The Voice – Episode 10

The Voice – Episode 10

A story by Alabede Jude

 

Agent Bola was still standing by the main door leading to the building, she felt the urge to go after him but she knew better, Cole would not like the idea of she disobeying him and moreover, she hadn’t hear any sounds of gunshot nor any movements yet and it could be perilous for her to move in without knowing the order of things going on.

If she couldn’t move in, at least she should be able to comb the entire perimeter of the building and secure maximum security. Agent Bola brought out her gun from the hostler and filled it with cartridges, she stooped low and moved to the far end of the building looking forth and back, she could see no one moving, neither any sound of someone nor something . She concluded in her mind that if it eventually turns out that there were no guards and no Emily then it would be a ploy for their death, she only hope that it wouldn’t be true.

“Cole what’s the situation over there?” agent Bola spoke Into the mouthpiece but it was disconnected. She was shocked and petrified.

What’s happening?

She quickly walked in through the back door of the building, she had studied the doors of the building and she could tell where they could lead to, her gun led the way as she moved stealthily, looking forth and back. A bullet whizzed above her head and she immediately ducked and leaned on the wall. She stayed put making no movements nor sound. That was more than enough to be sure that there are guards, but she couldn’t tell how many they could be since no one came into view and the bullet couldn’t have been a mistake. After thirty minutes of waiting, nothing happened and she proceeded walking, she opened a metal door and peeked in, there was someone inside tied to a chair, the back was turned to her so she couldn’t make out the face but she could tell it would be Emily. She opened the door more wider and stepped in, she walked slowly to the figure trapped on the chair. The door jammed and locked just as she got to her front. She freaked out, it wasn’t the door but it was something else.

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Cole walked over to the door, he tried opening it but it was locked. He looked back at Emily who was still on the chair shaking tremendously, he shook his head. He never knew it would be arduous such as this, he himself was trapped but yet he had to save her or they both would turn into ashes.

He hurriedly ran back as an idea got into his head, he bent low and removed the blindfold from her face but she was still gagged.

“Don’t worry Emily, I’ll get you out of here” Cole said while Emily only nodded her head as she couldn’t talk.

Cole stood up, paced the room and kept glancing at Emily who quivered on the chair. The timer was still reading and he had less than three minutes to detach the bomb. He could do nothing and he knew nothing to detach the bomb. He knew well enough not to try detaching it as it would automatically explode. He had to do something, but the ideas weren’t forthcoming.

“Hey detective” a voice rang in his ears. He was taken aback by the voice, it was Mr Sylvester’s voice, he thought it had disconnected but somehow they had their way.

“Please we need your help, we are trapped in here” Cole spoke gently but not in a cool voice. The situation there wasn’t cool so he couldn’t be cool.

“Backup are on their way already”

Cole gave a deep breath and relaxed for a moment but then, his heart raced more faster when he glanced back at Emily.

“The bomb” he said tentatively, “How can I detach it?”

“What type of bomb is it?”

“Its a timer bomb, we have just two minutes to detach it, please hurry up”. Cole said in a quivery voice, though his voice betrayed him but he doesn’t want to betray himself by being a coward.

“How many wires are connected to the bomb?”

“Just three, red, blue and black” he replied almost immediately, he couldn’t wait, not now.

Cole heard a loud sob burst, he spun around, it was Emily, tears trickled down her pretty face.

“Pleeeeeaaaaaseeee!” Cole stressed the word, he couldn’t hold on any longer, there was silence for a moment.

“Just a minute, still working on it” Mr Sylvester’s voice came over the earpiece.

“Be fast!” Cole almost screamed.

1 min, 05 secs.

“Done, get a metal tool!” Mr Sylvester’s voice came on again.

“Don’t use your hand. I repeat, don’t use your hand!”

That seemed more of a threat than warning to cole, but he knew better than playing with his life.

Luckily for him, he still had the metals which he had used to unlock the previous door. He quickly brought it out.

“Done! What’s next?”

“Remove the red wire and the black one with the metal and not your hand! Do you copy?”

“Yeah, copy”

“It should be at once, remove it all at once!” Mr Sylvester screamed emphatically.

He took the metals and set it on the red wire, but he had a problem. There was no way he could remove the two wires all at once. He could only use his two hand for one, not two for two and he had no four hand to do the needful.

00:34 secs

Emily was wailing audibly now, she knew she wouldn’t get out alive and she never knew she would die this way. She had wished to die peacefully when due but not now. She really wished she could still be alive but it seemed impossible.

Death they say is inevitable, there is no running away from it. No matter how hard you try to run away from death, it would always find you.

00:10 secs

Emily looked into Cole’s eyes, she could see a faint glint of hope in them but she couldn’t rely on them. It would be better if she quickly say her dying wish before the bomb goes out, but there was no way she could do that, her mouth was gagged. Tears uncontrollably streamed down her face when she remembered that she would leave her husband without bearing kids for him.

Cole was still fidgeting on what to do and the time is almost up, an idea suddenly popped into his head. Emily should be able to help but her hands were tied, he quickly untied it and gave her the metals.

“Just pull the black wire out immediately I count three.” Cole said checking the timer.

00:05secs

He breathed deeply and braced himself up for the death task.

00:04

He shook his head, now its time.

“One!” Cole counted holding the metal tightly which curled around the red wire.

00:03

“Two!”

00:02

“Three!”

00:01

They both pulled out the wires at once and the device gave a long beeping sound.

00:00

The timer stopped blinking red and the lights went off.

“Successfully done!” Cole shouted over the mouthpiece elatedly.

“No, It Isn’t done yet” a voice said from outside and the door opened.

To be continued…

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