TARASHA Episode 7 Part 7 & 8 – Oyin Oluwatosin Emmanuel

TARASHA Episode 7 Part 7 – Oyin Oluwatosin Emmanuel

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Benny was jerked off with a knock on the door to 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..

‘Damn!’ 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.

‘Damn!’ 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 school’s airdrome and Cole joined her hesitatingly. ‘We can’t leave the boss here, she might need us to escape’

‘Can’t you see that people around are suspecting us already?’ She asked, increasing her pace. ‘We might not be able to escape ourselves if we stay here any longer’

‘The car is here’ Cole pointed to a black car parked alongside with other cars outside the airdrome.

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Tarasha wristwatch beeped as she piloted the plane alongside Jude, she knew at once that someone had entered the room but she was indifferent about the situation, everything was in control already, Lovina’s uniform had even been infected with dangerous substances by Tarasha and would cause severe itching to anyone who wore it.

She didn’t infect only Lovina’s uniform but several others that she found hung in the dressing room. This was done to stop anyone who tried to substitute Lovina and even Lovina herself in case Benny failed.

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‘That Tarasha is just too full of herself’ Aishat commented bitterly as they drove out of the aviation school. ‘Why didn’t she let us do the planning together?’

‘She’s a professional Aisha’ Cole said thoughtfully, ‘I believe she has other plans’

‘Professional my foot’ she stamped her fingers, ‘a professional that’ll soon be caught as an imposter’

‘She won’t be caught’ Cole spoke confidently as he drove, he paused and waited for the right time before turning into the road. ‘I believe in her’

Aisha bent to look into his eyes as if to ask if he is mentally stable, ‘just don’t drive to Orogbum, we need to stay somewhere else and plan on leaving this state immediately’

‘Oh!’ Cole exclaimed as he remembered something, he turned to look at the back seat. ‘Please bring that phone for me’ he said to Aisha.

‘What?’ She gave an inquisitive look as she handed the phone to him.

He ignored her question and placed the phone on his lap, using his left hand to swipe through. He opened a GPS application and waited for it to load. After successfully loading, it displayed a map and a revolving sphere appeared, under it was written “searching for target 0%”.

‘What are you doing?’ Aisha asked again.

‘Wait!’ He hushed her.

‘Just don’t drive to Orogbum, I can’t picture myself sleeping in the police cell’ she folded her arms in a stubborn manner.

Cole smiled as he glanced at the phone’s screen again, ‘it displayed “searching completed, one target found” and a red blinking dot appeared on the map.

‘What?’ Aisha was getting angry as she couldn’t figure out the reason he was smiling happily.

‘The plane is moving already’ he answered happily, ‘we’ll pick her up at Onne’

‘Huh?’ She asked with a doubtful tone

‘You heard me right’ he increased his speed rapidly and zoomed past slow driving cars before him.

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Jude watched in awe as Gloria controlled everything perfectly. Right from the takeoff time, he had been expecting her to look confused and watch him fly the plane but the reverse was the case, she flew the plane while he watched. He wanted to ask her questions but his mouth only opened and closed, no words could come out of it.

He was full of regrets for being so careless and unsuspecting of Gloria. He remembered the day they chatted in the lecture room, he had found several of the year one students having practical on the runway after he left her to meet with John Obiano. He wondered why she wasn’t involved in the practical but he dismissed the thought of her being an unserious student, he concluded that the lecturer must have divided the students into batches for the practical and that it wasn’t her batch’s turn.

‘Who are you?’ He asked in low tones, finally finding his voice.

‘Take control Jude, I’m going to ease myself’ she ignored his question, getting ready to stand up.

Jude glanced at the time, they had spent only ten minutes on air. He looked back at her to ask another question, but the look on her face had changed, her entire look had changed. The Gloria whose face once radiated the spirit of friendship and peace now radiated evil. The colour of her skin was also changing, it was then Jude fully realized that he didn’t know who he was dealing with.

‘Ok’ he said fidgeting all over, scared to look back at her face.

She walked slowly out of the cockpit, a blow knocked out the first air attendant who came forward from the cabin. The noise attracted the other attendant and she appeared to find her colleague lying on the floor. She looked up at the pilot that was supposed to be Lovina but No, the Lady in the pilot’s uniform looked like the devil’s incarnate. The disguise makeup on Gloria’s face was already fading, that made her face and hands show two different colours; one of the real Tarasha and the other Gloria.

The air second hostess was silenced too but after letting out a slight scream. Tarasha saw the hostesses’ kits bag and checked to confirm if her parachute was there.

TARASHA Episode 7 Part 8 – Oyin Oluwatosin Emmanuel

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‘What’s that?’ The Governor, Kelechi Edwin panicked as he looked at the other two guests seated with him on the the seater sofa.

‘Are you sure it’s not from the TV?’ the aviation minister joined in, he looked alarmed also but he was calmer as he thought the noise came from the film they were watching on the flat screened TV.

