*4 days later*

Wake up,wash up, dress up, eat, work, come home, eat, shower, then sleep. That was the same routine everyday for Jessica, Tiffany and Krystal for the past 5 months. Nothing out of the ordinary. It was normal. Their lives were back to normal. But for some odd reason, today, as they greeted each other in the hallway fully dressed and ready for another day, they all felt an odd feeling. What it was...they didn't know. But what they did know, from the moment they woke up that day, was that it will be different.

As they walked down the stairs to eat breakfast, all was normal. Their parents were there and so was Hana. All of them, except Hana, had a rather sour expression after the events and information heard from Song Qian, Uncle Jae and Hyoyeon. The atmosphere had a little more tension and seriousness. Hana was all smiles...thank goodness.  Hana doesn't need to be involved in the chaos that was happening at the current time.

But that odd feeling JeTiKrys feeling was still there, poking from their inside. Just why can't they shake off this strange, weird feeling?

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"What is this?" Jessica pointed out as she, Tiffany and Krystal came out to the car garage with their parents behind them. There were three motorists in black on each side of the car that will take the three heiresses to work. "Why do we need escorts?"

Mr. Hwang stepped up to Jessica and looked at the motorists calmly. "Heechul called me today in the early morning and told me that he thought it is best to have these escorts. Apparently, they are from America."

"Just how did Heechul manage to get these escorts from America?" Krystal skeptically asked, approaching one of the escorts who was stationed on the driver side of the car. "Hey. Do you speak Korean?" Krystal asked the motorist, whose face was hidden by the black helmet. 

No answer.

"So, do we really need them? I mean, aren't we already having our privacy violated enough?" Tiffany annoyingly inquired, getting tired of having to be followed everytime. "Look around Dad. There are bodyguards here 24/7." 

"Look honey." Mrs. Hwang walked up to Tiffany with a sympathetic look and loving smile. She held Tiffany's hands. "This is all for your protection.Unless the three of you decide not to work, this needs to happen."

"And all three of you, didn't want to stay home. Remember?" Mrs. Jung pointed out with a smile to her daughters. "So, just accept this. It makes us feel less worried about all of you."

With a sigh, JeTiKrys smiled at their parents and entered the car that will be taking them to work. Just how long will they have to live such a life?

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Jessica, Tiffany and Krystal had so much work to do that they forgot all about the odd feeling they have been feeling since the morning. And unknown to each other, they all felt something different with the three motorists escorting them to work today. They can't say exactly what it was that was different but it just felt that way.

After a long day of productive, and successful work, the three heiresses wanted nothing more but to just go home and rest. The day had been filled with projects, meetings, construction finalizations, and more meetings. As soon as they were outside the building, their car was already waiting for them. With the same motorists there, helmets on with no words spoken. 

"Before we go home, go to Suzie's bakery." Krystal instructed the driver.

"Why is that ma'am?" the driver asked with his deep voice, surprising the heiresses. "I have been instructed to bring all of you straight home."nThis was the first time that the driver ever spoke to them since morning. Even when they greeted the driver in the morning, there was no response.

"Personal matters." Jessica answered. "Just take us there. It shouldn't take long since we are just picking up an order." 

"Yes ma'am." That was all before the driver pressed the button to close the window between him and the heiresses. 

"You ordered the right cake right Krystal? Hana loves the strawberry cheesecake flavored cake." 

"Yes Tiffany. Don't worry. Our spelling bee champion will be knocking over every person she sees to eat the cake." Krystal joked, as the car finally started to move. At least, they can still make sure that Hana is happy without restrictions.

After picking up the cake, all three of them were in a jolly mood. They couldn't wait to go home and celebrate with their family on Hana's success. All of them were chatting and discussing about work and life when suddenly, the car swerved harshly to the right and then left.

"YAH!!! Be careful!!" Jessica shouted, only to duck in cover with Tiffany and Krystal when the black tinted window seperating them suddenly shattered into a million pieces. 

"Oh my god!!" Tiffany's eyes widened in horror when she saw what happened. The car suddenly came to an abrupt, hard stop and before they could comprehend what was happening, they heard the door to their right open. And finally saw the driver's face.

