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It was a beautifully decorated room - there were expensive carpets on the floor. Doors and windows had velvet curtains adorning them all over. Along with the beautiful paintings on the walls, a crystal chandelier was hanging overhead. Alongside the beautiful furniture, the big antique bed was right in the middle of the big decorated room.

Jin opened his eyes and saw himself lying on that bed. His eyebrows formed an immediate frown thinking how did he come here?

A few creases appeared on his forehead, eyes all alert. He sat up and looked around the room. No, It was not an illusion, he was really in a well-furnished room.

He suddenly noticed the cuts on his hands and face and exposed parts of the bodies were already taken care of and well bandaged. Every wound caused by broken glasses was dressed expertly.

Who brought him here? Who gave the treatment? 

Jin got off the bed. He opened the door and came out of the room. 
He saw a narrow corridor, but nobody was seen around.
He walked along the passage and reached a landing and took the stairs
and came down into the foyer.

The front door was just in front. He opened it and stepped outside to a beautiful garden shadowed over by a canopy of large green trees.

Thousands of colorful flowers were blooming around in flower beds. Suddenly he saw the bush on one side moving, two men came out from behind, striding forward with long steps.

 It was clearly understood by the way they walked that they were armed - they had firearms in the shoulder holster behind their coats.

Jin fell into a dilemma - were they enemies or allies? Should he hide somewhere?

He canceled the chain of thoughts. If they were enemies, they would have already charged him as soon as they saw him.

Jin decided to remain silent.

When they came near, the relatively short man said, "why did you come down? You should take rest, sir."

"Who are you?" asked Jin.

"Gus Fork," the man introduced himself. He showed his partner, "this is Win Friebel. We are guarding... no, no, we are ensuring the security."

"Whose security?"

"You and your companions."

"But who are you?"

"We are from Creal Tech's security division, sir."

"Creal-Tech...means Dr. Buren's company?"

"Yes, sir. Madam asked us to keep an eye on you."

"What do you mean by keeping an eye?" Jin was surprised, "where is Dr. Buren?"

"She left an hour ago. She told us to stay put."

"She left!" Jin's surprise increased a little, "to where?"

"We don't know exactly. But she left a message for you." 

"What message?"

Gus pulled out a sealed envelope from his pocket. Jin opened it and got a letter. A short letter was there-

"Mr. Kim,
Sorry I couldn't wait until you regained consciousness.
I wanted to thank you for saving my life.  but a lot of time has already passed, so it would not be right to delay anymore. I am
off to work on the anti-virus.
I took the CD from Ms. Akaishi's pocket. Don't worry about me.
I have made adequate arrangements for my security. I will contact you after work.

-Elisa Van Buren"

Jin got worried. Dr. Buren left alone...what if she gets into danger again? A group of killers has been stopped doesn't mean the enemy will stop at that.
Of course, it is easy to understand her reasoning though.

It was necessary to start the development of anti-virus.

He shoved the letter in his pocket and looked at Gus. He asked, "where are Arya and Eva?"

"They are upstairs—in separate rooms."

"How are they?"

"No one has any serious injuries other than minor cuts, their consciousness should be returned by now. You want me to take you to them?"
 
"Please."

Leaving Freibel to guard the front, Gus entered the house with Jin. He told the events after the plane crash while walking.

After the bomber crashed in the forest, every passenger lost consciousness except Dr. Buren. She got less hurt than everyone too. She informed her security chief via her
phone, the Creal-tech's security personnel arrived at the crash site with a rescue helicopter within half an hour.

They brought everyone to Dr. Buren's villa after giving them primary treatments. This villa was in Duivendrecht, about two miles from Amsterdam. They were treated and checked thoroughly by a trusted doctor after reaching here.
He gave them a sedative injection to them to stable their conditions.
But Elisa did not need much and she wasn't agreeing to have any. She left after receiving first aid to do some urgent work accompanied by a few selected people from the Security Division, Gus and Freibel were left to guard them.

Gus came to a room on the second floor and knocked. Arya opened the door and instantly jumped into Jin's embrace. She said restlessly, "what's the matter, Jin? Where are we? Who is this again?"

Jin raised his hand and stopped her and said, "don't worry, everything is fine. We have been brought to Dr. Buren's villa."

"You two catch up, I'm going to call Miss Lawrence," Gus said and left.

