Disclaimer: I do not own this show or any of the characters in it. This is just a a product of my imagination as I am a big fan of the show.
Chapter 21
"come back soon Ga Eul-yang" she heard Yi Jung say for the hundredth time today
"ok I get it now Yi Jung-ah, no need to tell me for the thousandth time that we are going out tonight" she said with a smile and kissed his cheeks
He just chucked and pulled her in for a proper kiss.
She smiled and waved bye at him to which he just responded with a smile.
She got into the car and took one last look at the So mansion before driving off.
It's been 2 hours since Ga Eul left to go see her dad. Yi Jung was wondering what he would wear for tonight. He had a lot of nice designer outfits which he had not even worn, but for some strange reason, he just felt like none of them were good enough for the night.
He sighed and plopped on his bed obviously frustrated. He was looking at an outfit when he saw a beep on his phone. He casually reached for the phone but what he saw made his eyes widen and he sprang up from the bed, panic-stricken.
On the screen was a picture of Ga Eul, gagged and tied to a chair. The words below the picture boldly read 'come to this address in not more than 30 minutes if you want to save her- regards, Kim Jong Suk'
Yi Jung felt his brain freeze for a few seconds, his worst nightmare had come to pass. Kim Jong Suk has taken Ga Eul and who knows what he could do to her.
'no, way would I let him hurt her. I have to go save my Ga Eul' he thought as he grabbed his car keys. He drove outside the mansion like a crazy person, not minding the questioning looks of his security men. All that was in his mind was how to save Ga Eul. He fished out his phone and forwarded the message to Ji Hoo.
The F3 and the girls were hanging out at Woo Bin's place. Yi Jung had not been able to make it and Ga Eul neither, so it was just them.
"is Yi Jung really going to propose to Ga Eul?" So Eun asked for the nth time and the guys just nodded again.
"wow, how romantic" she commented with a smile which was mirrored by Jan Di and Jae Kyung.
The guys just nudged Ji Hoo and the latter glared daggers at them.
"Woo Bin-ah, isn't that your phone ringing" Jae Kyung commented and that was when Woo Bin noticed his ringing phone and he smiled and said
"wow, my girlfriend is really the best, she even hears my ringtone when I don't"
Jae Kyung just blushed before saying "aish, just shut up and pick it up already" while the others chuckled
"well, it's one of my men. It's probably nothing important"
"just pick it up Woo Bin-ah, you never can tell what they want to say" Jan Di said and the others nodded in agreement.
Woo Bin smiled and said "ok, I will" before pressing the answer button.
"yes, what is it"
Silence
"I know, it better be important, tell me"
Silence
"what? Ok, I will check it now" he said before hanging up
"Woo Bin-ah, what is it?" Jae Kyung asked looking worried
Woo Bin just smiled reassuringly at her before saying "it's really nothing to worry about. You know my men have been trailing Jong Suk's men, right?" he asked and the others just nodded
"well, there is this new person who is helping him supply drugs. She has been having quite an influence in the drug world these past few days. I even heard that she shot one drug dealer who refused to pay Jong Suk as at when due, she is really top notch and she leaves no traces in her dealings"
"she sounds really good. Do you know who she is?" So Eun asked
"well, that's what my men have been trying to find out for five days now. I was hoping we could get her on our side and maybe use her in getting at Kim Jong Suk. So now, one of my men just called to inform me that they were able to get a good capturing of her face. Apparently, she was captured by a CCTV down a street when she took off her helmet. They have sent the picture to me now"
"oh, I hope they got a really good view of her face" Ja Di said and Woo Bin smiled and nodded before saying
"I hope so too. Let me just check it out"
"what the hell!" Ji Hoo suddenly exclaimed which gained the attention of everyone
"yah Yoon Ji Hoo, why did you scream like that?" Jun Pyo asked
"it's Yi Jung. he just sent me a message now that Ga Eul has been abducted by Kim Jong Suk"
"gosh, how is this possible?" Woo Bin screamed as he glued his eyes on his phone while digging his hands through his hair
"Woo Bin-ah, what is the matter with you? Why are you looking at your phone and screaming like a crazy person? Didn't you hear what Ji Hoo said?" Jae Kyung asked looking both worried and annoyed
"that's exactly what I am saying. How is it possible for someone who works for Kim Jong Suk to be abducted by Kim Jong Suk?" he asked right back and the others just stared at him wide-eyed and confused
"Song Woo Bin, speak clearly, what exactly are you saying?" Ji Hoo asked loudly, which was quite a departure from his usual calmness.
