Tarasha - Season 1 - Episode 27

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Tarasha - Season 1 - Episode 27

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Knock! Knock! A male attendant with a cap
covering his face knocked on the door of room
108. A man opened the door slightly, bringing
out only his head.
‘What?’ He barked angrily at the attendant for
disturbing him.
‘Sorry, I need to check your bathroom. We got
an alarm, it seems the plumbing system is
faulty’ the attendant replied.
‘Everything is okay here’ the man said and tried
to close the door. The attendant stopped the
door from closing with his legs.
‘I still need to check it to be sure’ the hotel
staff said to the furious man.
‘What the hell is wrong with you? I said nothing
is wro…’ Benny did not allow him continue, he
looked around the corridor to check if anyone
was coming as he pushed the man inside with
the door, he closed back the door with his feet.
The man who was only clad in his boxers fell
down inside the room. Benny brought out a gun
and pointed it at the man after closing the door.
He placed a finger on his lips to order the man
to keep shut after which he brought out an
handkerchief and covered the man’s nose with
it.
Benny proceeded straight to the window with
his bag strapped to his bag, he took off the bag
after confirming that the window gave him a
perfect view and offloaded his tools. He rolled
down the curtains and quickly set up the sniper
and the grenade launcher. He wasn’t sure of
the one that would be needed.
‘I’m set Cole, are they anywhere close?’ Benny
spoke into his Bluetooth device.
‘You’re just in time, they arrived a minute ago’
the reply came immediately.

Benny opened the curtains but couldn’t see
anyone inside the warehouse compound. He
couldn’t see outside the gate from the window
until he climbed the bed, he could see police
buses and some people’s heads outside the
gate.

He got down the bed and used the telescope
attached to his sniper to continue the viewing.
All he needed was for the officers to enter into
the warehouse compound or the building, they
had set up automatic guns in several points in
the building that would be triggered when a
bullet hit a point in the main control of the set
up. Benny only hoped that his main targets,
Robin Kahn and inspector James would lead the
entourage in so that they wouldn’t be able to
escape their deaths.

Well, one thing was sure; they would not
escape that scene without any injury and even
if they escaped their deaths there, they would
not escape death in the second stage of the
plan.

He reset his sniper and focused it on the red
spot of the automatic guns control point on the
roof of the warehouse.

Robin decided that it was time to go in after
several minutes of shouting in orders without
getting any response. They had launched in
several volleys of tear gases and still couldn’t
find anyone coming forth.
He organised the men with inspector Segun and
Tony by his side, twelve police officers set in to
enter the building at once. James who was
double minded had to agree hesitatingly with
Robin’s plan as he didn’t want to be labeled as
rebellious, he was lucky as he was ordered to
stay with Greg with the other officers outside
the compound.

‘1, 2, 3 go’ Robin shouted and the lineup officers
released several gunshots at the gate, bringing
it down. The twelve entered into the building
the compound at once, spreading out as they
had planned.
Tony led the way to the entrance of the
warehouse, he broke the lock of the wide metal
door with two bullets from his gun, inside of the
warehouse was very dark.
‘What can you see?’ Robin shouted, moving
closer to join Tony.

‘Nothing, its dark’ Tony replied, ‘I believe no one
is here, the tear gas would have sent them out’
‘We have to go in and check, where are the
torchli…’ A gunshot sound startled them. It
came from the left from they couldn’t figure
out where it was from or where it hit.
A sound like that of a whirlwind dominated the
surrounding, the police officers began to shout
and tried to scamper for safety as metallic guns
implanted in walls began to spring out.

A rain of bullets filled the compound and
several police officers dropped immediately.
Others who had been hit at one place or the
other dragged themselves behind walls and
sections where the automatic guns couldn’t
spread their reach to.


Benny laughed loudly as he watched the police
men round around helplessly in confusion. It
looked like Inspector Robin had also been hit,
he was seen holding his belly as he hid behind
the opened metallic door of warehouse. He
brought another gun from his pocket as the one
he held before had fallen off his hands during
the struggle, he began to aim at the several
locations where the automatic guns were.
Benny left the window with a crooked smile on
his lips and returned the snipper and other
arms into their bags. He arranged his ruffled
uniform properly and cleaned off sweat from his
face, ready to walk out of the hotel as he had
fulfilled the first part of the plan.


