YOON HWA'S POV

"What are you doing?! my sister
"ohhhhh..." I bent down and stuffed the shoelaces by the sides of my legs. she bent down and smacked my hands away.

"owwww......what the hell min young?"

"you don't know how to do anything right. how is it a grown-up like you can't even tie common......"

"lalalalalalalalalalalalalal........."

I didn't want the truth because it hurt.

she smirked internally. just by looking at her face, I could tell

when she was done, she stood up. she raised her hands in an attempt to smack me.

"I swear........."

"mwo? Do you want to beat me? I said boldly but within, extremely embarrassed at the fact that I couldn't tie a shoelace properly.

"I swear, you need to be flogged, silly....... let's just leave please," she said in frustration picking up her bag ad mine from the floor, leaving me laughing at the look on her face while locking up our base house.

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I arrived at the organization quite on time even after having to put up with my sisters nagging of how late she was going to be to where she was going to. It was my car.....my fuel.......my drive... I could take as long as I wanted to or so I thought. She nagged me non stop until I dropped her off.

I had been to the NSS headquarters before but not the TFA team's office. As far as I knew, it was where the main works went down. But what I didn't know was how.....

"chaui wichileul ​​jeugsi allyeojusibsio......"

"pail-eul bonaessseubnikka?"

"dangsin-eun nae sigan-eul nangbihago issseubnida ... gyeolgwaga pil-yohabnida!"

"Annyeonghaseyo....." I greeted from the entrance of the door.

"tim lideoleul bon salam?"

"pakeu eosiseuteonteu, geu pail gajyeowa...."

And that's how it went. For five good minutes, no one paid attention to me . The whole place was so rowdy, files flying everywhere, tables and chairs disorganized, sounds of people typing rapidly on their computers. People moving from one place to another and bumping into each other. In total every where was totally disorganized. I couldn't even tell who was who and who wasn't who. I needed to try again.

"Annyeongha...." Someone appeared from behind me and stopped me from bowing my head.

"저장해. 그들은 심지어 당신을 통지하지 않습니다저장해. 그들은 심지어 당신을 통지하지 않습니다"("jeojanghae. geudeul-eun simjieo dangsin-eul tongjihaji anhseubnida") it was the deputy director. I paid my respects to her.

"Annyeonghaseubnikka" I said bowing my head to her.

"eoseo osibsio" she said smiling warmly.

"igeos-i TFA tim-ui saeloun pyojun-ibnida. nan dangsin-i sang-gwanhaji anhgileul balabnida"

"jeonhyeo anim" I replied her.

"seonlyanghan" she said smiling warmly at me. I could tell she was in a good condition because she never smiled, talk more of laugh. But what could be the reason, I wondered.

"TFA tim....." She called out to them as she faced them. The rowdiness still continued.

"geugeos-eul boala, simjieo geudeul-eul tongjehagiga eolyeobdaneun geos-eul al-assda."

She said to me but her tone was calm. Almost too calm. Like it was a normal thing for her. How was I supposed to manage with them? In all honesty, I preferred working alone, it was more....accommodating.

"TFA tim.....TFA tim....." No response.

"TFA TIM!" She shouted louder this time and took a deep breath in while closure her eyes to calm herself down.
Silence.
They all turned to face us. Alert.Wow.

"좋은 아침 부국장"("joh-eun achim bugugjang")
They all greeted at different times.

"eotteohgedoego issseubnikka?" She asked them, her voice back to calm and normal.

"eotteohgedoego issseubnikka?" She asked them. By now, their demeanor had changed, it was more calm, as they replied her differently.

Some grumbled, some looked like they were about to die, some looked on the edge. All in all I could tell one thing. This job wasn't going to be as easy as what I was used to in the army.

"gwaenchanh-a. god kkeutnal geos-ibnida. jom deo innaesim-eul gajigo god ulineun gippeohal geos-ibnida.alasseo?"

"Ne......" They all replied, tiredly.

"naega gagi jeon-e, dangsin-ui saeloun tim lideo in gim-yunhwaleul mannasibsio."

"Annyeonghaseyo yeoleobun....gim-yunhwaibnida." I introduced myself, bowing my head.

The tones of their responses were not so encouraging, like they didn't want me to be here. But the director, she was all smiles and bows. I could only wonder what she was so happy about.

"naneun dangsin-i geunyeowa hamkke balabnida" she said in a calm yet authoritative voice.

"Yun hwa ssi?" She turned to face me.

"Ye?"

"nalang gat-i wajwo."

She said and I immediately followed her out. Mainly because I felt weird being with them. I didn't know how I was expected to control people that were not ready to accept me.

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My first day on the job was very memorable. Note my sarcasm. The deputy director helped me in settling down and filling me in on important things I should take notes of. I honestly didn't fancy this job at all. I wasn't one to sit behind a desk, writing and compiling stuffs.

I was more of the go getter. Give me a pistol or ammunion and i will get the job done for you, but this...this wasn't my calling. If not for the pay, I would have left through the back door a long time ago.

The pay..... it was good, great, more than expected. It was the only thing that kept me within the walls of the organization. To think they would have given me my own space or something, I mean, I was expecting an enclosed office of some sort. That was far from it, I had to stay here with them and their little chatterings and grumblings and mumblings wasn't helping my conversation.

Don't get me wrong, the space was big enough to contain about 20 to 25 people comfortably but being unwanted in an enclosed room made it seem smaller than normal and boy....my anger issues wasn't going to help me one bit. I was on the verge of loosing it. All I couldn't hear was.

