THE GUARDIANS: FIGHT FOR POWER

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*****episode 6***** “I did not call you about the robbery Ibukun, I called you to inform you that you have been summoned to Abuja by the director himself. You are to report to Abuja today and as a matter of fact, immediately. Seems something very urgent came up” “What can be more important than making a very huge gun running breakthrough sir?” “I don’t make the rules young man, you are wanted in Abuja immediately and he even said there is a plane waiting for you at the Lagos airport so that should tell you that this is top priority” Then the line went dead. He did not understand what the director who he has never met would want him but it sounded too urgent to be ordinary. A plane waiting forhim means he was wanted immediately and he had no time to waste. He turned his ignition and started driving towards Maryland. He would make an exit there and head for the airport but still he wasnot happy about leaving his case behind to chase some case he was not sure he could help with. *************************** The sun was coming out on Ponle street Egbeda. The time for the weekly sanitation had passed and the few shops here had opened. The whole area was more or less a residential one hence there was less trading and most of the residents had gone to their various places of work. Primary and secondary schools were also in session so the school kids had gone to school leaving the street sort of deserted. The street was nota really long one as it had just 20 houses on either side. A transformer stood about midway into the street and the street had been tarred during the administration of the former governor, Bola Tinubu. Life here was quiet and it rarely saw violent crime. It was not a really rich neighborhood but most of the residents were middle class who worked most of daylight. Where the transformer stood could be called midway into the street and a bumb divided the street. Upwards towards the end of the street was an area popularly called “Ponle 1” because most of the richer people stayed there and the area was filled with flat and an estate of is also built there. The wall of the estate is long and gave the impression of an official complex but it was residential. After the estate was an hospital and a set of duplexes. The road upwards led to Ikotun road and on the other side of the road stood Gowon estate which is one of the largest government owned estates in the country. On the other side of the bump however werehouses which are not a fanciful as the others. Most of them are one room apartments but they are really cleaned and this part is fondly called “Ponle 2”. But even with this demarcation, the residents live in peace and apart from the rare menace of armed robbersis was common in most parts of Lagos, everything went well. Cars are parked along the road since it is wide; it caused no problems to the inflow of traffic. The other side leads directly to Fajumobi Street which isa link to Micoom bus stop and which lies on Akowonjo road. The only resemblance to any official complex on the street is a warehouse which has not been used in a long while. The owner had built it and hoped to rent it out but the place where is is situated has no economic value and no one came to inquire about it for yearsuntil someone came a year ago and the owner was more than happy to rent it out. What they stored inside the warehouse was no business of anybody and goods were usually brought in with vans while workers there rarely came to work. One a week, someone would just come, open the gates and disappear into the place and everyone assumes that they came for inventory but in the past few weeks, there had been an increase in the activity at the warehouse as workers worked there round the clock and what was more strange was that the workers rarely mixed with the residents on the street. A Toyota Hiace brought them in the morning and took them home. Some people once even said some of them slept within the warehouse itself. This Thursday morning, a car was parked some distance away from the warehouse andit just stayed there. There were two people inside the car and they engaged themselves in a conversation between themselves. To everyone passing through, it looked innocentenough as they did not do anything that should arouse suspicion from anyone and occasionally, they looked up in front of them as if they were expecting something to happen. They were there for some minutes and then acar pulled out of the compound which housed the warehouse. The warehouse had its own gate so there no doubt to where the car was from. The car drove forward and oneof the two men who sat beside the drive spoke into a radio he held; “A car with a single passenger and registration number AH777FST just pulled outof the warehouse, should we follow? Please advise”

*****episode 7**** There was silence for some seconds and thena voice replied; “Intelligence is picking something up but for now, follow it gently, it seems they about to move” “No problem, just keep us posted” The other man who was behind the wheel immediately turned on the ignition as the car came to life and they followed the car. They drove casually behind the car as though they had stopped to get some refreshment and discuss a business plan and they were done as the car they were following went through Fajumobi through Nimod the formerNimod Appetizers and headed towards Miccom bus stop when someone spoke through the radio; “Izu, we have reasons to believe that the car in front of you contains explosives and they intend to blow something up so don’t let it out of your sight. We will send a squad into the warehouse for a raid but whatever you do, don’t make yourselves too obvious” Izu looked to the driver, took up the radio and said; “Erm……can you please repeat what you just said” “I am not playing games here, the report we have just told us that the terrorist group ‘The Liberators’ which we have been following intend to strike today with some explosives. Monitored some of their calls and we learnt that the registration number of the car to be used” Before the person could finish, Izu broke in; “Let me guess, the registration number matches the one we just reported” “You are perfectly right” “So do you have any idea where they intend to set this bomb off or are we just to follow it?” “We have no idea where the bomb will go offwe just know it will be a high profile place with a lot of crowd” The driver spoke for the first time since the conversation started; “It might be the third mainland bridge you know” The voice replied over the radio; “We don’t think so setting a car bomb off on the bridge will barely have any effect. I think if they would attack it will be somewhere they would be able to kill a lot of people so asto get attention” “Erm you do realize we can’t follow this car alone. We will need back up. A lot of back up at that” “We have already drafted more personnel towards chasing down the car. Do not attempt to stop the car in a crowded environment as he might be tempted to set the bomb off and please it will be better if we can get the driver alive for questioning but the objective is to stop the blast and save lives. Get it?” “Loud and clear boss. I suggest you call the Lagos State Transport Management Authority(LATSMA) to clear the roads so our guy might not feel threatened” “Already done. I am opening communication links between you and reinforcement so you would know where one another is and also sending in an helicopter to help out” “A voice which is different from the one that has been speaking said said; “I think the chopper is a bad idea, if this guy hears the helicopter he might feel like he is being followed and get trigger happy” Izu asked; “Sorry but who is this?” The voice answered; “This is agent Yemi, I am right under the dopemu bridge waiting further instructions sir” “Okay sir, I agree with Yemi, keep the chopper until we really need it. I doubt he would be able to disappear especially with the traffic not heavy” “Okay but don’t lose him the voice said and make sure you watch yourselves out there” At this time, the car being tracked had reached the roundabout that enters Sasha and the car turned left and drove through as he got on the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway and drove towards Oshodi. “I have seen him and I am following” came Yemi’s voice over the radio “I see you” Izu said. “Let’s keep this guy in sight without him knowing we are there.” The car drove slowly at first until its driver looked back and saw a car behind him. He had seen the same car on the street and the car seem to be keeping at a distance just 3 cars behind and trying to stay hidden and thedriver stepped on the accelerator. “Oh oh…” The guy driving the car Izu was in said “What’s wrong John?” Izu said looking towards him and taking his eyes off the car they were trailing “I think you better radio back and request for that eye in the sky. Seems we might be needing it after all” “Why would we?” replied Yemi over the communicator “This guy just increased his speed. I think he noticed that he is being followed. The chopper can just come out just in case we need it” “The chopper is already in the air boys, we are just keeping it away until we need it. Replied the voice. He continued; “The raid on the warehouse is on going and there are reports of traces of an Improvised Explosive device and they can’t find it anywhere on the building. They also think the car might have left with it so double up. The Police have been drafted to watch this and also provide support” Izu was silent for a minute and then he said; "You want us to keep this guy on the highwayand out of crowded neighborhoods’ right? Then we need to know where his destination is. He might be headed for the island or the ports for all we know and we can do nothing except he runs out of fuel or we stop him in his tracks and doing that on these roads might be a problem” “So what do you want us to do?” “If he does not know we are on his tail already, it is time we told him and put him on some roads we can actually control with ease. If he keeps going straight, he might get stuck in the traffic at Ladipo and he lose his head. Let’s rough him up a bit and send him our way” Yemi said; “I like the idea but I don’t fully understand it” Izu continued; “Let’s send him out of the expressway and throw him towards Maryland. We know that the roads on Mobolaji Bank Anthony roads have traffic lights so we can ensure easy passage for him through that road without obstruction and we can cut him off just before he gets to the exit at Maryland. Cut him off with spikes before he gets to the Ikorodu expressway” The voice over the radio answered; “What do you need me to do?” “Put all the traffic lights on that road at green,and block the Abeokuta expressway just afterthe airport bridge. That can be done by parking a couple of police trucks and make it seem like they are waiting to kill him. with luck, he will take the bait and get on the bridge there” Yemi cut in; “it is a great idea but block the exit into the airport roads else this could get really messy” “If the car gets anywhere near the airport, I have men there who have been ordered to open fire; some risks cannot be taken” “Okay here we come. Make sure that diversion is there before we get there sir” The traffic was light and this gave the the car and the two trailing it the chance to move swiftly as they passed through Mangoro bus-stop and headed for Ikeja along. The driver looked behind him and noticed that the car he suspected had been trying to keep up with him and another had joined him in the chase. He was not sure he was being followed but when he increased his speed, they also did and this gave him reason to worry. He considered calling the warehouse but he had been told that there was no need for further communication and so he kept driving an dkeeping the two cars behind it at bay. He got under the pedestrian bridge at Ikeja and notice that there was a road block aheadof him just in front of the First bank there. The road block did not look ordinary as there were actually trucks of heavily armed police men standing in the trucks and closing the road thereby allowing just a few cars pass. He thought about pushing the button but remembered that he was told to do that only when he could guarantee that there would be maximum damage. His target was still very far off in Lekki and the road being blocked is the sure bet. If he had any doubt that they were on to him, they were cleared as he saw policemen standing along the road too. The trap had been set and the cars on the road were slowing downdue to the partial block ahead and he was forced to slow down too. He reached the filling station as he approached the overhead bridge and saw the policemen point their guns towards him. “Would this be the end?” he thought to himself as he drove under the bridge. He was sure they would not open fire; not with the number of cars on the road as they might hit someone else. He the sun’s rays was blocked by the bridge and he his brain went into hyper drive as he thought of what next to do.The traffic was moving very slowly, he looked in his rear view mirror and saw that the cars behind him were being cleared but traffic officials and they were giving the cars chasing him gain on him and then an idea crept into his head. The exit to the bridge was left unmanned except for two policemen who stood guard and when he got some space in front of him, he stepped on the accelerator as he moved towards the exit.

hmmmm

Vhiz is breathtakinq...........it seems the quy beinq followed by the police is a suicide bomber.......Hmmm personally i would say the chances of the police qettinq viz man alive/unharmed wid no explosion is very slim.......*shruqs*Well Lemme jex watchout and view how it qoes.......

Utò story emi ekeme ndi nam iyib owo odoq......

Yikes....... O.M.G, dis z rilli gonna end n a bad way

Following..........

Nice & actin pack

Hmmm... I need to take a sit in the first row coz this story is superb

Nice one Somkhid...tnx for Ur calls buh......

mehn dis guy can NARRATE! #ThumbsUp dou

Suspens........

ride on

REALLY INTERESTING CARI ON

Observing nd following

He pain me say I no fit clap for here oo... I for clap for did Somkhid for d story and d names of d road.....

press am,press am......ok oga e don enta....guy,yes u,u wey get the explosives wetin u the wait for,press the button make everybodi payaka for there....@somkhid i hope say u no the dey area wey dey bomb go explode koh!!

This one na action film ooo

@Ibrams press wetin? No let me talk wetin dey my mouth...... D story is making sense... Lotz of explanation... Abeg na which tym i post reach dis number? When did i post? Abi coolval dey add number ni? I sure sey @Khola46 own go don reach 3000 ... Nd i'm sure mine is nt more dan 79...dere is a mistake somewhere o

****episode 8****** The policemen did not look like they were expecting him to do that as they jumped out of the way just in time for him to miss them as he sped on the over head bridge. He noticed that the paths that lead to the airports were blocked and he was not bothered, “Fools” he thought to himself as he got on the overhead bridge and drove towards the end of the bridge. He went towards the bridge and noticed that there was security presence at the bridge in front of the General Hospital too and he began to doubt if he had made the right decision. He began to feel trapped as though he was being led into a trap and he started to panic. The road going straight that led to the second bridge was left opened while the one that led down where he could gain access to the road leading to the Police College was closed and he decided to surprise them. He looked back and saw the cars chasing him behind and approaching fast as so he sped inthe direction of the road opened but just as he was about to pass the blockade, he drove into a small gap at the edge of the blockade. His car could barely pass through the gap as the body crashed against the road divider buthe pushed through and he had access to the road straight. He turned left towards the road in front of the Computer Village and sped off. Izu watched as the traffic slowed down and he told john; “We have to stay close to him. See if you can clear a path. Yemi, you are awfully quiet, are you with us?” “I am here” Came Yemi. “Do you think we can get out of this traffic before he gets on the bridge?” Almost immediately, they saw some policemen and Izu called to them and at the same time pulling out his ID card. “SSS, I am in charge of this operation and we need you to create a path for us” The policemen took one look at his identification and started clearing the cars in front of them. John looked at the car they were supposed to be following and saw that it was making for the entrance of the bridge as the road in front of him was being cleared and he could move forward. “Seems he took the bait” Yemi’s voice said over the radio. “We just have to manage this well from here on and hope nothing goes wrong” The car got off the expressway and went on the bridge and the two cars followed it. They made their way there too and sped into the empty bridge and just as they got overhead the road, they saw that the car did not take the other bridge which would take it towards Mobolaji Bank Anthony road but he went down and they followed him. The gap the carpassed had been widened by it and they had no problem passing through as they followed with some police cars joining them. they saw it turn left and also followed and the car made a right when it linked up with Awolowo road as it headed toward Allen Roundabout. The part of Awolowo road close to the bridge naturally is always busy whatever time of the day you choose to drive through there exceptin the early hours of the morning and it was not different today as the car fleeing and those in pursuit found it not so easy to navigate the traffic. Izu spoke to his boss over the radio; “He just got on Awolowo road sir, what do we do?” “How in the world did he manage that?” “The police did not manage the blockage well in front of the general Hospital and he went through. We need to stop this guy before this thing gets out of hand sir.” The radio went dead for a few seconds and then the voice came back; “What do you think we should do now?” “I suggest we take the car down with force sir. This roads leads to a lot of places we don’t want them getting to. If he turns at and gets into Allen, he could drive into a bank, if he goes straight, he could make a turn and head towards Ojota which will be a disaster and if he keeps going straight, he would be heading straight for ….Oh my God….” “He could be heading where Izu? Answer me” But Izu did not answer as the answer scared him. The answer came from John; “He would be heading for Ikeja mall. The place is a huge shopping centre complete with movie screens and a population that willsurely make headlines all over sir. This guy has to be stopped” “What do you suggest? How do we take him down without harming innocent civilians?” Yemi replied him; “We can slow him down when he passes Allen roundabout. LASTMA officials have spikes which they threaten drivers with, they can block the exit towards Allen, block the one that leads to Ojota and lay the spikes after the traffic light. With his tires gone, he would be forced to slow down and we can try to run him off the road” The Operations leader said over the radio; “Izu, do you agree with this plan?” “Yes sir, that is a good plan and a good bet too. Other cars should also be told to stay away as if he loses his tires, he might try something we don’t want to happen” “Okay, I will get in touch with the LASTMA command center and tell them what we need.” The car sped off towards Allen round about and was happy when he noticed that the traffic lights were showing green. He did not notice that the exit towards Allen was blocked as he had just one plan in his head. His target had been either the Silverbird Cinemas on Victoria Islan or The Palms shopping centre on Lekki but since they might not be achievable, then he would blow himself up in Ikeja mall. “The causality there might not be as high as we want but it will be high enough for the government to take notice of us and listen to our demands.” He sped past the roundabout and continued. He passed the exit to Ojota and noticed that other cars had been stopped behind him except for the two cars which lead a long line of police trucks as they attempted to catch him. “They can never catch me now” he thought to himself As he passed the exit, he heard a loud noise as he felt his car lift off the road. He had run over spikes laid by the LASTMA officials and the sudden burst of tires caused the car to tumble. The speed he was going at did not help one bit as the car was lifted and it rolled in the air twice before crashing into the road up ahead.

*****episode 9***** “Was that supposed to happen?” John asked as they watched the car tumble and fall in front of them. Izu said; “That was not the plan but we did get him to stop didn’t we? And that was the goal” John parked the car about a hundred feet away from the car as Yemi also pulled up beside them. the police trucks were arriving at the scene and they parked behind them and the John looked beside him and said, “What do we do now? We are not sure the driver is alive or not. And he might want to detonate the explosives if we approach him. Are you hearing this command? What should we do? Wait for the bomb squad?” John had barely finished when Izu went out of the car, pulled his gun and walked towards the car whose tires were still rolling. The car had hit the ground upside down and the belly was up. Smoke was coming from its exhaust and no one could tell if the engine was still running or if the driver was conscious. John saw his partner get down and he called out to him; “Where do you think you are going? That car can explode at anytime” He looked beside him and saw that Yemi was also out of his car but made no attempt to approach the vehicle in front of them. Izu looked back towards them and said; “There is a chance he had been knocked out by the crash, if we decide to wait here and wait until we are sure, we might be giving him time to recover and he might just detonate the IED. I will go up to the car and check while you guys stay back and keep the perimeter” “Damn it Izu, this is not time to be a hero. You could be blown to bits” Izu heard but was already walking towards the car but slowly. His gun was drawn and his hands held them out in front of him as he reached the back of the crashed car. He moved sideways as if he was walking away from it and walked more cautiously this time as he approached the driver’s side of the car. He got the driver’s side and he noticed that there was no movement, he looked back at his partner and saw that everyone was out oftheir car and were watching him nervously. “They must think I am extremely brave or really silly for doing this” he thought to himself. He moved directly in front of the driver’s side and bent down with his gun till drawn but this time with his right hand as he out his lefton the ground to support his body. The driver had passed out immediately the car hit the ground as a result of shock. The driver was not wearing the seat belts so the air bags were not activated and he had hit his head around the space above him. When the car landed on the ground, he hit his head on the roof of the car and he slumped on it but gradually, his consciousness started to come back. The first thing he saw was the light from outside the car, there was glass fragments from a mirror of glass that broke all over him and blood seemed to be dripping from his head and nose. He closed his eyes again as the world seemed to be upside down and he shook his head in a bid to clear it a little. When he opened his eyes again, he saw that the light coming in from the window was partially blocked by an object he could not immediately make out. He focused on the object and found that he was looking into the nozzle of a State issued 9mm and a voice rang out; “Put your hands where I can see them, you asmuch as think of doing anything silly, I will bepumping hot pieces of lead into your head” Fifteen minutes later, the man had been pulled out of the car; the bomb squad were already working on getting the bomb out of the car while a truck had been parked by the LASTMA official to move the car off the road once the bomb squad was done with the IED inside. “That was a very dangerous thing you did back there” John said to Izu when they had put the driver in a police van where he was guarded by half a dozen heavily armed mobile policemen and waiting for him to be transferred to the SSS holding facility in Ojota. “It was dangerous but someone had to do it. if we had waited for the bomb squad to arrive he might he detonated the bombs and we would have lost a potential bird.” Yemi cut into their conversation; “Do you think any of the people caught will talk to us about their activities?” Izu said, “I know a very good interrogator who can make anyone sing like a canary once he gets a hold of him” They were still discussing the incident when Izu’s phone rang, he picked it up and the number was that of the Operation director and he answered; “Sir, you could have just spoken over the radio. What is going on” The reply was fast; “Hold on, I am putting you through with the deputy director in charge of the south west. He seems to have some information he wouldlike to share with you” “Okay, No problem” The voice of the deputy director sounded more like that of someone who was hurrying somewhere he was late for and he was quickto business

*****episode 10**** “Agent Izu where are you right now?” “Ikeja sir. We just arrested a man who attempted to drive into a mall with his car filled with explosives and secured the whole place” “Good, congratulations on that but I am afraid I will have to pull you away from that now. You are to get to the Lagos airport right now and get on a plane heading to Abuja within thirty minutes” “is anything wrong sir?” “it is a matter of extreme urgency and I don’t think I need to remind you to keep this to yourself. There is an air force jet waiting for you at the airport to take you and another agent to Abuja and you are expected to be on it. The plane leaves in thirty minutes so I advice to start moving right now. you don’t need to park anything and this is a military plane so there is no point dropping your weapon, just come as you are right now” Twenty five minutes later, Izu found himself walking on the tarmac of the domestic wing of the Lagos towards a Boeing jet that sat on the runway. Just one thought had ran through his mind as he drove towards the airport; “What could be so important that I had to be dragged away from one of my biggest cases yet? It is either someone wants to stop the investigation of something big came up. Either way, I guess I will know when I get to the airport.” He was not expecting to see a jet waiting for him there too. He was told by the deputy director that a jet was in standby but he took it that it was a commercial flight but when hegot to the airport, security personnel were already waiting for him at the entrance and they led him directly the tarmac. The door to the jet also doubled as the stair as he paused,took a deep breath and said a quiet prayer ashe got on the plane. He when he got to the top, he looked inside and saw that it was empty except for someone sitting in one of the seats, the pilot was standing at the end ofthe stair dressing in Air Force uniform and greeted him; “Good afternoon sir, I am the pilot, if you would please take your seat, we should be taking to the sky immediately” and with that, he locked the door and walked into the cockpit. Izu looked at the other man seated in the plane just as the man turned around and sawhim “Agent Izu, so you are the one who had kept me waiting all this while” Izu recognized the face well, IBK was once his partner but they were separated when IBK was transferred to Osun on some Narcotics case. “If memory serves me right Ibukun, you are supposed to be hunting down crackheads in Osun state, what in the world are you doing in Lagos?” “I was on some gun running case and the investigations brought me here. Then I got a call and I found myself in this really comfortable jet. Who would have thought the SSS can provide such means of transportation” “Well no one would have guessed but the sudden call I got is worrying to me. I just stopped a suicide attack” IBK sat up when he heard that; “Did you say suicide? And I thought I was having all the fun when I walked into a bank robbery in ketu, I know you won’t be able to tell me the details but that is some major stuff. The crime scene in Lagos is moving up don’t you think?” “Yeah moving up but we are being summoned far away from it. What do you think this is about?” Izu asked Ibukun was about to answer when the pilot appeared and told him to take his seat as the plane was about to take off. He strapped himself to a seat and seconds later, they heard the twin engines come alive as the plane made its way done the runway and into the sky. The story just began,stay tuned for d next episode

Wow........IBK and Izu are very qood at their jobs......maybe they are qoinq on a more danqerous one viz time around......#Crime all the way

@tenniebenson na why me self dey look for khola make I see im number...... I pray nothing happens to either IBK et Izu coz in movie one of them will be killed...... Well let's see/read how it goes

getting interesting

loving every bit of vis story,ride on bro.

really loving it ,and jus lyk Oliver twist "I wnt more"

Definitely.... D story jez began!!!!

Kam nukwa na dis story no dy sweet die....... More grease 2 ua elbow somhkid

A journey of death, where they will needs to be extra-careful so that they can make it out alive

Hmmmmmmmm. Next epi

Staying tuned

Am on seat, ready 2 see dis 2 d end

Wow!!! What have I miss??? The Author realy need some query...just a little time, he has already made me felt like the story don has uncountable episodes...but mah gonna read it no matter how..... . . . Chaaiii... Parot deh here ooo...see how much post weh she don post.....and she deh talk say mistake deh.....chaaii... seems people don know parrot like that... abi ah lie? @Tenniebenson

E be like say @Tenniebenson no like say mistake deh this thing ooo...nah real mistake deh there...for detecting the mistake in time...hifive dear...

Hope Dis Urgent Call Wil Nt Lead To Sometin Easy. Ummmmm, Am Watching Sha

hmmm interesting stil following

Nyc story@somkhid

Izu and IBK go fit vry wel

Lolzzzz see who is talking.... Afefe ti fé ati ri furo adiye nita (wind has blow..nw we've seen d chicken ass)... Evrybdy can now detect talkative.... Make ppl help us judge na... Dat tym wey i dey call u parrot..u dey follow me argue... Hahahahaha Val don open ur yansh nw nw #tongue out# @Khola46

Lol... @Tenniebenson You sef know say mistake deh the thing...nah partial the thing deh do jhor...ah know say nah you and Val plan the thing...me ah no go take ahm......

@Khola46 i think u also need 2 support me o... Check my last post on #The Activist# b4 things gets out of hand.... Cos some comments re begining 2 disgust me.. Do am sharp sharp.. Coolval needs 2 do something...

Nice... Naija action film dey always dey interesting

Interesting

Hmmmmmmmm

Y d sudden call when they are getting 2 d peak of an important investigation.. I guess is just 2 delay them

Dix kal iz suscipious... Anyway ltx watch nd c... Sincerely @somhkid dix ix ur first story av taken ma tym 2 read nd i must confess it ix wowww... Abi na wetin dem de kal dat soap???

