The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 35

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The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 35

She looked in the mirror that
hung on the wall and
wondered how the president
must feel in the conditions
she was. She had come from a
completely civilian
background and a family that
was not in any way connected
to any of the famous families
in the country but she fought
through being the Governor
of her state and then a
Senator and now president.

She has whipped everyone to
shape and for the first time,
has fought against corruption
with a passion never seen in
the country. She had her own
flaws in awards some
contracts to her friends but
she made sure the contracts
were done nonetheless.

She reached for a towel from
the wall and buried her face
into it as she wiped it clean.

She looked back and was glad
she was not used to wearing
makeup or else her little
facewash could have been a
disaster. She never had the
time for make up since she
was in the military and her
superiors had treated all of
them like they were the same
sex during training and after.

She remembered her face as a
cadet and smiled again.

Her training officials’
definition of gender equality
was no discrimination at all.

They treated everyone, both
male and female as the same
thing and the only thing
female got that was different
were sanitary pads. Everything
else was the same. She had to
share a bathroom with other
cadets and evenliving
quarters. She remembered
vividly whenone of her mates
had tried to take advantage of
her one night and tried to
force himself onher. She
screamed and fought him off.

He still did not stop until she
delivered a well placed kick
between his legs and he
howled into the night.

That night, she was given a
bed at the clinic and the next
day she was back to the same
place she was while the guy
went to serve seven years in a
maximum prison. She never
asked about him even after
her numerous promotions
and she became the minister
for defence. She had gone
through the ranks and had a
pretty difficult career but the
past hours has been her
toughest and she was happy
it was almost over. She heard
a knock on the door and she
took the towel off her face as
she turned towards the door
and straightened her clothes;
“Come in” her voice still had
the authority it had when she
was the commander of the
frigates on the gulf of Guinea
and she saw Kuyi standing at
the door his face emotionless.

“Was I gone that long?”
Kuyi stood there for some
seconds and said;
“I think you better come here”
“Is something wrong?”
“Well, come listen to this
yourself”

She put the towel back and
walked out of the bathroom.

As she walked back she felt
the mood in the crisis room
drop as their face dropped
and she barely walked to her
seat before she said;
“Okay people, hit me. What’s
wrong?”

Buba answered;
“We just got reports from the
camp that the team has been
stopped by Tetuan troops on
the road and they are
blocking their way. They also
said the team reported that
there are men approaching
them from the palace and they
are closing in fast on them
which means they will be
surrounded on both sides”

Ifeoma could not believe what
she was hearing and she
could not sit down. She felt an
unusual anger rise within her
and she said to Buba;
“I thought your men were
supposed to patrol those
roads and make sure all the
exits were blocked off so
there are no surprises”

Buba was silent as he had no
answers.

“General, that was a direct
question and right now, I
would love an answer to it if
you don’t mind. I want to
know why the exit to that
road was not patrolled as
planned and this could have
happened.”

She looked at the vice
president whose face showed
nothing but surprise and fear;
“Get that mad man, Lucas
Radonsolema on the line right
now and send some
helicopters to get those guys
out of there since they are
closed in and they are not yet
under fire and send men to
that squad of Tetuan soldiers
and open fire on them. I don’t
care if you use heavy artillery
or tanks, just get the
president out of there right
now”

The vice president said;
“Well it is good we are calling
Lucas, maybe we can talk to
him and allow her pass”

“That’s an option” Kuyi said
“but knowing Lucas, he will be
so pissed, he would not be
thinking properly”

“Then we give him something
to help him think well; have
the men loitering around his
palace to press forward and
remind him of the threat he is
under if he does not stop
thismadness” The chief of Air
Staff Tony said.

“Let’s turn up the offensive
and remind him of what he is
up against”

“Only the president can give
that order and in his absence,
the vice president.” Kuyi said.

