CHAPTER 18

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Lois was getting frustrated already. She hasn't heard anything from Mike. He told her he would get on the plane but she wondered how. Right now she was battling with this security. They had kept her confined when she has to resort to violence to keep them at bay when Mike needed time to get on the plane.

Elena sat beside her also. They had been kept for hours in this room. Different officers had come to interrogate them but she kept telling them to call CDU. They didn't even know what that meant so they didn't try to believe them.

When Lois was beginning to consider escaping as the next resort an Officer came in. "Your story checked out." He said, "you're both international agents. We're sorry for the trouble but you know we had to do our jobs."

" We understand" Elena replied. They both stood up. " So are you in some kind of secret mission?" the Officer asked. " Does it have something to do with the President's wife abduction? "

" Its classified" Lois answered sharply. He gave an embarrassed smile, "of course" , he said. "I understand." He led them out and left them.

" What now?" Elena asked. Lois eyes was drawn to a screen. It was a live news broadcast about a plane crash in New Orleans. Elena also saw it. "Jesus!" She exclaimed when she recognized it was the plane Mike was probably on.

"Thankfully no casualties was recorded" , the reporter said , " though there appeared to be gun fights in the plane, the cause of the plane crash is still unknown." Lois spotted Mike at a corner in the screen. He climbed a bike and drove away.

"That man doesn't give up" She said with a smile. " No he doesn't" Elena replied. "Now that we know he's alright what do we do?"

" You need to go back to the office" . Lois replied. " I have some digging to do." "Why can't I stay here with you?" Elena protested.

" Because you're not a field agent" , Lois replied. " Besides we need you there in case Mike might need help later. You know there are enough resources there to be really useful to us." Elena did not argue further. She knew Lois was right. "Take care of yourself alright" she said. Lois gave her a reassuring smile, "I'll be fine."

She left Lois and walked out of the airport. She picked her phone and checked her notifications. Aside from some emails she didn't find anything useful. She turned back and spotted a man. He turned sharply from her when she turned. Her adrenaline shot up. She felt unease.

She walked sharply away. She turned back again and saw the man following her. This time he didn't bother to pretend. He was walking quickly towards her almost running.

Panic broke within her. What do they want with her?. She realized there was no way she could stop a cab and get in safely without the man reaching her first. She broke into a run. She had left the airport so there was no security to turn to for help. She cursed loudly as she ran. She had no destination in mind. Just run from the man. The man followed her still. He was also running in hot pursuit. She races down a lane and spotted a security man ahead. She began screaming loudly. "Help!" She screamed.

A black SUV suddenly swerved from a corner and drove roughly to her front. Before she could realize what was going on four men came out. They grabbed her quickly and forced her in to the van. The man chasing her also reached and jumped into the SUV and they drove away. "Hey!" the security man screamed, "Hey!" But the SUV drove pass him. He immediately reported it in.

A man watched Lois from afar. He was pushing a small cart containing some luggage. He moved cautiously like a predator assessing a prey. Lois seemed to be preoccupied with something. He had an earpiece on.

"We have the other lady" , a voice announced. "Exterminate this one, we believe she must know something but either way we can't make mistakes."

" Copy" he replied. He moved his luggage slowly towards a corner and kept it there. He approached Lois slowly. There were too many eyes here, he needed somewhere isolated. He walked to her casually. "Excuse me ma'am" ,he said , gently tapping Lois from behind.

Lois turned sharply, she had that alarmed and puzzled look. "I'm John" the man said, "from CDU, I have something urgent to tell you."

Lois scrutinized him with her eyes. She wondered why she didn't know him, but it didn't matter, she was new anyway and couldn't know everyone. "What is it?" She asked

He looked around as if suspecting everyone around. "Can we speak somewhere private?" he whispered.

" Of course" she answered. He led her down towards the rest room. They waited till they were alone. He moved his right hand towards his back pocket, there was a three inch blade. He wanted to make it as silent as possible.

"So what is it?" She asked. Lois was already getting suspicious. She had noticed a weird tattoo on his wrist , the man looked mysterious. He had his right hand behind him like he was trying to hold something without her noticing.

"It's about an Intel" , he announced. "An anonymous tip concerning the President's wife." By now Lois was convinced he wasn't who he claimed he was. If that was what he wanted to tell her why single her out. Something was fishy. She kept a close eye on his right hand, her body was tensed.

He suddenly flashed a blade, his movement was so sudden and quick and it was Lois instinct that saved her, she jerked backwards so quickly with her arms raised slightly to her defense. The blade was aimed for her throat but her arms took the hit instead. The man seemed surprised that she could still evade the strike but he recovered quickly. He attempted another but Lois easily dodged it.

Lois had a . 38 in her Pocket and she brought it out immediately but he kicked it immediately from her grip. He swapped the blade to his left hand and tried to stab her on the abdomen but she caught his wrist and twisted it slightly. The blade fell and she kicked it safely away immediately. He threw himself at her with all his weight and she stumbled backwards letting go of his wrist.

He punched her severally on her belly and threw her towards a sink. She smashed into it. Now she was getting crazy. She picked a piece of the broken sink and broke it into his head. He staggered backwards. She ran to him gave him an upper cur and three successive blows in sensitive areas of his body. He felt slightly paralyzed but tried to shake it away.

She moved quickly below him, grabbed his two legs and threw him on the floor then she used both her feet to grab his neck and squeezed. "Who sent you?" She asked.

He struggled with her but was helpless. "We have the other girl" he mocked. He tried to turn her but she remained firm on his neck. She saw the blade and grabbed it quickly then she drove it into his chest. He groaned loudly and died immediately. She stood up painfully and took her gun. What did he mean by "we have the other girl? ".

She moved out of the place. She tried Elena's number but it wasn't going through. Then she heard a commotion outside. She rushed out and saw security man describing a kidnap. She discovered it was a lady that was kidnapped and knew immediately it was Elena.

"Shit!" She cursed. She had to find Elena, something big was going on and now she was right in the middle of it.

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