Agent J7

Chapter 1

A young girl climbs out of her canopy bed to say a prayer and brightens when a light passes by her window. Believing it to be her father, she ventures downstairs to greet him, only to see the front door wide open.

Her eyes fall upon the only moving light inside the dark house peeking through a crack under the door. She approaches with caution, squinting to get a closer look, and the beam flickers off at the sound of her voice calling out for her mother.

She opens the door to a horrific sight: Her mother lying unconscious on the floor, a spilled bottle of pills, and an open window. But what was even more treacherous was that there was a figure waiting behind the door.

Whoever the  shadow belonged to,  he slowly closes the door, an action followed by a piercing scream.

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A car pulls up to a monastery in the mountains of Spain, where the girl is left in the care of the nuns who reside there. As she’s led through the grounds, she looks back to the hooded figures who pass by. Her eyes are filled with sadness.

Time flew by and the girl has grown into a teenager,Go Anna, who flees the monastery barefoot and in a similar nightgown she wore as a child.

Her feet are caked with dirt by the time she reaches the city and runs through the busy streets in her grimy clothes, constantly looking behind her as she is being pursued. Bumping into a pedestrian crossing the street, she bends down to pick up the spilled change. Drivers angrily honk their horns when the light turns green, but she scans her surroundings with fear-filled eyes.

It’s nightfall by the time Anna stumbles into a metro station. Her entry is caught by a pair of men on a stakeout, and one man follows her underground. She runs up to the ticket window to pay her way in and urges the employee to hurry.

Once she has her ticket, Anna dashes past the gate and crashes into someone. It’s Joong Ki, and when she apologizes in Korean, he asks in their native tongue if she’s alright. Hardly able to believe her luck in finding a compatriot, she clings to him and desperately pleads for his help.

He tries to shake her off, but she begs him to save her from her oncoming pursuer. Seeing him, Anna runs down to the platform and hides behind a pillar. She shuffles over to remain unseen, but the man hears her sharp intakes of breath and calls her out.

She refuses to “go home” as told, and he grabs her when she tries to make a run for it. But that’s when Joong Ki intervenes and orders Anna to leave. She obeys, running over to the next pillar while he deals with her pursuer.

She looks on as Joong Ki wrestles the man’s arm and combats the counterattack with a flying kick. He keeps the oncoming punches at bay and lands one good punch into his opponent’s gut. He evades attack, but the man lands a punch to his jaw and runs after Anna.

Joong Kk is quick to follow and jumps the benches to stop him. He gets in some jabs and flips over, using the momentum to toss the man onto the ground. He knees his opponent over and over when the latter charges at him, and a few more strikes stuns the man enough for Joong Ki to flip him over and strangle him until he passes out.

Checking the man’s pockets confirms that Joong Ki has just attacked a cop. He picks up his things while security calls in the disturbance down below.

Anna is waiting for him when he exits the platform, much to his annoyance. She implores him for his help, citing that her father is a great man who will reward him if he can take her to Madrid.

But he isn’t interested in helping her anymore, let alone for a reward, as Anna continues to cry that there are bad men after her. He gives in to her pleas and tells her to leave when a pair of officers draw near. She lingers for a moment before disappearing around the corner.