The helicopter landed near an old, shady and probably abandoned hospital, which mostly looked like a setup from some horror movies. I didn't think of it much since majority of my concern was at the Japanese authorities who were after us.

The fact that we were working for a private ownership despite being essential spies from the MIO didn't protect us either. We were supposed to hide our secret identities until Sehun had finished analyzing the drug and confirm if it was safe.

So until then, the smartest thing to do was to use this hospital as a hiding place till Sehun's job was done, otherwise we could risk losing the serum ㅡ even get our spy licenses cancelled. And that would be nothing less but disastrous.

Two spies helped us get down and now the three of us ㅡ Yeri, Jungkook and I, were led to the lobby through a dark hallway.

For one thing, the hospital was really creepy.

It gave some eerie and sinister vibes around, I guess Jungkook felt it too, because he suspiciously walked, keeping close to me and holding my hand in his. I couldn't understand that it was just the atmosphere around, or my intuition was trying to warn me about something.

The door made a creaking sound when it was opened, we were rudely pushed inside. I rolled my eyes at the uncivil gesture, but stopped midway and stared in shock as a pair of dark, very familiar eyes look at me.

"N-no..." I stuttered, looking around finding all the people I had never hoped to see again.

"Oh they're here." Sehun said. "I'm glad you two could make it."

"So am I." Said the woman with a sinister smug on her lips.

"Q-queen Bee..."

"Its good to officially meet you again after so long. Thank you, princess for getting the drug for us. You never make us doubt your abilities."

"You won't get away with this! We will inform the MIO about you...the whole of your clan. They will know that Sehun is corrupted and works with mafia organizations. You will be punished." I let out in a cracked, broken voice that just made them laugh.

"You seriously think we got scared about that? Please, you're not even one percent similar to the spy I had nurtured; the very strong Lalisa who would become one of my best weapons one day. This Seductress is such a weak, pathetic and foolish excuse for the Lalisa Manoban I'd known before."

Jungkook and I extended a foot ahead, preparing a stance as our eyes immediately went towards the gun in our back pockets.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you, especially when I'd known there isn't much time left for me anyway. So kids, it's better advisable for you to follow our lead if you want to live." Sehun said boringly, my anger flared inside even more.

"Then why not just kill us already?"

"No, we can't do that...until you rethink your decisions and join us again, little flower. We go back, and remember that cellar of yours back there? Maybe spending a few more months there will make you realize that you were and forever a part of Pledis." Kim Yong Sun said thoughtfully, as her eyes bore into mine.

That deadly cellar where they used to torture me...

"OVER MY DEAD BODY!"

"Also I must say, you've been living a very comfortable life, with the huge new house you've bought yourself. My men did have a visit quite a few times and I'm sure you received those letters and the picture again, though it didn't do justice to her poor soul...what a tragedy." She mocked.

"Don't you dare utter a word about Tzuyu from your filthy mouth! I swear I will-" I paused midway, realizing i had terribly lost everything. What could I possibly threaten them now, when I knew I was just another excuse of a spy.

"Oh my god, please stop the hysteria. It's making me sick."

"I suppose the drug is actually a weapon which is why you wanted to acquire it....for all the bad reasons ofcourse, taking into fact the power hungry monster you've always been, am I right Queen Bee?"

"No, my dear, it never was a weapon. But sure it's worth a lot of money. You see, when Taehyung talked to the press about the cancer prevention drug for the first time in front of the press, he suddenly started garnering attention and suddenly grew very powerful, got a lot of support from the people because they thought it was revolutionary and he'll save the world. The man had achieved so much in a very young age which most of the companies couldn't. They were envious, they did everything to come up with the same ideas but their efforts failed. They're desperately willing to pay a lot of money to become the new face of the discovery; to become the next Kim Taehyung. And ofcourse, this will surely support my financial stem and benefit the expansion of my other businesses."

"You mean your drug empire."

"Yes, exactly. So I'll raise an auction for the drug and sell if off to the companies, without a suspiscion that it was a stolen work as they have researched and documented their work, no one will ever get a hand about this plan."

"No, the secret agencies and the MIO will know. You won't get away with this, Kim Yong Sun."

"Oh please, is she seriously using a name to threaten us? Sehun my boy, please explain her, I'm so tired of this."

"Ms Lalisa, how would the agencies ever know, when all this while you had been hired by Pledis? Your paychecks, the fellow spies, the headquarters...they were all a set up, to lure you here. Phoenix was a fictitious company that never existed, it was us all along and you feel for it."

"Surprised much?" Yeri flicked her hair as she gave us a nasty smile.

"Definitely not." Jungkook muttered.

"I swear to God Yeri I'll rip your-" I hollered in contempt.

