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** 9. 30 pm**“What? Data inaccessible?” Ken exclaimed at the pop up message on the laptop screen, how can that be? Does that mean that Anita was using an unregistered caller ID?No, but it wasn’t possible to use an ID when registering it first. So why couldn’t he access Anita’s registration details on the network bearer’s database? Or was it that the network bearer has made their database unhackable?He dropped the laptop on the bed and stood up to yawn and stretched himself. His eyes met the wall clock, to his surprise it was twenty minutes to five. He was planning to call Anita by eight pm but he doesn’t know when the time passed as he was carried away by the desire to find her full name and details.He picked up the phone and dialed the number as he sat on the bed. The call was answered after it rang the third time.“Hello Anita,” He said pleasantly.“Hello” a tiny voice replied.“How are you do******** ****** *** ***** **** ********* ********* ****“Mr. Ken” Reuben called as he walked into his office. Ken was already seated on the visitor’s seat, waiting for him.‘Good Morning Mr. Reuben” Ken stood up and extended his hand to the man.“Good Morning Mr. Ken, how are you doing today?” Reuben replied, taking Ken’s hand in his “Fine, thanks” Ken answered as Reuben walked to his seat.“So, what’s new?” Reuben questioned as he sat down.“Nothing is new,” Ken said bluntly.Reuben looked up and stared at his face. “We can’t locate the bug manufacturer,” Ken continued. “But the manufacturer can locate us”“What do you mean?” Reuben placed his hands on the table.“Every connection has been caught off by the manufacturers already, we can only trace it to them if the manufacturer decides to reconnect” Ken explained.Reuben shook his head in frustration, unable to let out any word as his mouth o
* * Present * *“My sister died that day and till date, I’ve not really been able to stop missing her. We were so close, always found moving together when it wasn’t school or work time” Ken fought back tears as he narrated the story to Anita in his car.Anita placed a palm on his shoulder, she stared into his eyes as she thought of what to say to him. What bothered her most was that her plan hadn’t worked out, she wouldn’t have allowed them to meet each other if she had any idea that they were enemies.Still, she wasn’t feeling any pity about Anita’s sister's loss, but she had to make herself feel something so that the acting could go on smoothly.“I understand how you feel but didn’t you take any step to report the matter?” She managed to say.“I did, but there was no proof. My parents even had to pay for damages as ordered by the court. His Father was a very influential man then, so it was easy for him to go scot free”“What ab
******* ****** **** ***** ***** *****Ken ushered Anita into the living room after turning on the light. She walked briskly and sank into the sofa before he joined her.He walked past her and proceeded into the kitchen. He returned thirty seconds later with a chilled bottled water and a glass cup. Kneeling beside her, he poured the water into the cup and handed it to her.He stared at her exposed thighs in the mini gown and licked his lips as she gulped the water. He immediately recuse himself as he tried to return his mind back to the matter at hand after it had drifted to sex.Anita returned an empty cup to him and relaxed back into the sofa. Ken got up and dropped the cup and bottle on the center table before taking his seat beside.“Are you okay Anita? You seem to be destabilized since I mentioned “God” in the car. “Ken began, with great concern heard in his voice.Isabella swallowed hard as she tried to frame up something. E
***** ***** *** ***** *** ****BACK TO PRESENT**Fred stormed out of the room with full force attacking any incoming opponent, he began fighting as he dodged several attacks of some wolves whilst launching a deadly hit.It then became a bloody feud, many wolves were injured because the attack was something they had not prepared for, Fred launched a heavy backslash at the Alpha of the opponent pack, bringing him to the ground.But before he could launch another deadly blow at him, there was a heavy explosion behind him which distracted him.The room that housed his family had exploded with his children in there, before he could run to where the explosion was.A heavy iron rod hit his head as he fell to the floor bleeding profusely. Several wolves gathered around him with blood stains on their face, some transformed back to their human form, whilst the Alpha of the attacking pack had regained his strength as his wound had healed.
****** ***** ***** **** *****10. 15 amKen dialed Anita’s mobile number for the eleventh time that morning, it was still switched off. He rested his back into the office seat and loosened his tie.His mind had been unsettled since the last night when she left his apartment, he had driven after her in a bid to catch up with her on the street and drive her home but she wasn’t found, she just disappeared into thin air. He began to feel guilty and wasn’t going to forgive himself if anything happened to her. He stared at his phone, confused about what to do. He thought of going back to the hotel to ask about her but he had only little information about her. The only thing he knew was her first name.He got up and took off his suit jacket and hung it on the rack by the wall after which he began to pace around the office. The landline on his table rang.“Hello” He answered the call.“Hello Mr. Kenneth” Reuben’s voice came through.
