Mission failed (Choi Seung-hyun fanfic)

~ A hard decision has been made ~

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I want to thank very much all my readers for being so patient with me while I had my exams going and was updating so slowly, I will try and update more often now that I finally have more free time. :)
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His voice was as cold as his face. It gave me goose bumps to hear my name pronounced by him with that fake smile plastered on his face. I opened my mouth trying to say something but I was muttering incomprehensibly so I just shut them, looking down at my hands. I always tried to act courageous even when I was afraid but this was beyond me, I felt my heart beating like crazy and the cold sweat on my forehead. Whatever this man wanted from me it couldn't be good. "You don't have to be that scared, if you cooperate nothing bad is going happen to you." He said with another smile. I was getting very uncomfortable in my seat, so I started to squirm on the sofa still looking at my intertwined fingers. "What... what about my friends?" I asked with a husky voice. His face turned serious again and I panicked in myself. "They were mine before yours, so I decide what happens to them." He said. I trembled under his gaze. "If... if you let them go... I'll help you." I said finally, even though I knew I had no real means to help him. Well, maybe one. My voice was cracking all the time and it was very weak. Honestly I felt like dying, I was so embarrassed of myself, not even having the courage to stand up for the love of my life and his best friend. Lost in my own messed up thoughts I didn't even realize when Rina came back with Seung-hyun and Youngbae until they dropped them at my feet. They were both blindfolded again and their hands were tied behind their backs. Rina pulled out a gun and pointed it at Seung-hyun's head. "You see, Annabelle, this is how it's going to work. You tell us what we need, or your friends die." The old man said. There was no smile on his face anymore, he was telling me that he's dead serious, and that he likes to present himself as such. I gasped, I looked at the gun above Seung-hyun's head and trembled. "But I don't know anything!" I said, tears stinging the corner of my eyes. "Please, we know that your father left you with something, something very important, that could lead us to the information he had on us. We need to find it." he said more impatiently. I looked from him to Rina and back in fear. I had no idea what they were talking about. But there was something I could do, it was my only hope, my last resource. "If he did, then I don't know nothing about it, but I know someone who might." I said, looking at his face trying to figure out what he's thinking. His smile came back but he didn't say anything, waiting for me to continue. "I just need to call them and ask. If anything, they can give me a means to contact my biological father, and ask him personally." I continued. "And who are they exactly?" he asked coldly. I shut my mouth, there was no way in hell I'd tell on my parents. Not even if I die. I saw Rina rack the slide of her gun and point it back at Seung-hyun. "No, don't!" I screamed. "It doesn't matter who they are! They're unimportant. Just please let me call them and in five minutes you'll have what you want." I said even if I wasn't sure of that myself. Still, it seemed I played it off well because the old man took out a phone from his inner pocket of the expensive suit he was wearing and handed it to me. I quickly dialled mom's number and put the phone on my ear. The line ranged a few times before she picked up. "Hello?" I heard my mom's voice on the other line and suddenly my eyes filled with fears. I never thought I'd be so nice to hear her voice again. "Hey..." I said slowly, avoiding to address her in any way because the others were listening. She recognized my voice immediately. "Annabelle? Oh my god! Where are you? How are you? Are you ok? What the hell happened to you?" she yelled on the other side of the line. "Calm down, I don't have much time. I have a few questions." I said as calmly as I could. "What? No! You have to come home! What are you talking? We've been worried sick for you ever since that day you disappeared! I... I thought you were dead!" she shouted in tears. I could hear her voice crack and the sobs she made while crying. Still I ignored all her questions and went straight on to mine. "Did you ever get from my biological father, or mother, something...important? Something they said was for me?" suddenly she stopped sobbing and just went quiet. After a minute I wasn't sure she was still there. "Hey, are you there?" I asked. "What...? How did you know?" she asked surprised. Ah, so there is something! "I need you to tell me what it is, and where I can find it." I told her. I heard her taking a deep breath and exhaling. "Annabelle, you need to come home. Who are you with now? Is it that man on a bike you ran off with?" she asked. I sighed, I don't have time mom! Just