The Earth Fights Back

Chapter 15

109 15 he trained Americans, fifty of them boarded the strange craft, not knowing whether they would ever return to earth. On the other hand, there was quite some excitement as the young heroes anticipated adventure and glory. There had been much crying the day they were taken away from their homes for preparation, as their loved ones were not told where they were heading to. It was a special mission and kept very secret. The press to which a bit of information concerning strange beings and a possible mission to an unknown planet had been leaked was doing everything to get information, but was kept at bay. Security had never been tighter. Nyamfuka was sitting with the pilot and waiting for takeoff, as soldiers were bustling all over the place arranging their things. This was a hastily built craft for soldiers and lacked all the comfort that was in the original one that Fulumfuchong and his team had taken off in. Everybody thus tried to make himself comfortable in his own way. Nyamfuka was clutching his special communication equipment in his hands. His conversation with Ngess had spurred him to a great extent. The main problem there was the position of Funkuin. She might have assisted Ngess to communicate with him, but her stance would certainly change if she knew what the whole mission was about. Yet, for the mission to succeed he needed to communicate with some trusted person inside Mungongoh. Ngess had given him a vivid picture of the whole scenario. He knew exactly where Fulumfuchong was held prisoner. On the other hand he did not know whether Mungongoh would be anticipating any attack from earth and whether the earth port would be heavily protected against T 110 intruders. In desperation he decided to try his charm on Funkuin and lure her into giving him needed information Funkuin’s phone buzzed and her heart leapt as she noticed that it was a call from her special agent Nyamfuka. “Where are you sweet heart? How are you? In what mess did this horrid Fulumfuchong land you? Are you a prisoner to those dashed earthlings? Ooh my sweetie,” she cooed and would have kept cooing like a turtle dove that is receiving a long lost mate back to the nest, if the artful Nyamfuka had not thought it wise to show greater concern. “I have missed you dear. What has kept me going is the constant hope that you will always be there to receive me. But now, that devilish Fulumfuchong abandoned me here because I refused to join his outrageous attempt to overthrow our gracious king.” Nyamfuka was aware of the fact that apart from the king’s guards, there was no secret police who apply hectic methods to extract information from suspects. He was sure that Fulumfuchong had been summarily sentenced to the champing jaws of the lions without any prosecution magistrates or well paid lawyers competing to prove him guilty or not guilty. It was therefore clear that his actual position had not been revealed. But he needed to create an uncertain situation and through that, extract information from Funkuin. “Sweet heart, although you are my boss, at this dire moments I am taking the risk to express my love to the fullest. Dear, save me.” “I would do anything to save you if only I knew how.” Funkuin replied hastily. “I have discovered that you are the man of my life. Itoff will mean nothing to me now apart from being my boss.” 111 “Dearest,” said Nyamfuka wearily to play more on her heart “Although I am fully innocent, you know the ways of Mungongoh. The king and the high officials will find it difficult to believe that I am not an accomplice of Fulumfuchong, given the fact that I was part of his mission to earth.” “That is true,” she admitted “although I had rather thought that he had eliminated all of you.” “I would have been eliminated like the others if I had not been smart,” replied Nyamfuka. “I played along as if I was with him, but in the end he discovered that I was against his intensions when I was obliged to take my stand. Using my knowledge of the earth, I escaped and hid and he abandoned me. My experience about the earth gathered from previous missions on earth has contributed wonderfully in enabling me to escape from...