Chapter 5

monster/ˈmänstər/
- generally morally objectionable, physically or psychologically hideous, and/or a freak of nature.

*

Everyone has their own idea of a monster, we grew up hearing about them from story books of dragons and witches, from the monster hiding underneath your bed to the frightening creature inside your closet. We see them in movies and in the television…

Monsters are constantly used to put fear in you as a child, to make you sleep early, to make you behave. And you believe them, because during that age, you believe everything that your parents say.

Until you grow up and realized that you were getting fooled all these time. And you realized and know that there is no such things as monsters.

But not Kwon Yuri, she believes in them…

She has seen a lot of monstrosity in her life. Could it ever be as gruesome as these zombies feasting on someone’s entrails? Probably never… but these creatures are known to lack the thinking capabilities to know between right and wrong. They are bound by their physiological need to eat by means of survival. They lack emotion, the thinking capacity and the one thing that makes them invincible is that they lack fear.

And then there those monsters hiding beneath the façade of being human. They are the kind of people Yuri deals with in their line of work. Greed, love, anger catapult them behind the line of humanity. But still there is something more, these humans who manipulate people to pleasure themselves, sadistic creatures who take pleasure on watching others suffer… Just like the zombies they lack fear but what makes them dangerous is they lack the capacity to know the difference between right and wrong. These people lack conscience.

So now people are left with this question. Which one is more dangerous? The one who lack fear? Or the one that lack conscience?

But whatever kind of monsters, whether these creatures devouring human or the sickening people who takes pleasure on torturing others, Yuri only swore one thing…

That she will protect Yoona no matter what… That she will be Yoona's super girl.

*

Right now, the girls are running out of options. With no ammo, no escape plan. It seems like they have sealed their fate and are seconds away to becoming rotting pieces of corpses.

“We can’t just let this do this to us!”

Sooyoung said with such proclamation that the girls seems confuse if this was the same laidback Sooyoung they know.

“I suggest we go out there, face those zombies and DANCE TO LOVEY DOVEY LIKE T-ARA”

Everyone heaved a deep sigh… Yup, it’s their Sooyoung all right…

“Well, they didn’t die in the video.”

“Are you kidding me?!” Taeyeon said with such fury “They turned into zombies in the end.”

“How could you two joke in a time like this?” Hyoyeon rants

“I know… with real zombies running around…” Seohyun adds…

“What?” Hyoyeon scrunches her face in an are you kidding manner “I meant how can you joke about T-ara in times like this?”

“At least I still think of them, unlike you who bolted out of the fandom when you heard about the news… Where’s the loyalty Hyo? Where’s the loyalty?”

Seohyun felt her head about to explode from all these stupid arguments.

“Please unnie… let’s stop this.”

“Why? Does acting like someone who got a stick shove up their booty make our situation better? No… right now… we keep calm, we try anything to lessen the tension. If we think were going to be dinner. Then, we probably are going to be…”

“Then, what’s your plan genius?”

The girls all turned to the tall girl who for once find herself quiet… The outside was getting louder and right now, they’re seconds away from death if they don’t think of something.

*

This was usually how they fall asleep at night, with Yoona’s head laying on Yuri’s chest. Yuri’s heartbeat was always composed and steady, perfectly matching with her personality. The steady beating of Yuri’s heart was like a lullaby to Yoona.

The only time Yoona could feel Yuri’s heart beating rapidly is when they make love (which Yoona is quite proud of).

But right now, as she buries her head in her lover’s chest, it was almost like Yuri’s heart was about to burst out.

Yoona wished that she could calm Yuri, the way Yuri could effortlessly calm her. But she was scared out of her wits too, one false move, one gasp could lead these predators to their hiding place.

Yoona could feel Yuri stiffening up in their embrace, the gun clench tightly in Yuri’s hand.

She closed her eyes silently praying to give her the strength to make Yuri feel better.

Yuri looks at Yoona in surprise as the doe eyed beauty tilts her chin to look at her. She presses a light kiss on Yuri’s lips, hoping with their closeness they exchange could make the fear in Yuri subside.

The two pulled away slowly, Yoona cups Yuri’s face before softly whispered to her.

“We’ll be ok…”

Yuri could only force a nod, because even she has a hard time convincing herself that.

“Ssssshhhh…” Yoona hums softly only meant to be heard by Yuri…

And Yuri finds herself calming down, closing her eyes to enjoy the gentle of Yoona’s hand on her cheek.

While Yoona felt all her fear subside, when the rapid beating of Yuri’s heart have suddenly slow down into a calming pace.

If Yoona wasn’t there, Yuri wouldn’t know if she would still try to survive. The dark haired girl turned her head, pressing her lips on Yoona’s hair.
“I love you…” Yuri whispered back, leaning to kiss Yoona on the lips.

UAAAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH

The sound of the low moan made Yoona quickly balls up in Yuri’s embrace, while Yuri quickly wraps her arm around her darling.

The rotting feet stops right in front of the bed, and Yuri clenches her teeth to keep it from clattering. She lifted her hand a bit, ready to shoot just in case she had to.

But just when they thought that all their hope had run out, they started to hear some hurried footsteps from the hospital corridors.

“God damn it Soo! leave the kitkat and run!!!”

Yoona and Yuri could guess that it was Hyoyeon screaming at Sooyoung from the hallway.

“You better not ask for a bite later…”

UUUUUUAAAAARRRGGGGHHHHH

Yuri and Yoona could see the zombies retreating to go to the source of the sound. They waited until the last living dead have dragged themselves out of the room, that’s when Yuri thought it was safe. She slowly peer her head out, making Yoona scramble to get her back to safety.

“Don’t Yul… don’t…”

“Shhh… baby, it’s ok…” Yuri kisses Yoona’s forehead. “Just stay here…” Yuri coos Yoona.

“B-but…”

“No Yoong… stay here, I’ll just check to see if it’s safe, ok?”

“You told us we won’t be apart anymore…”

“We won’t be… But right now it’s safer here. I won’t bring you out if I know that you might be in trouble. I can’t bear it if something happens to you, babe.”

