Episode 28
Author’s POV
(Two Months Later)
National Bureau Agency
LOCATION: ABUJA
The IGP (Inspector General of Police) called a meeting with all the seven DIGs concerning a crucial mission.
” I welcome you all to this meeting and I’m very sure you all know the reason I called for this meeting ” IGP said.
” we have a situation at hand and we need to act fast about it” he said.
” The two journalist that were sent to spy on the illicit dealers in Ghana three months ago just called, their cover has been blown now, the agents we sent to protect them are dead and right now, they are on the run” IGP said.
” Oh my God, where are they now? ” DIG Peters asked.
” they are still in Ghana in Koutoun village, the city is crowded with thugs looking for them, they can’t get out of the city” IGP said.
” How do we get them out?” DIG Williams said.
” which is the reason I called for this meeting?” IGP said.
” Let’s send our agent to them to rescue them, we need to get them out of there before the people know they are Nigerians ” DIG Peters said.
” That’s the problem, we can’t send agents, they will know they are Nigerians, it will compromise the whole thing, we need to get them out clean and smooth” IGP said.
” what do you suggest? ” DIG Martins asked.
” we need an agent, we need one man that can take care of things on his own, we need to get them out of there smoothly” IGP said.
” let’s send Agent Ayoola Segun, he should be able to do that, he’s competent also” DIG Elliot said.
” you remember the last time we sent him on a mission like that…….he ruined everything, we can’t have him take on something like this” IGP said.
” if not him then who do we send? ” DIG Williams asked.
” I have a man” DIG Martins said and everyone stare at him.
” what are you talking about?…….when did you have an agent and we didn’t know about him” DIG Elliot asked.
” it’s been for a while now, though I haven’t sent him on a mission yet, but he’s more than capable to accomplish this ” DIG Martins said.
” We can’t let a newbie take on something like this, this is very serious ” IGP said.
” he can do it perfectly Sir, I can assure you of that…….he’s a one man army” DIG Martins assured.
” Who is this Agent of yours?” IGP asked.
” You don’t know him cause he’s a special agent, highly trained, deadly and dangerous, The heart race, the body trembles when you know he’s coming. No hesitation, No deviation just destruction” DIG said.
” He never spares the bad, he always Embraces the good, he is unequalled, he’s very strong, He’s a destroyer of evil” DIG Martins said and the others grows impatient.
” Pleaee stop this already and tell us who he is, enough with all this self exaltation” DIG Peters said.
” His name is Agent Blackbird and that’s all you need to know” DIG Martins said.
” Blackbird?……who’s that? ” IGP asked.
” he’s my one and only agent, capable to do what you ask of him…….if you give this mission to him, I can assure you that you will get a good result ” DIG Martins assured.
” Are you sure About this?……you know this isn’t just any kind of Mission” IGP asked.
” I know Sir, let me handle it………you know it’s been a while I handle a mission” DIG Martins said.
” Fine, inform your agent and get to work, this is all you need to know about the journalist, this is their pictures and their whereabouts…… Everything you need to know Is in this file” IGP said giving the file to the DIG.
” Don’t fail, I give you 72hours to get them out of there, whatever you need will be at your disposal” IGP said.
” Yes Sir ” DIG said.
” Good, meeting dismissed ”
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Desmond’s POV
Now I’m back at my place after being discharged at the hospital last month and I’ve been training to gain back my strength.
I’ve been at home trying to get back to my fitness before I get back to work, All my wounds are closed now but I can still feel some pain.
I got promoted to the rank of DSP (deputy superintendent of police) and I was given a new car and my account is like Baaaam.
According to what I heard I will be transferred to another station, though I will still be in this city but not around this place.
I still don’t know where I’ll be transferred to so I still got some time to rest, according to the DIG they are still discussing it and he will inform me when they are done.
Since I’m still on leave I decided to sneak back to Lagos to attend my sister’s engagement which is happening tomorrow.
I already called her and informed her that I will be there and I’m already Working on how to get there without people seeing me especially now that I’ve gain more popularity.
I was making some research on my laptop about then my phone started ringing which shows to be the DIG.
