Chapter 29

                                    

                                          
"What do you mean? What happened?" Jiwoo asked Hyemi. The three girls were sitting in Jiwoo's room, trying to calm the crying girl. 
                          
"We went out to the human world for halloween, just to celebrate. But there were so many people in the crowd. She was there one moment and gone the next. I spent the rest of the night looking for her and I couldn't find her. We shouldn't have gone. Then she would still be here." Hyemi said through her tears. Jiwoo looked at Rena. 
                          
"Did you see anyone suspicious that might have taken her?" Rena asked her. Hyemi shook her head. 
                          
"There was so much going on, I was just being pushed away from her." Hyemi told them. Rena nodded her head to Jiwoo, leaving the room to tell the agency leaders. 
                          
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Rena sat with her friends in the dinning hall of the agency for lunch as the leaders were meeting downstairs. She could feel the tension at the table. 
                          
"The Vampire King is smart. Too smart." Renjun said, breaking the silence. "Why would you try to capture perfectly trained agents when you can capture a faerie with no training whatsoever."
                          
The rest nodded agreeing with his statement. "It did catch us off guard but the leaders are also pretty good at doing their jobs. They'll probably have a plan by the end of tonight." Haechan said to the group. 
                          
"I better hope they do." Jiwoo mumbled to herself. 
                          
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Doyoung sat at his desk at the agency, located inside his office. Taeyong had just finished meeting with the leaders, informing them of the situation. Doyoung was to work on a strategy to obtain Naeun while the other leaders were to train their members for a surveillance mission. 
                          
At the agency, each of the leaders of H.I.D.D.E.N. had their own space upstairs, allowing them to organize their own thoughts and schedules. Doyoung's office had a table, rectangular and glass, sitting in the middle of the room. It was also holographic, which helped him run simulations when coming up with strategies for the agency's missions. 
                          
He turned around to face the board on the wall, crossing another item on his list after he realized it wouldn't work. Under the board was his office desk, this one with a holographic computer. 
                          
Doyoung sighed deeply as he turned the table off, the table returning to it's normal state. He flipped through the files on his desk, unable to find a good strategy. He rested his chin in his hand, thoughts running through his head. He heard a knock on the door. 
                          
"Come in." He called out, turning around in his chair to face the door. Taeyong walked in. 
                          
"Stressed?" Taeyong asked him. Doyoung nodded. 
                          
"I just can't think of anything." He told the agency leader. Taeyong patted him on the shoulder. 
                          
"You're doing great, Doyoung, but you know, you can always ask for help." He said, nudging his head to the picture that sat on his desk. It was a picture of Doyoung and Renjun, taken the day Renjun had selected him to be his mentor. 
                          
"Are you suggesting that I ask Renjun to help?" Doyoung asked him. Taeyong shrugged his shoulders.
                          
"We both know he's a pretty bright kid, and two heads are better than one. Plus, you're his mentor so it would be a good learning experience for him too." Taeyong responded. Doyoung thought for a moment before pulling out his phone. Upon seeing Doyoung getting back to work, Taeyong smiled to himself before walking out of the room. 
                          
"Hi Renjun. Are you at the agency? Can you meet me in my office?"
                          
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Renjun knocked on the door of his mentor's office, curious as to why Doyoung wanted to meet.