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"The third and fourth bullet will be for you both if you fucking touch him. You feel me?"

His voice cut through the thick tension in the air, leaving chills in the throats of everyone in the room.

Jungkook's eyes changed expressions close to ten times in a minute, but all the expressions are not close to good.

Deadly, lethal, dangerous, animalistic and lots of devilish other ones.

He ain't joking, so the couple stayed in place, including Jimin himself.

He still has tears in his eyes. In fact, he's crying more than before right now.

Jimin has always thought the side of him he saw on the bridge when he killed Jennie was his worse side, but now that he's seeing this new side, he doesn't know what to do anymore.

Fear ate through Jimin like cancer, and he almost fainted as he watched Jungkook maintain his gunpoint, at his parents.

His head is in chaos, and he's surely short of blood in his system right now. He's dying even when standing.

The silence was palpable, and none of the club members said a word as Jungkook started walking towards him.

"No" Jimin shook his head, stepping back again.

"Remember what I told you about when you'll run away from me?" His velvety voice came calmly, and Jimin gulped.

"I told you I'd chase, and the time is now. You can't run away from me, Minnie. I'll never let you go and that's...

His words were interrupted when a tranquilizer dart flew to his neck.

He was quick to remove it, but it was already taking effect as he drowsily turned his neck to look at the shooter.

It's Lisa.

"I'm sorry" she muttered guiltily.

"I'll kill__you" he whispered with his remaining energy before falling heavily on the ground, his arm bleeding more.

The couple released their breaths, then Angelina quickly grabbed Jimin.

"Let's get out of here" she started pulling her out, but Jimin kept looking back at Jungkook's body on the ground.

Jin had to block his view till they stepped out completely.

"You shouldn't have done that" Hyunjin told Lisa.

"I'll take any punishment he gives me when he wakes, but he needed the shot. He was running wild, didn't you see his eyes?" Lisa replied.

"Doesn't matter" Hyunjin said.

"Whatever... Help me carry him" Lisa shrugged, and Bangchan joined her.

They carried Jungkook by each shoulder, his boot dragging on the ground.

"Fuck! He's heavy!" Bangchan groaned as they climbed the stairs.

Hyunjin went for the rat again, pulling him up and resuming from where Jungkook stopped.

He has almost bled all his blood through his bursted balls, and only a little life is left in him.

If he doesn't get to the hospital within three minutes, he's dying, and that's for sure.

"Where is Lin? How did you both meet?" Hyunjin questioned, twisting his neck slightly.

"Arggghh!!! He... He came to my house by himself and....and offered me the...the money...he was masked...I dunno how...I dunno how he got my address" he replied weakly.

Hyunjin dropped his body on the ground, and Namjoon shot him on the chest, killing him off completely.

"Everything about Jimin, Lin, and the fucking rest of it, count me out" he said.

"Was just about to say the same thing" Hyunjin replied frankly.

"The scheduled search for tomorrow is cancelled. Meeting over, till further notice" Namjoon said, and the members began dispersing.

*

UPSTAIRS*

Lisa removed the bullet from Levi's arm, and Bangchan treated it with the available treatments before wrapping it up with a bandage.

He's still unconscious in bed, his face sweaty, and his lips pasty.

"Why is everywhere suddenly silent?" Lisa stood.

"I'll go check" Bangchan started walking to the door, but then Namjoon and Hyunjin came in.

"I dismissed everyone" Namjoon announced, and Lisa gasped.

"What the fuck! How about the search scheduled for tomorrow? We're very close to getting Lin and...

"And we're not doing that shit anymore. Jimin's parents are being stupid, even Jimin himself doesn't believe anything so give me one damn reason why we should continue" Hyunjin replied.

"You can't blame him. He's the same person who got raped by rhis uncle and then Jennie's own. He got betrayed by too many friends and he obviously has trust issues. You don't expect him to just believe it just like that!" Lisa defended.

"And I don't bloody care! It's been three awful years Lisa! Three good years of Jeon being his shadow and living his life, Jeon doesn't sleep at night and he doesn't focus during the day all because of him. You know how many people he offed all for him. You know how many risks he took for him and he's aware! He didn't start killing for him this semester" Namjoon said angrily.

