Tarasha - Season 1 - Episode 7

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Tarasha - Season 1 - Episode 7

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Benny paced around the floor in the large
compound impatiently with his gun in the left
hand, waiting anxiously for his new boss,
Tarasha. It was the first time he was going to
work under a lady. He had worked with several
male assassins and thugs who were well feared
in the country, but he hadn’t even heard about a
powerful female Assassin until when Tarasha
showed up. He was the second in command to
Don, his immediate former Boss who just
transferred him to Tarasha.
Don did not release him to her without
hesitating, in fact Don had to think about it for
almost thirty minutes before he finally decided
to transfer him. Thinking for that long on a small
matter as this wasn’t something he had ever
seen Don do for the three years he worked with
him. But Don’s long thinking moment didn’t
come as a surprise to him as he knew he was
for sure a great asset to Don’s organization,
Nanl gang. He never failed at any task and he
always carried out his job within the specified
time. He was also very good in convincing and
mobilizing other men for tasks.

His transfer didn’t also come as a surprise to
him as he saw the angry look on Don’s face
when the two guys previously transferred
returned that morning looking thoroughly
battered. The only reason Don did not kill them
after they explained was that he didn’t want to
lose another two of his strong men.
He took a look at Cole, the other man
transferred with him. Cole was seated on a
chair with a anxious look on his face. He also
had worked with Don for three years, working
efficiently as the best ICT agent and fastest
driver. Don had no choice than to release his
two favorite men because he couldn’t face the
embarrassment of his men being returned again
for their inefficiency.

Benny turned suddenly at the sound of Cole’s
foot tapped on the floor, he pointed his gun at
Cole.

Cole looked at him funnily, ‘you better calm
down my friend’
‘Calm down? I don’t want us to disappoint Don,
we must not be returned like the other guys’
Benny replied . ‘I want us to be the ones to
catch the lady unawares this time around’
‘She said she’ll come in the afternoon, but the
time is only thirty minutes past eleven’
‘Yesssss’ Benny stressed the word, staring
widely at Cole. ‘Didn’t you hear what the guys
said? She told them she was coming by seven
in the morning but she caught them while
sleeping at midnight’
‘That’s nice dude’ A lady said approaching
them. ‘But you don’t catch a trained Assassin by
fidgeting all over like you are doing now. You’ve
allowed your anxiety gain ascendancy over your
attentiveness’
‘Who are you? How did you get in?’ Benny asked
as he pointed his gun at her. Cole got up from
his seat and brought out his revolver also.
‘How I got in isn’t your concern’ she smiled and
extended her hand to them. ‘I’m Tarasha, your
new boss’
‘Huh? Tarasha?’ Benny shook his head in
disbelief. ‘It can’t be’
‘Tarasha is supposed to be on mask’ Cole
added, still pointing his gun at her. ‘Don’t come
close or I’ll waste you’
‘I’m working with you guys so it would be stupid
use a mask’ she said. She smiled at them
sheepishly but in next second sent them
sprawling on the floor as she slid towards them
and took their legs off the ground swiftly, their
guns falling off from them as they landed
thunderously.
She got up without any stains on her clothes
except her shoes which she cleaned off. She
picked up the guns and sat on the chair
previously used by Cole leaving the duo on the
floor to recover from the attack.
‘Another lesson you ought to learn is not
allowing an attack keep you down; what if I was
an enemy lying to be Tarasha? Would you still
be struggling to stand while I send in bullets
through your skulls?’
They got up faster and stood firmly, staring at
her like they saw an alien that just landed from
another planet. The attack was enough to prove
to them that it was Tarasha but the lady sitting
before them looked too beautiful and innocent
to be an assassin, her voice was also too calm
and peaceful
‘Why are you both staring at me like that? Won’t
you tell me your names?’ She brought back the
two startled men to reality.
‘I’m Be.. Benny and he’s Cole’ Benny
stammered.
Tarasha smiled and handed the guns back to
them, she walked into the building and they
followed her. ‘I will come here always to give
you instructions when there is a job, otherwise
I’ll only talk to you on phone and on camera’
She walked into the living room and turned on
the TV , then she sat on the sofa, crossed her
legs and starting searching through the stations
with the remote control.
‘Come on, have your seats’ she said to Benny
and come who stood beside her like bodyguards
on punishment.
They sat reluctantly on the sofa facing hers, she
remained silent for some few minutes, busy with
the TV after which she tossed the remote
control to Cole.
‘So Cole and Benny, I believe you know why
you’re here’ She began, sitting up right. ‘We
have a job at hand right now and I urgently need
a very good driver and someone good on
computers’
Cole and Benny looked at each others faces,
Benny answered her. ‘We are both good at
computers and also fast drivers’
‘Okay, who’s better using computers?’ She
asked.
‘The truth is… ‘ Benny replied with a sorry look,
he glanced at Cole as he spoke. ‘He’s better at
both than I am, but I’m not bad either’
Tarasha smiled, ‘so in what area are you better
than him?’
‘I can handle guns very well’ Benny replied with
a smile.
‘Is that true?’ She looked at Cole’s face for
confirmation.
‘Yes, he was the major hitman in our gang’
‘Okay then, Cole will be in charge of all
computer or camera works while Benny would
handle the cars and be my backup at
operations’ she paused and looked at their
faces, they both nodded in confirmation. ‘So
when I leave here now, Coke would set up the
computer room to his taste while Benny would
visit the store rooms for weapons and study
them carefully’
‘Okay’ they replied softly, one after the other.
‘Now, one thing you guys have to realize is that
you’re working for me and your loyalty should be
to me and not your former boss or Chief Gab
who brought you here, I just sent him an errand’
She paused and laughed. ‘And then, I hate
dishonesty and unpunctuality, I hope you guys
don’t have these bad qualities?’
‘No’ they replied in unison this time, Benny
shaking his head softly to emphasize hos
answer.
‘Good, also note my instructions have to be
obeyed always, I won’t share anyone who
willfully and unnecessarily disobeys’ the look on
her face changed to a serious one as she stood
up from the chair. ‘Now pay attention to this
serious warning’
The two guys bounced to their feet and
followed her as she was motioned towards the
exit door, they followed hurriedly expecting to
hear her give the serious warning.
She paused and turned back, the look on her
face was a contorted one, the guys shivered at
her new look. She stared into their faces and
spoke in a harsh voice. ‘Nobody knows who
Tarasha is except you two and the maid, the
day anyone finds out from you is the day you
will breathe last’
They stood still and watched as she walked
away, still finding it hard to believe that their
encounter with her was real and not a dream.
What baffled them most was the ease at which
she could switch her mood easily, they
wondered what it would be like to work with
her.
Benny who had earlier planned to call his former
boss and tell him about her, changed his mind
and decided to keep mute, his loyalty was to
Tarasha henceforth.
The both stood still in silence for a minute after
she walked out of the gate. Then Benny turned
and muttered some words under his breath, he
took off his shirt and threw it on one of the
sofas in the living room, revealing his heavily
tattooed back.
Cole followed suit, brought out a cigarette from
his pocket and lit it. He stopped at the
entrance, stuck the cigarette in his mouth and
puffed out the smoke into the air.

