PRiSN\

CHURCH

"You should go back. You've already been stuck here for 3 years," I said and smiled. Wonho seemed conflicted and I turned to Minhyun quickly. "Minhyun, let's find a different portal back."

"Okay... But what about everyone else?" he asked and I shrugged.

"Come on, Hyungwon. Let's just try to go in together. Everyone! Run to the portal at the count of three," Wonho said instead. It was hard to believe that it would let so many of us through but Wonho counted down anyways. At the count of three, most of them ran for the light while I held Minhyun's hand to prevent him from being swept up by the crowd. The light shone and then died down in a flash, people started crashing into one another instead and that's when we knew the portal could only take so many at a time.

"I hope he made it back... Wherever back is," I said and sighed. Minhyun squeezed my hand and smiled.

"Then we just gotta find a way to save him if he didn't. Come on."

I nodded and was about to leave when I was tackled into a bear hug.

"Wah!"

"You guys were going to just leave us, weren't you?!" Hoshi snapped and I gasped. It had completely left my mind that Hoshi had been trapped in there earlier too.

"Sorry, Hoshi. I'm just thinking about too many things at a time," I apologised and he let go.

"You sure are, to forget your friend too.... So is it true? There are more portals?"

"There should be but judging from how the portal closed so quickly, we need to hurry too."

We started making our way out from the game centre and beelined our way to the church since it was the closest ray of light. We had to fight off some zombies on the way but surprisingly, Hoshi and Woozi were both armed with guns so our journey there was smoother than expected. Of course, having guns didn't mean that going up against a big toy bear would be any easier. We stopped at the front of the church, glancing at each other. I gulped as the church seemed almost too pristine and peaceful except for one of its door peeking open. I headed up the steps first as they followed behind slowly, peeking inside.

I saw two bodies right on the walkway and that probably wasn't the most assuring thing to see first. I glanced up and gasped, seeing two people's back standing in front of the portal. The door creaked as Hoshi accidentally placed his weight on it, making the two stop and turn around. I froze when I saw who they were but instantly swung the door open once I regained control of my movements.

"Wait!" I yelled and rushed forward, forgetting momentarily that Minhyun was being dragged with me. Jonghyun quickly turned away and rushed into the portal with Ren. "Run!"

I held Minhyun's hand and started making a bolt towards the portal as the light started to die off. Hoshi and Woozi followed us from behind. We reached the portal but it had closed up by then.

"Shit," I cursed unintentionally, turning around and stopping myself from being more aggravated as I saw their worried looks.

"It's fine, Baekho. Let's look around and see if there's any way to-," Minhyun said but was interrupted by a groan. We turned around and realised it was Minhyuk and Kihyun that were on the ground. We rushed to them and helped them up.

"Are you guys alright?" I asked, feeling bad for not recognising them earlier.

"Huh? Baekho, Minhyun... Wait. You have to get out now!" Minhyuk gasped and tried to pull us out despite himself being wobbly.

"What are you talking about?"

"The church is a trap," Kihyun wheezed.

"What's going on?" Hoshi asked and approached us.