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When you realise that the timer ends somewhere in the middle of your Math exam…

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༻Your Appearance Messed Me Up(yuyeon)༺

Alternative ending (not the legit ending but just like another possible way that ends happy)

Soyeon's POV

I had just killed the last guard that was in front of me. I scrunched my face with a looked of disgust as I kicked the dead body away. Suddenly, I heard and ear-splitting scream coming from behind me. I whipped my head around and saw Song Bin holding Yuqi with one hand and her metallic arm with the other. I could see the mess at Yuqi's shoulder where the metallic arm used to be. 

I felt a burning pit of fire boiling within me as I charged forward as time around me seemed to slow down. I crashed into Song Bin and tackled him onto the ground, making drop Yuqi. Luckily, she landed on her two feet. Minnie immediately rushed to help her sit down against the wall. I punched Song Bin hard. 

"This is for Yuqi..." One punch. "This is for breaking her arm..." Another punch. "This is for stabbing her..." Another punch. "This is for killing Yuqi's parents..." Another punch. The list goes on. I punched Song Bin again and again. The boiling pit of fire never faded. It felt as if he deserved to be helpless, lifeless, hopeless. He did not deserve it after whatever he did to Yuqi. The torture he made her go through. The torture he made me go through after I was used as a pawn to kill that bodyguard beside Mr. Kim. I laughed inwardly at my innocence. How could I have not realised?

Mr. Kim, just another pawn of Song Bin's, maybe a bishop or a knight, but in the end, still his chess piece. 

I left him on the floor, unconscious. I picked up the pistol that was left on the floor by one of the guards and walked towards Yuqi. I handed the gun to her and said, "The kill is for you to take." Yuqi took the gun shakily in her right hand and pointed at Song Bin. She fired all the bullets in the pistol as if she was trying to shoot one bullet for each person, each reason she wanted revenge on him for.

I slowly knelt down beside her and took out my shirt. I tore my shirt into strips of fabric and bandaged Yuqi's arm. Then, I hugged her, princess style and headed out of the compound. I walked onto one of the boats that Song Bin used to get onto the island and put Yuqi down in one of the seats. Minnie, Soojin, Shuhua and Lucas followed behind. I pushed Lucas off the boat. "You don't deserve to be in the same place as Yuqi. Because of you, she is in that state." I snarled at him and guided the boat into the sea.

I rushed Yuqi to the hospital. She was fine after a long surgery. It was saddening for me to see that she would be without her left hand but I was glad that we still get to be together.

Over the next few months, Yuqi stayed in the hospital while I started focusing on my music again. Shuhua and Soojin went to Taiwan for a while since it was Shuhua's hometown. Minnie had found a recording pen on Mr. Kim's table and recorded the conversation and whatever happened next. She handed it as evidence to the police and it was enough to issue a warrant to shut down all the companies under Song Bin's name for further investigation.

The entire branch of the Korean and Chinese mafia were eventually rooted out, leading to evidence of other mafia branches all over the world. Minnie was given a badge of honor, which she rejected in return of the innocence and a second chance of Yuqi, Soyeon, Shuhua and Soojin.

Minnie and Miyeon also got together after Minnie confessed her feelings after all the things she had went through. Minnie did not want to live with anymore regrets.

few months later

"Look! Shuhua and Soojin look so cute together!" Yuqi held up her phone, scrolling through Instagram and showing the picture to Soyeon. "Yep. Maybe one day we can go on a vacation together too." Soyeon looked at the picture. She gave Yuqi a small peck on the lips and started to go to the kitchen.

"That's it?" Yuqi pouted and looked at Soyeon. The latter turned her head. Yuqi stood up and walked to Soyeon. She cupped her face with her hands and pulled her into a passionate kiss. Soyeon moaned as Yuqi flicked her tongue on her lips. "What about dinner?" Soyeon mumbled. "Fuck dinner." 

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༻Your Appearance Messed Me Up(yuyeon)༺

Chapter 25/25 - epilogue

Third-person

In Minnie's right hand was a recording pen. She had seen it when she first walked into the room. She hoped that with all the evidence that Yuqi found and an audio recording of what happened just now might help to check X Company an hopefully bring down the Korean branch of the mafia. 

Soyeon carried Yuqi up princess-style and walked out of the room. Minnie, Soojin, Shuhua and Lucas followed behind her. They found the boats that Song Bin used to come to island and headed back to Korea. 

1 week later

A small funeral was held for Yuqi. Miyeon also went. Minnie handed the evidence to the higher-ups in the police station. She also told them that Shuhua, Soojin, Yuqi and Soyeon helped her tremendously during her investigation, helping to prove them innocent. X Company was closed down by the government and many files regarding all the mafia activities that the company has done. Some also had leads to other branches all around the world.

Minnie and Miyeon decided to start dating. Soyeon constantly visits Yuqi. She would sit for hours in front of her just enjoying the company. 

Ten years later

Two little girls play with each other on the grass patch in a park. Sitting under the shade not too far away are 5 women. Shuhua and Soojin sat beside each other as the younger rest her head on the older's shoulder. Minnie and Miyeon interlocked their fingers. Soyeon was just sitting in the corner writing on a notepad. 

The younger girl fell down and started tearing up. Miyeon stood up immediately to see if she was alright. "I still can't believe we are married for 2 years already." Minnie muttered, her eyes never leaving Miyeon as the latter helped the child up and checked if she had hurt herself anywhere.

"Hmph. And the two couples calling me out just so that ya'll can talk about your children." Soyeon said with a hint of sarcasm in her tone. "It's fine. After all you seem to be really independent on your own. I mean, you have your own studio. You write songs for famous people. You are a producer, literally living your dream." Soojin said.

"All alone." Soyeon replied sadly. "Not alone, we are still your friends, we are still with you." Shuhua said, her smile wistful. "We all miss her." 

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༻Your Appearance Messed Me Up(yuyeon)༺

Chapter 24/25 + bonus chapter

Song Bin's POV - few hours ago

I was lucky that I knew that little boy, Lucas he was called. Lucky that Yuqi never told him my real identity. He had just called me moments ago, giving the coordinates for the place where Yuqi was currently at. The only reason why he helped me was because he had a huge crush on Yuqi and I promised him that I would betroth Yuqi to him.

We met at the docks and headed towards the coordinates he gave me. After an hour, we reached the island, I could see a water ski on the shore. I did not care much. Whoever that was inside will cower at the sight of all my guards. We walked through the jungle as my guards scouted ahead, Lucas looked like he was scared. I did not care, he was just a pawn. If Yuqi dies at my hand, I will not even let him live. 

A guard ran back to me to report that he had seen a metal door, which might be the entrance, just up ahead. I quickened my pace and walked into a clearing, where there was a metal door right in front of an entrance to what seemed like a cave. I knew better. It was the entrance to a base. 

My guards also managed to bring back one of the soldiers that were patrolling the area. They took the access card and waiting for me to tell them what to do. "Open the door. Kill the soldier somewhere else." I instructed lazily. I walked into the compound and looked around. There was no one around, but I could hear the faint sound of gunfire downstairs.

I went to stairs and walked down to the level where I could see figures walking into a room. I headed and waited a short distance from the door such that the people inside cannot see me. I could hear someone telling everyone to go. I signalled at one of my guards to stop the person that was coming out and I followed him into the room.

"Surprise, surprise." I said, smiling slightly, spreading out my arms to face them. I saw one of them move towards the table that was present in the room and she seemed to be searching for something. I signalled at a guard to hold her up. 

Soyeon's POV

I saw that man walk into the room. It was not shocking, what was shocking was the person that followed behind him, he was the one that I turned to for help to track Yuqi. "You." I seethed. Yuqi saw my reaction. "Are the two of you familiar?" She said looking at me for the first time. "I let him crack the code of the tracking device. I never knew that he will be working for Song Bin!" I practically shouted. My eyes were glinting murderously, if looks could kill, that man will be dead for over a hundred times.

Yuqi clearly looked hurt. "He never does that. Lucas is against all this mafia stuff." She defended. 'Lucas' she says, they sound so close. I felt a tinge of jealously rising within me. "Lucas." I mimicked. "Lucas over here is the reason why that man is here!" I pointed at Song Bin. I turned around and saw Minnie struggling against the guard that was holding her. She was being held in a headlock. "And the reason why she is currently being held captive and we can't do anything at all." I continued, pointing at Minnie.

"Lucas?" Yuqi looked at him and asked, the pleading look in her eyes made feel another pang of jealousy. "I really liked you. Your father told me that he would betroth you to me if I help him find you." Lucas muttered. I was practically burning with anger. So this guy has a crush on Yuqi. "You know that I do not have that kind of feeling towards you. You cannot force me to do what i do not want to. And that man is not my father. He's a fake." Her voice changed when she looked at Song Bin.

"What happened to your hand?" Song Bin asked, finally able to speak. "Oh, I don't know. Probably not because of infection because someone decided to stab me and made sure that I bled a lot. He also made sure that I was drugged. This is just a new upgrade." 

