Chapter 2
Department X
It was the sort of building you could walk past without noticing: three storeys high, painted white, with perfectly trimmed ivy climbing up the roof. They had transformed the first level into a little cafe and used the other storeys as their residence.
It was a shophouse set in the corner of the busiest address in the city. Flanked with office building to their left and right, you would probably not notice its existence. That served its purpose well as it was meant to be unoticable.
Balls of orange flames shot up skyhigh in Taeyeon's mind as it replayed what she always dreamt of, the scene of her parent's death. Only this time, it seemed more realistic with the screeches of the brakepads on the wheels, the smell of rubber and pounding sounds. Taeyeon sat up from her bed covered in cold sweat once again, but this time the pounding sounds did not go away. Shaking her head, she realised that the pounding sounds came from her door. Opening the door with groggy eyes, she saw her staff Hyoyeon at the door with her fist raised in mid air. Reacting instantly, she grabbed Hyoyeon's arms before she got pounded.
"Yah! Do you realise its only 7 in the morning? We don't open till 8. So why are you creating such a ruckus now?"
Hyoyeon looked at her palely and muttered one sentence. "There's corpses outside our door" before slumping to the ground, dazed.
Not knowing what she was hearing, Taeyeon decided to make her way down to the door Hyoyeon mentioned to find out what exactly she meant. Walking down the steps, she saw Seohyun in the corner of the cafe holding up a broomstick and Yoona huddling beside her. With trembling fingers, they pointed towards the metal shutters which was partially open, revealing 2 pairs of legs outside their glass door.
Taeyeon bravely walked towards the door, unlocked it and stepped outside. She saw a large box outside her cafe with 2 pair of legs sticking out from the box. Gently kicking it, she stepped back fearing the worst. One of the legs moved a little and disappeared into the box, leaving the longer legs outside.
Feeling a little braver, Taeyeon kicked the box again, a little harder this time while shouting "Yah! what are you doing outside my cafe?" Just then the box moved and she heard a something knocked against the box and an ouch sound was heard. The box moved again in a little while revealing 2 human beings who were both having difficulty opening up their eyes in the bright sunlight.
Taeyeon studied the 2 people in front of her and realised that one was extremely tall and the other was around her height. Both were girls and they looked around her age. She had a feeling that they looked extremely familiar. She started searching her memory to remember where she had seen their faces before.
The shorter one blinked her eyes and stiffled a yawn as she looked around. Nudging the taller one "Hey Soo Young, look, its finally open." Noticing Taeyeon glaring at them, the shorter girl smiled at her and then said "Good morning. I have come for my daily coffee break."
Her words jolted Taeyeon's memory and she suddenly remembered where she has seen their faces before, in a dossier that was delivered to her yesterday from HQ informing her of the arrival of 2 new members to their department.
Expressionless she replied "Tall macchiato, low fat decaf, 3 pumps of chocolate, no whip"
The shorter girl smiled at her and extended out her hand in a handshake, "Hi, I am Sunny and that is my sister Soo Young. We are the new arrivals to the department."
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