So what do you say now Gabriel?" Sir Ajan asked smiling, " Let's talk" I turned to Tonia holding her hand as I made to go out with her, " Gabriel, her dream is to be a good spy, its now in your hands, you can choose to restore or destroy her dreams, but I tell you what, the poor girl won't forgive you if you destroy her dreams" Sir Ajan said stopping me, " let's go" I turned to Tonia as I dragged her out, " Gabriel, please" She begged immediately we got outside sir Ajan's office, " Tonia, I wish I can help, but I cant. My wife is held hostage somewhere and sir Ajan expects me to go on a mission without my family in place. Tonia, I know how well you want this, I wish I can help" I told her as tears streamed down her cheeks, " This was my dream, this was…" Her tears choked her. " I have a family to keep in place" I told her , she nodded. " I understand" She said as she pulled her big brown coat and walked away from my side towards the field, " I can't do this " I thought to myself as I held the handle to sir Ajan's door, " Tonia" I called, she turned sharply, " I guess life is full of surprises" I told her, she nodded, " You really want to stay?" I smiled, " Yes" She said more like a whisper, " Then you are staying " I said as I drew her hands and opened the door to sir Ajan's office. " So what now? Hope you came to a good conclusion? " Sir Ajan asked turning his chair around, " She is staying" I told him staring at Tonia, " That's my boy, I know you, I know how meek you are, you can't afford to let the girl go" Sir Ajan laughed, " I am not going on this mission because of you asked me to but because of her " I said pointing to Tonia, " Medesh, you can go now, you have been saved" Sir Ajan said to Tonia, " Thank you Gabi" Tonia turned to me smiling , she left us thereafter. " Sir Ajan am so dis…" Sir Ajan interrupted me, " Gabi, you are now the man I always wanted you to be, bold, wise and tough, you know it took me a lot of time to impact that in you during training days" Sir Ajan sat down, " Sir Ajan, I thought you were a good man" I said staring at him, " Of course" He got up again, " Gabriel , I have always and will always be a good man, why don't you keep that tough attitude of yours, remember I am still your master, you should show some respect though I have no control over you anymore" He told me as he sat on top of his desk in front of me holding his walking stick ( He has no disability, his walking stick is just for fancy I think.). " I love you, I love all my fighters, I love your families and won't want anything bad to befall them" he started , " For me to have told you to leave them and go on this mission should simply imply one thing to you, do you know what that is?" He asked me, " No" I answered. " It should imply that I am on it, I know what befell you guys right from the day Israel's girlfriend was kidnapped and you should trust me, am working on it and anything Sir Ajan works on never fail, so trust me, save the world and as you do that , be rest assured that your wife is safe" he smiled to me, I smiled back. " Am sorry sir Ajan" I apologized slowly as he hit my chest, " No, am finally Happy to see you have become a tough guy, that is what I actually wanted from you guys, even the most gentle Matt is now so bold, imagine he was like uhm uhm, have forgotten you don't have a mother" Sir Ajan mimicked Matt's Voice as I busted into laughter, " So boy , what happens to the Manhunter?" sir Ajan asked me, " He is finish now" I told him laughing, " Yeah that's the word , he is finish now, Manhunter, you are finished now" Sir Ajan laughed, " Now go boy, go prepare" Sir Ajan said as I walked out of his office laughing. I walked to our quarters rest assured that Sir Ajan has everything in control. " No, am not going on any mission until I see my Ann " I heard israel shout at Alvana as I entered the room, " Yes Gabriel, You are most welcome" Israel greeted, " Can you believe Alvana is asking me to go on the mission that sir Ajan is in control of everything?" Israel asked, I kept quiet as I stared from isreal, to Matt who was sleeping and Alvana, smiling Alvana. " Gabriel, tell him something, tell him we can't go" Israel shouted to me, " We are going on the mission" I told him calmly as I patted him on his shoulder, " Gabi, did you just say that?" He asked me removing my hand from his shoulder, " Sir Ajan got this" I told him, " I can't believe this" He said as he made to walk out, " How else do you wish to get Ann if not through the help of Sir Ajan?" Alvana asked him, " israel, it's our duty to save the world" I added, " Israel , Sir Ajan told me they are fine, remember anytime sir Ajan say they are fine, they are really fine" Alvana added, " sir Ajan is slow, Ann is a student, she needs to get to school and you know very soon, her parents will get aware of her disappearance and they will swing to action" israel turned to us, " That's true, they have even taken too long " I added, " Do her parents know you?" Alvana asked Israel, " No they dont even know me" Israel answered as he sat on the bed, " Then that's an advantage, trust me, Sir Ajan knows all this and he will sure be fast on this, let's get the Manhunter" Alvana said, " please Israel " I begged, " Okay, okay, I will go, but the problem is how to convince Matt on this " Israel said turning to the sleeping Matt, " No need to convince me, if you all are in, then I am in" Matt got up from the bed. " Wow, thanks Matt, so we are all in now" Alvana smiled, " Let's save the world" Matt answered. " But wait, is there a mystery we aren't solving here, who were those guys that day?" Matt asked, " Which guys?" I asked him, " Those guys that attacked us on our way to Newriton " He answered, " That's true" Alvana smiled, " Lot , lot of mysteries in just a few days " I murmured to myself.
