Chapter 36: Jjilleo Jug-Ida (The Stab)

She didn't go to the funeral. How could she when everything was on her head. Joo Kwan said that there was a will but Sunny wasn't really interested in hearing anything. Joo Kwan told her not to blame herself, that it wasn't her fault. That didn't make Sunny feel any better though. It's not like Sunny felt guilt but rather conflicted about everything. Two parts of her feel differently and were at conflict with each other.

One part of her thankful for helping her family when they were on the verge of starving. She was also mostly thankful for saving her life. She had a lot of respect for that. And he was honest to a degree.

The second part though, despised him. Despised what he had given her. What he had inked onto her back for the rest of her life. She blamed herself for getting into the mess to begin with but saved room for Park as he was the one who gave her the option. That or be killed by whoever found out who killed that scumbag. Sunny never told him, let alone never brought it up. She usually kept that to herself.

It was several days since the massacre and still Sunny can't make sense of it. This all felt off and not in a good way.

Sunny looked at the landscape from afar. Everything in her mind from the events from before played over and over again. This wasn't an ordinary hit. No; this wasn't street trash trying to make a name for themselves. This seemed professional to a degree. Many questions are asked. Hired help? Possible, most killers come from unknown parts. A lot of 'independent' contractors out there. People who didn't belong to a group but work for whoever paid them the most. Most of them were ex military or intelligence. Even ex cops could sell their skills. Speculation was all she had but a certain face popped into her head. She wondered if he had something to do with it. It's that inkling gives her some pause and caution. And also makes her carry an extra gun on her.

Her phone vibrates. A text from the person she least wanted to talk too.

'Hey. Listen, been thinking that you're right. I been acting crazy and out of line =(. I forgot how bad ass friends we were! Let's kiss & make up, drink some beer and be friends again! Come on I know you can't say no to beer!'

Sunny stared at Kenny's message before answering.

'Fine, I need a distraction of sorts. Had a rough few days. Where do you want to meet first?'

'Cortz Center'

A strange look was on her face.

'Why there?'

'Just want to talk to you first, clear the air between us'.

'Okay; be there in a bit'.

Cortz Center

Sunny walked along the fountain; she's never been to this place. Come to think of it she tells herself, she never ventured any further than Little Seoul. Their was her time in the midwest. It wasn't bad but it was just boring and often times the accents annoyed her. It also snowed in the place where she was at; it would probably be the only time she saw snow in her life. The snow was fun to run around in but it was difficult to clean up after walking back in the house.

Their were few people in the place. Seemed almost deserted. Sunny had a feeling, an odd feeling came through her body. Like the energies that she felt before were coming towards her. The shift of that coursed through her veins This was a friendly chat and nothing more she tells herself but she can't shake that feeling for some reason. She remembered what Linda had divulged to her, Sunny hadn't forgotten it. But she had a hard time believing it. She blocked his number and didn't talk to him. It was silent since then and she hadn't heard any more calls. Sunny put it out of her head. As she said before; this was just a friendly chat.

She walked up the stairs. As she reached the top, that feeling crept up on her. It just didn't want to go away. What was this gnawing feeling? Why was it tearing at her mind?

Kenny waved at her. Sunny waved back. He was standing by the railing, his back facing against the landscape. "What's up?" he greets "Nothing much" Sunny responded back "I heard what happened, sorry to hear that" Kenny gave a condolence "I don't want to talk about it" Sunny wanted to ignore the massacre that she witnessed. "Right, sorry" "So what do you want to talk about?" "I just wanted to say that I'm sorry".

Sunny looked at him stunned "You were right, I was out of bounds..." Sunny still looked confused "Apology accepted I guess" he extends his hand for a shake "Uh sorry, I'm not really in the mood for a shake right now" Sunny depressingly turned down "Whatever, no fowl on my end".

"You remember when we first joined the gang?" Kenny reminded her "Yeah, two eight year olds wanting more in the world" she smiled "Your mom gambled away and you needed money to help her pay off that debt" he tells her "Yeah..." Sunny looked over at the landscape "They gave us quite the canonization. Beat us with belts and shot us with BB pellets" she mused "Remember the first time we drank a forty?" she snickers "Yeah, we got sick for a week" he laughed "You were the first one who puked and you started crying after that" he poked "Well you were the one who peed your pants" Sunny laughed back "So much for having a strong bladder!" she laughed harder "Fuck you little cry baby 'Oh it's burning my tummy!'".

