CRUDE END (3)

Chapter twenty.

(Pls these chapter contains a little violence. It may not be suitable for all readers.)

The four vehicles parked beside the porch revealing the soldiers who stepped out of the four armoured vehicles fully armed.

Vomaah's face became stun , the expression on his face could not be decipher.

They stood in a truncu and pointed the trenchant edge of the guns towards him ready to fire at any command.

The four leaders stepped out of the armoured car fully armed . They all were in a full military camouflage uniform. Their helmet were tainted on their heads.

Tarspa turned at his right and gazed at his friend. The expression on his face could not be deciphered.

Tarspa frowned and pinched the bridge of his nose wondering what was going on and why the soldiers seized into his territory successful and were pointing guns towards his friend. where are his soldiers and security personnels. He knows that whatever reason, they invaded his territory for must be a serious entanglement .

The temperature of the place dropped drastically despite, it was summer . The rays of sun was shining brightly making the atmosphere warm but despite that it became chilling and the breeze hit them.

Tarspa wondered why the sudden change of the temperature.

He gaze at his friend again and it suddenly drawn to him what was going on and why the soldiers had invaded his territory. His expression changed . He wondered how they were able to know that he was in his place.

Before any of them could uttered a word. The commander clapped his hands and the soldiers surrounded them and encircling around the both of them but standing at different angles positioning their guns towards them.

The huge soldier who was the commander smiled maliciously and raised his eyebrows.

"Good day , his excellence. "

Vomaah eyes were fixed on him, keeping mute. Since they stepped into the place , he has not uttered a single word to them. He looked at them with unknown expression. His eyes were cold but his face were expressionless .

Tarspa looked at the soldiers who had invaded their space and asked the commander in a high pitched voice "What is the meaning of these." he pointed towards the soldiers " and on what honour are you doing in my territory with a barracks of soldiers."

The huge man beckons to his second in command to speak . He nodded and spoke in his polite nasal high pitched condescending voice " To end the chess with the excellence and give justice ."

Tarspa repeated what he said in his mind 'To end the chess . To end the chess.'

It suddenly drown to him what they meant. But before he could ask another question. He saw the huge man who was their leader trying to raise his right middle finger " Fir..." but before he could complete his speech .

Tarspa raised his hand and stood in front of Vomaah and spoke in an angry voice "No you can't do that. You have no right to enter into my territory and kill my visitor."

Their leader who was the commander said " Sir, step aside and allow us do our job. We are not here to pecker words with you neither are we here for you."

Tarspa looked at them, took a deep sigh and asked "Why, do you choose my territory to kill my friend and visitor. During his visit to the Southern, Eastern which was his home town, Northern who was your own territory. Why do you choose my own territory the western, to the commit such atrocity."

He raised his eyebrows slightly and replied " We are in no obligation to answer that question. We are not here to banter words with you." Even if he was polite. An hitch of displease and displeasure could be elongated from his speech.

Hearing that Tarspa fleet up "Where are my security officers. How on earth do you manage to invade into my territory to pull a coup ."

He looked at their leader and noticed the cornea of his lips curving upwards. From the look on his face . He detected they had taken them down his security officer before coming down here . On the account that they did not hear any gunshots. It drawn to him that they come prepared and it had been long time plan.

He felt his hands getting sweaty because of anger. Vomaah signaled for him to back off but he knew better than to ever backed off and if the country's hero is assasinated in front of him. He won't survive it. They will speculate that he was behind him. Why was it in his territory was he assasinated, precisely inside the government house. How on earth were they able to know his location unless he was the informator .He knew his friend won't come out of the situation unscathed and he couldn't stand and watch his friend scarped. He prefers to end it with them here.

He scowled and said firmly" You will not kill my friend and visitor in my own territory." he stood in front of Vomaah and said "You have to go through me first before doing anything."

The commander who was getting impatient with him , looked at him and said " Sir , with due respect step out of our way." he said irritated

"You will have to kill me before getting to him."

He bowed and saluted them before replying " With due pleasure sir."

He streched out his right hand out. A soldier rushed and placed a gulled small gun on his palm. He cracked the gun and released three bullet . He shot him two bullet directly towards his left chest and one across his skull. Tarspa dropped dead on the floor and a pool of blood flowed across the marble tiled floor.

A Flint of emotions appeared on his eyes and disappeared as if it was an illusion. He hates when innocent people are involved in someone's minted chess of games. He placed his hands on his hurled waist band and brought out a gun. He shot three soldiers dead before any of them could react. That was for the death of his friend.

A condescending aura took over him.

The commander looked up him and inexplicably shudder of fear enveloped him. When he saw the fired eradicating from those eyes. He looked at his killed men and titled his eyebrows. No wonder , he was the most fearful general. Even in the state of been surrounded by soldiers and at the point of death . He was still frightening. He would have shot him right away taking him unaware.

The soldiers could feel the danger eradicating from him but they won't surrender. They were never trained to retreat or surrender in the face of any mission or war.

He remembered what Sungal told him and straighten up his back. He has to save his family. He opened his mouth to speak but Vomaah beat him to it.