“And the thought of you being out there is supposed to calm me down?” Yoona talks back.

Yuri cups Yoona’s cheek with her hands before pressing their foreheads together.

“I’m going over there and see what I can do to help… I’m going to leave the door close and don’t ever come out, I will come back… I promise you…” Yuri kisses Yoona on the lips, but seeing that Yoona haven’t forgiven her yet, she kiss her over and over again.

“Please Yoong… just trust me… I’ll come back and then were going to get out of here the same way that you, Fany and Seo got in. Right now, I’m going to face about five or maybe more zombies and I’m not going to expose you to any danger especially because we don’t have a weapon. So, please… please Yoong… I’m so sorry for doing but I have too…”

Yoona finds it too hard to let go of Yuri, unsure if this was a wise idea. But no matter how absurd or against she is at Yuri’s plan, Yoona knew better than not to trust Yuri. Here was Yuri again, without any hesitations, laying her life out for her friends.

“I love you…” Yuri reassures her, just in case she might not make it… At least she know she told Yoona what she needed her to hear “I love you… I love you…. I love you…”

“I love you too…”

They kissed one more time before Yuri finally climbs out from underneath the bed.

Yuri turns back and felt her whole heart clench at the thought of being apart from Yoona. But Yoona’s safety is the only thing that matters to her.


*

Flashback

“I’m sorry about this Kwon…” Taecyeon’s drops the thick stack of folder in Yuri’s hands.

Yuri could only stare blankly at the folders. And judging from his cocky smirk, he wasn’t sorry that he’s letting her do all the work at all.

“I know you’re so excited to go out there since you got that badge, but truth is, that’s all there is to it.”

Taecyeon shakes his head looking at Yuri with such fake pity…

You’re still gonna be stuck here, because if you think about it. Nobody will ever feel safe being protected by a woman.”

Yuri could feel an insult climbing up , but instead she bite her tongue refusing to let her anger get the best of her. 

She just choose to turn around, unfortunately it render her completely frozen as she sees Yoona. Yuri was never so hyped up about ranks, but right now, she wished she could have look more presentable to Yoona, instead of looking like a secretary with all the folders in her hands.

“Oh… Dr. Im…”

It left a bitter impression in Yuri as she sees Taecyeon trying to charm Yoona. And no matter what kind of a d0uche he is, he is still handsome and has a higher rank that girls would fall for.

“Now… go on ahead Kwon!” Taecyeon sound authoritative, believing that power is a great turn on for girls.

“Yes sir…”

Yoona was about to greet Yuri but instead the girl just lowers her head down and didn’t even smiled at her.

*

Twigs breaking in every step, rock and stone roll underneath their feet as the detectives walk over to the crime scene in this scorching summer heat. While Sooyoung and Hyoyeon were complaining why killers always leave their victims in the woods, the medical examiners behind them were worried about other things.

“What’s with you?”

“Huh?”

Yoona turns to her Taeyeon unnie who was eyeing her suspiciously like she’s a suspect hiding a crime.

“I mean… what’s with this whole emo Yoona look to you? Huh? Huh?” Taeyeon continues to nudge Yoona

“Ummm… nothing…”

Yoona brushes it off, using her long legs as an advantage as she walks ahead of her unnie to the crime scene.

Taeyeon decided not to pry any further and instead went to her plan B. It was to force Yoona into confession by giving her the “look” which she calls her awesome investigative stares (AIS). Unfortunately for her, Yoona was too preoccupied with something (or someone) to notice her AIS.

Hyoyeon and her partner Sooyoung couldn’t help but groan as they see their sergeant being umbrella by Detective Kang Daesung, while they have to suffer underneath this heat.

“Gosh… who does that? Is his skin going to melt under the heat?”

“Ignore him… we know that underneath all that bulk is a pretty little girl…”

“OH GOD!!!”

The girls quickly turns as Taecyeon shriek at the sight of the dead body, cowering to the side so he could throw up.

Yoona and Taeyeon have seen their fair share of gruesome murders but the sight of the dead girl posed like a china doll was enough to give them shivers.

“WHERE THE HELL IS DETECTIVE KWON?”

Taeyeon’s awesome investigative skills picked up at how Yoona stiffens at the name of her girlfriend.

“Remember sir…” Daesung groans “You ask her to do a donut and coffee run for the team.”

“I did?” Taecyeon raised his wax brow in confusion.

Taecyeon then remembers now. He have been trying to score with Yoona since the first time he saw her, of course to no success as he kept getting dumped. Later he found out that Yoona and Yuri have been dating. So he thought that if he could show Yoona who the real boss is, Yoona would finally wake up and go with somebody like him who got stature and rank, compared to a lap dog like Yuri.

“Then, why the hell is she taking too long?!”

“Oh speaking of the devil…”

Yoona tries not to look at the tanned beauty going up to join them in the crime scene. She stole a couple of gaze before trying to return to work.

“Where were you?” Taecyeon hounded Yuri.

“Sir… I apologize…” Yuri bows to her superior “There was a lo-“

“Save it” Taecyeon gives her the hand to shut her up “You should know as a detective you should be more efficient than this, every second counts in our line of work, detective…”

“Yes sir…”

“Detective Kang hand all the notes over to Kwon here…I need to see some progress from this case by the end of the day…”

Yuri looks in disbelief at the folders.

“HEY!” Taecyeon snap his finger at Yuri’s face “Don’t just stand there… Start working Kwon…”

Taecyeon snaps at Yuri and Yoona have to turned away angrily, before she could go and slap the man for pushing her girlfriend around.

Taecyeon announces before turning away.

“Oh yes, by the way… Doctor Im?”

Yuri tries hard not to look as Taecyeon made his way to her girl.

“Why don’t you come by to my office later today? We could discuss about this case…”

Yoona turns towards Yuri before giving a nod.

“Yes sir…”

“Please Yoona…” Taecyeon wave her off as if it was embarrassing for him to be called sir, when truth is he relished it.

“Please just call me Taec, better yet… call me oppa.”