"Remember that one fight that we got into?" "Yeah because you kissed that guys girlfriend and he sent a few guys after us and they beat the crap out of us, but we got them good". Kenny briefly stepped away.

Sunny keeps on staring at the landscape.

He pulls the Walther P99 with the silencer at the end from underneath his shirt "Good times" Kenny tells her "Yeah, good times..."; he points it at the back of her head. The silencer is aimed at the center of her head. "Yeah...really good times..." he squeezes the trigger. A wisp of air breaks the silence. The spent casing dings onto the ground. A small plume of smoke rises from the silencer. Kenny's face spells a different story though.

Her right hand grips his hand. Her eyes, now angry, met his eyes "So is this what you wanted to talk to me about...?". It was so fast. Her reflexes saved her from that moment. About the moment he squeezed the shot, Sunny spun her body like a bolt of lightning and snatches his hand from before the bullet did it's job. They struggle as she punches his face "Fucking bitch!" he yells as he strikes her in the stomach. She pushes him away and draws her .45. They put each other in their sights. "Are you going to pull that trigger or what?" Kenny scowled "Just tell me why before I put one through that hollow fucking head of your's". He almost wanted to laugh "You want to know why?

"You know after we gone though, you'll never understand what I had to fucking struggled with. We worked together but it's funny; they always liked you more" he tells her with jealousy "We worked the corners, kept an eye out in case the cops showed up or we did the dirt, but it's funny though; the OG's always gave you more money. And I all I got was table scraps. But what do I know, at least my mom wasn't gambling my money away" "Don't you fucking go there!" Sunny hissed "Touchy, still the little twat asking for mommy. Now where was I? Oh yeah, when they gave you that money and gave me all that chump change, I went out and complained to them but they just fucking laughed at me. They fucking laughed!

"Can you fucking believe that? They said I wasn't over enough to get a raise! The fucking nerve of them! It didn't matter how hard I put in the work, they didn't give me a fucking raise! They always gave you a bigger piece! Little Sunny always giving money to her mom! And me! Getting nothing but fucking shit to show for it! You moved up faster than I did! I moved up but I wasn't fast enough! Those fucking assholes kept on laughing at me!

"After you left, I formed my own clique; I decided if I wanted to move up then I was going to have to burn some bridges. And I wasn't going to give a damn who the fuck I had to get rid of but I was going to get my due no matter. Then I met someone. You know him" "Park Jin Tae" Sunny deduced "You are a smart one" Kenny brazenly mocked "He showed me a few things, real money; real power. Tons of dope to flood the junkies in the state. First thing was take care of those fuckers who laughed at me. I fucking showed them. After everything was done I made so much money running ice and black tar that I finally made it, I finally fucking made it but then you came back. You came back and it was everything I went through all over again. You got a lot of money; more money than I did. A nice ass girlfriend not some cheap ass whore from the streets.

"At least my girlfriend can make my pussy scream, can't say for mister softee down there" Sunny sneered "Fuck you, fucking dyke. And then comes that fucking house in the hills, oh you just had to rub it in my face. And then I realized you're the last obstacle in my fucking way". Sunny's heart beats with a violent desire "You two were the ones who killed Park and everyone else at the meeting, that was you". Kenny let's out a crazed laugh "Yeah, too bad they missed you otherwise I wouldn't have to do this myself; fucking amateurs couldn't even kill you".

"We're going to take over and we're going to remake this motherfucker the way I've always envisioned it; me at the helm; and you lying dead in the street. I didn't want to come down to this but you really had to push it. This is it". Sunny cocks the hammer "So you're going to sell out your best friend, stab me in the fucking back, just to move up in the world? You're fucking crazy, Linda was right about you" "Linda? Your sister stood up for you, hit me in the god damn stomach when I said something bad about you. When I'm done here then I'm going to pay her a visit" he threatened "You're not going to go near her or my girlfriend you rat faced backstabbing spineless piece of motherless shit!".

"Goodbye friend, give my regards to the old man" "Neo gaejasig (You son of a bitch)".

Bang!

Kenny's gun flies from his hand "Son of-!".

