"Quick!"
Jin said in a hushed voice.

They started pulling the cable, and a little later the six feet long stand stuck horizontally against four feet window frame. Jin tested it with a tug.

Nope, there is no fear of the stand to come out.

The door was already unlocked by the two guards, but they couldn't open the door because the chair is stuck and Jin and Arya piled up the broken rack against it.

"What's going on inside?" Screams were heard from the side. "Let me in!"

Jin stared at Arya without answering. "Hurry up, go ahead."

"We have to make sure that the cable stays tight!" Arya whispered and she lifted a finger and pointed towards a fan attached to the ceiling.

She showed an empty hook.
Jin shook his head and sat down, Arya jumped up and got on his shoulder.
Jin stood up straight with her. Holding the hook as soon as she reached it, she inserted the other end of the cable that was tied with the rack previously and pulled it strongly after tying with a few knots.

Jin put down Arya on the floor, "You go first."

"But..."

"If the situation seems that we'd be getting caught, then I should be the one who gets caught," Jin said, "you are needed more than me for this mission. Go now."

Arya shook her head and kissed Jin before whispering, "I love you."
She got up on the window-sill. She looked at the bottom. Her acrophobia was not that strong anymore. But the feeling of getting smashed on the ground if the cable tears were making her nauseous and dizzy at the sight.

"I'm scared, Jin." She made a simple confession.

"Don't look down," said Jin.
"Everything that has been taught in your rope training- just keep those in mind."

Arya shook her head and hung on to the cable. Even if she was scared, it was not the time to back off.
She grabbed the wire and hurried away to reach the other end. Reaching the end, she kicked the glass a few times to remove the remaining shards hanging from the frame and went inside.

Now it's Jin's turn.

He looked at the door of the storeroom for the last time. The Pushing and pounding on the door have already stopped. They couldn't push open the door. What will they do now to get inside?

Who knows? Not wanting to know that, Jin climbed on the window-sill.

When the agents pushed the door hard but the door didn't open, both of them were dumbfounded.
They were just told to guard the door. They didn't have the authority to break the door and confront the prisoners.

They again tried a few more times to open the door. They clearly heard some noise from inside. It is not difficult to understand that something is going on.
They failed to open the door and one of them finally pulled out a walkie-talkie from his waist.

The first one contacted Bulldog.
"What's the matter?" The bureau chief asked in a disinterested voice.

"There's a problem, sir," said the first agent. "we heard some weird noise from the storeroom. It was as if something was happening, we tried to go inside to see what had happened but we can't get in. The prisoners locked the door from inside."

"What!" Bulldog roared.

"Yes, sir," the agent's voice was trembling, "Really."

"I'm coming," Bulldog growled and jumped up. "But either way,
You break down the door! Now!"

Within minutes he reached the corridor of the maintenance store, with two more agents. The two guards then shot and blew up the knob of the door.
One of them kicked on the door. He motioned for his companions to join him.

The chair, the backrest, and the rack could not stand in front of the combined push of the four people.

It collapsed and fell to the floor. Four of them stormed inside with pistols in their hands through the open doorway.

Bulldog rushed in and saw the open window and the wire passing by.

He understood instantly. He ran towards the square window like a madman. Seeing the scene on the other side, The mighty bureau chief's jaw dropped at the sight.

Arya has already arrived, and Jin was also at the end of the cable. Bulldog watched as the girl helped Jin get inside by pulling him in front of his wide eyes.

Landing on the floor, Jin turned and looked at the opponent, Arya waved her hand towards Bulldog and smiled while showing her middle finger.

Bulldog saw Jin smiling warmly at the girl and pulled her away from the window before she could curse even more.
It was the first time he saw that stone faced man smiling.

"Kim Seokjin!!!" Bulldog shouted with intense indignation.

"Better luck next time!" Jin also raised his voice.

At the last moment, he untied the rope from the steel bar and threw it out as if he wanted to say-
Let's see how you come to me this time!

He and Arya soon disappeared from the window.

"God damn it!" Bulldog shouted like crazy.

"How is that possible?" The agent standing next to him said foolishly. "Is the man a magician? How did he get into that building?"

Bulldog grabbed the agent's collar.
"He is not a magician. He is The fucking Kim Seokjin! They escaped just because of you fools! You didn't keep an eye on them!"

