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Intruder

Thud . Thud.

I groggily turned on the couch to scan the dark room. Maybe I was just dreaming? Was I imagining the sound??? Shaking my head, I closed my eyes again. Thud Thud. Click. Click.

"What the..." I muttered, tilting my head towards the door from the couch. Am I dreaming? Taehyung and Jimin were still asleep on the bed. Jimin was definitely asleep because he was snoring loudly. I turned to find Jungkook staring at the door in confusion as well. He's awake? He must've heard it too.

"Did you hear it?" He mouthed me quietly as he stared at the door and lifted his head off the couch.

"Yeah, I did. I thought I was dreaming," I whispered, glancing at the door. Maybe it's the maids? But they're usually asleep at this hour too. Jungkook and I slowly sat up on the couch and exchanged uneasy glances before turning back to stare at the door.

"It's quiet now," Jungkook slowly got off the couch.

"What are you doing?" I asked as he walked towards the door.

"I'm going to check," Jungkook nodded with a suspicious look. I bit my lips as I watched him approach the door.

"Don't do it," I whispered, sitting up nervously. What if there's a murderer out there?

"Shh... it's fine," He cautiously pressed his ear against the door. I glanced at Taehyung and Jimin nervously, got onto my feet and tiptoed toward Jungkook.

"Yah! Hajima!" I snapped quietly, tugging him from the door. If there's an intruder- We're definitely safer behind the doors!

"It's fine!" Jungkook argued, cautiously putting his hand on the door handle. Jungkook was intensely pressing his body against the door as he slowly turned the handle, so I sucked in my breath and stood in silence.

"I don't think this is a good idea," I bit my lower lip anxiously. I don't want to get murdered.

"Be quiet- BANG. BANG. ARGHHHH" Jungkook yelped in shock when a strong force suddenly slammed against the door. He jumped back in panic and grabbed my arm in shock when the force collided with the door.

"WHAT THE HELL," I gasped while staring at the door. It thumped violently from the other side of the door- it sounded as if someone was pounding on the wall with a heavy object. Someone is trying to break into the room.

"No way. How di-did they get in here?!" Jungkook whispered, pulling me away from the door as we stood staring at the door in terror.

"What's going on??" Taehyung approached us in the dark, making me jump in fright. Fuck, he scared me.

"Someone's trying to break in," Jungkook turned to look at Taehyung in horror. BANG BANG. Taehyung frowned at the door, then turned to look at me.

"What? How did they get into the mansion?" Taehyung asked, averting his eyes back to the door. BANG BANG.

"Krrrooooook~ phew~ Krooooook~ pheeew~" Jimin's snores grew louder from the bed.

"This dumb pig!" Taehyung groaned, rushing to wake Jimin, who was still fast asleep. BANG BANG. Jimin is a heavy sleeper...

"They can't break inside," Jungkook stared at the door nervously. I hope not. I gulped and turned to stare at the rattling door handle in fear.

"GET UP!" Taehyung snapped, pushing Jimin off the bed, sending him rolling onto the floor. Thud.

"Oww... What's going on..?" Jimin groaned, sitting up sleepily, and scratched his head with one eye open.

"We're about to get murdered!" Taehyung snapped at his friend. Taehyung frantically turned around and went through his closet in a rush. Taehyung hurriedly dug out his coats and suits while Jimin sat up on the floor... still dazed from the sudden disturbance.

"What?" Jimin chuckled as he sleepily rubbed his eyes.

"Get to your senses!" Taehyung snapped, turning around to smack Jimin's arm.

"Owww! What?!" Jimin howled in pain and turned to glare at his friend.

"Someone is trying to break in!" Taehyung bellowed at Jimin, who was still seated on the floor. Jimin furrowed his eyebrows and turned to look at us with a baffled expression. He averted his groggy eyes to the thundering door and back to Taehyung.

"WHAT? WHO?!" Jimin suddenly shot up onto his feet in panic when his brain finally alarmed him of the danger we were in. His eyes bulged open twice as wide as his normal eyes.

"Idiot," Jungkook huffed at Jimin.

"WHAT DO WE DO?!" Jimin turns to look at me in shock.

"Get yourself together!" Jungkook snaps.

"Should I press the emergency button?" I asked nervously. That's what the maid told me to do when I first got here.

"Fuck," Taehyung cursed, rushing from his closet to his nightstand. He reached towards the back to click the button. My heart leaped in panic when an ear-splitting siren went off- The lights in the room suddenly dimmed and started flickering the red glare to alert us. Jungkook yelled something at Taehyung, but I couldn't hear him because of the deafening siren.

"-Here..- Somewhere!" Taehyung was digging into his cupboard to search for something. Jimin was covering his ear in pain as he stared at Taehyung. Taehyung manages to pull a pack of what looks like earmuffs. He threw it at Jimin and Jungkook before rushing to me.

"Put- on!" He quickly placed it on my ears and suddenly, everything grew silent.

"What about you?!" I yelled when I noticed he didn't have any.

