Stranger feelings ✔️

#19

The group of hybrids and Shenaya was waiting for me to arrive in my lab. Upon seeing me, Shenaya rushed forward and guided me to a chair beside my desk and handed me a bottle of water.

I drank the water and looked at Namjoon expectantly. He nodded his head, understanding my curious gaze. With a slight smirk, he started.

"We will keep those papers safe for the time being. We must check if the food still contains antifertility drugs. If that is the case, being the Public Representative, Mr. Witzie will have to answer us. If that's not the case, Jin will help us." His sharp gaze moved towards the hawk hybrid who was sipping his box of orange juice.

Upon hearing his name unexpectedly, he chocked and looked at Namjoon with his big black eyes with yellow shades. "Me?" He questioned.

Namjoon nodded and moved to stand behind Jin. He placed a hand on Jon's shoulder, pressing them slightly, and said," you have been training in creating a new bug. Why don't we give our first trial here?"

I could say it amused us all. What bug?

"Jin here has been working on a new virus which completely wipes off the screen and shows what you want to, apparently that's what I understood." Namjoon proclaimed.

"That is it in simple words. It's more complex than what you think. It is an ancestral virus. For sure they will have the antivirus for that." Jin's shoulder slumped.

"How about we try both? We don't want to take a chance, do we?" I did not want to take a chance, that was what I wanted to scream. But I bit my tongue before I said so. I did not want to sound selfish, even if I am being one.

"We can, I was about to say the same." Namjoon smiled knowingly.

"We'll start tonight. Jimin and Hoseok, get the food sample to Hana's lab. Jin, Yoongi, and I will do the works for the virus." Namjoon assigned the duty to all of us.

"What about me?" A sulking pouty Jungkook asked Namjoon with his infamous bunny eyes.

"Help Hana." He smiled and patted Jungkook's back.

Zargon just observed all these times, interrupting nothing. I had to turn to him with a beaming smile.

I stood from my chair and stood next to him. "Thank you, your help means a lot," I said.

He gave a bright smile. "This won't be the last time we see. You'll need me and my group to get Taehyung and if things get worse, for a war maybe?" He raised an eyebrow and ran his fingers through his hair.

"Let's pray it won't be that worse." I turned back to face Shenaya.

I heard a huff behind me, making me look back. "What?" I leaned on to my table.

"You really can't see that I am trying to seduce you?" He asked as if he is done with everything.

"I chose not to respond to that." I folded my hands across my chest. "I know you lied that I am your fiance. Did you take me to be that dumb?"

I walked towards him, stood before him. Still, height was an issue for me. "I have Taehyung. Even if he doesn't have a feeling for me. There are some stranger feelings that I have for him which I have to figure out. Jungkook will help you get out." Saying this, I walked out of the room.

***

The food provided by Felicity was optional for the fertile population. Now that I think about it, things make sense. If not, why would the fertile population be said as the weapons of the UC?

If they wanted to control the population, they should've done it by introducing contraceptives. Not by making them have antifertility drugs for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Yet again, few of the children of the fertile population were also moved to the category of unfertile. I did not understand what happened a few years back.

Was it Witzie grouping the people? If so, for what? Why was the already dying population being killed again by insisting them with these drugs? What was the motive?

When you think, time travels faster than you think. It was around seven already by now. Jimin and Hoseok would be here with the food sample at any time. As for Jungkook and Shenaya, I gave them a few hours off from their assigned duty. They should enjoy some time together.

I haven't seen Namjoon, Yoongi, and Jin after the meeting in the afternoon. They must be working on the virus.

Like I thought, Jimin came dashing through the door with few snowflakes gracefully decorating his smooth hair. Hoseok came behind with a bottle of red color water.

"What is that?" I asked him.

"Don't know, I heard many of them saying this thing had been in their menu for ages and is served once every week." He passed me the bottle.

"Thank you, guys." I smiled at them.

"No problem, it's for Taehyung. We will be doing something for him. Good luck with your work. Jimin, let's go."But-" Hoseok interrupted Jimin from saying anything and dragged him outside. I could see Jimin waving his hands and shouting my best of luck.

I couldn't help but laugh at Jimin and his childish behavior. Composing myself, I did my part of the plan.

Taking a minute sample from the food which Hoseok brought, I started to work.

Minutes after a minute, turning into hours after hours. Still, there was no successful result which I found. It took me a day to get to the conclusion that food doesn't have Ethinyl estradiol in it.

I was tired after a day of extensive work. If there was a favorable result, I would've been mentally active, but that was not the case. I was exhausted, both mentally and physically. This was my ultimate hope to help Taehyung.

Around seven in the morning, I got out of my lab. All this energy that I had drained off me. Shenaya was doing her part of the analysis in her lab. So I visited her.

Upon reaching her lab, I could see Jungkook and her both in a white coat, working by the voltammetry apparatus. From the looks of their posture, they have not yet succeeded in finding the result.

There were crushed papers thrown all over the room, which confirmed that they were still on point zero.

I didn't want to disturb them. So I turned back and went to my lab. I had a feeling that I keep forgetting something. That was true; Hoseok's water sample. I haven't tested that yet.

It was like something possessed me. I started working on the water sample. Doing the procedures unknown to most, but familiar to me, with most precise accuracy.

As time moved, my heartbeat surged. The graph was going in the right direction. The result is near a few more minutes until I could find the conclusion.

Shenaya came into my lab at the right moment. I could sense her excitement. She turned to me with eyes wide like a saucer. I nodded to her with the biggest smile I've ever had.

We found it. The presence of Ethinyl estradiol in the juice sample served here. 

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