Operation Emerald

The Mission.

"Done." Nora said as she performed a mini-twirl to show off her gorgeous black cocktail dress.

"Damn girl " I said, as I twirled similarly, mocking her in my formal striped shirt tucked into a pair of jeans.

"Are we taking the bikes?" I continued.

"Nah, I was thinking we could hail a cab?" Nora replied as she applied finishing touches to her makeup.

"Okay great! Let's leave now Nora." I pulled her out of our apartment.

Soon, we arrived at our venue- a classy high rise restaurant that extended into a stay. We soon spotted Vanessa who was seated opposite to two men, one with a blonde mullet, the other guy sported normal-ish hair? I mean what other hair styles are there?

Vanessa waved us over, and the two of us joined the tiny party.

The two men, turned to us with identical smirks etched across their faces, "Nice to meet you two, again.", the one in the mullet said in his deep drawl.

Taehyung. Kim Taehyung.

 And his partner, Park Jimin.

I smiled back at them, greeting them with a wide smile, as if they weren't our rivals. Nora did the same.

The four of us worked under Vanessa, we've actually never had to mingle before this. But Vanessa was always going on and on about their achievements.

They had begun working for her about 8 months before we did, as a result they felt that they had some inherent power over us. I mean sure they're our seniors, they'd been on 3 missions more than Nora and I, but that didn't mean the two of us were to be treated as amateurs.

"Since we're all here now, I might as well get to the point. But for that we'll have to pay a visit to the conference room, so let's get going." Vanessa said as she stood up, beckoning us in her direction.

Nora mimicked, ending with snickers from the two us.

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"As you might or might not know, we plan on expanding our enterprise, by adding 4 new members. By doing this, we are also joining hands with Mr.Jung." Vanessa began.

"The four of you, are my most valuable employees, but unfortunately I need two of you to train the new members for approximately 8-10 months. That means these two employees will have to forego missions for that period of time. Now, do we have any volunteers?"

The silence that followed next was the epitome of pin drop silence.

I mean, before Vanessa mentioned the 'foregoing of mission' part, Nora and I were prepared to volunteer, but I believe that put all noble notions of training and spreading our knowledge away.

"Okay, so no volunteering? Yeah, I thought so." Vanessa said as she let out a small laugh.

"Anyways, as the year end is approaching, I will present to you, the last mission of the year." Vanessa said as a picture of a museum appeared behind her on the screen.

"The Grand Palais, Istanbul, is having an event in honor of this Colombian Emerald." Vanessa said, as she motioned to the screen which now displayed a picture of a gorgeous green gem, the emerald, which from my limited knowledge, looked like it weighed an even 2 pounds. It was encased in and intricate yet simply designed glass box.

"Emerald Le Değerli, weighing 1.83 pounds, one of the rarest green emeralds of age, will be on display on the 23rd December. This event is a major one for all gemmaphiles, tentatively 350 plus guests are expected. It is an invited only exhibit. I say all this, to impress upon you the value of this gem, and thus the security that will follow." 

"What I want you to do is simple, I want it in my hands by 25th December. Keep in mind that this transaction is extremely essential to our company."

 "Initially, I had intended to assign it to the four of you as a team, but what is more fun than a competition? The two teams, Nora-Pari versus Taehyung-Jimin. The first one to get the gem in my hands, will be exempt from all training responsibilities, and the bounty will indeed be great. The losing team, will have to forego mission for a year, will have to train the new kids. Knowing your passion for missions, I know that there is a lot at stake for both the teams. I suggest you take careful steps. This meeting is now concluded." Vanessa finished. 

The four of us thanked her, and left. 

Nora and I stood outside trying to hail a cab, in vain. "Do you want a drop? I mean it's the least I can do, since we already know that the two of you are going to spend the rest of the year with the trainees." Taehyung said with a cocky grin on his face.

Jimin rode over to his, chuckled as he gave him a high five.

 "Touche" Nora said as she raised her hand again when lights drove past. 

"No thanks, the only drop we'll see will be in your salary, because as far as my knowledge goes, training doesn't pay too much" I replied, and as if on cue, a taxi halted right next to us.

 "Night" Nora looked out of the window and said, as she exaggeratedly blew them a kiss.

 I chuckled before giving the cab driver our address. Driving away from them as I winked at Taehyung.

A/N

Hey lmao i'm back? i mean i think i am lol. also i love Nora oof. wish i was a savage ;)

also woahhhhhhhhhh happy birthday JIMINIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE