The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 108

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The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 108

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“Are you armed?”
“Yes sir, we are armed and
ready”

“Okay, get in contact with
those gunships in the air and
ask them to leave immediately;
no land but leave the area and
return to your base have
some of your people follow
them there to make sure that
happens”

“And what if they don’t obey
the directive sir?”

“You are the President’s
Guards Captain” Quadri said
“You know what to do”
“Are you asking me to open
fire on them sir? I will need
that to be given as a directive
“
Ifeoma paused and Kuyi
looked at her. her face was
losing more color as the
pressure from the different
events starts taking toll on
her. she folded her hands in
front of her and kuyi was
about to say something when
she replied;

“That’s an order captain, if
they refuse to leave shoot
them down”

Kuyi said, “we also learnt that
there are ground troops
possible heavy artillery down
there so be careful and we
might need you to cover for a
possible ground incursion”

“We will be here sir, just tell us
when and where you want us
and we will be but let’s handle
these birds hovering around
first, we are in sight of them”
Ifeoma said;

“Okay, Godspeed, wide skies
and good hunting to you. We
have other issues to deal with
here but we will be in touch
to see what you have
achieved”

In Lai’s experience, missions
like this one would have been
done with the big bosses
listening in on all the
conversations between the
pilots but this was different.

The actually trusted them to
do their parts while they
handled some other things
and he said to himself;
“This is a lot more serious that
I thought”

He spoke into his radio which
was still connected to the
control room back at the base
and the other pilots:

“Okay people, we are going
in: if they agree to drop out,
Musa and Ayo will escort them
back while Faith stays with
me, you heard what the
Minister said, they will need us
back over here so let’s make
this work. I want to make
contact with these birds”

He looked towards the
helicopters and he knew they
were armed. There was no
doubt but they did not
anticipate their coming so
they were not prepared for a
fight and even if they were,
there was no way they stood
a chance against fighter jets.

Even if there werejust two
jets, it will still be enough to
take them out.

“He dialed his radio so every
aircraft within range could
her him and he said;

“This is Captain Olaiwola Eze,
Nigerian Presidential Guard;
Air support and you are all in
violation of the No fly Zone.

You are to gain altitude and
will be escorted to a base
where you are to get down
and you and your crew will be
placed under arrest. You have
sixty seconds to reply before
we open fire”

Musa looked as they
approached the helicopters
and he could see them clearly
on his radar. Four distinct
dots indicating them and he
said to himself;
“If they decide not to comply,
it will be too easy to take them
down”

He thought Lai was too
courteous in his speech but it
was standard procedure to
warn them before engaging
as this was not awar
situation. But within him, he
hoped they don’t comply

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Michael put the hand gun
back into the hoister and
drew out his rifle and the
others did the same. There
was no way they could cross
into the next set of stairs
without being seen by the
soldiers guarding the hallway
and it would come down into
a gun fight andit was better
to be prepared. He and Segun
stood at the edge as they
waited for the others to get
set and they gave him the go
ahead.

Michael pulled a gas grenade
from one of his pouches,
pulled the pin out and he saw
Segun do the same. Seemed
like they had planned what to
do ahead and they rolled it
quietly towards the soldiers
and waited. Seconds later, the
gas erupted and the corridor
was engulfed in smoke and
the soldier started coughing.

“Go” Michael said to the team
and the Palace guards lead
with Izu and IBK behind them
as they crossed into the next
stairs.