Hey, Sharon. (Michaeng)

Chapter 30: Lady Gaia

Third Person POV

"T MINUS TEN, NINE, EIGHT.."

"Chaeyoung, I need you to say those words to me. One last time. Please." Mina pleads. Her voice was small and quivering. She had given up.

"I will. I will say it to you everyday. Every night before you sleep and every morning when you wake up. Mina I will save you. This isn't it for us." Chaeyoung says as she is still trying her best to stop the countdown.

"FIVE, FOUR.."

"Please Chae.." Mina croaks out.

"I-i love you. I love you so so much." Chaeyoung says. Her fingers were still working on the keyboard. She refused to give up. She hated how broken and sad Mina sounded. She couldn't give up.

"I love you too." Mina replies.

"THREE, TWO, ONeEe."

At "one" the robotic voice distorted and the flashing red light around the room came to a stop.

Chaeyoung was flabbergasted by this. She looked up to the big screen to see the big red sign showing "T - 0:01".

It stopped on one. But that didn't make any sense to her.

Chaeyoung looked down at the small monitor infront of her which now showed a different window. It says that she passed through the security but she remembers there still being two whole lines of code she had to get through.

Chaeyoung knows she didn't manage to get past the security so why did it stop?

She pushed all these thoughts to the back of her mind. Right now it doesn't matter how it happened. She needed to get Mina out of there.

There was still a whole army of guards that were making their way down to them. They needed to get out fast.

Chaeyoung got into the chamber controls using the small monitor infront of her and pressed the eject button.

"Mina? Can you hear me?" She asked.

"I can Chaeyoungie. But I feel sleepy.. like I'm losing.. consciousness." Mina said as her voice faded.

This meant that it worked right? Chaeyoung thought. She had doubts clawing in her belly. Multiple scenarios of things going wrong running through her mind.

The small span of time where Mina stopped talking was like torture for Chaeyoung.

The chamber slowly descends closer to the floor and it turns horizontal.

The greenish liquid inside slowly drains until half of the cylinder chamber is empty and Mina's naked body is floating in the liquid.

Chaeyoung steps closer to the chamber taking in every detail of Mina's weak looking face. How different she looks from the persona she had been seeing, but at the same time she had that familiarity about her.

She still had those gorgeous small lips. Her eyes were the same shape. Her fluffy cheeks however, weren't there anymore.

The side of the chamber slowly opens as the cables connected to Mina's body detach by itself.

Chaeyoung doesn't waste any time nor does she hesitate before putting both her hands in the greenish liquid as she pulled Mina's naked body up to a bridal hold.

Mina was here in Chaeyoung's arms. She was breathing and that gave Chaeyoung some peace of mind.

"Well well well. Who do we have here." A woman's voice made Chaeyoung jolt and turn with Mina in her arms.