An Evening With Eva

Episode 36

“Code Red. Track down Sniper 038 now!” –
Sniper Commander

“Water. Wa..tttt..ee..rrrrrrrr” – Sean.

“He want’s water. Shark, Let’s give him some water. Did you kill the Governor?” – The Boss
“Who? What Governor? Is he dead?” – Sean.

“I am going to ask you one more time Sean.

Who sent you to kill the Governor?” – The
Boss
“I do not know what you are talking about.” –
Sean
“Take him to the electric room. Let’s end his
miserable life there. What a waste!” – The
Boss
“Are you sure about this?” – Brenda
“Yes baby. I am sure. Now go.” – Sean.

“We have been waiting for you to make this
move for days. What took you so long?” –
Brenda
“What the hell is going on?” – Sean
“You just passed your test Sean. We are on
the same side. Let’s get out of here.” –
Brenda
“Corporation just sent you an email. You are
to be present in a dinner party organized and
hosted by TDA Oil and Gas to celebrate their
5th year anniversary. Target is Rtd Brigadier
Kehinde Braihmoh Ibikunle. Military
commander, Business Mogul and
Entrepreneur. He owns chains of businesses
and sits on the board of the Nigerian Stock
Exchange. He is the Chief Host and is to be
watched throughout the duration of the
dinner. He must be taken out before he gets to
his home. Modus Operandi is Stealth.” –
Austin

“Accept the mission” – Sean.

“Pause that. Right there. Rewind slowly.

Slowly. Wait” – Colonel
“Do you know this girl, Uncle?” – Ahmed
“She looks very familiar. Take off her hair and
run a match with all available hair styles on
the database” – Colonel

“She doesn’t look familiar to me. Do you know her Uncle?” – Ahmed

“I know this girl. This is Eva.” – Colonel
“Who is Eva?” – Ahmed
“My daughter.” – Colonel
“Good Evening my lady. You look very
familiar. I think I have met you somewhere
before. My name is Frank. My friends call me
Frankie.” – Sean.

“I am Rebecca. You can call me Becky.” – Eva
“Target is activated. I need my eyes. What is
the target status?” – Sean.

“Target still in the hall. About 20 meters to
your 8’oclock.” – Austin
“Right where I left him. Don’t go blind on me.”

– Sean.

“I will not sir.” – Austin
“Is the rooster happy?” – Shina
“Weather is as clear as the summer time.” –
Eva
“I have a plan uncle. I know how much you
love Eva and don’t want her dead. There has
to be a motive behind the murders. The more I
think about it uncle, the more convinced I am.

She definitely is not working alone. Uncle, let’s
get to her before someone else does. We can
help her. I can’t do this alone. I need you
Uncle. Are you with me? – Ahmed
“I am determined as an agent of the law to do
everything in my power against crime and
negative forces within and without. Eva may
be my daughter. She is also an enemy of the
state and has to be stopped. We leave for
Lagos at dusk.” – Colonel
AND NOW. . .Episode 33
Eva walked slowly towards the bathroom. She
walked past the Brigadier who was now with
only one man. As she turned right to enter the
bathroom, she bumped into Sean.

“Sorry” They both said at the same time.

Eva chuckled while Sean just smiled. She
looked so beautiful. Sean made a mental note
to ask her on a date.

“I’m sorry princess. I have to leave now.

I’m in a bit of a hurry” Sean said, side stepping her and making to leave.

As he walked past, Eva caught him by the
hand and pulled him backwards towards her.

She shoved him towards the wall, pinning him
by the shoulders. She was strong. Sean did
not fight back. He was initially shocked at the
brute strength this seemingly gentle and frail
lady had. He smiled as she pinned him to the
wall, getting his tux a little rumpled.

“I saw what you did with the Brigadier a few
minutes ago. Who do you work for?” she
whispered into his ears.

“You are strong sweetheart, but not strong
enough. Watch your step my lady.” Sean
replied.

Eva looked confused. She wondered what he
meant by asking her to watch her step. She
had him where she wanted him, yet he was
acting very calm. She wondered what he was
up to.

