The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 51

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The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 51

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The gunshots continued
outside as the team struggled
through the dark with just
one source of light to guide
them towards the rear
entrance of the huge building.

They had thought the building
would not be empty as some
of those who were shooting
at the Major and his team
might also be inside the
building but to their surprise,
it was empty. As they kept
walking, Michael occasionally
turned to look at the doors
they passed to watch their
back but even as they passed
the various doors, he did not
open one out of fear they he
might trigger an alarm of
some sorts.

The building looked like a
large purpose built office
complex with the large
spacious roomswhich can be
divided into cubicles and they
there were rooms on either
side as they came into a
hallway. The gunshots had
begunto reduce not as a
result of the shooters
reducing the frequency of
shots but they were putting
distance between them and
thefront doors. The President
was starting to show signs of
fatigue and her aide was
almost sitting down if not for
the fact that they were urged
on by the other members of
the team.

IBK’s leg was not getting
better; it was still hurting as he
continued to limp after the
others. Izu had offered to help
him walk so he could lean on
him but IBK had turned it
down. It was not safe. What if
they were attacked, all
members had to join in the
defense and help out and no
one could afford to lean on
another for help and that
would create more problems
for the team and the mission
itself which was not going
well. He still had enough
strength to move around but
he could feel that his leg was
heavy. There had not been
time to inspect theleg and see
if the bullet in still embedded
there or not and there is still
not enough timeto stop and
do that hence he had to
endure the pains.

They kept walking until they
got to the exit and Shade
went over to the door, turned
the knob and looked out with
her torch turned off and she
stepped into the alley behind
the building as she looked
around to make sure they was
no one around to see them.

She took a walk down the
road to see if there was sign
of anyone but no one turned
up and she went back to the
team as they too made their
way out of the building and
they immediately started
walking out of the alley to the
road and then the President’s
aide said;
“Can we stop for a while and
catch our breath? I am tired
and I am sure I can speak for
the president too. We need to
rest or else we risk fainting”
Shade stopped but before she
could reply, Michael did;
“We are all tired and believe
me when I say I think we
should stop for a rest too but
not right now. Perhaps if we
put some distance between
us and this place and the
people after us, we just need
to find somewhere safe to set
up camp and stay there for a
while”

“How about the safe house?”
Shade said

“The safe house is a good
idea but it has one significant
flaw. If the Major is Nigerian
and someone is trying to kill
the president, then the safe
houses will be monitored and
we showing up in one will be
shooting ourselvesin the leg. I
am sorry people but from
here on, we are on our own”
They walked until they got to
the main street and they
turned left away from the
building as the gunfight still
continued in the distance and
they could heard the screams
in pain andthe automatic
continuous firing of automatic
rifles. They walked as a team
with lights turned out and
hurdled together expecting
non friendlies to jump out at
every attempt.

Michael was lost in his own
thoughts as he wondered
who shot the major and were
occupying the buildings all
around them as they walked
down the fairly wide street. He
then understood why Dare
and John had not pointed out
the route earlier as they
planned that the president
could have escaped in the
dark so they thought it better
to shoot down the chopper
and blame the Tetuans and
his mind went back and forth
as he wondered who could
have been responsible for
their actions.

They had barely walked for
ten minutes whenthey heard
a noise from behind them.

Michael who was at the back
of the team as usual spurn
around with his rifle in front
of him when he saw a shape
run across behind them in the
distance.

“Keep your eyes opened
people, we are not alone
here” he said as he saw
someone else run across the
road

He kept the rifle high and said
again;

“Put the President in the
middle I think we are being
followed and be prepared to
make a run for it”

He barely finished when he
heard a reply in a Tetuan
accent saying;

“I don’t see how running will
do you any good. I just
wonder why you would be
running from us, if we
wanted to hurt you, you
would be hurting already as
we wouldn’t have saved you
from those people trying to
kill you earlier”