"He stabbed you?" Lucas asked, clearly shocked y how quickly things were changing. "Yes, pretty boy, he stabbed her." I sounded as if I was talking to a child. I wanted to make Yuqi jealous. 

Then, I charged. I flung myself onto one of the guards, killing him with a dagger that was always hidden up in my sleeve. Shuhua and Soojin followed. They both started dodging attacks and throwing punches at the guards. That Lucas boy went to help Minnie with the guard.

Yuqi's POV

I saw Soyeon running to one of the guards and attacking him with a dagger. Shuhua and Soojin also joined the fight. Lucas went to help Minnie. I looked at Song Bin. "I guess it's just the both of us now." I willed my metallic hand to turn into a dagger. Song Bin pulled out a thin sword from his cane.

Then, I ran towards him, my left hand pulled backwards. I dodged an attack the was coming from his sword and wanted to slash his stomach. Unfortunately, the attack was blocked by him. He proceeded to swing his arms towards me. I blocked the attack with my metallic arm and held his hand before his left fist came into contact with my face. I jumped back quickly and pranced back into action.

I pretended that I was trying to attack him on the right, then I suddenly side-stepped and attacked him on the right of his torso. I managed to draw blood but I was also cut a little on my back as I stopped behind him. I changed my stance and charged again. He blocked my dagger but I flicked it out of his hand. It flipped a few rounds in the air before landing somewhere behind me.

He was shocked at first but when I charged at him again, he smiled and cracked his fingers. He grabbed my metallic hand with his right. I tried to punch him with my right but he caught that hand in his left. I was entirely at his mercy. My eyes widened in shock. he proceeded to the pull my right and my left hands in the opposite direction. I felt a splitting pain at an area near my shoulder. I could feel the metal arm being ripped along with some of my flesh where it was connected at first.

I screamed in pain. I could see Song Bin smiling so happily, like as if he won. The only thing is this time he truly won, I can do nothing against it. I watched helplessly as he pulled out a gun and pointed it at my heart. "Bye-bye, my little niece. You've lost." Then he pulled the trigger. Then, I felt it again. The pain of being shot by a bullet. I could feel the blood in my body stop circulating. 

I could not feel which wound was much more pain, the one at my heart or the one at my shoulder. I knew I had 6 minutes left in my life ever since I was shot. I used a last burst of energy and escaped out of his grip, running to the sword that he had. I picked it up. I ran back to him and slit him in his throat. He still had not recovered from the shock. I guess he had to pay more attention in Biology. I thought bitterly.

Soyeon's POV

I had just killed the last guard and was looking at his dead body with a little disgust when I heard a ear-splitting scream. I whipped my head around only to see the metallic arm that Yuqi had severed and in Song Bin's hand. I saw the mess at Yuqi's left shoulder. She was bleeding too much. I wanted to move, I wanted to ran into that man. I wanted to kill him. I wanted to make him pay for doing everything to Yuqi. But I could not move, not at all.

I watched in horror as he pulled out a gun and shot her in her heart. "NOOO!" I  could hear myself shout in slow-motion, it was as if time had slowed. Tears started flowing out of my eyes as I tried to move again. My movements felt so sluggish. I watched in horror as I watched Yuqi run to the sword and run back, slitting Song Bin's throat. Then, I suddenly gained the feeling of my legs and ran towards Yuqi. 

She looked really tired and there was a bit of blood dripping from her mouth. She sat down against a wall.

"No, no, no, no, no. Tell me this isn't real. Please." I sobbed. She held my face in her hands. Forcing me to look into her eyes. "It's all real. It's all real. I came to Korea because I had a plan. You were not part of it. Nor was anything that happened in the past few days. Don't blame yourself. I knew that I had the possibility of dying the first moment when I stole those files. Shhh, Soyeon."

I started hiccupping, I could accept it at all. She kissed me softly on my lips, I could taste her blood mixing with my tears. "I love you Soyeon." She mumbled. "I love you too Yuqi, I love you too. Please tell me that this is just a terrible nightmare and I will wake up tomorrow morning beside you. Please." I sobbed even harder. "I can't." She mumbled. Her hands dropped onto shoulder and her head dropped such that her chin touched her chest. She fell towards me.

The entire surroundings went silent as I screamed, so hard that I felt like as if my throat would bleed. Why Yuqi? Why did you have to leave me? 

Third-person

Shuhua sobbed silently in the arms of Soojin as the latter shed tears silently. Lucas had his entire face scrunched up, tears fighting its way out of his eyes. Minnie wiped her tears with a piece of tissue with her left hand while she held something else in her right.

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Chapter 23/25 + bonus chapter

Yuqi's POV - 1 day later

I woke up on a hard bed inside a small cell. The walls and the bars were a made of shiny metal. I could not feel the pain where my wound was. I flexed my fingers, only to hear a faint whirring of a machine. I looked down at my hand. My arm, it was covered in metal. I was horrified. Who did it to me? 

I looked around the place even more. I think the cell was inside a lab. I must've been experimented on. I looked at my hand. I had no idea what to do with it. I slowly flexed it. I think the metal arm was connected to my nerves and stuff like that so I could control it. I did not know the potential of the metallic arm itself so I really needed to find a place to test it out. 

I looked up and saw someone enter the lab. He took a wheelchair and parked it outside the cell. "Hello, my dear. It's time for another test." He unlocked the gate and placed me onto the wheelchair. I did not do anything as he guided me to another room, a room with all sorts of things that could shoot laser rays. I was carried onto a bed. Just as he was about to turn around, I grabbed his neck with the metallic arm and stood up.

"Tell. Me. What is this?" I growled, my voice dangerously low. "I - I don't know." I squeezed his neck even harder. "Boss... Boss- he made me-" I frowned, who was this boss he was talking about? "Who is 'Boss'?" I asked him. "Mr.- Mr. Kim!" I replied. Mr. Kim? I was really getting soft, tricked by that stupid man. I tutted at myself and let him go. I was walking to the door when the metallic arm started acting on its own. It turned to the back and blocked a bullet shot by the man.

I turned and looked at the metallic arm in shock. What else can it do? I snapped out of my reverie and looked at the man. He was about to shoot. I quickly charged towards him and knocked the gun out of his hand. I held him with my right hand, choking him. The metallic arm suddenly pulled itself back and where the hand used to be is now a dagger and it looked really sharp.

The man flinched when he saw the blade. I bet he did not think that the metallic arm he created would one day be used against him. I willed the blade to retract. It did. The man seem to have eased considerably. Then I took a scapel from one of the tables and slit his throat. I suppose he has not use to me. With the metallic arm, I could easily break out of this place. 

I willed the metallic arm to have a sword and walked out of the lab. I will get out of this place alive. 

Soyeon's POV

I walked onto the island and through the trees. When I emerged in the opening, I was shocked by what I saw. There was a metallic door at the entrance of a cave. The door started beeping and I hid in some bushes. I saw a man that was holding a gun walk out. He may be part of the patrol crew. I waited for him to leave. Then, another man appeared from the trees somewhere else. I rushed out of the bushes and tackled him to the ground, knocking his gun out of his hands.

He was clearly shocked. I quickly snatched his access card and tied the man to a tree and beat him unconscious. I placed the card on the indicator and gained access into the place inside. It seemed to be a base. Who would do such a thing? I quickly went into a random room. I noticed a surveillance camera. I wanted them to know that I was here. I will be getting my girlfriend.

I smiled at the camera like a maniac. I wanted them all to know that I was here. I will kill if I need to. I smashed my way down the floors until I got to the lowest one. I saw Minnie, Soojin and Shuhua locked in them. They were clearly shocked when they saw me. "Why are you here?" Soojin asked me first. 

"Yuqi's here." I quickly replied, walking down the hallway in search of keys. I could not see Yuqi on this layer. Maybe she was somewhere else. I found a guard and took the keys from him. Since he tried to attack me, he was hurt gravely. I unlocked the doors of the cells holding the three of them. We were just about to go up the steps when I saw a figure with a metallic arm?

I crouched down and followed her. She seemed to be attacking anyone who was in her way. I could see a sword on the tip of the metallic arm instead of a normal hand. The sword was dripping in blood. I had a feeling that she may be someone that I know. Minnie, Soojin and Shuhua followed behind me closely. The figure seemed to be finding for someone. 

She stopped in front of a door that says 'Kim'. Is it that bastard? That Kim dude that took her? She smashed the door down and went in. I was not able to follow since another wave of guards saw us and were heading in our direction. I picked up an assault rifle from one of the fallen guards and started firing at the guards that were coming. The others quickly did the same. 

When all the guards dead, I turned to look in the direction of the office. "What the hell is this?" I could her a female voice. It sounded so familiar. "Yuqi?" Shuhua and I mumbled. I quickly ran to the door and saw Yuqi standing there. She was holding the end of the sword at Mr. Kim. "Your wound was infected. I wouldn't want my sweetheart's only child to die from an infection would I?" He smiled.

