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Should have added this at the beginning but i have a feeling i should anyway..

DISCLAIMER!!!

This work is pure imagination...any resemblance to persons, group or events is purely coincidental and unintentional...


Also i would appreciate any critique from anybody...but don't forget, your imagination is the co author on this story gracias!

EkopSparoAyara:
Hope she's got the oranges, I love huge ones..
Much respect to you...
Bring my own gift oo...

The type "larger than the sun" shey? Lemme sharperly hook you up with Fome

queenitee:
No Oshogbo

No worries oshogbo is just around the corner na�

Oroolorun:
Haba Oga Souloho19, haba? You are making this story so so so hard to predict.
For the first time ever, I am ready a story I can't rightly predict what will happen next. Haba!

Thanks for the long update and thanks for the dedication.
I'm still here!

Baba not only you ooo...make we siddon dey look sha..the story go unwind itself small small...thanks boss

EkopSparoAyara:
Agent Sparrow Ayara conjuring every every...Fome or whoever is so dead because my Kung Fu is badass...
Real Shadow, Rex will put and end to your miserable life, rubbish...
Ah, Buzz, you see what your life has turned to... That's what greed does, nonsense you.. Alli No Joy will finish you..
#BRAVO_SOULOHO..

#JULY_IS_OURS

Hehe...the conjurer! Tuale bross!!
About Dagnet...she's a special lady na
Thanks my guy

[quote author=Preshb post=69650745]I be girl..ooo no be man

Forgive me then..gracias ma'am :-)

tonyxxx:
Wowwwwww... You held me spellbound back there. Now am guessing that even you the writer don't have an absolute 100 percent picture of how everything would turn out,giving you the opportunity to express spontaneous ideas as you write. This is creativity at its peak. Thanks for the long update.

Bro � 100% is too much...more like 20% honestly I dont even know if the lady is Fome or not, what the letters contain...what S.s was even telling Tonye i don't know..
Thats why i ended the update there...thanks man �

Evold:
Alli is too tough he can even take out the shadow. meanwhile lam gonna practice Sparrow's meditation

Exactly...believe me the lifting the sky excercise is effective...it clears the mind...I can testify to that

samwobi:
Souloho What Did I Do Na? You No Longer Mention When Updating Again

WAACUT:
SOULOHO.. U DON'T MENTION NOR DEDICATE.. UR UPDATES WITH MY NAME ATTACHED TO IT AGAIN.. BROS.. WHY .. NICE UPDATE MAN.. KEEP THE GOOD WORK MOVING.. THIS 5K NA WE GET AM OR WE DIE HERE

Big men no vex o...most times I just mention the monikers after the last update apart for a few engraved in my memory already...its not itentional...gracias brothers

woa...that was quick...
okay here is the concluding part:




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The real shadow paced round his apartment furiously. He was mad! just mad!

His contract was still alive.

Just imagine! The number one shadow...The tallest shadow of the sunset had almost been killed...if not for the bullet proof vest which no one must ever know he wore by the way, he would have been dead! gone! just like that!. He was invinsible...more than a man....he striked like lightening and disappeared into the wall like a shadow....he didn't need to wear kevlar because no one ever had the chance to shoot at him....untill now...
His brother (God rest his soul) hadn't been able to take out the foolish Rex Obasi who had crumbled their organization like a house of cards and the list kept gtting longer....how did it get to this? How did he get to this stage...from running from the authorities and the foolish Brota whatever to getting shot...how?!

His mind went black with muderous rage and he began punching the wall like a maniac. He lost track of time and of himself but continued punching the wall until his knuckles began to bleed, the paint on the wall began to peel and the hard concrete began to drop piece by piece on the floor.

His device released a special beep and gradually he crawled out of the black hole. He stood for minutes as his vision cleared, observing the mess he had caused. There was blood everywhere....his floor was messed up and his wall was carved in. He hadn't had a black out like this since the night he found out the initiative had been taken down and his shadows had been killed. His brother had been around to calm him down then...had been alive.

Slowly he picked up his device from the couch and read the mail....then he brought out a different phone and dialled a number.


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?? ?? Fome??

"Christie for God's sake shut that baby up?!" She shouted at the younger woman who kept cooing and bouncing the baby in the back seat.

"I...I'm trying...I think she's hungry" The student doctor said

"Then i'll drug her again....I can't take this bloody noise!"

"No please sister....she'll stop....I'll stop her..."

Thankfully her phone beeped before she could reply and she braked hard and swerved off the road.


"You" she said

"So you killed my brother eh....well played...I heard of the hole in the wall...that was really ballsy" the voice said

"I had to..he was going to stop me from getting the letters" she replied in a somewhat shaky voice.

"Oh....I blame the fool for thinking with his dick, if not them never born you to kill a top shadow....well now I got the contract to destroy the red letters"

"I'm sorry, but I need those letters..."

"do you think you can stop me or go through me? I'm going for the letters myself and I really hope you'd try to stop me....I really hope so"

"you're bluffing...just how do you plan to destroy the letters....you don't even know where they are!"

"look here bitch...this is Taiye...not Kehinde...this is Taiye the tallest shadow...and forget that nonsense yoruba myth...I'm the oldest...I came out first by my own accord...nobody rushed me out...I am the real shadow!" with that the phone went off.

She slapped her steering wheel furiously.

"Wha-what is it?" Christie asked in a scared voice
from the back seat.

"Its all over...that's it....i'm killing the baby" She began battling with her seat belt.

"But...but...Rex still has time...please give him a chance first" Christie cried out. the truth was she had fallen in love with the beautiful big brown eyes and fat dimpled cheeks.

"What's the use...the shadow is going for it now...its all over" she sounded defeated

"no ma....Rex can do it.....he did it before-"

"You don't understand....this is the real shadow...the most dangerous man!"

"But where was he two years ago...when his empire was crumbling? Ma I think he's overrated....Rex and his team are good...I've seen them, this lady they call Tonye and that Andy guy"

She smiled and relaxed her hold on the seat belt. "You mean the Andy guy you dealt with?"

Christie was glad to see her relaxed. She laughed nervously "But still...I think this shadow is overrated...let's give Rex a chance first...he still has about 36 hours"

She started the engine and entered the road. "36 ke? he should kill his foolish Government agent friend first then I'd know he is serious!"

Christie fell silent. There was so much bitterness she didn't fully understand...but when it came right down to it, her loyalty was with her sister. She looked at the baby who had stopped crying with regret and sadness.


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The man was strange. There was a tattoo of a bird on his shoulder. The bird was a sparrow.
He wasn't muscular or beefy but there wasn't an excess fat on his body.

Preently he sat behind his car, his legs folded like a dibia in his shrine.
He had his thumb and index finger joined together and the last three fingers kept vibrating.

His ponytail blew left and right in the wind as he breathed in and out deeply.
He was in meditation.

He was agent Sparrow.

"I'm one with the universe....I command the elements to work in my favour....I am one with the universe...I command the elements to work in my favour...I am one with the universe....I command the elements to work in my favour...." he kept on repeating the same words over and over...

When he had pulled over and stopped chasing the kidnapper. He was at war with himself. He was letting the kidnapper get away...for the baby's safety...but the baby was not safe now abi?

He had been consumed with indecision...guilt...regret and it ate at his soul so much that he had cleared of the road completely. Thankfully there was a mango tree on the side of the road which meant life; The elements wind, earth, and even wood..

So he had parked properly and gotten down from the car and just as his master Wong had taught him a long, long time ago he got down and first performed the tai chi practise..uniting his essense with the core of the universe.

"Heaven and Earth....yin and yang....have to become one in you....." his master had taught him.

So he had made kung fu like movements with his breath puffing out loud with every slice of the air...until the air began to feel solid...when he could feel his side palm cutting into something as solid as wood with every swipe of his hand, he sat down and began meditating.

Meditation was the language of the soul.

Master Wong had also thought him that..


Sensei Sparrow had been born in China. He never knew his father, but it was said his father was a Nigerian who imported drugs into the country. He had met his mother, a chineese woman and they apparently fell in love.

But like a plague his old life called him and he kept on making the trips back into his country to smuggle drugs into Asia.

He promised his 6 months pregnant girlfriend that this was his last trip...he was going to stop smuggling hard drugs into the country and they would get married before the child was born and move to hong kong.

But he never came back. He was murdered by the people he worked for.

Sparrow had been born two months later. A light skinned handsome child with natural silver hair at a young age.

But his mother couldn't bare to look at him without seeing his father which broke her heart so she had put him in a basket one night and left him in front of a shaolin temple.

The monks had taken him in and a particular monk, who would later become the leader called master Wong had taken a special interest in the little boy.....



"....elements to obey me and work in my favour..." the thoughts of his childhood flittered through his mind yet his mind was clear...like a big empty room. He was in the middle of the room in his mind and he willed the baby to appear in the room. Even though he didn't know the baby....had never seen the baby, he willed the child to crawl into the room to him. Whether the child could crawl in reality didn't matter.

His eyes opened suddenly and he stopped talking...or reduced his voice to a whisper cause his lips still moved.

Suddenly the car sped past him. going about 100km/h.

Sparrow jumped up immediately like a spring and hurried into his car.

