Tarasha

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Benny sauntered into the kitchen after waiting

patiently for over thirty minutes Tarasha left. He

wondered what Aisha was cooking that was

taking so long to be ready. He was amazed

when he entered the kitchen and found her

doing nothing, he looked over to the cookers to

see if anything was being prepared but there

was nothing on the cookers and electric stove.

He wanted to slam on Aisha but was repelled

by the worried look on her face. He needed not

to ask what was wrong with her, Cole had been

in the same sober mood since Tarasha left. He

had worries too but his desire for food was

stronger that moment. He pitied Aisha more;

she was definitely going to get killed by the

men outside, Tarasha had warned that she

shouldn"t be a.s.sisted in any way.

"I"ll prepare something now, it should be done in

the next twenty minutes" Aisha finally said

something to calm his nerves. She walked

towards the refrigerator and brought out some

containers of frozen food.

"How are you going to do it?" He asked with a

tone of concern.

She shrugged, "I"ll call Don and plead with him

to withdraw his boys"

"But the boss wants you to drop them" Benny

said. He wondered in his heart why she hadn"t

break up the relationship with Don. He had

known since the day Don had released her; one

of his favorite s.e.x machines to work with

Tarasha, Don had other plans.

"How can I drop those guys?" She looked Benny

in the face in a confused manner. "They are

trained guys, I"m just an ordinary cook who

knows how to use guns"

"You"re not an ordinary cook, we"ve received a

lot of tutoring in few days that we worked with

Tarasha" Benny tried to encourage, "if you could

handle the pilot"s sister very well, I think you

can do this also"

"Maybe she doesn"t have to worry about it

anymore" Cole"s voice cut in, he walked into the

kitchen to meet their stares. "The guys left

already"

"Huh?"

"Yea" Cole continued, "I"m suspecting that they

followed after the Boss"

"Does the Boss know about that?" Benny looked

alarmed.

"I believe she does" Cole replied indifferently, "I

tried to call her but she didn"t answer the call"

"That might be dangerous, what if she doesn"t

know" Benny continued frightfully.

"I"m sure she knows and she won"t let them go

scot free" Cole said with a note of confidence.

"Aisha is lucky"

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After driving for almost an hour without being

able to get rid of her trailers, Tarasha began to

think of an alternative way. She could have

finished them off if not for the broad daylight.

The option left was to escape their trail or

make them lose sight of her.

She knew that they were aware that she had

also seen them, so she drove on carefully,

always trying to take note if any other person or

group had joined them.

At last she got the chance required, they got to

a busy roundabout and the traffic light ordered

for them to halt but Tarasha defiled the order.

She crazily sped off, swerving to escape being

hit by a coming trailer. The blue car driver

followed after foolishly but couldn"t avoid

colliding with the trailer and causing a

catastrophe.

The trailer"s driver who had already gotten

confused by the way Tarasha drive recklessly

tried to bring it to a quick halt to avoid an

accident but the blue car that followed the mini

van tan impatiently under the trailer. The car

and its occupants were crushed under the big

vehicle.

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Tarasha got to her residence five hours later. It

took her so long because she couldn"t drive

back straight; she was sure that the police

were tracing her van with the security cameras,

so she had to go and pa.s.s through an

undeveloped community where the cameras

were not functioning and change the van.

Even the new van could not be traced to her

residence because all cameras several

kilometres to her place had been deactivated

by her.

Her gate opened automatically when the van

got in front. A thought struck her mind as she

parked the van, she needed another place for

Cole, Benny and Aisha to stay.

Maybe it wasn"t Aisha"s fault after all, she

thought. She recalled that she didn"t kill the

first two guys that were brought by Chief Gab

to work with her. They obviously still knew the

place, so the place was never hidden before.

Trailing her also proved the fact that the spies

came for her and were not really interested in

what was happening in the house.

"They have to move from there" she said to

herself as she got out of the car

+++++++++++++

30/12/2015

**11am

Several police Hyundai sonata vehicles drove

out of the Muritala Mohammed airport escorting

the newly arrived Robin Kahn and his two team

members. Robin Khan sat in the black jeep with

the Inspector General while his two men were

seated with the commissioner of police in the

other car following behind the jeep.

Inspector James and his team were also in one

of the Hyundai Sonatas. Inspector James had

shook hands with the man, welcoming him to

Nigeria. The man looked strict and disciplined

to James, he hoped in his mind that the man

would be an easy person to work with.

Benny was also at airport, he came to book a

flight. Of course, he was traveling to no where;

he had only come to checkout his target but he

was only able to catch a glimpse of the man.

That was enough though, the view he got sent

shivers down his spine. The man was a tall man

of about 6ft, heavily built and muscular.

Benny quietly made his way to return to the

office, thinking of two options in his heart;

either to run away from Lagos to a far village

where Tarasha and no one else would be able

to locate him or come up with a game plan that

help him fulfill his task. If he wanted to go by

the latter, then he had to come up with

something very intelligent.

He thought of Aisha"s luck as he drove in the

old model Mercedes Benz. Tarasha had helped

her settle the problem she caused with her

hands and said she no longer had a task to

worry about except if another set of spies

return.

His phone rang out loud at he drove back to the

house, he checked the screen and found out

that it was his boss calling. He quickly looked

for a s.p.a.ce and parked to call her back.

"Boss" he said as his call was answered.