"You are not deserving of my mother. She was better off without men. Why did I even trust you?" She murmured the last sentence as she stabbed Mr. Kim in his left chest. She turned around seeing us. She had a twinge of horror in her eyes. She never met my eyes. I was concerned. "Let's leave." She mumbled, the sword turning back to a hand.

She brushed past me and walked towards the corridor, only to be pushed back by a figure emerging through the smoke.

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Chapter 22/25 + bonus chapter

Song Bin's POV

It was 1 hour after I had reached my base. I was still sitting at my study room desk. I still could not shake the feeling of those eyes of that woman. 

I heard the alarm blare somewhere below my feet as I heard guards shocking indistinctly. I was really annoyed. What a nuisance they are causing! I pressed the button to the telecom and asked my right-hand man to find me and tell me what had happened. I did not hear him come and find me, even after a long time. I was getting worried.

I grabbed my pistol, loaded it with bullets and walked out of the study room. I kept the gun pointing at the forward direction as I slowly made my way down to the cells. The halls were eerily empty, there was no one, no one at all. I made my way down to the cells. I nearly dropped my gun at the sight in front of me. The cells holding Mr. Kim, Shuhua and the other 2 girls were all empty. There was a big hole in the ceiling, tunneling through all the layers of soil and rock, reaching the surface outside. All my guards were either gravely injured or dead. My right-hand man was no exception. 

Who did this?

Shuhua's POV - 10 minutes ago

I was sitting on my bed, looking at the surroundings, mapping a floor plan of all the cells. I was looking closely at Mr. Kim. He seemed to be pulling something out of his pocket. I continued to look at him. It was some kind of gadget. A weapon, by the looks of it. I looked closely at the gadget, it looked like as if it was a weapon from the future.

He pointed the gadget at the bars of the cell and broke out. The breaking out of a prisoner evoked an alarm, causing guards to swarm into the level from the stairs. Mr. Kim pointed his gadget at the middle of the throng. A ray blasted out of it, the smell of burning flesh filled the air. I knew that Soojin and Minnie were as shocked as I was. The gadget blasted through the men, leaving a perfect hole in the body of whoever the ray hit. After Mr. Kim dealt with all the guards, he unlocked my cell, he walked in and tied my hands behind my back.

He pushed me out of the cell. Turns out Yuqi's gone soft. Mr. Kim was not someone she should've trusted. He did the same to Soojin and Minnie. Minnie was smart enough to keep quiet. Mr. Kim wore a jetpack and attached harnesses to each of us. He proceed to blast through the ceiling and flew through the place.

We were brought to a place somewhere over the ocean. Apparently he had an island bought. He locked us into a place with cells that were made or super hard and shiny metal. I could hear the sound of electronic mechanics in one of the rooms that I assumed was a lab. Soojin was in the cell beside me. I sat down on the hard bed as I saw her kick the wall.

"Why did I agree to help her? God dammit, look where I am now!" She vented the anger on the poor wall. I could understand where she was coming from but I Yuqi took more blows, more shots that really hurt, and Soojin's problems seemed a lot smaller then Yuqi's. It was rare for Soojin to lose her cool like that. She was a naturally calm person and I have never seen her lose her cool.

It was a nice side of her. She looked cute. Minnie was in the cell opposite of me. She seemed silent. I was never able to read or even understand was going on in that mind of hers. She seemed to be someone with a lot of brains. I mean, she could fight, she was smart and she was a police inspector. If Mr. Kim let her go, he would be in deep trouble for detaining a member of the police.

Soyeon's POV - Soojin's house

I patched up my wound. It did not hurt anymore. I feel like as if it healed on its own but the only main difference is that I feel no pain at my wound so I did not know what I should do. I was at a lost of what to do. Song Bin took Yuqi, Soojin, Shuhua, Minnie and that Kim man. What should I do?

I quickly changed my clothes and headed to the convenience store that I used to work at. I entered the shop and saw Miyeon at the counter. Her eyes lit up when she saw me. "Soyeon!" She smiled brightly and hugged me. I returned the gesture. "You look a lot different." She said, pulling away from the hug a second later.

I just smiled and did not answer to the statement. "Do you know how to track people?" I asked. Miyeon seemed taken aback by what I said. She thought for a moment. "I think I know someone. Why? What's going on? Is Minnie hurt?" She seemed genuinely worried. "The two of you confirmed your relationship yet?" I could sense that Miyeon still likes Minnie so I teased her. She turned a shade of brilliant red.

"I will tell you some other day. It's important." I got back to the reason why I found her. She gave me an address, saying that I was really lucky that he was in Korea right now. I thanked her and quickly went to the address that she gave me. 

Knock! Knock! I knocked on the door of the address Miyeon gave me. A man of around 20 opened the door. "What do you want?" He asked, clearly really careful. "A friend of mine told me that you were good at hacking devices. I'm here for consultation." I replied. He opened the door and let me into his apartment. He pointed at the chair at the dining table. "Take a sit." He invited.

I brushed past him and sat down there. I handed him a tracking device. Yuqi and I have a tracking device that will reach the other as long as there is satellite connection but I cannot hack the code on the device. "So this is what you want to consult about?" He asked. He picked it up and looked at it closely. He expression immediately changed. "You know Yuqi." It was a statement, not a question. "You are Chinese." I replied.

"What happened?" He asked, clearly worried. "None of your business." I replied. "I can pay you any amount. Just track her." He plugged the device into his computer and tried to hack into the system, only turning out to fail after multiple tries. I grew impatient and looked at his computer screen. I recognised the code. It was similar to one of the score of the pieces that I wrote. I pointed it out to the guy. He realised where I was coming at and quickly cracked the program. 

He was clearly happy at his feat, but I was more focused on the symbols that were appearing. They were in a specific code, something that I had memorised such that it was a part of me. I got the coordinates of where Yuqi was at. I quickly paid the guy, took the tracker and headed to the closest dock. I rented a water ski and bought extra oil. I took off on the water ski into the ocean. I am really close to place where she was held at.

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Chapter 21/25 + bonus chapter

Soyeon's POV

I screamed as hard as I could when I saw that terrible specimen of a human being stab Yuqi right where her gunshot wound was. It was evident that he saw I had shot her. I tried to fight that stupid man that was holding me. I kicked as hard I could but the man was too strong. Furthermore, he was covering my mouth, hard, so hard that I cannot even open my mouth to bite him.

I could feel the man holding me shaking due to my violent movements. He only seemed to tighten the arm that was at my neck. He never seemed to give in. I could see the blood that was flowing out of the wound quickly seeping into the fabric of the hospital clothes. I knew Yuqi was in pain. I wanted to help her, to leave this place. Then, I saw the man holding Yuqi take out a cloth from his clothes and pressed it onto Yuqi's nose and mouth. Her eyes slowly drooped and closed. She collasped and the man picked her up. I sturggle against the man holding me even harder, trying with all my might to escape.

It was not successful as I watch Mr Kim, Minnie, Miyeon, Shuhua and finally Soojin all had their nose and mouth covered up, then they all passed out. The man that was holding dropped me onto a chair and tied my hands behind my back. Song Bin turned to look at me while he waved his hands at all the other guards to bring the others somewhere.

"Pathetic man." I spat at him. He only looked amused. "So, little girl, tell me what did you do to make Yuqi fall for you?" He bent down such that his eyes were levelled with mine. "I don't know. Why don't you ask her? Oh, I forgot, she passed out." I mocked in a highly sacarstic tone. He seemed really annoyed by my reaction. "You little bitch. I see that she learnt to speak just like you, and uncultured, random person."

"Well I can see that you are really into good education. I can see that you don't have that. Who would've known that a really cultured person would be over here trying to murder or hurt his brother's bloodline. A cultured person would not do that. A cultured person will not even be in the mafia." I retaliated. His face clenched due to his fury. He unsheathed his dagger and pointed it at me, as if threatening me to repeat what I had just said.

I looked back at him, straight in his eyes. They were light brown, so similar to Yuqi's, so easy to fall into. The only difference was that those eyes have lost their colour, like as if its owner has given up the will to live and purely living due to revenge. (Approach with caution cause its still a gruesome paragraph that is coming up)

He was taken aback when I looked at him. His face quickly contorted and he pulled back his hand that was holding the dagger and I felt it for a fraction of a second. Then, I felt it, the pain, the feeling of being pierced. I felt the dagger, it was not as cold as I thought it would be. I was stabbed in my stomach. I grunted in pain and coughed up a little blood. So this was similar to what Yuqi felt. I thought. I looked back at the man standing in front of me. I smiled, quite devilish I would say. I don't know what he saw in my eyes. He was shocked as he let go of the dagger and slowly stumbled backwards. 

I kept smiling at him, as if telling him that he was terrible at whatever he was doing.

Song Bin's POV

I see that little girl staring back at me after she got stabbed, smiling at me. I looked into her eyes and felt like as if she was saying "You little piece of shit. I will make sure that you feel whatever Yuqi and I felt. I will make sure that you feel it hundred-fold. I felt like as if I was staring into the eyes of Satan, who was here to take my life. 

