ILLICIT ° nct dream, wayv + srg

Chapter Twenty-three: Discussing Plans

Dedicated to:
koeunult

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Meanwhile, back at the headquarters, the Elites had returned not-so-safely as they promised they would.

Their plan of attack didn't end well for the Elites and the other agents, despite being certain that it would definitely catch the X-Force by surprise. It did, although it wasn't enough to defeat the X-Force. It only meant they need to strategize better if they don't want to end up with almost blowing one of their members' brain off or wounding their arms only.

As soon as the X-Force escaped the place, some of the agents tried to chase them through their trucks. Agent Lee, who was tasked by the chief to guard the young agents, saved the three members first with the help of Hina and Hendery. They were taken back to the truck in need of immediate aid.

Unfortunately for them, the wanted criminals got away when they already flew out of the place with a helicopter. Everyone got back to the mansion- which they found out was owned by Chenle- and took care of the other agents that almost perished in the attack, bringing them back to the headquarters to be taken care of.

Now, they were back in South Korea after all of the risks they had in China.

"I can't believe this!" Lucas yelled in frustration as he threw the vase against the wall on the other side.

Hina gasped at this, flinching when it broke into hundreds of pieces. "Lucas! Calm down, please!"

"Calm down?!" Lucas asked her. "We almost had them in our grasps and they still got away! Now you're telling me to calm down?!"

All of the agents were immediately taken into the clinic, and since there were too many of them, the others were taken into hospitals. Hina and Hendery stayed with their teammates all the time as they waited for them to wake up. Agent Lee came by to tell them that they will be fine and were only drugged to sleep, same thing that happened to Koeun.

And when they woke up, Lucas was already in rage.

"Lucas, Hina is right. You need to sit down." Hendery tried to make him sit down but Lucas wouldn't budge.

"No." Lucas disagreed. "What we need to do right now is to search for them because I know they are out there, somewhere." He pointed outside the window.

Shushing him, Hina also tried to make him sit. "Yes, I understand that, but you need to rest first-"

"I don't need to rest! I will not rest until I've caught the X-Force by my own hands!" He snapped at her. "Yangyang, Xiaojun, you tell them." He turned towards the other two, but they didn't answer at first. They were devastated- disappointed even- but they knew Hina was right.

Sitting on his bed, Yangyang looked at him in the eyes, speaking. "I'm sorry, Lucas, but Hina has a point here. You need rest."

Lucas pretended he didn't hear that and turned to Xiaojun. "How about you, Xiaojun?"

Xiaojun was back to being cold and blunt but still answered. "Don't be stupid, Lucas. Aren't you grateful that we were only drugged? If they used real bullets, we would be dead by now." He emphasized for Lucas to understand. "Throwing another ambush will get you killed for real this time."

"It won't." Lucas urged. "I will make sure of that."

"Don't make promises you can't keep."

"I am not making promises!" Lucas snapped.

"You call it assurance then?" Xiaojun shot back.

Lucas was finally fed up by his attitude and slammed his hands on Xiaojun's footboard, glaring hard at him. "What the hell is wrong you?" Xiaojun could only look away by this, jaw still tensed. "Why are you being an asshole right now? I thought you wanted to save Koeun!"