CHAPTER 34 - Intruder At The NPLC III

Tisane dashed left without hesitation as he tried to run out of the office hall. He knew that trying to use the elevator at the office would be futile because the security guards were too close and would intercept him.

"Hey stop right there!" At this point the security guards sprang into action as they tried to surround him. Tisane knew that if he was caught at this point, it would all be over. So with that thought in mind, he placed all his will and energy at escaping.

"Stop him!" The office was filled with commotion as the security guards tried to get their hands on the Intruder. Some of the workers even decided to lend a helping hand to stop the intruder. Tisane saw two office workers trying to bar his way. Narrowing his eyes, Tisane felt irritable annoyance well up inside him, most especially when he noticed that one of the workers trying to bar his way was the guy who stopped him from entering the elevator earlier. _'Not gonna work this time prick'_ Tisane suddenly leaped on a chair. From the chair, he leaped on a cubicle. From the cubicle, he propelled himself towards the door of the office hall.

While he was about to land, Tisane's heart skipped a beat when he saw three to four guards already waiting for him at the door.

Dropping to the ground with a thud, Tisane tried to back off to avoid being captured but it was too late, as one of the guards grabbed him and surprisingly pulled Tisane as he placed his foot on his waist. Tisane watched with shock in his eyes as the security guard flipped him backwards. Tisane crashed unto the floor unsuspectingly and before he could get to his feet, he was already surrounded.

Three security guards grabbed him from the floor as the others closed in. The chase was over, the intruder had been apprehended. Or so they thought.

Tisane was drowning in the sea of despair as he watched himself being surrounded by security guards. At this point, he began to regret stepping his feet inside the company.

No he actually regretted waking up two weeks late into his scheduled resumption for work!

No actually he regretted allowing himself to be caught.....why didn't he run fast enough?

As these thoughts of regret kept swimming in his head and weighing him down with sorrow, another thought popped up in his head though more volatile and violent.

_[Why would you allow yourself to be taken captive by this bunch of no goods?!]_

_[Do you want to be branded a criminal?!]_

_[Come on even if you don't get to meet Mr Fadeyemi, the least you can do is get the hell out of here!]_

_'But how....how can I get out this?'_

_[How?....Do you really have to ask how?!.....How else but to fight your way through!]_

_'Fi....Fight my....wait... that's it!....The power....that power...I need it now!'_

Tisane felt it....a burning desire erupted from within him, a taste for something stronger and funny enough, this emotion felt so natural and familiar as if he had had this emotion before.

_'No matter what, whether am right or wrong, I would never allow myself to be a victim!'_

~Gbadum~

That strange heartbeat erupted again as his eyes flashed with a blue glow.

~Bam!~

Tisane smashed his foot against that of one of the guards that had apprehended him.

"Ouch!!" The guard screamed in pain as his grip on Tisane loosened.

~Bam!~

Another foot was stepped on.

~Ah!~

Before the third security guard could understand what was going on, he felt the strength of the young man that they were trying to apprehend skyrocket as Tisane broke from his grip and with a swirling turn smashed a punch on the guard's face. When his fist connected, the guard was sent flying backwards from the sheer force of the punch as he crashed into an incoming security guard. At this point, Tisane had enough room to escape as he turned towards the door and ran through it.

He ran past some shocked office personnel towards the previous elevator where he earlier came out from. The four men that he earlier fought with, had been cleared out of the elevator by the medical response unit as another group of workers were about to take the elevator to another floor.

"Wait!" Tisane shouted as he ran towards the elevator. Stopping in front of the elevator door which was held open by one of the workers, he summoned his courage as he declared....

"Can you guys come out, I would like to use the elevator?"

"What?" One of the workers whom already had a deep frown on his face asked in surprise. Tisane glanced at the other workers in the elevator and saw the confusing look on their faces.

"Young man what are you yapping about?" The worker whom was holding the elevator door said with a raised eyebrow. "Come in now or we'll leave without you"

Tisane sighed as he knew that this would not be easy but he was afraid to experience what happened when he rode the elevator with four guys in it.

Walking into the elevator reluctantly, Tisane kept a wary eye. Two guys and a lady glanced at him only for a moment before they returned to waiting for the elevator doors to close.

"Hold that elevator now!"

"Stop, don't let that man in!"

A group of security guards rushed towards the elevator while pointing fiercely. Tisane took a look at the security guards and at the workers in the elevator. He knew he had to make a decision now as he saw the look of shock on the faces of the workers.

Apologizing silently, Tisane gave a full kick at the worker whom held the elevator door earlier. The worker didn't expect the attack from behind as he stumbled and fell out of the elevator.

"What the hell?!" The other male worker exclaimed at Tisane's shocking display of violence. Tisane turned towards him and threw a punch at his stomach which made him to bow in pain.

Tisane grabbed him by the collar and threw him out of the elevator also. Glancing at the remaining worker whom was a woman, Tisane was conflicted as he didn't imagine being rough on such a beautiful lady.

_[Just throw her out, time is running out!]_

Tisane heard his mind scream at him.

_'But...'_ Tisane hesitated as he watched the lady stare at him with shock and terror on her face.

_[They are coming!]_ Tisane turned to see the security guards getting closer to the elevator.

Knowing that there was no more time, he glanced at the elevator floor button and quickly pressed the last floor.

"Freeze!"

"Stop right there!"

The security guards desperately tried to dash into the elevator as it's door closed. Tisane rested his back on the wall and gave a sigh of relief only to glance at the lady in the elevator.

Tisane saw her shaking in fear as she stared at him alertly. Not knowing what to say to her, Tisane kept his distance in order to reassure her that he would not harm her.

Clang!

The elevator made a shocking and sudden stop as the light changed from white to red. Tisane seemed to hear the lady gasp in shock and terror as her shaking intensified.

Tisane also began to panic a bit as he began to press a few buttons on the floor switch in a hope to resolve the situation.

"Th...that won't work" the lady said still shaking in fear. "The elevator has been shut down"

"Shut down?" Tisane asked as he seemed to understand but was hoping he was wrong. "What do you mean?"

"El...elevators have an automated control switch which every technical room or department possess and this switch is activated in case of technical failures or....." Her voice trailed off as she didn't dare to finish her explanation for fear of what it implied.

_'Or emergencies'_ Tisane completed her explanation which made him shake in fear as he suddenly knew what it meant. _'This is an emergency.....I am the emergency'_

Tisane slumped slightly on the wall as he knew he was stuck here until the company agents come to find them. And when that happens, there would be no escape.

He drew in a deep breath and exhaled with a sigh as he felt he had almost made it. Just few minutes more and he would have been standing before Mr Fadeyemi with his apologies and all this would have been resolved.

As Tisane felt all hope was lost, he heard an unexpected thought come to his mind.

_[Listen. All hope is not lost yet kid]_

_'Huh?'_

_[Look up]_

Tisane began to wonder if he was hearing things. But then, he felt that strange thought becoming stronger.

_[Look up]_

Unconsciously, he obeyed and looked up only to see a compartment on the elevator ceiling.

_[Go through that and follow it all the way up to the last floor]_

_'Uh...wait what?'_ Tisane still hesitated and tried to process what he was hearing.

_[Stop wasting time. You are not safe here. Go now!]_

At this point, Tisane knew he could only take action as he also felt danger around him.