*6am, Saturday Morning*
Cole was the first to get up that morning,
he
opened the door to the room where Benny
slept
and peeped, Benny was still fast asleep. He
closed back the door and continued walking
to
the parlor, he stopped again after walking a
distance. Just at his left side was the
computer
room which he briefly assessed and
arranged
the last night.
His countenance changed as he noticed
that
thedoor was slightly opened, he
remembered
locking it with keys the last night. That
arouse
his suspicion, he pulled out a knife from his
left
side and walked slowly to the door. He
opened
and peeped in but saw no one, he walked in
carefully scanning through all corners of
the
room for possible sign of an intruder. He
found
nothing and walked out of the room.
Benny was already awake and was at the
computer room doorstep.
He yawned as he talked, ‘are you working
this
early already?’
‘No, it’s as if someone came in here. Or did
you
enter here last night after I had gone to
sleep?’
Cole asked, locking the door again.
‘No’ Benny answered, giving Cole a serious
look.
‘I locked the place yesterday but found it
opened this morning’ Cole continued.
‘Huh?’ Benny moved back slowly, then
turned
and walked to the weapon store room, the
place
was locked. He opened to check if
everything
was in place and he found it to be in order.
‘Nothing here has been touched, maybe you
forgot to lock up the place. Sleepy head
like
you’ Benny mocked as he walked to the
living
room.
Cole followed behind, ‘ I don’t think so’
‘You …’ Benny paused abruptly and stood up
as
swiftly as he sat into the chair, he walked
towards the window like someone who
discovered something.
He opened up the curtain and saw a figure
hung
upside down on the tree in the compound,
she
looked towards his direction. He closed
back the
curtain and turned back, Cole was already
standing behind him, trying to have a look
outside too.
‘I think she’s is here already’ Benny
announced.
‘Huh? Who?’ Cole moved forward and
confirmed
for himself. ‘Tarasha’
The both straightened up their shirts and
proceeded out of the house. Tarasha
dropped
off the tree when she saw them
approaching,
she used a towel to wipe her face and hung
it
around her neck.
Benny licked his lips in admiration, he
stared at
her exposed thighs below the tight black
shorts
she was putting on, her tight top only
covered
her neck to b—-t region and left other parts
exposed. Benny wished his eyes could
penetrate
through the clothes to reveal what was
behind.
‘Good morning Tarasha’ They chorused,
standing
at her front.
‘Good morning’ Tarasha answered, she
twitched
her lips and gave Benny a stern look.
Benny’s
body vibrated as his eyes met hers, he
knew
she had caught him searching her body with
his
eyes.
‘We got some work to do this morning’ she
said
and bent down to pick a pistol, a hardballer.
She
also laced her sneakers properly and
proceeded
into the house with the two others following
closely.
Benny stared at the hardballer in her hand
carefully, it looked like one which he had
seen
among the arsenal last night and arranged
carefully. He cracked his brain, trying to
remember if he saw the gun in the store
that
morning.
‘I took this from the store this morning’
Tarasha
said with a smile, helping him solve the
mystery.
‘And I also used the computers too, I
installed a
camera there so we can communicate well,
at
all times’
Benny and Cole looked at themselves in
awe,
fear surged through their bodies. They also
had
some form of training but wondered how
Tarasha could enter into the house so
silently
without them waking up. Did she use
magical
powers to transfer herself into the house?
Or
how did she enter without making any noise
to
stir them up?
‘Cole should have noticed my presence, I
didn’t
lock the door to the computer room, I left it
open as a sign to show you that I was
around’
Tarasha explained, she walked past the
living
room and turned to the computer room.
She removed a flat metal from the belt
around
her waist and opened the door.

