Before Jungkook could respond, they heard a scream from Yuri's flat. It was her own voice. All the cops were startled and started running there. But Jungkook was leading them all, like his wounds didn't hurt him anymore.

Jungkook was leading them all, running as fast as he could with all his wounds up the crooked stairs, it wasn't the best neighbourhood. But that wasn't what mattered, Yuri did. For all he knew, the killer could keep her as the next target and that might result in her being endangered. His mind was full of what ifs. But the biggest one was what if he failed to find the killer? Will the killer leave the place after 7 murders and haunt another place?

Before he could stop thinking, he was infront of the closed door to Yuri's room. Her muffled screams and sobs could be heard from outside. He didn't want to imagine what was happening, he was a brave soul, but not so much to see someone innocent face heinous crimes.
All the cops, about 6 of them, Jimin and Jungkook were there, without thinking much, they broke the door. The sight infront of them wasn't the best.

Yuri lay on the floor, bloodied, bruised and with slightly torn clothes. Jungkook could swear it had only been 5 minutes since they heard the first scream, how could someone do so much harm in such short time?

And another glance at the room had Jungkook taken aback, he saw the same hooded figure with the weird mask he had seen back in the alley, standing in front of a crying Yuri with a knife in hand. The cops knew they were short of time and the killer could escape with the slightest miss. On they ran towards the killer, 3 cops ran back down to cover the area under the room's only window. 3 cops, Jimin and Jungkook were there in the room, surrounding the killer.

"I can't believe it was so easy to catch you," Jimin said barely above a whisper. His eyes darkened as he threw a hard punch at the killer's face.

"Let's see who this fucking bastard is now." Jimin snatched the mask off the killer's face, it wasn't anyone they knew, it was a new face of a man, a new criminal.

The killer started to protest, trying to push through everyone but failed. He was caught by the cops and arrested. But Jungkook didn't believe any of this. It was simple. Way too simple. How could an infamous serial killer who had seamlessly comitted crimes in 13 cities before, in different countries too, be caught so easily?

And before he could bring himself to follow Jimin to see if it was the actual killer, he saw something on the floor.

A mirror.

That mirror was enough to tell him that whoever they had caught was fake. The real killer still hid in the shadows, safe as ever, planning more crimes. But why did the killer set up such baits? First that driver, now this man?

What was going on?

He was brought out of his thoughts with loud screams. The sound came from downstairs, where the cops were. He saw Yuri sitting motionlessly on the floor, but he first ran downstairs to see Jimin. Maybe he was selfish, but he cared more for his friend than someone he barely knew.

"Jungkook, he died." Jimin's shock was evident in his voice, his eyes almost didn't blink. The dead body of the 'killer' lay between the cops. There were no severe injuries, no gunshot, no poison dart this time. He just died while the cops surrounded him.

"Hyung, get him to the forensics now, right now." Jungkook's authoritative voice got them all moving, less questions asked due to the shock.

"What are you going to do here?" Jimin asked him.

"I might have approached you first to check on you, but I can't just leave somebody who almost died without checking up on her," Jungkook said before jogging towards Yuri's room.

Jimin just nodded before taking two of the cops with him, he left 4 of them to watch over Jungkook. Anything could happen now, they didn't even know what to do, how to solve this case. All that mattered was to keep their loved ones safe.

"Ms. Do?" Jungkook's voice was soft as he called her out, she didn't respond.

"Ms. Do? I know this, this must have been terrible, but you need to get up and take care of yourself. Anything can happen now, no one's safe." He slightly nudged at her shoulder, she sat while hugging her knees, rocking back and forth. Dried tears covered her eyes as she kept repeating the same thing over and over again, "He will kill me."

Jungkook was confused now, the last time she saw the killer, she said the same thing. Did she have trauma regarding such a thing?

"Ms. Do, no one will kill you. I am here, the cops are here. We'll protect you," Jungkook softly said, it seemed to do nothing now as she didn't hug him like the last time.

"Mr. Jeon, no- no one can protect me, he- he will definitely k-kill me," she stuttered while sobbing. It was a terrible sight to see someone suffer. Jungkook couldn't see people suffer. Yes, he wasn't fazed by blood, criminals or the dead, but seeing the condition of the victims made him want to give the worst possible punishments to the criminals.

Who could remain happy after snatching someone's soul, someone's life?

"Ms. Do, you are going to live in a well protected area for now, atleast until the killer is caught. Come with me." Jungkook got up, supporting her too. But she didn't get up.

"How do I know it's protected?" She stared right into his eyes, pulling him down.

"Because there are some people who would give their all to not let the killer find another victim."

Somehow, that convinced her, she walked with him, slightly trembling. But she followed him. The four cops took them towards the Busan Central Police station in the car. It all felt too overwhelming. It had been just a day since Jungkook took the case and everything happened. The killer had something to do with him, but what?

As he stared out of the car's window at the closed shutters of the local shops, he saw a graffiti pattern that read, "Beware of your enemies, they might be closer than you think."

I know I said that I'll do a double update but I'm busy. I am definitely going to make up for it with constant updates after a while so I hope you can wait for me for two - three days more.