After being summoned by the principal, the rest of Troys day seemed to move steadily. He didn't go to lunch, he felt bad for skipping out on Pryor and Hank but Troy still wanted to get a hold of Hyomin. he learned however that Hyomin was also absent from school...After the day was over, Troy took Borams advice and went straight home so he could finally get around to calling Soyeon. he paced around his living room for a bit. still feeling like he had to say all the right things and rehearse the conversation ahead of time. as he paced, the phone rang making him jump a bit. He answered it after gathering himself.
"h-hello?" Troy answered.
"its me, Boram."
"oh, hi. whats up?" Troy greeted her
"do you have call-waiting?" Boram asked.
"uhhh. yea. why?" Troy questioned her question.
"is anyone on the other line?" Boram asked again.
"no." Troy replied
"TROY!" boram shouted making troy take his ear away from the phone. "WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?"
"i was about to call her... and you called me!" Troy said explaining himself.
"Troy... dont make me come to your house." Boram threatened him.
"i swear! boram really." troy said to her desperately. "so can i go call her now?"
"yes troy, and remember im gona find out if you did or not" boram reminded him.
"well, obviously." troy sighed. "but can i ask you something before we hang up?""sure go ahead." boram told him.
"do you have hyomins number?" troy asked innocently.
"NO! YOU CANT HAVE IT!" boram shouted at him again and hung up on him.troy rubbed his ear. it had a faint ringing sound left from borams ferocious vocal pounding."probably not the brightest idea to have asked that question at that time." troy said to himself as he fell back onto his couch, sinking into the cushions.after the dull ring in his hear faded, he lifted the phone and began dialing without thinking.it rang a few times."maybe no ones home.." he thought, thinking of hanging up.as he was about to give up, a voice from the other end.
- "hello?"
"oh, hi. this is Troy. is soyeon there?" he asked politely.
"yea, hold on a second. shes on the toilet right now." said the person on the other end.
"shut up i am not!" yelled Soyeon in the background, loud enough Troy could hear her.
"oh, shes done. here she is." sounds of a scuffle could be heard. Troy just sat there patiently.
"hi troy its me." Soyeon said getting on the phone. "don't mind Qri. shes just being annoying today."
"oh that was Qri? i didn't know she had a sense of humor." Troy remarked.
"you hear that Qri! Troy said you have the personality of a wet mop!" Soyeon yelled.
"thanks. but that's not exactly what i said." Troy laughed.
"but she kind of does though" Soyeon whispered into the phone giggling.
"if you say so." Troy replied. "so how are you?"
"im good. we were gona do a little shopping today." Soyeon explained. "how about you?"
"im good too i guess. i have no plans though. probably just ... do homework or something." Troy said, thinking he sounded a bit lame
"i see i see. i heard you had to go to the principals office today." Soyeon said suddenly. Troy sat up feeling a need to defend himself.
"yea but nothing happened. it was just about what happened with Jun at Jangs vigil." Troy started talking fast getting defensive. "kinda like a warning. don't let it happen again type of thing. you know?"
"ok. i was just wondering." Soyeon said.
"how did you find out anyway?" Troy wondered.
"come on Troy." soyeon said with a hint of 'you-should-know-better-by-now' in her voice.
"so uhh, can i ask you about .. i don't know how to say it but.. your friends i guess. i feel bad about what i did to Eunjung. and Jiyeon confronted me about it. and i think something is up with Hwayoung." Troy asked, genuinely concerned and rambling a little
"dont feel bad about Eunjung... and Jiyeon is just protective. as for Hwayoung, its difficult. i think she means well but her opinions aren't the most popular, i guess you could say." Soyeon explained.
"and have you talked to Hyomin at all?" Troy asked.
"no. i heard she is feeling sick. Qri and i might stop and see her tonight. depends on if we have time and if shes contagious." soyeon laughed a little.
"oh ok." Troy said sounding relieved.
"so did you call just to check up on all of us?" Soyeon asked.