“Yuri could feel her blood boiling at this, add to the fact that her friends are starting to nudge her.

“See you later oppa…” Hyoyeon called out.

“Yeah oppa… bye bye…” Sooyoung added.

The girls teasing left Taec annoyed, scoffing angrily as he walks away with an equally annoyed Daesung carrying an umbrella over Taec’s head.

Everyone’s attention went back to the dead body, of course except for Detective Kwon and Doctor Im. The two were caught up in tension to focus on work.

Yuri gives Yoona an apologetic smile, to which Yoona just responded with a stern gaze before returning to the body.

Yuri just sighed heavily, truth was, Yoona have every right to be mad at her.

“So, ummm doc, what have you gotten about the victim so far?”

Yuri stops what she was about to say when her focused return to the doe eyed girl staring blankly at the body.

“Well, the victim is around 15-20 years old, ETD because of the heat which could contribute to the decomposition but then…the” Taeyeon took a sniff “Formaldehyde, I could say around 30 to 35 hours… I don’t see any visible wounds or any ligature marks on her. So far now I can’t say to how she have died until I did further test on her in the lab.”

“Ok, thank you doc…”

Yoona quickly turned to Yuri’s direction as soon as the girl went away. She couldn’t help but gush as she sees Yuri, so confident and alluring just taking over the crime scene.

“I want every detective to search within a 5 mile radius, search for a wallet, clothes, anything that might point to us to who our victim is. Hyoyeon, please talk to the wildlife rangers, ask if they saw anything or heard something that might help us, Sooyoung…”

“Yoh Kwon…”

It wasn’t just Yuri who turned at the sound of her name, it seems like nowadays her name grabs Yoona’s attention as well.

“That reporter who wants to get it on with you is here…”

Yuri turns and sees that reporter Jessica Jung waving happily from behind the yellow line.

“How could someone look that happy in a crime scene?” Sooyoung snorts.

“Duh! Cause she’s near her crush…”

Yoona grips her hand tighter on her shirt, jealousy creeping up on her at the thought of another woman trying to get close to her lover.

“How did the media-“ Yuri groans softly before standing up to talk to Jessica…

“Omo she’s coming…” Jessica quickly fixes her hair with the used of her phone as a mirror as she sees the gorgeous detective walking towards her.

“How do I look Shindong? How do I look?”

“Ms. Jung… shouldn’t we be doing the report on-“

“Hush…” Jessica snaps at him “This is the news that people want to see not… OH HI detective…”

Shindong just roll his eyes as Jessica turned from a major bltch to an adorable puppy at the sight of the detective.

“Excuse me… but the media is not allowed here.”

“B-but detective…” Jessica tries to bash her lashes trying to charm the detective. “It’s my duty as a…”

“It’s your duty to stalk Kwon Yuri…”

Jessica let out a small growl as there she was again, that midget coming in between her and Detective Kwon’s love story.

“Are you a cashier?”

The little girl playing as a CSI asked Jessica.

“What?” Jessica snaps back.

“Cause you keep on checking Yuri out…”

“WHY YOU LITTLE!!!” Jessica didn’t care if she had to break the law, she was going to pound that child in the face.

“Hey… hey that’s enough!” Yuri played referee between the two hot heads. “Ms. Jung I’m sorry but were still conducting our investigation, we will contact you if we have any information.”

“Wow, someone died here, and this is crazy…But here’s my number, so ummm… call me, maybe?”
Jessica flashes her a dazzling smile while fluttering her fake lashes.

Yuri scratches her head in wonder, thinking of a way to not embarrass the woman. It’s a good thing, Taeyeon walks over to the two.

“I’ll tell you her number… “ Taeyeon offered “it’s 9-1-1…”

Jessica raised her brow. “911?”

“Yes… When a dispatcher picked up, tell her to connect you to Detective Kwon Yuri of the homicide division.”

Jessica could feel her vision darken at the midget just ruining every chance she get.

“Well, just call you, Ms. Jung…Detective Choi please Ms. Jung and her companion to their vehicle please.”

“W-what?” Jessica froze when she sees the lanky detective coming towards her “Can you us yourself?”

Taeyeon heard Yoona groans loudly as the news reporter don’t seem to have any shame flirting with Yuri.

“Yoong… whatever you’re going through, you need to fix it and let it not come between you and your job.”

“I’m sorry unnie…” Yoona says in apology before trying to return her attention to work. Taeyeon just sighs heavily, before crouching beside her dongsaeng to whisper a secret.

“And besides… Do you see the way Yuri is checking you out? No one in this world stood a chance getting with Yuri, with how smitten she is with you…”

Somehow no matter how childish her unnie could get, her Taeyeon unnie still know how to cheer her up.

“And I’m not lying to make you feel better… ask anyone here… you’re the only one obviously on Kwon’s head…”

Yoona could finally smile “Thanks unnie…”

“Anytime… now go back to work.”

*

Yoona steps out of the lab and sees the lanky detective standing there seemingly waiting for something.

“Oh Detective Choi…”

“Pffft…” Sooyoung waves her off “Please Yoong, call me Soo, or unnie… or the future maid of honor for your wedding, but don’t call me Detective, were much closer than that…”

Yoona smiles softly and Sooyoung finally realize why her best pal is just head over heels over the doctor, she was just stunning.

Sooyoung and Yoona starts to walk together to the elevator.

“Yuri is still up there working you know…”

Yoona just force out a smile before nodding.

“Yuri is never really the type who opens up about her problems, but I know when she’s going through about something.”

But instead of the elevator, Sooyoung led Yoona to the steps, the same steps that she and Yuri have their dates in.

“Yuri is not a coward, if there is anything people should be the one who’s scared of her, she could shoot somebody dead straight in the forehead from 50 feet away and could bash somebody’s skull easily.”

Sooyoung sighs heavily before shaking her head.

“The thing with her is, she’s such a good person that she just let people get away with treating her like crap. Even when things are not ok, she just puts up a front and says she’s ok. Like right now, I hope you know why she’s acting like that.”

