7
She opens her eyes slowly. The scent of vanilla and lavender lingers inside the room. She lay there, grunting in pain and feels her body is weak and her head is dizzy.
It's the effect after she's been shot by Jein using his tranquilizer gun. The capsule contains lavender essence so she stays calm. It's a rare case for Jein to use a gun like this, he usually uses a syringe. But since Yoon and the lady fighting outside in quite a gruesome style, he has no choice but to use it.
Besides, it's the only way to save Yoon's life.
"Are you okay?" a voice came from the side of the bed. It's Yoon. He had watched her since he brings her inside until now. He already changed his clothes, wearing a white tee with a pair of black jumpsuits. She stares at him with weak eyes.
"Well, you need to rest a little bit more. I've got you a clean shirt and track bottom. You can take a shower if you want," says Yoon. She glares at her side and looks at the clothes. Then back to Yoon.
She feels like this guy is harmless, although she knew how capable he is to kill her just now. Blood Crescent Moon Technic was meant to kill anyone. He did manage to fight her, using the Black Swan Technic which.. it could say, was deadly as well.
"You should lock me in the cage, you know.."
"You're spending so much time in high-security prison I think," getting used to the cage-in situation he guesses.
"You have no idea how dangerous I am.."
"Yep, I knew. You almost choked me to death," he says, giving a cute nice gummy smile. She stoics to see how calm this man is in front of her. People always look at her like she is some kind of ticker bomb. They were scared of her.
But this innocent pure soul looks so friendly and there is no fear in his eyes.
"Where am I?"
"I can say this place is the safest in Cosmos City. It's unplugged.. well not too unplugged but still far from the city," she nods at once. She then wakes up slowly from the bed.
"Let's hope it stays like that.." she says, as she suddenly lifts her t-shirt right in front of Yoon. The man quickly jumps from the chair and turns back, feeling awkward and shy at the same time.
"Okie... ah.. take a shower then come out if you feel hungry.." he quickly dashes out of the room, leaving her blinking and wondering if she does anything wrong.
***
"Senior, why are you red? Are you having a fever?" asks Justin. Yoon just shakes his head and brushes away the image of that lady who innocently stripped right in front of him.
"I make some herbal tea if you want.." says Jein. Joon still studies the document on the table. Jein snatches the paper and instructs him to eat his lunch.
"Lunch first!" he gives a sharp glare mixture with a concern look at him. Joon just smiles sheepishly and nods.
"Thanks but no thanks Jein.." says Yoon, looking out of the window, well actually a window frame as the girl and he broke the glass just now. There is still rainy but not so heavy anymore.
"Did she mention anything?" asks Joon. He is enjoying his plate with Justin.
"Nope," Yoon gives a short response.
"Just give her some time. Maybe she's in shock.." says Jein. He settles himself next to Joon. Yoon nods. Couldn't be more agree with that because based on the fight earlier, she was scarred by something.
"I don't know if I wearing it right.." suddenly she comes out from the room, dressed in a t-shirt and tracksuit. Justin almost flips from his chair when he sees her. The shirt is so tight, showing her bosom shape a little too much.
She got a nice, fit body for a woman!
Yoon quickly takes off his training suit and put it on her. He then pulls up the zipper, closing the unpleasant sight from others. He certainly knew that sight might not affect his brother and Jein, but he's quite affected by that.
What he doesn't know is someone in the room is already out of breath due to embarrassment.
"Are you hungry?" asks Jein. She looks at him and nods.
"I thought just now, you said that she's dangerous. What's with the hospitality, bae?" asks Joon. He still has a few doubts in his mind about the lady.
"She's fine, I can guarantee you that. And, stop with that bae thing!" Jein smacks his arm, making the younger wimp and chuckle. Justin smiles ear to ear. This reminds him of his parents.
He misses them all of sudden.
