Black widow episode 17

Black Widow
Episode 17

“Wait, I don’t un-derstand. You mean your parents are members o Black Widow?” Sonia asked.

The lad walked over to collect the bottle of beer that Sodi was pointing at him.

“Well, where do I even start from?” He began, gulping the drink.

‘Well, get on with it!” Calvin snapped impatiently.

“There is a close family of mine here in South Africa

. The husband is an artist, I don’t know if you have heard about the Fred Exhibition that took place last month here…”

“Oh yea. That was where we got that Van gohl painting on the wall. The man is really multi-talented.” Sonia quic-kly said, pointing to a beautiful art work on the wall.”

“You mean you know the man who painted that?” Calvin asked.

“Yes. I helped avenge him and his family from Tommy, a member o a Black Widow who tried to kill him and who tried to take his wife and kid. While I helped , I got a message about the death of my mother shortly after my father died and since then, I have been working so ha-rd to find out what really caused their death

. Later I found out that he was a Black Widow and now they are also after me and I have to get rid of them before they find me.”

Everyone was quiet until Calvin broke the silence.

‘Well, at least, now we know what is happening. Everyone get your things re-ady, we are going back to Nigeria. Sody, consult with the Triad, I will talk to my men about what we are doing. Boy, you draw us a plan about the ru-by thing and how we can….” Calvin st©pped as the screen on the wall c@m£ into view.

“Wow! I think Fabian is s£nding us a message.” Sonia said, pointing to the screen.

** **

By the time they got to the lab, Fabian, held his breath as the door opened. There were nurses and doctors all surrounding the be-d. He followed the boss inside. His stomach ti-ght£ñed as he saw someone holding a mirror and sitting on the be-d, even though she looked exactly the same, he could tell that she was someone else entirely.

As she sighted them, she smiled.

“Hello Shelby, how are you doing today?”

“Fine thank you.” She replied, rigidly, almost like a robot.

Fabian kept looking at her but she paid no attention to him.

“So father, now that I am well, can I leave this place? I think I am re-ady to do anything you want me to do right now.” She said, still smiling.

The father evaluated her for a while and then put a hand around Fabian.

“Hey Shelby, do you recognize him?”

For a while, his che-st beat ra-pidly as she turned to look at him. As their eyes met, his heart beat paused for a while.

“Of course I do, he is the former head of operation isn’t he?”

Both Father and Fabian exchanged glances.

“So are you saying that is all you know about him?” The father asked again.

“Yes dad. Is there anything else important about him?”

The father smiled satisfactorily.

. “No my darling. There is absolutely nothing.”

“When can I go for operation father? I feel like killing some people right now, it’s kindda exciting isn’t it?”

“Yes it is.” The father replied proudly. “Come daughter, I have a list for you, starting with a doctor in the UK , I’m sure you would know him. He is related to one Michael that used to work for us who we later killed.”

As the father spoke, he kept looking at Fabian or any sign of emotion or weakness but Fabian gave none. He was as rigid as hell even though he was heartbroken because now he knew that Shelby was now a computerized killer and would kill anyone in her p@rt. Right now, even he was not safe.

“Well, that is no problem.” Shelby said, standing up. “I am re-ady to be debriefed.” She said, walking out with her father while Fabian walked behind them. As they got out of there, he pressed the bu-tton around the ring on his f!nger. Hopefully Calvin and the rest would get this on time before anything happens to Michael’s brother.

*** **

“I think I nee-d to do some training alone father.” Shelby said as they got to their weapon room. She tried not to flitch at the sight of so many deadly guns and weapons infront of her, hanging on the wall.

“Are you sure?” The father asked.

“Yes, it will make me concentrate beter.” She replied.

“Alright, take all the time you nee-d and then you can come for your debriefing later.” The father replied, patting her on the back before leaving with Fabian. She knew how much Fabian would have wanted to say something and she badly wanted to talk to him as well but she couldn’t. Right now, she nee-ded to convince her father that whatever the doctors did to her has worked even though she was faking it all.

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“Hold on, I don’t un-derstand.” Sonia said as the screen went off. “ Does this mean that now that the ru-by is out, the lady is not a puppet of the black widow or what?”

“No, no no. This can’t happen.” Shrek said, tapping the couch with his f!nger.

“What is it boy?” Calvin asked, unable to un-derstand what was going on.