tell me already what I need! I screamed in myself. "Please just tell me!" I demanded. She didn't listen to me though. She took my persistence as an affirmative answer to her last question and freaked out. "Annabelle are you insane? He killed two people in front of your eyes! You come home right now! I'm still your mother and you have to listen to me!" she yelled. Anger and impatience built up inside me. "But you're not are you?" I hissed mischievously. "What?" her voice sounded hurt but that didn't stop me to continue "You're not my mother anymore. You might've been my mom before but when all this started happening you just made me pack my bags and shipped me off to nowhere with people I've never seen before in my life! So stop pretending you care about me!" as I said that I realized I just gave away her identity to the most dangerous people I've ever met. I gasped in shock at the same time as her on the other side of the line. For a second we were both silent. I looked at the mischievous smile that was forming on that person's face. It completely terrified me. "It's a silver necklace with a heart pendant, except the heart is a USB stick. When you disappeared you father's men came to pick it up. I don't know where it is now." she said finally. Her voice seemed indifferent and my heart ache for it. "Annabelle, if you think you can do this by yourself, fine. I just hope that you'll get out of this mess alive." she said with sorrow. Obviously she didn't want to lose her daughter, but there was not much else she could do. I wanted to console her at that moment, but my time ran out. And I wasn't in a position to do so. "I need my father's number." I said lastly, thinking how it's better for her to forget about me; because I'm not coming home. She dictated it to me coldly and hang up without a goodbye. I looked at the phone in my hand and a tear fell on the screen. I'm so sorry mom, I really am. The old man stretched his arm and took back his phone from my hands, cleaning it with a handkerchief before returning it into his pocket. I gulped, I didn't really find out much, I hope it'll be enough. "The thing my dad left me with, it's a necklace with a heart shaped USB, and he's taken it back when I left. I never saw it." I said. I put the piece of paper that I wrote my father's number on, on the table. "This is his emergency contact. You can track him with that can't you?" I said hoping that this would be enough. He took the paper and looked at it carefully. "Well isn't that inconvenient for me?" he said with a sly smile. When he looked back at me with his cold eyes I felt a shiver ran through my body again. What now? "What do we do now father?" Rina suddenly said looking at the same old man. My jaw dropped. Father? I noticed with the corner of my eye that Youngbae flinched when he heard that, which meant he was probably as surprised as I was. Seung-hyun remained completely calm, which only made me wonder even more about his latest actions. Was he deceiving me all this time? Then what about Youngbae? Is he a part of their plan too or is he being deceived just like me? My thoughts were completely messed up and my head started to hurt a lot, but the call with my mom left me completely numb and I didn't concern myself too much about anything else at the moment. "Leave me." the old man suddenly said and Rina nodded. "Come on guys, back on your feet. You too Annabelle, get going." She said pointing the gun at me. When we got out of the office there were two other men accompanying us back to the cells. When we got back to the underground floor they threw us all in one cell and locked it, leaving us completely alone. I looked at Rina, for the first time she didn't smile evilly or threw mean comments. She looked at Youngbae, he and Seung-hyun were still blindfolded and tied. She seemed to have a sad look on her face, maybe even regretful. I couldn't understand it quite clearly so I decided to test it. I was grateful that Seung-hyun was blindfolded and wouldn't witness my next move. I pulled Youngbae by his collar and crashed my lips on his. He seemed surprise but didn't back away. I took the opportunity to see Rina's reaction. Her mouth was slightly opened and her eyes widened as she looked at me kissing Youngbae. For the first time since I first saw her the smug look on her face was completely gone. Then her face hardened and she stormed off without a single word. I broke the kiss and backed away with a sigh. I approached Seung-hyun and, even though I struggled with the nod a little at first, I managed to untie him. He took off his blindfold and looked at me with sadness but I just turned away and went to untie Youngbae. When he took his blindfold off his eyes were still wide open and he seemed dumbfounded. I didn't say a word, I went towards the corner of the cell and sat down. We were all quiet for a while, just sitting each in our own corner. After about half an hour Seung-hyun got up and approached me. He got down on a knee and without a single word he wrapped his large hands around me and squeezed