"I wonder about the possibilities of my life; they all are you"
Armin
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I stood here in the office of team captain, waiting for him to finish the elaboration of different sort of tasks to the new interns here in our unit. Zara stood besides me while paying her all attention to Mr.Han's words. After he was finished, he returned to his desk. "Please sit." he spoke in his elegant manner as he gestured us to sit down.
"Sorry we had to call you on short notice from Seoul to here! It must have been a fatigue" he said while directing his whole attention to me. His gaze was soft, unlike how they are normally, and his manner of speech was composed as ever.....but.....none can beat the elegant manner and composed speech like Adrian's. I immediately shook off my thoughts about him and diverted my whole attention towards Mr.Han. I shook my head and looked at him.
"No sir, I assure you none of this was a fatigue. I was actually here due to some my other job's work and that's why I am happy to help. Although may I know these sudden turn of events?" I inquired. He nodded and sighed for a moment, then straightened his posture as he began to speak.
"The reason we are here is that some people of white mafia were actually caught during the act of arson at the ANIA company, which is where your full time job resides."he spoke.
"Yes that's true, during the fire I was there." I spoke as both Mr.Han and Zara quickly shifted their gaze towards me....wide-eyeing me. Mr.Han spoke "Is there something...unusual you saw..." "Or heard?" Zara said. she finished his sentence as Mr.Han looked at Zara and she looked at him.....causing a short eye contact. Both broke the eye contact as small blush crept up to Zara's cheeks and just for a moment, a small loving smile on Mr.Han's face. I cleared my throat...as something clicked in my mind....that old man...
"I....saw an old man.....almost collapsing on the floor.." I said as Mr.Han's posture moved a little forward showing his interest. "And?" said Zara.
"the weird thing is, that he was having a hard time breathing and was on the verge of suffocation so I ran towards him and held him up, trying to save him. I checked his nerve and physical condition and came to this conclusion that if I managed to take him out of there, he would have survived easily." I spoke as both nodded, gesturing me to continue. "So I did tried to help him move towards the exit, but after he took some few steps, he stopped. He looked dead straight in my eyes and told me that the whole fire was done by mafia...which now I presume the White mafia, so I told him that for now he should focus on staying alive but he repeated him self and with an evil smirk afterwards he just jumped in fire.....I found that.....strangely odd."
"That is indeed odd...do you remember anything else afterwards?" Zara asked and instantly my thoughts went to Adrian....."You see...." spoke Mr.Han "The mafia boss was there, pretending to be a victim of arson to escape and unfortunately he did. A brave citizen helped him out of the building because he disguised himself so good as someone trying to survive the arson." I hummed in agreement.
"Well I did helped someone afterwards ...he was a young man...." I said as I hoped that the person I saved was not even nearer to the idea of mafia. Both of them looked at me and before I can say anything Mr.Han spoke gently "Zara take her to the Mafia leader we caught yesterday's evening and you Armin look here, if he somehow is the man you saved then don't feel guilty, the mafia people disguised themselves so well that even we thought they were the victims of arson and helped them but fortunately we identified some of them and their leader was caught while trying to save the rest." Zara nodded in agreement while placing her hand on my shoulder. I nodded and got up with both of them.
We three were now walking towards the underground imprisonment room. "The room is made with bullet and explosion proof glass with high technology, so no one can break then room with inner force. You and the rest of the team can access this room as well as the crime investigation team here but we have the upper hand." said Mr.Han as we now stood in front of a door where password was needed. He entered the password in a manner that allowed us to see what the password was :'08022003'
We entered as my eyes were laid on another door, as we stepped closer to the door it opened automatically. "Now before we enter the last glass room, listen and remember that there are no security cameras here and why?Because this is the off-limit area and the cameras can be easily hacked or traced. So its better to keep your guard up." He said and as we moved in all of us had our guns in our hands... But I.....was only thinking who he would have been. The mafia leader sat on a chair in front of us while his back was facing us. Something in me told me that I should be emotionally prepared. Although, it was his back but his attire was pretty visible. Black suit that looked expensive, there was a shock bracelet around his right wrist. I knew what that bracelet was, the electric shock by that bracelet was no joke.
Mr.Han moved forward and placed his gun on that man's head while Zara moved a little forward with an aggressive look as I just stood there on my guard with a cold look. "I have brought some guests for you to meet" said Mr.Han as he pressed his gun on that man's head. "What is the occasion?" That man's cold voice spoke followed with a chuckle....the voice was familiar but the coldness wasn't. "Occasion of you to open your mouth and answer our questions honestly" said Mr.Han as the man just dryly laughed.. "Han Han Han....Foolish of you to presume that I would tell you anything." Said the man....now i was getting curious. "Okay then....Miss. Zara?" Mr.Han spoke as Zara pressed a button which caused the shock bracelet to activate, it was clear that bracelet was doing its word mercilessly but did that man even hissed a little? no.
Frustrated by his behavior, Mr.Han turned his seat around so we can see who he is.....Adrian. .....no no no no no...My heart froze there. Was I dreaming? Is this real?...It felt as if my brain knew and it was the heart who was shocked. His gaze landed on me as my heart just...stopped functioning, I never saw him looking at me with such....cold eyes. they were always warm and sweet but now they were as if he is seeing someone he hates. But he was looking at me, my breath was hitched. He was panting due to the continues electric current, when it finally stopped after a couple of moments, I looked at Zara, she removed her finger from the button I looked back at him and he just took a deep breath. It was painful but he knew how to hide the pain.
"Will you speak now?" asked Mr.Han
"No." said Adrian...who was he? I asked myself....he is now so cold and bitter, his whole black and rich attire with his hair slicked back with just a few strand in front like they have in anime or manga or Korean dramas. It was as if that happy man never existed. "Miss Armin!" said Mr.Han as I came back to reality and looked at him; "Yes?"
"is he the man you....?" Mr.Han asked as my gaze shifted to Adrian who was just smirking.
"Am I?" Adrian asked in such a cold and teasing tone that it added salt to the wound.I just glared at him in disbelief while he was devilishly smirking with his cold eyes. Mr.Han hit his head with the gun causing his forehead to bleed but he looked satisfied and evil. His hands were tied with the arms of his chairs. Mr.Han grabbed him by his hair while he softly hissed in pain and Mr.Han placed gun on his head ready to shoot him.
"Armin look don't be scared, tell me is it him you rescued so we can kill him here once in for all as the order stated!" Zara spoke. "Order?" i asked
"If it is confirmed that he or any of his mafia members was there during that arson then we have full permission to kill him on spot!" said Mr.Han, he then continued "So if yo-" i cut him off....."I will tell the 100% truth then!" as i said my heart skipped multiple beats as i felt my blood pressure rising.... Adrian now looked at me with disbelief and coldness....I looked down and closed my eyes while taking a deep shaky breath while i felt a burning gaze on me. I lifted my head in confidence and opened my mouth, and spoke words that made them all look at me in shock...
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"It was not him"