He didn't have a chance to glance at the vehicle before it turned but as he started his car he knew.
He just knew that the baby was in the speeding car.


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"Hey...we'll be in Lagos in the next 2 hours....heaven help you if the address is phony." Alli no Joy said to the man in the front seat with him.

They had passed by multiple police check points but Alli wasn't a novice. His nephew had been assaulted by the bad gangs of Benue and they were rushing to a specialist hospital in Lagos to see a surgeon to perform a special operation. They were driving because there was no money for flight.

"Is that true?" The police would then ask the barely conscious Buzz who would nod weakly in agreement.

Some would haggle for some minutes stating there were good hospitals in Benue or wherever they were coming from but trust Alli, he could talk his way out of hell fire. Not to mention with his daughter's life at risk.

Although after each checkpoint he was a couple of thousands short.

Still he put the pedal to the floor and flew along the highway.

At this rate, they'll be in Lagos in an hour and be at the address in less than 2.



He thought for the thousandth time if he should call Rex and relay the address. But his phone was still on the back seat and he was caught up with the driving he couldn't stop and reach for it.

"God help you if they aren't there.....Oh....God help you!"


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Back in Our Lady memorial hospital, Benue. Martha kept holding on to Olivia's hand. She was heavily sedated but every now and then she would cry out in pain calling her daughter's name.

Each time was like a knife to her heart.

"God why do these things keep happening to my family?" she sobbed when Olivia cried out again.

The doctor strolled in.

"doctor..she's still in pain...please can't you do something?"

"madam I'm doing my best...if I drug her anymore she may never wake up...I've never seen someone fight the sedatives so much as she...its incredible..."

"incredible? my daughter is dying and you call it incredible?!" Martha shot daggers at the doctor.

"woa....madam...she won't die...and I promise you she will walk....please just leave and let me do my job"

That was still not good enough for Martha.
"I'm not leaving her side.." she vowed.

"I'm afraid you must...." the doctor trailed off when she sent him a chilling look. Right now Martha had no joy.

"Okay...well I guess there's no harm in letting you stay" he conceeded
"but please she needs to leave" he jerked his head at christie who was still on hold waiting for her boss to come back on the line.


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Tonye sat down slowly.

Short Sam was opening a can of worms right now....

He rambled on in her ear excitedly and after a while she got up and got a pen and paper.

Can't believe post too long...have to break it down.

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Emenike kept looking from me to Dagnet then the nylon dress lady whom he had called Zelda. He staggered like a drunkard then pointed at me "You...you bastard, I say what are you doing here?"

That was it!

I planted my feet firmly on his chest and gave him a push which sent him sprawling backwards. He dangled on the edge of the tub for a second before he lost the balance he didn't even have and fell into the water.

I also fell down to my knees. The pain was very intense and blinding. A fire seemed to spread from my ribs to my brain and I cried out in pain.

"What is it? Rex are you okay?" Dagnet asked concerned. She let go of Zelda and knelt down beside me.

"I....I...my chest...." I gasped "I shouldn't have done that....oooooooh"

There is a kind of intense pain that you just can't take with your eyes open. The kind of pain that is 'blinding'. I was no stranger to this kind of pain but this particular time was something else.
I shut my eyes and focused on the blackness until the pain subsided gradually.
Then I opened my eyes and waited for the room to come into focus.

"Heey....don't take another step or I will shoot you!" I heard Dagnet shout. Her voice sounded like a church speaker was glued to my ear.
I heard a whimpering sound which had to be the Zelda girl. She must have tried to run away when Dagnet's back was turned.

I kept on hearing the sound of waves crashing and my fuzzled brain was confused for a second. It felt like I was a young boy again, balanced on my father's broad shoulders at Badagry beach, because I was scared to let the water touch my feet. It was confusing until my eyes focused and I found out the waves crashing was just Emenike thrashing around in his bath tub.

"Please he's going to drown!" Zelda squeaked in a rat like voice

"Is it not his bathtub...how can he drown" Dagnet snapped

Emenike was still thrashing and making drowning sounds but I stood up slowly and folded my hands in a nonchalant 'let's wait and see' gesture although to be frank I had to hold my aching ribs.

This was a jaccuzi. Emenike was about 6 feet tall. At most the bubbling water got to his chest if he stood upright. He couldn't drown, unless he was foolish enough to lie horizontal and keep thrashing about. But come to think of it, the idiot was stoned out of his mind....

I reminded myself Emenike was the chief's son. He had spent a lot of time with the chief and the chief had groomed him to take over his empire therefore he was also cunning.

So I stood at the edge of the tub with my hands still folded, Dagnet held on to the whimpering Zelda who kept on quivering about how we were letting her boss drown.
Finally Emenike's arms must have gotten tired of all the thrashing because he stopped and for a second I wondered if the fool had indeed killed himself.

But his head surfaced slowly and his eyes were clearer. I transferred the gun to my other hand because my right side was still aching severely and a little stiff.

"Are you done?" I asked harshly

He looked at me tiredly and nodded slowly.

"Good, now get out and get us that key."

Without a word he climbed out slowly.

"So what exactly did you hope to achieve with all that drama?" Dagnet asked

"I'm sure he was waiting for me to jump in to save him so he could probably hold me down" I said. And he just might have succeeded. Even if he was now pitifully weak, The pain had really disoriented me and put me at a disadvantage.

"You're a fuckng pain in the ass!" He complained as he took a bathrobe from a nail on the wall. "You already took my parents away from me but you won't still leave me alone" he sounded like a wounded puppy.

"Emenike...where is the key? Is it in this building or in your home?" Dagnet snapped

He looked at her "This is my place of work...I don't shiit where I eat, of course its not here!"

I scoffed "This place alone is a shiit hole so basically you eat where you shit...infact you eat the shiit....now we're going to leave this room, walk down the hallway and get to the other side, then we'll get to the car and drive to your home....You're going to smile to anyone we see on the way and you're not going to draw any attention to us unless I'm going to put a bullet in your head"
That was a big lie. This fool's life was very important to me right now. I couldn't let anything happen to him until we got the letters but he didn't need to know that.

He put the robe on without a word then he looked at the tray in the tub. When he looked at me his eyes were on the verge of tears. "you didn't have to do that you know"

I shook my head in disgust "bros lets go"

"I need a fix first....I swear shoot me if you want but I'm not leaving here without a fix"
he stamped his feet and folded his hands.

I swear on the 'no joy' in my father's name, if I was in a very good physical condition and not still hurting from the pain from the kick, I would have really given him a fix in the form of my knuckles but I had my daughter to think about. Ten hours were already gone from the 48 hours and I hadn't even gotten the letters. Not to mention Bami was still alive...although I'll be seeing him soon in Maryland.
Hopefully he'd give his life to ensure my daughter's safety. (Hey! I still had a sense of humour......or was it all humour....?)

So instead I interrupted Dagnet when she said "You bastard....you still have the gall to request for coke--"

"Its alright...we'll let him get his fix." I said "where is the substance?" I asked him

"Let's go to the zone...there's enough supply in a room here" he said cheerfully . From a wounded puppy he now sounded like a dancing dog expecting a big juicy bone.

"uhn uhn....no way...trust me Rex, I was here yesterday, there are people getting stoned in the room...he will try something funny" Dagnet disapproved

I thought for a second "Okay...you Zebra....go get him the powder and be back here...I give you 30 seconds" I turned to the nude lady. I hadn't meant to call her Zebra, it just came out. "If you try something funny, this night will only end in disaster" I added

She nodded eagerly "Yes sir, I will get it immediately" and I believed her. She was just too scared. It seemed with all the attrocities being commited in club rebel a gun was all it took to inspire fear.

"I'd go with you" Dagnet said "I don't even know why we are agreeing to this psycho" Dagnet muttered.
She hooked her gun on her belt, and took the nude lady by the elbow.

We watched them leave or rather, Emenike watched them leave. I had my eyes on him unwavering and I saw the lust flash across his eyes.

"wooow...your friend is a freaking milf....the things I'd like to do to her..."
His voice trailed of when I leveled the gun on his face.

"Hey you pig, don't get me mad or I swear I will kill you"

It took almost a minute but Dagnet and Zelda returned. Zelda had a satchet of pure water in her hand but it was filled with powder instead of water and sealed. I gawked at the 'pure' coke for some seconds and was astonished to see the label. 'Emy's pure water'

"haha...you like it don't you....why don't you join me" the bastard said in anticipation.
He sounded excited and I could imagine him on a dining table, hooking a napkin on his collar and rubbing his hand in anticipation as the waiter served his food.

"Rex....you wouldn't believe it....there's a full store of this stuff...in pure water bags.....hundreds!" Dagnet said in disbelief.

"wow!" I was....not really shocked. Anyone with the Amunike blood couldn't suprise me again.
"I can't believe the drug agent Sparrow didn't know that.....where is he sef?" I asked Dagnet.

"I haven't heard from him since we told him to fall back then...."
she trailed off. There was a fond look in her eyes I didn't want to disturb myself about.
I hoped to God the ponytailed man hadn't followed Fome and endangered my daughter's life.
Endangered?haha wasn't she in danger already? A familiar and annoying voice in my head quipped.