"It's okay!" He mouthed me as he placed both his hands beside my head, keeping the earmuff in place.

"No!" I refused, trying to take off the earmuff. He'll go deaf if he listens to the siren for too long!

"Don't take- off!" Taehyung shook his head as he held the earmuff on my ears in place. Jungkook went towards the drawers and dug wildly into it. He quickly pulled out another earmuff and threw it at Taehyung, who quickly caught it and placed it on his ears.

"Are you okay?" I mouthed him worriedly as he painfully touched his ear in discomfort. Why's the siren so fucking loud?!

"I'm fine," Taehyung nodded with a reassuring smile. Jungkook tapped Taehyung's arm wildly.

"What?" Taehyung mouthed him. Jungkook tried to say something, but we couldn't understand him.

"This- THis!" That was the only thing I understood from his moving lips.

"What? A mop? A brush? " Taehyung asked while staring at his cousin in confusion. I tried to comprehend his words but I couldn't hear anything but his muffled voice.

"No! This-!" Jungkook fired Taehung an annoyed look while he gestured with his hands.

"You want a brush?" Taehyung asked him in confusion. Somehow I could read what Taehyung was saying but not Jungkook. The earmuff does a good job at blocking out the sounds. We can't even hear each other properly. Jungkook fired his cousin an irritated look and he smacked his forehead in frustration.

"AH AH AH!" Jimin gasped, turning to stare at us when he realized something.

"What?" Taehyung asks Jimin with his eyes wide open.

"I know what he's saying!" Jimin mouths us.

"What?" I asked him.

"Gun! GUN!" Jimin snapped, making a gun with his hand.

"AHHH!" Taehyung nods and rushes towards his closet in a hurry. The only person I'm worried about right now is Yoongi. If the intruder can break into the Kim and Jeon's mansion then Yoongi isn't safe either.

Taehyung came rushing towards the door with the gun in his hand and aimed it towards the door, so I watched him anxiously. Suddenly, I felt firm grips on both my wrists- I turned to find Jungkook's hand around my left wrist while Jimin held onto my right wrist. Jungkook suddenly yanks me towards him when something bangs against the door, but because Jimin was holding on to my other wrist, Jungkook couldn't pull me far. He turns to look at Jimin in confusion... glancing down at Jimin's hand that was firmly wrapped around my wrist.

"Hajima," Jimin mouths Jungkook as he draws me towards him, but Jungkook yanks me back. I feel like they're playing tug of war right now- yanking me back and forth.

"I'll be fine," I mouthed them before pulling my hands free from their grips. We'll all die if they keep on doing that.

"Come here... stay here," Taehyung mouthed after lowering the gun and pushed me into the wardrobe.

"What are you doing???" I mouthed him in confusion.

"Stay safe," Taehyung mouthed. He shut the wardrobe and left me in the darkness. I leaned back against the wall and waited with my arms wrapped around my knees. Suddenly a flash of vision crossed my head.

I was in a closet... crying... someone covered my mouth to stop me from crying out loud... I felt scared... I wanted to go out... shhh Sora... the man whispers... it was Mr. Jeon's voice... I turned to find two other young boys sitting beside me. They were older but they looked as scared as I was as we hid in the closet. Jungkook... Taehyung... What's going on? Suddenly the door burst open into a brightly lit room.

"Sora!" Someone screamed. I glanced around and blinked at the confusing atmosphere.

"Sora! Are you okay???" Taehyung asked after taking off my earmuff and shook my shoulder when I wouldn't respond to him.

"Huh? Oh, I'm fine," I blinked in confusion after snapping back to reality. What was that? What on earth was that?

"You're trembling," Taehyung sighed, helping me onto my feet. I was trembling. Why? What the hell just happened in the closet? The blaring siren finally died down and Mrs. Jeon was hugging Jungkook while Mrs. Kim embraces Jimin in her arms.

"Sora!" Yoongi called as he came dashing into the room. Huh? Why is he here- What?

"Yoongi," I whispered as he pulled me into a tight hug. He's safe. I'm glad he's safe. I glanced around the crowded room in confusion because I was taken aback by the nonexistent memories I recalled.

"What happened?" Taehyung asks his parent unsurely.

"Someone broke into our mansion, an assassin. They murdered two of our people," Mr. Jeon rubbed his face anxiously.

"I-if we di-didn't invest on these doors... you all could've been killed," Mrs. Kim shakingly pointed at Taehyung's door full of scratches and dents.

"Where did the intruder go? Did we get him?" Jungkook asked nervously.

"He fled the moment the siren went off, through the east gate where the guards were stabbed," Mr. Kim leaned against the wall.

"All of our security footage in the mansion crashed the moment he came in. This is shocking. It's impossible- How did he breach our system???" Mr. Jeon muttered as he examined the scratches on the door.

"Someone is hunting down the alphas," Mrs. Kim teared up in fright. Jimin gave her a warm hug as she softly sobbed in fear. Taehyung, Jimin, and Jungkook kept their eyes on Yoongi suspiciously while he patted my back. 

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