"DONGHAE!!" JeTiKrys yelled in shock before being helped out of the car by the man. 

"Not now! Get down!!" Donghae instructed, pushing them all down to sit on the cold floor, with the car as a shield. "Now isn't time for a reunion."

"No sh*t!" Krystal sarcastically exclaimed. "Where should we go?"

Donghae looked around. They were basically in public and running out with the crowd would put other innocent people at risk. So there was only one way out. 

"Run straight into that alley. Just follow me." Donghae yelled, as more shots were fired from somewhere. People were literally screaming and yelling as they frantically ran for cover to avoid being shot. "On the count of three." Donghae stared right ahead, as JeTiKrys did the same. "Three!!"

And run they did...no. More like sprint as if racing in the Olympics.

They finally saw an exit. But just as they were just a few meters away from escaping, their path was suddenly blocked by the three, motorist escorts from the morning. Just as they thought they were safe, JeTiKrys's eyes widened in fear and surprise when the motorists suddenly took out a gun and aimed...right at them!!

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JeTiKrys and the others remained in the middle of the war between the unidentified motorists and the Maniacs. JeTiKrys was confused. Aren't the motorists the good guys?

With the gun still in hand, the motorists, who still had the helmet on, walked forward so that JeTiKrys and the others will stay behind them. Yoona and her sisters were smiling wickedly, not at all scared of the new anticipated visitors.

"What a great day to show yourselves again!!" Hyuna yelled with a devious smile. "Why don't you take off those helmets and let us see your beautiful faces? Before we decide to not show any mercy toward those brats."

"Come on. There is no need to keep up this charade of suspense. It's ridiculous." Yoona added, with a blank expression. "Don't you want them to see who their heroes are?" she tauntingly asked, gesturing toward JeTiKrys with her gun. "Or should I say, heroines?"

"Kim Taeyeon!!!" Sunny shouted out the name with a devious smirk, catching Tiffany's attention. "You-" Sunny pointed right at the person standing in front of Tiffany. "-show yourself. Don't be a coward."

"What?" Tiffany murmured. Even Jessica and Krystal couldn't believe it as they stared at the person in front of them,  with no way of knowing the identity of the motorists.

When the motorists finally took off their helmet, JeTiKrys held in their breath. 

But once the helmet was completely off....

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"What's up, b*tches?" Taecyeon greeted with a smirk as he stared right at Yoona, making sure to do a suave toggle of his hair like in an advertisement. "Miss me?"

"I would say, they must be so scared of us right now. That's why they asked us to take off the helmet." Siwon added nonchalantly, holding his helmet on his side. "Right Jonghyun?"

"They are so petrified that they look so angry. You must be relieved that it's just us huh?" Jonghyun taunted with an accusing finger at Hyuna. "Sorry but, I'm taken. I'm a one woman man."

Boy...was Yoona, Sunny and Hyuna furious. 

"Where are they?!!!" Sunny demanded to know. "It was them this whole time!! Not you three fools!!"

"Whoa...hurtful." Siwon faked a hurt expression. "Is that how you greet 'Kim Taeyeon'?" He purposely taunted, only to anger Sunny more.

"Do we look anything like them?" Taecyeon and Jonghyun looked at each other. "The last time I checked, I wasn't a woman."

"Right." Jonghyun nodded his head. 

"Yah. Watch what you say dunkheads." Donghae warned. "They can still kill us."

"Oh yeah." Siwon scratched his head. "Do you guys really want to do this? I mean, why do you three want to kill us so much?"

"You have no idea. Once all of you are out of the picture, killing Choi Sooyoung, Kim Taeyeon, and Amber Liu will be a piece of cake. No more idiots in the picture." Sunny her lips with a malicious smile,her finger on the gun trigger. 

"What are you talking about?" Jessica stepped from behind Taecyeon to stand in front of him. "They are dead!"

"Are they now?" Hyuna mocked sarcastically, tapping her gun against the side of her head. "Is that what you were told? Are all of you that stupid?"

"What is that suppose to mean?!!" Krystal stepped up. "You three are crazy!!"

"Tell us where Kim Taeyeon and her sisters are and we will let you guys live." was Sunny's offer.