I shook the thoughts away and watched Emenike spread the powder gently on the small tray Zelda had provided.
He handled the satchet like a new born baby, not letting even a spray crumb out of his sight. He spread the coke in a 'assembly' line with a tiny wooden spoon that looked like the mini version of a laddle from my mother's kitchen.

He looked expectantly at Zelda and she shook her head.

"What is it?" Dagnet snapped. She really didn't like Emenike and I could tell she wished she still had the power of her badge.

"I don't fix like a low life junkie...." he said. He observed the jacuzzi where the upturned tray was still floating. He turned to me "And you just ruined a perfect hundred dollar note which was very effective for me" he whined "not to mention thousands of dollar worth of coke"

I checked my breast pocket and dug out loose change. Two hundred and fifty naira. I handed him the #50 note.

He took it relunctantly and sneered "but its not the same"

"i swear to God if you don't hurry up I'll throw this one into the water too" I snapped

He believed me because he quickly got down, placed the tray on the marbled floor gently, rolled up the money then ran it along the long line of powder. drawing it up his nose like a vaccum.
When he stood up, his eyes were white and he vibrated with energy. "Alright...you bloody nosy detectives....I will gladly give you the key and the letters...thank God sef...the weight was too much for me..." he laughed in his high state. Floating in the clouds and feeling like a king "Bro....you don't know what you're getting into....I myself don't know....but a lot of people want what you want....a lot of dangerous people....hehehehehehe..." he began giggling like a school girl and I would have punched him in the face if I wouldn't have suffered more pain than the punch would inflict.

So instead I raised the gun again "alright you've gotten your fix...let's go"

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Out in the hallway, a couple of young men dressed 'queerly' were hovering around.

One of them was dressed in a tank top and skinny jeans and I felt like vomitting or knocking his 'fairy' ass out....pause!

"Hey maaami..." he purred at Zelda as she was the one in front. "We're here for the usuall....here's our atm...please hope Zorro is in...we've had a hectic day and could really use some good pounding"

"Jesus is Lord!" Dagnet gasped

Emenike was still very much high and merry. He smiled at her "not in here baby...this is the devil's workshop...Hey Zelda carry on....make me my money, I'd be back soon....aaarrgh"

Dagnet had bent his arm further and he squealed like a rat caught in a trap

"you shut up"
she snapped angrily.

We passed the two 'men' and Zelda signalled to them to follow her although she kept her eyes on us as we led her boss away.

One of the men made a purring noise at me and I could see his face was covered with piercings. "heey big daddy..." he said licking is lips suggestively.

I swear I really felt like breaking the fool's neck but for two things;
1. Emma....Emma....Emmma was on my mind.
2. I wasn't strong enough for that yet.

So I kept quiet and stepped out but Dagnet couldn't help it "Fuckn gays!! I swear I would make sure this place gets locked up....14 years all of you! Tufia!"
she spat in disgust.


Outside, the two bouncers where as we had left them and Dagnet tossed the key to the cuffs close to them although they couldn't reach it and if they could their hands were still shackled.

"you be good" she called to them.

We got in and Dagnet settled in the back with Emenike. I heard the sharp sniffing sound again and stared at the rearview mirror at him. He was at it again. This time sniffing the powder from his palm as the tray had been left behind. But he had held on to the satchet of powder like it was his life.

"hey...that's enough" Dagnet snapped

"ohhhhhh baby baby its a wild world.....!" Emenike sang happily in reply.

I started the car and without a word drove away from the flashing neon lights of the 'club rebel'


Once we got the keys...it was on to Leventis way, Maryland for the deposit box and the letters.

Ann2012:
Pls search for Emma over there oooo
Make 4 quick reach biko

funny enof I just chose 4 randomly but its ready....altho quite short sha...but make una manage am biko

queenitee:
Bring something when you are coming back o

lool no problem...you in Lag shey

Preshb:
Sorry I lost my phone that was why I was not commenting all the same, I tracked the phone and got it back. @ souloho thanks for this story. Let me vote first I will be back to continue from where I stopped.

thanks my man...welcome back bro

EkopSparoAyara:
Mr Souloho,Where are thou??
I have refreshed this page severally in the last 48hours...

My main man, just check back by 4 dont worry...by the way do you like the detective Dagnet? because she likes you ooo

WEALTH304:
Souloho19...no make me call you three times ooo..come update nah

mikeybrainy:
Souloho19 give us small update na

Bleeze2:
Souloho19 we are waiting for u o, the suspense is too much o

My brothers oo... you know I been typing for over an hour only for my tab to die without warning
I would update by afternoon no worries and sriusly the recent lack of updates is due to a lot of changes i'm currently going through...I mean i'm not even in the country right now. But nothing spoil..once I get my rythm you know how i drop it...back to back so hold on bruvs

donteanz:
Alaye Souloho19, Aboki Na, Du Allah Kazo Ka Samun Dadi. Kaji Kwo

Kwo?
Lol �
I know one of those words mean update shey? Ma nigga stay with me..I got your back

@queenitee @Honourable356

Hats off to you all, I'm one very grateful soul. As in really really grateful. Jah bless you all and I mean every single reader here. May your endeavours be as fruitful as the tree by the riverside. Enjoy your weekend!

bimberry1307:
souloho19 ooo! where is you ooo? we are waiting ooo.

okeyben10:

hey boss whia you @?

last you updated was 16th buh e dey me like 2 weeks ago
abeg com update. yuh story suppose dey front at all times.

thanks man

My people I'm still with you no shaking. Just going through some kind of changes right now, but we are still on!
sabali...
Sabali..
Patience..

paqman:
To the boss of all writers souloho you have been bursting my bolllo , I don't no why I don't vote for you in June but in July you will definitely win the award back to back, keep the fire burning you are a genius

No worries bro, I dont begrudge you or anyone for not voting. The thing is the other writers also deserve it in their own might.
Imagine this scenerio; if all the planes that have ever been created plus every birds that exists/ ever existed should take to the skies, there would still be excess space for a billion more. My philosophy has always been that the sky is big enough for every star to shine. So bro don't beat yourself up. As long as time remains constant K...I'll still win it. If not this month, the next or next after that..I'm all about sabali

And for y'all turning up and voting for me, I see the mentions and I appreciate deeply

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Emenike was in a hidden room. We had to go through three different doors and curved passages before we entered the huge polished room.

He was in a jacuzzi which was in the center of the room. A big flat screen Tv on the extreme wall was showing CNN. But it was muted and apparently not being watched at all because Emenike was occupied with the two naked girls in the tub with him.

There was a tray on the marble of the jacuzzi and on the tray were lines and lines of white powder. With a rolled up dollar note. I took all these in in a matter of seconds then finally located the stereo responsible for the rap music blaring from the overhead speakers.
I pointed my gun at it but Dagnet touched my arm. She gestured with her gun and I saw her point. Her gun had a silencer attached to the muzzle, mine didn't. I nodded and she fired two quick shots into the stereo box, damaging it instantly. The music stopped.

Finally Emenike managed to notice the music had stopped and he stopped kissing one of the girls and shook his head as if to clear it. He glanced round the room and his eyes widened as he saw me and Dagnet with our guns trained at him.

"What who....whah..whah..." he stammered.

The nylon lady who had led us to his room said "I'm so sorry sir..."

"heeey....shhhh" Dagnet snapped.

"You two get out of here" I waved my gun at the two ladies who were high but still managed to be scared out of their skin. They hurried out of the jacuzzi dripping wet and very naked. They made for the door but Dagnet stopped them. "Take your towels...cover yourself up."

The ladies grabbed two towels thankfully from the rack and hurried out of the room.

Emenike looked after their ample behinds regretfully as the girls left and I snapped my fingers drawing his attention.

He looked at me with glassy eyes "you....you again....ex!."

"look at me...I'm not here for games...and its Rex not Ex, although I just might X you before this night is over" I moved around the jacuzzi to stand behind him. My movements were a bit slow and a dulling ache accompanied each step but I was not bothered.

"You have some letters I want....your father called it the red letters. The red letters, where is it?" I asked

"Red letter?...I don't understand...is the paper red or what? How is the letter red" he slurred his words.

I kicked the tray of coke into the tub of bubbling steamy water and Emenike's eyes cleared immediately.

"What...what did you just do?!" He struggled to turn around and face me. Twisting his neck to se me properly. "What the heck did you just do?!"

I dropped my gun and planted my hand on his head. Like a pastor conducting a deliverance. "red letters? where are they?"

"What-"

I didn't let him complete his statement. I forced his head down into the tub. It was suprisingly easy. This man needed calcium in his life. The excess drugs had basically turned his bones to liquid.

I held him down for 7 seconds then yanked him up. He coughed like a TB patient, rubbing his eyes vigorously.

"What are you doing to me? Zelda why did you bring this people here!" he barked, or croaked is a more apt term since his lungs were still partially filled with water.

"I'm sorry-"

"Heey, I say shhhh!" Dagnet shushed the nude lady who was on the verge of tears.

"Emenike, where are the letters..your father entrusted in your care?" I asked again

"I...I don't have it-ggrglgrrglegrrrglegrrrurgl..."

I had forced his head under once more. This time I waited for 11 seconds before I pulled him up.

