the celebrant to come out, then she left.

I smiled at her and dropped my pad and took the dress I wanted to wear for the celebration feast and put on, and as I was wearing the dress something stroke my heart.

I was feeling uneasy, I am feeling like something wrong is about to happen, I do not know why I am feeling that way on my own celebration feast but I just cannot take away the feeling I was having.

I tried to forget or behave as if all was well but my heart seem as if I was disappointed, like I lost someone close and precious to me but I have not lose anyone like that in my life time.

What is this feeling, I was really disturbed until I got to the main hall where everyone were seated waiting for the celebrant to come out and here he is.

My dad stood up immediately he saw me and he shouted ‘I present to you, Utmost Prime!’

Everyone cheered happily but I was not interested but I managed to put out a smile because my heart was still disturbing me, my mum sensed I was not happy and as I sat down.

My mum came and sat close to me, she asked me what is going on?

I told her how I am feeling and she asked me to follow her immediately, as I followed her, she led me to a quiet place and told me that the feeling I am having is real and true as she herself is also having the same feeling.

A feeling that something bad is going to happen today at the celebration feast but she did not know how it will happen or when it will happen but she wanted me to do something for which I asked her what.

Then she said, be vigilant son, do not drink too much this night, if you will drink at all, allow other drink and watch them.

This party is meant for you and I know whatever bad thing that will happen here today will also be for you and not for anyone else, so you need to be vigilant.

I asked her ‘why are you so sure that something bad will happen here tonight?’

She said, this is one of the gift that God gave to family, we always know when something bad is about to happen is either we dream about it or we feel it as we wake up and I think amongst my children, you are the only one who inherited that trait.

Now I understand, ‘ok mum’. I will try to be vigilant.

We went back to the party and I decided after sitting down to eat than to drink. I was eating when my father stood up again and used a pair of tea spoon to hit his glass cup just to get the attention of everyone.

After everyone was quiet, he said, ladies and gentlemen, we are here today to celebrate my only son, the heir to my wealth and to the riches of this powerful family.

As we all know, he is my only son Prime whom I have decided in my written will to inherit every single thing owned my me after he clocks 18 years of age and he is just 10 years of age and he is already making me proud.

I am proud of him today because he is the reason we came here to celebrant this evening, he have proven to be my true son by conquering the best student of my brother Uncle Sam today in a physical combat hosted by me this morning.

I hereby announce to all of you today as I am going to give him my authority ring, and necklace, I give him the power and authority to be in-charge of this great family from the day he clocks 18 years of age as written in the will that I gave to my lawyer.

But I just want to bring to your notice everything that I have planned for him; he has the right to share this whole wealth with anyone of his choice, his uncle Mr. Sam, his sisters, and anyone of his choice.

The only person that has the right to take whatever she wants from my wealth without my son Prime’s consent is my beautiful wife, she is the only one that will be superior over him in this from today hands forth.

Raise up your glasses as we make a honourable toast to my son and the heir to my wealth Mr. Prime.

They all lifted their glass and cheered before taking the drinks on them but as this was going one my mind was not still settle even though I managed to smile all through the speech and process.

I was still having a bad feeling about everything that was happening that night, I happen to look toward where my uncle Mr. Sam was seated and his facial expression gave me the confirmation I was seeking, he was angry at the speech my father just gave, he thought my father would give him some part of his riches but it was obvious my father wasn’t going to do that for anyone to talk more of him.

Bring more wine, my father said as the jar with them was almost finished, I smiled but my uncle Sam stood up and went inside and came out after few minutes with some jars of wine with menservants and maidservants carry a jar each as they walked into the hall and dropped each jar in front of every man there.

I was so vigilant and observant. I noticed that everyone were drinking but after my uncle Mr. Sam sat down he stopped drinking but was eating and drinking water but not the wine he brought, I wanted to question him but I felt it was not necessarily as his jealousy was not starting today.

But for that single reason, I decided not to take any more drink again as I have already taken one cup from the previous drink when we made a toast.

After few minutes, as we were eating and cheering, some young men entered the hall covering their faces as assassins.

I thought it was a presentation for the celebration feast but I realized it was not as they started slaughtering everyone in the entire hall.

The men in the hall tried to stand up and fight but they were already too drunk or rather drugged by the my uncle Sam with the new wine he brought in few minutes ago.

My father tried standing up with his sword but he was not able to do that as he was also drunk, I rushed and grabbed his sword and wanted to go and fight when my father held my hands.

Prime run, he said, I told him, ‘father, I cannot leave you like this and run, even if I am to run where am I going to be running too?”

I insisted to fight but he forbid me to stay and asked me to leave immediately, he asked me not to look back or go to any of our relatives house as they may be part of the conspiracy, that I should run to anywhere I can stay for some time.

He whispered in my ears and said aside my lawyer, I gave another will to my butler but no one knows about it including my wife, I did that as to secure a future for you because I was suspecting everyone in this house right from the day you were born.

Try to stay alive and as long as you are alive after you clock 18 years of age, try and look for my butler, he will tell you what to do, as for the record he is not here, I sent him to prepare a document for my Europe business partners.

I kissed his neck and as I looked, my sisters and my mum were already dead, the guards asked me to run that they will try to hold them back but I know they may not be able to hold them for too long, so I ran fast as my legs could carry me.

As I was running, I was thinking about the place where I will go and stay but no place was in my mind, I decided to run to the mountain close to my father’s mansion, at least to think of what to do because I know my uncle Mr. Sam will send me all over the country with my picture telling them to kill me on sight.

I ran to the mountain and found a tunnel, I hide myself in the tunnel and kept calm as I was panting vehemently, I tried to make my breath not to be too loud to avoid being caught.

As I was there, I started crying, so many thoughts started flowing through my mind.

My dad is dead, my mum is dead and my sisters were also dead, I cried the more as the event of their slaughter was playing in my head, everything was clear and hurting my mind seriously.

I was there weeping and crying for three days, it was after this three days that I became very hungry and smelling, I thought on how to get food as I was not with any money or my dad’s credit card.

I decided to go into the streets and look for food, at least to beg for food and eat to help me stay alive and not die.

But on a second though, I remember that I will be recognized to be the son of the assassinated billion Mr. John, and my face will be all over social media again and I will be caught and killed as my family.

I decided to cut my long hair and take on a new look.

I looked for something to use to cut my hair but I couldn’t find but I managed to find a bottle, I took the bottle and broke it in the tunnel where I was hiding and I picked a sharp piece of the bottle and used it to shave the hair on my head.

I remembered that my phone was in my pocket, I was so glad to remember that now; I used the screen of my phone as a mirror to check where and where I haven’t shaved yet.