Black Blue and Gold

Chapter 1 (Part 8)

Welcome to the Team

"Trust me, you don't want to see me drunk," Sooyoung said as they stepped out of the car.

"Why? Are you an angry drunk or a crying drunk?" Tiffany asked with a smile.

They went up the stairs to the second floor.

"I was told that I tend to get loud and outspoken when I'm drunk," Sooyoung answered diplomatically.

"Ah..." Tiffany chuckled. "Angry drunk it is."

"No comment, Miss Hwang." Sooyoung grinned.

They reached the door.

"I had fun though. Your friends are fun." Sooyoung smiled.

Tiffany unlocked the door. "Yeah they are good people. Your friends are okay too with the exception of moody Inspector Kim." She pushed the door open.

"What's wrong with Taeng?" Sooyoung followed Tiffany inside but had to stop a second later to prevent herself from bumping into Tiffany. "Why did yo-..." She sniffed.

"This is a weird smell." Tiffany frowned. She then quickly took another step with one hand reaching out for the light switch to illuminate the dark apartment.

"FANY! NO!"

Sooyoung grabbed Tiffany just as the latter pressed the small switch. She turned them around to make sure that her body covered Tiffany before pushing her out of the apartment and jumping down the stairs.

A loud explosion came, instantly engulfing the small apartment in flames.

Tiffany didn't even have time to scream. She felt the force of the explosion throwing her against the ground, hitting the stone staircase painfully a few times before landing on the pavement with the weight of Sooyoung's body on top of her.

"Ohmygod, SOOYOUNG-AH!" Tiffany quickly wiggled her way out from under the unconscious Sooyoung. She took off her jacket and used it to douse the flames on Sooyoung's back and legs. "FIRE!" She shouted so that other people in the building could quickly escape. "SOMEBODY CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT!"

She then searched for her phone after she had put out the flames on Sooyoung. Her hands shook and trembled as she dialed 112.

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Taeyeon parked her car haphazardly behind the police cars. She jumped out and ran through the crowd, flashing her badge and shouting her name at every officer standing in her way before she slipped under the police line.

"SYOUNG-AH!"

Everyone there turned their heads to see Taeyeon in her sweatpants and jacket running towards the ambulance.

Taeyeon grabbed the gurney, pushing Yuri aside unintentionally. She saw Sooyoung lying helplessly with her torso and legs wrapped in bandages. "Syoung-ah..." She swallowed her tears.

Sooyoung didn't react.

"Please let go, Ma'am. We need to take her to the hospital as soon as possible," the medic said.

Taeyeon quickly let go. "Will she be okay?" She shouted at the men hoisting Sooyoung up into the vehicle.

"We'll confirm later, Ma'am." The medic was in too much of a hurry to answer Taeyeon's question properly.

"She'll be fine, Taeng." Yuri put an arm around Taeyeon's shoulder. "They said it's luckily just a second degree burn. Tiffany managed to put out the fire quickly."