Yoona turns questionably at Sooyoung.

“I actually don’t know unnie…”

“Well, it’s because… ummm… how do I put this?” Sooyoung scratches her head thoughtfully “Oh I know, Yuri is so in love with you…”

The doe eyed girl’s face blushed a bit at the thought.

“And she wants to give you everything, make you proud of her. But then, Taec is treating her like a freaking slave, making her do things and of course, no matter what a huge he is, he’s still our boss. So of course, she has to do everything he says. Because of that she feels like, she’s not deserving of you.”

“What? But that’s not true…”

“I know that, you know that. But Yuri doesn’t… She worships you but feels so unworthy because of this. That’s just the way she is, she always think that she’s never good enough. It’s both her strength and weakness. And me,Hyo and Tae, were her buddies and were worried for her. We want her to be with someone that she could just burst out all her frustrations with, who could make her feel that it’s ok to not be ok over some things.”

Sooyoung smiles goofily at Yoona.

“That’s the kind of person she needs Yoona, and if it’s not going to be you, then just end this.”

Yoona turns to Sooyoung with an utmost shock.

“JK. JK” Sooyoung starts to laugh “You should seen your face… such a LOL moment, but anyways, Yoong… Please be good to our Yuri, she loves you more than anything else in the world.”

Yoona smiles shyly before nodding.

*

“Hey Yul! You know they’re not going to pay us overtime, right?”

I know…” Yuri answers Sooyoung with her nose still buried deep in the folders.

Sooyoung and Hyoyeon just shrugged at each other, they already did their part and of course when it comes to work there is no stopping Yuri.

“Well, don’t work yourself too much… Sometimes you miss the most obvious things when you’re tired.”

Yuri looks up and smiles at her friends reassuringly.

“Don’t worry, I’ll be done here soon…”

Knowing Yuri, she would probably stay up all night until the break of dawn if she had too.

“Well, we will see you in the morning Yul…”

“Night… you guys be careful.” Yuri says to her friends.

“They should be careful of us…”

Yuri smiles before waving good night to her friends. A few minutes and Yuri wonders that maybe what Hyoyeon is saying is right, she red the same sentence over and over again but couldn’t make sense of it.

Maybe a little shut eye would help freshen her up a bit, or maybe she just need another can of energy drink.

“Maybe this will wake you up.”

Yuri looks and she’s sure it wasn’t the aroma of coffee swirling around that woke her up, but the beautiful smile she got from the stunning Angel in front of her.

“Working so late?”

Yoona pulls the chair from Sooyoung desk and joins Yuri on her desk.

“Yeah… I… I’m trying to look at old cases that might have the same MO as the murder that we saw today and so far I red of seven different cases, it all happened around 8 years ago, the media called him the dollmaker”

“Oh yes… I heard of him…” Yoona nodded “He became a topic in one of our psychology class. They called him that because he poses his victims like dolls. I remember all the hype those days, I mean who would have thought, something that we just saw on TV would happen in real life.”

“Yes… He actually crafted these girls like dolls, like perfectly from their hair to their nails and how he painted their lips. The police don’t know where to start since he was so meticulous about his killings. No DNA, no trace evidence… It’s like a girl would just disappear and no one would see or hear anything.”

“So, how does he killed them?”

“The police just address it to the media that he poisoned his victims. We didn’t say that he gave them pancuronium.”

“Pancuronium?”

Being a doctor, Yoona knows the dangerous effect of that drug.

“That’s a paralytic drug… But it doesn’t induce unconsciousness unless given a certain dosage… So you mean the victims were completely aware of what he was doing to them the whole time?”

“Ahhh yes… Everything he does, they could feel but they can’t scream it out… But the sickening part was that he assaulted his victim post mortem.”

Yoona could feel her body shiver at such a revelation.

“I’m sorry…” Yuri apologizes when she saw how uncomfortable Yoona got “That was disgusting I shouldn’t have said that…”

“No… ummm… Don’t worry, it’s part of our job. Why did you think he disappeared?”

“Some say he might have been arrested for another crime, probably unrelated to this. So, he might have been released now which is why he’s killing again.”

“If you like I could review the medical files of those other cases and see if the same MO is used in all.”

Yuri’s sleepy eyes lighten up with hope.

“Oh that will help a lot… thank you…”

The two shared a sweet smile before Yuri takes Yoona’s hand on her, intertwining their fingers together. Yoona lightly taps Yuri’s cheek, nudging her to lay her head on her shoulder, and Yuri gladly oblige, finding comfort in Yoona’s shoulder.

“Why were you ignoring me, Yul?”

Yoona could feel Yuri wince at her question. Yoona knew that Yuri might have trouble telling Yoona everything, but Yoona is willing to be there…

“I hope you know how good you are…”

Yuri turns to look at Yoona again.

“When you talk, you make people listen, you just don’t sit around and do nothing, you work as hard or maybe harder than most of these people.”

Yoona gives Yuri the kind of endearing smile that was only meant for Yuri.

“I’m so proud of you, not because of your rank or your stature, but of who you are as a person.”

Yoona leans in kissing the beautiful girl in her raven hair.

“So, don’t be so hard on yourself because you are far more better than anybody else.”

She tilts Yuri’s face to look at her.

“Let’s go home, Yul…”

*

“Good night… Yoong…”

Yuri was about to lean in and give Yoona a goodbye kiss, when Yoona looks down on the ground, purposely avoiding their kiss.

“Yoong?” Yuri looks in wonder.

“Please don’t kiss me yet, Yuri…”

Yuri looks more puzzled, wondering what Yoona is trying to imply. Yoona looks up at her, smiling shyly before she took the guts to pull Yuri closer to her.

“If kissing me means you’re leaving, then I don’t want to…” Yoona whispers, she lays her lips on the tender spot in Yuri’s neck. “I need you to be with me…”

Yuri couldn’t help but smile shyly at Yoona’s confession. She was so used to taking care of others that she doesn’t realize how good it was to have someone take care of you.