She scared me. That is a first in my entire life. I hardened and sharpened myself such that I don't feel, I never felt afraid. Today, she scared me. I stumbled backwards, unable to control myself. I felt like I was looking in the eyes of a maniac, a killing machine that was only held at bay by her master, someone who had unlocked their potential and is not afraid to use it. 

I quickly signalled at my guards to drug her and carry Yuqi and that kid into the van. I would have all of them held captive. 

Soyeon's POV

I saw him signal at a man to drug me. I held my breath when the pressed the cloth onto my nose and my mouth. I pretended to pass out as I felt the man behind me untie my hands and put them beside me. I opened my eyes and pulled the dagger out of my stomach. I slashed at the man that untied me. I was lucky to have slashed at his face. 

I saw him stumble as he covered his face. I covered my wound with my left hand as I held the dagger in my right. The hilt fit perfectly in my hands. I saw in slow-motion when the other man headed for me. I saw his fist swing backward, I left my reflexes take over. I dodged the blow and stabbed him on his side. He crumpled to the ground. Seems like muscles are also vulnerable to weapons.

I looked at Song Bin, a devilish smile creeping up my face. He probably saw it. Song Bin must've been really intimidated. He turned on his heels and ran out of the room. I knew that I couldn't chase after him in my current state. I turned to look at Yuqi, she was still collapsed on the hospital bed. I finally saved her. I smiled as I walked over to her.

The two men creeped to me, for some reason, I felt like as if my sense were enhanced as I quickly turned and slashed a swift movement. I slit both of their throats. The crumpled and fell like dolls at my feet. I placed the dagger down and went to find bandages for Yuqi. I left the room. When I was back, Yuqi was gone, so was the dagger. I slammed my fist onto the wall in frustration. I should not have left. Now that scum took her. I will make him pay.

Man A (One of the men that creeped up on her) - moments ago

I saw John slowly stood up. We needed to kill this woman. She was too much of an enemy to our boss. Just when we were almost about to grab her, she turned around and perfectly slit Kohn's throat, then mine. John's face was one of total shock. In my last moments of consciousness, I saw that the woman was glowing, literally. I could see a mad glint in her eyes.

Song Bin's POV - after he went back to his base in Korea

I was still shaken by the encounter with that woman. She had a mad-ish glow in her eyes. Something foreign. Something inhuman. I recalled clearly that she was glowing. I still shudder at the memory. My right-hand man told me that he saw to the locking of Minnie, Soojin, Shuhua and that Kim guy into the cells of my base. I slammed my fist on my desk. I let Yuqi escape, again. It will be harder to get her now, especially with that woman with her.

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Chapter 20/25 + bonus chapter

⚠⚠⚠WARNING⚠⚠⚠There may be certain parts of this chapter that may be disturbing for some readers. Do approach with caution.

Yuqi's POV

It was really draining telling the entire crew and helping them catch up with whatever that has been happening. I knew that Soyeon was angry at me. Partly for not telling her about the things that I kept from her and partly because I told her nothing about who I was and where I went, making her really really worried. I was practically drained so everyone went out except for Soyeon. I think she still feel bad from being the reason behind my wound.

She sat silently at my bedside, holding my hand, ready to help me anytime when I felt painful due to my wound. I felt like as if time had stopped as I looked into her eyes. She looks so cute when she was worried. There was a muffled crash somewhere outside the room. I immediately perked up. What was going on? I quickly got my answer when the door was forcefully smashed open and a large beefy man walked in. He waited at the door, as if he was waiting for someone to come.

Soyeon was already on her feet, she had a dagger in her left hand and was already slowly approaching the man at the door. Damn, she is so hot. I thought, while trying not to lose focus of the situation around me. Then, another beefy man walked in, he took a look at Soyeon and headed towards her. She threw a punch at his stomach with her right hand. The man only seemed to be frustrated. Although Soyeon had skill, the man had brute force, and that was all he needed. The dagger in Soyeon's hands was quickly knocked to the floor. I watched helplessly as she was held into a headlock and moved to a far corner from the room, not too far away, just enough so that I could her, not too close.

Then, a man in a white tuxedo walked in with his cane. "Dad?" I asked, acting. "What're you doing? Let go of her." Song Bin smirked mysteriously. He waved his hand and signalled more of his men to come into the room. I could see Soojin, Shuhua, Minnie and even Mr. Kim being held in a firm headlock by his men. I knew by what I was seeing that the sound of glass breaking that I heard just now was caused by them. The security cameras were probably destroyed. All the nurses were probably either held captive or already dead. All of my friends were placed strategically in different places, such that no one can help each other. 

"My dear little niece, there's no need to hide anymore is there?" Song Bin laughed maniacally. "What do you want?" I spat, no longer having a reason to be nice to him. 

"Oh, harsh. I think I still prefer the old Yuqi. The innocent little girl is gone ain't she?" He mocked. I did not make any reactions to what he said. He held his hand out and the man that was holding the door for him reached into one of the inside pockets and took out an antique dagger that was sheathed. He placed it onto Song Bin's hand. Song Bin looked at the dagger like it was piece of artwork. "Pretty ain't it?" He asked me while looking at the dagger. "It's gonna be a pity to dirty it with that blood of yours ain't it? That dirty blood you have, the one of the 'prodigy', the 'perfect child'" He said darkly.

He slowly turned his head to face me and leaned over the bed and looked at me while the man who held the door dragged me by my hair and pushed my head forward, such that my face was inches away from Song Bin's. I could hear Soyeon's muffled grunts as she tried to break free from the man that was holding her. I looked into those eyes of my uncle's. "Ironic ain't it. Brothers, bound by blood. Similar to every physical feature but who knew. The younger one looks so terrible on the inside." I smirked at the shock that was coursing through Song Bin's face. 

His facial expression changed really quickly. From the shock a moment ago to the hardening of his facial features, like he was angry at me. The man that was holding my hair quickly shifted his hands so that he held mine down. Song Bin quickly wiped that smirk off my face as he slapped me, hard. My face turned quickly to the side. I could feel his hands squeezing my cheeks forcefully as he made me face him. I think the deadly stare in my eyes earned me another slap. 

"Bitch. Slut. A creation of a foul, vile creature." Song Bin seethed. I stared, hard into those eyes of his. It was the same shade of brown as that of my father. The only difference was that there was no sign of humanity, no sign of a feeling in those eyes. The eyes have lost their sparkle. My father's eyes would always have a sparkle no matter how dire the situation was. My father believes, Song Bin doesn't.

"The reason why you are always behind my father is because you've lost all hope in life." I told him, as sincere as I could. It was hard to feel sympathy for such a man. "Hope, what an underrated word. Do you even know what hope is little bitch? Hope is the will to live." He sneered.

"Hope is believing. It's apparent you don't have that." I retorted. He seemed really angry after hearing what I had said. He unsheathed the dagger and held it under my chin, such that the flat part of the dagger was touching my skin. I could feel the coldness of the metal, but it was not as bad as the coldness I felt in my blood. I was childish enough to think that Song Bin was like my father, maybe he could change, I realised tonight how funny that thought was. I am not like my father, I did not have hope all the time. And I knew, deep down, my father died partially because he had a hope, a hope that Song Bin could and would change.

I could feel the blade slowly angling such that the sharp part of the blade slowly, but surely, cut into my skin. It started to sting. I knew any move that I make might make that cut I had fatal. I felt a little bit of warmth against the cold blade. I must've started to bleed. Shuhua, Soyeon and Minnie were probably struggling to get out of the grasp of the big men. I could hear muffled grunts and see Shuhua kicking her legs in the air. 

I made sure that my face looked like as if I had admitted defeat. Song Bin seemed to have fallen for it, he slowly removed to blade and took out a handkerchief to wipe my blood off the blade. Then he looked at me. He held the blade against my cheekbone and slashed a shallow cut for good measure. He turned the blade over and over, admiring it. Suddenly, I could hear the sound of the wind then I felt excruciating pain. (If you are afraid/ feel uncomfortable when the feeling of being stabbed is described, please skip the next paragraph)

He stabbed the exact place where my gunshot wound was. It felt like the stitches that I had were all broken. For a short second, I could feel the coldness of the blade pressing into the flesh of my wound. Then, the coldness was gone, the warmth of blood replaced it. I could feel it seeping out of my wound and staining my hospital shirt. Song Bin twisted blade, causing me to grunt in pain. It felt like as if the blade was trying to tear my flesh apart. Then, he pulled the blade out, harshly, causing me to buckle forward.

I could practically feel the satisfaction that Song Bin was radiating. I knew that he felt smug, seeing me, the daughter of the hated older brother, squirming and held captive by him. I felt the feeling of a wet cloth being pressed over my mouth and nose. I could smell the faint scent of the drug Gamma-Hydroxybutyrate (GHB), then all was fuzzy.

