The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 60

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The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 60

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Ifeoma was now wide eyed:
“You knew immediately? But I
should have been told
immediately you did so I could
have had them removed”

“Why would you have the
bugs removed? Thewhole
point of them listening is so
they can listen and since you
had nothing to hide, theywas
no point in hiding anything”
“But you did something about
yours so why not about
mine?”

“I did not know who was
involved, this guys fear me
and they don’t normally want
to confront me but them
coming out to directly
challenge me like this is
worrying and I did not want
to overlook it. at some point, I
thought it had to do with the
budget presentation but right
now, it seems something is
amiss”

Kuyi, pulled a chair close to
him as Charles who had his
eyes on him tightened the
grip he had on the gun
underneath his jacket. Kuyi
caught sight of this but he did
nothing. He pushed the chair
towards Ifeoma and said;
“I see a storm coming ahead
and we might be heading
back to the old days where
we will need to get all over
supporters and friends
because I think something
crazy is going to happen
soon”

Ifeoma almost rolled her eyes;
“I don’t know how crazy it
can get, I will probably be
fired and tried for the dead of
the late president and then
we could send the army in
find and kill Lucas. It is really
not too crazy”

“it is not crazy but who do
you think bugged your lines?”
“I was told the bugs came
from the National Security
Agency”

“And where is the National
Security Adviser?”

“He was with the president
before she was taken
hostage. What has this got to
do with anything? Except you
are trying to tell me that the
NSA was in cohorts with the
Tetuans to take the
president?”

Kuyi said;
“It is a possibility. If the NSA
was with Lucas, then it would
be great that our phones be
bugged as it will help him
know what we are thinking
and how best to evade us”

“But it does not make sense at
all. Lucas wanted to keep her
not kill her at first. And my
guys said the conference
room was also bugged so
Lucas should have known
where our team was and
what they are up to. It will
have also helped him keep the
president and get what he
wanted. Besides, we are not
even sure this is the reason
the NSA bugged our phones
in the first place”

“I am sure that’s why. I pulled
phone records of the NSA in
the last four months and
guess what I saw?”

“Why do I think I don’t want
to know what you found out
as this might just end our
lives?”

“The NSA has been
communicating with the
Tetuan embassy in New York.

He did not call the country
directly so as to avoid anyone
suspecting him. So perhaps,
the deal was sealed n that
way. The NSA had always said
we should support the rebels
in Tetuan so Lucas asking for
more weapons could be
hatched that way”

“That does not explain a lot. It
does not help Lucas at all. With
the president dead, he faces a
war he cannot win. Plus if the
demands were met, did they
really think we would have left
the weapons with them? We
could have just left them and
they gone back to destroy
them. The NSA is not dumb”

“The NSA is not dumb but I
am sure he has
communicated with Lucas
before this madness started
and I hope you have screened
the people working for you?”

Kuyi looked behind Ifeoma
towards Charles as Ifeoma did
the same and said;

“Charles is okay, we have
nothing to worry about and
what made you think my
people may have been
compromised?”

“Because my personal aide
was the one who bugged my
phone. I just questioned her
and she told me everything”
“How did you question her?”

Kuyi smiled and said;
“I asked nicely and promised
her candy if she told me the
truth. She was approached by
theNSA himself and he
promised her son admission
into the Defense academy and
speedy promotions”

Ifeoma did not catch the rest
as she was stuck on the part
where Kuyi said he asked
nicely as somehow she did
not see how anyone would
confess to a crime like this by
just asking nicely but she let it
go.

“All this does not explain or
start to explain how and why
the president was killed. If the
Tetuans were listening
through the NSA’s bug, the
president won’t be dead; I
think something else is at
work. Is there somethingyou
are not telling me?”

“A presidential jet has left to
bring the Senate president
back and the Attorney General
is preparing a swearing in
ceremony at 10 am today.
They will be announced the
death of the president at 9”
“Well that is expected and I
am not surprised.But we must
speak to the Vice President so
he would watch for people
within his own cabinet”

Kuyi looked at Ifeoma and
then Charles and said;
“Have you for a second
thought that this might just
be more than a hostage
situation? This might actually
be a coup”

“I don’t think we should take
it that far, the NSA does not
have the resources to carry
out a coup on his own and
we all know that. The military
class will just see him as a
‘bloody civilian’”