me tightly to himself. "What are you doing?" I asked perplexed. His hug didn't feel any different from those he gave me before, when I thought he loved me. I felt both nostalgic and disappointed but I didn't push him away. "I'm so sorry." He said. "She told me she'd hurt you if I paid any attention to you from the moment you come back. I was so scared I didn't understand that I myself hurt you with my actions. I was so stupid! I shouldn't have believed her, after all they wouldn't hurt you, because without you they can't win. I am so sorry love." He explained. And just like that, every doubt I had dispersed. I put my arms around him too, I was so relieved to finally feel his warmth again. "I seriously thought you were going to die when she took you away." He whispered in my ear, his voice was so full of sorrow it broke my heart. I felt his shoulders shiver and his breath getting irregular. Was he crying? He sat down and buried his face in my neck, not moving for quite a while. I squeezed him to myself tightly, stroking his back with my hand. "Shush, everything's all right." I said. My heartbeat was getting faster and faster by each minute and I was so embarrassed he would notice. But even if he did he didn't say anything. Youngbae looked at us from time to time but he didn't say a word. "Hey, are you ok?" I asked Seung-hyun after some time. He finally lifted his head and looked at me. His eyes were red and sore from crying. That was the first time I saw him cry, it hurt me more than I could've imagined. He didn't answer. He cupped my face and put his lips on mine, slowly sucking on my lower lip. Somehow it felt like it was so long since we last kissed so I answered very passionately. A voice in the back of my head was telling me to stop since Youngbae was here but I couldn't stop myself. I got lost in desire so I started pulling him closer. Seung-hyun broke the kiss and took my hands in his. I was huffing lightly looking deep into his beautiful eyes. Ah, I wanted him so much. "We're not alone ok?" he said and smiled with his beautiful white teeth. It has been so much since I saw that wonderful smile! He pulled my hands to his lips and kissed them gently. Just as he tried to get up I pulled him down again. I put my hands around his neck and placed my forehead on his. "Call me like you always do." I told him. I closed my eyes, expecting the two comforting words. "Little girl." He whispered and gave me a peck on the lips. I smiled and loosened my hold around him. Then he got up and helped me up too. Youngbae was quick to follow from his own corner, his expression was unsettling and kind of hurt but he didn't say a word, which I was grateful for. "So, you got a plan?" Youngbae asked looking at Seung-hyun's sudden change of mood. Seung-hyun smiled and went towards the bars. "Hey! Somebody there? Are we supposed to dehydrate here? Get us some water!" he shouted as loudly as he could. What the hell was he up to? Youngbae and I looked at him questionably. He turned around and laughed at our confused faces. "Don't worry, I have a plan." He said and winked at me. Just a few minutes later a man came in with a bottle of water. "Move back, all of you." He said pointing a gun at us. We all leaned against the opposite wall and waited. I had no idea what Seung-hyun had in mind. How was water going to help? The man left the bottle by the cell and left. Seung-hyun smiled almost victoriously. "So we have a bottle full of water. Why are you smiling like you've won a Nobel Prize?" I asked him. "You'll see." He picked up the piece of cloth which was used to cover his eyes before and pulled it in his hands. It ripped almost immediately. "Ah, this won't do, it's too weak." He said and then he looked at his shirt with a new idea in his mind. Suddenly he took off his shirt and my heart skip a beat. "I'm starting to like this plan." I joked. Seung-hyun laughed with me but Youngbae kept staring at him in curiosity. Seung-hyun then rolled up his shirt and poured the water over it. Then he tried to rip it too but I wouldn't break. "Excellent." He exclaimed. I still didn't understand a single thing that was going on, but it seemed like Youngbae did, because soon he was at Seung-hyun's side and they were working together. Seung-hyun wrapped the wet shirt around two of the bars and the two of them took opposite sides of the cloth, wrapped it around their hands and started pulling with all their might. When I finally understood what they were trying to do, I thought they were insane. But soon after both bars started to bent! "Oh my god, is that even possible?" I asked in disbelief. The two of them stopped for a moment and looked at the bars with excitement. "I guess these bars are older than they look." Youngbae commented. Then, with what strength they had left they started pulling again. Soon the bars were bent enough for us to get through. "I can't believe this." I said with my hands over my mouth as I stood outside the cell with the two of them at my side. I almost started laughing but then I looked at their faces, their