****episode 11**** The conference room was filled with al sort of men and a few women, most of them in different uniforms while some were plainly dressed. They had all come with their personal assistants but soon, those had to go outside the room as they were not cleared for the information that would be shared inside the conference room. The conference room was huge and it was rarely used and never had it been this full no matterwhat meeting they were having simply because no meeting which is as important as the one they were about to have has been held here. On the floor of the reception was a huge inscription of the Nigerian coats of arms and the walls were painted in a cool milky color togive the impression of coolness but those who worked behind the desks knew there was nothing cool about what goes in the building. It is a place where most of the difficult decisions were taken and the amount of backbiting and politicking that happens is staggering. The participants started arriving about 15 minutes before 12 when the meeting is supposed to start. There was no room for lateness in this business and when a meetingis called with such urgency and secrecy, time is f the upmost importance as lateness could cost a lot of lives or a lot of materials might be lost. The building was guarded by uniformed men drawn from a selection of the Army, Navy and Air force. Almost at every angle, there was something to remind visitors that the building belongs to the military and they did everything to keep it that way. From the exterior painting to the flags flying. From the gates where inspectionswere carried out to the constant salutation by everyone. The first guest to arrive was the Chief of Army staff General Buba Rasak. A retired soldier who had served the Nigerian army in the Civil war and different missions both inside and outside the country. Buba is a tall and bulky man whose appearance screams command. His face carried a scar which is evidence of a bullet that smeared his face during a peace mission somewhere in east Africa. He is dark in complexion and a man who rarely talk. His life has been that of receiving orders and he learnt of listening a lot before giving anyone replies. His car pulled up at the entrance to the reception and he did not wait for his driver or any of his escorts to come and open the door before he opened it and got down by himself. His aide came to his side carrying a file and Buba made his way to the door and itwas opened from within. The guard who opened it saluted him and he did not respond. He walked over to the reception and before he spoke, the receptionist answered “Good morning sir. Welcome to the Defence head quarters sir” “Where is the Minister? She dragged me out of a very important briefing for some meeting and it better make sense or she will be hearing from me to the fullest” The minister might be his senior in position but when you are the head of the largest Army on the continent, you feel the power he feels. His uniform has had so many decorations that he did not have space to puthis medals anymore. The new ones he receives, he just puts inside his drawer back at the office. “The conference room is already prepared sir .Right this way” Someone came to his front and Buba looked at him “Is this not the same Head quarters I am used to? I am very capable of finding the conference room by myself and I need no usher. He looked back and saw the Chief of Naval staff Admiral Emeka Johnson walk through the same doors he had walked through someseconds ago and he walked up to him to greet him. They exchanged salutes and Buba said; “What are you doing here Emeka?” “I was called here to meet the MinDef (Minister of Defence) here by noon for an emergency meeting. I was about heading to Port Harcourt for some inspections when I got thecall so I came over to see what it is about. Don’t tell me you got the same call” “Well I am here and it is almost noon so I am here for that too and seems like it is for the same thing. I just hope she did not call us here to discuss Budget cuts else she is going to hear it” Emeka smiled and said; “We should wait and see what she wants to say. The day is still young and this is just October 10. I doubt they want to start talking budget things now.” Together, they walked into the conference room. When they entered, the room was empty except for people arranging bottled waters in front of each chair. They took a seatbesides and got into a discussion when the Director General of the SSS Tope Adesanya entered.

*****episode 12**** Tope had never been in the army neither had he been in any missions outside the country. He had joined the police straight from university where he studied Electrical engineering. He was with the police for 15 years and then someone decided that he had an eye for investigation and he was interviewed by the SSS. The rest was history. In the corridors of power, Tope is feared all over the country as he coordinates investigation into all crimes that ranges from bank robberies to internal aggressions. His agency investigates high profile robberies as well as provide security to top politician including governors and ministers and naturally, he had their ears and so whatever he says mostly flies. After Tope walked in, a lean man with a serious face strolled in wearing. The Chief of Air staff Vice Marshal Tony Udais. His history is simple. Started his career as a supply pilot, then a fighter pilot during the civil war ad hasrisen to his recent post. Slowly, the room began to fill out as each person walked in and took a seat, among them the Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Afe Olaoye,the National Security Adviser, General Peter Ogbonna, the Commandant of the Palace Guards General Victor Umeh and the Inspector general of Police Quadri Muhammad. When the commandant of the Palace guards Victor Umeh walked in, a silence fell in the room as most people wondered when he was doing in the meeting. He was normally not seen in the gathering of military wigs as his only duties were that the Presidential Villa was secured. He is a hard man and his looks did not betray that. His eyes full along with his face and he always walked with his hands behind him as if in obedience but the rumor is that he does so after years of having to clutch his gun in anticipation of an assassination of his principal which is the Comander in Chief of the Federation. The last people to walk in were the Minister of Defence Admiral Ifeoma Nwachukwu alonside the Director General of the Directorate of Military Intelligence. The minister was a small lady physically but the position she holds makes everyone else blind to her statue. Her voice is coarse and almost manlike. She had learnt to live in a world ruled by men as she rose through the ranks of a world which is mostly dominated by mento become the head of one of the most important ministries on the continent. She oversees peace missions, draws up budgets and sometimes, serves as overseeing officer to top secret missions both outside and inside the country. There had been rumors that she is sleeping with the DG of the DMI Kuyi Aliyu and that’s why she could have risen to the post she holds but she was not on to care. Kuyi on the other hand did not really care about rumors because as the person who sits on top of the DMI, he had dirt on everyone inside the room. He has been involved in intelligence gathering since he was in his early twenties which is more that 30 years and he does his job well. Kuyi who is always quiet and always wearing a smile sat down on the far side of the room as Ifeoma walked to the front and said; “Gentlemen, can you please ask yous personal assistants to wait outside as we have important things to discuss here” Tony replied her saying; “Who decides clearance here ma’am? You have summoned us here without reason and you ask our assistants to walk out? Do you realize that whatever we discuss here might still be heard by these same assistants?” Victor spoke this time; “With what is happening right now, I doubt any of your assistants will even want to know what we are about to discuss” Ifeoma cut in; “Please, let’s get this over with as fast as possible as w have to decide what we want to do and do that fast” She waited for sometime as the assistants walked out and she invited Kuyi to come up and address the gathering. Kuyi walked quickly in front and started; “You have all been called here because we have an emergency on our hands. One that has never happened before and one I doubt will ever happen in our history. This event willtest us in ways we cannot believe or imagine but we have to think and also act fast so as to avoid it getting worse that it already is right now.” A few of those in the room shifted uncomfortably in their seats as all eyes were on the spy. They did not know what was happening but they knew it was serious. No one gives that sort of speech except when he has real bad news to share. The minds of those seated went to the most evil thing as a couple of them thought a coup has been carried out and they were been forced to joinor be executed and this increased the discomfort in the room Kuyi continued; “As most of us are aware, the President has taken a trip to Tetuan on a three day workingvisit to discuss how our military can further help the peace efforts and also help to hastentalks between the rebels in the south and the government there. The president left yesterday, October 8 and she was expected to return to the country tomorrow but that cannot happen as of now. The reason for that is why we are gathered here right now because the government of Tetuan is holdingthe President and Comander in chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria captive in the presidential Palace there. The president LucasRadonsolema sent us this message four hours ago and said he will be giving us more information later

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y iz tetuan iz holding them.......luking forward

Still following

Gosh! God help me 2 keep my calm over sometinz here... I jez hope i wont get 2 provoked 2 say sometinz... Now dat dey all re gathered i was expecting 2 see IBK nd Izu....seems dia part isn't here yet... All diz names sef.. Abeg where is Tetuan? Abi wetin be dat name aqain?

@Tenniebenson will you please do me a favour...the favour na small thing..just to siddon for one side and dey watch .... i wonder why people comment when you've got nothing to say... @Coolval abeg come remove this thing na... when did i become member that my post don reach this?

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@charliebryn aiite dear (make i talk am 4 d last tym sha).. dis tin dey annoy me na.. Nd i dey quick vex.. Its really pissing me off... Is it a must 2 comment? Haha kilode na? Whatz d meaning of hmmmm? Must u post "following"? If u gat nothing reasonable 2 post why not jez use ur fingers 2 scratch d wall?. I wonder aw some ppl think sef.. Mtcheew

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PLS CARI ON

As their saying it, they keep doing it...... Just tired of it..... shey no be war dem wan fight like this....President!!!!!

where is ibk nd izu hope ntn appen to den becos dy ar nt in d meeting,to solve everytin day ar stil gonna b war fight

how person wan take remember all vhiz name sef???....i tink ibk nd izu gat no bizness dere,, na dem oga dey yarn now.

****episode 13***** The minister for Foreign affairs coughed somewhere in the room out of disbelief but he had learnt to keep his mouth shut when it came to military matters. He heard what the spy chief just said and to him it sounded like the worst joke in the world but he sat still and continued watching since he was one of the few civilians in the conference room. The remaining civilians were mainly just risk management teams who although had military training they were really not involved in the handling of arms. The COAS Rasak stirred in his seat which was more of trying to break the stifling silence in the room. Every eye was trained at the Kuyi and they all watched him without breaking their stare but for occasional blinking which they could not do without. The water in front of each person was untouched as a mixture of shock and disbelief ran through the room. Kuyi walked to the front and a thin part of the wall moved sideways to reveal a screen as the lights in the room was dimmed. The screen came on to show a man in foreign military uniform sitting on a large chair. He was flanked by two men; one on either side carrying automatic rifles. Behind him was a wall covered with the Purple and gold flag of the Republic of Tetuan. The man had his eyes on the camera in front of him and five seconds after the screen came on, he started speaking. ‘This is a message to the leaders of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. As you are aware,your president is visiting my country and he will be here for the next two days but there will be a slight change of plans. The presidentalthough came into this country a free man and a respected member of the international community is as of this moment, my prisoner.He has not committed any crimes but Nigeria has. There is a list of demands I have and I will be telling you about them as time progresses. I will like for this to be resolved very fast and quietly but I hope you realize that sending in your military will be a wrong decision since I have my men all around him and if I get the slightest hint that there is a military offensive, he will die. Have a pleasant morning.” The screen went off and the lights in the room came back on as everyone continued their silence except this time, most of them were not looking at Kuyi but at Quadri since the protection of the President is the responsibility of his office and they are underoath to rather die than whoever occupied that office is hurt. Afe was the first to speak up; “I hope Mr Kuyi is not actually expecting any of us to actually believe that because I am not for a second going to believe that the President is being held against his wish in Tetuan” Before Kuyi could reply, Quadri answered from his seat his voice filled with emotions and regret as the feeling of failure took over him; “I am sorry but that is true. I have been trying to get in touch with the guards with the president ever since the message was received and their communication sets have been turned off. I have people watching the palace as part of protocol and they have reported that the president is being held within the Palace and his movements have been restricted to the chamber they gave to him. His guards are with him but they have been disarmed and they can’t reach out to call for help.” He paused to look around the room and then said; “With the current events, I am turning my resignation as I have failed in my duties and Ijust hope this issue can be resolved without harm to the president” Kuyi replied; “Forget all thoughts about your resignation for now. Let’s get this issues sorted out and you can then decide to resign” The COAS (Chief of Army Staff) said; “I never knew Lucas Radonsolema is mad. When I met him, I knew he sounded crazy but this is just madness. How do you hold the president of another nation captive? Ignoringthe fact that we already have troops on his home soil keeping the peace there and keeping the rebels from the south from bringing a reign of terror on him and his cabinet” Afe replied; “This can’t be true. I really still believe it is a big joke. I still spoke with the president and was on conference call with him and the President of Tetuan last night before going to bed and everything was fine. Maybe we should get in contact with him and clarify this issue” Ifeoma answered; “This is beyond clarification. We have noticed military movement around the palace since this message was sent to us. He is not playingaround and he has fortified the palace to ensure that we don’t make any moves to rescue him” “Okay, let’s slow down a little and not talk of a rescue mission until we have gotten all the specifications right: the NSA Peter Ogbonna answered

****episode 14**** He continued; “We should talk with Lucas one more time and let him see reason and let him know that this path he has taken is not a really smart one. This is in the range of a declaration of war and I don’t think Tetuan has the resources to go to war with Nigeria right now” Afe’s voice came through at this point; “Hold on a minute people, we are talking about what to do next and the NSA is here hinting war, has anyone talked about chain of command here? Has the Vice President been notified? Because unless I missed something, he is supposed to be in charge of this situation” Ifeoma replied; “The Vice president was in Kano when this came in and he has been told. He is on his way to Abuja right and the law might state that the vice president is in charge but he still has to take advice from the military chiefs on what to do.” “Okay so what do we do?” Afe said. “Because I still believe this is the biggest joke in all history. No one holds captive the Commander in Chief of a country which is capable of turning your country into an inhabitable desert. It defiles logic” They were still arguing when Ifeoma’s phone rang and the room fell quiet. Her voice over the phone was almost a whisper as she said; “Are you sure of what you are saying?” she paused as her eyes roamed around the room and she said; “Patch him in” She hung up and she said; “Lucas Randolosema wants to speak with us via satellite. I have requested that the call be routed here so we can all hear what he has to say” The screen came on and the image of Lucas came on the screen and he said; “Good afternoon. I do believe it is afternoon there” There was no reply from the conference room as they were not sure what to say as Lucas spoke again; “I understand the situation here and you must think I am unserious and have no idea what I am doing but believe me, I do. I have planned this well and I don’t intend to fail” Then Kuyi replied; “Okay we get your point, you have the president and all, what is it you want exactly?” “Well I don’t think I am familiar with who I am talking to so if you don’t mind, I think introductions will be necessary” Kuyi who was calm sat back in his chair and said; “I don’t think introductions are necessary right now. Your not knowing me is no fault of mine neither is it yours. Let’s just get this over with as soon as possible and we can go back to not knowing one another” “Well you should watch how you talk to me. Whether you like it or not, I still have your Commander in Chief and I can do whatever I like with his” The COAS cut in; “You think you can do whatever you like but you actually can’t. you do realize that we can decide to flatten your palace with you in it right now” Lucas smiled and said; “I like how you threaten but remember that doing so will also get your president killed and I don’t think that is something any of us wants” “Okay everybody keep calm” The NSA said. “What exactly do you want?” “What I want is quite simple. Your country has more than 7,500 troops, tanks, and a couple of military helicopters on Tetuan soil and I want them gone” “That’s it?” Buba said. “We should up and leave? You could have just said that before the President came there and this whole issue would not come up” “You seem to be missing the point here, when I say I want your troops gone, I mean I want them gone with the exception of their weapons. They are to drop all their weapons and materials and they will be allowed to get on planes and they will be allowed to get on transport planes back home without harm and the president will also be released. I understand the difficulty in what I have askedfor and hence I give you two hours to come to a decision. Please do this fast. Thank you” With that, the screen went blank again and the room fell into an unusual silence The NSA was the first person to talk as he sat back into his chair and said; “At least we now know for certain that Lucas Radosolema has lost what little mind he has left. He expects us to just drop our guns, tanks and move out of his country like that? He must have had something slipped into his drink.” Ifeoma stood and walked to the front of the room as she looked around the faces of everyone there she wished one of the Generals will at least say something but they remained quiet and deep in thought then the Commandant of the Palace Guards spoke up’ “Is there a way we can give him what he wants? Like is it possible we concede to his demands and just pull out like that so he can release the president?” Buba replied him cooly; “His demands are unreasonable. A major deployment like that can only be done under the orders of the office of the president and even at that, it is silly at best.” One of the members of the Risk managementteam in the room said; “If the order can only be given by the president, then the Vice President could act in his stead and give the order since it is to prevent the loss of the president’s life” Buba replied him without looking back; “It will be better if you do not talk in matters like this. It will be even better if you think through anything you say before saying themso you don’t say things which make you appear brainless” “And why is the suggestion brainless?” The Inspector general of police asked The Chief of Air staff answered “The same reason you do not sell the guns given to you to protect the citizen to the same criminals you are protecting them from.The same reason every military personnel is taught to watch over his weapon with all diligence and make sure he does not lose it” Kuyi cut in; “Lucas has always spoke about crushing the rebels and launching an offensive against them. he even tried to get us to join his plans and fight beside him as he marches into their stronghold in the south so he can have total control of the country but we have always decided to maintain the peace and bring both parties to negotiate peace and if he getshis hands on the weapons we have on his Tetuan soil, we might have helped him achieve his dream not forgetting the thousand s of innocent lives that will be lost, how the entire West Africa might be destabilized and we might be looking at an humanitarian crises bigger that anything we have handled except this time we will be part of the problem.” Then Afe added his part; “Not to talk of the fact that our official policy is not to negotiate with terrorists, mad men and war lords. With what I am seeing, Lucas fits into the category of the three of them so I personally will not advise we do that.” The member of the risk assessment team said; “Can’t we play along and act like we have handed them over and then when the president is released we go back there and get them back?” Now Buba was getting pissed; “It will make more sense if we don’t put ourselves in that situation for now as the situation will get messy if we do that. But on a more serious note, where do they find you people anyway?” Ifeoma spoke up at this point; “I sent a recording of the demands to the Vice president. He should be here any minute from now” Afe said; “I don’t get this, why did we not wait for him to get here before starting this meeting in the first place?” “Because it will be a lot better if he came and we already have solutions for him. This is something we have not seen before and it will be better if we knew how to deal with it.” Tope Adesanya the Director General of the SSS cut in; “This might sound like something you have never handled to you before but to me, it is all the same. I deal with situations like this every day and they are the same but one thing is sure here and it is the fact that we cannot, allow Lucas dictate what we do to him. somehow we have to take charge of this situation and we have to turn the tables around if this issues is to end well” He finished and the door to the conference opened as the Vice President entered.

Stay tuned for d next episode,getting more intresting with each episode

U're doinq qreat here....... Am sure Lucas would not release the president if the troopz were 2 be withdrawn........ Itz lyk they av even forqotten he said they are a list of demandz here and he'll state them as time proqresses so i dnt think them surrendrinq their arms would be the bst option now....... Expectinq more thrillinq epic's sha...

Its getting more interesting... But why did the director general of SSS send for ibk and izu.... Does he intend on sending them to go and retrieve the president

keep it rolling

Rilli trailing

I go with the SSS.... This guy is trying with the names, the strong words and all.... Well-done bro

They must not surrender I think this Lucas is mad.....how can he xpect them to surrender dier arms just lyk dhat They must find a solution to this problem Wel done @somkhid

Kip it rolling, am enjoying dis more nd more

Getting mur interesting

We r waiting 4 d nxt episode

Na d kind story i lyk b dis wos waitin 4 d nxt episode

tough

Nice work

This is where IBK and IZU come in to play an undercover

Lt the president die...so that war can break out wit d troops stil wit dia weapons nd d vice president sworn in...

Cox diaz no point wit d president living while thousands die...

This Lucas is very sick. d troops shouldn't drop their weapon, it's better if d president can pay d price or dey should find means to rescue d president.

Na wah o

d military should attack d country and turn it to dessert....lobatan......vice President becomes president....matter don settle.....

Even d writer knws its gettn intresting by each episode.... I dnt think i need any1 2 remind me dat #rolling my eyes# i guess i shld start expecting flow of blood..... Cos dis is a tight corner...

****episode 15***** Jeremiah Kuje; the Vice president of the Federal republic of Nigeria is a person a lot ofpeople would call intelligent even though he does not appear to be the most attractive. With a bloated belly and flared up nose he didnot allow those qualities stop his carrer as a politician. Prior to his appointment as the running mate, he had been a senator and he could be remembered for his bright or inspiring arguments. He played his part in theelections and got the president the votes she needed. He came from one the country’s top names in regional politics and when the elections came up; his family had threatened to support the opposition unless one of them was picked for an office. The party saw the threat and knew that if the family withdraws their support, they might as well kiss the presidential elections goodbye and they bowed to their demands. Most of his speeches are written by him and he rarely reads the as he reads and memorizes them. He rarely takes speeches written by his aides as he enjoys writing his speeches and he is known by the press as he is a delight to any member of them who interviews him. He walked in with an entourage of guards and assistants and walked towards an empty seat as everyone stood up and as he sat down, they sat down’ “So where are we right now?” the president asked Ifeoma replied; “Good afternoon sir. Before anything, I would like to ask that your assistants wait outside. You also would not be needing your guards in here sir as scary as this situation is, this is the defense headquarters and you are well protected” Buba looked around as slowly, the entourage got up and walked out with the exception of two of them; his personal bodyguard and his special assistant. “I am sorry, but you two will have to wait outside. Thank you very much” Ifeoma said with authority as they both made for the door. Jeremiah started; “Okay now can someone tell me exactly what we intend to do in this situation? How is it possible that he could hold the president hostage without us even suspecting and how are we going to give in to his demands?” Ifeoma wanted to reply but Kuyi cut in; “Well sir, we have just had contact with the Head of State of Tetuan and heard his demands. I am sure you also did as a recording was sent to you and we are discussing the right way to respond to this taking into account the safety of the president” Jeremiah replied looking towards Afe; “So what do you think we do?” Afe said; “There are a lot we can do sir. We could give him what he wants and pull out our troops or we can tell him to go to hell and tell him that if the president is not released within a time frame, we would send our troops in to get her by ourself. I personally think the second option is a lot better as our policy on negotiations rules out the first option” Deliberations went on for some hours longer and the more they argued, the more they realized that the situation was something they had never thought of and hence had no immediately reply for. While they were all confident that they could not had weapons over to a warlord, the life of the president seemed to be in the balance and no one was willing to make a call until Tope Adesanya, the DG of the SSS said; “Ladies and gentlemen, this event might have not been envisaged but that does not mean we should be clueless. We have two choices but there is still a third choice” The room fell quiet and he continued; “If I understand this well, we already have 7,500 men on Tetua soil and among those are men trained to battle in extreme situations and also intelligence officers. The commandant of the Palace guards has told usthat he has some men around the Palace there and I am sure the DMI also does. I would like to believe that right now, their men has the palace under surveillance which is standard procedure before the president even walks into a conflict zone and with all these, I believe we can take a third choice. Wecould tell Lucas Randolosema that we have agreed to his demands and we could send an extraction team in their to get the president out” Afe replied; “This sounds good but this is not some militants we are facing here were we can easily outgun and your hostage rescue team move in and trap, we are talking of invading the presidential quarters of another country. The chances are steep not to talk of the chances that if we fail, the life of the president might be lost” Quadri said; "He might be right. There are guards all around the Palace there but gaining access into the palace is not too difficult if we can do that in secret and we can have the DMI give us support with their men down there”

****episode 16**** Buba said; “I hope we all realize the consequences here” “Which are?” Quadri asked “A slight mistake and we could be responsible for the death of the president. Just one slip up somewhere, a shot fired where it should not be and Lucas might just decide to execute her” Tony said; “He executes her and this takes a different side Buba, if he as much as touches her, we have troops down there and make sure he pays for this. We have planes down there anda naval ship is in the area. This is a decision that we have to take and make sure we execute fast. You have to agree that with the amount of troops we have down there the most difficult part will be getting in and getting to the president and getting her out. Once they have done that, we can have troops move into the palace move her behind our lines and send her back home. Then we cn see how tough Lucas thinks he is.” Buba said; “All these sound good but we are here making plans already without hearing for theperson who should make the necessary arrangements. The DMI has to be confident that they can carry this out first” All eyes fell on Kuyi and he did not seem bothered at all. He starred back at them and said; “We have already set up a team from the troops in Tetuan studying the Blueprints of the presidential palace. We have also contacted members of the hostage rescue team from the SSS and will be flying them to Tetuan soon.” The Vice president said; “I am sure we all realize that you must have made plans to do this immediately you heard but what we need to know is if this can happen with minimal risk to the President” “I am sure that is the job of the Risk management team sir but with the resources at my disposal, it will be a piece of cake to walk into the presidential palace in Tetuan and get her out but after that, things might go south as the army might come after the men and that is where we will need the troops down there. Since Lucas wants them out, we could get them prepped up as thought they are packing but make them pack to march out. Our planes should be ready to take to the air in seconds because once the men get out of the palace, hell should be let loose against Tetuan so Lucas does not have the will to follow us.” Kuyi paused and he looked towards Ifeoma and then towards the NSA. Ifeoma said; “All these is subject to your approval sir as right now, you are the only one with the authority to give a go ahead” The Vice president looked towards the NSA and said; “Peter, your military advises have helped this nation a lot, what do you think?” Peter took no time to respond; “If Kuyi thinks he can get her out, then I am confident he can. But the Army and air force will have to do a really good job of covering them once they are out of that palace which I think they are capable of doing. So if you ask me, I will confidently advise that we do that sir” The Vice president took a deep breathe and said; “Who will be in charge of this operation if we decide to go forward with it?” Ifeoma answered; “It will be a DMI operation but they will be supervised by my office and I will also ensure the perfect synchronization of the Army and Air force for support and I will report to you directly. I will have a command center from here which you can monitor from the state house directly”. Afe cut in; “You sir will also have to maintain a face in front of the press as we don’t want this blown out of propotion” The Vice president sat back into his chair andsaid; “Okay go ahead. Bring her back home” and he got up from the chair as he walked out As the vice President walked out, a calmness envelope the room as each official thought deeply about the mission ahead and the part they will be playing in the events that would follow. No one spoke for some seconds and then Buba broke the silence; “You mentioned you have a team being prepared already, when do they touch down in Tetuan and how do they go about their duties? I would love to know the logistics so I can get prepared for this whole thing. We have a map of the Tetuan capital and can describe the best way to get in and out of thecity but the palace will be the issue of the DMI completely" he said looking towards the Minister for Defence. “I don’t think you need to worry about that General; Kuji replied. My men will touch down there, we have pulled a team consisting of the DMI, SSS and the DSS to carry out the extraction, what we will need the army to is provide cover for them once they are out of the palace. As you are aware some of my menare already in Tetuan and they will be joined there” “The Chief of Naval Staff said; “But would it not be better if the Men of the Army took the lead here? I mean they are trained in war and tactics for things like this. We can even have the special forces carry thisout instead of wasting time assembling a new team briefing them and sending them over to Tetuan” Tope said; “But you seem to forget that the special forces might have been trained in hostage situations but they don’t have the experience the members of this squad will have; the advantage they have is experience in fightingand their chance will come but this extractionhas to be kept as quiet as possible and with the smallest error, a shot when it is not needed, someone being where he should not be could cost the president her life and that might cause the lives of a lot of people on Tetuan because I know that would lead to a declaration of war; that’s if a declaration of war does not happen the moment she gets back home” “This mission will be a joint one, with everyone playing a part but majorly, it will be the DMI running things until she is safe and then you military boys, can take over and do your thing” Ifeoma said. She looked towards Tony Udais and said “We will be needing some transport at the Abuja airport immediately as we need to fly some boys to the war ship off the coast of Tetuan immediately. From there they can get to the coast by boats and meet up with the team from already on ground there” “When will you be needing the transport ma’am?” “As soon as possible.” She said and she turned to face everyone else; “Please lets all work together here and this is beyond being an order. This has to go without error and let’s keep the Chief of Defence staff in our prayers; I was told he goes to surgery today” With that, the room started getting empty as ifeoma went to seat down. One after the other they walked out each of them knowing tht the next few days would be very demanding and they have to put up their best performance. Once outside the conference room, the personal assistants each went towards their bosses and there was little conversation everywhere. The only two people who remained in the conference room were Kuyi and Ifeoma. Ifeoma said; “The team has being arranged right?” “The last two are the SSS boys and they should have touched down at the Nnamdi Azikwe airport from where they will pick up some other members including supplies and head out for the NNS Owuro. The will be briefed during the flight there” “What of the DMI agents in Liberia? Will they be involved in this mission?” “I wish they could Ify, but those agents can’t just leave that country like that, the last message we got from them told me something huge might happen soon and they still don’t know what or when it will happen” “So you want to put the security of another country over your CiC’s life?” “I can’t do that, but they can’t be pulled out immediately, if Liberia falls back into a civil war, it will take a lot of lives and resources to bring it back. but don’t worry, these guys will do just fine, we already have the blueprints to the presidential palace in Tetuan and the Palace guards have found out where she is held so it is just a matter of get in and get out” “And you are sure your boys can snatch her without them knowing?” “It won’t be their first time of grabbing a human being from somewhere and I don’t see this one being any different.” Kuyi said. He got up and walked towards the door, looked back and said; “Go home Ifeoma and get some rest, your face is beginning to shrink” and he walked out closing the door gently behind him. Ifeoma looked around the room and said to herself; “you have no idea how much I would love to do that Kuyi and perhaps have you come along but sleep is not in my program right now. I just hope this does not become something deeper” as she relaxed into the seat of her chair, her assistant entered and said;

following vhis stowie like twitter

Oboy the rescue mission will be tiqht....... It seems IBK and Izu are amonq the members of the DMI OR DSS dat are on their way to the country and would be briefed as the fliqht qoes on......orr?? The president here is a Woman ooh.......ladies are u in the house???

