"Where do you bosses stay in this place?" Ken asked theculprit as all the vehicles halted in front of a dark
tanned coloured gate.
"There are two buildings in the compound, the two are
former ware houses. The one at the left is empty while
the one at the right is not, we stay most times at the
warehouse on the left."
Ken took an Ak 47 and jumped out of the van. "Spread
out boys, take positions." He shouted his orders. The
remaining officers in the same van as Ken pushed out
the handcuffed culprit and he led them to the gate.
The officers from the two other vans also spread out
like they were asked to, only one officer was left in
each van. By this time all motorists and pedestrians
were already out of sight and the shops and stores
around were closing up at the sight of the mult.i.tude of
officers.
Soon, the officers broke into the compound and
raided the whole place but to their disappointment,
they were only able to come out with a few weapons as
members of the gang had fled the place before their
arrival.
"I told you that you were only wasting your time," the
culprit said in a mocking tone to Ken as they
proceeded to the station in their vehicles.
Ken gave him a searching look, restraining himself
from landing him a slap. "We"ll get all of you," Ken
replied back.
"Most of our men aren"t even in town and you can
never get the boss, Stainless. I"m sure he"s gone far
already." The culprit continued in the same tone.
"Stainless?" The name sounded familiar to Ken. He
nodded and remained quiet for sometime, trying to
remember where he had heard the name before.
"Yes, Stainless." The culprit replied confidently after
thirty seconds.
"Stainless is your boss?"
The culprit paused and chuckled, a smile appeared on
his swollen face on seeing the change in Ken"s face and
tone.
Ken now remembered who Stainless was, in fact,
perfectly well. Stainless was a culprit who had once
been nabbed by him but was set free on order from
the Inspector General and replaced with another
criminal. Stainless was also an a.s.sa.s.sin and a drug
dealer, one whose name was mostly noised about for
criminal activities during the election period.
"But what were you people doing in that house? What
was your mission there?" Ken barked.
"I told you I don"t know anything about it, I was only
asked to stay where you met me." The culprit replied.
He had already given up his hopes of not being
imprisoned, he knew that there was no escaping for
him in the case.
"Don"t worry, you"ll confess when we treat you the
right way." Ken threatened and got up from the seat,
walking towards the entrance of the van as he held the
handrails. He wondered what connection the Stainless
team had with Samantha Osman, or could it be that
Samantha Osman was part of Stainless" gang? Several
questions like this continued to pop up in his mind
until his phone rang.
He took out his phone and answered immediately,
"Agent sir".
"Officer, where are you guys now?"
"We"re heading back to the office."
"What did you find?"
"Nothing, all the men were gone before we got there."
Ken answered.
"Okay, I"ll meet you at the office then." Dakolo said and
the call ended.
Ken turned back and stared at the culprit who was
staring into the air absent-mindedly. He had to find a
way to hide his part played in the previous case of
stainless else he would be asked questions as to how
Stainless was out in the streets still carrying out his
criminal activities when he had already been sentenced
to death by the court of law.
~~~
"But Don, you didn"t tell me that we were going to meet
with Samantha Osman." Stainless queried Don who was
sitting on the couch comfortably and sipping from the
wine gla.s.s.
Don took a glance at Stainless and then returned his
focus to the television screen. He saw how furious
Stainless was, pacing round the living room as he
gulped down contents from the wine bottle
occasionally.
"…two of the men were seen to have escaped while two
others were caught and one shot dead by the police
officers." The reporter continued. "We"re yet to confirm
what the culprits were searching for in Henry E.G"s
apartment, who happens to be on admission in the
hospital for an undisclosed condition. This is the first
time suspected a.s.sa.s.sins from the deadly Samantha
Osman group has been caught and we hope that by
this, the police would be able to find quality
information and lead to the head of the a.s.sa.s.sin gang
herself. The police officers have also raided the
operation house of the gang and found nothing there
except for some few weapons. It"s Jamiu Sado and I"m
reporting for TVC." The reporter concluded. Videos of
the raided operation house of the stainless gang was
shown after the reporter stopped talking. Videos of
Henry"s house, his neighbours and the paper company
were also shown, then the breaking news transmission
ended
"They even think my boys are from Samantha Osman,"
Stainless complained bitterly, placing his hand on his
forehead.
