"Kneel down. "The short light skinned man aka 2nd in command said before walking past me to the entrance of the sick bay where the clamour of the science students got louder.

"Go down." I heard him say to the science students who had quieted down.

He turned to look at the parade ground which was a large piece of land where assemblies and punishment took place.

He called for two of the naval rations to come to him and of course they practically almost ran to him.

"You people have bought it right?" the light skinned one asked as Favour walked out of the sick bay.

He definitely wouldn't have survived if eyes could shoot bullets.

"A.J styles2." I smiled at him as he walked past me into the class.

"Yes na."He flexed his muscles as I smiled and shook my head at him.

He was a jovial type and was always disturbing random people either for fun or because of boredom.

"Did he punish you?" he asked me and I nodded before turning to look at the science students preparing to do 'the jigi-jaga.'

'The jigi-jaga' was a type of punishment where you are squatting and your hands are on the waist of the person in front of you and then while squatting, you'd move inches forward, agonizingly slowly.

Your ankles and your thighs would feel like they were on fire, with every little movement you'd physically and mentally wince in pain.

I shut my eyes silently praying for him not to ask me to join them on their little journey round the parade ground.

"My leg oo eh." Samuel stopped the chain. He was kind of the leader because he was the one in the front.

He was leading them and he suffered the most because he wasn't holding anyone for support and the rest of the crew were indirectly putting all their weight on him.

15 minutes later and they were almost through with going round.

My knees were already hurting so badly because of the prickly sand my knees were in contact with.

He walked up to me after releasing the science students and asked me to show him my palm.

I did.

But immediately the whip came in contact with my flesh, I bit back a scream as the pain sunk in, awakening every dead cell in me.

The second one was enough to make my right hand go numb forever. Yes!! Forever. I squeezed my palm shut allowing the burn to sink deeper.

The third one brought moisture to my eyes and I blinked it back so quickly I was surprised at myself.

The last one was just above my elbow before he gave me permission to enter my class.

I rubbed the spot that he whipped me and I could feel it swelling.

It left a mark on my body and my friends kept telling me sorry which was quite annoying because it couldn't take away the throbbing pain on my palm.

I slowly put my head on the wooden table in front of me waiting for the pain to leave.

5 minutes, the pain had subsided and I realised it was time for French. Ugh. I loved the subject but I just wasn't in the mood for it now, after my right hand was still feeling numb.

The tall dark man walked into the class as the sound of the tables being tortured with hands filled my ears and few people yelled the 2 words I hear every 30 minutes or 1 hour.

"Class greet."

I stood up and said the normal greeting in french and he started on his monotonous, boring old speech which I wasn't paying attention to.

My mind was just HOME Sweet HOME.

Finally 2:30, the bell rang and I was more than excited to go home.

I stood up joining them in torturing the tables with my palm and slamming my palm down and hard on the table, I yelled.

" Thank you sir for your lesson may God bless you sir amen."

This was said after every lesson to every teacher even those who didn't deserve our prayers got it.

Emptying my locker, I  threw my bag over my shoulder, bade Peace bye and walked out of my class to the school gates where a line was formed by juniors and few seniors holding dirts.

Stepping out of the school gates, I felt like a prisoner that had just be released and given the freedom of movement.

With a full blown smile, I made my way out the navy town and headed home.

So.......... Just to clear any confusion, the main character's name is Lois.

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