"Sir, you just told me to guard outside..."

"Shut up." Bulldog let out a roar. "What kind of office is on that floor of that building?"

"Umm...I don't know, sir," said the agent, "But I can ask around if you want to know."

"Get out of here. Get your ass moving. And the building over there-
Report to the security that I want to seal the whole tower, no matter what,
The two of them can't get out of there at any cost!"

"Yes, sir!" All four agents rushed away from the bureau chief.
Not willing to stay any longer.

Bulldog was startled as soon as the agents left.
He ran to the window again like crazy. The fire alarm started ringing loudly in the next building.
It was not difficult to understand who did it.

The CIA officer gritted his teeth in anger.
"Seokjin! you cunning son of a bitch!"

Every one of the twin towers was going out like crazy in fear of fire.
With hundreds of people, it will not be possible for the security to contain all of them to find two specific persons there in any way.

Standing in an empty maintenance store in frustration, Bulldog screamed his anger out.

Jin and Arya got up and got into a taxi. Their car was parked in the garage of the first building. But
If they try to bring their own car from the lot, they will be caught, so trust the taxi for now.

Coming out of the second tower with a stream of people wasn't that difficult. It was a stroke of good luck that the room on the fifteenth floor where they landed, was the filing room of the Federal Taxation Office. There were no people in the room.
Someone must have heard the sound of glass breaking, but no respondse to that was noticed. Maybe it didn't matter, or people were up to avoided thinking it's not their responsibility...they have to be very busy in the taxation office.
Everyone does not have time to look beyond their own work.
However, they frowned when they saw two strangers coming out of the filing room.
Some were starting as Arya came out of the office with a polite smile on her face. fortunately, no one got in the way. Reaching the corridor, Jin pressed the fire alarm switch. The rest of them were as easy breathing.

"Where to?"
Asked the taxi driver when they hopped in a taxi.

"Start moving first," Jin replied. "I'll tell you where to go later."

The driver shook his head and pushed the car forward.

"What now?"Arya asked accustomedly.

"First we need to talk to Jong-il-sshi."

"They kept our phones," Arya recalled.

Jin shook his head, then looked at the driver,
"Sir, do you have a cell phone?"

"Cell phone!" The driver raised his eyebrows and showed his phone,
"This?"

"Yes. I need to make a phone call. An extra ten, no, twenty dollars in exchange, Maybe?"

"You are a very strange man! Where to go- no exact address...now he is asking for a phone from me!"

"Who told you to talk so much?" Arya was annoyed.
"If you want the money, give it, otherwise keep quiet."

The driver could not resist the urge for extra money,
He took out his phone and extended it towards Jin.

Jin dialed the phone quickly. Not long after that, Jong-il received the call.

"Jong-il-sshi, It's me, Kim Seokjin. Speak in Korean from now on. Ok?"

"Sunbaenim!" Anxiety was prominent in Jong-il's voice. "Where are you? I am trying to reach you since forever. Why isn't anyone picking up the phone?"

"We don't have phones."

"Why not?"

Arya said from the side with a bitter voice, "what more can I say...
Bulldog became very fond of my newly purchased latest handphone... So he did not return anything, that thief!"

Jin said softly, "there has been a situation, we lost our belongings. Can't you see I'm calling you from a borrowed number?"

"Bulldog... oh my god!" Suddenly, Jong-il became aware and shocked, "I totally forgot to tell you - Douglas Bullock has been appointed as the bureau chief for a month and a half. I know you two have history.
Has there been any trouble?"

"Trouble? What trouble?" Arya again exploded, "you'll call it a trouble when I'll rip that son of a bitch apart with my bare hands...!"

Jin patted Arya's head helplessly to calm her down and said, "let's just talk about work for now Jong-il- sshi. Did you find Dr. Donen?"

"Yeah. Although that sounded pretty crap to me, Looks like Sunbaenim, One of my sources saw him with his own eyes a few days ago.
Otherwise, it would have been very difficult to find that gentleman."

"Why? Where is he?"

"On the Montego ice shelf outside the Arctic Circle, beyond the north of Alaska.
He is working on a classified research project there.
His name has been removed from most of the data. Whichever left of his traces in the database of that project needs a high level of clearance if you want to extract his information. Now you understand, it was almost impossible to trace him if my source didn't see him with his own eyes there."