Let go 4 d mission cn u pls add agent horgzy to d mission

Finally my war plane has landed, Am going to follow them to tetuan

eh eh,....this wan no go easy at all at all Letz watch sha

Abeg sell dis story to nollyhood for filming.

If agent Frank is not among the leaders of that group, hmmmmm, u better add agent Frank from NIA as d leader

@hollar... Nollywood wil spoil d story... Hmmm... Am suspecting dat buba or wotx dat hiz name... It sims he wil sabotage d nations plan... Bt ltx kip reading

Hmmmmmm........diz na war oooo

INTERESTING

Dis rescue mission wl b tough. Y wl Lucas take a country's number 1 hostage? He must really b mad, I hope he is prepared 4 d damage dis his action wl cause his country

wow.... This is really strong!! When IBK and IZU hear the big mission their in, they would just be silent cracking their brains on the mission and d formula to use....

@crusher i was abt saying dat too o... Nollywood wont make it intresting d way it is as we re reading it hia.... But it would av been a gr8 movie if it was acted out... @Pizzaro yes oooo... I even thought it was a mistake... But i jez kept seeing "Her" 'she" ... O make sense!! I jez hope it wont get extra bloody more dan what i expect...

Interesting... Ibk and izu will see better case to get involved in

dis war isnt going to b easy ooo

stil waiting for nxt epd make it snappy

****episode 17***** Ma’am, those file you asked for are ready. *************************** For some time, the two men in the plane said nothing to one another as they were both caught in their thoughts, Izu could not really understand why he was suddenly being called to the capital from the headquarters as it all seemed strange to him. he had just averted a terrorist attack which could spark actions all around the country and now was not the time to give him another assignment which is what this call sounded like to him. Perhaps they had found another terrorist cell somewhere in Abuja and wanted him to come take a look but he was not comfortable with it. he wished he could be the person to interrogate the driver and those caught in the warehouse but it looked like it was not going to happen. The presence of IBK gave more reason to his belief. Maybe his investigations into the arms movement was getting somewhere and there was a link between the two but there was no point flying him to Abuja to tell him that, he could just do all that and compare the instances from Lagos. He was excited that there might be a connection between the arms trafficking and the terrorists as that would help a lot in not only bringing down the terrorists but also the arms traders and a whole lot of crimes can either be solved or prevented in the process. Everything was so connected to one another now and just a slip up in one case might mean a slip up in a whole lot of investigations he did not know about. Ibukun on the other hand was not impressedwith his being called off his case, he had traced some guns from Osun state to Lagos before he heard of the bank robbery and wasalmost sure that it was the same guns he saw being moved that were used. If his theory turned out to be true, he could would just need to pin the movement back to the personhe knows is behind it and it is over, he also knows that the criminals know he is on their tails and with some of those guns in the custody of the police, they might move them or try to cover their tracks and he was hoping for it. The was no way they could cover their tracks and do so quietly so he would hear about it and he can easily slip behind their lines and get the evidence he wanted but it was all ideaand going well until he was called off. That was one thing he did not think of “What if the culprits are actually in it with his bosses and calling him is a way to cover the whole thing? Pull him off the case and put someone who was corrupt on it just long enough for them to go under and ensure they are never caught” That is a possibility he knows is true but he thinking about it hurts. He is so close to wrapping up the case and he could not afford to lose it. he looked out the window and saw the capital city down below. He had being there a couple of times but he had never been summoned there. “Maybe this will be something different from what I have been thinking” He looked towards Izu to notice that he was also in deep thought and something told him his former partner knows what was going on as the pilot came back and told them to prepare for landing. The jet landed and the both of them walked out to meet some military officials waiting forthem, there were cars already waiting too and they got in thinking they were about to be driven outside the airport but they the car headed to one of the hangers in the Air force wing and drove in. They both looked at one another confused as they got down and were greeted by an air force personnel; “Agent Izu, Agent ibukun, welcome to Abuja, the others have been waiting for you for the meeting to start” Ibukun looked towards Izu who looked just as confused as he was and he said; “Meeting? What meeting?” The young lady simply looked at them and said; “Please come with me” They walked past the guards who all looked and different personnel who were moving all sort of crates and boxes to a corner and walked to a door. The officer stood at the entrance and beckoned to them to enter while she stood outside. IBK opened the doorand held it as Izu walked in first. The room behind the door looked like a normal room except there were men sitting and some guy was standing in front of them apparently making a speech and Izu stood beside the door as IBK walked beside him and the man address the group looked towards him and said; “Welcome, you two can take a seat and we will bring you two up to speed as to what is happening” IBK looked around the room and said; “And what exactly is happening? I was pulled off an investigation and I was at least expecting someone from the SSS not the Air force” “Well, this is a joint operation and let me assure you, nobody here is actually Air force, there are just here to transport you to where you are supposed to be” “And where will that be? I am a little lost and what do you mean nobody here is Air force? This is an air force hanger right?” IBK said.

***episode 18***** The man looked straight at them and said; “Did you not get any message during your flight here?” They both shook their heads “No one told you anything, like a video message anything?” Again they shook their heads And then he said, okay, that means I will have to tell you myself, please take your seats and Iwill try to move as fast as I can as your transport leaves in 65 minutes” He continued while IBK got a bottled water from a table nearby and took it to his mouth; “Well some hours ago, the president of this Country took a trip to the Republic of Tetuan, and in the course of the visit, she is being held hostage there” He abruptly stopped as IBK found it difficult to swallow the water he took to his mouth and the water made a sound in his throat that distracted the entire room. he took the bottle away and muttered a “sorry” The man continued; “The president of Tetuan is holding her in the Presidential palace and has made some unreasonable demands so everyone in this room is part of a carefully selected crew to goget the president out of there and ensure her safety” Izu coughed a little and put up his hand; “Agent Izu, I think you should wait until I finish before you ask your questions” Izu replied; “Sorry but I think there is something wrong here, we are SSS agents and not the presidential guards or the DMI, so I don’t see why we should be part of this team” “And this s a combined team consisting of the DMI, DSS and SSS. You will be covered by the armed forces in Tetuan and back up will also be given to you. You two were picked from the SSS because of your long standing investigations and your proven records in hostage situations so if you feel like walking out and not taking part in this operation, please walk out” The man waited for about a minute as the room was quiet and then he continued

*deep sigh* Serious case at their front..... They can see it now that its a big case and need to be extraordinary careful.... Next Plz

Hmmmm...... Carry on somhkid

Thank God the plane is still in Nigeria. Agent Samuel from Coolval reporting to duty permission to fall in sir!!!!!

wen d president is a female......y won't dey hold her hostage???d story is getting more interesting.... I tink dey(forces)shld also send an invitation to boko haram.....

It wont be possible 2 jez walk out like dat... Its like calling demselves a coward nd saying dey re nt 2 be chosen... Even dia wrks will be @ stake..... Nw its tym 4 action... Ghen ghen

Lol I didn't see my name, hmmmmm!

Following up

Roll On

nxt plz izu nd ibk just stay calm nd all wil b well

Kip moving we dey ur back

****episode 19***** Black Water The forests of Africa around the equator are not called the tropical rain forest for nothing; they are characterized by one thing, rain and a lot of it. Tetuan falling into this belt was not different from the other places that was in this vegetation range, forest that was green all year round and trees that grow so tall, thatthey almost hide the volcanic hills that characterize the small country which made the terrain difficult to walk or pass through except by people who are used to the country’s terrain. There are a few roads through the forest even though the country is blessed with diamonds and other precious stones. The stones which had the potentials to bring the country out of obscurity and poverty turned out to be a curse on it like most countries in the world. Years of blissful leadership under a citizen oriented military rule was thrown away as external influences forced the military to relinquish power to a democratic rule and that’s when the problems started. The military leaders came from training that the people were the most important people in the society and were trained to respect and out the citizens ahead of their own selfish interest. During this time, Tetuan grew to be one of the pride of West African and although did not exact much political authority outside its borders, it was acountry which had a strong internal trade, a rich culture and citizens who were proud of the purple flag. Water and electricity was provided for its population which was not too much and food was grown from their own land as the government subsidized fertilizer and provided seedlings for the farmers, they wereexporters of cocoa seeds and banana. Tobacco was also a valuable export and they had an upcoming oil palm industry. A lot of their citizens were educated and ended up working in the country as they were conservative and did not ask for much. The military although lacked the vision to set up home grown corporations and companies knew enough to give the citizens what they need. They ensure that the mines were sourcing for the majority of their employees from the local work force and also that the funds from their resources were put to good use. Corruption was discouraged as a short drop from the hang man’s noose made sure it was not attractive to people who wanted togo into it. The military had big neigh ours like Nigeria and Ghana running her finances as they did not have banks to run it. The country was an active member of ECOWAS and OAU as it paid its dues as at when due and did not have problems with their neighbors until the citizens who the military government sent outside on scholarship came back and started pushing for a democratically elected government. The protested and backed by the imperials from outside the continent, they fought the military government with propaganda, the battle between the idealist and the government was peaceful but long, the companies which handled the mines were hoping the military government would relinquish power as they had t pay heavy fines to the government and they did not like that. They also paid for environment degradation and were forced toemployed people they did not want to as they preferred to bring their own staff from outside and they pitched their tents with the so called “progressives” and they financed them heavily. They paid for television and radio commercials which sent messages to the people that democracy was better than military rule and showed pictures from foreign countries as they said that was the dividends of democracy and that the then government was mismanaging their funds and their lives would be better if they had a democratically elected government. Western governments which were spreading their gospel of democracy being the savior of the new world also joined their pressure on the people to reject the government. Eventually, the government bowed to the pressure as it did not want to be unpopular with the people and because they saw the civil wars breaking out in the nations surrounding it as it turned the people’s lives around and threw countries into hell and caused massive humanitarian issues. The military government organized elections which were majorly between the western educated politicians with their new ideas andthe ones who were educated back home. Theforeign one who had a better understanding of how politics work and knew that basics of elections swept the offices and resumed power of the country’s economy and resources but there was a problem. During their campaigns against the military government, they made some promises to the mining companies and also to the foreigncountries who helped them out and the countries came back to collect.

****Episode 20**** First the mining companies wanted a reduction in the revenue sharing formulas between government and companies and they got it. There was also an agreement to stop compensating the people for damages to their lands and this greatly affected the farms and employment for those who are notmine workers. As the issues of unemployment grew, crime also grew and the country had a problem on their hands. The destruction of the farmlands also made staying back in the farming area unattractive to those who stayed there and this resulted in rural-urban migrations which saw populations in the urban areas soar while the mining companies used that excuse to bring in more expatriates who chose to live above every other person in the country. The locals saw the way the foreigners lived and they wanted that as they suddenly realized that their standards were lower than that of the foreigners and they strived for it but there were no jobs as the mining companies were not employing. The western countires also collected theirs in form of finances as they encouraged the country to ignore its West African neighbors and put its finances in their countries more and more. By the time the first democratic term was over, the country was going down economically and socially as greed and envy grew. The new leaders started amassing wealth to themselves and kept it abroad. Theyalso built mansions back home which were like rubbing their wealth in the people’s facesas every sector of the economy was abandoned. The foreign companies paid less and less into government accounts as they paid off accountants and changed their records to reflect what they paid in. the government did not really care as they were paid off and corruption did not just grow at the top, it simmered down to the ordinary people. Custom officials increased taxes at the ports and borders and so the prices of goodsincreased without an increase in the income of the ordinary people. Poverty which was previously a rare thing in Tetuan became common as firms closed up and unemployment grew. With that crime grew and the youth grew frustrated. With that frustration, they lashed out at the people they could which were the few among them which still had jobs and hate grew. There were elections after 4 years and the same government took power and the circle continued but it grew darker. Power failures started as the government had a shortage of funds and a population shift from rural to urban made the demand in certain areas more than usual. With all this problem, the locally educated politicians decided to fight back and they started campaigns to take backtheir country to what it used to be but when the government saw that it might be kicked out and possibly tried, they arrested the leaders and accused them of plotting to take over the government and summarily hanged. The hanging of the opposition leaders’ sparked riots all over the country as the poor majority fought back burning structures and setting up road blocks but where fought back by the same military that their interest barely 8 years back. The same rot in the country had crept into the military and that made they took the sidesof the government but they were those among them who did not share the corruption either because they had commanders who was too selfish to ensure that everyone had a share or because they refused and they planned a coup against the president. The coup failed and a lot of them took to the forest were they launched attackson the government from there. They took mines from the companies and bought weapons with the funds as they fought the government and the government fought back. This made the government put more of its money into the acquisition of weapons and the western countries which were too glad to sell guns did not hesitate to take sides as long as the money flowed. Soon the officers which were tagged rebels had enough funds to also get weapons as they struck deals with mining companies which operated the mines they controlled and provided them with funds. Soon, Tetuan the shining light of the sub region was engulfin a civil war that left no one untouched The war was fought on two fronts; the mediaand the battle fields. The government had the backing of foreign countries because of the presence of the precious stones and the mining companies put pressure on their government to support the government forces even though it was obvious that they were not popular among the citizenry. The government had more funds and so had more weapons which were supplied by some western countries but the rebels had money from the mines they held and could buy weapons from China and Russia. The fight went on just like any civil war on the continent and lives were lost as well as limbs. The government knew it was not popular and that a lot of people were aligning with the opposition forces and they did all they could to get the back on their side. This included intimidation and threats. It also included making them fear as examples weremade of people who even showed signs of not liking the government as they were hanged in public places without trial, their wives and children taken to detention camps where survival was implausible and the chances of escaping was not existing. The government had hoped that this would turn the people against the opposition and make them give up their support but it made the people hate the government more and more. After years of fighting and tens of thousands of lives had been lost, the African union called both parties to a meeting with the hops that they would find a solution to the problem but neither side wanted to shift grounds. The government demanded that the opposition surrendered and its army disbanded. The opposition also wanted something the government did not want to give as they asked that elections be held but by a neutral body to decide who rules the country. The government forces knew that elections would see it being thrown out of office so they turned it down and they continued their confrontation and fighting until something happen which both sides did not envisage. The government during the war started putting more and more money in accounts outside the country as they saw that they might eventually have to leave office and so the principal officials decided to gather as much as they could and escaped if that ever happened at that was at the cost of weapons. While the opposition used their funds to make the areas they controlled livable and also buy weapons, the government took their funds to private accounts outside the countryand neglected the military and this lead to the opposition gaining more territories and the military suffered the shame and also losses inpersonnel as most of them fought with insufficient weapons and there were times they lacked food which affected their morale. The military chiefs did not really care about this as long as they got their share of the lootand they turn the other way as their men were sent out to die and most times captured by the lesser trained opposition army who were better fed and had more access to weapons and this led to a mutiny. The junior officers decided they had had enough and they took over the government. The junior officers killed or jailed most of the members of the previous government and the international community had hoped that they will agree to have elections but the government led by Lucas Radonsolema had seen it all before. He feared that elections would bring a government which might be as corrupt as the one they overthrew and so he refused asking that the opposition forces dropped their weapons and stop their campaign. He demanded that the opposition troops would be absolved into the main army and their leaders will be given top seats in the government until the country is stable and infrastructure was good enough to carryout elections but Lucas had plans of his own. He said the African Union brokered meetings were not achieving results and he asked that they meet in Tetuan to discuss the problems of the country as they were the ones facing the challenges and in his words, “Know where the shoe bites”. A venue was picked for the meetings and all parties were to come without arms as they were just going to discuss the issues faced by the country but Lucas had paid a group of mercenaries to attack the venue and act like it was something he did not know about. As the meeting went on, the building came under attack and a lot of people both on Lucas’s side and the opposition were killed including his own chiefs.

Hmmmm.. This is serious.... Politics!!!!! (Kòkòrò tó n jèfó ìdí èfó ló wà).....

I admire the historical combo of Naija and Tetuan. Its quite exhilarating!!

Lucas. That crazy bastard son of a thousand fathers. Just dey dere, Agent Fherahoney is on the way to absorb the freaking fucking ''you''. Ride on. author. I dey una back like spinal cord. Where my garri??? Person no go die of hunger o jere. Ehn ehn! I don see am. Make i chop, i no be tetuan junior militants wey dey starve to death. #sigh #winks

Wow! See as dis our writer analyse history.... Diz Lucas is really a devil incarnate...

@somkhid sey nar history u go study ni........ diz story nar die abeg........ carry on for us jawe

Oboy u try,see naration u be history teacher?

Its not easy to be a developed nation as Rome was not built in a day.

see history lesson......make ah no lie I no read dis episodes well,cos d tin no gree enta ma head.....

****episode 21**** Lucas survived as planned and forged medical reports that he sustained some injuries during the attacks but the opposition did not buy his claim. They did not trust that Lucas was not behind it or perhaps people within his own government who wanted to take over from him and so they attacked the government troops more as people rose up to take over the positions of those that were killed and the fighting took a different dimension as the opposition got more cruel and did not spare the government troops. Lucas on his own side, got better weapons for his army and unlike the previous government, he made sure they got everything they wanted and this worked in his favor as the army were better equipped and were more prepared to follow commands. There was continuous bickering as to what side was responsible for the attacks during the peace talks as Lucas denied any involvement and the war raged on with innocent civilians mostly women and children being caught in the cross fire. The effects of the war was not just felt in Tetuan alone but soon it spilled into the sub-region as civilians fled the fighting and moved into the surrounding countries. These countries had to set up camps and also guard their borders as guns from Tetuan found their wayinto their country and increased crime there too and so the Economic Community of West African States ECOWAS got involved in the issue and started having meetings with both parties. The Nigerian government observed that a cease fire had to exist and they were successful in brokering one and they sent troops to enforce it as both side kept sneaking up and attacking one another. The Nigerian troops just had one objective which was to stay between the government troops and the opposition until a lasting solution was found. The Nigerian president was delegated by ECOWAS to help find a solution and she met with both parties frequently; sometimes together and sometimes alone. She took tripsto talk to them in their territories and everyone thought the meetings were going fine until Lucas Radonsolema decided to up the stakes and take her captive in his presidential palace. *************************** *************************** One hour after walking into the briefing room, Izu, IBk and the other 7 men in the room which were drawn from the DSS and DMI walked out and walked towards a military helicopter which was waiting for them. During the hour long briefing, they were informed of the situation in Tetuan and they were briefed about the mission. It was top secret and only a few people would even hear about it if it was successful. They were to sneak into the presidential palace in Tetuan and get the president out. Izu had thought the DMI official telling them had lost his mind when he mentioned that they would be sneaking into the presidential quarters of another country and he said; “Excuse me but is the army not more equipped to handle such issues?” The officer replied; “You think the army is better but the army is more suited for ground assaults and not moving into hot spots to free hostages. This mission has to go according to plan or we might be in deep poo so we need people who are experienced in being discreet and still as efficient” IBK had hoped there would be a talk about them saying they were not interested but nothing of that nature was said. He had reservations about going to Tetuan, and sneaking into a presidential palace seemed tohim like something which was impossible even though they had the plans to the place and the complete layout of the entire palace. It just sounded to him like a suicide mission but he knew Izu and him were probably familiar with missions like that. They had been involved in helping a lot of hostages and sometimes without the knowledge of thecaptors so this seemed the same way except that the stakes were bigger and there was no way they could afford to make mistakes. The Nine of them sat down in the military helicopter as they were introduced. 5 DMI officials who were trained in fire arms, explosives and capable of getting in and out of a lot of security situations and the other two were from the DMI and were involved in the Militancy in the North east. Apparently, everyone involved had an experience of two which made them stand out even though they looked ordinary. There was a woman among them and she was a DMI agent but she did not look one bit scared. IBK had reservations about her more because he did not think women had the strength and perseverance for missions but he kept the thoughts to himself as they were hand picked and if she was picked out of the DMI, she hadto hav some special qualities. The team leader was an agent who had worked in Tetuan before as part of an investigation to see how the weapons were going in and out of the countries and he had also gotten some Nigerian nationals out of the country when they were trapped along with two of the members of the present teamso he knew the terrain and this time, this was more of going back to somewhere he was comfortable with. They had gone through the capital city and seen the routes that they should take and also the plans to the presidential had also been provided so they knew exactly where to pass and how to go through it. They were to land on a Nigerian warship off the coast of Tetuan as they were sure all aircrafts coming into Tetuan would be monitored and from there, they would get to shore on speed boats and move through the rest of the journey. *************************** ************************** Ifeoma had decided she was not going home until the mission was over. Kuyi had said she needed rest but she could not sleep. Al her years of training had not prepared her for something of this nature and she had no ideahow it would go. She looked at the watch on her huge desk and saw that the helicopter carrying the men to Tetuan should be leaving any moment, she had requested that she addressed the agents going but Kuyi had said it was not so important. He mind went back to Kuyi. He was probably the most dangerous person in the country but he rarely showed it. he has something oneveryone and he knew about everything. It is his job to keep the military from going off the edge and he is feared for it. She in turn respects him especially how he seems to be in control of everything. They had grown closer since she was the minister for defence and every time the troops were going out fora mission outside, he always had information about the country and always had men on ground to provide initial support and information. Kuyi dealt in information and that made him dangerous. She looked into the large TV screen hanging on the wall in a far side and the 4’O clock news was on Channels television and they were talking about some bank robbery in Lagos. They had earlier spoken about a foiled terrorist attack in that same Lagos and she wondered how the country came to a situation like this. She walked towards the television to switch it off; she never got used to the remote control and she mostly had her assistants operate it but this time she walked over with her phone in her pocket. When she got close to the Television, the screen got distorted and then it rang. .She picked the call and a voice said; “Ma’am, they have left the Abuja airport” She replied with an “Okay” but wondered why her phone acted so strangely when close to the television. Most times, the phone gets no interference but she ignored and went back to her chair as she drafted a mail to Kuyi

*****episode 22**** She put her phone besides her and the screen of the laptop fluttered and had some lines on it but she was too tired to notice. Shestarted typing the message she had drafted in her head a long time ago when the phone rang and this time, it was from Kuyi himself. “Hello Kuyi, I was just about to mail you. I just got reports that the helicopter had left for the coast of Tetuan so I wanted to make sure all other plans were going according to plans” “E-mail? Does anyone still use that? I don’t even remember my address; all I know is thatI get a notification when I get one. My phone works better. I was at the airport With Tope Adesanya to watch them lift off and we are in contact with the Admiral. From the ship, they would make their way to the shore and the mission will take place in the early hours of tomorrow” “But Kuyi, don’t you think the men might be tired? Flying to the ship then the hourney to the presidential palace and still moving in on it tonight? We should allow them get some rest before pushing them in” “Ifeoma, don’t worry, these people are trained for that and we have to move fast too so Lucas does not smell we are planning something. If we moved against him as planned, he would not believe we already have a plan like that and that would work butif we delay, he might sell a rat and besides if we intend to keep the media out of this, we really should get the president back home fast” Ifeoma paused for a bit and said; “I hope this goes well else we are all going to be in deep…..” She barely finished when Kuyi cut in “Don’t worry, it will go well. We have this under control, now get some rest; I will inform you when we are moving in” “Okay, I will call the admiral and ask Buba to get his people ready but Kuyi, please get her back safely” Kuyi was silent for a while and then he replied; “Is that an order from the Minister of Defence?” “That is an appeal from a close friend of the Commander in Chief to another close friend. At this point, we have gone beyond orders” “She will be back home by tomorrow ma’am. That I can guarantee” And the phone went dead. Ifeoma looked to her screen again and closed the page to her mail address. She thought of how the president would feel right now; she could notsay if Lucas would be a nice host or perhaps her just let her sit down all on her own but if one thing was sure, it would be that Lucas had just bitten more than he could chew because if this plan succeeds or fails, he is going to be at the receiving end of a lot of issues from very angry men and in her case woman. She opened a file on her PC showing the plans which was drafted by Kuyi and Tope and she went through it again as she was oblivious of her surroundings and did not notice when her assistant walk in and then she heard a cough. Ifeoma almost jumped out of her skin but she maintained her cool and looked up slowly to see the assistant standing above her and said “You should learn to knock you know” The assistant who did not expect her boss to be caught unawares and said; “Sorry ma’am, I knocked but got no reply” “Fine what do you want? The assistant said; “I just got a call from a reporter from Channels Television ma’am, they want to havean interview with you to discuss the military operations outside the country” She replied without raising her head; “Tell them you could not reach me and keep them away from yourself and me for the time being” and she said the rest to herself “The last thing I want right now is to be asked silly questions by some nosy reporter” As the assistant walked towards the door, she remembered something important; how would they explain this to the citizens and the rest of the world even after the president is rescued? It will cause ripples in every aspect of their lives she was sure and some serious dusts will be raised but that was secondary. The most important thing was getting the president back” *************************** *************************** The helicopter touched down on the warshipoff the coast of Tetuan 2 hours later and the occupants got off without anyone on the ship even looking at them twice. The crew was already used to people coming and leaving and they thought this was just a normal. The ship was always used to transport things to land to the peace keeping troops for supplies that cannot be flown in directly. All nine of them got off the helicopter and they were directed into a briefing room by the captain of the ship himself.

