The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 53

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The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 53

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Ifeoma felt nothing but anger.

She did not know why the
NSA would be keeping tabs
onher and she did not really
want to care about their
reason. The NSA’s functions
did not include gathering
intelligence on their own and
they depend on information
they get from the intelligence
agencies so the NSA spying on
her seemed like a big insult
and with the state she was in,
she was not going to sit
down and take it easily.

“What type of traces do they
have where?” she asked the
young IT staff

“Your house has been
completely bugged with
listening devices and all your
phones too. There is a
spyware also installed on your
computers so any mail you
send goes to an address set
up by them” He paused and
said;
“Even your car has been
bugged to know where you
are and where you are going”
Her bodyguard Charles looked
at the man and said;

“Can you take them off? All of
them”

“If you ask me to, I can get a
team down on it right now
and we will remove
everything before sunise”
Charles said;

“Then get to it”
“No don’t” Ifeoma said
“Whoever it is wants to play
the hard way, we can always
help them”

Still looking at the young man,
she said;

“The two of you should go
downstairs and get a me a
clean car right now, I have to
go somewhere and I don’t
want to be followed. If we
take out the bugs, these
people will know we are on to
them and I don’t want them
to know. At least not until I
get the answers I need”
Charles said;

“Yes ma’am”
The IT staff handed her phone
over to her as they both
headed for the door and
Ifeoma said;

“Get me a secure line too; I
might need to make some
emergency calls”

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When Kuyi left the conference
room, he walked down stairs
and barely noticed that his
assistance was following him.

he was sad and heavy at the
turn of events but he could
not show it to anyone at least
not yet. He knew the Vice
President would shuffle the
security team immediately he
is sworn in as President and a
lot of the chiefs will go but
hewould remain. He has been
the intelligence chief for a
while and it will be suicide
firing him.

He only felt sorry about those
who would lose their position
as a result of a plan he had. As
he walked into the elevator
and his aide walked into it
with him, he could not help
but see a lot of things wrong
with the mission but that was
not the first extraction he
would plan and it was
supposed to go perfectly. He
was a perfectionist to the core
and he alwaysgot his mission
right but this one felt wrong
in every way.

The elevator closed and he
noticed the presence of his
aide. He turned to her and
said;

“You said something 7 years
ago when I became
Intelligence chief, you said I
am the most intelligent person
they have in the military. Do
you still believe that? And
please answer honestly”

The aide shifted nervously as
she had never been asked a
question so direct and
personal in the years working
with Kuyi. He never showed
any sign of weakness to
anyone and right now, it
seemed like he wanted to
boost his ego;

“I still believe that sir, you are
heads, shoulders and feet
above everyone else”

“And what would you say is
the probability that I am
wrong?”
“Probably 0.001% sir”
“Okay thank you. And I am
sorry, I have kept you for
these long hours, we are
facing a badtime as a country”
“I completely understand sir”
“How’s Ben? He should be
writing his School leaving
certificate by now right?”

The question took her by
surprise as Ben is the name of
her last born who was about
to graduate secondary school.

She had never discussed him
with her boss but she was
notsurprised he knows’
“He is fine, I spoke to him
recently and he seemed happy
and confident enough”

“Oh good, do you intend to
have him in the military or like
his sister, you would rather
have him get a civil life devoid
of this madness?”

“He wants to be an aeronautic
engineer and then join the Air
force sir, I hate to say that I
tried to dissuade him but I did
and he chose not to bulge”

“Of course he would not
bulge, he is as head strong as
his father”

Her late husband had been
dead for fifteen years and she
was past mourning for him
but his sudden mention of
him gave her chills as she did
not think he knew him. he
had been a civil engineer and
as stubborn as ever. He was
involved in an accident one
night after getting drunk to
celebrate the commissioning
of a building he supervised
and ended up dead.

She said;
“He reminds me of him,
everyday sir”

The elevator got to the
ground floor and they both
got out. They walked to the
front entrance where the car
was waiting for them to take
them wherever they wanted.

The door was opened and
Kuyi stood as he allowed and
allowed the aide get in while
he got in after her. The drive
back to DMI was short and
quiet as Kuyi did not say a
word. He simply brought out
his phone and played Sudoku.