AS NARRATED BY ISRAEL
" Alvana, my girlfriend has been kidnapped, Ann has been kidnapped!!" I shouted at the top of my voice to Alvana as I stormed into his poultry farm that morning, it was the morning of the next day after Ann was kidnapped, I had initially reported the case to the police but I know them too well, they will do nothing. " Israel, calm down, what happened? " Alvana smiled, the idiot is always smiling. " Some men barged into my house yesterday and stole my girlfriend, sorry, kidnapped my girlfriend" I explained while he smiled and sighed, " Will you stop smiling for Christ sake?" I shouted hitting his chest, " Calm down, the sole purpose of kidnap is ransom, you are up to the task, they won't ask up to 10 million naira" He told me , " No, they didn't look like they needed money, they were sent , they are trained fighters" I told him . " were you expecting trained doctors as kidnappers? " he asked smiling, the smile is the only annoying thing about him. " I know Van, but by the look of things, they were sent " I explained, " Daniel is out" I reminded him and he immediately dropped the basket of eggs he was holding, but he still got the smile on his lips. " That's true" he murmured staring at me, " Daniel is out" he said, " But it can't be that fast, he can't just start this time, its too early" he quickly added, " An atom of surprise, he knows we won't expect him this soon, so he must have actually planned this " I explained, " Nice point, we have to look for your girl" he patted me smiling, " Call the rest and let's meet at Newriton, you know, sir Ajan has to know about this" he said, " let's leave sir Ajan out of this, I dont want to end up finding Ann in 50 years time, I don't wanna go through the process of, •knowing the enemy, •Investigating the enemy, • watching the enemy • Getting close to the enemy • Taming the enemy • Disorganize the enemy and then • Catch the enemy. Van I want to just catch the enemy, that is my Ann for Christ sake" I shouted while he smiled. Forgive me, I actually dont like going through the stress of calling him Alvana , I prefer Van just like I prefer Gabi to Gabriel, I hate stress. " Nevertheless bro, we need to meet Sir Ajan. Just calm down, we will find her" he assured me with his foolish smile, " What if they kill her before we rescue her?" I asked him, " What if they dont? Always think of the positive side" he said and suddenly dipped his hand into his pocket, he had a call. " Hello" he said with a smile, I didn't hear what the person at the other end said but when Alvana dropped the call, his smile was no where to be found. " Morgana has been kidnapped" he turned to me, for once, I saw van frown, " Thank God" I said to myself, " Now he will be serious" I thought with a smile.
AS NARRATED BY TONIA
" OK, Toni, your mission is quiet easy, take this" Sir Ajan handed a picture to me, it was the picture of a young beautiful girl, she had the uniform of Newriton on her, she was looking smart. " Her name is Christiana" Sir Ajan said sitting on his arm chair, I also sat down. " She was once a spy, she is still a spy but she broke some rules and got punished, she was suspended" he said while I stared at him in shock, " How?" I asked him, " I will tell you" he said, " She betrayed her team mates, not a big type of betrayal though, not actually a betrayal, she actually did what she did because of love, and after we found out, she was suspended" Sir Ajan explained while I nodded for him to continue, " I want you to investigate her, just check if she has anything in hiding, any evil agenda, you know, she has broken our trust and thus, we must be sure that she is clean before bringing her fully to the squad " Sir Ajan told me and once again, I nodded. " So, that is it, its part of your training, if you screw up on this simple mission, you will be sent out of Newriton " He threatened, " What if she knows me as a spy?" I asked him, " How possible? You dont have the mark of Newriton yet" he said and dismissed me , I just pray and hope I dont screw up on my first mission.
I went out of his office with an expressionless face, i just dont know what to do, I have tried putting my best in trainings but sir Ajan just dont get satisfied, he thinks am ain't putting any effort not knowing that he actually dosent get satisfied.
" Hey Toni, why the face? " I heard George's voice as I got to the field, he was there alone trying to work on his skills and techniques. " Sir Ajan thinks am not improving, he thinks am not fit for Newriton " I told him with tears on my face, " Hey, wipe the tears, he is must saying that to make you become the best, he actually knows you are good" George consoled, I stared at him with doubt written all over my face. " Yes, you are good but sir Ajan probably wants you to improve more because he has seen the light in you" he continued, " The light in you" the word echoed.
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" Wow this is romantic" Adana said holding me tight , like i was going to run away. " Adana, he proposed by mistake, there is nothing romantic there" I told her calmly, she rose her head and stared at me, " Anyways, he proposed" She said and continued with the movie. " I thought you said you had no interest in the movie?" She asked me, " Yes, no interest, but now am here and I have to watch the movie" I told her. " You should have not watched now , nonsense" She hissed and continued with the movie, I made no reply as I concentrated on the movie, " Okay am sorry" She apologized about a minute later holding my hand, " Guilty conscience, I wasn't even angry" I smiled, just then my phone vibrated, it was Israel. " Hello" I whispered covering one of my ears to enable me hear him clearly. " Gabi, Ann has been kidnapped " he told me, " when? How? Where?" I asked in shock as I stood up immediately and walked towards the exit of the movie room. " Where are you going dear?" I heard Adana's voice behind, " Just stay here" I told her, she nodded and I went out. " They attacked me in my home, kidnapped my girl and left with her" Israel told me. " This is a big time f--k up, haven't they called to ask for ransom?" I asked him, " I dont think they are after money, someone sent them" Israel explained, " Hmmm, just calm down, we will get her" I assured him . " Gabi, I trust in you, please help me get Ann back" He said while I nodded and swallowed my spits, " we will try our best" I told him and the call ended.
