Chapter 2
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Araya sneered at Seziah before grabbing her leather jacket and her holster, which already has a caliber and 3 magazines and her favourite twin dagger.
Seziah did the same thing and wore her holster around her waist and put 2 guns on each side, 4 magazines and 6 shurikens along with a 6 inch silver-iron dagger. She then grabbed a rectangular case under her bunk bed.
"Let's go. Those idiots are probably waiting there already." Seziah said in total annoyance before taking her way out first.
She stands before their door and wait for it to automatically open.
"But it's our day off!!" She yelled in irritation as they walk on their way to the conference room.
Araya was just shaking her head and watching her bestie throw a tantrums as they take their path. When they turn right, a glass door blocked their way. They tap their ID's on the scanner near the door way before it opened to let them in.
"I'm just thankful this room is not far." Seziah blurted out.
When they went inside, another hallway greeted them. Each side has 3 wooden door and on the far end of the hallway is a 2 steel double door. They head straight to it and went inside without knocking, making the people inside turn their head to their unannounced entrance.
"Always the VIP's?" A guy with blonde hair and aqua blue eyes mocked them as they enter. His name is Aizel.
Seziah slump on the vacant seat beside him. "Because we are~" she answered confidently and raised her eye brow. "and fyi, it's our FUCKIN DAY OFF!!" she blurted out that made Aizel flinch from his seat.
"Why are we even on our day off?" Seziah continues her grumbles.
"Who knows?" Aizel answered uninterested after he recovered from his shock.
"Such a nuisance." Araya uttered lowly and clicked her tongue in annoyance.
"Maybe our mission was adjusted?" said the short hair girl with lots of piercings on her ears and one on her nose. Selene chew her gum while staring boredly on her phone.
"Oh c'mon! Stop with the complaints, we are making money here, you know?" a guy with brown perm butted in.
"Shut up, Trey! We're not money lover like you." Araya rebutted and gave him a light smack on his head.
Another mini passed when the screen on Klighten and Aizel's back lit up and an image of a beautiful woman in her 30's projected.
"Seems like you all are here. I won't best around the bush. " she said and then an image flash beside her.
"This is your target location. This place was an underground auction house and the owner—" an image of a old,chubby asian man appeared. "—is your target. Our client wants us to execute this man. So, Seziah's chance jumps from 50 to 80% of success rate. I hope this probability is enough to accomplish, right? A-028?" the woman asked in monotone and glanced at Seziah.
Seziah stood up and said, "Mark it as done." Seziah said confidently and smirks at the screen. "Let's get over this already. You're overworking me on my day off!" she complained again that made the others chuckled as they follow her to the other door.
This door leads to a secret passage that connects to the basement's parking lot.
"Let's g—"
*beep* *beep* *beep* "Code Red! Code Red!"
They stopped on their track when they heard the alarm.
"There is an unknown intruders. All individuals is to evacuate. Building 2 and 4 has been attacked and bombarded."
All of them fell in confusion and ran back to the conference room. They head straight out of the room but they we're stopped by a big explosion. Debris fell right on their way out.
"Damn it! Who's the mother f*****g intruder?! They dare to attacked us?" Seziah blurted with a stomped and glared at the fallen debris in front of her.
They was alarmed when they heard another explosion. The next thing they knew, they're now falling from the collapsed floor. Araya and her group didn't escape the unexpected fall.
Such amusing moment. Who would have expected taht despite emerging in a life and death missions, they will just die in this sudden ambush. Their weapons has no reasons this time, because there is nothing to fight with.
Seziah, still conscious despite the fall, breathes heavily as she coughed up blood. She can't feel her feet, the ear deafening sound of the explosion still rings in her head as she layed over the debris with her broken limbs.
She stares blankly on the falling floors above her. With a bitter smile she thought.
"I can't even have a peaceful death."
She closed her eyes and let her body be crushed by the falling debris. The same time all her memories flashed inside her mind. No human can survive such thing. Araya and the other's probably had the same fate.
Seziah felt the pain before losing her life.
Then, like a split of second, Seziah abruptly opened her eyes and sat up from her bed. Sweat trickling from her forehead. Her breathes was ragged as her chest moved in rush movements. Confused, she looks at her hands, touch her body and face before looking down at her legs.
"What the hell?" Seziah uttered in total disbelief.
'Was it a dream? But it's too good to be a dream?'
She don't know how and why but, Seziah somehow survived the tragedy. All she knows is that she dreamt of an unprecedented thing. So vivid that she felt the pain of her death.
Flabbergasted, she roam the room she was currently in. Different from the modern room they had in their quarter, this room looks like it came out from a renaissance book. The design aimed to compose graceful, magnificent, and symmetrical spaces. But compared to the ones she know, this one is a little different. Less paintings, the floor is not made of marbles but instead, woods with red carpet. There is a mini living room consisting of one long couch and a wooden coffee table. There are two window panes and a door leading to the balcony. It also has few furniture and vases but the room shouts dullness...she must say.
"Where the hell is this place?" Seziah utter in disbelief as she remove the blue duvet over her body and roam around the room.
She saw books on a big bookshelf near the door of her room, a big closet, and a mirror stand where she stood in total horror as she runs to it and saw her reflection.
"What the hell?!" she exclaimed and run her finger over her face.
From the reflection, she didn't saw her usual self. Instead, she saw a pale looking girl with crimson red eyes and long curly black hair. The girl in the mirror seems like sick and doesn't consume enough nutrients because of it's thin figure. Bony, pale and looks like on the verge of her death bed.
Seziah was so busy indulging the most unforeseen event in her life when the door of her room slammed open and a girl in a maid uniform rush in with a tray in her hands.
"My lady what—" the maid stood frozen at the sight of Seziah standing in front of the mirror and was looking at her in full confusion.
The maid was so surprised at her lady's finally standing on her own.
"Y-y-you're s-s-standing....on....y....y..your...feet....your feet..." She stammer, the tray fell from her hand and the food and utensils splatter on the carpeted floor.
The maid covers her mouth and slumped to the ground with her eyes welling up before tears stream down to her pale cheeks.
"Oh, my lady...." she utter with a hint of happiness and relief.
Seziah who was once busy and in jeopardy turn to the made and throw her a confused look.
"My lady?" Seziah asked as she point at herself.
"Uhm...sorry but..."Seziah went up to her and kneeled beside her. "...who are you?" she ask with an awkward smile.
"And...who am I?" she added that made the maid widened her eyes in total shock.
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