The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 44

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The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 44

Shade was shocked and
almost immediately, the
shocked turned into fear. She
staggered at the thought that
someone among them might
have deliberately removed the
battery so they could not
communicate with the base
which meant they could be
walking into a trap. Her mind
first went to Michael but he
looked too concerned and
something told her it was not
him. his body language
showed he was aware of a
danger but not sure plus if he
did not completely check out,
he would not be made leader.
She looked back and saw that
he was gone again. He looked
around trying to see if she can
catch a glimpse of him but he
seemed to have disappeared
into the night. She had some
spare batteries in her
backpack and her hand went
to feel where she kept them
and she saw that they were
still there. She thought of
outing one in but she
stopped. If she activated hers
then every other one will
work so she just waited and
almost immediately, Michael
appeared beside her and
whispered;
“What’s wrong” he said
“What makes you think there
is anything wrong sir?”

“Your body language changed
and you have been looking
around a lot, you feel
something is happening I
should know about?”
“No, I was just looking
around”

“Okay, Shade, but see what
you can do about
communications, this place is
beginning to irk me”
“Yes sir”

Shade saw that Michael’s pace
dropped a little so she could
walk in front of him when she
said;

“Actually, I think I know
what’s wrong with the radio”
“Can you fix it?”
“It was not damaged in the
first place”
“So what’s wrong with it?”
“Someone removed the
battery from mine which
knocked every other one out”
Michael did not stop moving
or express any surprise as he
simply walked up beside her
and said;

“Tell me you have spares”
“I do, but I don’t want to put
one in because whoever did it
would know it is working. I
would rather we find who
removed the battery first and
seeing as you did not show
any sign of surprise, you must
know there is a traitor among
us and probably know the
person”

“I don’t know the person, I
just have strong suspicions
and I also know we are being
followed”

“So who is your candidate?”
“More like candidates”
“More than one? Those SSS
boys don’t look the type but
what do I know?”
“It’s not them, it’s John and
Dare, and I think they want to
lead us into a trap”
“So what do we do?”
“For now, we play along. I
suggest we don’t let the SSS
boys know, we don’t want
anyone panicking and we
certainly don’t want the
president to find out about
this”
Shade thought for a little as
she reached for her rifle and
check to make sure the
magazine was in and she
said;

“So you think following them
into this trap of theirs is a
good idea?”

“We don’t have a lot of
options right now. I suspect
we are already being followed
and any move we make might
alert them. We should follow
for the time being and until
we can figure out a way to
get out of here. We should
slow down a little and see if
they will notice. If they don’t,
we can slip and find a way to
get away from them”

Shade looked towards John
and Dare as they walked on in
front without bothering to
look back to those they are
leading on

“What if we are all dead
before we get the chance?”
“What makes you think they
want us dead? Ifthey did, they
just wanted her back? if they
wanted us dead, they would
have done that already”

They were still in their
conversation when they
noticed that John and Dare
slowed down ahead as the
team walked towards a huge
building which had a large
space in front of it. and they
stopped walking totally.

The company of Izu, IBK, the
president and her aide joined
her later as Michael and
Shadejoined them later and
Michael asked;

“Why are we stopping?”
Neither John nor Dare
answered but a voice came
from the dark,

“Because ladies and
gentlemen, you are at the end
of the road and I am in charge
now”

Shade raised he rifle and IBK
did the same immediately
while Izu moved to cover the
president and Michael just
stood and watched it play out
as John and Dare pulled away
from them.

From all corners, men
appeared with guns drawn
towards them and they
moved until they surrounded
the team completely.

“Why don’t you all put down
your guns so we can make
this expedient?”

Michael who had been
studying the events said;
“Why don’t you tell us who
you are and what you want
before we talk about putting
anything down because
personally, I won’t mind
putting you down first”

Almost immediately, a pair of
lights was switched on and it
was aimed towards the team
and they were able to see
those who surrounded them
clearly.

“Well I thought the lights were
necessary since we won’t
want anyone wandering off
and since you are so
concerned with who we are,
let me introduce myself”
He walked towards the group
a little and said;
“I am Major Ahmed Toriade,
Nigerian special forces”