"Sarah!" To his utter surprise, it was her.By now, Richard was running short of bullets and was swiftly reloading. There were only two of the robbers left and they had hidden behind the deflated vehicle. He swiftly changed his position. The DPO caught sight of Richard. He stared at him for a while before muttering to himself,        "Richard!" The sketch that Sarah had made earlier of the wanted men had hurriedly come to his mind.        "Bastard!" He cursed under his breath.         "You rendered this country unhabitable and think you can go scot-free? Think again!" Without wasting a second, he reached for the trigger but Sarah had noticed his move on time.She ran fleetly towards the DPO and pushed his hand to a different direction as the bullet hit a sports car parked under the shade.       &nbs

          "Who exactly are you?" Sarah wanted to know.         "Apart from a monster?" He asked without looking up.        "Yes," Sarah replied evenly.        "Lucifer," Richard supplied.         "I know you aren't as bad as you're making me believe, Richard. You have actually proven that to me on two different occasions. You spared my life even when you caught me attempting to...to...kill your men in their slumbers," she stammered, not knowing if reminding him of that incident would stir the beast in him and cost her, her life.         "Few minutes ago, I saw the emotion and empathy in you when you dashed off from the car to fight those gangsters," she carefully observed his expression to know if she should continue but she didn't see anything. Richard was as expressionless as a statue. Sarah waited

        "Reformation?" Sarah muttered to herself.         "Yes, reformation. People who truly Know us call us Reformists. To people like you, we remain the bad guys that disturb the quietness of the country. To those who extend their thinking, we're the reformists who fight to unveil and uproot the corruption in the society by nipping in the bud, the perpetrators," Richard said. He gave Sarah a serious look as he patiently explained this to her. Richard was a man of few words and was usually as cold as ice. Sarah listened in absolute shock and wondered if the man talking to her was the same Richard she knew hated long speeches. Her mouth opened in shock as Richard continued to reveal this shocking information.         "The men you call monsters are patriotic citizens who had suffered great losses from the injustice that has prevailed in the country. Paul wouldn't have become the monster that the

        "What do we do, Richard. Where do we go from here? Maybe, we should find a way of getting help or go back to the bungalow than wallowing..."         "You make use of your mouth more than your brain, detective. Perhaps, if you allow your brain do it's work sometimes, you might bay a huge amount of nonsense from flowing out of your mouth," Richard snarled at Sarah who seemed tired of their endless wandering in the bush.          "But we're in the middle of nowhere, Richard. I'm sure the wild animals will soon pay us a visit, that's if hunger dosen't kill us sooner," she grudgingly stopped walking. Richard didn't know what to do with a woman like sarah. He was never close to any woman and wondered if all women would be as useless as Sarah given the same situation or if she was specifically carved out to be clueless. He angrily turned to her and said through clenched teeth,   &n

Bangita Nation had been in its worst state for the past few days. Buildings were destroyed and so many people, burnt to ashes.   The number of the maimed was increasing rapidly. The internally displaced people's camps were crowded with people who were displaced and those who knew they would be displaced sooner or later and ran for dear lives especially when food and security became a luxury that many could not afford.   Due to the incessant influx of people in this camp, food and resources allocated to this quarter reduced in both quality and quantity every new day as the means to get more became very difficult. Hardship soon hit the people and the war didn't seem like it was coming to an end any soon. Many properties were lost.   Even the camp eventually became a fierce battle ground as the helple