The siren of the police car echoed in the middle of the night. Polices were tracking down the thief. It was the 5^th time that the same exact incident happen and polices were working at their best to catch the criminal no matter what. No one knew their intention but polices had to do their job. Only thing they did was to steal…and killed people.

“I saw them!” An officer yelled as she saw the silhouette through the corners of the old building. Then suddenly another officer sprinted to catch up with the thief with the gun in her hand. “Be careful, Tiff!”

“Don’t worry. I’ll catch them!”

Tiffany ran after the thief without fear. Deep down into the dark alley of the old abandoned buildings she spotted the human figure in a black hoodie. Her eyes grew wide as she aimed the gun at that shadow instinctively. She knew that she came across with the thief and this time she would catch them without fail.

“Don’t move! You’re now captured!”

The human figure didn’t move. Tiffany didn’t let her eyes off that thief at any blink of second. In that moment of silence…the cloud moved away and the light of the moon made the alley became brighter. At that second, Tiffany saw the pair of dark color eyes made eye contact with her. That instant, the police could feel the silence in those eyes and she felt moved by it.

Unfortunately, it was long enough for another human figure in black hoodie to hit Tiffany’s gun out from her hands with a short knife. The police recanted back with surprise, she didn’t expect for another thief to come from above her. However, before she realized it again, both shadows disappeared from her sight already. Everything happened so fast that she lost track from them. It was too late for her fellow colleagues to catch up with her already since they let the thief out once again.

“Tiff! Are you alright?” The tall female officer came up to her with worries as Tiffany slowly got up on her feet again and picked up her dropped gun.

“I’m not injured, don’t worry.” She sighed and turned to her colleagues with guilt on her face. She couldn’t help but to feel guilty for letting the thief away when she had a chance to shoot down and catch them. She was so angry at herself for being hesitant at that moment when her eyes met with the thief. “I’m sorry to let those thieves go…I didn’t expect another thief to be this close by.”

“Don’t worry about that Fany unnie. They got two people but you’re only one…seems lady of luck doesn’t side with us this time.” The junior officer tapped on Tiffany’s shoulder before they headed back to group up with their colleagues.

Everyone were busy gathering evidences from the crime scene in order to find any significant clues that would lead to the thieves that robbed the house of an innocent family. Everyone got killed except the mother and the child. The corpses were collected and Tiffany hated this part of her work the most. She saw tears from the child and the mother after they lost their loved one. She couldn’t forgive the thieves that done this to innocent families like them. She swore that she would track those thieves down and punish them as equal to all crimes they had done. Tiffany tightened her fist and continued helping her colleague without being too emotional with the tragic scene she’s witnessing.

“I swore…I’d definitely not let you get away next time…!”

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The two figures in black hoodie arrived at another area of the dark alley. They didn’t hear any footsteps, so it seemed they weren’t being pursued.

“Phew! I guess we’re safe now.”

“Did you get what we wanted?” The shorter one asked as the taller nodded. She brought her hoodie down and revealed her Cheshire grin across her face. She looked amazingly young yet had those strong ferocious eyes. There was also a scar presented above her left eye, which signified the battles she had went through. She giggled as she took out a small little bag from her pocket. It was something that they had stolen from their target today. “Good.”

Her friend replied coldly back and made the taller girl rested her arm on top of the shorter one’s shoulder. “Oi Midget, you almost screwed up right there. That’s not your normal self at all~ If I didn’t make it that police girl would shoot already.”

“Byul, do you think I will get shoot before I shoot her down?”

Taeyeon, the shorter one,  leered back with a threatening tone in her voice. She continued to argue Moonbyul back due to having high dignity in herself. “If you didn’t interrupt me, I’ll be guiding her to gates of hell already.”

“Ouch…I’m sorry for interrupting you?” Moonbyul  replied sarcastically as they walked into another dark corner of the buildings to head back to their hideout. “I’ll be more careful next time then.”

“…”

Taeyeon didn’t reply anything back, her thoughts were occupied with the face of that police officer she saw. Despite the fact Taeyeon didn’t bother to remember the faces of her victims or anyone she met, she actually remembered that face of the police clearly like it was right in front of her now. At that moment her eyes with that officer girl, she actually hesitate to shoot her down. But Taeyeon didn’t admit that she’s hesitating, her arrogance blinded her from admitting the truth.

“Midget, want to fetch some drink before we return back? I’m a bit thirsty.”

Moonbyul nudged her shoulder and Taeyeon showed sign of annoyance in her partner’s easygoing style. “The bills on me!”

“…Fine, do whatever you want. Let me inform Yoona first.” Taeyeon sighed and brought out her cellphone to text another friend of hers, Im Yoona, about their success in their tonight’s task. The shorter girl was always serious and made sure everything went smoothly and perfect. She couldn’t help but to inform back to others first before they made others worried about their long unusual disappearance. Right after she’s done, she got dragged by Moonbyul to one of the hidden bars in the corner to fetch a drink before they return back home.

Another night of their mission came to an end, however Taeyeon was aware that the police forces were becoming more aggressive with catching them. The fact that the officer girl caught up with her was not something she was expecting to happen. It reminded her that she had to increase more of her awareness if she didn’t want to get caught again. Its considered luck that Moonbyul saved her right on time, however she wondered whether there would be next time like that again or not…

Taeyeon went up to the bartender and paid for Moonbyul and her drink. It made the taller girl dumbfounded with Taeyeon’s silent action. “Eh? I told you that the bills are on me.”

“I’m not really in a mood of killing anyone at that moment, so consider as my little gratitude for back there.”

She finished her drink and walked out from the bar. Moonbyul was left dumbfounded and rushed after the shorter thief. The thief grinned softly as she knew that it’s a way Taeyeon expressed her thanks. She had too much dignity to even say ‘thank you’, but that didn’t bother Sooyoung  a slightest. As she caught up with her partner, she walked by her side as they headed back to their hideout…back to their home in this dark forgotten alley…

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