Chapter 10

Meanwhile

Jimin's pov

My eyes fluttered open. My vision was blurry. Why am I feeling like I was hit by a truck? Why does my head hurt so much? Where is Tae? He would always give the best hugs when I feel sick. I need him. Why is everything so quiet? The dorm is always filled with laughters.

Then suddenly all the memories flooded in my mind. The men dressed in black. Just as soon as my vision cleared a bit, I sat straight (or at least tried to). I leaned against the wall behind my back. I glanced around. I noticed that I was in a stall.

Flashback

Jimin was entering the washroom humming 'Singularity'. He was extremely happy to have a day off from work. Their schedules have always been so hectic. He went into a stall and took a piss. He exited the stall and straightaway started washing his hands.

When he looked at the mirror, he noticed a man dressed in black overalls and a mask. Jimin felt scared because they always have saesangs following them. Maybe this one is also a....saesang?

Before Jimin could ask anything, a gun was pointed at him. Jimin froze. He had handled multiple saesang situations but never had he ever encountered one with a gun. He was frightened.

"Be quiet."

Jimin just wanted to run away.

At that moment the man struck him in head with the gun. Then he could only register multiple men coming out of the stalls and him falling in the hands of the stranger. Then a black curtain fell on his eyes.

Flashback over

I remembered everything. I touched my temple. It was hurting. Just as soon as I touched my temple, I felt a thick liquid there. I looked at my fingers and was horrified to find blood.

Then I remembered. I was with Tae and Kook. I immediately searched my pockets but couldn't find my phone. I stood up and started turning the doorknob but it seemed as if the door was locked from outside.

3rd person pov

Jimin banged at the door, calling for help. He looked at his watch. It was almost dark in the stall. No not only in the stall but also the whole washroom, but his vision was adjusted as per the darkness. It was almost 1 am at night. Almost 8 hours since he and the others left the dorm for the mall. He banged at the door. He had no medium of communication to call his hyungs. He yelled at the top of his voice and banged at the door for almost an hour. Then he sat down. He knew it was no use yelling in the middle of the night where no one would listen to you. He wondered whether any of them even informed the hyungs about where they were going?

His stomach growled. Well, he would have to wait till morning to call his hyungs. He was starting to get scared of the dark, so he took a nap to pass his time. He could only pray that someone would come to rescue him.

At the BTS dorms

Namjoon was pacing back and forth in the living room. He called the maknaes multiple times but no one was answering. He regretted not asking them where they were going. He couldn't even report to the police because 24 hours needed to be passed to file a missing report. He called the company staffs but still there was no clue. Suga had been driving around the area for almost 2-3 hours. He had checked the parks, the nearby café, almost the whole neighbourhood. Jhope had gone to the company to check every single floor for them. Jin looked like he would skin someone alive. He was angry yet hella worried. He had been calling all of the maknaes' friends and families.

The Manager hyung was also searching for them.

It was total chaos.

Time skip

In the morning

A janitor came to the men's washroom. He started his cleaning for the day. He opened the stalls and started cleaning. When he reached the last stall, he saw the lock on the stall. He opened the stall for cleaning but was stunned to see a boy. He immediately crouched down and started shaking the boy.

Jimin felt himself being touched so he recoiled from the touch.

"Sir, what are you doing here?"

Jimin's eyes opened immediately. He looked at the janitor. He stood and went outside. He frantically searched for his phone everywhere but still couldn't find it. Then he saw something in the dustbin, he reached inside the bin for the thing. It was his phone but it was completely damaged.

The janitor had been looking at him for a while. He was an old man so he felt sad at seeing the boy on the verge of crying. He did not know about BTS so he didn't recognise Jimin.

"Are you okay, son?"

Jimin looked at the man.

"Sir, do you have a phone?", asked Jimin.

The old man nodded and gave him his phone. Thankfully, he remembered Jin's number. He felt thankful to Jin for he practically forced the members to learn his number. Jimin dialled the number and called.

"Hello"

Oh how much he missed his hyung. He felt like crying.

"H-Hello"

"Jimin, is that you?

"Yes hyung"

"Where are you? We have been searching for you all since yesterday."

Jimin replied, "Hyung please come and pick me up. I-I am scared."

He heard noises in the background, maybe of car keys.

"I am coming but tell me where are you?"

"I am at the XYZ mall. I will meet you at the parking lot. Hyung please come here I am scared."

"Yes I am coming baby. Don't worry."

Then he hanged up the call. He handed the phone to the old man.

"Thank you sir"

"It's ok kid."

Jimin bowed and went outside. He put on the hood of his jacket to cover his face. Since it was early in the morning, no one was in the mall. He went to the parking lot and waited for his hyung. Soon enough he saw a car.

He started crying just as soon as he saw all of his hyungs getting out. He ran to Jin and hugged him.

"Hush, it's ok Jimin. We are here."

Namjoon asked, "Where are Tae and JK? What happened here?"

Jimin replied, "I don't know where they are. But as of to what happened..."

Jimin told them every thing he knew.

Suga felt fury filling his veins. Hobi looked like he could kill someone. How dare those men touch their dongsaeng?!?

Namjoon replied, "Jin hyung and Jhope, take Jimin to the dorms. I and Suga hyung are going to the police station to file a report.

Seventeen's dorm

They all had been searching for the missing members including Wonwoo and Vernon. Due to the lack of Scoups' presence, it was a perfect disaster. No one knew what to do. Hoshi took up the leadership for the meantime. They had been searching throughout the night. The phones were switched off so they couldn't track the numbers. Then Jeonghan got a call.

From Wonwoo.

They all huddled near the phone.

"Hello"

"H-Hyung"

"Wonwoo. Baby what happened? Where are you?"

"Hyung, I don't know where we are. Track the phone and come here hyung."

Everyone felt shivers down their spines. What was happening?

Minghao and Jun got the location of the phone and went off to get their car.

"Wonwoo, where is Cheol?"

"Hyung I don't know, Hyung, the Manager hyung is dead. Please hyung save us."

Everyone froze. Manager Hyung? Dead?

"We are sending an ambulance there too, Wonwoo. Don't worry. Tell me what happened?"

Wonwoo told them every single thing that he remembered. Just as soon as they heard that Seungcheol, Mingyu and Dino were missing, the whole dorm went into chaos.

"Hang in there Wonwoo, Minghao and Jun are coming your way."

Woozi and Jeonghan rushed to the police station to file a report.