She sits next to Justin, looking at him with sorry eyes. That guy squirms, still afraid to look straight into that purple eyes. Yoon settles himself in front of the lady. He monitors her, in case she is berserk out or something.
"Thank you.." she says, in a small voice.
"Yoon, have your lunch!" says Jein. He smiles and nods, looking at his plate. But his eyes still linger on her. In case if...
"This is good. I never taste something like this before," suddenly she smiles at Jein.
"I'm glad that you love it. Eat up!" Jein gives her a cheerful smile.
"You should remember that you shot her an hour ago..."
Jein glares at Joon. The man chickens out and smiles innocently at him.
"Clean your plate, or I'll shoot you too.." says Jein.
***
Justin watches the star that shines in the sky. He hangs his legs down the rooftop and enjoys the scenery.
It's a clear sky with lots of stars and some part shows aurora. This is the specialty of Cosmos City. The sky is wonderful and magnificent.
He plays with his dog tag necklace, thinking about how he can put the dots to solve this mystery. Since lunch, they work so hard to crack the code. They are afraid to ask the lady. As she's still under drug influence which controls her nerves, she is less dangerous and soft.
But who knows when the medicine will be worn out. They dare not to take a risk, plus, she too, feels so damn tired.
So, they decide to ask her about that tomorrow.
With these beautiful views, Justin suddenly misses his parents. They died during the first attack. He saw the house blown away from the CCTV and couldn't do anything about it as he was struggling to escape from the camp as well. He was sure that they were home at that time. Once he arrived, everything turns to dust. He could only watch and cry.
That's why he decided to fight this war till his last blood.
Whatever it is, all of these need to stop.
"What's with the tears?" suddenly a voice of a lady lingers in his ear. He quickly wipes the tears and looks at the lady who casually sits next to her, head-ups watching the sky.
"I...I miss my parents,"
"I can relate to that..." she answers him with a sad face. She lost her mother when she was just a child. She only got five years of memories with her, which means Justin is more heartbroken than her.
"There's a reason behind all of that. They let us live because they want us to fulfill their dreams. Love needs sacrifice. Your parents sacrificed for you. Don't let them die in vain," Justin watches her, full of amazement.
For the first time in Justin's life, he doesn't feel shy and awkward when he talks to a lady. She is somehow very easy to talk to and she seems to have the same vibe as him.
"You were something, you know?"
"Why?"
"This morning, you pointed a knife at me. But, here we are, talking casually like this."
"The world must be crazy, I guess.." she chuckles a bit. Justin just smiles.
"Say, I didn't even know your name?"
"I know your name. Justin Finn, isn't it?" Justin shocks.
"How did you know?" he then asks.
"I saw your uniform, hanging in the closet. You are Pegasus handler, right?" Justin nods. Looks like she knew everything about the outside world even if she was stuck in the prison.
"So.. what's yours?" she suddenly glooms. She rolls her trainer's sleeves and shows him a mark.
"I don't know my name. All I know is I need to scan this before going out of my room," Justin carefully held her hand. It's a mark written XX143.
"Your name is XX143?" she shrugs.
"XX...!"
"What's wrong?" she watches Justin, whose jaw still hanging.
Could it be that XX clue?
While the boy is still stunting like a rock, the lady suddenly looks at his neck. There's a dog tag, and she's quite familiar with it.
"How did you get that?" she asks.
"Oh, this... I am the Super Wolf," says Justin. She grabs the necklace, making their face too close to each other. Justin feels hot on his cheek and he gulps so many times.
She turns the dog tag necklace around. The word COURAGE is engraved on the other side of the dog tag.
"Why are you paying so much interest on it?"
"Cause... I got one too..." she pulls out her dog tag necklace. Justin's eyes become wide and he's confirmed his guts immediately.
"Senior Yoon! Joon! I think we have a piece of new information!!" he suddenly runs from the rooftop to downstairs. Leaving the girl, blinking her eyes and stuns there alone.
Why do they always leave me alone? Am I annoying them? She asks herself.
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