Kuyi barely finished before the
Vice president said;

“Do whatever you can do to
bring her back. I don’t care if
it involves turning Tetuan into
a desert”

Ifeoma cut in as she spoke
into the radio;

“Get a bird in the air and get
her out fast”
Tope then said;
“Lucas Radonsolema is
refusing our request to speak
to him. His aides say he is not
available and they don’t know
when he will be so I guess we
are done with pretending to
be nice to one another”

“Okay let’s bring down rain on
these guys and make them
feel a little heat” Ifeoma said
as she shot a look at Buba

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Lucas was in communication
with his troops and he learnt
that they had cut off the
Nigerians on the front and at
the back. the troops in front
of them had positioned
themselves and were
expecting the Nigeriansto
come at them while those
who left the palace were
closing in on them and they
were under orders the take
the Nigerian president and
bring her back. so far the
Nigerians seemed trapped but
he knew it can still go against
him so he urged them to
move faster.

He heard his phone ring and
instinct told him it was the
Nigerians.

“They must have learnt that
they don’t have a choice and
they want to talk” he thought
“but it will be better if I have
the president in my custody
before talking to them” so he
had one of his men talk to
them and he sat back in his
chair nervously.

He barely relaxed when he
heard an explosion rip
through one of the walls of
the palace itself and he
jumped out of his chair. Even
his bodyguards who had
stood motionless previously
turned to see what caused it.

He grabbed his phone and
called his captain at the west
wind and said;
“What is happening there?”
“Sir, the Nigerians are pushing
forward and moving fast at
us”

“What do you mean pushing
forward? Fire back and keep
your line”

“Sir since the attacks started,
it seemed the Nigerians just
wanted to stay here and use
light weaponry but right now,
they are blasting trough. It is
as though they were sleeping
before and they suddenly
woke up. I am not sure how
long we can hold here.

They also have some long range
shells which seems to be
reaching the palace itself”

All of a sudden, Lucas
understood everything. The
troops at his wings were all
there to distract him and get
the president out but now
that she was not there, there
was no reason to keep
playing around. He expected
that soon, they would also
attack aerially and the need to
get the Nigerian president
became more pertinent.

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IBK and Izu were used to
automatic rifles but still, they
found them heavy. There jobs
were mostly done with pistols
and hand guns and the heavy
artillery were rarely used but
in thiscase, it became
important, they had opened
their backpacks and each man
and woman had held on th as
much as they can carry.

Izu, IBK, Shade and John agent
been told to stay with the
president while Michael led
another team and he stood by
the truck with their guns
trained towards the trucks
approaching them. Shade was
to stay in contact with the
camp while John was told to
find an escape plan in case
they needed to leave the place
in a hurry.

The trucks pressed forward
and Michael and his team
opened fire towards the lights
in front of the lights as the
morning silence wasbroken
by a burst of automatic rifles.

The trucks slowed down a
little as in the moon lit sky
they saw some men got down
from the trucks and returned
fire. Bullets came flying into
their side for sometime but it
stopped and Michael
understood one thing. As
much as the Tetuans would
protect themselves, they still
wanted the president alive as
they knew she was the only
thing that will stop the
Nigerian military from an all
out offensive against them.

He and his team continued
firing into the distance and he
saw about four of the men
who got down from the
trucks fall down under the
influence of the bullets and he
smiled. The trucks had almost
pulled to a stop now as more
and more men got out of the
trucks and he told his men;
“Keep firing, we can’t kill them
all but we can slow them
down”

He barely finished talking
when they heard the whirling
sounds of a helicopter’s
blades in the distance.

He thought to himself;
“I hope that’s our ride”
The sound came from the
camp and they all felt relieved
that help was on its way. The
helicopter flew above the
Tetuans blocking the road
ahead and came towards
them. The Tetuans must have
seen the helicopter too
because they opened fire
towards the sky but it was out
of reach.

John pulled out two flares
from his jacket, lit them and
threw them to the floor in
front of him as the helicopter
hovered over the flares a little
then came down close to it as
Izu, IBK and Shade led the
president towards it.