Chapter 11.3

Moonbyul walked along the corridor until she reached this big metal door that required a keycard. Obviously she obtained it from one of the officers she killed, she unlocked the door and it was that familiar corridor cell where they kept the test subjects…Light, Center, and Moonbyul remembered it very well. It was the place where they were locked up and lived ever since they could remember. Their childhood was at this place; she walked through that corridor and remembered that exact cell she was kept in. It was one of the special cells at the middle of the cell corridor because she was an important subject that had the most compatibility with the drugs. Suffering from the side effects of the drug and went through countless tests to test her maximum capabilities to reach the ideal SuperSoldier’s power that the scientists idealized.

“This place…how sentimental, where I born.”

(…)

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“How annoying,… how annoying.”

Moonbyul’s conscious inside remembered her memories of her childhood in this place. It was all repaired back and it just looked exactly like how she used to live in. She remembered seeing the scientists came in through that door, gave her the usual drugs despite how exhausted and listless she was due to the effects of the previous dose. She coughed out even more and she felt the burn inside her body melting every flesh and organ inside her. She puked and her head was spinning and she couldn’t even stand properly. Despite she felt like dying, they took her out and went into this physical test room to do the weekly tests. Every single time, she needed to kill at least one thing, an animal they gave her…they tested her sense of sympathy for another living being. SuperSoldiers should not have any in order to accomplish their task at maximum effect. However, it was the main reason that brought doom to the project…through all these countless heartless experiments, and being all alone, and as a result it gave birth to Light and Center. There were no such things as sympathy in them, and only killing would satisfy them. By the time she finished reminiscing her past in here, Light had used most of the bombs she had everywhere in this cell area… she walked through that hallway until she went out from another end. She activated on the one bomb at the end path and closed that door, forever.

“…It is the time, for it to come to an end, forever.”

She kept walking on and when the first bomb exploded…the impact sent to another one and triggered another explosion. It was a chain explosion everywhere and it echoed loudly throughout the whole laboratory. Every single one in the lab area realized this tremendous impact that made all of them stunned. They could tell it was more than one single bomb exploding and it made the floor became unstable from that impact. Moonbyul kept moving on to hunt everything that came in her way, her blood thirst returned back and she needed the sight of blood to calm her down…especially the blood of the one that was a part of this reviving experiment.

“I will destroy everything and everyone…I won’t make that mistake again.”
 

-

Taeyeon and Yongsun was still pursuing after Steve and Tiffany despite those officers came in their way to slow them down. They did heard the explosion from afar distance, and likely to be on the same floor as them too. That huge impact bothered them, but they didn’t let it let it take their attention away. Every time Taeyeon attempted to shoot them down, Yongsun would stop her and said to keep running as she promised to guard the mouse no matter what. It was as she said, she would support Taeyeon with her life…and she did. The mouse ran through the officers that came from the front, as the bullets that came from behind her shot them down.

“Go Taeyeon! Don’t stop!!”

“Thanks Yongsun!”

She sprinted and broke through the crowd of officers in an instant. She had that lightning speed and it left Yongsunalone in the middle of all of SWAT members. However, despite they were attempting to follow or shoot Taeyeon, Yongsun mercilessly shot them down first before they could hurt her. With just this amount of officers that she was fighting to buy the time for Taeyeon…the result was quite obvious…not could stop the SuperSoldiers.
 

-

Tiffany and her father were walking in a faster pace. For her to know that Taeyeon was pursuing after made her terribly terrified…those eyes that Taeyeon had were filled with so much hatred. If they were to confront again, she wouldn’t hesitate to shoot Steve for sure. She would need to stop Taeyeon, if the worse comes…she must not let Taeyeon kill Steve. If that happen, this would just extend the chain of revenge.

“Tiffany, hurry up.”

“A-Ah, yes…”

They continued along the pathway despite they were hearing sounds of gunfire every now and then from a distance away. At the same time, she was utterly worried about Taeyeon…her father ordered the SWAT members to kill them. Anything could happen to Tayeon, and if it did…she would be scarred for the rest of her life. She couldn’t believe why Yuri would break the promise they had with one another, she asked her not to bring Taeyeon yet…she did. However, by the time they walked turned along the pathway and were about to enter another tunnel-like corridor, suddenly they felt the presence coming out from that darkness and had that gun in her hands. That familiar face glaring at Steve and holding her gun firmly…only but that silence remained and forced both Hwang members to come to a stop. Steve couldn’t believe how this girl managed to catch up with them, and even ambushed on the pathway they were using…it really meant that she outrun them very badly.

