The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 34

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The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 34

The president found herself
relieved inside but still
bothered. Her aide sitting
beside her had been stunned
speechless and all she did was
hold her hand tight.

Shade felt a crackling sound
from her short range device
which was a means to
communicate with members
of the team and she answered
as Michael spoke to the
president. When he finished,
she looked at him and said;
“Sir, something is wrong”

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Lucas walked back to his
office and got on the phone.

The conversation lasted for
some minutes and he picked
up another phone which
connected with the leader of
the team of soldiers he had
been expecting to reinforce
the guards and he said;
“Don’t head back to the palace
again; I have more urgent
need for you. There is a truck
driving along Brick’s street
carrying heavily armed men
and two women. No wait,
make that three women.

They should be heading for the
Nigerian camp. Make sure you
intercept them and capture
the women. You can kill the
men for all I care and you
cannot fail”

He hung up and put a call
through to the captain of the
guards whom he sent after
the Nigerians and told them
where to go.

Michael looked to his side and
said;
“What is the problem?”
“I just got off the phone with
our people on the way and
they are reporting some
unusual traffic down our
path”

Michael said;
“What is that supposed to
mean?”

This time john answered him;
“I think she meant that there
is a whole bunch of soldiers in
front sir and they seem to be
blocking the road ahead” and
he pulled the truck to a stop
and also switched off the
head lights.

Michael looked into the
distance and saw thatin the
dark distance, there were
some lights that could only
have come from the
headlights of trucks but not
just one in this instance. The
lights were not moving and
they just stopped there as
though they were waiting.

Michael clutched his rifle
instinctively and said;
“Shade, how are we sure that
those guys are hostile?”
“Because the Nigerian camp
just told me that’s not their
team out there and scouts
along the way confirms the
Tetuan colors on the
soldierblocking the roads
ahead”

“Okay keep calm, we can get
this all sorted out. Get back in
touch with our people back
there and see if they can be
dislodged”

He told John;
“You studied those maps, is
there a way to go around
them so we avoid running
into them completely? Any
alternate routes or something
like that?”

John took some moments and
then said;

”There is none. This road
leads straight down before
we get to the next exit. I am
suspecting they came in
through that exit; the only
alternative will have us go
around and drive into the
main city itself and if they are
already onto us, that really
would not be a good idea as
they would easily cut us off”
Shade said;
“What do you think we can do
now? We can’t shoot this out
and we definitely cannot sit
here”

John said;
“Perhaps, we can sit this out
and wait for the army on the
other side to create a hole for
us to pass through”

“That supposing Lucas and
his men are not hot on our
tails already and coming to us
from behind in which case we
will be sitting ducks when
they get here so we have to
think of a way to get out of
here and fast too”

At the back of the truck, the
team was wondering why
they stopped but were not
worried. It was not part of the
plan but the held on
wondering what was
happening. Thepresident
noticed that the truck had
stopped too and she looked
around the truck and saw that
the men were as confused at
her even though they tried to
hide it.

Her aide said;
“Why are we stopping? Is
something wrong?”

IBK replied;
“We are just stopping to pick
something up” even though
everyone knew it was not
really true

The members at the last seat
of the truck kept watch into
the distance and soon the
saw a set of lights moving
down the road. First it was a
pair of lights and then behind
them, another pair of lights
showed and gradually the
lights increased forming a
huge line of what seemed to
be a set of torch lights lined
up in the distance.

One of them spoke into him
arm but made the
communication restricted to
Michael;

“Team leader, we have
company behind us. Seven
trucks approaching fast”

Michael heard what he said
clearly and looked at john;

“We really need to get out of
here or we will be in real
trouble”

“What kind of trouble are you
talking about exactly?”

“There are a whole lot of
trucks coming from behind
and heading in our direction.

Are you really sure, there is
nowhere to pass out of this
madness?”

“The road is blocked sir, even
if we decide to double back,
we can’t get to that crossing
before running into those
guys behind us”

“Shade, what are the troops
saying?”

“They want us to hold on as
they are sendingin some help”

John said;
“Help? That’s going to take
forever to get here”

“Well they intend to send air
support to help out and also
evacuate the president”

Michael told her;
“Better tell them to hurry else
she won’t be here for long.

Get everyone out of the truck
and form a perimeter; we can
at least buy some time”

He ordered everyone out with
their guns drawn and John
parked the truck a couple of
meters down the road as five
of them including Michael
stood behind it while the
remaining four which
included Shade stood in the
dark with the president and
her aide.

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Ifeoma allowed the cool water
calm her face down for a little
while and then she did the
same thing again. She looked
into the mirror and saw her
face dripping with water and
she allowed a smile escape
her lips she thought to
herself;

“Very soon, we will be out of
this mess and we will have to
worry about what to do with
that tyrant Lucas”