Tarasha - Season 7 - Episode 20

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Tarasha - Season 7 - Episode 20

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‘Boss, I think I should direct Henry to the first floor before joining them. It’ll make it easier to get them out.’ Cole suggested to Tarasha.

‘Okay, if you think that would be easier for you.’ Tarasha replied him. ‘Have you found where the underground leads to?’
‘Still on it boss,’ he replied. ‘Rex is now at the third floor,’ he quickly added.
‘Tell me what direction he’s taking so I can attempt getting to the ground floor without meeting him.’


‘He’s still taking the stairs, at the right side. I’m not sure he knows that the elevators are now working,’ Cole replied. ‘But some people are already stepping out of their rooms and he should have seen them.”


‘Just check and tell me which of the elevators to use, It’ll be better if I can track Elvis Richards down myself before he goes somewhere far away.’


‘Ermm…’ he was quiet for about fifteen seconds. ‘You can take the closest elevator to you,’ Cole replied.


‘Boss…’ Tomi’s voice cut in. ‘Dave James and Inspector Dakolo are right at the base of the same staircase Henry is climbing down.’


There was a sudden silence. Tomi’s words had come as a surprise to Cole. He hadn’t seen Dave James and Dakolo moving at all neither did he see them leave the room. He quickly swiped through the option of streaming footages but still did not locate them. He returned to select the footage now showing Henry’s position, he checked what number of floor it was and then switched to one of the footages covering the floor below. Dave James and inspector Dakolo were already at the halfway landing of the staircase while Henry was about to climb the stairs.



‘Henry, stop and move back,’ Cole quickly said as he turned on his connection to Henry. He saw as Henry stood still in response to him but only stared like a confused man without making any effort to turn back. It was already too late.


‘What floor is that?’ Tarasha asked. She didn’t bother to blame Cole for having not seen it before it happened, she knew such a thing bound to happen since he(Cole) could not possibly keep his eyes on all the footages at once.
‘The thirteenth floor,’ Cole replied.
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‘I’d take the lift to get to them,’ Tarasha said as she jumped down the stairs. She saw a few people already stepping out of their rooms as she made her way to the elevator. She ignored them and went straight into the elevator. A man wanted to join her but she pointed her gun at him and gestured for him to go out which he did immediately.
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‘I can’t believe my eyes,’ Dave said with chuckle as he climbed up the stairs and saw Henry standing at the top. ‘See who we’ve got here.’
‘Who’s that?’ Dakolo asked in whispers, he was right behind Dave.
Henry stepped back slowly on seeing them, he gave a sign with his hand for Madam Henrietta and Chief Gab to hide back up the stairs but Dave had already seen them.
Dave had a frown on his face as he saw the gun in Henry’s hand but he was unperturbed.
‘Henry Ekene George!’ Dakolo said in a surprised tone as he saw him clearly.
Henry still held his gun unshaken, pointing straight at them even as his back was now close to the wall.
‘You’re not going to shoot us, are you?’ Dave said, he turned his neck to look up the stairs where he had seen Chief Gab and Madam Henrietta go back up. ‘What are you all doing here?’
Henry pointed his gun at Dave who was already moving closer to the stairs which led up. His eyes met with Dakolo’s eyes again and he could see the affection of a friend still in Dakolo’s eyes.
‘Henry, I never imagined you’d be like this.’ Dakolo said in a pained voice. ‘You now work with an assassin and have become one.’
‘I…’ Henry wanted to reply when he heard Cole speaking, he kept quiet to listen.
‘Just keep them waiting there for a few minutes, Tarasha is on her way there…’
‘I’m not an assassin and I’ll never been one. This just has to happen because of the inefficiency of the police which you are a part of,’ Henry replied Dakolo. His reply caught Dave’s attention who now kept his gaze on his.


‘But I would advise that you guys find your way out of this place right away, Samantha would not hurt anybody except you try to stop her.’ Henry advised.
‘So you don’t think we should stop her from doing evil?’ Dave asked. Dakolo was speechless.