“How did you…”

“This is what you did to me. That testing pill did left me something nice after all…these legs, and the super speed.”

“Ah…so your compatibility must be very high. As expected from Kim Hyun jong’s daughter—”

“Don’t you speak of my dad’s name with your filthy lips.”

Taeyeon gripped her gun tighter and made sure that she pointed at Steve despite Tiffany was standing behind him. She saw those eyes filled with worries, and she promised to herself that she wouldn’t let her hatred take control of her body again. She kept chanted inside her mind regarding the reason she was here for, every single second she had a chance…she told herself that she was at this place to take back her belonging…and she shall not fail it again.

“…This is the end, Hwang Steve.”
 

-

On Yuri’s side she was sitting in the main computer room to hack through the security and the database of the laboratory. She was here to destroy every piece of information regarding the SuperSoldier, to avoid this revival again. However, the security of this database was really tight and she tried to break through as quickly as she could and as fast as she could. However, its security level was beyond her expectations and she had a second thought that Taeyeon should’ve be here to do this job instead. She was an experienced hacker, but this was beyond her skills…she tried again and again, but failed.
 

[ERROR]

“Damn it! Huh…this is not looking that good.”

Yuri wished that the young mouse was here with her, but maybe this was beyond Taeyeon’s skills as well. Taeyeon was a sharp cunning girl, she was sure talented in hacking, but she lacked experiences to accomplish this task successfully. Then suddenly she remembered the only person that could do such a thing like this. She was a talented with everything related to programs, and she was the only one that was more experienced than Yuri…and she brought that talent with her with her dream to become an officer. Apparently, it was her love as well, her ex-girlfriend.

“…At time like this, why did I remember about her?”

She kept trying to hack into the main computer but then it didn’t work at all. The security was utterly tight, and it seemed Steve might’ve upgraded the security of this project. But before she realized it again, she could hear footsteps approaching and the door of the main computer room opened. She didn’t panic or anything…because she remembered that familiar air that entered the room. She slowly turned around and had that smile of relief across her face when she saw Yoona and that officer right beside her. It was such a familiar face, Jung Jessica, the woman she loved once. She could see that blood stained handkerchief around her left arm on the wound she got shot. Yuri knew that this could happen, and she didn’t say anything further.

“…You really did it, Yoona.”

“Sorry to keep you waiting, sorry to take some time with this.”

Jessica stared back at Yuri, after these years they never met each other, she could see those bloodstained marks all over her clothes. She did saw that subtle blood trails from the corner of her lips as well…it was just like what Yoona had told her regarding Yuri’s dying clock. Her time was ticking away little by little. She really did learn a lot of things while she had the chance to talk to Yoona, and realized the situation to a certain extent that she needed to know at this moment. At the very least, Yoona promised to explain things after this matter is over to her, and so that’s partially a reason why she stuck along with her. The officer spoke up first while she approached Yuri.

“…I can’t leave you two at all, can’t I?”

“Hehe, I guess not…?”

Yoona smirked and it made Yuri sighed with a smile. The leader got out from her seat and Jessica took the chair and sat down. Yoona approached the two of them and gave a tap on Yuri’s shoulder softly. Its been a long while that Jessica had her hands on this again and she didn’t ask anything from Yuri and knew what she was supposed to do. It seemed Yoona had did her job well to bring Jessica here to help them. This mission meant a lot to Yuri, it was like her life, and she truly appreciated what officer Jung had done for her right now.

“…Thank you, Jessica.”

“This is for Tiffany and Irene’s sake.”

Jessica spoke up and Yuri smiled in that silence. She knew her woman long enough to tell her true intention for this. She partially did that for both her friends, but another half was because of her soul of justice that can’t turn her back against evilness. She didn’t know how much Yoona had told the woman, but it was already enough to make Jessica willingly to help and assist Yuri’s team in this invasion.

“…Fair enough, we both share the same objective.”

“You two owe me a full story for this matter, or else I’m capturing you two and send to jail.”

