The house underground

The next morning...

"Where's your captain?" Ji zue asked when he saw only lin shiyu coming towards them. theeru stood at the gates rasi to get in to the car.

"She's in a call with the colonel... um.. do you want to wait until she comes here? " she asked. He looked at her like she's an idiot

"Why the hell would I do that?" he said annoyed. Then why on earth did you ask about her you idiot she thought inwardly. She smiled sweetly

"At 1 after you reach Qi kai institutes contact us and we'll lead you from there" He just gave her a slight nod and entered the car. but Lu chen stood there smiling at her. She raised her brows at him. He came a little closer to her and whispered

"Don't miss me too much. I'll be back by the time you I'm gone" he then winked at her and got in to the car. She rolled her eyes. What a shameless flirt. But a little smile lit her face. She waited until the car was out of sight and walked back to her room.

"They left?" song lin asked as she dried her hair. Lin shiyu nodded and as she closed the door behind her.

"You woke up just now didn't you?" shiyu squinted at her. Song lin smiled and nodded.

"Make it fast. You said we have somethings to do before they come right?" song lin nodded and tied her hair.

"I don't think its a good idea to meet them in that place. Why can't we meet somewhere else?" shiyu asked. Song lin shrugged

"Because its safe there shiyu...Commander asked me to meet up in some safe place. 'They are better at killing but not at hiding' is what he said to me before he left." Lin shiyu sighed and threw up her hands. After an hour or so they left the military grounds.

Song lin was calmly looking out of the window when shiyu spoke.

"I'm a little nervous....Its our first time working with others..." song lin smiled as she said

"What is there to be nervous about? Its not like you are alone right? I'll be there with you all the time" shiyu sighed

"You sure are confident. but we have to work with strangers and that too for 4 months" she said again as she drove. Song lin finally turned and looked at her.

"Hey...we don't even know if we'll be alive or not once this mission is over. Why don't you try to enjoy as much as you can while you're at it" she said encouragingly. shiyu looked troubled.

"We have to stay alive. Atleast until we free the girls." song lin smiled and patted her friend's shoulder lightly

"Don't worry. I promise we'll free them" she said softly. Shiyu went silent. After some time the car finally reached a half finished construction site.

"What's the time?" shiyu asked as both of them got down and made their way inside the building. Since its construction isn't yet complete the insides our covered with dust and cement. They could see four rooms to their left and right.

"Its almost 11" Song lin answered as they turned right and entered the 4th room. They kneeled down in centre of the room and moved 2 tiles from the floor. A wooden board greeted their sight. Song lin pulled the board up and they could clearly see the steps that led underneath. Slowly both of them went down the steps. They ended infront of an iron door. Lin shiyu put her right palm on the screen thats embedded in the wall beside the door. It glowed a deep red from her touch. Song lin smacked her head from behind

"Its your left palm idiot" she said. shiyu clicked her tongue and put her left palm on the screen. The doors opened with a click. They entered what seemed like a big hall. It lead in to a bedroom in the left and a kitchen in the front. The hall consisted a dining table at its right corner while 3 huge screens lined the right walls and keyboard littered the desk in front of them. A U shaped sofa occupied the middle of the hall.

"Vahh!! I'm home.."shiyu said softly as she propped herself on the sofa. Song lin smiled and went towards the screen. They lit up as soon as she placed her palm on the dial pad beside the keyboard.

"Go change your clothes or are you planning to meet them in your military gear?" Song lin asked as she hit some buttons on the keyboard.

"VOICE AUTHENTICATION REQUIRED" the 3 screens showed a message

"HELEN ACQULLA" song lin said as she again placed her palm on the dial pad. The three screens showed different files and targets.

"Ofcourse I'm going to change...by the way are you planning to enter this mission's details?" lin shiyu asked as she came up behind song lin. Song paused and nodded at her.

"Don't you think its dangerous? I mean its unlike anything we have ever done before. What if they somehow break in?"

"They can't and if by some miracle they break in they'll need our voice to access the files. Most importantly they need our names which they will never know." she went back to typing the information she had on triumvirate internationals. shiyu sighed and headed towards the bedroom.