Woo Bin just handed them his phone and said "look at that girl in the picture and tell me who it is"
"Ga Eu-ah? how is that even possible?" So Eun asked and Woo Bin said
"that's exactly what I am also wondering"
"but Ga Eul can't be working for Jong Suk, this might just a misunderstanding. I have known her well enough to know that she isn't the type to betray someone" Jan Di commented
"yes, Jan Di is right. Ga Eul isn't one to do something like this. Besides, I know she loves Yi Jung, she won't betray him so easily" So eun added
"yes, well we know Ga Eul, I mean she even took a bullet for Yi Jung and all. She won't do something like this." Jun Pyo said
"even I want to trust Ga Eul, but we need to think rationally here. This picture shows Ga Eul clearly so there is proof to support that she might be working for Kim Jong Suk"
"to hell with proof Ji Hoo. I trust Ga Eul, you all know her, she is willing to put her life at stake just to save Yi Jung. She isn't one to betray, I don't believe any of this. Ga Eul's life is in danger now and that's all I know, why are you guys not getting this? Jae Kyung-ah, why aren't you saying anything, you know Ga Eul won't do what they are claiming she did, right?"
Jun Pyo came to hold Jan Di's shoulders as she seemed nearly hysteric by now. Jae Kyung on the other hand, seemed to be in a daze as she said
"she said it was her dad, she told me she was speaking to her dad, I didn't think she would lie about it, I...I didn't…I"
Woo Bin went to her and hugged her before saying calmly "calm down babe. Now tell me clearly, what happened? Do you know anything about this?"
Jae Kyung wiped the tears from her eyes and nodded before saying "well, I heard Ga Eul speaking suspiciously with someone on the phone who she refereed to as 'boss.' I asked her about it but she said it was her dad but I don't know, something about her countenance just seemed off and suspicious, but I didn't think much of it because I thought Ga Eul wasn't one to keep any secrets. It's all my fault that Yi Jung is in this mess now, who knows what Jong Suk might to him. If Ga Eul is really working for Jong Suk then Yi Jung_"
By now Jae Kyung seemed hysterical and So Eun came to hug her before saying "no Jae Kyung-ah, it's not your fault. You could not have known, none of us would have guessed that Ga Eul could do something like this?"
"what are you all saying? I don't believe any of this you guys are saying. Ga Eul won't do something like this, Jun Pyo-ah, you know it's not true, right? Ga Eul won't do something like this" Jan Di said looking at Jun Pyo with tear-filled eyes
Jun Pyo just looked downcast before saying "Jan Di-ah, the picture, it's proof that_"
But he never got to finish as Jan Di cut him off and angrily screamed "the picture? Have any of you not thought that it might have been photo-shopped?"
Her question made everyone fall silent before Ji Hoo's eye caught something and he zoomed in on the picture and said "isn't this_"
"it's Ga Eul's key chain" Jae Kyung finished for him
"Ga Eul's key chain?" Jan Di asked surprised and she went to take a look herself. But she was even more surprised when she confirmed that it was indeed Ga Eul's key chain.
She was lost for words and just stared blankly at the screen before finally saying "how is this possible?"
Jun Pyo held her shoulders and said "I know Ga Eul is your friend and you care about her a lot, we also care about her a lot, but we have to be realistic right now. Besides, Yi Jung's life is also at stake here"
"Jun Pyo is right Jan Di-ah. We would get Yi Jung back safe and sound, so you girls don't worry ok" Woo Bin said as he kissed Jae Kyung's forehead.
"you all be safe out there" So Eun said and the guys nodded.
"I've informed my men, all is ready, let's go guys"
"your men? Wait a minute, I thought you didn't want to pit your men directly against Jong Suk's men?" Ji Hoo asked
"I don't care about that anymore. All I want is for Yi Jung to be safe" Woo Bin and the guys nodded in understanding before they headed out.