Both of them really got involved with a very scary officer here. After all these 5 years, it seemed being trained to become an officer had made her into a hardcore woman. However, they could feel that hint of kindness through her words. It made both of them exchanged a smile softly before they nodded for confirmation. Yuri would always keep her words, and so she made a promise with her ex-lover.

“Everything, I’ll answer everything you ask…I promise.”

“…Good.”

Just one simple word from officer Jung, but it warmed Yuri’s heart already. As for Yoona, she could tell that her leader still had those feelings for Jessica. They were forced to leave the officer reluctantly. Also, the officer sure did have feelings for Yuri too…but she wasn’t being indirect with it because it was obvious that she wouldn’t want to just forgive her for what they did. She knew her love would be one-sided…but as long as both of them are happy, she would be happy. The happiness of her family was her happiness too. While she was watching her love working hard to hack into the laboratory’s security system, Yuri turned to her and grabbed her attention instead.

“So…what about the younger Kim?”

“She’s on her way to meet her now. I guess she received your message too.”

“Yeah…she’s our last hope for it.”

“She will come help us, she is a part of our family after all.”

Yoona smiled back and encouraged her leader to have hopes. Yoona had asked Irene to help stop the reinforcement orders by fake that they captured the intruders already. Obviously its one heck of a crime to lie to police officers, but this was one serious matter they were dealing. Also, she was asked to head off to this place to meet with another woman who was Yoona’s close friend and she would bring another reinforcement to help them out instead… meanwhile after their short discussion, Yuri sighed softly and couldn’t help to worry about the kids that she brought with her.

“It was not a matter of time…I hope those kids are alright.”

“They will, have faith in them, especially Taeyeon.”
 

-

The young Kim was still gripping her gun tightly and she didn’t allow herself to even have the chance to let her eyes away from Steve. The man that killed her family was right before her eyes…but he was Tiffany’s father as well. Suprisingly, Steve was not threatened by Taeyeon at the slightest, and initiated that conversation to mess up with her mind state.

“Why don’t you kill me? Hesitate to shoot?”

“…”

“Do you know why I have to kill your father? I didn’t want to do at all, but he wasn’t giving me the choice.”

“…!”

“He disagreed with the project, and planned to release that information to the military and government, but ironically this project is supported by one of the government members themselves.”

“W-What?”

“He is a very helpful man if he joined with us, if he did…he wouldn’t have to end his family’s life due to his own arrogance.”

Tiffany could see that her father was provoking Taeyeon, and the young girl showed that facial expression of anger. Obviously everyone would be mad if someone were to provoke about her family’s death like this. The young Kim tightened up her grip and made sure she didn’t pull that trigger after he provoked her this much, and he wasn’t even planning to stop…he revealed the darkest fact regard Kim’s tragedy even more to her. So that Taeyeon would be succumbed by the darkness inside her heart.

“Yes…I ordered my men to go kill every single one in the Kim’s household, and to keep the kids alive, and make them take responsible of her father’s decision by serving the country as a SuperSoldier.”

“You…!!”

“Obviously I know she worked for me…Kim Irene isn’t? If you have such a high compatibility like this, she will become a very decent subject for our new project.”

“Don’t you dare touch Joohyun—!”

Hatred started to appear in those round orbs of hers. He was telling how he was planning to make both Irene and her as a subject for the experiment. What made her angry was that this man planned to harm Irene and her in the first place…it was all planned. She wondered how heartless this man could go with treating them as objects like this, back then when she was 6 years old. Even more, he was planning to make Irene as the subject for the reviving SuperSoldier project. That was something she couldn’t forgive the man and it made it more tempting to shoot Steve down right now. The man just gave her more reasons to kill him…but there were many things that were hindering her to do so too. Tiffany was there, standing and watching her…if it was Taeyeon in the past before she had met Tiffany, she wouldn’t hesitate to kill these two in a blink of a second. But now…she didn’t even have the strength to even pull that trigger.

“I ordered them to kill the parents in front of the kids, for them to understand the cruelty of life. But the plans went a little wrong…one kid made another one escaped successfully…we had that only the older kid.”

“…”

“But it seemed that child didn’t reach the laboratory and disappeared somewhere ever since…and how amazingly life brought you back here, and for you to stand right in front of me.”

“Enough…enough with your ty nonsense.”

“I believe you have more than enough reason to kill me…but why not? Pull that trigger now.”

