72 HOURS KILL MISSION

72 HOURS KILL MISSION EPISODE TWO

I didn't answer Morgan but got up and left.he wasn't mad, he was reluctant more like he knew I was going go take the deal and again, i still had like the rest of that day to decide..

The guard opened the door and I walked out without looking back.. as much as Morgan gave me a choice, I didn't really have a choice. If I said no... I was going to die and from his voice I knew he meant business but who the hell was he because he sure didn't look like a cop...

Before we got into the guy's compound Erika showed up on a bike and after she got off, she went straight to Dante and pulled her gun on him and Elvis pulled his gun too and pointed it at Erika.

Elvis: drop it!

He said in a low but firm tone as he didn't want the guards figuring out that there was something going on outside.

Elvis: i said drop the damn gun..

He said moving in to her and she did. Dante didnt seem threatened but I was already freaking out for all of us. What if someone from the inside already made us out and were waiting for us to walk into bullets.. i was afraid, i had never been on a mission before, leave alone one that people were threatening to kill each other even before we got to do the job..

Me: what's the plan, are we just going to stand out here?..

Dante: we are going inside.. you and I are taking the front entrance, Erika you remain outside and Elvis, you take the back of the house..

Elvis: got it..

Erika started walking towards the gate and I didnt understand how we were just going to walk into the compound like the killers that we were..

Erika knocked on the gate and the rest of us took position. She seemed to have known what she was doing..

The small gate opened and the guard popped his head outside and Erika was telling him something pointing to the car and the guard seemed interested..

Me: what is she doing?..

Dante: telling him she's lost or something.. I don't know but it should work.. watch and learn, next time it might be you..

The guard stepped out and as soon as he started walking to the car, Erika hit him on the head from the back and he dropped to the ground.

Dante: come on..

He said leading the way as i followed then when we got to the gate, he shot him in the back and jumped over him as we made our way inside... All these wasn't new to me because this was the life lived in the ghetto. I was pretty much used to seeing people get shot or finding dead bodies lying around in the hood.

I drew out my gun and held it in my hand then when we got to the compound, we spread out like Dante had instructed. Him and I on the front. I was shaking with a lot of what ifs racing in my head... Not that i was really scared but the thought of the worst happening had crossed my mind. Every thug is afraid of dying and especially by the bullet. Its not like we go out there prepared for death but with each mission we hope we dont get caught and especially in a cross-fire with the cops.. that's always a messy situation..

Dante: ready?..

Me: huh!

He turned to look at me and i realized how stupid the 'huh' was..

Me: yes, I'm ready..

Dante: I will unlock the door then you go in first..

Me: okay..

That "okay" was not for me being brave, it was me proving that I was capable of handling stuff just so that Rex wouldn't get rid of me..

Dante had some substance that he poured on the lock and the lock melted and finally opened when he pulled it down.. I had never seen anything like that before and i realized just how advanced the thugs had , its almost like there was nothing they didn't know..

Dante opened the door and the sooner he stepped in, we immediately heard some beeping sound then Dante realized there was something off so he asked me to leave the house and just as we had started running out, there was a huge explosion in the kitchen and the second one threw us off completely with Dante trying as much to make sure I wasn't hurt.. he dived on me and after grabbing me he rolled over and i fell on top of him..

Elvis after hearing the explosion came running to the front where we were and luckily enough, he had not gotten inside the house just yet..

He pulled me off Dante as Erika checked around to make sure no one was around. What had just happened, was this a set up, did the guy know we were going after him and fled and if he did, how?..

Erika: no one is here..

She announced coming to where we were and immediately Dante suggested we leave the place because the explosion was loud enough to attract the cops attention and if they were not already on their way, they would soon be..

We hurriedly got to the van and drove off not knowing what exactly had transpired.. i was confused.

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I went straight to my cell and lay on my bed. I didnt know what to feel. Morgan's deal was like jumping from the frying pan to the fire because the people he wanted me to go after, i knew them so well and how ling did i have, three f*****g days. It was a suicide mission, it was more like they felt I was already too comfortable in prison and wanted to make life hell for me..

Later on, that evening I was called into the office of the prison Warden and she asked me to take a seat. That area was not really accessible to inmates unless you had finished serving your term and was being released or was seriously sick and needed medical attention.

The lady who was in charge was called Dorcas. She seemed friendly as she talked to me, way too friendly that I could Sense that Morgan got to her. She had never been like that with us and not that she was ruthless and unapproachable but she wasn't that friendly. He ought to have because like I said, i had been sentenced for life and there was no good reason for me to have a meeting with Dorcas privately.

Dorcas: nervous?..

Me: not really.. why am I here?..

She leaned in towards me and we maintained eye contact..

Dorcas: you had a visitor earlier.. you had a conversation..

Me: yes..

Dorcas: he said you needed time to think..

Me: are you in this too?..

She sat up and she could tell I wasn't so excited about the news..

