Tarasha

copied text from the internet to a word

doc.u.ment t.i.tled "Nnamdi Okafor". The first page

of the doc.u.ment served as the t.i.tle page which

had the name "Nnamdi Okafor" boldly typed in

the middle of the page. "Minister of Health" was

typed below the name but not in a font as bold

as that of the name.

The information sent to her by the Chief for the

job only contained the address of the man"s

house, office and some of his family members.

It also contained a brief history of the man, his

companies, a.s.sets, his business a.s.sociates and

high profile friends.

She felt the data provided wasn"t enough for

her to work with as she would be stupid to ust

attack and kill the man in Abuja, the country"s

capital where the man"s businesses and main

house was located; she had to start seeking for

more information.

The internet provided her with so much in just

few hours, she had learnt that the man would

be coming to Lagos State for a conference in

ten days time. She also discovered that the

Hosts of the conference was Derl

Pharmaceutical Industry; largest medicine

producing company in the country and that they

were also inviting other popular health

pract.i.tioners from outside the country. The

conference was scheduled to take place in

Eriental Conference hall, Ikeja Lagos.

Since the organizers of the conference were

Derl pharmaceutical company, Tarasha

concluded that they would also be in charge of

the welfare of their guest speakers of which the

minister was one. She decided to visit the

company"s headquarters in Lagos the next day,

Thursday.

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Her phone rang just as she saved and closed

the doc.u.ment, a look at the phone"s screen

showed that it was Chief calling.

"h.e.l.lo Chief, where have you been?" She asked

as she answered the call.

"Hi, I went out to meet someone. I just saw your

missed call now" Chief replied.

"Okay, I wanted to discuss something with you

on Skype"

"What"s it about? Can we discuss now?"

"Just, I"ll log on immediately" Tarasha ended the

call.

The first thing she did was to put on her mask,

then she opened the Skype software on the

laptop; the Chief already sent a connection

request.

"Hi Chief, you"re looking very happy today" She

commented cheerfully immediately the video

came on.

"Thank you Tarasha, I met with some old friends

this morning and we had a very nice discussion"

the Chief replied with a smile.

"That"s cool Chief, let me go straight to the

point now" Tarasha said and faced the webcam

directly. "I"ll be moving into the house you

prepared for me very soon, precisely next

tomorrow"

"Wow!" Chief Gab exclaimed happily. "Wow! Wow!

What made you reconsider your decision?"

"I didn"t reconsider my decision, it was my plan

all along to move in there later"

"Oh! Well, so what plans do we have to make for

you now? The place is well decorated already,

I"m sure you"ll like it"

"I believe that the kind of place I would like to

stay was already communicated to you before I

came to Nigeria"

"Yes, we have five large empty rooms in the

house, two sitting rooms, two rooms rooms

already designed for sleeping and we have a

work room there also with three computers"

"Okay Chief, what I need there now is a

laboratory; I"ll send you a list of equipment,

gases and the chemicals I need there" Tarasha

explained. "It has to be set tomorrow so that I

can start the job"

"Tomorrow? What kind of lab do you want?"

Chief was surprised at the request. "Hope you

don"t need so many things because I don"t think

it will be possible to set up a standard lab

before Friday"

"That"s why I"m telling you right now; once you

get the list in your email, start working on

getting them" Tarasha replied calmly. "And also

remove every camera you may have installed in

any part of the house, I"ll reinstall them myself"

"Tarasha, I can"t a.s.sure you that the lab is ..

"I"m not negotiating Chief, the lab must be ready

unfailingly by 12am on Friday morning" She

interrupted. "I"ll also need some of your men to

start working with me now, so select two of

your men; they must be intelligent,fast drivers,

with good IT knowledge and also very good gun

users"

"Selecting men for you is not a problem, I can

give you twenty if you want but…"

"Chief, I need two guys not twenty; I"ll tell you if

I need more" she said, standing up from the

seat. "You"ll have to excuse me now, please

make sure everything is set up by Sat.u.r.day.

Have a pleasant day"

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"Don Don" Chief Nonso spoke at last, after

staring at the man seated behind his table for

some seconds. "This joke you"re telling now is

not funny at all, maybe you should try another"

"I"m serious Chief; I"m very sorry, we"ll try to

recover your goods as soon as possible" Don

replied, his face showing remorsefulness.

"Are you kidding me? How can you tell me a girl

outsmarted your boys?" Chief Nonso replied him

in an angry tone. "Why did you send learners to

carry out a job for me?"

"No Chief, the guys weren"t learners. I don"t just

know what happened to them"

"What the h.e.l.l are you talking about? You should

have told me you weren"t capable"

"You know I"m very capable Chief, this is not the

first time I"m working for you" Don answered

back, anger was gradually welling up in him.

"Why are you talking like this?"

"What kind of question is that? And do you know

how much it costs? And you know how much

the country frowns at Vinil? Apart from that, it

is a very dangerous and Illegal substance, if the

police finds it, I"ll be in serious trouble"

"We"ll get it back for you Chief or we"ll refund

the money" Don said calmly, trying to keep his

anger under control.

