Falling Apart

UTC+2 0740 PM

Foyer>

"Suzi!" Another girl's voice echoed over the halls. A teenager this time. "I told you not to talk to strangers!" She stamped over from the restrooms, snatched the phone from the young girl's hand and added, "and you are not allowed to use my phone without my permission!"

"My sis," the young girl explained to One Shot. He simply rose up and nodded.

The sister in question glared at him suspiciously. "What do you want from my sister?"

One Shot put up his hands in defense, "Nothing."

"He gave me a cloak of invisibility!" The young girl announced proudly. 

The teenage girl snapped, "There's no such thing, now come along back to the hall." And together these two marched off. One Shot dropped his hands. These two clearly were from another country, and even the way they dressed looked like the traditional Kimono style dresses. Quite cute – at least the younger one. Just before they disappeared behind the hall door, the older one turned back to glance at him. Somewhat suspiciously. He gave his best shot at an innocent smile. She glared back and whirled back around.

One Shot couldn't help but chuckle. Those two were certainly adorable. And the way the older one walked away so decisively...somehow...reminded him...but of what?

A heavy sensation settled in his chest, as if an invisible weight pressed down on his ribcage. His heart, once steady, began to race erratically, its pounding echoing in his ears like a relentless drumbeat. His breathing quickened, each inhalation becoming shallower and more labored, while his throat tightened, making it nearly impossible to swallow. He felt a cold sweat break out on his forehead, his palms clammy and trembling. The world around him seemed to blur and distort, as if he were trapped in a nightmare, with the walls closing in and the ground shifting beneath his feet. Panic tightened its grip, and as his vision tunneled, the realisation hit him. He was on the brink of an overwhelming storm of fear and helplessness - his first panic attack.

Before another rational thought could cross his mind, his knees gave out.

UTC+2 0741 PM

Wedding Hall>

Angel stepped out of the hall as soon as her speech was finished. She was done with people staring at her and needed a breather. Her steps took her towards the entrance, but made an abrupt stop when her eyes caught a strange scene towards the foyer wall.

"Alex?" she asked as she approached the man sunk towards the floor, leaning weakly against the wall. It was him, but there was no response except for the heavy breathing. She crouched down and swiftly tilted his head up to face her. His eyes were unable to focus, sweat made his face and neck glistening. When she went to test his pulse, his body was shaking.

"It's alright," she repeated several times, leaning forward to wrap her arms around him. Her forehead touching his. "You're safe." Even though she insisted on this, she knew something was very wrong. There was no record of the agent ever having have had a mental or physical condition that would lead to this circumstance. Either this was truly a first case of a panic attack for him due his past or something in his records was falsified. And whatever case turned out to be true, she would find out.