"They have always been crazy." Tiffany intervened, much to Siwon's dismay. "Stay the f**k out of our lives."

"Hm...lying to us eh?" Yoona remarked, tired of this charade. "Fine." she pointed her gun right at them. "All of you will die right now. Your deaths will be fast and painless."

Before they could even pull the trigger, a sound of metal hitting the floor was heard and suddenly, smoke had filled the space between them and the Maniacs.

When the smoke cleared, it was evident that they had received a few new, unexpected visitors.

"It's about time." Yoona stated, when she finally saw the three figures ahead of her clearly, her arm still covering her nose to prevent the inhalation of smoke.

Everyone else was still catching their breath when all they heard was grunts and shots. Thinking fast, Taecyeon, Jonghyun and Siwon pulled the heiresses to hide behind some dumpsters. 

"We will be safer here." Taecyeon muttered, as all of them looked at the scene unfolding not too far from them.

As JeTiKrys finally noticed that the three, unknown people were wearing the exact same outfit as Siwon, Taecyeon and Jonghyun. The same all black outfit but wearing a mask that hid half of their face. But just who were they?

The  visitors quickly engaged in a fight with Yoona, Sunny and Hyuna, giving enough time for the others to escape. But everytime they tried to, they were stopped by none other than Yoona and her sisters. Their main target was Jessica, Tiffany and Krystal.This resulted in the others having to move every so often just to avoid capture. So as they fought with the heiresses' unknown allies, Yoona and her sisters would try to attack JeTiKrys with every chance they can.

But they failed everytime due to the masked trio. However, during one of the attempts, Yoona and her sisters were successfully able to rip off the masks from the mysterious trio. Thus, the fight abruptly came to a stop.

Hyuna smirked at seeing the peope in front of her, their identities exposed. "You are a sight for sore eyes Amber."

"Amber?" Krystal repeated from behind Jonghyun. 

"Oops." Hyuna feigned innocence and covered . "Was I suppose to not say anything?" 

"Leave." retorted a woman's voice, with obvious hatred and coldness.

Tiffany recognized that voice...she will never forget it. It belonged to-

"Kim Taeyeon!"  Sunny dramatically yelled with a chuckle as she stepped closer to her. "That was sooo scary. I'm shaking to my bones." came the sarcastic reply.

"I'm sure you are." Taeyeon retorted, staying cool and calm in place. Sunny just laughed off the comment as if it was a joke.

"We came for one thing. And we will get it." Yoona intervened. "I know that you didn't forget what that is Sooyoung." She reminded with a wicked smile.

"Sooyoung?" Jessica muttered, stepping up to the front, joining Tiffany and Krystal. Could it really be?

"We are going to leave for now. For now, because you guys are out from your holes." Sunny stepped up to Taeyeon and whispered in her ears. "Don't keep us waiting too long. I have no patience when it comes to you." With one last smirk to JeTiKrys, Yoona and her sisters left. 

"Taeyeon." Siwon called out, as he approached TaeSooBer. "We would have been able to catch them if you had let us bring back up as I suggested."

"The last thing we want is another encounter with the police. We explained already."

"Yeah but still, we would have been able to catch them and prevent this Hollywood encounter." Taecyeon stated, to which Jonghyun agreed. "What ensued was like a scene from an action movie."

"In that case, the bad guys always end up killing the police and escape even if they are capture." Amber said with a small smile.

"Yah! We are the best!!" Jonghyun reasoned, puffing up his chest. "Right guys?"

"Uh-huh."

All of them were making jokes to lighten up the situation but despite this, nothing can make them forget the intensity of the predicament TaeSooBer is in.

During the jokes, TaeSooBer and JeTiKrys finally made eye contact. It lasted for awhile, with both parties saying nothing to eachother, but acknowledging each other. 

The staring contest would have continued if it wasn't for Sooyoung's sudden phone call.

"Hello? Okay. We'll be there." Sooyoung hung up and with a nod to both Taeyeon and Amber, nothing else had to be said. They already knew what the phone call was about.

"Let's go. We will accompany all of you back to the mansion."

