A medic meets his fated messenger! With British intelligence at his doorstep, he can finally put his plan into action. Yiuna must save people from the launch of a new virus, but the medic is saving her? Is either person who they seem to be? Examine me. They see through each other’s lies, yet keep pretending. An agent falls for the very man she is spying on.
Chapter 2 has been broken into 5 parts for ease of reading. It was written as a oneshot! This chapter is faster in terms of the buildup if their relationship than I’d like it to be for me personally, but it was released at a time where I needed a finished mini-story so that people could get to know AiB. Yet the the more I thought about it and built the AiB world, the more I realized that there may be some very good (and perhaps sad) justification for it that may come to light as I release more chapters. We’ll see. Enjoy the read for now!
Italics = Character thoughts
UNFORGIVABLE: PART 1
Sicily, Italy, 19:45. Shoe rubber clanged furiously close as a group of the cartel’s sentry ran through the lab’s corridors. The agent’s pursuers had lost their tail.
“Idiot, where did she go?” A guardsman berated his comrade for losing sight of the flash of white-blonde hair amidst the poorly-lit halls. Fear curdled beneath his anger at the consequences for improper patrol. Experiments carried out in the boss’s name were cruel, but punishment was far crueler.
A few years ago, London’s Secret Service had sent an agent abroad to crack down on suspicious activity in an unassuming research facility. Tucked away from the sight of the general populace, the illegally run branch was puppeteered Sicily’s cosa nostra, a mafia family with alleged ties to terrorist schemes.
The sentry’s footsteps receded as they took a turn down the wrong alley. Yiuna broke the silence, stumbling out from behind medical equipment. Blonde hair dirtied, head dizzied with a smattering of bruises, she drew in each jittering breath in pain. Her nausea worsened as memories of forced Boost injections flooded her mind. It was an unexpected and rather inconvenient time for her body to relive the side effects of the deprecated beta in her system from years ago. She clutched her sides, attempting to refocus.
A man in a lab coat had just made his way out of another room when he spotted the silhouette of her back. She felt a warm hand on her shoulder. The agent jumped back, startled.
“Hold on, miss. Let me look.” Weary eyes stared at her from beneath somewhat tousled dark hair. It could be a beta test of the new virus. I know they plan to do a few rounds of testing here, but this is too soon, he thought.
Her breaths were getting heavier. Yiuna found it strange he was unbothered by her state of ruin. Leftover adrenaline from her brawl only heightened her suspicion.
“I’m fine. It doesn’t concern you.” I need to leave quickly. The agent may have been battered, but she certainly had not sustained any head injuries severe enough to make her trust any facility worker.
“It concerns me more than you think. And as you are now, I can’t ignore you. I’m a medic.” That’s not quite my profession, but I can’t tell more to someone as unfortunate as you. He spoke in a low voice. “Let me run a test on you at my home. I can tend to your injuries there too,” he insisted.
“Don’t be ridiculous – ”
“I’m serious.” He grabbed her arm. Irritated and exhausted, she tried to shove him off.
“Let go, I don’t have time for this – ” A sudden dizziness made her stumble.
The medic steadied her with his grip, shooting her a stern gaze. The sheer intensity of his stare took her aback, persistent yet sincere. He surely wouldn’t take no for an answer now. She averted her eyes, embarrassed.
“I don’t think you’re aware of just what they did to you. Looks like you tried resisting them as the others did,” he said, eyes imparting apology. Yet this woman doesn’t seem like the others. But who else can make it this far into the lab? There’s no other explanation.
She didn’t know what he was talking about. She tried to piece together who he was, yet the swirling sickness threatened to steal her consciousness. It was uncanny to feel so dizzy, even after a fight. The man’s seeming oblivion to her suspicion was jarring, and the mention of a test intrigued her. He seemed to have inside knowledge on the cartel’s activities. She relented at the newfound opportunity to gather intelligence.
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Any comments left on the chapters are appreciated, I’d love to hear from you. I put a lot of time and dedication into AiB and I hope it shows! Please share AiB with anyone who might enjoy it.
Fun fact: I have over a dozen documents on research, themes, character sheets, quotes, plotlines, etc. that feed into the main document that you know as the story you’re reading. It’s tough synthesizing, but it’s what gives the story its beauty and complexity.
I love how the characters where describe, i can easily know who is who. Also, the new format really helps, it is more easy to read. For me, the only thing that is confusing is the virus since it doesn’t have a background about it and Yiuna…
Agent Lilavendree, I’m happy you like the new format as much as I do versus the AO3 site where I had it before…I put a lot of effort into the site! And yes, I’ve intentionally left out information about the virus until later; there’s an important system/concept behind it. Not sure what’s confusing about Yiuna.
About the virus thing, since i still don’t know the background and also there are something that triggers it so im a little confused. I’ll definitely be waiting for future chapters. Btw, love the wallpaper I got for the sign up reward
That’s all definitely going to be explained! I spent a lot of time developing that idea and it’s definitely central to story thematics, in a way. I’m actually glad you caught onto it’s detail enough to care. And thanks for signing up for the email list, I’m more than happy to give away art to people who support my creative work.
I’m already wishing a happy ending for these two. Will the ship the survive tho, guess I’ll wait and see (or read)
Great read so far, and love the accompanying illustration of best girl Yiuna👌🏼
Agent Nes, glad you enjoyed! Hoping to do fully rendered art sometime, when I have time for more than just sketches.
Loved this chapter
Enjoying lockdown holidays with ur characters AgentRose. If u had not followed me on twitter, I would have missed this book. Ur narration is nice. Loved the chapters. Waiting for the futute ones.
Agent Kumar, happy my characters could be a part of your holidays. Thank you for giving AiB a shot. I’ll be posting a oneshot on two of the characters soon on the blog, be sure you’re signed up for emails! Stay tuned.
i am alll here for the action MAAM
I have already fallen head over heels for this story… i can feel the hardwork every inch of your heart and soul you put into this .. from the artworks on ur insta page to the plot.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!!
wait, almost forgot !
have you tried going for the wattpad app? just a question because your site’s algorithm kind of resembles the app’s .. so i wondered if you tried and never took a liking to it or some other reason perhaps. 😊
I’ve tried Wattpad but not seriously – I’ll definitely need to revisit Wattpad sometime, I just have no bandwidth for it now, especially since I got discouraged when my original Wattpad submission didn’t gain traction.
Like the first one, this 2nd chapter is really good !
Keep it up !
Thank you love. It means a lot