"Is he working for any government there?"

"No. It is a private company called Brighton Technologies researching on nanotechnology. For mining minerals from extreme environmental conditions.
They are maintaining a high level of security there to avoid any kind of industrial espionage."

"We have to go there, Jong-il-sshi." Jin said in a serious voice, "Soon. Make arrangements."

"Shall I charter a plane?" Jong-il asked, "But it is a highly secured area.
You won't be allowed to land in the research project area without clearance."

"The way the Bulldog has gone crazy to catch us, we shouldn't charter a plane anyway."
Jin said, "Is there a way to get in there secretly?"

"A company plane will go in that ice shelf tonight from Los Angeles. After every three days, it goes there with re-supply and logistics. there are also some workers for loading-unloading. I can try to replace both of you with today's two workers. I have to spend money in two or four places and manage some fake documents for you... that's it. But the problem is the same- the plane stays just for two hours after getting there. You'll have two hours to find Dr. Donen and talk to him. If you can't get on the plane again within two hours before it comes back, then you are stuck there for the next three days before the next plane comes with the supply."

"We'll see. When is the flight?"

"Ten p.m. tonight."

Jin was a little worried, it was getting late.

"Bulldog won't face the problem of clearance. If they can locate Dr. Donen within tonight... He even can forcibly enter the research facility with his power."

"Sorry, sunbaenim," Jong-il was also worried, "we have no other way now. If you want, we can do it secretly on a plane. I can drop you two on the ice shelf. But in that case, you'll be in trouble in infiltrating the research facility. It's safer to go as a worker, you'll have easy access if you go as a worker. Even if Bulldog arrives early, he will not be able to recognize you because you will be in disguise."

What else to do? Jin agreed. He had no other way too. The only thing they can do is pray to God so that Douglas Bullock doesn't locate Dr. Donen before them.
"Ok, you arrange things. I will contact you later."

"All right, sunbaenim."

Jin cut the line and returned the phone to the driver.

Then In response to Arya's inquisitive look, he disclosed the whole matter to her.

"So our main problem is that Bullshit Bulldog," Arya said after hearing all.
"The whole thing is going to be a few times easier for us if we can just keep him away, isn't it?"

"Yes," Jin replied. "The problem is, as a CIA bureau chief, he has free access to all types of databases. He can locate your professor if he is desperate enough. He can do it in a very short time."

"What if I make him lose his access?"Arya smiled and said. "If I make it in such a way
That any CIA user access to all types of databases becomes prohibited?
Especially If they want to search the name of Dr. Stanley Donen, what if I make it in such a way that every time they want to search the name, the whole system just hangs?"

"Is that possible?" Jin frowned.

"Very easy work, dear Jin," Arya winked,
"I'll just leave a little virus in their mainframe - that's going to do the rest of the work for me."

"How to get into the CIA's mainframe? Hacking again? That must need a lot of time! And we don't have that at all!"

"It won't take long at all. I know their security protocol. Did you forget that they gave it to me while creating the sub-program? I don't think they changed the protocol so quickly. I won't be needing to hack, I will be able to enter the mainframe like walking through the door with a warm welcome from their security."

"Do you still remember the code?" Jin was a little surprised.

"Hackers usually don't forget a code once they get it," Arya said in the manner of a philosopher and sighed, "Now I just need a computer having internet connection. I guarantee you Jin, you'll see Bulldog turn into a real mad bulldog this time in frustration."

Jin's eyes lightened up as he leaned and kissed Arya with fervor and whispered, "I love you."

Arya smiled and she looked at the driver and said,
"Dude, drop us to the nearest cybercafe."

[Ok, I am back!
Life has been shit lately and I was so busy with life that I barely had any time to write anything down.

But I hope I can write down everything regularly, at least one chapter a week. But you know me, I don't maintain any schedule...probably I'll just write down the whole thing at once and publish it continuously, who knows?😉😉

Anyway, that doesn't erase the fact that my life indeed has been a shit lately!😅😅
Anyway! I missed you and I hope I can get back to the schedule once again!
Stay safe everyone! Onnea!"]