He coughed and gasped for breath and I shouted in his ear. "Where are the letters? The red letters?"

he was still struggling for breath and I started to push him under again. He managed to croak out. (It was definitely not a shout) "wait..wait..."

His bald head was slippery but I managed to grab it and turn his neck so he could face me a bit.

"What is it? Where is it?"


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She arrived the house in a state of panic. she remained in her car for a full 30 minutes until she was certain no one had followed her. Then she ran up the stairs to the flat. Christie was waiting for her and after she knocked the special knock, she opened the door without asking who was there.

She hurried into the apartment. "Pack up...pack up every evidence of identity...we need to leave here!"

"What happened?"

"We have been compromised....I was followed after the meeting....that Rex is a big idiot. I just pray he fails and doesn't murder the other agent like I told him then he would get to hold his daughter's hand" Her voice was filled with wicked humour and Christie who had been feeling quite sleeply jerked fully awake.
"what do you mean....kill who"

she snapped at her "i said we have been compromised! Get the baby...get the emergency kit and let's bounce sharp-sharp!"

Christie hurried into the room full of worry and full of obedience.

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Bami, Andy and their newest recruit Bigelow rode in the same car. Bigelow had given his car keys to one of the uniformed cops at the hotel to help him drop his car off at the station till he was ready to pick it up. Actually he had considered the possibility that the real shadow could somehow track his car. Maybe seeing the location as the metro police station would give the bastard cause for concern.

"So you're telling me this Fome person was able to kidnap your partner's child in Jos and in less than 48 hours demand a face to face meeting in Lagos.?" Bigelow shook his head in wonderment

"It sounds surreal I know but stranger things have happened" Andy said from the driver's seat

"Wow, she is one mean determined lady" Bigelow said.

"Yea...but we need to burst her before she hurts the innocent child" Andy said. "How far any luck?" he asked Bami who had his phone glued to his ear in the passenger's seat.

"its ringing but he's not picking"


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'As I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
And if I die before I wake
I pray the Lord my soul to take'

Lucky Dube sang on from my back pocket as my phone continued to ring. Whoever was calling was very determined. But my attention was fully on Emenike instead. "Tell me where is it?!" I barked

"Its in a safe deposit box....I have the key..its in my safe in my room" He looked at floating tray and the traces of powder that had dissolved in the water and I was startled by the pain and regret in his eyes. He looked like he had just lost a relative.

"Where is the deposit box?" Dagnet asked

He looked at her as if seeing her for the first time but didn't reply.

I stamped my palm on his bald head and I didn't even plan to push him under but he immediately said;
"Its in a holding agency..its at Maryland"

"holding agency...what's that?"

"its like a bank...but they keep valuable things for you instead of money...like documents, will....and stuffs like that"

I tossed him the last towel on the rack. "Get out...put some clothes on then get us that key and take us to the safety deposit box"

He scrambled out of the tub and I remembered how he had once been quick and agile, as a black belt holder. But now he had emaciated greatly and lost weight. It seems with his father not around to keep an eye on him, his drug use spiralled out of control.

"What's wrong?" Dagnet asked me when I winced

"Nothing....just a little pain, that's all."

My phone started ringing again and I finally picked it up.
"Hello....Bami, yea she came....a lot has happened. She made some ridiculous demands"

"like what?" Bami asked

like killing you......

"errm...let's see first. I'm on my way to Maryland now with the chief's son."

"Okay...keep in touch...we'll meet you there"

I ended the call then forced every thought out my head. The important thing right now was to get to the deposit box for the letters.

Emenike had tied the towel round his waist and he staggered. The man was clearly still very muched stoned out of his brain.

"Which room is the key in? Is it the room in your house or you have another room here?!" I barked. I barked a lot lately...guess I was tired of being the underdog in every situation.

"What....what key....You!' he pointed at me and gasped like he was just seeing me. "You again...." he staggered dangerously close to the jacuzzi "what's that your yeye name again....Ex!...no Text! you have the guts to come to my comfort zone" He hiccuped then glanced at Dagnet briefly.
"I will kick your ass before I kick you out of my club" even as he said it he staggered dangerously

I looked at Dagnet. In a 'is this one okay at all?' expression.

"Where is the key to the safety box?" I asked

"errrrm...say whah? where are the Candy twins? Zelda what is going on here?" He asked the nude lady. His pupils were dilated and his eyeballs were gone.

Dagnet looked at me "He is useless right now...he's too stoned to understand what is happening"

"That's not my business....I will beat understanding into him" I replied.


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Tonye was feeling very restless. She paced the house calling one person after the other. Only when she spoke with Bami and he told her about the gun fight at the hotel did she sit down.

We need to leave here....everything is in Lagos...Emma is in Lagos, we were tricked! She said to herself. Standing up and sitting down again. Her husband had had two very close brushes with death in 72 hours. She couldn't bear it if anything happened to her.

Her phone rang and she saw it was her assistant. "Hey Kirsten...how is Olivia, and Rex's mother?"

"They're both fine...I've been looking over some files and I'm finding a lot of loop holes that I'm sure would provide much needed answers once I do some extra digging...but I'm without the resources here....I do my best work at BROTA"

"I know....I'm still trying to decide if we should book a flight back..but its Olivia..I don't feel okay with leaving her yet"

"I understand ma.."

Her phone beeped and she glanced at the screen. S.S i.e Short Sam was calling.

"Hold on...Kirsten, I'll call you back"

She answered the waiting call. "Hello Sam, please tell me something good"

"Well, I have something alright....if it is good depends on your point of view"

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The second strike team were silent as the jeep bounced in and out of potholes. The driver was rough and moody but the passengers didn't seem to care. They were also all very moody. Even the car was moody. The way the engine growled in anger and the silencer puffed out smoke aggressively showed the V8 was in a V hate mood.

They had every right to be angry. They had lost their brothers. Four of them murdered like helpless victims....like the victims they themselves killed for a living. That was what angered them the most.

The chief had called with information about the spy who was reported to have helped the detective woman. Or ex detective. The man was an undercover cop/agent he had said. But they were going for everybody. Anyone who was affiliated with the detective or the spy whose name was given as Benjamin Sunday but his real name was indeed Sensei Sparrow, Sparrow Ayara they were all going to die. All of them!

The two men they had also attacked and beat up two days earlier were going to get it too. Because their hands were definitely not clean. They must have been involved in the killings one way or the other.

The jeep screeched to a stop suddenly and the four doors opened. Four pairs of jungle boots jumped out. Sophisticated looking assault rifles gripped tightly in gloved hands with index fingers resting lightly on the trigger scanned the 5 story building.

"Fan out! They say the shadow was here earlier but lets check for the bloody police woman. As a matter of fact anyone we see dies"
Their leader instructed

The four killers jogged into the lobby of serenity suites. They spread out, one person for each floor. They would tackle the last floor later.

The problem was there were 2 dozen policemen in the hotel that the killers didn't know about.



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It was a good thing Bami's bandage had loosened and made him fall behind. Immediately Andy stopped at the entrance without going out to ask him what was wrong, the jeep drifted and screeched to a halt in front of the hotel. Mercenaries. That was the only word that could describe them perfectly. Deadly mercenaries. They jumped out of the SUV and headed for the hotel in a half trot. Andy spun around immediately, whispering loudly.

"We have company...they look like killers quick, hide!"

He took Bami by the elbow and led him down the corridor and into one of the rooms. There were two men playing cards in the room. They both had service revolvers in their holsters and the gun gleamed under the flourescent as their jackets were off.

"We have company" Andy announced shutting the door and looking intently at Bami. He looked like he was in so much pain.

A police man had been going through the clerks desk, frustrated with the amount of papers, all useless records some as old as three years were littered about. When the agent announced that they were under attack, He pulled out his walkie talkie immediately as he ran up the stairs "10-4 do you copy, we have non friendlies on our 6, I repeat we have non friendlies at our 6..extremely armed and dangerous!"

"roger that!" a dozen voices replied.



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The first killer moved slowly. His rifle infront of him, scanning any direction he looked. He was a calm professional, he wasn't jumpy, he was at ease.
He approached the first door. 'Room 18'
That was strange. He looked at the room opposite and saw 'Room 17'
So the numbering started from the other end, what a strange hotel.
Because of this turn, he entered the room 17 instead of room. Now room 18 was empty.

Room 17 however had 4 policemen and they were ready, angry and their trigger fingers were itching.


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Andy and Bami heard the gunshot the same time but Bami could hardly do anything about it. He was still in pain since none of them had been able to wrap the bandage the same way the doctor had done.

Andy on the other hand was much better and out the door in a heartbeat followed by the two plainclothes officers.
The gunshot had stopped when they reached the room and Andy saw the casualty.The killer had been killed. It seemed the cops had still stood over his dead body and fired continuously into his face and body.

Ratatatatatatatatatatatata!


Bang! Bang!

The shots came from upstairs.

Lets go...they were 4! that means its remaining 3!"andy shouted and he and 7 armed policemen raced up the stairs.


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"casualties?......oh my,....that's bad..... oh...okay,i'll tell him"

I raised my eyebrows in curiosity and took my eyes off the road for a second. Dagnet was nodding at whatever whoever was telling her.

