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Chapter 43 - Bad, Bad News

AS NARRATED BY TONIA

I woke up that particular morning with the zeal of picking up from where I had stopped, I hadn't been able to get any thing real big from her apart from the fact that she loves taking coffee, that's is the only thing I have been able to get from the day before. " Okay, let's get down to business " I said as I came out of my bathroom yawning lazily. " Hunger" I said walking to the kitchen to get some fruits, there was no time to start going through the stress of cooking. I balanced on my chair and connected my earpiece ,my micro earpiece which I use in communicating with Newriton. " yeah, Good morning Kent" I heard as I connected the laptop to the bug I had planted on Christiana. " Just in time" I thought to myself as I balanced on my chair and increase the volume, " Kent, I know am late, for Christ sake I woke up late" She continued staring at her wrist watch, maybe she is a type of a time conscious lady, she stares at her wrist watch a lot. " I will be there in just a minute" she continued, "Where?" I asked myself as I she went into her room and changed her cloth, she actually look very sexy, I wonder which guy she was dying for, for Christ sake this is every guys dream. " Need to get to where she is going to" I thought as u switched off my laptop and took the key to the old school car sir Ajan dumped with me, I wore a brown jacket over my singlet and covered my hair with a big hat like the girls of old. I didn't go with gun this time as I don't want to get caught with it, Nigeria police thinks all that move with gun are actually bad people. " Shit!!" I shouted as I ran back into the house and took my laptop, I need to keep track on her.

Though my old school car took time to start, I was soon on the way heading to Christian house, she was still at home, guess what she was doing, yeah, you guessed right, she was drinking coffee. To avoid suspicion, I parked the old car just st the entrance to her street, in a secured corner where it would not be a centre of attraction. The journey to her area was a bit of a long one, so when I finally arrived, it didn't take long for her to leave her house to the junction where she was to get a public transport. " Airport" I heard her tell the bus conductor from my laptop, " the airport again?" I asked myself as I placed my hand on my chin as I watched her bargain with the bus conductor. " Oya, enter for 100 naira" the bus conductor told her and she immediately hopped in. The bus zoomed off with speed and I started the trailing mission immediately, making sure not to lose track of her though I knew she was heading for the airport but you know what they say, you just have to take all care possible.

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" Why will sir Ajan stuff me with this kind of a car?" I asked myself as I jumped out of the car, it has broken down again, this time in the middle of nowhere. " That man is just a beast!!" I shouted as I hit the body of the car with my left leg, " What the hell am I expected to do now? " I asked myself looking left and right the road to see if I would be at least fortunate enough to get any help, but no, I was at the middle of somewhere I don't know. Time was running out and I knew i needed to do something fast, I needed to keep track of Christiana. I brought out my android phone with the hope of doing something with it, and then an idea struck me. I tried connecting the phone to the bug which I had planted on Christiana, it took me about 10 minutes but the good news was that it finally got connected and luckily for me, Christiana was just hopping down the bus. " Hey Airport " I shouted stopping a bus, " Madam na 250 o" the conductor told me, " But that other one collected just 100 naira from Christiana" I told him, " wethin you talk?" He asked, " Just forget, let's go" I told him as I hopped into the bus and it drove off to the airport. " Hey pretty, what movie is that?" The guy sitting right beside me asked as I stared at my phone, " Christiana at the airport" I smiled as I replied him, " Sounds like a tough movie, how is the movie? " he asked me, " Hmm, its quiet interesting, all about a spy trying to get a girl Christiana who she thinks has something suspicious doing at the airport, but the spy is always some minutes late" I explained still smiling, " Wow, I love spy movies, will the spy get her at the end?" He asked me again, " I don't know how the end is going to be, I haven't watched till the end" I explained to him, " How I wish am with my android phone , I should have taken the movie from you " He smiled, " Thank God you are not with it" I murmured to myself , " Did you just say something?" He asked, " Yeah, I said its quiet unfortunate " I told him ad I concentrated my attention on Christiana who was still outside the airport and making a phone call. " Am at the airport already " I heard her say, " Okay, will be right there" She continued after some moment. " Airport, come down o" The conductor told me as the bus came to an halt, " Okay bye" I turned to the boy beside me, " Bye dear, tell me how the movie ended next time you see me " he smiled, " Okay " I answered him as I alighted from the bus, " I have never seen such a fool" I murmured to myself as I went towards the escalator leading upstairs, that was where Christiana was as indicated by the tracker. I walked hurriedly to the escalator, by then she had gone upstairs. I also got upstairs after about 10 seconds , and then the worst happened, my phone got disconnected from the bug. " What the hell happened?" I asked myself as I stood looking around, there was no sign of Christiana.. " Where did she go?" I asked myself staring round the big hall. " Hello" I heard from my left hand side, it was Christiana . " Hi" I smiled trying to cover up, " Thanks for yesterday" I smiled while she just stood staring at me, she was smiling. " You, let me tell you a story" she said putting her hand across my shoulder, " Last time I checked, you didn't want to talk to me yesterday" I reminded her. " About 6 or 7 years ago, I wasn't doing well with training just like you aren't doing well now" she started, I opened my mouth in shock and disbelief, " I was also sent on a test mission just like you are now to keep tab on a guy, though I screwed up just like you are about to, but I used a better bug" She said handling me the bug I had planted on her, I was short of words as nothing seemed to be forming on my head . " Go home dear, get a drink and get drunk, sir Ajan does not bite" She smiled and walked away while I stood staring at her in disbelief and doubt, " I just screwed up" I thought to myself as I dipped my phone in my pocket and walked slowly away, " Whooow, you just screwed up" I heard Gwen voice echo from the micro earpiece planted in my ear, " Yes Gwen, I am done for" I murmured as I angrily pulled the earpiece off my ear.

