Defence

36

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Taecyeon hung up and glanced down the road. The terminal was about ten blocks away. But he might be able to get their faster since traffic was slow. Running in between cars was no problem.

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Donghae sped down the sidewalk as fast as his legs would carry him. The terminal wasn't too far away. Why hadn't he thought of it sooner?

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Chatter filled the area and Victoria remained still on the bench she was sitting on. With her hair tied up and her ponytail strung through the back of her hat she was sure that even Jung Min and So Young would mistake her for a high school student. Clutching onto the purse with her gun hidden in it she stared at the crowd forming around her.

She'd given her clothes away to some homeless woman on the street while on her way to the terminal. Now with just her purse Victoria didn't know where she would go next...but whatever happened would happen. She only hoped that the others wouldn't come searching for her. Victoria knew she needed to move fast. Yoona was a Sherriff and she could look for her fast.

While she stared on into the empty train tracks Victoria felt her mind flow off. To the moment she'd been hit to the moment Donghae had discovered her in the apartment. It was too bad she couldn't meet up with him and give him her farewell...but she'd make it look too obvious. Victoria felt her heart take a leap painfully.

"Only good things should be remembered." Donghae had said that.

Victoria smiled silently thanking him for the memory. After she left Seoul, she promised not to go back into her memories. This had all started only because she'd returned to her hometown.

The loud rumbling of a gigantic machine vibrated the ground underneath her feet and Victoria looked up to find the silver train heading their way at such speed that if anyone jumped in they'd die instantly. Victoria stood up ready with the crowd to go in and find the best seat. An announcement sounded overhead and Victoria waited as the doors opened with a loud gasping noise. People inside exited before the crowd began to make their way in. People beside her pushed and pulled that it was hard to make her way in. When she finally took a step forward she felt something pull her back.

So Young?! Jung Min?!

Victoria glanced up to find Taecyeon staring down at her angrily, yet a sign of relief overcame his expression.

"Thanks?" he snorted quietly. "You owe me more than that."

Victoria felt dumbstruck. She had never expected anyone to come after her.

"Stay..." he interrupted her thoughts.

Her eyes burned and her stomach lurched.

"Stay...because I don't believe that you did it." he told. "Stay."

Victoria felt her eyes grow big when he pulled her into a hug. It was then that she began crying all that she'd been keeping in.

"I'm scared..." she sobbed against his shoulder.

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Yoona pushed her way against the people and shrugged their curses at her off her shoulders. What mattered more than getting to the terminal on time? As she rounded the corner she came to a tough pause. In front of her Donghae stood with his hand held into a tight grip. Looking pass him she saw why.

The sight of Taecyeon and Victoria hugging created a small throb in her somewhere. But she was more relieved. Victoria hadn't gone anywhere.

"Thank you. Thank you." Yoona silently thanked the heavens above.