| Dream | NCT DREAM |

4

It's been a week and the team are all staring at the giant computer screen in the middle of the room, Renjun is leaning back in his chair an apple pen behind his ear, Haechan is writing down notes about the contents on the screen, Jaemin is standing beside the Lieutenant leaning on his arms on the desk.

Jisung sat on Jaemins desk sharpening a blade in his hand, Chenle is at a different table assembling and examining small gun pieces still being able to listen through the constant sound of clashing metal, Jeno sat behind Jaehyun staring at the screen angrily.

"Our first assignment is the continuation of the Rodriguez Case, the Rodriguez cartel have been smuggling large amounts of LSD and other illegal substances and selling them to one source here in Seoul.

Our target is to find out the buyer and bring him in for questioning, we are there strictly for surveillance" The Lieutenant explained, everyone in the room nodded, Jeno tsked and mentally rolled his eyes nodding as well and left his spot going to gear up.

The team sported black jeans, a navy blue shirt their badge symbol embroidered on the chest and on the back it said 'DREAM' and black combat boots, a uniform most of the team members use, Jaehyun tapped her pen against the notebook she had in her hands.

"Do you mind double checking this please Lieutenant?" Haechan asked and Jaehyun looked over at the boy hesitantly before nodding and walking over.

Haechan flipped through his sketchbook and Jaehyun took little glances at his sketches and written detail, he took his time explaining his different ways of how to avoid being caught, how to avoid being caught in cross fire and many more on different occasions that could possibly happen, he's covered all bases.

"Nice work, you're a thorough and an out of the box thinker, I'm not going to be worried letting you take the lead of this one" Jaehyun smiled and Haechan looked up at her.

"W-what? Me?" Haechan stuttered, Jaehyun took a look behind her sensing eyes glaring into the back of her head, Jeno looked away quickly catching Jaehyuns gaze and she huffed leaning closer to Haechans ear, making him curiously lean forward.

"Yes Haechan, my second in charge over there has a slight issue with me and you probably already know, so his judgement is clouded by his attention on me"Jaehyun whispered into Haechans ear, Haechan nodded slightly already knowing about Jeno's problem.

"I was told you assisted the old leader with multiple solo missions before so I think you'd be best suited for this task, I need someone who knows about planning well and who doesn't give a fuck about what I do to take the reign while I watch over.

Obviously I will be calling the shots, I just need you to direct your own plans, I need to know how you work, but I can't if the one who's supposed to help me, has never stopped glaring at me since I got here " Jaehyun ended her sentence and Haechan nodded, he looked up at the girl who backed away and smiled, she smiled back before turning around.

"Wait Lieutenant!" Haechan said much louder and she turned around eyebrows raising asking what, Haechan was an excellent student who had graduated early from the SM academy, but the truth is Haechan was seen as a joke, his expertise did lay in strategical planning and everyone knew that but he was never really trusted enough to actually take control of his own plan and to that he was thankful for.

"Thanks for believing in me" Haechan said and Jaehyun smiled brightly walking over to the boy and ruffling his hair, earning a small chuckle.

The members around them watched the whole interaction weirded out, not being able to hear what they said but just the whole interaction was awkward at first then all of a sudden not.

"I'm visiting the site, Officer Na with me please, Jeno keep an eye on the preparations for the surveillance" Jaehyun had instructed and Jeno's eye twitched, Jaemin looked at his member and friend a look of sympathy grazing his face before he grabbed his badge, his gun and holster and following his leader out of the room.

The walk was silent as they made their way to the elevator, the only sound being the holster wrapped around Jaehyun's thigh, her badge hitting against a pair of dog tags her father had given her when she was younger and in the academy, Jaemin followed attaching his holster to his belt and placing his badge around his neck, the two made it to the elevator, the door closing and caging in the awkwardness.

"Lieutenant why am I tagging along? Thought Jeno was your second in charge" Jaemin mumbled in his deep voice, Jaehyun blew air through her nose and glanced at Jaemin.

"Ive seen your file Mr Na, from what I've read I've managed to get an idea of what your strengths are, the place where I've been told the deal is going to be made is near the area you were last arrested" Jaehyun spoke and Jaemin froze, Jaemin was an ex convict, he didn't do anything bad, other than trespassing and a couple vandalism charges but he had gotten arrested plenty of times until he was brought in, back then he was young, he was given a chance to be let go, avoiding a minor sentence he had spilled information on who he was working for and what they did, eventually ending up in Dream.

"And it'd be better for someone who knows the area well to help me in planting cameras don't you think?and Jeno? He's doing his job" Jaehyun spoke and Jaemin watched as his leader left the elevator and started walking towards the exit, almost getting hit with the elevator doors Jaemin chased after her.

...

Jaehyun checked her watch and wiped the sweat with the back of her hand, inside the vehicle they were in, the air was humid and Jaehyun felt lucky that she wore a tank top underneath her shirt, discarding the shirt long before they entered the vehicle.

The surveillance truck was a giant run down food truck, had graffiti running up and down the sides and it looked to be at least 20 years old, but you know what they say 'it's the inside that matters the most'.

Inside the truck it was illuminated by a large computer screen that split into different sections, a long desk underneath, Renjun was sat at the desk moving up and down the length of the desk typing and clicking away, Jaemin was driving while Jeno sat in the passenger seat.

Chenle was at the other end of the truck going through a big metal cage cabinet placing things in order and moving them around, Jisung sat bored in the corner next to him, a long bench lined the opposite side of the computer wall, where everyone else sat, Haechan took his position beside Renjun looking over the details.

Jaehyun stood up staring at the road ahead, it was exactly 10:37 at night, the rain had left the road wet and the sound of their wheels was the only sound they could focus on.

After driving for another 10 minutes Jaemin pulled into an abandoned loading dock, Jaehyun was tipped off saying the deal was arranged to happen at 1:30am at this exact location, it wasn't hard to blend into the surroundings, the whole place being surrounded in old shipping containers and abandoned cars, finding a broken shipping container behind the main area where the boats dock Jaemin parked the car turning it off and leaving the front seat and heading to the back, Jeno doing the same.

"I've mapped out where are our nearest exits and where we can hide if we've been found out, which are the places marked in red" Haechan said tapping Renjun on the shoulder, Renjun nodded typing and the screen showed a digital blue print that had red markings on it, the team scanned it .

"But let's hope that it doesn't come to that, so for now we just sit and watch"