renjun was walking inside sooman's building, careful not to be seen.

he had entered the place without any problem, and the guards he had met were too distracted to notice him. surely, they weren't part of the exo gang his boyfriends kept rambling about.

renjun didn't really know what he was doing there, but he couldn't stand waiting in a car anymore. he approached what looked like an office and entered to see if there was something. that's when he heard a shattering noise coming from behind him. he turned around, finding out everything came from the other office, in which two people were fighting. he approached silently, peaking in by the opened door and almost blacked out at the sight.

his boyfriend was lying on the floor, surrounded by shattered glass, whimpering in pain, and a man was facing him, a gun aimed at jaemin's head.

"nct lost their competences..." the armed boy said. "they used to send competent guys on the field, but now, they can't seem to find anything else than poor children..."

the guy was showing his back to renjun, and seeing how he was approaching jaemin, it wouldn't end well for his boyfriend. deciding to act, renjun grabbed what was the closest to him, a chair, and lifted it, going behind the man.

"one more, one less... anyway, killing you will be a gift for nct..." he said in a mocking tone.

just then, renjun lifted the chair and slammed it with all his strength on the head of the man, making him fall on the floor and groan. jaemin saw an opportunity, he approached the boy on the floor and punched him right in the jaw, probably dislocating it, but making him black out.

renjun let out a breath of relief, leaning on the desk behind him.

"what are you doing here renjun?" jaemin asked.

"i-i-i... did i kill him?" he responded panicked.

jaemin looked at the unconscious boy on the floor. "no, you didn't, but why did you come? i thought we told you to stay in the car."

renjun rose to his feet with some difficulty, jaemin doing the same shortly after. "if it wasn't for me, you would have been dead jaemin. dead. i don't want you dead." renjun said, tears leaving his eyes.

jaemin sighed and approached his boyfriend, engulfing him in a hug and kissing the top of his head. "you're right junnie. thank you so much. but what about you? are you okay?"

renjun nodded, sniffling.

jaemin smiled at him and planted a light kiss on his lips. "okay, now, stick with me. we'll go save donghyuck." jaemin said, taking his gun on the floor, then renjun's hand and pulling his boyfriend towards the door.

"don't be scared. everything will be alright." he whispered, dashing towards the staircase.

XXXXXXXXXX

jeno and mark had been in sooman's office for a bit more than 15 minutes. they were waiting for the gang to show up. and they did, not long after.

"hey guys. you're okay?" mark asked when they entered the room.

"hungry. we didn't have our meal ton-"

"well, it was either we saved your ass, either you ate." chenle cut yuta.

taeyong coughed. "so, what do we have?"

"sooman lives upstairs, at the top. we can only reach his house passing either by this office or the one on the other side. donghyuck is locked in one floor up than us. jaemin is dealing with it. exo have their headquarters on the other side of the building. they're not all there though. sooman put trackers on their phones to know where they are. one of them his guarding donghyuck, some of them are up there with sooman, and the others are in the building, looking for anything strange i guess. now that you know everything, what do we do?" jeno explained.

taeyong thought for a second.

"we'll separate. first, is there somewhere we could lock exo in?"

"we just got you out of a jail guys, and you are seriously asking that?" jisung scoffed.

the members stared at him.

"...right. then, our goal is to bring all the exo members there." taeyong said. "we'll lock them in and find a way to block sooman as well before asking renjun to call the police and get out as if we did never come. oh, by the way." taeyong turned towards mark and jeno. "we'll have a conversation about why this boy is here."

the two boys gulped.

"back to the plan. jisung, chenle and jeno. you'll go where we were locked in. you have the keys, so your role is to keep them in and guard them so that no one goes in or out of the place."

the three boys nodded.

"hendery, xiaojun and yangyang, you'll join jaemin in helping donghyuck escape. then, ten, lucas, kun and winwin, you'll take care of the exo members staying in their headquarters, while yuta, taeil, doyoung and jungwoo will deal with those who are guarding the place, meaning corridors and offices. finally, jaehyun, johnny and i will try entering sooman's apartment and take care of the members that are with him. everything is okay?"

everybody nodded. "but... what am i doing?" mark asked.

"you will stay here, with a visual on the whole building thanks to the computer. you'll be able to see how everything goes and tell us. okay?"

mark agreed.

"great. then, let's go. remember to act in the most silent way possible because our goal is only to capture exo and denounce sooman. we're not on a battlefield. understood lucas?" taeyong said pointing at him.

lucas nodded sheepishly, hiding his grenade launcher behind his back.

"i declare open the mission 'take down sooman and exo'!" taeyong exclaimed.

doyoung interrupted his sentence. "isn't this name a bit long?"

"do you have a better option?" taeyong said back.

"guys, are we seriously arguing about that?!" ten piped in.

"ten is right. everyone at his post, and let the party begin." mark said smirking.