“…”

Taeyeon was more than willingly to pull it, but everything seemed odd to her. Why would he want Taeyeon to shoot him? Did he know that Taeyeon wouldn’t pull that trigger? Or he had some plans up his sleeves. All possibilities could happen and Taeyeon wasn’t willingly to risk any of it…if it were to threaten Tiffany’s life. She started to break faster and she could feel her heart pounding against her rib. It was hard for her to even breathe properly and so many conflicting feelings inside her heart…to pull that trigger, or not?

“What’s a matter? Kim Taeyeon.”

“Don’t you call my name…!”

“That is indeed a nice name, how pitiful if it were to be in a different circumstances…you’ll be a wonderful subject for the experiment.”

“And that’s the only thing you could think…despite how many lives you have to take away!”

“You and I, what’s the different between both of us anyways?”

“…!”

Taeyeon froze and realized some little irony. Just as much as Steve killed so many people in order to accomplish his goal, so did Taeyeon too. She killed so many officers, and other people who just simply stepped in her way without any mercy. She remembered that night she killed the father of this child…and left the woman a widow. She remembered their tears and face very well, and it reminded her of that man that killed her parents right before her eyes. Her act…was no different from what Steve did at all.

“You’re wrong!!!”

That loud voice snapped Taeyeon back and realized that it came from the raven-haired lady behind Steve. She was tightened her grip and she was shaking as well. She looked utterly painful to hear such heartless words from her father. It killed her heart even more to see the man hurting Taeyeon with that taboo topic regarding her family. She couldn’t hold back anymore and she stepped up for the young Kim, and going against her father.

“Taeyeon isn’t like that…Taeyeon is not the same as you!”

“…!”

“So you really did know this girl after all, just as I thought.”

Steve only smiled, and he pulled that gun out from his pocket to aim it at Taeyeon. It made Taeyeon tensed up and made the whole situation even worse. The sole purpose that the man provoked Taeyeon was in order to see whether Tiffany knew her or not? And it seemed Tiffany fell right into his plan, she revealed herself that she knew Taeyeon, and she was actually siding with that girl instead of his side. He was a smart man beyond what Tiffany knew…she completely underestimated her father.

“I know something is fishy, I assume its you that told them where the laboratory is as well.”

“…!?”

“I know you too well, Tiffany, I wished that I can change your mind, but it seems I’m unable to do so, right?”

“Dad…”

“Why don’t we end this, Kim Taeyeon, if you pull that trigger, you win…you have that chance within 10 seconds from now.”

It was a straight confrontation with Taeyeon, and he was indeed a mind manipulator. It was as if he knew that the young girl wouldn’t do it, and he would win…but at the same time, Taeyeon had enough hatred to kill that man at any second. It was a matter of when her hatred would succumb her conscious and taking control over her body. If that happen…then that would result Steve’s death, but why would he want that? Taeyeon couldn’t understand what the man was thinking at the slightest and why would he gamble his life this much on just a simple matter like this. What was his intention…what was his plan?

“10…9…8…”

“!?”

He started to countdown and it was like a moment of terror for both Tiffany and Taeyeon. The young Hwang ran in to stop her father, but then he swiftly pushed his daughter aside and made her fell back onto the floor. He didn’t hesitate at the slightest and the gun was still remaining, pointing at Kim while he continued to countdown.

“Dad! Stop this!!”

“7…6…5…”

“Please…dad!!”

Tiffany got up again and was planning to forcefully push her father so he would fall, but then she totally underestimated him. He turned to glare at Tiffany and smacked right across the woman’s face, causing her to fall back harder. Taeyeon wasn’t expecting to see such a thing like this as well and the time was running out…She needed to pull that trigger if she wanted to live, but she couldn’t. She was hesitating, but at the same time she was utterly tempting. She was just too confused with herself and what she wanted to do right now.

“4…3…2…”
 

~BEEP~BEEP~BEEP~

~BOOOM~

The explosion happened right behind Steve and Tiffany, the exploded and the young puppy appeared out from that whole. She exploded the wall in order to make a new path for her to come out here…Taeyeon was utterly shocked to see Moonbyul caught up with her now, and it was Light that was controlling the body. She stretched her neck, making that cracking sound before she turned to have her eyes on Steve.

“…I finally found you.”

