Ha Rin’s concern that night was real for sure. She felt all that because of everything that happened to her and to SolHi in the last few days and because she saw BoRam that night there. Something strange in her opinion because she knew that Kam BoRam was the devil and if she was there, it meant only one thing - someone was about to die that night. Who exactly? It wasn’t difficult to guess already, not after the manner she took SolHi out of her cell, telling her that someone was there to see her, something that seemed to be a damn lie.

It was clear that all BoRam said was a lie, but Ha Rin didn’t have certainty that this would definitely happen or the reason for that lie. That’s why Ha Rin told herself that she had to check what was going on inside the jail that night. For this to happen, she had to get out of her cell. How to do that? She didn’t know. All she knew was that she had to make up something and do that fast because there was no time to waste in vain.

To make sure her plan would work, Ha Rin waited for minutes in a row, planning everything up to the last detail. She did that so fast because she knew that she might have been SolHi’s last chance to survive. And, when she had the plan sketched in her mind, Ha Rin started to yell so loud, complaining because of harsh pain in her stomach.

Nobody approached her cell though. It seemed that she was deliberately ignored, and Ha Rin was pretty sure of that because she knew that, in such cases, the guardians who didn’t know anything about what was really happening that night in prison had been probably sent to another area of the jail, not to bother those who were really involved. That’s why she started to yell even louder to make sure at least someone would come there to see her or at least tell her to keep her mouth shut.

If this had happened, Ha Rin intended to mention Mi Hi’s name. Thus, she would have been taken to the medical compound for sure. Yet, before this happened and two guardians finally approached her cell, Ha Rin had to wait for minutes. All this outraged her, understanding that if her pain had been real, she would have probably been left to die or something bad would have happened because of the guardian’s „laziness.” Something she intended to ask the guardians to pay for but later. For the moment, she had to focus only on her play. That’s why, when the two guardians approached the cell, Ha Rin complained because of the harsh pain, telling them that she suffered a „severe diabetic seizure,” something that sent her right to the medical compound. This happened though only because the guardians were new and weren’t familiar with what disease each prisoner had.

This lie about being diabetic wasn’t a momentary invention but something well-planned both by her and Mi Hi because it was the only way they could see each other daily and plan her escape. Thus, due to the daily „insulin injections,” she came to see Mi Hi so often. And, spending about an hour and a half with Kuk Mi Hi in her medical office, both in the evening and the morning, they had plenty of time to plan that escape.

Her disease was a clear clue to Mi Hi that Ha Rin had something in mind and that she had to see her immediately. Yet, at that moment when Ha Rin had the „crisis,” the doctor wasn’t there. All this seemed strange to Ha Rin because she had complained about the pain at the usual evening hour when they used to see each other. Nevertheless, Kuk Mi Hi wasn’t at her post. Even her things were missing, something that seemed even stranger to Ha Rin.

„Something that hints to me that you are also involved in this. Damn, Kuk Mi Hi!” Ha Rin yelled in her head, realizing that she couldn’t count on her accomplice that night. It even seemed that everything had complicated damn badly because of one of the guardians that accompanied Ha Rin there and who seemed to have some medical knowledge. The guardian even tried to help Ha Rin with the injection, not to „waste precious time,” as she told the prisoner. If this had happened, Ha Rin would have had a real crisis for sure, something that could have also killed her. That’s why, the moment the guardian was about to stub the needle in her hip, Ha Rin grabbed her by the arm, telling the guardian in a low voice, „I’ll do it myself! Not the other but I’m afraid when others do this to me!” Then, grabbing the syringe, Ha Rin suddenly „stubbed” it in the bandage she had under her clothes for such „incidents.” After that, she lay on one of the empty beds and „fell asleep” right away. Thus, she managed to be left alone, thinking that she’d be sleeping for an hour and a half. Thus, they would have had enough time to „watch the show,” as Ha Rin heard one of the guardians telling her colleague.

„The show?” Ha Rin wondered, spying on the guardians who were leaving the office. „What kind of show are these two idiots about to watch? Most probably, it’s something related to SolHi.”

This thought started to bother Ha Rin. Even so, she didn’t leave the doctor’s office earlier than five minutes after the guardians left. Before that, she carefully opened the door and looked in the corridor to see if she was guarded. Yet, she’d been so surprised to see nobody there. Something that seemed strange to her because neither the guardian in charge nor the prisoner that washed the floor at that hour wasn’t seen there.

„Why am I even surprised?” Ha Rin wondered while heading toward the showers. „They sent everybody to bed to make sure their plan would work. Their mistake because… surprise, I’m here to ruin your plans. Something I’ll do no matter what.”

