SUPERPOWERS! Running Man

The Hunt Is On!

Hi guys and gals! Here's our new journey with the Running Man crew, and now we're heading into the Bounty Hunter arc. Hope you all enjoy!

6 months had passed by since the airport incident. The Running Man crew had become used to their tight schedule, especially Donghoon. Nearly every time he had a meeting, he needed to leave early for a 'special ocassion'. His wife, Byul, always asked him what's going on, but he just told her a half-lie, "It's actually related to the airport incident, some people fron the government wanted to ask me some details."

Their tight schedule included a special physical training on Mondays and Thursday, a spy simulation on Tuesday and Fridays, a weekly physical check-up on Saturdays, and both Wednesdays and even Sundays were sometimes used for special meeting.

It was the Friday of the week before Christmas Eve, all of the members were called onto the Headquarters, which its location was still classified even for the members, so they were always picked up by the same Mercedes Minivan. They were called for some sort of special training that day.

***
Jihyo had already been accustomed with living in Korea, and was now trying to find her own apartment. When Gary heard about this news, he told Jihyo it was okay for her to live in Gil's apartment. Both he and Gil had agreed on allowing Jihyo to sleep on the bedroom, but Jihyo kindly rejected the offer. She wanted to be able to live on her own and thanked Gary for his kindness.

Ji Lupin had recently sold his house in Paris, he said in defence, "What good is a house if you don't live in it?" He got quite a sum of money and used it to buy himself another home, not an apartment, in Korea. He lived there alone and was often heard talking to himself about getting married.

Kwang Soo was still like himself, the only thing different was that he had shaved his moustache and had tried to make him look more presentable. He had given a shot in dating, and found out that he wasn't much good in front of girls. He was still living in his apartment, but he sometimes visited his mother and father, who was still being treated in the hospital.

***
All of them had arrived in the Headquarters. No day had passed by when they didn't let out at least a small gasp of awe in entering the HQ.

"Welcome back, I've got some good news for you guys," Dong Wan happily welcomed them. He was wearing a doctor's clothes this time, and a long wig to go with it. He squealed excitedly that there was something special for them to see. He led them into the simulation room, where they usually held the spy simulation. It was basically a large, white maze which could project any image to look as if it was a place of some sort. This time the theme of the Maze was a park of some sort, with the walls looking like flower beds and lamps.

"Oh, this isn't the suprise. There it is," Dong Wan pointed to the spot behind everyone of them. They looked back to find out a man wearing a green sweater sitting on a wheelchair.

"Hyung, how are you? Why are you sitting on a wheelchair? Are you going to be alright?" Kwang Soo frantically blurted out. "I'm okay, Kwang Soo. This wheelchair is only for therapy until my feet gets better. Don't be such a fuss," Yoomes Bond answered. He looked over at all of the Running Man. From Ji Lupin (Yoomes greeted his long-time friend with a hug, if you could call someone to be able to hug while on a wheelchair) until Jihyo. "I'm happy that all of you has showed great promise in this spy business. This Running Man Project is a classified project even in The Spy Department. You are all the next generation of spy for our countries, civillian turned into spy dedicated for the protection of their country. Today, you would all do your 'Graduation Ceremony' and if you passed, you would officially become a spy, and that means no more tight schedule. You could come here anytime for training, and would be notified if anything comes up," Yoomes explained.

***
Donghoon was getting what he finally wanted, a short break from all of this spy business. He had lost nearly ten pounds since beginning this spy project, and he didn't want to imagine what would he become after six more months of intensive training. All Donghoon needed to do was to 'Graduate', and he would be done.

All of the Running Man were told to wear a special-customed T-shirts. They came out wearing a T-shirt with some sort of name-tag in their backs. Dong Wan gave a small squeak of delight before explaining, "Now, this is your Name-Tag, and it would give us all of your condition during the simulation. Heart rates, blood pressure, and etcetera. Now, during this simulation, your Name-Tag is your life, if it gets ripped off, you will be counted out or dead. All you need to do is to evade or oust the securities roaming around the Maze and take the Graduation Badge from the middle of the Maze. Taking the Badge will be the main criteria of 'Graduation', but both me and Yoomes Bond would be the main judge of your 'Graduation'. Okay, one more thing. Just to give you more reason to work hard, the first person to get the Badge, will get a five hundred thousand won bonus. Okay, off you go."

All of the Running Man were taken into different corners of the Maze, and so the Race began.

***
It was in a dark alley in Detroit, America. Two person ganged up in front of a man.

"Please, don't kill me. I'll give you all of my money, just please, spare me!"

"I'm sorry, but I doubt your offer would be higher than the price HE already paid us," a woman said.

The man beside the woman didn't talk much, but he was tired and wanted to finish it quickly. He took the man by his collar and without hesitation slammed the man's head into the wall of the alley. The man was dead before he could breathe.

"What's with you today?" Si Young asked. He was being cranky, even by his standards. "I'm just tired," he quick responden.

A sound of beeping came from Si Young's pocket. She pulled up her phone and saw the picture of a man wearing round sunglasses and a face which looked slightly like a cartoon character.

"There's a new target in Seoul, Korea," Si Young told the man.

The man looked happy, "Finally a target closer to home."

Both Lee Si Young and Choo Sung Hoon walked into the night, as the face of their new target still fresh on their minds.

The face of the young CEO of HaOil Company, Ha Donghoon.

There you have it! The first chapter of The Bounty Hunter Arc. Btw, the next two chapters would be about none other than the name tag ripping. I mean, come on, even I couldn't resist the temptation.

Anyway, thank you all for staying until this chapter and have a good day!