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Soyeon's POV - after she received the text

I felt like as if my entire world had crumpled down. I was tricked, by the company, if not for the fact that the recoil was so hard, Yuqi would have been dead by then. She had trained me to always aim at the heart of the target. I could have shot her in the heart. I quickly went to garage and started the car, bumping into Soojin as she walked back into the house after a date with Shuhua.

"What's going on?" Soojin grabbed my hand. "It's all my fault. It's all my fault. Yuqi's... " I muttered and pulled my hand out of her grasp. I think Shuhua heard me say Yuqi's name so she followed me as I ran to the car. I quickly climbed into the driver's seat and drove off to the hospital. I think I was too fast so neither Shuhua nor Soojin were able to get onto the car I was driving.

I sped all the way to the hospital and ran to the operation room. I could see Minnie standing outside one of them. She was pacing outside the door. Although the gunshot that I had shot at Yuqi was not deadly, it still hurt her and it hurts me to know that she was going through surgery. I knew how painful it was since I helped her the first time she had gotten shot in Korea. I could still remember vividly how she was perspiring when I helped her extract the bullet nearly 5 months ago.

I buried my face in my hands as I waited for her to come out of the operation room. I felt Soojin and Shuhua coming to sit down beside me while Minnie paced around. After what felt like an eternity, the door to the operation room opened and a doctor came out. "The bullet extraction surgery was successful, she will be fine. She just has to remain in the hospital for 3 days to monitor her condition. Then, one of the nurses pushed the surgery bed out of the operation room with Yuqi on it.

I quickly ran to her and held her right hand. I sobbed. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry Yuqi. I'm sorry." I mumbled apologies over and over again. She lifted up her right hand, wanting me to stand up. She smiled at me while the nurse pushed the bed to a private room. Minnie, Soojin, Shuhua and I walked into the room only to see the silhoulette of a man standing at the window.

Yuqi did not seem to mind his presence. I however, was more wary of the man. "Soyeon, this man is my godfather. He used to date my mom, I think he is more trustworthy since my parent's marriage was more of a marriage of convenience than one of love. We know that my father's dead." Yuqi explained. "Hey, old man, that's my girlfriend."

The man at the window turned around to face me. I gasped. He is Mr Kim, the richest man in Korea. "Hm, hitting on older girls aren't you?" Mr. Kim smiled. "It's fine Soyeon, he's with us, he knew what happened before like, everything." Yuqi said.

"Are you sure we can trust him?" Shuhua said. "Not like a certain someone who might've done something to you, maybe cause that wound on you." 

"Shuhua, don't be so harsh on her. She was being used, like a pawn, by my uncle, Song Bin." Yuqi said in a warning tone. "What do you mean? Your uncle?" 

"I found a really old video about the last battle 5 years ago. It turns out Song Yang, my father was killed by Song Bin, his identical twin brother and my uncle." Yuqi said darkly. "That's true." Minnie added. "She showed me the video. As long as I find evidence that the man sitting behind the chair is Song Bin, I will be able to have him arrested for murder."

Everyone looked at her. "There's a lot of catching up to do." Yuqi mumbled. The next hour was spent listening to everything that Yuqi had been doing, including the fact that she was working with Minnie. Minnie was really shocked with the things that were happening, most of them were kept from her. 

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7 and 1/2 hours ago - Yuqi's POV

Soyeon had left for the company to go for her briefing. I hope that she will do well for this, or else she may get hurt. I really wanted to know who the traitor was. I felt a little bit of tingling at my back, I am technically an infiltrator, a traitor and a spy. I quickly let the feeling slide. I had learnt since a young age to not be bothered by my feelings. Soyeon was the first exception.

Just then, I received a text message from the company. They told me that I was expected to protect the richest man in Korea, Mr. Kim, as he goes for a fashion show that was held by Saint Laurent. They added that it would be part of an assessment. They gave me an address, I was supposed to meet Mr. Kim at the place.

I packed some essentials in a bag, changed my clothes and left the house. I took the train to the place where I was supposed to meet Mr. Kim. I pulled my hood over my head as I sat down at the coffee shop opposite of the place where I was supposed to meet him. After around 5 minutes, a car pulled up in front of the place where I was sitting at.

"I was quite sure that we were supposed to meet across the road, Miss Song." The door to the vehicle was opened by the driver and the man sitting inside, whom I presumed to be Mr. Kim, said. I raised my eyebrow and sat down at the seat beside of him.

"You seem familiar, have we met before?" Mr. Kim asked when he took a good look at my face.

"No, Mr. Kim, I do not think we've ever met." I replied.

"Are you related to Lee Xiaoqi?" He asked. I was shocked, how does he know the name of my mother? I instantly became more cautious. "Don't worry child, I have no reasons to hurt you. I may seem like as if I am barely over my thirties, but I am over fifty years old. She was my university sweetheart." He said, bitterly.

I raised my eyebrow. "She's my mom." 

"So she's married off to some other man then. Look at what he did to her. Dead." He said darkly. "Child, I loved her, she was forced to go back to China after she got her Doctor's degree. We could've been married if she was not forced to leave. Let me tell you. The company that you work for, they planned to get you killed tonight." He paused, studying me carefully, waiting for the words to sink in. I knew that there was something off. The only problem is that the person is Soyeon, she was deadly, she did not know that her target was me, or else she would not fire the gun even if she dies. Soyeon was a sharpshooter, I had trained her well, she was good at shooting things, I have a higher chance of dying than not but I know that the company will suspect. However, knowing the company, if it was ran by the same person as the Chinese branch, they would use snipers, snipers had a strong recoil, Soyeon had never used one before.

"Okay." Mr. Kim was shocked when he heard me reply. He was more used to people who shrink at the sight of death. I was not someone who would do that. "You're not afraid?" He asked. "What's there to be afraid of? If I was afraid, I would not have started." I replied. A smirked played across his face. "You remind me of her, child."

"Maybe you can be my godfather. My dad's dead too. Killed by my uncle. Mom's dead. I have no other relatives. You seem like a generally good person in my standards. I feel like I can trust you." I looked at him seriously. "Define good person." He replied. 

"It depends on the person." I said. He smiled. "I like your spirit, child. Okay, I will be your godfather. Now, back to the assasination. What did you do to anger the Korean mafia?"

"Just the basic things, you know. Like for example, I found out that the current boss of the Korean mafia killed the boss of the Chinese mafia 5 years ago and because they were identical brothers, the Korean mafia boss took over the Chinese mafia boss's seat and controls both the Chinese mafia and the Korean mafia. Plus, I stole some important files from the Chinese file on Friday. And, I was kidnapped by him yesterday, I managed to hide the fact that I stole the files but the police turned up, it's enough of an excuse to say that I am with the police and betrayed the company. I mean, I'm stuck in some kind of shit conspiracy and the mafia boss is probably not gonna hide anymore." I rambled.

"Wow. You truly are your mother's daughter. That sounds like something she would get caught up in." He looked at me again. I could feel the look in his eyes changing, from someone amused to someone who truly looked at me as an equal. "It's fine about tonight. I will wear a mask and still do the job." I said, looking at the road. We got off at his mansion so that I could change into a suit that bodyguards wear. There was a bulletproof vest under all my clothes. I thought Soyeon to shoot at the heart of the enemies. She will definitely aim for my heart.

7:30 pm

I pulled up my mask and got off the first car with the other bodyguards. We stood beside the second car, the car which Mr. Kim was in. The entire group walked up the red carpet. When we reached around the middle, I felt excruciating pain on my left arm. Soyeon must have misfired. I looked in the direction which the bullet came from as medical personnel swarmed around me. I could see a figure that seemed around the size of Soyeon on one of the roofs of a building. I knew, Song Bin was using Soyeon like a pawn on his chessboard, a piece to use against me.

One of the medical personnel tied a thick rubber rope above the place where my wound was to stop the blood flow. The other personnel guided me to the ambulance. They sanitized the wound and did a little bit of bandaging. Minnie sat beside me the whole time, the police had already arrived at the scene. "This is my battle to fight." I whispered to her as they closed the door to the ambulance.

Minnie looked at me. She knew from the look in my eyes that I was certain of my decision, I will not regret it. She nodded curtly. I fished out my phone with a little difficultly with my right hand. I handed it to Minnie and asked her to send a message to Soyeon. When she was done, she returned it to me. I was sent into the operation room at the hospital. They took the bullet out and stitched the wound back together. I was expected to stay in the hospital for 3 more days to see if my condition detoriates.

When I was wheeled out of the operation room on the surgery bad, I could see Soyeon with her face in her hands sitting at the bench beside Minnie. When she saw me, she immediately ran to my side. Seeing the amount of blood on my suit, she gasped. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm sorry." She repeated.

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Soyeon's POV

I heard the ringing of my phone alarm. I instinctly went to reach for my phone, only to hit something on my left. I was wondering what was it when I opened my eyes and saw Yuqi sleeping soundly in my arms. The younger looked really cute and peaceful while she was sleeping, a contrast from her strong character that is usually seen during the day.