"What do you want?"

Vomaah asked for the first time since they arrived.

"I thought I won't hear your voice for the last time." he said and smiled. He would have done more to him; if not because of his title as a general.

He looked at him and replied grumpily "To end the chess and send you back to where from where you came from. To give you the honour of joining the leaders you killed on the 15 January, Mr President."

His expression remained stoic the way it had been . A tinest frown appeared in between his eyebrows. He winked raising his eyebrows to look at the soldiers in front of him .

So, sungal and his four friends send and organized these assassination. He won't fight but one thing, he knew that they will end up on a worst scenario.

Seeing him silence, he knew that his time was up. He raised right finger and ordered " fire."

Immediately, the order was given varies of bullet fly towards Vomaah's direction.

Inside the skyscraper

Spriya felt her heart beating loudly. She feared in a minute that her heart will pounce out with the way it was beating rapliy She put her right hand on chest. wondered what was happening to her today. Why the sudden unease and restlessness again.

She picked up her phone to call her husband (Vomaah) but decided against it dropping the phone on the desk. She remembered him saying he was he was in a meeting . She pinched her eyebrows slightly band titled. She picked a pen from the table using her right finger swirling the pen in between her middle finger thinking deeply ,when she had a soft Knock on the door.

She looked towards the door and murmured "Come in"

The door opened revealing her secretary. She entered into the office before closing the door reminiscing her reports.

Spriya raised her eyebrows and a tiny frown appeared on her forehead. She Knows that something is wrong somewhere but can't pinpoint where.

Her secretary, Boise was about to give an account of her findings but stopped midway . A tiny frown made a way to her forehead seeing her boss looking pale and sweating .

Her assistant looked at her boss calling softly " Ma,Ma !." but seeing that she was oblivious of what was happening around her

She went closer and tapped her softly on her shoulder and called out " Ma"

Spriya was pulled out of her stream of thought when she felt a soft tap on her shoulder. She looked up and saw her secretary " What is that?" she asked in gloomy tone

"Ma are you okay, you are sweating and looking pale." she asked with concern.

Her boss is hardly sick even during her pregnancy.

She touched her forehead and felt a small sweat covering her forehead.

"I am alright."she replied

"Have you checked, what I asked you to check."

Seeing that she was concealing her problem and she had already changed the topic. She answered politely"Yes ma, they are about fifty five new artist in general. We sighed in "

She nodded and picked a file from the right side of the desk and gave to her "Review it and return it to me."

"Yes ma" she squnited her eyebrows and replied before turning around to leave.

...

After, firing for forty five minutes despite shooting him from all angles. None of the bullet had penatrated into his body but they ended up having casualties and lost of soldiers.

Their commander were angry and confused that he ordered for vomaah to be dragged down.

He looked at vomaah and sneered "You think that you can survive today's attack. Dream on."

He put his right hands on vomaah's trousers and pulled out a golden lion's head which was a significant of his position as the head of state.

He looked at it for sometimes before handling it over to his assistant.

He stood in front of him and saluted him one last time ultimate with respect.

He pulled a trigger and shot it right his left chest but none seems to penetrate.

After several attempts without futile results.

He signaled for them to bring him towards the four parked vehicles. From the cornea one could never believe that it was a great general that was bruised and draged like a common thief.

The soldiers tied his two legs and hands with a rope and connected it to a different ropes and tied it differently under the bunnet of the four vehicles.

He looked at the great general and hero of the people and smiled maliciously before raising his hand and saluted him before saying "Good bye, our hero."

He laughed and entered into the car.

He looked at one of soldiers and said "Clean these mess. The dead soldiers, you know what to do with them."

The high ranked and one of the most trusted soldiers among his men nodded his head and saluted him. "Yes sir, I understand."

The military vehicles slowly left the place with Vomaah whose his legs and hands were tied under the car bunnet.

They followed a secret way down to the forest . When the car reached a spot inside the forest they stopped the vehicles and got down. Only the sound of the singing of birds and chirping of the trees together with foot of the soldiers could be heard inside the lonely forest. As they stepped down

Some of the soldiers surrounded the bloody general who was yet to die despite being tied down under the vehicles and drawn along on the floor while the vehicles moved.

His body were all bruised . The back of his head was bleeding just like other parts of his body. He looked at the man who stepped out of the car dressed in his full military attire.

He smiled and said "Are you people happy now. Inform them that I disappear like an honourable military soldier. Perhaps, a hero and a great general but they will die in their disgrace and pain."

Before any of them could understand what he meant by that words . He disappeared into the tin air compelled with the two vehicles catching fire resulting to the death of seven soldiers who were burned to death making 15 it soldiers who died on the mission

The huge man or any of soldiers couldn't believe or understand what their eyes had witness.

He never believe the general was strong to these extent or can even disappear. His eyes carried different emotions. His actions today caused him nightmare all the days of his life. He felt like his life was a living hell .

He wondered how on earth did the general disappear in their mist .

Immediately , Vomaah disappeared Spriya who was inside her office felt a sharp pain on her chest.