The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 126

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The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 126

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Lai got off contact on the radio
and knew what he had to do. If
the minister said she wanted him
to shoot on the House, there
wasnot much he could do but do
as she says. Shewas already in
charge of the military and as far
he could tell, she had a very
important reason why he could
do that and he could not let them
down. He knew it was in
moments like this that every
order had to be followed to the
letter. He thought about the
pilots and the other soldiers in
the helicopters and he said a
quiet prayer for them. it was bad
enough that they have a coup
and this type of crisis on their
hands and now they will have to
fire on their own troops who
might just be following orders
and not know any better.

“Those guys might just be me”
he thought to himself as he
realized that they were just
following orders which they
were sworn to obey and they
could not have disobeyed it and
they were being punished for it.
He maintained his plane in the air
and looked down to see the
members of his team taking out
targets on the grounds. They
were obviously enjoying the
action as they rarely had the
chance to shoot at anything in a
long while and they did not see it
from his view. He turned his
plane to the left checked his fuel
and decided he can carry out the
order before heading back for
refueling.

When the helicopter shot at Faith,
just one thing came to her mind
and it was the events that
happened when she still troops
and supplies to peace keepers in
troubled spots for ECOMONG and
the Nigerian troops. That was the
only time other aircraft shoot on
her and sometimes, those came
in form of anti aircraft guns and
missiles but she always
hadescorts which took care of
them or she just made sure she
stayed out range and made sure
she was very careful but that was
another situation altogether but
she had gone through
simulations and dogfights to
know what to do but that did
not reduce the feeling of fear
and a high rush of adrenals in
her but she quickly kept it in
control
When she dealt with it, the rest
was very easy; helicopters are
not that fast which made them
easy target and the fact that they
had shot at her first made the
rules of engagement change, she
did not see them as Lai did
anymore she say them as hostiles
which must be taken out at all
cost and that was what guided
her. The soldiers on the grounds
were easy pick for them. they all
knew the house itself has a
defense system against aircraft
but the controls were with the
president so they was nothing to
be bothered about in that
regards.

She suddenly heard Lai’s voice
over the radio;

“Okay, you guys heard what the
boss said, Faith, come with me,
we are to mow the lawn on the
right side of the tail there and
let’s make it a clean sweep. The
rest of you, take out those anti
aircraft guns down there, I don’t
want to lose a man to these guys
down there”

“Yes captain” they chorused
Faith broke up from the rest as
she saw Lai pull up and she
joined him on the right. She was
had her left as her weak side and
just a few people knew that, Lai
knows perfectly so she knew he
won’t object.

Lai saw faith on his right and he
smiled, she had always been
strong when watching the right
not like there was any potential
danger from the right but he
was more comfortable having
her watch where she was
strongest. The other planes
focused on the most dangerous
targets on the ground as the two
of them started their descent and
flew towards the house.

“Okay Faith, you heard what the
minister said, we are supposed
to aim to the right of the tail and
no more so let’s keep it there”
“Yes sir” she replied. She was not
happy with him repeating orders
like she did not know what she
was doing but it was necessary
to avoid mistakes.

They went down towards the
house and she said;
“Target acquired”
“Double check that target,
remember we are shooting at
everything right of the tail, I
don’twant a mistake”
She almost cursed under her
breathe. She hated when people
tell her to double check as it
creates the impression of her
being incompetent but there was
not much she could do I this case
so she took her aim again and it
was still good

“Target acquired again sir”
“Okay Faith, let’s go in; just follow
my lead”

They both went towards the
house and the remaining jets
gave them support, in the corner
of her eyes, Faith saw that some
of the soldiers had brought some
heavy artillery but they were
being easily dealt with as Musa
sank some bullets into the
soldiers carrying them and the
weapons themselves. The lawn
had become a field of confusion
as different things were
happening at the same time but
it was happening to those on the
ground. The helicopters were still
smoldering and so were some of
the armored vehicles they had
blown up. It was gradually
turning into a huge field filled
with parts of machinery and
bodies all turned up in one.

The floodlights were still on
outside the house and that
combined with the light from the
rising sun gave the entire place a
beautiful color to the horizon if
not for the heavy sound of
gunfire and the field full of dead
men. Both planes flew towards
the house and Lai said;
“Okay open fire”

Faith had already locked on and
she just pushed the buttons on
her control and her jet burst into
a sound of gunfire as bullets flew
out of her twin guns at amazing
speed and shattered the glass in
the building in front of her the
bullets would even go through
walls if they are not so thick so it
was no point of anyone hiding
behind anything. In seconds, the
hall is going to be filled with
dead people.

Lai pushed the shoot button but
he almost did with his eyes
closed it he could not help but
imagine that behind the glass
was a hall filled with innocent
soldiers who were just following
orders and right now, they
would just waste away. He had a
job to do and that he had to do
and he knew that the faster they
carried this out, the faster the
issue will be resolved and they
won’t avoid spilling more blood.

They both got close to the
building and pulled up.

There was no point going back for
another wave as they had both
covered the entire place and to
him, it was a success.

He reported back to the control
room;

“This is captain Lai, the hall has
been cleared right; feel free to
send your men in”
Ifeoma sighed relief and said;

“Thank you captain”
“Some of the squadron and I will
be headed back to base to refuel,
another two jets just joined this
so we will be leaving four here to
do what you want and maintain
the tempo”

“Thanks but I doubt we will need
air support until something really
drastic happens, we are sending
in ground troops right now to
take charge of the house but
keep your people stalling in case
we need them” Kuyi said
“Sure thing sir. Over and out”
Kuyi looked around the room
and said;

“Well I guess it’s time to send in
the head hunters and also send
in then so we can finish this”
“And tell them I want Buba and
his mates alive. They will have to
answer for their crimes against
the state. Death is too mild for
them” Ifeoma said

“Okay Quadri, send in your men”
Quadri pulled out his phone and
sent a text to someone and
seconds later, a hole openedon
the grounds of the house and a
head poked out to see what was
going around it, most of the
soldier had given up trying to
shoot at the planes at that time
and since most of their heavier
artillery had already been blown
up, they opted for finding places
to hide while the wounded
crawled and also headed for
safety thinking the planes were
going to open fire again. They
had seen the jets shoot at the
house and they realized that for
the planes, there was no red line
to be crossed as they will do
whatever it took to take back the
house.

The head that peeped out of the
hole crawledout to reveal a huge
man armed with an automatic
rifle and he kept looking around
ashe stood close to the hole he
crawled out of, soon someone
else got out of the same hole in
the same gear with did not look
like a uniform and more of them
poured out until they were
almost 30 men all standing
aroundthe hole, there was not
much resistance fromthe soldiers
around ho were either too busy
trying to escape or get medical
help. The menran towards the
entrance of the house
unhindered except for a couple
of shots to some soldier who
decided to test their capabilities