*Finqers crossed* I beleive the team would be able to carry out the rescue mission successfully......Goodluck!

Hmmmm.... The president is funny.... That Lucas is wise ooo.... so na the things for war he want..... ——— The 9 _____(fill it) on their way to save the President ....... Lolz... The press self don deh notice somethingz self...well they are doing their work.....

vhiz is really going to b an interesting battle..... cos going into the presidential villa ain't an easy task oo...

This is a real rescue mission to be accomplished.may God see u 2ru

Hmm... To my knowledge, there is only one device that will cause a ripple of radio waves, when juxtaposed with either a phone or maybe a television. That device is a recorder!! I'm, although skeptical, that a recorder was attached to a place close to the t.v. Or even in the t.v. Itself

Hm work dn start hm

dnt worry mrs president u will be rescued

Good luck

@kedike Thanks for the understanding

i just pray u shuld succeed wit dis mission because dis isnt a easy task at all

Action wil sn begin

This is death mission

Waiting for the action

dis is xtremely breathtaking! By d way, special agent Grays asking for permission to join d team!

i feel there is a recorder in dhat house Maybe lucas even knw abt d mission..... But i stil trust ibk and izu

****episode 23***** They entered with the lady among them went last behind the two SSS agents like she was looking out for them and IBK was not happy about that. He was used to being in charge ofall his operations and even with hostage situations in the Niger Delta where he would probably have his head blown off, he lead but here he was with a woman who was acting like she had more testosterone than him and he was disgusted. To him, women should not be in this type of jobs, not when mistakes or failure cannot be tolerated. He could not hesitate looking around the frigate as they moved towards out of the landing pod into the ship itself though. The ship NNS Owuro is one of the many frigates owned by the Nigerian Navy operating in the gulf of Guinea; most of the other ones are stationed across the oil installation platforms or around the territorialwaters to protect against oil thieves or pirates which seem to be increasing around the area. The country’s navy being the most sophisticated one in the sub region also helps in protecting the waters of its closest neighbors since the criminals who run such operations will have a free access into the country if they are allowed to run freely in theother countries so the other ships are scattered all over the sub region. Most other the other frigates however operate deeper into sea so as not to disrupt the activities of the other countries except there is a special use for them. in a lot of crises situations, these ships are called upon to provide support to the troops from the country of the troop from the country where they watch in terms of fire power, arrest of ships used for criminal purposes or in some cases, as a way to transport troops to shore in case the army needs to create a base on the shore. The beach assault team are mostly responsible for this and they include a specially trained unit which are trained in the use of hand guns and to make sure they create a space on the beach for the troops to set up camp but in this case. The NNS Owuro is one of such ships but it has berthed close to the Tetuan’s waters to support the troops in terms of launching helicopters for air support and communications and its position made it perfect for the mission at hand; it was apparent that Lucas Radonsolema would be tracking the air space over Tetuan and shouldany helicopter or airplane lands anywhere, they will most likely be aware and that could affect the success of the mission so they intend to go by speed boats towards the beach and then go into one of the rivers that empties into the Atlantic and go up river fromthere which will take them just hours away from the presidential palace. They were to getsome rest on the ship so fatigue would not be an issue while the palace guards around the presidential palace get more information as to the location where the president was being held and only communicate with the team when they get close to the palace. The team on the other hand had been instructed not to discuss their mission with anyone and after a three hour rest, they were on the boats and on the Atlantic towards Tetuan. The left with enough guns and ammunition to start a mini war as each agent was handed their weapon of choice and but also a back up and enough supplies. They were armed for any eventualities. The female among them lieutenant Shade was the communications officer while another DMI agent captain Charles was in charge of medical. Although they did not think they would have a problem relating to the need of a medical officer but someone had to care for them in case one of them got shot or they need an emergency. They had the supplies just for that reason. They had communications with one another to communicate with one another but if they needed to get a call out, it would go directly to the ship which was just in range and then it would be redirected to the office of the director of the DMI. They were ordered not to break radio silence unless it was an emergency as their messages might be picked by the wrong people. While in the boat, each member concentrated on their individual thought as they had no idea what to expect once they got near the palace. They knew there would be troops watching the palace and that’s whythey were to go in at night. Most of the electricity to the city had been cut out as a result of years of war but the palace had installed a gas plant to supply it power which meant sneaking in would be almost impossible. There were men situated all around the palace and there was no way they could get in without being seen but their mission said they should be 30 minutes away from the palace at midnight and they were going towards that.

****episode 24**** Lucas Radonsolema sat down in his office scared inside him but doing a good job of showing the opposite to his men. He knew the Nigerian government would try something. They had sent a message that they agree to his demands to pack up and leave but he did not believe it one bit. They would not just leave their weapons, get back to their ships and go without at least trying to save the president and so he kept his men on 24 hour duty. For the past 6 months, the Nigerian troops had watched over the palace but now his men had to guard it against them. He had double the number of men around the palace and more on the streets, there were roadblocks everywhere and a lot of troops were combing the streets around the palace and all the houses were being watched. Some of his generals had questioned the rationale behind holding the Nigerian president captive but he had his reasons and those reasons only made sense to him. He knew the Nigerians would make a move on him soon and he was prepared for it. They would not move in with heavy artillery for fear of hitting their president and they sure would not but something still told him they would not just leave without putting up a fight. It was not right. One of his generals entered his office and said, “Sir, we have noticed that the Nigerians are beginning to move. Their troops are pulling back and backing up” Lucas smiled inside and thought; “Finally” “Which of their troops are moving first?” “Those in the south sir and they seem to be moving fast too. Do you think they have agreed to leave and do as we wish?” Lucas got off his seat and looked out the window and said; “So it would seem for now. Get in touch with our troops, immediately, they move out, take positions there, we don’t want the Nigerians to leave and the rebels take those positions” The general nodded his head thoughtfully and was about to walk out the door when the phone on Lucas’s table rang. He picked it up and said; “Hello, what’s going on?” “Sir, something does not add up” “What does not?” he said looking at the general in front of him “A detachment just left their camp and is heading towards the palace. They sneaked on foot and just across the corner; they got into trucks and are driving towards the palace sir. They just stopped not far from the river to pick up another set of men who seem to have been waiting for them close to the river” Lucas paused for a while and said; “What are you really telling me?” “Sir, I think they are planning an attack on the palace through the east wing” Lucas looked around the room and for some seconds, he felt the room move around him and his head felt light and he felt a strange feeling he had not felt in a long while creep up his spine. Goose pimples took over his skin and his brain seemed not to control his body functions well as beads of sweat broke on his skin. He looked around the office and he almost did not recognize him as the reality hit him that the Nigerian army might be coming over to get the president themselves but he pulled himself together and he said; “keep them in sight and report everything you see” He hung up, looked straight at the general in front of him and said; “The Nigerians are going to hit us from the east wing, get the men around there fast to help the guards out”

nigeria wil surely win i think u knw dat lucas,nd u ar goin to pay for it

All the agents following dis thread tat asked for permission to fall in,just knw dat where u will b fixed in will b very tough(where d battle is hot)

Ride on....... Lucas go no say nigeria no dy carry last.....

The battle line between both country have been drawn.. Waitin for the outcome. Next episode pls

diz is a serious war.......... let d march begins

Nice nice... Carry on

I pray they are able to get the president alyf.

That's another strategies to deceive them.

i pray dy succeed to sneak in d country b4 d guard reach d east wing

world war 2 loading.....

Dis Lucas ll surely loose

Hmmmmm vhiz people av already qotten the information that the Niqerian men would attack from the East.......am nt sure the mission will succeed aqain ooo

I am HAWK EYES permission 2 fall in sir

Its high time lucas is thought a lesson

*****episode 25**** Team Leader Micheal Olowo was used to operations in Tetuan and most of them has been about to find out enemy tactics and where they would likely hit so as to prevent the cease fire being breached. That usually involved getting behind the lines of both parties and trying to listen in on their conversations and sometimes; twisting the arms (literarily and implied) Lucas Radonsolema of people he makes contact with as long as it gets the job done. He had learnt the ways both sides think and who makes the decisions. He has also been involved in blocking the arms trading to both sides from the outside world to an extent and has a lot of human assets in the country but the major reason he was chosen to lead the operation is that he had lead an operation of the magnitude once. A group of Students from the Obafemi Awolowo students who were studying the effects of civil war were once kidnapped by a group of soldiers who broke away from the government and were looking to use the students to get money from their parents. The soldiers had hoped to use the to collect money and move out of the country but they did not think there was a team of DMI agents running an operation on gun import from nearby Liberia and their attention was drawndue to the phone calls they traced. The students were rescued without even their parents knowing and since then, Michael had been trained in weapons handling and after years of dealing with warlords and gun runners, he learnt to survive in places where no one else would. He had learnt to run operations either as a member of a team or as a single agent and he tended to blend in where ever he went and that worked for hima lot as in Tetuan, a stranger would be killed just because he is suspected to be spying on behalf of the enemy. They sat down in the safe house just minutesaway from the palace and he looked out into the dark night with the moon just barely illuminating the place. They did not use any light except a little candle in the corridor so as not to attract attention. The authorities of Tetuan did not know the Nigerian government had a house just minutes away from them as although they secured Lucas, they kept a series of houses around the country to coordinate their mission there which majorly involved the control of weapons and narcotics around the country as an increase in the number of those in one troubled spot in the sub region would lead toan increase in fire arms all over and they might just end up on the streets in Nigeria. Michael did not have any doubt in his mind that the mission would turn well even thoughhe had no idea how it will happen. The director had said they palace would be empty by the time they got to the palace and he believed that, he just wondered how that would happen. He looked towards his team members who looked calm on the outside but he knew within them, they were as worried as him. The time was approaching fast and soon they would move towards the palace and they had no chance of failing. Shade had never had an operation in Tetuan before but she was used to hostage situations. Her operations are majorly held onships and against pirates who kidnap the crew of ships on the high seas and she enjoyed doing just that primarily because it mostly involve high gun operations and the precision involved. She had been part of the team and was already used to being part of acrew as she always had people to fall back onif all else fails. She once did a programme in telecoms while she was with the navy and that put her in charge of the communicationson most of the ships she served on and when one day, her captain put her in an operation with some agents, she knew she did not want to go back to the closed communications room of any ship again. The reason she made the team was probably because she was one of the best in communications and she is used to wiring and fixing gadgets together. Once she and her team had been stuck on some ship which had lost power and there was no way to contact the base even as the ship was drifting out to sea gradually and they had to sit out with the hostages they rescued and the pirates in the middle of the cold season She is used to tough weather and also used to sudden missions which had no margin for error and it involved a lot of men which people would normally call tough and hard but she always held her own and sometimes save their backsides once or twice but something about this mission made her jittery because as much as the mission seem so foolproof, she is a believer in team work toher, a team can be put together in 5 seconds and absolute loyalty would be found between them and this was because they were all sworn to one common identity which was to protect but this team made her wary not because she did not know them or because itwas a joint team but the SSS agent looked at her funny. The way she was looked at while she was with the navy At the navy, very few female officers actually did field work, and even fewer are accepted into the ranks. She joined as a graduate in telecommunications engineering fresh from school and fell in love with the sea. Her superiors never saw how a woman would fit into a ship’s crew so for some years she was stuck in an office designing communications options between naval installations across the country until she had the opportunity one day. She was at the Lagos port and a naval coast guard boat had some problems with its equipment and she was the only one available. She fixed it in no time and chance had it that a captain of a newly commissioned frigate was visiting the harbor to see a friend of his and he took notice of her but said nothing. Two weeks later, the orders came to Shade that she was to join a crew on a ship in their communications. She was first jittery of the thought of being stuck in one ship for weeks but she accepted and worked there for months until there was a situation where they were short of men. Most of the men were fighting it out on a pirate ship and they was a fishing boat which looked suspicious so Shade was given a handgun which everyone was trained to use and put in a hurriedly assembled team. The fishing boat turned out to be transporting weapons to some war torn West African country and a gun fight broke. When reinforcement would get to the boat, the team had made a good account of themselves and during the brief, Shade was praised for her bravery under fire and that got the attention of the DMI who contacted her as a field agent. She was first bothered about joining but the experience on the fishing boat was exciting to her; she got to shoot at people and make arrests which she never had done but what she really liked about the new job at the DMI was that she would be seen as a member and not someone to use when there is no one else. They would use her as a human and not put her behind because she was a woman and she would not be considered as a weakling. She also had the added advantage of having a background in communications and the DMI knew this would help the team. Shade’s appraisal after the mission on the fishing boat told them she had the natural ability to fit into a team and also hold her own in the face of danger. That was all years ago and she never had to deal with sexism again until the SSS agent looked at her with some disgust in his face. He had looked at her as if he was looking at someone who he was better than and he even told her to go rest while the rest of them planned on what to do. She was jolted out of her thoughts when Michael said; “I hope you all are alive and awake. The Director told us we will be moving in at a half past midnight which is 30 minutes away and you should all stay sharp and check your weapons and your ear pieces” All around him, the members sat up and adjusted their weapons each with little doubts in their minds. They checked their back packs to make sure they were not leaving anything behind as Izu went to the corridor to replace the candle. And as he walked back towards the room, he heard the sounds of firearms in the distance. He walked back into the room and saw that the other members had heard it too but they were not all bothered by it. They had been briefed about the plan and were ready to go with it. *************************** *************************** Lucas Radonsolema walked out of his office slowly in company of his two bodyguards and when he got to the corridor, there were men running around as they were all runningtowards the exit as they had been called out to defend against the incoming attack. He had expected them to come soon but he was not expecting them to come so soon and definitely not that night and he felt Unclad. He knew he did not have enough guards to keep them out if an all assault came against his palace but he also knew that if it came to it, he could use the president as a ticket out of there. The plan was working so far and it better work.

It won't work. U ar going down LUcas

Lucas U R A Loser

surely u ar goin to die lucas......... ..... ..... U ar evil....... .. ..next

So u self they fear niger army.

Lucas a loser

*****episode 26**** He picked his phone and dialed a number on it, there was connection on the other side and he said; “What’s new?” The person on the other side answered him; “They are still headed this way sir and it does not seem like they know we are aware. Some of them got out of the trucks some seconds ago and are setting up a perimeter not far from the gates” “Keep them in sight and try to stay as hidden as you can” “Sir there is a little problem” He did not have time for problems. He was too tired and too scared to think of anything right then and he replied coldly; “What is the problem?” “I got some reports that the trucks are mounted with 100mm guns and the men are packing a lot of fire power. If they intend to make a move against us, we will need a lot more men then the guards there right now.” “I will have men come from our installations but it will take some time before they get there o you will have to hold on” “We will try sir” He felt his anger grow; “Don’t try, hold them off. That is an order” and he hung up. He knew the issue of men would be a problem but if they could hold on for a couple of minutes, he can get reinforcements from those holding off the rebels and that could work. That moment, he started regretting that he had the president in the palace but hewas sure they would not try to come in, the most they would do is to surround the palaceand see how long he can tough it out for but he had alternative plans; if they have him surrounded, he would use the road in the bush and take the president with him and that thought made him smile. Maybe he can buy himself a little time until more men arrives. He and his men walked back as he picked his phone and dialed a number Kuyi had driven to the defence headquarters with Tope and they met most of the other members of the previous meeting there. The mission was about starting and Ifeoma had decided to have the command center in her office so they could monitor everything they and so each chief could know what was expected of them. On the loud speakers, the voice of the peace keeping force in Tetuan’s voice came over the radio; “Abuja, we are in position, and I think they know we are here” Tope said; “How are you so sure they know you are moving against them?” Kuyi did not wait for the voice to reply as he answered the question, “There is no way we can move that many men near that palace without the finding out and as a matter of fact, it is impossible” Ifeoma added; “Okay captain, just keep your men there and light some flares at least then we can be sure they know we are there” “And fire some shots in the air so they know you mean business” Buba added Ifeoma looked towards Buba and said; “Shoot some rounds? You do realize the president is in there” “They would fire into the air, they can’t hit anyone” She replied; “We cannot do that” Then Ifeoma’s phone rang and she looked at the number calling her, she looked up and said; ‘It’s Lucas” “Put him on speaker” Tope who had more experience in hostage situations than everyone in the room said Ifeoma answered the phone and said; “Good morning Lucas. I hope you are well” “I am well ma’am and I am also aware that your army is moving against my palace. I thought we had an agreement that they would leave not come after me” She answered; “We had an agreement but you don’t really think we would sit on our hands and take your word for it did you? You have 15 minutes to release her Lucas and then we willcome and get her by ourselves” “If you as much as step into this complex, you will be burying a president” Kuyi answered him; “Maybe we prefer that to handing a whole lot of guns to you” “Mr anonymous again” Lucas said “I am beginning to enjoy your cool voice; do you think we can see a movie together?” Kuyi answered; “Yeah I can watch you locked in one of our holding facilities in Tetuan and you can watcha lot of well armed Nigerian soldiers take your country down. Nice movie don’t you think?” “All I asked for is some guns since you have blocked my supplies” Ifeoma answered; “Then it will be better you just give up and lether go” Lucas laughed and said; “Then what? We make a deal, you don’t kill me or what?” Buba answered; “We don’t make deals with terrorists Lucas, you know that already” “Okay then, I guess I have to make sure I don’tget caught by your troops then. Lucas said and he hung up” Ifeoma looked towards Kuyi and then at Buba and then Tope and she asked; “What next?” “We give the order ma’am” Buba said Ifeoma put her hand on the communicator that linked straight to the troops in Tetuan and the voice answered immediately, “We are in position Abuja and waiting for a go” Ifeoma looked around the room and the heads nodded. She taped her fingernails on the huge and thick table for some seconds and said; “Proceed with black water Captain”

Wheew!!!! Plz dear writer....save us d long histories nd give us d actions we re waiting 4....

Too many questions dat require answers? But I will be patient and flow along wit d story. Pls d suspense is killing, and des episode was too short

Action time.......letz see how vhiz qoes and plz the president must nt die in the process o....she must come out alive....

Continue plss

Nice nice....... Fire dy go

i would have loved to comment bt i jst restrain,i want to see the end bfor commenting officially.....

Thanks for the invite @smokhid and @T-Dak.. This story is gonna b mind blowing

War he wants and war he surely get!

Ride on...we need action

Lucas u r a looser

Too much history for the gods to read Pls being need action

U re in 4 it lucas

nxt plz

Lucas go hear ween, he go know say his decision to hold a president of anoda nation captive was sheer madness. Dance to d beat u are drumming Lucas

It's getting boring o

*****episode 27**** The captain put down the receiver and looked in front of him. The road ahead was partly lit up and he knew his men and him are walking into something that would soon become a battle field. He had not been told to invade the palace but to go there with his troops and just keep the guards there busy. He did not know what that meant and since he was told that it was a covert mission, he did not bother sharing the details with the men. He was just to go there to loiter but if need be, they could also use guns and engage the Tetuan troops in their mission to loiter. They were under strict instructions not to use heavy artillery on the palace itself but to use it to defend themselves ban under no circumstances were they to go near the west wing. He knew the west wing was where something was going on and the shelling of the east wing was just what it was; a smoke screen which from what he was seeing the Tetuans did not see. The whole battalion had left camp and his squadron had broken off while the rest while the remaining would keep driving and take a turn where they would do the same thing from the north wing. He looked to the front and gave the order for the squad to move forward. They were to provoke the Tetuans until they opened fire first and that would also help the other guys at the north to reach their destination before the fighting starts. He got back into the truck as the car moved forward but slowly towards the palace when they got to a check point which looked undermanned and they stopped. A poorly dressed soldier walked towards them with an AK 47 swung over his shoulder and he looked at the company “This is a restricted location, peacekeepers are allowed this far” The captain got down and walked towards him smiling as he looked into the distance and saw soldiers scrambling towards them and taking positions around and he said; “We are dropping by to say hello on you folks, I hope y’all don’t mind” The guard looked at the captain carefully under the dimly lit lights and said; “Please turn your vehicles around” “That is not really possible son, you and your partner there either allow us pass or you will have to shoot at us. You know how it is when you wake up in the middle of the night and you suddenly feel the need to take a stroll into somewhere you are not allowed. That’s how we are right now.” He looked back to one of his men who got down and walked towards him. The soldier walked to him and whispered into his ears; “They are in position sir” The captain looked at the guard and saw his partner coming out of the booth with his guntrained on them and he felt bad for them. He knew what he would have to do and he still did not like it. his briefing had come directly from the defence headquarters and they had been told to treat the Tetuans as hostiles which meant they could kill any of them they wanted but that did not make him feel any better but he had been trained for this and just because he had spent months in the country protecting both sides did not really matter. He looked towards the soldier beside him and nodded, with blinding speed and knock out force, the soldier landed a blow to the jaw of the guard and the guard hit the ground. The force, speed and precision of the blow gave a perfect combination as the guard lost consciousness before he even hit the ground. His partner saw him drop to the ground and pulled his gun on the both of them; “Stop, stay where you are or else……” The captain said; “Or else what, you are going to shoot us?” He turned his back to the guard and started walking towards the rest of the company andthen he saw in the distance that more trucks were coming their way. He looked back at theguard and said; “There are more men here than you can handle, you should go meet your people, I am sure they will need as much men as possible or you can just surrender and we can let you go without harm. Both ways, it remains your choice” The guard looked at the trucks which just joined the company and looked back at the Tetuan troops taking positions some distance away and he made his choice. He dropped hisgun and quickly walked away passing between the trucks and towards the end. He got to the last truck, took one last look back and started running into the shadows. The soldier walked up to the captain and said; “Seems like the Tetuan army is falling apart without us even attacking them yet” “A lot of the guards that man these posts are just commoners without military training so what do you expect? The poor guy probably has a kid and a wife somewhere and he is out here in the cold watching over a leader who does not care about him” The soldier said; “So what are we doing here once again sir?” “I can’t tell you” “You can’t tell me or you don’t know sir?” 1

Lolzzz see sharp corner.... "u cnt tell me or u dnt knw sir" I hope d next episode will be gun battle....

