Purified Tomorrow: The Mad Awakening - Episode 10

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 Richard hurried the woman through the forest. They couldn't switch on any light since the men were still onto them. The woman looked about and mumbled incoherent things. The drones flew erratically overhead
Richard wished there was enough time to check out what was happening. He wished he could have a little time with the men in the forest, to disfigure them with the bullets from his gun. It would have been a great thing to have a shootout, something to increase the heat in his body . Tina glanced back at him, and if it were to be daytime, he would have seen her look of 'you owe me'. He owed her in many ways, but she had always refused his offer to help. The only thing she wanted from him was to lose his celibacy. 
'You see. This is my last favour', Tina pressed the key as they climbed into an underground tunnel. That was why they always chose the forest as their means of escape.
'I don't how I will repay you. You've never needed a favour from me'.
'Why will I need one?'
'You're proud. Tell me what you like. I'm not forgetting any of them'.
'You know what I want and would always want. You're only trying to be difficult'.
She dropped into the driver's seat and he sat beside her. The woman scrambled into the back seat.
'There's going to be a lot of shooting...' Richard said as he checked for his night vision glasses.
'So you have to drop your head if you want to live', Tina said.
'Yes

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. Lie flat. Ma'am. It's for your safety'.
'I'm not Ma'am, I'm.'
'It's your own. If you like, sit still while the gunshots begin', Tina said with clenched teeth as she released the brake of the car, and allowed it to slide away without starting the car. The car as if tuning to their fear, didn't make any sound. Richard kept glancing back. He was happy he wasn't looking at the woman's face. She might have called him a pervert again. What was the feeling he had the other time? He felt it jolt through him. 
'Get set for the bullets', Tina grumbled as the car began to go down a sloppy road. Richard looked into the sky and saw red lights from the drones in numerous numbers. Faint sounds of helicopters geared him up. And he hoped he could see them so as to know his focus.
The moment the car started skidding to a halt, Tina started the engine. Immediately, a helicopter beamed its light on their Sedan. She cringed, inhaled and played rock music. In a few seconds, gunshots rained from different corners towards them.
'I'm so happy you brought this sedan', Richard yelled as he retrieved the guns they hid in different strategic places in the car.
She smirked, and shouted, 'I, always, am ready.'
He nodded. They were always ready. He cocked his gun, ready to shoot.
'Not now'.
He nodded as he spied the woman lying on the ground. The rock music blasted in the car and the car moved at its highest speed, the way she loved it. 
 'There', Richard pointed at a hole. She pressed a button on the car. The car suddenly began to dance on a rough road, yet Tina didn't reduce the speed with which she drove the car.
'Stop! Slow down', the woman screamed from where she laid. Richard knew the intensity with which Tina could drive when allowed. She loved the action and lived on it.
'The sub...' she hinted. Richard nodded repeatedly, knowing what to expect.
'Hold tight, Ma'am', Richard turned as the flood of cars' light gradually turned to their direction.
'Your mama is a Ma'am', the woman shrieked from the back of the car.
She plunged the car into the sub. The subway had various tunnel points. As a Blanj Investigator, the first thing one learnt was the destination of each tunnel in their various localities. Tina swung the car towards the third turning, and then sped off into the dark hole.
'You can sit up here', Richard said to the woman whose legs were vigorously shaking. 
They kept turning corners until they got to the door to the secret workplace the two of them had always prepared for any war. They've been preparing to start their own P.I company, and have started getting recruits. All they needed was an opportunity like this.
When they got there, Tina brought out a remote control, pointed it at the wall, and the wall slid up. She believed they shouldn't allow their door come from the top. With that, it would be hard for anyone to enter and escape from the place. They were yet to give it a name. However, even if they were to give it a name, Tina would be given such job because she was good at those kind of things. They drove in.
'Sweetie, I'm home', Tina said the moment they got out of the car. The place suddenly came to life with lights and computers. The computers slid out of the floor. Soon, the place had a big frame computer slide out at the center of the big communication room. Different robots hummed about as they began to wipe the dust off the computers, and other gadgets in the room. 'Madam, sit down', Richard said, and the woman did after grumbling about being called Madam.
'What's your name?' Tina said as she began to pull off her shirts.
 The woman still rattled, sat up. She was surprised that Tina would pull off her cloth in their midst. Richard smirked as he shook his head at Tina. 
'What's your name?'
'It's Katrina'.
'Katrina what?'
'Katrina Rich '.
Richard stood straight, and said, 'Sweetie, search for her info'.
Tina removed her pants and hobbled towards one of the computer. 'Oh, my baby', she said caressing the computer.
Richard turned to the large-screened computer as it began to process the information. 'So, who are you?'
The information on the screen read that she was a Nigerian, who changed location to America, the capital of the world, and only just returned to Nigeria, three weeks before.
'It's a long story', Katrina said.
