My life at the office continues smoothly for months.
I make great friends with the lunch gang and get promoted to be Yeonjun's 1st assistant- which is busy and always icy.
Yeonjun's attitude hasn't changed.
He disappears and reappears constantly, never eats and only drinks water, keeps having mysterious cuts and bruises and making strange phone calls. Obviously being the boss he gets phone calls ALL DAY, but I've monitored some he gets at a particular time and his mood suddenly changes….he sounds very different, looks very concerned and a lot of other unexplainable things. I told the lunch gang and they laughed it off- but Taeyong called me later to ask about it and he did sound quite interested.
I get paid A LOT more in this new job, so I move out of my apartment to a house a little nearer to the train station so I can get to work a little earlier. Then I find out I live nearby Rina's sister, so Rina comes around a lot- that means she sees me but doesn't seem so recognise me and flirts every time- I obviously don't want to look at her especially that she's with that man who ruined my chances with her.
On a random day Taeyong comes to collect me for work, so I sit in the back seat with Han and Soobin who came along too.
'Nice house,' Han compliments.
'Thanks.' I sigh. 'Perfect don't mean that it's working.'
'What??'
'The house isn't the best. And I have to tell my Eomma about this all soon….Ugh, I hate this!!'
'Hey, calm down!!' Han punches my shoulder. 'It'll all work out, ok?'
I breathe out and we drive the journey in silence. Work goes on as usual that day until after lunch break. An elderly man walks into Yeonjun's office without knocking. I recognise him as the PD-Nim who covers as the boss of J.R when it's really Mr. Choi. I stand to bow to him but Yeonjun pulls me back into my chair beside him (where we were printing some papers). The old man bows to Yeonjun and gives him a small box from his blazer.
'Here, your highness…' he gulps.
'Ugh, out!' Yeonjun barks.
The man scurries out and I stare after him, shocked that he's the one bowing to Yeonjun instead o the other way round.
'Hey you,' Yeonjun says into the silence.
'Yes sir?'
'Don't get hurt, ok?'
WTF DOES THAT MEAN? WHERE DID IT COME FROM??
'Y-yes sir..? I won't, sir..'
Maybe he means how permanently clumsy I am…. But then he stands up and goes to the door.
'Stay in my office.' He jeers.
I have no answer to that and only stare in confusion as he goes out and shuts the door.
Then a message comes on the loudspeaker;
'EVERY PERSON IN THIS BUILDING IS TO REMAIN IN THEIR OFFICE, I REPEAT REMAIN IN YOUR OFFICE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO EMERGE.'
I immediately pull out my phone incase I need to record any further events, but Han's face timing the lunch gang WhatsApp group chat so I answer.
'Did you hear that??!' Han half yells. 'WTF is going on?!'
'They're probably testing security alarms, don't panic.' Taeyong says.
'They're running real life events to see how we'd react in danger.' Taehyun adds, hardly heard due to everyone speaking at once.
'But hey, Yeonjun- I meant- Mr. Choi told me not to get hurt and left the office,' I panic.
'He'd do that,' Taeyong tries to calm us down for the 7905th time. 'Don't worry Yejoon, let's just wa-'
'CAN EVERY PERSON SWITCH OFF THEIR MOBILE DEVICES, I REPEAT SWITCH OFF ALL MOBILE PHONES AND DEVICES UNTIL YOU'RE ADVISED TO SWITCH THEM BACK ON.'
The line goes dead so I switch my phone off and hide it in my pocket. Then the lighting goes out. It's very strange in here with no lights and no Yeonjun. I scramble towards the window to see if the blinds open any further but then ANOTHER message comes over the loudspeaker.
'CAN EVERY PERSON LIE FLAT BENEATH A DESK OR CHAIR, I REPEAT TAKE COVER BENEATH A DESK OR CHAIR UNTIL TOLD TO EMERGE.'
I immediately lie under the desk and begin to feel like this ISN'T a security test at all.
Are they gonna BOMB the building??
Are they gonna set us alight? WTF is going on?
I shut my eyes and lie there for about 10 minutes (or so). It feels like hours and hours.
