So who's Dan?
thanks frankie

The battle for earths survival. We wait. Thanks for the update. I believe Dan should be a guardian who has been down here tracking Zion and creating a means/antidote to expunge/kill/get rid of fallen from the host/human, without killing the host. I won't be shocked if he's Zekes dad.

Is Dan Zeke's dad or just another guardian that stayed back? Seem like Rachel wants to joint Zeke's, there something about that girl sha...

Thanks frank

Khriztarl:
So who's Dan?
thanks frankie

Hey Khriztarl, been a while I've seen a comment. Hope you're fine?

enirock:
The battle for earths survival. We wait. Thanks for the update. I believe Dan should be a guardian who has been down here tracking Zion and creating a means/antidote to expunge/kill/get rid of fallen from the host/human, without killing the host. I won't be shocked if he's Zekes dad.

enirock, man is always almost good with the comments.

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Hey Khriztarl, been a while I've seen a comment. Hope you're fine?

Awwwn. I missed you too.
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yeah i'm fine. I've been quite busy. But, trust me. I'm following every step of the way.

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DEDICATED TO EVERY NIGERIAN OUT THERE PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE TO END THIS MENACE ONCE AND FOR ALL.
#ENDSARS

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

Justin opened his eyes slowly and found that he was moving, he still felt drowsy from the force the rock had exerted on his head back in the cave and he struggled to keep his eyes opened for long. He blinked and it took a while for his eyes to finally open again, and when it did, he saw the lady’s face clearly this time and concluded that if she was not the reaper assigned to take his soul to the other side, he might have just miraculously survived that a nuclear explosion. That was definitely going on his CV when he finally got on his feet again and everything was back to normal. He watched her slowly turn to him and said something that sounded like echoes to him. Her head soon shifted from the sun’s focus and its intensity was too much for his weak eyes to hold, his gaze slowly faded away and he went blank again.

*

The girl in black coughed loudly and rolled over the sheet she was being carried on to the ground, making a loud thud. She grunted and held her abdomen in pain as some footsteps hurried in her direction. Somebody bent beside her and held her gently on her arm and she rolled slowly to look at her face. It was her again, and suddenly, memories flooded through her head. She immediately got to her feet, knocking the lady’s hand off her, she stared at the other guardians and they all looked famished and were covered with dirt and dust from their head down, as they all struggled to hold on to a bag. The lady signalled one of them, and she walked towards them, pulling out a bottle of a greenish liquid substance from the bag and handing it to the lady. The lady received it and stretched it to the girl in black.

“I know it’s been a very long time you were able to replenish your strength. Take this; it is part the things we were able to salvage from the spaceship.”

The girl in black raised her hand weakly and received it, popping the cap open and gulping down its content hurriedly. She pulled the bottle away from her mouth as she began to feel revitalized almost immediately. She handed the container back to the lady and turned to look around again, she found Justin being carried in another stretcher like her own. She turned back to the lady.

“How long was I out for?”

“Two earth days.” The lady replied, throwing the container to one of the guardians.

“What!” The girl in black exclaimed. She took another look at the guardians and suddenly realized that their numbers had reduced, they were missing three. She turned again and realized that Zeke was also nowhere to be found.

“Where is he?” She asked, raising her voice. “Where is the boy?”

The lady sighed and gave the girl in black a frustrated look.

“After the explosion, we went back to the site to find him, but there was no trace of him anywhere. We searched for hours and looked everywhere but still found no clue. We were about leaving when one of the guardians found this.” A guardian placed a piece of material in her opened hand and she handed it over to the girl in black.

The girl in black stared at the piece of material for a while, it was from the cloth Zeke had worn that day, parts of it were burnt and there was bloodstain on it. She shook her head, refusing to believe it.

“It’s not possible, you don’t know him. Zeke would never die that easy, he has withstood worse and conquered. We have to go back to the blast site to find him. I’m sure he is right there waiting for us.” She gripped the material and walked past the lady, moving in an opposite direction to where they had been coming from.

“Do you even know where you are?” The lady asked sighing. “In case you forgot, you have been unconscious for two long days and it has taken two days to get to where we are now. Even if he had somehow survived that blast, which I highly doubt, he would have been without food and water for two days and for another two days that it would take you to get to him. I told you, we searched everywhere for him, he is nowhere to be found.”

