Must Read: Sinister Affections

7 years ago

Must Read: Sinister Affections

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Somewhere in the military base at Abuja.
“I hope you understand all you’re to do? He’s our only target, let the others live….or just make them escape.”

The officer spoke into the phone while looking around to see if anyone was comig into his office.
“yes yes! Don’t fail us. You know of this is successful we’ll benefit greatly from it. Okay then. Bye!”
The officer straightened his shirt and walked out of his office.

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Shindara could not believe Henry could switch back to his old for in a matter of seconds. He didnt smile throughout the ride back to the camp. He was business-like almost immediately. When she even alighted from his car, he just drove off into the distance. Not uttering a single word.

Shindara cleared her head of Henry and thought of the mission her team was to undergo. She hoped Henry wouldn’t pick her as one of the unlucky priviledged recruits to go after those soldiers. Since she was one of the best, she knew she had no choice than to prepare. Henry was sure to select her.

She stood up from her bed and tooking a shooting pose and aimed at somethings in the room. She sank into her bed again frustrated. Was she really going to die tomorrow? She pulled out her smartphone from her bag. Henry had ordered all her things to be transferred to her hostel from the clinic. She dialed the number of one of the gurus in her team. He picked the call almost immediately.
“Hello, Clement, have you heard?” She spoke immediately she heard a beep.
“Oh yes! It’s great, isn’t it?” Clements voice showed that he was thrilled about going into real combat soon.
“you said???” Shindara could not believe someone would want to face death head-on ”you aren’t worried or scared?”
She heard Clement laugh at his end. ” Not at all…

It’ll just be like those our tag teams training. If Lt. Henry couldn’t tag me…. Even you couldnt, I’m confident I’ll get out alive. But, you’re pulling my legs you know”
“how?”
“By pretending to be scared. You be boss na. You that has an eagle eye and can aim at anything. No wash me abeg” Clement teased.
“It’s like you’re forgetting the fact that real bullets will be used instead of paint and real explosives too might be used” Shindara blabbed into the phone wondering how foolish Clement was.
“That’s what makes it better! Other teams could have been chosen to carry out this task but ours was chosen, we have to represent ourselves as trained and fit to be among the gallant nigerian soldiers.”
“Gallant kor. I’ve heard your gibberish. Let me call someone saner in the head.”Shindara dropped the call and dailed up her twin sisters number. After the second try, Dabira picked up.
” Hello tweenie!” Dabira squeaked in delight since it had been some weeks that She and Shindara talked.
“Hello dear, how are you?” Shindara asked happy to hear her twins voice.
“I’m fine o. What happened between you and Aunt Teni, she just called me today to warn you for something I dont know”
“shhhhh” Shindara shut Dabira up ”if I didn’t call,you wont abi?”
“No na…. I’v been very busy.I haven’t talked to mum for days even” Dabira explained.
“Okay, apology accepted.How’s Your business?”
Dabira chuckled. “it’s fine. And how’s the army?”
“Dabira, I’ll be having my fist task tomorrow” Shindara said with q sad tone. She heard Dabira squeak delightedly.
“congratulations dear! I’m so happy for you.

Mum and dad should hear about this” Dabira who thought the tasking meant something to happy about kept talking about how they were going to celebrate.
“Yes, we’ll celebrate if I survive tomorrow” Shindara hissed. “I’ll call you later” Shindara dropped the call since she was having another call from an unknown number.
“Hello….who’s this please?” She asked.
“Henry. Good evening. Why aren’t you around for the lesson today?”
“oops. I thought we were free for the day.”
“no. I sent a notificatiion message to your phone. Do you ever check your phone?” Henry chided.

“I haven’t checked sir” She tried to joke but he wasn’t chuckling.
“be here in five minutes!” Henry hung up.
Shindara wondered if this was the same great guy she hung out with some hours ago. Well, she’d be seeing him soon, maybe they’d talk.

She undressed and wore her khaki trouser and a white pollo shirt that made her b0s0m seem bigger than normal. She slipped into her boots and made her way out of the hostel. Very few of the ladies in her hostel were always never around. They were either training hard or gracing the beds of officers to gain favour. Shindara listened for any sign of movement in any of the rooms at the passage way. She heard none, shook her head and stepped out of the block.

The training centre they were using wasn’t that far from her hostel. She decided to sprint her way there. It was already getting dark and she started getting chills from the cold night air.

She sensed something watching her, she turned sharply behind her but found nothing. The chills came again but this time, it wasn’t the cold, it was fear. She sprinted faster. She felt her phone vibrating in her pocket and pulled it out. It was Henry.
“Where are you Shindara?” Henry asked like the training was being delayed because of her absense.
“I’m almost there” Shindara looked behind her again in fear.
“okay… Just……”
Shindara’s phone was smacked off her ear and a large arm held onto her neck. She winced in pain as two other men who were making use of tthe darkness dragged her into an uncompleted building along the bushy path.
“hello! Hello! Shindara” Henry got no reply from her. He was getting stares from his team who were waiting for him. He called after Shindara again but got no reply. He wasn’t feeling too good about it. He heard some footsteps from his phone and guessed some peoplewere around Shindara, probably trying to harm her.
“Clement, come with me.” Henry dashed out of the centre closely followed by Clement..

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“Have you done it?” A voice asked
“yes. You can come now and play hero” A deep bass voice replied over the phone.
“Good! Proceed as planned” The first voice replied and dropped the call.