*

“Thanks for letting me borrow your clothes, Yoong…”

Yoona was thankful too, she purposely lent Yuri her short shorts, and since she’s skinnier than Yuri, her shorts was a bit tight, emphasizing Yuri’s “asset” more.

“No problem… Yul…” Yoona tries to say it innocently.

I’ll ummm”

Yuri feels out of place in Yoona’s posh apartment. She turned her gaze on the expensive looking mahogany couch and decided she could stay there for the night.

“I could sleep on the couch…” Yuri always the gentleman says…

Yoona raise her brow staring at Yuri in disbelief… Gosh how clueless could this girl be?

“No…” Yoona shook her head “I want you in my bed, next to me…”

Even if the lamp was dim that night, Yoona could see how Yuri’s face is blushing hard.

“Well… I… Ummm… well… if… a….”

But before Yuri could formulate an answer, Yoona took Yuri’s hand in hers leading her in the bedroom.

*

Yoona sat down in bed, nudging Yuri to sit on her lap. Yuri takes a deep breath before straddling on Yoona’s lap, she press her forehead against the girl…

Their lips softly brush against each other, tenderly kissing while Yoona’s hands traveled underneath Yuri’s shirt, wrapping her arms around her waist.

“Were not teenagers anymore, Yul…we don’t have to answer to anybody but ourselves…”

Yoona urged Yuri as she nibbles softly on Yuri’s collarbone, traveling up her neck to her jaw.

“What are you afraid of Yul? Don’t you want this?”

Yuri answered Yoona by cupping her hands on her girl’s cheeks, bringing their face closer for a deep kiss. Yoona parts her lips softly, allowing Yuri to taste her and when they run out of breath, Yuri confessed.

“More than anything in this world.”

“Then what are you scared off?”

“That I might not stop…”

“I won’t let you, Yul…” Yoona confessed softly.

Yuri looks up from Yoona’s shoulder, smiling at Yoona’s sweet confession.

“Sometimes Yoong I feel like I don’t deserve you, that’s why I… I don’t know what to do when there is people trying to be close to be with you, it scares me…”

Yoona couldn’t help but laugh at this, obviously Yuri is oblivious to every admirer who is trying to get it on with her.

“And how about you?” Yoona teases…

“What?” Asks the still oblivious Yuri…

“Nobody tries to get close to you?”

Yuri scratches her head, trying to remember if anyone has been flirting with her, but she can’t seem to know who.

“I don’t know anybody…” Yuri shrugs…

“Hmmm…” Yoona thought “How about the Chinese delivery guy who keeps sending you extra food? Or that girl in front of your apartment who likes to jog around when you come out? And of course… that reporter who seems to be stalking you in every case?”

“Ms. Jung? I thought she’s just very friendly?”

“No… Yuri…” Yoona schooled her girlfriend “There is a difference between friendly and people who wants to get in your pants. And she have been dying to get in your pants.”

That made Yuri blushed some more…

“Oh… I thought she was just very nice…”

Yoona shakes her head before chuckling softly…

“No babe… I’m proud that you got all this people just having these crushes on my girl, but when she flirts so openly… It drives me insane Yul…”

She starts to softly nibble on Yuri’s shoulder.

“The way she chuckles when around you, how she looks at you… it… it… God… I can’t even…”

Yuri tilts Yoona’s face, ready to claim those lips she had been pleading inside to kiss.

“Don’t… don’t worry about them Yoong… Because when you’re around, the whole world just seem to disappear.” Yuri shyly admits… “But when were apart, it’s even worse… It’s like being apart from you is the worse distraction… I only think about you… You’re my dream girl coming true, Yoong…”

Yuri looks away sheepishly, blushing from her outpour of confession.

“Yuri…”

It was Yoona’s last word as she pulls Yuri on top of her, impatience brewing for Yuri to finally have her.

And Yoona could feel herself getting crazy as Yuri starts to nibble gently on her neck. That spot will obviously leave a mark tomorrow, but Yoona didn’t give a damn, she was proud to show that Kwon Yuri have left her mark on her…

But it wouldn’t be the last…

Yoona’s clothes were no match for Yuri’s skilled hands as they start peeling off her body, her shirt was now thrown somewhere on the floor, her pajamas were now slowly trickling down her long legs as Yuri is so slowly, it’s almost painful, pulling it off.

Yoona smiles as she felt Yuri’s hand tremble as it runs through her body, she was trying to keep herself still too, but it doesn’t seem to be possible with how much her body is begging for this.

Their lips didn’t part while Yuri’s hand gentle and loving, travel in every inch of Yoona’s body.

Yuri looks back up at Yoona, heaving a nervous sigh before Yoona lead her into a deep kiss again.

Yuri bites her lip trying to not let out a moan as she felt sparks at the different places Yoona would touch her. Yoona made it harder for Yuri, as her lips starts to get lost in places that she knew that was only meant for her. The dark haired girl could feel her lover’s nails grazing her flat stomach, making its way to tug down her shorts.

Yoona’s lips capture Yuri’s ragged breaths in , their tongue playfully teasing each other. Yoona smile through their kisses, secretly enjoying the feel of Yuri trembling with her every touch.

Yoona was too caught up watching Yuri gasp her breath that she didn’t realize that Yuri’s hand have traveled inside her.

“Y-yul…” Yoona rolls her body down, wanting Yuri’s touch to take her deeper.

Yuri’s hand tangles in Yoona’s hair, pulling her lover closer to deepen their kiss. But Yoona pulls away when her breath was starting to hitch, leaning her forehead against her girl.

Both girls have their eyes shut, quivering at the feel of warm breaths on each other’s lips. Their bodies became one, their heartbeats matching the same pace their touch does, and the feeling of pleasure guiding their rhythm.

The sound of the bed creaking have mixed with the echoes of their moans and gasps inside the room. Yuri’s finger digging deeply into Yoona’s back, while Yoona soft nibbles have became more intense by the second.

Yoona have found herself losing the battle, as Yuri was able to pinned her underneath. But this was a battle, Yoona have no problems surrendering in, as Yuri have obviously taken over her the moment they touch.