Arriving at the showers, Ha Rin found nobody there. She also didn’t find anybody in the hall. Only on the narrow hall that separated the showers from the backyard of the prison, did she see Mi Hi. This one was staying in front of the open window, smoking. „Damn suspect, according to me because she’s here when she should have been in her office, waiting for me for our daily „visit.” All this convinced Ha Rin to approach the doctor and scold her for her shamelessness. Yet, after only one step taken in front, Ha Rin was forced to pull back because she saw Kam BoRam heading toward Mi Hi.

Seeing the guardian heading toward her, Mi Hi frowned. „Isn’t it over yet?” The doctor feistily asked. The tone of Mi Hi’s voice made Ha Rin attentive. Then, feeling hatred in her voice, Ha Rin shuddered. She even felt disgusted when she heard BoRam’s answer.

„Yes, it’s not over yet because… the bitch is tough! It’ll take a little longer than we thought!”

„Bitch?” Ha Rin hissed through her teeth. „Will it take longer than you thought? Of course, it’ll take because… she won’t give up. Or what, did you think SolHi would give up on her life without a fight? Hell, no because… everybody clings to life. Yet, I’m not sure how hard it’ll be for her to get rid of you though.”

After such thoughts, Ha Rin intended to approach the doctor and the guardian and kill them there because she felt really disgusted after finding out how evil they could be. Yet, she stood calm eventually after she’d seen Mi Hi throwing the ashes of the cigarette into the ashtray. Her calmness and the doctor’s lazy movements bothered her. A thought that made her eventually shudder. This happened because she realized that she hadn’t ever known who Kuk Mi Hi really was, a person who could have easily killed someone even if that one was innocent and she didn’t have a reason to kill her. At the same time, Ha Rin understood that if Mi Hi was doing this, it was because she received an order to get rid of SolHi and maybe she received money too. „Just as she might have received money and orders to get rid of me too after that. Yet, Kuk Mi Hi: you won’t get rid of me that easily. I’ll take you with me first.”

She didn’t do that even at that time though: she didn’t approach Mi Hi but carefully listened to what BoRam said after that. „What concerns me is that the wounds on her body are so visible and we won’t be able to hide them. And, if it’s not the same inspector as the last time, we are dead, Mi Hi. It’ll be more than obvious that she’d been killed in a fight.”

„Then… let’s make something different now,” Mi Hi calmly said. „Don’t hang her as we’ve done with the other one. Just… let the prisoners butcher her like the cows at the butcher shop. It’ll be better for everybody if this happens. Thus, we also make sure she won’t survive. She seems to be that kind of cat that has a lot of lives because… let’s be honest: she escaped from us so many times before.”

After such words, both BoRam and Mi Hi burst into laughter. Then, Mi Hi threw the ashes into the ashtray, deeply breathing in the smoke again. The same thing the guardian did after she lit a cigarette too.

The two women’s calmness, who enjoyed their cigarettes and who didn’t seem at all bothered to hear the screams that were coming from the guardians’bathroom made Ha Rin feel sick. She felt sick after seeing their devilish grins particularly. Yes, she definitely felt bad, understanding that she had trusted a devil with a woman’s face, a devil she’d trusted so many times in her life but who resulted in being just a monster who was capable of getting rid of a human being just to satisfy her sick criminal instinct.

Seeing all this, Ha Rin decided to take revenge on Mi Hi no matter what. Yes, she intended to take revenge on her and ruin her plans, no matter what those were. That’s why she pulled back eventually, hiding in the shadows. Thus, she ensured nobody saw her returning to the doctor’s office. Yet, she didn’t return there to stay hidden or attack Mi Hi by surprise but to look through the drawers from where she took a dagger and a scalpel, which she sneaked into her pocket, while she put the other medical stuff into a backpack. Into the same bag, Ha Rin put a lot of medicine and two ampoules of morphine. Then, in slow sneaking steps, she left the office.

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After leaving the doctor’s office, Ha Rin carefully sneaked toward the showers where she found a painting of terror. There was blood all over where SolHi had been attacked by two prisoners. The two women were unconscious at that moment, lying on the floor and having deep wounds on their heads while SolHi was sitting in one of the corners, crouched and touching with both hands the deep wound she had on her belly.

Seeing SolHi alive and her attackers unconscious, Ha Rin grinned, satisfied. „This is my girl!” She murmured eventually, after checking the pulse of the prisoners. The pulse was weak. Yet, Ha Rin still realized that they would survive. Only then did she approach SolHi, telling her, „Let me see the wound!”

„What for? It’s a wound like any other!” SolHi stubbornly opposed her cellmate’s idea of checking her.

„Maybe! Yet, to have a chance to succeed, I have to make sure that the wound isn’t usual!”

„What do you mean?” SolHi asked, stunned.

