"Tae and Namjoon-hyung are still not here."

A cold dread ran through everyone as they all realized that Jungkook was right.

It's been minutes now.

Namjoon and Tae should've been here already.

Yoongi quickly activated his AC watch and tried contacting R through the earpiece device that H provided them. P and H did the same, but they all frowned because all they could hear from the other end of the line was static. It's either Namjoon didn't have his earpiece anymore, something was wrong with the earpiece.

"What are you doing? Are you trying to call Namjoon-hyung and Tae?" Jungkook asked in a panicking tone.

Yoongi was torn. Somehow, Jungkook's desperate face right now reminded him of himself when he was just a kid. He knew what it felt. Helpless and weak.

So, with a calm tone, he answered the boy's question. "We tried, but we can't hear anything from the other end."

Jimin gasped, his face broken and the excitement brought by the previous event got lost with the wind as he swallowed heavily. Jungkook looked equally as lost, if not even more. Yoongi was sure the younger boy wanted to break down and cry but he was amazed that he did not. He simply stared back at Yoongi with blank eyes.

"I can look for them," H spoke up, and everyone turned to him. "Both Namjoon and Tae have trackers attached to their earlobes like all of us."

Oh yes, the tracker.

Yoongi almost released a sigh of relief, but he did not. He needed to look composed and unaffected. He still felt relieved in the inside though. Good thing H always took precautions.

They all watched Hope—now literaly their only hope—tap a few keys on his laptop. A window on the laptop screen opened and Yoongi could see five red blinking dots gathered in one place. That must be the five of them in the van now.

Yoongi frowned.

There were no other dots.

"What the-!" H muttered under his breath.

There were a lot more clicks and cursing from H who barely cursed in his entire life. Yoongi was starting to get nervous. Hoseok only cursed when something really bad was happening.

He swallowed hard and waited for what was about to come.

"I can't find them," H finally announced.

Yoongi watched as P ran towards the screen, his eyes full of worry. "What do you mean by you can't find them?!"

"I-... There's nothing, okay?" Hoseok replied, his hand coming up to grab a handful of his hair in frustration. "There's just...nothing. It shouldn't be like this. Even if they took off the device, I should still find it. This is not possible. Even if you destroy the device, the main chip would still survive and send signals. But now..."

"M-maybe they're just not around the area!" It was Jimin, and Yoongi found his heart breaking at the sound of Jimin's cracking voice. "Maybe they're somewhere far right now... That's why you can't..."

Hoseok turned to him and sighed. "I'm sorry Jimin, but that is not possible. Even if the tracker is on the other side of the world, I would still be able to know. Unless..."

"Unless what?" It was Jungkook.

Hoseok swallowed hard. "Unless someone tampered with the device."

"Tampered? But who-"

"C-code La-"

Yoongi, H and P looked at each other. They all heard R's voice through their earpiece, but the words were unclear and it seemed like there was something wrong with the connection.

"R! Where are you right now?" P shouted, using his AC Watch to communicate. There were more static noises that they could hear through their earpiece.

"W-what's happening?" Jungkook asked, noticing that the agents were suddenly panicking. Jimin also clutched tightly on Yoongi's shirt and stared at him with wide eyes.

"H-help..."

"Hello? R, can you tell us where you are?" It was Yoongi this time who spoke. He frowned deeply because still couldn't hear anything clear. "We can't track where you are. If you can give us coordina-"

"Co- Code La-"

Yoongi swallowed.

He knew what Namjoon was trying to say.

Code Lamb.

That code meant they were being ambushed.

"Shit! R, tell us where you-"

And then there's silence. They couldn't here anything at all, not even static. It was like there was nothing but void from the other end of the line.

All of them stopped breathing.

And then there was a knock on the door.

The five of them looked at one another. It was H who first snapped out of it and quickly moved to access the camera around the van. They all watched as H opened the camera positioned on the door of the van.

It was R.

Faster than lightning did P ran towards the door and opened it. They were immediately presented with a panting Namjoon who had bruises all over his face and a trail of blood running from a wound on his head.

Not a second later, Namjoon fainted.

•••|SG|•♥•|JM|•••

The atmosphere in the van was choking Yoongi.

He never had any failed mission in his life. He never experienced needing to fix a major problem. He never needed to worry about something. He had always been one of the top agents in their organization.

Now he knew what it felt.

Jimin and Jungkook looked like the world was about to end. Yoongi guessed it was because Namjoon was currently lying unconscious on the couch for minutes now and also because of the fact that Taehyung was not with him.

Shit, Tae was not with him.

Yoongi felt like he was about to faint, too.

Jin was crouching in front of the unconscious boy and was about to lay his hand on his head when the boy suddenly woke up, coughing hard and trying to catch his breath as if he had been chased by someone.

And maybe he had really been.

