[EPISODE 4 PART 2]

 

 

"Cut." Dr. Kang instructs, then the first assistant cuts along where she instructed. They had only finished stitching up a new heart for a patient undergoing a heart transplant surgery.

 

It has been a few days since she transferred to this department, and the people were beginning to warm up to her; even gaining some new lunch friends.

 

When she was sure that the procedure was done, she begins one of the most crucial steps: bringing back a heartbeat.

 

"Pedal" she says, then she immediately placed both instruments to the heart "50 joules charge" the scrub nurse charges the machine and upon hearing the charge Mo Yeon says, "Shoot" and the shock goes directly to the heart. But no heart beat came. "Again. 50 joules charge"

 

They shock the heart of the patient again and waited a few seconds before the monitor began showing clear signs of that the heart was beating. She hands the instruments back to the scrub nurse then she addresses her entire team.

 

"You all did a great job, please finish up for me?" she asks, "I need to talk to the guardian" and with that she steps back and leaves the room.

 

She proceeds towards the waiting area and informs the patient's guardian of the successful operation. They thank Mo Yeon and she returns the smile given to her.

 

"It may take some time for the patient to wake up, so let's be patient and wait for him." Mo Yeon informs them

 

"Would it take long Doctor?" the guardian asked

 

"Hmmm. I think about two or three days would be enough rest for him" she replies smiling.

 

They smiled and thanked her once again, and with a bow she left and headed for her office. Just then her phone began to ring.

 

"Hello?"

 

"It's me." says the person on the other line.

 

Kang Mo Yeon smiles, even without looking at the caller ID she knew the voice, "Oh, eomma. Wae?"

 

"I just called to ask if you have time to drop by the house?" her mom asks, "I'm planning to throw some stuff out, and I want to know the ones you'd like to keep."

 

"Kurae? Arasso Eomma." she replies, "I'll make some time, I'll call you when I'm coming okay?"

 

"Okay, bye."

 

Kang Mo Yeon entered her office, but she hasn't even sat down on her desk when her phone began ringing again. She answered on the second ring.

 

"Kang-sonsaeng?" It was Manager Ji. "Are things going alright?"

 

"Ne, Manager," she replied smiling. "I think I've already adjusted and the internship program is going smoothly."

 

"That's good to hear." The manager replied, "Keep up the good work, Kang-sonsaeng."

 

Mo Yeon thanked the Manager, and after some reminders he hung up.

 

Mo Yeon clicked her computer on, and checked her schedule for the rest of the day.

 

"Give the interns an evaluation at 1;" she says to herself, "surgery at 2... Meeting at 4..." she scrolls for anymore but found none. "And that's it!" She stretches in her chair massaging her neck and shoulders.

 

She pulls out her phone again and sends Yoo Si Jin a text.

 

Have you eaten? Let's eat together :(

 

The reply was almost instant.

 

I was just about to call you, what's with the sad face?

 

I'm hungry that's all. Are you coming over?

 

I can't, I'm sorry. Work.

 

Kang Mo Yeon couldn't help but feel sad. But Si Jin was working so she had to it up.

 

Ah, I see. Okay then, don't skip lunch!

 

Stop pouting Kang-sonsaeng. I'm picking you up at 7 okay? I'm taking you to a nice dinner.

 

Mo Yeon couldn't help but smile. Then another text came in

 

Dress pretty ;)

 

Mo Yeon scoffs lightly, quite surprised the Si Jin used an emoticon.

 

"Well look at that" she laughs to herself, then pocketed her phone.

 

*****

 

"I'm glad you are able to help" Chairwoman Lee says, as she gestures for Park Minseok to sit down. "I hope it's not too much of a bother"

 

The chairwoman has invited Dr. Park into her home to have lunch. It was true what Dr. Park has said before; that his family and the Lee family were close, but it was only the older generation that were pretty tight. As the Park family moved to the United States the younger generation were not able to socialize well with their family friends, including Dr. Park's family who moved to Canada.

 

He shakes his head, "No, not at all" he replies smiling, "Mi Young's mother is in recovery, and she's staying with my sister so I was able to leave for a few weeks."

 

The chairwoman smiles, "Well, you really do have your father's looks." She tells him proudly, remembering the youthful face of her old friend. "He must be very proud of you." she then adds, "Have you thought about my proposal?"