„You’ll see,” Ha Rin replied. Then, she winced when she heard someone’s footsteps approaching the showers. It’s when she stared at SolHi and told her in a stern voice, „Listen to me carefully, Ian SolHi! Yes, listen to me very carefully this time: what happened today has been only a warning! What comes will be worse because… they try to get rid of us. For this not to happen, we have to get out of here… as soon as possible.”

„I don’t see how to do that, Ha Rin! We are watched from everywhere. Especially, I’m guarded as the worst of the criminals… I think!”

„Well, I care less about what you think,” Ha Rin hissed through her teeth. Just do what I say if you don’t want to be sent to the other world by me. Thus, I’ll finish what those two have started.”

„It won’t be something you haven’t done before,” replied SolHi, smiling. Yet, she turned serious when she saw that Ha Rin wasn’t joking. On the contrary, Ha Rin seemed to be an angry lioness at that moment, one whose cubs had been attacked and who intended to do whatever it was necessary to do to save them. Seeing this, SolHi shuddered. „You decided this already!”

„Yes, I did that: we get out of here today, no matter what!” After that, she took the dagger out of her pocket.

Seeing the dagger, SolHi swallowed hard. Then, in just seconds, she grabbed Ha Rin’s arm with both hands, determined not to allow her cellmate to hurt her more than she was already. To her great surprise, Ha Rin didn’t hurt her but she hurt herself by making a deep wound on her belly. Ha Rin did that because she understood that their only chance to escape that night was to be taken to the hospital: together and not separately. That’s why she made a similar wound on her belly, just as SolHi had. Thus, she hoped to force Mi Hi to take her in the same ambulance. If this hadn’t happened, Ha Rin intended to get rid both of Mi Hi and BoRam that night just to buy some time.

„Have you lost your mind?” SolHi hissed through her teeth, seeing Ha Rin hurt. „You can die!”

„This won’t happen if we do everything as we’ve planned. Now… pretend to be unconscious. Now, SolHi!” She demanded, hearing those footsteps closer and closer. After that, without waiting for SolHi to be obedient, she suddenly pressed on her wound, making this one gasp. Then, because of the sharp pain, SolHi lost consciousness. „Just in time!” Ha Rin growled, satisfied. And, not wasting time, she lay on the floor, not that far from SolHi. She was smiling inside because she was sure that her trick would work and they’d be taken to the hospital together.

Seconds later, Mi Hi entered the room along with BoRam and other two guardians, thinking that it was over once there was silence for a while. To their great unpleasant surprise, they saw the two prisoners they hired for that job lying on the floor, unconscious, just as Ha Rin and SolHi were. All this was something Mi Hi hadn’t ever expected. Especially, she didn’t ever think that she’d find Ha Rin there. That’s why she suddenly looked at BoRam, asking through her teeth, „What is she doing here?”

„What do I know?” BoRam replied, feistily. „Ask her this! If she survives, of course!” Then, to make sure that they wouldn’t pay for that mess, she blew the whistle, giving the alarm.

Until other guardians appeared at the showers, Mi Hi approached Ha Rin, intending to ask her to keep her mouth shut. Yet, instead of taking Ha Rin by surprise, she’d been the one surprised because she suddenly felt the sharp blade of the dagger touching her throat. Then, not allowing Mi Hi to give the alarm, Ha Rin told her, „Take us out of here as soon as possible, Kuk Mi Hi! If not, who dies is you! And… take us out of here alive. Otherwise, I won’t be responsible for my deeds!”

„Do you think you are still the one giving orders here?” Mi Hi replied with a certain superiority in her voice. „You are wrong now, Ha Rin. You stopped being the boss since long ago.”

„This is what you think? That I lost my sleight?”

„Yeah! Why? Because… you don’t have relationships here or support. Thus, you won’t get too far.”

Ha Rin grinned. „If you think this, you are so wrong, Mi Hi. Why? Because… I don’t need relationships to kill someone. Especially… I don’t need all this to kill you. So, don’t provoke me if you don’t want to turn yourself into my next victim. Or… if you keep provoking me, you can suffer more alive than dead.”

„To suffer more? What the hell are you talking about?”

„I’m talking about you in the role of the prisoner, Mi Hi. If this happens, you won’t live more than for a few seconds because you have more enemies than SolHi has. Many of those enemies are in this jail and they are ready to kill you for free.”

„Do you think this scares me?”

„It should have scared you because this is a sure path to hell, Mi Hi. Or worse… you can get to be the toy of many prisoners, and this is worse than death for sure. So, if you don’t want to fulfill this last dream I have, do what I say.”

Shaking like hell, Mi Hi grabbed Ha Rin by the wrist. Then, squeezing it hard and staring with hatred into her „friend’s” eyes, she asked, „What do you need?”