” SIR ” I answered.
” hello MIA, how are you doing? ” he asked.
” I’m doing great Sir ” I replied.
” how fit are you? ” he asked.
” very fit sir” I replied.
” Glad to hear that, how about you come over to my house…….we have a situation at hand” he said.
” is everything alright sir?……nah, everything is fine……just come over I will tell you about it” he said.
” okay sir” I replied then ended the call.
” what could be the reason? ” I thought then stood up to get change.
I went to my room and change into a yellow top and blue schinos trouser, then came out of my room.
I grabbed my car keys and went out of the house, I ignited the car and drove out.
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(An Hour later)
I arrived at the DIG house and I was let in by the officers, I drove in and parked the car at a nice spot.
I came out and head into the house and I met the DIG waiting for me in the living room.
” MIA, you’re welcome ” he said.
” yes Sir ” I said.
” come let’s go to my office” he said and I followed him to his office and I entered.
” are you here alone? ” I asked.
” yeah….. My family went on a vacation to visit my first daughter ” he said.
” ohh….okay” I said.
” I called you here for something very important and I know only you can do that” he said and I listen attentively to what he has to say.
” remember I told you about you being my secret Agent, and I told you when the time is right I will inform you when it’s time” he said.
” Yes Sir…..you did” I said.
” well…..the time is now ” he said.
” Now?” I asked.
” yeah, or do you have something else or somewhere else you want to be?” he asked.
” No Sir” I replied.
” Damn, I’m sorry Vickie ” I said to myself.
” Good Now listen, six months ago we sent some journalist to spy on the illicit dealer gang and they’ve been informing us about their contraband activities lately but right now their cover has been blown” he said.
” Sir you said journalist, you mean civilians? ” I asked.
” yeah…..civilians ” he confirmed.
” But Sir, how could you sent civilians to do something like that, that is a very dangerous thing to do” I said.
” it’s their job MIA, besides they volunteered to do so” he said.
” But you said Ghana, why can’t the Ghana government do something about it?” I asked.
” first the leader of the dealers aren’t Ghanaians, they are Nigerians………the government can’t do much cause this people are very discreet about it” he said.
” Most of the Ghanaian don’t know about them, someone informed us about them and we decided to play it out with them and come to know that it’s true” he said.
” they seems to have the police in league with them so the only way to destroy their organization is to do it from the inside which is why we sent those journalist to give us more info on them ” he explained.
” right now they are being chased by the thugs” he said.
” Okay…….so what next?” I asked.
” here……this is their profile and everything you need to know about them” he said giving me a file and I check into it and see that they are both females.
” they are females” I said surprised.
” female seems to have a way into the organization easily” he said.
” you should’ve sent someone with them to protect them, you can’t just leave them unprotected ” I said.
” what makes you think we don’t,……the five agents we sent to them were killed while protecting them, now they are hiding somewhere in the Kouloun village” he said.
” I took the case from the IGP and assure them that I will have it done, we can’t can’t let the Ghana government know about that and we can’t infiltrate their country” he said.
” We can’t do as we wished in a strange land which is why we need to go under the radar” he said.
” I thought you said you won’t let then know who I am ” I said.
” yes and they haven’t, you have to go in disguise and make sure they don’t know who you really are……..right now you’re not MIA……..you’re Agent Blackbird and we’ve been given 72 hours to get this done” he said.
” when do I start?” I asked.
” Right Now………what do you need? ” he asked and I sighed.
” Hmm Guns and armour, I prefer pistol and a mission car, that will be all” I said.
” are you sure? ” he asked.
” yeah just one question, how do I get past the border? ” I asked.
” that has been taken care of and about your gun, check this out” he said then went into one of his collections.
” This is Beretta M9, 5 inch 50 meters, 15 rounds magazine, 100 barrel length 4.9 inches, unloaded weight 97p grams” he described handling the gun to me.
” I like it…..and taking it and I’m not returning it” I said.
” I’m not collecting it……..these are the bullets” he replied.
” then I better get to work then ” I said standing up and put the gun back into it’s bag.
” Go to the FIIB Facility, I already make a call there’s an helicopter waiting for you at the facility” he said .
