It was a sound or could it be a cry? Nobody could tell if this sound was a cry, a horn, hooting or a shout. It was sure complicated and it could not be analized to know what was the source of the sound or what type of sound this was but one thing was for sure, the sound was irritating and no one felt like this sound was pleasant to hear because the background of the sound was a banshee shrill that gave each one of the Earth's denizens a chill down their spine.
Paul Nduta, Recho Wairimu, Jaffery Lutta and everyone on planet Earth was totally confused by what was unfolding. No one anticipated this, it came so sudden in that it brought about tumult everywhere.
This sound only lasted for about three minutes but in this little time, Earth was brought to a standstill and everything, everyone, everywhere was brought into a mayhem. Accidents occured in every corner because this sound took everyone by surprise. Aeroplanes, vehicles and all machinery that were manually operated struck and crushed into each other and millions of Earth's denizens died just by this puny juncture alone.
Jaffery Lutta was agape, disoriented and right now, he was kneeling on the floor, gasping for breath while slapping his ears several times. It seemed like a worm had taken shelter in his ear and what he was doing was simply trying to get the worm out of his ear. He had even wanted to "fuck" his ear holes with his pinky finger but the finger couldn't enter into the small holes, thus he could only wail as he awaited his doom. He felt like earth was revolving around him and he could he could not even pinpoint what was wrong. He glanced at the other customers and his friends in the room and he could tell that the same thing was also happening to them, they were not left out, this he could tell just by seeing their scrunched faces and tears rolling down their cheeks.
Jaffery Lutta then glanced at Shamim Mwikhaki and he could see that she was also struggling while trying to rip her ears out of her head. Jaffery Lutta then remembered that Shamim Mwikhaki had a knife with her and his heart could not stop beating heavily as if it wanted to escape from his chest, he even forgotten that he was also in the same predicament like her and decided to roll to her side, lest she gripped the knife that was in her pocket and stabbed her ears. He would never forgive himself if this happened. However, the moment that Jaffery Lutta decided to drag his body towards her, the irritating sound came to a stop and disappeared as if it was never there.
Three minutes! That was the time that the sound lasted before it stopped.
"What was that? Do any of you heard that sound that had just fucked our ears!?" Jaffery Lutta asked with a cry but he was suddenly dismayed to find out that he could not even hear his own voice, it seemed like he hadn't even said anything as it was merely him moving his mouth about.
Jaffery Lutta thought that he had became deaf because of the earlier irritating sound and he began to panic, he hollered several times like a retardant but nothing changed.
This!
How can things develop towards this direction?
Jaffery Lutta slumped to the floor lifelessly, not knowing what to do. Had life decided to punish him severely? But he hadn't done anything wrong.
"Wait! This stupid sound reverberated in all our ears, maybe it is not just me who has become deaf." Jaffery Lutta convinced himself before he sat up and glanced at his friends. He was right. Just by seeing their expressions, no one was alright and he could see panic and defeated looks on their faces. This made Jaffery Lutta's heart to calm down because he was not the only one who had been handicapped.
Jaffery Lutta could see that Paul Nduta had earlier shoved Recho Wairimu aside because of the surprise sound and Paul Nduta was utterly agitated. Jaffery Lutta feared that Paul Nduta would go berserk if his heart was not calmed down. But this was not for Jaffery Lutta to worry about. Shamim Mwikhaki needed him at this desperate time and he would not leave her side. He had to comfort her.
Thus, Jaffery Lutta gritted his teeth and persevered the pain that his ears was going through before he dragged his body towards Shamim Mwikhaki's side.
Shamim Mwikhaki was now lying flat on the floor as the bar stool that she had been seating on earlier was kicked aside.
Jaffery Lutta felt painful in his heart seeing Shamim Mwikhaki in this state and his protective side was thus unleashed. He didn't want Shamim Mwikhaki to suffer.
Tiredly, Jaffery Lutta then took Shamim Mwikhaki to his embrace and lied her on his laps. He could then see that Shamim Mwikhaki had stopped moving about in stress because she could feel comfortable in Jaffery Lutta's embrace.
Right now, Jaffery Lutta could see clearly how beautiful Shamim Mwikhaki was because she was very close to him, not to mention that their skins was also touching even if their clothes was acting as a barrier at this time that was hard to come by.