“Damn it! It’s been seventeen hours! How the hell can you still not contact them? Or even track her?!” Damn it! How did it come to this that they were able to track Zander? There’s no information coming out of this building. Kris, you’re handsome. Don’t think too much, it diminishes your charm, right. “Zander, calm down first. It won’t be solved if you’re like that. Just think deeply about it.” I gave him a stern look. He might snap at me. It’s annoying, and I don’t want that. I love my life, heart, heart. Zander sat down and took a deep breath. I’m really good at calming him down. Nothing can escape my charm, hehe. But even I was stunned when I found out that the pregnant woman was missing. So I get why Zander is so worried. It’s dangerous. We don’t know who took her or where she was taken. Zander put a tracker in the ring he gave her so she wouldn’t notice that he knows where she is. He’s been crazy about Elara for a long time. Not like a stalker, more like crazy in love. It’s
I woke up feeling heavy, in a room with no windows, and only one door. There were no interior decorations. Where am I? The last thing I remember, I took a shower after we ate, then I dozed off in the room Alex gave me, but this isn’t the room where I slept. Where am I? Where is Alex? The door opened, and an elderly woman entered. She looked like a helper because of her uniform. She was quiet as she approached me and set down the tray she was carrying. It had rice, vegetables, strawberries, and water. I also saw the two bottles of vitamins I take. After she set it down, she left without a word, closing the door behind her. Did I just hear a click? Like she locked the door? I don’t think so. Why would she lock me up here? I stood up and went to the door to try to open it. What the heck? I’m not hallucinating! She just locked me up in this room! What the hell is happening right now? Where is Alex? Why am I here? Why am I not in my room? Where is my phone? “Alex!” I called out, and m
“Come on, big sister! Join us! I promise it’s fun there, and it’s not like it happens often. I just turned legal age a week ago, and I even rushed to get an ID just to get into the bar! Let’s go!” This jerk doesn’t know how to have fun; all she wants is to act like a perfect daughter in front of Dad. I won’t let that happen again and again. If she’s gone, my life will be better. Dad will only look at me. He won’t compare me to anyone because I’ll be the only one left. I’m so sick of being compared. My mom was a dancer in a bar, maybe that’s why my dad got her pregnant and didn’t take responsibility. She became a drug addict, and now she left me with my dad. She said he’s rich and promised I could go to school if I went with her. I went because I dream of studying, but then she left me there. “Alex, Dad will scold us if we come home drunk! And I have an exam tomorrow; I can’t go with a hangover, it’s my finals tomorrow.” She insists and really doesn’t want to leave her room. I came
“What are you saying, twin? Dad is already gone, he left us when we were still young, right? What are you saying, that you’re going to look for him?” “Cain, I want to find Dad. I’m sure he was just confused at that time, so I’ll look for him. I already know him, so it won’t be difficult; I just need to go to him. You have to trust me on this, okay?” I can now go and look for Dad, I know by this time, he will get us back, or even me, that would be cool, right? “You’re crazy, you can’t! We still have some work to do! We have jobs now; we can’t delay our work and risk people’s lives just because of your plans!” This guy is really selfish! Maybe because he wasn’t that loved by Dad, that’s why he doesn’t care whether we see him again or not. “I won’t, just, just let me do my stuff.” Then I left him. I started searching for where my Dad lives; this is one of the reasons why I joined the group. I wanted to look for him; this is the only way I know that he will be proud of me. Maybe if I
“Shut your mouth, Cater,” Dad’s voice is different, like he is mad or something. Why are they here? I grab my recorder and turn it on; I’m sure I can get some information from them. I don’t know what it is yet, but the fact that the three of them are here might as well get some information. “Whatever,” he said, and pulled out a thick paper from his bag. “This is the list, their addresses, and their parents. Most of them are runaways, some of them are orphans, so we won’t be having any problem. I have them gathered at the warehouse; the auction will begin tomorrow midnight,” he said. I’m confused right now. What are they talking about, an auction of what? Is that an illegal auction? Auction of what? Stolen things? Nah, that would be too cheap or might be low class. It must be something that you can’t just buy outside like the usual. What are they selling? Guns? “My son,” Dad said, “You never fail to make me proud. You really know how to do your job fast and clean. Is this all set?”
Zander is quiet in the afternoon, he’s not losing his temper anymore, but he’s also not speaking. He looks completely different from before, more intimidating, because you don’t know what he wants to do, you don’t know if he has a plan. Damn it, I can’t do anything, my handsome looks are wasted now, Kris is handsome, nothing I can do now, sad. He’s been like this for three days, I’ve been watching him, maybe later he’ll start dancing, or watching K-pop, maybe he’ll start dancing to Twice or Blackpink. He’s always in his condo, he doesn’t go out. From what I’ve seen, when someone acts like that, it’s a sign that they’re about to go crazy. Is Zander going crazy? Where could the pregnant one be? Damn it! I’m full of questions, stress makes you ugly, I’ll just leave it to Zander, I know he’ll figure it out, we just have to stand by for what he wants us to do. “Zander, it’s impossible that he said that on the other side.” Cain keeps insisting that his brother did it, he’s our prime susp
“Shit!” We all looked at each other when we saw that Alpha wasn’t at headquarters, even Kris, who is always cool, suddenly became anxious. Alpha instructed us to call for backup to plan what we would do to properly rescue Elara from those who took her, but we didn’t know that this was what he had in mind. “That son of a bitch is really stupid! His head is really hard!” Kris said in frustration and couldn’t help but throw what was on the table next to him. Even I am annoyed now, we know he can handle it, but going there without any backup is just plain bullshit! He’s risking his life with what he’s doing. “What the fuck is he doing?” Larry said. There are five of us here, he is the head of class B, they are the ones we often call for backup whenever we need them, especially when our mission is in trouble. “We have to stay calm,” I intervened with them, there’s nothing we can do even if we get angry because Alpha has already left. “We need to track him down before it gets too late.”
Twelve years ago… “Papa, when are we moving?” I asked my dad as I watched him pack the things he would bring later. He said he would earn from his friend’s wife who worked abroad because she had something for him, that it was a way to save money compared to sending it by ship, as it was faster to come home. There were toys, soap, lotion, some thick blankets, curtains, and some perfume, and chocolates, we were also given some, they’re in the fridge, mom said every noon after eating, we can ask for some, I’m not really into sweets but I still like it, because it’s delicious. We used to do that too, Papa sent a gift for me and Jepjep for Christmas, we got a nice one before, Papa gave me a white teddy bear with a talking one inside, Papa promised me he’d buy me a bigger teddy bear, taller than me, but until now, there’s none yet. It’s okay, I still love Papa, Mama said he’s just busy with his work so I have something to bring to school, and I know that, I’m a grown-up girl already, I