MY TREASURED DESIRE

Chapter TWENTY-SIX – Crack Team to The Rescue!

Day 3.

1.30 am. Local Time. (5:30 pm. GMT.)

The Imperial Bridge, New Beijing, Achaia.

The Call. – Greta Merkel’s Action.

Every night is like broad daylight in New Beijing. Just like Lagos, Achaia; Singapore City in the nation, Singapore... and many other commercial capital cities of the world’s greatest nations at this new age! It is 1:30 am., and busy executives are still moving on the road, and driving. I can still register a SIM card!

I packed my hair firmly and wore a brunette natural hair wig, tanning my facial colour to a Latino shade. I wore the women’s sexy high body tights to cover my feet up to, but not on top of, my curvy hips. It was the same colour as my tanned face, and I put on a pleated mini skirt to match my sexy tank top blouse. I love the way it brings out my gorgeous gait. I looked at the mirror: Too sexy. I wore a pair of sunglasses and then wore a knee-length fur coat, and a trendy boot to match. This way, no one will recognise me. Without a bodyguard, I hopped into a gift for my birthday from my maternal uncle - a new Mercedes Benz 200 coupe - that no one has seen with me before, and drove myself to the Communications Office at Imperial Bridge, New Beijing… I got myself a new iPhone 14 handset and registered a new sim card.

I removed my phone and accessories from the carton, which I left on the desk for thrash. I moved out of the freezing cold hall. After some laconic words of pleasantries, I made a call:

“Uncle, how well has my Sister-in-law cooperated so far?”

“Not so well… but she is really worth the challenge. I am still in the Chopper and should land in no time for my meeting with the mercenaries shortly. Tell me about your work on Plan B.”

“I have made all the contacts and you might need to wire about $1 billion to me now. That is the exact budget, though. Meanwhile, in about 2 hours, I have an appointment to pay the advanced fee to the Filmmakers. They only accept payments through the Point of Sales Machine, via credit/debit cards. I will just swipe my black card. The Film Gurus are those three dudes I brought to you at Grandma’s Remembrance Service at motherland, last year. They are the best in these underhand deals!”

“I will send a Specialised Note to your original phone… Take that to the Bank whose name you see there. The top Officials will give you CASH, but you won’t touch it for security reasons. They shall arrange to deposit that money in bits into your ‘A’ account with the same bank… That will take only 45 minutes. I should be on my flight from Saint Dennis to Ai by 5:50 pm UTC… 9:50 pm here at Réunion, and 1:50 am Middleville or Achaian Time… I don’t need to tell you about the need to be very discreet.”

“Right, Uncle… Ai – Do you have a share in the 5-Star Yinying Inter-Continental Hotel?”

“Walls have ears… That deal will be best suited for that Classical Hospitality Hub… Few seconds to get nabbed… See you in a few days …to celebrate!”

“Oh, Smart Uncle!” As I spoke, the line got disconnected and I got a beep. “WOW!”

***

Day 3.

1.30 am. Local Time. (5:30 pm. GMT.)

The A.S.S.S. Headquarters, Achaia.

The Trail. – Colonel John Doe, A.S.S.S. (Criminology Personnel)

At 11:30 pm – exactly two hours previously – the Achaia Police Force P.R.O. accessed a tip-off from an anonymous “friend of the police” stating that Miss Greta Merkel had taken ill. A photograph that accompanied the letter that was sent to the police shows two nurses who accompanied a stretcher. Someone who resembled Miss Greta was pushed into the latter's residence with that motorised stretcher… Detective analysis of that picture proved that the photograph may have been an “acted” pose to divert the police attention, coming when there is no reason for such a piece of forewarning. Miss Greta Merkel was not a lawbreaker that has been declared wanted, or a criminal noised abroad as being on the loose!

Two weeks ago, Miss Merkel made a “fear-statement” to her police friend, and in a bid to dissuade the Fräulein Deutschland from detecting the intentions of the police, that phantom friend - who is a regular police inspector - had often cracked jokes with her stating that she must be so important for the Achaia Police to be putting her on surveillance.

That makes it viable, that someone who knows better must have given the lovely lady the information she had believed… That action impressed it upon the A.S.S.S. that the lady has a plan for the night. How right could the detectives be?

A few A.S.S.S Personnel sat around the radar, since reliable plain-clothed personnel on the trails of Miss Greta Merkel had hinted that the King’s Choice has disguised herself and had just registered a new SIM card. The details of the SIM Card thus registered were immediately printed out for the Military Intelligence Personnel on demand. So, as she made the call, the radar was tracking the other person at the receiving end… The New look of Miss Greta came out on the screen as the discussion was being transcribed…

“Oh Gosh!” Adewale King grabbed his head with both hands and exclaimed.

“Wally Bad King, have you not seen a gorgeous brunette on your radar before?” I muttered with a chuckled laughter.

“Stop the expensive joke, John… Only a few more seconds and I would have got all the biodata of King’s Choice’s partner in crime. What a snake he is.”

General Raymond Chang calmed him down: “Not to worry, Colonel. The guy is a Crook. You need to drug him for you to track him down… He even knew that he was being trailed!”

“Boss, I need permission to bust the King’s choice’s partners before their video shoot!” Adewale King – the Military Intelligence Colonel who preferred anonymity -requested.

“Permission denied,” the General said. “The job must be concluded before we nail the inglorious lawbreakers! Just go ahead and get the details of each of the culprits, with the right evidence that should expose them!”

“Sir – Yes Sir!” Wally and I chorused.

***

Day 3.

