"trust no one but your circle."
it didn't sound like a good idea for six young, not-so-experienced high schoolers to take up a dangerous, life-costing and major mission.
It was a gloomy Monday. Dark clouds filled the skies, and there was barely an infinitesimal gap for the sunlight to escape. Isa sat in the classroom, listening to Mr Im lecturing while making doodles on her iPad. When the teacher gave a five-minute break for the students to drink water and use the washroom, Isa looked out to the windows and stared at the dark grey clouds. Small beads of rain started falling to the ground, and soon, it was raining heavily. Winds started howling and were blowing into the class through the windows. Isa stood up to close the windows. As she closed the last window, she felt as if something did not sit right with her. She stared out of the window and heard a small bang and saw the guard at the security post, collapse. She looked at the source of the bang, to see five men positioned outside the fencing that covered the perimeter of the school. One positioned their sniper above Isa's class and was ready to shoot. Her heart started palpitating faster. Something was indeed not right. Isa pulled out her gun and screamed, "Everyone, duck and hide!" before opening fire. The other five girls and Mr Im got the signal and pulled out their guns and earpieces. Lights went out completely unlike the other fight, and this time, the girls did not bring their goggles. Isa ran out of the classroom and went up to Cheng Xiao's class. When she got up, she saw a broken window and checked if anyone was hurt. Cheng Xiao ran to her and said, "We need to jump."
"Jump?" Isa said incredulously.
"We need to. These are my father's enemies and they are stronger than the one before. They are breaking into the school gate, so if we go down in time, we can avoid the chances of the hitmen entering the school premises. We can't let them have the advantage of attacking others while we go down," Cheng Xiao rambled quickly and Isa nodded. Isa and Cheng Xiao held hands.
"Don't think twice and jump, okay?" Isa nodded and squeezed Cheng Xiao's hand.
"Now or never. Three, two, ONE!" Like in slow-motion, they stepped on the frame and jumped. Adrenaline rushed through Isa and Cheng Xiao's veins at full pelt and they held their breath without knowing. The duo was mid-air, and the torrential rain made their uniforms soaked. They landed and started shooting the hitmen entering the gate. Heavy rain didn't help them; it made the view cloudy and grey.
Sumin fought the men entering the school building, shooting each of them with two of her guns. She gave a wheel kick at one of the hitmen and shot him. Seeun used the hammers of her guns and knocked two men down.
"BANG!"
Yeeun heard a bullet coming towards her and immediately ducked. The bullets continuously came towards her, so she did a backflip and pulled a hitman towards her to block the bullets. She threw the body towards the shooter and shot multiple times. More kept on coming towards the school, and slowly they were outnumbered. Once again, a gas grenade came before gunshots were directed at it. It exploded, and the fire caused by it became a temporary shield. Seeun turned towards the source. It was Jihyo and Twice once again.
But not only them.
"GWSN?" Yeeun shouted, eyes wide. Miya stood there with her other four friends, guns out. "Guess what, surprise," Miya said, spinning her gun before shooting a hitman behind Yeeun. They continued moving towards the school entrance, shooting off the men one by one.
"Well, since when did Jinhwa become a school for agents," Yeeun mumbled and kicked a hitman before throwing the body off to another one.
"I wouldn't be surprised if Aisha was related to an agent, like Cheng Xiao."
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"Well, well, well, shall we start, Seokyoung?"
"Hell yeah. Let's kick them asses." They pulled out a sniper each and started hunting down each man one by one. As Seeun reloaded her gun, a hitman sneaked behind them.
"The rain is torrential, isn't it?" Seokyoung said, amused, as she kicked the hitman by the shin without moving from her position and her head. The hitman fell from the school building and crashed into another one.
"Double kill," Seeun commented, peeking down when she had the chance.
"yuh," Seoryoung said and high-fived the former. They hid well and shot down every hitman that was targeting the members of Twice, GWSN and STAYC but they too pushed every hitman that came up to the roof down though.
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Sieun and Yoon shot the men who were entering through the back of the school. Yoon was on the ground floor.
As Cheng Xiao fought the more incoming men, she turned around to see someone that stood there, looking at her.
That man. That man who ruined my life.
"NO!" young Cheng Xiao shouted. Her mother collapsed on the floor, and she started crying. She rushed to her mother and cried even more.
"Mum, don't go..."
"My sweetheart, don't make me your burden when you grow up. Grow up well, don't disappoint me..." The mother's eyes turned glassy.
"Mum...no..." Cheng Xiao hugged her mum and shook her as if she could revive her back by doing it.
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As Cheng Xiao packed her mother's things, she found something shiny and black under the stack of clothes. She pulled out the black object.
A gun.
She looked at it and smiled. Maybe if I can use this I can kill the person who killed my mom, she thought and a mischievous grin set on her face. She started analysing the parts of the gun and practised reloading and unloading the gun. She then found a target board in her parents' room somehow and practised shooting.
"BANG!"
She recoiled at the sound. She ran out to take earplugs and plugged her ears and glanced at the target board. Bullseye? She stared in disbelief. She smiled happily and continued with her mini "training".
"Cheng Xiao ah, I'm home-sweetheart-what are you doing??" Cheng Hui exclaimed after seeing his daughter wield the weapon. Cheng Xiao's eyes suddenly were filled with tears that threatened to spill. The petrified look of her mother's face still remained fresh and vivid in her mind but the face of the man that killed her was a blur. But, in the present, she realised it was him.
"Sorry, Dad...I just want to kill the person who killed mum..." She said and sobbed. Cheng Hui comforted her.
"You should've asked me, I was going to train you when you turn thirteen," he said, wiping tears off her cheek.
"Really?"
"Really."
"Pinky promise?" The girl held out her pinky finger. Her father interlocked hers with his pinky.
"Promise. So don't worry about this anymore, okay?"
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