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BlissfulJeff:
nice update bro.weldone

Tnx bro..ur comments r always blissful

PWEETYWIZZY:
Hmmmm, wah shd I evn say? Pls pm mi ur mobile no, wanna knw u personally @souloho. Kip d story cumn

I've mentioned you already..pm is too stressful jare

Nice one..can't afford to take my eyes of this story for a second unless I find myself playing catch up..
Well done ma'am more grace...Anike sld be careful..she can clear her head from her scl na..wots the break for??

Dedicated to every commenter..from page 1 to present...ghost readers diarris God ooo...

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The ride was a silent one...it was strange but no one had anything to say, or should I say we had a lot to say but we were all deep in thought and possibilities.

Anyone who reads the presentation strange eyes had prepared for me about the shadows and the way they operated would know that they were deadly people...an elite group...truly a force to be reckoned with. I on the other hand had seen one of them in action...he had been inches away from ending my life at the hospital and plunging the needle into my neck...and just the past week, I had killed a shadow...surely I could do it again?
But truth be told, I was afraid...very afraid.

"We're at third mainland bridge right now..." The fake captain announced. He was behind the wheel, with agent Tonye in front..strange eyes and I where behind. I tried to draw strength from the fact that we were four in number...and all of us were adequately trained...I could say I had been trained by experience, which was the best teacher of all.

The captain's announcement was met with silence...no one said anything, and I was wondering how long the silence would last when the ringing of my phone broke it.

It was my father. This was a bit strange...because most times I spoke to my father over the phone, he seldom called me. It was usually my mother and after talking she'd hand the phone to my father who was always near by. I picked the call..wondering, but happy to hear from him.
"Hello"
"Rex...my boy..how are you?"
"I'm fine...how are you?"
"I'm okay..where are you?"
"I'm...I'm...I just left the hospital now..I went to see Andy...where are you? That place is noisy"
"Eh? I can't hear you...wait lemme find somewhere quiet"
The noise quieted down..he must have moved to somewhere quiet.
"What did you say?" He asked again
"I just left the hospital...I went to see Andy" that wasn't exactly a lie. "Where are you?"
"Oh...De' Omiridan's first daughter...I'm not sure you remember him...his daughter is having her naming ceremony today...we're just about leaving...but your mother have disappeared inside the house"
I couldn't really remember the person...but the name was familiar and I guessed my mother was close friends with the wife also.
""Okay..that's good..hope the place isn't too far from the house..its getting late already"
"No its not...Rex..that wasn't why I called you"
I glanced at strange eyes...he was watching me intently and I suddenly wondered if he could catch both sides of the conversation from the earphone... I switched the phone to the other ear.
"what is it..what's wrong"
"I've been having this feeling...a bad feeling...and your name keeps coming to my mind...I know you're involved in some dangerous things and I've been worried...and I had a dream..."
I could see why he was shaken...my dad hardly dreamt...right from my childhood, I could always remember him saying it..he didn't dream..when he shut his eyes, that was it. I had heard him joke to friends more than one occasion that when he was tired and asleep, evert part of him was asleep..his mind was not permitted to 'act film' behind his eye lids..that was how he had put it...for him to be telling me he had a dream now...and I could hear the worry in his voice...I didn't need to ask him what the dream was about.
"Rex..you're not safe...whatever it is...you're about to do..don't do it..I've been having this feeling since I woke up and I didn't want your mother to know or else worry would kill her...but please...boy...promise me you're not about to so something right now that will endanger your life!"
I didn't blink. "I promise" I replied. "I assure you...I'm about to meet Olivia and drive home now..I just saw Andy and he's already walking about..I'm not about to endanger myself"
From the front seat..Tonye turned to look at me.
"Hmmmm...okay..." My dad said and I heard the relief in his voice "is Olivia there..let me speak to her...your mother and I have really missed her"
"Eh..so its only her...you didn't miss me..."

But to be honest I was thinking of how to get out of the tight spot I had put myself...finally I said "no..I've been waiting for her to come out of the toilet...I'd call you back when we're in the car"
"Okay...hopefully I'd have seen your mother by that time" he replied..
Immediately I ended the call, I put my phone in aeroplane mode. I needed all my attention right now...I couldn't afford to let my phone ring and distract me..I told myself that was the main reason and not that I was tired of lying to my parents.

I had forgotten Olivia was listening from the hospital via the earphone, she spoke up "Rex...Rex...I'm worried.."
"Don't be..we're going to save the women and I'd be with you in no time"

The car was silent again. I almost felt like telling the fake captain to slow down...he was really eating the road up and the needle on the speedometer must have been nearing 100...Don't be deceived though, my thoughts were not for safety reasons...rather the fact that we were getting closer to Ikoyi and the warehouse so fast....

Strange eyes was leaning into the booth from the backseat rummaging around for something...finally he sat down and dumped something in my lap.
"Strap up" he announced.
I looked at it...it was a kevlar vest...a bulletproof vest.
I didn't waste time..I put it on immediately, over my shirt. Fastening the side hooks, I asked.. "What about you guys?"
He tapped his chest and Tonye replied.."when we were waiting for you, we already put on ours..." She turned to look at me again..."you had better wear yours under your shirt... In the split second before someone shoots at you..a trained assassin might change his mind and aim for your neck up if he notices you have a vest on"

What!!!!
She didn't need to tell me twice...I stripped down in the backseat and was just strapping the kevlar vest over my bare chest when the fake captain announced "we're almost there...about ten minutes away"
He had gotten off the main express and was now in a less busy road.
I hurriedly buttoned my shirt up..mismatching the buttons in the process and starting all over again.

