17 The Gang

"I'm Jin's friend, I'm Jhon," he said while letting Eunica's hand, "We're here to help."

Eunica just stared at Jhon with suspicion, "Are you the snake hybrid they were talking about? The leader?" Eunica asks while taking a step back.

"Leader? What? HAHAHAHA!" Jhon suddenly laughs out loud. It took him minutes before he shuts up.

"No, Leader? Pft! Did #008 told you that?" Jhon asks while leaning on the bathroom's wall.

"Yes," Eunica almost forgot #008 was Jin's number.

"No, I'm not. He's the leader," Jhon steps out of the bathroom and sat on the chair beside Eunica's bed.

Eunica just followed him but she just stands up just in case he's trouble.

"You see, we got out of this place because of Hyung and #008, they made the explosion. And boom, we're out. But the plan was to be caught by the President by going to the main base and we knew that he was looking for assassins, so he decided to make us his own assassins," suddenly Jhon's shoulder lowered, making him look sad.

"We killed some people, but that's fine if we'll be free someday," he added before standing up.

"What? That's a very different story from what Ji--, I mean, #008 told me," Eunica leans on the wall while looking at Jhon with confusion.

"What? I mean, yeah we talked about confusing people and such, maybe it's to keep you safe and all. You know, also, maybe he doesn't trust you," Jhon took a look at Eunica, who looks quite angry with what he said.

"I mean, that time, he may not have trusted you. But of course, I know that he trusts you now," he scratched his head awkwardly.

"So, why are you here?" Eunica asks.

"The President told us to look after you, since you may already know, you're a target. He wants to kill you. I don't know why or who are you, but if you're #008's friend, you're my friend. Don't worry, I won't hurt you even if he tells me to," Jhon suddenly became a snake and crawled under the door's open space.

Eunica was not able to say anything at all.

It was too much to take all in.

Them escaping with the help of Jin,

Jin being a leader of the hybrids in their base,

Jhon as an assassin.

"GAH! I HATE THIS LIFE!" She suddenly remembered her fight with Jin earlier.

She stumps to her bed and laid down.

"I just want a normal life," she whispered before closing her eyes.

She didn't realize that she slept the whole day until she woke up in the middle of the night.

She heard whispers in the bathroom.

At first, she didn't know what to do, but when she heard what they whisper were talking about, she stood up fast, took the pocket knife under her pillow just in case and walked to the bathroom.

"I'M NOT HIS GIRLFRIEND! HE'S MY COUSIN!"

Her face was all red and her nose was almost blowing smokes due to embarrassment.

There were two girls, with their dog ears and tail still appearing in their human form.

"KYAH!" Both of the girls squealed while clinging to each other.

"Who are you? Did the President sent you?" Suddenly, Eunica was pointing the knife to the girls.

"Wait, wait, wait! We won't hurt you, big sis! We went here because Jhon told us about Jin's friend and we just want to meet you," The girl with droopy ears said, "Yeah, sorry for scaring you," the other girl with heterochromia added.

"I-is that so?" Eunica began to stater while blushing.

She overreacted, but it's for her own safety anyway so shook herself to get rid of embarrassment.

"Yes!" Both the girls stood up and smiled.

"I'm Melanie!" The girl with droopy ears said while having the biggest smile.

"I'm Rocel!" The girl with heterochromia made a peace sign.

"We're twins and, we're your friends! We're just like big bro Jhon, but don't worry, we won't hurt you!" They said in unison.

"But are you sure, you're not #008's girlfriend? Because from what I remembered, she never got close to any girl before but here you are all sweet with him!" Melanie teases Eunica while poking her arm, she ran fast to Eunica just to make her blush.

"Yeah, the way he ran to you when the President pushed you, gosh! It's so dramatic and romantic! 'Here I come, my princess! I will save you from that beast!'" Rocel, on the other hand, mimicked what happened earlier with matching voicing over using deep manly voice for Jin.

"What! Stop that, we're not like that," Eunica pushes Melanie away from her arm and went to sit on her bed.

The two followed her and sat beside her, making Eunica the one in the middle.

"Why aren't you turning into your full human form?" Eunica loves dogs, and their wagging tail and cute ears almost made her want to pat them.

"We're defective, that's what they said. We can't fully turn into a human," Melanie touches her ears.

"Yeah, it's a shame, we might've been able to blend in into crown if we don't have this, just like the others," Rocel sighs.

They were allowed to go out but the twins can't do that because people will see what they are.

"Don't worry, you guys still look cute!" Eunica pats both of them, making their tail wag.

"Anyways, isn't the president looking for you?" Eunica still pats them, she can't resist seeing the twins happiness with what she's doing.

"Nope, he told us to look around and see if there's anything suspicious, so we decided to look for you," Melanie said before breaking out from the pat and laid down on the bed.

"I'm wondering if you escaped from the base, why did the President accept you. He should've, you know, punish you or something," Eunica then laid down.

It's been years since she had a 'girl talk' and she quite enjoys their company.

"Hm, I don't know really. Maybe he didn't know who we are, and he's looking for assassins. He might've thought that we're normal hybrids who needs money so he took us," Rocel looks at Melanie who's eyes are closed and Eunica.

"I see.." Eunica still can't see why the President accepted them, he knows his hybrids.

She doesn't want to think negatively, but it might be a trap.

"Hey, we need to go!" Rocel stands up and pats Melanie's leg to wake her up.

She's sleeping already beside Eunica.

"Hey, we're gonna get caught!" Rocel pulled Melanie's hands to make her stand up.

"Hmm, yeah..." Melanie then slowly opens her eyes.

"We're going, big sis!" Rocel waves goodbye while pulling sleepy Melanie to the door.

"Wait, how did you get in?" Eunica sits up.

"Hm? We used this," Melanie pointed at the door, "You're a heavy sleeper, Sis. Be sure to lock the door when you sleep, you didn't hear us enter."

"Oh, yeah. Bye," Eunica smiles at them.

They then went out and closed the door, "I need to lock that door," she stands up to go to the cafeteria.

She suddenly felt hungry and she slept the whole day.

"I need to be careful, I may not know who else is watching me," she whispered while leaving her room.

"Oh, why?" A voice she knew well said.

She turned around while locking the door, "Unc-- President?"

She almost blurted out 'uncle' since that's what she used to call him.

Her eyes widened because he heard what she said, and Jin's friend might get in trouble.

"I'm sorry about earlier, I thought you were someone I know, my sincere apologies," the president took her hand and kissed it while his grin widens.

Even though Dr. Arlene and Syp told him that she does not remember anything, he knows that there's a chance that she remembers or that she will.

Eunica looks at the President with anger, hate, and even death while he was kissing her hand.

'I will destroy you,' both of them thought.

The President then turned his back, ready to leave.

"See you around, EUNICA ANGEL," The president said, emphasizing her name.

It made Eunica feel uneasy and scared at the same time since it was how he called her when he was about to kill her before.

"Goodbye, Mr. PRESIDENT," she replies, turning at the opposite direction from where the President walked.

The President felt something odd with how she also emphasizes his position, but when he turned back to look at Eunica, she's already gone.

"Fast kitty," he whispered while trying to cover his grin full of excitement and anger.