He heard a noise coming from the angle of the
room where the toilet was as he opened the
door to go out, he turned back to check but
stopped again when he heard another voice
approaching, some of the hotel officers were
coming that way. He walked out and closed the
door gently, taking the opposite direction, he
made sure not to look back until he was out of
sight. Cole must have been waiting for him in
the ambulance, it was time to execute the
second and final part of the plan.



**30 minutes later**
‘Hmm…’ Don laughed somehow bitterly, tapping
his feet on the ground as he faced the TV
screen reporting a breaking news. The
overrated Robin Kahn had just led his men into
disaster. Seven police officers including Segun
and the foreigner Tony had been confirmed
dead already. Segun was unlucky to have one
of the first set of bullet spray right into his
stomach, another one hit his forehead as he
dropped on one kneel from the impact of the
one that entered his stomach, he died instantly.
Tony who was at the opened entrance could
not escape death also, not less than four
bullets pierced his body in three seconds.
The others were hit by bullets in several parts
of the body. Robin Kahn had also been lucky,
he was hit by two bullets. The first one went
into his laps while the second only scratched
the left side of his belly. He escaped death but
was badly injured.

Reporters claimed that the officers had run into
a bait of Samantha Osman. They thought they
had found her location, only to be deceived by
her and lured to a place where guns had been
set up from them.
That was the first time those kind of guns
would be used in Nigeria, no one including the
government was even aware that the machine
gun was in the country. The only places the
brand had been used were in Russia where it
was made, China and USA. No wonder Robin
did not plan for something like that.
‘She almost killed Robin Kahn’ Don muttered
under his breath angrily. He used the remote
control to switch off the TV after which he
smashed it on the ground. He got up from his
bed and put on his shirt.

Tarasha was already taking away his business,
he had to stop her, she had already taken Chief
Nonso who was his major client. Some of his
other clients had also began to ask him if he
knew the Samantha Osman, she would take all
his clients soon if he does not take any drastic
step. So he thought.

He turned back to the TV on a second thought,
he had already smashed the remote so he
proceeded to the place it was hung to switch it
on. The news was still on, medical practitioners
were seen carrying bodies on stretchers into
emergency ambulances. He hissed and was
about to switch off the TV again when he saw
something unusual.

There was Cole and Benny, lifting a body in a
stretcher into an ambulance. His mouth was
left agape. These guys had become something
else in just few weeks that they started working
with Tarasha, how on earth were they able to
disguise as medical officials without the police
taking note.

He hated them more, they had betrayed him.
They changed their lines and cut off all
communication with him after they started
working for Tarasha, they even avoided him
when they coincidentally visited the same
clubhouse.

An idea struck his mind, he quickly walked to
the bed and brought out a laptop from a black
bag. He sat on the bed and started typing into
it hurriedly. The stubble device locator was
connecting fast, collecting data from Aisha’s
phone’



James was feeling greatly agitated as he
reflected on all that had happened, his spirit
had told him that it was a trap all along. ‘Who
on earth was behind this?’ He asked himself. If
the criminal could entrap Robin, then his life
was not safe anymore. He thought of resigning
as fear beclouded his heart but he discarded
the thought with great grief in his heart. He
remembered when he was a boy and used to
dream of being a superhero, protecting people’s
life and getting the bad guys. His father who
was also a police officer before he died told
him that joining the police force was the only
way he could protect and save people if he did
not want to be a medical doctor. He being an
action loving person decided that the life of a
medical doctor was not for him, he choose to
enroll in the police academy.

A tear dropped off his eyes on looking up again
to see the ambulance that was in front of their
car. The ambulances were moving at a faster
pace and ignoring traffic signs because they
had to get the victims to the hospital quickly.
He remembered Segun, a young man with a
bright future in the police force, his life has just
been truncated due to carelessness of a so
called international special agent.

He wiped off his face with an handkerchief and
tried to stay calm, the junior officer seated by
his side at the back seat was already looking at
him pitifully, he was a man and wasn’t
supposed to be caught crying.

From almost giving up, his mind changed. He
was more determined now to nail the culprit as
he remembered the sight of Segun’s dead body
before it was carried into the ambulance. He
decided in his heart that even if it would take
his last breath, he would kill the assassin first.
A phone call delivered him from his disturbing
thoughts. He checked the screen, officer
Dakolo was the caller.

