The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 29

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The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 29

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The rest of them walked
towards the truck and they all
got in as they drove towards
the Palace. They passed
various road blocks but they
were unmanned as they have
all been called out to streng
then the guards and the team
drove until they arrived at the
gate.

The gate was more or less a
back door to the palace as it
was used mainly by the
workers and they use it to
bring in supplies, food other
necessary items into the
palace. The distance from the
gate to the entrance was also
not more than a hundred
meters which made it easier
for the team to walk in
without fear of been seen.

The gate was hinged to a 15
foot wall which ran both sides
of the gate and a quick look
left and right showed the
team that no one was in sight;
even the security stand at the
gate itself seemed deserted
and except for the small issue
that it was locked, it was
almost as if nothing of
importance was happening
within the walls the gate was
hinged on.

In the distance, there were
sounds of automatic gun fire
and occasional sounds of
heavy guns and some
cannons. The moon stillshone
down at them making the
night visible and the silver
color of the gate shone and
reflected the moonlight back
at them. they had rode
without headlights in the
truck so as to make sure they
were not detected but so far,
they were glad they did not
see anyone and so far, the
mission was going according
to plan.

The truck was parked along
the wall some distance away
from the gate and they all got
down and walked cautiously
towards the gate. They
discovered that it had been
locked with chain from the
inside and a look through the
gate showed that there was
no one to be seen.

Michael said into his
communicator as he wassure
everyone could hear him;
“Okay people, this is what we
came here for, there cannot
be any mistakes.”

He looked back and saw that
they were all behind him on a
straight line and he raised his
right hand and said;
“John, Dare. Get on those
locks; you have less than two
minutes. Shade, send a
message back home so they
know we are starting.

The rest of, stay with me and keep
your eyes peeled”

Two members of the team put
back their guns and went to
work on the gates while
Shade got on one knee trying
to get a message sent to the
NNS Owuro which will be
transmitted back to the
defense headquarters.

She got reception quickly and
as she rose to her feet she
said;

“Message sent. Now we just
have to wait until the gate is
opened”

All of them looked towards
the two working on the gate
and John said;

“That was almost too easy but
this is Tetuan; I was not
expecting the locks to be any
more difficult”

Micheal said;
“Okay. John, stay behind and
watch our backs. The rest of
you, I hope you still remember
the schematics of the building
as we don’t have the time for
mistakes. We can just go in
and come out within ten
minutes”

The remaining eight of them
walked into the compound
and started a run towards the
closest door which stood in
front of them. They had their
weapons drawn and trained
towards the door waiting for
anyone to come out of the
house but no one came out.

The only sounds they heard
was from the guns in the
distance and the closer they
got, the louder the guns were
but that did not stopped
them.

They got in front of the door
and they surrounded it as
Michael stretched his hand
and opened the door slowly
while he put his head into the
room within. He saw two men
probably cooks, busy over a
stove and a third some feet
away carrying a bowl of
flower. They were dressed in
old military uniforms and the
man with the bowl looked up
to see Michael walk into the
kitchen. His eyes brightened
and he tried to say something
buthe feel to the ground as
Michael shot him between the
eyes and he did not know
what killed him.

The remaining two looked
towards the man who fell to
the ground and the flour in
the bowl he was carrying had
spilled to the ground covering
his face in the white color of
the flour. They moved towards
him as Michael swung the
door opened and they looked
towards him.

Michael stepped in with his
gun drawn followed by the
remaining members of his
team walked behind him as
one of the cooks attempted to
run towards a door. He
stoppedand he fell to the
ground under the influence of
bullets from Izu’s silenced
gun. The other cook raised his
hand in the air and Shade
who had walked slowly
behind him took him down
and tied his arms behind his
back and tapped his mouth
shut.

They secured the bodies of
the two dead men and the
tied cook inside one of the
stores, left another man in the
kitchen and then the
remaining seven rushed into
the palace with guns drawn
with all readiness to shoot
and kill.

The kitchen lead them to the
dining room which was
empty and then through the
mainhall where they met
some guns touting guards but
they were also taken down
before they could even blink.

They change their clothes as
they put on the uniforms of
the guards the kill until they
were all wearing the uniform
of the Tetuan army and went
through the main hall and
towards the staircase.

They were dressed in the
uniforms of the army and
when they walked through
the various rooms, they did
not have to kill anyone, they
just walked past and gave
nods to the various guards
they met on the way as their
made their way as a group up
the stairs and towards the
towers which served as
bedrooms.

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The office complex was
another building attached to
the living quarters and in one
of the offices, Lucas was
worried in his office asthe
information he got from his
men fighting back the
Nigerians was not
encouraging. They were not
enough in numbers and he
had almost emptied out the
palace leaving justa handful of
men to protect the palace
itself. He had tried to call the
Nigerians to try to threaten
them in order to buy him
some time but he could not
get through to them and he
thought communications
might have been jammed by
the Nigerians and he felt more
afraid than he was before as
although this was all part of
his plan, he thought of what
might happen if he failed the
result will be catastrophic. He
got up and sat down on his
chair more than twenty times
and continued speaking to his
men at the entrances that
were under attack and prayed
they could hold on long
enough for reinforcement to
arrive.

He knew that he would have
to move the Nigerian
president soon but he wanted
to doso when his men came
so his subordinates will not
look at him like he was
deserting the and running
away. He kept barking orders
into his communicators and
once a while look out the
window.

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The team went up the stair
way until they reached the
floor where they were told the
president was held and they
were stopped by guards

“Where are you going?”
“General Lucas asked us to
bring the president as she is
to be moved out immediately
before the fighting gets too
intense” Michael said

The guard looked at them
suspiciously as he had not
seen them before but the
army was always drafting
new members and the guards
of General Lucas was changed
almost weekly as he had
issues trusting old one so he
led them towards the room
the president was held.