Trapped

Cole and Ryan waited in anticipation as they both tapped PLAY. The screen went blank immediately they clicked the play icon.They waited …Waited…Waited…but nothing happened.still blank…Long silence…

Then suddenly, both screen lights came on and a timer appeared counting down rapidly,showing 12 mins 25 secs.Cole and Ryan looked up at each other, their mouth opened wide agape with fear and surprise.they couldn't comprehend what was happening as the timer looked real like a bomb timer but how the timer got to be reading on their phones was a mystery.

Cole looked back at the screen, the timer was now reading 7 mins 4 secs. his hands were shaking vigorously that the phone almost fell off his hands.

he looked back at Ryan who also looked at him

at the same moment.he saw Ryan nodding his head and he knew what that means.without a second thought, they both ran out of the office and off to the cyber division with the phone in their hands which was now giving a beeping sound indicating that they have little or no time left.

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@ the same time

Location: Cole's residence

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"what's happening?" Nora asked fearfully, her

heartbeat beating faster than normal. the only

time her heart beats that way was on her

wedding day with Cole, it was when the priest

asked that dreaded question they always asked.

"speak now or forever hold your peace" The priest said and there was an intense silence in the auditorium.

Nora's mind had wandered away, she looked on

at every prying eyes looking at where their hands

were positioned, was it held up or down? her beats started gradually like it always does,then later it seemed to have lost control that it was almost heard by the audience but Cole suppressed it by clutching to her tight and then, no hands came up which eased the tension and she was at peace.

but she wasn't sure if that would be the situation

here too.

"Nora! Nora!" Emily called on top of her voice

jolting her back to reality."Emily what is it?" Nora asked.Emily looked surprised and pouted her lips in

abhorrence, she looked baffled and shocked.

"Are you out of your mind?" she asked rhetorically. "don't you see there is a bomb timer

reading on our phones?"that was it, that was all she had to hear.she sprung up checking her phone immediately and oops! it was 3 mins 50 secs.

she looked at Emily with a terrified look on her

face, scared to the core. Emily was more scared

than she was."what are we going to do?" came the question from Nora.

Emily shook her head.

"No idea"

"are we going to die?!" Nora shouted rattled at

the thought.The two phones started giving a beeping sound and the timer reading 1 min 00 sec.

Emily looked up at Nora and their gaze met, each

seeing a fearful look. on a normal day, Emily would have laughed and joked about it but it wasn't something to joke about. it was something more serious than peeing in the pants."I think I have an idea" Emily said thoughtfully raising her index finger.

"what's it?"

"let's throw our phones away in the pool"

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Location:

CIB TOWER

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The cyber is a division unit in the CIB. it has two

big rooms but was well equipped with computer facilities and technology gadgets which helps facilitate in cyber securities and for investigating cyber attacks by criminals,overseas adversaries, and terrorists. The threat is incredibly serious—and growing. Cyber intrusions are becoming more commonplace,more dangerous, and more sophisticated.Citizens are targeted by fraudsters and identity thieves, and children are targeted by online predators. Just as the CIB transformed itself to better address the terrorist threat after the 9/11 attacks, it is undertaking a similar transformation to address the pervasive and evolving cyber threat. This means enhancing the Cyber Division's investigative capacity to sharpen its focus on

intrusions into government and private computer

networks. which was why the cyber is mostly needed.

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All eyes in the cyber unit turned to Cole and Ryan immediately they stepped in.Cole couldn't hid his surprise on seeingeverybody's phone emitting an intensive beeping sound and almost immediately, showing a blinking red lights.

within a second, everybody's gaze was on their

phones and a second later,, the faces changed

to a more serious one.

"please do something!" Cole shouted more

terrified.All cyber agents sprung up to their feet and started punching the keyboard like a pro which

they were.

they were computer experts specifically trained

to ensure maximum security on cybercrime.each and every of one them were working on one thing or the other with intense fear.

"can you stop it? or we devise another plan

before this thing goes off" The DG fearfully

asked Mr Sylvester who was the head of the cyber

unit.

"we can't really say for now sir" Mr Sylvester

replied without looking at him but rather has his

focus on the computer screen.

Cole paced the room obviously worried and

scared, he rubbed his head with his palm and at

the same time checking the screen of his phone.

it was reading rapidly blinking 57 secs.he wiped the sweat that had formed on his forehead with his bare palm and continued pacing.