Doom Awaits (II)
An Avalon car sped into the compound of Mr. Cliff and pulled over under one of the ornamental trees. An average woman rushed out happily with a paper in her hand. She wore a black jumpsuit and on her feet were flat shoes. The speed in which she entered into the house startled Mr. Cliff who stood up from a cushion anxiously--that was his wife.
"Honey, what's the problem?" he spread his hands.
"I'm two weeks pregnant!!"' she hugged him and handed the paper to him.
The man joyfully read the test result, spaced onto the ceiling like one in a deep thought. Having niticed that, the wife slowed down.
"Honey, why are you like this?" she asked him, holding his hands.
"Those kids" he whispered.
"What kids?"
Mr. Cliff looked down at his wife. "Three kids, teenagers, came here with Sheriff yesterday pretending to be my children. I guess they were in some kind of trouble. Honey, I couldn't reject them. One hugged me and called me father. I played along." He paused, glanced at the ceiling again. "They brought this luck to this family. What if I had rejected them? I can't believe I'm officially a father."
"Is it that they don't have parents?" The wife was still inquisitive.
"They said they were orphans."
The wife shook her head and embraced her husband warmly.
"I wish to see them again" he concluded on her shoulder.
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DAYS LATER
The sun went down for the day and it was the D-day for the mission. All the kids lined up at the basketball court like soldiers under training. Only Stephen was absent. For the pass several days, they only saw him during lessons and none was allowed to talk to him. Now they were set to go, he wasn't present.
Ada occasionally glanced at Vivian who was standing beside her. She really looked unease which Vivian noticed.
"Ada, calm down. Nothing will happen to us." She encouraged her.
"Is not that" Ada replied. "I feel like teacher is up to something on Stephen."
"What do you mean?"
"Teacher is not stupid. Stephen's face is known and reported missing in the city. There's no way he can join us on this mission."
"So the question is; where's he sending him to?"
"That's what scares me."
Vivian glanced at her. Ada's love for Stephen was written all over her. Vivian noticed it then shook her head pathetically.
On the other hand inside the house, Stephen stood before teacher and the two gaurds well dressed. If he could turn the hands of the clock, he would have done it because something bigger than the cricket has entered the cricket's hole. Things fell apart; what he expected wasn't what he got. Nonetheless, he gazed at teacher Nwachukwu sadly.
"Why do I have this feelings that you're sending me to my doom?" Stephen broke the silence.
"Your father has sent many to their dooms. So it's not a new thing. Though the essence of this mission is to expose him and his calibre and lock them up" Teacher replied.
The poor boy became sad. He could count the hours of his death. "Would you do me the favour of seeing my parents before I die?" he requested.
"Sure. that's when you'll be standing on you're death."
"Move!" the gaurds pushed him outside.
Stephen joined the orphans as all began to enter into the helicopter. The guards followed them. Only teacher remained in the house and at the love garden at large. He watched the kids from the door until the chopper took off. The kids also stared at their teacher from the chopper, hoping to see him again. Immediately they flew out, teacher hurried to his room, opened his secret control room, sat down and put on all the devices. He hung a wireless earphone on one of his ears and hacked into the surveillance of the government building.
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The day was getting dark when the chopper landed at the beach. Swiftly, the kids entered to an automobile, limo, that was already waiting for them. None of them said anything until they got to the gate of the government building.
"All should go down except Stephen." One of the gaurds commanded.
"Why? Where are you taking him to?" Ada asked.
"Oruka, he has another mission to accomplish there."
Ada and Vivian glanced at each other before leaving the limo as the last people. Something wasn't right. They could feel it and behold it as well.
"Ada" Stephen called her.
The girl turned to see him shedding tears. "Stephen, what's it?"
"I've not really gotten the chance to appreciate you. Thank you, and I'm sorry for lying to you."
Before Ada could reply, the door of the car closed and sped off. The kids passed the gate into the building to really see its beauty; a storey building painted white like a white house. Presence of swimming pool and flowers beautified it. Suddenly, all heard teacher's voice on embedded wireless ear communication which each of them had.
"Can you all hear me?" he had said from his comms.
"Yes, teacher" they responded.
"You have one hour to get out of that building with the device safe. Remember all i told you."
"Yes, teacher."
"Okay, good luck... and.. I love you all."
The kids were surprise to hear that from their teacher because he had never told them such a thing before.
"Teacher, where are they taking Stephen to?" Ada asked but he ignored her as they were walking into the building.....
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Stephen was taken into a lonely area, far from the main city. At gun point, the gaurds took him to a landmine. Stephen saw a line drawn before him and a hut a few meters after the line.
"Cross the line" the gaurds commanded.
He glanced at them in tears then crossed the line reluctantly.
"One more step, you'll be blasted into pieces because you're standing on a landmine" one of the gaurds threw a phone to him. "The phone will turn on by itself at five minutes before one hour. Call your parents or the police at that moment" they instructed and sped off...
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Meanwhile, the kids had presented their tickets and entered into the building with flashy smile on their faces, looking handsome and beautiful. They were the only teenagers found there, others were big politicians. They could also see security men with guns standing at several doors as they were taken to their seats.
"Teacher, why am I seeing guns? I thought no violence." Murphy whispered through his comms. heard by others too.
"The guns are for the silence-room. You must not end up there, young man" teacher replied.
After taking a seat, Obi looked around but didn't see Ada again. "Ada, can you hear me? Where are you?" he whispered to his comms. too but no response.
"Teacher, there's a situation. Ada is nowhere to be found and i guess she has taken off her comms." Daniella reported.
"She's an obstacle. Focus!" Teacher replied. The kids could hear his flipping fingers too. That statement alone sank Obi's heart into his stomach. Hence, he became restless and lost focus....
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Ada could be seen entering a cab to Oruka, she traced Stephen to the landmine. Seeing him sweating and shedding tears, she shouted his name and began to run to him.
"Ada, wait!!" Stephen shouted at her but it was already too late. She had crossed the line. "Don't move an inch again!" he held her hand.
"Why? What are you doing here?"
"We are standing on a landmine!"
"Landmine?" Ada looked down perplexingly.
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Thirty minutes later, the gaurds returned to teacher in the control room where he stepped out, looking at them. He began to explain without being asked:
"The plan is to attract the police to the landmine five minutes before one hour for distraction purpose in case something goes wrong at the die minutes. That's why Stephen is there; when all has focused on rescuing him on landmine, no attention will be given to the other kinds on the government building. But i believe Ada is with Stephen there too"
"Why?" a guard asked. "If she's with him, you know what that means; if the phone should turn on and Stephen calls the police, seeing Ada there by sheriff will send other kids to their dooms too. You must call off the mission, sir." He substantiated.
"No, they must accomplish this mission at all cost." Teacher took off his comms. and continued. "Moreover, Ada isn't acting by herself. She's being driven by blood."
The two guards glanced at each other. "Sir, are you saying she's related to Stephen by blood?" one of them asked.
"Yes" he concluded and returned back to the control room where he plugged in the comms. back to his ear...