"Good morning" Maya walked into the kitchen heading straight for the coffee machine. "It's a good evening" Jimin huffed, looking her up and down. Taehyung's shirt, which she was wearing, reached just above her knees. "Is there one for me?" Taehyung walked in after her and lifted her onto the counter next to the coffee machine, standing between her legs, pouring himself coffee. "That's nice" Maya cooed with delight, sipping her coffee, her ankles locked behind Taehyung's hips and she leaned in, kissing him.

"Now we will not only have to listen to you, but also look at you?" Jimin hissed, whose room was closest to Taehyung's. "Don't be sulky, I'm sure you can make any girl scream your name to the point of absolute exhaustion..." Maya looked at him ironically. "Perhaps..." she added as if she didn't believe her own words as she eyed him appraisingly. Jimin gasped in annoyance, rolling his eyes and Taehyung burst out laughing.

"Do you feel better?" Namjoon asked, joining them, sitting at the kitchen island next to Jimin. "Yes, thank you and I'm sorry, I think I went through the gate last night..." Maya mumbled, trying to bring back at least some of last night's events. "You didn't apologize to me last night" Taehyung raised an eyebrow and Maya looked at him ironically. "It's hard to apologize with your mouth full" she replied and this time it was Jimin who burst out laughing and Taehyung slapped her ass.

"See, after the yelling last night, I thought we wouldn't see Maya walk for almost a week" Taehyung chuckled at Hoseok's comment, he turned his back to Maya, leaning his elbow on the counter above her thigh, her legs locked in front of him, her hands hanging on his shoulders. "Since you started with 'last night', where's my car?" Maya asked and Taehyung looked over her shoulder briefly. "It's still in the front, but it's a little crushed" Namjoon replied and Maya pushed Taehyung away, setting her coffee cup aside and getting off the counter.

She walked towards the front door followed by the gaze of Taehyung and the others. "Eyes up if you don't want a bullet between them!" he snarled sourly and the three of them looked away, pretending to be looking for something more interesting than Maya's bare legs to stare at. She returned a few minutes later with a relieved expression, followed by Jin, Yoongi and Jungkook. "I like those kind of greetings" Jin grinned and Yoongi shook his head, rolling his eyes.

"So and so you're all here" Maya began, turning to stand in front of Taehyung, who wrapped an arm around her waist possessively. "First, I want to apologize for the scene in Blue Love, I have a hard time controlling myself when I'm angry." she shrugged and followed Jin's gaze, turning her head. In fact, everyone was looking at Taehyung. "We're used to this" Hoseok commented, smiling, Taehyung snorted, gritting his teeth.

"If only that was his problem..." Jimin sighed, shaking his head. "He's not that bad" Maya smiled, looking over her shoulder again at Taehyung, who was glaring around. "Anyway, what got you to the state you were in last night?" Jin asked and Maya sighed. "I discovered one of Kang Lu's drug labs, but I was too close to the explosion" she explained, raising her hand and showing them a small black flash. "But I found this" Yoongi approached her and took the flash drive. "Jungkook, bring me the laptop from the living room" Jungkook nimbly turned around, going to fulfill the request.

"What do you think is on her?" Jimin asked as he watched Yoongi open the laptop waiting for it to boot up to open the contents of the flash drive. "I have no idea, but judging by the security, this wasn't just a lab" Maya replied blankly and felt Taehyung's arm tighten around her waist. "How do you always manage to be one step ahead of us?" Taehyung rested his chin on her shoulder and she sighed. "Do you have something to drink, something strong?" Maya asked suddenly and Jungkook nodded, walking back into the living room and then back with two bottles of whiskey.

Taehyung pushed her away slightly, turning to a cabinet behind them, Maya settled into a chair by the kitchen island, Taehyung handed each of them a glass as Jungkook poured, then he sat next to Maya and everyone stared at her expectantly, except for Yoongi who was busy with his captop. "I've known Kang Lu almost all my life. My mother was one of the prostitutes who worked for him in his clubs." she began, trying to keep her emotions under control.

"She was a drug addict and soon she was spending more than she was making, so she made the wise decision to sell me to Kang Lu, I was only nine years old at the time, I didn't have much choice but to follow him." she gaped at the cup in her hands ,feeling Taehyung's hand on her thigh. "Actually, I was his first such deal. After me there were many more children, three of them were Su, Kami and Timo" she sighed, her knuckles turning white as memories circulated like a tornado in her mind.

"I suppose Kang didn't actually intend it that way, but after he bought me, the idea took shape and he set about executing it, methodically torturing us, treating us like prisoners. According to his ideas, this was supposed to harden bodies and characters us." she spoke without looking at anyone's face, her blank gaze following the movement of the amber liquid in her glass, which formed ripples with each movement between her fingers.

"You know about the few squads he has, usually four or five men and women, who always put up the fiercest fights and are absolutely ruthless" she looked up and surveyed them. "Devil dogs, that's what he calls them" Maya smiled wryly. "My code name was 'Persephone'. My squad consisted of me as a leader, Kami as a nurse, Su as a sniper, Timo as our hacker. The four of us were the first to survive the torture and form a squad, Aunt Rin took care about us, about our wounds during our so-called training. The only mother figure I really know" her face softened as she talked about her friends, as if remembering family moments.

"Why 'Persephone'?" Namjoon asked quietly and Maya glanced sideways at Taehyung before answering. "I suppose you know who Persephone is in Greek mythology?" she answered the question with a question and Namjoon nodded. "The wife of Hades, forced to marry him and live in hell" he replied and Maya nodded in agreement. "That was me, I wasn't just the first one he started training, I was the first one to stand up to him, the first one to share his bed once she was old enough" her voice dropped to a whisper. "What?" Taehyung roared, jumping to his feet.