"Agent Sparrow?" I asked when she dropped the call

"No...its your partner....Andy. They were attacked in the hotel by 4 gunmen,likely to be the same ones you mentioned earlier plus they came in a black jeep too."

"Hope they're all right?" I asked worriedly

"They killed all the attackers but we lost two men"

"Ouch....I'm sorry."

"I'm really sick of whatever game this Emenike, his father and that Lady from earlier, the Fome girl is playing, I'm sick of it!"

"That's not Fome" I said

She shrugged "I don't know, I never saw the Fome in question"

"Whatever game they're playing I don't care...but I'm not going to let my daughter be the ball." I said and accelerated with purpose.

She looked out the window "where are we.....you're going to the club?"

"That's right...Whatever the letters is we need to get it"

"What about the other thing she asked"

I just looked at her. I didn't have any answer.


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Agent Sparrow had a split second to make a decision. He was supposed to stop tailing the kidnapper because the baby's life was in danger. An innocent child....That was what had him stepping on the brake. He had a lot on his conscience already, there was no room for a baby's death.

So he watched the car disappear, fuming at his situation.



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Bigelow glanced at the navigation system regularly. According to the map, he was 45km away from Serenity Suites. The hotel where agent Bami was waiting for him. He was not really interested in any save the world crap the BROTA agents might be involved in, he just needed revenge. Wether served hot or cold, he just needed it served. And they could help him. He was going hunting for the shadow and he had to make sure he wasn't chasing shadows.


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"Rex, what are you doing....Rex snap out of it...Rex, Rex...Noooooo!" Bami scrambled back and stumbled he looked at me with panic and fear in his eyes and began crawling backwards.

"I'm sorry, forgive me.....I have to" I said with a cracking voice as tears clogged my throat.

I fired two shots in the left side of his chest. Then I raised the gun slowly. I couldn't stop it....my hand seemed to move on its own accord. I placed the muzzle in my mouth and pulled the trigger.

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I jerked awake suddenly and looked around in confusion. The last thing I remember I had been driving, heading to the club rebel. I must have fallen asleep...I was still quite tired...but how? When?

"Welcome back" Dagnet said and I looked to the side and saw her behind the wheel, driving.

"What happened?" I sat up slowly and reached under the seat, searching for the lever that would adjust the seat since it was almost completely horizontal.

"You almost killed us, that's what happened....you fell asleep on the wheel!"

"Jeez...I'm sorry" I couldn't believe it.

"Its alright...I guess you are still tired from the medication they gave you in the hospital."

"How did you..."

"I pressed the break down with my left hand and shifted the gear immediately to Neutral. That reminds me I fear your gear box might be damaged"

"That one is not important....we need to get the letters" I said

"That's the attitude! because we're here"

She parked in front of a plain looking building with neon lights flashing the name 'club Rebel'

I got down from the car, took a deep breath and brought out my desert eagle. There was no time for pretense.

"Is that how you want to play it?" Dagnet asked getting down from the car.

"we may not kill but I'm definitely going to pistol-whip anyone who comes between me and Emenike in there"

"Good enough" Dagnet said and pulled out her revolver.


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Alli no joy sighed in frustration and threw his phone on the back seat. He couldn't reach Rex, the network was very bad. He glanced at Buzz whose eyes were wide open. There was no clothe in his mouth but his lips were still glued together.

"You better hope my grand daughter is in that address or else...."

Buzz swallowed. He had gone through a lot of trauma in the past 24 hours and still the end was nowhere in sight.


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Ryan Bigelow arrived at the hotel to find a lot of activity. It was like a circus. There were ambulances, police cars, police trucks, police hilux and all of them had their blue and red flasihng light on.

He parked some distance away and remained in his car. He was suddenly aware that he was armed, the cops may search him or something....

He tried to reach Bami but then the mechanical voice informed him that he had 1 minute remaining.

"hello?"

"Hello, Bami I'm outs-" His credit got extinguished and the line disconnected before he could finish his sentence.

He watched the medics as they carried what had to be bodies in black zipped up bags and loaded them in the van. A medic was squatting outside one of the squad cars, applying some antiseptic in a cotton wool to a nasty looking gash above the eye of the police man

Finally Bigelow highlighted from his car and made his way slowly to the hotel. The eyes settled on him immediately and some of the cops reflexively reached for their weapons.

An officer approached him, making no effort to hide his gun. "What are you doing here? You do not like yourself abi?"

"heey officer, he's with me" A tall man shouted from the hotel entrance. Bigelow didn't really recognize the man but he guessed correctly he was with Bami.


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Andy led the man into the hotel. He observed him under the light as they approached the room Bami was in. Andy decided the man looked half crazy, half angry with a mix of sorrow. But he was tough.

In the room, both men {Bami and Bigelow} exchanged pleasantries. They hadn't seen each other since they foiled the terrorist attack on the Niger bridge years ago.

"what happened to you?" Bigelow asked gesturing to the bandage wrapped tightly around Bami's torso.

"Its a long story man....how about you? you don't look alright"

"I just had a face off with the assassin Tonye warned me about...the shadow person"

"Woow! the shadow....you survived?!" Andy was impressed

"Did you kill him?" Bami asked eagerly

"No....my main focus then was staying alive"

"Damn!....anyway you just made history bro....you're the only one to survive an encounter with the real shadow"

"That's not enough...I want to kill him, and I need your help"



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The bouncers watched us with interest as we approached. Then slowly the interest turned to concern as they noticed the guns. To ensure that they remained in the same spot, we pointed our guns at them and they raised their hands in surrender.

"You!" the female bouncer who had a body like John cena gaped at Dagnet with recognition

"yes me..." Dagnet smiled crudely "how about you frisk me again eh....won't you like to cop a feel?"

Three handcuffs were used for the both of them. We handcuffed one hand each together then handcuffed the other hand to the railings on the side balcony so they were forced to sit down beside each other with one hand raised high above their head. I removed their phones and dumped the gadgets in a nearby dustbin.

"There was a uniformed guard in Emenike's house earlier....its safe to assume that there is also armed resistance here" Dagnet whispered to me as we crept along the corridor.

I nodded, that was smart.

The very first door opened before we could open it and a lady in a nylon gown and nothing else came out. She had a clip board in her hand.
"hello dear patrons...how can I....Oh my GOD!" she shouted when the gun appeared inches away from her face.

"I don't think you are licensed to call his name, not in that dress" Dagnet said harshly.

I was liking the detective more and more. She was excellent in the field, a real plus to the BROTA agency.

But all that was secondary. My primary concern was my daughter. So I wrapped my hands round her neck and pushed her against the door. "Where is Emenike? Take us to him!"


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Olivia flitted in and out of consciousness. The doctor came to check her twice and gave the encouraging news that her vitals were good, and she was showing signs of a good, speedy recovery.
Martha took the news in good faith but she continued keeping vigil at her daughter's side. Praying for her recovery, and praying for her grand daughter's safety.
Kirsten remained quiet in a chair at the other end of the room. She was focused intently on the phone and Martha wondered what could possibly be so important. It wouldn't be more than that insta something. Young people of nowadays.
Kirsten however was lost in the research she had compiled days ago. There was a trail of bread crumbs she was beginning to sense...it was too soon but it looked like a trail to link the dead shadow i.e Kehinde with a location which could also be the real shadow's hideout. However she needed all her concentration. It was very easy to lose track of her train of thought.

Martha said the grace. She was like that. Every prayer point she raised, she must always say the grace or else she would feel the prayer was incomplete. Then she would raise another point and say the grace again. Like that.
Now as she finished saying the grace, she studied the young agent for a while. She was pretty and dedicated. For her to sleep in a car which must have been very comfortable, not to talk of with the driver. That reminded her.

"What of the driver, is he still outside?"

kirsten looked so confused for a moment, then she looked so fustrated like she lost something that Martha wondered what she had done wrong.

"I don't know ma, he should be...we haven't paid him yet"


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Dustbins, big dustbins, lots of firewood and other miscellaneous items filled up the back of the restaurant.
I looked round as I crept about slowly aware that the call had been terminated. No gun. But even if I had a gun it wouldn't make any difference as long as she had Emma.

"h-hello....Fome?" I called out. Causing my voice for breaking. It must be the cool breeze.

My phone vibrated and for the umpteenth time I unlocked my phone with a feeling of dread as I checked the message.

It was a link. It was from an unknown number. My thumb paused for some seconds just inches above the screen. Then I touched it, I couldn't ignore. I selected the always option for the chrome browser and waited while the file loaded. The pictures loaded at once! Filling the screen with my daughter's sleeping face and the cold nuzzle of the gun pressed into her cheek.

My heart stopped, It forgot to beat and it seems my brain started beating instead because I was certainly hearing a banging noise over and over in my head.

Then the video started and I raised the phone closer to my face in horror. I was so transfixed with the image that for a second I could feel the very same cold metal on my cheek too. But then I realized it was cold, as in very cold which meant it was definitely real. I blinked around and before my eyes could even adjust to the darkness I knew she was there. And she had the gun on my cheek. It was very real.

She had planned it perfectly, the pictures had distracted me so much that she was able to sneak up on me unnoticed.

