"HASEENAAAAAAA!" Fabian wakes up with a cold sweat. He looks around and sees his empty apartment. It was just a dream. But it felt as if he was there.

He was right there. He couldn't save her.

He splashes water on his face as his phone rings on the bedside. He sees the caller ID – Alphie and cuts the call. Alphie was the first person he contacted when he came to this city as he was a long lost friend. But he wasn't going to listen to Alphie whine about how he should get a job and earn money. He can't work like normal people here. He has to hide. He cannot blow his cover.

The bell rang snapping Fabian from his thoughts. He opens the door to find Alphie standing behind it, grinning.

"I knew you were awake!" Alphie says, pushing Fabian and entering the apartment, "Phew ...I am guessing you never clean." glancing through the apartment.

"What are you doing here?" Fabian asks uninterested.

"Do I need a reason to meet my friend?"

"When the reason is that I take your offer to work, then yes, friends need a reason to meet up." Fabian folds his hands across his chest.

"Come on. I swear we will not talk about work today. I just want to have breakfast. There is this cool place downtown. Come on." he pleads Fabian. He knows it is risky for him to go out like this in the open, but he had to prove him something.

"I can't. Too much risk." Fabian declines.

"Come on. One meal. I am paying!" Alphie takes out his card and shows Fabian. He sighs and finally gives up. Fabian dresses up and covers his face with a hat, making it impossible for anyone to recognize him.

The restaurant was bustling with people. Fabian knew it was a bad idea to be around so many people but he felt relieved to come out of the apartment for once. He always felt suffocated there. But he had no other choice than to stay put. As they sat down to eat, Fabian saw a cop from the glass window and pulled his cap more down, completely covering his face. Alphie looks at him with pity,

"Don't give me that look." Fabian says, eyes still on his plate.

"What look?"

"The 'I pity you' look. I hate it."

"I can't help it. Look at yourself." Alphie points at his whole avatar, "No one can recognize you in that attire."

"Isn't that the plan? That I stay low?"

"You wouldn't have to do that if....."

"Alphie you promised to stop talking about the job." Fabian stops him mid-sentence.

"Okay okay sorry. It's just out of habit." They eat in silence for some time before he speaks again, "So how is everything? Any leads?"

"Not yet. The areas are heavily guarded. I can't go out with all the cops around me." Fabian pulls his hat lower when he sees the same cop now staring at him.

"This is why I said you should join us. You will stay low and can also complete the thing you came here for. Plus, you will get money. If you work for us, no one will look at you suspiciously, like him." he says pointing at that cop, hence proving his point.

"Alphie, how will I stay low if I have to work as a bodyguard? How can I investigate with a full-time job? And money, I have you for that." He smirks at him. Alphie scoffs before continuing,

"You think I am some kind of a billionaire? I have been supporting you with everything for the past 2 months but I have my expenses too. I can't spend everything on you."

Fabian continues to eat in silence. Alphie continues, "Look, it's not as high profile as you think. You will be the bodyguard of a girl who is supposed to be hidden. Just keep her safe and away from the public eye. Which means you stay out of the public eye too. Simple."

"You say it's so simple. But why me? Why is your boss so tied up with hiring only me?"

"Because you were trained in Iran's Special Forces. Your skills are beyond any bodyguard we have ever had here. And they want the topmost protection for the girl."

"I don't have a good feeling about it. She knows where I am from. She knows I am a deserter, a runaway. She knows that my generals are still looking for me. And she still wants to take a risk and hire me. Why is it so?"

"Why don't you ask her yourself? I can arrange a meeting with her and you can sort out the details." Alphie says a bit relieved. Fabian was finally warming up to the idea of accepting the offer.

"I'll have to think about it." Fabian nods, still unsure of what to do. It doesn't seem like a bad offer. He needed the money. He could not depend on Alphie forever. But his boss was suspicious.

"You can call on this number to schedule an appointment. I will be the one to pick up the phone but this is only for official work. Call me on my cell if you have doubts." Alphie gives him a card.

"Williamson Castle. Head – Patricia Williamson. Bodyguard services." Fabian reads it aloud. "See this is what I was talking about. This woman here owns the biggest security services in this country but wants to hire someone else for a girl she needs to protect. Huh!" he scoffs and puts the card in his pocket.

"Don't forget to call." Alphie shouts but Fabian already left the restaurant. He calls up Patricia, "Hello ma'am? Yes...I have given him the card. He has warmed up to the idea but I am not yet sure. Yes, ma'am. Yes, ma'am. I will make sure he says yes for it. Thank you, ma'am." He cuts the call.

"I hope he says yes." Alphie whispers to himself.

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On the other side of the world....

"Mommmmmm" Nina wakes up in a cold sweat.

That same dream. The same dream she has been dreaming of for the last 15 years. She looks around and finds herself in her small apartment. She had always been very independent and could afford a small apartment for herself. As she was engrossed in her thoughts, her phone rings on the side of her bed. The caller ID said 'PATRICIA WILLIAMSON'. The same name she has hated for the past 15 years. She picks up the call.

"Have you got the tickets?" the voice over the phone asks her.

"Hmm." Nina replies looking at the courier on her table. Plane tickets. Tickets back home. Only if, only if it was home.

"See you soon." the voice says and Nina cuts the call.

She has no choice but to accept the tickets and finally meet her nemesis, Patricia.

She will protect her this time. She will not leave her alone. Her little sister.