The girl in black stopped walking as she fought to hold back the tears that were crawling out of her eyes. The pain was becoming too much and driving her insane, she felt incapable, incapable of continuing, incapable of finishing the job and just wanted it all over. She let out a stiff cry and bent, covering her face with the palm of her hand.

The lady walked over to her slowly, patting her on the back. “I know I didn’t get the opportunity to know him, but giving himself just so we would make it is not something a fallen would do...”

The girl in black stood up angrily, cutting her. She stared at her dead in the eyes. “And yet you tagged him one even before you got to know him, you even almost had him killed and still he gave his life just to make sure that you got to safety.”

“Yes, and as you can see, he was not the only one that died in the process, I also lost three good soldiers.” The lady countered.

The girl in black scoffed. “Zephrain, Tver and Irunsk would still be here if you had not been so damn stubborn and had listened to him. He would also be here too.”

The lady remained silent as the girl in black’s word hit her; she placed both hands on her waist and turned away. She finally sighed. “I agree and I take the blame for it. Right now, we only have one option and we have to hurry if we hope to make it before nightfall.”

The girl in black stared at her. “What other option do we have, we seemed to have ran out of those a very long time ago.”

“No, there is still one.” The lady reiterated. “After the elders found out of the escape, they contacted Orca and finally got all the details on the escape. It turns out Zion was not the only higher fallen to have escaped that day.”

“What? So you are trying to tell me that there are not one, but two psychopath on the loose here.” She gave an ironic chuckle. “Perfect.”

“The other higher fallen is Dan.” She stated.

The girl in black was lost of words. She walked slowly towards the lady. “Dan, my Uncle Dan?”

”Yes Amy, it was discovered that your uncle also escaped that night and is also here, keeping a low profile. We are on our way to him and should arrive at his location before sunset.”

*

Rachel walked through the silent desert, her scarf flying behind her to the effect of the wind that was blowing across the land. She looked ahead and could finally see it, the blast site. She took a deep breath and walked towards it, dragging her legs against the pile of sand as they sank in with every stride. She finally arrived at the site and stood at a distance, looking around and staring at the scene they had been watching on the screen two days ago; it looked far wider than it had been on the screen. She turned to her left and found the remains of the cave they had taken shelter in, it had collapsed and there was no way in to confirm the bodies, but that was not the main reason she was there.

She walked toward the point of impact and found what was left of the missiles they had launched. She raised the shell and took a look at it before throwing it back to the floor. She took another look at the site and realized that searching through would take a lot of time, time she didn’t have since it took more time than estimated to get to the blast site. Transportation and even communication through the country had been grounded due to the waves that had rocked the world and even electricity was now something that they couldn’t afford anymore. She pulled out the package Nikita had given her and tore it open. She walked over to the rock and placed it on it and she slowly ran her hand over it, shutting her eyes to fully concentrate.

Images played in her head and she saw flashes of them. They were no longer in the desert and were far away from the blast site. She turned around and counted them. The guardian was alive, she could see some of the others carrying the thinker in a stretcher, but there was no sign of him anywhere. She opened her eyes slowly and sighed. She knew where they were and would go after them in due time, but she needed to know where he was, and if he was dead, she also needed to know.

She placed the piece of clothing back into the package and turned around. She walked towards the blast site again and searched for a while, her eyes caught something on one of the missile part and she quickly picked it up; it was a stain of dried blood. She picked it up and used her fingers to scratch it off, placing it on her tongue and she ran her tongue on it as she shut her eyes. She received another wave of flashes, and this time she required more strength to concentrate as the images rip her of every bit of it. She quickly opened her eyes and exhaled loudly as she fell to the ground. She tried to catch her breath as she stared at the ground with both hands to support her, a smile slowly forming on her lips. He was alive after all, a quite resilient and stubborn one, but he was badly wounded, so wounded that he might not even make it for long now, but she had other things in mind for him. He was not far from her and this time; she was going to have him all to herself.

*

Zion sat in a office, looking outside the window deep into the sky, lost in his thoughts. He longed for it now, a return to his world and to the woman he loved, and he was going to do it in a grand style. His heart cringed and he felt the bottomless hole in it get even further deeper. She had decided to expunge herself and end her life when she had found out what he was. Even though he had lied to her from the beginning about who he was and behaved like any normal human, he felt guilt in himself and couldn’t help but tell her what he was, he even went as far as showing her what he could do, thinking the love they shared was strong enough to handle it, but she flipped and panicked and that was the beginning of the end for them. That was the last time they spoke, and even though he searched all over for her, he couldn’t find her. It took five years for him to get anything about her and when he did, he discovered that she had died two years ago.

