You Are Always Mine

Chapter 7

Felix opened the door to Chan's apartment. He was glad that he had gotten a spare key, because after minutes of knocking and shouting, they still hadn't gotten a response. Minho felt guilty for disturbing the neighbours, but Felix was set on finding his best friend. Felix walked in, looking around. Nothing seemed abnormal, no sign of a break in, no sign of a fight or struggle. Felix sighed and bit his lip, making sure to check every inch of the apartment. Minho came inside too, trying to look for hints that they might still be here. Looking at clothes, jewelry, food, anything that might suggest that it was recently moved or touched. But it seemed like the apartment had been empty for days. Felix got more and more worried, knowing something bad had happened. The two boys looked at eachother, sharing the same thought. "We have to go to the police. They can't just disappear like this." Felix said, worry laced into every word. Minho nodded in agreement, tilting his head. "But how will we tell the police about Hyun? I don't know anything about him except his name." Felix gasped softly, realizing he didn't know much about Hyun either. Plus, he couldn't just tell the police Hyun was a shapeshifter. Minho didn't know about that either, it was just Chan, Felix and Hyun that knew about it. Felix took a deep breath as he decided on what to do. "We'll go to the police and report Chan. Hyun can't be far off, they stay together every second of the day."

Minho shrugged. "What if they've been seperated? We don't know anything about what happened to them." Felix sighed deeply. "That's true.. but.. if we find Chan, he might know where Hyun is." Minho nodded. "Yeah.. let's hope they didn't kill him." Felix gasped and hit Minho's shouder. "Hyung! Don't say that! Don't make it sound so.. horrible." Minho held up his hands in defense, looking at the freckled boy. "I'm sorry. I'm just imagining every scenario possible. They could've been kidnapped, murdered, taken by sex traffickers.. Anything is possible when you've got two handsome young men." Felix groaned and looked down. "We have to find them. I'm not giving up on Chan so easily." Minho put a hand on Felix's shoulder. "We'll find them eventually. I can't promise that I can predict what state they'll be in, but they'll come back." Felix huffed and pushed Minho's hand off, annoyed by his slightly negative response. "Stop saying that stuff. He's your friend too, you know." Felix walked to the door, taking one last look at the apartment. "I'll find you Chan. I will keep searching." Felix stepped out of the apartment, Minho following him. They locked the door, making their way to the nearest police station. Felix was determined. He had to find his best friend. He wouldn't forgive himself if he hadn't tried everything in his power.

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An overwhelming rush of emotions went through Chan's body. He couldn't believe it, this couldn't be a reality. His childhood friend, his cat and the handsome young male that had stayed with him for a while... they were all the same. One person, one creature. Chan's eyes filled with tears, remembering the sorrow he had felt when he first heard about Hyunjin's untimely death. It wasn't true. Hyunjin had been alive all along. Chan fought against his restraints, the only thing on his mind was having Hyunjin in his arms, close to him. Chan groaned, angered by the reality of the situation. "How could you?! Taking a kid from a car crash and faking his death! Do you know how much he meant to me?!" The doctor chuckled darkly and stepped to Chan, smiling at the tears that rolled down. "Oh poor Channie. If we succeeded in our plan, you would've met the same fate a long time ago." The doctor hummed and let his hand glide over Chan's chest. "This strong heart would be a part of a powerful hybrid duo. You would've been perfect together." The doctor glanced at Hyunjin. "You are perfect already. It's just a bit sad that you escaped our grasp. The outside world shouldn't have known you exist." Chan's eyes widened as he suddenly felt the hand of the doctor wrap around his throat, restricting the air flow and leaving him gasping for air.