AS NARRATED BY ALVANA
" Port Harcourt is a fine place to be in, it has all the girls, the drinks , the food and everything else you need but always remember something, you are there for a mission and so prevent yourself from getting carried away by those things of the eyes. To all of you here, this won't be your first mission, I expect you to have gotten enough experience from the first mission you screwed up…." Israel interrupted sir Ajan, " But we got Daniel, I single handedly threw the knife at him" Israel smiled, " Israel can you show me the respect of keeping quiet while I talk?" Sir Ajan asked as israel nodded, " Fine" Sir Ajan sighed. We were in the big hall of Newriton, that's was where we always come whenever we were to go on a mission. There is a big screen in front of the room , with this sir Ajan will give us some visual information we might need. " This mission might or better said will be a tough one, because of three good reasons, firstly, there is no girl in this mission as Morgana is held hostage and Christiana, I dont fully trust her yet , s….." Israel interrupted again, " But we had other girls during training, Queen, Faith, Joy, Nikky and the rest" Israel said smiling, " Israel, have you heard of a starter culture ?" Sir Ajan asked, " No" israel answered. " in that culture, only the best and essential and needed micro organisms are selected" Sir Ajan said, " You mean we are micro organisms?" Israel asked, " Israel, can you show that respect of keeping quiet while I talk?" Sir Ajan asked again, once again, israel nodded. " Now where did I stop?" Sir Ajan asked turning to Gabriel, " I wasn't following" Gabriel said while the rest of us busted into laughter, " Now the second reason why this mission will be a tough one is because as I heard, the Manhunter is more deadly than Daniel , he kills about six times a day. Now the last reason, who can tell me?" Sir Ajan asked, " The last reason is that there isn't enough food in port Harcourt " Matt said and once again we busted laughter, sir Ajan was almost forced to laugh but he didn't. " The last reason is the most essential reason why this mission might end up being a failure, you guys are destabilized, one way or the other, one of your love ones are held hostage, its a trauma, don't allow the taught weigh you down, once in a while your mind and body might want to drift to them, it makes you weak and once you are weak, you are open any form of attack. Especially you Gabriel , and you Matt, you guys have one way or the other lost someone special, your Mom and wife irrespectively, but I give you my word, they are fine. You guys are going through a high level of disorderliness no matter how hard you try to cover it, it will always find it way out. So as much as I hate to say this, I will tell you to forget they exist for and save the world, that's is the majority" Sir Ajan said as he stood up and made to go, " We will finish this tomorrow, go get drunk" Sir Ajan added as he walked away, " That was the most touching motivational talk have ever heard in my life" Israel said as we all busted into laughter.
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MARCH 3RD 2018
The journey of a thousand mile they say begin with a step, so also our Journey to port Harcourt. The mission has begun and on this Saturday we were to travel. I , Matt, Alvana and Israel drove to the airport, I should rather put it like we were driven to the airport by one of those numerous drivers Newriton has. The past few days had been stressful, Sir Ajan briefing us about the mission, trying to describe what the Manhunter looks like , what he wears and everything we need to know about him.
We were dressed in black suits and our black briefcase were held firmly to our hands, you should know the briefcase contains our Newriton suit and weapons. " Gabriel its time" Alvana told me and I immediately handed over my briefcase to him, " Be careful not to get caught" Israel told me, " You know the rules right?" I asked him, " Yes, getting caught is a foul play" he said and we busted into laughter. " Keep your earpiece connected" Alvana patted me as I left them , time for some games. I walked into a big hall which was crowded by people of different kind, both good and bad. " The room is just down the staircase opposite the hall" I heard Alvana voice from the earpiece in my ear, " I know, we went through this together " I told him as I walked towards the staircase leading to the down part of the other side opposite where I had come from. There were three rooms down there, two I don't know what they were for, but the one in the middle is the room leading to the electricity reserve of the airport. " Remember, there Is a camera just behind you, don't turn" Alvana voice came again, " Alvana, am starting to hate this idea of you bugging me, I will say when I need help" I told him quietly, he had actually bugged me with a microchip that allows him view me from the wrist watch he was wearing, we all have the wrist watch. " Don't turn back" I said to myself as I walked towards the muddle door, I can't risk the camera getting my face. I brought out my master card ( Not a bank ATM card) its actually a card use to open any door, all thanks to Gwen, she thought it would be necessary. I slid the card into a slide on the door, and the door opened slowly. I won't lie about this, I have never been a friend to electricity and so seeing the large makeup system of the room as soon as I entered got me scared. " Alvana, which one should I turn? " I communicated with Alvana immediately, " Look opposite where you are, there are three switches on the wall" he told me as I turned and saw it. , " Two green and a red switch" I told him, " Yes, one of the greens is used to deactivate the screening ability of the screening machine turn it down" He told me, " How do I know which?" I asked him, " Guess work , and be fast, our luggage's are about to be screened" He told me. " okay" I said as I walked calmly to where the switches were, " Just a guess work" I said to myself as I turned down the first switch, all the lights to the room went off immediately. " Wrong guess" I murmured as I immediately switched it back on and turned down the second one, " Your hands on your head" I heard the normal police slogan as they barged into the room, " We have been screened" I heard Alvana's voice from the earpiece, " Sort yourself and get here fast, can't afford taking off without you" he added as I let a weak smile form on my lips.