"Wait! You guys are going to come with us?" Jonghyun asked to make sure, looking at JeTiKrys and then back to TaeSooBer. He then stepped forward and spoke in a low voice so TaeSooBer can hear, "Are you guys sure? Do you guys really want to get a beating from the Hwang and Jungs??"

"Lead the way." was all that Taeyeon said.

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No doubt, the reunion with the Hwang and Jung family was chaotic and horrible. It seemed like the only one happy to see TaeSooBer alive was Hana. TaeSooBer took a few hits and shoves from the fathers but before anything else could get out of hand, Hana barged into the office room in the mansion. She was all smiles when she entered. Apparently, she had sneaked out from her room, against her mother's command, and thinking that there was a surprise waiting for her in the room, she eavesdropped. 

When she heard TaeSooBer's voice, her heart jumped for joy. 

"THIS IS THE BEST GIFT EVER!!!" Hana screamed out in joy, hugging TaeSooBer tightly. She turned around to look at her family with a bright smile. "Thank you so much!!!" She hugged her parents. 

Not wanting to ruin the little girl's birthday, everyone played along. Pretending to be happy for Hana's sake.

"What happened to your lips?" Hana innocently asked, as she pointed at Taeyeon's lips. "It's bleeding." 

"I fell."

"Really? All of you?" Hana asked, noticing that TaeSooBer had similar cuts on their face with a few bruises and cuts on their hands. 

"Oh these cuts?" Sooyoung held up her hand in the air. "We got these yesterday when we were racing at the park. We couldn't decide who was the winner and fought each other." She lied. Hana laughed, believing that reason because she's seen something similar happen before in person. But that time, it was over the last chocolate ice-cream bar in the freezer. In the end, after the useless bickering and fight, they gave it up to Hana.

"Oh. You guys need to be more mature. Like me." Hana proudly stood up straight with an air of superiority. "My mother says I'm mature for my age. Tiffany says so too. Right unnie?"

Tiffany broke out from her reverie and looked at Hana, not hearing a single thing she said. "Huh? What?"

"Don't you agree that I'm mature?"

"Oh. Yes. I do." Tiffany ruffled her little sister's hair with a smile. "Come on, let's get your cake ready. Jessie, Krystal. Let's go." The three heiresses left for the kitchen with Hana in tow.

"We will go with them. All of you wait here while we get everything ready." Before leaving, the wives whispered to their husbands, "Be calm."

Once the they were gone, the smile were quickly wiped off from Mr. Hwang and Mr.Jung.

"Do not misunderstand. I am only refraining myself from tearing you into shreds for the sake of my daughter." Mr. Hwang warned, glaring right at Taeyeon. "So I would advise you and your sisters to play along."

"Yes, sir." Taeyeon answered, with a bow.

"Yes sir. I understand." Amber and Sooyoung said together, as they bowed to Mr. Jung after he gave his fair warning to them and left to join his family in the kitchen. 

"What did he say to you guys?"

"That we were lucky. But next time, we won't." Amber repeated Mr. Jung's vow to Taeyeon. 

"We should leave and come back tomorrow."

Amber and Taeyeon agreed with Sooyoung's idea and had just turned around to leave when they were blocked by the four  musketeers: Siwon, Jonghyun, Heechul and Taecyeon.

"Wae? Move."

"Yah. Kim Taeyeon. How can you guys just leave? Did you not see how happy Hana was seeing all of you?" Heechul lectured.

"You girls are going to leave like this? That's just cruel." Jonghyun stated, shaking his head. 

"We don't want to interfere with their family time. We have done enough damage." Amber justified. "We had not wanted to come."

"You three nearly scared the four of us to death the other day when all of you decided to just pop in, alive and breathing, and asked us for help." ot Taecyeon chimed in. "We were furious with your decisions and actions but here we are, risking our lives to help you. The least you three could do is try to make up for your absence."

"Certain people, and I know you know who I'm talking about, deserves the truth from all of you." Siwon stated, crossing his arms. "Don't leave until you resolve your problem with them."

"Do you not see how much we are hated here?" Amber asked the obvious. "We should not have come."