Ride on

****episode 28**** “The order we have is to cause a disturbance and loiter until further instructions, order than that; I have no idea why we are attacking this place like this. If we really want to take it, we could just send in the Air force to bomb them and we mop up the pieces” The captain walked back towards the rest, looked back at the soldier and said; “Take care of that guard on the ground and let’s move forward, we are on a schedule” *************************** ************************* Lucas Radonsolema was sitting in his chair behind his desk and trying to look as brave as he could and was doing a good job of it. He had his legs on the desk as he was in deep thoughts as to what to do next, he could not just wait and let the Nigerians come and grab the president but just disappearing right now would not be good thing and his men might lose confidence and desert their posts. One thing was sure and it was that if they came for the president, he would not be able to stop them but he could always take her somewhere else through another route. His phone rang and he picked it up; “What is the matter?” he queried “Sir, another squadron of Nigerians just showed up at the north wing and they are headed straight for the gate” For a few seconds, Lucas lost consciousness while holding the phones as blood flowed away from his brain and he felt his feet almost tremble. The north gate too? “Get men there right now and why are you just allowing them advance towards you? Open fire on them before they get close enough to take you out before can do anything” The voice replied not sure he wanted to carryout the order; “You want us to open fire on them sir?” “If you don’t, they will fire on you so get them back or at least make them stop and I have called for reinforcement from our main troops and they will be here in 2 hours so just hold them back. You don’t even have to fight them back” “Yes sir” was the reply he got. When the line went dead, he got up and went towards the window which faced the north wing and wondered how it was out there. Troops facing one another and all of them because of one woman when loads of them die all over Tetuan everyday Seconds later, he heard a gunshot, followed with a burst and continuous burst of guns from all directions. He got away from the window, went back to his chair and said to himself; “I hope this ends well” *************************** *************************** In the house, the team heard the first shots and all went for their weapons instinctively. Michael looked at his watch which read 11;54and he looked back towards the team; “Okay people, grab everything you should grab; we head out in 6 minutes” Izu checked his back pack and made sure he was packing everything right because as much as he wanted to make the mission a success. He looked around him and everyone had such high hopes about the mission but he was not so sure; the whole idea of walking into another presidential palace was beginning to sound so impossible and the gunshots in the background made him lose more believe in the mission but he could not do much as he had already signed in. At midnight, all nine of them stepped out of the house dressed in clothing that blended perfectly with the night. There was no other sound except that of gunfire in the distance and they started a cautious walk towards the presidential palace. They avoided the streets when they could and the remaining times, they moved through the road without guns drawn as they looked like a set of people taking a late night jog. They kept running with none of them falling behind and this surprised IBK as he was expecting Shade to have asked for some timeto but she kept up with the rest of them and some times, she was actually in front of the group. They passed the dark streets and saw the lights from the palace in the distance and they went towards it, in the distance was a road block and Michael told the rest to wait behind a car as he walked towards it, a guard came out and said; “Who are you and where are you going?” Another two guards sat at the back watching what was happening around a little fire made of firewood. Michael looked and wondered if there were more guards behind but something told him there won’t be any. He put his hands behind him and walked towards them; “I was taking a late night stroll and my walk brought in this direction” Some distance away, there was another burst of guns as the shots in the distance increased. The guard looked at him suspiciously and said; “What sort of stroll at this time of the night?” “Well I just thought I should see the presidential palace” The guards looked at him suspiciously and walk closer to him as he tried to understand the stranger well. Michael continued; “You see, my team and I intend to break into the palace and we thought this way would be easier to pass than the remaining gates” The other guards sitting by the fire called out to their colleague wondering what was keeping their colleague and one of them walked towards them. Michael looked and saw them come and smiled inwardly. He looked behind him and then walked closer towards the guards. The first guard still thought Michael was joking said; “Look, this is protected territory and I am not in the mood for jokes right now so run along before we have to arrest you” The other two guards came there and one said; “What’s going on here?” The guard said; “This man here said something about breaking into the palace” The three of them looked at Michael who just looked back smiling at them sheepishly and the second guard said; “Young man, do you know what you are getting yourself into? This is not something to joke with” Michael said; “I am pretty sure I know what I am saying and you are wasting my time as I and my companions are supposed to be on our way now” “What companions?” Michael looked back in the direction where the other members of the team were looking and the guards followed his eyes in that direction but they did not see anyone so the second guard said; “I don’t see anyone back there pal, you better speak up or else you might be asking for a beating” “I don’t think I will be the one getting a beating tonight pal” The guard pulled his gun from his back and shoved it into Michael’s face and he heard a muffled sound as a sharp pain rang through the back of his head and he dropped to the ground. the first guard who had confronted Michael initially looked around him and saw that the third was holding a pistol which he held with his arms stretched out. The first guard’s eyes open wide and even in the moon lit night, his surprise was evident as the guard shot at him twice and he fell to the ground. Michael did not move from where he stood ashe watched the guards hit the cold asphalt dead and the guard who shot them lowered the firearm and walked towards him. “I don’t know what you want inside that palace but I know you better not be caught inside. They called out everyone to the east and north gates so it is possible that you would not meet another guard until you are at the doors so you better hurry” “Fine, well how about the truck you were supposed to get for us?” Michael said He pointed into the dark and said; “The keys are in it and there is a full tank of fuel in it just as was agreed. I will advice you do whatever you do in there fast before you are caught” “Well that will be our business” Michael raised his hand and was talking into the communicator while the guard stood wondering what he meant when he said ‘we’. He had not been told what the plan was. All he was told was that they needed to get past the guards at his point and he was to provide a truck and in turn, safe passage will be provided for he and his family out of the war torn country with a sizable amount of money to start a new life with far away from Tetuan and he was more than pleased to agree to the plan. He looked up and saw eight other people coming towards him and he got scared. He looked at Michael and said; “I hope you are not trying to kill the president” Michael said; “If that was the case, he would be dead already. We want something a lot more worthy of our time than your crazy war lord” At this time, the remaining members had walked to them and Michael said; “Shade, link this guy with some comm. And let’s move on” The guard looked around surprised and as Shade fitted him with a set of ear and mouth piece he said; “Why exactly am I being wired?” Michael said without looking back; “You will be our eyes right here, if you notice anything different, call us” “Why do I have to wait?” He asked. His face a combination of fear and confusion “Because they might have called everyone back but some might come back and we will need to know when that happens”

more episode to come ur way.stay tuned for d next episode

d mission will be a success

pls make it snappy, do not buy time 4 lucas troops.

am gbadun u @somkhid

i of d best story av eva read

*****episode 29**** The rest of them walked towards the truck and they all got in as they drove towards the Palace. They passed various road blocks but they were unmanned as they have all been called out to streng then the guards and the team drove until they arrived at the gate. The gate was more or less a back door to the palace as it was used mainly by the workers and they use it to bring in supplies, food other necessary items into the palace. The distance from the gate to the entrance was also not more than a hundred meters which made it easier for the team to walk in without fear of been seen. The gate was hinged to a 15 foot wall which ran both sides of the gate and a quick look left and right showed the team that no one was in sight; even the security stand at the gate itself seemed deserted and except for the small issue that it was locked, it was almost as if nothing of importance was happening within the walls the gate was hinged on. In the distance, there were sounds of automatic gun fire and occasional sounds of heavy guns and some cannons. The moon stillshone down at them making the night visible and the silver color of the gate shone and reflected the moonlight back at them. they had rode without headlights in the truck so as to make sure they were not detected but so far, they were glad they did not see anyone and so far, the mission was going according to plan. The truck was parked along the wall some distance away from the gate and they all got down and walked cautiously towards the gate. They discovered that it had been locked with chain from the inside and a look through the gate showed that there was no one to be seen. Michael said into his communicator as he wassure everyone could hear him; “Okay people, this is what we came here for, there cannot be any mistakes.” He looked back and saw that they were all behind him on a straight line and he raised his right hand and said; “John, Dare. Get on those locks; you have less than two minutes. Shade, send a message back home so they know we are starting. The rest of, stay with me and keep your eyes peeled” Two members of the team put back their guns and went to work on the gates while Shade got on one knee trying to get a message sent to the NNS Owuro which will be transmitted back to the defense headquarters. She got reception quickly and as she rose to her feet she said; “Message sent. Now we just have to wait until the gate is opened” All of them looked towards the two working on the gate and John said; “That was almost too easy but this is Tetuan; I was not expecting the locks to be any more difficult” Micheal said; “Okay. John, stay behind and watch our backs. The rest of you, I hope you still remember the schematics of the building as we don’t have the time for mistakes. We can just go in and come out within ten minutes” The remaining eight of them walked into the compound and started a run towards the closest door which stood in front of them. They had their weapons drawn and trained towards the door waiting for anyone to come out of the house but no one came out. The only sounds they heard was from the guns in the distance and the closer they got, the louder the guns were but that did not stopped them. They got in front of the door and they surrounded it as Michael stretched his hand and opened the door slowly while he put his head into the room within. He saw two men probably cooks, busy over a stove and a third some feet away carrying a bowl of flower. They were dressed in old military uniforms and the man with the bowl looked up to see Michael walk into the kitchen. His eyes brightened and he tried to say something buthe feel to the ground as Michael shot him between the eyes and he did not know what killed him. The remaining two looked towards the man who fell to the ground and the flour in the bowl he was carrying had spilled to the ground covering his face in the white color of the flour. They moved towards him as Michael swung the door opened and they looked towards him. Michael stepped in with his gun drawn followed by the remaining members of his team walked behind him as one of the cooks attempted to run towards a door. He stoppedand he fell to the ground under the influence of bullets from Izu’s silenced gun. The other cook raised his hand in the air and Shade who had walked slowly behind him took him down and tied his arms behind his back and tapped his mouth shut. They secured the bodies of the two dead men and the tied cook inside one of the stores, left another man in the kitchen and then the remaining seven rushed into the palace with guns drawn with all readiness to shoot and kill. The kitchen lead them to the dining room which was empty and then through the mainhall where they met some guns touting guards but they were also taken down before they could even blink. They change their clothes as they put on the uniforms of the guards the kill until they were all wearing the uniform of the Tetuan army and went through the main hall and towards the staircase. They were dressed in the uniforms of the army and when they walked through the various rooms, they did not have to kill anyone, they just walked past and gave nods to the various guards they met on the way as their made their way as a group up the stairs and towards the towers which served as bedrooms. *************************** *************************** The office complex was another building attached to the living quarters and in one of the offices, Lucas was worried in his office asthe information he got from his men fighting back the Nigerians was not encouraging. They were not enough in numbers and he had almost emptied out the palace leaving justa handful of men to protect the palace itself. He had tried to call the Nigerians to try to threaten them in order to buy him some time but he could not get through to them and he thought communications might have been jammed by the Nigerians and he felt more afraid than he was before as although this was all part of his plan, he thought of what might happen if he failed the result will be catastrophic. He got up and sat down on his chair more than twenty times and continued speaking to his men at the entrances that were under attack and prayed they could hold on long enough for reinforcement to arrive. He knew that he would have to move the Nigerian president soon but he wanted to doso when his men came so his subordinates will not look at him like he was deserting the and running away. He kept barking orders into his communicators and once a while look out the window. *************************** ********************** The team went up the stair way until they reached the floor where they were told the president was held and they were stopped by guards “Where are you going?” “General Lucas asked us to bring the president as she is to be moved out immediately before the fighting gets too intense” Michael said The guard looked at them suspiciously as he had not seen them before but the army was always drafting new members and the guards of General Lucas was changed almost weekly as he had issues trusting old one so he led them towards the room the president was held.

Beautiful!!!!! Fire on @Somkhid sweet@

U quyz are makinq proqress...... Ride on bro

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nice 1

*****episode 30**** Back in Abuja, the conference room which was now the mission control room was filled with nervous humans who strained their necks at every sound coming from each person present. A lot of them are used to late night meetings and the lack of sleep did not bring fatigue but the nervousness did and they all tried to stay sharp. The captains of thetwo squadrons attacking the Tetuan presidential palace was always in touch with them and also had visual feedback to tell them how their mission was progressing andsome wrote down on their pads while othersjust sat back, watching and waiting. There was radio silence between the actual team going in to get the president and them as although there was no evidence that messages sent between them could be tracedand intercepted, it was too great a risk to take and hence, they were not to communicate unless something really important came up but during certain stages,they were to send messages similar to bleepsto tell what stage they were so when the firstcame in, they knew what it meant. As the mission went on, they had received three of such messages and with the time they were running with, they knew the mission was going according to plan They had some human asset in the Tetuan government and some of them were guards and they had arranged for a truck and also some to be their eyes and ears. The assets don’t know one another and it was better that way so if one of them is compromised, the others can remain. There were also some DMI agents who watched the palace but were not involved in the mission. These just watched as things progressed and reported back what they saw, The first message the Team sent was sent when they left the safe house for the presidential palace, the second was sent when they got the truck that had been arranged and the third when they gained access into the palace building itself. Both Ifeoma and Kuyi had gone through the interpretation of each message since a large part of the mission itself had not been discussed with some of the members of the service chiefs either due to time of because the DMI and Palace guards did not want to share it. When the third message came in, Ifeoma allowed Kuyi explain the interpretation while she excused herself and went into the bathroom. She used the urinal and when she got out, she looked into the mirror and saw that her feature were turning out as her face was turning white. She had watched Kuyi explain the message which was that since the team had gotten into the palace, the next thing to do is to locate the president and get her out of the palace and she had felt her stomach contract out of fear. The mission was at that moment out of everyone’s hands and depends on how the team was able to handle themselves inside the palace. They were to send an emergency message if things within the palace does not go as they planned and the army would push forward towards the palace to help. They had some agents who had slipped through from the army on grounds who could attack the palacedirectly too but that would depend on the success of the team itself and that made her cringe. She had no control and even though Kuyi seemed to be confident that his men would get her out, she was scared out of her senses. She knew she could not show her concerns and fears in front of everyone else so she washed her face and opened a box above her head and brought out a makeup kit she had kept there for situations such as this andshe went to work with it. Kuyi saw the fear in not just Ifeoma but everyone present. As the head of the DMI, he was also good at reading people’s emotion and facial gestures and he knew a lot of people around were scared but some were just too afraid for his comfort and he began to wonder if a lot of the people in the room had psychological evaluations before appointed into the office they occupy. The NSA had opted to stay back in Aso Rock with the Vice President where he said he was more useful as he can advice the Vice President on what to do in case a serious decision had to be made and Kuyi had an idea what the decision would be. The NSA had never supported Nigerian troops in Tetuan as he saw Lucas as someone who should be removed. He did notthink about the sovereignty of Tetuan and had even said Nigeria should support the rebels and help them win the fight. He knowsthat his advice would be that the army moves against Tetuan immediately the president was out and he was not so bothered. He had other things on his mind. Things which he feared within himself but he did not speak out because the picture was still forming.

I pray d president makes it out alive

Do not panick, God is in control. D president will be rescued

Hmmm ride on

The Vice President should be wise enouqh to know that the NSA are with the rebel's and shld keep them at arms lenqth.....

I pray 4 dat 2 @dicta dearie...... I jhs ope everi1 cumz out unhurt..... Ride on bro@somhkid

I believe that all the agents sent for this will deliver

Intermission... *spellbound *

Hmm dis is a very hard task buh God will c u tru

Next pls, I just hope dre is no mistake becos dre isn't room for mistakes

Well done guys, arise, fight and defend ur nation. Pls rescue d president alive

****episode 31**** The president sat down on one of the beds inthe room as the sounds of the guns in the distance bothered her. for the time she had been held against her wish, everyone around her including Lucas Radonsolema had been courteous more out of fear of the position she occupied than anything else. She could not believe this could happen or that she would be up at that time of the day wondering and afraid for her own safety. TheTetuans had brought food and even though the only assistant they allowed to stay with her had advised her to eat, she did not take more than two spoons of the well prepared rice they brought. The hospitality they showed was still the same they would have shown her but she was not allowed to go anywhere and restricted to her room. When she was first told, she had delivered a slap to the face of Lucas who although attempted to respond did not. He just looked at her, smiled and ordered that she be taken to the room at the top and watched. The whole day had passed quietly and nothing out of the ordinary had happen. Lucas told her he would be negotiating with ‘Her people’ but he did not come back with the results of the negotiations but with the sounds of gun fire in the distance, she knew what the results was and she understood. She had made the policy of not negotiating with criminals and she knew in the eyes of everyone who would be involved in the negotiations, Lucas had become one. By hold her, he had declared war on Nigeria and she was sure there would be attacks. She was not afraid for her life because she knew her well being was the only reason Lucas was probably still alive and the reason Nigerian planes were not dropping bombs on the palace right now. She knew she had something to do with the gunshots. A thought had gone through her mind that it could have been the rebels but she ruled against it as the palace would be protected by Nigeria as long as she was inside whether or not she was held against her wish. She went over to the toilet and her sat down on achair. She got out and still saw the aide on the same chair and she said; “Do you think there is a way to get out of here?” The aide looked at her like she was crazy and said’ “How is that possible? The hall and the entire palace would be heavily guarded, we don’t know our way around and where will we go?” “I don’t know. We could try to make for the Nigerian camp instead of sitting down here waiting for Lucas to do whatever he wants with us” She went over to her and said; “Ma’am, we should just sit tight and watch what happens. I am sure he would not allow any harm be done to you because he knows the consequence and so he would try to strike a deal with us” She walked around the room, stopped in the middle and said; “I don’t think you have noticed but I am not in a position to strike a deal right now. I might still be the president but any decision I take might just be dismissed and due to the no negotiating policy, I doubt anyone back home would be interested in anything he hasto say” . The aide looked at her and asked; “But do you have any idea what he wants?” “I wish I did, this would be a lot easier if I knew what he was up to or what he wanted. Lucas is one huge puzzle and Kuyi had told me that he is volatile but I waved him off” “Kuyi ma’am?” She looked back at the aide and discovered that she was not cleared for such informationand she said; “Never mind” She started walking around the room again with the gunshots still disturbing the night when they heard footsteps come towards thedoor and they both looked in the direction of the door and kept quiet. She walked towards the door until she was standing directly in front of it as there was another conversation and then the lock turned then the knob and the door opened inwards. A number of men entered the room but none had their guns drawn unlike the former guards who were almost proud that they hadguns and so waved it around every time. One of them said; “Okay, time for us to go

wish them safest escape

Thank God the president have been found alive.....Now u quyz have to be extra smart so as to qet out wid her safe.....Goodluck.

Wish u guys goodluck guys, pls try as much as possible to protect her. Nice piece, next pls

Hmmmm........ Nxt plsssssssssssssssss

wow observing#*****

How sure are we dat those guys are d nigerian rescue team which is to sneak out d president? Well I sit down here gidigba dey wait for next episode

This is 50:50 possibility. Either them or not. next episode will tell. Ride on @somkhid.

Dey wil escape if dey r fast

Next episode will be super hot

Of cos its d rescue team... @least dey re nt with guns pointing in all directn.... I'm here waiting

****episode 32***** She put her hands behind her and said; "I am not going anywhere until I see my bodyguards or evidence that they are fine and okay” “That is not a problem ma’am” one of them said but she did not believe him. His voice was too casual and calm and he sounded too comfortable with the situation and she went to sit on a chair while the guard stood at the door and gestured at her to get up and said; “Your bodyguards are alive and well fed. They are worried about you of course but that should not be your concern right now, you are to come with us” “And where are you taking me” she asked “We are to move you to a secured location until all these issues are sorted out ma’am” “And supposing I refuse to be moved or taken anywhere?” The guard answered but an unusual patience; “I don’t see how you can refuse ma’am. You might try to resist and we will just move you uwillingly” now he was smiling. He continued; “You are respected but this is for your safety and we really don’t have time to waste here discussing it” She went over to the bed, sat down and said; “I am not going anywhere and that’s final” The guard who had brought the guards with him was getting tired of the Nigerian president’s attitude because to him, she was acting like some spoilt toddler when they needed to move fast but to his surprise, the guards who had come for her were being patient and courteous. Some of them had waited at the door as only 3 of them came into the room with them and he reasoned that they must have been a special squad Lucas had arranged for special duties and this was a special duty. He did not fancy their job at all as anything could go wrong and they might lose her which will certainly lead to them hung by Lucas or caught by the Nigerians and shot without questions asked. He looked at the president and her defiance made his anger grew. He said; “Look you pompous troublesome woman, it is either you come by yourself or we will carry you. Both ways, you are going with them” The president looked up and saw that the men were serious and they might try to roughen her up if she did not follow them and she decided to follow them but she thought of something else. ‘Okay, I will follow you but I am bringing my aide with me” “No problem. Can we go now?” She got up and stretched her hand and took the hand of her aide for support as she walked out of the room swiftly trying to hide the weakness she was experiencing in her legs as she knew she could not afford to show that she was soft or scared. She got to the door and saw that there were more guards at the door waiting patiently for her and they made their way through the hall andto the stairway. They all walked down the stairway and then Michael and his team went in the direction of the kitchen hoping to walk towards the back door to the truck which was waiting for them but the guards walked towards the offices which also had Lucas Radonsolema office. Michael noticed this and took a quick look around. He had six men with him since he made another two stay back to watch the kitchen exit. He knew his men and him were out numbered as if a gunfight broke out right there, more guards would come in from the palace itself and there would be trouble so hesimply nudged the president on towards the dinning area. The guards waited when they saw the other men move in another direction and the leader said; “Where are you going?” Michael looked back and said; “We are going through the east wing since the north and west are under attacks” “But you should meet with the general first. He might have some orders for you” “If he has additional orders, he can always radio in. besides, he in a very serious meeting trying to see how the Nigerians can be pushed back. We are to move her safely through this route so no one would notice and be assured of her safety” The captain of the guards thought it was strange but it made some sense. The guns at the distance did not really seem too far anymore and time was going against them fast and if Lucas Radonsolema had sent them,there was no need to waste anymore time so he said; “Am I allowed to know where she will be taken?” Michael said; “No you are not. Nobody must know because this place might be taken and you all questioned. If where she is remains, then she can be used to bargain for your release but don’t worry, the general has a good plan for this” The guard thought about this for a while and waved them off. With the president off his watch, he could rest a little and he will have just her bodyguards who were locked up in the barracks a long distance away to deal with as he watch them head towards the dining room. Both IBK and Izu did not believe it went so well and easy as they at least expected the guards to doubt but Michael’s accent had changed to Tetuan and he sounded too convincing. The rest of them had kept mute throughout the process of getting the president and IBK thought to himself; “This is too easy. Much too easy” They walked into the dining room and saw the members they left there watching and expecting them. They walked straight for the kitchen and towards the back door with the president in between them. They walked out and all moved into the truck without saying a word to one another and drove towards the gate. They picked up John who had kept watch, drove past the road block and kept driving down the road. The guard who had stood watch at the road block saw the truck come in the distance and he hid in the shadows. He did not see any other car or person behind them and he knew it was either the mission had gone verywell or they were all killed and the truck had been taken over. When the truck passed, Michael was sitting beside the driver and he simply waved at him so he knew it was alright. Shade had told him to smash the communications equipment she had given to him and throw it into the fire when she put it on him earlier so he knew exactly what to do. He had already found a dead body somewhere and he put his name tag on the body as he got on a motorcycle and rode away. He already had a meeting point with the Nigerians where he would meet to collect his demands for helping out. Lucas was still in his office and he heard the guns get louder as his men told him from the radio that they were being overpowered and outgunned. He grew more worried as his men were nowhere to be seen and the Nigerians could come knocking at his door atanytime. He decided he had had enough and he got up, picked up his intercom and barkedsome orders into it. he walked out of his office and the two guards with him followed him as he walked towards the residential quarters and he got to the foot of the stairway. He met the captain and he told him; “Go up there and bring the Nigerian president down. We won’t be needing her aide anymore so shoot her but make sure the president is not hurt” The guard looked at Lucas and said; “But sir, you just sent a team to come get her and move her to another location for her safety. They left her barely minutes ago” Lucas looked at the guard and thought he was hearing things; “What did you just say?” The guard repeated himself and Lucas felt the world around him turn around. “Get some trucks and follow them. I gave no such order and I want you to find them or else, I will kill you myself” In the truck, Michael did not say a word to John who was driving until they were past the road block. He waved to the guard, looked at shade who sat between him and John and said; “Send the message to Abuja

d story continues ,is d road always smooth? Stay tuned and find d answer dis story may not appear as updated story for 2day just bear in mind tat it will b updated daily.

nice one

We r waiting 2 kw

Now d president is out of d palace, I hope d journey back home will be safe for dem. Nice write up, next pls

Nice one

Hmm ride on

9ic 1...... M also waitin 2 find out @somhkid

Hmmmmm wise move

OK waiting patiently for the next eps

Lovely

I'm sure d road wont be so smooth.... Cos dat was jez too easy...

U quyz should move as fast as possible cos they miqht wanna trail ya..and dat miqht not qo well for the Niqerians....

****episode 33***** Back in the crisis room in Abuja, nerves were rising and worry had started showing on the faces of those who should not worry. The weight of the mission was bearing down on almost everyone in the room which was caused not by their lack of sleep but the risk of failure. They sat down and were in open communication with the captains leading the both assault team and taking the accounts of the mission. The lack of communication between them and the team sent to get the president was getting them all worried and itdid not take time before the Chief of Air staff, Tony Udais spoke out; “How long are we going to wait for them to send their message?” Ifeoma too had been worried but she was doing a good job of hiding it within her and she could feel the pressure grow within her body. She said; “When they have anything that we should know, they will radio in. right now, the best we can do is pray and have faith in them” Buba said; “Without taking anything away from the DMI, I would have had more faith if my men were the ones doing the extractions, and we came up with the plan. We don’t even have the full details of the plan Kuyi said was so water tight and we are supposed to have faith? I think it is time we broke radio silence and got in contact with them directly” All eyes looked towards Kuyi would did not look one inch worried and he did not reply too. He merely relaxed into his chair and was deep in thought. Tony said; “Kuyi, is there something you want to tell us about this mission? How about a progress report for goodness sakes? I am not used to sitting on my hands and putting everything else out there knowing one mistake can work against me and it will be all over” Agani Kuyi did not answer but Ifeoma gave the needed reply; “The team has been given a set of coded messages to send back. They are to send a different when they have the president and another if the mission failed. Those are the two extremes of this mission and there are also a set of codes for a lot of eventualities that could happen in between and since we have not gotten any yet, I would love to think it is because the mission is still on and they don’t have time to send a message” “And what if they have all been captured?” “We would have known that a long while ago. Sending those messages is a matter of pushing a button and it gets to us so we will be aware” “Why are we bothering with these codes? Wecould just be in communication with them you know?” Ifeoma answered; “We all know Lucas Radonsolema have been investing in devices to listen in on communications around Tetuan and the Presidential palace is not going to be different. We don’t want him listening in and knowing what we are doing so this is a lot better” “Buba then said; “I understand all these and see the need for the silence but what I don’t understand is why Kuyi is so confident and calm about all these or does he know something we don’t” Now Kuyi replied; “If you want to accuse me of anything, it will be better you not be subtle about it as it will just go to waste. I am as in the dark as you on this but the team we sent into Tetuan are more that capable of doing the job we asked them to do and your men are giving them the chance of proving to everyone that they can do it” He paused to drink some water and he continued; “The fact that they have not sent anything in like the Minister of defence rightly said is that the mission is ongoing and there is no reason why we should rush things. I expect them to go in and do this without having to get in a gun fight there” Kuyi was still talking when the lines from the NNS Owuro came alive and a voice said; “We have green light from Tetuan Abuja” The room burst into applause as it was like a huge weight was lifted off them. They congratulated themselves for some time and then Kuyi said; “They will be driving towards a contingent of the Army where they should be protected. I willing to assume the the Tetuans have foundout that she is missing or they are on their tails already so they will be needing as much help as they can get. Those men might be well trained but I am not willing to put them in a gun fight while they are with the president” “You don’t have to worry about that, according to you, they will be heading towards here. Buba said as he pointed to a spot on the huge map laid out on the table in front of them. The army is already positioned to take them in and as we speak is even riding towards them as they might be needing support before they get to them” “There is already transport for her to the shipand then home so it seems like this mission isgoing exactly as it should be” The Vice president who had been quiet said. Ifeoma, got up from her chair and looked around the room filled with men and she said; “Excuse me gentlemen, I have to use the bathroom” As she walked past them, there was a round of applause and she felt a rush of blood got to her cheeks and her legs felt weak. She had been under pressure for so long and at the first sight of good news, she knew she had to leave so as to let her emotions go in private. The ladies in the crisis room was almost never used except by Ifeoma which was because the crisis room was hardly used itself and only few females have actually had business inside except the cleaners. She went over to the toilet and suddenly lost the urge to use it and she walked back to the wash hand basins. She stood in front of one and turned the tap as cold water rushed out of it. She collected some with her hands and washed her face with it hoping it will calm her down a little. Although all seemed well, her heart was still pacing and a fear grew in her mind. *************************** John drove down the deserted roads throughthe streets which were once filled with shops and stalls but were now a shadow of themselves as trading in Tetuan had become more of something done informally. The empty shops were filled with squatters who could not afford the rising price of housing or had to evacuate their former residence due to the fighting between government troops and the rebels. Michael and Shade kept their eyes on the road in front of them and they expected that the Tetuans would have known about the president and would be coming after them. The Nigerian camp was a fifteen minutes drive away and then the mission would be as good as over which was something Michael was looking forward to. Once they were behind Nigerian troops, there would be no way the Tetuans would get to them and she can be on her way back to Nigeria. His mind ran to her guards and he knew nothing couldbe done to help them. They would probably be tortured by the Tetuans and probably killed which pained him but saving those onewould be hell as he knew they will be better protected that the president since those posea threat as they could escape at anytime but the president can’t. They had obviously not envisaged that the Nigerians would come in and get her in such a calm manner which worked for them pretty well. At the back of the truck, the president and her aide sat down at the innermost part and the men around her all had their guns drawn and ready to shoot down anyone who tried to follow them. Izu was the closest to her while IBK sat down directly in front of her. They did not say anything to her about them coming to save her or anything as the back ofthe truck was simply quiet except from the noise coming from the engine and the friction between the road and the tires. Michael spoke into his communicator on a channel they could all hear; “Good morning madam president, I hope you are alright” She did not respond at first but her aide spoke up; “Where are you taking us? You know you can’t get away with this as the Nigerian army will find you and it will be over but you can make a deal with us right now. Instead of driving us to wherever it is you are supposed to, you can just take us to the nearest Nigerian military camp and you won’t be harmed” Michael said; “Well I don’t see how that’s a deal ma’am because that’s where we are taking you. We were sent by the military to get you out in thefirst place and ensure your safety” Only Izu and IBK were looking at her as the rest were more concerned with watching theback to make sure they were not being followed an even in the dark truck, IBK could see the president’s eyes light up a little as sheraised her head, looked around and muttered; “I don’t understand. What do you mean?” “We are not Tetuan ma’am; we are an extraction team sent to get you out and bringyou home so right now, you can relax and enjoy the trip” She looked around still in disbelief and spoke quietly; “But the guards recognized you and you were supposed to be acting under the ordersof Lucas Radonsolema” IBK replied this time in his Nigerian accent; “That was acting madam president. We had to convince them hence the ploy. Just fifteen minutes away is a Nigerian army campand then you will be air lifted back home” “Wow……I never knew this could happen. I mean how was it planned? Who was in charge and when the arrangements were made?” “Don’t worry about all that ma’am. Just know that you are safe and heading home” “What about my guards? They were with me when I was held and they were all arrested, and taken somewhere else” Now IBK kept quiet as Michael replied her; “I would not worry about them. They are soldiers and they are prepared for situations like this. There is also an extraction team knocking on the doors of the Tetuan presidential palace right now to get them outso they will also be home soon”

I ope xo joor

i hope so o

Wow wow wow The true guardians

Hmmm nxt pls

Soldiers re paid 4 dia lives...expecially d ones guardn top personnels.... So i wouldnt worry much abt d president's guards....

