The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 37

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The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 37

The intensity of light from the
explosion made Dare close his
eyes involuntarily and even
with his eyes closed he could
see the light through his
eyelids and he raised both
hands to cover his efface and
he went for theground. He
had screamed for everyone to
getback and when the RPG hit
the helicopter, he could not
see the impact as the first
thing he tried to save was
himself. He felt the sudden rise
of temperature as the
fuselage exploded and there
was a secondary explosion.
Pieces of metal flew in every
direction and screams were
drowned in the explosion as
the helicopter hit the ground
with the blades still rotating.
Michael on the other hand
watched the path of flight of
the incoming projectile with
shockand fear as he ran
towards the helicopter while
he heard Dare’s voice in some
obscure part of his head but
he could not make out the
words. He was a couple of
meters away when it
exploded and he fell to the
ground under the impact of
the first explosion as splitters
of glass flew in his direction
and he la!d down flat on the
ground. Under the noiseof the
explosion, he thought he the
Tetuans who were firing at
them stopped firing and for a
second, he could not hear
anything except the burning.
He turned while still on the
ground, looked towards the
burning helicopter and he
saw it go up in flames again
as the fuel exploded and
again he was forced to turn
away and hide his face and
after about sixty seconds
which felt like hours, he
turned and got up, clutching
his rifle, he ran towards the
still burning wreckage.


There was smoke everywhere
and he heard voices, some
groans in pain while there
was an ear piercing scream as
it seemed the owner was
panicking and in fear.

Although he was running, his
rifle was still well grippedwith
both hands out of instincts
and he ran into the blinding
smoke which was illuminated
by the soldering metal
remains of the helicopter. He
was running when he heard a
burst of gun behind him. He
thought of looking back but
he did not. The mission was
the President and it seemed
like it was over.

Dare saw Michael ran towards
the wreckage wreathed and
his first thought was to run
towards him but he got down
and looked towards the
direction where the RPG was
fired and he saw that the
figure that had shotthe
helicopter was till there but
this time just standing there
and watching them. no other
action was made and it just
seemed like the figure was
making sure that damage was
done and then Dare opened
fire on the figurewith an
accuracy he was trained with.

The figure seemed to bow
and then stumble before
falling to the ground of the
roof.

Michael kept running and
entered the flames as he
called out to Shade;
“Shade, are you okay? Is the
president with you? Is there
anyone who can hear me?

Please talk to me?”


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Back in Abuja, when the
helicopter left the base, they
had been informed and they
followed the path of the
helicopter as the camp was in
touch with the pilot and the
pilot’s radio was patched
through directly so the crisis
room could hear exactly what
the pilot as saying. He had
informed them that heis
about to land and get the
president and they were all
expecting him to confirm the
boarding by the president
when they heard him say
“What is that?……. pull back pull
back”

And then his voice was lost to
static. Nothing else was heard
as it seemed that the radio in
the helicopter ust stopped
working immediately.

Startled, Ifeoma said;
“What’s happening there?

Somebody talk to me”
A voice came which did not
sound a bit like that of the
pilot and said;
“We have lost contact with the
pilot and we are getting
report of an explosion just
immediately the radio went
off people. It seemed the
helicopter was blown up”
Again the room went dead.

Not even the breathing of the
people there could be heard
and the only sound in there
was the tick tock from the
huge clock that stood on the
wall. The seconds had gone
almost a full thirty seconds
before Kuyi’s voice was heard
in the room;
“When the helicopter
exploded, was the president
on board? Do you have any
reports there?”

The voice responded;
“Not yet sir, we are trying to
get in contact with the rescue
team and hear what they have
to say but for now, we cannot
conclusively say anything
about it”


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As Dare shot at the shooter,
he looked around and
towards the Tetuans coming
in the distance but was
surprised to see that they had
stopped in their tracks as
though they were trying to
see what caused the
explosion or was trying to see
who survived and take them
out one at a time. He looked
towards them and hid behind
the truck as he pointed his
rifle I their direction hoping
that someone would even
cough from the smoko