9.40 pm. Local Time. (5:40 pm. GMT.)

The Grande-Terre Beachside Guest House, Réunion Island, France.

The A.S.S.S. to The Rescue!

The blonde detective visited her friend – the operator of the control radar of the abductors’ camp. She gave a wad of Euro bills to him for the celebration of their little freedom without the trigger-happy-loyalists of the prince. However, he connected the appropriate rooms to the transmitter to beam the occurrences in the Guest Rooms - which their bosses hired for the captives and staff - to his boss at the central office. Then, he took his leave to relax a bit.

The blonde had the opportunity to redirect each of the circuit television cameras at screens showing different angles of pre-recorded images of a relaxed princess Alexa George-Orji who was reading a novel or moving to the table to sip some water. Also, in the 10-minute-videos, the blonde detective was dutifully prying around the former. Thereafter, she smuggled, into the bathroom side of the Guest House Suite of the Princess, the mini gadget with which she had recorded video clips that leaked their abductors’ information. She, thus, created an opportunity for her acquaintance to have a 10-minutes, no-holds-barred video discussion with Dr. Alex Junior, Dr. Reese, and the Crown Prince Reynold.

This was a tonic to revitalise the princess and enable her to see her loved ones and keep her tensions abated. After that, the detective sneaked into his friend’s transmission room and temporarily disabled the system to return the cameras back to the old setting. When she was done, it was time to join the camp schedule for 9:10 pm. All inmates had to move to the Restaurant to listen, and adhere, to further briefings from their new controllers.

Meanwhile, the A.S.S.S. team entered Réunion with the assistance of the Navy High Command and Government of France. The A.S.S.S. Crack Team, and the Réunion Police and Security Forces arrived at the Grande-Terre Beachside Guest House, Réunion, at 9:20 pm. (Local Time).

Meanwhile, a serious fight had broken out since 9:15 pm., as the pirates were overdoing their bit… The rest of the abductors visibly worked to separate the blonde lady from the princess for reasons best known to them, making the two ladies team up to protect themselves – and other women - from being molested, thereby exhibiting their self-defense dexterity. The Crack Team seized the opportunity of the internal commotion to sneak into the residential side of the Restaurant without being discovered by the stern security. Soon, the A.S.S.S team got to Alexa and she followed their lead out of the rowdy scene. They kept other users of the Restaurant secured, the blonde girl was taken hostage by the pirates as they retreated to their ship…

The security Forces tracked some illegal substances to the ship at the nearby dock when a shoot-out began, resulting in the capture of that illegal vessel operating at Réunion and the arrest of some of the pirates’ footmen that operates in that axis.

However, the report of the French Authorities shows no trace of any Asian link, talk less of anyone addressed as Prince Liu Cheng Yu – Monarch of Middleville: Records, Facts and Video evidence recorded earlier had been kept away by the Achaia Special Secret Service, for further investigation, but not presented for France’s prosecution.

The blonde lady was arrested with the pirates but was set free after her identity was revealed and she was identified by the A.S.S.S. She promptly returned to the suite to carry Alexa’s briefcase and send it to the Achaiacopter.

The wheeze created was to submerge the kidnap of Princess George-Orji from the airport in England as a psychological impulse, since no evidence was available. Only her presence in France was on record through the genuine traveling papers that the intelligent prince’s protégées had wisely procured without linking themselves to it. No immigration laws were said to have been flouted!

The abducted Princess, Ndidi Alexa George-Orji, played along – bringing it out on a whim without a speech - and elected not to speak with the Press, seeing the power of international diplomacy at work. She knew that any revelation would only bring up controversies against her personality.  If it was proven that she was not kidnapped, she would not be immature to be pressing for any right. The sooner the prince’s wiles sail through, the better for achieving the low profile she wanted to adopt. It was in agreement with Alexa’s line of reasoning that the A.S.S.S. opted out of releasing their own evidence, as it would be better to stoop low to conquer for now. The bottom line is that they have eventually rescued their own. If there are cans of worms to open, there would be loaded evidence to back it up, and that matter is not for this place.

Officially upheld, were the truism that the armed kidnappers’ destination shifted from Grande-Terre in the mainland of New Caledonia to Corsica in the Mediterranean Sea, being accommodated in the properties owned by Orient Imperial. While the Réunion Police were investigating the matter, a piece of documented information and receipted proof were received through the Interpol that the Grande-Terre in the Kerguelen Islands was leased by Orient Imperial to a registered French Company which had been using the place as a Guest House for their International Partners coming to Réunion within the period. The adversaries at the fierce gun battle that led to the rescue of the respected Princess were the pirates who, the police reported, had kidnapped the African Princess … The battle at Réunion Island in Réunion… was fought at Grand-Terre Beachside that was owned by Late Cassidy Rossi, whose licensed companies’ operators could not have stopped legitimate tourists who became their clients in France… However, the top three leaders of the pirates have declared war against Monsieur Philippe Dior – who was left off the hook of the law for want of evidence… The Réunion Police confirmed that Monsieur Dior was statutorily out of France – on a French Government entourage - when all the incidents happened. It was confirmed that Orient Imperial knew nothing about the release of their aircraft, mansions, and other properties which the pirates were said to have encroached upon for their nefarious activities. The police had exhibited a complaint from Orient Imperial about the same pirates who had stolen, used, and returned their aircraft – two years ago - without any written or oral permission from the owners! The matter’s investigation – two years ago - had been consumed by the dictates of international diplomacy!

What will the A.S.S.S. do about this abduction matter?