Strange eyes who had been mute all along had suddenly found his voice "Okay..the key is strategy...Rex..you need to remain covered all the time..the ware house has two side entrances and a main entrance, the best thing would be we all split and cover all the entrance...one person per entrance"
"How about the fourth person?" I asked him
"It would just be the three of us..Tonye would remain in the car and provide us with Intel"
"Which yeye Intel?! I'm going with you...I'm a field agent..field agents don't sit in cars while her partners are working.." She sounded determined...enraged even.
From the front the fake captain added. "I agree with her...we have all the basic Intel we need about the layout of the warehouse...we have no visuals about what to expect or how many to expect so we have to make sure we're prepared"
Strange eyes was quiet..defeated..I didn't see what he had meant and I was about to rub it in that his point was invalid but then I thought back to the accident he had told me about...the incident he had almost lost his eye sight and had lost his partner..agent Nancy or so...it had happened in a warehouse too and she had died...I knew how he felt about agent Tonye now and I could tell he was having feelings of déjà vu again...I could understand..so I kept my mouth shut.

The ware house was massive...it stood in an industrial area..surrounded by companies and offices..there were no residences around this stretch of land..and as we drew nearer, that was the first thing I noticed...no wonder the location had been chosen..this way there were no nosy neighbours and basically nobody in general to notice any strange movements.

The whole area was lit up with streetlights, no doubt courtesy of the different companies on both sides of the road.
Tonye had the tab out and was giving the driver directions, "we're almost there...it should be on the next street"...she said excitedly. I swallowed and held on to the gun tightly...searching for whatever comfort it could bring...instead I closed my eyes as the faces of my parents, Olivia, Fome, Andy, Mona suddenly attacked my conscience...and the last face I would see was Fumi...the same way I had seen her take her last breath...on the bathroom floor with blood gushing out of her mouth...I suddenly felt angry..her death had been avenged by strange eyes and his agents when they killed the old crooner..but in the bigger picture the real killers were out there...same with Mona..I had knelt over her lifeless body and felt helpless but the real killers were out there...and I had a chance to shoot at them now...I gritted my teeth..converting the anger to adrenaline- if it was possible "lets do this!" I announced suddenly and the other occupants of the car looked at me...even the driver took his eyes off the road for a second to glance at me. It seems the energy spread slowly and Tonye was the first to contact it..."yes....let's go kick some ass!" She whipped out her pistol,switched the safety off and pulled the rooster back...it resulted in a snapping sound that was really reassuring...strange eyes nodded watching the woman he loved and the worry cleared from his eyes and he nodded vigorously..."yes..let's go shine the light on some stupid shadows!!"
"Good...Good...cause we're here" the captain announced.

We had turned into the street...we all fell quiet and Tonye killed the screen of the tab.

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The streetlights ended at the beginning of the street and the driver killed the headlights. We coasted down the road slowly...the jeep crawling forward slowly, inch by inch.
"Rex..take the right entrance...Dexter..you take the left..Tonye and I would go through the main"

I wanted to ask strange eyes why he was whispering but Tonye had a better question.
"Why leave Rex to go alone? He hasn't been trained like us..his shooting isn't nearly as perfect like us...he shouldn't be covering a door on his own"
"That's a valid point" the driver added
"Hmm..that's true...okay I'd take the side...Rex you and Tonye go through the main..good luck"
I spoke up. "I would have preferred if we all went through the main..the four of us..instead of separating...surely they couldn't handle us all?"
"Rex..divide and conquer is the best tactics trust me.."

I wasn't about to back down.
"I think you're missing the point of divide and conquer..it means you divide your opponents and conquer them..you don't divide yourselves"

The street must have been a very long one...we could only hear the noise of industrial generators from both sides..probably for the night shift production of whatever was being produced.
We bantered to and fro on the formation...all the agents felt we should split up..but I was all for us staying together.
"If you play call of duty...when your character is armed surrounded by about four-five soldiers all armed..nothing beats that feeling..that's when victory is guaranteed"
Strange eyes laughed it off like I knew he would...how could I compare gaming experience to real life...he had seen real field battle...all it would take was a very strong automatic gun...a SAW or maybe an RPG even and we were all gone...if we went in together at once that could-
The driver interrupted him...
"It seems we may have no choice after all..."
"What do you mean?" Strange eyes asked then he exclaimed in a whisper "Blood of Zechariah!"

We were at the ware house now...and we all looked at what had made strange eyes exclaim...there was a container truck parked in front of the warehouse.
The door of the containers were open and there was something like a ladder running from the entrance to the floor.

It was happening! The widows were being loaded up again!
This time..from here to the wharf were a ship was probably waiting.

PWEETYWIZZY:
Ur d best bro buh pls try update faster so d story doesn't lose its connection

Thanks pweetywiz..I'd try to increase the pace..the truth is since the last two pages it hasn't been flowing like before...most times its y'all comments I use to motivate..
When I saw this one..I was lyk lose connection bawo'?...no way...I removed my boots and locked myself in instead of playing f/ball...
I plan to finish the story this month..that's if it doesn't spin in another direction again..
Thanks wizzy..Jah bless

queenitee:
Awwn, I love these guys

Madam queen..ur comment won't be complete without 'aaawwn'
Thanks for your constant comments

rachealfst:
Aww..... so sweet. My Rex and Olivia. God be with you Rex. You must come back alive.


