Soon they got into the next city, more and more cars would surround them and that was good. Mingyu was in a hurry but nobody could attack them in a public space.
He took a turn into an alleyway and slowed down.
"Take your robe off." he said and took off his own, Linda did the same.
She handed it to him, then Mingyu threw them next to a garbage can.
"Now what?" she asked and looked around her
It had been a while since she was outside, but Switzerland looked much different than her own country.
"We might have gotten rid of my phone, but they can still track us." he said and the woman looked at him confused. "The back of your neck." he said and stretched his arm, he put his fingers behind her neck. "There's a chip in there. We must get rid of this as well." he said and got on his seat, she looked at him scared.
"I have a chip? What..? That's scary." she said and started rubbing the back of her nape. "How are we getting this out of me?" she asked as she hugged Mingyu, he started the engine again.
"We'll visit a friend, his house is not far from here." he said and smiled, he knew the area well even though he hadn't been outside for a while too.
They stopped in another alleyway and abandoned the motorcycle.
"Follow me." he said and headed deeper into the alleyway , Linda was walking next to him.
Everytime a car was passing by, Mingyu would walked a little further away from the street, he knew that CERN wouldn't catch up with them so fast but just in case.
"What is this all about? Please I can't wait." she said and wrapped her fingers around his forearm.
He sighed and looked at her, they weren't in much danger at the moment so he could relax for now.
"CERN are not angels, Linda. You obviously know that but it's much worse than you think. The time machine project was evil alone, what do you think would happen to us after we finished it? Go public with it, earning the world's attention?" he said and eyed her with an ironic look.
She lowered her gaze as she tried to understand what he meant.
"They would kill us. I am so grateful we managed to escape now, the project was still at its beginning." he said and lifted his head to the sky, closed his eyes and breathed lightly.
Linda had no idea how lucky she was.
"Kill us..?" she exclaimed and then kept silent for a while.
That was cruel. They might had been an evil organization but at least they could take more advantage of them.
Such brains were unique, it would be a total waste to kill them.
"Um, Mingyu.. I need to contact Layla and Hannah.. They will help us out, they are professional bodyguards, their job is to protect me.." she said with a shaky voice, she didn't know what to think.
Mingyu just looked at her with eyes full of pity.
'So naive', he thought.
"Linda.. Your friends are dead." he simply said and Linda tightened her grip.
Her eyes turned red but she didn't cry. She kept silent as they walked, it was easy to understand the situation.
Ursula had lied to her, she killed her friends probably the same day they parted their ways.
And to think that she had missed them and was waiting to meet them again.
"Hey Mingyu.." mumbled Linda and turned her gaze slowly at the tall man.
He was focused to the front, they were almost at their destination.
"Why is CERN after you?" she said and Mingyu looked at her, then turned to the front again. "We still didn't complete shit, why would they kill you now?" she said and raised the tone of her voice, yet it was blunt.
Mingyu was surprised at her, it was the first time he had heard her cursing.
"Because I did something I shouldn't had done. I will explain everything to you once we are completely free, otherwise there is no point to it." he said and the girl kept staring at him, unsatisfied with his answer, she let go of him.
"What is your relationship with Lisa and her squad?" she asked, catching Mingyu off guard.
"Nothing.. I only once worked with her in the past." he said but his answer wasn't enough.
"Then why would Jisoo call you?" she said and he turned at her confused. "She called you the moment I threw your phone away." she said and looked away.
This might had made her seem like she was jealous.
In fact, she felt like she had no clue about everything around her.
"Do you see this house?Hurry up." he said and pointed at the house ahead of them, it was a big house between the flats.
He ran and Linda followed him, she had to wait to receive her answers.
Mingyu approached the wooden door, the house seemed like one from the old times from the outside. It had two floors and a loft. He knocked 5 times, with different pauses in between, it was like a code.
The door opened, it was dark inside, no lights on. A man stood right in front of them, the darkness covering his face.
"Are you alright?" he spoke with his gentle voice, you could tell he was young.
Mingyu walked inside, Linda following him. She looked at the man as he closed the door and walked up to her.
"Come on, we need to remove those chips." he said and placed his hand on her back, leading her towards a room.
There was a bed, like those doctors use, and a lamp on his desk, the only source of light.
"The signal gets blocked in this house, so we win time. But they will sooner or later find us, so let's get finished." said Mingyu and the man gestured Linda to lay on that bed.
The woman turned and looked at him. He was indeed young, his innocent features were beautiful.
She had seen him before, his face was familiar.
"I know you!" she exclaimed as she sat where they told her to, she was confused and surprised.
"I know you too." said the man and smiled.
Of course he knew her, she was famous after all.
"What the heck? Mingyu!" she yelled and looked at her partner, hoping for him to give her answers.
He instead approached her with a wet piece of bandage.
"I saw your name and photo on that paper, how can you-"
Her mouth was blocked by the thing Mingyu was holding, the liquid smelled bad, it was disgusting.
She tried to push his hand away but he was holding her in place.
"Please, we are wasting time." he said and Linda somehow relaxed, her gaze pinned on that man.
Eventually she passed out, they turned her around into a prone position.
The man grabbed his lancet and pierced her skin right away.
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Time Machine Project | Mingyu
Mystery / Thriller"Having control over time means having control over the world„ The child-miracle of the century, Linda Evans is one of the greatest new scientists. Being at the peak of her career, CERN requests her to build a time machine with the help of another g...