I smiled after remembering what happened yesterday. We were officially girlfriends. I am finally with Yuqi now. I looked out of the window, the had risen yet, it was probably 6am. I usually set my alarm for very early in the morning to work on my own projects. I decided that I will stay in bed until the sleepy head wakes up.

I slowly and gently rake my fingers through her hair. How can someone have such smooth hair? I looked fondly at Yuqi. Suddenly, it was as if she felt me looking at her, she woke up and looked at me. Her eyes. It still makes me mesmerized. I was lost in her eyes. She dragged me back to reality by planting a soft kiss on my lips. Then she picked up clothes and wore them on.It was only then when I turned my attention to the scar on her shoulder. It was from the gunshot she took 4 months ago. Although the skin has already grown back, there was an obvious circle of slightly scrunched up skin.

She followed the direction in which I was looking at. "It's just a small scar. Don't worry." She smiled at me. Just then, my phone rang. I leaned over to see who had called. It was one of the mission-givers as the people in X Company calls them. I picked up the phone. My brow furrow as the man on the other side of the line went on with the details.

The meaning of what he said basically meant that I was going to have my first mission today. I was to track down a person and kill him or her. That person was a traitor. I was to go to the company at 10 to get some gear. It was supposedly my 'entrance exam'. Yuqi looked at me quizzically after I put the down the phone. I told her about my mission, she said it made sense, it was about time.

She went back to her room. I quickly changed my clothes and went to Soojin's garage and took the car keys. I drove to the company. I was brought to a conference room, there were a few agents already seated down, waiting for me. I saw a briefcase placed at the feet of one of the agents.

I was given a briefing for my mission. I was supposed to assassinate the bodyguard of the richest man in Korea. She would be the girl standing the closest to him. Then they opened the briefcase. There were sniper rifles, daggers and pistols. They gave me the address to the place where they would appear. I was to go to the building close to the site and snipe the person from a far place. They handed me the the sniper rifle and a few rounds of shots. Kill anyone who saw me or were in the way of the mission they told me. 

I left the company with the rifle folded in a briefcase. I drove my car to the building that they were talking about. I climbed the stairs to the roof of the building. It was an apartment for the rich. I set up my equipment and aimed the sniper rifle to the direction of the site that was meant for a fashion show today. 

few hours later - 7pm

The sky was gradually getting darker. The people were getting off their cars and heading to the venue inside. There were celebrities and other people. I looked into my magnifier and waited for my target to appear. I did not want to kill people. I think until Yuqi sorts out her problems, I have to keep up the act. I was not really allowed to fire shots from guns but I could aim really well and I have confidence that I will be able to complete the mission.

Then, a tall man walked off his car and all the reporters turned their cameras to face him. This must be Korea's richest man. I thought to myself. I looked through the magnifier and looked over the place to see that female bodyguard of his. The personnel were all wearing masks but I spotted the target immediately. She was shorter compared to all the other bodyguards. I aimed my gun at her and followed her as she moved up the carpet.

I waited until she was in an area that had no one too close to her then I fired the shot. I was shocked by the recoil of the sniper. When I aimed my magnifier back at the red carpet, I could see that I had misfired and hit the girl on her left arm. She seemed to be bleeding quite badly.  She seemed to be looking in my direction. I ran, knowing that the police will be coming quite soon. I kept the sniper rifle and went back downstairs and started my car and drove my way back to the company.

I told the people who sent me on my mission what had happened. Many of them furrowed their brows, they told me that I did a good job for my first try, most people cannot even hit their target. I nodded, returned the rifle and headed home. When I reached home, no one was there. I assumed that Yuqi was out with Shuhua and Soojin so I did not think much. I turned on the television and saw the news. 

"...A female bodyguard of Mr Woong was shot today at the red carpet of the fashion show that was hosted by Saint Laurent. She seemed to be shot on her left arm. She was bleeding badly when the medical personnel attended to her. We have received spectulations from the police that the shot might have been aimed at Mr Woong, the poor girl took the shot due to a misfire instead. Let us see a video feed coming from the site right now." The reporter on screen said as it cut to images from the site.

I see medical personnel swarming over the woman as she was guided to an ambulance. She was wearing a hoodie, under it, I could see a faint trace of pink hair. Is that Yuqi? I wondered, afraid that I accidentally hurt her. No, I cannot be, she did not have anything on today, she told me.

I could see inspector Minnie sitting beside her while the medical personnel checked if she was hurt in any other way. The woman was then escorted to sit inside the ambulance. The doors to the ambulance closed and it drove off. I heard my phone ring from a notification.

yuqi

hey this is minnie

yuqi was shot today

shes heading to seoul hospital

pls come quick

I nearly dropped my phone. How could this have happened?

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Chapter 16/25 + bonus chapter

This chapter has a deleted part, pretty much spicy, uh… check wattpad

Soyeon's POV

Shuhua and Soojin went out for their date. Yuqi and I were left alone in the penthouse

I was shaken from the encounter at the old site of Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital. I had a gun pressed against my forehead. I could still recall the fear that I felt, the feeling of my life just flashing past before me. I could feel everything. I walked into my room in Soojin's penthouse. I really wanted to keep going with my music, but I knew that I cannot do it right now, I still haven't cleared my feelings.

"Hey, you alright?" I heard Yuqi coming up from behind me. "I think so. I don't know.... Am I okay?" I muttered, I still could not recover from the shock that I had experienced. 

"I know how you feel. I was held captive when I was 15. I was the choice that my parents were supposed to make. Me or the branch. I am certain that my parents would choose the branch and I will be completely fine if they did. However, there was still a part of me that was still scared of dying. I mean, who wouldn't." Yuqi said, she wanted to try to sympathise with me and help me.

I sat down on my bed and buried my face into my hands. I was feeling so many emotions, all at the same time, I was so disoriented and did not know how to react to it. I felt Yuqi walk to the bed and sit down next to me. I had the feeling that she hesitating, for what I did not know. Then, I felt her warmth and the next thing I knew, she was hugging me from the side. She pressed my head gently into her shoulder.

"It's fine. Let it out." She said, in a soothing voice that I've never heard from her. It was as if her word were the key that unlocked the door. Tears started gushing down my face. In seconds, I had drenched her shirt with my tears. She gently patted my back. I cried even harder since I was feeling scared due to the encounter I had but at the same time I felt safe, safe in Yuqi's arms.

I had no idea what to feel, to feel safe or to feel sad. I knew that I loved Yuqi, I never knew if the girl felt the same way to me. For now, I was just going to enjoy being in her embrace. After a while, I looked up at her. I got lost in her eyes again. I knew that I had to tell her my feelings one day, before I lose the chance.

I slowly pushed her away. I looked at her seriously. Yuqi seemed to become slightly taken aback by my sudden change in emotions. But it was just a flicker. "Yuqi." I started. "I don't know how to express this. I... I love you." Then, I leaned forward and gently placed a kiss on her lips. Then I pulled away and stood up to leave.

Yuqi's POV

Then I kissed her. I did not know which part of my brain told me to do it but I guess this is it... Love. I kissed her passionately. After a second of probably shock from her, she returned the passion. Her tongue slipped against my lips and force them open. I felt her tongue slip into my mouth and touch mine. Our tongues danced together to a dangerous waltz. I could feel the heat of the room rising dangerously. 

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We were tangled in the blankets as I snuggled in her embrace. She stroked my hair slowly and asked. "Girlfriends?" "Girlfriends." I agreed.

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No one's POV - Third person view

The vehicle stopped outside the abandoned site of a old hospital. The doors of the vehicle opened, Yuqi and Soyeon were greeted a wave of stale air. Soyeon was disgusted by the smell and she turned away. Yuqi however, quickly took in the sight outside of the vehicle. 

The building was 3-storey high. The walls were all covered in algae. The building looked really old and as if it was abandoned for a good period of at least 30 years. When Soyeon looked out, she immediately recognised the place. It was the abandoned site of Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital.

In reality, Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital was demolished in 2018. I just decided to use it cause it looked creepy and its a good place for imagination to run wild. Just saying, the entire story is set in no Covid 2020.

Soyeon loved to search up on creepy places. Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital was just one of them She was really happy that she had a chance to visit this place that was rumored to have mad doctors and crazy patients. She looked up in awe at the place. Two armed men went onto the vehicle and dragged the pair of them out. They stumbled to their feet as the entire group of men led Yuqi and Soyeon into the building.

They walked along the hallways of the building. The windows were all covered up in cobwebs. There were debris all over the floor. In some rooms, there were old beds and walls with the wallpaper torn up at some parts.

They were led to a room that seemed the office of the office owner. A man was standing at the window with his back facing the door. Yuqi froze on the spot when she saw the walking stick the man was carrying. Soyeon and Yuqi were forced to kneel before the man. Then, there were 2 more people who were brought in. The potato sacks that were covering their head were removed, revealing Shuhua and Soojin.

