He was still standing there, looking at me with this amused look on his face. Then his expression suddenly turned serious.
" You are going to tell me who helped you, now", he ordered.
" I don't know what you are talking about", I looked away.
" Of course you do. So don't pretend. Because you are only going to make things worse", he warned.
I still looked away and pretended that I did not hear him.
" I am going to ask again, who helped you speak to your lawyer about me?" He asked again.
" No one. I only saw an opportunity and I took it", I lied
" You are lying. I know you are lying. If there is anything I know about you, it's that you are a terrible liar", he smirked
Then suddenly he grabbed my hair and started shouting it in my face. I was taken aback from his aggressive nature. I really wanted to get away from him but the restraints were not helping.
" Please, stop. I am telling you the truth, there is no one. I just did everything on my own", I said calmly.
" Okay. You don't want to tell me? Alright. I have ways to get the truth out of you. Gideon! Kwesi!" He called out.
" Yes sir!" Both of them responded and rushed to the General's side.
" I want you to teach this little brat here, what we do to liars. Make sure by the time you are done with him, he is ready to talk", he said and walked out
Both men looked at me, and smiled evily. My heart started pounding hard in my chest that I could hardly breath. I was beginning to fear for my life. I knew I was in big trouble but I was not ready to tell them anything.
They pounced on me and started hitting me. I could not fight back and I had no way of defending myself as they continued to assault me. It went on for some minutes, or maybe hours, I can't really tell. But by the time they were done, I was already bleeding from my nose and mouth. I was coughing out blood and already had a black eye. I thought they would kill me, but that was not the case.
Later on, General came back inside, still wearing that evil smile.
" Is he ready to talk now?" He asked
" I believe so, sir", Gideon replied
He walked over to me and bent down. He lifted my face up and turned it from side to side.
" You don't look good. You don't look good at all. Why don't you end this and tell me who helped you?"
I looked at him weakly and closed my eyes. I was already in pain. I could not even speak. Everywhere hurt.
" You are still not going to talk, right? Okay, have it your way. Boys, you know what to do", he said and walked out again.
One of them went out, and came back with what looked like a wooden bat. I struggled with my restraints, to try and break free, to no avail.
" So, which leg, do we break first?" Kwesi asked happily
" Please, I beg you. Please don't hurt me. Please", I begged them
" Will you tell us who helped you then?" Gideon asked me
I remained quiet. I could not put Andre in danger. If I tell them it was Andre who helped me, I would be betraying him and that could get him killed.
" I already told you, please believe me. I did not have any help. I beg you, let me go. Have mercy on me", I cried out.
" Fine. You do not want to tell us, right? Kwesi" he motioned him.
Before I could say anything, I felt him hit me in my left knee with the wooden bat. I screamed in pain and shut my eyes hard
" Are you going to tell us, now?" Gideon ordered.
" Please...please", I panted.
" Hit him again", Gideon ordered
Kwesi lifted the wood and hit me again on the same knee. I screamed again. It hurt like hell and was beginning to bleed. Suddenly I felt dizzy, and everything just went dark.
I woke up and found myself lying on the large table. I was strapped to it as well. I don't remember seeing straps on the table when I was first brought in here. I looked around and realised I was alone. I breath in heavily and tried to calm myself. My knee hurt so much and I could feel pain on my side. I am sure I might have a broken rib by now.
My eye was beginning to swell up and my throat was dry. I was still dizzy and the room felt like it was spinning. I heard someone coming in and tried to see who it was, but my vision felt blurry.
" Well, well. Just look how bad you look. You know how much I hate hurting you,yet, you push me to the wall. Why don't you end this whole thing by just giving me a name, huh? Tell me who it is and I will stop my boys from torturing you more. Think about it", he said and walked out.
The following days were terrible. I went through torture after torture after torture. They would hit me with the hook of their belts till my skin was bleeding out. One time I was tasered till I passed out. I could not keep up with the torture anymore. I wanted it to stop.
I was now half naked. My top was gone and my upper body was now full of wounds and blood. I was getting weaker as the days went by. Truthfully, I could not tell how long I have been in this place. Everything seemed to have come to a stand still.
One day, I was lying there almost motionless, when I felt someone walked in. I was too weak to say anything at that time and too much screaming had weakened my voice. The person came to my side and held my cheek.
" Oh God, David. What have they done to you?" The person said.
I recognized the voice immediately. It was Andre. I tried to say something to him, but I couldn't.
" I have to get you out of here", he said and began taking off the straps on my arms.