Both Hwang members were surprised with Moonbyul’s appearance and Tiffany swore she never saw those eyes from that innocent puppy girl at all. It was so cold, and it gave the chill down her spine. Her instinct was telling her that Moonbyul was utterly dangerous and she needed to run away as quickly as possible before she would be killed at any blink of second. The moment Light saw him, it was like all the grudges she had burst out from her chest, and it wasn’t just hers…Center’s and Moonbyul’s heavy grudge mixed up with hers as well. Even Taeyeon was trembling under that heavy presence from Light… Steve stared at her and he realized that he was intimidated by that heavy presence from the girl, and he remembered that left green-shaded eye color…it belonged to that same girl that killed every single living being in the laboratory. She was the only successful subject that brought the end to the project. Time flew by so much since back then when he once saw that young girl sitting in the cell, and staring back at the scientists and him…and now that child was a grown woman right in front of him.

“You…you’re that kid.”

“Hahaha, Hahahaha!! Finally…Finally I found you!! I’ll kill you…!”

“Moonbyul—!!”

Taeyeon yelled to stop her, but failed in vain. The young girl vanished ran in towards Steve and suddenly vanished into thin air. No one could see Light when she was using one of her skills, she was moving in a speed that human eyes could see her and she was coming from the side where Steve was having his back facing at her… Before that second raging Light could even have her hands on him, a loud echoing voice managed to stop her in a blink of a second.

“MOONBYUL!!!!!!”

(Yongsun—!)

“…!?”

Light froze as Moonbyul’s conscious took control of the body in that blink of second. That made Steve realized that Moonbyul was right behind him. He swiftly turned around struck the girl with his elbow strike. Despite in that moment of pause, Light managed to catch it on time before it would hit right at the side of her temple. She was forced to jump away but then the man pointed the gun at her and pulled couple of triggers without any hesitation.
 

~BANG~BANG~BANG~

Light managed to dodge the one that was aiming at her head but she didn’t manage to evade the other two. She felt two bullets penetrated through her arm flesh as she used it to block the two bullets that aimed at her heart. She managed to get her ground before she jumped off from the 2nd level to the 1st level safely without injuring herself. If it wasn’t for that voice that called her, she would’ve kill Steve already.

“Don’t do it…Moonbyul.”

That voice spoke up again and it caught her attention. She turned to the side and saw Yongsun panting hard. She seemed to be fairly exhausted from the fights she had before she manage to catch up with Taeyeon and Steve. Those calm gentle eyes from Yongsun managed to make Moonbyul stop in a blink of a second and Light had no choice but to submit against Yongsunat all conditions.

“…Yongsun, why did you stop me?”

“You can’t kill him, any of you three.”

As Yongsun made her declaration, she turned up to look at Steve who was staring back at her. They sure had some business to clear up with…what a day for Steve, to confront with the two subjects from the previous experiment 11 years ago. The survivors of the experiment and for them to break into here alive, and through all those elite SWAT members showed how powerful they were. This SuperSoldier project in the past proved to him that it was a success. However, he still had to deal with this young Kim in front of him. He turned back his gun at her and startled the young girl once again.

“So, what is your answer?”

“…”

Yongsun and others were staring at Taeyeon and obviously the pink-haired woman was hoping that Taeyeon wouldn’t lose her senses again. But then Moonbyul and her could hear footsteps coming…more officers were coming to kill them while Taeyeon was handing with Steve, all alone on the 2nd level of the room. It would take too long for them to run up the stairs on the side of the room before they would be able to join up with Taeyeon. The moment the showed up into the room, both Matsui ladies didn’t hesitate to fight off against them, and killed them right at that spot. They had their own battle…as well as Taeyeon. She could feel her heart racing even more as she held that gun in her hand…and pointed at Steve.

“…”

“Shoot me, Kim Taeyeon, and take your revenge.”

In that midst of silence, Taeyeon closed her eyes and bit her lips. She remembered the whole tragedy as if it was yesterday, and it always replayed in her head…sometimes she even dreamt of it. However, she then met with this idiot officer that believed in her unconditionally…she couldn’t understand her intentions at the slightest. But that was the first time she felt someone’s warmth…the very first time in her life. She slowly opened her eyes again and saw Tiffany got up on her ground and looking at her with those painful eyes…maybe she thought that Taeyeon would shoot her father. Would she hate her for it? She thought about her feelings again…obviously she hated this man so much, but she didn’t have that strong desire any longer…the desire to kill him. The time she spent with Tiffany was just so short, but just so powerful enough to change her black scarred heart. She really did change Taeyeon’s heart…the power of love could change someone.