 

Dr. Park became serious immediately, but not losing his friendly tone. "Well, here's the thing." he begins, "If you don't mind, I would like to spend some time in your hospital while thinking about your proposal."

 

Chairwoman Lee nods, as she listens intently to what the doctor is saying, and he continues, "I mean, I do have some experience, but I believe I still have a long way to go before having confidence to be a specialist. There's still so much to learn"

 

"I understand" the woman says, then her face suddenly brightened up, "I can place you in general surgery if you want; that way you can bond with Hansol's appa." she says pertaining to Lee Chi Hun.

 

Park Minseok smiles once again and replies, "Chi Hun and I can bond under different circumstances. If it's not too much to ask, I would like to work in the Emergency Department."  this statement shocks the old woman,

 

"But why?" she asks, "There's so much going on the ER"

 

"But I like it there. It makes me feel like a doctor." he says proudly.

 

The chairwoman only stares at him, baffled by his reasoning, but agrees to his request.

 

*****

 

"A transfer Ms. Jung?" Dr. Song asks Eun Mi, when she handed in her request for transfer.

 

"Yes, doctor." She replies

 

"Why? Don't you like it here in this department?" Dr. Song asked,

 

Eun Mi smiled, "That's not it sir. It's just that after spending hours in the ER, I felt like that was where I belonged. is that so weird?" she asked laughing a bit at the end.

 

"NO not at all." also making Dr. Song smile. "Well, this is certainly a first. Most interns hate the ER. They say it's too much work." he adds as he reaches across his desk for a pen. "Now, are you really sure you want to transfer?" he asks again, "Because after I sign this, I doubt they'd let you back here again."

 

"Yes doctor. I'm sure. I've thought about this long and hard, and I'm not changing my mind."

 

"Very well then." and with that Dr. Song signs the transfer papers and hands them back to Eun Mi, who was smiling widely.

 

"Good luck, Miss Jung." he says with a smile, before Eun Mi left the office.

 

In her entire existence, this was the first time that Eun Mi walked out of a supervisor's office with a smile on her face. In the past it was all about professors up to her because of her good family background, and it was the most annoying thing. This time, she was happy. She hoped that the nurses and doctors would be glad for the extra set of hands that would help. she actually enjoyed having to help people than just do inventory, and exercises and observing surgeries.. Even if it was treating a burn wound, to helping in emergency surgery, all the chaos was better than being bored to death at the upper departments.

 

So with a smile on her face, Eun Mi went on her way to the Emergency department to hand in her transfer papers. She hasn't reached the double doors yet when she could already hear the commotion inside. She entered the room and was greeted by several overlapping sounds.

 

At one side the nurses' station was buzzing with activity from answering phone calls and processing admissions to the hospitals. In another corner she can see that the emergency treatment room was in use. Probably an emergency surgery was taking place.

“Dr. Jung?” somebody says.

Eun Mi turns and sees one of the nurses she helped the day before.

 

“It’s me, Nurse Han, ” she says smiling, “We were together yesterday along with Nurse Kim”

 

“Yes, I remember you.” Eun Mi replies. “What’s going on? It seems busy today as well”

 

“Another VA (Vehicular Accident), the driver is in emergency treatment.” The nurse replies, “But what are you doing here?”

 

“I’m transferring here!” she tells her excitedly. “Really? That’s great!” Nurse Han says, “Oh that’s just wonderful, I hope you like it here.”

 

“I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t already;” Eun Mi replies, “Now tell me, where do I find Dr. Jinsoo? Courtesy call.” She adds the last bit when the nurse looked at her funny.

 

“Oh, come. I’ll show you.”

*****

 

Seo Dae Yeong was busy preparing and researching some things that Yoo Si Jin asked of him when he heard someone come in to the room. Since most of the troops were on an onsite training activity, he did not expect any interruptions.

 

"Annyeong" It was Myeong Joo.

 

"Yes, what is it?" he asks without looking up.

 

Myeong Joo pouts, "Wow, what a great response." she complains, "I go out of my way to pay you my boyfriend a visit, and I get the cold shoulder as a response." Seo Dae Yeong finally looked up, but he still had in his hands some sheets of paper that he was reading.

 

"Dan-gyeol." he salutes Myeong Joo.

 

And for a moment Dae Yeong wasn't sure if he was mocking her, or he was just annoyed a bit because she was making him lose his focus.

