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Chapter 21
~~Lucas's POV~~
There are times where you wish you could take back and forget. Where you wish something just stopped you right before you committed what ever horrible action that caused you to lose the one you love. Especially the times where you drown in guilt everyday about something you did that was so stupid and careless where you even begin to hate yourself for it. You struggle to know what foolish thought crossed your mind that you allowed to control the negative side of you and bring it out.
But, there are also times where you wish it'd last forever. The perfect moment where all you want to do is to live in it eternally. Where you sigh in bliss, content with the pure happiness you are experiencing and not wanting it to end. But you will forever cherish that blissful moment as it now became an unforgettable memory to remember when you're feeling down.
Sometimes you just miss the memories, not the people who betrayed you.
But life is not something that always turns out how we want it to. Life is something we cannot control but it's up to us to be wise with the choices we make as they become our consequences. It's up to us to accept the truth of reality whether we wanted to or not. Being in denial will not solve anything.
As we know from past experiences, Life can be selfish, cruel and heartless. But then it always rewards you later on if you continued to fight, stand up and be strong. You might of lost a dear person, but remember, everything happens for a reason.
But there are dangerous people out there in this world. People who are dead thirsty for revenge. People who feed on murder and violence.
The secret government agency I work for not only gave me a home and a reason to live, but skills and choices that life itself doesn't answer. I found hope for a more successful life but of course, life isn't all rainbows and unicorns.
In this world, there is good and evil.
Friends and traitors...
"Lucas stop spacing out and start training. Don't expect to magically turn to Jackie Chan when it comes to fighting them off." Jennifer snaps as the sound of her loud heels and strong perfume invades my senses.
I groan out of frustration as I grab the gun and shoot the five targets lined besides each other and hit the target exactly in the middle for all five targets. Smirking, I blow the smoke off the gun and walk to an impressed Jennifer with a smirk on my face and hand her the gun.
"Training complete." I say as I walk away only to be grabbed by he collar from the back and pulled backwards.
"Oh no Lucas, we're not done yet."
Rolling my eyes, I straighten my collar. "What more do you want me to do? I destroyed seven boxing bags, hit all the targets perfectly in one go, lifted up 170 kg weights for a whole hour straight, ran ten kilometers in four minutes and carried the old lady across the road to her house. What more do you want!?" I sigh.
"To be able to break open these." Jennifer says as she holds out a pair of hand cuffs.
"Why?" I question with a raised eyebrow.
"Because a lot of unexpected things can happen to even those who are well trained. Just because you're good at a lot of things, does not mean others are not. There are people who can creep up behind you so well whether you're distracted or not, that you won't be able to hear them and then..."
Before I knew it, someone forcefully grabbed my hands and cuffed them behind my back expertly and quickly that it took me a while to register what just happened.
"Then bam! You're left in a vulnerable position as someone has you tied down. Whether it be cuffs or ropes, you have to always be prepared for possible solutions." She explains.
I glare angrily as I stupidly try to break the cuffs off by trying to squeeze my hands out.
"Come on Lucas, how many people have tried that." She sighs disappointed as I try to figure a way to break them.
"In situations like these, even small objects such as a paper clip or even a bobby pin can be useful. Believe it or not, with hard concentration, practice, skill and the right technique, you'd be able to open hand cuffs with a paper clip. You just have to bend it in a particular way and try to lift up the lock from inside the hole." She explains casually like she's done it many times before.
After practicing for hours on how to open hand cuffs, ropes, or any possible object that can tie my hands, I was feeling slightly more confident if I was stuck in a situation like that.
Yawning I walk back to my room on the east wing of the agency, hoping Alex was safe and no harm would come her way.
Just wait till I get my hands on you Cole, i'd make you regret ever breathing the same air as me.
~~Alex's POV~~
"Go away!" I groan to the stupid sun that has no shame that to shine in my face so early in the morning.
"So commanding and rude." I hear Cole chuckle as his footsteps come closer.
"Shut up you sloth! It ruined my beauty sleep and thanks to Mr kidnapper over here, I'm as exhausted as an Olympian."
I hear him sigh. "Well get your ass up because we need to leave soon." He says as I hear shuffling going on.
I groan and get up, finally opening my eyes to which I regretted as the bright blinding sun tried to damage my eyesight. "My ass isn't going anywhere. Where are we even going!?"
"Hayden wants to speak to you. He thinks you're lying about not knowing that Lucas is a secret agent."
I swear my heart just skipped a beat. I can't face him...
He betrayed me and Lucas... As a secret crush and a best friend.
For three years he was the only guy that caught my attention, the only one who had the power to melt my insides and turn my feet to jelly just by his mere presence. The one who'd sit by me during lunch and defend me when Lucas would embarrass me. The one I called my secret crush, only to have him really crush my heart. Painfully.
You know that feeling when so many people hurt you, you don't know who to trust anymore?
"Uhh, you okay there?" Cole says awkwardly as he walks closer to me and wipes the single tear that sneakily managed to escape without me knowing.
I lift my head up to look at Cole who seemed to be worried as he watches me with a sad look. His large warm hand is still on my cheek as I gaze back into his light green orbs.
So light and mysterious yet mesmerizing and enchanting. Where as Lucas had dark forest green eyes, equally captivating.
"You saved my life..." I whisper in an almost inaudible voice but Cole still heard.
He lets go of my cheek and puts on a serious mask. The worried and soft Cole was long gone.
"Don't start thinking anything. I did it for Hayden. I'm not letting myself get attached to yet another girl so I would stay away if I were you." Cole spits out venomously that for the first time since being around him, I was actually afraid of him.
I look down to my lap and play with my fingers. "I wasn't thinking anything. It's just a big shock since Lucas once tried to kill me, my parents don't want me and basically threw me out of the house in the cold which is basically saying 'go rot in the streets, I don't give two craps', Hayden shot me with a bullet which may I add, I could've died if it hit a certain area like my head or heart. It's not easy for me to start trusting people, but you actually saved my life and that's probably the nicest thing anyone has ever done to me." My barely audible voice continues.
I look up at him and give him a sad smile. "Thank you, I really mean it. Now, let's go to Hayden and finish off your job because I wouldn't want something happening to you if Hayden went all King Kong on you for not following orders and blah blah." I ramble on unconsciously.
Cole rubs his face and runs a hand through his hair as if he was thinking hard and it was all stressing him out. "Actually, once Hayden finds out all the information he needs from you and makes you do the things he wants in order to find the hidden secret government agency, he'll just get rid of you by killing you so that way you won't go to the police." He explains guilty.
My eyes open wide with shock. "He wants to k-kill me...?" I was way too appalled to care about my rapid beating heart which is just threatening to burst out of my chest.
You know, it's not everyday you find out that your crush is some sort of criminal working for an illegal organisation that wants to destroy not only a secret protected government agency, but also you.
It's extremely disturbing and revolting.
With shaking hands, I stare horrified as I watch Cole carefully, inspecting his every move as if he'd pounce on me any second.
"Don't worry, I- I won't-" he sighs and groans as he struggles to speak. "I won't take you there, we'll have to leave the state immediately then if we both want to live."
My racing heart calmed down immediately at his words. But that was soon disturbed when the door came crashing down creating a loud crashing noise as Cole and I stared wide eyed knowing we just got caught.
"Maybe I'd have to kill you both then?"
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