Wills' POV :

"Ren!"
I shouted at the top of my voice and I felt the walls of the room vibrate.
She came running from inside, afraid I'm hurt.

As soon as she looked at me, she got angry "You stupid -"
"What are you hiding?"
I curtly asked her, running out of patience.

Her face changed from angry to surprised to scared. Exactly what I expected.

"What are you -"
"Oh cut the crap, Ren. I'm here for business and I'm not leaving before I get the info I need."

"Wills, I.. I don't know..."
"As you wish."

I went around and grabbed her left arm. She struggled hard to get loose but it took me less than two seconds to grip that arm behind her back and twist it just enough to make it unbearable for her.
She cursed in pain.

"You rotting monster! Leave me."
"Ren, my brother's life is at stake. And you know something that I don't. So start speaking before you lose one limb. As such you've hidden the info from me till now."

I said like I meant every word.
Obviously I can't hurt her permanently, that would be the death certificate of our friendship and also, a sure shot kick out of KMA.

"Like I don't know, you can't do that."
I twisted her arm more and this time she couldn't take it. She cried out.

"Don't make me the monster I'm trying not to become. It was supposed to be me out there, not him. If something happens to him, I won't be able to live by myself. Please, spill it Ren!"
"What a cute request, Willy."
She grunted in pain and I almost laughed at her words.

Waiting for her answer for a few more impatient moments, I decided that's enough.
I brought my other hand on her twisted arm and held her biceps with my fingers.
"Thank me later when you won't be able to use this arm for next six months."
With that I pressed my fingers tight and twisted her arm further.

She screamed in pain for one second and clamped her mouth shut.
"You are one stubborn bitch, Ren. I feel proud to have trained you."

"ssstop it, Willsss. It will... come off!"
Oh now she's scared?

"Are you ready to talk?"
"Fine! Jussstt let me gooo." she said defeated.

I replaced her arm back carefully and stood a few steps away from her while she caressed her biceps.
The red marks on her arm made me realise how cruel I was with her.
A feeling of shame covered me within a few moments.

Though Ren is nothing like the usual girls, she is even stronger than so many men out there, I felt like a loser to behave this way with her, only few days after losing a fight with a man within ten seconds.
So low of me.
I need to control my anger, it's shooting to skies within seconds.

But I didn't let any of the emotion reflect on my face.
Instead, I raised an eyebrow reminding her of the promise she just made.

"That mission.. is to catch hold of cyber criminals working from a base.."
She took a long pause.

"I guessed that. What else? Why is the mission so hushed? Why such a hurry?"
I was losing my patience.

"There is an insider involved in the racket."
"Insider? From where?"

"The Headquarters."
"What?!"
I just stood stunned.

A traitor from HQ?
Impossible.
Or it is true?
All my dots connect if this is true.
Class II officer for a mission, long gap to trace, Nick suddenly disappearing, father on a DND conference - everything!

"But who?"
"That's what they are planning to find out."

What if it's him again?
No, he promised. We're doing what he requested in return of keeping his promise. He can't. He better not.

"Any suspect?"
"I don't know..."
She said like she's hiding something.

"Then who knows Ren?"
I ask her more sternly.

"Colonel. But please don't speak a word to him. Don't let him know that I told you. He'll kill me for sure. Please stay shut, Willy."
She pleaded with all her might.

"Why did he tell you all this?"
"He didn't want to. He just wanted to ensure that Nick is healthy enough to go for this mission. I asked him why is he so hell bent to get him examined. After lot of efforts, he only gave this much info."

"When did you carry out his PMME? There was no date on the papers."
I asked her sternly.

"You saw them?"
"Look, you are supposed to answer my questions, not ask me. Now start speaking before I treat your other arm."
I was fuming and in no mood to beat around the bush.

"I.. mm..."
"Ren!"
I shouted and that did it.

"The day he left for camping."
'I was angry' doesn't even cut 1% of what I was feeling.

"Three days? You had three days to tell me! You're not going back alive, Ren."
I walked with red eyes towards her.

She knew she's in Hell.
"I never wanted that either, Wills! I was ordered by Colonel! What would you have done if you were at my place?"
She stepped back while I walked towards her.

"I don't care, I am not at your place. You tell me whether you'd leave me alive if you were at my place?"

Father's mention made me gather some self control. She was soon going to be a skeleton otherwise.

"Does Nick know about all this? Mission and the traitor?"
"He only knows his goal of this mission - to get hands on the guys working on the system. He has all the info in detail about this. He knows that there's an insider, but even he doesn't know who. He has been told that he won't be involved in that part."

