ℙ𝕒𝕣𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕖

17

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Jennie and I had gotten some breakfast and found a table, where we were now sitting down and talking.

"You make escaping sound so easy...Do you think we really can?" I asked.

"Well, I mean...It's gonna be hard." She replied.

"How so?" I asked again.

"Well first of all they have chips implanted in our wrists that they track us with-"

"WHAT!?" I suddenly burst out after hearing her say it.

"Shhhh calm down." She looked around at all the people who were now staring at as. She gave them awkward smiles.

"Nobody's told me this!" I yelled again, but slightly quieter so the whole world wouldn't be able to hear.

"Everyone has one. We're just not supposed to know." She said plainly, taking a sip of her smoothie.

"So how do you know?"

"I tried to cut myself once, and I found it. I couldn't take it out though." She talked about the event like it was nothing. She tried to cut herself? When was this?

"How long have you known about it?" I asked, getting worried.

"Since I was twelve."

....that's a really long time. "Why did you try to....you know, cut yourself.." I asked, looking down and picking at my food.

She quietly replied. "When I first got here, the first person I met was this boy. He was two years older than me, but he taught me everything I know. He was amazing.

He said he'd been born here, and things will get better. He always comforted me. He was my best friend. But then one night, he and I tried to sneak out.

Of course we didn't know there were trackers in us, and we got caught before we even left the grounds. I remember all the lights, and he pushed me back and told me to hide. I watched as they grabbed him and took him away. I don't know where to, but that was the last time I saw him.

That was the night I found out. We were stupid..."

Her face was blank. There was no expression at all. No tears in her eyes, no anger, no sadness. Then she suddenly smiled and laughed. "But that's the dumb past. He's probably dead by now." Her smile was fake. I knew it.

We went straight to training after that. The usual kicking routines. She even said I might even be getting better than her.

Suddenly Sehun burst into the training room as Jennie and I were taking turns kicking a bag.

"It's time." He said.

"Time for what?" I asked him, backing away as he got closer. I have to admit, I hated him but I was also sort of scared of him.

"Your first mission." He handed Jennie a folder. "That has all the information in it, leave when your ready." He turned and started walking back.

I got so confused. I walked over to Jennie. "Mission? What mission?" Jennie handed me the folder.

I read it. My eyes widened. "T-they want us to kidnap someone!? I-I can't do that. I'm not gonna kidnap someone!" I threw the folder back at her.

"You have no choice." She said. "Plus, I'll be with you. We're partners for this mission!" She smiled.

"How can you be smiling at this?" I asked, disgusted.

"I'm not smiling at the mission. I smiling at the fact that we won't be alone." Her smile turned to a frown.

"Well I can't kidnap someone. What if we get caught?"

"Thats what all this training was for." She gestures to the kicking bag and all the other equipment around us.

I sighed. She's right. I've been so clueless this whole time. What else would I be training for? Fighting alien invaders? Yes, that's it y/n. You were kidnapped and tortured so you could fight bad guys. Get your head out of the clouds. YOU are the bad guy, y/n. You.

"Have you had to do these kinds of missions before?" I asked Jennie.

"Lots..." She said sadly. "But I was forced to, so don't think I'm some blood thirsty criminal." She put her hands up, as if she was surrendering.

I laughed. "Never."

She laughed too, and threw her arm around my neck. Jennie isn't a bad person. Nobody really is....right?