The Mission
After about half an hour of silence I left Namjoon's lab, the minute I stepped out into the hall Suga joined me. Without a word he lead me towards the kitchen, ignoring the others who lingered trying to figure out who the new face was.
"Anyway as you can see Namjoon is busy so I'll just leave you with Jin hyung, I'm sure he won't mind some help in the kitchen." He spoke curtly. Stopping in front of the kitchen door, he opened it and I entered without a word.
Inside there stood Jin, a pale pink apron hung around his neck. He smiled, it was effortless but held no joy, his eyes were bordered with dark circles. Anger filled his gaze as he studied my face,
"Hm... So I guess I got stuck with you" he stated bitterly, his once soft voice was harsh and laced with poison. He turned his back harshly and continued to cook.
"What did I do to you?" I ask anger building up within me, it was right for him to be like this. I didn't do anything to him. He froze his shoulders tense, within a second he had turned around and his hand found my throat cutting off my air supply.
"Are you that stupid, do you seriously not realize what you did. What you took!" He shook his head and held his grip, "you know what it's like to live off the drug right, you know the pain, you heard the screams!" His anger peaked and the tension around my neck increased. "You took our only two doses! All we had for Suga, for Jhope! That scream was his, his pain. Six hours, he was in agony!"
"I... I didn't know... I just thought you'd..." I struggled against his crushing grip my mind becoming foggy. "You thought wrong" he spat releasing me causing me to fall to the floor weakly. I gasped attempting to bring air into my lungs, as I looked up at him. He leaned against the counter, guilt covered his features as he ran his hands through is long hair.
"I'm sorry" I stutter between breaths "I wasn't thinking, I just, I was selfish" my words seemed to flow right through him, he didn't care, he wasn't looking for excuses. He turned his back and went back to cooking, ignoring me completely. looking down at my watch I realize it's almost five in the morning, two hours until Mark wakes up in pain.
I regain myself and get back to my feet, I join Jin and help him finish the omelettes. The atmosphere is tense and silent but Jin is calm, the anger had sizzled from his eyes, leaving them with exhaustion. He finished the breakfast and left me to set the table, after I found an extra stool and placed it at the long table the others walked in.
The first through the door was the youngest, he smiled tiredly and sat down beside me. Namjoon and a younger man came next, the younger man had a bright smile and fluffy hair. Namjoon was exhausted but laughed at the other mans jokes. Suga, Jin and another man came in next, this man smiled weakly and greeted the others, ignoring me completely. The last through the door was a sleepy man, his hair was dark and he took the other seat beside me.
"I'm jimin by the was" he whispered, his voice was light and held a hint of joy. I smiled in response and looked at the others around the table. Suga talked softly to Namjoon while everyone ate the meal before them.
"So now that we are all here I guess I can finally tell you how you can help us" Namjoon's words silenced the small talk and the room became serious. "You see by taking those drugs from us you caused us pain, and therefore we believe you owe us" he continued causing Suga to glare at me darkly.
"Help us, you've got to be kidding me" Suga snapped darkly, his words stabbed me in the heart causing me to freeze. "She's selfish, she'll just take what we have and leave us to die! She's done it before" his anger boiled over as he jumped to his feet and leaped over the table. His hands grabbed the front of my shirt pulling me forward harshly, his face only inches from mine.
"Stop, she didn't mean to hurt you, she just wasn't thinking" Jin spoke calmly, his words stopped Suga instantly and he released me. "Anyway if anyone knows your pain she does, Hoseok, Suga she was desperate and did as you would" he continued while looking over at the other man who previously ignored me. Hoseok was tall, his eyes pained but he smiled warmly at me.
"Well now that this is sorted out let's get back to the mission. Now because
you are close to Jackson and his crew you are actually rather useful to us. We need information and you have the means to retrieve it." He looked over his crew and sighed softly.
"You see years ago Jackson and his men created the itch, their original plan had no side effects. It was developed to help those who lost the light. Only the drug was flawed and the effects grave, many of his men became reliant on the poison. He himself despised it, but he still used it to achieve his goals. With the promise of happiness people like you are willing to do anything." He smiled kindly and continued.
"But as you can see this drug destroys people, Suga was like you, he lost everything and Jackson promised him the world. He was meant to be just another one of Jackson's slaves, he disobeyed and found himself here. Hoseok was much the same, he lost all hope and believed Jackson held the answers." He sighed and looked at the dreary faces of his peers.
"What can I do?" I asked listing to his every word, trying desperately to understand. He looked back towards me and shook his head. "You see if we can get into Jackson lab and steal the formula, we can break this itch, cure them, cure you." A bitter laugh came from Suga as he looked at his elder.
"Stop dreaming, you know it's hopeless, you know we are just going to die anyway" he spoke in an eerily calm voice, only to be hushed by Jimin grabbing his hand.
"Honestly we have tried hundreds of tests, buy something has to work and who knows maybe using the formula will work" Jimin spoke, a boyish hope filling his voice. Namjoon smiled at Jimin's words and continued to explain.
"Now your mission Isn't to steal the formula because that would most likely end in your death, instead we just need you to locate it, don't get me wrong if you mess up you could still be killed." He explained carefully, "now of course you must take your time and avoid being suspicious, you see if they find out that you are in contact with us, they will kill you." His words brought panic to my veins and silence to the room.
"Can't one of us supervise her" asked the youngest of the group, concern in his eyes.
"No Jungkook, they trust her so as long as she isn't stupid she should be fine." Namjoon explained confidence building behind his plan,
"so we will set up a meet in the next couple days, you'll know when. You should go, you're friend will be needing his dose soon enough." He motioned to the guy on his right,who lead the way out, and flash a bright smile towards me as I left the house.
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