Blood, Sweat And Tears

Part Eleven

             Yiren stood in front of Hyunjin.
              She raised a brow at how empty the room was. It was white marble, like the rest of the estate. The massive white and gold porcelain vases contained fully bloomed pale pastel pink roses. In her black and gold clothes she stood out starkly.
              Hwang Hyunjin smiled faintly. " We're opposites,aren't we,Yiren?  You black and gold,me white and silver.  But no matter. Please sit."
              Yiren sat down. They really were opposites.  "Where's  your sister? I figured she'd eat with you. And what about Sicheng? "
             Hyunjin brushed his silken dark ash blonde hair from his face. "They've already eaten. It's currently three in thee afternoon, mind you."
             She raised a brow as she delicately cut the tender chicken on the plate in front of her. Hyunjin did the same. He didn't eat as much as he did watching Wang Yiren.  "Why wait for me? I can just eat alone."
               He interlocked his long fingers together and rested his chin on top of them. A tiny smile made the side of his lips curve up. "There are some things I need to tell you."
             Yiren paused and looked up. She had to tilt her head up a lot with the sixteen centimeters of height difference between the two of them. Also,she had a very slight,small and almost bird like build. It made her look even smaller than she already was. "What is it? Is it about my fathers? "
                 The smile slipped from Hyunjin's face. Just as he opened his mouth to speak,the metallic clang of a bullet echoed throughout the mansion.
               Yiren's instincts kicked in. She'd been trained to survive in situations where there were bullets were involved. Mark and Jackson had made sure that she'd be able to survive any sort of situation that was thrown at her.
                 She ducked under the table,grabbing Hyunjin and pulling him down with her. She glanced around. Even through the white silk gold lined table covering she could see what was in front of her.
            She could see nothing out of the ordinary. Only pristine white dotted with gold and pastel pink. Then the door burst open,and  bullets filled in.
              Something cold was pressed into Yiren's hand. A gun. Another was in Hyunjin's hand.
             Neither of them moved. They knew that they couldn't. They'd only draw attention.
             Then they were hauled out from under the table.
            The breath left Yiren's lungs as her face collided against Hyunjin's chest. His gun was stone cold against the skin of her exposed neck. Two forces were pushing them together.
               Hyunjin, being much taller,saw what was pressing him and Yiren together. A group of highly armed men with their weapons aimed at them.
             His gun was pressed against Yiren's neck. Her face was pressed against his chest. Her gun had been dropped onto the ground. He couldn't lift the hand with the gun without hitting the girl pressed against him.
             " Let go of Wang Yiren and drop the gun and you live."
            Hyunjin didn't even realize he'd put his arm around her. He was holding her so tightly in such a secure grip that it would be impossible to get her without killing him.
            And the men had been told to take him back alive.
           Yiren's hand,hidden from the men's view, lifted up to make a lightning quick set of instructions in sign language that Hyunjin understood.
                 " Fine. I'll let her go."  He slowly released the arm around her, and passed a hidden gun to her, something that went unnoticed.
              As she turned, her legs were facing the men in front of her. Before anyone could react,her leg came swinging up,striking the men, just as bullets were released.
               Hyunjin and Yiren's bullets. It hit all the targets. In an instant there were six dead bodies on the ground.
             Blood stained the once clean marble. Hyunjin stepped away from Yiren and knelt down. He fumbled about before lifting up a broken angel badge from one of the bodies.
                 All the blood left her face as she took the bloodied badge from Hyunjin.
                 " Icarus." Her gaze went back to him."This is from the Russians. "
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              "I'm sorry, Sir Park,  but Park Jihyo died this morning at 7:36 am. The cause of death was-" A violent and grief stricken look from Park Jimin silenced Minatozaki Sana. She pressed her lips together tightly and took a step backwards from the ticking time bomb that was Park Jimin.
              " Where is the body?" He asked in a hoarse voice.  The voice of grief, Sana couldn't help but mentally note. 
            She almost felt sorry for hiding the truth from him at that moment.
             "It's on its way to be cleaned up, Sir Park. I'm afraid that you cannot interrupt the process,or something might not go as planned if there is interference,"Sana quickly said. She only just managed to keep her blank expression on as she looked down at the cartel boss.
                 His shoulders sagged. His eyes grew weary and he sank down onto the chair. His two men Kim Seokjin and Min Yoongi only watched her silently.
                " Fine,"he rasped out. " Take Jihyo's body. Burn it. I don't ever want to see it again."
                A pity, Sana thought, since she's still alive.
                Nonetheless, she did as Park Jimin said.