Alfie Carter by BJ Mayo

Author:BJ Mayo
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781510764262
Publisher: Skyhorse
Published: 2020-04-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Mingas sat quietly, away from his small band of guerilla fighters, looking through his ever-present spyglass. They were mostly captured and indoctrinated young boys and two steadfast lieutenants. The two older men’s intelligence might have been in question, but their loyalty to the leader was not. Eduardo, the one with the machete wound close to his eye, was a fierce and deadly killer. He wore only boots and pants, with a cotton vest wrapped with the ever-present leather bullet strap. His bloodlust was paramount. He was known for his extreme cruelty to the boys in the band. Mingas let him have at it with little interference. Fits of rage, threatening to kill and behead each of the boys was a daily performance. But when Mingas completed his plans for the next attack or raid, it was he alone who was in complete control. Eduardo feared him above all other things. Mingas, void of any type of feelings for human life, was first and foremost a self-preservationist. Mariel, the second lieutenant, was of no sound mind. Years of smoking brown-brown had left his brain void of continuous thought. He was fraught with fits of laughter and loved to crow like Mingas’s prize lookout roosters, firmly tethered around Mingas in a large circle.

All of the group knew and were warned routinely by Mingas: Anyone caught inside the circle guarded by his roosters would be killed. No exceptions. If they needed to talk to him, they were to give the clucking hen sound, day or night.

Mingas deemed Mariel a fool but kept him around because he would always relentlessly kill anyone Mingas pointed in his direction, including the young boys in the band. Mariel loved to run into a fight, crowing loudly as he unloaded his gun on the villagers. Then he would climb on the tallest rock or structure and crow loudly while flapping his arms like rooster wings. Sometimes this made the boys laugh. Mingas simply told him to not crow out loud until the attack was finished. The terrified young boys were forced to stay in line. Adequate food and water were acquired only through attacks on small villages in their path.

Mingas had been studying the orphanage compound for some time with his spyglass. He was somewhat certain they had a small number of guns, if they had any at all in the compound. He could see two men on the compound wall at all times, but they never had a shouldered weapon. Every now and then he could see something reflecting the sun, possibly a mirror. He never saw it for long, and it did not appear they were trying to signal someone. Maybe their firearm was leaning against the wall.

The orphanage had long been off-limits to any type of military attack. He was well aware of the fact that the compound not only had food supplies and water but possibly young boys hidden behind those walls.

The band had not eaten well in several weeks. Eduardo had killed two monkeys with his gun a few days hence.

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