Tiit For Tat - S02 E20

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Tiit For Tat - S02 E20

Read Story: SEASON 2 EPISODE 20

[Mike’s Point of view ]

I was with my team combing every island in Nigeria in search of Cassandra when I received a very nervous call from my sister. I don’t know the details but she claimed she was in a certain Governor’s Car and the car was ambushed by a known terrorists group in Nigeria called Boko Haram. She gave me their location. We had covered at least 10 of the 19 designated islands. Our highly powered drones were quite effective in helping us scan the islands. The co-ordination was effective. We had hoped that by the time we covered the 19 islands , we will hit our target.

It was during this highly tactical Operation that my sister called me for help her. Now , I was indecisive. It felt like I was torn between the devil and the deep blue sea.

The question is, ” will I save ROSALINE my sister or CASSANDRA my girlfriend ?”

As the saying goes, blood is thicker than water. I made a hard decision to rescue the only sister I had.

By taking this decision, Leo was vindicated. He suggested earlier I should not be part of the squad because I may veered off the plan. It had come true except that it wasn’t in favour of Cassandra. There was another problem. Since Group A is the Executive’s Group, we may put the rest of the groups in danger when they discovered where Cassandra was. Without a head co-ordinator , Drone and Satellite surveillance system, the safety of the rest of the Tat groups couldn’t be guaranteed.

Leo made all this clear to me but I

used my position as the boss of the gang to veto his decision. I can’t allow my sister to die just because of a rescue mission. All the men in the rescue operation were well trained by Tife. They could take care of themselves. With that I asked the ten men from the Executive group(A) to follow me.

GROUP A

Members

Mike*( Boss),Thunder ( Special Escort),Flexion (Special Escort)

Helmer,Leo( Special Advisor )

Malpass,Tabuki Elvis Thormond ( Armoury), Smith Oxman (Helicopter pilot.),Jack O’neil .(Helicopter pilot.)

I knew the urgency of the situation

needed a plane or an aircraft. Quickly, I sent Smith and Jack to bring two of the bullet proof Helicopters. I also asked Elvis Thormond to equip the team with a lot of ammunition.

I inspired them, “Men of the Noble Tat Team, we stand for justice. We can’t allow this terrorist to capture and kill the Governor. We are diverting to Plateaux State to rescue the Governor. Show courage. Work as a team. Let the world see what we can do . We are soldiers of righteousness.

I said, “Tat Team.”

They responded in unison: WIPE OUT THE EVIL ONE and RESTORE JUSTICE.

Soon the Helicopters were brought and we flew off to another mission.-To Rescue the Governor.

The Military Spec Helicopter moved at a supersonic speed. Soon we were in the air space of Jos.

As soon as we reached the conflict zone, I saw some men exchanging bullets. They were the Governors special escort squad. They were just about ten(10) while the Boko Haram were about 35.!

To me that was a great achieve

ment. It was a true mark of how specialised they were.

{Rosaline’s POV }

I watched the scene like a war movie. The Governor’s special escort squad was under pressure. Almost all the police men were shot. The terrorist moved towards us. Their bullets were heavier than that of our gun men’s but the special escort team was very tactical and well trained.

For fifteen minutes, they managed to resist them. Bombs and missiles flew freely in the earth richocheting on the Governor’s armoured cars and envoy and smashing some

of the cars into ballistic smokes but the Governor’s car was strong and resisted the bombs.

Rockson could see some of his men hit by bullets sprawled to the ground. He shot some Boko Haram men without mercy. It was his duty to protect the Chief Executive of the Plateau state.

There were shrieks of pain and agony from both sides. My heart was thumbing hard in my chest. Gerald looked at me and realised I was nervous. He did something emotional. He hugged me.The Governor didn’t look afraid. He seemed to be used to situations like that but Monica his wife and all his children and I were afraid. They were screaming. Outside the armoured car, bullets criss-crossed all round followed by the heavy thud of dying men.This Boko Haram men will soon kill us all. The military rescue team was not in sight. We may die before they come. God,help us?

[Third Person’s Point of view ]

A cold malevolent air hung on the ambush site. The wind was howling past us,angered by the mundane sight of blood and the agony of the dying security men on the ground. Grenades smashed the defenses of the Governor special escort squad like sea water crashing on a defenceless coast.

Quickly, Mike’s “paratroopers” flew into the conflict zone to reinforce the efforts of the Governor’s special escort squad. He was in the Helicopter seeing the rest of the Tat Team dropped from the two Helicopters. They began firing on the spot.

The reinforcement caught the Boko Haram by surprise. The Tat Team besieged them. He saw some of the terrorist. They were fearful-looking men who had a taste for blood.They fought back and pelted his men with bullets but they were gunned down before they cause much harm. Three of Mike’s men were hit too.

They should have foreseen it but they didn’t, and had paid dearly for it with their lives. Most of the Governor’s special escort squad were wounded and a lot of the police men lay lifeless in the blood -filled ground.

Most of the Governor’s dignitaries were still intact but a quarter of them had been eliminated. The survivors were badly shaken. ; Members of the Governor’s staff , VIPs, Senior cabinet officers, Junior cabinet ministers., administrative staff members, secretarial classes, assistant technical officers, secretary to the Governor , Senior Governor’s aide and physician.

The Boko Haram turned their attention to Mike’s men and began shooting at them. The diversion gave some relief to the Governor’s special escort squad. Mike saw the Governor’s car and directed his men to protect it as they shot at the terrorist. One of the Boko Haram men aimed a bazooka at their helicopter in order to blast it. Smith and Jack saw the danger and did supersonic complex manoeuvres. The bazooka missed the Helicopter. Smith and Jack responded by firing at the Boko Haram men while in the air. They dropped down dead.

In order to avoid craft damage, Smith flew to a safe zone and they alighted. The smell of blood hit him, the adrenaline fading fast from his system, and he retched.

He suddenly heard the last screams and excruciating agony of the dying men, as they piled on top of the already existing mountain of dead bodies.

Now on the ground, his men fired at the Boko Haram men. Mike’s men enclosed the terrorist by crawling behind their defence line when they were busy exchanging bullets with his first paratroopers.

They were relentless. Some of Mike’s men were hit but many of the terrorist were also hit.

“Fire!,Fire!Fire!,”Mike commanded them. No retreat, no surrender.!”

Soon, they broke the terrorists’ fronts. They were captured in the middle. They fought hard until they ran out of ammunition.

They broke into a ran. The Tat men pursued and eliminated most of them. Three of them were captured. The coast was cleared.

Suddenly, there were no more movement, no bullets, no wind, no people. It was like they just vanished, or were never ever there in the first place.

After the battle was over, Mike went to the Governor’s Car and opened it.

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What happened next?

Watch out for EPISODE 21.

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