ETERNAL

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" what is he trying to do " pond asked from joong while sitting down , letting out a heavy sigh.
Joong didn't know the answer. He kept silence for a while, finally said
" I don't know.... he never had put his nose into our missions before " joong said while looking at pond. He leaned on the edge of the office table.

" fourth might have felt upset " pond said slowly. Joong confirmed it with a curt nod.
" lets try to be positive ...." joong said. Pond stared at his friend expecting a further explanation.

" fourth is young... he might have thought his experiences aren't enough. Its true he is damn talented in his field even compare to some seniors in his field but still ,..... when it comes to missions like this, experiences are must " joong said.
Pond didn't utter, a word not satisfied with joong's perspective of the incident happened during their meeting this morning .

" still we have prom as well.... he can't just take out only fourth out of this mission. He didn't say anything about prom , " pond said.
" he hadn't took out fourth , he clearly said he will assign fourth's task to his IT department hacker, -"
" same thing.... fourth had major part, his whole part will be assign to someone else, means almost like he is out of this mission "
Pond explained with a irritated tone.
He stood up and said,
" and what about the new person who butting into our mission .? Huh ? Someone we have never seen. Never talked with ... how do we suppose to work with a person like that ? Specially on a such an important mission ? " pond asked with widen eyes, angered tone.

" pond Im trying my b-" joong was cut off.
" no you didn't ! You did not stoodup for him... why ? " pond grabbed joong by his shoulder and shook him in slight force.
Joong tsked and looked at pond right into his eyes.

" I personally think its the best ... didn't you see how hard it was for fourth ? He never been like this. Its true he is smiling but haven't you see that ? Something has changed ? It seems like he is carrying a lot.... he almost died during that night while driving .... he has being spacing out a lot. He is keeping something to himself and I think its too much for a young kid like him " joong continued
" its true prom helps him alot but unlike him fourth is the one who do more than 75% of their works... Im not blaming prom, Im telling you he has less burden here, almost like no burden but fourth ? " joong ended leaving pond speechless

The head director of FBI had decided tp assign fourth's tasks to someone else , from his side. He hadn't gave a fair explanation , instead he said as they are almost near the ending line of this mission , involving experts in tech section would help a lot, he furthermore said that fourth's hacking room access and department branch security system should be handed to the new person , who is coming from head directors side. He also said , the new person he is assigning is well trusted person and a senior who has lot of experiences in this filed.
Everyone were shocked but couldn't stand up as for them it felt like order rather than a request. But everyone genuinely hoped that joong would standup for fourth , but leaving everyone evenmore shock even joong didn't utter a word against this new statement.

The new person introduced himself during the very same meeting, who's name is Racheal . A man in his late youth , around 32 - 34age. He didn't seem like much friendly person. Just like gemini when they first met him. But unlike gemini , none of them felt liking or welcoming him as that very same person is more like a replacement for the younger of their team.

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" hey whats with that face " fourth said in a fake cheerful tone , smacked prom's cheek lightly.
" fourth !... stop pretending you are fine " prom said seriously which is very uncommon. Fourth smiled and said,
" but Im fine " his voice wasn't that confident.
" are you seriously going to give the full access to him ? Of everything ? Everything you worked hard to build ? " prom asked while grabbing fourth's arm.
" he said. And I will. End of the discussion . " fourth said and released his arm from prom's grip.