The pain he felt at that moment was too much to bear and flipped a switch in him, he decided at that moment that he was never going to get involved with anyone, human or fallen and would only concentrate on his mission. Such a lonely path he had chosen, but even years after, he still couldn’t get his mind of her.

The door to the room opened , dragging him out of his head and a man walked otwards him.

“We were able to finally secure a connection with the tower and have Nikita on the line. We are communicating on a radio frequency and you might find i hard to hear her sometimes, but this is the highest we can do now.”

Zion stretched and received the device, he turned to look at the man and he quickly excused himself. He cleared his throat and returned his gaze to the sky.

“Can you hear me.” He spoke into the receiver.

There was a little crackle before her voice came through. “Yes I can.”

“How did it go?” He asked.

There was a little silent before Nikita voice came again. “We launched the missile and we are looking through images to determine the height of damage.”

Zion sighed. “You will have to leave that to the guys there, I have something else for you.” He spoke. “We are moving the plan up and are going to start taking over power in the countries. I am going to be creating one centralized government for earth and will rule over that post. The old fallen and the new arrivals have all been briefed and the plan will be initiated tomorrow. I expect it to go smoothly, but I want you here to be in charge of curbing the resistance that will arise from it. Even if the government is wiped out, I don’t expect the people to take it lying and i don’t want anything interfering with the day of alignment which is in two weeks.”

There was another crackle from the other side and he heard Nikita say something inaudible. He stared at the device and sighed, such piece of crap.

“Do you read me?” He asked

“Yes, I will finish up here and leave Rachel to handle things there while I resume. She will join us later. I have to go now, my attention is needed.” She spoke and ended the call.

Zion placed the device on his desk, smiling. He clicked on a button and the door opened immediately. The man that had come in earlier walked to him, picking up the device.

“Do we still have eyes on Rachel?” He asked.

“Yes.” The man replied. “The tracker indicates that she is still in Russia, somewhere in the desert.”

Zion nodded and raised his hand to signal him out of his office, he turned back to the sky and resumed his daydream.

*

Dan walked into to the bedroom, holding a tray with a glass of water on it. He smiled as soon as he found his wife and his kid cuddling on the bed. His wife also smiled as soon as she saw him and sat down right. She collected the tray from him and picked the glass from it.

“If I knew you could be this sweet, I would have been constantly pretending to be sick.”

They both chuckled and Dan sat by the edge of the bed. “Don’t bank on it.” He said, planting a kiss on her forehead as she drank from the glass.

“Yucks.” His son mumbled, covering his eyes and they all burst into another frenzy of laughter.

The alarm from the sitting room beeped loudly and this alerted Dan, but he didn’t want to worry his wife that still felt weak.

“What’s that?” His wife asked, placing the glass on the tray by the side of the bed.

“Nothing.” He said as he stood up. “I will be right back.” He walked out of the room, shutting the door.

Alicia knew that look on her husband face and knew that something was wrong. She grabbed their son and pulled him to her, holding him tightly. “It will be fine.” She said worried.

Dan hurried into the kitchen and pulled the shelf away, exposing a hidden cabinet of guns. He pulled out a shotgun and hurried out of the kitchen towards the door. The alarm had rung multiple times, and it meant that there was more than one trespasser. He walked to his front door and peeped towards the window. He saw them, walking towards his cabin and decide that if he remained inside while confronting them, it would alert his wife. He opened his door and stepped outside pointing his shotgun at them.

“Stop there”. He spoke.

They stopped and he stared at them, they were all females. One of them caught his attention; she looked like his little cousin. He had not seen her in ages and she was quite older than she had been when he saw her last, but the resemblance was striking. She stepped forward and also stared at him curiously.

“I said do not move.” He said again.

“Uncle?” She called out and he realized that he had been right, but how was she there at that moment.

She walked towards him and pushed his gun down, staring at his face.

“It’s really you.” She said, throwing her hand over him and hugging him.

It was really her. He had a lot of questions, but he decided to leave it for later as he placed his hand on her back. It felt good to finally meet a familiar face.

