Previously On Evening With Eva……
They got out of the car.
The General nodded at one of his thugs. He understood the sign and immediately entered the jeep with his partner and drove off.
Tawo and his father entered the hotel. There was a middle aged man at the reception, behind a long desk. Immediately he saw the General he got up and saluted.
“Welcome sir!” he said.
“Easy Lukman. Are they still there?” The General asked.
“Yes sir.” Lukman replied.
“Good. Thank you.” The General replied.
He went into the elevator with Tawo closely behind.
“What just happened there?” Tawo asked as the elevator passed the second floor.
“I am the General.” His father replied.
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S02E12
The Colonel was asleep when he heard the sound of the doorbell. He woke up startled. Who was at his door at this time of the night? He let the ringing continue for a while. When it did not stop, he grudgingly got up and went to the door.
“Who is it?” The Colonel asked pressing a button which enabled the microphone.
“Maintenance.” A voice replied from the other end.
The Colonel peered through the tiny glass visualizer on the door. He saw a man holding a tool box and looking round the corridor. He was wearing a dark blue janitor’s apparel which had the hotel logo on the bosom pocket. He also wore a blue cap which covered part of his face.
“Sorry, I did not call for any maintenance. Wrong room.” The Colonel said and left the door.
As the Colonel was going back to sit, Ahmed came out of the bedroom.
“Hi Uncle. Who was that?” he asked.
“One maintenance guy, He probably got the wrong room. How do you feel now?” The Colonel asked.
“I feel better than I was before. I am ready to go in the morning.” Ahmed replied.
Just then the doorbell rang again.
“Ahmed, please see what that guy wants. I am so angry right now; I fear I may blow his head off.” The Colonel said closing his eyes.
Ahmed approached the door and looked into the glass hole. He saw no one. He shrugged. He left the door and was half way across the room, when he heard the doorbell again. He was furious. He stormed to the door and keyed in the 4-digit pin to open the door.
All the while the Colonel was in deep thought. Why was the so called maintenance person not at the door? Why did the reception not call to inform him before hand? Why was he being persistent after he had clearly been told to go away? As he pondered this things, Ahmed was already at the door inserting the pin code to open the door.
“Noooo!!! Don’t!!! Stop boy!!!” The Colonel screamed at Ahmed, getting up from the couch.
It was too late.
In his enraged state, Ahmed flung the door open and made to scream at the intruder from maintenance when a heavy punch hit him by the side of his face. Before he could understand what was happening, a kick hit him on his chest, sending him sprawling on the floor back inside the room. The Colonel took just one quick look at Ahmed who was clutching his ribs. Ahmed grimaced, turning in pain.
The Colonel’s sharp eyes darted immediately back to the door. He almost knew who it was. He became alert. Very alert. He did not rush to the door like Ahmed did. He waited for almost a minute to see what it was that knocked Ahmed off his feet.
The General walked majestically into the room through the open door with a grim look on his face. He walked past the Colonel, sitting on the chair that he occupied a few minutes ago. Tawo came in after the General. However, he did not follow his father to the chair. He slammed the door shut and folded his arms across his chest, relaxing his heavy frame on the metal door.
The Colonel did not take his eyes of Tawo. His subconscious sensed the General behind him, watching him, trying to predict his move. Ahmed who was groaning on the floor earlier sat on the ground, surprised at the effrontery of the intrusion of these two men.
Ahmed looked at his Uncle and what he saw scared him. There was a particular look he saw on the Colonel’s face. He knew that look. It was a look of rage and blood. His Uncle was now angry beyond reason yet calculating and careful.
Ahmed shifted away from his Uncle, resting his back on the wall leading to the bedroom. He did not want to be caught in the cross fire. The Colonel’s eyes did not move. He continued to glare at Tawo.
Tawo had killed his only son albeit indirectly. Tawo and the Colonel’s son attended the same Spy Academy. Tawo was two years ahead and had achieved the status of Chameleon Prime. He was now responsible for recruiting younger members of the academy and training them into Chameleon Spies.
The Chameleon Spies were members of the Spy Academy who had performed excellently over their first three years. The Colonel’s son had a fantastic record. He was always topping every category. By his third year in the Spy Academy, he had rubbished every record that Tawo had set. Twice albeit was heavily recommended to partner Tawo in his missions. Tawo had declined. He had not met the boy but he already hated him.
So when Tawo met him for the first time during the Chameleon Recruits Orientation, he made up his mind to do everything in his power to wreck Albeit’s career.
