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Babatunde Amoussa in "The Virus"

(Disclaimer: All characters & events depicted in this story are purely fictional & for entertainment purposes)

Happy reading! 😎

***DSS HQ***
A1: F9, you're well aware of the OYO-01 virus also known as the Lasgidi virus that originated in ojuelegba.
F9: Yes Ma.
A1: We have had over 1000 cases in Lagos in the last 3 weeks with a mortality of about 80% & we have been reporting an average of 50 new cases

Everyday across Nigeria.
A1: The worst thing about it all is that there's no known cure yet as this is a novel virus and it's very contagious. Unfortunately, the president started exhibiting some symptoms yesterday & has been voluntarily quarantined!
Me: 😮

A1: We have reasons to believe that this isn't a normal sickness but a biological weapon like anthrax because airport cameras caught Nobel Prize winning professor of microbiology, Dr Poloski when he entered nigeria 6 weeks ago with a pseudo name "Romanov Vladimir"!

A1: Dr Poloski is currently on the CIA watch list as he's been linked to ISIS & Al-Qaeda as he's the world's leading expert in biological weapons!
Me: Where's he now?
A1: He was last seen leaving the airport in the company of PharmaHub's CSO, Miguel Contra.

A1: The police have raided PharmaHub twice in the last 2 weeks but are yet to come up with anything incriminating & there's no sign of Dr Poloski anywhere. Also PharmaHub's CEO, Akin Fafunwa, was brought in for questioning but we couldn't get anything from him

& had to let him go because he has powerful friends in Government!
Me: So where do I come in?
A1: Akin is a philander & as a result his wife is scorned... We're hoping that she'd be the weakest link 😏
Me: I'd do whatever needs to be done for the love of my country 😌
A1:

A1: She'd be at the river valley hotel tonight hosting a fund raiser for the victims of the OYO-01 Virus & that's where we want you to make first contact. You'd be going to the event as Yomi branch, a Tech start up billionaire. Our IT team did you the honours of adding you to the

Guest list.
Me: 😊
A1: We're certain that PharmaHub has the cure, as they say that they'd start human trials for the cure in 2 weeks.
Me: I'll definitely find Dr Poloski & hopefully, he'd lead me to the cure!
A1: F9, the President & the whole of Nigeria are depending on you

As we're all at risk of dying from the virus & the global travel ban on Nigeria wouldn't be lifted until we contain the virus!
Me: Noted Ma!

I rushed home to prepare. At 7pm, I was smartly dressed in a black turtle neck shirt & suit I got from @debonairtouch

I also sprayed some Creed Adventus that I literally sold an arm and a leg to get from @themancaveng. I was even starting to believe I was an actual tech startup billionaire! 😂

My ride for the night was a Bugatti Veyron that was seized by the EFCC from a corrupt politician in their custody.

I arrived at the river valley hotel at 8pm sharp & handed the keys to a smart looking valet to park my "salaries & pension for 10 lifetimes" 😭. As I walked in, Mrs Fafunwa was in the middle of her welcome address... She was so beautiful that I'm sure she's the 🏆 wife that all

Other 🏆 wives aspired to be! I just couldn't make sense of how anyone could cheat on her!
I also noticed Akin Fafunwa seated in front with numerous security details watching over him like mother hens. I sat & sipped on the Manhattan I ordered, waiting patiently for an

Opportunity & sure enough, one came! Miguel stood up to receive a call but had to go outside to receive it because of the noise in the auditorium & coincidentally he was coming my way! I quickly stood up & purposely bumped into him, planting a tracking device in his

Jacket Pocket 🌚
Miguel: Are you blind?! Stupid Idiot!
Me: sorry.... I'm so sorry!
Miguel hissed & walked away.
Me:

By now Mrs Fafunwa was done with her speech & was walking around exchanging pleasantries with the dignitaries. I saw Akin whisper something in her ear & he took his leave with his entourage of security details, leaving her with a sadness in her eyes that her beautiful smile

Failed to hide. She floated across the room with great poise to the entrance & I followed her closely at a distance. By the time I got out she was smoking a cigarette & wiping away a tear drop that attempted to ruin her makeup.
Me: I hope you don't mind me joining you?

She turned back startled.
Nike: Do I know you? 🙄
Me: Do you know everyone on your guest list personally? 😏
She smiled.
Me: I'm Yomi branch, CEO of Tech Haven...
N: I know Tech Haven! It's just that everyone knows the CEO is almost a recluse & nobody really knows what he looks

Like! I'm Nike by the way.... 😊
M: It's a pleasure making your acquaintance. I believe strongly in what you gathered us here to do tonight & I wouldn't have missed it for the world!
She looked at me mischievously & smiled.
M: what wrong?
N: My husband hasn't looked at me the

Way you're looking at me in like 7 years & I'm just 33!
M: I'm drawn only to the finest things in life & you're the finest yet...
N: He cheats on me openly & Is probably with a skank as we speak!😡😢
M: No sane man would ever cheat on you... You're everything I want & more!