Yi Jung parked the car recklessly and ran into the building in front of him. The whole place was really dark and he just kept running around.
"Ga Eul-yang. Kim Jong Suk I am here now so just let her go. Kim Jong Suk, Jong Suk" he kept screaming like crazy that he didn't notice someone creep up behind him and hit him with the butt of a gun. He tried to look at the person but was not able to as he lost consciousness.
Yi Jung woke up to a blinding light which made him squint his eyes. He realized he was tied to a chair as well.
"oh, our sleeping beauty is finally awake" he heard a voice say and a string of laughter followed. He opened his eyes clearly now. He looked in front of him to find Jong Suk staring at him with a smirk.
Jong Suk grabbed his hair roughly and slapped him hard across the face. But Yi Jung didn't care about what Jong Suk did to him so he said
"I am here now, where is Ga Eul. Just let her go. She has nothing to do with this. This is between you and me alone so just let her go, please"
Jong Suk laughed and said "oh, look our Casanova is pleading for his Ga Eul. Should we let him have her" he asked his men who laughed like idiots and Jong Suk joined them as well before his own laughter subsided and he smirked and said
"you would have to beg harder Casanova, I couldn't hear you well the first time, what did you say, come on, say it again"
Yi Jung swallowed hard and he felt like punching this Jong Suk but instead he said
"please release Ga eul, just let her go. Please" he said louder now and Jong Suk chuckled before saying to one of his men
"go get her"
The man smiled and went out. A few minutes later, he returned with Ga Eul.
Yi Jung stared at her with a bright smile on his face as he said "Ga Eul-yang, you are alright. That's a relief"
But Ga Eul's next action shocked him. She smiled and said to one of the men "untie him"
The man quickly came to untie Yi Jung and he just stared confusedly at Ga Eul
"Ga Eul-yang, what's going on?" he asked as he went to meet her where she was standing. She smirked and kicked him hard in the leg which made him whimper in pain.
Jong Suk laughed hard while Yi Jung just looked at Ga Eul confused
He managed to say "what is going on Ga Eul-yang? Why are you doing this?"
Ga Eul laughed a very dry laugh which if he wasn't looking at her right now, he could never believe it was her laugh.
She looked at him with a very serious face and said "don't be such a fool So Yi Jung. Don't you get it? I have just been playing you. Truth be told, I was loyal to you at the beginning, always so eager to save you, but then when Jong Suk offered me a proposal to come to his side, I saw just how beneficial it is to be on his side. So here I am, on his side, the winning team. Get that Romeo?"
Ga Eul knew she was lying but she still felt so despicable as she said those words to Yi Jung. The look on disbelief on his face made her heart shatter inside her
She expected him to yell at her for being a fake but his next words caught her by surprise as he said with tear-filled eyes
"but you love me Ga Eul, you do. I know you do" his voice was just so soulful that she just wanted to hug him tightly. But she steeled herself and chuckled before saying
"then you are even more stupid than I thought. I mean, how could you have been called the number one Casanova in Korea when you are so naive? I never loved you, I was just pretending to love you so as to follow the plan I had with Jong Suk here"
"but you would never betray me" he said seeming more to want to convince himself than Ga Eul
"guys, look at this. Our dear Romeo still can't believe what is going on, what to do? Well let me give you a little demo to show you how much of a betrayer I am. She punched Yi Jung hard on the face and he staggered backwards.
Yi Jung looked at her and when she saw his lips bruised, her heart ached for him. Jong Suk however, laughed and patted Ga Eul's back while Yi Jung just stared at her with tear-filled eyes.
"amazing Ga Eul, superb. But then, it seems you have our Casanova so whipped" Jong Suk said with a laugh and Ga Eul just smiled.
Yi Jung watched as Ga Eul smiled a smile which didn't quite reach her eyes. Jong Suk came to where he was and kicked him in the guts and Yi Jung fell to the floor all the while keeping his eyes on Ga Eul who just stared emotionlessly.