"Isn"t that better than tracing it to you?" Don said in a
less concerned voice and stood up.
"But they already traced it to me already, they were at
my caban."
"But they didn"t find you or anything implicating," Don
said harshly and sat down again.
"My problem is you didn"t tell me that we were coming
to meet Samantha Osman, you only told me that you
wanted to ransack someone"s house."
"I didn"t know that she was going to be there, weren"t
you there when I came to ask if you were hearing the
strange sound."
Stainless looked at Don for a moment and shook his
head, Don wasn"t apologetic at all. He was still speaking
to him with the same bossy att.i.tude he always used
when they were under the same masters. Although
Don was far better than Stainless in his pattern of
execution since their younger days, Stainless always
wanted Don to treat him as an equal now that they
both had their separate gangs and were doing quite
well.
For Don, it was different. Stainless was the next after
him when they were in the same gang, so he still saw
Stainless as his junior every time. Even their works had
quite differentiated them. Don had executed some
high profile jobs and had never been behind the police
bar for any while Stainless had been caught by the
police on his first attempt on an high profile job.
"Let me even tell you now, the reason why the Vice
President got my number from you was to bring me
down to tackle Samantha Osman." Don revealed and
paused to stare at Stainless"s face.
The shock on Stainless" face was obvious, he now
understood the reason why the vice president kept on
referring to Samantha Osman during his call and why
he refused to reveal the reason he wanted to contact
Don.
"Or are you scared of her?" Don asked with a crooked
smile.
"Scared?" Stainless thought for a while before replying.
"Why should I be scared of someone I have no
business with."
"But you have a business with her now, she has seen
your face." Don said with a tormenting smile.
Stainless body trembled at the thought of Samantha
Osman coming for him. He had developed a fear for
her since the day he got the news of her first
operation. He first thought she worked with or for Don
but later dismissed the thought when he heard about
the connection of her operations with other
a.s.sa.s.sinations outside the country and when he also
got news that Don had left the country. The fear grew
to the peak after he heard how she defeated Robin
Hood without making mistakes.
"That girl does not look like the Samantha," Stainless
argued, remembering the face of harmless looking girl
he saw at the entrance when he went to warn Don
about the police.
"Hehe," Don chuckled, "you"re judging by her
appearance? Did you see the way she went off the
fence, can you be as swift as that? That"s a well trained
personnel." Don said, making a mocking face at him.
Stainless took in a breath and turned away from Don,
he took another gulp from the bottle.
"Now that she"s also after you," Don got up and walked
to Stainless" front. "You can join me to find her or stay
back till she comes for you."
Stainless continued to stare at Don, biting his lips with
utter disgust written on his face. He wondered why he
had allowed money becloud his sense of reasoning. He
had at one time vowed not to join Don for any
operation again when Don had cheated him and his
boys with their pay but because he knew that the vice
president was the one Don was running errands for in
Abuja, he decided to go because he knew it would
involve huge payments.
He opened his eyes widely as something came into his
remembrance. He fixed his gaze on Don with an
accusing look. "How did you know she is Samantha
Osman? Are you friend with her? You were discussing
with her before I came."
"Why shouldn"t I know?" Don asked back, surprised at
the question. "But I wasn"t discussing anything with
her."
"Why didn"t you think it was someone else? Maybe
another lady who"s an a.s.sa.s.sin." Stainless" look turned
into a suspicious one.
Don stared at him in disgust, trying to find a suitable
answer for the question. "Of course, I"ve been on her
case for sometime now, so you don"t expect me not to
know how she looks."
"You"re a liar Don," Stainless accused, he took out his
gun and pointed it at Don"s face.
"Hey homey, what"s the matter with you?" Don"s eyes
widened in surprise, but he was still confident that
Stainless could not shoot the gun. "We"re supposed to
be planning together not quarreling."
"F**k you Don," you never make a good partnership."
Stainless barked. "You are a deceptive dog."
"Be careful man, don"t insult me." Don warned.
"Fool, you deceived me and you"re deceiving the Vice
President. I"m gonna submit your d--n a*s to him
after I finish you off." Stainless threatened and c.o.c.ked
the gun.
