108. The ambush

Tania is the last in the row and has nearly reached the platform of the waterfall. She has just seen how Nico and Francois pulled Lesley over the edge and feels sure that this is the last rock over which she must go before they would help her. She wonders why she doesn’t hear voices from above. It is very silent. She was right. They grab her swiftly under her arms and pull her up. When she straightens up she gets a mighty fright at the strange scenario in front of her. Sharp spear points are threateningly pointed at them by a force majeure of young, black men with scamp skins partly covering their genitals. Except for Francois and Nico, the rest of the party stands stark naked without a single weapon or piece of clothing about two meters from one another bound by a single rope to their wrists. Tania’s gun and sword suddenly vanish from her shoulders and the last three of them are obediently driven by sharp spear points to join the rest. A man, slightly older than the rest, sturdy and