The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 88

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The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 88

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“And how are you so sure
they work?”

He gestured for them to get
into it as he answered;
“They are tested regularly to
make sure they work at all
time. The cart is electronically
powered from a power
source different fromthat of
the house so even though the
power at the house is cut off,
this will still work.”

The all got in and he pushed a
series of buttons on the
controls of the cart.

The cart started moving:
slowly at first and then
gradually, the speed increased
slowly and until it got to a
speed which made the lights
hanging above their heads
seem like a continuous stretch
of light and not in an array
like they really were. The
tunnel was in a straight line
except for a few curves which
they encountered and it was
maneuvered without the cart
turning or even needing
anyone to control it.

The cart simply went forward
and the passengers held on to
whatever it was they could
find inside it. It was relatively
tall enough to prevent any of
them from falling out but that
did not give each of them the
feeling that they could fall off.

Soon the cart’s speed started
to slow down and then
gradually, it got to a stop just
in front of a wall that showed
an end to the tunnel itself.

They all got off and walked
the little distance remaining to
the end and just before
getting to the wall in front,
Michael said;
“Is this the only tunnel here?”

The commander of the
guard’s team said;
“I can’t answer that question
sir”

Just at the end of the wall,
there was ladder attached to
the wall which forms another
form of vertical tunnel and
they all climbed it to the top
into a little room the room
was lit by a single bulb and it
showed different doors but
the leader went to just one
and he opened it and said;
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Ifeoma had the longest ten
minutes of her lifeas they all
sat down in the room which
they has turned into a crisis
room and waited for the team
to arrive at Aso Rock. They
could not talk to them while
the cart was moving as it
went too fast to support any
form of radio communication
o they waited and prayed that
nothing went wrong.

Ifeoma looked into the
monitors and said;
“If those tunnels are under
the ground, how is it possible
that we can reach the team
through radio?”
Quadri said;
“Fibre Optic cables have been
la!d on the internal surface of
the tunnel itself to ensure
that”

“And how sure are you that
they are secured?”

Quadri answered;
“They will need the password
from me to get in”
“Can it be hacked?
Kuyi answered this time;
“All forms of communications
can be hacked but you have to
know it exists before you can
think of hacking it and just a
few people actually know the
tunnels exist and fewer know
of the communication links”
Ifeoma was not really
interested in the tunnels but
she found that asking those
questions helped her take her
mind off her daughter and
what might be happening
withher where she was as it
scared her and she needed to
keep her mind busy so she
won’t drive herself insane.

She was about to ask another
question when she heard
Shade’s voice over the radio;
“We are out of the cart and
making it through the
passages. We should be in the
office in a short while”
Ifeoma tried to keep her voice
casual but it was beginning to
show how worried she was
more and more as she said;
“Okay, just try to keep it
together and make sure you
take extreme caution”

“We will get her out ma’am;
you can be sure of that”
“Thanks” was the only reply
she could think off’

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“This door leads directly to the
President’s office where we
think she is being kept.”
“How are we sure she is kept
there?” IBK said

“Not too loud, I am not sure it
the walls separating us is
sound proof. We can’t be sure
but we can take a look into
the office to see who is there”
The leader made a sign to one
of his men andimmediately,
the man walked along the wall
with his eyes trained on the
wall itself

“What is he doing?” Izu asked
“Just wait”
The agent kept walking until
he got to a section of the wall
and he dug his fingers into
the wall. He pulled it to the
side and the whole team froze
as they found themselves
looking into the eyes if an
army personnel who was
carrying his gun and looking
directly in their direction.