"Well, you girls did and you know exactly why you guys decided to show yourselves to them. So go do what you came to do. Don't regret." Heechul hugged TaeSooBer by their shoulders and smiled. "You have us backing you up. So don't worry."

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"We need a time."

TaeSooBer had asked to speak to Mr. Jung and Mr. Hwang in private, without JeTiKrys and their wives knowing.

"You are asking for death!" Mr.Jung roared, almost would have successfully grabbed Sooyoung's throat if it wasn't for Heechul and Jonghyun holding him back. "I will not let you near my daughter!"

Good thing Hana and others were in the living room and not the office room.

"We need time." Amber corrected, keeping eye contact with Mr. Jung. "That's all we want. It's necessary."

"You think we are stupid?!" Mr. Hwang yelled, eyes filled with anger as he grabbed Taeyeon by her shirt and stared right into her eyes. Siwon and Taecyeon were trying to pull him back but Taeyeon told them to stop.

"We are the only ones that can make this nightmare end for you and your family. But in order to do that, we need time. Do you think Yoona and her sisters will stop? No. They won't. So yes, you are stupid if you do not give us the time we need to solve this problem."

"What do you mean?" Mr. Jung asked. "You and them are no different."

"That may be true. But right now, we are the best you got." Amber countered. "As long as we are with your family, no harm will come to you or your loved ones. I promise. We promise."

"That's what you three said last time. And look what happened? We are still targeted! Especially my daughters!! Because of your psychotic, obsessive friends!! No deal."

"Mr. Jung. Mr. Hwang. With all due respect. We were not asking for your permission. We will do what we have said regardless of your answer." Taeyeon calmly responded, angering the two elder men. But before they could give their own answer, Sooyoung intervened.

"After we resolve this problem, we will disappear forever from your family's lives. It will be easier if we have your support but even without it, we will still go through with it."

"I know that the two of you have lost your trust in us and will never forgive us for the pain we brought to your daughters and family. My sisters and I, are asking for the last time, for you to trust us." Amber reasoned, keeping a poker face. She sounded as if she was pleading for another chance. At least, it sounded like that to the fathers.

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JeTiKrys along with their mothers looked up when they heard footsteps coming toward the living room. It was their fathers followed by TaeSooBer and the others.

"Where's Hana?"

"Asleep." Mrs. Hwang answered. Noticing the tense atmosphere, she couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong? Where did you guys go?"

Taking a sigh, Mr. Hwang and Mr. Jung exchanged looks before looking at their wife and daughters again. "In light of today's event, there will be a new change in our security."

"Like what?" Mrs. Jung asked, standing up now since she was getting anxious by the look of her husband's stoic expression.

"From tomorrow onwards, all security will be released from their job with us."

"That's great!!"

"Awesome!!"

JeTiKrys were more than happy that they will no longer be followed 24/7 and be monitored with no privacy. But why wasn't their father's happy? Something is wrong.

"Honey. Tell us. Don't keep up the suspense." Mrs.Hwang demanded to know.

"Yeobo." Mrs. Jung walked to her husband and held his arm. "Everything okay?"

With a sigh, Mr. Jung finally spoke, as what he and his friend had agreed to. "I have an announcement."

Silence....and more silence....until after 2 minutes....

"From now on, Jessica, Tiffany and Krystal, until Yoona and her sisters are apprehended and we are safe from their clutches, the three of you will be getting..."

"What?" Mrs. Jung urged her husband to continue. "What is it? You're scaring me."

"Bodyguards." Mr. Jung finally said aloud.

"WHAT?!!!!"

"WHAT?!!!" this outburst was from TaeSooBer.

"It's for-" Mr. Jung didn't even finish his sentence when there was another outburst from JeTiKrys.

"WHO ARE THEY?!!"

Immediately following JeTiKrys' outburst, Heechul and the guys pushed Taeyeon, Sooyoung and Amber forward. TaeSooBer was definitely not expecting to be pushed into the lionesses' den. At least, not this close.

Silence followed....and more silence. And more silence...

"Okay."

"Fine."

"Sure."

"Wait! You girls are okay with them," Mrs. Jung pointed at TaeSooBer " being your bodyguards? Are you sure?"

"Yes." came their answer.

