TARASHA
# EPISODE26A
his hotel room. He quickly rushed to the mirror
to check if his disguise was still in order, the
knock sounded again.
‘Come.. in.. ‘ he answered, forming a weak voice.
The door was opened before he could finish
talking; three police officers barged into the
room.
‘Good afternoon sir’ one of the police officers
greeted politely on seeing the old man.
‘Good morning’ the old man corrected.
‘Sir, didn’t you hear the alarm that was sounded
some time ago?’ The officer went straight to his
point. ‘Everyone was asked to come out of their
rooms, there’s a criminal lurking around’
‘I heard it, but what could I do?’ The man replied
in a pitiful voice, he took a glance at the other
officer who was searching the room. ‘I came out
and tried to use the elevator but it was locked, I
had to come back into my room. I can’t use the
stairs because of my bad leg…’
‘There’s nothing here ‘ the officer searching
around interrupted.
It’s okay sir, you’ll be allowed to go downstairs
soon but in the meantime, don’t hesitate to raise
alarm if you find anything strange’ the officer
concluded and they walked out of the room in a
hurry.
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Officer Dakolo and the rest of his team in the
control room fixed their gazes on the screen as
the surveillance tapes were played. The first
tape played showed the back view of the young
man walking to the elevator and then another
one was played that showed the front view, the
video was zoomed and a screen shot of the
man’s face was taken. Another one was played
and it displayed the criminal in the elevator, the
viewers were watching intently, then the criminal
faced the camera and pointed a gun straight at
it. The bullet was released and the streaming
stopped immediately..
‘D--n!’ Dakolo cursed under his breath, he
turned to the manager. ‘He was headed for floor
3 right?’
‘Yes he was’ the manager replied.
‘Let’s see more of the tapes’ Dakolo demanded.
Several other clips were played but there was
none that showed the same young man leaving
the elevator or entering any room.
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‘Where have you been Lovina? Everybody has
been waiting for you’ Aisha said as she
approached Lovina who gave her a confused
look.
‘I had some problems’ Lovina replied hesitatingly,
trying to answer the stranger politely.
‘Its best you go change immediately, it’s only
five minutes to the flight’ Aisha advised, glancing
at her wristwatch.
‘Oh! That’s true’ Lovina confirmed from her
wristwatch.
‘Your uniform is there’ Aisha pointed to a
different changing room, in an attempt to
mislead her but Lovina surged forward, half
running and walking towards three girls who were
her coursemates. Cole and Aisha hid behind a
wall to listen to them.
‘Where have you been?’ One of the girls scolded
her as she ran towards them, the police officers
followed slowly, one of them looked back for
signs of Cole and Aisha. The girl turned to the
other two girls who were looking shocked, their
arms were folded. ‘I told you that girl wasn’t
Lovina’
‘But who was she? ‘ another girl with a roughly
bleached skin spoke, looking stunned. ‘Their
backview and hair are the same’
‘I don’t know’ the black third girl joined. ‘I only
suspected that something was amiss when she
didn’t turn back to greet us when we called her
name’
‘Even Jude was not looking well, he couldn’t
respond to us’ the first girl added again.
‘Has the plane taken off?’ Lovina asked, she
sounded frustrated.
‘No, but they were about to when we left there’
‘I have to go and stop them now, that imposter
would be in serious trouble’ Lovina said and she
raced towards the pilots’ lounge where Jude and
Gloria went into the runway from.
‘Stay back’ Lovina shouted at the police officers
who stood at the entrance, some other students
and lecturers who had seen Lovina also came
closer.
Lovina pushed opened the slightly opened door
and entered the room where Jude and Gloria had
their last discussion. The door was jammed by
the last of the three friends who came in.
'D__n! ' Lovina cursed on seeing the plane through the transparent glass wall. It was already moving. She proceeded towards the other exit that led to the runway and struggled to open the door but her struggle was fruitless, it seemed the door had been locked from outside, one of her friends joined her in the struggle while the two others tried to open the door they came in through. it couldn't open also, they had been trapped.
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'What are we going to do now? ' Cole looked frustrated, looking to Aisha for answers.
'The plan B has failed'
'I don't know, I think we should just get out of here immediately' Aisha replied, she looked around and saw several eyes staring at them already. 'Let's leave here before we get into trouble too'
Aisha began walking furiously out of the schools airdrome and Cole joined her hesitatingly.
'We can't leave the boss here, she might need us to escape'.
To be continued.. .
previously on Tarasha Season1 Episode25c
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