 

Myeong Joo sighs "I'm leaving today. I'm off to that camp site where we first met. And I'm kind of irritated because I won't get to see you for the rest of the day. And here you are, busy with some things that I'm almost sure I'm not supposed to know about."

 

Myeong Joo wasn't usually clingy, but since the time her father forbade her to see the Sergeant Major, she grabbed every opportunity that she had. And now that they were given her father's blessing, it seems like the habit stuck.

 

Seo Dae Yeong could not help but smile, he grabs his uniform jacket from the back of his seat and begins to put it on "I'm sorry, but the mission is classified." he tells her. then he takes some of the papers on his desk and tucks them securely with his arm."I'll make it up to you, I promise. Be careful okay?" he leans forward and kisses her on her cheek. "I have to go, but text me when you get there." and with that he was out the door.

 

"Did I just get ignored?" she asks, but suddenly smiles remembering the kiss that Dae Yeong planted on her cheek. "Oh well, I'll just call him later."

 

 

 

Seo Dae Yeong smiles to himself as he walks towards the confinement cells where his Major was. They were working non-stop since the night before trying to uncover what had gone down during the delta force mission. There was something about Black Bull that Si Jin was not letting anyone know except Dae Yeong.

 

"There's something he's not telling me" he remembers Si Jin telling him a few hours before. "Look into this for me." he adds as he handed him an address. "I'll stay and try to talk to him into telling us more."

 

Dae Yeong nods and did what he was told. That was what he was researching about until early that morning. He found something fishy about the location so he looked into it some more, and found something that might be helpful to Si Jin, and that was when Myeong Joo walked in.

 

He got to the confinement cells and he first passed Williams' cell; the one who first told them to be wary about Anna Michaels who betrayed them as he said, and who also turned out to be Black Bull's wife.

 

Then he passed Black Bull's cell. He saw Si Jin there with him, seated across the table. He silently prayed for Jordan to talk because it was the only way he and his teammate can be released.

 

He continued to walk into a room opposite Jordan's cell where the control room was, and where the Battalion Commander was seated, listening in to the conversations that were taking place in the other room.

 

"Dan-gyeol" he saluted his Battalion Commander, who returned the respect.

 

"I take it you have news Sergeant Major Seo"

 

"Yes Sir." he answers. The commotion caused Si Jin to turn to their direction, and smiled at the sight of his most trusted friend.

 

He gave Jordan a sad smile and said, "Let's take a little break." and headed for Dae Yeong's direction.

 

He excused both of them from their Battalion Commander to speak to Seo Dae Yeong in private. When he was sure they were out of earshot he asked if Dae Yeong found anything out.

 

"I found the address you gave me" he says

 

"Ooh goodie" Si Jin replies as he tries to take the folder and papers that the Sergeant Major was holding. "What?"

 

"There's nothing on it" Dae Yeong answers, "Maps and satellite imaging shows nothing on that part of Pyeongjin, but something is wrong." he hands Si Jin sheets of paper containing news articles.  "Several reports show that it has been a frequent drug dealing spot over the last 4 years"

 

"Really? No busts yet?" Si Jin replies as he studies the papers handed to him.

 

"There were, several actually. But that's the thing. it's already known to the police yet, drug lords still use it for dealings. It's as if.."

 

"As if they want to be caught..." Si Jin finishes the sentence for him, and Dae Yeong nods and hands him the rest of the files that he uncovered. "But why?" he asks, returning his attention to the articles.

 

Seo Dae Yeong shakes his head, "I haven't the slightest idea. Snoopy and I will check it out. Try to talk to Black Bull about it, maybe it'll ring a bell.

 

"Okay. Let's try it."

 

"Oh and hey. this is just a hunch but I noticed that he's a bit edgy about something." Dae Yeong says before they parted.

 

"Try to get the commander to leave you. Maybe then he'll talk."

 

"What do you mean?"

 

Dae Yeong looks at Si Jin as if he had asked the most idiotic question. "He trusts you; our government? Not so much I believe."

 

"I see what you mean" Si Jin replies

 

"We already know that Michaels betrayed him.  He could be protecting her."

 

Si Jin nods. "It is a possibility." before Dae Yeong left Si Jin had one more request for him, "I need a favor."

 

"What is it?"

 

"The cameras. I need them out, 10 minutes will do."

 

Seo Dae Yeong nods, "Leave it to me."  he salutes his higher officer and heads for the exit.

 

*****

 

After a few hours’ drive, Snoopy and Wolf arrived in the middle of nowhere.