** Next Day **Isabella could hear the loud howl of the wolf as thirty of the girls were led into the “Bloody hall” as they call it. The boys were already being lectured in the hall.The hall was a very large one, it was made of thick brick high walls. It had no windows in it but was unroofed. The floor was made of natural rock, hard, cold during evening and early mornings but hot in the afternoon.“Love is a sin committed by weak people and it makes them weaker. Any object of love that is found beside you has to be eliminated” the voice in the thick Russian accent continued to shout. “The day you start to love someone is the day you start to die”Isabella could spot Mitchell where he stood, blindfolded. He was number two on the line in his group. That means that he was the second person to battle. Isabella looked around trying to locate Mitchell’s likely contender but before she could, the pack lord which is the head Alpha had already
*** *** *** *** **** **** **** *** *** ***** **** ****Isabella's eyes began to search around for Ken in the reception as she came out of the elevator. She took out her phone from the jacket and dialed his number.“Where are you?” She spoke into the phone.“Outside the gate” a gruff voice which was not Ken’s answer, Isabella noticed.“Okay, I’m coming” She replied and ended the call. She dropped the phone back into the Jacket’s pocket and proceeded out of the building.She spotted Ken’s black Lexus parked behind a Police corolla as soon as she stepped out of the gate, she noticed that four uniformed police officers were in their car with a non uniformed person. The officer at the front seat beside the driver came out looking in her direction. She took out her phone and placed another call to Ken as she proceeded slowly towards his car.“Hey Madam” the police officer accosted her.“Hello, what can I do for you?” Isabel
*** 3.00pm ***Isabella could still feel the steel on her wrist, now she could sense that it was time to use it. She used the rope tied on the wrist to push it down and it cut her jacket and fell in between her palms, causing a small cut on her middle finger. She took a hold of the knife’s handle and carefully moved it up and down the rope, slicing it slowly. Her hands got free in a minute.She stretched her fingers before removing the covering on her mouth. The heavy breath she let out afterwards got Ken’s attention, he suspected that her mouth was free and made some noise to alert her in case it really was. She looked at him but ignored and continued to cut the rope off her leg. After the rope was off, she got up and stretched her legs. Ken’s noise was louder as he was fully aware that she was now free.She hid back her knife before she walked to him and took off the covering on his lips, and then she bent down to loose the ropes on his legs.“H
“My father actually wants me here. I’m his only daughter and he would really wants me to explore the dynamics of my career” Isabella said“Oh! I see” Reuben rolled his eyes, “But these projects” Reuben said, lifting up her resume ... “Did you supervise them on your own or you partnered with some one to carry out these projects”“On the contrary sir, I actually did all the projects myself ...” Isabella said, “I still have the portfolios with me”“Oh! Then I need to compliment you. You did a very good job here” Reuben exclaimed, staring deeply into her eyes.“My awesome pleasure sir” She flashed her teeth in appreciation revealing her arranged set of white teeth.“But we have a very little problem, the vacancies are shut for now” Reuben stated flatly, trying to hand her files back to her. “The only thing I can do now is to tell you to check back when another slot might be opened.Isabella kept mute, not saying anything for a minute. She looked at the file with Reuben as she stared at hi
********She hissed again as she saw herself in the mirror, she bent to place her makeup disguise kits in front of the mirror when she saw herself more clearly. She chuckled at the sight of head, so bald. She picked up one of her kits also, this wasn’t meant for her alone but for the guys to also change their looks most times. There was another small bag with her, not for make up kits tho but for other disguise materials like their artificial beards, masks and the tinted face tan.Bran walked into the living room after he was done with his chores, he met Jake standing up as he stretched himself.“Are you done typing your mail?” Bran asked, motioning forward towards him.“Yeap, I’d check it back when we’re done from the store. We would need to go pick one or two” Jake answered, dragging the chair back for him to move.“Are we going now?” Bran asked, not feeling cool with the idea.“Sure, since we’re not doing anything again ?”“How about we just hold on and see if they’d reply to you b
“She is Anita Wood from the Alex Wood Inc.” Smith replied,“Do you know her if you see her?”“No sir, I really didn’t have a clear glimpse of her face when I saw her. So I can’t describe her very well”“No now, since you said she want to partner with your firm then you really should be able to describe her very well” Damien noted,“She was actually a friend to the deceased son, so we never really had any interaction together and Ben gave her access to his father straight up” Smith said,“Shit! This must have been well planned and the man in turn now is dead” Steve added, shaking his head.“We really have to get in touch with ken so as to know the result of the research and the tracking he made” Damien said,“Now back to the event day ... you were seated next to the celebrant himself right immediately his Son stood up”“Yes”“So, you never noticed any reaction with him”“Not really sir, like you know it was his birthday so he actually was happy and joyous through out”“And you were the
