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He thought his life was over that night. There's no way he could survive after beaten up to death like that, five against one, on a rainy night at a dark alley where no one can found him. He couldn't move nor breath after that intense beating, the last thing he remember was the blurry street light that slowly fading as his conscious leaving him. The last thing he felt was pain. More and more pain, spreading through his whole body. The sound of rain become his last background music as he leaving this world for real.
There's no way he'd survived.
But then he open his eyes in a strange place, all he can see is white. The room is quiet, he's alone and confused, anywhere he land his eyes is white, no other colors but white. Then he feel the bed he'd been sleeping, comfortable. Soft. The air in this room also comfortable, he can't remember when is the last time he felt this comfortable in his life. So a sudden relieved consume him.
He's alive, once again.
The door open and 3 people comes in, one of them talking in a soft way but fast, explaining his condition to the others fast without any interuptions despite of hard medical terms he use in his sentences. All wearing white doctor's gowns.
"Oh, he's awake." The one who did explanations informed the others when he noticed the boy on the bed has open his eyes.
Younghyun, the name tag said, checking the boy's consciousness immidiately by spotting a bright light on his eyes.
"Everything's settled for this boy, we just need to tell him and get his consent." The other person informed, Sungjin, his name tag said.
"I'll talk to him in a couple of days." The person with Jae written on his name tag replied Sungjin.
But the boy on the bed just looking at them one at a time in confused, demand some explanations but can't really voicing it out of his mouth due to his unconsciousness.
"Two days would be enough." Younghyun said again after checking other parts of the boy's body to examine his natural respon abilities.
The two other guys nodded their heads then all of them leaving the room just like that, without saying anything to the boy on the bed, leaving his confuseness hanging for two days.
Two days passed with nurses come and go this room to take care of him, without really explain anything either, even after he asked them many times. They just dilligently provide everything he needs so he recovered perfectly in two days, just like what Younghyun guy said.
Right after two days, the nurses take him out of the room, walking down the also white corridor to some kind of conference room where a long white table set in the middle, 6 chairs placed neatly around it. The boy sit on one of the chair, waiting in even greater confused for he doesn't know who.
Who exactly he's waiting for? What is this place? Who is these people? Why were they saved him? Where is he now? What's waiting for him after this? All of this questions hanging around his head, circling fast since the day he met 3 strange guys in his room after he opened his eyes.
One guy from that day come inside, giving the boy his tender smile before sit right in front of him.
"We met two days ago, I'm Jae. How's your feeling today, Hwang Hyunjin?"
The boy's eyes twitch, "I'm not... Hwang Hyunjin, though..."
The guy who introduced him as Jae smile again, "For now onward, you are Hwang Hyunjin." He handed a card to the confused boy, an identity card. Hwang Hyunjin's identity card.
The boy give a quick scan to the card and somehow frigthened filling him, "Why... am I Hwang Hyunjin...?"
Jae smile again, "Because the old you died that night." His smile is somehow scary and creepy, but without make any big deal, Jae turn on the LED screen in front of the room.
A video of Hyunjin's funeral played. There are familiar faces he know from the orphanage bowing in front of his picture placed in the middle of flowery table. The smoke of incense floating around the picture, some people crying as the background music of this video. Now he feel more frightened seeing that. If he died, then who is he now?
Goosebumps.
"You are now Hwang Hyunjin, one of our Archangel."
The boy, now Hyunjin, turn his head to a man in front of him who still smiling his tender soft smile. Despite of the furrowed eyebrow Hyunjin show, Jae starting to explain what it means.
Archangel. A guardian angel. Just like its name, a guardian angel, is how they called their employees of their company, the Fallen Angel. Fallen Angel itself is a very exclusive security company, running like a secret agent that provide a security services to bring safetiness to its clients, already running for centuries in great silence. Only rich or important people know them because only those people can afford their services. And they called their employees Archangel, the guardian angel.
The company recruits their employees from any social background to be worked in different divisions, but mostly, they recruits stray people. People who has no families, no close relatives, people who almost alone living in this world, just like Hyunjin. That's why they said Hyunjin is a perfect trainee. Yes, he will be trained first for like 6 months to be ready to work, to guard real clients.
"Your appearance still fit a high schooler perfectly so you'll be on division 1, you'll be a high schooler while doing your job as an Archangel. I'll inform you later about your client after you complete your training. Any question for now?"
This is a lot to take in, and Hyunjin still in confused and shocked that he doesn't even know where to start asking his questions. He blink his eyes, "Should I really join this...?"
Jae smile tenderly again, "Of course not, you can reject this offer, but as I said earlier, the old you has died."
Shiver.
Hyunjin feel something cold around the back of his head when Jae said that, with a casual smile and eyes that now looks hella creepy for him.
"You supposed to be dead that night if we didn't come and get you. If you reject this... then who are you?"
Hyunjin blink his eyes again, he can't help but gulping down in fear. Would they kill him, then? Vanish him from this world because he practically no longer exist?
"Besides, we'll pay you. We'll take care of your daily needs through your trainee period, well until you get a real client and receive your first salary. We're basically just a security provider, you don't have to worry. Just need to give your everything to the clients, including your life."
How can he say it so easily in a calm state like that? Hyunjin is wondering. Is that mean his life isn't his anymore? Will he be okay?
"You're good at fighting. Your 6 months training would be so much easier, you'll get client soon with that capability you have." He smile, "Ah, I really love a stray kid. They're alone, good at fighting and take care of themselves well, easy to handle their civilization as well, also an obedient." He noded his head once and scanning the boy, "You looks like an obedient kid."
Hyunjin look down his head, eyeing his new identity card once again, thoroughly. Looking his own picture on it absent-mindedly, wondering if die is better than this thing he would jump himself into.
"Other questions?"
No, die would never be better than anything. He's alive, that's all what matters. And he given a chance again, a new life he can live on once again. So he better be determined, to not failed at this one too. He should work hard at this one. He will work hard.
"If you have no other questions, sign here, Archangel Hyunjin." Jae smile once again. "So we can move on to the detail of your life as an Archangel."
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