*

The wind blew cold in the dead of the night, but nothing was going to stop her now. The dust blew across her face and she found it hard to move and even harder to breathe, but she still moved, pulling the weight behind her. She finally had him to herself and the joy of the moment was mightier than the chills the cold night sent through her skin. She stopped and turned back to look at him. He was lying there on the missile part she had placed him on, his breath was shallow and weak and he had burn marks that were healing slowly all over his body. He was really what they had said he was, hard hearted and resilient, but she was going to make sure he didn’t take the easiest way out. She turned and faced the road, she still had a long way ahead of her, and she was going to cover it all through the night. She sighed and continued, pulling his weight slowly as she moved.

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Khriztarl:

Awwwn. I missed you too.
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yeah i'm fine. I've been quite busy. But, trust me. I'm following every step of the way.

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frankline461:


Alright. Stay safe, and hope whatever is keeping you busy is rewarding

Surely. *smiles*

Seems this Dan is a good person..
But we can't know unless we hear his own side of the story...
Nice one bro

I was thinking Dan was a fallen? Why does it seem like he's cool.
Racheal, you're obsessed o.

Thanks for the update...

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Nice one frankline461. Thanks for the update and please reduce the suspense oo

Wow!

This is out of this world.

I am gobsmacked.

Keep it up bro.

Work on your write ups too, noticed some errors, otherwise, this is beyond superb.

The storyline, suspense, twists and thrills.

Wow!

Sorry that there was not an update on Sunday as usual, really dived into the Endsars protest going on. Promise to get more than one through in the next few days. Thanks for following and being patient.

jupitre:
Seems this Dan is a good person.. But we can't know unless we hear his own side of the story... Nice one bro

Thanks man

ijawcitizen:
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Lakesc:
Thanks for the update...

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EbonyQueen001:
Wow!

This is out of this world.

I am gobsmacked.

Keep it up bro.

Work on your write ups too, noticed some errors, otherwise, this is beyond superb.

The storyline, suspense, twists and thrills.

Wow!

Thanks for reading. Yeah, I also see the errors when I try to read through after posting.

No time to proofread because of time. Thanks again.

I appreciate it

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CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

“So let me get this straight, you were made to join the guardian force because your father tried to take over the planet and failed and was considered a traitor for it.”

The girl in black nodded

Dan couldn’t believe his ears; things had taken a massive turnaround since he had been there. “When was such law put in place? I don’t remember any like it when I was still serving in the cabinet.” Dan spoke again, as his wife walked over with a tray containing glasses of water and handed it to the guardians that were very famished.

The girl in black also received a glass from Alicia and nodded her head in appreciation, placing it on the table in front of her. “A few years after you were sentenced, there was a massive tussle of power and the emerging rulers placed it to prevent and curb any further tussle or coup. It sent a message to anyone that wanted to partake in any; they wouldn’t be suffering the consequences alone, their families were also going to be partaking in it.”

Dan sighed. “And still Zion went ahead.” He shook his head. “Very typical of him, so adamant and full of himself. Even as a kid, he always had that nature of never giving up an idea once he had conceived it, and he never cared who had to take the fall for it.”

The girl in black stared at her uncle, it felt like he was talking about something else, but she was too weak and mentally exhausted to persist, she picked up the glass of water and took a gulp. Alicia walked back into the sitting room winked at Dan, he nodded back and she walked towards the girl in black and the other guardians.

“I know you must be exhausted and will want to freshen up. I have prepared a bath for you girls and a little dinner. The rooms are also ready too and as soon as you finish eating, you should have a good night’s rest. I figure whatever you are discussing can wait till tomorrow when you are fully rested.” She gave a warm smile.

Justin grunted loudly on the sofa that he had been lying on, getting the attention of every in the sitting room, he opened his eyes slowly turned to face them as they all stared at him. The girl in black felt relieved that he was finally up, it was beginning to feel like he would sleep the rest of his life away.

“Did somebody say food? “ He asked. “I’m really famished.”

*

Rachel placed another piece of wood into the fire and it made a crackle, she placed both hands over it and tried to get warm. It had been a long walk and dawn was beginning to fall on them. She felt physically exhausted but remained mentally refreshed because she finally had her hands on him. She had not yet decided what to do with him yet but one thing was clear, he was going to go through every extreme method she knew. While she dragged him, she had made an interesting observation; his open wounds were healing faster than normal and almost half of it had closed up, even though he still laid there weak. She knew this was very unusual and only happened in fairy tales of werewolves and their healing power, but here was somebody that made the myth a reality. She had to find a place to restrict him before he came into full strength and was able to fight back; it was only a matter of time now. She rubbed her palm together and her stomach grumbled loudly, she also needed to get something to eat and a place to lay her head for a while.