"Yeah...I remember the man who assaulted him in the club last year. Jeon literally made him drink bowlfuls of water till his stomach ballooned, then he bursted the stomach with a knife" Hyunjin said.

"That's...brutal" Bangchan muttered.

"Yeah...and that's the smallest in the list" Hyunjin said casually.

"Anything about Jimin is off our list! Master Kang's men are watching over him too, right? Leave it to them" Namjoon said.
Lisa

didn't say another word before leaving the room.

*

BACK IN THE CAMPUS*

Seji and Hoseok are still at the maze, and they've had their fill of the different Halloween shows.

Now they're seated tiredly, trying to catch their breaths after participating in the general dance.

"That was ... euphoric" Seji laughed.

Hoseok couldn't talk, he only exhaled.

Even before he came for this party, he felt odd, but he only blew it off.

During the dance, he nearly slept off.

He finished it with difficulty, and now that he's sitting, he doesn't feel like standing again.

He's tired and sleepy, and his eyes feels too heavy and hot for their sockets.

"Are you ok?" Seni asked when she noticed his unusual silence.

"Yeah... just... sleepy" Hoseok blabbered, and Seji immediately got a text from Sabrina to return home ASAP.

She hissed out before standing.

"I have to go. Can you manage on your own?" She asked.

"Sure...bye" Hoseok yawned

Seji drank the remaining wine in her cup before leaving.

Immediately she stepped out of the maze, she bumped into someone, and the person's phone fell.

She quickly picked it...

"I'm so... Chaeryoung?" She blinked in surprise.

"Hey Seji! It's been a while!" Chaeryoung smiled.

"You're always scarce to see whenever exam is approaching" Seji  replied.

"I know, right? Are you leaving already?" Chaeryoung asked.

"Yeah... here" Seji returned her phone, and immediately Chaeryoung took it, Seji's eyes narrowed.

Chaeryoung has a birthmark on her wrist, but the weird thing is that she also has same, on the same wrist.

Before she could comment on it, her phone rang.

"Ciao!" Chaeryoung smiled again, entering the maze.

Seji took her ringing phone. It's Lisa calling.

"Hey, wifey!"

"Meet me at Min's street right now, he found out about Lin!" Seji replied.

"What!" Seji gasped.

*

Chaeryoung located Hoseok so easily inside the maze, and she sat in front of him, smiling like a creep.

"Hey, Hoseok"

Hoseok couldn't even open his eyes, he only moved slightly, and Chaeryoung's smile turned cruel.

"Don't worry, I'll bring you to safety"

She lifted him up, holding him by the waist and draping his arm across her shoulder.

"Bangchan... Bangchan kissed...me" Hoseok muttered senselessly.

"Aww, too bad your romance won't last" Chaeryoung replied, taking him out.

Getting him to the car wasn't a problem, and the moment they arrived, she drove him out of the school.

She didn't take him to Lin's new mansion.

Instead, she took him to a warehouse three streets away.

Lin was already waiting with Lee and Romeo when she arrived, and they were the ones who carried him inside.

He was dropped on the bare ground, and a little blood escaped his nose.

"You're good, Chaeryoung. Since when did you poison him?" Romeo said surprisingly.

"The day he spent the night at my place. I slipped it into the coffee the next morning, but I was lenient. I picked a painless slow one. He doesn't even know he's dying right now, but he won't make it to daybreak" Chaeryoung smiled.

"Bravo!" Lee clapped. Thanks to plastic fingers, his hand is back to use.

"She's my daughter after all" Lin said proudly, stroking Chaeryoung's hair.

"So what's next? Tomorrow is the birthday" Romeo asked.

"Jimin, he's next" Lin said, getting Hoseok's phone.

She unlocked it with his finger and typed a text.

• Will be spending the night with Chaeryoung and might come back late tomorrow.

He sent the text to Jimin and Angelina.

*

GRAND CASINO*

Only Angelina followed Jimin home.

Jin came to the casino straight, but the army of guards outside forbade him from entering.

"I need to see your criminal boss, fuckers! Bring your boss to me!" Jin shouted, banging at the gate.

He was throw off, and he hit his head on the road which started bleeding immediately, but he stood like nothing happened.

"I need to see your so-called Master Kang!!!" He yelled, trying to force his way in again.

One of the guards aimed for his leg and was about to shoot when San came out.

"Boss allowed entry" he said, and the guards opened the gate.

Jin stormed in, and San led him to the office where Master Kang is standing robotically.

"I'll go straight to the point. I know you and your son are working with Lin and no amount of talk can change my mind. I can get you arrested but I know you won't even spend an hour there before getting released because you have everyone in your dirty palm,... Stay away from my child, both you and your son!" Jin said hotly.

"I have another child, too. Though she's nowhere to be found, but wherever she is, I wouldn't want anything like what happened to your child for her. Lin once worked for me, and...

"Shut up!!! That's not an excuse. You're a criminal and that's period! Stay out of my family" Jin said, walking out furiously.

"Should I follow him and kill him?" San asked.

"No need. What's going on with Jungkook?" Master Kang sat.

"Reports said he got insecure and hurt himself" San reported, and Master Kang grinded his jaws.

"All my men who're out in search of Fred, call them back. Cancel the investigation" he said.

"Yes sir" San bowed, rushing out.

*

PARK'S MANSION*

"You lied to me? I've been living with lairs for years? Why didn't you tell me? Why!!!" Jimin shouted at his mother in tears.

He's standing on the stairs, and Angelina is standing below it, begging him.

"Please Min, you're the only one I have and I couldn't afford to lose you. I knew it'd be too much for you if you found out and that's why I decided with your dad to keep it. I'm so sorry sweetheart, please forgive me" Angelina was crying too.

"I don't even know who to believe anymore. Why is everyone lying!! Why are y'all messing with my brain and deceiving me what did I do wrong! What's my offence!!" Jimin cried.

"Mun!" Lisa rushed in with Nina.

"No not you again! Were you working with Jeon all these while? Are you like Jennie too?" Jimin said frustratingly.

"Fine, I knew about the cameras, but telling you would only blow things up. And besides, Jeon never used the camera he installed in your bathroom. Each of the cameras have their panels and screen through which he watches them in his control room at the Loft, but I swear to f+ck he has never opened your bathroom screen. He only installed that for emergency and...

"That's enough" Angelina cut her off.

"Min, you'll at least allow me right? I swear I never wronged you before. I love you like a brother Jimin. I can't lose this friendship" Seji cried.

Jin barged in, and his eyes turned venomous when he saw the two.

"Out of my house! You're not allowed anywhere near this place anymore! Out!" He shouted.

"Sir__" Lisa made to beg, but he dragged them out and locked the door.

Jimin rushed to his room and got his phone first.

He saw Hoseok's message about spending the night with Chaeryoung before switching off the phone, then he sat on the ground beside his drawer and opened it, bringing out his stash of weed and zippo.

It's been a while since he did this.

His fingers were shaking as he tried to roll the weed, and it kept pouring away, so he pushed it off with his leg as tears fell from his eyes.

He buried his face in his knees, crying hotly.

*

JUNGKOOK'S MANSION*

The corridor is completely dark, lined with metal doors.

Slowly, one of the doors opened.

Five years old Jungkook peeped out, and thanks to his ability to see in the dark, he scanned the corridor and made sure it's clear before pulling out seven years old Jaerim.

Jaerim might be older, but she's like a baby who depends on him for everything. She's shorter, too.

He was holding her hand tightly, and she was holding her favorite stuffed bear in her other hand, following his lead.

"Are mum and dad waiting for us outside?" She asked, swinging their arms.

"Shh" Jungkook replied.

"But I want to talk to you" she whined.

"It's dangerous to talk here, monsters might come out" he said, and she gripped him tighter, but that was it.

The ground below her cracked and opened, sinking in and swallowing her.

"Jungkook!!!!!!!!!!" Her shriek came in waves, and Jungkook's eyes flew open.

It's the nightmare again.

He sat up in bed, and pains gripped his bandaged arm, then he remembered what happened before he was tranquilized.

"Minnie" he muttered, getting off bed, but Lisa blocked him immediately.

He  instinctively wrapped his arm on her throat, slamming her roughly on the nearest wall.

Lisa yelped, her legs leaving the ground.

"Jeon!" Namjoon tried to take her from him, but he's like a mountain... immovable.

"Urghh!!" Lisa struggled again, her eyes reddening and rolling up, her veins mapping.

Namjoon impatiently got a combat knife from his pocket, ready to stab Jungkook, but Hyunjin stopped him.

"Drop it, bro!"

"Get the fuck! He's killing her!" Namjoon pushed him.

"Jungkook!!!!" Bangchan yelled, almost breaking the walls.

That seemed to do the magic because he dropped Lisa immediately, and she fell on the ground, catching her breaths.

"He's everywhere in my fucking head! Every damn drop of blood and every spark of thought! He's my chaos! My ruin! How dare you!"

Tears came out of Jungkook's eyes as he yelled out the broken words, and they're hot as he held his head with both hands.

"He doesn't believe Lisa and Seji too" Hyunjin said calmly.

"His parents chased everyone away, but I'm sure Master Kang's men are still watching him" Bangchan said.

"You're turning 25 tomorrow. I know you don't do birthdays, but live your own life tomorrow for the first time, please" Namjoon said.

"It's Friday tomorrow. Take a rest" Lisa added, and the four walked out of the room at once.

Jungkook shut his eyes, feeling sick and empty to the core of his soul.

*

NEXT DAY, PARK'S MANSION*

The time is currently 5pm, and Jimin rolled from one side of his bed to another.

He hasn't been able to sleep since last night, so his eyeballs are red and he has swollen bags below them as a result.

High body temperature, bitter mouth, weak body and cramped feet. He's not even feeling himself, and it's like air is not entering his skin.

He feels dead as he stared at the bird cage with hurting eyes.

Sugar is chirping happily after having it's meal of grain.

The more he looked at it, the more soreness he feels in his heart, so he got his phone and turned it on.

The first message he got was Hoseok's.

It's a new one.

Hoseok: Can you come get me at Rain's? Tell me when you're already coming, I'll send the address.

He didn't even wait for anything before getting off bed.

His face is a streak of colours right now, and his hair is pointing around his head, but he doesn't care about his hideousness.

She only changed his outfit and cleaned up before leaving the room.

He met his parents waiting in front of him door, but he pretended not to see them.

"Em! You should at least eat!" Angelina shouted.

"I can drive you!" Jin offered.

"Don't follow" he glared, leaving the house and getting in his Audi.

He  texted Hoseok about it and received an address immediately.

It's far from here, but he doesn't care. Maybe a drive will help him detox a bit

He  tried to empty his head as he drove, but the fact that today is Jungkook's birthday didn't stop ringing in his banging head.

He arrived at the location with a sigh, and that was when he noticed he actually drove for over an hour.

The time is currently 6:30pm, and it's getting dark

He came out of the car in the middle of the silent area, and he squinted when he saw the building.

It doesn't look like a house, but so far it's the address he received, she walked to the only visible door and pushed it open.

Stepping into the house snatched the remaining oxygen he has, and he almost passed out.

In the middle of the dusty place, Sybil's body is lying unconsciously with blood trails on his mouth and nose.

"Hoseok! Hoseok!!!" He ran crazily to him, kneeling beside his body before lifting his head up with tears in his eyes.

"What is this? Wha... what...what is this... Hoseok!!!!" He cried out, shaking him vehemently.

Hoseok is already totally cold, and his body is a deep shade of purple.

Jimin's eyes widened when realization hit him...

"No you can't be dead....no... No you can't be dead!!!!!!"

The clicking of a gun on his head made him go still, and all his breaths got robbed.

"Welcome to the show, Jimin. It's been a long while" Lin's voice said.

Jimin literally died.

*

AN EXCLUSIVE GRAVEYARD, 7PM*

There's only one grave here, and it belongs to Kate.

Jungkook sat beside it, a bottle of tequila in hand as he stared at the tombstone.

He's not a fan of alcohol, but he's making an exception on this day.

He decided to listen to the guys for once, and he has been doing a good job pushing Jimin away from his mind, though it's killing him.

He has been here since daybreak, and he hasn't moved an inch from this grave.

There are tons of flower bouquets on the grave, and everything is fresh. Definitely dropped by Kangmin.

For the first time in his life, Master Kang allowed him to visit the grave, so sleeping here tonight is an option he's willing to jump on.

Despite the fact that he didn't get to see Kate in person, he misses her, like mad.

He saw her in his nightmares a lot of times, and she was always smiling, pulling her back to reality. She's like his anchor.

Levi drank from the tequila bottle again, then his phone chimed.

He retrieved it, and he frowned when he saw Bangchan's number.

He swiped green reluctantly.

"I know we told you to use today for yourself, but I can't keep this. I'm just finding out right now that Master Kang dismissed his men who're watching over Jimin too" Bangchan said fast, and Jungkook cut the call immediately.

He went to the camera watch on his phone and loaded it.

Actually, there's a camera in the necklace he gave Jimin, and it's connected to his phone.

Immediately it finished loading and he saw where he is, his world came crashing.

He could see just one face, the face of the bastard... Lin, and he's holding Jimin's phone.

He could hear Jimin's cries as Lin typed a text on the phone, and he received a message immediately.

• Warehouse at Metro... Come right now or I'll just have to kill him before you get the opportunity to see him for the last time.

All sense of reasoning left Jungkook as he jumped on his bike in the next minute.

He even forgot Buddy at the graveyard as he drove out roughly, his full lights blinding.

He wasn't thinking, he wasn't reasoning nor using any component of his head.

They refused to assemble, and the blinding need to protect his property overpowered him as he drove in humanly-impossible speed.

He nearly hit a kid, but he directed the bike to the second lane of the road, breaking the government plants as he zoomed across.

He wasn't receiving air in his lungs till he arrived at the said warehouse, but the steel door is locked, so his head snapped to the vent.

He kicked it off with his boot, then he entered and climbed up to the suffocating space.

Cobwebs made a decor on his face and hair before he could get out, meeting himself on a rail.

He picked a thick stick lying on the ground and broke it into two with his knee before jumping over the rails, landing down.

The first person he met is in the middle, and he skillfully shoved the sharp ends of the stick into his throat.

His blood spilled on Jungkook's face, and he went down, his eyes bulging as he shrieked in agony.

He's a thug, judging by his mode of dressing.

"Minnie!!" Jungkook yelled desperately, but he was replied by several red lights from sniper ruffles on his body.

He stood frozen, then he reached for his gun, but it's not there. He's not even wearing his sword-belt.

Today was meant to be peaceful, it's the first time in his life he was met unprepared, and he could already smell blood.

The only option right now would be hand-to-hand combat which he's madly good at, but the moment he looked up and saw the people pointing snipers at him, he got rid of that thought.

They're mercenaries who're covering their faces with balaclavas, and there are over thirty of them.

Mercenaries are mad shooters, and one move from him, he'll be gone.

Damn shit!

He perfectly walked into the trap!

His brain was trying to device something new when a reshuffle happened, and Lin appeared on the rails.

He's holding Jimin roughly by the hair, and Jimin's crying, but his wet red eyes widened the moment he saw him.

Chaeryoung , Lee and Romeo appeared beside Lin, all smiling victoriously, and Jungkook's fist went balled, but then a body came falling down.

The body landed on the concrete ground, and the head cracked.

It's Hoseok.

Jimin cried louder, and Lin pulled his head, hitting it on the rail metal.

"Shut up!"

"Ahh...hhhh!!!" Jimin cried out, his head swelling, and Jungkook's adrenaline rush came immediately.

"Bloody motherfucker!" He spat and moved from his spot, running towards the stairs.

He could only run three steps before one of the mercenaries shot.

It was straight and precise.

The bullet rammed into Jungkook's head, right beside his ear, and he went motionless, his knees bending.

Pitch black covered his vision as he fell dead on his face, his blood pumping out of his shot head.

Jimin's soul and goddamn spirit departed from his body instantly.

"Fuuucckk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!... No.... Fuck, fuck!!!!!!.... Tuzi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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TBC