The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 76

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The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 76

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In the cool morning with the
south western air blowing
against the West African coast
bringing the much needed
moisture from the Atlantic
which causes the rains over
the lands which are known
for their all year round rains.

The rains are so much in this
part of the world; they rival
the Amazon forest in Brazil for
the volume of moisture that
comes in yearly. This coupled
with the fact that most of the
land in at sea level or under
makes the perfect condition
of a region called the
mangrove swamp.

The rains are all year round
due to the proximity of the
massive ocean. The closeness
to the equator also provide
that high temperature all year
and hence the region gets hot
and very humid which is
perfect conditions for plants
which crawl. The floor of the
forest in this region is never
clear of undergrowth which
the animals which make it
their home live and survive on.

The beaches here also have a
peculiar feature: since most of
the land around it has not
been developed and unlike
the once on the other side of
Lagos, there has not been any
form of dredging here, the
waves rise here.

Unlike in other places where
the famous wall of Lagos
protects from the surges of
the ocean, these beaches are
as they were long time ago
and waves here grow to as
high as ten feet and would
have been the delight of
surfers if only there was a
huge population there. It sits
on the outskirts of Lagos and
away from major commercial
activities so there is little or no
exposure there.

Kareem’s convoy cut through
the cool air which created
some cooling effects on the
glasses of the cars as they
sped by trying to make the
best time to the beach.

Kareem felt a little cold as the
wind outside combined with
the air-conditioning inside the
car reminding him that he
was far from the densely
populated parts. He rarely
came here even as governor
as he always delegated his
commissioners to do the
work there. They drove
through the well tarred roads
and he made a mental note to
himself;

“Commend the commissioner
for works. These roads are
pretty good. It can be a good
campaign strategy for me”
He saw that the moon was still
out as they drove by a little
body of water and the
beautyof the calmness took
him until he heard the voice of
the security chief;

“Sir we are almost arriving
there, the strip is about ten
minutes out. Since we are
waiting for a plane, I will
suggest we put some torch
lights on the ground when we
get there so the pilots will be
guided”

“That’s a good idea Peter” he
replied

“Just pull up some distance
away from the site and we
can patiently wait since it
seems we are a little early”

The trucks passed the beach
itself and pulled up close to an
opening close by. Peter got
down as he instructed the
driver to pull up near a
coconut tree and he looked
around for any sight of people
but it was peaceful and the
only sounds was that of the
waves crashing on the shore
and the wind blowing softly
but coldly.

He went to each of the cars
and collected the battery
powered flashlights they
carried and he set them on
the ground as he formed an
array of lights in a straight line
which made the whole place
look like a fashion runway


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Ifeoma suddenly lost it: sweat
broke all over her face and
she thought she was going to
pass out. She slumped into a
chair and Charles was close to
her side immediately. He came
so fast, Kuyi almost did not
see his until he was already
beside them. Kuyi looked at
Charles and he saw concern
on his face and he said;

“Go down the hall. You will
find a water dispenser, she
will need it”

When Charles walked away, he
said to Ifeoma;

“I know exactly how you feel”
That brought Ifeoma back a
little as she looked into Kuyi’s
eyes and said;

“Is it going to be okay? Those
people have my daughter and
we both know what they
want in return for her. I am
lost Kuyi, We can’t give the
president to them and they
might just kill her to pay me
back. What have I gotten
myself into?”

“We will get her back”
“What do you mean ‘we’? We
don’t even know where they
are keeping her and even ifwe
know, we can’t just walk in
and demand that they hand
her over”

“We will get an hostage
rescue team to bring her. The
best attack squad can be
gotten to get her but you
need to pull yourself together”

Kuyi took her hand and
looked into her eyes and he
saw for the first time the real
person behind the authority
and the military personnel he
had always known. Behind it
all, she was scared, confused
and without hope and she
had started trembling.

She felt his hand in hers and
she tightened it. She saw him
look into her and for a brief
second, she saw a concern
Kuyi has never showed to
anyone. He looked genuinely
worried and almost that he
cared not just for the situation
that they were in but for her.

He was worried about her
and at the same time scared
that she might lose her sanity.

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