The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 47

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The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 47

The Major was still listening to
his phone as he was taking
orders from someone on the
other side while the team
thought about their plan. The
plan had come to Michael in a
rush and he did not have time
to think it through. He just
knew it might give them a
chance to get the president
away but there were a lot of
things he did not factor into
his plans.

The spot on the major’s chest
was from a gun which be
coming from anywhere. There
were a lot of buildings around
and the shooter might or
might not be a friendly. He
remembered what he training
officer once told him “The
enemy of your enemy is not
necessarily your friend, it just
makes him another factor to
mess up your whole
existence” and this was the
exact case. For all he knew the
infrared light might be from
the Tetuans creating a
territory and trying to get the
president back because it is
certain that Lucas would not
want her to die on his
homesoil if he valued his life.

Then there was the door to
the building. He did not have
time to hatch his plane well
but he knew the door was
made of glass and there might
be a chance that it will be
unlocked or at least not
impervious to bullets.He
hoped within him that Shade
and Izu were able to get her
out even though he and IBK
might die right there. It was a
risk which was not well
calculated but one they had to
take nonetheless.

Getting away from these guys
might just end them in the
hands of the Tetuans which
although is a whole lot better
that being shot dead, it was
also not a comfortable
situation for him to put his
team or the president into. He
knew he had to try to make
the right decision and being
captured was a whole lot
better than being shot and
executed.

He aimed for the light which
was almost blinding him and
he hoped IBK was as good a
shot as he said he is or else
the plan might just go
sideways. He could make out
the image of the soldiers on
the trucks watching them and
waiting for their leader to give
them the order to open fire
but he still held on to allow
IBK aim well.

Izu heard the plan and
understood it perfectly but he
thought it was not well
thought out. The soldiers had
already aimed and were
unlikely to miss just because
the lights went off. He could
make out the figuresof Dare
and John on the other side
watching them and he
wondered how it was so easy
to betray their own team. He
felt angry and lost at the same
time. He had being in teams
which had moles but no one
had ever given him to the
hands of someone that will
possible kill him before. This
was all new to him and the
success of the plane was all
that mattered. He already
knew where the president
was and it was just a matter
of steps from there to the
door but under fire, those
steps could mean a whole
different thing if the people
shooting at them were not
distracted and an idea crept
into his head. He saw the idea
takeshape and he saw how it
could work and buythem
some more time to get away.

Michael and IBK would
probably die regardless of his
idea but it was a team event
and the mission was more
important.

Shade was more pissed than
scared and evenmore pissed
to think. She never liked
insubordination. She did not
even like those who turn
around to give them
information atthe expense of
their country as she thought
itwas dishonorable and what
Dare and John did was the
height of it. She could feel the
light blind her but all she
could see was Izu clutching
on to the president as she
provided cover fire for him to
get her inside and she hoped
that nothing else went wrong.

the door has to be unlocked
and the plan must.

The Major muttered a “Yes sir,
I understand”, hung up and
out the phone back into his
pocket. He looked toward the
team and said;

“This is it, goodbye” and he
turn around to walk
backward.

Michael saw the chance he
had been waiting for and said
now.

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Lucas was not comfortable in
his office at all. The sound of
heavy guns and mortars had
added to his misery as it
appeared that the Nigerians
were getting closer to him
and at the same time the men
he sent to look for the
president had not found her
yet. It was a slippery slope
which he knew could end up
with him falling and that is if
his own men don’t turn
against him first.
As much as he trusted his
own people, there was no
guarantee that in a bid to safe
themselves, they might just
decide to cut a deal and hand
him over and that scared him
more. Each of his decisions
had gone from bad to worse
and he wondered what
possessed him to think his
plan might actually work. He
knew the plan about the
weapon was a completely silly
idea but the plan behind
getting the arms was a
perfectly good one which
could have sealed victory
forhim.

If the plan had gone
according to pan, the Nigerian
president would have been on
her way home and he would
have the assurance of victory
but now he is looking at
defeat andpossible dead right
in the face.