Chapter 2

I was in the green zone, confused and trying my best not to loose it, I finally got a hold of myself, I had a plan

I could see a camp set out for the police officers and it would be easy for me to blend in if I got into their uniform.

My search didn’t last for long when I saw a spare uniform hanging on the thin line set to be for laundry purposes.

I snatched the uniform from the line and ran to the side of one of the tent and immediately got into the uniform which was torn and was oozing of vomit.

I didn't care about the smell

Now that I have my camouflage all set up, it was time to look for a place to rest, but something else caught my attention

It was a poster for the recruitment of officers for a search party to find my Fireboy

That was enough proof that Fireboy was still out there and hopefully safe from the virus

An officer saw me looking at the poster and asked if I was interested, i gave him a smile and told him, I would love to

He laughed at me and told me in pidgin
If you still like the small life wey you get, you better use your head make you no for loss

I laughed back and thanked him but still insisted if he knew where the recruitment was taken place

He looked at me again and said in pidgin again
E be like say to die dey hungry you,
He then pointed at a truck almost filled up with officers and told me those are the last officers going on search for the night and they may never return

I thanked him and told him I will return

He laughed harder this time and in a strange voice
Told me

Au revoir
Which means good bye in French

I was in a hurry to catch the last patrol and all I could do was wave back at the officer who now was going into his tent.

I finally got to the truck and asked if there was still space for me to join

Immediately one of the officers jumped down, gave me his weapon and told me to jump in

I did as he said and got in

The other officers in there all hissed at me and turned to face their weapons

A sign I took as
Mind your buisness

Suddenly
There was a tap on the bus by the officer in front of the truck signalling the driver to begin the journey and the truck began to move slowly

The music soldiers were not too far from the officers camp But far enough to separate the two parties from wrecking havoc at each other.

It was easy to spot them because they had very large speakers for walls which was used to play very loud music nonstop

This was a method used by the music men to keep the virus away

The more the truck moved away from the camp the more audible the music gets

We are approaching enemy territory, said one of the officers who looked more equipped and motivated than the other soldiers

He was the captain of this badge of the search party

I was still confused as to why people could still party despite the chaos going on

So I asked the officer beside, why there was so much music and again

They all hissed at me again

Finally one of them came close to me
It was the captain
He Asked for my name and rank

Before I could speak

He laughed and said nobody cares

He then proceed to tell me about the music soldiers and how they used music to keep the virus away

He spoke of them like he envied them and would join if given the opportunity

But he kept calling them rebels because they were always attacking the government and the police

It wasn't long enough we got alerted of possible threats from multiple directions,

It looked liked 3 tiny objects approaching from 3 different angles all leading to our truck

The captain immediately halted our truck and asked us to form a battle position

We were vulnerable to both the virus and the music soldiers at this point.

We were in the middle of nowhere, there was no sign of habitation whatsoever

It was an open field

All we had was our weapons

We had no choice but to stop and wait for them to come to us

The police officers immediately formed positions ready to attack

I was confused, I've never held such weapon before, so I hid under the truck

The music from the incoming trucks were now getting more audible we knew they were getting closer

While our attention was drawn to the incoming truck

There was a sudden wave of movement it was something i had seen before
It was the virus

But this time it acted like it had a mind of its own or being intelligently controlled it came sweeping from the side of a hill very close to where we took cover

It was an ambush

It was the virus

It began to approach us

Some of the officers began to run back from where we came from which at this point was a useless thing to do.

The captain ordered the soldiers to stay still but the fear in them wouldn't

I was now too scared to move

This is it

I said to myself, I closed my eyes and prepared for the worst to come

I could hear the other soldiers been consumed by the virus

And all I could do was wait there patiently for the virus to come for me

the music kept getting louder and I was forced to open my eyes eventually

The virus was gone and all that was in front of me were

People who ordinarily would be labelled as outcasts in the real world

They had tattoos and all sorts of clothing on

Which mostly comprised of music prints and punk styles

They were exchanging greetings with the captain

Did they defeat the virus, are they the virus
I said to myself

I threw my weapon to the side and I put my hands up telling them I am not an officer and I could explain

Without hearing what I had to say, I got shot by the captain
To be continued.....