'Then, start from the valuable places'.
'What do you mean? See, I don't have time'.
 Richard knew Tina, she could make even the boldest person in the world have a little doubt about his confidence. 'Thin, leave her and stop that... all this...Get out'.
'Stop what? You said you are a celibate. So, there's no need to be afraid of my clothes being pulled off'.
'At least, respect the gentle woman'.
Tina burst into laughter. 'This woman, gentle? Can't you see her profile? She had been running all this while. And did you check the last place she worked? She is a qualified whore'.
Richard swallowed hard and buckled his lips as he looked from the screen to the woman seated there. He raised his head. 'Then accord my belief some respect'.
Tina sneered. 'Nah. This is your life. You're my friend. I want the best for you'.
The woman stared at them as if they were playing table tennis. Her head moved from side to side in a bid to follow their conversation.
'So, tell me, what do they have on you?' Tina said as she walked back to one of the chairs and pulled off her underwear. Richard turned. Tina was rigged with stubbornness. 
'I knew that something had happened to my boyfriend. Oh God! He planned to marry me'. She sniffled and began to cry.
'See this won't help. Tell us something. Sweetie...Give me fresh clothes'.
 Tina dropped her clothes on a plank, which immediately moved her clothes away. From another end of the place, a robot rolled a mini wardrobe towards them. She got a bum short, and hurriedly wore it. 
'He's the second son of the world leader'.
'So...'
'He has some information on them'.
'Information', Tina said and caressed the word with her pronunciation. She was the side of him that never talked. He loved information. She sat close as she wore her clothes seated across the woman.
'The thing is I'm not sure I heard well but in his drunken state he told me about the top leader being in charge of some drastic information'.
'Where is it?'
'I can't tell you'.
'Why?'
'I can't tell anyone until he's dead. That's what he made me promise'.
Tina looked morose. 'So, what are we sitting for? Go back to the place you're coming from'.
She rose and grabbed the woman by the neck, and dragged her towards the door. The woman fought vehemently, but it was of no use to the firm grip of Tina.
'Tina...'
'Don't you dare come nearer, don't you dare'.
'Hold on. Let her say how she knew'.
 Tina released her grip. Katrina buckled up and panted for breath. Richard had always wondered how someone as tiny as Tina would have the power to rattle people bigger than she.
'He's alive. But not on this earth'. 
Tina blinked repeated and threw a glance that made him know if he didn't intervene in time, Katrina would be shown the door.
 'What's she saying?'
'I have...' She dipped her hands into her bra and removed a very small gadget. 'This. He gave me to always know if he was alive'.
The object was small but kept reading like an Electrocardiograph machine. Tina snatched it.
'Was that why you were being chased?'
The woman shook her head. The fear in her eyes showed she would do anything to remain safe.
'When he disappeared, I told my friend to help me search for him. He's good with such things like you people. But he died mysteriously. And anybody I asked also went missing. So I decided to do some research myself. That was when I followed them to something like a big ship. They had a lot of children in it. Then one of them saw me and wrote my death sentence'.
Tina and Richard glanced at one another.  
'What's that supposed to mean?'
'It means that they are after me for knowing'.
Tina shared a glance with Richard, and said, 'I think we are after you now. Seat your prostitute-self into your seat'.
He brought his pad, and saw that Joyce had activated the tracker. Hurriedly, he sent it to their computer analysts, who were eager to help him because helping Richard was like helping the leader of Blanj.
When he was done with them, he turned to the woman, and dragged a seat nearer to her.
                        ***
Carl slept off while watching them. 
'Incoming' The boisterous voice of the computer warned. 
Carl jumped from his sleep and looked about. 
'Where is Carl?' Iris said.
She felt her way on the wall. He still wondered how he could see them but they couldn't see the light from the other end. The regular idea of things was that people in the dark would see those in the light, not vice versa. If there was any answer to his surprise and everything he ever wondered about, he didn't have time to answer before Iris entered and shrieked delightedly. He smiled as he rose to meet her, making sure he replaced the cork of the bottle of apple juice he was drinking and firmly placed it on the ground. 
'Carl? Can you see this?' She said and looked about, still awed. Then she caught sight of the can of drink and the wraps of chocolate. If she was awed before, she was now bemused. Blinking repeatedly, she moved back. 'So you knew?'
'Knew what?' 
'You were here since yesterday and doing what? Revering in the fact that you were right after all'.
'I wasn't revering in anything. I was'
'I should have guessed you're this type of person. I was even searching for you, afraid that something bad might have happened. You're not trustworthy. Not one bit'.
Suddenly, an alarm blared and she turned towards the other side. All the information on the screen was still intact. Only a new one had been added to it: Peacelearners, five minutes to get to the rendezvous point.
'This thing is lying right? Iris said as she ran into a wall of glass, and groaned. Carl inhaled loudly and rushed to her side.