#Team Olirex for life!

Madam Rach I sight you...thanks sis

Olamega78:
Thanks for the updates souloho... More blessings and wisdom unto you. #olirexforsure

Gracias bruv..
#Olirex for sure....
But this story usually has its own ideas oo

dimssy:
so she no kiss am?
make sense though.

Read the last paragraph..they chop lips na...
Thanks 4 commenting bro

Rachealfst pls confirm is this the profile of the plagiarist??
Lemme be sure before I send the nasty mssg I've been scripting

recently the request for females have been high from there...Mr Amunike gets paid in hundreds of millions.....of dollars"
"Its about time we take down that bastard!" Tonye hissed angrily."and we would.." I assured her "the minute we free the widows being held in the warehouse...we can focus on him...actually the testimony of a thousand widows should be enough to bring the roof down on him"

"So what next? When do we move?" Olivia asked
"There's no time to waste...we move tonight" I replied.
Strange eyes asked me "what of this fool? We can't afford to release him, he would surely warn his people"
I wondered when I had taken the role of leader...the weight wasn't one I was was getting to like at all....
"For the lawyer..." I slapped him again...cause it felt good "you better call one of your agents for babysitting duty"
"Copy that.." Strange eyes replied.
"One more thing...how is the security like?" I asked the lawyer "the security of the warehouse...how tight is it"
"I don't know how tight it is but I do know that Shadows are the ones who look after the place"
Strange eyes and I looked at each other...not the dreaded shadows again!
But there had to be contact...it was a must...we couldn't afford to be afraid.

Tonye was a whiz with the tab..she had managed to call up the blueprint of the warehouse while we waited for the agent to arrive. We studied it, passing the tab from one person to the other.
Olivia was the only one to comment: "its really big"
The rest of us said nothing...we were lost in our different thoughts.

The gala agent arrived shortly after. He took the view in while strange eyes filled him in...his job was to keep watch over the lawyer...he was his hostage and he was not meant to leave the apartment til we returned.
He 'aye ayed' and saluted and we made to leave.
"This is kidnapping...I'm going to sue all of you...just watch me...you've made the biggest mistake of your miserable lives!"
I brought out the pen and double clicked it...it had been recording all along.
"Look here...all your confession is recorded in a tiny memory card...we'll see who'd be suing who...you accomplice!"
That shut him up and he watched us in silence as we left the apartment.

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The first stop was the hospital...the private hospital..the plan was to leave Olivia with Andy and pick up the other agent..the fake captain.
I could tell Olivia wasn't happy with this, she didn't want to leave my side but it was for the best...it was too dangerous..besides she wasn't mobile and her wheelchair was a serious deterrent.

We filed into Tonye's range rover and she settled behind the wheel with strange eyes in the front, Olivia and I settled in the back seat.
Strange eyes opened the pigeonhole compartment and brought out a powerful looking handgun. He handed it to me "I pray we won't have to use it...its a glock 9..very powerful gun"
I nodded and collected it...I wouldn't admit it but it felt good to have a gun in my hands again.
Olivia looked on worriedly but she said nothing...I knew what she was thinking..or hoping...that there would be no gun fight.

At the hospital, I took my time to fill Andy in on everything...he was recovering rapidly now and he was even standing and pacing round..although still slowly.
"I'm meant to go with you...I wish we were together...the initiative is our fight...I feel like I'm letting Mona down..."
"That's ridiculous...of course you're not...we're doing this together...Mona would be very proud of you..." I lowered my voice "I wish I could say the same for Fomé"

"Rex..come on downstairs we're waiting" strange eyes announced in the ear phone.
It had been Olivia's idea that we wear it again when she found out she wouldn't be going so that she could be with us every step of the way.

Presently, Bami, agent Tonye and the fake captain were waiting for me downstairs in the car.
Andy and I shook hands and we hugged.
'Go get em bro...see you in a few hours" he added purposely...sign of faith.
I turned and walked to Olivia. I bent down and used my thumb to wipe the tear that had rolled down her cheeks.
"Its alright...I'd be alright...everything we worked and hoped for is within touching distance...we can rescue the women now..I'd be safe Olivia...those are trained agents downstairs...please don't cry.."
She nodded and struggled to clear her eyes...
I hugged her with a sudden pang in my heart...I couldn't hold the words in.. "God I love you soo much..."
She looked at me with searching eyes and she must have seen the truth in them because she smiled.
"I've loved you since the night I met you in the hospital" she replied with the sweetest
smile. Somehow I've always known..but there was nothing like hearing her say it...I smiled and we shared a kiss...much like the first in terms of passion but there was something different about this...the hope of a future together.

"Could you lovebirds round up please" strange eyes interrupted over the earphone.
I heard a tap from the earphone..Tonye must have slapped his shoulder. "Why would you interrupt...please Rex..Olivia take your time...awww...so sweet"
But the mood was past, it was time for action now...and I knew whatever happened I needed to come back alive...like a soldier going to war knows he has to come back for his young wife waiting for him at the airport or the docks...I had that feeling as I walked down the stairs, past the corridor and into the night and the unknown.

yommy20:
thanks for the update but it's short.