Hyunjin whined, fighting against his own restraints. "No! You let go of him! Don't hurt him! You can hurt me all you want but please leave him alone!" Hyunjin whimpered as couldn't get out from his position, feeling helpless and useless. The doctor ignored Hyunjin's shouts, just watching Chan fight for any tiny bit of air. "You should've never rescued that little kitty, Chan. You are the reason of your own doom." Hyunjin growled and did his best to get free, but he had almost no strength. The doctor watched Chan grow more desperate for oxygen, loving to see him struggling. "Wilson? Will you come back in and administer this youngster his first shot of hybrid juice?" The other doctor, named Wilson, came back into the room. "Yes sir. I'll prepare the dna. Which one did you have in mind?" The main doctor huffed. "I don't care, just get it done, will you?!" The main doctor finally let go of Chan's throat, who took a huge breath, having been deprived of oxygen for enough time to lose consciousness after that. Hyunjin bit his lip, anger welling up inside of him. "I hate you! You have no reason to hurt him like that! Please just, let him go. You already have me." The main doctor walked to Hyunjin, laughing softly. "Oh dear, you don't get it, do you? You never will." The doctor stroked over Hyunjin's head, who tried to pull away as much as possible. "Now, when Chan wakes up, we'll all watch how he experiences his first dose of hybrid dna. You remember how painful your shots were, hm? I always loved to see you in pain." Hyunjin looked at the doctor with big eyes, scared of Chan's and his fate. He wondered if they would ever get the chance to escape again.

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Felix and Minho waited at the police station, having been taken apart in an investigation room. They would speak to an officer soon, who would look into their case. Felix was nervous, Minho trying to console him. "It's okay. They'll find them." Felix glanced at the older, then taking his hand. Minho was surprised at first, but then relaxed, knowing the Australian boy needed skinship to be calmed down. Minho smiled gently at him. "I'll stay with you the whole time. We can ask the others to join in the search too. You're not alone in this." Felix nodded and sighed deeply, holding onto Minho's hand tightly. As the police officer came in, they both quickly got up, greeting the officer. After sitting back down, the police officer asked them to explain the situation. Felix cleared his throat, glancing at Minho before taking a deep breath and starting to explain. "Well, our friend, Bang Chan, he's been missing for days. We've tried calling, texting.. We even went to his apartment to check if something was out of place." The officer nodded, writing everything down. "How did you get into his apartment?" "I have a spare key. I can give it to you if you need it." The officer shook his head. "No need, just checking if you didn't break in." Felix chuckled. "Oh okay. No we wouldn't do that." The officer hummed and looked at Felix and Minho. "Can you describe the days before he went missing? What he looks like? If he had any connections that seemed suspicious?"

Felix gulped, knowing they would be here for a while. He explained about the days leading up to the disappearing, and then told the officer he had been calling and texting every day since. How long had it been? Four, five days? Or was it already a week? Felix looked down, closing his eyes as he tried to remember what Chan had looked like the last time he saw him. Minho explained as well, helping Felix in creating an almost perfect description of who Chan was. They were still holding hands, needing eachother's strength to make it through this. As they had told everything they could, Felix sighed deeply and leaned back. The officer looked at the report, surprised at how much information he had gotten from the two boys. "Now, is there anything that we still might've forgotten? Someone he was close to? A detail that normally would be deemed unimportant." Felix bit his lip, not wanting to touch on the subject, but he hoped it would still help. "There was someone. Hyun. We met him weeks ago but... he's special." The officer tilted his head. "And what makes this Hyun so special?" Felix whispered something, being embarassed to even bring it up in front of a police officer. Minho furrowed his eyebrows, wondering what Felix wanted to say. Was there more? Didn't they already share everything necessary? Felix took a deep breath before talking a bit louder. "Hyun is a shapeshifter. He can transform from a cat to human and back." Minho scoffed, thinking Felix was kidding. Had he lost his mind? The officer seemed intrigued. "A shapeshifter you say? Like a hybrid?" Felix shrugged but nodded. "Yeah. Half human half cat." The officer nodded. "That might lead us to what we've been thinking of.." Felix sat up. "You.. you know about shapeshifters?" The officer hummed and looked at the two boys. "We know about people who've been used as experiments at this secret lab. We see victim after victim, and they're not always alive.. We think we have discovered the location of the lab, we have a raid planned in a few days. But with this information, we might speed up the process. An innocent life is at stake." Minho just looked at Felix and the officer with big eyes. Shapeshifters? Lab? What was this all about?