John Obiano stood up partially and remained quiet as if to listen if he would hear something of the same manner. He sat back after a minute of waiting, ‘I think it’s from the Tv’ he said with a note of finality

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Tarasha removed the wig on her head and flung it away, exposing her unplaited long natural hair, a part of it fell on her face and covered one of her eyes slightly making her look more devilish.

An ID card dropped from her body as she tore the left part of her uniform’s top, she picked it up and broke out the part of the ID card that displayed the passport. She flung it to the side and opened the curtains that divided the section of the cabin where John Obiano and the guests were, they were taken aback as they saw the slender monster approaching, blood was dripping from her fingers on the left hand and a bag was on the right.

John quickly surged forward with aim of taking the monster by surprise but she dodged his blow and grabbed him on the neck with her right hand, she dropped the bag. She drew out something from his suit pocket and stuck it in her hair. She lifted him up with both hand and threw his body on the minister of aviation who was already on his feet and was trying to sh00t a gun. John crashed into the minister and they both collapsed into the sofa, the gun fell off the minister’s hand.

Kelechi Edwin was up and ready to defend himself as she ran towards him but Tarasha bent to escape his punch and took him off his feet with a kick. She took the pin hung in her hair, removed the lid and pierced into the governor’s neck, he fell to the floor unconsciously. She stood up to face John Obiano who to her surprise quickly recovered and was up again, charging towards her with the glass table. But she was always ready to deal with surprises, she picked up the fallen Governor quickly and the table was shattered on the man’s head.

Tarasha dragged John towards herself by his tie and gave him a uppercut, she dragged him violently alongside as she rushed towards the minister who was crawling to pick the gun. She stepped on the man’s hand and kicked the gun farther, she pushed John forcefully making him hit his head against the flat screen TV. A heavy kick on the face took out the minister.

Tarasha picked up the gun and pointed at John, he was still sprawling on the floor weakly, she walked towards him and knocked him out with the butt of the gun. She stepped backwards and picked the bag from where she dropped it. She brought out the parachute and put it on hurriedly. She walked towards the unconscious and bleeding body of the Governor, she pulled the Governor by his shirt’s collar and dragged him with her towards the exit. On another thought she turned back and entered the section where the fallen attendants were, she started taking off the clothes of the most slender one.

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The plane had gone far when the door was finally opened, Lovina was already soaked in her tears, her friends tried to console her. The professors, school authority and the airdrome officials were thrown into a state of confusion and panic. They found the android device Tarasha dropped and the police immediately sent a special team to diffuse the bomb and save Jude�s sister.

Officer Dakolo was confused and at the same time irritated, he stood in the room with two members of his team questioning the airdrome security officials and Lovina.

‘How did a stranger pass through you guys?� he barked angrily at the officials, bombarding them with questions. �Where were you? Was there no one who saw her?�

A uniformed security man answered him confidently, �We were outside here, so no one could have entered without passing through us. Jude greeted us when he was about to enter but we didn�t see any girl�

�So you mean she appeared into the room from nowhere?�

His question was answered with silence, no sound could be heard except for the sobs of Lovina.

�Nobody can gain entrance into these rooms, only Jude�s and Lovina�s ID cards was configured to pass through the door� A professor spoke, pointing towards the damaged metal door

�I don�t get you, how did the imposter pass through if only Jude�s and Lovina�s ID cards could allow them entrance?� Dakolo raised his eyebrow as he asked.

�I don�t know� the professor in charge looked puzzled, he turned to Lovina and asked multiple questions. �Where�s your ID card?’

Lovina answered in low tones, wiping her face, �my ID card is with me but I didn�t enter with it, the door was left open�

Dakolo walked closer to the entrance and bent down to inspect the destroyed door, he stood up after some seconds. �That means she probably gained access through Jude, by threatening him with his sister�

�Yes, but..’ The professor argued thoughtfully, ‘she could have gained access into this room through Jude but she wouldn�t have been allowed to enter into the plane without Lovina�s ID card�

�My ID card is with me� Lovina repeated, still sobbing.

A familiar noise distracted them, they all looked back to see the plane returning. Officer Dakolo hurried towards the other exit which had the transparent wall with his team. He stopped when the door refused to open, �is this door still locked?� he spoke angrily, directing his question to the professor.

�Yes, I don�t know how and why it got locked� the man replied, �we have to destroy it like the other one�

Dakolo glanced back at the plane which was already on the runway, �how do we get there now?� he asked impatiently.

�Come with me� the professor said, leading Dakolo through a longer route to the runway, where the press were and where the passengers in the plane had passed through.

Dakolo signaled for several other armed officers to follow as they hurried to attack the imposter on the plane. They got to the runway in two minutes and waited for the plane to stop successfully.

About twenty officers surrounded the plane, waiting patiently for the passengers to come out. The governor’s security guards and officers were also on guard as they joined the officers to surround the plane.

�Don�t try anything stupid� Dakolo said into the megaphone after waiting for two minutes and there was no signs of anyone in the plane. �The police are surrounding you already and it will be best for you to surrender�

… to be continued tomorrow

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