” it will take you to Abuja, when you reached there, go to this address” he said giving me a note with an address.
” Go there, before you reached I will make a call, they will give you the car you needed to enter the country” he said.
” you will discuss about the extraction and make this go smoothly ” he said.
” okay sir” I said.
” remember you have to keep me updated…….every minute ” he said.
” Yes Sir ” I said.
” Good luck, MIA and be careful ” he said and I nodded in reply and went out.
I went out and entered my car then drove off to my house to begin preparation.
Before I got home I head somewhere to buy things I will be needing for my disguise.
After getting all that I need I went home and after I got to my house I put a call through to Vickie.
” heyy Des, are you here already? ” she said excitedly.
” No, uhmm….. I’m sorry Vickie ” I said.
” sorry?…..for what?…….don’t tell me you won’t be able to make it” she said.
” I’m sorry Vickie, something came up……it was very unexpected and important as well” I said.
” how can you do this Des?……..you’re the one that choose the date and now you’re not coming? ” she said and I can feel the hurt in her voice.
” I’m so sorry Vickie, I will send you some cash and some other things ” I said.
” I don’t need your money Des……. You being their as part of our family and the only man of the family…….that’s what matters” she said then ended the call.
” Dmn” I cur$ed then put a call through to Grace and she picked immediately.
” Hy brother” she said.
” Hey baby……..how is things going? ” I asked.
” smoothly…….Mom is very busy right now with the preparation ” she said.
” yeah I know…….help me tell mom, I won’t be able to make it anymore……something unexpected came up” I said.
” will you be okay? ” she asked.
” yeah I will be……..but Vickie seem to be angry with me” I said.
” yeah I know…….i was beside her, she’s pissed…….you’re bailing on her” she said.
” that’s not how it is……..if I refused to do this, I will only give them clue that I’m hiding something, I don’t want anything to jeopardize all that we work so long for” i said.
” I understand……..i will try to explain to her as well” she said.
” thank you…….i will send some cash to help out” I said.
” Alright brother” she said.
” bye.” I said then ended the call.
I opened my laptop and transfer the sum of five million naira to Vickie’s account, and continue with my preparation.
I went to my bathroom and attached a coloured eye lens on my eyes to prevent any mode of identification.
I attached beard and mustached as well and I can barely recognize myself in the mirror.
After that I put on the white sultana that I bought and a necklace with Jesus cross which make me look like a Reverend FATHER.
I grabbed the gun I was given along with the cartridge of bullets, and put then into the bag.
I grabbed my laptop and some other toys just incase they might come in handy and I went out of the house.
I can’t take my car because they can easily know I am agent blackbird so I board a cab instead.
Almost have an hour later the cab arrived at the FIIB facility and I entered after I payed the driver.
I entered the facility and I was stopped by the agents at the entrance.
” who are you? And what is a FATHER doing here? ” he asked.
” don’t be fooled by my look, I’m Agent blackbird and I believe the SAC Thomas is waiting for me” I said.
” alright, follow me” he said and I followed him to meet SAC Thomas and he was surprised to see me.
Not me exactly but someone dressed like me doing in their facility.
” Sir, this man said you’re expecting him?” the agent said.
” FATHER?…….who are you?…and what are you doing here?…..and I don’t think we’ve met before” SAC Thomas said confused.
” No we haven’t, I’m Agent Blackbird, I’m from the DIG” I said and his eyes bulged out.
” oh….I’m so sorry, I didn’t know you’re him…….i was expecting someone……. ”
” Badass” I completed.
” yeah……not someone dress like a reverend ” he said and I smiled.
” well that’s me, so I believe a helicopter is waiting for me” I said.
” yes… Yes Sir, please come with me” he said and I followed him outside.
We went to a open ground where there are some helicopters but there’s only one in motion which I believe is for me.
We got there and the pilot and one other agents accompany me were surprised then I entered.
” Safe journey, Agent Blackbird ” he said.
” Thank you, SAC Thomas ” I replied then the pilot fly us out of the place and go straight to Abuja.
I better be careful this time around so what happened last time won’t repeat itself.
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