Gr8 wrk guys i hope u get to de camp safely

***episode 34**** The president found herself relieved inside but still bothered. Her aide sitting beside her had been stunned speechless and all she did was hold her hand tight. Shade felt a crackling sound from her short range device which was a means to communicate with members of the team and she answered as Michael spoke to the president. When he finished, she looked at him and said; “Sir, something is wrong” *************************** ************************** Lucas walked back to his office and got on the phone. The conversation lasted for some minutes and he picked up another phone which connected with the leader of the team of soldiers he had been expecting to reinforce the guards and he said; “Don’t head back to the palace again; I have more urgent need for you. There is a truck driving along Brick’s street carrying heavily armed men and two women. No wait, make that three women. They should be heading for the Nigerian camp. Make sure you intercept them and capture the women. You can kill the men for all I care and you cannot fail” He hung up and put a call through to the captain of the guards whom he sent after the Nigerians and told them where to go. Michael looked to his side and said; “What is the problem?” “I just got off the phone with our people on the way and they are reporting some unusual traffic down our path” Michael said; “What is that supposed to mean?” This time john answered him; “I think she meant that there is a whole bunch of soldiers in front sir and they seem to be blocking the road ahead” and he pulled the truck to a stop and also switched off the head lights. Michael looked into the distance and saw thatin the dark distance, there were some lights that could only have come from the headlights of trucks but not just one in this instance. The lights were not moving and they just stopped there as though they were waiting. Michael clutched his rifle instinctively and said; “Shade, how are we sure that those guys are hostile?” “Because the Nigerian camp just told me that's not their team out there and scouts along the way confirms the Tetuan colors on the soldierblocking the roads ahead” “Okay keep calm, we can get this all sorted out. Get back in touch with our people back there and see if they can be dislodged” He told John; “You studied those maps, is there a way to go around them so we avoid running into them completely? Any alternate routes or something like that?” John took some moments and then said; ”There is none. This road leads straight down before we get to the next exit. I am suspecting they came in through that exit; the only alternative will have us go around and drive into the main city itself and if they are already onto us, that really would not be a good idea as they would easily cut us off” Shade said; “What do you think we can do now? We can’t shoot this out and we definitely cannot sit here” John said; “Perhaps, we can sit this out and wait for the army on the other side to create a hole for us to pass through” “That supposing Lucas and his men are not hot on our tails already and coming to us from behind in which case we will be sitting ducks when they get here so we have to think of a way to get out of here and fast too” At the back of the truck, the team was wondering why they stopped but were not worried. It was not part of the plan but the held on wondering what was happening. Thepresident noticed that the truck had stopped too and she looked around the truck and saw that the men were as confused at her even though they tried to hide it. Her aide said; “Why are we stopping? Is something wrong?” IBK replied; “We are just stopping to pick something up” even though everyone knew it was not really true The members at the last seat of the truck kept watch into the distance and soon the saw a set of lights moving down the road. First it was a pair of lights and then behind them, another pair of lights showed and gradually the lights increased forming a huge line of what seemed to be a set of torch lights lined up in the distance. One of them spoke into him arm but made the communication restricted to Michael; “Team leader, we have company behind us. Seven trucks approaching fast” Michael heard what he said clearly and looked at john; “We really need to get out of here or we will be in real trouble” “What kind of trouble are you talking about exactly?” “There are a whole lot of trucks coming from behind and heading in our direction. Are you really sure, there is nowhere to pass out of this madness?” “The road is blocked sir, even if we decide to double back, we can’t get to that crossing before running into those guys behind us” “Shade, what are the troops saying?” “They want us to hold on as they are sendingin some help” John said; “Help? That’s going to take forever to get here” “Well they intend to send air support to help out and also evacuate the president” Michael told her; “Better tell them to hurry else she won’t be here for long. Get everyone out of the truck and form a perimeter; we can at least buy some time” He ordered everyone out with their guns drawn and John parked the truck a couple of meters down the road as five of them including Michael stood behind it while the remaining four which included Shade stood in the dark with the president and her aide. *************************** ************************** Ifeoma allowed the cool water calm her face down for a little while and then she did the same thing again. She looked into the mirror and saw her face dripping with water and she allowed a smile escape her lips she thought to herself; “Very soon, we will be out of this mess and we will have to worry about what to do with that tyrant Lucas”

Nice 1....... Well done @somhkid

I know this will happen, let the fight start.

it seem the story just begin still reading hi @tenniebenson it's your man @oisking just saying hi shay u still remember the deal

Yeah i cnt wait 4 dem 2 be out of dis whole mess.... Nw i'm loving dis.... D road cnt be all dat smooth.... Wow!!!! See my hubby ooooo @Oisking where av u been? I've missed u lyk seriouzly... Back 4 good?

Hmmmm getting tougher

i knew they could not just escape so easily

****episode 35***** She looked in the mirror that hung on the wall and wondered how the president must feel in the conditions she was. She had come from a completely civilian background and a family that was not in any way connected to any of the famous families in the country but she fought through being the Governor of her state and then a Senator and now president. She has whipped everyone to shape and for the first time, has fought against corruption with a passion never seen in the country. She had her own flaws in awards some contracts to her friends but she made sure the contracts were done nonetheless. She reached for a towel from the wall and buried her face into it as she wiped it clean. She looked back and was glad she was not used to wearing makeup or else her little facewash could have been a disaster. She never had the time for make up since she was in the military and her superiors had treated all of them like they were the same sex during training and after. She remembered her face as a cadet and smiled again. Her training officials’ definition of gender equality was no discrimination at all. They treated everyone, both male and female as the same thing and the only thing female got that was different were sanitary pads. Everything else was the same. She had to share a bathroom with other cadets and evenliving quarters. She remembered vividly whenone of her mates had tried to take advantage of her one night and tried to force himself onher. She screamed and fought him off. He still did not stop until she delivered a well placed kick between his legs and he howled into the night. That night, she was given a bed at the clinic and the next day she was back to the same place she was while the guy went to serve seven years in a maximum prison. She never asked about him even after her numerous promotions and she became the minister for defence. She had gone through the ranks and had a pretty difficult career but the past hours has been her toughest and she was happy it was almost over. She heard a knock on the door and she took the towel off her face as she turned towards the door and straightened her clothes; “Come in” her voice still had the authority it had when she was the commander of the frigates on the gulf of Guinea and she saw Kuyi standing at the door his face emotionless. “Was I gone that long?” Kuyi stood there for some seconds and said; “I think you better come here” “Is something wrong?” “Well, come listen to this yourself” She put the towel back and walked out of the bathroom. As she walked back she felt the mood in the crisis room drop as their face dropped and she barely walked to her seat before she said; “Okay people, hit me. What’s wrong?” Buba answered; “We just got reports from the camp that the team has been stopped by Tetuan troops on the road and they are blocking their way. They also said the team reported that there are men approaching them from the palace and they are closing in fast on them which means they will be surrounded on both sides” Ifeoma could not believe what she was hearing and she could not sit down. She felt an unusual anger rise within her and she said to Buba; “I thought your men were supposed to patrol those roads and make sure all the exits were blocked off so there are no surprises” Buba was silent as he had no answers. “General, that was a direct question and right now, I would love an answer to it if you don’t mind. I want to know why the exit to that road was not patrolled as planned and this could have happened.” She looked at the vice president whose face showed nothing but surprise and fear; “Get that mad man, Lucas Radonsolema on the line right now and send some helicopters to get those guys out of there since they are closed in and they are not yet under fire and send men to that squad of Tetuan soldiers and open fire on them. I don’t care if you use heavy artillery or tanks, just get the president out of there right now” The vice president said; “Well it is good we are calling Lucas, maybe we can talk to him and allow her pass” “That’s an option" Kuyi said "but knowing Lucas, he will be so pissed, he would not be thinking properly” “Then we give him something to help him think well; have the men loitering around his palace to press forward and remind him of the threat he is under if he does not stop thismadness” The chief of Air Staff Tony said. “Let’s turn up the offensive and remind him of what he is up against” “Only the president can give that order and in his absence, the vice president.” Kuyi said. Kuyi barely finished before the Vice president said; “Do whatever you can do to bring her back. I don’t care if it involves turning Tetuan into a desert” Ifeoma cut in as she spoke into the radio; “Get a bird in the air and get her out fast” Tope then said; “Lucas Radonsolema is refusing our request to speak to him. His aides say he is not available and they don’t know when he will be so I guess we are done with pretending to be nice to one another” “Okay let’s bring down rain on these guys and make them feel a little heat” Ifeoma said as she shot a look at Buba *************************** *************************** Lucas was in communication with his troops and he learnt that they had cut off the Nigerians on the front and at the back. the troops in front of them had positioned themselves and were expecting the Nigeriansto come at them while those who left the palace were closing in on them and they were under orders the take the Nigerian president and bring her back. so far the Nigerians seemed trapped but he knew it can still go against him so he urged them to move faster. He heard his phone ring and instinct told him it was the Nigerians. “They must have learnt that they don’t have a choice and they want to talk” he thought “but it will be better if I have the president in my custody before talking to them” so he had one of his men talk to them and he sat back in his chair nervously. He barely relaxed when he heard an explosion rip through one of the walls of the palace itself and he jumped out of his chair. Even his bodyguards who had stood motionless previously turned to see what caused it. He grabbed his phone and called his captain at the west wind and said; “What is happening there?” “Sir, the Nigerians are pushing forward and moving fast at us” “What do you mean pushing forward? Fire back and keep your line” “Sir since the attacks started, it seemed the Nigerians just wanted to stay here and use light weaponry but right now, they are blasting trough. It is as though they were sleeping before and they suddenly woke up. I am not sure how long we can hold here. They also have some long range shells which seems to be reaching the palace itself” All of a sudden, Lucas understood everything. The troops at his wings were all there to distract him and get the president out but now that she was not there, there was no reason to keep playing around. He expected that soon, they would also attack aerially and the need to get the Nigerian president became more pertinent. *************************** *************************** IBK and Izu were used to automatic rifles but still, they found them heavy. There jobs were mostly done with pistols and hand guns and the heavy artillery were rarely used but in thiscase, it became important, they had opened their backpacks and each man and woman had held on th as much as they can carry. Izu, IBK, Shade and John agent been told to stay with the president while Michael led another team and he stood by the truck with their guns trained towards the trucks approaching them. Shade was to stay in contact with the camp while John was told to find an escape plan in case they needed to leave the place in a hurry. The trucks pressed forward and Michael and his team opened fire towards the lights in front of the lights as the morning silence wasbroken by a burst of automatic rifles. The trucks slowed down a little as in the moon lit sky they saw some men got down from the trucks and returned fire. Bullets came flying into their side for sometime but it stopped and Michael understood one thing. As much as the Tetuans would protect themselves, they still wanted the president alive as they knew she was the only thing that will stop the Nigerian military from an all out offensive against them. He and his team continued firing into the distance and he saw about four of the men who got down from the trucks fall down under the influence of the bullets and he smiled. The trucks had almost pulled to a stop now as more and more men got out of the trucks and he told his men; “Keep firing, we can’t kill them all but we can slow them down” He barely finished talking when they heard the whirling sounds of a helicopter’s blades in the distance. He thought to himself; “I hope that’s our ride” The sound came from the camp and they all felt relieved that help was on its way. The helicopter flew above the Tetuans blocking the road ahead and came towards them. The Tetuans must have seen the helicopter too because they opened fire towards the sky but it was out of reach. John pulled out two flares from his jacket, lit them and threw them to the floor in front of him as the helicopter hovered over the flares a little then came down close to it as Izu, IBK and Shade led the president towards it.

am gradually lossing intrest to complete dis story,there are a lot of ghost reader here,d story still hv a long way to go

M following...... Dnt stp abeg

@Somkhid dnt stop o..... As much as we av ghost readers...we also av d living readers.... Nd u shld knw dat evry story has its own ghost reader(s)..... Continue plz....cos i wana knw aw its gonna end

no dont stop couse everything has a two side nice write up good imagination keep it coming

...Don't stop please.... I'm followinq every bit of vhiz.... Lucas has finally lost the President Thank God.... Now the Teutan palace should be brouqht down with qrenade's.....

Pls don't stop, continue

Pls continue I am following you nxt pls

Nice one

Somkhid your shakara don dey start abi. No let me catch you.

Lucas and tetua are nw afraid of Nigeria army coz they hav called battle on themselves

Somkhid iffa hear!plz dnt stop it oh

next pls

see as dem d ghost reader dea confess

U see ur lyf,finish this story abeg

U see people are following up

Dnt mind dem dat means dey dnt exist n sm of us we exist

Alast d president is in d plane

Somkhid if u stop dis story u wil c me in ur house nw

*****episode 36**** Lucas heard his phone ring and he picked it almost immediately; “Tell me some good news” The voice on the other side said; “Sir they just sent a helicopter to the Nigerians and we think it is going to get the out before we get there.” He replied; “Well make sure she does not get on that helicopter” *************************** *************************** Michael looked back and saw IBK, Izu and Shade run towards the helicopter with help of the helicopter’s flood lights and a smile almost escaped his lips. He said over the sound of gun fire and the helicopter’s blades; “You guys head to the chopper, Dare stay with me and cover them. When they get on, we go after them and we are out of her for good” Dare looked and saw the men run towards the helicopter as the president and those with her started getting on it. At the corner ofhis eyes, he saw something strange from the roof of a house on the side of the road. There was a figure moving with something on his/her shoulder. The figure settled down at one corner and assumed a posture he recognized well. He screamed in the direction of the chopper; “Get back; there is a shooter on the roof” Seconds later, smoke was seen from the roof an RPG ripped out of its canister towards the helicopter. It flew creating a tail of white smoke and went towards the helicopter. Michael saw the figure just as the RPG left the roof and his eyes followed the fast moving object as it ripped into the helicopter and there was an explosion that lit up the entire surrounding

Gush........ President dn die....... Lucas, ua country go turn 2 blood field

I knw say NA me b d ghost reader wen u dey talk!@Somkhid

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Abeg continue d story

Its getting more fanimorous day by day.

The Suspense is killing. Too short oooooooo. Next pls

pls continou o..............u ar kilin me here wit d suspence

Lucas,u r in trouble

This is 2 short

shey it means that the president, IBK, IZU, and shade don die be dhat???

Next pls. But pls it shouldn't be as short as these

dis is gonna get really bloody, abeg make dem no kil our presido nd othas o

Lucas ... you really tried but ur end is here, around the corner.

I saw it coming

Abeg o dnt stop. Ama loving it

Lucas u are in a serious trouble

Iffa hear sey presido don die... Ko possible

hope the president wasn't in yet

Dis is serious oo

*****episode 37**** The intensity of light from the explosion made Dare close his eyes involuntarily and even with his eyes closed he could see the light through his eyelids and he raised both hands to cover his efface and he went for theground. He had screamed for everyone to getback and when the RPG hit the helicopter, he could not see the impact as the first thing he tried to save was himself. He felt the sudden rise of temperature as the fuselage exploded and there was a secondary explosion. Pieces of metal flew in every direction and screams were drowned in the explosion as the helicopter hit the ground with the blades still rotating. Michael on the other hand watched the path of flight of the incoming projectile with shockand fear as he ran towards the helicopter while he heard Dare’s voice in some obscure part of his head but he could not make out the words. He was a couple of meters away when it exploded and he fell to the ground under the impact of the first explosion as splitters of glass flew in his direction and he laid down flat on the ground. Under the noiseof the explosion, he thought he the Tetuans who were firing at them stopped firing and for a second, he could not hear anything except the burning. He turned while still on the ground, looked towards the burning helicopter and he saw it go up in flames again as the fuel exploded and again he was forced to turn away and hide his face and after about sixty seconds which felt like hours, he turned and got up, clutching his rifle, he ran towards the still burning wreckage. There was smoke everywhere and he heard voices, some groans in pain while there was an ear piercing scream as it seemed the owner was panicking and in fear. Although he was running, his rifle was still well grippedwith both hands out of instincts and he ran into the blinding smoke which was illuminated by the soldering metal remains of the helicopter. He was running when he heard a burst of gun behind him. He thought of looking back but he did not. The mission was the President and it seemed like it was over. Dare saw Michael ran towards the wreckage wreathed and his first thought was to run towards him but he got down and looked towards the direction where the RPG was fired and he saw that the figure that had shotthe helicopter was till there but this time just standing there and watching them. no other action was made and it just seemed like the figure was making sure that damage was done and then Dare opened fire on the figurewith an accuracy he was trained with. The figure seemed to bow and then stumble before falling to the ground of the roof. Michael kept running and entered the flames as he called out to Shade; “Shade, are you okay? Is the president with you? Is there anyone who can hear me? Please talk to me?” *************************** *************************** Back in Abuja, when the helicopter left the base, they had been informed and they followed the path of the helicopter as the camp was in touch with the pilot and the pilot’s radio was patched through directly so the crisis room could hear exactly what the pilot as saying. He had informed them that heis about to land and get the president and they were all expecting him to confirm the boarding by the president when they heard him say “What is that?....... pull back pull back” And then his voice was lost to static. Nothing else was heard as it seemed that the radio in the helicopter ust stopped working immediately. Startled, Ifeoma said; “What’s happening there? Somebody talk to me” A voice came which did not sound a bit like that of the pilot and said; “We have lost contact with the pilot and we are getting report of an explosion just immediately the radio went off people. It seemed the helicopter was blown up” Again the room went dead. Not even the breathing of the people there could be heard and the only sound in there was the tick tock from the huge clock that stood on the wall. The seconds had gone almost a full thirty seconds before Kuyi’s voice was heard in the room; “When the helicopter exploded, was the president on board? Do you have any reports there?” The voice responded; “Not yet sir, we are trying to get in contact with the rescue team and hear what they have to say but for now, we cannot conclusively say anything about it” *************************** ************************ As Dare shot at the shooter, he looked around and towards the Tetuans coming in the distance but was surprised to see that they had stopped in their tracks as though they were trying to see what caused the explosion or was trying to see who survived and take them out one at a time. He looked towards them and hid behind the truck as he pointed his rifle I their direction hoping that someone would even cough from the smoko

Another suspens ...... Next pls .

Getting more tight and tough. Next.......

Though thougher thoughest.

9c story@somkid.,,bt plzzz i cnt gt d remaining stories dat are hr..its nt complete..i tried gettin help frm d admin bt didnt gt ani reply..

Speechless

@okilo susan make sure u log in 2 ur account first

Hmmmm, hope the president is safe

Now after a long wait and plenny 'o' ghost reading on coolval i major general white eagle reports for duty at this critical point as a light weapon and tank and artillery expert,many years of service and experience in the most tightest of conditions and near death scenarios,after escaping from detention in a high security underground prison located in a notorious military command centre/barracks using plastic handcuffs a weapon,with very tricky abilities and a brain to make out possibility from impossibilities,never dies on a mission or get injured special ability of using a knife to rip out opponents heart without flinching i'm not only interested in saving the president but supporting the good guys to the last ,my full millitary profile would b available to you once am called up.

*Using plastic handcuffs as a weapon*

@somkhid,i still dnt undstnd,@list i cn nly comment if i login in,den my comment is as a result of d fact dt i loggd in bt is dr ani oda login in cus am confusd..plzz,i still cnt fynd d oda stories

****episode 38**** Lucas heard the phone ring and he picked it up; “You’d better have good news for me right now” The voice was a little bit hesitant to talk and Lucas felt fear rise inside him and with that, anger and disgust. “Talk to me Dimmit” “Sir, someone just fired at the helicopter sent to get the Nigerians and it went up in smokes” Lucas felt the world stop and his blood for the thousandth time that night grew colder than ice. His face went white and he could have sworn that his heart stopped beating for some seconds. As much as he wanted the president, he did not want her dead mostly because she was his escape ticket and holding her could help persuade the Nigerians from bombing him but if she died, things would get really crazy as they will just attack out of revenge and not a motive to save her. He spoke back into the radio; “Was the Nigerian president in the helicopter before it exploded? And who fired on the helicopter in the first place?” “We don’t know who fired, we just know it went up in smokes and the explosion was heavy. But whether the president is alive is something we cannot answer. We just know that the helicopter was on the ground for a while. We suspect that she was on board before it was blown. But one thing we are sure of is that at least one of the guards is alive because we heard some gunshots from where they are.” “Okay. Send in a team and see if she is alive and when I mean a team, go through any bodies you find so you can be very sure. Is that clear?” Lucas said. *************************** *************************** Michael found himself lost in the smoke around him and he could feel some get into his lungs. The smoke was not as thick as it was and he could begin to see just his front as first and then it increased. He moved in thedirection of the screaming and he walked steadily towards it. He saw a figure sat down and still screaming. He lowered his rifle and walked towards the person who appeared tobe a woman. He heard her screams turned into slow sobs and Michael Stretched his hand and said; “Madam President, it is going to be alright, I am going to get you out of here” The figure raised her head and Michael saw that it was not the President but her aide. Herdress was covered in sooth and her face was blackened by smoke. Michael thought of leaving her but he could not bring himself to leave her go so he told her; “Take my hand; it is not really good to be out here in this smoke. Let’s move you somewhere where the air is a little bit fresher” She stretched her hand and he took it and held her up strongly as he walked slowly backtowards the clear air and where he left Dare. On getting closer he saw figures sitting downwhile two stood above them. He walked closer and saw Izu, IBK and Shade with the President while John and Dare stood watching over them with guns drawn. He stepped closer to find that Izu had pointed his gun towards him and he said; “Stand down soldier, I am a friendly. Madam President, are you okay?” The president nodded and he said; “I thought it will be cool if you had your aide with you right now” as the aide walked towards her and they hugged. Michael looked at his team and knew they were the only ones who survived. He said; “First of all, Shade, where are we on communications? I noticed that those are down so get working on that. John, I can bet those Tetuans are not going to wait around for much longer so how do we get out of here, IBK, you are in charge of ammunition inventory now, I want a report of how many guns were have left and Izu, you get to be thepresident’s primary guard let’s get this done fast. I would not like to be visiting a Tetuan cell which will be where we will end if we arenot careful and Dare, keep watch.” They all got to work as Izu, told Michael what he guessed had happened. As they were about getting the President on board with Shade and IBK on both sides of her, Izu had the aide beside him and then suddenly they heard a shout telling them to get back amidst the gunshots and they walked back as the helicopter rose a little intothe sky, they saw three guards run towards them and the helicopter pulled back and the RPG rammed into it and it exploded and fell back into the three Two DSS and one DMI agents running towards it. Michael felt sad for the loss but he knew they had to move on and he called out; “John, what are you saying?” "We could go through the street around the corner and hope they are not really patrolled. If we pass through, we can go through the backyards ofthe houses along them and hope to cross thelines behind us to the camp or we can keep going and see if we can get a truck to take us far out and we can get a phone from there” Michael looked and saw IBK holding some rifles.