 

"Snoopy to mission control" he says to his radio. "Is the area showing any heat signatures?"

 

"This is mission control. None so far."

 

"Copy that"

 

Seo Dae Yeong took a sweep of the area. "I don't think there's anyone here." he moved forward towards a beat up old shack, he takes a glance at his phone containing copies of the articles that he found earlier. "But this is definitely the place."

 

He signals Snoopy to go round the left side. And he took the front. With a hand to his gun at his waist, he slowly turns the knob of the door. He was just about to push it open when he heard Snoopy shout.

 

"Stop!"

 

He stopped dead in his tracks and he heard footsteps coming clsoer. Without moving his hand on the knob he tries to turn his body towards the sound.

 

"It's a bomb." Snoopy says calmly. "A hand grenade I believe. Not extremely powerful, but the damage at this range could still be huge." he explains, then moves over to one of the closer windows to have a better look" turning the knob causes the pin to loosen and I think pushing it forward would cause the pin to completely be removed."

 

"We have time before it goes ka-boom." Dae Yeong notes, "maybe we could make a run for it."

 

Snoopy looks around taking in the surroundings. "Negative. The explosion would create too much noise, bringing us attention."

 

"What do we do then?" The sergeant major asks obviously starting to get annoyed at their lack of options.

 

"You let go" Snoopy says smugly.

 

Seo Dae Yeong gives him a glare enough to kill, and lets go of the knob. No explosion.

 

Then he looks at his teammate sternly and says. "You think we're playing games? This is more than just a recon. Get your head in the game soldier!"

 

“Yes Sir!”

After several more minutes of surveying the area, including the shack, they both turned up empty handed.

 

"Wolf to Mission Control, there's nothing here. We're planting the cameras" and they did. Tiny cameras and heat sensors were planted all around the area for monitoring purposes.

 

"Let's go" Wolf says to Snoopy and they leave the area, hoping that the cameras would at least get them some intel.

 

*****

 

A few minutes after Seo Dae Yeong left, the cameras to the cells powered down.

 

"What's this? What's going on?" The Battalion Commander demanded to know what was wrong, but the radios were also down, nothing but static was coming out.

 

The Battalion Commander looked at all the soldiers present and demanded they fixed the cameras. But so far none of them had any luck, and he stood up too quickly that his chair fell on the floor.

 

"You." he said pointing to one soldier. "Keep a close eye on that cell." And he left the room and the facility to give their technical support a good scolding.

 

As the soldier opened the door to the cell Si Jin greeted him instead.

 

"I need a few minutes alone. Leave." the Major orders, including the two soldiers stationed to guard the cells. They all looked at him confused. "That's an order. And no, you can't tell the Commander. Now go."

 

The two guards reluctantly left their posts promising to return in 10 minutes. When they were alone Si Jin took out a sheet of paper from the file that he received from Seo Dae Yeong and a ball point pen he retrieved from his pocket.

 

He scrawled something on it quickly before handing it over to Black Bull. He read the script

Tell me everything. You got 10 mins

 

Jordan eyed him suspiciously and Si Jin held back the urge to roll his eyes at the Captain. He took back the pen and wrote something again.

 

Cameras are down.

He returns the materials and took out something from his pocket. It was a lighter.

 

Jordan now understood that Si Jin plans to burn the evidence after reading it.

 

He began to write.

 

A few minutes later Black Bull hands back the sheet of paper to Big Boss. Si Jin looks at Jordan, his eyes questioning as if asking if what was written was the truth. Jordan only nods. At this point Si Jin could do nothing but trust him. It only took him seconds to read the script, there wasn't much written on it that Si Jin couldn't memorize.

 

Accordingly, he took out the lighter once again and burned the sheet of paper.

 

"Do you understand now?" Jordan asks him once the paper was now nothing but ashes on their feet

 

"I do." Si Jin replies. He tucks the documents back into their folder

 

"Good. Now you can get me out of here" Jordan remarks

 

But Si Jin starts to leave. "I'm sorry, but until I've confirmed this you'd have to stay here."

 

Confused of his actions, Jordan asks "where are you going?"

 

He only smiles at him smugly "I have a date"

 

*****

 

A/N: Hey guys!!!

I missed y’all so much. How are you doing? Btw, this a/n is just to inform you that Pyeongjin is absolutely fictional. Nope. Doesn’t exist. ‘kay? Love you guys tons! :D