I'm not done yet...it wld be long..trust me

Countrygirl:
I thought it's the update that Landed when I saw this

Lol...country no vex
I'd be modifying so don't go too far

The flat we had selected was on the last floor, at the very end of the block. I had a feeling strange eyes had gotten the flat because it offered some kind of privacy...there were no next door neighbours to listen in on the conversation(interrogation) or also to hear the terrified screams of the lawyer if it got to that..and it would, if he refused to cooperate.

"Ooh...I can't wait...you're soo fucking sexy..." The lawyer was saying as Tonye fumbled with the keys to the door.
"Bami..you're in the house already?"
"Yes...I'm feeling at home in the bedroom" strange eyes replied.
"Don't do anything to the lawyer...wait until Olivia and I get there...we're in the building already"
Before he could reply, the door opened and Tonye and the lawyer stumbled in.
"I need to kiss you...I need to touch you...you're the most beautiful girl I've ever seen in my life...." More groping sounds over the headphone.
"wait...hold on....there's no need to rush..we have all night... Lemme get you a drink and put on some music..."

We were finally on the last floor now, I was wheeling Olivia frantically past the doors with breakneck speed...

Over the headphone, Strange eyes shouted "Sarah....what is going on here? Who is this man?"
Tonye trembled..."honey...honey...I didn't know you'd be at home...."
"What do you mean...who is this man...what is going on here?...they cancelled my meeting so I came home early..."
"Honey...I didn't know...please its not what you think..." Her voice was breaking...
The lawyer found his voice...it sounded like a child's whine. "You're married?...you didn't tell me you're married now!"
Strange eyes really sounded like a husband who had caught his wife cheating on him. "Look here... Mister so you came to Bleep my wife...in my own home?!...woa! You're finished...you hear me...tí é bá é léní"(your own have met you today)
The lawyer was something else entirely...rather than beg he sounded calm and confident.
"Look..before you start with your threats...I'd have you know that I'm a lawyer and-....."
That was all he would say...a very loud smack that had to be strange eye's fist stopped him in mid sentence.
He landed on the floor judging from the loud thud that followed.

Thankfully I was at the apartment marked '40b' I pushed the door with my back then pulled the wheelchair in after me.

The lawyer was on the floor, strange eyes was dragging a chair from the dining table to the center of the parlour.
The first thing Olivia did was to remove the earphone from her ear. "Since we're all in the same room..."
I was also tired of the earphone and I thankfully removed mine also.

The lawyer was struggling to sit up.
"What's going on?" He looked at the jealous husband who was leaning on a chair, looking down at him....then he looked at the woman that had brought him home. She wasn't begging on his behalf or even looking worried....no...she stood, resting her back on the doorjamb and also staring at him with her hands crossed.
His eyes passed from Olivia to me...then back to Olivia..I was expecting him to remember her from the interview earlier, but there was no flicker of recognition in his eyes, instead he said "I don't know what's going on here..but I'm going to sue..I'm definitely going to sue for physical assault!"
He struggled to his feet and got up successfully.
"Have a seat Mr Bright...we need to talk" I gestured to the empty seat in invitation.
He scoffed..."who is this nincompoop? I do not need to have a seat..I need to get the Bleep outta here"
"I'd advice you to watch your language...such won't be tolerated here" strange eyes warned him.
I took a step closer. "That wasn't a request...now SIT!"
He looked at me for some seconds trying to decide his action, he finally decided to play it safe. He grumbled "y'all are going to get served in court...you'd be hearing from me...that's a promise"
"I wouldn't make careless promises if I were you...you big pig!" Tonye spoke up and the dislike in her voice was unmistakable.
He had no reply for that, he settled in the chair but continued murmuring about court.
"This pertains the widows initiative...I have some important and direct questions and I would like direct answers.

He looked surprised "widows initiative..." He looked harder at Olivia "ohoooo...you attended the interview today..well you don't need to force me for anything you're already going to be accepted"
We studied him in silence as he continued "but this latest stunt of yours could make me change my mind and simply cross your name off"

Strange eyes disappeared into one of the rooms.

"Look here we're not interested in the benefits of the initiative...what we want to find out is the real job of the initiative...the real reason widows are selected"
He looked at me blankly but I could see something resembling enlightenment darken his eyes.
I moved closer and placed my hand on his shoulder.
"Mr Bright tell me about the human trafficking....where are the widows presently...are they still in the country?"
He looked surprised and he began to tremble.
"What do you mean? What nonsense is this? What trafficking..."
My voice was calm, like I had all the time in the world.
"Look here...you're not leaving this place until you give me some answers...so it would be better for you to cooperate with us"
"I can't tell you what I don't know..."

Strange eyes entered the parlour with a box in his hands.
"Look here..you fool..you better start talking..." He dropped the box on a table and opened it..
My eyes widened....Mr Bright's eyes widened....Olivia's eyes widened..only Tonye remained unfazed, she had probably seen it countless times.