"Where are you Benny?"Tarasha"s voice came

through.

"Ikeja"

"Okay, drive straight to Relix Guesthouse , Plot

343 Adefile Street Lagos" she said in a rush.

"Eh?" He couldn"t make out what she said.

"Relix guesthouse, Plot 343 Adefile street, Lekki"

Cole"s voice sounded, correcting Tarasha"s

wrong p.r.o.nunciation of the Nigerian words. "Call

my number when you"re almost there"

"Okay" the call ended. Benny started the car

engine at once and drove off.

+++++++++++++++++

**12pm**

Robin Kahn was a man who wasted no time, he

settled immediately into the office provided for

him in the Police headquarters and already

began to ask for reports on the cases. His team

members were also given different offices at

his left and right sides, they could see and

easily get in touch with each other very well as

only transparent gla.s.s walls demarcated their

office rooms.

James secretly gave the man a searching look

as his report was been scrutinized. He wasn"t

expecting that the progress report would be

called for so soon as the IG had told him earlier

that nothing much would be done that week

since what was left was a day to the end of the

year.

Robin had declined the IG"s offer to take him to

a place of relaxation for the day, so that he

could be well rested before the new year when

the investigations would start properly.

"The new year celebration may hinder our work,

let"s begin properly immediately every

celebration is over" the IG had hinted.

Robin was a focused man and would have none

of that, he refused the advice and decided to

start work immediately. The IG did not push

further, not wanting to be seen as a lazy bone,

he agreed that the work should begin

immediately.

"Where"s the Doctor that met with the

Samantha ?" Robin raised his hardened face as

he looked at James for answers.

"He"s in his residence under close watch by the

EFCC, he has a case with them" James

answered.

"The EFCC, that is Economic Financial…"

"Economic financial crimes commission" James

completed it for him.

"Okay" the man said as he returned his focus

back to the computer. There was silence for

another one minute. "Where"s the video

recording device you found in the pharmacy?"

"It"s with the computer team" James replied, he

wondered if the Man would ever stop asking

questions which answers have been provided

already in the report.

"I need see it now" He demanded

"I can get it now" James replied him, getting up

from his seat.

"Wait!" Robin stopped him, raising his hand. He

punched some b.u.t.tons on his wrist.w.a.tch and

spoke into it, staring through the transparent

goes wall at his junior in the office by his left.

James could not make out what the man said

but he looked towards the direction the man

was looking and saw the junior agent get up

from his seat, looking at their direction as he

walked out of the office.

The junior agent, a black american, Greg by

name joined them in the office in few seconds.

He greeted James with a nod and focused his

gaze at his boss, waiting for order.

"Follow this inspector" the order came, "get r

bug from him and find out where it directs to"

++++++++++++++

"Over here" Cole waved his hand at Benny who

was approaching in the Benz. He stood at the

front of a black gate of a big duplex. Cole

entered the compound and opened the gate for

Benny to drive in.

Benny came out of the car immediately after

parking and approached Cole, he had lot of

questions in his heart.

"We"re staying here for a while" Cole said before

Benny could speak.

"What happened to…"

"Don"t worry man, it"s not time for questions"

Cole cut in, tapping Benny on the shoulder. "We

have lot of work to do together now"

"Like?" Benny followed slowly behind Cole into

the duplex.

"I spotted you at the airport today" Cole said.

"How?"

"I was monitoring the officer in charge of the

health minister"s case"

"How does that concern the airport?"

"The same officer is going to work with Robin"

Cole answered, he paused and turned to face

Benny. "Our targets are working together, we

can also work together to fight them"

Benny stared at Cole for a little while,

considering his suggestion. He used an

handkerchief to clean his face. Cole was still

waiting for his response.

"What"s the plan?" Benny asked.

++++++++++++

Jubril Lawal, well known man in the country for

his great fight against terrorism and crime

during 2016 – 2020 when he served as the

inspector general of the nation under the

government of Retired General Mubarak Baruwa

was njow a retired man enjoying his rest in the

country"s capital, Abuja.

He did lots of charity works in the country

which made him earn the respect of everyone

in the country and even country leaders in and

outside of Africa. His fight against corruption

during his tenure also helped in giving him a

good image, he was on the good book of

everyone in the country except for Chief Gab.

"How long will it take you to take him down for

me?" Chief Gab asked Tarasha who was having

a live video chat with him.

"I don"t know who the man is yet, I can"t say for

now" Tarasha replied him, she was print on a

black mask to hide her face from the Chief.

"Well, I hope to meet you in person before you

commence this job" Chief Gab requested.

"Why do you want to meet me?" Tarasha

inquired.

"Is there anything wrong with meeting you?" The

man asked with a frustrated tone. "How can I

not know who is working for me, are you

planning to kill me one day?"

Tarasha have a hysterical laugh, "so you"re

scared of death?" She asked mockingly. He

remained quiet. "I don"t just kill people Chief, I

kill people only when I"m sent or its necessary

that I do"

"Then let"s meet, or are you scared?"

Tarasha laughed out again, "you"re the one that

should be scared Chief, seeing my face would

only expose you to more danger"

"What danger?"

"Okay Chief, time up!" Tarasha said, reaching for

the mouse with her hand. "I don"t do chit

chatting"

"I…" The video chat was ended before the Chief

could say another word. She removed the mask

from her face and placed in on the table.

"Jubril Lawal" she typed into her search engine.