Chapter 2
It’s been a month since the party and she never said a word to them. She knew where it ends up: being teased. That is why keeping her mouth shut was the best decision for all of them. Now, they are in Momo’s apartment, they decided to have a group study and they are just taking a break.
“Baekhyun’s been out in YouTube for awhile. Do you have news about him?” Mina’s asking Momo. They are both friends with the vlogger.
“This isn’t the first time though. He’s probably resting or whatever.” The latter said while scrolling Byun Baekhyun’s twitter account where he’s most active.
“He didn’t even invite me for a game. Baekhyun? Not playing an online game? It’s…. a whole new world.” Mina exaggerates.
“Oh, look! He posted a video yesterday.”
All four of them decided to watch it. Apparently, he almost died more than a month ago but a mysterious man saved him from another unknown man.
Sana narrowed her eyes. He’s familiar.
As a closing, the vlogger recorded himself. “Thanks to that man. As you watched in the video, I wasn’t able to see his face perfectly because it was dark and he wasn’t caught on the camera, he was also in a hurry that it was too late to ask his name. Honestly, aside from updating you guys since I was gone for a while, I really want…. want your help to find this man. But, NO! Not literally that you’ll go around asking people… I know you, guys.” He laughed teasingly in the camera.
“I’m just wondering maybe you recognized this man. That’s a big help to me. I really want to know him, he saved my life afterall. That’s all. Thank you, eris, for your concern and I’m really fine now.”
It ended there.
“That’s intense.” Momo commented before typing in her phone.
Mina is quiet…..ly thinking.
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“Director Kim.” Junmyeon nodded to the lower level agents bowing to him as a greet. As he entered his office, he sees a familiar figure of a woman seating in front of his table. “Myoui.”
She looked at his direction and stood up as a sign of respect for their director.
“What made you come here? Is there something wrong?” He asked worriedly.
“Uh, no. The recent YouTube upload of the vlogger, Byun Baekhyun, just caught my attention. I think there’s something alarming about this.” She opened her phone and let Junmyeon watch the video.
“So, yeah. That happened. I was really scared to go out nowadays even just to buy a meal in front of the building of my condo unit. I also stayed away in social media for a while because…. I don’t know maybe that killer is stalking me or… but don’t worry, my eris! I reported it to the authority. I’m perfectly fine.” Said the vlogger in the video.
They watched until the end and the director just watched intently and observing.
“If he was watching Byun Baekyun the whole time, he’d know the camera isn’t with him. The attacker wasn’t interested of that. He wants to kill him. But the question is why? I only meet him through games, but I know enough that he doesn’t have any enemy that would want to hurt him to that extent.” The agent explained.
“I understand, Mina.” He sighed. “But, how can you say this is under our jurisdiction?”
“We have?” Mina asked unsurely. She knows, their organization runs to enforce peace and ensure the protection of people of their land, South Korea.
“Mina, read the handbook again.”
“I know! I’ve read.” She defended.
“So you understand that this kind of case falls under the care of the police. That attacker could probably be some kind of a psycho that kills anyone that goes in their line of sight.” He explained professionally. “I still have paper works to do, if you’ll excuse me.”
Mina stood there dumbfounded, her instincts tell her it’s not a simple case. Better start a research now then.
As soon as the agent left, Junmyeon picked up his phone to call someone.
“Agent Bae.”
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After three-long hour, the doctor that took part in the surgery are just lying tiredly in the hospital bed in the hallway. Unfortunately, their shift isn’t done with that.
“Uhh. That was exhausting.” Minseok moaned before slowly drifting off to a nap. A loud ringtone woke him up. “God! Whose was that?”
“It’s mine.” Joohyun admitted before shaking off the crumbs of the bread she was eating before running away to go to her patient.
“Should have silenced it.” He sleep-whispered. He was back to sleep not long after.
“I’m off, Minseok-hyung.” It was Jongdae, another resident in their hospital.
“Hmm.” He only hummed.
All the lights are off when he went home, his sister isn’t here yet.
A simple tap on his shoulder woke him up from his seven-hour sleep. Not bad.
“Yerim?” He asked, opening the bedside lamp. It’s already 5:30 in the morning.
His sister is already back in the doorway, waiting for him to look. “Yes, it’s me. I prepared breakfast.”
He smiled, “Okay, I’ll just take a shower.”
It was pancakes and a glass of milk. His favorite meal for breakfast.
“Did you have a good sleep?”
“Thankfully.” He chuckled. “Where were you last night?”
“I stayed at my friend’s.” He just nodded. He knows who her friends are, she probably stayed with Dahyun’s. “I forgot to bring any change of clothing since it was not planned that’s why I went home early.”
They ate their breakfast in silence. They always preferred a quiet morning. After a while, Jongdae’s phone rang, as expected.
“I’m going now. Take care.” He kissed her in the forehead on the way out.
Maybe the reason he had such a long and restful sleep because he as unconsciously preparing for a long tiring day. Because there was an accident in the high-way.
One of the patients that came has serious injuries was a high school classmate of his sister: Yuta. He greeted him smiling as if he wasn’t a part of the recent event. There were only scratches in his elbows and cheeks. There are more patients that needs Jongdae’s attention so he let an intern check the patient but after a surgery he took part in, the same intern told him the bad news. Yuta died.
And it wasn’t because of the accident…. it was a stab wound.
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It’s been minutes since she started running without any destination. Her only goal is to get away from the person that’s been following her since her runway was finished. She should have let her driver drive her to her condo unit. Okay, calm down. Just go wherever your feet leads you.
Just to her bad luck. She’s stuck in a corner with no other way out but to go back and pass the person – who she now recognizes as a woman - who was tailing her.
“Okay, I think this is secluded enough.” She said, looking behind her to see if a lot of people are passing by or just simply passing that street. “Yeah, it’s good.”
“Who are you?”
The woman stepped forward where a light is peeking from a nearby window. She knew this woman! It’s her co-model’s personal photographer! She has seen her multiple times in events both of the models attended. All this time?
“You are Park Chaeyoung’s photographer! What did you to her? Why are you following me?”
“Don’t get it wrong, I’m just someone who has a… hmm… motive. Good or bad, it depends on your belief. But rest assured, I’m not here to murder you.” She sat cross-legged on the ground. “Though I was disappointed with one thing. They said you have potential, but why did you run?” She sighed, disappointed. She narrowed her eyes in question. What is this person talking about? The photographer looked at her and saw her eyes. “Oh! I was hoping, you know, you fight me and I fight back and we have a match. But what did I get? Running! It was so hard not to laugh just so I can keep that mysterious person, about to kill you, persona you think I am.”
This woman gets on her nerves. “Maybe I ran because I knew I have skills to put up with you.”
“Woahhh!” She laughed at her response. “Interesting, but we’ll have a thousand chance if you accept what I’m about to say.” She turned serious.
“What?”
“I am Agent Kim Jennie from the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division or SHIELD for short. And, you, Chou Tzuyu, are being recruited or….. asked to join our organization.
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