‘No, you should not stop her from making the evil ones pay.’ Henry replied him. His gaze tarried on Dave’s body for a while, he wondered how the NIS agent still had his memory intact as it was obvious.
‘That’s the job of the law enforcement agency and not for an individual or an assassin group,’ Dave returned.
‘You’re right, but what happens when the police and other security agencies are failing woefully and even aligning with the criminals to punish the citizens together?’ Henry asked.
Dave was quiet. He knew Henry had a point, but it was still impossible to agree with him.
‘But do you know that the law would never acceptyour explanation?’ Dakolo spoke in a calm voice, his eyes staring thinly at Henry. ‘The law would not pardon your for trying to help us solve these problems in a criminal way, you are only causing more havoc and you and Samantha Osman would face the full penalties for all your acts.’
Henry was silent for a moment, then he remembered again that Cole had told him Tarasha was coming to them. He became sincerely concerned for Dave and Dakolo, knowing what Tarasha could do to them in anger.
‘I advise again that you both should leave when you have the opportunity now, Samantha would not pardon you for trying to stop her by stopping us here.’ he warned.
Dave looked around, he could feel Samantha’s presence close by, coupled with the fact that Henry had warned them twice. He wasn’t ready to face Tarasha, at least not at that time yet.


‘Looks like people can now move freely,’ James made a side comment to Dakolo as he saw a man walking out of his room with his luggage.

Dakolo only glanced at the man briefly and returned his focus on Henry. Dave also focused back on Henry but this time on his hand, he could see the gun was already cocked and pulling the trigger was the only thing left to release the bullet. He was thinking of the best way to get a hold of the gun or make Henry drop it when he began to hear some sounds. He couldn’t tell what it was or where it was coming from, for a moment it seemed silent again but he remained alert.


‘You guys gotta get off our way,’ Henry said after taking a glance at his wristwatch.’We’ve got to leave here now.’

Dakolo was still feeling dazzled at the sight of Henry holding a gun, he unhooked the handcuff from his waist. ‘Henry, you’re a wanted man. I can’t let you go, it’s my responsibility to hand you over to the police.’
‘We’d let them go, ‘ Dave said. Dakolo flashed a quick glance at him wondering why Dave would say so. Dave could see that the inspector was surprised. ‘Yes, arresting them is not why we came here.’ he emphasized. ‘And is there anyway you can arrest him now and still continue with our main purpose here successfully?’ Dave stopped and shook his head. ‘No, if you really want to make an arrest, you have to wait for another day.’

Dakolo shook his head in negative, he wasn’t going to agree with Dave this time. He took out his gun quickly and pointed at Henry. ‘Put down your gun Henry,’ he said in a command tone. He took a quick glance up as he heard a sound. Madam Henrietta had come to peep from up to stairs where she was supposed to be hiding.


‘Go back up,’ Henry said to Madam Henrietta as he took a quick glance up at her. She and Chief Gab were coming down the stairs. ‘Go up!’ he shouted again but they did not answer him.


At first, Dave saw it as an opportunity to snatch Henry’s gun from his hands but then he realized that Madam Henrietta and Chief Gab could not just be disobeying Henry for no reason. Someone was trying to do something. His hand located a tiny magnetic tracking chip attached to ring on his finger. He rolled it down and placed it between the nail on his index finger and his thumb, he targeted the visible metal part on Henry’s belt.
Suddenly, it seemed like a shadow appeared behind Madam Henrietta and Chief Gab, Dave’s mind worked so fast and so did his eyes, he quickly spotted Tarasha up behind the two with her gun aimed towards his direction. The magnetic chip left his fingers.
In a split second, Tarasha jumped on the handrail. ‘Bend now,’ she shouted as she fired two quick shots. Madam Henrietta and Chief Gab quickly bent their heads while Henry also squatted where he was.