The mountains took a while to get out of but eventually, everyone got out safely. It was only a matter of time before the group was back in the ruined city. Seonghwa was really in disbelief. You could say he never really took the time to realize that not only his life has been impacted so appalling. 

It looked like everyone had just moved away. Vacant. As it may seem. Houses were still up, nicely built. A lot of blood covered them, unfortunately. Some other houses were rotting. Just know it didn't look like your average neighborhood.

"This is gonna be a long walk once again. My house is across town." Hongjoong sighed. He looked like he was stressed out. Who would blame him? "That's just more dangerous though, I'm pretty sure zombies are still around.." Dera disagreed. Yeosang rolled his eyes. Seonghwa nudged him softly. "Maybe we can find a car to highjack, and hopefully it won't be too much of a ruckus" Seonghwa suggested.

"I don't think we should listen to Seonghwa anymore, he keeps suggesting even more dangerous ideas" San softly said. "Would you shut up?! I'm trying to think and you being annoying isn't helping! This is a time for you to either toughen up or die!" Hongjoong nearly shouted out in anger. Everyone just stared at him. San's expression dropped. Hongjoong took some deep breaths before speaking up again. "Sorry... I didn't mean that, I'm just very... scared for us all. We've been friends for a very long time, I feel like it's my responsibility to keep you all alive. From the day this apocalypse happened up until now, I don't know how I've managed. I'm sorry San, you're not annoying, you're scared, I get that." He ran his hands through his hair, his anger completely vanishing.

San just nodded. "Sorry to break the little moment, but we've got a bigger problem" Wooyoung broke the tension. Everyone looked at where he was pointing and they could see a few zombies walking toward them. "Crap! Everyone go in the house!" Hongjoong ordered. Everyone followed him into the house that they were standing in front of. "Okay, push anything big and heavy in front of the doors! San, Wooyoung, and Dera take care of the front door while Yeosang, Seonghwa, and I take care of the back." Hongjoong hurriedly took a sofa and pushed it up against the back door. Everyone soon followed his order.

Soon the two doors were secured and blocked. "Now what?" Yeosang asked. Hongjoong shrugged in response. "I guess we could relax until they go away. Just stay alert" He proposed. Yeosang nodded and looked around. Wooyoung caught his attention. He was oddly quiet. He walked up to him. "What's wrong Wooyoung?" Wooyoung looked up at him, then at everyone else. "Could we possibly go upstairs and talk about it?" He asked quietly. Yeosang nodded. "Hyung, we're going upstairs to talk," He told Hongjoong. He just hummed. Yeosang took Wooyoungs' hand and went upstairs into a room.

"So what's the matter?" He asked as he sat down on a quite big bed. Wooyoung fiddled with his hands. "Sang-ah, I don't think this is a good idea.." He huffed. Yeosang arched his eyebrow in confusion. "I remember, everything." He added in. Yeosangs' eyes grew wide. "Did... He gave them to you..?" Yeosang asked, he was very shocked to hear this sudden situation. Wooyoung shook his head. "I gained them myself, I think after listening to Hongjoong apologize to Sannie, it just came back to me. The day I was taken, the beatings, the..." Wooyoung's eyes widened. Yeosang was waiting for him to finish. "Wooyoung? The what?" Wooyoung's lips quivered. "He... He killed her" His eyes started watering, his vision becoming blurry. "Killed who? Wooyoung you're scaring me.." Yeosang was very worried. "Chae... He killed her right in front of me! That stupid bastard! When I find him I'm gonna murder him! He took her away from me!" Wooyoung had a rush of anger hit him all of a sudden. He started bawling his eyes out, alerting everyone from downstairs.

The door flew open, Seonghwa standing there with his spear in his hand with everyone behind him. "What happened!?" His anxious expression grew as he saw Wooyoung. Yeosang sighed. He gestured for everyone to come in and sit down. Once everyone was sat, he cleared his throat to speak. "Hyung we're sorry.." Yeosang started apologizing to Hongjoong. Hongjoong eyebrows furrowed. "Sorry for what?" He asked. "This may sound unbelievable but please believe me.." He said. Everyone else looked at each other confused. Wooyoung was up against Seonghwa, still crying. "Wooyoung and I are agents. Remember that time we randomly ghosted you San?" He asked. San nodded slowly, unsure of what was happening. "We were kidnapped. A man by the name of Mr. Lim took us and put us into an abandoned building in the middle of nowhere." Yeosang took a deep breath before continuing.

