Tarasha - Season 1 - Episode 14

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Tarasha - Season 1 - Episode 14

**8.12.2030**
– 8am-

Cole quietly compiled and arranged his tools and
devices into the small bag. He looked around
the floor to check if there was anything left,
there was a microphone with the desert
reporters’ badge on it. He picked it up, standing
from his squatting position; he dropped it
carefully into the opened bag.

Tarasha walked briskly into the room in her
‘Gloria disguised form’, she took a glance at
Cole. ‘Hope you’ve got everything ready?’
‘Yes Boss, I’m ready’ Cole answered, pinning the
Desert Reporters’ chest tag to his front pocket.
‘You take Aisha along when you’re leaving the
place’
‘Okay, is Benny coming to meet us?’ he
fastened the bag to his back.
‘No, Benny is taking care of the other pilot, he’ll
return on his own ’ she answered. She hung the
ID card tag on her neck and adjusted her short
skirt. ‘Don’t forget the instructions, your job as a
journalist ends once you stick the needle to
John Obiano’s collar’
‘Yes’ he affirmed, ‘and I’ll go to wait for you at
Onne’ he said shaking his head funnily.
‘What?’ Tarasha asked, responding to his funny
stare.
‘It’s just that I don’t know these places, what if
you don’t drop at the place we speculated?’ he
answered.


Tarasha frowned, ‘isn’t that why I have a tracker
on me? It’s your business to find me if I get
lost’
She shook her head degradingly and walked out
of the room, Cole followed after her feeling
embarrassed, blaming himself for talking like an
amateur.

9am
Benny sat in a red Benz quietly, waiting for his
target to come out of the house. He was
properly disguised with a beard and his face
was lighter than his normal skin, there was also
a dark scar on his forehead to make himself
look uglier.

He had lodged into a hotel close to the target’s
house the day before, he booked two rooms on
two different floors , at different times and as
different persons. First as the young light
skinned man with the dark scar, he took a room
at the third floor and the second time as an old
man with his normal chocolate skin, he took
another room on the third floor.
His target, Lovina was the second final year
student that was selected to copilot the plane
with Jude. She had rich and influential parents,
their connection plus her intelligence earned her
the privilege of flying the plane though she was
not the most qualified student. She lived off
campus with her parents in their house located
in the Port Harcourt GRA.
Benny glanced at his wristwatch from time to
time, getting impatient already. The police might
get attracted to him very soon if he wasted too
much time parking his car illegally. His plan was
to send in a bullet into the girl’s arm or leg if
possible and flee back immediately to his hotel
to escape the ever working policemen in the
area.

The gate was opened at exactly fifteen minutes
past eight; Benny started his car engine and got
prepared to move. A black jeep was seen driving
slowly outside, a guy who he presumed to be
the driver was at the wheels and two girls at
the back seat. He recognized the girl on the
side visible to him to be Lovina.
He drove slowly after them in order not to raise
suspicion; it was after they had gone far enough
from the house he began to level up with them.
He smiled at the driver who replied him with a
casual look. Still flashing his teeth, he brought
out his revolver. He let their car move forward a
little so he could be on the same line with the
girls seated at the back.
Ignoring the cars horning behind him, he raised
up the revolver and pointed it at the girls . They
let out a scream in horror but he missed his
shot, he was taken aback by what he saw at
the back seat.

‘Hey Gloria’ Jude called, approaching her with
two of his friends.

‘Hi’ she smiled happily at him.
‘I’m so glad you came’ he smiled back, his
friends left him with her after waving in greeting
to Gloria.
‘I wouldn’t dear miss it!’ she exclaimed.
‘Thanks, how are you doing this morning?’ He
asked, extending his hand to her.
‘I’m fine, what about you?’ she replied,
accepting his handshake.
‘I’m great’ he answered. He took a look at his
wristwatch and touched his forehead with a
handkerchief. ‘Hope you’ll be here for long?’
‘Yes, why?’
‘The Governor and Minister would be here
anytime from now, the plane would fly by thirty
minutes past ten’
‘Oh! I’ll still be here’
‘Good’ he chuckled. They both turned and faced
the transparent glass wall which showed the
plane on the runway.
‘Don’t you think this is marvelous?’ Jude
commented.

‘Yes, it is’ she answered, full of smiles once
more.
Their attention was drawn to somewhere else,
journalists were gathering round someone
walking by.
John Obiano had arrived the airdrome, several
new medias rallied round him, pressing further
even though they were resisted by guards.
Gloria smiled as she spotted two Desert
reporters’ journalist, she signalled to Cole to
carry out the Job quickly before he would get
noticed.
‘John Obiano the genius’ Jude hailed loudly,
John Obiano noticed him and stopped to greet.
‘Hey Jude, hope you’re ready?’ He asked
cheerfully.
‘Yes Boss’ Jude replied in a friendly tone.
‘Good one’ John replied, taking a long stare at
the girl beside him.
‘This is my friend Gloria’ Jude quickly
introduced.
Gloria smiled, she stared at his collar in search
for the pin but it wasn’t there. She later found a
thin line in his suit pocket, Cole had done a
better job.

‘Okay, she’s the other pilot?’ John
misinterpreted, unable to hear properly due to
the noise around.
‘No, she’s just a friend’ Jude tried to clarify, but
John had moved on already after being
pressured by the guards to continue walking
before the journalists number increased.
‘Do I really look like a pilot already?’ Gloria
asked excitedly, both watching John as he
moved on.

‘Yes, you do’ He answered with laughter, he
glanced at his wristwatch again. ‘I have to go
now, I need to meet Lovina’
‘Okay then’ Gloria waved reluctantly as she
watched him go.
…