In a blink of an eye

Xiao Xia and Yuqi woke up early to practice their shooting skills, it was a habit they kept when Commander Li forced them to get up early to practice when he was their first commander. Even though he was strict and stern, he cared for them in different ways. Sometimes he can be mistaken for being selfish but it was really for their own benefit. Commander Li was perfect in every ways. He got full scores in everything and some people didn't want to admit that he was indeed a great leader.

Yu Haobing was one of his best buddies. They always practiced and encouraged one another. During test, they had fun cheating together. They laugh and cry like normal humans. But it was two years ago, when things took a turn. Yu Haobing was jealous that Li Zhi An was chosen to command for the Cambodia mission. He hated Zhi An so he turned his back on him. At that time, Haobing secretly infiltrated the White Wolf Unit then acted as Commander Li since they had similar height and both of them knew the hand signal. Since Haobing knew the two recruits, he made that hand signal to let them start shooting. He wanted to mess with Zhi An's plan. He wanted everyone to know that Li Zhi An was ill-suited for being a Commander. In reality, Commander Li was always one step ahead of him.

Since two years ago, Li Zhi An never forgotten his two dead team mates. Every night, their death scene replayed in his mind like a movie. He regretted for choosing them because they are new but he wanted to trust them since it was their first overseas mission. He believed they will do a good job but he never expected his best friend to betray him. All he felt was fear of losing people he loved, his trauma never gotten healed until a kind surgeon took his hand. All he wanted was to feel secured, being loved and respected. He didn't want to lose anymore people, Yue Yue was his life and his reason to live on.

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During morning training, Yue Yue trained with other SWAT members. Although she's a doctor, she needed to increase her physical activities. When she was young, she had great endurance level and she earned a black belt in taekwondo when she was in high school. Although she haven't practiced that much, she does, however, remember basic self-defense and some tricks up her sleeves.

Xiao Xia and Yuqi stared at Yue Yue in awe.

"Wow. She's better than some of the SWAT members here." Yuqi shook her head and Xiao Xia literally fell in love with Yue Yue.

"She's the definition of a badass woman." Xiao Xia smiled and then worked on her shooting. Li Zhi An was on the other side of the field recording scores for his team. He tried not to get distracted of what Yue Yue mentioned to him yesterday. He wasn't even paying attention to Yue Yue when she was training with them.

After they trained, all of them took a break and hung out outside or in the lounge room. One of the members got a letter without any name on it. He gave it to Zhi An and he took a look. Yue Yue sat beside him and read the letter. It was written in Chinese instead of Khmer.

"Someone must've translated for him."

"What does the letter say?" Yuqi asked and Yue Yue answered, "Seems like they gave us the location of where the victims are located. You all know Prak, right? He's the one who escaped two years ago and right now, he's the real enemy. He does have people working for him and few of them are in this building."

"What are you going to do then?" Xiao Xia asked her.

"Let's go to our room, less people the better." Yue Yue signalled them to go to their private room where they usually meet. After closing the blinds and the door, the people who wanted to help all gathered around.

"Xiao Xia, Yuqi. What do you think?" Yue Yue asked them for their advice.

"So, the location will be at a hotel. But, it will be difficult for Yuqi and I to shoot so I recommend we work with the police and to let them walk around the parameter and check inside the hotel. We'll place some of our SWAT team members on stairway to prevent them from escaping. Another way, we force them to go out to the rooftop and place some of our people there. That way, Yuqi and I will have a clear view of those people so it will be an easier job for us." Xiao Xia responded confidently. Zhi An nodded in agreement, Yue Yue agreed as well.

"How much time do we have left?" One person asked.

"Less than 24 hours." Yue Yue replied and got out her phone.

"Hello? This is the White Wolf Counter-Terrorism Unit Dr. Zhang speaking, is this Shanghai metropolitan police station?"

Yue Yue continued, "We are asking officers to cooperate with us in capturing the highly dangerous criminal leader who's involved in several kidnapping incident recently. We ask for other SWAT unit to cooperate with us. But we need to move secretly and quickly. We have less than 24 hours left."

"We'll direct your message to our police chief. He'll call you back asap." They hung up and waited for the call. Finally, after few minutes, the police chief called.

"We will be able to cooperate with you. We will send SWAT unit from our side. When do you want us to meet? Preferably somewhere not too close to the hotel." The police chief asked and Yue Yue agreed with others to let them meet at a nearby park beside the subway station in two hours. Everyone was getting ready, Zhi An and the others were packing up their equipment. Yue Yue told Zhi An in advance that she will be in her room packing some stuff.

She went to a private place then called her father.

"Dad, I need your help. Watch the news and if you can, I need your private army. We are facing someone very dangerous and I don't know if we have enough people." She was afraid as well but she is good at not showing it.

"Certainly. Daughter, be careful. We will save you and your friends." After she hung up, she walked towards the elevator.

Yue Yue was heading up to her room when she was suddenly knocked out. Without knowing what happened, she opened her eyes and she was at the top of the City K Hotel.