The box housed all sort of torture devices...pliers...eye gougers...and some scary wicked looking devices.
"Jesus Christ!!" Mr Bright exclaimed and he stood up reflexively....I forced him back to the chair, he struggled to stand up...the fear in him supplying him with extra strength...but still I was stronger...I struggled to keep him down.
Strange eyes brought out a rolled strong cable wire..
"Hold him still lemme tie him to the chair"
I held the lawyer firmly while strange eyes rolled the cable round him firmly. At a point he started shouting "help! Somebody help me!"
A sharp smack to the head corrected this and his chin rested on his chest.

While he was out, I used the opportunity to ask Strange eyes "Bami...what are you doing...torture?"
He smirked "impressive collection isn't it..." He ran his fingers lovingly across a slim pointed blade.
"This is crazy" I said
"Relax...I won't be pulling out anything from him..no matter how I would enjoy it...however if he proves stubborn, we might have to waterboard him"
(Waterboarding is a torture/interrogation technique which involves the use of water and a piece of clothe to give the sensation that one is drowning)

5 minutes later and the lawyer was still out cold.
"What a weakling.." Tonye said with disgust. She handed strange eyes a bowl of water and the lawyer came awake when the cold water landed on his face.
"Welcome back fool" strange eyes greeted him. He moved back to allow the designated interrogator: me. I dragged a wooden chair and sat across Mr Bright.
"Okay..you see those tools? They would get to work on your body if you don't supply the right answers we need"
"What do you need to know?" He asked breathlessly he seemed to be in a cooperative mood now.
"What do you know about the group called the sunset shadows?"
He swallowed..."please...don't ask me about them...my life is as good as gone if I talk about them..please..ask me anything else"
I picked up a device that looked like a plier but was used to crack open round objects, probably walnuts or foods with a hard shell.
"Well too bad..you see this? Your balls are as good as gone if you don't answer me" to buttress my point, I signaled Tonye.
She approached the lawyer and in slow movements, removed his belt and unbuckled his trouser...her movements were almost seductive and when she had successfully pulled the lawyer's trousers round his ankles, I shook my head...truly this lawyer was a dog...in this situation and under the circumstances, he had still managed to get an erection! His boxers stood like there was a flag underneath.
I moved the device close to his waving flag and hardened my eyes and my voice.. "I would ask you for the last time...what do you know about the shadows of the sunset?"
"They used to be 12 in number..they all have day jobs at sunrise steel...they are one of the deadliest assassins in the Country"
"Where are the widows being held now?"

He hesitated...thinking of his reply. "There are no current widows in the country"
I knew he was lying and apparently I wasn't the only one.
"That's a lie!" Strange eyes and Olivia chorused together.
I looked at strange eyes and nodded.
He brought the 5 litres keg of water.

He was behind the lawyer who was busy watching me warily or to be precise watching the torture device I held menacingly. He didn't know when strange eyes brought out a thick face towel.
He looked at me with intent and I signalled him to hold on...one more chance my eyes said.
The lawyer was looking at Tonye with anger..."you bitch! You don't know me...you don't-"
I gave him a resounding slap...stopping him in mid sentence and it felt good.
The slap jerked his face and reddened his cheeks...if I looked hard enough I could see the duplication of my finger prints on his cheeks..I must have inherited the art of slapping from my father because it reminded me of the days of my youth....

"Mr Bright Edidion...do I look like I'm playing here?! I would ask you once more...the widows were formerly held in a container at the apapa wharf..but they were transferred sometime last week...I want to know where they were transferred to"
He hesitated again "I swear I don't know...I'm not privy to such information...all my job is about preparing wills and taking care of the estate the initiative-"
He never got to complete it..strange eyes yanked his head back, placed the towel over his nose and mouth and began pouring the water, little at first...but he gradually increased the torrent.
The lawyer kicked out...moving violently and making gurgling noises as he struggled to breath.

You see the thing with waterboarding is, the nose is blocked..you can't breathe through the nose, so the next option is the mouth..you'll reflexively open your mouth as you struggle to breathe but instead you have water coming into your mouth,going down your throat,choking you and the result is the same feeling you get when drowning.
Presently, the lawyer was kicking madly like he was indeed drowning...after about ten seconds, I signaled to strange eyes to stop. He waited for five more seconds before stopping the water flow. He removed the towel from the lawyer's face and he coughed and gasped for air. Water gushing out of his nose,mouth and even eyes.
This was the first time he was experiencing such...he struck me as someone who didn't even risk water getting into his mouth while in the shower.
He was coughing.. Struggling to regain his breath but I wasn't giving him any chance. Someone(probably Tonye) had switched of the lights and I was handed a powerful flashlight...I had watched enough movies and I knew what to do next. I directed the powerful beam in his face..he was already looking pathetic. He couldn't shield his face because his hands were tied and he was still struggling to breath. He shut his eyes while I barked at him: "tell me the truth!where are the widows being held?"
Apparently once was enough for him because he confessed immediately..."wait..wait...wait...sunrise steel has strings of warehouses around the state...the widows were moved to one of this location"
"Which one exactly?where is it?!"
"I...I don't know"
I nodded at strange eyes and he lifted the keg once more...
This time he let it run for about 20 seconds. When he removed the towel the lawyer went through the same ritual of coughing,throwing up water..wheezing...
I asked him the same question, directing the light in his face with my voice booming and frightful. This time he cooperated.
"There's a warehouse at Ikoyi...they formerly stored all the raw condemned metal there before...but recently all the metal was moved out and the place was cleaned...I'm 100% certain that is where the widows are being kept....please don't do that to me again...I've told you all I know"
He coughed again..violently this time but I wasn't yet done.
"Tell me about the shadows..who are they...how can I recognise them..if I were to go to sunrise steel today...how can I recognise a shadow the minute I see him?"
He was already shaking his head "when it comes to the shadows..no one knows...I myself don't really know much, they are a very secretive group of people"
Strange eyes placed the towel over his face again and he shouted in horror.
"No no no no.....wait...okay I only know one of them..he's their leader...one of the top men of the shadows..he's the CSO of the sunrise company...his name is Kehinde..Mr Kehinde...that's all I know...please don't drown me...no one knows I have that information...its our founder's husband..Mr Amunike is his name..he's the owner of the sunrise steel and he's the one behind everything...I'm just a worker..an innocent lawyer"
"That phrase alone is a contradiction..." Olivia scoffed "innocent lawyer...you make me sick...don't you have any sisters...don't you have a mother?"
He had no reply for that...he just kept quiet..looking defeated and tired.