Dorcas: you are so lucky you know.. do you know how many people would like an opportunity like this, an opportunity to go back to their normal lives?..

I smiled briefly then shook my head..

Dorcas: I can make you disappear, Morgan said you will get a new identity and a new life. Here, we will just say you died and we will even have your death certificate made and even show a body if we have to.

Me: you want to fake my death?..

Dorcas: it's easier that way. No questions will be asked and you wont be the first.

Me: how much did he pay you?..

Dorcas: I wasn't paid.. your release is something the government ordered and I am just doing my job..

The government ordered for my release, that was shocking because most of the time when the president chooses to pardon criminals, its public news and we don't need closed door meetings for that. Dorcas didn't want to get in trouble with Morgan and I understood that maybe she had also been threatened besides that, maybe it wasn't so much of a bad deal. I longed to feel what freedom felt like.

Me: i will take the offer..

Dorcas: you will!..

Me: yeah.. what is needed of me?..

Dorcas: its simple.. you won't be going back to your cell, Morgan left one of his guys waiting just incase you made up your mind..

Me: wow... He had everything planned out huh!.

Dorcas: yes, he left you clothes to change in. The guy will take you to your destination.

She said handing me the black tights and black T-shirt. She also gave me a black cap and told me to change in her office then wait until she told me it was time..

In prison, i had made both friend's and enemies that I didn't get to say goodbye to. I'm not sure of how the news of my fake death rested on their ears but the truth is I was dead...

Dorcas waited until the inmates had gone back inside before she escorted me to the black car with tainted windows that had been waiting for me at the parking lot. The guy handed Dorcas an envelope that by all means I had to pretend i never saw then as soon as I was in, he drove off..

Me: where are you taking me?..

I asked around ten minutes into our drive and he told me he was only given direction without details of where exactly we were going..

The devil played mind games with me and I thought for myself, we are far off from prison so what if we never make it to our destination?..

I looked at the driver through the rareview mirror and he was so focused on the road that he didn't even realize i had been on to him for a few minutes.. I pulled a pen from my waistline and tightly held it in my hand, that pen I had stolen from Dorcas' office and I knew i could use a weapon and especially after she mentioned that there was a driver left to wait for me..

I took off the lid to the pen then slowly moved in towards the guy, swiftly grabbed his neck from the back, pinned it on the seat and plunged the pen into his neck then he let go of the steering wheel and the car started to sway on the road.. I miss calculated my move because in my plan, I had left out what to do when the car lost control yet it was dark..

Me: s**t!..

I said trying to jump to the front to take control of the car but that move was impossible. The other on coming cars tried to dodge our car but the car rammed into another car that was not aware of what was happening and I remember the car spinning on the road several times before it finally stopped after scrapping the other one off the road.

In that accident, i had hit my head but i didn't sustain any other injuries.. i opened the door and fell out and before people could start gathering and taking photos for social media, i opened the door of the front seat, searched the guy and got his gun and some money then fled the scene immediately..

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we got back to the safe house and immediately we got off the van, Dante got off the driver's seat and he must have assumed i had gone with Elvis and Erika but I remained behind because i needed to ask a few questions. I heard him making a call as i waited for him and i knew that call was not meant for my ears when I heard him confirm that he was alone..

the phone was not on speaker so I could not hear what the person on the other end was saying but I realized that the mission was fake and I was being tested by both Rex and Dante. I have no idea of what their intentions were but the explosion scared the crap out of me. what if I had really gone ahead like Dante had suggested that i do?..

" she needs a bit of training then we will see if she will be part of the team or if she will end up like the rest"..

those were Dante's words but what the hell did he mean by that.. was Erika right when I thought she was being an ass earlier, was she trying to warn me of something and did she know about the test, was that the reason why she kept getting on Dante's nerves?.. who was this Dante and why did I feel like I could trust him when we had the conversation earlier.. he seemed like a nice guy, was it all an act?..

i was confused. I didn't know who to trust and i didn't know my fate either..

Rex met me in a club. i was one of the waitress and besides that, i slept with men for money. should i be ashamed to say that?.. I grew up in the ghetto and ghetto life taught me survival. I was not proud about how i lived my life but it put food on the table and it paid my bills.Here is the thing, ghetto life and thug life qualifies to be in the same category, poverty drove most of us to do s**t for survival and the rich has always been our target or maybe enemies. in what world do they get to feel good about life when we barely have a meal. The rich has never seen us as people of their class and it doesn't matter how good hearted or well behaved you are, to them you are just a suspect. I chose this life because it seemed like the easy one out. it brought easy money however little it was. with the rich, we don't take chances, you welcome us in your life, we will steal from you, if you are mean to us, we will steal from you only that with the mean people we are a bit violet. if you prove that you know how to fight, we unleash all our weapons on you and how did Rex identify me as someone he could use as a weapon?....

lets find out in the next episode...