Ikusegh A Short Story
Deaf to the thunderous roars and screaming outside, Ikuseghan ran towards Itohan and helped her up. “Com’on, stop bleeding, just stop bleeding.” Ikuseghan was trying to wrap the injury with along piece of cloth but the blood kept gushing out. “It’s ok, I knew something like this would happen. I’m glad I at least died protecting you.” Itohan whispered softly. “No don’t say that. You’re gonna live, then we’re gonna get out of the wretched place.” With tears rolling down his face, Ikuseghan reassured Itohan, “When we get back, Mom and Dad will be happy to see us. Then, we’ll play hide-and-seek in the tall grass like we used to. You’ll be fine. It’s gonna be ok.” Itohan looked at Ikuseghan in the face and said, ”Yeah, you’re right, We’ll have fun like we used to.” Finally, she closed her eyes and her head
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Two Europeans besieged Ikuseghan and stab him with their musket’s knife. Ikuseghan jammed both of his knifes into the European’s skull. As the battle raged on, Ikuseghan suffered more and more injuries. Barely standing, he rammed his knifes into Europeans necks. After that, the slaves had an advantage and soon killed all the Europeans. Ikuseghan dropped to the ground and looked at the sky, whispering, “Do you see me Itohan? I kept my promise and avenged you. You know, I probably won’t see you in heaven after killing all these people. But it doesn’t matter, now no more Africans will suffer the same fate or worse to the hand of these people. Huh” he took a deep breath and closed his eyes. THE END
EPILOGUE: After that, a nearby British ship sees the Africans on board and goes to investigate. The remaining slaves are all freed and taken to a special place designed for freed slaves created by the British. Unfortunately, our main characters Ikuseghan and Itohan never saw it. (But don’t worry, I’m sure they’re resting in peace somewhere, probably, hopefully, actually
Two Europeans besieged Ikuseghan and stab him with their musket’s knife. Ikuseghan jammed both of his knifes into the European’s skull. As the battle raged on, Ikuseghan suffered more and more injuries. Barely standing, he rammed his knifes into Europeans necks. After that, the slaves had an advantage and soon killed all the Europeans. Ikuseghan dropped to the ground and looked at the sky, whispering, “Do you see me Itohan? I kept my promise and avenged you. You know, I probably won’t see you in heaven after killing all these people. But it doesn’t matter, now no more Africans will suffer the same fate or worse to the hand of these people. Huh” he took a deep breath and closed his eyes. THE END
EPILOGUE: After that, a nearby British ship sees the Africans on board and goes to investigate. The remaining slaves are all freed and taken to a special place designed for freed slaves created by the British. Unfortunately, our main characters Ikuseghan and Itohan never saw it. (But don’t worry, I’m sure they’re resting in peace somewhere, probably, hopefully, actually