Okay...now this was not what TaeSooBer were expecting.

"It's not supposed-" But Amber was suddenly cut off by Mrs. Hwang.

"Alright. As long as you three are okay with this, we are too."

"What? But this is not-" Once again, Sooyoung was cut off this time by Siwon.

"Okay. Your job starts tomorrow. Good luck. Have a good night." And just like that, he and all the guys walked off, ready to leave. Now it was just TaeSooBer with the Hwang and Jung.

"Yah! Taecyeon!! This is not what we talked-"

"You guys can sleep in the guest rooms up there. One for each of you." Mrs. Jung said, confused with what was happening. She wasn't even if sure if this was real.

"Go sleep. Just because I let you sleep and stay here, doesn't mean I like you. I still hate you." Mr. Jung warned, going off with his wife to finally sleep.

"We still hate you." Mr. Hwang added, before walking off with wife to their room upstairs.

"What just happened?" Taeyeon asked aloud to her sisters. 

"I don't know. But this is not what we discussed." Sooyoung said for sure, with Amber nodding her head in agreement.

"Bodyguards? The whole point was to stay-"

"Slaves!" and then something hard was thrown and hit the back of TaeSooBer's head, not allowing Amber to finish her sentence.

"Ow!" TaeSooBer mumbled in pain before bending down to pick up the oranges that were apparently used to hit them. Turning around, they saw the heiresses standing by the stairs, just staring at them.

"Did you throw this at us?" Amber asked, holding up the orange.

"Yeah. So?"

"You can't just throw-"

"We do what we want. We are now your bosses." Tiffany intervened, not giving Taeyeon the chance to finish her displeasure in getting hit by a fruit.

"What?! That's not-"

"Listen Ms. Choi. I'm tired and not in the mood to hear your lame excuses. It's been a long night. Go pour me a glass of milk and bring it to my room."

"I'm not your servant!"

"Blah-blah. Hurry up. And after you bring the milk, I need you to organize my book shelf for me. It's a mess. " And Jessica was gone. While Sooyoung, angry and irritated, went to get the milk. Wait until she sees the mess of books in Jessica's room.

As for Amber...

"Wake up at 4am tomorrow." 

"What? Why?" That's too early to even go to work let alone wake up. It's 11pm now.

"Because I need you to wake me up at that time and remind that I have 3 more hours before I wake up."

"Just set your alarm to 7 then." Common sense, Amber thought.

"No. I  need beauty sleep."

"Then why do you need me to wake you up that early? I lose sleep too." She countered, hoping Krystal would get the logic.

"Because I said so. Good night." And Krystal was gone. 

As for Taeyeon....

"No." was Taeyeon's firm answer, pushing the laptop back to Tiffany.

"No?" Tiffany repeated in a rather scary tone and narrowed her eyes on Taeyeon. "Why not?"

"Look at how much documents and data I would need to organize. This is your responsibility. Not mine."

"Shut up and do it Ms. Kim. I'm merely asking you to organize all these folders in alphabetical order along with the corresponding data and charts."

"It will take hours."

"I know. I read over every one of them." Tiffany said, pointing to a stack of paper and folders on the side of the table.

"Then why do I need to do this?"

"Inventory. I need to save all the data I was sent and organize it. I didn't have time to do it. So lucky you Ms. Kim." Tiffany clapped once with a stoic expression before turing off the lamp light by her bed, laid on her bed and closed her eyes to sleep.

"Psh. I didn't sign up for this." Taeyeon angrily whispered before sitting on the chair facing the laptop. 

No doubt, being the heiresses' bodyguard will be a 24/7 job. A position that Taeyeon, Sooyoung and Amber will have to endure to keep their promises to the end.

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VERY LATE UPDATE. I KNOW. A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENED IN MY LIFE. JOB, FAMILY, STRESS AND LIFE...I HAD IDEAD BUT WOULD LOSE INTEREST TO UPDATE. BUT I WANT TO FINISH THIS FANFIC. I'M DETERMINED AND I KNOW I HAVE MANY READERS WAITING FOR MY RETURN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE SUPPORT. :D HOPE YOU GUYS ENJOYED THIS CHAPTER.