Word Count : 799
Chapter 13 : Three, two, one
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Jungkook looked around for a while before putting down the telephone and turning towards Taehyung. "The wire is cut. The call can't be made." Taehyung took a deep breath hearing that and heaved a tensed sigh.
His gaze, then, travelled all around the empty lobby. "There's no one here. Means the entire building must be empty by now and someone might definitely call the police for protection. So we don't have to worry about that. Just the people on the tenth floorâ¦." He said as he took a deep breath before having an intentional glimpse in his eyes.
"Let's go upstairs and see what they're up to." Saying that, Jungkook went straight towards the lift, followed by Taehyung. They both reached the tenth floor in no time and saw no occurrences of any voices. Their brows furrowed, sensing something strange. As their steps went towards the dining area, their eyes widened looking at some people, who were dressed in black attire with hidden faces, pointing their guns at the people present there.
Jungkook and Taehyung hid behind the entrance door. "So none of you know where Jeon Jungkook is? Good. Time for a few gunshots now." One of the men said, gaining loud gasps from the people at whom the guns were pointed.
Jungkook's brows were scrunched as he clenched his fist tightly. He decided to go there before he was stopped by the hold of Taehyung. "What the hell are you doing?!" Taehyung whisper-yelled at Jungkook.
"If I don't appear in front of them, they will k!ll each and every living person standing there." Jungkook said in a low voice, so as not to get it out loud.
"What about you, then?"
Jungkook looked straight into Taehyung's eyes as the words left his gape. Pure concern laced Taehyung's glistening eyes. He didn't even want to imagine what those people would do to Jungkook.
"I'll be safe. And I can bet that." Jungkook said in a reassuring tone.
"Always the competitive one. Weren't you? Can't you just think diligently for a while and do something that would be less harmful?" Taehyung bursted out, keeping his tone and voice low. There was a concerned fury in his voice. And disappointment.
"I have thought about it diligently enough so you needn't worry." Jungkook made sure that his tone was soft so it wouldn't sound rude or selfish or overconfident. Like Taehyung had expected to have found in him. He was rather soft with him. Too soft. And it wasn't something pleasant for Taehyung who had planned to never get attached with Jungkook ever again.
Without Taehyung could say anything further, Jungkook turned around and went straight in front of the men. Taehyung's mouth parted but he also stood up from his place and went towards Jungkook, not having any intention to leave him alone.
One of the men's attention diverted towards Jungkook, who was now confidently standing in front of all of them without even a hint of fear in his expressions.
"So you are here, Jeon Jungkook."
"Obviously. I had to because dogs can't be controlled without a man handling them." Jungkook said it firmly with calm expressions, irritating the man standing in front of him at his best.
The man, then, chuckled darkly as another man walked forward through the crowd of the scared people and stood in front of Jungkook. Removing his mask, he smirked as Jungkook's face attained a frown.
"Hello, Mr Jeon." The person emphasized on his name. Jungkook's jaw clenched as he released his brows from the frown. "I wasn't wrong when I said that you all are dogs. Dogs do sniff and follow people every-fvcking-where." Jungkook said as the person standing in front of him had his mouth for the shape of an 'o'.
"Ohh. So if we are dogs then we must surely be in search of a thing by sniffing. Am I wrong?"
"Absolutely not. And for whatever you're here, you know very well that you aren't going to get it. So better hurry your steps outside before something happens that you wouldn't want."
"Oh, really? What would you do?" The man said as he took out the gun from his pocket and pointed it at Jungkook. Everyone gasped at his quick action while Taehyung's breaths stopped for a moment. "Would you show me the gun like this? Huh?" He continued.
"This is what kids do. Now let me show you something that adults do." Jungkook said as he brought his hand beside his face in the air and showed all his fingers on display. He slowly started closing his fingers as he counted. "Five. Four."
The person's brows furrowed as Jungkook continued to count. "Three. Two. One."
Jungkook smirked as a loud police car siren was heard.