Shuhua was shocked as well when she saw the walking stick. It seems as if Yuqi and Shuhua both knew who it was. Soojin and Shuhua were also forced to kneel. "Which one of you is a betrayer?" The man asked in Chinese. "None." Yuqi replied in the native tongue. "All are your subordinates. The other 2 Korean woman have nothing to do with the things that happen in our branch."

"Really?" The man tapped his stick on the floor twice. Soyeon and Soojin were dragged to their feet by two of the men. The men pointed their pistols at the two's heads. "Then should they die? For being present at the meeting?" The man asked, clearly amused.

"NO! Leave Soojin alone!" Shuhua shouted in Chinese. The Korean girls knew that she was talking about Soojin. Soyeon could get by the gist of it that the two of them that were being held by the men were the ones that were in danger and Yuqi and Shuhua were expected to choose. 

"What about you little one?" The man asked Yuqi.

"I'm not little." Yuqi spat.

"Why are you so cold to me? I am your father, Yuqi." The man said. Yuqi kept quiet. She knew that this man must not know that she knew of his secret. "Sorry." She mumbled a quick apology.

"I see that Shuhua has grown soft. You've fallen in love." He stated. "That makes you weak!" He emphasised on the word 'weak'. Shuhua flinched at the sudden change of tone. She knew there was nothing she could say to him. He was just too powerful. They were also outnumbered. 

"Father, what do you want." Yuqi asked. 

"There was a break-in at the company's headquaters yesterday. There were files stolen from the archives. Files that can decide the entire survival of our branch. Do you know who did it?" He turned, finally, to face the two on the floor. It was a physcological battle. There were many ways to respond, however, there were only a few that would make him think that you are innocent.

"Which bastard did it?" Yuqi asked, acting like as if she was curious.

"Why would they do it?" Shuhua asked, she did not know that Yuqi went back. They barely had any interaction at the company and Shuhua was mostly spending time with Soojin.

"A woman." Mr Song bent down and looked right into the eyes of Yuqi, searching for any sign of weakness, something that he could break, something that would make her crumble. Yuqi continued with her curious, innocent look. Mr Song found no break through, he moved on to Shuhua. Shuhua, who knew nothing, had no idea what was going on and just stared at him. Mr Song found no break through in her either, so he looked away. 

"A woman of about your height, Yuqi." He said, bending down in front of her again. Soyeon realised that Yuqi might've been in China for the most of the past week so she knew that she had to protect her. "I was in Korea the whole time." Yuqi replied in Korean, not breaking off the gaze. "I can vouch for that." Soyeon said. The man holding her shook her. Mr Song looked at her.

"You can vouch for her?" He asked in Korean. "We live in the same apartment. She was at home or with me all the time. She was never gone for a period long enough to go to China." Soyeon replied, looking at the man. He raised his eyebrow but Soyeon remained strong with her glare.

Bang! The sound of gunshots echoed throughout the facility. Minnie appeared at the doorway with a gun loaded. She quickly shot the two men that was holding Soyeon and Soojin. Then, she pointed her gun at Mr Song. "You are under arrest." Yuqi looked at her quizzically, as if asking her how did Minnie know where they were?

Mr Song looked at Yuqi, it seems as if this girl in front of him may have decided to involve the police. He is in trouble. There is possibility that Yuqi was the traitor. Did she find out about my secret? Mr Song asked himself. He took out a smoke bomb. The entire room for filled with smoke. When all the smoke had cleared, Mr Song was nowhere to be seen.

The police officers came after to only see 4 girls tied up, a few men dead, the leftovers of a smoke bomb and Detective Minnie with her gun drawn. They couldn't do anything, none of them saw what happened. Minnie let the girls get onto her car. Yuqi sat in the seat beside Minnie while the rest sat in the back row. "How did you know where to find us?" Yuqi broke the silence. 

"I saw the van at the alley. I placed a tracker on it and went to the station. We followed the tracker and found ourselves there. We brought down a few men guarding the area. And I went ahead to see you all tied up and held captive." Minnie replied.

"I'm Minnie by the way. Don't worry, ya'll can trust me." She told the other girls.

"How do we know that?" Soojin asked.

"For one, I'm helping Yuqi, she's helping me."

"We will be keeping our names to ourselves, thanks." Shuhua said, she was wary of the woman driving.

"It's fine." Minnie chuckled. "You must be Soyeon." Minnie said will looking at the mirror to look at Soyeon. Soyeon seemed suprised that Minnie knew her name. "Yuqi's told me all about you." Minnie continued. The statement drew all eyes to Yuqi. The girl could feel her ears and her face turning red. The rest of the car ride was entirely silent. The 4 of them have to find a new place to stay. They took their things and went to Soojin's home. 

Soojin had inherited a penthouse when she was 18, but she did not want to stay there alone so she decided to move in with Soyeon. They each had a room and all of them helped Soyeon carry her recording devices to her room. 

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༻Your Appearance Messed Me Up(yuyeon)༺

Chapter 14/25 + bonus chapter

Yuqi's POV

I got onto Minnie's car and she drove off. We were just aimlessly driving on the streets. "I found some evidence. I found the date of my mom's death on the company's documents were incorrect. It says that my mom died on the 23rd of September at 10:38pm. I am certain that it was fake. I had just facetimed my mom that day at 11 pm." I pulled out my phone and showed the call records. I never changed my phone as there were many pictures of me and my mom inside of it. I only used decoy phones for all my non-personal contacts.

"That is recording fake information. It shows that there is something that was covered up." Minnie quickly analysed.

"Yes. Other than that, I found a video. It was uploaded automatically when it had reached 3 minutes. I tried to hack into the IP address of the sender, it was just a man whom had died 5 years ago, on the 16th of October, at the site of the final fight. The one that was between my dad and someone whom the people that were working for my dad told me as the Korean mafia boss. The Korean mafia boss was supposedly killed that day." I showed Minnie the video that I had seen online.

She was shocked. "Are you certain that the man that was killed is your father?"

"I am certain. Song Yang is the name of my father. He was always called Song Yang and that was what everyone called him." I handed Minnie all of the files that I had found and copied the video onto a thumb-drive, which I also gave to Minnie. "I have no use for it anymore. I only need the video. In this file is the fingerprints and an old sample of what my father's DNA looks like. The other man is Song Bin. You may take a longer time to find files that have records of him." Minnie nodded and carefully stored all of the things into a box.

She dropped me off at the convenience store. I saw Minnie go in and talk to that store employee, the one that I had seen when I had first met Minnie. I saw the both of them hold hands and hugged each other affectionately. I smiled. I was glad that they were able to get together. I hope that they were happy together. I headed home.

Soyeon's POV

I was sleeping on the couch. I must've dozed off. I heard the window crash open and I immediately woke up. There were men in black carrying guns and pointing them at me. A man, who was definitely the leader of the squad commanded me. "You! Squat down on the floor with your hands above your head!"

"Who are you?" I asked while squating down. "You are in no place to ask me questions." He boomed. CRASH! I heard the door being slammed down. I turned to look, there was dust everywhere. I saw a silhouette of a woman with a pistol armed in her hand. When the dust cleared, I saw Yuqi standing there. My heartbeat rate suddenly went fast really quickly. Ba-bump, ba-bump. I looked at her. She seemed to be slightly taken aback by the amount of people in the apartment.

I could see a flicker of doubt in her face. It's almost like she's thinking: Oh shit! Why is there so many people? And they have Soyeon as a captive.

"Surrender your weapon and come with us quietly. Or else we will use force." The squad leader commanded her. It seemed as if her choices flashed before her. She slowly placed the gun down. Yuqi may be an elite in girls of her age, but she was outnumbered 1 to nearly 20, and they were all armed with assault rifles.

I looked at her briefly when she was brought beside me. In that fraction of a second, it felt like as if she was telling me not to be scared or worried, she was telling me to calm down and assuring me that we will escape. The next second, there were potato sacks that were slipped over our heads. Our hands were tied behind our backs

We were dragged harshly into a van. I slowly mapped out the route they took. We were taken out by the back door, it led to an alley. Then, we were thrown harshly onto a vehicle. I heard the door close and the vehicle start to move. "Anyone there?" I muttered loud enough for only the people around me to hear me.

"Me." Yuqi grunted. A few seconds later, I felt the potato sack being removed. I saw Yuqi biting onto the sack. She must've taken it off for me. I looked around. There was a small dingy light in the middle of the space. It is enough to shine to every corner of the space. It was all covered up so we could not see what was outside of the space. I quickly registered the vehicle as a thing similar to a police van in which they use to bring suspects and criminals to different places with the police flanking them.

I looked up at a corner. I saw a flashing red dot. Just like I thought, there was a camera. Our every move was monitored. Yuqi followed my line of sight. She also saw the camera. We decided without communicating that we were not going to communicate at all for the rest of the trip.

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༻Your Appearance Messed Me Up(yuyeon)༺

Chapter 13/25 + bonus chapter

Yuqi's POV

I looked at my watch, it was 10pm. I took my gear and walked out the bathroom. I headed to where the archives were. I heard some ruckus at the other end of the hallway, I suppose it was Qifan distracting the guards. I only had an opening of probably 1 minute. I took out the copy of the boss's fingerprint and successfully unlocked the door. I slipped in.