"Joon, are you okay?" Jin asked with concern laced in his voice. They all gathered around Namjoon. Except for Yoongi, of course. He had to stay back and be alert in case something shitty happened again.

"I'll get some water," Hobi volunteered when Namjoon coughed some more without seeming to stop. When he was able to drink some water, the first thing that came out of his mouth was "Taehyung."

Everyone went silent.

Namjoon swallowed and opened his mouth again. "Taehyung."

"What happened with Tae? W-Where's Tae?!" Jungkook asked in urgency, his eyes going wide as he waited for the answer. 

Namjoon looked up to the younger and their eyes met. At that moment, it seemed like time stood still inside the van. They all waited with bated breaths for what Namjoon had to say. It was not a secret that something bad happened. Yoongi was not even hoping anymore that he was wrong with what he was thinking. 

"T-Taehyung..." Namjoon finally spoke, but he was not looking at Jungkook anymore. His eyes were distant as he stared down at his hands that had some trace of blood. "They got him. They g-got Tae-"

"What do you mean by they got Tae?" Jungkook spoke, his voice low and almost bordering to whisper. "Who are they...?" Jungkook asked again, disbelief written all over his face as he searched for answers from Namjoon who could only stare back in helplessness. When Namjoon still did not speak, Jungkook asked him again in a louder voice, now shouting, "Where is Tae, hyung?! Who got him?! TELL ME! T-Tell me..."

Yoongi swallowed. He did not want to watch this scene but he had no choice. Jungkook broke into desperate cries, the calm and composed boy no longer existed. Jimin ran to his best friend who was now crouched on the floor, weeping and trembling. 

Yoongi understood. He really did.

The boy just realized his feelings and now this happened.

"Kook..." Jimin whispered, trying to calm the other boy but it was fruitless. Jungkook continued stare at the floor, his face blank but tears were rolling down his eyes. He was almost hysterical, but Yoongi refused to label him that. Jungkook had every right to react like that.

He was his best friend.

He was the boy he loved. 

"Joon, can you tell us what really happened?" Yoongi asked, trying his best to look composed. He was the head of this mission. He couldn't show any sign of weaknesses. 

Namjoon nodded his head. "We were in the middle of observing the plants in the garden when I heard your announcement over the earpiece to go back to the van. I told Tae about it and we were about to exit the back garden when suddenly, a bunch of pawns came attacking us. W and T were also there. I tried protecting Tae and escaping as much as possible but they were too many. For some reason, the devices we both have did not work as well. Even Tae's laser refused to turn on."

"That's impossible," Hoseok inserted, frowning as he spoke. "I rechecked everything before we went out of the van and all of them were working."

"But it's really what happened!" Namjoon defended. He placed his face in his hands and rubbed it in frustration. "The next thing I know, I was already pinned to the ground by T and they were already taking Taehyung away. The only thing that saved me from T was the dissolving acid that Jin told me to bring just in case. I threw the vial into his face. I'm not really sure what happened to him."

Hoseok narrowed his eyes, and Yoongi could see that Jin's face was alsk slowly changing as he took in Hoseok's suspicion. 

"How will we know that you're saying the truth?" Hoseok suddenly asked.

Damn, not this again. Yoongi needed to intervene. "Hoseok-"

"How will we know that you're still not on the bad side?" Hoseok continued, completely ignoring Yoongi now. "How can we be sure that you did not just make all these stories? You could be spying on us for all we know."

Namjoon frowned deeply and shook his head. "I would never do that. I was just forced to be a part of that shit before. I would never do anything to hurt any of you, especially Jin."

"Well-"

"That's enough, Hoseok," Jin finally spoke. "Accusing anyone will not solve our problem. What we should do is start planning how to find Taehyung."

Hoseok snorted, shaking his head in disgust. "So I can't accuse Namjoon but you can accuse Sehee? I can't believe this. You're so bias, Jin. Why is it so easy to suspect Sehee but not Namjoon, huh? Well, of course, because he's you boyfriend. And here I thought personal feelings should not intervene in the mission. What a joke."

Jin pursed his lips.

Yoongi knew this was not going to end up good. 

The older boy was now opening his mouth, ready to fire his retort, but then all of their AC Watches suddenly beeped.

They all looked down to it.

"What is it?" Jimin asked curiously. He was still seated beside a silent Jungkook.

Yoongi bit his lip as he stared at the message sent to his AC Watch. He knew the others received the same message as well. It was, after all, addressed to them all.

"It's them. They just sent us information on where they were keeping Tae. They said we can get Tae in exchange of the Data."

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I forgot to do this... CONGRATULATIONS TO BANGTAN FOR WINNING TONS OF AWARDS AND DAESANGS. THE BAG IS NOW SOOO FULL I WONDER HOW ARMYS CAN STILL CARRY IT.

And please be reminded that Yoongi gave his baby to his baby. (Please see picture for reference) 😉