‘Hello …’ He answered at the car shook, trying
to obey the traffic warder’s sign.
‘Hello James, are you okay?’ Dakolo voice
carried a note of deep concern.
‘I’m fine’ James gave a short reply, inhaling
deeply.
‘I heard all that happened’ Dakolo continued, ‘I
was supposed to join you guys next week for
the operation, why didn’t you wait’
‘The Oyinbo man was impatient o’ James
replied, referring to Robin as “Oyinbo”, a
Nigerian pidgin word for foreign or white.
‘I would have loved us to do this together, I
know we can but the authorities have decided
to leave everything to the foreigner’ Dakolo
continued sadly. ‘I’ve been transferred to Abuja
already, I’m only coming drop my report in
Lagos next week’
‘No problem sir, I will do it’ James said in a
determined tone. ‘I will get the culprit’
‘I’m with you, you can reach me if you need any
assistance. Just be careful and stay safe’
Dakolo said before ending the call.
James stared at the phone’s screen for several
seconds after the call before deciding to return
it into his pocket. He was about to when it
vibrated, he had a message from an unknown
number.

“The criminals are still with you, in ambulance 2
with Robin Kahn” the message read.
James eyes widened on seeing the message
but he decided to act carefully not to fall into
any trap again. He quickly dialed another
number.
‘Where is ambulance 2? Can you see it?’ James
said into the phone.
‘Ermm… It’s out of sight sir’ the reply came.
‘Are you not the one supposed to be monitoring
them?’ James barked.
‘Sir… I believe they had to hurry up to save
Inspector Robin’s life’
‘Idiot’ James cursed. ‘You’re not even sure,
locate the ambulance and get back to me in
one minute’
Another message had entered before James
ended the call. It read “The bomb in your car
explodes in 90 secs”
‘Hey! Stop’ he commanded the driver. ‘Everyone
get out of the car
‘I can’t stop here, it could cause an accident’
the confused driver replied panicking James.
‘We can stop when we get under the bridge’
‘Park here’ James said pointing at a space of
some metres distance from a mall where
signboards of no parking were placed. ‘We can’t
go that far’
‘There’s…’ The driver tried to argue again.
‘The bomb in this car would explode in 50 secs’

James said glancing at his wristwatch.
The driver quickly obeyed on hearing the last
statement. The three officers in the car jumped
out immediately and tried to stop other cars
and passersby from coming close.
They stared at the car in awe for the next two
minutes, nothing happened. Other cars coming
behind had passed already, some turned back
to run while some waited at far distance from
the car. The security officials of the mall had
also come outside to see but they maintained a
reasonable distance.
‘Sir, nothing is here’ the office driving the car
said as he walked closer to the car, angry that
James had raised a false alarm. ‘Let me che…’
He was saying when the explosion came, his
body was flung away violently, the car went up
in flames. People around the area scampered
for safety as several body parts of the car flew
in different directions.
James heart was beating faster under the
bridge where he stood, this was the second
time he escaped death that day. His phone
vibrated again and in came another SMS. He
ignored the SMS first and dialed the number, he
got a response from the network service that
the number does not exist.
The text message read this time, “I’m sending
you an HTML file of a device locator now, it
would give you the Assassin’s location”
James quickly dialed the head office to make a
report of the happenings. After that he dialed
another person in the ICT team to inform him
of the expected information.

A call came in immediately he ended his.
‘Ambulance 2 is nowhere to be found, it’s not
at the Force hospital’ the voice said and the
call ended immediately.
“Hey!” He shouted as he tapped a bike man
who was under the bridge also watching the
incident beside him.
‘Sir’ the man replied the officer with respect.
‘I need your bike’ James pushed the man off
the bike and climbed it, he threw a paper at him
before driving off’

‘Cole hurriedly drove in the ambulance into the
former office which they had abandoned. The
program he used to deactivate the street
surveillance cameras would crash soon, so they
had just twenty minutes to finish off the
operation.

Benny who was the one that opened the gate
came back to the ambulance to join them as
Cole parked the vehicle. Aisha also came out of
ambulance interior leaving the door ajar
The trio discussed something between
themselves in low tones, placing glances on the
sleeping Robin in the vehicle. The came to a
conclusion for Aisha to do the job.
She brought out a syringe from her doctor’s
coat pocket and removed the nylon seal. She
brought out a tube and drew in the liquid
content from it into the syringe. She took a
glance at Robin once again before climbing into
the vehicle.
She rolled up his sleeve to find a good point to
inject the man. She was about to place in the
needle when a blow landed on her face. Robin
was awake and conscious of his environment.
…