She had seen smoke coming out of a chimney earlier and figured that a town was not far ahead, she only needed to recuperate for a while before proceeding. She stood up and walked towards him, running her eyes over him. His breathing had stabilized now and his eyes were slightly opened. He murmured something and she bent beside him.

“You’re thirsty?” She asked.

His response was inaudible and she chuckled.

“Well you’re not getting anything, you have lost that privilege. From now you are mine and will only get what I want you to.”

She felt the huge to smack his face at that moment and it took all her will to stop herself. Maybe it would be better to end him there in the woods and return. She heard a horse neigh not far away and the creak of a carriage wheel and she thought to herself that maybe she didn’t have to do all the work after all. She got to her feet and walked away towards the noise.

She walked out of the wood onto a narrow road and found an old man riding a carriage. She stood in his path forcing him to bring his carriage to an abrupt stop. He stared at her in anger, taken aback by what had just happened.

“Are you blind.” He screamed in her direction.

She felt relieved; at least he spoke in English. She didn’t have the time to get into negotiations with him. She shut her eyes and could hear whispers from his head; she easily penetrated into his head and had control of it. She opened her eyes and the anger that had been on his face had disappeared instantly; he stared at her like a puppy.

“Where are you headed to?” She asked.

“The town.” He replied.

She sighed. “I am going to be riding on your carriage.” She stated blatantly. “Get down from your carriage and give me a hand.” She spoke, disappearing into the wood, in the direction she had come from.

*

The chopper finally landed and Nikita was led out by some men, bending over to prevent the wind the chopper blew from sucking her hair in. She was led into the large building by the men and it looked like a mega hotel, only that she knew it wasn’t a hotel. As they approached the segment reserved for elevators, her phone vibrated in her hands and she turned to look at the caller. It was a familiar number, and seeing it startled her. She raised her head to ascertain if her actions had attracted any attention to her, but the men that led her had their head turned in the direction they were moving towards. She quickly shut the screen and put her phone on silent, wondering why her dad had suddenly chosen to call her at that hour, even though she had told him to lay low and that she would be the one to call when she had something to tell him. She sighed, joining the men in the elevator.

*

The door to the tavern bashed in open and Rachel could see men and women of different calibre in it. It was just dawn and they were all drinking themselves to stupor as the women among them sat on men legs, pouring them more drinks and feeding them. She turned to look around, wondering why the man had said that this was the closest thing they had to a hotel in the town. She walked into the tavern and towards the man behind the counter as the others in room made noises and some tried to drag her hand.

“Join me here LovePeddler.” One shouted in her direction but she chose to ignore him.

The man behind the counter walked towards her. “How may I help you?” He asked.

She turned to look around again before returning her gaze to him.

“I hear you have rooms for rent.”

He stared at her for a while. “What kind of room do you want, small, medium or large?”

“Large will do, I am moving in with someone.” She replied.

The man kept his gaze on her before walking away towards a pile of keys. He returned to her and placed it on the counter. “That would cost you four hundred Ruble a night.”

Rachel nodded and placed a five thousand Ruble note on the counter. “I don’t know how long we will be in for, but you can keep the change.” She picked up the key as the man took the note.

“One more thing...” He spoke and Rachel turned back to him. “.. make sure ya’ll keep the mourn noises low.” He said, moving on to another customer.

Rachel smiled as a joke played in her head. “We sure will.” She replied turning back to walk away.

*

The elevator door opened and Nikita stepped out of it with the men that were leading her in. They were on the other side of the building and it was unusual for her to go there, her phone vibrated again and she quickly silenced it, walking with the men into a room. They turned to look at her.

“They will be joining you shortly.” One of them spoke and they both walked out of the room, leaving her to the silence of it.

Her phone vibrated again and she decided to take the call. She turned to look at the corners of the room to see if there were any camera, but there wasn’t, she took a few steps away from the door towards the window and pushed the receive button, covering the mouthpiece.

“I told you I will call you, why are you calling?” She whispered angrily into the mouthpiece. She received no response from the other side, prompting her to slow down.