N: let's get out of here...
M:

2 hours later, we were cuddled up in bed.
N: He suddenly changed! This is someone I gave up a career in law for because he didn't want me to work! Am I getting fat or something?!
M: No you're not... You're perfect!
N: I spend 3 hours everyday in the gym just to keep fit for

The philandering monkey but he barely notices... I'm sure he's out there with a girl from the gutters as we speak! 😭
I peeked her forehead.
N: we used to escape to our mountain top villa in Tinapa whenever we wanted to escape from the world & he used to be all over me but now

He has forgotten my birthday 3 years in a row! 😭
I held her close in a reassuring embrace until she slept off, dressed up & left the hotel.

I called HQ.
M: A1, apparently Akin has a mountain top villa that we were unaware of in Tinapa.
A1: It's probably where his secret lab

Is located as the tracing device you planted is on a mountain in Tinapa as we speak according to our GPS. Good work F9! Report to base so that you can be prepped for your journey to Tinapa.
M: Yes Ma!

24 hours later, I was outside the heavily guarded covert PharmaHub lab.

I planted bombs at the west wing of the compound, setting them to detonate in 30 minutes. I then jumped into the compound over the east wall while they had their security shift change. I made my way to the helipad but 2 guards were on patrol duty. I took them out with surgical

Precision using my sniper rifle, I then planted bombs on the helicopter. My final task was to take out the generator so I could swoop in under the cover of darkness to get my target, Dr Poloski.
On getting to the generator house it had only one guard, I snuck up on him & snapped

His neck! I planted the bomb on the generator, set it to detonate in 5 minutes then I hid in the shrubs a safe distance from the blast radius waiting for all hell to let loose. Soon enough the generator exploded throwing the entire compound into pitch darkness, followed by

Multiple explosions from the 🚁 & wall on the west side of the camp throwing the entire camp into pandemonium. I armed my with night vision goggles, an M16 rifle & made my way towards the lab killing anything unfortunate enough to stray into my path.

As I got into the building, I ran into Akin, Dr Poloski, Miguel & a small group of armed security trying to make their way to the helipad.
Me menacingly: I will be taking Dr Poloski with me & if you resist I'd kill as many of you as I have to even if I die doing it! 😡

Akin: Dr Poloski isn't going anywhere & there's no way you'd get out of this alive... Unless you join forces with us 😏
M: Akin I am going to kill you last & I'd enjoy doing...
Before I could finish my threat I was knocked out cold by a gun butt hitting the back of my head. 😥

Akin: bring him to my bunker & Dr Poloski start packing what you need because this location is compromised.
I woke up 10 minutes later in the bunker. It was a white laboratory & had a lot of high tech gadgets that I couldn't name or recognize.

Akin: Welcome back Mr...?
Me: Amoussa, Babatunde Amoussa. 😣
A: Mr Amoussa, are you CIA, MI6 or Interpol?
M: DSS 😡
A: I'm disappointed to say the least! I'm in possession of one the most deadly biological weapons in the world & you're who they sent to stop me?

M: You're a small fry, I take people like you out for fun... 😏
Miguel punched me in the stomach & I vomited part of the ogi I had for breakfast 😭
A: Miguel that's not the way to treat guests...
M: why are you doing this?
A: wow, you're really dumb! I'd indulge you though,

I have created a deadly disease that only I have the cure to. What you're seeing today in Nigeria is just a test run of what is to come, in 1 year when the virus has gone round the world I'd be the richest & most powerful man in the world! 😁

M: So the money you stand to gain is worth more than the lives of the people dying?
A: they're just collateral damage in the grand scheme of things!🙄
M: I'd relish killing you! 😡
A: How would you like to die Mr Amoussa? I'd have loved to infect you with the virus & watch you

Die slowly over 2 weeks but I don't have the luxury of time so I'd just leave you to Miguel.
I put ear plugs in my ear & brought my trump card out of my boxer briefs, a sonic grenade & tossed it in their midst. It detonated leaving everyone temporarily deaf & disoriented

I snatched a gun from Miguel's hip & riddled the bodies of all the men in the room except Akin & Dr Poloski with bullets. I gave Akin a roundhouse kick that sent him reeling to the floor. I locked the bunker from the inside & instructed Dr Poloski to send all the information

About the virus & cure at gun point to my encrypted email & he obliged. I then called for an airstrike to kill of the little army that was waiting for me outside.

Dr Poloski & Akin were eventually arrested & tried for their crimes against humanity. The President & others infected with the virus got the cure.

The end!

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