"you know Yi Jung, at first, I so badly wanted to kill you. To make you suffer slowly before you die. I even imagined sometimes how I would cut you up limb by limb just to make you suffer before I kill you. But now, looking at your miserable state, I have seen that doing that will just be a waste of time. I would rather have Ga Eul kill you instead, that way you would die at the hands of your beloved. What better punishment is there than that? Right Ga Eul?"
Jong Suk removed his gaze from Yi Jung and rather stared at Ga Eul who looked up from her phone with a smile
"well Jong Suk, I was getting bored of the whole chit chat, I just thought browsing through my phone will be more fun" she said with a smirk
And Jong Suk laughed maniacally before approaching her and placing a gun in her hands
"come on Ga Eul, he is all yours. Finish him off" he said and Ga Eul just nodded
'come on now Hyung, please' she thought as she raised the gun to Yi Jung
"any last words So Yi Jung" she said amazed that she was still able to manage a smirk.
Yi Jung just looked her in the eye and said "I love you Ga Eul-yang"
She was so taken aback and her eyes welled with tears.
"come on shoot him Ga Eul, finish him" she heard Jong Suk say
She tightened her grip on the gun and looked at Yi Jung who didn't tear his eyes from her for one second.
She heard a beep on her phone and hastily opened it to see a message from Hee Chul that read 'I have got the girls. Over to you now my little pumpkin, be safe. I am almost at your location now.'
"hey Ga Eul, are you reading a message now? Go ahead and kill that guy" Jong Suk said in a much louder voice
She smiled and said "well, I just wanted to read a message before I got rid of him, I mean killing him is just so easy, I need a mobile break. But it's ok now, I would just get this over with"
She cocked the gun and Jong Suk smiled proudly while Yi Jung closed his eyes, expecting the inevitable.
Yi Jung looked at Ga Eul one last time before he closed his eyes. If dying by her hands was what was to become of him, then he would have no objections. Hence, he was surprised when he heard a shot fired but nothing touched him. He looked up to find that Ga Eul had shot one of Jong Suk's men. He watched as she tackled three others and shot two more while Jong Suk just stared at her wide-eyed.
"you betrayed me, how dare you? You!" he screamed
But Ga Eul just smirked and said "don't get mad Jong Suk, I told you before, didn't I? I do not join hands with the losing team"
She stepped on the arm of the man she just finished hitting and who was now lying on the floor. The cry of agony from the man seemed like a song to Ga eul as she moved on to the next man and kicked him in the guts before banging his head to a wall.
She threw a gun she had collected from one of the men to Yi Jung and he nodded in understanding. He stood up and shot two of the men from the left side.
Jong Suk stared confusedly at what was going on in front of his eyes. Ga eul was just playing him all this time and he finally realized it.
"that wench, she was just using me, she was playing me all along" he said and shot recklessly at Ga Eul but he missed and Ga Eul took cover.
He wanted to shoot again when he heard the sound of the police siren
"boss, we need to get you out of here" Ling said while subtly pulling him away.
"no, I must kill her first. She deserves to die" he angrily replied
"boss, we could get arrested, we have to get out of here. A chopper would be here in 10 minutes, so let's just go wait on the roof. Come on, let's go. I am sure our men would finish her off, there are like a gazillion of them and it's just her and that Yi Jung. They'd die anyway" the man insisted and Jong Suk nodded and went with Ling.
Ga eul looked at Yi Jung who was dealing with two of the men. She broke the leg of the man she was holding and twisted the neck of the other. But she knew there were still many more. It almost seemed as though Jong Suk brought along all his men.
She thought of Jong Suk and saw him scrambling up the stairs with Ling
'that coward. He is probably running to the roof to save his own life'
She pushed away a man who tried to stab her. She soon identified him as spider and she had to admit that he was really good with knives. He sliced her arm in no time and she tried not to wince in pain.
He waved his knife at her and made several unsuccessful attempts to stab her. He suddenly grabbed her injured arm and squeezed the wound which caused Ga Eul to cry out in pain.
She grabbed his arm and broke it which caused his knife to fall as he yelped in pain. She quickly used the knife to stab him in the guts and twisted the knife in his abdomen which made his eyes become wide as saucers as blood flowed from his mouth. She pulled out the knife and he dropped to the floor, dead.