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AS NARRATED BY UNKNOWN
" we have been able to get Morgana and Ann sir" I told my boss who sat in his office smiling at me, " Where are they?" He asked me with a smile, " I kept them in the warehouse" I told him, " Fine, now go get Adana, you know how hard Gabriel is" My boss told me while I nodded, " I have sent boys to go get her" I explained to him and he smiled , " Good boy, Boy you deserve a drink, follow me" He said to me as he stood up and walked towards the exit of the office, I followed him. " You know, if you continue this way, you will continue having drinks with me" he smiled as we walked into his small bar and took a bottle of whiskey, " Remember your trainings, drink but dont get drunk" My boss told me, I simply smiled, not because of the drink but because my boss was happy with me. Hey, sorry I didn't introduce myself, forgive my manners. I am unknown and I am on a kidnapping mission, hahahahahah. You think am wicked? Hey am not, I am a big time good guy.
AS NARRATED BY ALVANA
You know, I can bear anything in the world, but I can't bear hearing my Morgana being kidnapped. I dropped my egg basket on receiving the news of Morgana's kidnap that morning, israel was with me, I didn't know what to say or do, I just stood at the spot staring at my poultry and israel simultaneously, " Van, you aren't smiling again" Israel told me , " You expect me to smile, my girlfriend has been kidnapped" i shouted removing my hand glove and overall. " But you hate frowning" Israel reminded, " Let's leave here"I said bouncing out of my poultry, " To where?" Israel asked me, " let's prepare and get to Newriton" I said, " Mark, take care of the farm" I shouted to one of my workers, " Yes sir" came the reply, I dont really need the reply.
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I went back to the movie room with a sad face, " What is it?" Adana asked me as I sat down, " Nothing" I replied her coldly, " Hey, don't tell me nothing, you left here some minutes ago without this face, why coming back to me with this face?" She asked with an angry expression on her face, "Hey shut up, we are in public" I shunned her, " Oh I should shut up again?" She asked angrily, " Yes, keep shut, we are in public, we can talk about this when we get home " I told her, " no, let's just forget about it, nonsense " she hissed and continued with the movie with an angry look on her face, " You know what? You are annoying" she said after some minutes and stood up towards the exit, " Adana, I called silently but she didn't look back. I stood up and followed her outside, " Where are you going to?" I asked drawing her hand back, " just let me go" she beat my hands off, " Go to where?" I asked her, " Home" she replied and walked away, " Must you always do this?" I asked her, " Do what? You are so annoying, you are just.." She stopped, " Don't let me insult you" She said and walked towards the car ." This won't be the first time" I told her, " please come and open the door or give me the car keys" she requested, " Am doing none of that" I told her as I rested on the car, " Then expect me take a public transport home" she told me, " You are free" I smiled, I know my wife, she can't take a public transport. " Gabriel so you want be to take a public car home?" She asked angrily, " You brought the idea dear" I smiled, " You are annoying, you are an…" She stopped again, " Say it" I smiled, " You just want me to say something bad to you today, Gabi, don't push me to the wall" She shouted standing beside the car, " Hmm, Adana, " I called silently as I started to walk back towards the cinema, " What about the keys?" She asked me, " Take a public transport home" I told her, " You are an idiot!! " she shouted, I turned back and smiled to her, " Yeah, you got married to an idiot" I shouted back, suddenly a car sped into the cinema, the inhabitants of the cars shot sporadically into the air, I ran towards Adana and pushed her to the side of the car, " take the key and run home " I handed her the keys to the car, " Gabi, am not yet done with my driving lessons, I can't drive well yet " She said with fear, " Holy shit" I whispered as I opened the car and made to escape, but the car didn't move, my tyres have been bursted. " Just stay here" I ordered her as I jumped out of the car, I removed my gun and took cover by the side of my car. I could see two men in white masks and overall heading towards me with their sword, i had wanted to shoot, but i couldn't else Adanna would know the real me so i simply threw the gun under the car. I ran towards them ready for a fight. The first guy gave me a flying kick and I did a back flip to regains my balance , I retaliated with a face sweeping kick the first guy and almost immediately gave a dropping kick to the other. They both did a Chinese up and surrounded me, " You know, we didn't come to fight, look behind" one of them told me and I look back , A sword was placed on Adana's neck, suddenly I felt something hit me, and I passed out, that was all I could remember.