He engaged Albeit in all kinds of mini-missions too high for his level of clearance, but he scaled them all excellently. All the while The Colonel continued to encourage his son, telling him that Tawo meant him more of good than harm.
However, Tawo had had enough. Albeit’s success appalled him. He was no longer comfortable because he saw him as a threat to his supremacy. In the second year of Albeit’s training, Tawo sent him on a deadly infiltration mission, deliberately including fake extraction details.
Albeit finished the subtle infiltration superbly and was ready for evacuation. The radio link he was given to call came back as static. No response on the other end. Albeit had no choice but to find his own escape route. He had not been trained to that degree. He fell into enemy hands and was killed.
During the debriefing, it was discovered that Tawo had provided incorrect extraction details. The penalty was dismissal and death if found guilty by the Spy Court. The General had intervened and shielded his son from justice. He made Tawo disappear and swept the case under the rug.
The Colonel however was undaunted. He dug relentlessly into the family of the General in his attempt to unravel the location of Tawo. He was not ready to let his son’s death go by without justice being served.
The General found out the Colonel was digging too deep into his privacy and had the West African Intelligence force send him undercover to infiltrate and bring down the Marine Cartel. The General hoped he would not come out alive.
All these thoughts flashed through the Colonel’s mind in seconds. He squeezed his fingers into a fist. He had been looking for this opportunity for a long time. Tawo had to pay for taking the life of his son. He had to die.
“Haru, I know what you feel. I know how you feel. No one has to die tonight.” The General said in his cold, baritone voice.
The Colonel did not look back.
“Marcus, I am not sure you know how I feel. My son was murdered. Yours is still alive. You know what I think? I think you would understand how I feel when your son is dead.” The Colonel replied.
His eyes were still on Tawo. His eyeballs were fiery red. Tawo felt uneasy. His fingers caressed the .43 automatic that was inside the janitor overall he wore. He felt the need to use it but his father’s warning replayed in his mind.
The Colonel saw the tiny movement of Tawo’s fingers inside the overall. His instincts took over. He ran towards Tawo in a zigzag motion. The Colonel’s action took him by surprise. As Tawo saw the Colonel approaching him, he quickly brought out the pistol, aiming at the Colonel. He was not quick enough as the Colonel was in front of him in a flash. He landed a huge right to Tawo’s cheek while simultaneously giving a powerful left punch to his lower bicep. The pistol went off Tawo’s hand falling on the ground.
With his rage and anger, the Colonel rained punch after punch at every part of Tawo’s body. Tawo tried to ward off some of the Colonel’s punches but the Colonel was too fast for him. Tawo held up his arms to block the Colonel’s punches. The Colonel threw a strong swinging right punch to the side of Tawo’s face. Tawo fell on the ground disoriented.
Just then, the General got up. He took out a gun from his hips and aimed at the Colonel. The Colonel turned, facing the General. He was panting strongly, his countenance still filled with rage and anger.
“I did not intend for this to end this way. Obviously you are not ready to be sensible. Bye Haru.” The General said, turning off the safety of the gun.
A gunshot was fired.
The General fell on the couch holding his chest.
The Colonel turned.
Ahmed was holding the gun that fell from Tawo’s hand. Ahmed looked scared. The Colonel went to his nephew, helping him up from the ground.
Instinctively, the Colonel had this strong feeling to look back. As he did, he saw Tawo pulling out a gun from his hips. The Colonel immediately grabbed the gun from Ahmed and pushed him away from the line of fire. Ahmed stumbled to the side of the room, almost hitting his head on the wall.
The Colonel bent on one knee and fired two shots at Tawo. The bullets hit him on the chest. Tawo fell, surrounded in the pool of his own blood.
“Let’s get out of here” The Colonel said, helping Ahmed up.
They took their belongings and hurriedly left the hotel room.
Thirty minutes later, the General stirred. He came to slowly, touching his chest. There was a little blood stain on his shirt. He took off his shirt and took off the bullet proof vest he wore. He threw it aside and assessed his chest. The bullet had pierced the vest but did not really get into his body. It grazed his skin and had caused him to bleed. He got up slowly, looking around the room.
Just then, he saw his son lifeless in a pool of his own blood.
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Serves Taiwo right. Akora bone saa de33 aden??
Wld hv loved the last show action to be more intense though. Like it
Wooow I knew this was going to happen
Hahaha I feel colonel paaaaa, smart with experience. Ahmed shd learn from his uncle
Hahaha I feel colonel paaaaa, smart with experience. Ahmed shd learn from his uncle
haa am relieved