She pulled the phone off her ears to look at the screen, the call icon was still there and timer was still counting. She placed it on her ears again.

“Are you there?” She asked. There was still no response. She sighed and cut the call angrily.

“Are you okay?” A familiar voice sounded from behind her, startling her.

She turned quickly and her she missed two heartbeats, she prayed he hadn’t heard her and had only just come into the room.

“I am fine.” She replied. “Just some issues from the site.”

Zion cleared his throat and made it for one of the chairs in the room, nodding her to take a sit. Nikita walked slowly towards one and slipped her phone into her pocket.

“The takeover started early this morning as we wanted to have the element of surprise by our side and so far, around eighty countries have had their government dissolved. We encountered brute forces when we tried to take down countries like China and the United States, and although the United state has finally fallen, China still hangs by a thread. They are isolated of course and have had most of their man power and weapons used up, they cannot also call on other countries for help because most of them have fallen and none of the countries they have a treaty with is standing. But I fear for our mission, they might feel betrayed and go after our tower in the country and you know how long we built the tower for and how important it is for our final goal. I have decided to send you over there to make sure that the next attack is successful.”

Nikita frowned. “But this was not what we had discussed, you promised to send me to Russia to control the tower there” She argued.

“Yes I did, but that was because I didn’t project this hitch, part of the issue came from the analysis you submitted, you never pointed that they had hidden fourth grade ballistic weapons that shot ten millimetre bullets. A lot of my soldiers fell and you’re responsible for it too.”

Nikita scoffed. “I think you are beginning to forget that I am your partner in this, and one of your black eyed creatures that you throw around when you feel like. I don’t think I have to remind you why we became partners and what I hold over you.”
Zion stood to his feet, burning in anger; he stared at her and spoke in a cold voice. “And that is the reason I let you live even after you killed Shelby. You don’t know how bad I wanted to push your eyeballs into you head and scatter the sulci and gyri of your brain around the room.”

His statement shocked Nikita. So he knew about it after all and decided to say nothing, she wondered if he also knew that the boy was not dead too. A part of her anger washed away, but she was not going to back down easily. She was in a dilemma between her feelings and what she had wanted when she decided to join him.

Zion took his seat and a short silence ensued. “My source tells me that the guardians are not fully dead and are somewhere in the wood of Nyra. There is no sign of the boy, and I think the missile got him this time, guess we have to wait for Rachel to confirm that.” He raised his head to her again and she scoffed.

“You’ve been tracking me?” She asked irritated.

“I like to know what my partners are up to.” He responded. “The chopper will be here soon to take you over there. This time, I hope you come clean.” He stood up. “I have to go now, I have nations to address.”

Nikita watched him leave the room. She knew that look on his face and knew that she had to secure it’s location, it’s was the only leverage she had. She really needed to get across to her father now. She stood and walked out of the room, making a mental note to call as soon as she was out of the building.

*

Zion walked through the corridor and was soon joined by the head of his security detail.

“Did you get his location?” He asked.

“No, but we have successfully installed the malware. We will get the location the next time they contact each other.”

Zion nodded and kept walking through the corridor.

“You gave it to her, why do you want to get it back now?” The head of security detail asked.

“She is too unstable to be in possession of something that could jeopardize this whole mission. I would rather it be destroyed.”

“But you know she would not let it go without fighting as it is the only thing that is keeping her in this.” The head of security detail pointed out.

“Oh, I’m counting on that.” Zion replied as he pushed open another door.

*

The girl in black rolled on her bed and stared out of the window, it was almost dawn and she had not been able to sleep throughout the night. She couldn’t stop herself from feeling guilty for the lives they had lost in the course of the mission, and something in her prayed that Zeke had survived the blast. She stood from the bed and stared at the other guardians who were fast asleep, sighing, she got up from the bed and walked out of the room towards the living room, she found the entrance wide open and saw her uncle sitting outside. She grabbed a bottle of water and decided to join him.

“Good morning.” Her uncle spoke even without turning making her wonder how he knew she was there. “Couldn’t sleep?” He asked and this time he turned to look at her.

She nodded and walked to another seat and fell on it opening the bottled water.

“Well, that is something that is peculiar to our family; we are never able to rest when we have something lingering in our minds.” He sighed and returned his gaze to the horizon. “We have a lot to discuss, first, what do you have on Zion’s movement here?”