'revenge is sweet' she thought as she looked at his corpse. She remembered Jong Suk and quickly made for the stairs. She fought off some men on the way and one grabbed her from behind and she kicked his leg, but this guy sure held hard, she heard a bullet fired from behind her and the man's grip on her suddenly loosened as he dropped down to the floor. She looked behind to find Yi Jung with a gun in hand, he had shot at the man from behind and she nodded at him and he just nodded as well.
She was about to go up the stairs when someone stood in front of her and said
"not so fast Ga Eul"
"Fei" was all Ga Eul could manage to say before she heard a voice announcing from a speaker
"Kim Jong Suk and all of his accomplices, surrender yourself now. This is the police speaking, Kim Jong Suk come out and surrender yourself and the law will be lenient with you. You should cooperate with the police or we will be forced to barge in and arrest you by force"
"so, you called the police on us. We thought you were a sister to us but you betrayed the organization, you betrayed the boss!" Fei screamed
"I am sorry to have broken your trust in me. But then, there is someone else whose trust I would also have broken if I had joined hands with Jong Suk. There was no choice to make Fei, I had to choose him because I love him and I won't let anything that comes in the way of his safety go scot-free?" Ga eul said firmly
"anything that gets in the way of his safety? Then I guess that includes me Ga Eul" Fei said as she aimed her gun to Ga Eul's forehead
"you know you don't have to do this Fei. The police are here, if you surrender, I will put in a good word for you and you would not get punished like the others. You know Kim Jong Suk deserves what he is getting, I mean, you see what he does to those innocent girls. He turns them into damn sex-slaves. Is that the kind of man you are protecting? I know you also don't like the way those girls are kept and treated. I saw it in your eyes that day, your compassion. Don't take the wrong side Fei, please. I don't want to fight you"
Fei looked thoughtful for a while before she said "you can't change me Ga Eul, my mind is made up"
Ga Eul prepared herself to dodge the bullet and tackle the gun out of Fei's hands when she saw Fei fire to another direction.
She looked to that direction to find one of Jong Suk's men dead, Fei had shot one of the men instead of her. She looked at Fei confused and the latter just said
"not all of us have the courage to fight for their love the way you are fighting now. Go, get him"
Ga Eul nodded and pat Fei's shoulder with a smile before running up the stairs.
She arrived at the roof but before she could process anything, she felt herself being hit on the back with a stick. The impact was so strong that she staggered and fell to the ground. She looked up to find knife scar alongside three other men. She made to get up but one of them kicked her in the abdomen, and they started hitting her with sticks while Jong Suk just laughed maniacally and said
"good job boys, let her have it, but don't kill her. I will be the one to fire the bullet to that foolish heart of hers that beats for Yi Jung, then I will kill that Yi Jung alongside her. Just like Romeo and Juliet. No, even better"
Ga Eul felt her whole-body ache with pain and she was really growing weak.
Yi Jung broke a chair on the back of the man who was holding him at a choke-hold for almost 20 seconds. he had elbowed the man and quickly grabbed the chair to break on him.
He was growing really weak. He looked ahead and found a girl of Ga Eul's size beating up Jong Suk's men even though she was dressed like one them.
He tore the shirt of one of the men who was lying unconscious on the ground. He used the piece of cloth to tie the gunshot wound he received on his arm during the fight.
Hee Chul was getting really impatient by now. He looked at his superior and said "we have been here for almost 5 minutes now, it's time we go in there, sir"
The chubby man looked at him and said in a calm voice which at the moment irritated him
"well, there are rules and regulations which need to be followed. We can't just barge in. we already have the whole building surrounded. No one will be able to escape"
"yes, they might not escape but they might also kill two innocent people. I don't know about you, but I am going in there to save my little sister and that's it. Shots have been fired non-stop and Jong Suk isn't a man who would just kneel at our feet and surrender. He would fight till the end. I won't just sit back here and do nothing. I am going in" he said not minding that he had raised his voice at his superior.
He could not help but think of how he would lose his job when he heard his superior say "we are going in, come on boys"
Hee Chul smiled and barged into the building. He angrily fought off the men who came his way trying to attack him. He completely disregarded his gun, he just wanted to crush them with his bare hands.
