AGENTS IN DISGUISE

CHAPTER 22: Make It Right

Smores, yummy, chocolaty smores. I want some. I felt the heat of the bonfire, crackling somewhere near and Jungkook sitting beside me, stuffing his face with marshmallows. What a chubby bunny I thought to myself. I saw him stop eating and wipe the sweat dripping from his forehead. His shirt was drenched and his marshmallows melted.

The night was cool and the bonfire couldn't possibly make him sweat so much. The cool night suddenly became a hot boiler. I began to sweat as well. I smelt an odd fire which wasn't from our bonfire. The smell of burning tires and wood. I heard alarms and whistles, I saw a red light flash in the sky. I heard screams and shouts of strangers.

I panicked, my heartbeat increased, I looked around for Jungkook. He wasn't there anymore. I felt cold hands around my throat. Who was this? Jungkook? Is he trying to strangle me? It was a bad idea to make him sleep in the same room as me. Wait...? Room? Sleep? Seoul agency? FIRE?!!!

My eyes shot open just when water splashed on me. "Why do you sleep like you are DEAD?!" Jungkook yelled in my face. My breathing was heavy and uneven and my heartbeat refused to slow down. I looked at Jungkook, his eyes were red and tired, his eyebrows furrowed and his face pulled into an expression of worry, frustration, and fear.

"Were you trying to strangle me?!" I yelled. "I was trying to wake you up," he answered. "By strangling me?!" I was horrified by his technique. Yeah...definitely not a good idea to make him sleep with me. After a while he answered, he looked everywhere else except at me.

"I didn't know what I should do...you...you weren't waking up so I thought..maybe...I...um thought by cutting the airways you'd.... wake up," he defended himself. "By cutting my airways you'd be sending me into a deeper sleep which I WOULD HAVE NEVER WOKEN FROM!" I shouted at him suddenly. I am not sure what caused my sudden fury. Was it my tiredness or did I expect too much from him that I didn't realize he could make a mistake as well?

His eyes widened from shock but were quickly replaced by anger. "I was just trying to help you.." he mumbled. The red emergency light created shadows on his face. Guilt washed over me as his words settled in my head. Maybe I overreacted. "Jungkook I'm sor-" he turns around and leaves the room.

Loud alarms started ringing again. I looked at the red light that had been flashing for a long time. "Right... Emergency gotta get to safety," I put my thoughts in order and forgot about my guilt from a few seconds ago.

I rushed out of my room with my drenched clothes on. At least this time the water was clean and not soapy or dirty. Agents ran past me towards the exit. Some were holding files and papers and a few I noticed dragged along some criminals whose eyes were covered and hands chained. I'm pretty sure that they have electrocution devices on them which will send sudden waves of electricity to their body making them lose their consciousness. Agents will only use this device if the criminals run away or are out of control.

I noticed another thing as I speed-walked through the halls. Even in an emergency, none of these agents forgot to wear a mask to cover themselves up. As I was lost in thought, someone bumped into me from the back. "I'm sorry......Lilian?" The person says my name and I look up to him only to see his face, masked. "Who are you?" I ask him.

The person pulls down his mask and I began to smile uncontrollably. "Jaemin!" I shout and hug him tightly. He chuckles and hugs me back. "What are you doing here?" I ask him as I pull away. "I'll tell you later. Right now let's get you to safety and why aren't you wearing a mask. You know how dangerous it is for the criminals to see your face." He acts all protective and pulls out a mask from his pocket and makes me wear it. "Their eyes are covered. The criminals won't see me," I inform him. "It's a precaution, little sis. Anything can happen," he smacks my forehead lightly and I just roll my eyes.