The lights came back on. It was strange eyes this time. I looked around for Tonye..but I didn't see her.
I was about to ask for her when she came back from one of the rooms. She held a tab in her hands.
"I have the information...the address of the warehouse at Ikoyi"
"Splendid...good work" strange eyes told her with a smile.
I had one more question. I slapped the lawyer, bringing him back to reality as his eyes had travelled again.
"One question...the widows get missing within three days after the interview...what happens to the old set?"
He tried talking but then he coughed out water again...this led to a coughing fit that lasted for about 30 seconds..I waited for him to calm down before repeating my question.
He replied me slowly, in a weak voice.
"They have just two days...two days and they'll get trafficked"
"Where exactly?" Olivia asked him. I could tell she hated the information we just found out. She sounded anxious.
"Not just a country...mostly Asian countries...Thailand, Venezuela...and most recently North Korea"
"North Korea?" Strange eyes repeated.
"Yes...I don't know what their leader is up to down there..but

rachealfst:
Let's follow them to do some deflating too sis.
Oga Rex.....please wait.


BTW Soul where art thou!

I've been stuck with your delicious story ma..but I'm here now

yommy20:
Oga souloho19 whr art thou? Y do u have to keep us in suspense since all this while? Come back now before I come and descend on u in ebonyi state cos it's not far from taraba whr I am, so bro come and provide our food for us. Thanks

Bare with me..I had to prepare the update well.....I hope it would be worth it..I'm posting right away ma

Venica:
it was Anike's dad that was poisoned.

Oh....my bad...thanks

queenitee:
Awwwwn, this story has captured my heart. I'm crushing on it.
Who's having the same thought with me? I think Prince is Tinuke's dad. Awwwwn

u mean olamilekan...tinuke's dad died na..he was poisoned

Slow and steady wins the race...I gbadu this admiral...before you know it Anike would start catching feelings...
Madam Rachel you truly are a gem, first Chelsea put a smile on my face then you widened the smile with the dedication...but come oo..I have a feeling Anike's virginity would soon be past tense..

"Copy that...I'm in my way" Tonye replied.

I could hear the conversation between strange eyes and the lawyer over the earphone.
"My car just died....I noticed the engine was sounding somehow earlier..it just started jerking.
"Oga..this one na wahala ooo...I get job wey I dey do" strange eyes replied.
From my car,a short distance away, I saw him drop the massive tire he had been holding. It resulted in a loud thud in our ear that made us jump.

The lawyer was saying "look...Mr man..my house is quite far from here..I need you to look at my car...it was working fine all along and I didn't notice anything wrong with it..it just started now...money is not a problem..I would pay you very well"
"Hmmm...okay..make I check am" strange eyes replied.
He went under the hood and began tinkering with the engine. I was 100% sure he didn't have an idea what he was doing and judging from the sound, he might have just been hitting the engine with a spanner.
Mr Bright was saying "I bought a new battery not up to three months..I always take care of the car well...I don't know what could be the problem"

"I'd intercept them in T- minus two minutes" Tonye said over the earphone.
"Wonderful...this should get interesting" I held on to Olivia's hand and squeezed gently as we watched the drama unfold. It almost felt like a date, front seat in a cinema but the underlying danger spoilt the feeling.

Strange eyes was saying "aaaaah....oga....this one na big problem ooo"
I could tell the lawyer was panicking "why..why do you say so...what's wrong?"
"Hmmm...so many things are wrong with it...I need to get it to the garage...to let the rewire work on it first before I do my part"
"What exactly is wrong with it...can you fix it up immediately?"

I saw a very sleek range rover 2016 model pass our car slowly, just cruising along.
I knew who was in it. Tonye.
"Wow..that's a cool ride...where did they manage to get such?" Olivia asked me, she must have also known who was behind the wheel.
'Dear..they are the government..they have their ways" I replied her but I was excited.

The car seemed to be cruising past but then it slowed down beside the parked venza at the side of the road.