"He took me first. He tied me up and put some devices on my head. They took half of my memories. I'm guessing he did that to Wooyoung too, knowing he probably went after him not too long after he took me. He beat us badly, for us to listen to him. After he thought we were brainwashed enough, he let us go, so no one would expect a disappearance from us. He somehow brainwashed our families, that's why whenever you guys came to our houses, they didn't recognize you, 'cause they don't remember anything." He sighed out, his chest feeling a bit relieved. He didn't know he was carrying that weight.

"If all of this is true, what does this have to do with Young-ah crying?" Hongjoong questioned. "He killed Chaemin in front of Wooyoung." Sans' mouth dropped in shock. Hongjoong eyes widened. "You told us you broke up with her!" Hongjoong turned to Wooyoung. "Hyung, I only said that because I didn't know who you were talking about... She was the last person I saw before he killed her and then took my memories away... I'm sorry.." Wooyoung started crying even more. Seonghwa tried calming him down, drawing circles on his back.

"Don't apologize, it's not your fault.." Seonghwa assured him. "Wooyoung and I both managed to regain our memories somehow, I'm not sure how it happened for me, as for Wooyoungie, it was you Hyung" Yeosang pointed to Hongjoong. Hongjoong pointed to himself. Yeosang nodded. "When you were apologizing to San" Hongjoong looked at Wooyoung again. "Seonghwa... I know what happened with you.." Yeosang's attention turned to Seonghwa, as the other just turned his head to look at him.

"Me and Wooyoung both know what happened with Therese, Jimin, and Changkyun.." Seonghwa suddenly went still. "How.." His voice went deep, as the names triggered him. "You're being targeted by Mr. Lim. We work for him. I gained my memories way before Wooyoung, but because I didn't want anyone hurt, I pretend that I didn't. When we into the mountains, it wasn't a coincidence that we found you, I knew you were up in the mountains" Yeosang confessed. Seonghwa shook his head. "It's also not a coincidence that you saw Dera either" His voice went stern. Everyone looked at Dera who hadn't said a single word since.

"San, you're so sweet girlfriend isn't as sweet as she may seem" Yeosang smirked. "What are you talking about Yeosang, just because you work for someone bad doesn't mean you have to drag Dera into it. She hasn't done anything to you!" San said defensively. Yeosang's eyes narrowed at San. "She works with us San, the only difference with her is that her memories were never taken from her, she didn't go through the pain me, wooyoung, or the other people went through. She volunteered to work for Mr. Lim, she was ordered to be your girlfriend! She was gonna sacrifice you to the zombies." Yeosang was tired.

"Is that true..?" San asked Dera. Dera stayed quiet. "See and you thought I just didn't like her for absolutely no reason, I have my reasons alright! She stole you away from me, you never did anything with me anymore, you gave her all your attention, never acknowledge the fact that I was there! I was there since we were kids! When she came along, it felt like you just threw me away. Not only me, but Wooyoung too, he just didn't realize cause he was brainwashed.." Yeosang finally had enough.

"Yeosang, what are you going about?" Hongjoong asked. Yeosang shooked his head. "I have had the biggest crush on you San for the longest, from primary school, up until now, and I still do. I never said anything to you because of the fear of rejection and our friendship being messed up because of my stupid choices." He finally admitted. "You like me?! We all thought you liked Jongho!" San was surprised. "That's not the point! The point is that you're girlfriend is a fake, and we need to get rid of her!" Yeosangs' gaze immediately went back to Dera, who just stared at him sheepishly.

She started to laugh menacingly. "What's so funny?!" Wooyoung was angry even more. "I'm not going anywhere, the zombies are already being commanded to raid this house right now" She explained as she got up. "What do you mean commanded?" Seonghwa asked, wanting to know what she was implying. "Oh, you'll see very soon Park Seonghwa." Just as soon as she said that the house started to shake. Hongjoong quickly got up and looked out the window. He turned around. "They're here..."

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(another plot twist???)