The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 27

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The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 27

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The captain put down the
receiver and looked in front of
him. The road ahead was
partly lit up and he knew his
men and him are walking into
something that would soon
become a battle field. He had
not been told to invade the
palace but to go there with
his troops and just keep the
guards there busy. He did not
know what that meant and
since he was told that it was a
covert mission, he did not
bother sharing the details
with the men. He was just to
go there to loiter but if need
be, they could also use guns
and engage the Tetuan troops
in their mission to loiter. They
were under strict instructions
not to use heavy artillery on
the palace itself but to use it
to defend themselves ban
under no circumstances were
they to go near the west
wing. He knew the west wing
was where something was
going on and the shelling of
the east wing was just what it
was; a smoke screen which
from what he was seeing the
Tetuans did not see.

The whole battalion had left
camp and his squadron had
broken off while the rest
while the remaining would
keep driving and take a turn
where they would do the
same thing from the north
wing. He looked to the front
and gave the order for the
squad to move forward. They
were to provoke the Tetuans
until they opened fire first and
that would also help the other
guys at the north to reach
their destination before the
fighting starts. He got back
into the truck as the car
moved forward but slowly
towards the palace when they
got to a check point which
looked undermanned and
they stopped. A poorly
dressed soldier walked
towards them with an AK 47
swung over his shoulder and
he looked at the company
“This is a restricted location,
peacekeepers are allowed this
far”

The captain got down and
walked towards him smiling
as he looked into the distance
and saw soldiers scrambling
towards them and taking
positions around and he said;
“We are dropping by to say
hello on you folks, I hope y’all
don’t mind”

The guard looked at the
captain carefully under the
dimly lit lights and said;
“Please turn your vehicles
around”

“That is not really possible
son, you and your partner
there either allow us pass or
you will have to shoot at us.

You know how it is when you
wake up in the middle of the
night and you suddenly feel
the need to take a stroll into
somewhere you are not
allowed. That’s how we are
right now.”

He looked back to one of his
men who got down and
walked towards him. The
soldier walked to him and
whispered into his ears;
“They are in position sir”
The captain looked at the
guard and saw his partner
coming out of the booth with
his guntrained on them and
he felt bad for them. He knew
what he would have to do
and he still did not like it. his
briefing had come directly
from the defence
headquarters and they had
been told to treat the Tetuans
as hostiles which meant they
could kill any of them they
wanted but that did not make
him feel any better but he had
been trained for this and just
because he had spent months
in the country protecting both
sides did not really matter.

He looked towards the soldier
beside him and nodded, with
blinding speed and knock out
force, the soldier landed a
blow to the jaw of the guard
and the guard hit the ground.

The force, speed and
precision of the blow gave a
perfect combination as the
guard lost consciousness
before he even hit the ground.
His partner saw him drop to
the ground and pulled his gun
on the both of them;
“Stop, stay where you are or
else……”

The captain said;
“Or else what, you are going
to shoot us?”

He turned his back to the
guard and started walking
towards the rest of the
company andthen he saw in
the distance that more trucks
were coming their way. He
looked back at theguard and
said;
“There are more men here
than you can handle, you
should go meet your people, I
am sure they will need as
much men as possible or you
can just surrender and we can
let you go without harm. Both
ways, it remains your choice”
The guard looked at the
trucks which just joined the
company and looked back at
the Tetuan troops taking
positions some distance away
and he made his choice. He
dropped hisgun and quickly
walked away passing
between the trucks and
towards the end. He got to the
last truck, took one last look
back and started running into
the shadows.

The soldier walked up to the
captain and said;
“Seems like the Tetuan army is
falling apart without us even
attacking them yet”

“A lot of the guards that man
these posts are just
commoners without military
training so what do you
expect? The poor guy
probably has a kid and a wife
somewhere and he is out
here in the cold watching over
a leader who does not care
about him”

The soldier said;
“So what are we doing here
once again sir?”

“I can’t tell you”
“You can’t tell me or you don’t
know sir?”