CHAPTER 8 : GATHERING THE BRAVES 3

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His wife being in the whole field marshal's team was impressive, thought jangwarzo. He heard about her success in taking down that evil shehu mantau. Her bravery caught the attention of the general of the army.

Lucky woman. Anyway, right now he have no time to waste in thoughts because he is in the middle of an operation of disconnecting a highly explosive device set on a bus with two children in it, a small boy and his teenage sister as the triggers.

If they move one bit, it will explode. If the time runs down, it will explode. Now who in his right mind will make such a devastating bomb and even attach it to children?!!

Looking at the boy, he looks tired. This have been going on for an hour. They were called to action twenty five minutes ago but the children have been in this situation for way too long.

Jangwarzo have to move faster because they couldn't hold on any longer. He kept engaging them in a conversation so as to take their minds off dying. The bus stood in the middle of the bank street with a lot of spectators watching from a far. It's even a good thing they maintain there distance or if the worst happen...he have to get rid of this bomb now!

The device was complicated with multiple wires. If he cut the wrong one, they all die. With his knowledge of bombs, he had to be summoned because of the complicated device. He didn't think this will take long but what do you know, people are getting more complicated too, enough to make a complicated bomb.

"If we die here sister, mama and baba wouldn't know what happen. They will not even see our corpses." Said the boy.

"Don't talk like that Shahid, we will escape insha Allah. See, the man is trying his best to set us free. Just keep praying." His sister calmed him down.

The timer was ticking, getting close to the end. Jangwarzo was sweating profusely and counting down to only two wires that look obvious. Yet, which one will he cut? A light brown a red one. The light brown led into the device to the disconnection area but then this red also followed the same way, which one is it?

"I think he should cut the red." Said Shahid.

"Why?" Asked his sister.

"It looks fixed than the brown wire."

Staring at both wires, the child is right. The brown wire looked more loose than the red. This means it is a false connection, meant to confused whoever wants to disconnect it. Impressive, the boy can even be able to detect that in this situation he is in!!

Like speed of lightening, jangwarzo prayed very hard and disconnected it. The silence lasted for only two seconds then he heard the device disconnected and he released the breath he was holding unknowingly. He quickly untangle the wires entwined around the kids and they jumped on him happily.

Getting back to base, he was summoned to join the field marshal's team.

Clanging of sword was heard all through the little valley as two people were engaged in a deathly battle, the first man looked intact but his opponent looks tattered, bloody and exhausted. Who asked this man to not only kidnap his son but kill him altogether?!!!! He already swear to show no mercy and end whoever that person was. Who knows it was his neighbor, living across from his house that did such merciless thing.

The man begged for mercy when he was caught trying to bury the body. He had been married for ten good years and his wife have not conceived until six years back and she gave birth to a son only for him to be murdered mercilessly. The sword of the king he is called, na'ibi. Once his blade is out, it takes lives and as he brought it upon his enemy, he lashed out on that useless neighbor until he gave him the final blow.

The neighbor was sliced from his shoulder down to his thigh and dropped down dead.

Commander na'ibi squatted down, still feeling the pain of lost.

"Rise commander, there other things worth lashing your anger upon."

Glancing back, he quickly stood up and saluted the general.

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No one dares to approach that man due to the tragic event that occurred a few days back. Major na'ibi's only child was murdered brutally. The child went to the shop keeper who was their neighbor living across from their house only for that person to kidnap the child and later on killed him. He had been married for ten good years and his wife have not conceived until six years back and she gave birth to a son only for him to be killed mercilessly.

He answers no call, locked himself up and grieved for almost six months. When approached in any other way, he retaliates as if it was that person that killed his child. He hated everyone and only listens to his wife.

"He is summoned by the field marshal himself?!!!" asked the major's wife.

What could be so important that the field marshal had to cut the major's grief short. Although, the grief have taken long even though he have avenged the death of his son.

Lieutenant colonel ubandoma and colonel jangwarzo visited the major's house and met the wife. His refusal to see anyone and his hot temper made the wife told them he is unavailable at the moment but they won't yield. Now that she heard they were sent by his superior, who is she not to contact him but how to do so?

"If the field marshal sent for me himself, then the situation is of utmost importance. Lieutenant, colonel. I will report!"

The major's wife just stared at him in shock, it has been long since he came out of his room but now he is out and even ready to move out!! Incredible!!! Even though she suffered the same grief but the major's grief was different.