The president also promised to work with them closely as someone experienced in the field and to see that they use all of their might to tackle this group operation and to see that every thing needed is provided.Amidst everything the president eventually encouraged them for their job and even thanked them for the reports they had come up with so far and to ensure that their mission should not tarry for long.Reuben came into his office not long ago and settled down when he received an alarm that someone was duly waiting to see him...“But you know the operations here, no visitors during weekends” He answered,“Yes sir, but she said you scheduled her for today” the receptionist replied,“She said I did?” Reuben asked, trying to remember if he truly scheduled an appointment with anyone.“Yes sir”“What's her name again?” “Emily Douglas”“Ohh!” Reuben sniffed, the name sounding familiar. He eventually remembered, in the new Resume . But he could not remember sending her aby invite or s
*** **** *****Brandon, Cynthia and Jake sat I the floor while Isabella sat on the chair at the dining chair, they had to cha nge plans. Jake, Cynthia and Brandon where to go down to Singapore while Isabella would stay right there in California and solicit for the Surveillance Programmers job. She had told and taught them what they are to do, the strategies and all that they are used to get the monies from Richard Smiths account.Isabella was ready for the worst, she would go to the Surveillance Corps head quarters set to face Ken and in case the cops, she was very certain her all her data would have been submitted to the police by Ken but still they would never be able to link the murder to her.“You guys would face any damn consequence and pay for your silly act” She yelled, warning them. “So if you choose to pick any silly gadgets or go on any dates or clubs, be sure that you are left alone and I won’t come to step in for any of you surely”** “*** **** *** *****“Fuck Bella, Stop”
“Nah, it's nothing really. I saw their attachment on your cloth this morning”“Oh! And you sighted it so fast?”“I’ve kind of seen that attachment on tv before, so I could tell it when I see it”“Oh, Truly I work in the head office, I'm just a regional staff member, we work on shift most of the time” He said, proceeding to the living room where all of them were seated.“So how about these vacancies you guys need? Do you still need some people?” Isabella asked,“I’d just have to confirm that though we’ve only gotten three people to work with us now and it’s led by Kenneth Maxwell? You should have heard about him?” He asked, pausing for her to come over.“Sure. I heard he’s this technical genius”“Yeah he is though, but he’s not capable of handling the breaking in the transmission currently” Max replied,“So how about you? You could go for the post now or is it not something you can do?” Isabella asked, staring seductively at him.Max giggled as he stared at her catching her flirty move
“But they might be able to track our server’s address and even the account we’d be using”Isabella chuckled at his last statement, surprised that he still doesn’t get the gist “Alright, when we hacked the surveillance. Were they able to navigate through our server?”“Shit” Jake cursed, he had not thought that they could possibly hide their server like they did to the surveillance, “But if I may ask, they would still know that we messed with the account. I mean they would get a notification and then ban our account”“Then we just have to ensure that we do it discreetly without them being aware.Jake frowned still, not still getting what she was saying.“Alright, don’t worry. I would sort it myself” Isabella muttered, seeing that her explanation only got Jake confused the more.Jake gave a deep sigh, “Alright then, I’d learn it from you”“But you would still have to search his bank accounts” She said, getting up from the chair she sat on. She remembered something and turned back“Jake,
“Which chemical are you talking about?”“It has been the gang weapon for a very long time. The first time, they used it on some officers using it to hypnotize them after hijacking their car, they stole their uniforms and they drove the car to the point of operation and killed their target. In their second operation, it was the same thing using it to put some people into sleep and then killing the mayor of the city”“And now they have used it here again?”“Yes sir, the reports and data we got today from the lab is the same as the one the other city which they were used sub mitted”“Wow! And this looks like the substance found also in other countries' investigations?” Damien asked, “I’m beginning to think they are the same”“Oh! But did those countries find another chemical that was used ?” Damien asked, getting his phone. Steve brought his phone out too. “I heard the news of the murder just on the news this morning” Damien said, “But I really wasn’t paying attention to it”“Yeap, ther
Isabella jerked up from her bed and changed into her track suit, as she began to stretch her body***************Ken stepped on his brakes as he brought the car to a halt, turning off the engine in front of the old rickety gate, he opened the driver’s door as he brought his left leg outside, still seated in his car. He began operating his phone as Eddy’s call came in.“Are you almost there now sir?” Eddy asked, panting heavily.“Sure, but I’m really not with her yet. I was about entering when you called, I hope everything goes out as planned” Ken answered, taking a deep breath.They spoke for a while before the call disconnected, probably a network issue Ken guessed. He eventually got down from his car as he straightened up his clothes trying to look as smart as possible, he looked around him to spot the environment very well and when he saw that the passerby really didn’t care about him or his operation, he shut the door proceeding into the