Suddenly there's a huge crash downstairs and lots of shouting. WTF???
Are they killing my friends??
It sounds like a whole military troop are running up and town and yelling. I can hear some employees screaming too, and immediately look around to take better cover.
My office!!
I go and am about to hide in there but the door's locked.
WTFFFFF????
Yeonjun locked it so I would have to stay in here?!
So the malicious brat is behind all this chaos FOR SURE.
The shouts get threateningly close and I realise I'm sweating. I take my blazer off and hold it in my hand incase it comes of weapon use- but then throw it away and pick up a pen from the desk.
The door suddenly crashes down and about 13 people dressed head to toe in black come bursting in. They shoot at me with their guns- in my stunned state I just stand and stare while the bullets narrowly avoid my head. In a second I realise what's going on and sprint onto the desk and to the windowsill (the furthest away from them I can get), and while they're coming at me I make a leap over their heads for the door.
SOMEONE SHOULD'VE GOT THAT ON FCKING CAMERA!!!
Never in my LIFE have I done such a super hero move, but the people are quick to get back at me and pin me face first on the wall.
A bullet sidles past my head and through the window into the corridor- my ear is stinging SO BAD and I can feel a trickle of blood on my neck but I can't tell if it's been shot off or not. I swing my arm back and by luck stab someone in the eye with the pen I still have, feeling blood stream into my sleeve but continuing to injure them further.
Then a real KNIFE goes into my shoulder and I scream because it hurts.
At that moment Yeonjun strides into the room holding a knife covered in BLOOD.
'I SAID DON'T HURT HIM!' He bellows, and the people fall back letting me slide to the ground. The left side of my shirt is blotched deep scarlet abd I back away from all the people surrounding me, pointing guns at my head.
Is this a nightmare? Wtf did I do to them?
I'm shaking uncontrollably and sweating so bad that it's even hard to back away- and my left arm is shaking more than the rest of me so I can't use it to pull any of my weight.
'What did you do to him?' Yeonjun spits. 'Why is he bleeding??'
'He's fine, master…' comes a muffled voice from within the crowd.
'NO HE'S NOT!!'
Whatever activity this is I need to call the cops NOW. I still have my phone, though the screen must be cracked…. Now I need some type of distraction to get the people away from me so I can do a speedy phone call.
This is a life or death situation, so it takes all my courage and strength to stand up and put my hands on the corridor windowsill.
Any minute now a trigger can be pulled- and the bullet from any of these guns will be sailing though my chest.
The intruders watch me closely.
I put my hands up as if I'm surrender and wait for them to lower their weapons. They get out handcuffs, rope, a SYRINGE… and while they're sorting the lot out I make a swinging leap through the corridor window. It got smashed by the bullet already, and my weight breaks the rest of the glass as I sail to the ground. Immediately I'm in agony, shards penetrating me from every angle. I can see I'm bleeding very badly now- and I can't move. There's commotion in the corridor too- people are tied in ropes and being dragged downstairs like dead bodies.
'YEJOON-AH!!' I hear someone scream my name, and with a slight glance to the side I see Han covered in blood being dragged away by more people. 'YEJOON ARE YOU OK?? YEJOON'S DEAD! LET ME GO!!'
'Han ssh, I'm coming…' I blubber because my mouth is full of blood. I never knew this is the way I'd die. Poor Han, his left eye's out of use- probably due to the mistreatment from these monsters. I can't imagine what I'll do if I find out my friends are dead. I never knew pain as agonising as this existed. That's when I realise…
I'm crying.
Ok, a bit of tears before death aren't too bad.
Someone end me now, pleaseeeee.
But then I suddenly feel like I'm being selfish, and try to roll over…to get up and go and save Han…
I CAN'T MOVE.
I see Yeonjun bending over me but he's really blurry. He's talking but I can't hear him. He shakes me but I'm beginning to realise I can't feel my feet. Or my legs….slowly my whole lower part becomes numb, then my upper part and soon I pass out with only two things in mind.
I failed to call the police, and
I'm dead.