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hmmm

10k God shez alive....... Lucas ua country suppose b blood logged nd nt water logged

hmm nxt please

Gud luck 2 u all

Next please

Tanks@somkhid

God will see u guys through

lucas beware

U quyz dat have survived the attack should restrataqize and complete vhiz Mission before anythinq happens......Am sure the Presido will make it Alive...

bt some of these happenings!

Let the president move out from or I should come and give you a helping hand Few mins more Waiting 4 nxt epi

Let the president move out from There or I should come and give you a helping hand Few mins more Waiting 4 nxt EPISODE

****episode 39***** “I could find these in case we need them” Shade said “the Radio is still not working; I will need more time” Michael said; “You will get all the time you need as we go on. Izu, get the president; we have to get out of here before those guys come. John you lead with Dare behind you and then the Izu. The presidents will then follow with shade and IBK behind her. I will cover the rear. Now let’s move” They looked around for little supplies they could find while the President’s aide helped her clean her body a little. Her dress had the smell of smoke all over it and her face was blackened and the aide tried to wipe it off with a napkin while the others looked at the path John had pointed out. They filed out in the patter Michael had drawn with their rifles in front of them and their fingers on the trigger. The road was a narrow street which could only take one car. They would have taken the truck but John had seen the truck had its parts torn up by incoming bullets when the Tetuans fired at them and so they could not use it. They moved swiftly making sure they could not be seen from the troops on the other side and they disappeared into the shadows of the tall buildings. They walked slow and cautiously as they had to watch all around them. The abandoned buildings due to years of civil war had made the place look a lot more frightening than it should be and the lack of any type of light source except the one coming from the sky did not help too. Sometimes, John and Dare would walk in front ahead of them to scout ahead to make sure they was no danger but the only form of life they saw were rats which seemed to have taken over the business district. The president saw for the first time the effect the war has had on Tetuan as even the main business hub had become something else. Behind them, Michael almost walked with his back turned to them. Although most of them could barely see anything beyond a few meters in front of them but they could not risk putting on any form of light so as not to give themselves away. His eyes were trained behind him and sometimes, he would fall back because he went into some of the buildings to make sure they were not occupied but most of them had the same occupants. At some point, the President’s aide said; “Can’t we just rest a little or spend the rest of the night here and when it is dawn, we can move under the sun and we will see clearly. Anyone can be creeping in front of us without us seeing them” Shade whispered; “Perhaps the dark is good because no one can actually see us and we can have a chance to sneak behind and through the lines of the Tetuans. As for staying behind, the more timewe waste waiting, the greater the risk of the wrong person doing a head count of the bodies back there and realizing that the president’s body is not among the bodies burnt back there and they might just come looking for us” Dare thought he heard something that sounded and head of them and told them to stay back while he goes to check it out. They stood and took cover behind the wall of a tall building as Dare disappeared into the darkness. Michael stood guard in the opened as he tried to keep his eyes on Dare while therest of them waited. They stayed away from the entrance of the buildings and avoiding the windows as they did not know who might be lurking behind the windows of each building they passed sostanding against the wall seemed like the safest thing to do and the president and her aides used the opportunity to rest their legs as they both sat down while they were sandwiched between the members of the team. Dare had been for almost five minutes and Michael was getting worried. He looked into the dark and wished the radio was working and so he walked over to where Shade was; “What is the status on those radios? I will feela lot more comfortable if they were working and I also hate that I can’t see Dare which makes me a lot more nervous? “The radios might not take long to fix but I can’t fix them in the night. The fault seems to come from the one I am carrying, possibly when I fell under the impact of the explosion.I should be able to fix it if I can get some light” “Keep the lights switched off. I am not so sure about this place. When the sun rises, we can get that fixed” Dare walked forward a little and trained his ears to the direction where he thought he heard something and he walked towards it. He looked back towards the rest of the team and he saw Michael standing about the rest of them looking tireless and he smiled. Michael had always acted like some kind of big brother to the rest of them and never showed a sign of fatigue of weakness. His posture was one he was familiar with, one which told him if anything did not check out, he was more likely to shoot first before he asked questions and he felt an ounce of doubt in himself but he had been given a taskand he could not allow fear creep in at that point.

Am still awaiting call up @somkhid

hmmm..... D guys are rily tryin

Wow woooooooowwwwww !!! clapping . . Finally I dor show for here like JAMES BOND!!! . . I love it when it comes to military, the story is always superb . . @somkhid, oya carry go with this Nice story, cus I dor reach here!!! . . I still remain your boy . . JESUSBOY JNR . . DE . . COOLVAL YOUNGEST!!!

Dare be extremely careful bc dre may be danger ahead. Gud work guys

am praying 4 all dis to end, de suspense is too much

Still waitin 4 d continuation @somhkid

Nice job, am still waiting for when agent frank of NIA will be included

Awesome hope dare is not up to something sha.

Hope dare didnt run into any trouble sha

What next .......

This story no go give me hypertension

Here @ last!!

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****episode 40***** He swung the rifle to his back and pulled out his side arm and kept walking forward but cautiously. He looked back at intervals to make sure he was not been followed as that could cause trouble for all of them. he kept ducking and walking along the walls from one building to another then he stopped and gave out an almost silent whistle. The whistle was almost inaudible to the human ears but those he had called out knew what the whistle was about. He whistled again and waited along the wall as he expected a reply but still none came and he waited for a little while. About thirty seconds later, he heard a similar call coming from a little distance away and hewalked a little into the open trying to see if hecan make out anybody. He waited and then he let out a whistle of his own into the dark and he waited there with his gun in his hand but it was lowered when a figured appeared in front of him. He did not move, did not raise his gun, instead he let out another whistle as another figured appeared behind the first one and before long, then they became five with all of them holding what seemed like guns with them. The first one walked to him and when he was just at hearing distance, he said; “What’s the status?” “It did not really go according to plan. The target is still alive and the team is still intact. We lost three members but the rest are more or less alive. I managed to trash up the radio but I don’t know for how long” “But what happened with the helicopter?” “Your shooter got a little too excited and fired too early. She was not aboard when he shot” “Fine. So where does that leave us and the plan now?” “We are making our way through the dark and we have no radio but do you want to make a move in the dark or you will rather wait until dawn? “We cannot risk the Tetuans catching up with you so what you should do is have John lead you this way and leave the rest to us” “But make sure you leave them before hell drops or else there is nothing we can do about that” At that, the figure walked back into the dark leaving Dare standing alone in the dark and he turned and made his way back to the team as though nothing happened but he walked faster and hoped they had not gotten suspicious of his long absence. He got back to see Michael still taking the posture he took earlier and watching. Immediately he stepped into sight, Michael pointed his gun at him but he realized that he recognized the figured and he lowered it. Dare looked the same but to Michael, something was amiss. He did not compose himself like he has done earlier but Michael dismissed it as it he was not too convinced and they moved together into the dark with John and Dare taking the lead this time. The team was lead more by Dare since he had scouted out earlier, he would have had more feel of the environment.

abeg no get hbp ooo@tenniebenson u guys are free 2 join dem in dis mission

Following

me no mine if u send me to reinforce dem naa @somkhid, omo na commando tins activated on point⊙⊙

Somkhid, mission way we done dey wait since,

Gosh!!!! I knew dis Dare was up to something.. I've been suspecting him since he pointed out d shooter... Nd nw he is leading dem into d hands of enemies...(Who re nt even Tetuans government)

Hp dey wil succeed

Na wa oh, see betrayal. Dare no go dey do like des ohhh! Its unfair and unbearable wen dre is an enemy in d hux.

Wic kind person z dis dare gan sef.

Ah a betrayal in the team

Sum1 might get hbp d way u ar posting it

***episode 41******* The crisis room was quiet and there was a mood around it that made everyone shiver. The eyes of each individual burned in their sockets as they looked up to one another for explanations then a voice came over the radio; “Abuja, we cannot confirm if the president was on board or not and we cannot send a team in to confirm as the blockade still holds firm. We are about to find a way around thembut it might take some time before we can dothat and the fact that they might have snipersin those building will make it a lot easier” The vice President who had been quiet for a while said; “Your Commander in Chief is out there Major, you get through and bring her back and use whatever means necessary. “ “Yes sir” the voice answered. When the connection went out, the Vice looked towards Kuyi and asked; “What can we do we know now and what can we do?” Kuyi looked around the room and said; “We can’t do much until we know what happened with that chopper. I would advice we send another one out there but I don’t know how much that will do as t might just be shot down too. Communication with the team is almost impossible as the radio is not working so we are blind and deaf but we could send men to slip behind their lines and check. I am sure Lucas will also have men run down that road too” “What do we do now?” “I agree with Buba right now, we hit that blockade and create a hole, it does not matteranymore right now because we are not maintaining peace anymore, Lucas told us he does not need that when he took the President, we are at it seems sir war. Maybe ifwe told Lucas that in strong terms, he will know how much trouble he might be in” Buba cut in; “He might know? I say we hit those guys so hard, they feel like a volcano just went up under their legs” Then Ifeoma got the confidence to talk; “We should go easy on the attacks guys, we really don’t know where the president is rightnow and an all out attack might just make her a casualty” Buba said; “How do we know she is not one already? You and kuyi’s plan has gone from bad to worse and this is the result of it all. The president is probably dead or seriously hurting now this is where we are all because of you and your silly secret plan” Kuyi sat down without replying Buba but Ifeoma could not sit back and watch him drag her through the mud and she replied; “Our plan? You had a part to play which was to make sure the alternate routes into the major road was watched so they won’t get surprised but you did nothing. If you had monitored it, they will all be on their way home right now and we won’t be bothered about whether or not they are alive right now so don’t put this on me general” “Can we all just keep calm and face the real issue here?” The vice President said. “I understand we are all tired and stressed but let’s solve this issue and then we can argue who has what fault later.” “We should all just wait and allow time take its course, we have troops around there and let them do their jobs before we lose hope. There is still a chance the president is alive and we should hold on to that plan” Kuyi turned towards Buba and said: “Then when all is done, we would probably be doing a complete enquiry into what exactly went wrong” The vice president said; “Okay let’s keep this going before the press start hassling us for information” “So what’s the plan now?” Ifeoma said Kuyi turned towards Buba and said; “First we push through that barrier and see who what happened with the chopper then we send in our ground forces to those streets, we monitor the buildings and do a thorough of the whole place to make sure she is alive” “What if she is dead?” “Then God helps Lucas and his army” *************************** *************************** ********************* Lucas was not assured of anything. he had found no need for his chair anymore, the heavy shelling of his house did not help issues get better as the constant vibrations and gunshot did not help his thinking and reasoning. The men at the front had reported that they were approaching the clearing and they did so cautiously. When they got close, he had them put him on a open line so he could get the information immediately they got it. He was not about to wait for anything as the president would decide what he would do next, He walked around the office nervously and occasionally, his lieutenants call his line for some order and he just ignored them, he knew he was playing something with high scales and he had to keep his eyes on the ballor everything would go down quickly. His men at the gates said although the Nigerians were attacking them, they were still not beingcompletely serious and something told him they also did not know the fate of their president. If she was dead, they won’t be shooting guns at him, they would be bombing him aerially

Hmmm . . . . . . . . Still observing

War is approaching

There is a mole in the team in abuja

Hey somkhid can u make it two updates per day?Ryt now am really wondering if d team would make it out complete,but fact remains from look of things only d lst two sss official would come out of dis with d president. Somkhid if it was real i'ld have run into d battle field to prove myself without being called up,nd bring bck d presido

This z serious

Lucas u call 4 war n u will see it

no wonder d plan did not work, Dare u must surely pay for ur betrayal

Uhmmmmm i av a feeling dere is an insider in dat board room.... Tym will tell

Dare z a mole....... Ope sum1 finds out b4 itz 2 late ooooo

Next episode loading 57%%

Ok the team will make it but one of them will die

I guest its VP's handiwork

I am suspecting Buba in dis case, he has a cockroach in his cupboard

No update today? Somkhid do something na? D suspense is killing

*****episode 42**** His communicator came alive as the men approached the clearing and he could hear them walk cautiously. He could hear the breath of the commandant through the radio and the cool breeze blowing against the microphone of the communicator. The static would increase and then stop signaling that the commandant was taking cover, scout andthen run to take another position he heard; “Sir, we are almost at the clearing. We can see a chopper in flames in the distance should we approach?” To Lucas, that was the silliest question in the world and he felt like screaming into the receiver but he knew it would do no good. Hewas their leader and whatever happened, he could not show weakness. He should maintain his strength and appear to be in charge of his emotion so they would also believe they can win. “Yes approach” They moved forward and he heard them walktowards it and soon the commandant said; “There appears to be no sign of life sir” “What do you see?” “The men are searching the area and they can find three bodies around the helicopter, the pilot is there too and there is one body inside the helicopter while another is just beside it. I think the body beside the helicopter fell from it from his position” “Can you see any female body? You reported that there was a woman among those who came for her at the palace counting her, the president’s aide and the president, there should be three females’ bodies. There will also be members of the team there if they areall dead” “Sir, we can’t find any. I will have the men bring the bodies back to the palace for more examinations but it seems these are the only bodies here” Lucas found it hard to contain his excitement,his military training had taught him never to assume or take anyone for dead until a body was found and identified. If they could not find any female bodies then where was she?, they also did not find enough bodies to conclude that all the members of the team are dead Lucas said; “Keep looking, she is probably alive and hiding somewhere with the remaining members of the team. Waiting for the Nigerians to come get them” “I don’t think they are waiting sir, I think theyalready left” the commandant said as he looked ahead of him and saw a little dirty road that lead into the old central business district. “What do you mean left? Was there another helicopter?” “They must have gone through the business district, there is a road we did not take into consideration and except they have a truck or another means of transport, they will be going by road which will mean they will be slow and we can catch up with them. the truck they left the palace in is still here but I guess the bullets damaged it during the gun fight” “Finally some hope” Lucas thought to himself “Go after them, I don’t care if you have to run all morning, I want you to catch up with them and bring them back to the palace” “Yes sir, but they could not have more that a twenty five minute head start. We will certainly catch up with them.” The Tetuans arranged themselves into groups, some went by foot and some waited for three trucks which were brought to them as they prepared to chase after the Nigerians while some were charged with taking the remains of the dead back. *************************** ********************** Michael did not like the odds against them but he had no choice. He was used to dark only when he was the one watching someone else not when he was running froman enemy which could emerge from anywhere. John and Dare were in front but ata reasonable distance and the seemed to know their way to wherever it was they weresupposed to pass. Before, they would move, duck and then try to figure out where to passbut now, they just walked on as though they suddenly remember the roads which to him was not consistent. There were other roads and he sometimes disappeared from behind them to go check them out and he found them to be deserted even though something told him they were not alone. His instincts were hardly ever wrong and he could feel eyes watching him. at every turn, he felt that someone was behind him waitingpatiently but he could see no one. Inside him, he wished the sun would come up fast be thetime was just 3am and that sunlight was a long time away. The darkness also helped them in a way because if they were being watched, the person would have a hard time figuring out where they all were except they could be lead into one spot like sheep into a pent Which seemed like what John and Dare were doing in front. They looked too familiar with the roads and threw caution into the wind. He looked towards the SSS agents who walked directly in front and behind the president and even their figures looked nervous as they turned around a lot to see their surrounding well and at their guns held firm but not John and Dare. Their guns were just hanging from their back as if they were taking a stroll through their own backyard.

Na dem b d mole na...... Nxt oooo

Kokoro ton je efo, inu efo lowa. Micheal pls do something b4 des 2 guys lead u all to death. Follow ur instinct, it helps a lot. Next.............

Micheal, pls do smth fast b4 it's too late

Follow ur instincts plzzzzzz

****episode 43**** Shade was not bothered about where they were going, she was only worried about the radio. The one she carried was a sort of hub for the rest and it was the one that seemed to have the fault which to her was strange. She was supposed to be with the president and her aide but they were sandwiched by the SSS agents with one in front and another behind. They acted every inch like bodyguards and so she had some time to herself. She occasionally looked around and once a while, she noticed that Michael would disappear or take a different road only to double back later and she understood why he chose to walk behind them. She had time to work with her hands on the radio and she allowed her rifle swing down as she went to work in the dark and while walking. Her fingers knew exactly where eachbutton was by memory and she felt every inch of the radio but could not see where the fault could come from. There was a couple of scratches but nothing else was out of place until her fingers felt something strange. The space where the batteries enter had a hole, a space of some sort as though the battery compartment was opened and the lid was not put back correctly and she removed the lid completely. She felt for the battery and realized that the battery was gone. She stopped in her tracks as she tried to remember if she had removed it but she could not. She had no reason to remove it or open the compartment so someone else musthave done that. There was no other time the person would have removed it except when the helicopter blew up and she was unconscious for some time before she was dragged out of the smoke.

Nxt ooooo....... Dis episode z veri short @somhkid...... Mre power 2 ua elbow

Hmmm, war war war

Shade dey missinq Ba3 should make u suspect somethinq so jex let Michael know abt it......

It is getting interesting

Diz too short ooooooo

Very short, somkhid do something kpamurege.

Work of dare

*****episode 44***** Shade was shocked and almost immediately, the shocked turned into fear. She staggered at the thought that someone among them might have deliberately removed the battery so they could not communicate with the base which meant they could be walking into a trap. Her mind first went to Michael but he looked too concerned and something told her it was not him. his body language showed he was aware of a danger but not sure plus if he did not completely check out, he would not be made leader. She looked back and saw that he was gone again. He looked around trying to see if she can catch a glimpse of him but he seemed to have disappeared into the night. She had some spare batteries in her backpack and her hand went to feel where she kept them and she saw that they were still there. She thought of outing one in but she stopped. If she activated hers then every other one will work so she just waited and almost immediately, Michael appeared beside her and whispered; “What’s wrong” he said “What makes you think there is anything wrong sir?” “Your body language changed and you have been looking around a lot, you feel something is happening I should know about?” “No, I was just looking around” “Okay, Shade, but see what you can do about communications, this place is beginning to irk me” “Yes sir” Shade saw that Michael’s pace dropped a little so she could walk in front of him when she said; “Actually, I think I know what’s wrong with the radio” “Can you fix it?” “It was not damaged in the first place” “So what’s wrong with it?” “Someone removed the battery from mine which knocked every other one out” Michael did not stop moving or express any surprise as he simply walked up beside her and said; “Tell me you have spares” “I do, but I don’t want to put one in because whoever did it would know it is working. I would rather we find who removed the battery first and seeing as you did not show any sign of surprise, you must know there is a traitor among us and probably know the person" “I don’t know the person, I just have strong suspicions and I also know we are being followed” “So who is your candidate?” “More like candidates” “More than one? Those SSS boys don’t look the type but what do I know?” “It’s not them, it’s John and Dare, and I think they want to lead us into a trap” “So what do we do?” “For now, we play along. I suggest we don’t let the SSS boys know, we don’t want anyone panicking and we certainly don’t want the president to find out about this” Shade thought for a little as she reached for her rifle and check to make sure the magazine was in and she said; “So you think following them into this trap of theirs is a good idea?” “We don’t have a lot of options right now. I suspect we are already being followed and any move we make might alert them. We should follow for the time being and until we can figure out a way to get out of here. We should slow down a little and see if they will notice. If they don’t, we can slip and find a way to get away from them” Shade looked towards John and Dare as they walked on in front without bothering to look back to those they are leading on “What if we are all dead before we get the chance?” “What makes you think they want us dead? Ifthey did, they just wanted her back? if they wanted us dead, they would have done that already” They were still in their conversation when they noticed that John and Dare slowed down ahead as the team walked towards a huge building which had a large space in front of it. and they stopped walking totally. The company of Izu, IBK, the president and her aide joined her later as Michael and Shadejoined them later and Michael asked; “Why are we stopping?” Neither John nor Dare answered but a voice came from the dark, “Because ladies and gentlemen, you are at the end of the road and I am in charge now” Shade raised he rifle and IBK did the same immediately while Izu moved to cover the president and Michael just stood and watched it play out as John and Dare pulled away from them. From all corners, men appeared with guns drawn towards them and they moved until they surrounded the team completely. “Why don’t you all put down your guns so we can make this expedient?” Michael who had been studying the events said; “Why don’t you tell us who you are and what you want before we talk about putting anything down because personally, I won’t mind putting you down first” Almost immediately, a pair of lights was switched on and it was aimed towards the team and they were able to see those who surrounded them clearly. “Well I thought the lights were necessary since we won’t want anyone wandering off and since you are so concerned with who we are, let me introduce myself” He walked towards the group a little and said; “I am Major Ahmed Toriade, Nigerian special forces”

People are not to be trusted...Dare and John are devilz.....Finqer's crossed...waitinq anxiously to see how thinqz will play out...

hmmmmmmmm

See dead end, pls way out ooo. Definitely dey will lose some members, I hope dre is a way out

Waiting t c aw it all played out

It is getting hotter

Let dea b a way out ooooo...... Shade shuld activate d communication line sharp sharp na

may God save u people ar nt to b trust shade start communicating sharp sharp ooo

I tink sm1 4rm Naija in d meeting wnt d president 2 die

oh my God, I am panicking already, help dis Nigerians God

The operation is too coded for it to flop,there is a snitch in abuja defense cabinet

interesting

******episode 45******* The president’s aide walked from behind the team and said; “Nigerian special forces? That’s great, what took you guys so long?” The president pulled her back; “I don’t think they are here to save us” Michael said; “At least I know who to thank for the death of three of the members of my team when you blew up our rescue helicopter” The major looked at them with a smile on his face as Izu, IBK and Shade had their rifles pointed at them and he said; “You should put down your weapons. There is really no point trying to fight this out as you are out manned and out gunned.” “You must have missed a part of the mission Major, we are to safe guard the president with our lives” Izu said. “Agent Izu, what do you really know about protecting the president, you are just a step about the police and I don’t think I have to remind you that you are in over your head” the major said “But that does not mean we will go down without a fight” Shade said “If you want her, you going to have to go through us” Shade continued “And I am wondering what makes you think we want to hurt the president? We might be here for the same reason you are here you know” Michael raised his eyebrows in mock surprise,looked towards Dare and John and said; “So why do I find myself backed up against somewhere and feel like I am trapped like a monkey behind bars?” “Well it is not really my fault Michael, I am just carrying orders” Dare said as he and john walked away from their side and joined the team which surrounded them and they saluted the major as they walked back towards the trucks “I had a mole in your team Michael and you were too blind to see it, now what kind of rescue team does that make this? You guys are a failure” The president who had been behind Izu and IBK all this while walked through from behindthem and said; “What is your purpose here Major? You are under oath to the president and Commander in Chief of the Armed forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and I demand to know what is happening here” The Major said nothing. He just stood just a little distance in front of his team who had their guns pointed at the team and the lights were also pointed at the team too which made it look like they were on a stage and the soldiers were their audience and Michael could feel the end draw close. His eyes was on the Major as he thought of what he would do if he could wrap his hands around Dare and john and he almost wanted to smile at the thought when his eyes caught something around the corner. It looked like little touch lights and they seemed to move breaking the darkness in the distance and he thought within himself; “Now what?” The set of lights were soon joined by anotherpair of lights and then another joined them which made Michael sure that the Tetuans had caught up with them and in his head; he hoped they were not on the side of the force which has had them trapped. So he asked; “You heard the lady major, who are you working for? and don’t tell me you would rather work for that bird brained Lucas Radonsolema” The major looked surprised; “The Tetuans? You think I would allow that idiot boss me around like I am his pet monkey when I could be making better use of myself in the paid employment of someoneelse who would both pay and treat me better?” “That’s surprising” Michael thought to himself happily “So what plans do you have for us Major?” “First of all, put down your weapons and we will talk about what I want to do with you. You all know you cannot get into a gun battle with us and win so please put those guns down” IBK who had been quiet all through said; “Why should we put our guns down? You might just decide to kill us all” “Well actually, we intend to kill you all but it will be a lot more easy to do so while your guns are down” Michael looked to the direction he had seen the lights earlier and did not see the lights again. He tried to imagine the distance they might have gone through but he did not see anything in the distance as it seemed those who had out the lights on had disappeared into the darkness and he felt a sense of failure and disappointment wash over him. He had his rifle just hanging over his shoulder and his hands went behind him andhe pulled the gun into his hands as he said; “Protect the president” IBK, Izu, and Shade formed a makeshift circle around the president and her aide as they pointed their guns at the men surrounding them and they heard Michael say; “Steady men. If we are to end this here, we will go down fighting”

Pam!!! Time for action.....Michael i love ya spirit...no surrender no retreat.... So vhiz one's are not 4rm Lucas Randoselma?? I'm still wonderinq what the president did to deserve all diz bullshit from them.....

Ghen-ghen! Film Don Start... Major, U Aint Goin To Gat Dis Easy Wit Ur Crews And I Pray D Tetuans Get To Them Befor Start Combatin So As To Use Dat As An Advantage. Cnt Wait For D Nxt Episod

The nigeria rescue team is around

Luvly...... No retreat no surrender...... Nxt plsss

Action, Suspense filled and interesting. Next pls

Ghen ghen ghen ghen!!!!!!!!

