Double Agents

Chapter 5

"Lay," Suho greeted, walking into the empty room. The tall lengthy brunette looked up from his weapon to see his friend, smiling wide once recognizing him. Putting down the gun he waved and watched as the other began moving closer towards him.

"What do you need?" Lay asked. "I got all the paperwork filled out and turned it in. I made sure all the others were training and ready for the mission. And I got all the weapons Xiumin listed plus a couple of extras that wouldn't be bad for you all to bring along."

"That's kinda what I wanted to talk to you about," Suho said, his voice getting softer as he talked.

"Is this about the Xiumin thing?" Lay asked with a sigh. "I know that he wants to go and that he's an important part of the team but he really needs to rest right now. We can't just keep letting him exhaust himself for missions."

"I know and I totally agree," Suho said, leading Lay to take a seat. "He will be staying back along with Chen."

"Why Chen?"

"He insisted," Suho said, rolling his eyes. "But since he is staying, we need someone to replace him." The two sat there in silence as they seemed to communicate with their eyes.

"No," Lay said sternly, getting back up and picking up a gun.

"Lay, please don't be like this."

"You know I can't go back into the field again," Lay said, beginning to clean the gun in his hand with a small rag. "Besides, we just got the three boys. You guys don't need me."

"That only leaves us with one backup. We need at least two," Suho explained. "Come on. It's not like you haven't done it before. We both trained together to do this. We were such a great team."

"Yeah, but there is a reason you got promoted to a leader with Kris and I train new recruits," Lay said. "I can't go out in the field again. It's just not for me."

"Lay."

"If you keep asking me, I'm going to get mad Suho," Lay said, his voice getting lower as the words came out. The once-light air in the room became tense as it was filled with silence for a few moments. Suho watched as the man continued to do his task.

"If you're worried about what happened last time," Suho started off. "Don't be. I've told you a million times that nothing like that will happen again."

"I'm not going Suho." The two sat in a small silence as Suho tried to figure out the best course of action. He knew what he had to do, despite it being the worst option.

"Yes, you are," Suho said, his voice now stern and loud. "Before it was an offer but now it's an order." Lay took in a deep breath as he placed the gun on the table, turning around only to see Suho walking away from him.

"Are you serious right now?" Lay yelled, trying to catch the man's attention. When he didn't respond, the man simply yelled out his name, watching as the other walked out the door without a care. In anger, Lay picked up one of the guns before aiming it at the wall, letting himself pull the trigger three times. He huffed in anger as he let out a groan, thinking about the trap he was now in.

As the doors closed behind him Suho leaned himself against the wall and took in a deep breath. A million thoughts flowed through his mind as he replayed the scene that just happened over and over, questioning if he had done the right thing. That was until he felt a hand on his shoulder. He looked up to see Kris standing beside him.

"You did good," Kris said simply.

"He shot off three," Suho said to himself. "He can't be too mad can he?" The other was about to comment when they heard a loud scream, 4 shots going off with 2 more after a few moments. Suho groaned.