I looked around quickly finding for shelf 32-7. There were records of the fingerprints of my father and my uncle, apparently, there. I hope I was not too late and my uncle did not change them to his. I quickly flipped through the files. I found it relatively easily, I kept it in my bag and went on to search for shelf 51-3, there were records of the full mission that year. Maybe I could find something useful there. CRASH! I turned around and saw two guards raising their guns and pointing it at me.

"Put down those files or else we will shoot." They warned. I slowly raised up my hands and took of my bag to put the things on the floor. While I was bent down, I took out my gun and shot one of the guards in his knee. I may be scary and ruthless but I am heartless. I turned to the other man. "We need backup on level 18 in the archive room." He sent a message through the walkie talkie. I shot his shoulder and picked up my things and the folder which I packed into my bag. I ran to the nearest window outside the archive room. I pulled a small device and stuck it to the floor. The built in hooks immediately latched onto the floor and I clipped the buckle that was on the string coming out of the device onto my suit.

I jumped out of the window and ran down the building, parallel to the street below. I landed on my feet. I could hear people indistinctly shouting in the lobby of the building. I unlatched the buckle and ran as fast as I could. I heard people running after me. I was certain that they used cars to chase after me. I turned to a dark alley, climbed up the wall and started creeping on the rooftop of the 2-storey flats. I jumped off of the roof at the other side when I reached the place where I stored my things. I carefully avoided all the security cameras and retrieved my things. I changed out of suit and placed everything in to the bag I had originally brought to China from Korea.

I went back to the apartment, placed my weapons under the floorboard, left the keys and Lucas's credit card on the table. Then I left for the airport. I logged onto the company's hidden website and took down the date of my mother's death and saved the photo on my laptop. I then went on an incognito tab to find the video and saved it to my desktop. After that, I turned on flight mode on it and went into the boarding gate.

1:30am - Song mansion

"What?! You let a damn woman steal files from the archive room? You had men! Men! Cars too! And you could not catch her?! You useless bastards! Which files are missing?" Mr Song slammed his fist on the mahogany wood table. He was sitting at his seat in his office, there were two men cowering in front of him.

"We... we are sorry-" One of them stumbled.

"Sorry doesn't cut it, Ming!" Mr Song boomed.

"Boss, the files taken were regarding to the mission you went on in Korea 5 years ago. There was also one with the details of your fingerprint... and that of your deceased brother's." Mr Song's assistant rushed in.

"That fucking woman. What does she want?" Mr Song cursed.

2 hours, 30 minutes later

I landed in Seoul International Airport. I did not have cash on me so I might have to get a taxi to drop me off and I rush up to get cash. I flagged down a taxi that was waiting outside the arrival hall. The driver was kind enough to drop me off at the entrance of the building that I had rented an apartment in, I left my bag in his car and ran up the stairs to get cash. I grabbed my wallet and ran out of the apartment. I took my stuff and paid the driver. 

I walked into the apartment and saw Soyeon on the couch with a computer and some recording devices in front of her. She must like music producing. I thought to myself. I felt a wave of guilt wash over me. If only I did not go into that convenience store that day. Maybe she would not be involved in all this crap and would have a normal life, pursuing her career. 

I went back to my room and found my phone. I picked it up and powered it on. I saw messages that were left unread. Some from Shuhua while others from Minnie. I chose to open Minnie's first, Shuhua's could wait.

minnie

hey, where r u

we need to meet

hello?

r u there?

yuqi?

yuqi

sorry, i had something on

can we meet now?

read 4:50

minnie

got it

send me ur address

I texted her the address, took my bag and went downstairs.

Soyeon's POV

"Hey, where've you been this week?" I asked when I saw Yuqi walk out of her room.

"My own things. I have things to do." Yuqi replied. She seemed anxious to go out.

"What are you going out for then?" I asked. I did not know what came over me. I just wanted to know what she was doing.

"Personal things." She muttered and went out. I was still curious of what she was doing, but I think I was being a little intrusive. Maybe, just maybe, I was jealous that she was somewhere with someone else, someone that wanted her love. I went back to the kitchen to get my cup of coffee. I was just looking out of the window when I saw a car pull up in front of Yuqi. A woman, the detective that was investigating on the scene a few months back, came out of the car. She held the car door for Yuqi. The latter sat down in the seat and soon enough, the car drove off.

What were they doing? I wondered. I could not help but feel scared. I knew that she was a detective, what if she found out that Yuqi was the one that killed the men? The car vanished into the throng of some cars that were already on the street. I was really worried. I prayed that she would be able to get back, innocent to the eyes of the police.

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༻Your Appearance Messed Me Up(yuyeon)༺

Chapter 12/25 + bonus chapter

Yuqi's POV

I pulled out my notebook. I drew a sketch of the secret archives room. Thanks to my photographic memory, I was able to remember most of the tags and labels since the last time I sneaked into there as a dare. I quickly marked out the shelves that I needed to check and take files from. 

I looked at my phone to check the time. 1700. I needed to plan my steps and moves carefully. I also needed a suit to keep all my weapons. 

yuqi

hey, bro, I need a suit black

need something to cover my face with many pockets, i need to keep weapons

read 17:03

lucas

got that

will make one now

probs will be done in 3 days

Lucas is good at making clothes. He is a tailor now. He did not want to follow his family's footstep and make a living in marketing. He is currently a successful tailor with his own brand. Now that I got my suit covered, I went to the secret compartment that I kept in the apartment. I unlatched the floorboard and saw my stash of weapons. I smiled. Those were the ones that I had customised to a black that could camouflage itself to the shade of the environment its in. 

There was a pistol with 4 changes of bullets, a taser, paralyzers, small electrocuters that take the shape of a circle and is around 1 inch in diameter, there was also a foldable baton. I love the arsenal that I had. It will be so much easier to take down the guards. 

Over the next few days, I bought takeout with Lucas's card while I perfected my plan. Three days later, Lucas brought me the suit I had requested for. I love it. It had pockets on the side and a hidden holster for the gun and the baton on both sides. It was black and came with a hood that covered both my face and my hair. 

"Thanks. I will pay you once I get back to Korea." I said.

"No need, you can go on a date with me to repay me." Lucas winked, smiling. I fake gagged and he stopped smiling.

"You know that we are never going to be possible. You know full well that I like girls." I replied, looking away. He pouted. I ignored him. Lucas had a crush on me ever since the first day we've met. I knew that he wanted to date me and he has been flirting a little bit with me here and there. I chose to ignore him. 

I pushed him out of the apartment and shut the door on him. I went back to planning. I must take action today. It is a Saturday, I need to get the files then board the morning plane tomorrow morning. I went out onto the streets with a hoodie over my head. I knew a place that would be safe for me to keep and pick up after the mission. I went to buy a foldable backpack, a fake designer bag, a fake branded dress, a pair of fake branded shoes and a pair of sunglasses. I bought a wig that showed that I had red hair.

At 6pm, I walked into the main hall of the company with my suit and the bag I bought today in the designer bag. I wore the sunglasses and the wig and walked to the main lobby of the company. A security guard tried to stop me," Miss, please, you need to register."

I turned to look at him and growled. "Do you think I have the time? I caught my bastard boyfriend cheating on me. I'm here to teach him a lesson." He immediately stepped away. I walked into the elevator and pressed the buttons to the 17th level. It's one level below the archives and there are normal office workers there.

I saw Zhang Qifan, one of the persons that I had placed in the office to get insider information that father never wanted me to get. I went in and dragged him by his arm to the stairwell." Need your help. I am going to the archives, I want you to cause a distraction, I need to sneak in at 10 tonight." I quickly told him in a hushed voice. Then in a louder voice, "You cheating bastard! How dare you see another woman while we are dating." I slapped him hard on his arm. I winked at him and he got the message.

"I'm so sorry honey! Trust me, it wasn't how it appeared to be. Please, that woman was just a green tea bitch (An internet slang used to describe a young woman that likes to dress and act in a certain fashion in order to portray herself as pure and innocent). We have nothing in between." He cried in an exaggerated fashion, I tried to control my laughter. There was a security camera in the stairwell. 

I walked out of the stairwell and went to the bathroom. I locked myself into a bathroom stall and changed into my suit. I took off the wig and slipped the hoodie over my head. When I was sure that there was no one in the bathroom, I looked around and saw a window. I looked up and saw that the window led up to the level above. I locked the door at the entrance of the bathroom, left the cameo I had, took out a piece of harness and lifted myself out of the window. 

I swiftly climbed into the window above and pulled the harness up. I knew for a fact that no there are no female employees on this level, so the bathroom will be clear. I kept my harness in the bag I bought and placed it in a stall just in case. The lights were off, I had to be careful at all times. I peeked out of the door and saw that there was no security cameras in that particular hallway.

Now, I just needed to wait.