Jungkook and I were stunned at the revelation. I couldn't believe this; I should've trusted the benefit of my doubt, when I first started getting suspicious over Sehun...how can I not?

"B-but I had performed a background check on you...you had served the American government."

"And you thought we didn't know you would do that? How can you be so naive, Ms Seductress?"

"No, she's blinded by love. How lovesick." Queen Bee ridiculed as the spies in vicinity scornfully sneered. Two of them forcefully locked our hand behind in handcuffs.

"Anyway now that we're done talking, lock them up in separate cells. They need some time to think about my offer." The two nodded, before a strong jab on our head knocked us unconscious.

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Hours later

I found myself locked inside a cold dark room, with an environment awfully similar to what the cellar I was usually locked and tortured during my days at Pledis. I was helpless, weak, vulnerable and unarmed.

I was feeling sorrow regret and anger at the same time. Unknowingly, tears started rolling down my cheeks as I had failed....not only as a spy, but as a person. I had failed the Lalisa I was once proud to be. Not only did I steal someone's work and a lifetime achievement, I literally lied, cheated and even slept over my dignity, just so that the Pledis Mafia could generate a profit out of this chaos.

I robbed a genuinely good guy of his trust, his love and affection, everything he had ever cared about; I was the reason his fiancee was killed, his secretary was murdered and now I'm the reason all of the credits of his hard work will be sold off to some gluttonous companies who will completely destroy The Vantae Corp and perhaps, his reason to trust again.

If I don't agree to join hands with Queen Bee, I don't know how long she will tolerate me here. She will definitely kill me, kill Jungkook....

And after sacrificing almost everything, now what's left of me is just a hollow soul and misery embracing me.

"Don't cry please." I heard a soft feminine voice call out to me from the other corner of the room, a very unfamiliar one.

It was another girl locked up in the same state as me. A blonde girl with some of her clothes ripped, hair disheveled and a thin, almost unhealthy frame.

"Please don't be scared of me, Ms Lalisa. There's a lot I've heard about you by eavesdropping on the other spies." She explained in a calm tone, trying to convince me to not be afraid of her. She spoke to me in Korean, with a hint of an English accent, which made me doubt had she been a foreigner.

"W-who are you, miss?"

"I'm Park Jimin's fiancee...

Park Chaeyoung."

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We settled on the only mattress in the room. She told me about her life; that she was a Korean born and raised in Australia, which explained the Aussie accent she had. She had moved to Korea to pursue music, later working as a music professor at a reputed university. Jimin and her were in love and were supposed to get married if the things went well and the drug was officially launched, however things went haywire long before as a result of which all of this was happening.

"How did you end up here though?"

"I was kidnapped. These people then started asking ransom from Jimin on account of which he had to sell off some shares of the company to certain unknown ones. When Taehyung got to know of this, they got into a heated argument and then Taehyung removed Jimin's name and finances from the company by buying him out."

"But isn't Jimin the one who sent letters to Sehun to get the drug from him? Is it because of vengeance as he was no longer associated with Taehyung?"

"No, no. He never wrote a letter to him, willingly. He was forced down here in a similar cell in HongKong three years ago, before we were shifted to this cell and we've been trapped for two years here. It's been forever since I've seen the day's light." Chaeyoung sighed, with obvious devastation printed on her face.

"Ofcourse, Sehun tricked us into finding something that will make us doubt Taehyung and continue with the plan." I facepalmed.

"I understand, he tried to project a doubt that this was a biochemical weapon that would make you trust Sehun even more. I've known that. Sehun is as cunning and deceitful as his mother." She spoke with a hint of anger in her eyes.

"Mother?"

"Uhm, yeah. The boss out there? She's the mother. Perhaps she had him from her previous marriage. There are so many conversations I've overheard the past five years, I could write a book with that, you wouldn't believe."

"Tell me everything you know."

And so, Chaeyoung went on to tell me everything she had heard; right from the plan of them luring me back into the mafia to planning the whole heist. The reason why I never had seen Sehun prior to this mission was simple; Queen Bee sent him off overseas. But why, the mystery still remains in my head.

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Two Days Later

It had already been two days. We were surviving on water from a jug, without an idea of where they had imprisoned Jungkook and Jimin. I had already decided that I would fight back and today will be the last day I'll ever see the mafia again. Even though I felt weak and exhausted, I wasn't going to give up. It was impossible for them to fix the meetings when they were still in Japan and the Japanese authorities had sealed the international borders so that the drug did not travel outside the country. I was going to rescue Chaeyoung and myself with the whole of determination and energy I had been saving.

"Chaeyoung, I need you to help me with a plan to escape from here."

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Yeah I know, I always leave
cliffhangers at the wrong time :)

Some more revelations through in
the finale, see you soon!
ㅡAuthornim.