"Come on," Don shouted in a pleading manner on
seeing the Stainless" seriousness. "I"m not deceiving
anyone."
"Then tell me how your girlfriend works with her, she"s
on the wanted list of the police. When I saw her
pictures on the news, I thought it was the Nanl Gang
who carried out the attack but on a closer look, I
concluded that the Samantha must be working with
the Nanl Gang. It was after the a.s.sa.s.sination of Robin
Hood that I started to doubt your involvement because
I knew you ran away to Cameroon."
"Which girlfriend are you talking about?" Don was lost
for a moment.
"Aisha! I think you still feel I"m joking with you."
Stainless said and began to fasten his grip on the
trigger.
"No, don"t. I"ll tell you everything, just put down that
gun homey." Don said in panic but still managed to
keep a bold face on.
"I"m not your homey dummy, I don"t roll with b------s
like you anymore. Stop calling me that and start talking
now."
"Okay, the truth is that I gave her some of my men
including Aisha to cook for her." Don began. "Samantha
is working for one of my clients and they paid heavily
for them."
"So you and Samantha works for the same client?"
"Yes."
"Well, I don"t believe you, you gave your girlfriend to
another a.s.sa.s.sin?"
"No, Aisha was supposed to be my spy there."
"And then what happened?"
"Tarasha threatened her…"
"Huh?"
"Sorry, Samantha threatened her and she got afraid.
She"s working faithfully for her now."
"Interesting, that means you were not able to manage
your followers. You had traitors like you in your gang."
Don was speechless, in his mind he had totally
surrendered but he didn"t allow it show on his face. He
knew Stainless had enough reasons to kill him, he had
deceived and cheated him on numerous occasions but
he always thought stainless would not have the
boldness or will to do it but with the rage now showing
on Stainless" face, he knew anything was possible.
"Let"s resolve this amicably, put down your gun." Don
finally found his voice, he still continued to speak
boldly.
"Fool, go rot in h.e.l.l." Stainless finally pulled the trigger.
~~~
Cole, Benny and Aisha, already dressed in their disguise
form, listened to the news on TV silently, taking glances
occasionally at their boss who was sitting behind and
still making up. She was also paying attention to the
news.
"…this is the first time suspected a.s.sa.s.sins from the
deadly Samantha Osman group has been caught and
we hope that by this, the police would be able to find
quality information and lead to the head of the
a.s.sa.s.sin gang. The police officers have raided the
operation house of the gang and found nothing there
except for some few weapons…" Tarasha got up as this
part of the news got her attention.
"Hey, record that." She said to Cole who was holding
the remote control as videos of the ransacked Gang
house was shown. Cole followed the instruction and
began to take a record of the rest of the news. "It"s
okay," Tarasha said after the reporting ended.
Cole stopped and saved the video. He, Aisha and Benny
stared at her waiting for the next instruction she would
give concerning it but she just went back to her seat
quietly and continued with her makeup.
"After killing the Senate President, we still have a lot of
work to do tomorrow morning." She began after five
minutes of sitting quietly. She got up and began to walk
towards them, brushing her hair backwards. "Cole
would need to find out something in an hospital for
me while Benny would locate the area that was shown
in the news; the one I asked you to record and Aisha
would…" Tarasha paused for a while, staring at Aisha"s
face, she smiled. "Aisha would stay and wait for
instructions from me."
"Are we returning back to the house after tomorrow?"
Cole asked.
"No," Tarasha replied sharply. They couldn"t return to
the house yet, it wouldn"t be right for them to find out
about her brother Jeffery. "You"ll remain here, I have
some things to clear in the house."
"Okay,"Cole replied and got up from his seat. "Is it time
for us to go now?"
"Yes, we"ll leave in ten minutes time. Remember
everything you see can be an instrument, don"t neglect
any. And make sure that we maintain eye contact
always, we"ll be doing most of our communication
through the eyes especially when our hosts are there.
Once we find the escape route and the best escape
plan, we"ll take the man out and leave." Tarasha began
to explain their plan. "Remember we"ll leave first in
four different cars and park them at the four sides of
the house. Then we"ll converge into the car where the
weapons are and go into the house with that,I believe
there"ll be no search on us but even if there is, we have
our weaponry protected."