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[𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐂𝐎𝐌 𝐓𝐎 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐎𝐒]

[Emily's POV]

2 years ago...

The pitiless rain falls fiercely from the velvet night sky, tapping out a peculiar tune as the heavy droplets hit the van's hard surface.

"I'll go first and scope the area out. If I find anything, I'll call you in," Sam purrs out over the sound of the furious lightning, as he adjusts his earpiece before checking his handgun's magazine. 

"Be in touch, dude," Jinyoung mutters, fist-bumping him, as the boy with fiery ginger hair nods in response before turning to me and pecking me on the lips. "Be safe," Sam mumbles to my mouth.

"You too," I whisper back, as the red-headed boy exits the van, leaving me alone in eerie silence with my older brother. The roar of thunderstorms increases and decreases as the door opens and closes, sending shivers down my spine.

I lean back in my seat, scrutinizingly watching Jinyoung as the bright monitor of his laptop reflects in his dark orbs. "So how excited are you?"

He sends me a bewildered look. "About Sammy and the baby," I clarify. He smiles to himself, probably thinking about his girlfriend with an adorable round belly waiting for him at home. 

"Three more weeks to go," Jinyoung breathes out nervously, his brown eyes telling of pure energy tempered by an undercurrent of nervousness.

"Emily?"

"Hm?" I hum in response. 

"Do you think I'm going to be a good father?"

My expression softens as I reach out to his hand, "you're going to be the best father for your child, Jinyoung," I say squeezing his hand between my palms. "Remember that you're not alone. I, Sam, dad, and Felix are always here for you and Sammy whenever you need us." 

"And, bro," Sam's low grunt echoes through the earpiece, "it's not like you have a choice. You hurt my sister or my baby niece, I'm gonna throw you out of the window real quick."

The small smile that prickles on my lips, soon transforms into a full-blown grin. Jinyoung snorts, lowering his head, "Wow, Sam, that makes me feel so much better." 

A heavy silence fills the space, while raindrops batter the city like hail. "Guys?" Sam grumbles through the earpiece again, the warning tone of his voice making me sit up immediately, "you have to see this." 

"Wha-" 

"Come here, now!" Sam whispers again. 

I and Jinyoung exchange a befuddled look, before securing our weapons on their place and walking out of the van. The violent call of the thunder runs an immense exhilaration through my veins, making the hair on the back of my head rise. 

I follow Jinyoung out. The wind is cold outside, biting and loud. My black clothing isn't nearly enough to keep out the chill. but somehow, I don't think this is the kind of cold that layers can keep out. 

This cold is in my bones. This is the cold of that profound uneasiness. The uneasiness of knowing something is wrong. The cold of that intense paranoia that enhances with every silent step. 

I and Jinyoung move towards the abandoned factory building. The building where, as the anonymous caller stated, we're supposed to find bodies, not just bodies, but one of the countless bodies that were found during the last months: no eyes, no inner organs, any features of identification dissolved into inconclusive goo.

Serial killings aren't really a common occurrence in Korea, that's why the case was handed to Alpha Agency agents and not the police. 

I move silently, with my gun firmly clenched between my cold fingers as the freezing droplets of water soak my black clothing, trickling down my warm skin. 

*beep, beep*

A monotone beeping invades my ears, the echoey sound leaping out from the corners of the horrendous alley. I stop. What was that? I look around. Nothing. Weird. I start walking again. 

*beep, beep* 

I freeze again as if stupefied by a spell, spying the area out with terror squeezing my chest. I look up into the night sky. It's pitch dark. I close my eyes letting the cold raindrops kiss my skin, landing on my cheeks, forehead, and eyelids. 

"Emily, come on! What are you doing!?"

*beep, beep* 

"Jinyoung, don't you hear that?" I whisper, my voice sounding unnatural to my own ears.

*beep, beep* 

"Hear what!?" My brother snaps, but his voice sounds oddly distant.

The freezing water touches my skin, yet when I brush my fingertips against my closed eyelids they're not wet and they're not cold. My skin is dry and warm. It hurts.

*beep, beep* 

That sound...what is it? I slowly open my eyes suddenly feeling how heavy my eyelids are. They close, summoning me into a heavy slumber.

Through the very thin slits of my eyes all I see is bright, blinding white light. The eminent whiff of antiseptic and medicine hits me like a brick. Suddenly a merciless tornado of whispers erupts in my head, hissing like snakes from every corner. The voices escalate in volume turning into a monotone ringing and I gradually lose the grasp on reality.

"....Delta2…."

"They.......coma…."

".......dead…..."

My head starts pounding, an intolerable pain spreading all over my body, as I try to gasp for air but my lungs refuse to cooperate, making my throat burn. What's going on? Where am I? The chaotic voices continue swirling in my head until I hear one clear, familiar voice.

"Emily!?" The firm voice calls out for me.

Dad?

"Where-" I try to speak but my breath gets stuck in my throat.

"Agent Lee," the soothing voice of a girl reaches my ears, "please, don't talk, you're at a hospital, everything's going to be alright."

And that was the day when my seemingly perfect life took a turn I'd never seen coming as it shattered into million pieces throwing me into the maze of the unknown, where things have lost their names, life-its meaning, and I-my memories of that fatal day. 

They say there's no middle ground between life and death, however, I beg to differ. That middle ground is the life I live now, or how I like to call it-chaos.

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♕︎︎|𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐎𝐎𝐍|♕︎
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𝐁𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 ➪ 01.09.2021

𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 ➪ undisclosed
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|Edited by Kaitemarie96|

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