So far, everything was going great. Everyone was for convincing the ministers to join (whether forcibly or not) their side and then force both Senates to resign. Everyone was eager to help and to get started…but, there was one question that Ileana and Kris never really thought of.

“Not to burst anyone’s bubbles here, but what do you plan on doing once you’ve gotten the members of the Senates to resign?” Chen asked, peering across everyone’s expression that became blank at his question. “Do you not have a plan after that?”

“We were more focused on how to achieve the goal rather than the aftermath of it.” Ileana mumbled while slumping her shoulders.

“Chen’s right.” Luhan sighed, “Although getting rid of the current members of the Senates is important, the competition between who would replace them and take control of the Sectors…it could very well result in a blood bath.”   

“It’s true. There are still some corrupted members of parliament that will do anything in order to be part of the Senate and we definitely need to make sure that doesn’t happen.” Sehun spoke up as well with a calculating expression on his face.

“So, would doing background checks on the potential members of the Senate work?” Ileana asked, tilting her head.  

“That would take far too long.” Lay replied, crossing his arms, “It needs to be a quick takeover or else the Sectors won’t be able to adjust accordingly and take us seriously.”

“But we’re getting rid of the bad guys!”  Ileana argued in disbelief.

“Not everyone sees the current government as a bad thing.” Xiumin murmured, “I know a fair amount of people who love doing their dirty work.”

“Then, what can we do in order for a quick takeover?” Ileana frowned.

“Why don’t we just put people we know and trust in the Senate?” Baekhyun peeped up, which drew everyone’s attention.

“Like who?”  Kris rose an eyebrow, “Do you know any trustworthy ministers?”

“No, but I was thinking maybe a few of us could step in.  Like we could have a temporary leader for each Sector and they would oversee everything until it was stable.” Baekhyun further explained. There was a small silence between them as they processed the idea.

“In that case, I nominate Kris for Sector M.” Tao put up his arm in a lazy fashion, “I don’t see anyone else here who would be better.” His dark and hooded eyes roamed across the others, ready to go against anyone who disagreed. But everyone nodded their head and agreed to Tao’s suggestion. Kris took a deep breath.

“Thank you,” Kris said earnestly and bowed his head, “I will try to fulfill this role to the best of my abilities.” Ileana analyzed Kris’ reaction and concluded that under that cool exterior stood a very nervous man.

“Then, I nominate Suho for Sector K.” D.O raised his hand, “He’s very experienced when it comes to leading and knows the basic of politics.”  Suho whipped around and stared at D.O with his mouth wide open.

“B-But-”

“I second that.” Luhan raised his hand, “If anyone would know how to run Sector K, it’d be Suho.”

Suho looked between the two of them with a bewildered expression before speaking, “If that’s what everyone wants, it’ll be my honour to take up the role.” His hesitant gaze soon turned confident. Ileana smiled as a result. She felt Suho would fulfill the leadership role well.

She lightly giggled as happiness washed over her. This was really going to happen. They were doing to make a difference.

“What’s so funny?” Kris nudged her which caught everyone’s attention. She looked between everyone and tried to tone down her smile.

“I’m just…really glad that things are playing out so well. I feel really confident that this will work and I…I just want to get it going I guess.”  Ileana’s gleefully smile to the floor.

“Ileana.” Chanyeol leaned down and grabbed one of her hand, “We’re glad too.” Ileana looked up to a smiling Chanyeol before seeing everyone else was giving her looks that warmed her heart.  She squeezed Chanyeol’s hand before letting go and clapping her hands together.

“All right, now that’s out of the way, we need to figure out how we’re going to tackle each minister.” Ileana perked up.

“Luhan and I can probably convince the Minister of Energy and Environmental Planning for each Sector.” Sehun added in and Luhan nodded in agreement.

“I can handle the Ministers for the Arts and Entertainment for both Sectors as well.” Baekhyun shot in happily before winking, “They love me.”

Ileana nodded along, trying to keep note. “Anyone else?” she asked. Everyone else looked between each other hesitantly. She her lips at the current stand still. “Um, Kris. Which ministers did you say you already convinced?”

“So far I’ve convinced Sector M’s Health, Labour and Agriculture and the Citizenship and Identification Bureau ministers.” Kris supplied.

“And how many ministers are there in total?”  She asked.

“20, there’s a total of 10 sections.”

“Okay…” She murmured, trying to think. “Hey Lay, would you happen to have a poster board or something?” She turned toward Lay. He took his hand out of his pocket and starting typing something down on his communicator.

“It’s coming.” He said as he put the COMM away. Before long, a knock was heard from the door. Xiumin walked over and opened the door for Lay’s secretary who handed Xiumin a white poster and black marker. He shot her a quirky smile which made her cheeks become visibly more red before she scurried out of the room.

