Must Read: Sinister Affections

Episode 7 years ago

Must Read: Sinister Affections

Henry chewed the gum as he studied the enviroment. He scanned all around the sides of the small camp for snipers or anyone who wasn’t in the camp.
“Danladi, Clement and you two. Follow me. The rest of you guys should lie low and wait for our signal” Henry pointed at two large tested men who had passed his test. The group of four men stalked closer to the camp as silently as possible. Their cammo blending perfectly with the leaves around them. The bushes were too thick for anyone to notice them. Henry and his little group neared the small camp from the part where less soilders guarded.




It was a roundish patch of cleared land the rebel soldiers camped on. Tents had been pegged into the ground to house the rebels. A few mud huts had been raised in some corners,. The corner that was less guarded. The four men could see the army trucks loaded with ammo and some ranger jeeps parked and covered with a polythene cover just close to the few huts around. A few local women moved about the camp with carry trays of what seemed like food into tents.
The women seemed unhappy and scared. The rebels probably had raided one village and taken them hostage to satisfy their hunger and Sekxual needs.
“Above all, none of those women should be injured” Henry warned the three with him and they nooded. Their blood pumping heavily through their veins in wait for action. Danladi particularly seemed too excited in the whole thing. Henry summed it all up as love for his job and focused on the camp.
“Okay, here’s the plan. It’s possible they’re waiting for us since they la!d spikes down for us. So, from my findings, they don’t know we’re in this part of the camp since we took a totally different route to get here. We have to secure those vehicles to block them from getting more ammo in case they run out of bullets” Henry lectured in whispers.
“But lieutenant. What about the truck full of ammo we left behind.no one’s guarding it.” Danladi questioned. Henry noodedat him.
“The engine is damaged and I punctured the tyres and there’s also a surprise for any rebel stupid enough to near it” Henry replied.





Henry summoned the rest of the squad and they arrived slowly and spread around. He informed them of the strategy and every man took his position.


Henry,Danladi and Clement climbed over the bamboo fence demarkating the bush from the camp.the snuck unto two rebels seating by one hut and enjoying the shade. A quick snap in the neck and both of the rebels were dead and dragged off into the bushes. Five more men joined the three and slowly, they took out rebels as they crept closer to the vehicles using the huts to hide.
“Hei.” The group heard a man shout. He blew a whistle in a bid to alert the rest. Henry was quick to sink a bullet into his forehead. But the deed had been done. Rebel soldiers poured out of the tents and huts, fully armed, they were waiting for them just as Henry suggested.




Those rebels that came out of the huts met their early deaths as Henry and his group sent bullets into them as soon as they stepped out. Soon all soldiers including Shindara had entered the camp and take over the huts using the little window to aim. At the few rebels holding them off at the tents.




Henry felt someone beside him nudging him. He look angrily at the person to find out it was Shindara.
“get back into the hut. What the hell are you doing here?” He asked as he took cover when the rebel soldiers aimed at him.
“I think they have some sort of shield in their tents, moreover, I.m here to save you” Shindara replied sharply.
“The only person needing saving here is you….” Henry shot back at her. He aimed at a rebel who was quick to duck behind a tent.
Shindara swiftly took an aim at a rebel creeping close to them from the bushes sine Henry had decided to hide by an hut close to the bush. The bullet met its mark. She cocked her head at Henry and grinned.
“Do you not know what death is?” Henry asked amused at her accuracy. He reloaded his rifle and spied at his men. Two soldiers were down already. He shook his head.
“Well, I’m immortal!!” Shindara shouted over the sound of firings around them. She studied where they were and noticed a large fallen tree was close to the vehicles a little bit far away from them. She calculated how long it’d take for her to make a dash for the trunk. It’d serve as a very good position to take out te rebels remaining.
“See that log of wood over there? Cover me while I make a run for it.” She told Henry who wanted to stop her.
“Stay right here!” Henry screamed but Shindara was already on the go. He pulled out oh his hiding place and planted bullets into skulls of rebels who tried to aim at her. In the three seconds Shindara took to run to the log,Henry had shot three rebels in the head. His accuracy was better, when it had to do with the safety of Shindara. He ran to join her also but a missle was launched at him from a bazooka.


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Shindara shot at the man with the launcher but she missed. Henry saw the launcher coming at him. He jumped and stretched like a fish towards the log of wood, he rolled on the ground and landed safely behind the huge log. The missle exploded on his former position.
“I hope you see what you almost caused!” He pulled out his walkie talkie. ”five men should break off and boycott those bastards from behind, over”.

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“Boss, I have Henry in sight now but the lady is by him. I can’t take a clean shot” A sniper hiding in a tree far away communicated with Danladi who was shooting at nothing in particular.
“What do I care. Shoot even if it means they both die, I’ll go for her twin” Danladi replied angrily. He turned round to see Clement looking at him. He didn’t know when Clement had slipped beside him along with some soldiers.
“This bug must die” Danladi thought.


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The sniper sighed that he might have to waste Shindara too. The shot still wasn’t clear since she was right beside Henry.
Pfff pfff… He released two fat bullets..



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Shindara felt something hot sting her hand. A bullet just bruised her. She turned to look at Henry only to find him pressed on the log with his eyes holding no gaze. He was hit. Her brain almost shut down. She checked him out to find he was shot twice in the chest in his heart region.
“Lieutenant Henry is down. I repeat, lietenant Henry is down.” She screamed into her walkie talkie ”Bring all injured soldiers to the east side by the vehicles and secure a jeep to transport them out. O….ov….over” She choked on her sobs.

Few minutes later, she was driving straigt to Kano in one of the jeeps with Henry and two other injured soldiers alongside an healthy soldier.
“Take them to Kano. We’ll finishup here and come meet you there. Lt. Henry mustn’t die” Clement had said when he ushered her into the jeep. The other soldiers were acting as a shield just to help Henry. Danladi inclusive but no one was aiming at him. If only Clement knew what fate would befall him on the battle field, he’d had left Danladi to lead the squad to victory while he escorted Sindara away. But it was too late, his clock was ticking.



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