"please...leave Emma out of this...she's just a child." I tried to look at her but she forced my head straight with the gun.

"Anything that happens to your daughter from this point is all in your hands, just remember that"

"What do you want? I'm sorry for what I put you true...I was young and-"

"Keep shut Rex" she snapped. She threw a paper envelope at my feet. "If you want to see your daughter alive, you follow the
instructions exactly as they are."

"I want to talk to my daughter first"
I said

She ignored me. "There's something in the chief's posession...or maybe its with his son. You need to find it. Its a correspondence of letters between the chief and some persons."

"We can go through the law...the right way...we have every right, probable cause..."

"Shut up...you don't get it?! two years ago I was finally going to get my hands on the red letters but you happened! You went mad that night and destroyed everything"

"I didn't know....I was trying to save you...you were the only one I was worried about..I did everything because of you"
and that was true. At first I thought she was in danger, later it was just a battle to stay alive, then it was protecting my family, then saving the widows..

"Well you killed my mother and my sister and you killed me too. A part of me died that night" She lowered the gun and I looked at her slowly. Her eyes were the most impassive eyes I had ever seen in my life. The eyes seemed to have so much depth but still seemed empty.

She looked nothing like Fome. But something she said sticked to my mind "mother....your mother?"

"yes...Rex, my biological mother"

I flashed back to the night in question. Did that mean the old crooner was her mother? That wicked old killer? Fome's mother? But Fome's mother had died years earlier...... Was this even Fome? Her face was really different and her stance.....everything was rigid.

"You have 48 hours to get the letters and take out the first target as you'll see in the file if you fail I would send you a video of your daughter's execution"

I turned on her so fast but she she was faster. The gun was up and in my face. And my ribs began aching me seriously.

"But as a matter of revenge. I have a personal kill for you. You're going to kill agent bami in the next 24 hours or else I will send you your daughters two thumbs"

"Why are you doing this..."

"Don't worry...i'm sure you wouldn't fail. As it stands right now, your daughter is not yet scarred for life, everything can be quickly forgotten but its up to you"

"Agent Bami..what...why?"

"Are you going to stand here and pretend? pretend you don't know. Bami is the only one that is still alife. The other agents were all blown to hell."

"How did you survive?"

"There is an underground tunnel. A safety passage the chief thought no one knew about. But even that wasn't enough...I went through hell...my soul got burnt...does that sound farmiliar Rex...who do you remember that got burnt so badly his soul got charred also?"

I took a deep breath. I was feeling very cold suddenly "Mr...Mr X"

"My father...."

"He's still alive isn't he? your father"

"I wish that was the case" she said blandly.

"But if you're really Fome, all the years we spent together must have meant something" I said pleadingly

She smiled coldly "Rex you know the problem with love?"

I was silent.

"It becomes past tense too quickly...and you were quick to hop on to the next one as I recall"

Again I was silent.

She shouted suddenly. "I see you...woman by the trash can any move and the girl is gone...I swear it!"

"What?!" I turned around spreading a blinding pain across my torso and scanned the shadows but I didn't notice any movement. She said woman...what woman? Dagnet? or was she playing games with me...maybe another distraction technique to get -
Honestly my problem is think too much. When the only thing I should be thinking of was the gun pointed at my face.

"Remember kill agent Bami in the next 24 hours, find me the red letters, cross check the letters with the name list and kill the first in the next 48 hours. If you fail on Bami, its her finger..if you fail on the letters its her life."

With that she lowered the gun and shot me straight in the chest.

It was a stun gun and the two wire clips sent pure undiluted electricity into my body. The kind of shock that made someone to breakdance very well. My legs turned to rubber and I collapsed on the floor I was so sure I would have lost control of my bowels if I had anything in my stomach. But I was on some kind of hunger strike right now.

The sky was black, starless and moonless...just like the mood. It was very ugly...no clouds too.

It was a feeling of nostalgia as she bent over me and for a minute I was transported back in time to the night she had leaned over me while my teeth continued chattering as they did now and the buzzing sting continued vibrating in my brain. So it was like all my 5 senses seemed to collide together and it took me a while but finally the blur cleared and I could make out the woman leaning over me. It was Dagnet.

"Where is she?" saying those three words was equivalent to lifting the kind of heavyweights the used in the olympics.

"She's gone...agent Sparrow is tailing her though"

"No..no no no no no no....call him off....she has my daughter goddamit!"

"Which is why she should be tailed hopefully she'll lead us to your daughter safely"

I struggled to sit up but I couldn't, not without her help. But I was too pissed I would've sawed off my tongue first.

"hopefully? hopefully isn't good enough! what if she spots him...what if she gives the other for someone to kill Emma...she sent me a
live video...someone was holding a gun to her...someone....would you help me up" I stretched my hand because my tears were threatening to drown me.

She helped me sit up. "Rex, this man is good. This Sparrow guy. She didn't see him, he just disappeared. She has no idea he's with her"

"Who is he really? Can we trust him...that story he gave us about the drug trade is just somehow plus he doesn't just seem to be a drug enforcement agent. He seems more than that..."

"Rex I understand, but he's on our side and let's face it that's the best chance we have. What's the other option? You kill the other agent? then what? you kill again and again and again...?"

I studied her intently till she said "What is it?"

"you said 'we' a couple of times"

"yes...a little girl was kidnapped. I'm on your side....we're in this together"

She picked up the envelope and gave me. Then she offered her hand to help me to my feet.

"let's get out of here"


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Ryan bigelow couldn't sleep. he was fantasizing and day dreaming about the different ways he was going to kill the shadow once he got his chance.
And once he shut his eyes the film started playing behind his eyelids. It was a very graphic image.

He was going to shoot him in strategic places, avoid every major artery and vein and watch him bleed to death.
Or maybe he'd use a knife...harvest his organs while the bastard was still alive. Anything that would cause maximum pain is what he was going to do.

Suddenly he sat up then got to his feet. He could recognize that sound anywhere since he himself was an expert in lock picking.
He listened quietly and was certain of it:
Someone was trying to get into the apartment!

In a flash Bigelow was on his feet. He grabbed the assault rifle from the bedside table and hurried out of the room to the parlour.

He got down on a knee and waited. He had a mind of pulling the trigger immediately and blasting whoever was on the other side through the door. The wood wasn't very strong after all. Two things stopped him:
1. It could be someone else. maybe his brother's lady friend used to pay him midnight meetings. But why was she picking the lock and not using a key or knocking?
2. The bullets could go into the next flat and he didn't want any strange bullet casualty which was extremely possible if he started spraying the entire door with bullets.
So he took a proposal knee and closed one eye to give him a steady aim. He waited.

He didn't wait for long because whoever it was must have been a pro.

The door opened slowly but the intruder didn't barge in. He must have sensed Bigelow's presence or something because the next thing that came sailing into the room was a flash bang grenade. It landed just in front of Bigelow. He was on his feet quickly and he kicked the grenade back towards the door which was what saved him. It exploded midway, in the center of the room and the bright light and high sonic beep disoriented him so badly that he wanted to shut his eyes and put his hands over his ears but he held on to the gun. The one thing going through his mind was revenge. He wasn't permitted to die until he killed the sadow that killed his brother so he strained his stinging eyes till he saw the shadow emerge. He pulled the trigger with reckless abandon.

The shadow had on a gas mask and thus enjoyed better visibility so he saw the machine gun a full second before Bigelow aimed the weapon. He leapt across the doorway at the last minute he stood to the side, his gun out on his side, while the shooting continued.

"Come in and fight....come and fight me you bastard!" Bigelow shouted with rage.

"Oya...put down your weapon, face me like a man...." the shadow challenged. His voice had a mocking lilt to it and Bigelow went purple with rage. He eased the pressure on the trigger and the bullets seized.

"Okay show yourself...lets do this man to man" the moment the shadow revealed himself the bullets would kiss him for sure. No two ways about it.

Instead another frag greenade sailed into the room and the flash was even more brighter. Bigelow hurried to the back of the sofa because this time he would have to cover his ears. It felt like his ears were bleeding and his eyes were stinging badly. Still he struggled and knelt behind the sofa and fired the weapon.

The real shadow waited outside for the flash of light and bang then he stormed into the apartment. The agent wasn't in the spot he had seen him earlier. Even as he looked around, the gun appeared from behind the sofa and a spurt of bullets followed.

This time before he could leap back a bullet hit him in the stomach region. His kevlar vest saved him from death but the impact still knocked him down.

For a few seconds the deadly shadow was at the mercy of a bullet. The only thing was the shooter was disoriented and hiding behind the couch with only his hands sticking out with the gun like a submarine so the aim wasn't steady and most bullets missed the target.

The shadow crawled on his back till he was at the door then he fired three shots at the door.

The bullets in the machine gun finished and Bigelow was pulling out his glock 9 immediately. he continued firing till he could raise his head and observe the room. The fog had cleared and the doorway was empty. The intruder was gone. The whole place was a mess. Bullet holes in the walls and bullet shells on the floor. Not to mention the sharp rife ordour of gun powder in the air.

Bigelow approached the door slowly with the pistol in his hand. He pointed the gun both ways in the hallway but the passage was empty. Although a couple of flats now had their lights on and reflecting from underneath the doors. Of course the gunshots would have woken everybody in the block up and as if on cue he heard the sanctimonuous sound of law and order- sirens.