In a matter of seconds, Sean clasped his
hands and put them in between Eva’s spread
arms which she used to pin him. He opened
his clasped hands with such force, hitting
Eva’s hands off his shoulders. Before she
could react, he bent low and with his right leg
hit her heels in a swift back slide motion. She
fell to the ground on her back on the clean,
tiled floor.

She had a surprised look on a face.

With a mock grin, Sean said
“I told you to watch your step my lady. I’ll see you soon.” He finished and made to leave.
However, Eva was not done. Placing her
hands on the floor behind her head, she forced
her weight onto her hands and got back on
her feet acrobatically in a quick flip forward
motion. She made to grab Sean by the back of
his collar. He saw her just in time and moved
quickly to the left. Eva’s hand caught the air.

He faced her, his face now looking very
serious. He was beginning to get irritated at
this girl. He had a job to do. He did not want
to hurt her. But she was leaving him with no
choice at all. She wasn’t happy at how he had
just made her look like a rookie. She was not
going to let him leave. She needed him to at
least explain to her.

She moved two steps closer. She launched a
punch with her right arm to his belly. He
gently palmed the punch away. At the same
time she threw him an upper cut with her left.

He saw it quickly enough and blocked it with
his huge right palm, trapping the punch in his
palm. She struggled to get her hand out of his
but he held tight with a smile.

She tried to hit his face with her free left palm
but he blocked that too, trapping the hand
under his armpit. She winced and moved two
steps forward, launching a head butt. Sean
did not see that coming and the impact made
him stagger backwards, freeing her hands and
holding his head. He felt a little bump on his
forehead. He was now really angry.

She came closer and launched a high kick with
her right leg at his chest. He moved away just
in time, her wedged shoe denting the padded
wall. She went after him in the small corridor
to the bathroom, throwing punches and kicks.

He defended himself superbly, blocking her
every punch and predicting her every move. All
he wanted was to wear her down and possibly
get her to tire out. From the look of things,
she was not ready to give up.

Just them he heard Austin say,
“Target heading to execution area. Advance
now sir. Do you copy?”
With huffs and puffs in replies to Eva’s
punches and kicks, Sean asked,
“How much time have I got Robin? I’m held
up by a little lady here in the loo.”

“If you leave now, you have five minutes sir.”

Austin replied.

“Thank you Robin.” Sean finished.

He now spoke to Eva,
“I am really enjoying this my lady, but I am
afraid I have to leave now.”

As Eva attacked again with a high kick, Sean
was already anticipating it. He had been
studying the patterns of her punches and
kicks, observing that she launched a right kick
after four successive punches. So as she
kicked high, he went low, splitting on his legs.

He caught her flailing leg, and hit a punch
under her thigh. She yelped. He quickly went
to her as she limped, took her hands and
turned them behind her back. She let out a
soft cry.

He whispered to her ears,
“Sorry my lady, but I really have to go. Sleep
tight.”

He found the artery on her neck and sq££zed
it gently. She passed out.

He dragged her gently into one of the male
cubicles, closed the toilet seat and had her sit
on the floor. He put her arm on the toilet seat,
acting as a pillow for her head on the closed
toilet seat. He closed the cubicle and went to
the mirror.

He adjusted his clothes as he looked at the
mirror. His forehead had a small bump.

“How much more time do I have Austin?” He
spoke softly, putting his hand in his ear.

“Three minutes sir. Target is mobile in the
execution area.” Austin replied.

“Copy that. I’m en route.” Sean finished.

He closed the bathroom door and headed for
the VVIP suite.

---

---

Tawo was obsessed with finding the Colonel.

He saw himself as the smartest man in this
part of the world. He did not think that
anyone could beat his level of intelligence.

However, the Colonel was proving him wrong.

He was the only person in his entire career
that Tawo had a hard time tracking and
finding. He hated to admit it. But deep down
he knew the Colonel was good. Very good.

And that fueled his desire to get him at all
costs.

Three years and counting, Tawo never lost his
desire to bring down The Colonel. His father,
the General had warned him to stay off the
Colonel’s track. He despised his father. Hated
his guts. He never listened to his father. He
was always delinquent. He kept tabs on Eva
even though the mission was entire Sophia’s.

