The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 119

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The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 119

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Ifeoma looked ahead of them
and said;

“Kuyi, get in contact with those
jets; I need to have a word with
them”

“What do you intend to ask
them?” Kuyi replied
“That is my business right now
Kuyi, just get them on the line”
Kuyi pushed the controls and
seconds later, he was through to
Lai’s jet

“This is captain Lai; what can I
do for you now?”

“Are your men still in the area?”
Ifeoma asked

“We are not leaving until all this
is completely over”
“Well I need you to do something
for me right now”

“I am under orders to do what
you want ma’am”
Ifeoma looked over to Kuyi who
stood and was watching her
with uneasy eyes

“I learnt an helicopter crashed
into the lower parts of the house
can you confirm that?”
“Yes one of the birds we shot
down had its tail cut up in a
window and tore through a
floor”

“Well we have personnel on the
right side of that tail which will
be your left and they are about to
be ambushed by soldiers coming
from the right so we need you to
do something about it. the lower
floors facing the outside does
not really have walls just
windows and it will work in our
favor if you would clear the lawn
as you boys call it”

Quadri’s eyes widened as he
could not believe what he just
heard

“You want us to shoot at the
house ma’am?”
“It is not really the house right
now is it? The house is where
the president is and right now
that is somewhere in Lagos. That
building is a threat to the
sovereignty of the nation we
swore to protect and every step
will be taken to get it out of the
hands of the enemy”
“Okay ma’am, just have the men
stay out of range and we will try
our best”

“Thank you captain” Ifeoma said
and the line was disconnected.
“Have you lost your mind?”
Quadri asked with his voice a
little bit raised “You can’t have
them open fire like that, who
knows who might be hit”
“At this point, I really do not care
who they hit as long as they get
those guys and secure the house,
I am okay with it. The longer this
madness goes on, the more we
risk the country falling apart. We
are already lucky enough to have
some of the military stay withus
and that the president went in
front of the cameras first. What
happens if some of the military
decide they want to support
them and decide to attack the
others? We get a civilwar on our
hands” she paused for a little
while and continues;

“I am doing the best I can and
choosing the lesser of two evils
by doing this. This is what they
signed for and we might argue
that some of the soldiers don’t
really understand what they are
doing but I am sorry, it is a little
bit too risky to try to reason with
them”

Kuyi looked at Ifeoma with
admiration and henodded;
“In cases like this, we have done
our best and what is best is to
squash this insurgency for the
future of this nation even if it
means taking down the house
completely”

Quadri was about to say
something when one of the
phones on the table which the
controls were started ringing.
Ifeoma looked for Quadri and
said;

“Kuyi, are you expecting a call
from anyone?”

“I am not. It might be another
military station wanting to know
what the hell is going on since
you have directed that all your
calls be sent here”

“But how many of such calls have
actually being directed here?”
“Well this might just be the first
anyway”

“Okay can someone just answer
the phone?” Quadri said “The
ringing is beginning to get to
me”

“We need to know the reply we
will give so we don’t give the
wrong orders” Ifeoma said
ignoring Quadri

“So what’s the order?” Kuyi
asked

“Why are you asking me?”
Ifeoma said

“You are in charge of this
remember? Presidential order on
National Television”
“And I am putting you in charge
of military co-ordination Kuyi. I
am not trained for situations like
this. I can handle oil thieves,
personnel transport to troubled
spots and so on but this is a
different ball game. This is close
to war and you seem to be more
comfortable with it than me so
you handle that and I will
supervise you”

“Okay if that’s what you want I
can do that” Kuyi replied
“Just answer the phone” Quadri
said almost screaming and his
voice made Charles who had
been standing unnoticed by the
door look at him

Quadri noticed that the guard
had his eyes on him and he said;
“Don’t give me that look; I am in
the protection business too. It is
not like I was threatening her”