“…I can’t.”

Taeyeon slowly lowered her gun down. Her mind and heart wasn’t able to do this at all…and as Tiffany watched. She was shocked, she didn’t understand why did Taeyeon lowered her gun in front of her father, Hwang Steve, the man responsible for robbing everything away from her. She looked into Taeyeon’s eyes and saw that pure sadness and despair. It was no longer filled with the usual hatred at all. She saw none in those beautiful eyes that belonged to the real Taeyeon. The man was still having his gun pointing at Taeyeon, and he was not planning to lower his guard down despite the younger one gave up with killing him.

“…Even you’re the man responsible for everything that happen to my family…I don’t wish to kill you anymore.”

“!?”

“I…Tiffany…”

That very first time, she heard her name coming out from Taeyeon’s lips. Her mind was completely blown away and was immediately touched by that weight put on her name. Taeyeon uttered with feelings…it was not just a simple word. She couldn’t explain this growing inside her when she heard her name coming out from Taeyeon, it really did meant a lot to her…for all the times she spent with her, this is the first time…she called her by her name. She was definitely looking back at Tiffany with those eyes, the life in those eyes were the same as the ones she saw at the park…the eyes that belonged to the real Kim Taeyeon.

“T-Taeyeon…!”

“…That is unfortunate…you got your chance.”
 

~BANG~BANG~

The trigger was pulled, twice, and it was from Steve’s gun. Everyone heard that and when both Yongsun and Moonbyul heard that shot and threw their glance immediately…and it seemed them realized that the person that pulled the trigger wasn’t Taeyeon, but it was Hwang Steve. Taeyeon’s body flinched that second and she felt that massive pain in her abdomen…she stumbled back slightly from that impact. Tiffany’s face was filled with horror; she could see that droplets of blood splattered against the floor and real nightmare happened. Her own father shot Taeyeon, and she could see Taeyeon stumbling back while trying to grasp for balance. Her mind just went black when she was witness this scene right before her eyes…it was the 2nd time she was witnessing death…and she remembered that coldness of a dead body. She didn’t want to feel that from Taeyeon’s warm body at all. She remembered holding the older one in her arms, tightly, and felt that heat from her body.
 

~BANG~

Taeyeon still had that reflex and attempted to dodge that bullet that was aiming at her heart, but then she didn’t manage to completely evade it. It pierced right into her left shoulder and made her lose her balance even more. Tiffany could see her father was about to pull another trigger, to end Taeyeon’s life once and for all.

“NO!!!! STOP IT!!!”
 

~BANG~

Tiffany tackled her father and made him missed the target. The bullet went passed Taeyeon and struck onto the wall instead. Her father lost the balance and crashed against the wall while he saw his daughter ran in towards Taeyeon without any second hesitation. Taeyeon fell back against her back and it was such a terrible pain succumbing her conscious. It felt horrible to be shot in her stomach, it made Taeyeon wondered it hit any of her organs or not because that could be utterly fatal to her. The second thing she realized was being supported in those warm arms and that familiar scent. Those smooth fragile arms were trembling while holding her…and she knew that it belonged to whom. She looked up and saw that face that was about to tear up any second from now, and she could hear her calling her name so clearly.

“Taeyeon…you idiot! Why…Why do you have to come here!?”

“…U-Ugh.”

She moved, trying to sit up but the bullets that went through her guts killed her so badly. She never knew it could be this painful and she fell back into Tiffany’s arms again. That was the moment when Tiffany saw that moving necklace around Taeyeon’s neck, and she was shocked…it was the necklace that she gave to Taeyeon before she parted away from her. Taeyeon was wearing it and she couldn’t believe at all. Part of her mind thought that Taeyeon would trashed it away, or at most leave it back at the hideout…but no, she wore it today to this place.

“T-That necklace…w-why!? Taeyeon!”

“U-Uh…Guh—!”

“Taeyeon! Please hang in there! Don’t force yourself to move…!”

“…Fa..ny.”

“…!”