He did not care. His ultimate aim was to find
the Colonel. And he was not going to rest
until he did.

Tawo was streaming the online security
footage of Eva’s last mission when he got
blocked out suddenly. He had been overridden
by another access from an unknown node. He
tried to trace the access codes from the new
intruder but he got blocked by the firewalls of
the new hacker.

Tawo loved a challenge. He smiled. It would
take the smartest intruder approximately three
minutes to get access into the security
footage. However, he had recently developed a
new algorithm to hack into any security
surveillance in 90 seconds. He had enough
time to trace the intruder.

He got up and duplicated the screen from his
notebook to the large screen on the wall. The
screen was black with a single cursor blinking.

He touched a button at the edge of the screen
and a keypad appeared on the screen. He
began to type code after code, writing his
newly developed algorithm and inserting the
coordinates of the intruding transmission.

Sixty three seconds later he got a hit. The
screen displayed the coordinates of the
intruder’s location and the ip address after
bouncing off different routers and virtual LANs
Luckily, Tawo found another surveillance
camera in the building where the transmission
was coming from. He still had 40 seconds.

That was enough time for him to do what he
had to do. He redirected the camera to face
the gate’s exit. Then he waited patiently.

Two hours later, he saw Ahmed and the
Colonel leave the compound. His joy knew no
bounds.

---

**
Sean walked towards the VVIP slowly,
surveying the door’s entrance. There was only
one escort at the door. The door to the VVIP
was hidden inside a short corridor, with
another door opposite it. It was the janitor’s
room and was meant to be Sean’s escape
route. He walked into the small corridor and
went right, making for the Janitor’s room. He
looked drunk.

“Hey. You are not allowed in here. Please go
back into the hall” The escort said in his very
thick Igbo accent.

“I need to use the toilet.” Sean spoke in a very slurred voice.

Sean tried to force the janitor’s door open. He
spoke incoherently as he turned the door
knob, acting drunk. The Escort left the door he
was guarding, and came towards Sean. Sean
waited for the escort to get within reach. As
the escort grabbed Sean’s left arm, Sean
turned very quickly and landed a very heavy
and precise punch on the escort’s throat. The
escort tried to swallow saliva. Before he could
regain himself, Sean was behind him. He
snapped the escort’s neck. He fell in a heap.

Sean entered the VVIP suite, closing the door
behind him gently. He heard m0ans of
pleasure from the master bedroom and
intervals of soft grunts. He checked the two
remaining rooms. There was no one else
asides the Brigadier and the woman giving
him so much pleasure. He went back outside,
dragged the escort into the room and shut the
door again quietly. He got out his
handkerchief and took the escort’s pistol from
his jacket making sure that his hands did not
touch the gun.

He picked a throw pillow and went to the
bedroom door. He listened and waited.

“Ahhh…yeeaahhh..i’m coooommiiiing” the girl said.

“Me too. Hmmmphhh. Argghhh..grrrrr” The
brigadier replied
That was the cue that Sean was waiting for.
Sean entered the bedroom noiselessly and
stood behind the brigadier who was moving
his hips in very quick motion in and out of the
lady who was on all fours on the bed.

He put the throw pillow at the back of the
Brigadier’s head and pulled the trigger. There
was no sound. Blood splattered on the girls
back as pieces of cotton scattered all over the
room. He pushed the Brigadier’s lifeless body
away from the girl’s body as she turned,
curling up on the bed with her hands
embracing her knees.

She saw the emotionless, cold blooded killer
look in his eyes. He did not look like someone
who would show mercy. The Brigadier’s blood
tricked down her shoulder and chest. She
pleaded with Sean to spare her life.

Just then he remembered Sophia’s first
lesson.

“Be Ruthless. Be very very ruthless. Be as
gentle as a dove and as dangerous as a
shark.”

The lifeless body of Thomas flashed before his
eyes. He remembered dismembering his limbs
and head.

There could be no witnesses. No compassion.

She was collateral damage. She had to be
taken out.

“Don’t worry. I won’t hurt you. Just close your eyes.” Sean said.

For some strange reason she obeyed.

That was her last moment on the face of the
earth.