expressions made it quite clear that this was the easy part of our escape. I sighed, I got excited too early... not to mention how distracted I was by Seung-hyun's bare waist. It was so appealing I kept licking my upper lip. "We're underground, which means we have to go up to get out." Seung-hyun said looking at Youngbae. "Cameras?" Youngbae asked. Seung-hyun shrugged. "There were some!" I answered. "I remember seeing them out in the hall. But I don't remember exactly where though." I said a little embarrassed. "That's ok little girl." Seung-hyun said and ruffled my hair. Even in all this mess I still felt my cheeks getting red and my heart warm from this familiar gesture. "Parking lot?" Seung-hyun asked looking at Youngbae. He nodded. "That's our best bet." He replied. I had no idea what they were planning and their short conversation didn't make it any easier for me to understand, but I didn't want to nag them either so I kept quiet. I guess they knew what they were doing. They both got us out once before, they should be able to do it again. We left the cells and headed towards the stairs. We avoided using the elevator of course, it was way too risky. On the other hand, the whole escaping to the parking lot part seemed way too easy, there were no guards at all outside the cell floor or on the stairs. Even I knew something was wrong. When we got to the parking lot, which only had a few cars around, I started thinking that the Organization must be stupid or something. But as soon as Youngbae made one step towards the nearest car bullets started flying around from almost everywhere! "Run!" Seung-hyun yelled. He took my hand in his and we started running towards the nearest car. We were so close to it when Youngbae got shot in his leg. "Fuck!" he said and fell on the floor. Seung-hyun pushed me behind the car and helped Youngbae get up and hide too. Before we even got to the car all four tires were pierced. "Damn it, we can't use this one." Seung-hyun said angrily. "I'll distract them, you two run away. I can't ran anyway." Youngbae said. I was pressing on his wound, there was blood everywhere. It must've hurt him like hell but he didn't complain at all. As I watched the wound I couldn't help but blame myself. Both he and Seung-hyun were in this mess because they wanted to protect me. "Shut up, I'm thinking." Seung-hyun said ignoring Youngbae's words. "Wait here you two." He said and then he got up and started running towards another car. What the hell? He's going to get himself killed! I watched him ran as fast as he can until I couldn't see him any longer. Then I just prayed that he's all right. "I'm serious, go after him. Run away. I'm already dead." Youngbae said taking my hands and trying to push them away. But I didn't let go of his wound. "Shut up! We're not leaving you!" I said to him straightforwardly. He seemed a little shocked but then he smiled. "You two are hopeless." He laughed. I nodded, laughing a little too. "Why'd you kiss me?" he asked me suddenly. I remained stunned, I didn't expect him to ask that now of all times. I could feel my face burning red. "How do you know it was me?" I asked pretending to be clueless. But he saw right through me. "It couldn't be anyone else." He replied. "What about Rina?" I asked still hoping he'd believe it wasn't me. He smirked but he didn't answer. Obviously he knew it wasn't her, he probably didn't believe it could be. "She loves you." I said finally. He looked at me surprised. "That's why I kissed you, I wanted to make sure if she loves you. Because I believed that she still does, and with that kiss, I proved it." I explained. I was very serious and for that reason he didn't say anything for a few minutes. "I think you're mistaken." He said in the end looking at me with a confused and sad expression. "You didn't see her face." I was quick to answer. I wouldn't let him believe that she doesn't love him, when it was obvious she does; at least to me. He sighed and looked away, probably not knowing what to say anymore. I looked down at his wound again. Damn it Seung-hyun, hurry up! Just as I thought that, a pair of tires screeched on my left. Seung-hyun opened the passenger door from the inside. "Get in!" he yelled. I took Youngbae under his arm and helped him up. As we were reaching the car I was thinking again how all this mess was my fault, and how Youngbae is hurt because of me. This happened before too, Seung-hyun also got hurt because of me like this. The painful memories made my heart ache and my eyes sting. I helped Youngbae get in the front passenger seat and then I opened the back doors. As I looked at the seat and at the two men in front I made a reckless decision, and so I closed the doors. The tires skidded the asphalt for a moment before the car rushed out of the parking lot. The gunfire didn't stop, it pierced one window of the car and I begged in myself that no one was shot. Then, as the car took a sharp turn and disappeared, just like magic, everything stopped. And I was left there, standing, in the middle of the parking lot.