AS NARRATED BY MORGANA

" So I met israel at Atata, he told me he was kind of on a research business and we got to know each other and I fell in love with him" Ann narrated as we sat on the floor that morning waiting for what to happen next. " Like what space of time did you guys get to study each other?" I asked her "three months" She answered. " So what about you, how did you get to like Alvana?" Adanna asked me, "At Atata , we came on a research business, I was with israel, we both came for some business purpose and along the line I met Alvana who happens to be a friend of Gabriel. One thing led to another, and boom, we are dating" I told them smiling. " Now your turn Adanna, how did you get to know your husband?" Ann asked Adanna. " We actually grew up together in the village, we attended the same primary school and finished from the local secondary school before…" I had to cut her short there. "We mean when did you start falling in love with him?" I asked while she smiled, " That was what I was actually trying to explain, I had always liked him right from primary school days" she said shocking us. " And then you didn't tell him?" Ann asked, " Tell him what? We were in primary school then, I don't think it was right to love then" Adanna answered while I nodded, " Moreover, you don't go to the guy, let him come first" She added with a sheepish smile and then almost immediately, our door busted open reminding us of our sorrow, " Time to fight for food" The guy in white mask said as he led me out of the room, Adanna and Ann followed.

AS NARRATED BY DANIEL

" Dr John how are you doing?" I asked the white scientist as I walked into the big lab where a woman skull was being extracted from her skin at the present moment , " Dan, am good, how are you feeling now? " he asked me back, I nodded my head and gulped down an appreciable amount of water from the bottle of water I was holding. " Am better, at least more better than I was yesterday" I told him while he smiled, " Charles is actually doing well over there at port Harcourt" I told him, " Yeah, supplying appreciable amount of heads, but you know no one is better than you are in this business " he said while we both bursted into laughter, " Are you still going back to Atata?" He asked after the round of laughter, " Nope, I think I will have to target Lagos state this time" I told him while his happy facial expression changed immediately, " Dont you think Lagos is a dangerous city to carry out our dirty business, sir Jude might not approve of this, Lagos is a well secured place" he said, " Then good news Lagos state, Daniel is coming to visit you" I said standing up, " see you later John, need to deal with some few things" I said and walked out.

AS NARRATED BY ALVANA

" I don't get you what you guys are driving at, that your women were kidnapped by some unknown people?" Sir Ajan asked while we nodded. " well, am really sorry about that, that's a bad news actually but I also got a bad news for you which you might not like" He said while we paid attention, " I have a mission for you guys" he said while we looked at him with shock and confusion, " Sir Ajan, we are here for a way out to save our own" Gabriel said while sir Ajan nodded and tapped a remote control on his table, the screen by the side of his office came on. " Yet another disaster, the strange killer popular known as the MANHUNTER has stroke again, this time taking the heads of three teenagers, and two men with a woman. This is indeed a tragic news as the Manhunter has never killed 6 people in a day. Day by day , the death rate here in the riverine area of port Harcourt is increasing exponentially, we beg on the government to please save the soul of this people" The newscaster concluded and the screen immediately went off. " So I think we now have a port Harcourt killer and its your duty to save the world, guys you are going to port Harcourt " Sir Ajan said . I stared at him with an angry eyes but prevented myself from doing anything because for all I could remember , he brought me up. " Sir Ajan, what I think you don't understand what you are talking about, Matt mother, my girlfriend, Morgana and Adanna the wife of the married man among us is held custody by some group of people with evil intentions and you dare tell us to go on a mission , sir Ajan, I didn't see this coming from you" Israel shouted with anger, " Israel , calm down, the sole aim of Newriton is to save the majority, guys the world is a majority, the majority are dying and its your duty to save them" Sir Ajan said. " Sir Ajan" Gabriel who had been quiet all the while called out as he stood up from the chair, " Compared to my wife, the world is a minority" He said and walked out angrily, " That's the real Nigga " Israel said as he followed him, " Guys…" Sir Ajan tired calling as matt got up, " I forgot you dont have a mother anymore " Matt said as he also walked out. I sat facing him as I placed my right hand on the table, " What now Jason?" He asked me.