Nigeria special force going against Nigeria President. trust no one

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No retreat no surrender

****episode 46******* Izu could hear the whole thing happen but he could not believe it. The helicopter explosion had shaken him but him kneeling down with his rifle pointed at people who outnumber his team by almost three to one was not something he had envisaged. The major had said he was from the Nigerian special forces and his accent proved him right and even the team leader had no doubt about it. The Major turned started to walk backwards towards his team and he said; “My mission is simple madam president; you must not return home alive and there should not be any witness so I guess that explains the blowing up of your helicopter and this little ambush” “Steady” Michael said as he expected some miracle to happen or else he would be done for The Major put his right hand in his and brought out a small phone. He dialed and spoke into the receiver; “We have them right here sir should we go ahead with it?” He paused for some seconds as Shade whispered to Michael; “What exactly are we waiting for sir?” “Something I saw in the distance and should be here any time now” “That sign better come soon because the moment this arsehole gets off the phone, we are done for” IBK who had listened to their conversation but silently said; “Whatever the sign is, I hope it is that red spot on this Major guy's chest” Shade said; “What red spot?” “Why don’t you look towards where is heart is supposed to be” Shade looked and saw a faint red glow on the Major’s chest as he spoke on the phone with someone and Shade said; “Michael, do we know anything about that light?” Michael who for the first time that night was surprised said; “I have nothing to do with that and that is not the miracle I was hoping for” He continued; “IBK, how much of a shot are you?” “I am pretty good what are you hoping for?” “This might sound suicidal but if we don’t do this now, we might all end up dead so what I want us to do is simple, when I give the signal, Shade and Izu make for those huge glass doors behind us and take the president with you. We will hold them off right here.” “That’s suicide. You will be killed immediately we make for those doors and have you even thought the doors might be locked?” Izu said “The doors might be locked but they are not bulletproof so I expect you to get inside by all means. You should get through and let’s hope whoever has that red light is a friendly to us. IBK, at my signal, take out those lights. We have a better chance of survival in the dark. You take the one on the left and I will aim at the one on the right.” He paused a bit and said; “Is everyone ready?” Shade said; “How come we did not factor in the aide?” Michael said almost absent mindedly; “We already have our subject and if she can follow you fast enough, good for her, if not, she is on her own”

Hmmm.....the idea sound s cool but very suicidal.... Letz jex hope for the Best...

U will succeed

They wil surely survive this trial.

D idea is very suicidal

Smh @some ppl sha... Oga o.. I jez hope dare nd john re sentenced 2 death by electrocuting....

am afraid o

Ope d idea works shaa...... Nxt...... Meanwhile, nic 1 @somhkid

hope for miracle

hmmm i pray u shuld b safe

Perfect plan......

Dis is so risky

Wow nice plan but sucide plan

That's suicide, but is better to die fighting than just killed like a coward.

fire on d mountain

Military betrayal.

********episode 47****** The Major was still listening to his phone as he was taking orders from someone on the other side while the team thought about their plan. The plan had come to Michael in a rush and he did not have time to think it through. He just knew it might give them a chance to get the president away but there were a lot of things he did not factor into his plans. The spot on the major’s chest was from a gun which be coming from anywhere. There were a lot of buildings around and the shooter might or might not be a friendly. He remembered what he training officer once told him “The enemy of your enemy is not necessarily your friend, it just makes him another factor to mess up your whole existence” and this was the exact case. For all he knew the infrared light might be from the Tetuans creating a territory and trying to get the president back because it is certain that Lucas would not want her to die on his homesoil if he valued his life. Then there was the door to the building. He did not have time to hatch his plane well but he knew the door was made of glass and there might be a chance that it will be unlocked or at least not impervious to bullets.He hoped within him that Shade and Izu were able to get her out even though he and IBK might die right there. It was a risk which was not well calculated but one they had to take nonetheless. Getting away from these guys might just end them in the hands of the Tetuans which although is a whole lot better that being shot dead, it was also not a comfortable situation for him to put his team or the president into. He knew he had to try to make the right decision and being captured was a whole lot better than being shot and executed. He aimed for the light which was almost blinding him and he hoped IBK was as good a shot as he said he is or else the plan might just go sideways. He could make out the image of the soldiers on the trucks watching them and waiting for their leader to give them the order to open fire but he still held on to allow IBK aim well. Izu heard the plan and understood it perfectly but he thought it was not well thought out. The soldiers had already aimed and were unlikely to miss just because the lights went off. He could make out the figuresof Dare and John on the other side watching them and he wondered how it was so easy to betray their own team. He felt angry and lost at the same time. He had being in teams which had moles but no one had ever given him to the hands of someone that will possible kill him before. This was all new to him and the success of the plane was all that mattered. He already knew where the president was and it was just a matter of steps from there to the door but under fire, those steps could mean a whole different thing if the people shooting at them were not distracted and an idea crept into his head. He saw the idea takeshape and he saw how it could work and buythem some more time to get away. Michael and IBK would probably die regardless of his idea but it was a team event and the mission was more important. Shade was more pissed than scared and evenmore pissed to think. She never liked insubordination. She did not even like those who turn around to give them information atthe expense of their country as she thought itwas dishonorable and what Dare and John did was the height of it. She could feel the light blind her but all she could see was Izu clutching on to the president as she provided cover fire for him to get her inside and she hoped that nothing else went wrong. the door has to be unlocked and the plan must. The Major muttered a “Yes sir, I understand”, hung up and out the phone back into his pocket. He looked toward the team and said; “This is it, goodbye” and he turn around to walk backward. Michael saw the chance he had been waiting for and said now. *************************** *************************** Lucas was not comfortable in his office at all. The sound of heavy guns and mortars had added to his misery as it appeared that the Nigerians were getting closer to him and at the same time the men he sent to look for the president had not found her yet. It was a slippery slope which he knew could end up with him falling and that is if his own men don’t turn against him first. As much as he trusted his own people, there was no guarantee that in a bid to safe themselves, they might just decide to cut a deal and hand him over and that scared him more. Each of his decisions had gone from bad to worse and he wondered what possessed him to think his plan might actually work. He knew the plan about the weapon was a completely silly idea but the plan behind getting the arms was a perfectly good one which could have sealed victory forhim. If the plan had gone according to pan, the Nigerian president would have been on her way home and he would have the assurance of victory but now he is looking at defeat andpossible dead right in the face.

At least u knw dat dis means ua own death iv anitn happens 2 d president....... Nice 1 @somhkid....... Drop d nxt bomb shell, we're waitin

i hope u guys will be safe

Not well thought out plan, but I hope d major and his team makes a little mistake to buy u guys more time. Next pls

Pray ur plan works..........................ur hours ar numbered. Serves u right lucas.

I guest d gun aimed at major is from d Tetuan, I hope it pave way for Micheal's team

THIZ IZ VERY HARD TASK, HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

surely they will successed

Lucas is afried,bcos.if anytin hapen to nigeria president,his country wil be on fire.

#i_see_what_others_don't_see.

I just hope all d team makes it out alive cos am kinda scared

Next pls

Well i dnt think dey will die....

****episode 48********* There was not just gun shot from Michael and IBK, there were also shots fired from the buildings towards the men who just tried to kill them. She turned completely and ran inside with Michael and IBK who was limping right behind her. Michael saw Izu threw the grenade and he almost smiled in the confusion. The men did not see the grenade thrown at them as they all turned to see why the Major fell. The fact that the lights went put almost immediately was even more surprising as they were stunned and taken unawares when they were attacked from all corners and they wereforced to shoot into the dark. There were lights from automatic rifles all around them and from the buildings in the surroundings too as more and more bullets rained down at them and they had to head for safety as it turned out that they were the ones caught in a trap. With the available light, Michael could see that the President, her aide, Izu and Shade had entered the building and he ran towards them, he pulled at IBK’s arm who was caught up in the shooting and they ran after them, making their way up the stairs and through the doors. They saw Shade waving at them and shouting but the gunfire was too loud and they could not hear her. They ran through the doors and inside the building as they took cover but the shootings outside didnot stop. It seemed like all around them, there were shooting and screams from the Major’s men filled their ears for minutes as Michael said; “We can’t stay here” Shade said; “Who shot the major? I am pretty sure it is not one of us. There was a sniper on the roof of one of the buildings around us and that person obviously wanted us alive” IBK added as he tried to get up and assess the damage to his right leg; “The Major is a little matter, there are shooters all around; in almost all the buildings around and I really wished I know who they are because I know my head cannot take any more surprises” He tried to walk with his leg but had some difficulty and Izu came to his side to help him out. Michael turned to the president and offered her his hand. She took it with reluctance as she ws already tired from the stress and all the running; “I am sorry Madam President but we really have to go” Shade stopped a little behind and looked towards the door as the gunshots had not reduced, instead it seemed to be increasing as Michael said; “Shade, walk up ahead and try to see if there is an exit we can use; some back door or something before Lucas’s men joins the party outside” Shade walked on with a torch in her hands as she disappeared down the hall while IBK looked at Michael and said; “Lucas’s men? What do they have to do with anything?” “Before everything went south out there, I saw a couple of headlights in the distance and that could only be the Tetuan army who were looking for us. When they came close enough to see those headlights, they switched their off and I doubt they would have been the ones in those buildings” Shade came back and said; “There is a door up ahead that leads to the back and into the alley. I don’t know much about the geography here but we can be in the open and perhaps have a head start before those guys figure out they are on the same side” “Okay, move out” Michael said Izu said; “Is there any chance we can get the radio working again so we can at least let them know what is going on over here and they can send someone to come get us?” The President said; “If that officer is a Major in the Nigerian army,then why did he want us killed? Unless some people don’t want me to get back home and if I am right, it won’t really be a good idea to call home for help. Perhaps I should have stayed at the presidential palace, at least, Lucas did not want me dead, he just wanted to do some negotiations” A silence fell on them at that point as they all followed Shade towards the exit while the gunfight outside continued. **************************** ************************ Back in the crises room, the tension was not eased as everyone was trying to get in touch with whoever they could get in touch with until the phone rang. The phone was on Ifeoma’s table so she picked it; “Hello, what is happening?” She listened for a while and then she put it on speaker; “Captain, can you please start from the top once again?” The voice on the other side paused a little then said; “We sent a team around the Tetuans blockade and we discovered that the team got out of the helicopter bombing” At this, everyone jumped but Ifeoma remained seated as she already knew the news that was coming in but she did not have the heart to break it to the board herself. She wanted to burry herself or disappear right there before the news was broken but she had no choice but to sit there and allow him finish. She looked over at Kuyi who just sat down with his face looking as blank as ever. He showed no pleasure or whatever at the news. He merely sat down and waited for the news to come in slowly.

Yes you quyz are makinq so much proqress and datz cool....Itz also a nice decision to keep the latest happeninq's secret cos dat would qive u an edqe over the mole back in Abuja....

D suspense is killing, not all of dem will make it

Cool

u guys are making progress

Frm trouble to trouble, hopes it ends wel.

D story z cokeastic

God will c u guys tru

Hmmmmm...... Nafin 2 say...... Well done.....? Nt yet na...... Nxt

*******episode 49******* Buba said; “So where is the team now? Do you have them with you? How is the president?” The voice rested a bit as the room fell into silence while everyone waited for the news that was about to be told. “We got to the team but we could not get to them in time. The Tetuans beat us to it and they executed the President and the whole team. None of them escaped. I am sorry. We do not have her body yet as they were far behind enemy lines when it happened but we are awaiting orders to press foward” Ifeoma put her head on the huge desk as she could not bear to look up. Her eyes felt heavy with tears and the fatigue of the past hours all weighed on her and she could not imagine that it would end this way. She could not imagine that the president would have died on her watch after a mission that was supposed to have gone perfectly suddenly went wrong and everything else apart from the plan happened. She raised her head and saw that all around the room, eyes were on her; apparently they wanted a reason and explanations but she had none. At that moment, she wished she could say something in her defense or at least, say something intelligence but her emotions had begun to fail her and everyone could see that she was not just scared but was admitting failure. She looked towards the Vice Presidentand said in a shaky voice; “I am sorry sir, the plan was foolproof and it should have gone according to plan but it was a failure and I take full responsibility for this and hence, I am stepping down and resigning my position as the Minster for Defense and will subject myself to any panel of inquiry that is set up to investigate the actions of the team which led to the capture and eventual death of the late Commander in chief” The Vice President looked around as he was taken aback by her sudden resignation and he said; “I don’t know why you are resigning to me Ifeoma, I am not the president” The Minister for Foreign Affairs said; “You are not the president yet sir. In a case like you, you should be sworn in as President immediately” The Vice President replied; “We have not even settled the issue of the dead President yet. We need to get her body back home and get ready for her funeral and then we have to break the news to the press and everyone. How do we even go about all that? Where do we start from?” Olaoye said; “The first thing to do is make sure the country is not without a leader at this trying time. We still have to decide what to do with Lucas and then we have to find out how all these went this way” At this, Buba said; “Accept my condolences sir, I believe I speak for everyone here when I say, we are really sorry about this incident and we will do all we can to find out what went wrong but for now, you have to be strong as the nation will need someone to look up to” There a murmur of approval around the room as they all agreed with Buba and Olaofesaid; “We better wake up the Attorney General and the Senate President” The Vice President said; “The senate president is on a medical vacation remember” “Then he better gets back as fast as possible. You have to be sworn in soon so we can move on and you can be able to take decisions that can move us forward” The Vice President got up, walked around the room a little and said; “We need to get her body back and then someone bet in touch with the army down there and tell them to be ready for a full blown war. Lucas will pay for this with his life” With that he walked towards the door and then said; “I don’t see the need for this assembly anymore, the most of you will probably be fired or redeployed but let me assure you, I intend to set up a panel of enquiry into this event and if anyone is found wanting, that person is going to pay for his or her crime” and he walked out of the room with guards and bodyguards already waiting for him. The Commandant of the Palace Guards, General Quadri Muhammad got up and walked behind the Vice president and one after the other, the room got empty until it remained just Buba, Kuyi and Ifeoma left in the room. Kuyi had barely uttered a word since the news broke and he still maintained his silence until Buba said; “I told you this plan of yours should be revised but you refused Admiral. You think you are still giving commands on your frigate but this is something else. You should have outsourced for men and left this to the army. If that happened, we won’t be in this mess right now” Kuyi said cooly; “I don’t think this is a time to be putting blames on anyone, a lot of things could have gone wrong and until we get an investigation going, we can never tell what actually happened. And I trust your men can retrieve her body before the end of today, it will be a shame to leave it lying there”

Shez nt dead na....... I fink d vice president has sumtn 2 do wif dat trap dey were led in2...... Nxt oooo

Don't trust d Vp

Kokoro ton je efo, inu efo lowaa. Too much suspense

Hmmmm..........the fight for powers has begun,the stage is set.

D president know someone want her to die.

i dnt believe d vp

Am suspecting the vise president hav a hand in the hole issue.

*******episode 50******** Buba did not reply, he just walked out without looking back and closed the door loudly while Kuyi walked over to Ifeoma who was trying hard not to cry in front of anyone. She had hoped it will end well but the reverse had happened. Her head dropped to the desk again and kuyi put his hand on her back as he sat down beside her; “This is not your fault. You did your best but it was not good enough. It is the failure of the collection of the military not you alone” Without raising her head, she answered; “But I am the head of the military kuyi, this will all come down on me and I don’t have a place to hide” “I will be here for you in case you need someone to lean on. it is about to rain hell and we have to stick together” “Thanks but please go. I need to be alone right now” “You should go home Ifeoma, you can get some strength there instead of burying yourself here” “Kuyi, you have done your duty, please go. I really have to be alone right now” Kuyi got up and walked slowly towards the door. He had been trained and had learned never to show emotions but for some reason, Ifeoma was someone he always made an exception for. He had not seen a woman rise that high from the military and her intelligence always amazed him in a world which was dominated by men and sometimes he wondered what it would be like to be in her arms but he never brought it up as it could mean an end to both their careers. He walked to the door, pushed it andwalked out leaving Ifeoma to sit down in her uniform with her head on the huge desk. She remained in that position for almost tem minutes until she heard a soft knock on the door. She was not in the mood to see anyone so she did not answer. She did not even raise her head until she heard an unfamiliar voice; “Good morning ma’am, I have been meaning to talk to you all day” She looked up and saw a young man she had seen but she could not place his face. His hair was scattered and he was not in his uniform; “Who are you, what are you doing here and how did you get in?” “I need you to follow me ma’am” She looked at him with confusion written all over her face as behind him, her own personal bodyguard appeared and signaled to her to come. She got up reluctantly, straightened her uniform and walked out of the room and the young man followed her and the bodyguard walked down the hall into the elevator. “What is this about Charles?” she asked Charles her bodyguard did not reply he just looked at her an put his right index finger over his lips. They got out of the elevator and headed towards the communications office of the building and when they were in, the young man said; “Can you please switch off your phone and give it to me please?” “What is this about?” Charles said; “I suggest you do what he says. He showed me something earlier but I could not tell you since you have been so busy all day” She brought her phone and switched it off and handed it over to the young man who started pushing some buttons on a laptop in front of him and he whispered to himself; “Just as I thought” Now ifeoma was really confused; “What is happening here, start giving me answers” The man looked up and said; “Ma’am at communications, we are tasked with making sure there lines here work fine and we also keep some secure lines for special purposes” “I know what you do young man, what I asked is why you asked for my phone and why you dragged me down here at this time. I am extremely stressed right now and really not in a good mood” “Well ma’am, we conduct sweeps on all the rooms including the phones of selected officials and we discovered something surprising. You phone has been bugged” “What? How can that happen? Who would dare?” “it is not just your phone ma’am, your cars, the conference room, office and your house also carry the same the same type of bugs. We did not discover it early because the people doing it are using the same devices we use and shielded it properly but we were able to isolate it as it runs on a different frequency as ours. We tracked the frequency back to source and we discovered where the trace came from” Ifeoma looked up and signed; “Don’t tell me it is the DMI. I am going to kill Kuyi myself” “Actually ma’am, the trace did not come from the DMI which is even surprising to me. The trace came from the National Security Agency”

Buba is a traitor,

Uhmmmm... Buba has alwyz had a running mouth.. Nd personally i never trusted or liked him... Well... I still wana find out more amazing tinz... Is he d only one? Or someone else?

From the younq man's Information,u should be able to know who is behind all vhiz act.....nothinq from the rescue mission team??

she is dead

Hmmmmm....... Nxt ooooo, I no fit wait 4 lng oooo

am sure d vice president is also involved

National security agency? Who cud d mole be? An enemy to d federation. Next pls

pls u guys should save d president

Abeg oh, where is d next? I dey die of suspense jor...pls mek it fast abeg

Buba/Iro or wareva ur name is..............traitors don't v a gud ending

Next as e dey hot

Its definitely not only Buba but we will find out as d story unfold. Nice piece of work. Next pls

*********episode 51****** The gunshots continued outside as the team struggled through the dark with just one source of light to guide them towards the rear entrance of the huge building. They had thought the building would not be empty as some of those who were shooting at the Major and his team might also be inside the building but to their surprise, it was empty. As they kept walking, Michael occasionally turned to look at the doors they passed to watch their back but even as they passed the various doors, he did not open one out of fear they he might trigger an alarm of some sorts. The building looked like a large purpose built office complex with the large spacious roomswhich can be divided into cubicles and they there were rooms on either side as they came into a hallway. The gunshots had begunto reduce not as a result of the shooters reducing the frequency of shots but they were putting distance between them and thefront doors. The President was starting to show signs of fatigue and her aide was almost sitting down if not for the fact that they were urged on by the other members of the team. IBK’s leg was not getting better; it was still hurting as he continued to limp after the others. Izu had offered to help him walk so he could lean on him but IBK had turned it down. It was not safe. What if they were attacked, all members had to join in the defense and help out and no one could afford to lean on another for help and that would create more problems for the team and the mission itself which was not going well. He still had enough strength to move around but he could feel that his leg was heavy. There had not been time to inspect theleg and see if the bullet in still embedded there or not and there is still not enough timeto stop and do that hence he had to endure the pains. They kept walking until they got to the exit and Shade went over to the door, turned the knob and looked out with her torch turned off and she stepped into the alley behind the building as she looked around to make sure they was no one around to see them. She took a walk down the road to see if there was sign of anyone but no one turned up and she went back to the team as they too made their way out of the building and they immediately started walking out of the alley to the road and then the President’s aide said; “Can we stop for a while and catch our breath? I am tired and I am sure I can speak for the president too. We need to rest or else we risk fainting” Shade stopped but before she could reply, Michael did; “We are all tired and believe me when I say I think we should stop for a rest too but not right now. Perhaps if we put some distance between us and this place and the people after us, we just need to find somewhere safe to set up camp and stay there for a while” “How about the safe house?” Shade said “The safe house is a good idea but it has one significant flaw. If the Major is Nigerian and someone is trying to kill the president, then the safe houses will be monitored and we showing up in one will be shooting ourselvesin the leg. I am sorry people but from here on, we are on our own” They walked until they got to the main street and they turned left away from the building as the gunfight still continued in the distance and they could heard the screams in pain andthe automatic continuous firing of automatic rifles. They walked as a team with lights turned out and hurdled together expecting non friendlies to jump out at every attempt. Michael was lost in his own thoughts as he wondered who shot the major and were occupying the buildings all around them as they walked down the fairly wide street. He then understood why Dare and John had not pointed out the route earlier as they planned that the president could have escaped in the dark so they thought it better to shoot down the chopper and blame the Tetuans and his mind went back and forth as he wondered who could have been responsible for their actions. They had barely walked for ten minutes whenthey heard a noise from behind them. Michael who was at the back of the team as usual spurn around with his rifle in front of him when he saw a shape run across behind them in the distance. “Keep your eyes opened people, we are not alone here” he said as he saw someone else run across the road He kept the rifle high and said again; “Put the President in the middle I think we are being followed and be prepared to make a run for it” He barely finished when he heard a reply in a Tetuan accent saying; “I don’t see how running will do you any good. I just wonder why you would be running from us, if we wanted to hurt you, you would be hurting already as we wouldn't have saved you from those people trying to kill you earlier”

Na wa oh, see tight corner. Praying for a miracle. Next pls

You are riqht #Dicta... Am alxo prayinq for a miracle to happen cos vhiz is takinq a different dimension....

Nxt ooooo...... Kai, d story sweet walai

wahlai na miracle sure pass nw, i just hope dey wil b able 2 fix d communication sistem soon

This wld b a team of double agents

Tight corner indeed

Tetuans taking u guys means death for the entire team except d president. U guys need divine help.

Chaiiiiii!!!!

Wow, dis story has given me lots of hrtbeats, D suspense is killn, pls oh let D President & team be safe...Abeg next pls & be fast about it...

Who isn't scared ryt nw???? Like seriouzly u mean d tetuans???? Gosh! Datz back 2 square 1

I Gues Dt D Tetuans Army Are Tryin To Help D Nigerians Buy Their Way Out!

I just they feel the story

full of suspense

I blve dey wil escape

Hmmmm

**********episode 52******* The gunfight was still ongoing as the shots could still be heard but it was in the distance but the voice talking to them was around them somewhere. More and more figures began to emerge from the dark and the building all around them and they came closer to them as they formed a circle around the president and her aide. Shade heard the voice which was hoarse say; “You should put down your rifles as my men might misunderstand your motive” Michael replied; “What is your motive?” “Our motive will depend on who you are and what you want in these parts” Shade said; “How about you come out of the dark first and then we will decide if you are to be trusted or not as she was sure that the voice was coming from her front but a little bit far away” “Okay, I am coming but I don’t think I need to tell you not to shoot at me” A figured appeared directly in front of Shade with his hands raised up while he walked slowly towards them. Beside him was a female who appeared more muscular than him but they both did not act like a threat to them as the woman beside him said; “We represent the Tetuan Freedom fighters. I am sergeant Kilonsi and this is sergeant Huriwen and we are at your service” Shade said to Michael; “Do you think we can trust these guys?” Michael replied; “I don’t trust anybody in this crazy country” They were caught up trying to assess the situation individually when the President walked away from behind Shade and walked towards them before Shade could get a hand on her “Where are you going?” The President said; “I am Mojisola Nnwachukwu, President and Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the federal republic of Nigeria. I have been held against my wish by the President of Tetuan Lucas Radonsolema and these men and women here are part of an extraction team sent to get me out of here” There was a moment of silence as both Tetuans stood quietly as they could not believe what they heard and the whole team stood beside the president with their guns still drawn but this time, they were waiting for a response from the Tetuans. The President continued; “We have been walking all morning and we are weary, we need shelter and a place to contact home. Can you help us?" The sergeant looked at her and said; “We don’t know much about your situation but we can help you out with shelter, a place to rest and you can use our phone lines but they are not here. What you see here is a scout team we use in attacking the government troops, we can go in trucks and head for our camps and you can make use of out equipments ma’am” He looked back and shouted; “Get the trucks out; we need to leave right now” Michael heard the sounds of trucks as they came out of the different buildings around and they drove without their lights on as he explained it to himself that they were concealing their presence. “These trucks will take you to our camp and you can get all the help you want there. Sergeant Huriwen will lead you to the camp and some of my men will go with you while we continue our duty here.” Michael looked and did not make a move. He simply stood there contemplating whether to get into the trucks or not and he looked at the President and said; “Our decisions have been going wrong these past few hours ma’am but you are still the Commander in Chief and this is your choice” “We have no choice right now, we should go with them and hope for the best” With that, Michael told his team members; “Okay people, let’s get on this truck and hope for the best” #do u guys trust dis team#

It's back again.

Not really, I don't trust dem ooo, I hope u guys get out of that camp alive

I hope dey are what dey claim 2 be.

ehe....me i no trust dem oo

D teutans re @ it again...... Ope dis z nt anoda trap....... Nawa oooooo, bt throw d nxt episode abeg I dy post dy wait 4 am.....

Maybe dey will help.

This looks like a trap

I hope they are nt playin game wit them

I trust them

I hope say no b set up b dis, We'll sha dey shud just Get in nd wait 4 WORST

yea, i trust dem

I sha trust d writer... Dere is a reason 4 everything

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They should hope 4 d best