Tarasha - Season 4 - Episode 8

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Tarasha - Season 4 - Episode 8

**NIS Underground Office**

Everything was quiet in the building and it’s environment as it usually is during weekends. The weekdays were always different. Not that any sort of noise was expected during weekdays but it never used to be this quiet, there would always be sounds of people watching footages of crime events and recapping crime scenes from the security cameras data and when there was none of that, there would always be sounds of different fingers on keyboards of different computer systems.

Lizzy was the only one in the open office meant for six people, she had the her ears covered with the ear tips of an headset and the other end of the headset plugged into the CPU of the system on which she was watching a video. She had a pen and a jotter on her table which she used in writing down notable details from the video whenever she saw one.
A side of the office was made of transparent glass walls, so those in the office could see people who passed through the corridor and even speak to them; the glass walls had large spaces between them and the slabs above and that allowed sounds in and out of the place. That was a characteristics of most offices in the NIS Underground except offices of very senior Agents and rooms where top secret operations were planned and monitored from.
Someone could finally be seen walking in the corridor outside the wall of the office, after almost two hours of Lizzy not seeing anyone. She didn’t look up until the she realized the person was coming into the office. She paused the video she was watching and looked towards the transparent door.
‘Hey!’ Dave walked in with a smile.
‘Hi,’ Lizzy replied in the same manner.
‘How are you doing?’ he asked, walking towards her.

‘Fine, as you can see. How about you?’
‘I’m doing fine too.’ Dave pecked her on the left cheek and drew a chair close to sit.
‘What did you come to do this early in the office?’ Lizzy asked, turning back to her system to minimise windows and pause other processes she was running.
‘Early?’ Dave paused to check the time on his wristwatch. He turned it to her, ‘It’s just ten thirty.’
‘I know,’ she replied without taking time to look at the watch he showed her. She continued with the mouse, clicking and dragging. ‘We resume work on Saturdays by three pm, so ten thirty is early.’
‘Well, I came to see you. I’ve been here several times during the week to look for you.’
‘No one told me.’
‘You also didn’t reply my messages.’
‘I’ve been working, my personal phone has not been with me until this morning.’
‘Well, it’s okay. It’s been past a week since we saw each other and I really needed to see you.’
Lizzy paused and turned to Dave, a smile forming on her face. ‘You really came to see me?’ She sounded surprised.
‘Ermm… Yes.’
‘Hmm…’ She gave a broad smile and turned back to the system. ‘When did you start becoming so nice?’
Dave chuckled. ‘I’ve always been nice.’
‘You’ve never been to me.’
‘You would never agree. Well, what’s your schedule for today and tomorrow?’
‘Today and tomorrow? I plan on having enough rest. The person I’m working on is out of town and wouldn’t be back till Tuesday.’

‘Oh! Then, you definitely have enough time to rest.’
‘Yea, before the task continues. You want to take my out?’

‘No…I actually came to see you for something very important,’ Dave began with a serious tone.

‘Hmm…’ Lizzy interrupted. ‘I just knew you have a different mission, you’re not just nice enough to check on me.’
‘I’m sorry Lizzy but I tried to reach you during the week like I earlier explained.’
‘Don’t explain, just talk on what you’re here for.’
‘Okay,’ Dave cleared his throat. ‘See Lizzy, tomorrow would make it exactly three days since the last delivery of the Easy Shoppers to Samantha Osman and I think it’s another opportunity for us to step in…’
‘Us?’ Lizzy frowned.
‘Hmm… Sorry, I know that you’re busy and you’ve got your own work to do also but I just need you to help me. I started this with you already and I don’t know who else to run to,’ Dave pleaded.

‘Well, let’s just thank God that I’m free tomorrow and I’ll be able to help. So what would you have me do for you?’
‘I want us to intercept the delivery of goods like we did the other time,’ Dave said.
Lizzy let out a breath. ‘On a personal review of the last time, I found out that it wasn’t really a smooth operation. We didn’t plan well and we’re only lucky not to have been discovered. But how do we return to them now when they discovered our trackers the last time?’

‘I don’t really think the trackers were discovered. I’ve made a review of our activities the last time. Samantha Osman would have never allowed her man leave the tracker with the clothes at that boutique. And I’ve also visited the vehicle Inspection Office to fetch details about the car using the description and the plate number you gave me, they confirmed that the number was newly registered that day. My further investigation and review with the footages from the security cameras data proves that repainting the car, change of the plate and even the man’s change of the clothes were planned beforehand and wasn’t a result of your meeting with him.’

There was a brief silence.
‘Are you sure you’re not judging based on your instincts?’ Lizzy questioned, squinting at Dave’s face.
‘You know I’m better than that. I watched the guy’s body movements, he never checked his body or his car for the tracker before he drove straight to repaint it.’
‘So you mean Samantha Osman didn’t clear the footages from the database like she usually does?’
‘It wasn’t an operation, so she wasn’t expecting that anybody would be monitoring the guy with the security cameras.’
‘Hmm… That’s true.’
‘I also confirmed the identity of that guy, his name is Cole; he’s the same we saw with the lady at the front of that gate and the same one that came to rescue the lady from the Inspector General.’
‘Okay. But we need a smooth plan for tomorrow, I don’t think we should work like we did the other time.’
‘I have one already,’ Dave said with a smile. ‘I kept on monitoring the calls between the two numbers – the EasyShoppers and Alexander Kimberly – and I’ve been following their conversation. Tomorrow, we will make the EasyShoppers guys come two hours ahead and I will receive the goods on behalf of Cole…’
‘Sorry, but…’ Lizzy interrupted. ‘Do you know if he’s the one coming to get the supply tomorrow?’

‘Yes, I confirmed from the conversation of Alexander Kimberly with Easy Shoppers. And even if he isn’t, we will still do something.’
‘Okay, please go on.’
‘I will receive the supply on behalf of Cole and then you will deliver it to the real Cole.’
‘Sounds nice and with less troubles.’
‘Yeah.’

‘Okay then, I think we’re ready for tomorrow.’ Lizzy said and turned back to her computer.

‘Yes, we are ready. Thank you so much. I’ll be back later to see you,’ Dave said, getting up to his feet.
‘You’re going already,’ Lizzy looked at him, disappointment written all over her face. ‘I thought I was going to have some company in here.’
‘I’ll be back to talk to you, we still have a lot of things to discuss about tomorrow. Right now, I have to meet with Inspector Dakolo, I’ve been avoiding him for sometime.’ Dave explained.
‘Alright, see you later.’
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