*

I opened my eyes slowly, discovering that I was no longer in the woods, but now in a room and tied up to a chair. I was no longer as weak as I had been and finally had a little strength. My wounds no longer hurt anymore and most of it, from the look of things had healed completely –another thing I had discovered during the time I was away from the rest of the crew. I looked around, wondering where the lady I had seen earlier had gone and what she wanted from me. She had a burning anger for me and I didn’t know why.

As if she was listening to me, she walked into the room, smiling as soon as she saw me. “You are finally awake.” She spoke and dropped what she was carrying. “I think we can get started now.”

I stared at her, wondering what she was all about. “Who are you?” I asked and she chuckled leaving me further confused.

She walked towards me, the smirk still on her face. “Now, that’s a rather complicated question. I know you, but you don’t know me. You took someone from me and I am also going to end you too, but very slowly.” She turned to look at my chest. “I see you heal well.”

I was left at a lost again, what did she mean by I took someone from her? Was she a relative to one of the soldiers back in Australia and had decided to hunt me down ever since? The world was at its breaking point and here she was, trying to feast on a pointless agenda.

She scoffed. “You think what I am doing is pointless?”

Her question left me shocked. “How....”

“You might have heard about us from your circus, the hunters? Yes, I am one of them.”

It was beginning to make sense now, she was an enemy. But I still couldn’t figure out what I had taken from her.

She stood up and whirled in anger. “Shelby.” She screamed. “She gave you her love and you killed her like she didn’t matter. You are a pig that doesn’t deserve to live.”

I scoffed. “Shelby?” And memories began to play in my head. I still hadn’t wrapped my head around her death. I turned back to the lady and gave her a questioning look. “Were both of you...”

“Shut up.” She walked towards me and grabbed my mouth. ”Never interrupt me.”

I chuckled as soon as she let me go. “If you are one of the gifted, then you must be Rachel. I have heard a lot about you and held you at a high place but it’s obvious that you are dumber than you look. Beautiful, but with no brains.”

She snapped and charged at me, hitting me hard on the cheek and sending me to the floor, still tied to the chair.

“I told you to never interrupt me!”

I chuckled again on the floor, blood slowly rolling out of my mouth. She hit well for a female and her aggression was something I loved, it reminded me of the girl in black. She rolled me back to sitting position and glared at me.

“Well, I know you are capable of reading minds and also replaying things that occurred. I’m here, so why not take a minute to look through mine, or are you scared that you are not strong enough to take a peek in my head?”

“And why do I have to do that?” She questioned angrily.

“Well, I could tell you I didn’t kill her, but you wouldn’t believe me, so I figure this is the best alternative.”

She stared at me again, contemplating. She finally decided and had her gaze fixed on me and her eyes slowly shut. I watched her for a while as she struggled to hold on, I could also feel her in my head and it tickled. I kept my gaze on her until she opened her eyes and glared at me in shock. I didn’t know what she was thinking at that point, I could see the shock and betrayal in her eyes and I wondered if she had been told that I was responsible just to have her go at me. I highly suspected Nikita, she was always behind every confusion. My stomach groaned and my nose caught the scent of what she had brought it, my mouth watering.

*

Rachel stared at Zeke, not knowing what to do, all the rage she had nurtured had been directed at the wrong person while the real culprit took a piss all over her. She was furious and that was an understatement, she felt like she would burst in any minute and hated herself for being easily gullible. How could she have let Nikita use her all these while without trying to figure out why she found it hard to penetrate through her mind. She was really dumb like he had earlier stated and had been so foolish all along. She really needed some fresh air and she turned towards the door, ignoring his call for her to hand him some of what she had brought in. She walked out of the room and banged it loudly behind her.

Thanks frank. So i think i can make some conclusions here;
-Dan is related to Zion and the girl in black and he's finding a way to end the fallen
-Rachel finally finds out the truth concerning shelby
-Zion doesn't trust Nikita entirely
-nikita-s dad is alive and she is protecting him
- RACHEL will join ZEKE

Zeke and Rachel becoming a team already??
No so sure cos she's still bound to Zion..
And why was Dan sentenced..What was his crime??
Thanks man

Finally here this is my best story this year I’m spellbound!!! Zeke is the hero of this wonderful story undoubtedly. I can’t wait to see how things will unravel between Rachel,Nikita, Amy and Zion.

More inspiration and strength to the writer.

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