"no, i just called to talk i guess?" Troy said, not exactly why he called himself. "because i felt like it"
"and not because you were threatened by someone?" soyeon laughed.
"no! i wanted to." Troy said seriously
"ok ok. calm down." Soyeon said to him softly.
"so uhm." troy paused. "i was wondering if.."
he was cut off by a beep indicating an incoming call."ah, i have another call hold on one second." troy said disappointed., he switched to the other line. "yea, hello?"
"troy its Mou, im returning your call."
"NOW OF ALL TIMES?" troy said aggravated.
"yea, is there a problem?" mou asked.
"no. hold on. let me end my other call." Troy said. he switched back to Soyeons line. "hey Soyeon."
"hey. whats up? who was it? Boram?" she chuckled.
"no, but its a call i have to take, so i don't wanna keep you waiting." Troy explained.
"oh its ok. qri and i are getting ready to go soon anyway." Soyeon said.
"yea hurry up get off the phone love-birds. i want a new purse." Qri said loudly in the background.
"oh ok. then ill talk to you later then. sorry, and have fun." Troy said to her.
"thanks, ill talk to you later, good night" Soyeon said happily before hanging up.troy switched back to Mou's call.
"ok im back." troy said.
"so this call. was it about the sudden rise in activity we're getting on our scanners?" mou asked.
"yea. but. also something else." Troy said hesitantly.
"well explain the energy then, you got something.?" Mou asked anxiously.
"not 100 % but there was a strange girl i never saw before. she knew my name even though we never met... there was just something strange about her. and when i tried to follow her, it was like she disappeared." Troy explained.
"you think shes a target?" Mou asked him.
"i don't know. its too much of a coincidence that she shows up and now you get new readings on your gadgets around the same time, don't you think? when i first called you, it was a hunch, but now i'm a bit more convinced. the only thing is, she's not a student or one ive ever noticed." troy stated.
"the thing about the increased levels ... it raises 2 possible scenarios according to Chad." Mou started to explain back to troy. "1 is the initial reading was low level. this increased level is the same target, only getting more powerful. its similar to our record with our previous Target."
"with Jang? how so?" Troy asked.
"well his initial readings were a lot like the readings for this one. a little more intense. but the monitor shows the day he fully awakened his power or whatever you want to call it, the readings look a lot like the ones we are getting now." Mou informed him.
"so, you're saying our current target could just be getting more powerful, or awakening?" troy asked.
"yes." Mou answered him. "but it could also mean there is, more than one just in very close proximity to each other. or maybe even more than 2."
"i see..." Troy said thinking of all the possibilities.
"so what do you think? you're out there, notice anything besides this 'strange' girl?" Mou asked.
"there's too many students to keep tabs on. and one i am close enough too has been..." Troy paused.
"what is it?" Mou asked.
"hyomin...." Troy mumbled to himself
"what? troy. what are you saying. i couldn't hear you" Mou asked him.
"nothing nothing." Troy said, "but um that 'something else' i said i had to ask you... in the event i think i've been compromised, what should be done?"
"have you been compromised?" Mou asked him.
"no, just wondering. im getting in deep here." Troy told him. "and not to point fingers but certain people showing up unexpectedly doesn't help."
"hey we all have a job to do." Mou said. "anyway, you'd just have to take any action to prevent such a thing from happening. and of course if you were compromised, you'd be cut off, didn't they explain all this to you before you went out there?"
"yea i just have a lot on my mind." Troy sighed.
"im sure you do, but i wouldn't worry about being compromised. just continue to do what you've been doing. do you need anything else? Mou asked him.
"no. no. im good for now. i have to sort all this out now. gonna have my hands full with all this." troy sighed.
"well, give me a buzz if you need anything. if i'm in your area ill stop by too." Mou told him and they ended the call.
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You're My Target
Hayran Kurgu[t-ara fanfic] original description from when i began writing it on the diadem forum many moons ago: the story revolves around character named Troy who transfers from a city to a small town school. he transfers to be a part of their highly decorate...
