The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 39

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The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 39

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“I could find these in case we
need them”

Shade said “the Radio is still
not working; I will need more
time”

Michael said;
“You will get all the time you
need as we go on. Izu, get the
president; we have to get out
of here before those guys
come. John you lead with Dare
behind you and then the Izu.

The presidents will then
follow with shade and IBK
behind her. I will cover the
rear. Now let’s move”
They looked around for little
supplies they could find while
the President’s aide helped
her clean her body a little. Her
dress had the smell of smoke
all over it and her face was
blackened and the aide tried
to wipe it off with a napkin
while the others looked at the
path John had pointed out.

They filed out in the patter
Michael had drawn with their
rifles in front of them and
their fingers on the trigger.

The road was a narrow street
which could only take one car.

They would have taken the
truck but John had seen the
truck had its parts torn up by
incoming bullets when the
Tetuans fired at them and so
they could not use it. They
moved swiftly making sure
they could not be seen from
the troops on the other side
and they disappeared into the
shadows of the tall buildings.

They walked slow and
cautiously as they had to
watch all around them. The
abandoned buildings due to
years of civil war had made
the place look a lot more
frightening than it should be
and the lack of any type of
light source except the one
coming from the sky did not
help too. Sometimes, John and
Dare would walk in front
ahead of them to scout ahead
to make sure they was no
danger but the only form of
life they saw were rats which
seemed to have taken over
the business district. The
president saw for the first
time the effect the war has
had on Tetuan as even the
main business hub had
become something else.

Behind them, Michael almost
walked with his back turned
to them. Although most of
them could barely see
anything beyond a few meters
in front of them but they
could not risk putting on any
form of light so as not to give
themselves away. His eyes
were trained behind him and
sometimes, he would fall back
because he went into some of
the buildings to make sure
they were not occupied but
most of them had the same
occupants.

At some point, the President’s
aide said;
“Can’t we just rest a little or
spend the rest of the night
here and when it is dawn, we
can move under the sun and
we will see clearly. Anyone can
be creeping in front of us
without us seeing them”
Shade whispered;
“Perhaps the dark is good
because no one can actually
see us and we can have a
chance to sneak behind and
through the lines of the
Tetuans. As for staying
behind, the more timewe
waste waiting, the greater the
risk of the wrong person
doing a head count of the
bodies back there and
realizing that the president’s
body is not among the bodies
burnt back there and they
might just come looking for
us”

Dare thought he heard
something that sounded and
head of them and told them to
stay back while he goes to
check it out. They stood and
took cover behind the wall of
a tall building as Dare
disappeared into the
darkness. Michael stood guard
in the opened as he tried to
keep his eyes on Dare while
therest of them waited.

They stayed away from the
entrance of the buildings and
avoiding the windows as they
did not know who might be
lurking behind the windows
of each building they passed
sostanding against the wall
seemed like the safest thing to
do and the president and her
aides used the opportunity to
rest their legs as they both sat
down while they were
sandwiched between the
members of the team.

Dare had been for almost five
minutes and Michael was
getting worried. He looked
into the dark and wished the
radio was working and so he
walked over to where Shade
was;

“What is the status on those
radios? I will feela lot more
comfortable if they were
working and I also hate that I
can’t see Dare which makes
me a lot more nervous?

“The radios might not take
long to fix but I can’t fix them
in the night. The fault seems
to come from the one I am
carrying, possibly when I fell
under the impact of the
explosion.I should be able to
fix it if I can get some light”
“Keep the lights switched off. I
am not so sure about this
place. When the sun rises, we
can get that fixed”

Dare walked forward a little
and trained his ears to the
direction where he thought
he heard something and he
walked towards it. He looked
back towards the rest of the
team and he saw Michael
standing about the rest of
them looking tireless and he
smiled. Michael had always
acted like some kind of big
brother to the rest of them
and never showed a sign of
fatigue of weakness. His
posture was one he was
familiar with, one which told
him if anything did not check
out, he was more likely to
shoot first before he asked
questions and he felt an
ounce of doubt in himself but
he had been given a taskand
he could not allow fear creep
in at that point.