The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 22

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The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 22

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She put her phone besides
her and the screen of the
laptop fluttered and had some
lines on it but she was too
tired to notice. Shestarted
typing the message she had
drafted in her head a long
time ago when the phone
rang and this time, it was
from Kuyi himself.

“Hello Kuyi, I was just about to
mail you. I just got reports
that the helicopter had left for
the coast of Tetuan so I
wanted to make sure all other
plans were going according
to plans”

“E-mail? Does anyone still use
that? I don’t even remember
my address; all I know is thatI
get a notification when I get
one. My phone works better. I
was at the airport With Tope
Adesanya to watch them lift
off and we are in contact with
the Admiral. From the ship,
they would make their way to
the shore and the mission will
take place in the early hours
of tomorrow”

“But Kuyi, don’t you think the
men might be tired? Flying to
the ship then the hourney to
the presidential palace and
still moving in on it tonight?

We should allow them get
some rest before pushing
them in”

“Ifeoma, don’t worry, these
people are trained for that
and we have to move fast too
so Lucas does not smell we
are planning something. If we
moved against him as
planned, he would not believe
we already have a plan like
that and that would work
butif we delay, he might sell a
rat and besides if we intend
to keep the media out of this,
we really should get the
president back home fast”
Ifeoma paused for a bit and
said;

“I hope this goes well else we
are all going to be in deep…..”

She barely finished when Kuyi
cut in

“Don’t worry, it will go well.

We have this under control,
now get some rest; I will
inform you when we are
moving in”

“Okay, I will call the admiral
and ask Buba to get his
people ready but Kuyi, please
get her back safely”

Kuyi was silent for a while and
then he replied;

“Is that an order from the
Minister of Defence?”

“That is an appeal from a
close friend of the
Commander in Chief to
another close friend. At this
point, we have gone beyond
orders”

“She will be back home by
tomorrow ma’am. That I can
guarantee”

And the phone went dead.
Ifeoma looked to her screen
again and closed the page to
her mail address. She thought
of how the president would
feel right now; she could
notsay if Lucas would be a
nice host or perhaps her just
let her sit down all on her
own but if one thing was
sure, it would be that Lucas
had just bitten more than he
could chew because if this
plan succeeds or fails, he is
going to be at the receiving
end of a lot of issues from
very angry men and in her
case woman. She opened a
file on her PC showing the
plans which was drafted by
Kuyi and Tope and she went
through it again as she was
oblivious of her surroundings
and did not notice when her
assistant walk in and then she
heard a cough.

Ifeoma almost jumped out of
her skin but she maintained
her cool and looked up slowly
to see the assistant standing
above her and said

“You should learn to knock
you know”

The assistant who did not
expect her boss to be caught
unawares and said;

“Sorry ma’am, I knocked but
got no reply”

“Fine what do you want?

The assistant said;
“I just got a call from a
reporter from Channels
Television ma’am, they want
to havean interview with you
to discuss the military
operations outside the
country”

She replied without raising
her head;

“Tell them you could not reach
me and keep them away from
yourself and me for the time
being” and she said the rest
to herself

“The last thing I want right
now is to be asked silly
questions by some nosy
reporter”

As the assistant walked
towards the door, she
remembered something
important; how would they
explain this to the citizens and
the rest of the world even
after the president is rescued?

It will cause ripples in every
aspect of their lives she was
sure and some serious dusts
will be raised but that was
secondary. The most
important thing was getting
the president back”


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The helicopter touched down
on the warshipoff the coast of
Tetuan 2 hours later and the
occupants got off without
anyone on the ship even
looking at them twice. The
crew was already used to
people coming and leaving
and they thought this was just
a normal. The ship was always
used to transport things to
land to the peace keeping
troops for supplies that
cannot be flown in directly. All
nine of them got off the
helicopter and they were
directed into a briefing room
by the captain of the ship
himself.