„Nothing out of the ordinary or something your stupid brain can’t fulfill. What exactly? Take both of us out of here in the same ambulance! And, sew and bandage our wounds, provisory! Not only this: you go with us, in the same ambulance, to make sure we’ll survive. Not only this: before leaving the prison, grab the backpack that’s under your desk. Don’t take anything out of it or it’ll be the last thing you’ll do alive. And… tell Jackal about our plan.”

„Are you crazy? Or… are you just trying to bury me along with you?”

„Yes, it’s exactly what I have in mind because it’s my only chance to make sure you’ll do what I say. If not, Mi Hi: you’ll be my cellmate for sure. Otherwise, just do what I say!” Seeing BoRam approaching them, Ha Rin pretended to have lost consciousness.

„Damn it!” Mi Hi hissed through her teeth. She wasn’t happy because Ha Rin gave her those orders. Yet, aware of who Min Ha Rin was when she was mad, Mi Hi decided to do what that one had asked her to do. Yet, she did everything in her way: she sewed and bandaged Ha Rin’s wound while she only covered SolHi’s wound with a thick bandage. Then, she asked BoRam to ask for a single ambulance.

„Have you lost your mind?” The guardian said through her teeth. „This is not what we’ve planned.”

„What do you intend to do then?” Mi Hi asked, approaching the guardian. „To kill us both or sentence us for these two’s death? No, right?! So, do what I said! And… make sure your driver takes the road through the woods, which is the longest to the hospital. Thus, we make sure Ian SolHi won’t make it because… she bleeds so bad. If this happens, we kill two rabbits by using a single bullet: we save our ass and she dies as it’s been the order.”

„I also know that!” BoRam said. She wasn’t totally convinced that the doctor’s plan was the best. Even so, she decided that it was still the best plan they had at that moment, once the original plan failed. That’s why she ordered two of the guardians to take the prisoners to the doctor’s office and give them first aid. Then, she ordered another guardian to ask for a single ambulance for both prisoners who were injured so badly. Meanwhile, she went and called the driver, a friend she trusted and who could have helped her with her plan to be successful.

Left alone, Mi Hi went to her office and took the backpack Ha Rin had mentioned. Yet, before leaving the office, she checked the backpack’s content, something that outraged her. Particularly, she’d been furious to find the two ampules of morphine there, which she kept there for her personal use. And, realizing that Ha Rin took them to make sure she’d listen to what she said, Mi Hi swore. After that, she left the office, without taking anything out of the backpack, although this had been her first thought.

Entering the ambulance, Mi Hi decided to take the risk and do everything as she planned. That’s why she used an IV fluid drip only for Ha Rin because she didn’t want to waste medicine for a dead person, as she considered SolHi at that moment. Nevertheless, she couldn’t deceive Ha Rin, who realized that Mi Hi planned to do something while transporting them. That’s why she decided that, as soon as she had had the chance, to get rid of Mi Hi once and for all and make sure her escape wouldn’t be affected. Yet, she had to be obedient for the moment because there were four guardians inside the ambulance and she couldn’t kill all of them without being hurt or endangering SolHi.

The best thing for her at that moment was to wait. Yet, time was too slow in her opinion, just as she considered the way to the hospital too long. It also seemed sinuous and not straight as it should have been the road from the prison to the nearest hospital. Yet, as she didn’t know Kuk Mi Hi’s plan, she decided that she had to wait.

By waiting, Ha Rin ensured her survival and that her plan would be successful because, soon after this, she heard a deafening noise made by the tires touching the asphalt when the driver of the ambulance stepped on the brake pedal to the brim. Thus, because of the wet asphalt after the abundant rain from the last few days, the ambulance slid on the asphalt like the skates on ice, making it impossible for the driver to brake. The poor driver had been even forced to pull the wheel to the right while trying to avoid the black off-road car that suddenly appeared in front of them. Because of the sudden movement of the wheel, the ambulance overturned, rolling on the asphalt for enough meters.

A few moments after the accident, Ha Rin finally came back to her senses. She had a deep wound on her left arm and she also felt her forehead covered by blood. Yet, when she moved and felt her fingers and toes, she understood that she was still in one piece, something that gave her some confidence. That is why she finally sat on the ambulance’s floor and looked around, seeing the others lying unconscious, each of them where they fell after the accident.

The only one whose pulse Ha Rin checked was SolHi’s though. A weak pulse that concerned her. Even so, she didn’t give up or curse her days but pulled SolHi out of the ambulance. Then, slowly slapping SolHi’s face, she made her react. In the end, making sure SolHi didn’t have any leg or arm broken, she grabbed her arm, which she passed over her neck, and helped SolHi to stand up and follow her further and further from the ambulance, heading toward the woods. Thus, Ha Rin tried to make sure that none of them would be caught and that she’d fulfill one of her biggest dreams - to be free again and far away from death.