"Let her finish, Tae!" Jin snapped and Taehyung fell silent, walking up behind her and hugging her to give her the strength to continue. Even for him, such a story was too, to say the least, terrifying. "Four years ago I was sent on a mission, things went wrong, my squad met more resistance than we expected, we were not prepared for such a battle and the only solution left to me was to blow up the building with everyone inside. That included me and my squad" she downed her whiskey in one gulp and Jungkook quickly poured her another.

"That's how we got here" Maya continued after a short pause. "The decision to stage our death was spontaneous, Kang thought he had managed to break me, break us, because until that moment, if I must be honest, I performed without complaint, although I wanted to fight back, but I had to think and for the safety of my people." She gulped her whiskey again, hearing Taehyung's sigh in her neck. "It took a while for us to recover from our wounds and make sure that Kang believed us to be dead, but since then I've been trying to screw up his next deal with kids, do him as much damage as possible, and damage his accounts ." Jin huffed and she looked at him.

"That's why I'm always one step ahead of you, I know him, I know when and how he acts. That's why Aunt Rin is so worried. If Kang finds out I'm alive, I'll be the one to run. He's already looking for me, but he still doesn't know that he's actually after me" she shook her head, handing her glass to Jungkook for another shot of whiskey. "That's a fucking way to grow up" Hoseok shook his head, looking at her with pity. "I guess" Maya shrugged, leaning against Taehyung's chest. "I'm trying to catch up with the simple things, like boyfriends for example" she smiled slightly and Taaehyung kissed her ear.

"And you thought hooking up with our Taehyung was a good idea?" Jimin asked sarcastically, leaning forward as Taehyung threw his glass at him. "Apparently we don't know much about Kang Lu" Namjoon sulked and crossed his arms over his chest. "You don't even know what's on the flash drive?" Maya shook her head, looking at Yoongi, who huffed, turning his laptop around for everyone to see. "That's why there were so many guards!" Maya gasped as her eyes darted across the screen. "Holy shit, that's big!" Jin exclaimed, leaning forward on the kitchen island.

"Even I didn't expect that..." Maya shook her head. The data on the flash drive were lists of names of corrupt politicians, cops, lawyers and judges. A list of the locations of several of Kang Lu's hideouts and laboratories, as well as three bank account numbers. "We can do some really serious damage with this" Jimin muttered, looking up at Yoongi, who nodded curtly, narrowing his eyes in thought.

"Until now, we haven't been able to track down and find his bigger bases, but if we deal with the corrupt ones, we might find some information..." Jungkook looked at Jin and Namjoon. "Taehyung and I can play with some of the people on the list?" he suggested and Hoseok shook his head. "There are some really serious names on the list, Jungkook, you can't just barge in and put a gun to their foreheads. You need thought and a solid plan" Jungkook snorted. "Can Timo help us with that?" Taehyung asked and Maya nodded. "He'll be happy to" she smiled.

"What are we going to do then?" Jimin asked, pouting like a child. "We can't just sit back and do nothing with this kind of information in our hands" he looked at Jin hopefully. "We won't do anything, at least for now" Yoongi replied and Jimin sulked even more. "We'll carry on like before, we'll harass him on one side, Maya will screw up his deals with kids on the other" Namjoon rubbed his forehead. "We can't let Kang find out we have this kind of information before we're ready to act." Jin and Hoseok snorted in agreement.

"Are you seriously not going to do anything?" Jimin gasped in astonishment. "Kang probably thinks the flash drive burned in the fire, so we have time to organize everything down to the last detail" Maya looked up from the computer. "I won't let you strike out alone anymore doll, I think I made myself crystal clear last night!" Taehyung growled. "But if I change my course of action, I'll start making mistakes and he'll find me before we're ready" she countered with a perfectly reasonable argument. "He doesn't know that you're alive, nor that the flash didn't burn in the fire. I'm adamant that if someone is going to kill you, it's going to be me!" Taehyung shook his head stubbornly and Maya wrinkled her nose sweetly, begging for a kiss to calm him down.

"Taehyung is right Maya, he's used to working in a team and you leading one. He can help you, it won't make a big difference for us if our group is one more or less" Jin supported Taehyung and Maya thought about it. "I agree, he's useless anyway" Jimin said and Maya held Taehyung's hand, who started to chase him. "Stop teasing, for God's sake, you're not children!" Namjoon snapped at them. "Jimin hasn't slept and is jealous that Taehyung has a girlfriend while he only enjoys his right hand" Maya joked and Jimin turned red with anger as the others burst into laughter. "This is my girl!" Taehyung cupped Maya's face and planted a big loud kiss on her lips.

"You're both crazy, I hope you know it!" he crossed his arms over his chest, looking closely at Taehyung, who raised an eyebrow. "I think we're fully aware of that, aren't we, doll?" he looked at Maya who nodded proudly getting another quick kiss as a reward. "I have to go home" Maya stood up, freeing herself from Taehyung's arms. "I'll come with you, I'm not sure your car will even start" she nodded and walked towards the front door.

"Is this how you plan to go out?" Jungkook asked and Maya stopped, looking at Taehyung's shirt, which he was only wearing under. "He ripped my clothes" Maya glared at Taehyung who shrugged indifferently. "I can fight so you're safe,baby" Taehyung pushed her towards the door, jealously covering her body with his. "Who's going to watch over you?" Jin laughed and Namjoon sneered at Taehyung's disgruntled scolding.