Fuck what are they doing?!
Class-I agents to catch him and Class-II for his men?

"Ren, Nick is out there. What if -"
"He's not alone. There are other agents with him."

"But he -"
"Willy, he's a senior trainer here for a reason! Stop underestimating him! He might not be class I, but he has learnt everything he needs to survive out there! He's been on over thirty missions already! Trust him."

"You're right. May be I'm really underestimating him. Fuck this sucks!"
I said thumping on a chair.

It's impossible to stop worrying about him because he's my brother. He may be the best out there, but still he's family.
I held back my emotions every time he left because I didn't want to insult him by questioning his capabilities.

I don't know what happened this time. May be guilt of pushing him to do my job is eating me away, or may be the suddenness that I was not prepared for. Everything combined and Viola! You get to see a monster.

"Oh you are saying this? One who was gone for over two weeks without a news. Everyone died a little everyday here in your absence, Wills. Nick has gone for barely a few hours, and you can't suck it up?"
I looked down at the floor realising she's breathing all truth today. I was being 'heroic' back then, making all of them suffer.

"I'll try."
"Don't you dare try to dig around, Willy. You might alert the target and you know what happens next. So just stay on your ground."

She saw through me.
"Fine. But I'm going to talk to Father as soon as his conference is over."

Ren took a breath and held it there.
"Please don't, Willy. He'll kill me."
"If my mind doesn't clear, I'll kill you. You'll be dead anyways."
She looked me pleading but I had decided.

"Fine. But your brother had more patience than you!" she almost barked at me, rubbing her arm "He never lifted a finger at me, no matter how angry he would be."

"That's because he treats you like a lady."
I said scoffing.
I saw a notepad flying towards me. I gladly let it hit my face and flinched with the energy it carried. I didn't expect that hit to be so hard.
I rubbed my cheek, giving her the pleasure of indirectly slapping me.

Her scoff said she has taken her revenge for now.

I got up and turned around to leave just to find a disaster standing right in front of my eyes.

"What part of our conversation did you hear?"
My heart was bursting out of my chest and I prayed for a 'nothing'.

"Nick's life is in danger."
Jane said trying to believe that's not true, clearly not giving a damn about my question.
But that indirectly gave me the answer - fucking everything!

"Fuck!"
I cursed myself as I turned around to look at Ren who was fuming fire at me.

Yeah it's all my fault.
I barged in without giving a thought about who might be listening.
Fuck me!
And this girl sneaks so damn well!

"I'm sorry, Ren. I'll ensure she doesn't spill a single word."
I whispered to her and she nodded a no - she knew that's not happening.

"I'll talk to Dad and call Nick back right away."
Jane said still fixed at the point she was at.

"Nooooo!"
I rushed towards her and grabbed her by the shoulders.
"Don't even think about it! Didn't you hear her? That might alert-"

"My dad won't call the traitor!"
She said angrily, defending her father.
If it was anything else, I would have given a nice reply to her for cutting me. But this was about her father and I totally get it. I won't stand anyone when it comes to my father, she's doing nothing less.

Alas, she doesn't know a few things about that man that we do. And it's in her best interest that I keep my mouth shut and let her be the innocent daughter. I've risked saying it out once before already.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it that way. I am not naming anyone. You never know, whose phone is being tapped and what info is being retrieved from where."
I tried to answer her calmly. She has a very high potential of ruining everything, considering how much Nick means to her. And I can't afford that to happen.

"But Nick-"
"We care about him too, sugar."
Ren came for the rescue because I was clearly not getting the situation under control.

God what's happening today!
I missed a huge sign that was lying right in front of me!
I was so consumed in my own thoughts that I didn't keep an eye on one person whose life is my responsibility.
I lost control of my anger and let it control me instead.
I gave no Fuck about my surroundings - thanks to that, Jane knows everything nobody was supposed to know. Damn all my instructors and trainers would kill me for this one mistake, after I survive my own guilt trip.
And lastly, I'm not able to talk through my own student.

Can you see a better loser?
No.

"Jane, we'll be on our toes. Colonel won't let anything happen to him right? You trust him?"
"Yes I do, but I'm scared."

"We need to be strong and behave maturely. One wrong step can take many lives and we can't do that, right?"
"Hmm. I'll not call dad. They might be taping the phones."

"That's like my peachy girl!"

I took a breath of relief, knowing father has three less people to worry about.

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High time Wills gets his anger in check.
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