*6am, Saturday Morning*
Cole was the first to get up that morning, he
opened the door to the room where Benny slept
and peeped, Benny was still fast asleep. He
closed back the door and continued walking to
the parlor, he stopped again after walking a
distance. Just at his left side was the computer
room which he briefly assessed and arranged
the last night.
His countenance changed as he noticed that
the door was slightly opened, he remembered
locking it with keys the last night. That arouse
his suspicion, he pulled out a knife from his left
side and walked slowly to the door. He opened
and peeped in but saw no one, he walked in
carefully scanning through all corners of the
room for possible sign of an intruder. He found
nothing and walked out of the room.
Benny was already awake and was at the
computer room doorstep.
He yawned as he talked, ‘are you working this
early already?’
‘No, it’s as if someone came in here. Or did you
enter here last night after I had gone to sleep?’
Cole asked, locking the door again.
‘No’ Benny answered, giving Cole a serious look.
‘I locked the place yesterday but found it
opened this morning’ Cole continued.
‘Huh?’ Benny moved back slowly, then turned
and walked to the weapon store room, the place
was locked. He opened to check if everything
was in place and he found it to be in order.
‘Nothing here has been touched, maybe you
forgot to lock up the place. Sleepy head like
you’ Benny mocked as he walked to the living
room.
Cole followed behind, ‘ I don’t think so’
‘You …’ Benny paused abruptly and stood up as
swiftly as he sat into the chair, he walked
towards the window like someone who
discovered something.
He opened up the curtain and saw a figure hung
upside down on the tree in the compound, she
looked towards his direction. He closed back the
curtain and turned back, Cole was already
standing behind him, trying to have a look
outside too.
‘I think she’s is here already’ Benny announced.
‘Huh? Who?’ Cole moved forward and confirmed
for himself. ‘Tarasha’
The both straightened up their shirts and
proceeded out of the house. Tarasha dropped
off the tree when she saw them approaching,
she used a towel to wipe her face and hung it
around her neck.
Benny licked his lips in admiration, he stared at
her exposed thighs below the tight black shorts
she was putting on, her tight top only covered
her neck to b----t region and left other parts
exposed. Benny wished his eyes could penetrate
through the clothes to reveal what was behind.
‘Good morning Tarasha’ They chorused, standing
at her front.
‘Good morning’ Tarasha answered, she twitched
her lips and gave Benny a stern look. Benny’s
body vibrated as his eyes met hers, he knew
she had caught him searching her body with his
eyes.
‘We got some work to do this morning’ she said
and bent down to pick a pistol, a hardballer. She
also laced her sneakers properly and proceeded
into the house with the two others following
closely.
Benny stared at the hardballer in her hand
carefully, it looked like one which he had seen
among the arsenal last night and arranged
carefully. He cracked his brain, trying to
remember if he saw the gun in the store that
morning.
‘I took this from the store this morning’ Tarasha
said with a smile, helping him solve the mystery.
‘And I also used the computers too, I installed a
camera there so we can communicate well, at
all times’
Benny and Cole looked at themselves in awe,
fear surged through their bodies. They also had
some form of training but wondered how
Tarasha could enter into the house so silently
without them waking up. Did she use magical
powers to transfer herself into the house? Or
how did she enter without making any noise to
stir them up?
‘Cole should have noticed my presence, I didn’t
lock the door to the computer room, I left it
open as a sign to show you that I was around’
Tarasha explained, she walked past the living
room and turned to the computer room.
She removed a flat metal from the belt around
her waist and opened the door.