'Sorry'.
She brushed his hand off and returned to the glass, searching everywhere for the way out. 'That's why you never came back for us. How do we leave here?'
'The elevator'.
She nodded and stared at the Fred and Regina. The two of them woke one after the other, and searched around for Carl and Iris. Fred pulled her towards the stairs, but she adamantly refused to go as she tried to find her way around the darkness. Iris rolled her hand continuously, urging them on. Fred kept trying to find her hands to draw her away, but he kept hitting the air. 
'Iris, we should go'.
'As you always do, leaving everyone behind'.
'But the time'
'Will be there forever'.
 Regina was slow, but she stepped in just as Fred held her hand. She pulled him, but his strength was more than hers and he succeeded in pulling her back into the darkness. However, she slipped out of his hands, and returned to trying to put her leg forward. Carl rushed to it and held it, using the glass as a support. She screamed and tried to pull away, but he dragged it. Iris, guessing what he was doing, assisted him in pulling her. She shrieked and held on to Fred, who saw that as a confirmation of his fear. He pulled her with all his strength. But Carl had the advantage of the glass. They dragged her into the hall, and Fred ram into them, shouting his head off. He yelled and stopped midway. He glanced at them, then at the place and smiled, and then laughed and laughed harder.
'You guys fooled us'.
'Alright, let's get going. No time now'.
'How did this place sneak up on us without knowing', Regina asked as she pushed into Carl in the elevator. 
'I'll explain to you on the way', Iris said. 
The countdown timer was also in the elevator. They had just one minute and thirty seconds to get there. 
'We are so screwed', Iris muttered. 'We would enter that hole'.
They looked around in the elevator to discover it had no button. Carl wasn't sure he could disagree with Iris' fear. They even went to the length of lifting their legs to assure themselves that the buttons weren't under their feet.
'How do we go down now?' Regina asked.
'The voice Computer go down', Fred said. 
Immediately, the elevator bus moved down. On the way, Regina who had gotten the scope of what happened took turns with Fred to explain their theory that everything in Etyes was voice automated. Carl hoped it was true because it would be very crazy to run into an obstruction and it refuse to move when he told it to do so.
 The moment the elevator opened, they rushed out to join others running.
'Remember the ground', Iris shouted. 
Carl looked down just in time to avoid what looked like a trap. Yet, he was luckier than a young guy who fell through, screaming his head off. They ran on towards a big screen that read:
'Peacelearners rendezvous here in 00:57'.
The more they ran the more they met traps. It took Iris' sharp, trained eyes to know the right place to step. The time was fizzling out and the numbers kept reducing. Iris cried out her instructions to them, making other Peacelearners notice and start following them. When they got to the front, they met Diana standing like a statue at the end of the podium.
'How come we are meeting Diana today?' Carl complained amidst his heavy pants.
'Your girlfriend?' Iris whispered. 
'Argh! The others said there were other instructors'.
'I was part of the others. And yes, she was one of the instructors'.
They turned in time to see a big glass move from the ground skywards. Jonathan Zane was also late. He jumped on the elevating glass wall amidst the surprising look and squeal of the others. He struggled on the glass despite the fact that his leg kept slipping off. The others outside saw it as a good idea, but before they could give it a try, the ground had opened. The noise of their screams filtered to the other side. Regina held Carl's hand, and he sighed. Jonathan held on to the top and squealed, provoking laughter from some Peacelearners. The glass gradually slid down until he was able to jump into their side of the ground. He rolled off and laid on his back, panting. He was a fighter. That was someone Carl would really love to help out of that place. There was something about him that was worth emulating or using. 
 'Orderliness, everyone. Computer, Orderliness'.
Immediately, a part of the ground around opened and an iron bar rose from the ground.  The iron bar was connected with an iron chain and to another iron bar in front. They both began to straighten as the iron stands also did the same. He looked around to see that five of these same links were at different places.
'Now, everybody be in line', Diana said into the public address system.
They hurriedly did that. This time, everyone was careful not to fall into the error of falling victim of the open ground.

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. The others lined up around and behind him.
'How come we got here before the others?' Regina asked.
'Yes. We were at the top floor ', Fred said.
Carl looked up to see the source of the light of that place. If the sun was there, it would give a little direction of where they were. But the light up there wasn't the sun.
'Handlers', Diana called. The handlers stood straight on the front row. Sonia looked on with a straight face that if he didn't hate her, he would have looked for a way to catch her attention. 'Those, whose apprentice had been taken to the punishment room, should go to the dark chamber and wait till their apprentice comes. You know how to survive there'.
Some of the handlers checked their wristwatches, and stepped out. With a derisive face, and a mocking smile, Diana waved as they filed out towards a road. Carl stared at them.
'Peacelearners, look for your Handler. They would lead you to the next phase'.
Carl marched towards the podium and headed for Sonia.

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