Jin entered the room. This room was as wonderful as his. He pulled a chair and sat and explained everything he just heard from Gus.

After a while, Eva appeared, and there was a bewildered look in her eyes.

She was still in shock at the horrible experience.

"Are you okay?" Arya asked in a worried voice.

Eva nodded her head. She said, "my heart is still pounding like crazy! All I can see now is the flashback of all the shooting and the crash!"

Arya took her hand and made her sit on the bed. She asked Jin,
"what should we do now? Have you thought about anything?"

"Let's talk to Dr. Buren," said Jin, "we should stay with her. She might be attacked again if we don't."
He looked at Eva, "give me Dr. Buren's number."

Eva took out her mobile phone. Jin Saw the number and dialed. He came out into the corridor to talk with her quietly.

"Hello!" Elisa responded from the other side.

"Dr. Buren, Kim Seokjin speaking."

"Thank God you are awake!"

"Where is your location?"

"You know where am I going," she purposely avoided mentioning the place, "I haven't arrived yet, I hope to arrive in about five to seven minutes."

"Then wait there, we'll come as soon as we can."

"No need, Mr. Kim..."

"You are supposed to understand by now if there is a need or not.
There might be another attack..."

"I am well prepared to prevent another attack," said Elisa,
"I've got ten bodyguards with me, but I won't be there for long. I will go out with the necessary software and other equipment. I'll be on move the whole time while I work on the anti-virus, I can't say exactly where you'll find me."

"We can fix a rendezvous point..."

"Negative, Mr. Kim. It will be very risky. I think - someone is monitoring my mobile calls, they heard me talking to you in the morning. Otherwise how would have they known that I was hiding in the family estate? So now stop with the idea of meeting with me. Let me do it in my way."

''What would we do then?"

"Keep resting, I will let you know the progress of the work every now and then. But don't go anywhere!
I want to give you the anti-virus after I finish the job. So just stay there until I am done."

The arrangement was not to Jin's liking, but the lady's argument was irrefutable. So he had to give in. Elisa understood his state of mind.

She smiled and said, "I am not asking you to sit idly, Mr. Kim. I am just asking you to rest for a few hours to recover. Your job is not over yet, you have to find a way to distribute the anti-virus after it is made."

"Okay, I'm waiting here. But you should keep in contact with us. You may need our help. Arya is also a very bright girl, she can give you ideas in programming works."

"Don't worry," Elisa assured, "I'll ask for help if I need any. I am ending the call now, okay?"

She disconnected the call before Jin can disagree once again.




A few cars stopped in front of Dr. Buren's house in Aalsmeer. A total number of three cars. Elisa's car was in the middle guarded by two cars of security guards. The door opened as
she pulled into the driveway. The elderly woman got down from the car, she told the people around to guard outside.

She punched in the code of the electronic lock and opened it and she entered the house. She wasted no time unbuttoning her overcoat and just walked to the study. She turned on the computer just after sitting at the desk. But when she heard the sound of turning the door knob, she looked up.

The door to the study opened, and three young men entered one by one, sharp discipline was evident in their movement. The team leader had a stern look on his face.

Alpha Team!

Elisa sat still, glaring at the three murderers.
They were standing in a row in front of the desk, not saying anything.

A few moments passed like that.

The elderly Uno finally left the chair and stood up, walking and stopping in front of Alpha-One.

Her face turned red with anger, she suddenly slapped the young leader.

The other two staggered at the unexpected blow. 
Alpha-One straightened up and said in a surprised voice, "what's the matter, why did you slap me?"

"Do you have any idea what have I gone through? It is all your fault. I listened to your idea and I almost died for it!" Elisa said furiously, "that idiot Garfield wanted to kill me along with them! He kept his phone switched off too! I couldn't even reach him to tell him to cancel the operation! And what happened to you? I called you so many times! Why didn't you pick up?"

Alpha-One hesitated, "umm...We didn't do anything on purpose. We got into a little bit of trouble..."

"Trouble!"

The door to the study opened with a thud, and a short man entered the room proudly. He doesn't look like someone important, but once he opened his mouth, the situation completely changed.

"Good afternoon, Dr. Elisa Van Buren!" Douglas Bullock a.k.a Bulldog  greeted her with a calm voice and a small smile on his face, "or would you like me to address you as Alpha-Zero??"

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