“Here you go.” Xiumin handed Ileana the poster and marker with a similar smile.

She scoffed him off. “Must you always play with women?”  She muttered.

“Why, whatever do you mean?” He shot back with a look of pure innocence. She raised her upper lip in fake distaste. She turned away and walked over the a familiar couch. She sat down on it and started writing on the poster.

“Okay. So, I’m thinking that a chart will help visual things. So, let’s see here…” She hovered the marker and then wrote out a list of ministers.  “So far I have the Ministers for the Arts, Energy, Labour, Identification and Health. “ She wrote out the names of the person who were to convince the ministers. Since Kris already handled three for Sector M, she wrote out his name next to the ministers and crossed it out. “Okay, so that’s…7 out 20 ministers accounted for. We have 13 others to worry about now. Any takers?” She asked hopefully.

“I’ll take on both Ministers for Finances.” Lay spoke out and broke the silence. She quickly smiled and nodded before adding it to the list of ministers and writing Lay’s name beside it.

“I’ll take care of Sector K’s ministers for Health and, Citizenship and Identification.” D.O also supplied. She gave him her small thanks before adding his name to the chart. Chen volunteered to handle the ministers of Foreign Affairs while Kai would take care of the ministers of Technology and Scientific Advancements.  Chanyeol also agreed to try and convince Sector K’s minister for Labour and Agriculture.

“There’s still 4 ministers left.” Ileana glazed over the chart before looking up at the others.

“Well, the ministers for Defense and Justice are going to be the toughest to tackle.” Suho commented, “They are the ones that are the most connected with the current Senate. So, it would probably be best if we took them out last.”

“Okay, so you’re taking care of the Sector K minister for Defense then?” Ileana asked Suho who in return nodded, “And what about Sector M?”

“I’ll take care of it.” A voice shot through the air.

“Tao, what a surprise.” She smirked as she wrote down his name next to Suho’s.  “But, there’s still two left… which is for what?” Everyone looked at each other as they tried to think of the missing piece.

“I can’t believe you guys.” Xiumin laugh rang out, “How could you forget the ministers for the Women’s Quarter?”

Ileana blinked up at Xiumin in disbelief, “Sector M and K has a women’s rights section in their government?”

“Calling it rights is a bit much. It was created because they realized how weak some influential men can be to womanly charms.  It’s mostly to manage female spies and …um.” Xiumin stopped talking and rubbed the back of his head awkwardly. She glared up at him.

“Continue…” She prompted. He sighed heavily.

“They also manage…services like...”

“Just spit it out.”

“ual services, all right. They try to keep the trade as clean as they can and hassle free.”

Ileana blinked hard as it hit her.  She swallowed down the uncomfortable image of ion and opened , “O-Okay and whose taking care of that?”

“Me of course!” Xiumin replied with a huge grin.  She shook her head and wrote his name down.

“All right. So everyone’s knows their tasks?” She asked.  When everyone nodded, she smiled and stood up with the poster.

“Cool, I guess you guys can contact me with your progress and we can schedule meetings when need be.”  Ileana nodded.

“How do we contact you?” Chanyeol asked, tilting his head.  Her smile dropped a little.

“Oh…that’s actually a good question.” She said.

“You can stay with me.” Both Kris and Sehun said at the same time. Tension was immediately felt within the room.

“What do you mean she’ll stay with you?” Sehun asked, raising an eyebrow.

“Because I can offer the best comfort and protection for Ileana.” Kris shot back with a little bite in his tone.

“Ileana’s already sufficiently comfortable and protected with me.” Sehun replied quickly. 

“I doubt you can match what I have to offer.” Kris smirked rather haughtily.

“And what if what you have to offer isn't what she wants.” Sehun said through gritted teeth as a response. Ileana looked between the two boys helplessly. They were going back and forth non-stop, inching closer to each other with every exchange. She looked to the others for help but they were just standing there and watching them as if it were a sitcom.  Once she realized how close they were to each other, she shimmied her way in between them.

“All right hotheads, enough from both of you!” Ileana pushed on Kris’ chest before turning around and glaring at Sehun, “I’m staying with neither of you.”

“But-“ They both called out.

“But nothing! I decided that-“ Think quickly Ileana, think quickly, “I’m staying here!” She pointed to the floor.

“In Lay’s office?” Sehun said sarcastically.

“N-No!” She replied quickly, “I’m staying here…in the building. That is, if Lay has any space to offer.”

“Luckily for you, I have a fully furnished flat on the 50^th floor.” Lay replied with a smirk.