Location: Seoul Police Station
Time: 6:58 pm

Jimin stood from his seat, wiping away his tears as he heard the police rush out of the station.

He saw officer Namjoon run towards the door with few of his men following behind.

"What's going on?"

Jimin heard Jin ask but did not get any answer from the police who are rushing around.

They have been anxiously waiting in the station for God knows how long, their palms sweating excessively as the time passes by.

Jimin came to Namjoon's side, halting his movements and forcefully turning him around.

"What's happening?" Jimin asked, his voice shaking from too much worry and fear.

Namjoon was a bit shocked to see who halted him. He sighed, turning his head towards his colleagues, giving them a signal to head out without him.

The other officers quickly followed, letting Namjoon face the worried young man in front of him.

"Have you found Tae?" Jimin inquired, his grip tightening around the officer's arm.

"I totally forgot that the two of you are still here." Namjoon muttered under his breath. He held Jimin by his arm, dragging him back to where Jin is.

"I asked you. Have you found him?!" Jimin's voice heightened, his eyes pleading and swollen from all the crying.

The officer forced the smaller man to sit next to Jin who also looks hopeful.

"Listen. I need to go now and I don't have much time to explain things to you." Namjoon stated, his hands gripping down on the shoulders of the two men.

"Stay here and wait for my updates." Namjoon looked around, eyes landing on the incoming officer.

"Officer Lee!" He called out, making the latter flinch and run towards him.

"Yes, sir?" Lee answered, eyes looking back and forth Namjoon and the two males.

"These are Doctor Kim's relatives. I need you to inform them every update that I'll send over. Do you understand?" Namjoon ordered, eyes seriously fixated on the officer.

Lee nodded his head, saluting before Namjoon hurriedly went out of the station, leaving Jimin and Jin behind.

"What's going on officer? Why is everyone on a rush? Have you found my cousin?" Jin inquired, looking straight to the officer's eyes to find answers in them.

Officer Lee sighed. "We got a call from an informant that he saw a suspicious man earlier this morning, entering an abandoned warehouse near Icheon."

Jimin gasped as Jin clasped his hands. "What do you mean? Do you think it's the killer?"

Officer Lee shakes his head, uncertain. "We can't be sure. It could only be a false report, but the caller insisted that prior to seeing the man this morning, he has seen the suspicious man last night carrying a huge black bag over his shoulders like a sack of rice but with a size of a human. What bothers the caller even more is the fact that he heard someone crying and shouting inside the warehouse only this afternoon when he was on his way home."

Jin clutched Jimin's hands even more. "I-is there a possibility that it's him?"

"There is a small possibility, but right now, we could only hope. At this moment, we could only use whatever information we could get. The killer is slick. He didn't leave any trace in the video that would tell his location." Lee uttered, eyes boring holes in the two males.

Jimin grunted, his eyes began to water again. "But what if it's not him? We're running out of time! What if it's just a false information?! Are you really going to let the time pass by, going there to Icheon even though it could be just a wrong call?!" Jimin is starting to panic.

"But what if it's him?" Officer Lee answered back, voice serious. "If it's him and we didn't respond to the call? Will you take the blame?" He muttered, challenging the smaller male who became silent as he cries his heart out.

"You see, Sir. We're all doing our best to find where doctor Kim is being held captive. If only we could search him house to house, we would have done it, but that would take a long time and right now, we only have 1 hour left." Officer Lee patted Jimin's shaking shoulders.

"There's only one thing we could do right now, sir. We could only hope that doctor Kim will be with the team when they come back. However, it's still better if you would prepare yourselves for whatever news we could get, may it be a good or a bad one."

Jimin and Jin held each other close as their tears cascade in their eyes.

The officer is right.

Right now, they could only brace themselves for the things that are about to come.

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Officer Namjoon motioned his men to carefully surround the area. They have arrived in front of the abandoned building with only eleven minutes left on the clock before 8.

It's getting dark and not much people are living around the area.

Namjoon had already talked to the informant earlier and confirmed his report.

The police officers carefully neared the warehouse, guns pointing ahead of them. Hoseok went around the building, looking for another entrance aside from the one in front.

He saw a back door, which he slowly turned the knob around, only to find out that it's locked.

"Fuck." He whispered, motioning his colleagues to force the door open.

Namjoon on the other hand is forcing the front door open. They're going to corner the killer, if he's really inside with the victim.

"At the count of three." Namjoon ordered his men who aim to knock down the door.

"One.. Two... Three!"

The officer forced the door open with a loud bang. They kept on banging with their bodies until the door cracked and opened.

"Go! Go!" Namjoon ordered, rushing his men to raid the inside of the warehouse.

It was a heart pounding moment with their guns in front of them, aiming to anything that moves.

Just in time, Hoseok and the others came barging in as well from the back door. They scanned the whole place, eyes alert.

The place is empty and full of dusts, signs that the whole place haven't been used for a long while.

One of the officers saw a door and immediately runs forward. He's cautious, turning the knob around. The door clicked, and the others came rushing to his side.

They slowly opened the door with a not so pleasant smell oozing out.

The officers move away, the smell making their heads hazy.

Namjoon rushed over, the scent now touching his nose. He immediately recognized the smell.

It's a smoke grenade.

"Fuck! Move away!" He ordered, his men quickly following.

Namjoon quickly covered his nose, opening the door with a loud bang. The smoke came out of the room, everyone went away for a moment, allowing the smoke to disperse.

It was a bit foggy, but from where Hoseok is standing, he sighted a bed in the far end of the room with a figure of a man on top?!

"Namjoon!" Hoseok called out pointing out to the direction of the bed.

Namjoon looked, but the smoke gets on the way of his vision, making the whole room cloudy.

He forced his way inside, covering his nose as he swats away the fog. He took a step in, when suddenly he heard a ticking sound.

Namjoon turned around, his eyes widening at the sight.

"BOMB!"

He shouted, alarming everyone outside.

The timer is ticking, counting down with only 58 seconds left before it blows up.

Namjoon hurriedly went near the bed but was halted by Hoseok, gripping his arm tightly.

"Namjoon! LET'S GO!"

He was dragged out, breathing ragged as the bomb starts ticking loudly.

Hoseok and Namjoon rushed over the door, their hearts beating out of their chest as they took a step out of the warehouse.

And just a few seconds later, the whole place blows up.

Namjoon and Hoseok ducked, the whole building burning from all the loud sounds coming inside.

It was terrifying as the ground shakes from the impact.

"Fuck!" Hoseok gritted his teeth, feeling something hit his right arm.

Namjoon turned to look, finding blood oozing out of the man's arm.

"Shit. You good?" Namjoon went to help Hoseok stand. He studied the wound, probably from the debris caused by the explosion.

Hoseok just nodded his head, hands covering the wound in his arm. He turned around to look at the burning building with worry in his eyes.

"Namjoon.... He's inside."

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