Sensations were happening at every inch of her body that she didn’t know what was happening to her. It was only when Yuri took her hands squeezing them lovingly when she was brought back to reality.

But just when Yoona thought, she was on steady grounds, here was Yuri driving her to the edge again, as her kisses have traveled lower, getting deeper and faster.

*

Yoona tries to ignore Tiffany’s teasing stares as she walks in the room.

“So, are you going to tell me about it?”

“About what?”

Of course, Yoona knows what Tiffany is trying to pry out of her, but she’s not going to admit it that easily. How could Tiffany even find out about what happen simply amazes and stuns Yoona.

“About that night, and you calling in because you were sick”

“I was sick…” Yoona lied, turning away to avoid any more of Tiffany’s investigation.

“Girl…” Tiffany laughs amusingly “You two need to slow down, what’s it’s been like? Every night already? Don’t you two run out of energy? I mean even bunnies would think you do it more than them.”

“Unnie…” Yoona mutters embarrassingly.

“I’m just being honest… it’s like so obvious… you’re always checking on your phone and when you text, you always have this smile… and of course the most obvious, it’s like you are rushing to go home.”

“Alright… Alright!” Yoona covers her ears before Tiffany could say anymore. “Now stop…”

“Kyaaaah!” Tiffany bounce up from her seat and starts clapping happily… “Now tell me about it.”

“We did it…” Yoona says blankly, but the blush on her cheeks is completely saying something different.

Tiffany pouts at Yoona’s lack of description “Party pooper… I want details…”

“You’re hanging out with Taeyeon unnie so much…”

“Like how is she? Is she all shy and…” From the sight of Yoona’s blush it was obvious that Yuri was hiding something she never shows her friends “Oh my God… she isn’t? so I guess it’s true that the quiet ones are the aggressive when it comes too… Oh my god! Oh my God”

Tiffany starts shaking Yoona excitedly

“Please tell me about it… please… please…”

“Why are you so interested in mine and Yuri’s love life?”

“Because I don’t have one…” Tiffany pouts some more, hoping that it could charm the girl into talking.

Yoona tries to hide her smile, truth is, just when she thought that night would be the best with Yuri, Yuri would exceed her expectations again and do things Yoona couldn’t even imagine was possible.

“So, how good was it?”

Yoona could only smile slyly

“Very good… Like so so so good…” Yoona finally admitted, Tiffany was giggling in excitement “Like last night she…”

Yoona leans closer to whisper and Tiffany gasps in more excitement as she listens in.

“OMO YOONG!” Tiffany have now a high respect at Yuri for accomplishing such an impossible feat “I don’t even think that’s possible.”

“I thought so too… so I ummm…” Yoona blushed some more just thinking about it.

“Oh Gosh Yoong, Yuri is wow… like super girl or someone unstoppable…”

Yoona smiles at the nickname, and think that fit her girl perfectly.

Super girl, her super girl.

“Oh great! The detectives are here…” Taeyeon break out the conversation between the two.

Yoona’s eyes sparkle, her cheeks blushing pink when she heard the word detective. Yoona was about to say something but turned into mushed when the ravishing tanned beauty walks in.

Yuri steals a squeeze at Yoona’s shoulder making Yoona’s blush even deeper.

“Yul! I’m so glad you’re here…” Taeyeon says happily as she jumps on Yuri’s back. “I just have a few questions for you…”

“Oh ok…” Yuri tries to not mind the girl who just climbed on her back, like a koala.

If Yuri thought that Taeyeon was going to ask her about the case, then she’s wrong. She’s dead wrong.

“Well you know as the leading forensic agent for this team, I’m concern on the welfare of the members of my team.”

Yuri looks at Taeyeon wondering where this was heading.

“So, I was wondering if you could enlighten me as to why Yoona have been walking with a limp these days.”

Yoona could feel Yuri stiffening up beside her, while the rest of the people in that room are chuckling to her blushing girlfriend’s expense…

“Oh now that were saying that doc, Yul… why don’t you ask Taeyeon for medical advice about that terrible rash that you have in your neck and shoulders.” Sooyoung joins in…

“I…I…I…”

Yoona bites her lower lip to hide her amused smile. She just couldn’t help but think how adorable Yuri is right now. The poor girl was blushing like crazy and with how shy Yuri is, Yoona imagines a cute Yuri curling up in a ball to hide her embarrassment.

How could someone so ravishingly steamy be so adorable at the same time?

“Yuri had a rash too? Yoona have some just like it… and in the exact same spot!” Taeyeon added…

“Can we talk about the victim please?” Yuri pleaded…

“Oh yes… yes about that… The victim have died from an overdose of this drug called Pancuronium…”

Yuri wasn’t surprised with that, but Taeyeon’s further information confused Yuri.

“So, wait… Doc… are you saying that the victim weren’t given the pancuronium during the ordeal? Only to kill them?”

“Yes… why?”

That was the big difference, From the past cases Yuri learned how the dollmaker was a sadist who takes pleasure on making his victims suffer. How could the dollmaker just changed his MO like that, unless it’s not him… 

“And you’re lucky Yul, because I was able to get some skin underneath the vic’s fingernails, the victim might be putting up a fight against the killer. Which means you might have a lead to your killer. I already send the sample to the lab so hopefully, you could finally get him, Yul. Just imagine that Yul, you caught the dollmaker.”

Yoona could clearly see how the doubt on Yuri’s face…
“He’s not the dollmaker…”


*

This is easy… too easy… Yuri thought as they were about to raid the suspect’s seedy apartment. The suspect was so thorough in the last few murders, how could he just leave his DNA that carelessly? It almost seemed to Yuri that he’s purposely leading them to another person.

But why appear now?

Taecyeon puts his arm out to stop Yuri.

“Remember Kwon, this is my case…”

Decent cops would think that capturing the killer and serving justice to the victim is the reward of hard work, but obviously not Taec, who’s only care in the world was getting exposure even if it was on somebody else’s effort. In this case, Yuri’s effort.

