“Is he okay?”

“We had to sedate him”

Key sighed, poor Mir he had heard the how out of control he got, he could not imagine losing a partner like that, good thing he rarely worked on the field and, he had to work alone

“So now what do we do? Any leads we had are lost, and we can’t look for anything on their cars”

“Well we did find the bomb counter, we have to see who manufactured it and go from there… but one thing that is bothering me is that how did they found out we were going to visit the gangs, we imprisoned the other ones… “

Minho paced a little on the hall trying to figure out what to do, when Jonghyun came back running

“Minho!”

He stopped to catch his breath, Minho turned expectantly at Jonghyun

“What happened?”

“We found another body, but this one guy survived the shot so right now he’s at a room hospital”

“Is he aware enough for questioning?”

Jonghyun nodded and they proceeded to follow him at the room where the guy was, upon arriving they saw him with some bandages and an oxygen mask, he looked young, but a culprit nonetheless, Minho grabbed a chair and sat nearby, Key took out his Tablet and proceeded to record the questioning, Jonghyun was near the door

“Hello, I’m Detective Choi Minho, and I’m here to ask you some questions regarding the incident at El Cielo port”

The man grunted but opened his eyes, he looked pale and weak, Key walked closer and placed a hand on Minho’s shoulder

“Maybe we should come back later”

“We don’t have time for later, we need to have a plan, we have no leads and the only one is this guy half dying; What’s your name?”

The man tried to sat up but could not

“C-Carlos Montoya”

“Okay, Carlos, can you tell us what happened at the port?”

Anger shot on Carlos’ face, he closed his eyes

“That kid, he told us to meet at the port with some other gangs; we should have known it was a trap, we drove there and we waited, the a couple of black cars arrived, and out came six men and a girl”

“Girl? Can you describe the men you saw? Heard any names?”

Carlos groaned and coughed a little, there was a knock on the door and I walked a nurse, she saw the policemen and visibly tensed a little

“Oh, I’m sorry I was not aware, I’m here to give Mr. Montoya his pain killers”

She showed a little bottle with a couple of white pills and a cup of water, and smiled apologetically, Minho stood up and nodded, the nurse gave Carlos his pills, waited for him to take them and drink all his water, then she walked away

“Carlos tell us what you heard and saw”

“The girl seemed to be in charge of the group of men-“

Carlos coughed a little and rubbed his throat

“She said that-“

Again he coughed more loudly

“Her hair- cough- brown- cough- she said-cough-“

Minho walked closer and the door opened revealing a doctor

“Mr. Choi, I’m here to give Mr. Montoya hi pills”

“What? A nurse just now-“

Minho’s eyes widened, the nurse… he looked at Jonghyun who ran out the door, Carlos was having coughing fit and white foam came out his mouth, the doctor with some other nurses tried to calm him, but it was clear he was poisoned after some seconds he lay still, the heart monitor announcing his death, Minho cursed and fisted the wall, he sighed out of frustration

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“He was poisoned, we could not locate the type of poison, there’s no trace of it on the blood”

“And the girl? Did you get her?”

Jonghyun shook his head

“She was long gone before I got to her; no one seems to have seen her before when I described her”

“Key, go to the security camera operating room and revise the film, she has to be caught on tape, when you have a clear visual we’ll run it on the face recognition program”

Key, nodded and walked away, Jonghyun walked closer to Minho, he was wondering on the incidents, it was clear El Salvaje did not want any witnesses, but the way it was carried

“Minho, I’ve been thinking, we know that El Salvaje does not want any witnesses, but how did he know we were going to question the gangs, also how did he know there was a survivor?”

“I was wondering the same, he had to find out somehow… but I’ve been thinking too that the men we caught that night were not disposed of and we got the victims, who could tell us what they heard and saw, something does not add up”

Jonghyun and Minho stood quiet both going through the information; Key came back after some minutes with a picture of the lady

“I have her Carmen Guadiana, I ran her through the system, and she actually is a nurse, graduated 3 years ago and a single mother of two kids, Dinorah of 8 and Laura of 4, no previous criminal record and she works at La Paz Hospital across the city”

“She was threatened to do this, she had no connections to do this, and it’s easy to see she was put up to do it, her kids could be used against her”

Minho thought about it, they had plenty of information they could go and question her but as things were going she would be in danger, Key looked up to him

“Are we questioning her?”

Jonghyun turned to Minho, knowing what was going to happen

“No, we do not need her; she does not work for us as a witness”

Key furrowed his eyebrow out of confusion, and opened his mouth and saw Jonghyun shook his head once

“Okay, then I’ll dismiss her information and erase her from the witness list”

“Let’s check on Mir, he has to be awake by now”

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“He’s dead, no need to worry, he gave no information”

“Good, what are they planning to do with the girl?”

“They not tracing her, apparently she is of no use to the case, they believe he was just another puppet and has no lead”

“Perfect, keep me posted on any moves they make, and agent be careful not to leave any traces yourself, you know what we do to mishaps”

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Mir opened his eyes, he was still at the hospital, he remembered what happened, he sat up and looked around, he saw Minho and Jonghyun standing quietly nearby, he looked down at his hands and shook his head, his heart still at pain, he did not want to ask or rather he did not want to hear the obvious answer to his question,  he did not want to confirm Joon’s death,  he felt a tear escape his eye, he remembered the first time he met Joon, it was four years ago, he was barely new to the agency and Joon took him under his wing, guiding him and helping him , always so serious about his job but so kind and patient, Mir would look up to him like a brother, then later he found out the depth of his feelings towards Joon, and he knew he in fact was in love with him, another tear fell on his hands, Joon would treat him like a little brother, he would make him laugh and feel grateful to have him as a partner, but now… he felt an emptiness and regret, he wished he had confessed his feelings, even if rejected at least he would have done it, and known what would of happened, now it was way too late, he felt a pang of pain feel his heart, sooner or later…

“Is he… he is… Joon, he’s ..”

“Mir, look the explosion was huge and Joon was very close to it”

“Please, just tell me, I was there I saw it…”

Minho sighed and sat at the foot of the bed, he look up to Mir and meet his eyes, he could see pain and sadness on them, then he smiled at him, Mir’s face turned to confusion

“Mir, Joon is alive, his in intensive care, his wounds were great, but he’s pulling through”

Mir felt like an elephant stood from his chest and he could breath, he smiled at Minho, relive wash over him, he would jump and run around the room if he could, then he laugh; Minho liked him laughing that was their Mir, the cheerful cheeky boy, Jonghyun smiled too shaking his head

“You will see him later, for now you must rest”

Mir nodded and he laying down, he was happy and calm so he let sleep take over him

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“Everything fine now”

“Yes, I just spoke to the agent, there’s no intention to follow the lady and they have no plans or leads for now, the man died before he could reveal anything”

The man laugh, this was perfect, now he could continue with his trade, the agents were going to be busy trying to figure out what happened at the port to follow  him, he was not called EL Salvaje for nothing, petty agents like they could get him

“Perfect, let’s get our merchandise, I hear our next big client has a thing for French girls, want’s 10, to be auction for next week, make them young you know 15 to 18”

The man nodded, and started to walk away

“Oh and Taemin, no mistakes this time, remember this are clients from Saudi Arabia, big money there”

“When have I ever disappointed you, father?”

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Wow, short chapter here.... buuuut Joon is alive! yay!!! He's just really hurt and on intensive care, poor bb, maybe comments will make him feel better *hehehehe* anywhooo Taemin's grand debut is comming up! Yay, more comments sooner updates

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