"Well…" The Chief replied in a calmer tone now,

as he relaxed and swerved playfully in his swivel

chair. "Thank G.o.d I didn"t rely on your bunch of

lazy men, I"ve gotten the substance kept

somewhere safe"

"Huh?" Don looked straight at him, his eyes

widened in shock. "You have it with you?"

"Yes, we only tested your ability and you failed"

"Chief! You sent us an errand and you also

came to attack us too?"

"Yes, it was a test to know how capable you are

and if you"ll be able to handle the other jobs.

But I see you can"t, since just a Lady can defeat

your guys"

"No Chief, it"s not like that. I"m capable and I"ve

got a lot of other capable guys; you know that

I"ve never failed you. It"s just that those guys

messed up that day and they paid for it already"

"It"s okay Don, you should be more careful next

time" Chief said, using his biro to give a caution

signal as he rested his hands on the table. "And

you even went too far, how come you dropped

everybody at the warehouse? "

"Chief, don"t mind me . I was just mad at the

guys, I thought they played tricks on me"

"It"s okay"

"Thank you Chief" Don replied, a bit relaxed now.

"But you"ve not said anything about that Lady

you sent to them"

"She"s Tarasha, I don"t know her as much as my

friend Gab, but he says she"s a specially trained

professional from Russia and she"s very deadly"

"Come on, the fact that she outsmarted those

two stupid guys doesn"t make her deadly like

you"re describing" Don said mockingly. "And I"ll

also like to remind you that I was trained in

Russia too"

"Well, I"ve not forgotten that but I still think

she"s really deadly"

"Anything you say Chief; maybe you should even

bring her to work with us since you say she"s

quite good" Don suggested.

"She"s not quite good, she"s more than good"

Chief Nonso corrected with a serious look on his

face to b.u.t.tress his point. "And she can"t work

with you; that"s even part of the reason I called

you here this afternoon. I need you and to

provide two of your strongest, most intelligent

men that would work with her"

"Work with her? What a.s.signment did you give

her?" Don questioned, with a look of

disappointment on his face. "You don"t believe in

me anymore?"

"No, It"s not like that. I didn"t give her any job of

mine, Gab did. I have another a.s.signment for

you already"

"Well, there"s no problem. How soon do you need

the men?"

"Let them report to me today so I can tell them

what to do"

"Alright, I"ll send them immediately I get back to

my domain"

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"Hey guys, there"s a new project for us" James

stated as he walked into the office, while the

two other occupants worked on their computers.

"Welcome sir, what"s it about?" Segun replied,

stopping his work to pay full attention this Boss.

"Welcome sir" Sandra joined

"Thank you" James continued as he took off his

suit jacket and hung it on his chair. "There"s a

conference coming up on the thirtieth of this

November and we"re in charge of the security

for the whole event"

"What kind of conference is it sir?" Segun asked,

showing great interest.

"It"s an health conference organized by Derl

Pharmaceutical Industry in conjunction with the

Ministry of Health and it would take place in the

Eriental Conference Hall" James explained.

"Some dignitaries from other countries would be

attending the conference to give speeches, so

our job begins two days before the conference

because most of the foreign guests would arrive

in Lagos that evening"

"Wow! That"s some work, we"ve not handled a

big conference as this before" Sandra

commented.

"Yea, but we"ve handled some other big ones;

so we would do well with this also" Segun

responded to Sandra"s statement before he

turned to his Boss again. "So who exactly is

coming for the conference?"

"Well, Ken Benson and Lee Yung Cho are the

only foreign speakers and the Federal

government already made special security and

welfare plans for them, so our main job is to

provide security for the African guests" James

expatiated. "That includes Ghana"s Minister of

Health, The Nigerian Minister of Health, Lagos

State Commissioner of Health and some others"

"So many high profile people amongst them, why

didn"t they inform is earlier?" Segun queried,

with a frown on his face.

"The job had been given out before, it was just

transferred to us; so all the men that had been

trained for it would also report to us this

evening" James answered.

"Thank G.o.d" Sandra added, as she heaved a sigh

of relief. "I thought we"ll just have to start

preparing our men"

"No, all that has been done already" James

replied work an a.s.suring smile. "The job is a

easy one for us"

"Great" Segun face beamed with smiles. "So

what"s the next action, when will we meet the

guys?"

"This evening, they should be on their way to the

barracks now" James answered, glancing at his

wrist.w.a.tch.

"Okay "

"Yea, now this is how we are going about it"

James said with more seriousness in his voice

now, he made sure that he was being paid

attention before he continued. "I"ll handle all

that pertains to Ghana"s Minister of Health and

the other Nigerian guests while Segun would

handle the Nigerian Minister of health and

Sandra, the Lagos State Commissioner; that

shouldn"t be a hard job, the commissioner is still

in his state"

He paused and looked at their faces to confirm

again if they were giving him attention. "We are

not expecting any causality but we have to be

on guard and do this properly; if we make any

little mistake, it can make the IG and the

government loose trust in our team. Hope you

know that?"

"Yes sir" they replied in unison.

"Good, details would be forwarded to you in

some minutes and would always be updated as

soon as necessary. So get ready for this" James

concluded with a smile and rested his back on

the chair.