Men In Black Suits

If the person in our mission, who is supposed to fall in love with the other, happens to die due to unforeseen circumstances, we are required to come back immediately. No exceptions.

It's rare when it happens, but if I get one of my targets dies on the first day I get here, I am so fucked-

Before I can finish my train of thoughts, one of the men in the group grips my shoulder, pushes it down so I can sit on the hard, cold floor. 

"Get down.." The man coldly said. I looked up, noticing the number 11 tattooed on his face. It was under his left eye. I looked away when he looked at me. My skin can feel his stares, hair rising up on my neck. Now I'm scared. Scared as hell.

But I face the register. One of the men, appearing larger than the others, and bald, was standing in front of it.

It seemed like he recognized him.

Fuck.

"Silas..." In a menacing tone the large man used, just by one word, he almost made the entire store rumble in fear. "You don't know how long we have been looking for you." 

"Are you sure you have the right guy..?" Silas questioned. "I'm Lucas, just a normal guy who works here-" As he was about to finish his sentence, the large man slammed the counter with his fists, startling me and everyone. The men even flinched just by that abrupt, loud bang. Followed by silence, my heart beat was racing while feeling small drops of sweat coming down on my forehead. When he took his fist off the counter, a dent was created.

"Sorry.. Force of habit.." He says while wiping off whatever was on his knuckles.

Fucking hell, how strong is this guy!? He could literally rock my shit up if he wanted to! 

But Silas expression stayed the same. No hint of fear was shown on his face. Almost like he's used to it.

Creepy..

"But don't play dumb.. I know what you've been up to.." Opening his coat, he pulls out a lighter and cigar. Putting it between his lips, he proceeds to light it.

"Like what..?" He asks, showing an indifferent expression on his face. As I look at the big man inhaling the smoke from his cigar, he goes on to blow it out right in Silas's face. Coughing slightly, Silas waves the smoke off in front of him, still showing no reaction whatsoever. 

"Like stealing the 'blueprint'.. Does that trigger anything..?" The large man waits, but he doesn't answer.

"You're quiet... I see you haven't changed... at all..." Silas face twitched. "You're still the same.. Even before what happened between you and-"

"Do not.. bring him into this.." He interrupted. Now his face was visibly angry, making the bald man smirk.

"I won't... only if you tell me where it is.." He inhales before blowing it out towards Silas once more. "But I'll count down to 3, by the time I reach 3, everyone here will die-" The man points to Silas with his index finger. "Including you."

"One-" He begins to count down. Hold on, is he serious right now? I glanced at Silas, but my eyes widened when I see him looking at me. His eyes were full of worry, making me feeling even more uneasy than I was before. 

"Two-" Shit, am I going to die?! I haven't even been here for a full day, and now I'm going to lose my life because of this?! 

"Thr-"

"Okay..! Okay.." He interrupted. I see him take a deep breath, and for some reason, his arm was seemingly reaching for something.

Why is my heart racing even faster than it did before? Something's not right.

"You wanna know where it is..?" Silas asks, maintaining eye contact with him. The bald man nods, taking one more inhale from his cigar before blowing it out once again. 

"It's-" Silas then pulls out a gun, aiming at the man's head. "Right up your fucking ass!" And then, he pulls the trigger. 

Bang!

That's all I heard. For a moment, the man stood motionless. Just as I was about to question what happened to myself, he stumbles down onto the floor. Hard.

I then see blood dripping down from his forehead. ..Holy shit-

"Shoot him!" One of the men yelled. Quickly pulling out their guns, a shootout happens. Seeing him dodge every bullet made me wonder how he was able to do that, especially that fast. He punches one man in the guts, proceeding to bash the guy's head with the rack full of clothes. Coming back from my senses, I stood up from the ground, and ran to the exit. The others were running to the exit as well, but my body stopped itself from going out. My whole head looked back to see him.

He's doing fine, why did I stop?

I turned to look at the exit where the others had fled.

"Why are my legs not moving..? Go.. Go, go, go!.." I tell myself. But they just wouldn't budge. A memory sparked in me again. This time, I'm hearing cries and yelling. And for a split second, I see a child in front of me. Holding what looked like a plush. A bunny.

"Who is this?.. Get out... Get out of my head..! Now!" I shouted to myself while bringing my head down to clutch it with my own hands. I grip it tight to stop the pain, but it's not working. 

Stop... Get out... Please... 

Then I hear-

"Mama!"

What?

"Miss! Watch out!" My head turned to look at Silas, but instead of him, I saw something thrown in my direction. I wanted to move my legs, but they don't want to. 

If I don't move now, I'm going to be hit. 

Move legs, Move-

At that moment, I closed my eyes, preparing my body for impact. However, I felt a grip on my arm, roughly pulling me aside before the object could even hit me.

"Huh-?" Feeling someone's chest, I opened my eyes, and glanced up. Silas was clutching my body to his. Giving me a brief look, he pulls my arm and we start running. Shooting at the men, he runs to the register to grab something. I didn't know what it was, we were running so I didn't have time to think and focus.

Everything was going slow. Dead bodies everywhere. One man was standing, threw something before Silas shot him. Focusing what he threw, I panicked.

A grenade. 

He threw a grenade. 

"Shit- Get down!" I yell, pulling his arm to get behind the counter where the registers are. Covering my body to protect his, I tightly shut my eyes while the small bomb exploded.

.

.

Ringing was all I could hear in my ear. Breathing sharp and fast, I stopped covering his body with mine and lifted my head up, surveying the area. Every man is dead. The only ones alive are me and Silas.

Knowing the police are coming, I turn to look at him.

"The coast is clear, but we have to get out of here now.." Standing up, I scanned the place. Everything was a mess.

"Wasn't expecting this at all for the first day of my long-term task." I joked to myself. Hearing a man clear their throat, my head was turned. Seeing my pink folder in his hand, my heart skipped a beat. I patted my clothes everywhere.

I thought it was on me..

"You left this on the register. I wanted to give this back to you before all of... that, happened." He smiles, while there is grey dust and bits of blood on his face. Can't say that it wasn't the same for me.

"Thanks..." Taking my folder back, I clutched it tight. Thank Cupid he had it, I would've lost my mind trying to look for it.

..Suddenly, eyes widened themselves in realization. 

Wait, don't tell me-

"And don't worry, I didn't look through it." He winks, reassuring me.

Phew, if the supervisors knew about it, I would've been good as dead. 

Walking towards a certain thing, he picks it up. It looks like a bag.

My bag.

"Here you go," He hands it to me. "This is your bag, isn't it?" He raises an eyebrow, still smiling. Taking hold of the bag, It was dirty, but nonetheless, the dress was still clean. 

"Anyways, I have to go. Don't tell anyone this happened and do not tell anyone you saw me!" He runs out of the boutique, leaving me alone. Just as I was about to leave the boutique and go to some hotel, my brain didn't register the fact I basically had little to no money to go to some hotel, and the one I can barely afford is basically like 3 hours away just to stay for one night. Realization dawned on me when all the money I had was for the hotel to stay for the night, start looking and get a job..

..Sooo, basically, I'm screwed. Realizing my only option was leaving-

Whilst running to Silas, I gripped his arm, startling him.

"Um Miss?.. Is there something you need?" He asked. Maintaining eye-contact with him, my lips opened to say what it need to say-

"Can I live with you..?" His eyes widened, blinking twice upon hearing my proposal.

"Wait what?"