"Christ! You took your time talking! Just hearing this buggers voice gave me a headache!" Chelsea's voice says echoes through the place "Who the fuck!?" "You're not the only with friends". Chelsea came out from her hiding spot with her FN FAL rifle aimed at Kenny's head "Shit man, that was pretty fuckin' close" Geraldine points her AK-47 at his back "Their's three of us and one of you" Sunny cryptically tells him "Ha, you bitches think I came here alone but jokes on you" he sprints to the exit "You son of a whore!" Sunny gives chase. Automatic gunfire stops her from proceeding further "Geudeul-eul jab-ala! (Get them!)" a thug orders "Shit!". Geraldine and Chelsea take cover next to Sunny, Geraldine hands her an MP5 and it's clips "Can't believe that son of a bitch fucked me over!" Sunny fumed "Girl I think we got to focus on this right now!" Geraldine suggested "Idea!" Chelsea says "I'll take them from the top and the you two take them on in the bottom!".

With that in mind Geraldine and Sunny ran to take the fight to the thugs. The thugs were Korean, most likely loyal to that brat of a grandson.

It didn't matter who they were with, all that mattered was that they were in the way and they had to be eliminated. Sunny and Geraldine take aim and shoot. Sunny takes the left, Geraldine takes the right, while Chelsea takes aim at the one on the walkway. Sunny takes several down, only once did she have to change a clip. The one who gave out the order was the last one to go. Geraldine takes down the few on her end. She remembered when Sunny gave her a call and told to bring Chelsea along, that she was expecting trouble. She never imagined this though. Chelsea focused the last four on top. They didn't seem to want to go down. Two go down, she takes aim at the other two and unloads onto them. Their would be executioners are now dead. Sunny and Geraldine run towards the parking lot "Listen," Sunny tells Geraldine "I need you and Chelsea to meet me at that parking garage on Pillbox Hill; I'll get there in a bit" "Why?" "I'll explain when I get there" she states "Alright girl, watch yourself".

Sunny started her car and rapidly drove off.

"Joo Kwan?

"Sunny? What's wrong?

"Listen, where are you right now?

"I'm at home right now, why?

"I need you to meet me and my friends on top of that parking garage in Pillbox Hill, I'll explain everything when I get there.

"What's going on?

"I can't say right now! Just meet me there and I'll explain everything!

"O-Okay..."

Sunny hung up, her mind is going in a million different places right now. Her hatred and contempt for her now ex best friend is the thing that is fueling her desire. That violent and deadly desire to rip his body into pieces. Dismembering his body and throwing his limbs into shark infested waters and watching as they shred every part of his carcass. The violent urges are going to be her drug when she get's her hands on him. When she wraps her hands around his neck and snatches it.

It's a violent promise that she's going to keep.

...

"What's she doing here?" Chelsea ogled Joo Kwan "This is a private meeting" "Sunny said that she wanted me to meet her here" she answered "Man just chill" Geraldine pulled out a cigarette and lights it "What are you doing?" Chelsea looked at her "Don't smoke, that's bad for you", Geraldine raised her eyebrow Joo Kwan comes over and gestures for a smoke. Geraldine hands her one from a carton. Joo Kwan leans in for the flame and blows out smoke, both look at Chelsea "Oh my god, you guys are going to die early if you don't stop; that's all I'm saying" "Man, you need to chill" Geraldine blew smoke at her. Sunny's car comes on up and parks in front of them.

"Were you followed?" Sunny asked as she got out of her car "Uh no, I mean I don't think so" Joo Kwan flicks her cigarette away "What's going on?". Sunny looked at her.

"Jin Tae fucked us over" "What? What do you mean?" she looked stunned "Him and my fucking back stabbing piece of shit ex best friend, they were the ones who killed him; they killed Park". Joo Kwan gasped.

She stood in fear. "They're taking over, that thing at the Skyline; that was them! The whole thing was them!".

Joo Kwan now knew who the mysterious organization was "That group...oh my god, they were the ones" she breathed hard. Champagne pops, an unknown number is on the screen. Sunny could guess who it was. She hit the speaker app and then the talk.

"So I see that he failed to kill you".

Sunny's blood burned with hate "You got a lot of balls calling me".

"All you had to do was die but you became persistent, was it too much to ask for your death" he wondered "He's dead because of you! You traitorous piece of shit!" Sunny yelled "Traitorous? I tried to steer my grandfather into the future but he was stubborn! He thought that flooding the streets with dope would bring to much exposure to us, that it would ruin everything that his organization built. He called me a reckless little boy, can you fucking believe that?! Me! A little boy! I tried everything to make it work with him but he just foolish! A foolish old miserable man living in the past!

