"You're lying." I said, scoffing. "She's not dead."

The man just laughed. "My dear, the boss of this mission specifically requested for her to be killed, to finish what he had started years ago. You'll remember everything soon, don't worry."

Then he closed the window again, as Gabs scoffed.

"Yeah right. That woman has survived so much, she isn't dead. He's just trying to scare you." She said, but she didn't sound too sure.

But she was right - how many times had she been shot now, anyways?

"That could've been fatal, y'know. They were trying to kill her."

"You do understand why though, right Felix?"

"Yes I know, Jimin. I'm not an idiot. But I just didn't expect it."

"Expect what? For someone to want your 'special weapon' dead? Come on, in the reality of things she isn't that special. People know who she is now."

"Don't say that. You're literally in love with her, aren't you?"

"Okay boys, that's enough." Namjoon coughed, interrupting the two that were bickering.

"Yeah, shut up could you? It's hard to pull a bullet out when you're being so noisy." Jin whined, glancing to Taehyung, who was keeping a hand on Kara's neck, checking for a pulse.

Bang Chan was pacing.

"Chan Hyung, she'll be fine. They know what they're doing." Hyunjin reassured.

"It's not that. It's that Gabs is missing, and who knows what they're doing to her."

"And Y/N too." Hyunjin added.
"You knew this was going to happen eventually, don't act like it matters now." Bang Chan retorted.

"Well, not like this." Hyunjin frowned.

Jin had the tweezers practically inside the girls stomach, as Jimin moved over to hold her hand.

Felix glanced at the drip. "What are you putting in her, anyways?"

Jungkook scoffed. "Anaesthetic, clearly. There are two metal rods pulling something out of her, and a copper bullet. I'm sure you understand why."

Felix shut up after that.

Jin made a 'ah-ha' sound, as he pulled it out, instantly placing a cloth over the wound as he placed the bullet in a silver dish.

"Now just what would you do without me?"

Jisung got to stitching Kara up again, as Namjoon and Bang Chan went into another room.

"So what's our approach, Namjoon." Bang Chan asked.

"Well, based on the fact they were outnumbered at the school, I think it's best we work together.  My team can bring an extra 12 people, too. I'm assuming you could ask NCT for assistance?" Namjoon questioned.

Bang Chan shook his head, "no need, we'd have way too many people then. These guys we're facing, the ones with the tattoos, as mumbled by Kara earlier, have only just moved to physical assaults and such. They're not that strong, they just had the jump on her due to numbers, and probably the worry for what they'll do to her friends. The 27 of us will be enough."

Namjoon nodded in agreement. "You know, it's nice to work together. If you guys weren't so secretive? We could've done this ages ago."

Bang Chan sighed. "It's only a matter of time now."

Namjoon just hummed, before walking out.

"Alright boys, let's talk tactics."

"No need to be so harsh, my lord." Gabs whined, as both me and her were shoved from the back of the van, into an empty room of a warehouse.
Our hands and feet were tied, as they left us alone, Gabs just looked at me.

"Start talking. What do you know about Minji? Like, from when you were younger. That's what I'm assuming they want, because it probably has something to do with your childhood." Gabs asked, eyes narrowing.

"Uh, well, one of the things I can remember is that me and my family travelled to Australia when I was around maybe 12? Melbourne, I think. For studying purposes. My Nan lived there, so I spent time with her. I think that was the first time Minji ever acted up. I can't explain it, but I felt something click, and I didn't feel like me, but I did? I blacked out, and then the next thing I knew, my Nan had had a heart attack, so I was back with my Mum." I explained, as Gab just nodded.

"A heart attack? Sounds odd to me. Your parents were mafiosos, weren't they? I mean, it would make sense, like why the mafia was coming for you." She asked, and then the door opened, as both our heads turned in that direction.

"Yes, they were. They went to Australia to make a deal with Kara's parents - only to find them already dead."

I stared at him, his face familiar.

"You, you're-"

He smiled.

"Your one and only uncle, yes. I've missed you dear. But I wasn't the one who put money on your head, oh no. They're waiting, but you have to promise to behave."

When Kara woke up, the room was empty.
She stood up slowly, the anaesthetic numbing the aching in her stomach as she unplugged the IV, and wandered on downstairs.

She found over 20 men in the living room, all talking quietly amongst themselves whilst the four leaders spoke in the centre.

She cleared her throat.

"Am I not included in this?"

Felix came and whisked her from the side, despite feeling Jimin's eyes burn into him.

"No, love, you're not. You're hurt, and we're pretty sure if you over-exert yourself you'll bleed internally. That means death, you got me?" Felix said, placing his hands on her shoulders as he looked her up and down.

Kara's eyes landed on his lips. Were they always that pretty?

Felix stopped, noticing as she was glancing up and down at him, instantly feeling flustered.

Jimin came and pulled at her hand, planting a kiss on her forehead, and then her lips.

Felix just let go, and scowled slightly before shuffling off.

"He has a point, babe. We can't lose you." He whispered, interlocking his fingers with hers.

"I can't lose Gabs. So we all have something at a loss here. I'm coming." Kara responded back, stepping away from him.

She was wary of his hands - she was sure someone would back stab her, and inject her with something to knock her out, then lock her up.
That was the usual get to, wasn't it?

Jimin noticed as she glanced at him, scared.
He raised his hands in front of him.

"I'm not going to fight you on this, Kara. I just hope you listen to us." He simply said, turning around, and wandering back to the rest of them.

Felix took this as an opportunity to wander back over, pulling her into the kitchen.

As soon as they were in there, the both of them hugged tightly, Kara's hands trailing to his neck, holding her head against his.
She felt tears falling.

"Felix I've missed you so much. I wanted to talk to you, I really did." Kara whispered, as he planted a kiss on her forehead.

"I know love, I know. It's okay now, I'm here. I won't let anyone hurt you." He whispered back, as Kara shook her head.

"That's the problem Lix. I don't believe you."

"Alright everyone, listen up." Namjoon's voice was loud, demanding.

Kara let go of Felix, wiping her red eyes as she shuffled off.
Felix just stood stunned, before shaking it off and following her, but leaving to stand with Hyunjin instead.

She stood at the back of the room, away from everyone, keeping her back to the wall.

"We have narrowed it down to 3 locations. We will split into groups - all these areas are quite close, so once we discover the real location, all our forces will assemble there." He started to explain, everyone dead silent.

Kara just glanced at her phone. Ah, that's where Gabs was.
So if they didn't take her with them, she would just go straight to her.

"BTS, Beomgyu, Yeonjun, you'll come with me to location A. Enhypen, Huening Kai, Taehyun, and Soobin, you'll go to location B. Stray Kids, you go to C." He continued, pointing at the map.

"According to the man from Kara's incident earlier on this year, the team works with poisons, so we have made sure a trained medic is on every team, but be careful, really, really careful. Whilst there, look for a medical facility so we can burn it down and steal all their data and work - it's fatal in their hands." Bang Chan added on, glancing over at Kara, who was fidgety a lot, bouncing from one foot to the other.

"We move at dawn."