Tiit For Tat - S01 E14

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Tiit For Tat - S01 E14

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 14

“I’ve learned that courage and compassion are two sides of the same coin, and that every warrior, every humanitarian, every citizen is built to live with both. In fact, to win a war, to create peace, to save a life, or just to live a good life requires of us – of every one of us – that we be both good and strong.” ~ Eric Greitens

Tunde’s Narration to Mike

After Tunde was taken from the bush and untied, he began to narrate what exactly happened to Rosaline. He said, ” When you were arrested yesterday, I saw the police took you away. Your sister came back from school and began looking for you. I told her you were arrested by the police and she nearly broke down in tears. I decided to help her. I called my dad and explained the situation to him.

A few minutes later, my father called me and told me you have been released from Ikeija Police Station.

She looked happy after my dad reassured us you were released.

Rosaline and I waited for you to come back but you didn’t.

she became tired and decided to

catch some sleep on my couch.

Later she picked a call but it wasn’t long before the call ended.

She told me you were saying something to her when the line cut.

She tried calling you but your phone was switched off.

Then she told me she wanted me to take her to the police station where you were incarcerated. I thought about it for sometimes and told,

“I think that’s a great idea. Let’s give it a try.”

But inwardly, I had my fears. The time was 11.55 p.m. I also thought about the possibility of you coming to the house and not meeting her. She said it was late and the chances of you getting a taxi home was very low.

I drove her to the ikeja police station. We were told you have been released a few hours ago and your whereabout was not known to them.

Looking quite disappointed, we began to return home. We didn’t talk much on the way but I reassured her you will be at home when we got there. I saw some glow returning to her face. Around the bushy curve, a van suddenly appeared on the road from the Bush and blocked our path. I quickly applied my brakes and the car screeched to a halt to avoid a collision.

Quickly, three masked men attacked my car, tied me and took Rosaline away. I overhead one of the gangs telling his colleagues to hurry up with the second kidnapping.

Rosaline was thrown into a van amidst her blood curdling screams.

One of the kidnappers wanted to kill me but the others told him they don’t really know who I was so I should rather be thrown into the Bush. My car was taken from me and driven away to be used for the next operation which I now knew was to kidnap you too.

I don’t know what happened until the police found me tied in the bush and I saw you in my car.”

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Mike who had been quiet during the narration, said, “you mean to tell me my sister had been kidnapped by those hoodlums. Isn’t it?

Tunde looked down for a while and then raised his head up.

He responded, I’m afraid ” Yes ”

Tears dropped from Mike’s eyes onto his cheeks. He didn’t utter another word. Tunde drove him home.

Mike was home when his aunt finally arrived. She was a a travel secretary( travel office assistant)

for HomeSeekers travel and Tour agency.

Her works are numerous. She coordinated trip plans for clients under the supervision of agents, she answered phones and served customers. She arranged trips for corporate executives and prepared travel itineraries or schedules.

But her work was more than that.

She also advised clients on all aspects of the tourism industry and also help create informational brochures for client use.

Because of the busy nature of her work, she hardly stayed at home except on Sundays.

At age 40, she was still single and had no child of her own, a subject which had become an anathema in the ears of her parents. She was the third born in a family of four.

Mike told her all that happened. She was highly disturbed. She quickly lodged a complain at the police station.

In order to maximise security in the house , she bought a gigantic foreign dog called Ronida to complement the efforts of Joe, the chief security man. In addition to that, she installed CCTV Cameras and other electronic devices to improve the general security of the house. The walls had been spiked and burglar alarms have been installed.

Night was falling. The moon had started coming out from its hideout. One would wonder if the moon and the sun had been playing hide and seek games.

Most of the Cities natural beauty was illuminated by light from the million bulbs from various homes, oblivious of God’s own light.

The thick blanket of darkness was pushed to the extremities of the Cities, becoming more pronounced only at the country side. Even the country side was graced by moonlit. The nocturnal creatures were swarming in their habitats. The Moonlit continued to trickle in in enough quantity to temporarily convert the night into day but

more darkness emanated from the evening sky as if it was a battle of supremacy.

In a far away place, at the fringes of the city lay a gigantic edifice. Looking at it from outside, it seemed normal but inside the edifice laid a lonely 14 year old teenage girl on her worn out mattress . She had been a victim of kidnapping.

The last thing she remembered was fighting with a tall monster-like man. When she woke up she realised she was in a securely locked room.

The place was strange. The room was narrow and dark. It has a little window. She felt like suffocating. She gazed at her bed. It was a dirty student mattress. The whole place seemed to make her miffied*.

The floor was made of terrazzo

but it felt very cold. No carpet. She managed to grab the iron rods in the small window and lifted herself to see outside. It was heavily forested. The chirping of the birds was very incessant. It looked like a desolated island. She climbed down from the iron rods and sat on her student mattress. She was swimming in a flood of tears.

She knew she was in a kind of cell. She cast her mind back to the events that led her to that place.

She remembered how she returned home that evening only to realise her brother was arrested. Tunde offered to assist her. He managed to facilitate Mike’s release from the police cell. She also remembered her suggestion to Tunde and the eventual kidnapping.

She keened, Bro Mike, HELP ME!!!!

She was very sure Zolabin would like to make her life a living hell. Now that she was locked like a …..”

“I trust you sleep well,” a young man probably in his mid- twenties materialised through the door. He looked quite decent but Rosaline knew all criminals look like angels at first before their actions betrayed them.

She didn’t answer him .He looked at her seductively. Her attention was focused more on her cleavage and bosom than the rest of her physique. He brought her food and water. After watching her for a while , He said his name was Jackson. He was about to tell her something else when his mobile phone rang.

Jackson : Hello supremo.

Zolabin : Where are you ?

Jackson: In her cell.

Zolabin: Give me a summary of the operation?

Jackson: The Queen bird had been grabbed but the king bird was rescued by the police.

Zolabin: Police ? Anyway, initialize

Operation Grab king bird. Have you heard me?

Jackson: Affirmative, Supremo. I will do as you command.

Zolabin: Can you prepare for this operation in two weeks time?

Jackson: Negative!!! ,Supremo.

It will take a minimum of three weeks. We need thorough supervision, monitoring and collaboration. More importantly, wooing the police to our side.

Zolabin: I see. You have one month to prepare for this operation. I hope that more than enough for you.

Jackson: Affirmative, Supremo.

Zolabin: Bye.

Jackson: Bye.

Jackson quickly left after the call His facial expression changed from friendly to sober.

Two days later , Zolabin returned home from God- knows where.

He was very impressed with Jackson. Ever since he had stripped the leadership position from Roberto,his relationship with Roberto’s sister Cynthia had not been the same. In any case, he didn’t care.

Jackson had just finished his first mission and he was fairly successful. He managed to capture Mike’s sister Rosaline eventhough Mike was rescued by the police.

“Don’t worry,Supremo. I will capture him” Jackson tried to reassure him.

He smiled uneasily and said,

“I believe you. But don’t disappoint me, Zolabin said with a mark of lethal seriousness embossed on his face.

Jackson grinned wryly and responded responded, “I won’t, Supremo. ”

Which Operation are they taking about ?

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