The Gang In High Heels | BLACKPINK AU

28: What Brings Sudden Endings...

Seulgi lightly traced the knife against Lisa's chest as she struggled against her weight. "Shh. Relax."

Lisa glowered at Seulgi but stopped struggling as the tip of the blade pressed against her collarbone.

Seulgi twisted to look at Yeri and snorted at the sight of her, propped herself up on an elbow, still gasping for the air that Lisa had knocked out of her. "Quit acting like she punched a hole in your stomach and come hold her legs."

As Yeri stood, Ophelia drew near first.

"Wait!" Lisa cried out desperately. "Ophelia, please wait."

Ophelia giggled and cocked her head in curiosity. "Why would I wait? Madame has given me orders. I will obey her. "

"You don't have to listen to her anymore! I don't. BLACKPINK doesn't."

"And look what that brought you. Death." Seulgi said quietly.

The sounds of the invisible Rosie and Jennie fighting for their lives echoed around them as Lisa fell silent.

Lisa could see she wasn't convincing the guard. She wasn't even sure if disobeying YG was possible for Ophelia. Her laugh was empty and her smile didn't reach her eyes. She was looking through Lisa as if she barely existed.

Her thoughts raced for a way to get through to Ophelia. Jisoo chose to fight for us even if it meant standing against her mother and all the others. She was willing to sacrifice herself. Just like... Titania.

There was no way for Lisa to know if Ophelia was the one that Titania had come back for. The giant warrior had never revealed a name but it made sense. Ophelia and Titania were the guards closest to YG in America and that same proximity would have made it easy for the CEO to threaten them into servitude with threats of torture for the other. And with her own death now blankly staring at her, Lisa dared to hope.

"Titania chose not to."

Ophelia stopped. The glassy look in her eyes receded and she focused on Lisa for the first time.

Yeri sighed as she dropped to her knees and pressed her weight onto Lisa's feet, pushing the sides of her feet flat against the floor. "Can you hurry it up? I get that your, well I guess our boss gave the order but she probably wanted it done some time today."

Ophelia ignored Yeri and locked eyes with Lisa. "What would you know about her choices?"

"Titania chose to help us."

"Liar." Ophelia hissed.

"I said shut up." Seulgi pressed the knife against Lisa's throat.

"She's here, Ophelia, she came for you. She said she had to come back." Lisa could feel a small trail blood dripping down her neck.

"She's here? Titania is here? Where is she? Is she okay?" Ophelia looked around, clutching the knife between her hands anxiously.

"No she's not right here. We brought her back with us..." Lisa paused as she remembered the last moments of Titania. The man that had held them back, seemingly impervious or ignorant to pain and wounds. "...She's in the lobby."

"The lobby? Why? She should be here. She should be with us. I need her." The faraway look in her eyes returned and she advanced until she stood in front of the three assassins. "YG needs her."

Still on top of Lisa, Seulgi withdrew the knife from her neck and shot a glance at Yeri in confusion as Ophelia stood still and stared beyond them.

Seulgi waved a hand in front of her face. "Hello?" She asked in a sweet-sounding voice.

Lisa was feeling confused as well. She had only seen Ophelia for a short time during their initial report to YG and the woman had carried herself with confidence and a level of self assurance that seemed necessary given her position. But the woman before her now looked tormented and distraught to an extreme.