The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 107

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The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 107

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Lai taxied, positioned his jet
just on the runway and made
his way as the jet burnt its
engines and he gained
enough speed to allow him
take to the sky and he kept
climbing which was also a
way to wait for the remaining
pilots to climb into the air
after him. he knew the Air
force base would be able to
monitor his movement
immediately he was in the sky
but at that point, he did not
really care or perhaps he did
not factor that thought into
his plans and he simply
decided to risk it and take the
chance that they would
assume he was part of the
plan to take over. Either way,
he knew there was a huge
chance that they will have to
shoot their way out.

He looked at the picture of the
girlfriend he had back in
Lagos and he said;
“I hope I will be coming home
to you soon angel, this might
just be the end of me and my
career”

He looked to his left and he
saw the remaining members
of his squad coming towards
him already in formation in
mid air.

“Okay people, I have told you
the plans and we also have
the risk of coming under
attack from the Air Force from
the Airport so look alive and I
can’t guarantee that you will
be coming back home today”
Faith said;

“I caught my Boyfriend
cheating on me with a flight
attendant last week sir and I
have been on base since then;
the prospects of going home
does not look interesting to
me”

Faith has risen and passed top
of her class from the Air Force
and in the early days was
involved in transportation and
shuttle in the Air Force but
immediately she applied to be
a fighter pilot, it made a lot of
people uncomfortable as it
was regarded that a woman
could not be strong enough
to handle the rigors of
supersonic flight and
theintense decision making in
the advent of an air battle
even though she had passed
every test and defeated almost
everyone she came up against
in a dogfight.

She built a reputation with the
Air force and could land a
plane almost anywhere in
whatever conditions so when
her applicationto fly fighter
jets was denied, she did not
understand why. She had
passed the physical
examinations and had
everything set out but it
seemed they were not going
to put her in and so when a
chance opened for pilots into
the presidential fleet, she
applied to be transferred
there but when she heard of
the president’s air protection
detail, she could notreject the
offer and she was also not
denied.

She had never gotten the
chance to get into any real
fights but she preferred it to
flying transport planes and
the likes. At least here she
could get in planes which
were actually armed and that
thought excited her.

“Okay, we are coming
towards the NFZ soon guys, it
might get bumpy” Lai said
over the radio and suddenly
he heard his radio come alive
“Hawk004, this is control; we
have the minister for defense
waiting on line for you”
“Great job control, patch her
through, Lawd knows I would
really need someone to tell me
what’s going on here”
Lai waited as the connection
was being made and he
looked out of his plane
wondering what the day
would hold for him. The day
had started quietly but right
now, he was sitting inside his
plane armed as usual but this
time, he was ready to fire on
anyone. The thought that he
could have been shot
heightened his senses and
made him more aware that
the issue was a lot more
serious that he thought.

The radio came through and
he heard the Ifeoma’s voice
over the radio

“Good morning who am I
speaking with?”

“This is Captain Olaiwola Eze,
Palace Guard air support
ma’am. Can you please tell me
what’s going on out there?”
Ifeoma said;

“Well not much that you have
not seen on theTV this
morning captain. I am here
with the Director of the
Directorate of Military
Intelligence and the
Commandant of the Palace
guards”

“Well it is a good thing we still
have some of the big bosses
on our sides. I am sure control
must have told you we are
looking at aircrafts in the No
Fly Zone which is not allowed
so what do we do about it”

“How many aircrafts do you
have right now Captain?” Kuyi
asked

“We have ten aircrafts in all
and four in the air right now,
the other six will be deployed
as soon as possible; just see
us as an advance squad”