"He spoke so highly of you, praised you and said how you were the one who could get things done! But you, you were just a conniving cheating cunt hogging everything that was there! Taking everything that was supposed to be mine! I got a call saying that three skanks fitting your descriptions stole a truck full of my product in Blaine County and killed everyone who was guarding it! You started this when you came in and ruined everything!

"Well now I'm going to put an end to this, you and your bitches are going to get what's coming to you. I'm going to destroy you" Jin Tae threatened "Yeah, well me and my friends aren't to going to loose any sleep over it" Sunny shoots back "Better yet, I want you to keep one eye open; just that one eye. Cause when I get my fucking hands on you I swear I'll rip out your eyes and skull fuck you! After that I'm going to find that backstabber and rip his head off and AFTER THAT I'M GOING TO BURN EVERYTHING YOU FUCKING OWN! DO YOU HEAR ME!". He hangs up, which was just as a big insult. Her lungs burn with an intensity of fire and hate. Joo Kwan, Geraldine and Chelsea looked at Sunny as her temper subsided; they were rather intimidated. "Girl, girl come on; calm down; it's okay" Geraldine put her hands on her shoulders as Sunny shook with anger and resentment. Geraldine motions for Chelsea to come over. Chelsea came to the right side and put her head against her head her chest "It's okay, look we're here, we're not going to abandon you; we're a team; we're soldiers" Chelsea reminded her "We'll help you all the way until the end, that's what we're here for".

Her breathing get's back to normal, she shook her head in disbelief "Can't fucking believe it" Sunny mumbled under her breath "Listen man, we're here for you" Geraldine reminded her "Now we gotta figure something out, we need a plan". Sunny looked up the sky and breathed heavily "Okay, okay, okay" she cleared her thoughts "Right now...right now we got to watch our backs for the time being, we just have to take precaution whenever we're doing something" she looks back at them "Okay, well that's a start" Chelsea says "They're not going to do anything for the moment, they'll be busy taking and snatching up territory. For the time being we'll be under the radar" Sunny looked over at Joo Kwan "You need to get out of town for the time being, chances are they'll be looking for you" "No, I...I want to help with whatever it is that you're doing" she tells her "Uh no offense girly," Chelsea chimes in "but what can you do? I mean I blow shit up, Gerry's great at bounty hunting and Sunny's pretty good with a knife. You just push pencils and type crap, that's not really much of a superpower". Joo Kwan scoffed "I know how to defend myself, I know how to use a gun" she reiterates "Plus I know a lot of things, certain people who could be of use to you".

"Maybe we should send you undercover" Chelsea makes a sarcastic suggestion "Maybe I should" Joo Kwan bites back "Yeah, kiss that wankers ass and then spend the night with him" she laughed "No, you're not doing that" Sunny interjects "Okay, you can tag along but you have to pull your weight with us and if you know anyone who can help us on a job and who's good holding a gun or driving then send them our way" Joo Kwan nodded in agreement "Okay, let's-let's get out of here" Sunny ordered "Just watch your backs, from here on then it's DEF CON 1; got it?" she looked at the two who nodded back. The four took off in their own directions.

A new enemy and a new set of problems that they're going to have to deal with. Sunny looked at herself in the rear view.

Her eyes spelling vengeance and hate. Her own mission has just begun.

Time unknown, location unknown

He looked at the screen as the three women fought off their opponents. The way they moved and aimed signified they worked excellently as a team.

"What makes you think they'll work with us?" a distorted voice from a monitor asked "Because they're the ones that can get things done and because I see potential in them, they might prove to be useful to us" the agent answered "The IAA isn't trustworthy in my eyes, when have they been trustworthy? They managed to drive up their funding despite that fuck up from last year, losing K to the FIB and their lackeys put a small dent in them. If it were up to me they would be shot dead or left to die in some hole in Afghanistan.

"No" the agent frowned "The three of them are perfect for what we need, this isn't the IAA; we're not going to use and discard them", the shadowy figure looked at him "So be it but if they fail then it is your funeral" "Don't worry, they're not going to fail; I'll make sure of it

"I'll contact their leader when the times right. Right now we got to focus on the information that's coming in, when it comes in then we'll put them to use" the agent looked on "Remember that failure isn't an option" the shadowy figure disappears from the screen.

The agent froze the screen as he looked at the three assets. He stared at their faces and saw three probable and worthy assets who could do a lot of damage. Point them in the right direction and they may complete their mission with minimal assistance.

These three were the ones he was looking for. They were perfect.

If they worked with him then he'll tell them to think of it as an opportunity to do some 'extra credit'.

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