Yi Jung punched another guy and sighed when he saw two more approaching. But thankfully some huge guy grabbed the two guys like rag dolls and banged their heads together. Yi Jung was able to identify the man as a cop from his uniform. But if not, he would have sworn the man was a thug given the way he bashed the men up real bad.
The big guy who Yi Jung referred to as 'cop hulk' in his head, came to him and said "where is Ga Eul-ah?"
On normal circumstances, Yi Jung would have asked why the man referred to Ga Eul in a fond manner but this was definitely not the time to play petty boyfriend
"well she_" Yi Jung started
"she went to the roof to meet Jong Suk" the girl who was fighting Jong Suk's men finished for him.
"and you are?" Hee Chul asked
"I am Fei"
"oh" was all Hee Chul was able to say.
Yi Jung however did not think of anything else they were saying. All he knew was that Ga Eul was with some crazy maniac on the roof. So, he made for the stairs. Thankfully, Fei gave him cover as he ran up the stairs and Hee Chul and the other cops were also fighting off the other men.
Ga Eul managed to grab one of the men's leg and used his leg to drag him down to the ground. She used the man to make herself kneel a bit. She kicked the legs of the other two men and was about to stand up when Knife scar raised an iron rod to her head. She felt so weak and was ready for the impact when she remembered the words she said to her dad in the hospital
'I will definitely change the outcome this time'
She could not help but think of her mother then, of the way she died. She wouldn't let herself die in the same way as well. She won't die so easily, she herself promised her dad that.
So, she braced herself and held the rod at the same time as someone else held it. she looked up to find Yi Jung. She smiled and kicked Knife Scar's leg while Yi Jung punched him hard in the face.
Ga Eul stood up and broke his neck and the man fell to the ground.
"well, well, what do we have here? Our very own Romeo and Juliet. I have been waiting for you so badly. Yi Jung, you know you used to be the lead actor in this tragedy before, but then, you had to go get yourself a heroine and now, this story would end with the both of you, dead" Jong Suk said while pointing two guns at both their heads
"you can do whatever you want with me but don't hurt Ga Eul" Yi Jung said as he came to stand in front of Ga Eul and she felt her heart melt to a puddle.
She took his hands in hers and he looked at her confused but she just smiled and said "I told you right, that I want to be your side fighting through this together. I am not leaving you now. Not now, not ever"
Yi Jung smiled and squeezed her hand tighter
Jong Suk laughed and said "well, well, if you both are done with your little melodrama now, can we return to the part where I am the bad guy with the guns who wants to kill you"
He smiled evilly and said "goodbye Yi Jung and Ga Eul, or should I say Romeo and Juliet"
He cocked his gun but just before he delivered the shot, he heard a feminine voice say
"no Jong Suk-ah"
"Miranda" he said as he looked at the tear-stained face of his beautiful wife. He still kept the guns directed at Yi Jung and Ga Eul as he stared at her.
a/n: so how was it? Anyway, I haven't updated in days now and that's because of quite a number of factors. Truth be told, I am not really so happy with the response I am getting from this story. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate all the 2878 people that have been reading my story so far, I am really so grateful.
But what discourages me is that out of the over 100 people who read my story each chapter, only 3 or 4 people review each chapter. Once in a long while, no one might even review. I don't think that's cool. Reviews help me as the author to know the public's view of the story.
I have actually completed this entire story since the first day I posted it, which is why I was able to post every day because all I need to do is just upload new chapters each day. But I think the fact that I upload frequently made people value my work less. So, I purposely didn't review for days and then I saw the reviews flooding into my phone. I was really pleasantly surprised. But, I don't think it should be that way. I don't need to stop updating my story before people drop reviews.
Anyway, thanks to all that that have been reviewing so far. And if you have been a silent reader, it's not too late to change that. I will try to update daily because I just want to get this story over with. I don't know if I would ever have the time or motivation to write any other story. Turns out third year in the university actually sucks in terms of seeping the fun out of a person.
Oh my, I can't believe I just filled my a/n with a bunch of epistles. Its just my kind of person, I am just way too expressive about my feelings.
Anyway, pardon my frankness, and have a great day guys. Love you all.