The time was 6:40pm and it was getting dark, but not quite fully dark that I couldn't see agent Tonye the minute she Pulled over and got down from her car.
"Wow" was all I could say. In one word, she looked wow!
She was decked out in a bum short that had her fresh thighs and smooth long kegs on display and an alter top that showed the outline of her full bouncy oranges. The top ended at her midriff and allowed a view of her flat stomach and belly ring also.
I checked her out from the short distance, with my eyes on their 'full zoom' option and I couldn't help but say "wow" again.
Olivia looked at me with a raised brow and I smiled sheepishly "come on..she looks good..the lawyer is a goner..."
She couldn't reply because agent Tonye was storming towards the car..with anger in her steps and shouting...we could hear their conversation perfectly over the ear phones...

"Sule!...Sule!...look at you!..thank God I saw you...you criminal!!
I had come up with the name 'Sule', thinking of it as an opportunity to honour the fallen mechanic. If a shadow had killed him, it was only right that we try to honour him in the ploy that would hopefully bring an end to the initiative and the shadows.

Anyway, agent Tonye was at the car now and she was shouting furiously, pointing her finger accusingly at strange eyes who looked guiltily and solemnly at her as she rained accusations and curses on him.
"you criminal...I left my car with you to service and you messed with the engine abi?? You changed my battery and changed some things...didn't you? Didn't you?!"
She sounded so angry, that for a minute I thought the accusation was real.
"Madam no vex...no be so madam...abeg..." Strange eyes offered weakly

The lawyer had been observing all along...even from the distance, I could tell his eyes were about to bulge out of his sockets..he was seriously feasting on agent Tonye and I thought I saw him lick his lips.
"Excuse me lady...what's the problem? Take it easy...I'm a lawyer..you don't need to shout...that's my job...lemme do the shouting for you"
He managed to calm her down with his reassuring voice.
"What a slick bastard" I muttered...the guy really had game, unfortunately he wasn't the player in this game...he was the ball..getting played.

Agent Tonye looked at him, then turned her attention to him. "About 2 weeks ago I took my car to his garage for a routine service...I don't like missing it and I always try to service my car at least every six months...I just wanted him to change the brake oil, steering oil and just check the engine to make sure everything is working fine"
"Yes..yes...that's very good...very good..that way your car would hardly develop faults...so s
what happened?"
"This criminal completely raped my car...he removed my brand new battery and replaced it with another one...my carburetor, even my shock absorber....I just noticed the car was behaving differently when I drove it back home..but I didn't pay much attention only for it to completely break down yesterday! I had another mechanic look at it and he told me what this crook...what this idiot thief had been up to!"
The lawyer shook his head...he was fully prepared to play hero/protector.
He turned to strange eyes, his voice was very hard now.
"Mister....What do you have to say for yourself? I could get you locked up for this!"
"Oga help me beg madam...its my wife...she just put to bed and I needed extra money to buy things for the baby..please I'm very sorry"
"My friend can you hear yourself!..of course every criminal has a reason why they go into crime.."he turned to Tonye and winked "I hear a lot in the courtroom" he focused on strange eyes once more "that doesn't make the crime any less...so where is the battery now...everything you took from the car?"
"Oga..I won't lie..the battery is gone..I've sold it...but the rest is still intact"
"Can you imagine this thug?!" Tonye chimed in "Alhaji must hear this...I was going to the garage to complain to him before I saw you..he must hear this..I would tell your boss"
Strange eyes knelt down and began pleading "please madam...please don't tell Alhaji...he would send me from the garage...please oga...please help me beg madam.. I don't want to lose my job"
"Well you should have thought of that in the first place" he dismissed strange eyes..his eyes couldn't seem to leave Tonye and I knew what was coming.
"I don't just understand these young men nowadays...what is our Country turning into..you see a pretty lovely lady like this and the only thing you can think of is to cheat her"
"I hope he didn't touch your car yet?" She asked him.
"Not yet..thank God you came along"
"Where are you going..? How do you plan to leave your car...its getting late"
"I don't even know..and my place is far from here...I don't think I might go home tonight after all" he looked at her suggestively and she smiled shyly.
Strange eyes who was still on his knees interrupted them "oga...you can leave your car in our garage over night.....nothing go do am I swear and tomorrow I go fix am"
"With what I just learnt about you? You expect me to leave my car in your care so that you'll sell it?" The lawyer replied. He turned to Tonye, he had somehow moved closer to her. "Do you have any suggestions dear?"
"Hmmm...well there's a petrol station close by..you could pay to leave the car overnight..."
"Splendid...beauty and brains...I love that in a woman...but how do I get home...I dislike public transport immensely"
"Well...I could help...I could drop you home" she fluttered eyelashes seductively at him.
I could hear the lawyer draw his breathe sharply. "Wow..you'd do that for me...you must be an angel...I'm really grateful"
"Its no problem..its the least I could do..you know we concerned citizens need to look out for ourselves"
Mr Bright looked at strange eyes.."go and find people to help you push the car...the station is not far" he said this with such arrogance and authority.
Incidentally, two men were walking by that very minute.
Strange eyes stood up and called to them "excuse me...excuse me sirs..please could you help me to push this car to the filling station? Its not far..."
The men looked at each other and shrugged in agreement, I was surprised "just like that?..." But then I watched them closely as they approached the car and I could tell who they were: the fake captain and the gala seller agent...I smiled and shook my head...things were actually moving smoothly..