“Even if the ru-by is out, nothing should happen to the lady.” Shrek stated.

“I don’t quite follow.” Sody finally said.

“Look. Fabian said….” Sonia started.

‘I don’t know Fabian but I damn know my parents and how brilliant my father was.” Shrek announced standing up and di-pping a hand into his back pocket to bring a little journal

. It looked so old that he had to open the chapters carefully.

“Look, I found this in my father’s stuff where he spoke about the ru-by.” He said and Sonia stood up to join as they studied the writing together.

“According to this journal, the ru-by is …let me say, like an Auminium sulfate, shortly known as alum,when added to raw water reacts with the bicarbonate alkalinities in the water and forms a gelatinous precipitate. This floc attra-cts other fine p@rticles and suspended material in raw water,and Settles down at the bo-ttomof the container”

“English plea-se!” Calvin shouted.

Shrek sighed and began to explain

. “Imagine di-pping a little stone of alum in a cu-p of water that is filled with p@rticles. You know that the p@rticles will settle at the bo-ttomof the water, so when you take the alum away, it doesn’t mean that the p@rticles will come up because p@rts of the alum have dissolved into the water, thus the p@rticles remain at the bottom.

That is how the ru-by works, take it away, nothing will happen to the lady still. She is alre-ady fortified, her blood has mixed with the ru-by, it is strongly fortified against any external attack.”

“But, we all saw her now, she is complying to what her father said.” Sody shouted.

“She must be faking it.” Calvin blurted. “If she is faking it, that means, she is hiding something that we all don’t know and that could jeorpardise our plan.”

“Exactly.” Shrek shouted.

“So what do we do?” Sonia asked.

“Well, we have to find the ru-by.” Calvin and Shrek both said at the same time and then looked at each other. Surprised that they were reasoning alike.

“But we don’t even know who has the ru-by right now.” Sonia replied nervously.

“Well, we don’t but we do have someone with a psychic power.” Sodi replied. “Come Shrek, come with the journal and everyone put off the lights. I will find us the ru-by.”

** **

Some minutes later, they were all sitting in a total darkness with just the light from a candle which Madam Kofi brou-ght that illuminated the room. Sody knelt in the center as the rest joined hands. She held Shrek by the shoulder and la-id the other hand on the journal while she closed her eyes.

“Everyone , I nee-d you to gaze at the candle light and just concentrate on the ru-by, that is how we will find it.”

Calvin wanted to talk but Sonia sh0t him a look which shut him up. Some seconds later, everywhere was as quiet as the grave yard.

Sodi was speaking in an unknown language, Calvin was trying ha-rd not to laugh while Sonia kept pinching him as they sat together. Finally, sodi opened her eyes.

“Laura!” Sodi announced and opened her eyes.

“Well…” Calvin finally spoke.

“I have a name-Laura,.

. I think she has the ru-by.”

“So how are the triads?” Calvin asked but Sodi ignored him.

“We nee-d to contact Fabian, we nee-d to tell him.” Sonia suggested.

“No, it will be too risky, especially if it is true that he is being suspected. “ Calvin put in.

“So how do we get it then?” Sody asked.

“We will use someone else, perhaps someone that is least suppected.” Calvin replied.

“Like a child?” Shrek asked.

“Yea, like that.” Calvin replied.

“Well, I have the perfect kid.” Shrek replied and brou-ght out a phone. quic-kly he dialed a number and put to loudspeaker. “Hi Lisa baby.”

“as-s-hole what do you want?” It was the voice of a lady.

“Come on, I didn’t mean to walk on you when you were n-ked, you refused to d@t£ me and that was a compensation for me so let it go Lisa. plea-se doc!”

The lady scoffed. ‘What do you want Shrek? I am a busy woman you know?”

“Yes I know. I just want to know I little Freddie is still spending his hols with you in Nigeria.”

“Sure why do you ask?”

“Because I miss him and I want him to come see me, I have the latest PS6 which he would love.”

“Nope.”

“Look, I know he is with you because his parents travelled for their exhibition and I know you both don’t get along, so see it as a favour to get him off your hands for just one day.”

The lady was quiet for a while. “Okay, you can have him, but just for few days.”

Shrek grinned. “Thank you. Will tell you once I get to Nigeria.” He ended the call and grinned.

“Well dear avengers crew, I guess we can go to Nigeria now!”