"What time is it?" Looking back at your partner with tired eyes, you allowed your body to drop further and further away from your weapon sitting in front of you. 

"Five minutes since the last time you asked. You do the math." A deep sigh escaped your partner's lips as he readjusting himself. He allowed his feet to dangle off the edge of the rooftop in boredom. Ten ran his hand through his brown locks before pulling on the white shirt which was sticking uncomfortably to his body.

It was a boring summers night in Seoul. Even though the sun had set hours ago, the overwhelming heat drained you of the concentration and the will to continue your patrol. You could practically see the heat waves being emitted from the concrete floors. 

"How I would kill for one of Director Kim's ice baths right now." Reminiscing on the times spent in winter after a training session with the director back at V.I.R.T.U.E. He would work you to the bone and demand you take an ice bath in the middle of winter. You complained then but now you wanted to take one so badly. 

"Hold on tight guys, you still have two hours left." Taeyong reminded as he leaned back into his chair. His tone bared no worry as he was safely tucked back at V.I.R.T.U.E with their advanced cooling systems.

"Easy for you to say." Ten muttered, his voice laced with jealousy.

"Come on guys focus. Less you think about it the less it will bother you. Try focusing on patrolling instead." Knowing very well Taeyong was right, you readjusting the earpiece Taeyong's voice was emitting from and sat back up. You knew you should be thankful that your patrol was at the darkness of night where the heat would be somewhat bearable. Whereas some other operatives which were scheduled during the day in the scorching sun. 

Thinking that it was about time you got back to your duties, you resumed the same position you were in a few minutes ago. Left hand on the barrel of the gun, you drummed your fingers lightly against the grip.

Now looking through the scope, you panned down the street to the left of the rooftop you where perched upon. There wasn't anything interesting to see, just the occasional drunk citizen sauntering down the footpath. Moving onto the other side of the apartment, the scope moved slowly down the road. Finding nothing new once again. It had been like that the entire time you had clocked in. 

Taking a last glance you moved to the alleyway which was directly below you. Panning down once again, your scope locked onto what seemed like splotches of human blood. This caused you to zoom in further. Upon further inspection, you notice the dry consistency of the red substance. 

"Taeyong, can you tell me how fresh this blood looks to you?"

Hearing the sound of tapping keys you knew Taeyong has heard you and was getting into it. " Maybe this afternoon? There isn't a way to fully tell as the temperature probably caused it to dry faster."

"Bastards are getting bold hey? Feeding during bright daylight." You scoffed. 

"I tell you, I was subbing in for a friend this morning and the amount of~" Taeyong began only to hear Ten quickly pick himself up from his seated position.

The drumming of your fingers stopped as you eyed a new male figure that had just entered into your view. You suspiciously raise your eyebrow as you spot his intertwined hands with a lavish looking women behind him. 

You cringed with disgust once you notice the lust in his eyes and the way he licked his lips. This immediately sprung you into action. Looking up, you had already notice Ten making his way down into the alleyway. 

Returning to your scope, you observed Ten gracefully made his way down the building by moving from balcony to balcony. With worry, you reverted your gaze back to the pair. The female now had her back against the wall as the male wandered her neck. The male's hands scruffily rolled the sleeves of his white dress shirt before returning his hand to the female's waist.

You knew all too well what was going to happen next so you aimed your weapon for a shot...but it was too risky. You tried to maneuver around the women but it was too difficult as she was too amerced to notice the danger she was in. 

You moved the weapon rapidly as you tried to lock into a body part of the demon. Moving from his hip to his wrist you moved out of the scope with uncertainty.

The male cupped the females face rough and they both paused to stare into each other's eyes. Taking this as your chase, you aimed the weapon at the males back and pulled the trigger. 

A petrified scream erupted from the female's throat as she watched the demon retract from her in pain. Now being vulnerable, the demon did not have the energy to keep up his disguise as the once handsome face melted into a wicked one. His milky white skin faced faded into grey as his chiselled jaw became long and pointy. This caused another scream to echo through the empty alleyway. 

"What is that thing?" Stepping back in fright, the female shakily shuffled away from the demon. 

"What's wrong honey? Don't like what you see anymore?" The demon huffed, voice laced with amusement. His eyes moved from the floor and started directly in your direction, a glint of mischief sparkling in his eyes once spotting your whereabouts. 

Pulling the trigger on your weapon once again, the bullet grazed the demons cheek. "We wouldn't be in this situation if you had just kept your mouth shut." Adverting his glare to the frozen female in front of him, he harshly grasped onto her wrist within the intention of dragging her away. Luckily Ten quickly intercepted. He acted quickly upon landing in the alleyway, sprinting to the demon and breaking the demons grasp on the female with his sai. "You just had to ruin my fun didn't you, hunter?" Voice course and breathy, the demon smiled maniacally. "Melony and I just wanted a good night." 

Ten scowled in response to the demons disgusting claims before pulling out the second sai from his waist. "I hate to be the cockblock but the funs over." Sprinting forward, Ten stabbed the middle prong of his sai into the demon's chest. Ten held up his other arm to stab the demon with the intention to kill the vile creature, only to be stopped. 

"Ten wait." Landing next to Melony in the alleyway you sauntered your way other to the demon. Eyeing the creature with distaste you watched as the demons face contorted in pain.

"What? Thinking of dragging out my death?" The demon spat. He was a low-level demon; an Imp. So he was completely at mercy with the stab wound Ten inflicted upon him. 

"What's does the tattoo on your wrist mean?" Getting straight to the point, you gestured to the demonic font inked onto the demon's wrist. It was made clear to you when sitting up at the rooftop and aiming your weapon. Whilst the demon had brought Melody into the alleyway he had rolled up his white dress shirt, revealing the tattoo. 

"Oh haha, observant hunter aren't you?" Taking a deep breath in, the voice of the demon now came out strained and weak. "Come closer and I'll tell you." With all the strength the demon could muster, he held out his hand and gestured you to come towards him. 

"No, there is no need." Twisting the weapon inside the demon, Ten glared at the demon. "I'm right here." 

"Then I guess you will never find out the answer." Letting out his last breath, the demon's body fell limp in Ten's grasp before it began to disintegrate. The tattoo sitting on the demon's wrist being the last thing to disappear before the creature's body had completely turned to dust. 

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