The police were on their way. He hurried back into the apartment. Grabbed the bag he had prepared earlier, he paused for a minute then hurried into the room and grabbed the pictures from the bed and shoved them into the bag.

He left the apartment, closed the door (or what was remaining of it) which couldn't close because of the extent of damage.

He called the number why he skipped the stairs two at a time.
"Hello Bami....its Special agent Ryan...as in Bigelow....yea long time, I'm fine....no scratch that I'm not fine....first, where the Bleep are you?!"


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Martha was resting leaning on the bed while Olivia slept. She was under heavy medication and obviously conked out for the night.

Martha on the other hand couldn't sleep she kept on thinking of her grand daughter in the care of a kidnapper. A kidnapper who was Fome?

There was a slight knock on the door and a nurse entered. She didn't seem to pleased to be there by this hour and when Martha saw the phone in her hand she knew why. It must be her husband on the line.
He must have called the hospital because he didn't have Christie's number although Christie was asleep in the car outside. Martha wondered how much he driver was being paid to allow him remain in sleep in his car and also leave his engine and air conditioner on for Kirsten's conmfort who slept in the back.

"Ma there's someone on the line..I've told him to call tomorrow" the nurse said intending to cut the call

"no...its important. let mt take it please...that's my husband"

The nurse still seemed reluctant. Alli must have rumpled her feathers earlier. Finally she gave the phone to Martha. "Don't disturb her"

"Hello Al"

"Martha...I'm on the highway. I'm driving to Lagos"

Martha got up from the bed and lowered her voice to a desperate whisper "What Al? What do you mean...are you travelling?!"

"Yes...Buzz is going to lead me to the place were the baby is being held in Lagos!!"

She heard the sound of gears shifting,

"Have you called Rex?"

"No not yet...I'll try him soon...alright Martha, I love you..."

"Wait, wait....Al...driving to Lagos...this is 12:45am Its about 12-13 hours drive at least"

"I know...latest by 6 in the evening I'll be there....Martha....no don't worry"

But she knew that tone too well. It meant there was cause to worry. "What is it Al?"

"I'm thinking should I wait until I get to Lagos so we can go to the address or do I call him ad tell him first"

"Al, every minute counts...we have to tell him"

"But we don't know what to expect...she may be very dangerous...she IS dangerous"

"Which is why every minute she's with Emma counts...we need to get her back immediately..tell him"

"Okay, okay okay....I'll call him right away" Alli agreed finally. "Tell Olivia her daughter is coming home"

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"The bitch is not coming...this is not the venue. Damn!" Andy slapped the wall and regreted it immediately as the throbbing in his wrist started.

He heard the outer room door open and he rushed out with his gun drawn but it was Bami. "We were wrong...we missed something.....what did we miss..she never came back here" Bami announced

"I know...it, that means Rex is right...and he may need our help!"

"already on it" Bami said as he scrolled through his log book.
Andy was much faster and he was already at the door when he noticed Bami wasn't at his side. He stopped immediately "What's wrong ?" he turned and observed Bami

Bami was making his way tentatively and slowly. One step at a time. "I think the bandage is loose" he explained
touching his side gently and wincing in pain.



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Agent sparrow followed the woman at a distance for a while.
After some minutes it became clear the woman was aware she was being tailed. She increased her speed and started trying some evasive techniques.
But she would need more than that to shake off a veteran like agent Sparrow. The grey in his hair wasn't dye hair dye after all.

The car swerved dangerously and increased speed drastically.
Agent Sparrow picked
up speed gradually.
The chase was on!


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"Get your dog off my tail or I'd send you your daughter's killing video right now!!!" I had another incoming call on waiting from my father. But I ignored it. My ears were still ringing from her threat. And indeed she was still shouting in my ear.
I turned to Dagnet and transferred the shouting "Call him off! Call Sparrow off...tell him to STOP..!"


To be cont....

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Thanks for your kind words bro, The dedication is the least I can do.

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Well here we are now and I'd say the picture is definitely getting bigger! (Don't mind me and my metaphors, you know what I mean!)
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"Sometime last year we received intel about a drug ring responsible for over 70% of the crack in the streets. At first we thought the drug was being smuggled into the country but our investigation turned up nothing. Apart from a couple kilos on/in some random individuals."
The ponytail man had a voice that compelled you to listen. I found myself paying close attention to every word, every vowel.
"The big question that continued to plague us was how was the drugs coming in? We paid extra attention to our waters, doubled the coast guard and increased border patrols but we still turned up nothing or some insignifcant bursts...now I've been on this case for over a year...its the only case I've been working on and my dedication finally paid off and I got the club rebel lead. Now the reason we never seem to catch any hard evidence was because we were looking at it wrongly. The drug wasn't being flown in or imported, it was being processed here in the country. There is a very large land...about 50 acres of land and its a vegetable farm, tomatoes, pepper, pumpkin leaves and the rest. But in this same farm undercover, poppy seeds are planted and raw opium is harvested. The owner of the farm land is Amunike jnr."
Ponytail man glanced at Dagnet. "When you came yesterday asking about him I knew something was up...are you with ADA?"

Dagnet frowned "Who's Ada?"

"No not who, what.....the Anti Drug Agency?"

"no..."

He glanced at me. "how about you?"

"nope...never even heard of it...I only know of the NDLEA"

"okay then...I suppose you have some information about the the drug processing?"

"Not really" Dagnet spoke up when I remained silent "The thing is Emenike's name has come up in a kidnapping case and a murder case also"

"hmmm..." the man stroked his goatee. "A lot of strange things go on in that club...but I have no intel about any kidnapping activity. The thing is just a nasty business and the drug trade has so many tentacles that there's already a leak about an undercover investigation"

There was silence as we digested the unpleasant information. Finally I couldn't take the quiet anymore. "Have you come across any thing like a hole in the wall or anything like that at all?" I asked

He thought for a minute then shook his head.

"Does he correspond with a particular woman..she would be young...late twenties...average height?" I asked again.

"A lot of people come to the club to indulge in their sick fantasies. Some very powerful people you won't believe....however come to think of it, I recognized one of the gunmen today....he frequents the club although he's mostly in the sex zone...wh where they after you?"

"That's the connection!" Dagnet exclaimed "I paid Emenike a visit earlier..he must have sent them after me"

I sat up as a thought occured "Or maybe he contacted his father who then sent the assasins. Did you see the car they came in?"

"Yes it was a jeep"

"Black Ford?"

"yes how did you know?"

"The very same people attacked me and Bami. there's still another set..they were eight..in two jeeps. You still need to be very careful." i got up and signalled Jimoh for the keys. It was time to move.

"where are you going?" Secret agent Sparrow asked

"I have a meeting" I was going to leave it at that but a second later I added "with my daughter's kidnapper who is somehow still connected to the Amunike's."

"Wow...let's go, we'll go with you" Dagnet said

It sounded wonderful but i couldn't allow it. "I have to go alone, for her safety"

"I understand, but she wouldn't know"

"I can't risk it" I shook my head. "What you need to do is carry Emenike to the top of a tall building and dangle him from the balcony until he says everything he knows"

With that I left the room. Walking slowly, placing my left leg first like a small child climbing a spiral staircase.
The splitting headache was almost gone and the pain in my side wasn't as intense. I ignored the nurse in the reception who was asking me where I was going and if I had been discharged. I pressed the remote unlock and a Toyota Avalon blinked in response.

Olivia was in charge of the BROTA account and I remember when she had asked our opinion when Andy requested the specific car for a mission sometime back.
It was a strong fast ride and I expected to be at the location under thirty minutes.

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After Rex left the room. Dagnet faced his assistant. "mister where is the location he's heading to?"

"I don't know the place exactly but I know its some kind of eatery" Jimoh replied

Dagnet looked at Sparrow. "we need to follow him"
"Are you sure? you need to be totally prepared and aware of the possible consequences..whether good or bad" sensei Sparrow reasoned

She thought for a minute then nodded "he may need our help....he could be walking into a trap"

"Alright then, lets follow him"


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It was good to have the sock out of his mouth but he just couldn't stop spitting. Ever since Alli no joy had removed the sock, he had started spitting every ten seconds. Now his mouth was dry but he still conjured spit.
Tueh!

Alli no joy glanced at the man hanging his head out the window. His hands were still bound tightly but his legs were free. He had been spitting like a pregnant woman since. Alli used one hand to control the steering then gave Buzz a not too soft and not too hard blow on the shoulder.
"put your head inside or I'll put the socks in your foolish mouth."

The mention of the sock had him jerking back immediately. He leaned back and rested his head on the chair. He was going to have to force any spittle back down.

"Now you're going to direct me to the hole in the wall...and you're going to tell me where she took my grand daughter" Alli forced the words out through clenched teeth, the fierce tone forcing Buzz's claim of ignorance to die in his throat. He had to talk...but he didn't know what to say again. He had told them all he knew..more than once!

He winced in pain as Alli delivered another blow to his head. "You're wasting precious time...what is this hole in the wall about and where is it?"


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The yam and butter went well. The baby ate a healthy portion then watched cartoons with Christie until she fell asleep.