“But you go first…”

Daesung looks incredulously as Taecyeon pushes Yuri to the front lines. Yuri was about to bang her shoulders to open the door, when Daesung holds her forearm to stop her.

“I’ll do it…”

Daesung grits his teeth as he bangs his shoulder against the door.

“POLICE!!!! DROP TO THE GROUND NOW!!!!”

He was just standing there with an evil smirk on his face. He showed no signs of conscience, no sign of fear. He looks as if he was taunting them, or more specifically taunting her.

He did not show any resistance, letting the cops handcuff him and lead him away. It was as if he wanted to get caught…

That very moment, the stories that Yuri have heard as a child of monsters and demons have became true. But this monster, didn’t have scales or green skin, he doesn’t look abominable, instead if you see him walking around, you couldn’t even tell…

And that’s what makes him dangerous, that’s what causes his monstrosity, by the way he could fit in perfectly into society as he hand picks his latest victim.

His smile still haunted Yuri’s nightmares until these days… And Yuri don’t think she could ever wake up from that. Because the first time that she saw Park Leeteuk was the first time she saw a monster.

End of flashback…

*

UUUUUAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGHHHHHHH

“Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God!” Tiffany could only call out desperately as she sees the zombies gaining grounds on them.

“Don’t turn around Tiffany, we’ll survive I swear to you…”

Jessica was starting to slow down on her tracks, her body is not used to this kind of stress. Even if all her senses are heightened with the of the zombies that was starting to get louder, to their stench reeking through the air, but as much as Jessica tries to push herself, her body doesn’t seem to be cooperating.

“C’mon Shika…” Taeyeon went back trying to drag her to go faster.

UUUUUUUUUAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGHHHHH

Jessica let out a scream as she felt a clammy hand yanking her wrist, making her fall to the ground. She quickly scurried away, but the zombie wasn’t going to let go of his prey, grabbing her by the ankle.

“DUCK!”

Jessica looks up and quickly curled up as she sees Taeyeon swings an IV stand at the attacking zombie. Jessica watched in both horror and gratefulness as she sees the zombie get thrown back at the impact…

Taeyeon gritted her teeth angrily, she could still see him quivering, he wasn’t dead but it was enough to stall him.

“COME ON!!!”

Taeyeon grabs on Jessica, pulling her up the ground.

UUUUUUUAAAAARRRGGGHHHH

Not only did they hear more getting closer and closer, footsteps were starting to multiply as well.

And just when the girls have gotten up on their feet, more creatures have appeared from the corner, arms outstretched ready to claim their prey.

“My God..” Sooyoung says desperately as she’s backing away… “Just how many of these things are there?”

“God damn it Soo! It’s not time to think of that!” Hyoyeon grabs on Sooyoung’s hand.

“HEY!”

Sooyoung recognizes that husky voice everywhere.

“YUL!!!”

“GET BEHIND ME NOW!”

“YUL!”

The girls quickly did as they say, all going behind Yuri, with Jessica wrapping her arms around Yuri.

There was about a mob of those creatures staggering towards them. Hyoyeon gulps, as Yuri seems to be waiting for them to get closer.

“Yuri… I think were going to run out of bullets if you shoot them…”

“Don’t worry Hyo… I got a plan…”

Yuri turns to the girls…

“Everyone needs to go as far as they can…”

“Wait…” Sooyoung didn’t like the sound of this plan. “What plan is this?”

“Just trust me on this Soo…”

And the girls no better than to doubt on Yuri, running out almost to the end of the hallway.

“YUL!”

Yuri was a much closer to the zombies, she ignored the haunting moans that were drawing closer and instead pulls an oxygen tank from the corner. She lays the cylinder on the ground, pushing it with her foot as it rolls down to the zombies.

Her nerves were getting the best of her, her lips are getting dry in anticipation that she them to keep them moist.

“ok… here goes…” She whispers to herself.

“YURI!”

Ready…

Aim…

“Fire”

“AAHHHHHHHHHHHHH”

Even from the distance the sound of the exploding tank was enough to freeze them. The girls shielded themselves as they watch shrapnel of the tank flying around.

They watch in both awe and shock as the tank exploded in front of their eyes, the orange fire almost blinding as the tank was blown away. As the smoke subsides, the hospital hallway was a sight of horror as entrails and ooze have now splattered on the walls, floor and above the ceiling.

There was a few torsos with their lower halves crawling on the ground to reach her, but nothing she can’t outrun.

Yuri let out a deep sigh of relief a she lowers her gun…

“Let’s go…”

*

Jessica scowled unconsciously the moment they shut the door behind them, and the first thing that Yuri did was kissed Yoona so endearingly.

“Told you I’ll come back…” Yuri pressed her forehead against Yoona.

Sooyoung luckily found an oxygen tank and starts moving it to the front of the door.
“Right now I suggest we all stay here and get some sleep..” Sooyoung suggested… “If we go out there right now, it’s like were going on a suicide.

“Sooyoung is right, Yuri says “Were too tired, too exhausted. The moment we encounter them, we wont have enough strength to fight back or even run.”

The girls were too concentrated on Yuri’s hand wrap tightly around Yoona’s that they couldn’t pay attention to what she was saying. And in little part, (except for Jessica who’s dying of jealousy) is jealous of Yoona.

“As much as it would be better to break on patrols, I think none of us can actually stay awake.”

“So, what’s the plan after this?” Hyoyeon wonders… “Like if we manage to stay alive.”

“After we get a bit of sleep, Were going back to the first floor where Yoona came in… We get out from there…”

“And then what?”

“Ummm if I could suggest…” Yoona spoke up “I think the best place we go from here, is Dr. Lee’s residence… She knows this case more than any of us.”

“Dr. Lee?” Taeyeon scoffs “Yeah… right… she’s cuckoo…”

“Wait… so, were going to a cuckoo doctor?” Jessica says in mockery.

“No… what Yoona is trying to say…” Tiffany stepped up “It was Dr. Lee w ho started noticing these bizzare cases and was actually the first one who hypothesize about this cannibalism, but of course none of the higher ups would listen to her. So, they advice her to get a sabbatical, the next day, she submitted her resignation letter.”

