Welcome To The Nightmare (Book 2)

Chapter 4: Meeting Medusa

7 years passed. Her training has been hell. She was taught everything by the 21's members, from combat training to espionage tactics. JiU turned into a hardcore, elite soldier. But she never changed.

"Hey, Bom unnie. How's the mission?" JiU greeted.

21 has gone to infiltrate and destroy a terrorist's cell in Croatia. She has been in the base and help Artemis to monitor the progress of the mission. It was nerve-wrecking since it is well known that no mission plan is perfect against the enemies. Too many variables came into play.

Park Bom lost her left arm and her left eye. Dara and CL have their own injuries, but mostly bruises and cuts. This is the usual sight for JiU whenever 21 went on the field. They took on the most dangerous details that no military bodies dared to take on. All for the sake of world peace.

Sound too idealistic and idiotic but this is what they do. They don't serve under any flag but their own. Politics are dirty and manipulative. Often those who in power used their power for their own gains, instead for the betterment of the society of mankind.

"Bom unnie. You sure you okay?" JiU opening up a bottle of water for her.

"Yeah... Some fuckers misfired the mortar and took me out. Trained, my fucking ass..." Park Bom cursed her head off, drinking the water and lighting her cigarette.

"That fucking round send her 10 feet in the air like a fucking ragdoll. You know what she did? She cursed the mortar guy and laughed her ass off." Dara laughed. CL laughed out loud.

"Fucking guy almost shit his pants when Unnie tapped a couple rounds of 50 right next to him. 'That's for not calling misfire, punk'" CL imitated Park Bom. Park Bom gave her a middle finger.

"Drop a 40mm on top of you. See if you can still laugh." Park Bom smiled painfully.

"Arty, is the regen pod online?" JiU asked Artemis

"Yeah. It just came online. Aphrodite, let's go." Artemis requested Park Bom to follow her.

"Yep, time to get the pretty face back on again" Park Bom exhaled.

"JiU, I got something interesting. One of the enemy disclosed that an organisation was behind the cell. One name came up. Eins" CL reported.

The name struck JiU's nerve. That man stabbed and raped his mother to death. JiU expression turned grim.

"Did you get him?" JiU asked.

"No, he used a proxy. But he was behind it." CL smoked her cigar. "But it was a good start. We can track the thread up from here. See what's in the web." CL added.

JiU just nodded and went back to her room. It's time for her to rest. She hasn't been sleeping well for the past two weeks.

"Eins... I got you at last, fucker!!" She cursed. She closed her eyes and went deep into slumber.

The next day, they all had breakfast together. Park Bom was as good as new. Her arm and eye were all back together. JiU hasn't met her unnies for two weeks. She missed them like hell. They chattered away like schoolgirls, laughing and dissing each other. That afternoon, they went to the nearest town for lunch. Then, they wasted their evening away lounging around the mountainsides.

"Unnie, I think it's about time I continue on my own." JiU suddenly spoke.

"Why so suddenly?" Dara asked.

"I know you want to find Mama's killers, but the progress is too slow. I haven't got any intel on Gahyeon, too. It might be faster if we work on two front." JiU explained herself.