PARIS

“What happened?” agent28 asked the team leader who respond at the crime scene. She was wearing her usual get up, a bullet proof vest on top of her shirt and pants, and a piece of cloth covering her whole face and only her eyes are visible.

Yes, officers have their uniforms to follow but she’s an exemption to that. She is a special officer of the whole security system of the country. Even if she didn’t undergo with any training like the others, no one questions her qualifications. Why would they if she is better than anybody else in their industry? And besides, she is not only known in Paris. The codename ‘AGENT28’ is very familiar with the other members of security system in the whole world. But in spite of that fact, no one knows who really she and seen her face except for people on the secret agency where she is really ‘belong’.

“The man took a kid as his hostage and in exchange of the child’s life, he is asking for a chopper.” The team leader reported.

“Huh! Crazy.” She commented and continued walking ‘til they reach the others.

“Sir, please save my daughter, please. I am begging you, please give the man whatever he wanted so he will not harm my daughter.” An old lady was crying and begging the officer near her who immediately faced agent28 like the others as she approached them.

“Agent28.” They greeted and saluted her.

“Prepare now. We will give whatever the man is needed and not what he wanted.” She said and the team immediately split up from each other and geared themselves.

“What did you say? Are we not going to give what the man needs? How about my daughter? Is it just too easy for you to let a kid be killed?” the mother asked her angrily.

“Madam, in a situation like this you have to use your critical thinking.” Agent28 answered the mother while loading her two hand guns. “When we give the man what he needed, how many percent are you sure that he will not going to kill your child?”

The mother didn’t answer.

“See? You cannot answer. No one knows what is flowing in his mind except from his self. So we have to think everything before doing anything. Arasseo?” she didn’t wait anymore for the mother’s response. Her gun clicked, indicating that it is locked and ready for some action.

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“Here is the badge and a certificate of recognition for your heroic deed as you and your team saved again one of our citizens.” The chief officer acknowledged agent28, who went up the stage to claim her badge and certificate.

“There’s no need for doing this, sir. It is our duty to do our job properly and that job is to secure our citizen with mischievous act of criminals.” She whispered to the officer.

“No, no, no. Please allow us to do this. By this way we could only thank you.”

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“Another good job again?” Master asked her as she went over the agency to report.

“What’s new?” she said as if it is just a usual thing that she experience every now and then.

“Well, I have no doubt that you will make it again. But don’t you think you’re spoiling too much the government? They might only rely on you always.” Master told her.

“I know. That’s why I came here. I want to ask for a project.” She said while taking off the piece of cloth that covering her face. There’s no need to wear that there since people there already knew her.

“A project? Wow… you shocked me. I thought you don’t have any plan anymore to accept any project from the agency.”

“I can change my mind if I wanted to. So… do you have any?”

“Let me see what’s available here.”  He said then scanned his folders of cases to find something for her. Then he took several and laid it in front of agent28. “Choose there.”

Agent28 looked at the folders. And she still not scanning the other folders but her eyes and attention focused fiercely at the fifth folder she looked at to.

“What’s that?” master asked her.

She gave him the folder to master.

“I know that company.” She said.

“You should. SM Entertainment is in Korea where you came from.”

Agent28 smiled. “And I know him.” She said then pointed at the picture of the man in his mid-thirties attached at the folder.

“Really? How?” master asked.

“Secret. So his kid died? Why?” she inquired.

“He said her daughter caught an incurable disease. But one of the prosecutors of Korea didn’t believe him so he reopened the case. But the man is so powerful and he has a lot of connections so the case is just reopened but no one in the position wanted to handle the case.”

Agent28 moved her head up and down while absorbing what she heard. “Does he belong to any syndicate?” she asked.

“No one knows. But maybe yes. Like a black organization where a lot of big time people belong to.”

“I want to handle this case.” Agent28 said suddenly.

“I know. You will not lay any interest in one of this folder if you don’t want to handle it. But… I wonder. Can you sing and dance?”

Agent28 was surprised with the master question.

“Why do you want to know?”

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fInally,  have created my foreword... hehehehe