𝑩𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒍 //𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒚 𝑲𝒊𝒅𝒔 𝑭𝑭//

~𝟯𝟴~

We gathered all the accomplices after locking my commander in the car. When we were finished, I leaned my back against the side of one of the cars we had called in to come fetch the prisoners. I sighed and realised for the first time how tired I was physically. I rubbed the back of my neck with my hand, trying to loosen the tight muscles. I looked up when I heard someone come to stop in front of me. It was Felix.

"You seem stiff. Need some help?" he asked.

"Nope. I think I'm just going to have a steaming hot shower when we get back to the dorms and then do some stretches to loosen up my muscles."

"Sounds like a good plan. I might do the same," he said as he rolled his shoulders back and twisted his head from side to side. He seemed just as stiff as I was, if not more so. I looked over at the vehicle my commander was locked in, feeling my load lighten. I blew out a breath.

"Maybe now we can finally take a break. And maybe I can relax a bit," I said, mainly to myself.

"That would be amazing. Being able to take a break from being an agent and just taking a breather," Felix said, making me realise I said my observation out loud.

"Yeah, Han suggested it to me last night when I went to check up on him. He's right. You all need to take a break. Ever since I became part of the team, and even before that, you guys have been working almost non-stop. I'd be exhausted by now if I were you."

I could sense Felix wanted to protest but was cut off when a car horn sounded. It came from our van. I gathered along with all the boys, and we got in, waiting for the long road ahead to get started. I sat next to Hyunjin, and he almost immediately struck up conversation with me. The whole way back, we didn't stop talking for a minute. He made me laugh. But every now and then I felt eyes on me. And I had an idea I was in for it when we got to the dorms.

...

When we got to the dorms, I helped the boys get all the prisoners into the holding cells below the house. At some point I noticed Lee Know was nowhere in sight, but I just brushed it off. Must be talking to Han, I thought. When we were almost finished, I went to stand in front of the only van still there besides ours. It was the one my previous commander was in. I took a breath before reaching for the door handle of the van.

Just as my fingers closed around it, a hand gently folded over mine, almost as if to stop me. I looked up to find Lee Know looking down at me. My skin tingled underneath his. I pulled my hand out from underneath his and backed away from the door, hanging my head to avoid eye contact.

"S-sorry," I stuttered. He shook his head and took my shoulder, stopping me from moving any further away.

"I stopped you because I thought you might need some help. With... him."

He motioned to the door of the van, and I nodded slightly. My hand was still tingly, and I rubbed my other hand over it.

"Thanks... I might need it," I said hesitantly.

He smiled at me slightly and opened the door. We both barely managed to catch my commander as he came barrelling out the slightly open door. Luckily we somehow got him restrained, dragging him to the holding cells. Just as we were about to lock him up, Chan stopped us.

"Why don't we start with him? I get the feeling he'll be very talkative," he said, sending my commander a glare. Lee Know assured me he could handle taking my commander to the interrogation room, so I broke away to catch up with Chan. I took his shoulder, making him turn to me.

"Are you sure you guys should start with him? I mean, out of all the prisoners, he'll be the hardest to break. He's had training in withstanding torture, and he's had years of experience-"