She cleaned her gun, oiled the spring and polished the brass until she could see her teeth reflect on the barrel.
Finally she headed for the door. "i'll be back before you know it." she said to Christie who followed her to the door.

"Buzz is still yet to call in?" Christie asked

"No...that stupid Tonye bitch refused to release him....I'd show them! let me see Rex first. Infact..." she shut the door and turned "thank you for reminding me... She headed to the room where little Emma was sleeping soundly. She was amused by the confused frown between the little child's eyebrows. The girl wanted her mother.

She brought out her gun then placed the cold muzzle on the child's forehead. She took about five pictures from different angles. Next she switched to video mode and slowly raised the phone, starting from her tiny pink feet. When she focused on her face, she placed the gun on her chubby left cheek. "This is the last warning to release him...Don't mess with me!!" With that she raised the silenced pistol a couple of feet from Emma's head and fired two shots into the mattress. She stopped the video.
She was going to upload the pictures and video and send the link to Buzz's phone. Both Tonye and the stupid Rex sister who had started spewing gibberish about love and forgiveness until she couldn't take it anymore and cut the call. In fact every one in the house was going to know she wasn't playing games. She was dead serious.



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The chief wasn't as energetic as he once was. once upon a time his sex drive was like a cross country road trip but in recent years he had lost the passion for sex. Now he could stay up to two months without having any sex. But tonight he was feeling good. The warden had assured him his companion was on her way and he decided he would like the company till the next morning. At least, someone he could talk to about mundane things not to mention the sex part.
The landline rang and he picked the call thinking it was the warden calling to anounce his guest was on her way up.
It was the warder but he was calling to patch him through to his son- again.

"Hello Emy?"
"Papa they're all dead...they were killed everything is a mess" his son sounded hysterical and confused like he was loosing touch with reality. He sounded stoned.

"Who..who's dead?"

"The four of them...daddy they were klled in the club...everything has almosted casted, maybe it has casted self I dont know....no I don't think so..thank God I was around...but I'm afraid that the bitch will call her police friends and lead them here....or maybe-"

"heeeey! Emy, get a grip of yourself." The chief shouted "First, where are the bodies?"

"The bodies? I locked them in one of the storage shed"

"the first thing to do is dispose the body. Somewhere it won't be found..at least not right away. Maybe tie bags of cement and blocks to the legs and throw them off 3rd mainland bridge"

"Okay dad..." his son was beginning to sound better.

"Emy there's nothing like control...control is the most powerful thing...without control you're nothing...never ever loose control, no matter what"

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The shadow logged in again to check his email. With the Counselor dead and gone, he had to jump the middle man and make contact with the real client.
There was a phone number the counselor had given him years ago. A number he never called. Until now.
He had listened patiently to the phone ring and just as he expected there was no answer. he dialled again and just as planned there was still no reply. Someone picked on the third ring however and he knew he was through. That was the pattern he counselor had instructed him.
"super white laundry service, how may I help you" a thick voice drawled on the other end.

He could still remember the code "I have a white shirt that needs washing and startching"

"okay"

"It fell into the gutter and its very dirty"

"Okay, next one hour"

The line went dead.


Now it was already past an hour. 1 hour 23 minutes precisely and he still hadn't received a mail yet.

He entered the password and waited patiently while the page loaded.

In the next window he saw the alert. 'YOU HAVE ONE NEW MESSAGE'
He checked the sender; @firstminister
He downloaded the attached file and opened the word document.

It was a three page research document with every information about the Bigelow brothers. He took his time and read each line carefully then finally he opened his memo pad and pasted the document he had copied.
He repeated the two addresses over and over again, committing it to memory. It was classified information but whoever the sender was he was certainly classified. He flipped a mental coin and decided to visit Ryan Bigelow's home first. There was every possibility he would be in his own house after all. But the dead brother's place was closer. The estate was about 40 minutes from his location unlike the 1 hour 30 minutes it would take him to drive to Ryan's address.
Maybe he would swing by Tom's place first. There was no harm, and maybe he would find something that'd point him in the right direction.


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It was thirty minutes before midnight when Bami and Andy split up. Andy locked himself in the toilet of the room the fake shadow had been killed. He sat on the water closet with his gun loaded and ready and listened intently for any sound.

Bami blended in the shadows outside. He remained in the car park. In a good spot where he was almost impossible to be seen but had a clear view of everything. It had taken a lot of persuading because the police wanted to seal up the hotel but when they learned the person responsible for the earlier bomb blast that had killed their comrades was possibly coming, they had cleared their vehicles and every sign of police presence.
However they were a whole lot of them scattered in different rooms in the hotel.
They were all waiting for midnight.



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It became clear to Alli that Buzz was leading him on a wild goose chase. The man kept on saying turn left, turn right, go straight, turn left again, turn right go straight, turn left, turn right again, continue going straight........

Alli looked at him crossly "Where exactly is this place you're taking me?!"

"Sah....you know I'm not familiar with the street names as I don't live here"

"Oh...is that so...."

"Yes sah.....turn left..."

Alli turned right instead and off the shoulder of the road in a coded spot. He parked the car and killed the engine.

"Wha- what is it sah?" Buzz trembled in a soprano like voice

"I think you know" Alli said calmly.

He got down from the car and went round to the booth. He opened it and rummaged in it for a minute then he selected an object then shut the booth.
He went to the passenger door and yanked the handle but it was locked. Buzz had pushed the lock button when he got down. So he dropped what he held on the floor then leaned in through the window and grabbed Buzz by the collar. He pulled him out the window with much force then He dumped the betrayer unceremoniously on the ground then picked up the object he had dropped earlier. It was a metal jack.

"please sah....I swear I don't know where the hole in the wall is.." Buzz cried
"Then your usefulness has come to an end, you're totally useless to me" and he meant every word. "First of all I'm going to break both your knees before I snap your neck" He gave him a swift kick and the man hurriedly sat up but he didn't stand.

"Please I beg you sah...have mercy"

Alli no joy kicked Buzz square in the face jerking his head back and causing a loud bang as his head hit the car door. "Don't beg me....are you crazy? Do you think this is child's play? look at me..." he squatted down and grabbed Buzz by the chin, forcing his eyes level with his. "I have no joy...so don't beg me"

He slapped Buzz and forced the man to lie down on his back. "I'm going to cripple you now" he said in a calm voice as if it was a normal thing he said.

He touched the jack to his left knee, measuring the point of impact. He raised the jack high above his head ready to strike and Buzz began to shout "Wait..wait wait.....I know something....I know something...I know something!"

Alli paused "what do you know?" he demanded

"I know the house in Lagos. I know where she is!"

Alli lowered the jack slowly.


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The restaurant was closed, of course. It was strange it hadn't occured to me that no restaurant will still be open by midnight.
The realization added to my growing fear that I was wrong about the location. I remained in the Avalon outside the restaurant. Observing the building and noticing its shabbiness. It was definitely a hole in the wall.

The digital clock on the dashboard changed; it was 12:00

The street was quiet and lonely and dark. There wasn't any sign of life as every normal person would be in bed by the time.

Lucky Dube suddenly began singing about the crazy world we're living in and I checked my phone to see who was calling. My mouth opened in shock and remained open.

It was Fome's number. For whatever unknown reason I hadn't deleted her number from my phone and now after two years it was calling me again.

"Hello...hello" I said in a whisper

"Rex Obasi, the golden detective." The words dripped sarcasm.

"Fo...Fo..fo..." I was suddenly a stamerer

"Come down from your car and go round the building to the other side....the back" she instructed

I was too shocked to move at first. I looked around furiously but there was no one about.
"Did you hear me?" She snapped

"Ye...yes.." i really needed to stop stuttering. I opened the car and got out. I cleared my throat and coughed but my voice was still a whisper "please, where..where is-"

She interrupted me "the ball is in your court, if you want to see your daughter again, you're going to do what I tell you. You're going to kill some people for me Rex. You're going to kill for me and you're going to do it immediately"

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Ryan Bigelow couldn't sleep. He stared into the darkness, unable to see the ceiling. He was in his brother's bed. The scent of his brother's cologne and aftershave enveloped him strongly and he could almost feel his twin's presence.
Photographs and family albums were strewn around the bed. Pictures from the early days of their childhood when their parents were still alive and their front teeth were missing and they smiled happily. To their teenage years when they lived with their grandmother and didn't smile for the camera anymore.

He began to plan his revenge. He needed the identity of the assassin. Maybe Tonye's hacker friend who had warned him about the hit could help him with information.


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Secret agent Sparrow Ayara and ex detective Dagnet watched Rex as he got down from the car slowly. The dim glow of light next to his ear meant he was receiving a call.
He stopped, or froze was a more apt word and Sparrow narrowed his eyes.
"can you see any sign of the kidnapper?" he asked

Dagnet looked round long and hard. She couldn't really tell but she didn't think there was anybody in any of the cars. Why wasn't the moon out today. Why?

"I think she's the one he's talking to" Dagnet whispered

"yes...it seems she's telling him to walk"

"We Should follow?"

"No hold on a bit"

They watched Rex as he walked slowly, as if he was in a trance and disappeared round the bend.

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