While strange eyes and his two agents tackled the tedious task of pushing the jeep, the lawyer and agent Tonye strolled behind them. She had left her car parked on the side of the road and when the lawyer asked her if she still had plans to go to the garage to report the mechanic she said she didn't.
"No..maybe another day..let's just get your car settled for the night then we can leave"
"Okay...you know you truly are an angel...and the funny thing is I don't even known your name"
"Me too..I don't know yours..mine is Sarah"
"Wow..Sarah...a real angel name" the lawyer replied. I could hear the smile in his voice.
"Hmmm...but I'm not feeling like an angel at the moment..."
"What do you mean?"
I tell you this Tonye was good...she really knew her job...she let the question hang for some seconds then she purred "I'm feeling naughty right now...dirty and naughty"
They had disappeared out of sight now, they must have gotten to the petrol station and so we could only depend on the earphones. Still I could picture the expression on the lawyer's face perfectly...I could hear him draw his breath sharply...then he mumbled "oh..Lord...where have you been all my life Sarah?"
Tonye laughed seductively..."I could ask you the same thing...but I don't know your name yet"
"The name is Bright..Edidion Bright"

They were at the petrol station now, and I heard as the attendant adamantly refused. According to him, they didn't allow cars to be parked over night...it was against the Policy of the station.

Money must have changed hands because he changed his mind suddenly and the car could be parked 'around the car wash'

Tonye wasn't done with strange eyes.."don't think you've escaped...expect me at your garage one of these days...Alhaji must hear from me..."

By the time they returned to the car, everywhere was pitch dark. It was now 10 minutes after 7.
I must say the lawyer was a professional flirt..he really made Tonye's job easier for her. They got to the car and the lawyer said.
"See that stupid mechanic...he forgot the tire he was carrying along"
Over the earphone strange eyes said "we'll know who's the stupid one very soon...sex driven he goat!"
Olivia burst out laughing and I couldn't help myself...I tried to control myself as I laughed also "strange- Bami...don't make Tonye laugh abeg..you know she can hear us.." I knew the lawyer had gotten on his nerves...not so much by the insults or the fact that he had to kneel down and beg the man but because of the constant flirting between him and agent Tonye...I was convinced there was something between strange eyes and the female agent.

They got into the car and she started the engine.
"Wow..I love your car...nothing turns me on than a lady who is on top of her game and sexy and successful in equal doses"
"Awww...thank you handsome" she replied smoothly.
She put the car in gear but didn't move yet, she trafficated and waited for the road to clear before she could move.
Mr Bright asked her "you didn't even ask where I stay?"
"No...I didn't...I don't need to"
"Why?" He sounded puzzled
"Because my place is closer"
I was sure I heard him swallow spit....he couldn't believe his luck...I could tell
"Please...hurry up...I can't wait" he sounded out of breath
There was a break in traffic and she entered the road finally.
I started the car and followed them.
"Bami...we're on the move...I repeat we're on the move"
"Perfect...we'll meet at the site according to plan"


•°•°•°••°°
Tonye's "place" was a 2 bedroom flat in a wealthy neighbourhood.
I knew the estate well and always drove past it on my way to work in the past, but this was the first time I would be driving through the gates.
Sometime during the journey Tonye had said more than once "Bright...naughty man...wait till we get to my place.."
Another time she had said "I'm driving...I'm driving...ooooh...Bright...stop it...now is not the time"
Both times I could hear what was clearly groping sounds over the earphones.
Mr Bright Edidion, lawyer for the widows initiative had busy hands.
"I'm going to torture this man until he tells us everything he knows" strange eyes sounded pissed
"Bami...don't forget the plan..don't get carried away by your emotions"
"What emotions...I'm just saying..this pig has valuable information about the whereabouts of a thousand widows and I plan to get it from him anyway I can"
I slowed down about two houses away as the jeep came to a stop in front of a estate block.
"We're here....Bami where are you?"
"I'm inside"
"Are you alone?"
"Yes...the agents have returned to the hospital"
"That reminds me...you mean-"
"He's fine..Andy's fine...he's been sitting up and even standing a bit..he's perfectly safe in that hospital"

From our car, we watched as both Tonye and the lawyer got down.
The security light from the block was on...a bright light and from the strong beam I could see the outline of the bulge in the lawyer's pants.
Olivia must have seen it to because she chuckled..."that is going to seriously get deflated in the next few minutes"
I got down and rounded the car to help her down also "you're right...let's go do some deflating"

Countrygirl:
Hey bro, been waiting since 4pm
We know you are trying but suspence no gree me

Lol...oya manage this short one..tomorrow expect something heavier..happy weekend sis

dview001:
splendid...but hope we won't av to wait 40 days and 40 nights b4 u update

Lol..
The update is almost done..latest by tonight..just steaming it on low heat
Sorry for the delay..the stress of handling 7 classes, most times I fall asleep while scripting..I'd make up for it over the weekend

queenitee:
Awwn, I know. I had a feeling Admiral is a good person and would just help her

Me too..let's just hope he doesn't have any hidden agenda

Rachelfst each time I refresh this story there's an update to leave me refreshed..more grace ma'am

Anike run from runs ooo.
Rachealfst too bad her mother was widowed...if only the widows initiative was legit eh...lol.
Carry on ma'am this work has maximum enjoyability

have u seen the movie? the catholics didn't allow them act it in the Vatican city, same with the angels and demons but there's no way you'll know.
its mostly fiction bro..take that secret cult for instance priory of sion all made up but the guy's creativity is on another level.

Also check out Digital fortress..the book is lit af