“Look, I’m not saying this to put down Sunny, I respect her. But c’mon were doctors, we base our conclusions on facts and evidences, not hunches and gut feelings… So, yes, gut feelings help us, but we can’t rely on it without backing it up with evidences. And that’s what she lack, she didn’t have enough evidence and she just starts pointing it out as zombies…” Taeyeon added.

“Right now unnie, none of us know anything…” Seohyun mutters softly.

Everyone let out a deep sigh, as saddening as it is, Seohyun was right…

“But why her? Why cant we go to the police department or something?”

“Because after she left, she continued with her research, she’s the most well equipped person I know right now…”

“Ok… to Doctor Lee then…”

*

Yoona and Yuri have assumed everybody around them was asleep, but just to be careful, they just tenderly brushed their lips on each other. But it was not enough for both, as Yoona wraps her arms around Yuri’s shoulders to deepen their kiss. And quietly, very quietly, Yuri have slowly climbed on top of Yoona, her hand traveling underneath the sheet, ing Yoona’s jeans.

But just when Yuri was about to slip her hand inside her lover’s jeans when somebody spoke up.

“Hornier than a group of bunnies, it’s super girl!”

And obviously none of the girls are asleep as the room was filled with soft chuckle. Everyone was giggling, except for Yuri who looks so annoyed and yoona was dying of embarrassment.

“Shut up, Soo…” Yuri hissed, of course to no avail as everyone still giggled.

*

The sun light seeping through the blinds were enough to jolt Yuri up. For once during the whole ordeal, she felt like she actually got some rest. She smiles at the girl sleeping beside her, obviously she was the reason.”

“Yul?” Yoona stirred awake the moment Yuri got out from the bed.

“Hey…” Yuri leans to kiss Yoona on the hair before walking over to the window. Most of the girls are still asleep and Yuri didn’t want to wake them up. She carefully peek through the windows and saw the swat team, some fire trucks and police cars outside.

“They were planning to bomb this place from the inside” Yoona added “They send an agent Yang to detonate it, I don’t know what happened now…”

“I wonder too… But were not going to wait until that happens, we have to get out of here…”

*

Yuri grips on Yoona’s hand tighter, lifting her finger to her lips to keep them quiet. She peep her head out of the corner, watching for any signs of movement, before signaling them to move.

Yuri turns back at the group, making sure everyone is right behind her. She squeezes Yoona’s hand every so often not only to reassure Yoona, but to calm her nerves as well.

They were nearing the first floor and her grip on her gun grow tighter as she heard .

But as they were about to come down, the sight in front of them stunned them.

UUUUUUUUUUAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGHHHH

Seohyun clamps her ears shut as the sound of have started to take a toll on her nerves. The whole floor of what used to be humans with feelings, who laugh, who cry have now turned into monsters, lifelessly dragging themselves around until thy would turn vicious at the sight of a prey.

But it wasn’t just Seohyun, every one of these girls felt a toll to each of their senses.

The stench of death reeking through their whole system…

Their agonizing moans causing chaos in their heads…

The sight of their bloodied mouth ready to gnash in flesh have strike fear in all of them.

It was Yuri who kept it together, for the girls and most especially for her darling as she signals them to back away carefully.

But just the faint squeak of someone’s rubber soles and every head in that first floor turns to the girls fleeing for their lives.

“RUN!!!”

Yuri’s grip on Yoona’s hand clench tighter…

“TO THE ELEVATOR!!!!”

“WHAT?!”

“YUL! WE ARE JUST GOING TO END UP TRAPPING OURSELVES!”

“NO! This monsters, they don’t run out of energy and they’ll keep on chasing and chasing us… It’s the only way now…”

The girls race to the open elevator, hoping to God they would be saved them once again.

There were more than twenty, around 50 or more scrambling with their arms outstretch, snarling their teeth at them.

UAAAAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!

Yuri almost slams her fist on the elevator buttons, begging for it too close as she sees the horde trampling to get over to them.

“Hurry, hurry… please God Hurry…”

The elevator door was closing in such a slow pace that Yuri almost got over there to pull it close. An arm has made its way inside the elevator door, grasping for anything to devour.

Yuri clenches her teeth, stepping closer before aiming her gun between the zombies forehead.

Bang.

The impact was able to throw the zombie a couple of feet back while his brain have splattered everywhere.


Ding.


And the girls ended up slumping on the four corners of the elevator. And as much as the pounding of a hundred fists was getting louder, the girls exhaustion was able to ignore it.

They narrowly escaped death once again… But now their growing frustration is starting to hit on them, they had come so close to escaping and now they’re back to square one again.

What lies behind the elevator door when it opens is yet to be known, but now they’re all tired to even let fear take over them.

Yoona tugs Yuri closer to her, making her lay on her lap. And Yuri tired and frustrated collapsed on her darling.

Monsters were meant to scare little children into behaving. They were supposed to be created as a means to strike fear to make them listen.

Monsters are real, we are surrounded with them whether its creatures trying to sink their teeth in our flesh or devils disguised as humans.

And right now, it’s not the monster pounding their fists on the elevator or the ones in Yuri’s dream that is scaring her…

It was something deeper, something inside her that is scaring the hell out of her. It was her own monster, the one that lives in her head whispering to her how hopeless their situation is, and how it would be more easier to give up than fight back.


Yuri clenches tighter on Yoona, hoping to silence these fears in her. And slowly in Yoona’s embrace, Yuri find herself calming down again…

In Yoona’s embrace, the monster in Yuri’s head was about to be defeated.

Yoona slumped on the wall, hoping she could calm Yuri the way Yuri always calms her. But she’ll never know, that all she need is to hold Yuri, and Yuri will feel alive again, ready to fight back, ready to strike.

And even if Yuri is super girl, out to save the world. At the end of it all, she’s still a girl, wanting to be saved as well. So, while the world could count on her, Yuri only counts on one…

Yoona was, is and will always be her super girl…

TBC