She called her name again; at this time…she wondered why it must be at this timing right now when their feelings were about to reach each other. That moment when Tiffany was holding Taeyeon by her side, her father stood firm on his ground and pointed the gun at the injured Kim…despite his daughter was there as well.

“So you’re planning to betray me again, for that child?”

“I won’t let you hurt her, even you’re my father. I won’t let you hurt Taeyeon ever again, no matter what.”

She embraced Taeyeon tighter and closer to her body so it could act as a shield for the wounded Kim. Taeyeon still had her conscious and overheard everything, but she felt like was about to faint already. If she did, it could mean death in a way…she wouldn’t wake up from it. Taeyeon could even hear Yongsun and Moonbyul calling her name while they were trying to clean up the mess down here in order to catch up with her.

“TAEYEON!!!”

Moonbyul kicked the officer away and ran towards the stairs, carelessly she forgot all the armed officers behind her that was aiming the gun at her. The young girl lost her guard as she was utterly worried of her dear friend, but that almost meant her life. Yongsun saw it and yelled out loud to warn the younger one…but it was too late. That trigger was pulled and the bullet was piercing towards her.

“MOONBYUL!”
 

~BANG~

“U-Ugh—!”

She lost her balance as she got shot at the back. Due to momentum she slid down on the floor. Yongsun lost her touch and immediately slaughtered everyone to protect Moonbyul at all cost. There were too many officers to buy their time and no one was there with Taeyeon aside from Tiffany…and how would they be able to fight with Hwang Steve? No one know whether this man would dare to pull that trigger against his daughter or not, if he was insane enough he probably would do…and it meant that both Taeyeon and Tiffany’s life were in danger.

“Taeyeon is never the same as you, I believe in her…I love her. Even it means my life, I won’t let you hurt her again. This is enough, dad…please stop this insanity!”

“…Michelle died right in front of my eyes. What I’m doing is for her, and for us. I really wish you could understand me, Tiffany.”

“I can’t understand you at this state, you’re not the father I used to respect, love, and know…just a mad man that has no heart.”

Tiffany insulted her father back and she didn’t regret what she said at all. Obviously the father was completely disappointed in his own daughter. She chose that girl instead of him, her own biological father. However, he wouldn’t let this stop him…his insanity drove him mad and he still had that gun pointing at Tiffany. If his daughter would stop him no matter what, then he had no choice but to pull that trigger to finish the two of them off to end this mess. He firmly held the gun and said his last words before he pulled that final trigger…

“…Let this end the madness.”

“…!”

Tiffany shut her eyes tightly and was ready to embrace the pain, or death. That moment, she wouldn’t regret if she die to protect the one she love…if that was her last resort, she would not mind at all. However, Taeyeon didn’t felt that way. She bit her lips and gathered all the strength she got before she used it all in this one single second.

“Ugh!!”

The raven-haired Hwang felt that strong impact against her body and it pushed her back. She could see Taeyeon used all her strength to push Tiffany away from the pathway of the bullet. Tiffany couldn’t understand why would Taeyeon do such a thing like this as pushing her away…and that moment everything seemed to be in slow motion to her. She felt her body moving away from Taeyeon and she was out of her reach…and Taeyeon wasn’t in a state that could dodge the bullet without her leg’s power, it was the only thing that granted her lightning speed. Also, Taeyeon picked the right time to push Tiffany away as it was about a blink of a second before Steve was about to pull that trigger. She exchanged that short glance with Taeyeon and swore that she saw that vague smile across her face before she diverted it towards Steve, with that face ready to embrace anything that came in her way. Taeyeon was wondering why she was doing this…but it seemed she reacted on her own without thinking at all. However, the only thing she knew was that she wouldn’t be able to afford it…if Tiffany was to be wounded or killed. By the time she realized it, she already pushed that woman away from her and was the one in the pathway of the aiming. She caught a glimpse of her and realized saw her face for one last time…at least; she could go in peace, if she were to die from this. Also, she got to hear Tiffany called her name so loudly that it echoed in her ears, before that blink of moment between life and death.

“TAEYEON—!!!”
 

~BANG~

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Hey, i am back. i am sorry it take so long to update this.

well, this story is nearing its end. there is still like 2 or three chapter more until the epilogue, so hang in there guys.

i am sorry if there are mistakes in this chapter, i am too lazy to check it.

anyway, happy reading guys!

Bye~