"geunyeoneun wae yeogie issseubnikka?"

"geunyeoneun wonchi anhneun ttong-ida."

"tim lideojiga dol-aol ttaekkaji gidalisibsio. geunyeoneun han beon-ui kkaekkeushan umjig-im-eulo geunyeoleul umjig-il geos-ibnida."

"geunyeoneun tim lideo jeongseog-e anj-a nugu-ibnikka"

"Geunyeoneun............"

And they kept in talking like as if I wasn't there. Judging me before even knowing me. I didn't want them to get to me but I could not help it. I stood up in an attempt to defend my self but was cut short by chief park oh, who barged into the office shouting...

"kodeu beullu .... igeos-eun bisang sataeibnida.
kodeu beullu .... igeos-eun bisang sataeibnida.
kodeu beullu .... igeos-eun bisang sataeibnida.
kodeu beullu .... igeos-eun bisang sataeibnida."

He shouted repeatedly as he came forward towards where a large screen was displayed and connected his tablet to it so that whatever he wanted to show us could get bigger on the screen. After connecting it he paused.

"geulsse .. gyesoghae.." someone shouted to him

"jamkkanman .. nega bon geos-e neomu chung-gyeog-eulbadji mala ..." He said to us as he studied their faces but received nothing but anxious faces, even I was a bit anxious of it's content. And he pressed the play button.

"I will make this as quick as possible. Give us baek sang and in exchange, we will give you your precious Jung yoo gun. You have twenty four hours to decide. If you do not hurry up, you will receive team leader Jung in a bloody bag. You give us baek sang and he lives, you don't he dies, a painful and shameful death. Twenty four hours! Your time is counting." And then the screen went blank.

It was from IRIS. They were moving faster than I anticipated. The room became unusually quiet. From their reactions, I could understand that they were very close with team leader Jung.

"TFA Tim...TFA Tim....jeugsi hoeuisillo oseyo"

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"eotteohge ileon-il-i il-eo nassseubnikka?" It was the director of the NSS shouting.

"geudeul-eun uliui injil-e daehae eotteohge al-assseubnikka?" He was angry. Very angry.

"jeonbuneun anibnida. hanaman" the deputy director said. Her tone, unusually low.

She then turned to me....

"eotteon aidieo?"

"N...neaga?" I looked around me to be sure she wasn't talking to me but she was.

"naneun aidieoga eobseubnida". If this were a military issue, I would have used some strategic procedures to get him out and at the same time have our prisoner, however I could not do that here. It was different.

She banged her fists on the table. She was angry, very angry. I wondered if i said anything out of context.

"ulineun saeng-gaghal sueobsneun tim lideoga pil-yohaji anhseubnida. dangsin-eun jwaseog-eul de-ugi wihae yeogie goyongdoeji anh-assseubnida ...."

She was ranting, so loud my ears were tickling. I needed to come up with something.

"geuleona!........geulona,naega jisu yeon-eul mannamyeon mueongaleul saeng-gaghae nael su issseubnida." She looked at me, like she was thinking it through.

"24 sigan nam-assneunde eolmana geollibnikka?" Good. She was calming down.

"olhae bam.....oneul bam joh-eun sosig-ibnida.

They all have me weird critical looks...geez, these people were damn creepy.

"좋아!(joha!)" Director Kang said after a long pause. "그녀에게 기회를 줍시다. 우리가 그렇지 않으면, 그녀는 자신을 증명할 수 없습니다.(geunyeoege gihoeleul jubsida. uliga geuleohji anh-eumyeon, geunyeoneun jasin-eul jeungmyeonghal su eobs-seubnida."

They all agreed.....some grumbled, others..... Well they better.

"bugugjang?" The director demanded her opinion.

"ohu 7si nalkaloun!" And she stood up to leave. At least her demeanor was back to normal.

"Ye!...bugugjang nim, geuleom...." I stood up, paid my respects and left.

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As I was packing a few things I would be needing. From the look of things, I won't not be getting any help from these guys. As I was halfway through with packing, I heard the door to the office opening and feet's shuffling in, I didn't know who or how many people came in but i knew they were more than three because my back faced them.

"timjang suyun-ui jib jusoga issseubnikka?"

Silence......

I turned around and they were all in the room but no one had the decency to answer my question.

(In Korean)
"Ya!.......I know you don't want me.  I don't even want to be here.  I can abandon all these things and the consequences of my fucking  actions.  But........ despite my heartless nature, i wouldn't want someone dying because of my recklessness and inactions.  I need my paycheck and you need your team leader.  Work with me, so I can work with you....."

"dasi, timjang-ui jib jusoga issseubnikka?"

Silence.... again

"jinjja.....geulaeseo, igeoeyo?.......al-ass-eo....."

I finished packing up and was about leaving when the hands of someone stopped me

"geunyeoui jusoibnida...." She said giving me a paper with something written on it.

"geugos-eseo geunyeoleul bol su eobsdamyeon geoli kkeut-ui soju gwanjeol-eul hwag-inhasibsio...." Another person said, I didn't know who.

Someone else came to my other side and smiled warmly at me.
"geunyeoleul bol su eobsdamyeon-i jusolo gasibsio....."she said giving me a sheet of paper "dangsin-eun hwagsilhi geunyeoleul bol geos-ibnida ..."

I took the paper and left. At the entrance of the office, I stopped and said,

"Gomawo"

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